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METRIC Live at Terminal 5
Everybody loves Emily Haines.
Metric played Wednesday at Terminal 5 in NYC, with Sebastien Grainger and Smile Smile. And yes, Emily was there. I like her too, but I wasn't professing my love in between songs like every guy and girl within shouting distance. They sounded great live, as I now expect any decent band to do, but I was a little disappointed with the Fantasies-heavy set.
A few of the songs on their new album sound the same, and then act like they've got big hooks, and yet they don't. The best examples are "Front Row" and "Stadium Love." The lyrics to the former are simple and uninspiring, and the song doesn't seem to go anywhere. "Stadium Love," which they closed with, after Emily explained in great detail what the title meant, doesn't have the kind of groove you expect from a song written so obviously for dancing. In case you were wondering, Ms. Haines claims to have more than enough love to fill Terminal 5, and by extension–a stadium. Hence the name, but the rest of her rant made no sense; it involved cheetahs, giant cheeseburgers and other safari characters.
They spent a lot of time on stage, but I felt that they too often went into 4-minute bridges that made me forget which song we were hearing. When they finally came out the other end of the bridge I didn't know if it was the start or finish of a new song. Emily also went on a few nonsensical rants, mostly about striving for things, memories, love and not letting the man keep you down. At times she really seemed more like an emcee than an indie-rock songstress. The rage-against-the-machine lyrics of Old World Underground and Live It Out were never more apparent than when she yelled them. Don't get me wrong, she's lovely, but most people will only tell you how they love her awkward and endearing dance moves.
Before the encore I was relieved that there weren't anymore Fantasies tracks to play, so we would probably get "Combat Baby" and maybe my favorite: "Calculation Theme." "Dead Disco" and "Monster Hospital" were the highlights of the set, and it was sad to not hear many favorites from Old World Underground.
Smile Smile was a good example of a band with a nice sound but super-lame drum kits. They plugged in an iPod with drums so that they could play over it, and I'm sure this is done a lot by really small groups but it makes otherwise interesting musicians seem banal. The weak drum kit was even more apparent when Sebastien Grainger played, and their drummer actually hit umm… you know, drums. I recognized a song of theirs, but I was really more impressed with their drummer than most of their set.
I feel that much of Fantasies is overproduced; this is most apparent in the two singles "Help, I'm Alive" and "Gimme Sympathy." I had heard an acoustic version of the latter from a SPIN magazine recording during Coachella 2008, which had better lyrics and a better guitar harmony in the chorus (see it here). And the final version of "Help, I'm Alive" is vacuous; the dramatic lyrics are made boring through repetition and there's too many sounds distracting you from the main melodic vocals. Here's my favorite Metric song, ever:
Metric – Calculation Theme
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Jenny Lewis/Metric Tours Announced
Jenny Lewis announces tour dates and so does Metric–so excited! Handsome Furs show tonight that I didn't even know about, and later, more redundant exclamation marks; starting to write in the way that I twitter, watch out Rainn Wilson!
It's one of those white days where the complete lack of color makes it impossible to tell the time. I'm checking the clock like a speedometer and I can't find any new songs of theirs that haven't already been shared. Wondering how many consecutive shows it takes to be a stalker and not just a casual fan. Six?
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Fantasies Out April 14th
There's never a lack of new stuff to be discovering, so it's uncommon for me to get excited over a release that's not in the very near future. These days it seems that I don't even catch on to the best stuff until months after it has gained its own momentum. This is pretty standard for debut releases, obviously, since no one knows who the hell they are.
You know that long break after the second season of Weeds? Before anyone knew if they would be picked up for a third season. What a dreadful prospect that was; we would never find out what would happen to Nancy Botwin in the middle of a three-way dealer war.
After seeing the "Give Me Sympathy" video from around the time of Coachella and then the early leak of "Help, I'm Alive," I haven't been able to stop thinking about them. And I'm upset that I won't be hearing any of their new stuff for two more months.
Today's song is an acoustic version of "Help, I'm Alive" which is free on Metric's website. Go there and download it (or listen to it here), it's nice. There's also a swell video of Emily doing some soul searching in Buenos Aires. I'm thinking that sounds like a good idea about now.
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Help, I'm Alive
This is already out and all over the Hype Machine, but what the hell. It's cool just because it's leaked from the Metric album that doesn't even have a name yet. I was beginning to forget about Metric so it's good to see them come back with something sweet sung over a repetitive guitar rhythm.
Metric – Help, I'm Alive
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Q: Having trouble compiling my first c++ program Here is my code:
#include<iostream>

private int chessBoard[8][8];

void printBoard(int board[][])
{
    for(int i=0; i<8; i++)
    {
        for(int j=0; j<8; j++)
        {
            if(board[i][j])
            {
                cout<<"Q ";
            }

            else
            {
                cout<<"* ";
            }
        }
    cout<<endl;
    }
}

//This method will check if any queens are in attacking position to the left of the test queen placement
bool checkSpot(int board[][],int row, int col)
{
    bool safe = true;
    //checks the current row for queens
    for(int i=0; i<col, i++)
    {
        if(board[row][i])
        safe=false;
    {

    //checks the upper diag
    for( int i=row, int j=col; i>0 && j>0; i--, j--)
    {
        if(board[i][j])
        safe=false;
    }

    //checks lower diag
    for(int i = row, int j=col; i<8 && j>0; i--, j++)
    {
        if(board[i][j])
        safe=false;
    }

    if(safe)
    {
        return true;
    }
    else
        return false;
}

bool solve(int board[][], int testCol)
{
    bool solved = false;
    bool safe;
    if(testCol==8)
    {
        solved = true;
        return solved;
    }

    for(int i =0; i>8; i++)
    {
        // test if the tested column(testCol) and the row(i) are both safe for the queen to be placed at then we can move into placing said queen and more onto the next column for
        // more solutions in this same method recursivly
        safe = checkSpot(board, i, testCol);
        if(safe)
        {
            //place the queen
            board[i][col]=1;
            //recursion to go back through this method in the next column
            if(solve(board[][], testCol+1)
            {
                solved = true;
                printBoard(board)
                return solved;

            }

            else
            {
                //if the queen cannot be placed, we have to remove the previous queens and move them until a solution is found.
                board[i][testCol]=0;

        }
    }

}

int main()
{

    solve(chessBoard, 0);
}

There errors i continue to get are as follows:
8queens.cpp:3:17: error: variable or field 'printBoard' declared void
 void printBoard(board[][])
                 ^
8queens.cpp:3:17: error: 'board' was not declared in this scope
8queens.cpp:3:23: error: expected primary-expression before ']' token
 void printBoard(board[][])
                       ^
8queens.cpp:3:25: error: expected primary-expression before ']' token
 void printBoard(board[][])

The logic of this was pretty simple(at least i hope it works well) but i cant even get past the compiler. Can I get a little guidance on this problem?
You were all a huge help, but sadly i found out that I can only use 1d arrays for this problem so I had to start from scratch. Again thank you all for the help, your advice will definitely help me in the future.

A: Well, there are many errors in your code. Lets look at them.
First of all, remove that private from
private int chessBoard[8][8];

you need to use private only on the members of classes . So change it to
int chessBoard[8][8];

Next, in all your functions, you have something like
void printBoard(int board[][])
                            ^
                            here, it's wrong

You need to provide the size, you can only skip the first size, all the rest must be provided so better to change it to
void printBoard(int board[][8])
                          ^
                          it's okay to leave this one

make that change to all of your functions.
You are also missing a few } in some places of your code.
Nearly forgot, you need to either add a
using namespace std;

right after the headers, or use
std::cin
std::cout

and
std::endl

instead of cin , cout and endl .
You also have
for(int i=0; i<col, i++)
                  ^
                  you need a semicolon here

And also
for( int i=row, int j=col; i>0 && j>0; i--, j--)
                 ^
                no need for another int here

just change that to
for( int i=row, j=col; i>0 && j>0; i--, j--)

A: This compiles. As to what I did, there was a lot and it would take awhile to write each thing down. One major thing to pay attention to is the for loops.
You have:
for( int i=row, int j=col; i>0 && j>0; i--, j--)
{
    if(board[i][j])
      safe=false;
}

When you want to do a nested for loop, do this:
for (int i = row;  i > 0; i--)
{
     for (int j = col; j > 0; j--)
     {
          if (board[i][j])
             safe = false;
     }
}

Also, pay attention to your brackets {} () as they were inconsistent and some were missing.
For arrays, you must specify at least one dimension when using a 2d array.
You had: int board[][] in various places. You must have: int board[][8] instead.
Also, if you want to use cout, endl, cin, etc... You must have include namespace std; otherwise you will have to use: std::cout, std::endl, std::cin.
But anyway, this should compile now.
#include<iostream>

using namespace std;

int chessBoard[8][8];

void printBoard(int board[][8])
{
    for (int i = 0; i<8; i++)
    {
        for (int j = 0; j<8; j++)
        {
            if (board[i][j])
            {
                cout << "Q ";
            }
            else
            {
                cout << "* ";
            }
        }
        cout << endl;
    }
}

//This method will check if any queens are in attacking position to the left of the test queen placement
bool checkSpot(int board[][8], int row, int col)
{
    bool safe = true;
    //checks the current row for queens
    for (int i = 0; i < col; i++)
    {
        if (board[row][i])
            safe = false;
        {
            //checks the upper diag
            for (int i = row;  i > 0; i--)
            {
                for (int j = col; j > 0; j--)
                {
                    if (board[i][j])
                        safe = false;
                }
            }

            //checks lower diag
            for (int i = row; i < 8;  i--)
            {
                for (int j = col; j > 0; j++)
                {
                    if (board[i][j])
                        safe = false;
                }
            }

            if (safe)
            {
                return true;
            }
            else
                return false;
        }
    }
}

        bool solve(int board[][8], int testCol)
        {
            bool solved = false;
            bool safe;
            if (testCol == 8)
            {
                solved = true;
                return solved;
            }

            for (int i = 0; i > 8; i++)
            {
                // test if the tested column(testCol) and the row(i) are both safe for the queen to be placed at then we can move into placing said queen and more onto the next column for
                // more solutions in this same method recursivly
                safe = checkSpot(board, i, testCol);
                if (safe)
                {
                    //place the queen
                    board[i][testCol] = 1;
                    //recursion to go back through this method in the next column
                    if (solve(board, testCol + 1))
                    {
                        solved = true;
                        printBoard(board);
                        return solved;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        //if the queen cannot be placed, we have to remove the previous queens and move them until a solution is found.
                        board[i][testCol] = 0;
                    }
                }
            }
        }

            int main()
            {
                solve(chessBoard, 0);
            }

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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Oyo State chapter has admonished the Federal Government to pay the new minimum wage before the 2019 elections.
On Tuesday in Ibadan, the state capital, the Chairman of NLC in Oyo, Waheed Olojede made the remark during the 2018 Pension Day celebration organised by pensioners in the state.
The Chairman of NLC in Oyo, however, warned that the union was not prepared to compromise on the issue of the N30,000 minimum wage as it must be paid before the 2019 general elections.
He stated, "The issue of the new minimum wage started long ago before the election and must be resolved before it.
Emphasizing that without followers there cannot be leaders; Olojede urged them to think of workers who are suffering due to insufficient take-home pay.


Police shot and killed a man who they say was armed with a stick and a knife in the Bronx.
Gloversville Police have identified the victim in Saturday's fatal hit-and-run crash as Lawrence Douglas Irby, 61.
[email protected]: In New York State, Democrats blocked a Bill expanding College Tuition for Gold Star families after approving aid for illegal immigrants. No wonder so many people are leaving N.Y. Very Sad.
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It cannot be denied. The customer who introduced me to the Radio Garden website has, with a click, changed my audible wallpaper. As a googly-type earth revolves on my screen, with tiny sparkly dots indicating the different radio stations, channel hopping and globetrotting has become indecently quick. Indecent, because my finger tapping is so light that I am rarely sure of which channel I am listening to – not that it matters because, in three or four minutes, I will swap continents and tune in elsewhere.
At first, the oddity of waking in the morning to an Australian tea-time show felt no worse than quirky. I found it more difficult to reconcile my ears to an American West Coast weather forecast for the afternoon which, for me, had already been and gone and I was thinking about my evening cocoa. I do wonder if this environment is disrupting my concept of time, drawing me closer to an unavoidable black hole.
But, whisper who dares – the time of day and the place on earth do not matter one jot, because everywhere is churning out the same stuff all of the time. Now, I am sure that I could find more specialised stations if I employed little more diligence and a little more awareness of what I am looking for. But that hardly changes the wallpaper pattern when I randomly select one little sparkly dot from somewhere in the world and the content is, well, the same as the other randomly selected little sparkly dots. You would think that radio from small town America would be different from small town New Zealand.
The concession that the audience gets what it deserves is of little help. We decide what is popular and the radio stations deliver it, is that it? Are we really saying that producers are so devoid – and so caught up in corporate boundaries – that, as professionals, they are unable to deliver new ideas in attractive ways? It seems so; they seem focussed on elbowing their way to front of that race to the bottom spawned by the proliferation of choice. In short, it seems inevitable that professional radio will go the same way as their newsprint predecessors.
Because, in this digital-cyber age, enthusiasts are eager to be imaginative and they are ready to do it for nothing. Photography, journalism, music, broadcasting – almost any media activity.
This is already happening. And I am sure that I am not alone in recognising the picture. I ditched the television years ago and, although I enjoy listening to the wireless, the list of web podcasts which I am desperate not to miss has to be managed if it's not to occupy two or three hours each day. These programmes are put together by enthusiasts with a burning need to set out their specialist interests in a serious way. They are already pushing the radio schedules aside.
Someone, somewhere, needs to wake up? Not so, apparently. The great broadcasters and the newspapers will survive because the listeners will always trust their content first, I've been told. Ladies and gentlemen of the press, that conceit will be revealed as a fool's paradise in the few years it will take for more enthusiasts get good at it.
People in England are divided into two; those who watched Jack Hargreaves television programmes and those who didn't. Hargreaves was already an experienced journalist when he began to present "Out of Town" on Southern Television in the 1960s. Over the years, it bounced around the schedules but I like to remember it as the half hour show after my Sunday lunch. We knew that we had to endure the ill-fitting signature tune, sung by Max Bygraves, but we had no inkling of what was to follow. Sometimes Jack showed us how to make flies for fishing, how to prepare and cook game, the purpose of that gadget on the wall behind him, the difference between a good and bad pipe, the meaning of an old song or a report of his recent visit to a horse-fair. It was always a one man show, as far as I can remember, and presented from his den (which I still cannot bring myself to accept was just a studio set).
When I left home, the second book which I read in my new digs was Georges Simenon's memoir "When I Was Old". Again, he mentions the romance of a new set of writing books – in his case, delivered by special order from his stationer. I'm afraid I can't grow out of this obsession. My wife and daughter know that, for me, no Christmas or Birthday is complete without a fresh set of exercise books.
You won't be surprised that I have dozens of jotters on the go at the same time. (I write detective novels and need plenty of alibis.) But like Agatha Christie's scribbling books, they are neither numbered, dated nor organised, and many are full of my best ideas, lost to the world because no one, least of all myself, has any chance of deciphering the writing. But those labelled "My Notebook" are different. "My Notebook" is always carefully written (no alterations allowed) and filled with the trivia that is the best clue to my life. I recently came across one from the 1980s and found the scores of a card game with my wife, my thoughts on seeing a Policewoman in trousers for the first time, a recipe for a disgusting type of hamburger, and three or four paragraphs which I thought would make good openings if I ever got around to writing my different novels.
Here, I want to restore the pencil to its rightful place on the writer's desk because the poor old pencil has suffered so much in the recent age. Pretty soon, this old friend will be a country bygone for Jack's successors to talk about. Overlooked, uncared for, denigrated and given all the horrible jobs and so often found –dirty and chipped – in the bottoms of drawers, the pencil family is rarely recognised for its true strength. Let's look at the advantages over the pen (and especially that infernal invention, the ball-point).
The pencil may need sharpening but it will always work. Ball-points do not. Once you have mastered applying different pressures, you will have far more control over a pencil than you will ever have over ink-flow, enabling the pencil to indicate what is old thinking and what is new, what is important and what is frivolous and which remarks should be grouped together. No squiggly lines needed here; it's all done by weight and twist of hand. Pencils don't leak, their marks can be erased and, most of all, the writing does not fade. Words from a ballpoint do.
Now, step forward, the spirit of Jack Hargreaves.
With the dropping of the pencil, we have lost another skill. The craft of pencil sharpening. Of course, this was sent into decline when the pencil sharpener was invented. Pencils should be kept up to scratch, lightly, with a sharp blade, carefully fashioning the shape and gauge of the point, just as you need it. If you were ever a young lad who whittled (ah, whittling!) your pencil will recognise an experienced hand of fine judgement.
Yes, Jack would have made a damn good programme about pencil sharpening. Right up his street.
The risk of repeating this quotation is that eventually, people may believe that the purpose of reading a book to is find out what happens on the last page. The book can then be thrown away and, ultimately, we have no literature at all. Why would anyone read Henry V when we all know what happens at the end?
Do we stop at the restaurant to ward off hunger or to enjoy the taste of the food?
There are many books that I read, hoping never to get to the end. Bleak House, Treasure Island, Great Gatsby, the Waste Land, Ulysses. But there are also books that I read simply to get to the middle.
Two examples are Neville Shute's A Town Like Alice and John Buchan's Sick Heart River. Both these are well written, well constructed books that were great hits. In A Town Like Alice a young woman uses a windfall to make some sense of her war experiences by helping a community. But my love of the book is the relationship between the old and boring solicitor and the woman. That subplot would get in the way of the second half of the story and we hear little about it, so when I return to the book it is to read the first half. That is what I get out of the book so, at least, someone does read the book to get to the middle. In Sick Heart River, Sir Edward Leithen (one of my favourite characters) comes to terms with his own death, in the first half, and sets himself an adventurous challenge, coming close to the meaning of life, in the second. The light touch of the first half, considering a heavy subject, is something I come back to every year. Again, I read the book to get to the middle.
I'm sure that it's not lost that one of the cornerstones of crime fiction (Mickey Spillane's genre) is a book that people can only ever read to get to the middle: Edwin Drood. And, finally, what about the work that is the foundation of English fiction, if not English Literature. It was written more than five hundred years ago, and has been studied in depth and read by millions over centuries. But no one has ever got further than the middle. Canterbury Tales was left unfinished.
Before we begin, I confess. I am more likely to read the appendix to a history book than its introduction. You will see me returning to the end-notes of a biography rather than its text. And I love books of lists. Old AA and RAC books, old trade directories, bus timetables from bygone days all amuse me because of their window on the world of folk who have passed this way before. Record and book catalogues. Shopping lists scribbled in recipe books. And, of course, bibliographies.
Checklists of an author's books can be fun, descriptive checklists can be useful, but if I want to bury myself in my book room for a couple of hours, I can't do better than a full blown bibliography.
There's fun for some enthusiasts in arguing with the compiler. Complaints about what has been excluded, what cuckoo has found its way in and, most pernickety of all, why a particular book has been listed in the wrong place. Wrong, that is, for the grumpy reader. I join in those debates but my chunter is rather muted because the compiler's approach to a bibliography often presents an author's work in a way that I haven't considered before.
Then, especially for the bookdealer, there is always the challenge of stocking something that isn't in the bibliography. On the face of it, this can seem quite easy for few 'complete' bibliographies are really complete. (To be fair, most compilers do acknowledge that any list can only be work in progress. Would we want them to forever hold back from publication for fear that something else might turn up? Of course not.) But the better the bibliography, the more tempting the challenge. Some members of the Betjeman society use my book shop and I've been trying to beat their bibliographer for a couple of years. Twice, I thought I was ahead of them. One was a poem reprinted in a parish magazine while the other was a leaflet written for a civil war society. But no, these items were already known and I have yet to beat their bibliographer.
For me, the real joy of the bibliography is the connection it provides with the books as real, physical, ephemeral products. Let's say: the second edition has blue cloth, although a less common (bibliographers don't like the word rare) variant has orange. So what happened there? Was it towards the end of a Friday afternoon when the foreman, realising a the last of the blue cloth was required for a more important order, went to his "flat pack" office, made a hurried phone call (the noise of the bindery going on about him) and was told: "Of course, of course, whatever you think, but make sure they are here for Monday morning." Elsewhere, a packager shouts, "Don't use the new dustwrappers while we've twenty of the previous edition left." Did he realise just how sought after those twenty reprints in first edition wrappers would become?
For people who cannot catch the romance of this – yes, there will be one of two, I'm sure – I want to point you to DH Lawrence's essay 'Apropos Lady Chatterley'. In the early life of his masterpiece, Lawrence's battle with the pirates caused him to produce different small run editions of his self published book, leaving behind a tangle of different states laid over the many bootleg ventures. Obligingly, he also describes these different pirate copies in the essay. All in all, a confusion that cannot fail to attract the book collector with an obsession for order. Now, go to the standard two volume bibliography of Lawrence's work. Compare notes. Put your own case for filing the bibliographical information in a different form or order and, slowly, a true picture emerges of the life of this book. How it grew. What was happening to Lawrence's other books at the time. How it recovered from the blind alleys. How it caught the imagination of readers. And, in the end, how the world took ownership of it.
I cannot see a good bibliography as a dry and soulless document. Surely, these are the footprints left behind when a book has delivered from the author's cradle. Some chapters may end up in school textbooks while other publishers present the novel to the world on cheap paper between noisy covers. In later editions, words might be changed while some confusions remain. The bibliographer plots that path for us and, like all good research, she leaves with us with as many questions as answers. And as many opportunities speculate on the why of it all.
This post has jumped the queue, pushing aside my notes about the joys of reading a bibliography.
This morning, I enjoyed a chat with a customer who insisted that Dickens shouldn't be read on a bus, a train or anywhere cold. Not too seriously, we set about deciding rules for enjoying an hour or so with these classics. But first, a glimpse at the passion, the obsession almost, that lies in the heart of Dickens followers.
The dispute wasn't settled but things turned out well because 'the enthusiast' got the room he wanted and the receptionist didn't have to consider moving another guest from the official room. But the argument was only our first glimpse of the depth of the enthusiast's passion for everything Dickens. At half past six we mustered in the reception for the start of the guided walk that he had been promising for days. It was, of course, the best circumstances for a tour, three colleagues including an enthusiast who not only knew everything there was to know, but spoke from the heart. 'The enthusiast' shook "the Great Expectations gate" and stomped over the ground of Edwin Drood, all the time treating us to his version of the current controversies within the Dickens fan club. 'The enthusiast' might have been the quiet one in the office, but here was our first sight of the real man!
The point is – Dickens enthusiasts cannot rest with only the books but become absorbed into the Dickens world. I have been pleased to provide two of my bookshop customers (both Dickens collectors) with various choice editions but, over sixteen years, they have been best pleased with a domestic scrapbook of Dickens characters (from packet wrappers etc) and an old ticket to the 1951 Dickens festival.
For me, it is the magic of the great man's writing. Last summer, Christine and I visited Portsmouth Museum (we always do when we're down there because of the cottage pie in the little restaurant). In addition to the permanent Sherlock Holmes exhibition, visitors were treated to a Dickens exhibition, celebrating the bi-centenary. The real treasure was the handwritten manuscript of Nicholas Nickleby. Christine, knowing that I would spend a few minutes staring at this, went off to try on the Dickens costumes.
So, what are our rules for reading Charles Dickens?
Number one, we decided, was that you should read his books not to get to the end but slowly to digest his prose, reading and reading again those passages that capture you.
I said that he is best read aloud but my customer went further, imagining a Victorian family gathered around as someone read to them. Dickens should be read aloud but, better, read to an audience.
Rule number three, find your own Dickens space. The chair or corner of the room where you can settle and slip into your Dickens mood.
I guess all of this sounds like cosy sentimentality. Well, sentimentality is a charge that is often levelled at Charles Dickens. Cosy? Comfortable, certainly. But that comfort can hardly be drawn from, for example, returning to the horror of Nancy's murder or a sense that everything will turn out well; it doesn't. It's about the security of knowing that you're spending time with a man who can produce quality prose, vivid caricature and touch us with his reporting of London.
We decided on a final rule – a covenant, if you like. You should never recommend a favourite to new readers. They need to explore, and that's where we envy them.
A regular customer came in to our bookshop and caught me preparing a video for YouTube about the two prequels to my first mystery novel (Timberdick's First Case 2004), and we got to talking about readers' fascination about "going back" in a series of novels. It's a vice that I share and I'm not sure that it's so much about character development (as my friend was saying); for me, it's more about seeing the characters in strange situations and settings. I have to say that very often prequels are a bit of a disappointment, especially if they are written by someone other than the original author.
Talking of other writers taking on someone else's character, I am usually for it. I got into something of an unsatisfactory web-debate on a Raymond Chandler blog about this. You may want to check it out. It pretty much sets out my views.
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Hey, don't get me wrong. Having read through these notes, it comes across that I don't like writing a series. Couldn't be further from the truth … I love it. And I lap up the attention which readers give to the continuity details. I've not been caught out yet.
I was interviewed on Wednesday by Sian Brewis for her feature in this week's Leicester Mercury supplement. (A double page! Thank you very much) She wrote a trimmed, punchy piece that focussed on what readers want to know. It set me thinking about the provincial journalists that I have met, and wondering about the future of their craft in these days of user generated content.
Every small time writer, like myself, will have come across so many of this profession that it's perhaps unfair to pick just two or three to talk about.
John Brunton, no longer with us I'm afraid, interviewed me for the Nottingham Post when my first crime novel was published. It was clear that I was a fledgling author while he was a very experienced journalist. (I believe he interviewed pop stars for Titbits in the 1960s, but I'm not sure.) Yet he spoke to me on a level as we discussed my book, crime fiction and the changes in the reading taste of the Brits. His article was very generous and gave me a recognition that I don't think I deserved. We continued an email correspondence for the few years before his death and while he was quick to criticise my work (in emails, very incisively), he always treated me with professional respect. He made me feel part of the club. His reviews were always balanced and – perhaps more difficult to achieve – interesting. He knew what he was doing.
Another gentleman is Mike Allen. It seems that he no longer works for the Portsmouth News but the articles he produced for that paper sang with his knowledge of regional theatre and the arts. When he interviewed me, he was so concerned about setting myself and my wife at ease and there was so much fuss about getting the photograph right (I'm overweight and not the best looker) that I didn't feel that I had been interviewed at all. I remember commenting to Christine that we should expect a paragraph or two but no more. Yet, that afternoon, we read a carefully structured full page piece with a narrative and a point of view that can only have come from his careful listening and a quick understanding of my character.
There are many other reporters that I could mention in the same way. In my own local paper, the Harborough Mail, Ian O'Pray writes simple straightforward prose, some of the best written pieces that I have read about my books.
And that's the issue. The provincial journalists of this generation have been nurtured by colleagues and have honed their skills on hard experience. User generated content may well produce some quality writing amongst the dross, but I fear that it can't carry the pedigree that comes from working on a busy local paper.
Talk to any regional journalist and they'll talk about the torrent of change that's rushing through their industry. No-one can complain about that. Culture (like hard-bitten business) has always developed through change. Now is only different because it is happening indecently quickly. I simply hope that the weight of professionalism survives.


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To deserve the Ultra moniker, a Sony Xperia needs to be 6 inches or more, and the XA1 Ultra qualifies. It's also a FullHD resolution panel, as anything less would've been too coarse on that diagonal, while more won't make the budget. The resolution is good for 367ppi, perfectly adequate for the class.
Under a microscope, we see a conventional RGB arrangement with an equal number (of equally-sized) subpixels for each primary color.
The XA1 Ultra is very bright at its maximum setting making it past the 600-nit mark, if only just. There's no boost when you enable auto brightness. Blacks are kept in check for what turned out as an excellent contrast, verging on 1600:1. The XA1 Ultra is superior to both last year's XA Ultra and the current smaller XA1 in all three disciplines. Not only that, but the XA1 Ultra outperforms Sony's current flagships as well.
Among potential competitors, few can match the XA1 Ultra's peak brightness, and only AMOLEDs offer better contrast.
Outdoor visibility is great as well, the XA1 Ultra edges out the iPhone 7 Plus in this respect (hit the 'Expand' button above the chart to see it). Even the AMOLED display on the Moto Z Play is no match for the Ultra, though Samsung's own Galaxy A7 (2017) does have the upper hand - not all AMOLEDs are equal.
Hardly a first for a Sony phone, the Xperia XA1 Ultra puts a bluish tint to whites with a grayscale DeltaE of around 9, and an average DeltaE of 6.0, when compared against the sRGB color space.
You can tweak the color reproduction with the RGB sliders in the white balance section of the display settings. You'd need a colorimeter and dedicated software to calibrate it, though. Our trial-and-error attempts led to an average DeltaE of 2.6 with RGB values of 197, 83, 0. That, however, results in a massive dip in maximum brightness - with these white balance settings, the phone only pumped out 380nits. The blue and green pixels are brighter than the red ones and taking away some of the bluish cast lowers the screen's maximum brightness. That's not a glitch as it can be observed with any LCD out there but the dip on the XA1 Ultra after the calibration is more serious than usual.
The Sony Xperia XA1 Ultra comes in single and Dual SIM flavors. Ours is the single SIM version, so we can't comment on how the Dual SIM variety handles the two cards. Cat.6 LTE is supported by the Helio P20's modem for download speeds of up to 300Mbps.
Wi-Fi b/g/n over 2.4GHz and a/n over 5GHz is supported, but not ac. You can stream video wirelessly over Miracast but the XA1 Ultra isn't DLNA certified.
The supported Bluetooth is now v4.2 LE, as opposed to the XA Ultra's 4.1. Bluetooth comes with the audio-focused aptX protocol as well.
NFC is available too, and so is an FM radio receiver.
For positioning, you get GPS and GLONASS, but no BDS or Galileo.
Peripherals can be connected via the USB-C port, but USB 2.0 limits transfer speeds to 480Mbps. There's a good old 3.5mm jack for attaching headphones too.
Just like the small XA1, the Xperia XA1 Ultra relies on the same capacity battery as the model it replaces - that's 2,700mAh. Our skepticism was proven unfounded on the XA1, which posted quite respectable endurance results out of its tiny 2,300mAh cell, so we dived into our testing without worrying all that much.
And that turned out to have been the right attitude as the the Xperia XA1 Ultra's endurance is anything but disappointing. Let's start with what matters most - the tests we carry out with the display on are particularly demanding on the 6-inch Ultra, and 10 hours of video playback is admirable, even if the competition might be capable of more. Almost 12 hours of browsing the web over Wi-Fi is even more praiseworthy.
That's hardly a word to describe the phone's longevity in voice calls, where it couldn't make it to the 13-hour mark. Apparently, Mediatek's modem isn't as efficient in this use case as the competing solutions. But we still think talk time comes a distant second after all the other screen-on activities that you are bound to carry out on your big-screen smartphone.
The less than exciting showing in voice calls means, however, a lower overall endurance rating. Dialing in the numbers from the individual tests into our formula results in an overall endurance rating of 68 hours - not bad, but certainly not class-leading.
Our endurance rating stands for how long a single battery charge will last you if you were to use the smartphone for an hour each of telephony, web browsing, and video playback daily. We've established this usage pattern as they are common day-to-day tasks and it allows our battery results to be comparable across devices. The battery testing procedure is described in detail in case you're interested in the nitty-gritties. You can also check out our complete battery test table, where you can see how all of the smartphones we've tested will compare under your own typical use.
On the software side of things, Sony has also baked in their proprietary Stamina battery saving feature. It has two modes: regular Stamina, and Ultra Stamina. The first disables non-essential features like GPS and vibration, and takes performance down a notch.
Ultra Stamina is for absolutely dire occasions when you don't expect to be able to be near a power outlet for a long period of time. Enable that and it's back to basics where you get a single homescreen with access to the dialer and contacts, text messages, camera, clock - just the basics. Going out of Ultra Stamina requires a restart.


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September 2015 sees the return of Crush City's Annual combined exhibition at Jugglers Art Space.
This year we are boasting a roster of 11 artists, including some of Brisbane's most well respected Fine artists, Graffiti artists and Tattooers, all under the Crush City Fame banner.
Please come and enjoy a drink and meet the artists at the launch party on Saturday the 26th of September 6-9pm.
The gallery will be open from Thursday the 25th of September until Monday the 28th of September for public viewing during the Jugglers opening hours: 10am – 4pm.


Hi, we are a semi-retired professional couple. Making the most of any free time she has, Carol enjoys her hobbies of playing the piano, fishing, hiking and travel. Jeremy shares the latter two interests, plus offers 'shore-crew' support for Carol's fishing excursions, busies himself cooking and supports his beloved Sydney Swans Australian Football League team. Both of us are healthy and fit, assisted by our twice weekly 1 km swims, regular walks around our local area and we also cycle frequently. Our travel experiences are pretty extensive - starting with a 7 week trip in our mid-twenties to Japan which we enjoyed immensely and set us on a life journey to travel whenever we could afford the expense and time, although some trips were work related. Over the years we have visited Canada (a number of times), the United States, parts of South East Asia, India, England, Ireland, various parts of Europe and most recently we have returned from a 71 km hiking trip in New Zealand. We can't get enough of it. Carol has also endeavoured to learn German, has some basic conversation skills, but is by no means fluent. She enjoys trying though! Both of us are pretty good communicators (in English!) and would be comfortable providing regular updates on the condition of your property and pets by phone, Skype, WhatsApp, Facebook, or email in order to keep in touch. We are acutely conscious of how much an owner would like to be reassured that everything is going smoothly. We recall being terribly nervous whenever we had to leave the care of our dogs and cats to others when we were travelling for work or leisure. We also realise what a privilege it is to be given the opportunity to house-sit and we would never take for granted the trust that is required to let a stranger into your home and we would be very respectful of your property and possessions.
Having lost two beloved dogs, Sasha and Lola, when they died a few years ago (at ages 17 & 18!!) Carol enjoys looking after other dogs from time to time - whether they be friend's dogs, or assisting a dog walking business at peak times. Carol and Jeremy see house-sitting as another opportunity to enjoy caring for other people's pets and to also have the opportunity to catch up with far-flung family around the world.
Carol can provide a reference of her experience as a dog walker and pet/home carer from the 'Collar & Lead' dog-walking business. She has assisted this business on a part-time, casual basis for the last 6 years since our two dogs, Lola and Sasha, passed on. We haven't replaced these pets since we now live in an apartment. Both of us are comfortable looking after cats having owned a couple in past years. On the house minding side of things you will find us pretty fastidious in keeping a house and property clean and tidy and, although we have recently moved into an apartment, we still enjoy gardening. We are pretty proud of our small balcony herb garden.
Thank you Carol for taking care of the boys! Sebastian been Sebastian was very happy and Juno is still talking about going to see you in Australia.....lol Great people and hope to have them over again. Thank you to both of you.
Carol and Jeremy are my go-to friends whenever I need help and advice with my dog, and any other issues with pets. They have looked after my house and garden (nowadays pots on the deck) numerous times when I was travelling which gave me peace of mind while I was away and on my return a happy and healthy dog and the tidiest house and a flourishing garden.
Carol is assisting a local professional dog walker and I know that she is very familiar with a wide range of dog breeds and their specific characters as I have joined her on a number of walks with her charges.
Carol is a keen gardener and they are a very house proud couple. It might be a cliche but I am sure they will take care of your house, the garden and the four-legged inhabitants as if it were their own.
Carol and Jeremy love the out-doors, in particular Carol shares my love for multi-day hikes and they both are well traveled and open minded. They are most trustworthy, reliable and resourceful with a good sense of humour.
Carol has been working for me casually walking dogs ( an assortment of breeds from small to large), and doing home visits which includes feeding all types of pets since February 2012. Part of this includes being responsible for keys to a number of clients properties.
I have no hesitation in recommending her for a house sitters role as she is trustworthy, honest, reliable, and has a caring nature with the pets.


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If any of these Moth cartoons tickle your fancy, you can put them on a coffee cup by clicking on the link to the right of the cartoon. The link will take you to Zazzle.com along with the image. These make great unique gifts. You can also put your favorite cartoon on a t-shirt. If you don't see a link next to your favorite cartoon for a t-shirt, let us know and we can help you out.


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2 Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy.
4 Department of Biomedical and Forensic Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK. Electronic address: grisha.pirianov@anglia.ac.uk.


I feel – I feel sleepy yet energized. Also, my body aches.
I feel like I can do anything I want to. I've got all kinds of energy and I think I've got a handle on this semester as far as my school load goes. I've basically dropped out of fencing until after Spring Break, and I think that's given me the time I need to organize myself better. Now that I've got back into kendo regularly everything feels so much better. I don't think that's a coincidence. I often tell people that kendo saved my life, and I think it's true. The annual winter depression I go through is kept at bay by the regular exercise and the feeling of accomplishment all that gives me. Oh yeah, and I'm losing weight again!


Zach Ertz surprises 8-year-old boy battling rare birth defect in Chester County. Bob Brooks has more on Action News at 6 p.m. on April 11, 2019.
PAOLI, Pa. (WPVI) -- When Zach Ertz walked into a class at St. Norbert's in Paoli Thursday the students couldn't believe it.
In fact, one young lady had to ask, "Is this real?"
Ertz laughed and said of course, "It is real."
But this wasn't just a random classroom visit for the Pro Bowl tight end to just sign autographs and make a lot of kids happy.
Ertz visited St. Norbert's to see one particular fan, 8-year-old JD Sobota.
Sobota has a rare condition that causes blood vessels in his brain to tangle.
While having treatment in California at Stanford University, which is Ertz's alma mater, Sobota's nurses reached out to his favorite NFL player through Twitter and the Eagles star obliged.
Sobota asked Ertz, "Did you feel like your head would explode when you won the winning touchdown of the Super Bowl?"
Ertz laughed and said, "It was close. It almost exploded, for sure."
Then the whole school formed a tunnel for Sobota to run through with Ertz right behind him.
Ertz said checking in on one of his biggest fans was the least he could do.
"We're just trying to give him some hope and love. Obviously he's going through a lot. But he's got that positive outlook and his family is amazing people," said Ertz.
But JD Sobota's dad Joe said he's most grateful for St. Norbert's.
They've given so much support, and even recently raised $7,600 for his treatment during their Catholic Schools Week.
Joe Sobota said, "All of his school was cheering for him once again today and this is a great memory that he'll be able to think back on."


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As our Service Pressure Equipment Inspector David services both metropolitan and rural clients across South Australia.
A welder and boilermaker by trade, David made a career change at 30 to become a mechanical and design drafter. After completing his studies, he joined Aztec Analysis working in a drafting role for over 13 years, before the Australian Government announced that it would no longer be facilitating pressure testing.
Seeing this as an opportunity, David decided to further extend his working knowledge and undertook a traineeship type role with an ex Government inspector to learn the skills and expertise required in in-service pressure vessel inspection. Travelling throughout South Australia for 2 years he gained an intricate understanding of the specific requirements of this field. David continues to travel from 2,000 - 4,000 kilometres per month, servicing equipment for an enormous range of clients from large corporations including Nyrstar, BOC and Air Liquide to smaller individual clients comprising fishing, tuna boats to gas stations and many other small businesses which have pressure equipment requiring inspections.
With an approximate 3,000 vessels inspected on a regular basis including large capacity gas fired boilers to small air receivers, David aims to always work closely with clients and contractors to achieve solutions which meet the client's needs, whilst maintaining a focus on constructability. With an increase in imported equipment brought in by companies, David is kept busy ensuring clients have a comprehensive understanding of compliance and standards, accurate documentation and follow duty of care requirements.
In 2016 David won the opportunity to travel to Tanzania with the WGA Scholarship. Having never been outside Australia he was thrilled to be able to participate in a four-week term assisting a number of Team Vista's community development projects. Enjoying the challenge of working in a foreign environment, with limited materials and resources, David assisted with the maintenance of Team Vista's children's home and their new Haria Backpackers Hotel.
A SAMFS retained fire fighter, David put his skills to use training the local fire brigade squad as well as volunteering across a diverse range of activities including helping at the local school, coaching the soccer and volleyball teams, and even participating in a meeting designed for the empowerment of women. David no doubt holds this experience as one of his life's greatest achievements – so much so, he and his partner are planning their return trip to once again volunteer their time, skills and expertise.
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For many diabetes victims, Actos is their medicine for many years. The reason that the mediation was among the best diabetes treatment drugs in the industry. But after June 2011, a lot of red flags are raised as it came to using this medication.
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Cloning is a division of biotechnology which deals with creating a genetically identical or specific replica of the object or alive.
The procedure involves the utilization of DNA, cells or organisms. It is normally done in order to make an enhanced living organism or merchandise.
Among the latest and more advanced techniques of a plant, cloning is called micropropagation. This is a costly process (because of its technique) where the actual plant tissue is used for making the clones.
Cloning wasn't confined to plants or objects but it proceeded a step forward when the scientist surfaced to clone a sheep.
The nucleus from a somatic cell is transferred to an egg which has no nucleus for additional reproduction process.
The first ever cloned sheep was termed'Dolly'; although the experiment was successful it generated a heavy argument among different religions and nations. Most wonder if human cloning will probably follow up next.
Human cloning remains a popular issue to be discussed at the governmental dinner tables. Stem cells are used in the process of communicating and requires a lot of wisdom and expertise in genetic engineering to manage it.
Locksmith's accountabilities are very likely to involve fixing, fitting and maintaining a wide selection of electronic and key based lock mechanics. A locksmith can offer you an overall service in which they can work on many kinds of lock and safety systems or rather they may specialize in a specific area, such as automobile locksmith or a protected technician.
An automobile locksmith is extremely proficient in safeguarding the frequently complicated locking mechanisms on the most recent vehicles versions on the marketplace. They can help in a broad assortment of scenarios, from keys which have been stolen or lost to keys which were secured within a vehicle by error.
A commercial locksmith is involved with helping to look after the resources of a company or workplace from vandalism or theft. They are exceptionally knowledgeable with the most recent high-volume key or keyless lock programs that are installed on either the exterior and interior doors.
A commercial locksmith may be a single builder or employment in a security company in the fiscal or business area. A locksmith in this subject should remain on top of the newest modifications and technology, for example, keyless entries and digital locks, to be certain that they can provide guidance on the best security system for a particular company's requirements.


If not Surrey Stars, who would you like to win?
I'm going to have to say Loughborough Lightning, because Evelyn [Jones] and Macca [Alex MacDonald] play there.
Who would you like to see playing in KSL that isn't?
I'd love to see Meg Lanning come over and play. Unfortunately she couldn't this year because she's injured, but it would be great in future.
Justin Bieber or One Direction?
Justin Bieber! Without a doubt!
I love the Ageas Bowl.
Favourite thing on the menu in Nandos?
Lemon and herb butterfly chicken and chips. I'm not a spice person!
Hopefully being England's number 1 spinner and winning the World Cup!
Where do you see women's cricket in 10 years?
Hopefully it's massive. With the KSL we want thousands of people coming to watch, so hopefully it'll get like that.


Vana Tallinn Summer Lime is the legendary Vana Tallinn in a totally fresh way. Zesty lime and aromatic mint will make your taste buds… sing! A lovely social drink for summery get-togethers!
Vana Tallinn Summer Lime is very fresh and full of surprises! Firstly, the colour of Vana Tallinn Summer Lime is bright and transparent with a slight golden spark. To put it simple, our liqueur masters captured pure sunlight into the bottle. Second, it's the taste. It's fresh, rum with citrus and mint is a winner combination. Light and easy – the taste of summer. When it comes to the aroma it's a fresh bouquet of mint, lime and rum.
Vana Tallinn Summer Lime is inspired by tropical nature and bright colours. A mouthful of freshness and exotic vibe – all seen through the eye of an artist! As for the bottle, the one and only, it is the legendary anthem to the skyline of Tallinn with its historic towers. The result is the freshest Vana Tallinn in the product range.
First and foremost Vana Tallinn Summer Lime is best enjoyed as a cocktail. Accompanied by evening sun, holiday and best friends. It also goes well with apple, grapefruit or cranberry juice.


Again, thiswas delayed by technical errors on my part.
Lightning in Rihana-ye is taliha (sky-light).
its southern variant Pi-Zatona-ye it is shosh.
compounds like this are one reason Natece "died."
In Jases Lalal it might be jasap, but that has not been approved yet.
yet,  but  clothing is bate in Rihana-ye and lana in Kushy Yemu.
Hole in Natece is enechanae.
to Rihana-ye to be "proper" especially gasag.
In Kushy yemu seed is gany.
In Natece seed is atecnantlec.
in any of my concultures.


Immerse yourself in the game and dominate the competition with the Alienware Aurora from Dell. This VR-ready, dual graphics-ready PC features a 3.2GHz Intel Core i7 processor, 16GB DDR4 RAM, a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 graphics card, and a big 1TB hard drive. AC Wi-Fi, Gigabit Ethernet, and multiple USB 3.0 ports let you connect and expand.
I. love. this. pc. Best ever and will. never let you down.
Bought this computer for game development as a beginner. So far everything runs perfectly. zBrush and Maya run on this no problem, Unreal Engine too. Had it for almost a month. No complaints yet, but let's not jinx it! At most I might upgrade the graphics card later on, but the 1060 is more than enough to do what I have to do.


It is equipped with columns for the electrical energy, services with baths, washbasins, sinks with hot water, hot showers; camper service for water supply and discharge; natural steam bath; washing machine and dryer machine (coin operated), the Internet station, WI-FI network.
Wide parking area for rallies organized by camper owners. The hot showers, hot water, steam bath, swimming pool, electricity, the WI-FI connection and the visit to the Natural Park of the Solfatara , are free of charge.
• A 180 sq.m swimming pool surrounded by a lawn, strictly reserved to the vacationers, equipped with sun beds, beach umbrellas and providing a security surveillance service (July to October).
• Natural steam bath fed by a natural volcanic fumarole; ~ 50°C ~122°F, 90% relative humidity.
• Bowling and pétanque greens, m. 20*4. The bowls are made available to the guests of the campsite.
• Five-a-side football ground (28 x 18 meters) and Volleyball ground ( 18 x 9 metres) Tournaments with prizes are organized (April to October).
• Table tennis outdoors. The rackets and balls are made available to the guests of the Campsite.
• Giant chessboard (the King is 31 cm) and Draughtboard outdoors.
• Take-away food and traditional dishes to order. Facilities for groups (April to October).
• Mini market with food, tobacco, ice cream, camping-gas, camping accessories, etc. (April to October).
• Rustic chalet with internal and external coffee bars services and ice cream, selling of souvenirs and postcards, minerals, tickets for bus and subway, foreign and Italian newspapers, Artecards.
• No. 3 public pay phones (cards).
• Information Office (English, French, German, Spanish), with the possibility of reservations for tours.
• Day and night custodian service.
• Excursions with bus and guided tours departing from the Campsite (a minimum number of participants is required).
Among the many services offered by the International Campsite is also a guided tour, during day or night as you prefer, in Italian, French and English, to the adjacent area in the volcanic crater of the Vulcano Solfatara.
Further details on our equipment are listed here.


Hackers have never been more determined, and they are also becoming more skilled at attacking the networks and other IT assets of businesses. Only by staying on top of security can businesses hope to remain safe from the dangers hackers pose more and more obvious with every passing year.
Becoming familiar with the basics will make it easier to recognize when a business' network needs to be shored up and how best to do so.
Hackers and other digital criminals have become so threatening that the Federal Bureau of Investigation now maintains a list of those who are currently most wanted. Most businesses today can expect to face attacks on a regular basis, whether they are carefully targeted or indiscriminate ones that affect huge numbers of victims.
Businesses cannot afford to succumb to these assaults, as even a single breach can end up being extremely costly. Jupiter Research estimates that more 12 million private records were stolen in 2018 alone, with the annual total expected to rise as high as 33 billion over the course of the next few years.
Even a single successful hack can leave a business facing extortionate ransom demands or huge amounts of harm to its reputation. Unfortunately, hackers have developed many different ways to breach the networks of businesses, all of which must be guarded against effectively.
It is always easiest to gain access to a corporate network when in possession of recognized credentials. A hacking technique known as "phishing" sees hackers angling for login details like passwords by creating fake sites which closely resemble real ones. Diverted to such destinations by email or other means, victims sometimes hand over their digital keys without even realizing it.
Another favourite way that hackers exploit corporate insiders is to send attachments which contain dangerous programs. Once executed and installed, these malicious pieces of software can invite hackers into corporate networks automatically. Some trojans even encrypt important files and refuse to release them until a ransom has been paid.
Many companies operate servers which run software that communicates with the outside world. Should such a program have a vulnerability, hackers can often exploit it to gain access to an entire network. As those who read about managed IT services here will see, proactively staying on top of patches and the like is the best way to avoid such problems.
In some cases, hackers are content with staying on the outside. Directing huge amounts of bogus traffic at a corporate network can be enough to deny its service to others. In many cases, such an attack will be followed up by extortionate demands for money.
With these being only a few of the attacks that hackers most commonly employ today, businesses need to be vigilant about digital security. Being sure to do everything possible to thwart the full range of possible attacks will always be wise and productive.


Owning a horse can bring a lot of enjoyment but it is also a big responsibility and requires a commitment in terms of time and finances. A horse will require daily care all year round and under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 anyone owning or caring for a horse has a responsibility to ensure they have at least a basic understanding of its welfare needs and to ensure these needs are met. These needs include ensuring the horse is kept in a suitable environment, has an adequate diet, is allowed to behave normally, has appropriate company and is protected from injury, disease, pain and suffering. Therefore it includes the provision of veterinary treatment if the horse becomes ill or injured and this can be costly. However, there are a variety of insurance companies that offer insurance cover for horses to cover veterinary fees in the case of accident or illness.
This section covers various topics relating to horse care.
Information about horse equipment and clothing that may be required in caring for a horse.
Owning a horse is expensive so check out our money saving tips for horse owners.
A horse and its equipment can be valuable so check out our guides help prevent theft.
An outline of the basics of a horse passports, which all equines over 6 months are required to have.
Information about caring for a horse kept at grass.
Information about caring for a horse kept stabled.
Advice on choosing a livery yard and information on the different types of livery.
How to weigh a horse and an approximate guide to a horse's body weight by height.
Information about feeding horses, types of feed for horses, feeding times, quantities and ratios.
Information about normal vital signs for a horse, poisonous plants, fly repellents, horse illnesses and diseases.


DBFGI offers a 2 year MBA course, affiliated to Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punajb Technical University, Bathinda.
MBA is a 2-year Master's Degree program that leads to careers in Business Administration.
The objective of the programme is to produce Business Professionals with the skills & confidence to pursue a rewarding career. The programme prepares students for managerial positions. MBA helps a person in understanding not only the structure and operation of a business but also to inspire others in promoting, developing and successfully running their organization.
We provide Specializations in – International Business, Marketting, Finance, HR, IT.
Those who have completed their graduation with 50% Marks (45% Marks for SC/ST) are eligible to apply subject to their production of eligibility on or before a date specified by the university.


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Release of the Person-Centred Language Initiative Report!
In Fall 2016, Behavioural Supports Ontario's (BSO) Knowledge Translation and Communications Advisory reignited a conversation on language with intentions of fulfilling one of its terms of reference objectives: to critically reflect and provide recommendations regarding language and communications used by BSO and its key stakeholders.
Leads were assigned to the BSO Person-Centred Language Initiative and an expert panel comprised of individuals with lived experience and various other expertise was formed. Over the course of a year, the expert panel was able to create a living document in the shape of Person-Centred Language Commitment Statements informed by the authentic voice of persons with lived experience to promote the consistent use of person-centred language that is appropriate, respectful, life-affirming and inclusive when talking about individuals served by BSO's mandate. This report is now available for everyone to read and share. This document also includes relevant practical resources to further awareness and knowledge regarding person-centred language and communication.


Virgin Galactic this week conducted the second powered flight test of its VSS Unity spaceplane.
The supersonic ship sailed over the Mojave Desert on Tuesday—54 days after igniting its engine for the first time since a fatal crash in 2014.
"It was great to see our beautiful spaceship back in the air and to share the moment with the talented team who are taking us, step by step, to space," Virgin Galactic Chairman Richard Branson said in a statement.
Since its founding in 2004, the spaceflight company has been on a rollercoaster to the cosmos: The White Knight Two carrier plane and suborbital SpaceShipTwo flew together in 2010.
But a series of delays has grounded the firm, which suffered a disaster four years ago, when the VSS Enterprise broke apart in midair, killing co-pilot Michael Alsbury and seriously injuring pilot Peter Siebold.
Replacement ship VSS Unity completed its first successful glide test in December 2016, and another six by January 2018. On April 5, it performed a powered test flight.
On Tuesday, the rocket behaved as expected: its motor burned for the planned 31 seconds, propelling Unity to a speed of Mach 1.9 and an altitude of 114,500 feet. Its re-entry feathering system was deployed for the initial descent, before a final glide home.
Branson was on the runway to greet pilots Dave Mackay and Mark "Forger" Stucky, as well as CJ Sturckow and Nicola Pecile, pilots of the carrier aircraft, VMS Eve.
"Today we saw VSS Unity in her natural environment, flying fast under rocket power and with a nose pointing firmly toward the black sky of space," Branson said, sounding like a proud parent.
The teams will now review flight data and continue planning for the next departure.


Natural gas may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of a plumber's responsibilities, but working on gas lines does fall within the scope of what we do. As a full-service plumbing company, we are the team to call for gas leaks and new gas lines – inside of and outside of your home. That begs one very important question, though.
Why do I need a plumber to install or repair gas lines?
First of all, the pipes that carry natural gas are quite similar to the pipes that carry freshwater or wastewater in your home or business. They're made of the same materials, usually, all of which have similar applications. A skilled plumber understands which material is best in which scenario in order to minimize the threat of dangerous gas leaks, which is the most important factor. Safety should never be compromised, even if it means saving a little money. In the long run, poorly-done gas lines could cost much more than you think.
In fact, many areas have legal restrictions on who can and can't work on gas lines, and it makes perfect sense when you consider the potential hazards to your health.
We even work on outdoor areas that require access to natural gas, such as your outdoor kitchens or firepit.
If you are looking for a plumber that can handle your natural gas plumbing needs, you've come to the right place. Our team has extensive experience in this arena, and we invite you to put our experts to work for you! Whether you believe you may have a natural gas leak or you are interested in learning more about expanding your existing gas plumbing, give us a call. We'd be happy to hear about your needs and help you determine the best course of action.
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ANNOUNCEMENT OF US-JAPAN BRAIN RESEARCH COOPERATION PROGRAM (BRCP)
- THE US COMPONENT
NOTICE: NOT-NS-04-014  (See Notice NOT-NS-07-009)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
(http://www.ninds.nih.gov)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
(http://www.nimh.nih.gov)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
(http://www.nida.nih.gov)
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
(http://www.nidcd.nih.gov)
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
(http://www.nidcr.nih.gov)
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
(http://www.nichd.nih.gov)
APPLICATION RECEIPT DATE:  September 15, 2004, 2005, and 2006
This Notice replaces NOTICE NOT-NS-03-024
The "Agreement between the Government of the United States of America
and the Government of Japan on Cooperation in Research and Development
in Science and Technology" was signed by the President of the United
States of America and the Prime Minister of Japan on May 1, 1980 and
subsequently renewed and extended.  Under the umbrella of this
Agreement, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
(NINDS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA and the National
Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki National Research
Institutes, Japan, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for a
Brain Research Cooperation Program (BRCP) on November 29, 2000.  The
focus of the BRCP is to support studies of molecular, cellular, and
integrative mechanisms underlying brain functions.  The BRCP supports
the following three activities: 1) research collaboration between
scientists in the U.S. and Japan; 2) exchange and training of
scientists; and 3) information exchange via joint workshops.  Within
the funding guidelines of the BRCP program, each country will support
its own scientists who participate in the aforementioned activities.
The Japanese component of the BRCP has been active since 2001.  Details
of the Japanese component of BRCP is available on the following website:
http://www.nips.ac.jp/jusnou/english/
The participating six NIH Institutes are now accepting proposals from
US neuroscientists who plan to participate in the BRCP.
MECHANISMS OF SUPPORT
The following activities will be supported by the BRCP:
US scientists, who are planning a short-term visit to Japan for the
purpose of conducting collaborative research or to acquire advanced
research skills, can apply for funding (up to $10,000 direct cost) to
support travel and lodging expenses.  If the US scientist has current
research funding from one of the six participating NIH institutes,
funding for the visit will be provided through an administrative
supplement.
Joint Workshops
US scientists, who are co-organizing small-scale US-Japan joint
workshops that focus on topics relevant to the mission of the BRCP, can
apply for funding to support the travel and lodging expenses of the
invited US participants (up to $3,000 per person).  For joint workshops
being held in the US, funds can also be requested to support meeting
expenses.  The total amount of workshop support may not exceed $25,000,
and indirect cost is not applicable.
To apply for research collaboration or to acquire advanced research
skills, the US applicants should use the PHS-398 form.  The PHS-398
form and instructions are available at:
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html.
The application packet should include the following pages:
Face page: Applicant information, the applicant's home institution,
proposed budget and funding period
Page 2: Abstract, Performance Site, Key personnel
Page 4: A detailed Budget (not to exceed $10,000 direct cost)
Page 5: Budget justification
Page 6: Research Plan (up to 5 pages)
o Background and significance of the proposed collaborative research
o Research goals
o The unique opportunities offered by this collaboration
o Anticipated outcomes and future goals
o The US applicant's current grant support (citing the participating
NIH institute, if applicable) and Biographical Sketch
o The Japanese host's name, title, affiliation, contact information,
and Biographical Sketch
o A letter of invitation from the Japanese host
For joint workshops, applications should be developed collaboratively
by both US and Japanese organizers.  For applications submitted to the
NIH, the application packet should include the following information:
1. The title of the joint workshop
2. The US and Japanese organizers' name, title, affiliation, address,
phone number, email address and Biographical Sketch.  If the US
applicants have current research funding from the participating NIH
institutes, it should be cited
3. The proposed workshop location
4. The proposed duration the workshop
5. The workshop plan (up to 10 pages), which should include the
o Relevance of the workshop to the goals of BRCP
o Background
o Organizing committee (if applicable)
o Goals of the workshop
o Content: topics, sessions, list of invited participants and a
tentative agenda
o Anticipated outcomes
o A plan for information dissemination to the larger neuroscience
Applications in response to this solicitation will be reviewed by the
BRCP Steering-Review Committee.
o Significance and scientific merit
o The soundness of the research or workshop plan
o The qualifications of the US applicant and the Japanese host
o The environment of the Japanese host institution
o Relevance to the focus of the BRCP and the mission and areas of
research interests of the participating NIH Institutes
Areas of research interests of the participating NIH Institutes:
o NINDS supports research on the healthy, diseased, and injured brain,
spinal cord, peripheral nerves, and mechanisms underlying neurological
and neuromuscular disorders.
o NIMH supports an integrated program of basic and clinical research in
biology, neuroscience, epidemiology, behavioral sciences as well as
services research aimed at developing and assessing new approaches to
diagnose, prevent and treat mental illness.
o NIDA supports basic, clinical, and applied research on the causes,
consequences, prevention and treatment of drug abuse and addiction.
o NIDCD encourages collaborative basic and clinical biomedical and bio-
behavioral research in the communication sciences of hearing, balance,
smell, taste, voice, speech and language.
o NIDCR supports research on molecular mechanisms regulating normal
craniofacial development; genetic and environmental influences on
abnormal craniofacial disorders; and the etiology and pathophysiology
of chronic pain in orofacial tissues with a focus on the
temporomandibular joint.
SELECTION AND FUNDING
The selection process will be competitive across all applications and
activities.  Funding is subject to the availability of funds.
Applicants will be notified of any funding decisions in December of
each year.
Within one month after the funding period, the awardee is required to
submit a 2-5 page final report to the respective NIH funding institute
describing the work completed under the program.
RECEIPT DATE: September 15, 2004, 2005, 2006
REQUIREMENT OF PRIOR APPROVAL
Prior approval from program staff at the respective participating NIH
institutes is required before applications will be accepted.  When
contacting the program staff, applicants should be prepared to discuss
the purpose, significance and necessity of their visit to Japan and how
the collaborative arrangement will benefits their research in the US.
Applications submitted without prior approval will be returned.
The names and contact information of the program staff representing the
participating NIH institutes are listed below:
Yuan Liu, Ph.D.
Chief, Office of International Activities
6001 Executive Blvd. NSC Room 2110
Bethesda, MD 20892-9523 (USPS)
Rockville MD 20852 (Courier)
Telephone: (301)496-1917
Email: liuyuan@ninds.nih.gov
Michael F. Huerta, Ph.D.
Associate Director for Translational Research and
Division of Neuroscience and Basic Behavioral Science
6001 Executive Blvd., Rm. 7202
Bethesda, MD  20892-9645
Email: mhuerta@mail.nih.gov
Steven Gust, Ph.D.
Director, International Program
6001 Executive Blvd, Room 5272
Email: Sgust@nih.gov
Barry Davis, Ph.D.
Division of Scientific Programs
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
6120 Executive Boulevard, EPS Room 400C, MSC-7180
Email: Davisb1@nidcd.nih.gov
John W. Kusiak, Ph.D.
Director, Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology Program
Division of Basic and Translational Sciences
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Natcher, Building 45, Room 4AN-18A
Email: kusiakj@mail.nih.gov
Danuta Krotoski, Ph.D.
Acting Associate Director
Office of Prevention Research and International Programs
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
6100 Executive Boulevard
Room 2A-01 MSC 7510
Email: krotoskd@mail.nih.gov
SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS
The face page of the PHS-398 form should be signed by the US applicant
and the administrative official from his or her home institution.  An
original application and five photocopies should be sent by mail or
courier to:
Ms. Stacey Chambers
Program Analyst
Office of International Activities
Bethesda, MD 20892- 9523 (USPS)
Email: chambers@ninds.nih.gov
DO NOT SEND TO THE CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC REVIEW (CSR)
OTHER RELATED FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES:
Other funding opportunities for activities related to American and
Japanese collaborations in the field of neuroscience, (exclusive of
this solicitation) include the following:
o US postdoctoral fellows who plan to receive training in a Japanese
laboratory can apply for the RUTH L. KIRSCHSTEIN NATIONAL RESEARCH
SERVICE AWARDS FOR INDIVIDUAL POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS (F32)
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-03-067.html
o US independent scientists who plan to receive training or conduct
collaborative research in a Japanese laboratory for and extended time
period (four months to a year) can apply for the NIH NATIONAL RESEARCH
SERVICE AWARDS FOR SENIOR FELLOWS (F33)
o For large-scale meetings or workshops that have a larger impact on
the neuroscience research community, investigators may apply for an NIH
CONFERENCE GRANT (R13).
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/par-03-176.html

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