Editor's Note: This edition is the same recording that was released in 2001, but it has been repackaged and re-released. Back in 2003, Scott reviewed The Diamond Age after listening to it on cassette tape.
Review: This was my second listen of the audio version narrated by Jennifer Wiltsie, which I enjoyed more thoroughly than the first time. Perhaps the main reason for this was that I happened to listen to Oliver Twist in between and discovered that Neal Stephenson had written a wonderful homage to Charles Dickens' masterpiece, unbeknownst to me. That is not to say that reading Oliver Twist is a requirement for liking this book, but that it is a great way to fully appreciate the author's style in this story, which was somewhat foreign to me at first. The Diamond Age is the sort of book that has the amusing ability to make me feel both more and less intelligent than I really am. Stephenson has a style of genre bending all his own that I like to think of as Neal-punk. At times he'll mix it with some Dickensian dialogue that makes perfect sense to me. Other times his writing flies right over my head and convinces me that I'd need a significant amount of time and effort doing research in order to get his meaning, which is okay with me. It all lends itself to the sort of layered writing that bears up well to multiple readings, getting more and more understanding and appreciation each time. That is not so say that it requires a re-read in order to enjoy, it just helped me out quite a bit. I also happen to be an avid re-reader.
The characters in this book are diverse, interesting, often funny, and easy to sympathize with, especially Nell. I would mostly recommend this to people who enjoy an esoteric story that gives you a lot of food for thought. Neal Stephenson has a bit of a reputation for writing not-so-great endings. I don't think The Diamond Age has a cut and dried conclusion, leaving room for the listener's own imagination to wonder about and fill in some details. I can see how this may be dissatisfying to some, but I rather like a story that leaves me thinking about it afterwards. Jennifer Wiltsie did an excellent job with the narration, smoothly going from one character's voice to another and delivering some lovely Victorian dialogue flawlessly to my American ears. All in all, I found it to be unique, imaginative, and quite fun.
Moxyland is an ultra-smart thriller about technological progress, and the freedoms it removes. In the near future, four hip young things live in a world where your online identity is at least as important as your physical one. Getting disconnected is a punishment worse than imprisonment, but someone's got to stand up to government inc., whatever the cost.
This might be one instance where an audiobook has the potential to lead a reader (listener) into confusion more than reading the print might do. Moxyland is read by Nico Evers-Swindell, best known for his portrayal of Prince William in the made-for-tv movie William & Kate. While he does a good job with the voices and South African accents, the intertwining stories are hard to keep up with, particularly with the way the reader is dumped right into the center of everything already going on.
That's how living in a totalitarian, nearly-post-Apartheid South Africa can be sometimes. The four main characters in Moxyland don't seem to have a grasp of the big picture either, and can hardly keep up with navigating the landscape where your cellphone can punish you, viruses can be used as crowd control, and your body can be turned into an irrevocable product advertisement.
This has tastes of William Gibson and Cory Doctorow, and the realism is helped by the ten years Beukes spent as a journalist, where she started thinking "What would happen if…?" The world she has created is scary, but not difficult to imagine. After all, some of us are already living it.


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package org.springframework.versions.interceptors;

import internal.org.springframework.versions.AuthenticationFacade;
import internal.org.springframework.versions.LockingService;
import org.aopalliance.intercept.MethodInterceptor;
import org.aopalliance.intercept.MethodInvocation;
import org.springframework.data.util.ReflectionUtils;
import org.springframework.util.Assert;
import org.springframework.versions.LockOwnerException;
import org.springframework.versions.LockParticipant;

import javax.persistence.Id;
import java.lang.reflect.Field;

import static java.lang.String.format;

public class PessimisticLockingInterceptor implements MethodInterceptor {

    private LockingService locker;
    private AuthenticationFacade auth;

    private static final ReflectionUtils.AnnotationFieldFilter ID_FILTER = new ReflectionUtils.AnnotationFieldFilter(Id.class);
    private static final ReflectionUtils.AnnotationFieldFilter DATA_ID_FILTER = new ReflectionUtils.AnnotationFieldFilter(org.springframework.data.annotation.Id.class);

    public PessimisticLockingInterceptor(LockingService locker, AuthenticationFacade auth) {
        Assert.notNull(locker, "locker cannot be null");
        Assert.notNull(auth, "auth cannot be null");
        this.locker = locker;
        this.auth = auth;
    }

    @Override
    public Object invoke(MethodInvocation invocation) throws Throwable {

        LockParticipant participant = invocation.getMethod().getAnnotation(LockParticipant.class);
        if (participant != null) {
            return invokeWithIntecept(invocation);
        }

        return invocation.proceed();
    }

    private Object invokeWithIntecept(MethodInvocation invocation) throws Throwable {
        Object entity = invocation.getArguments()[0];
        Field idField = ReflectionUtils.findField(entity.getClass(), ID_FILTER);
        if (idField == null) {
            idField = ReflectionUtils.findField(entity.getClass(), DATA_ID_FILTER);
        }
        if (idField == null) {
            return invocation.proceed();
        }

        org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.makeAccessible(idField);
        Object id = org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.getField(idField, entity);

        if (locker.lockOwner(id) == null || locker.isLockOwner(id, auth.getAuthentication())) {
            return invocation.proceed();
        } else {
            throw new LockOwnerException("Not lock owner");
        }
    }
}

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The rapid influx of digital transformation (DX) technologies has made networks and network security much more complex and vulnerable. While malicious cyberattacks remain a serious problem, a recent Ponemon study shows that more than half of all breaches last year came from benign sources that could have been prevented. A security strategy that prioritizes automation-driven network operations can help. As part of the Fortinet Security Fabric, FortiManager supports network operations use cases for centralized management, best practices compliance, and workflow automation to provide better protection against breaches.


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Press Releases>Medical & Health>InfraWare Inc.>
InfraWare Inc.
InfraWare to Test Market Quicker, Cost-Saving Medical Transcription Software
InfraWare Inc, an Indiana software developer and medical transcription ASP provider, is beginning beta testing of its new, leading-edge speech recognition technology. InfraWare's new dictation recognition engine offers a significant increase in accuracy over previous attempts within the industry to incorporate speech recognition into medical transcription.
Indianapolis, IN, September 24, 2008 --(PR.com)-- InfraWare Inc., a medical transcription software company, announced today it will soon begin beta testing its new dictation recognition engine aimed at increasing the speed and reducing the cost per line of medical transcription through intelligent back-end automation.
The Indiana-based software developer and transcription ASP provider will marry its existing InfraWare 360 transcription speech recognition platform and its newly developed artificial intelligence engine to generate more accurate and less expensive first-draft text versions of physician audio dictations. Of the $1.2 million project budget, $871,000 was supplied by a grant from the state's 21st Century Research and Technology Fund.
"The 21st Century Fund is a powerful tool aimed at assisting new and innovative companies like InfraWare bring cutting-edge technologies to the marketplace," said Governor Mitch Daniels.
The marriage of the company's two technologies accelerates the rate at which medical transcriptionists can process a physician's dictated reports and represents a significant increase in accuracy over previous attempts by the industry to incorporate speech recognition into transcription. The InfraWare technology incorporates a punctuation component that determines proper punctuation placement within the generated text, a feature not included in most word-processor-based programs.
InfraWare will begin releasing the software to test markets in the fourth quarter of 2008, and anticipates fully launching the product in 2009 to markets across the country. The company expects to create up to 100 new jobs over the next five years.
"While InfraWare has been innovating since our beginning, this new advancement positions us to provide our customers with leading-edge technology that completely changes their cost structure, increases transcriptionist productivity and decreases turnaround time," said Nick Mahurin, chief executive officer of InfraWare.
Traditionally medical transcriptionists produce written records of a physician's audio-recorded reports by typing the recording in its entirety. Past efforts within the industry to incorporate speech recognition technology have met poor results, as transcription is highly interpretive and many transcriptionists find it faster to type a report than to edit a poorly constructed first draft, Mahurin said.
Linguistics researchers from Indiana University assisted in the conceptual development of InfraWare's technology along with software engineers from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology who assisted in developing the platform's software infrastructure. The Terre Haute Innovation Alliance, an economic development and education partnership between Indiana State University, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and the City of Terre Haute provided consulting services to InfraWare, and associates from Indiana State University's Center for Business Support and Economic Innovation assisted InfraWare with grant procurement services.
"We are pleased to be able to provide commercialization services to technologically innovative companies such as InfraWare that will bring high-paying jobs and investment to Terre Haute," said Richard Pittelkow, interim director of Indiana State University's Center for Business Support and Economic Innovation.
InfraWare is one of 58 businesses awarded a 21st Century Fund grant since January 2006. During that time, the fund has invested more than $74 million in high-tech Indiana entrepreneurial companies with the potential to create more than 6,000 new jobs.
To learn more about InfraWare, please call 877-235-7239 or visit http://www.infraware.com.
About InfraWare, Inc.
InfraWare is one of the medical transcription industry's fastest-growing ASP software companies serving Medical Transcription Service Organizations (MTSOs) and healthcare providers. InfraWare is not owned by—nor does it compete with—MTSOs. The fast, powerful, easy-to-use InfraWare 360 ASP platform was developed with input from hundreds of medical transcriptionists, enabling them to quickly and accurately produce more lines of transcription and better serve the needs of physicians and hospitals. The intuitive InfraWare platform includes flexible dictation options, back-end speech recognition, transcription processing with a built-in word expander and medical spell check dictionary, automated document delivery options, and a management console to streamline administrative and quality assurance processes. For more information visit http://www.infraware.com.
About IEDC
Created by Governor Mitch Daniels in 2005 to replace the former Department of Commerce, the Indiana Economic Development Corporation is governed by a 12-member board chaired by Governor Daniels. Indiana Secretary of Commerce Nathan Feltman serves as the chief executive officer of the IEDC. Since Daniels created the IEDC, the state has posted three consecutive years of record-breaking commitments for new jobs. For more information about IEDC, visit www.iedc.in.gov.
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London officer found guilty of discreditable conduct
Justin Zadorsky CTVNewsLondon.ca Web Writer
Published Monday, May 10, 2021 7:40AM EDT
London police Const. Stephen Williams is seen in this undated photo.
LONDON, ONT. -- Following a lengthy tribunal process, at times hindered by delays due to COVID-19, a London police constable has been found guilty of discreditable conduct for his harassment of an ex-girlfriend.
Const. Steve Williams has been found guilty of two counts of discreditable conduct for his actions towards his ex-girlfriend, identified only as R.P. in the tribunal report.
The decision from the tribunal was released over the weekend and focuses on three counts of discreditable conduct and one count of insubordination.
The third count of discreditable conduct was dismissed along with the charge of insubordination, which was earlier withdrawn.
Williams will face disciplinary hearings on June 15.
Williams had already plead guilty to the second count of discreditable conduct.
The report, written by retired OPP superintendent Morris Elbers, largely focussed on the first count where Williams was accused of engaging in harassing behaviour in the treatment of a member of the public (R.P.).
The evidence submitted during the hearings largely focused on Williams' relationship and harassment of R.P.
"I find that when you view the totality of the behaviour displayed by Const. Williams by way of texts, calls, emails, unwanted or unannounced attendance of R.P.'s place of work or residence…he was not conducting himself at the high standard of behaviour that is expected of a police officer," Elbers wrote in his decision.
Elbers also wrote that he had "no doubt that the Service's reputation would be tarnished as a result of the actions of this officer."
London police could not comment on the decision as the hearing process is not yet complete.
London police constable pleads guilty to three misconduct charges
Const. Steve Williams ran repeated background checks, disciplinary tribunal hears
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csdailyblogA stock-market 'tipping point' has been reached, according to Morgan Stanley.
Morgan Stanley says surging bond yields could spark a shift in US allocations towards value stocks from their high-flying growth counterparts.
It favours energy, utilities, and financials over tech and consumer discretionary stocks.
Morgan Stanley also thinks a bear-market correction could arrive in 2019, sooner than markets expect.
And as a result, it says the relative advantage of growth stocks compared with value stocks – a dynamic in play for the past 10 years – could be coming to an end.
That's a significant shift because growth stocks have been a crucial driving force behind the continued strength of that 9-1/2-year bull market. Attractive because of their high potential for future returns, growth names like Facebook,Amazon,Netflix, and Alphabet have been downright dominant.
The fact that these stocks are starting to falter is a glaring late-cycle signal for Morgan Stanley, which sees a rotation into unloved names playing out.
The firm surmises that value stocks – or those seen trading at a low price relative to earnings fundamentals – are set for a comeback against their high-growth peers.
Morgan Stanley's thesis is tied back to last week's spike in US bond yields, which has given rise to a broad sell-off across global stock markets. The analysts expect those bond yields to rise further as the Federal Reserve sticks to its interest-rate-hiking path.
The resulting moves will bring "end-of-cycle risks into focus" while also "capping equity market valuations," Morgan Stanley said.
This is a potentially disastrous situation, considering the US economy is running hot after years of monetary stimulus and a boost from the Trump administration's tax cuts. As rates rise and yields climb, that economic growth will be slowed and serious pressure will be placed on the future earnings of market leaders.
And since Morgan Stanley says yields still have further to spike, this dynamic is likely to get more perilous as time progresses.
The chart below shows just how appealing value stocks have become compared to their growth peers this year. Morgan Stanley expects the laggards to catch up.
"The good news is that tech has started to correct in the past month, leaving discretionary and health care as the real outliers now," the equities team said.
And that trend is likely to consolidate as more fund managers rebalance their portfolios away from growth sectors.
"We suspect other asset allocators who have remained overweight US growth equities may now be forced to consider making a switch," the firm said.
By sector, the analysts now favour energy, utilities, and financials over tech and discretionary stocks.
Utilities, which offer a steady return similar to bonds, may look like an odd choice in an era of rising rates, but Morgan Stanley said more defensive stocks might prove their worth once the US economy starts to slow – and that could happen faster than markets expect.
It said US growth was likely to be interrupted by a cyclical bear market as soon as next year, once the boost from President Donald Trump's tax cuts wears off.
"Our concern lies with the fact that 2019 consensus forecasts do not anticipate such a dynamic at all," the analysts said.
As a result, the analysts are more sceptical than the broader market and expect the S&P 500 to remain range-bound between 2,400 and 3,000 for the rest of this year.


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Moblin fue un proyecto de código abierto enfocado al desarrollo de software orientado a Dispositivos Móviles para conectividad a Internet (MIDs) y nuevas clases de dispositivos como netbooks y nettops. Intel puso en marcha el proyecto en julio de 2007 coincidiendo con el lanzamiento de la familia de procesadores Intel Atom en el Intel Developer Forum celebrado en Shanghái, El sistema estaba especialmente diseñado para trabajar en netbooks.

En abril de 2009 Intel traspasó Moblin a la Linux Foundation. El proyecto fue fusionado junto con la plataforma Maemo de Nokia en el proyecto MeeGo también hoy desaparecido.

Componentes principales
 Moblin Image Creator (MIC): permite a los desarrolladores el crear un sistema Linux adaptado para un dispositivo.  Utilizando MIC, un desarrollador de una plataforma puede elegir qué componentes de Moblin quieren integrar en su dispositivo, construir el sistema, copiar todos los archivos necesarios a un pen drive USB y cargarlo en el dispositivo destino.
 Kernel: parches específicos de la plataforma al núcleo Linux y muchos otros drivers para dispositivos.
 UI Framework: interfaz gráfica y el framework subyacente basado en GTK, que utiliza el framework de aplicaciones Hildon.
 Política de gestión de energía: extiende y mejora las capacidades de gestión de energía existentes en Linux.
 Browser: el navegador Moblin es un navegador web basado en tecnologías Mozilla con una interfaz manejado con el dedo y con integración con el UI del MID.  El navegador Moblin soporta plugins como el Adobe Flash.
 Multimedia: sonido, vídeo y visualización de imágenes incluyendo los frameworks multimedia Helix o GStreamer.
 Linux Connection Manager: Conexiones a Internet que pueden ser ampliadas a través de plugins que soporten múltiples tecnologías inalámbricas o de cable.

Véase también
 Linux embebido
 Qt Extended
 Qt Extended Improved
 Ubuntu Netbook Remix
 Jolicloud
 Android
 GPE
 Maemo
 OpenZaurus
 Opie
 Palm OS
 Pocket PC
 Windows Mobile
 Symbian OS
 Familiar Linux
 MeeGo
 Maemo
 Android
 Ubuntu

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Proyecto Moblin

Linux embebido
Intel

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Wynn Resorts wins Boston-area casino license; Mohegan Sun 'extremely disappointed'
Published September 16. 2014 2:32PM | Updated September 17. 2014 8:41PM
Brian Hallenbeck
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Deemed bigger and better financed and promising more jobs and revenue for Massachusetts, Wynn Resorts won the coveted Greater Boston casino license Tuesday, awarded a jewel Mohegan Sun had hoped to claim.
A major player in Las Vegas and Macau, China, Wynn will now proceed with its plan to develop a $1.6 billion casino on a contaminated site in Everett, a facility expected to put further pressure on Connecticut's struggling Indian casinos — Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun, the Mohegan Tribe's flagship facility in Uncasville.
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission voted 3-1 to bestow the license on Wynn, ending the Mohegans' bid to build a $1.3 billion project in Revere. Mohegan Sun Massachusetts would have been located adjacent to the Suffolk Downs horse track, which is now expected to close.
"We're extremely disappointed," Mitchell Etess, the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority's chief executive officer, said in a phone interview soon after the commission's vote. "We're disappointed for the people at Suffolk Downs and for the surrounding communities we negotiated agreements with. We worked very hard to come up with a proposal that achieved the goals of the (gaming) legislation. We certainly hope Wynn can do all the things it said it will do."
In a statement, Chip Tuttle, Suffolk Downs' chief operating officer, said the commission's vote is likely to cost Massachusetts thousands of jobs, small businesses and farms that depend on the racing industry.
"We will be meeting with employees and horsemen over the next several days to talk about how we wind down racing operations …" Tuttle said.
Wynn's robust capital structure and its plans for maximizing economic development counted heavily with the commission. Wynn provided figures that showed it would create more temporary and permanent jobs than Mohegan Sun. It also indicated it would pay higher salaries.
"In terms of the number of jobs and salaries, I do think the Wynn team has an advantage," Commissioner Gayle Cameron said.
Commissioners Enrique Zuniga and Bruce Stebbins joined Cameron in favoring Wynn.
"With respect to jobs, there's a clear difference," Stebbins said.
Zuniga said Wynn's capital investment was far greater than Mohegan Sun's, though he credited the Mohegans and their partner, Brigade Capital Management, for "meeting the spirit" of his recommendation that they invest more up-front equity in the project.
He said Wynn's financial strength would enable it to "fare better" in a competitive market and weather an economic downturn.
Commissioner James McHugh cast the dissenting vote.
Although he, too, gave Wynn a slight edge overall, McHugh said he has doubts about the Las Vegas operator's ability to resolve traffic issues that involve collaborating with several entities, including the City of Boston.
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh refused to negotiate a "surrounding community agreement" with Wynn, complicating the commission's role in the process, McHugh said.
"Wynn is surrounded by communities that don't support their effort," he said. "I have great concern whether this project can muster the kind of collaborative energy it needs to move forward."
At a press conference following the vote, McHugh said the commission never regarded the environmental cleanup of the Everett site as a problem.
"It's really the traffic (that's a problem)," he said.
Etess questioned how Wynn arrived at job and salary projections that were much higher than Mohegan Sun's.
"We really don't understand it," he said. "Their numbers weren't really verified."
Etess also disputed Zuniga's characterization of Mohegan Sun's financing plan.
"We're very secure," he said. "They asked for $100 million more (in equity) and we gave them $150 million. We're solid."
Mohegan Sun is expected to turn its attention to gaming opportunities in other jurisdictions.
"We did everything we could to win this license," Etess said. "This was a big one, but we've got a lot of things out there — Philadelphia, the Cowlitz (a tribal project in Washington state), New York, and we're looking at other things. We have a business plan to execute."
The commission, which described its vote as "preliminary," will meet today to finalize it, provided Wynn signs off on a final list of conditions.
Pending casino projects in Massachusetts — MGM Resorts has been awarded a license for a Springfield casino and Penn National Gaming has been awarded a license for a Plainville slots parlor — are subject to a November referendum that will ask the state's voters whether the 2011 law that authorized gaming facilities should be repealed.
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Watch the press conference live on its website at MassGaming.com starting at 3:00 p.m.
The FTC said through social media posts, Family First Life "is unlawfully misrepresenting" that "participants are likely to earn substantial income."
Airlines cancel some flights after reduced 5G rollout in U.S.
Some flights to and from the U.S. have been canceled even after AT&T and Verizon scaled back the rollout of high-speed wireless service that could interfere with aircraft technology that measures altitude
Casino executives welcome decline in COVID-19 cases
For Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun, the omicron surge took latest toll on pandemic-battered business.
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Foxwoods, Mohegan Sun report smallest year-over-year declines yet in 2014
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When future roadway widening is anticipated and properly planned, mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls can be constructed wider in cross-section to accommodate future lanes of traffic. This paper provides case studies where NDE was utilized to evaluate existing MSE wall reinforcement where documentation of the original wall construction was not available. Ground penetrating radar (GPR) was utilized as the primary means of detecting soil reinforcement which attaches to the wall facing panels. The varying levels of success in detecting soil reinforcement are discussed along with the effect of embankment constituents on the results. Exploratory test pits are also discussed in their role to validate the NDE results.


In writing about how noise can stress captive wild cats we can gain an insight into how noise can affect domestic cats.
Captive wild cats don't do well in captivity. This is evidenced, in part, in their inability to breed, which leads to management problems and ultimately inbreeding. Some experts predict the gradual extinguishment of all captive wild cats.
Wild cats in cages have to put up with "provocative sights, unpredictable sounds, and unfamiliar smells"1. The biggest problem and stressor for a captive cat is strange, unpredictable things happening coupled with the inability to do anything about it because they are in a confined area. This is a classic stress situation.
I am reminded of factory workers who have to do repetitive tasks all day. They have to work in an environment that is stressful because they have no control over it.
Photo of captive tiger by Candie_N (Will organize photostream eventually). Photo of tiger in reserve by Koshyk.
One of the worst stressors is noise ("acoustic stressors"). We are told¹ that there has been little research on how noise affects captive cats, which prompts me, as an animal lover, to ask, "why?". Regrettably, I have to conclude that not enough respect has been given to the captive wild cat. Actually, we can extend that to all wild cats. I am sorry if that sounds annoying to some people. The gradual and consistent decline across the board of wild cat populations indicates that at heart we don't care enough about them. Or at least not enough people care who have the authority and means to change things.
Because we don't know how significant acoustic stressors are to wild cat welfare in zoos we can't assess it that well and then take proper action to alleviate it. One blanket way of reducing stress in a wild cat is to tame the cat. That sounds a bit crude to me but I see the argument. Taming a wild cat is considered by some to be a "useful husbandry management technique". A tame wild cat is better able to deal with human activities including sounds. That is, they will have reduced "severe stress reactions" to events in their artificial environment.
Zoos are environments where lots of human generated sounds and noises are produced. These are called "anthropogenic noises" – human generated sounds that affect nature. The sounds range from visitor conversations, air-conditioning, to cleaning equipment and audio systems. These sounds are magnified by the hard, easy to clean surfaces found in zoos. Noise levels can reach 90 decibels we are told¹.
A lot of these sounds can alarm a captive cat and make them more vigilant. The impact of acoustic stressors in zoos on a cat can be profound enough to cause the cat to be active nocturnally when it is quieter. It seems that smaller wild cats, who are naturally more wary as they are preyed upon, are more susceptible to reactive, distress response, behavior caused by unpredictable noise.
Prolonged exposure of wild cats to intense noise results in high blood pressure, increased metabolism, production of adrenaline, all of which can compromise the immune system making cats more susceptible to disease.
Lastly, the larger cats can detect infrasound – low frequency sound below 20 Hz. These sounds can be produced by engines. People don't know how these sounds affect captive cats.
Stressors for Captive Exotic Felines by Chris T Tromborg PhD.
This entry was posted in Cat Behavior, cat emotions, Human to cat relationship, Sounds, Wild Cat Species and tagged captive cats, cat stress, zoos by Michael Broad. Bookmark the permalink.
Wonder if the Feliway Diffuser or spray would work as it seems to work for the house cat. Its synthetic copy of the feline facial pheromone, used by cats to mark their territory as safe and secure.
Marc the more of your comments I read the more I like you!
You are not a grumpy guy, you are a caring thoughtful guy, just like Michael here on PoC, keep up the good work your deep and meaningful comments might hit home one day and make some ignorant people stop and think!
Thanks Ruth. Sometimes after a few grumpy comments I start to second guess myself.
I get stressed out when surrounded by lots of sound and activity – it makes we very uncomforable. If I am standing in a huge crowd of people slowly trying to get through it and a dog suddenly starts barking right next to me – it's the sort of situation that makes me really not good. Thats something I can't stand about christmas time and shopping and all the thousands of people wandering around – consumerism at it's all time highest every year apparently.
I think being a tiger in a zoo might be 10 times worse then being a prisoner on death row in a high security prison. At least the prisoner has contact with other people and understands his situation – the tiger not so. Especially some of those zoos in asia where there are next to no standards on quality of life for the captured animals. I would think it's worse than being alive to be stuck in a tiny space being looked at by stupid human beings – I would never subject a child to the horrors of a zoo. There may be zoos that are better, but no zoo can really be good can it. Perhaps some kind of wildlife park is the best solution, and one where people are restricted to driving through or something like that. No animal or human – no living thing – should be subject to the consuming eyes of thousands of people everyday. This would break any creatures spirit. If it were me, I'd say shoot me now.
Berne is famous for it's bears which are kept in this rather large 'pit'. They recently gave them more space along the side of the river. What is it with people. Those poor animals probably feel like mars bars sitting there being photographed by gorpy tourists. In this day and age there must be more people who don't like this sort of thing. But in the western world, as long as there is street culture, these things will take forever to change. Otherwise I would say the rest of western society is improving a bit – I know alot of people who feel the same way about zoo animals and circus animals and marineland.
A zoo is a very sad place. I can't believe parent still want to take their kids to marineland like its some kind of normal form of entertainment. It's completely f****d up and wrong in my opinion. Furthermore zoos give people the wrong idea about animals since the animals have no oportunity to really be themselves one would have to assume. It's known that many animals become depressed in captivity. Why on earth is it still now, in the 21st century, normal to take kids to the zoo or to marine land (at least the circus is being given a bit of a miss) – it brings up kids either with nightmares or totally warped values. They just grow up thinking 'yay, the zoo is so great' because they were 'entertained' by it because their stooopid parents took them there and showed them a bunch of depressed animals in pits and glass boxes and cages.
Yes absolutely right, it must stress captive big cats a lot and I think noise is part of what causes stress to pet cats going to the vets surgery, the noise from the car engine, slamming doors, the noise from other animals and from people at the vets. It must sound such a loud cacaphony to a cat trapped in a cat carrier with no escape as their ears are so sensitive.
It is possible that humans have not considered the affect of noise stress on captive animals is because they simply have not thought about it. They perhaps assume that because the animal is strong and fierce it can just shrug off all kinds of discomfort and abuse. A closer study will reveal that they are in fact extremely sensitive to sound, sight, small, and their environment. High sensitivity is a key survival skill.
Absolutely. Humans are desensitized to noise and we have little appreciation of the high sensitivities to noise and smell of wild cats and indeed domestic cats.


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Q: High io "python3 /~.pid -x -b" When I run iotop, I get information that python3 /~.pid -x -b is consuming high io.
What is that and how to fix this?
Thanks for your help.

A: A hidden Py3 script in an unexpected location, that is running as root, and that is generating lots of disk activity?

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*That's likely malware. Legitimate software doesn't hide itself in an unexpected location.

*Running as root is particularly worrisome -- it could have installed backdoors, keyloggers, and all manner of nasties.

*Looks like your system has been compromised. An attacker has gained root.

Wipe the compromised system, including all data, and clean-install Ubuntu again.

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*Even if you delete the offending file, the attacker had root access and may have installed other nefarious programs on your system.

*Do not attempt to preserve your data. It may be contaminated. Restore data from uncontaminated backups. This is one reason you have backups. Alternately, you can quarantine those files, and run ClamAV on them after the new system is installed. ClamAV is not perfect, and may miss some malware. I suggest isolating and testing the quarantined files in a VM for a few weeks. (Backups are easier)

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Peking resistance shines in SCN yield tests
When rounding up data for the annual soybean cyst nematode yield tests, Iowa State University plant pathologist Gregory Tylka said results were surprisingly good.
Yields in nine statewide experiments reached as high as 81 bushels per acre this year. But when examining SCN, Tylka noted there is still a significant presence.
"We still saw significant reproduction of soybean cyst nematode on most resistant soybeans across those locations as well," he said.
He said that while all types of soybeans that had SCN resistance yielded better than those without, there was a variety that stuck out. The more common resistance source, PI88788, did not perform as consistently well as Peking resistance, which is only found in about 5% of soybean varieties.
Tylka said the genes found in the PI88788 variety have been around for 25-30 years. He compared this to using the same herbicide on weeds for a long period. Over time, the weed develops resistance and is more difficult to keep at bay.
"What we are seeing every year, more and more, is the varieties with Peking resistance yielding higher and higher in the overall rank of things," he said. "And that's nothing to do with the genetics of the soybean varieties, and everything to do with the nematode becoming resistant to resistance."
Over the last five to seven years, the soybeans with Peking resistance have become one of the more consistent top yielding varieties, Tylka said. The results in their southeast Iowa location showed just how drastic the difference could be in some scenarios.
"We had 67 varieties with PI88788 and two varieties with Peking resistance, and those two Peking varieties finished as the top two," Tylka said. "Those two Peking varieties yielded 73 and 71 bushels per acre, and the next highest yield, the top yielding PI88788, was 58.7 bushels per acre. That's 14 bushels less."
He said if soybeans are priced at $9, that would amount to a nearly $126 per acre difference.
"That's breathtaking," Tylka said.
The southeast Iowa yield test featured the sandiest soils for the tests, a characteristic which tends to promote nematode reproduction, Tylka said, so the additional presence of nematodes may impact the results.
He would like to see more options for farmers from seed dealers, as he said nearly 95% of SCN-resistant soybean varieties available use the PI88788 genes.
"My message to farmers is to start demanding (Peking) from the seed companies," he said. "I don't think a seed company is going to react to my message, but hopefully they will react to their customers."
Tylka said weather didn't play much of a factor in their research this year, which came as a surprise to him, considering how variable weather was across the state of Iowa.
A special section in this issue of Iowa Farmer Today contains more results of the Iowa State University SCN yield tests.
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Economics of no-till and cover crop; does it really pay off?
ST. CLOUD, Minn. – After a year of difficult weather and low commodity prices, farmers everywhere are cutting back on costs. At the Conservation Tillage Conference (CTC) in December, many growers looked at the economics of reduced tillage/no-till and cover crops, and whether or not those management practices really pay off.
Study: Farm size not always gauge of profit
MANHATTAN, Kan. — A pair of Kansas State University agricultural economists have taken a look at the characteristics that make farms successful in Kansas and have found that bigger doesn't always mean better.
CBD producers wait for bubble to burst
Growers of hemp plants that produce non-narcotic CBD oil were forced to deal with excessive rainfall, competition, pests and other issues while learning to grow the plants efficiently without an instruction book.
Australian farmers in desperate situation
More than 5 million hectares of land – about 12.5 million acres – have been decimated, at least a half-billion animals killed, thousands of homes destroyed and at least 23 people have lost their lives as out-of-control fires continue to ravage Australia.
Advances in tech, welfare change vet practices
SIDNEY, Iowa — Erik Laumann graduated from vet school 14 years ago and went to work at the Fremont County Veterinary Clinic. The Farragut, Iowa, native is still there.
FargoDome to host a pair of Extension events in late January
FARGO, N.D. – In what has become a long-running tradition for over 20 years, farmers and crop advisors will have the opportunity to participate in a pair of Extension events later this month – Wild World of Weeds on Jan. 21, followed by NDSU's Soil and Soil Water Workshop on Jan. 22.
Robots become workhorses for agriculture
MANHATTAN, Kan. — The small, rolling vehicle looks a bit like something out of a science fiction film as it moves slowly across a barren patch of land on Kansas State University's North Agronomy Farm.
Corn, soybean numbers lead to re-surveying
The outlook for corn and soybean farmers in Wisconsin and nationwide remains foggy even after the release Jan. 10 of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's "Crop Report." Moreover the USDA will be re-surveying estimates and reporting again in March.
December a good month for spring wheat market
Wheat producers were somewhat happy with the way 2019 came to an end, as the month of December was a good one for spring wheat, according to Erica Olson, marketing specialist for the North Dakota Wheat Commission. Futures prices were up about 50 cents at the end of the month.
Durum prices stable as new year begins
Durum prices have remained stable of late with cash bids around $6-$6.50 for top milling quality durum. However, feed grade or lower quality durum bids are in the $2-50-$3.50 range.
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Log Archive » Logs for March 2009 » Doing The Right Thing
Jennifer wants to be responsible and normal. Ygraine debates the issue. Future plans are promised….
Ygraine's Apartment
A comparatively large and well-maintained apartment occupying one corner of its floor. Windows dominate two sides of the living room, illuminating it brightly throughout most days. A kitchenette occupies one corner of the lounge, while several doors offer exits.
Luxurious but slightly worn brown leather furniture is arranged around the television in the main room, with a small dining table and high-backed chairs diagonally opposite the kitchenette. Wall-mounted shelves and stand-alone cases take up a lot of space along the walls, almost wholly filled with books. A collection of full-size geographic, political, and historical atlases have been given pride of place - though academic texts on history, international relations, conflict theory and linguistics are also prominent, alongside a fair collection of DVDs. The one sizable decoration is a blown-up photograph of mist-shrouded Edinburgh castle at sunset, a black silhouette rising out of white and luminous gold.
Of the exits, one (with an extra lock, deadbolt, and a sturdy chain) leads out of the apartment; another to the bathroom; and the next to a small room that has been converted into a rather cramped home gym. A computer desk, filing cabinet, and a single bed take up most of the space in the next room, while the last is the master bedroom - dominated by a double bed (upon which sits a two foot tall cuddly penguin) and more bookshelves (these holding a jumble of magazines, art books, Neil Gaiman graphic novels, and a collection of science fiction and historical novels), with a clearly well-traveled laptop resting on the bed-side cabinet. Here, high-quality art-prints of dragons decorate the walls, while a small cabinet holds a collection of cycling trophies.
Another chilly day in the Big Apple, but at least it's sunny and bright. Curled in her living room, Ygraine has been joined on the sofa by her two-foot-high cuddly penguin and an array of texts in (and on) French. Her laptop is open, receiving an occasional rattle of activity as she enters notes into a word-processor, but for the most part she seems to be caught up in cross-referencing and reading…
Jennifer comes in, after her frustrating discussion with Elisabeth. It's the afternoon, and she walks in, taking a look around before spotting Ygraine on the couch. "Hey. We should talk." she says.
Ygraine takes a moment to haul her attention back out of her book, then switch languages to English. Raising her head, she blinks at Jennifer… then saves her work and flips shut the laptop. "Just a sec and I'll clear you a space", she says half-distractedly, hastily starting to move the computer and books.
Jennifer frowns. "No, I'll stand." Something's bothering her. "I did something kind of major today. And I'm still considering doing something more major still. I need to pick your brain about it."
Ygraine blinks rather worriedly up at Jennifer, but finishes moving enough books to the table that there's room available to sit beside her should it be required. "I…." She gulps. "I'm scared now", she admits quietly, focusing intently on her fiancee's face.
Jennifer takes a deep breath. "I went ahead and registered today." There's no blunting that one, and so she doesn't try. "Went to Homeland Security, filled out my paperwork; got it done."
Ygraine blinkblinks, pauses, gulps once more, then tentatively holds out a hand. Clearly, her thoughts are racing too fast to find coherent words just yet, and for once she's opted against blundering her way through whatever babble first comes to mind.
The college student takes the extended hand, and squeezes reassuringly. "So…that's part of it. The other part…I'm really seriously thinking about the whole "turning over the information I have to Homeland Security" part. They tried to be heroes instead of letting the professionals handle it, and got people thrown in jail and at least one killed, as a result.
Ygraine winces again, gently shaking her head even as she warmly squeezes Jennifer's hand. "That'd formally condemn me for international espionage, darling. At least one faction in HomeSec seems to be determined to cover up their fuck-up by scapegoating those who they know actually _did_ something. There were Federal agents involved in what happened that night, because their own agencies weren't doing jack shit about it. If we _hadn't_ taken action, there's no reason to believe that the relevant authorities would have done so - they'd had chances, and instituted _nothing_ that even their own agents knew about. And on the ground… at ConEd we saw nothing at all to suggest that they'd have had anyone at all - even a local cop - there even ten minutes after it was too late. For Heaven's sake - the Feds failed to notice that there was a bloody _tank_ at ConEd."
Ygraine shrugs ruefully. "I wholly agree that more risks were taken than were needed to be, that really relevant resources - and people - were wholly wasted, that the planning stank to high Heaven, that (at least in my experience) there was an insane degree of hostility to trying to train the teams supposedly specially-designed for it…. But just because it was implemented by a bunch of kids and one mysterious probablity mathematician doesn't mean that saving the world didn't need to be done, or that if we'd sat on our hands HomeSec and company would have suddenly decided to take the threat seriously. They'd spent months _not_ doing so, to the extent that Federal agents gave up on them pulling their fingers out."
Jennifer frowns. "Well…the worst they could do is send you back home, right? And then I could go back with you? And if that was the case, they should have gone to the press. Something to get public opinion out there."
Ygraine shakes her head. "For espionage, they can _legally_ intern you here. The US is… bad at sending back home Britons for even "normal" crimes. Heck, the US used anti-terrorism laws to force the extradition to this side of the Pond of two bankers accused of giving poor investment advice. The US is… aggressive in its defence of what it sees as its legal sovereignty. And… we know that people are disappearing without trial anyway. It's bloody stupid - the British proved how badly internment without trial works in Ulster - but governments do love to fall back on the same bad ideas whenever they feel threatened. It proves they're "doing something". And… being foreign would just make me more suspect. Without proof, I'm a bad person to make disappear - I check in with the British Consulate frequently, I know some people at the UN, my father's a professor and my mother a lawyer… but get proof from my own fiancee that I conducted espionage? They could - wholly legally - use me as "proof" that there're fights between international conspiracies of Evolved taking place on US soil…"
Jennifer sighs. "Wonderful. Which puts me in a position of doing the right thing, or protecting my personal interests. I HATE this. I should never have let myself get tied up in all of this. Such an idiot." She lets go, turning and pacing a bit.
Ygraine uncurls and slips off the sofa, moving to try to place her hands on Jennifer's shoulders. "Doing the right thing _can_ be doing the illegal thing - that's something the US used to teach, very strongly. The country's meant to be founded on the idea that governmental power is not to be trusted and that citizens have the intrinsic right to do what is required when the government doesn't. Without us, we have _no_ proof that the Vanguard wouldn't have released their virus. I saw _no_ Feds of any kind at ConEd, and I really doubt that late-arriving local cops would have stood up to a tank too well. The other sites… I can't comment on so directly. But at that one, at least, I can say that I _wholly_ believe that without us, the Vanguard would have been able to fire their mortars, and poison the water supply if they wanted. And from then… we'd not be worrying about bad planning costing Phoenix lives, we'd be in Hell on Earth, if we weren't dead already. The Federal agencies dropped the ball - and now want to cover it up by scapegoating the people who risked their necks to save the world. To do otherwise would cost them their power and authority, and that's unconscionable."
Jennifer looks back over at Ygraine. She doesn't seem happy about it. "I don't want to be a terrorist, Ygraine. I don't want to be involved with terrorists." It bothers her on a very real level. But she doesn't move away, letting her fiancee put her hands on her shoulders. "I don't see a good answer." She says unhappily.
Ygraine leans in to plant a kiss on Jennifer's brow. "We weren't terrorists", she says gently. "Vigilantes, perhaps - but in whom were we trying to inspire terror? We acted to save lives - billions of lives, in all truth…." She sighs, gently shaking her head. "The designers of the US constitution intended the elements of the federal state to work against each other - to watch each other for abuses, to oversee each other, to make sure that no part could grow too powerful. The explicit idea was that those in power couldn't be trusted with it - that liberty for the citizens would be preserved in the gaps _between_ power that the contending power-blocks would create. That system's… broken, at best. The Federal agencies have no functional oversight at all - and some of their people realise that. Matt Parkman's HomeSec - and a senior one, given his role in looking after Rickham, I'd say. He knew more than enough about Phoenix to shut it down if he'd wanted to, and he knew it well in advance of January's events. What's happening now is a turf-war - factions within power-groups and agencies, ones that want to grab more power for themselves. And the US paradigm for a long time has been to scare the public with a threat, then build power on the back of that - the need to deal with "the problem" justifies breaches of prior laws and loss of liberties. If this was _really_ about national security and stopping terrorists, do you honestly think that Parkman and the other Feds who knew about it in advance would have stood back… or in some cases been actively involved?"
Jennifer listens to Ygraine, and then sighs. "I don't know. I…" She breaks off. She heads to the couch, and NOW she'll choose to plop down on it. And hug the penguin. "I don't want to think about it. I just…I dunno. I should just let it drop. There's not that many people in there that I'm worried about anymore anyway."
Ygraine pads over, sinking to her knees before Jennifer, for once gazing up at the shorter woman. One hand comes up to give the penguin a gentle stroke, before she musters a smile. "Believe me - my basic instincts are to trust the authorities. I'm a middle-class Briton who's never been arrested or appeared in court. But… the authorities need to be _worth_ trusting. And when their own people, even senior ones, hide what we did and what we told them, we have to conclude that either people like Matt Parkman - who fought to save Rickham's life and to give us a president who _didn't_ want to set up concentration camps and have people disappeared - was actually Hell-bent on destroying the world… or we have to conclude that he didn't trust the Federal agencies himself."
She moves one hand to Jennifer's knee, squeezing gently. "I love and admire your passion. I'm scared that it's so intense it'll burn me sooner or later, but I adore you. Don't lose it. But… Phoenix and the Ferrymen - and the Feds who helped them - did what they did because they felt they had to. And at ConEd, at least, it was needed - there wasn't a Fed in sight. Even if everything else would have turned out fine, that one place alone is enough to make the effort worth the attempt. I have nightmares about it. I wish that things had been planned better. Maybe it could all have turned out better. Certainly, you shouldn't have had to spend two days worrying about me… but to save five or six billion people… I hope that made it worthwhile, darling. I'll put you through worry again in the future, if it'll save just _your_ life, Jennifer. You're worth a bump on the head."
Jennifer looks back over. "I don't know that I agree. About them doing what they had to do. But the price to do anything about it is too high." Her shoulders slump. "I just hope I don't come to regret it."
Ygraine moves her other hand to Jennifer's cheek, expression worriedly sympathetic. "If we hadn't been at ConEd, Vanguard would have fired mortars containing the virus into Manhattan. And they'd got access to the water-supply there, as a back-up. The cops didn't show up until after we'd left - and squad cars couldn't have done anything about a tank, or men with automatic weapons. The effort had to be made… and it worked. That doesn't mean that it was well-planned, but… shouldn't we all be willing to risk our neck to save billions? Or to save those whom we love? I'd have raided ConEd just to save _you_, darling."
Jennifer sighs. "I don't want to talk about it any more, hon. It's time to move on. I don't know WHERE we're going to move on to. But moving on to SOMEWHERE is definitely on the agenda."
Ygraine offers a low, gentle laugh, stroking Jennifer's cheek. "Are you still wanting to help out the Ferrymen?", she asks quietly. "Or do you want to focus on… mundane affairs for the time being?"
Jennifer frowns. "The Ferrymen are quiet. Barely active. I have a couple ideas…I'll have to see what I can put together."
Ygraine cocks her head, the upper hand dropping to join its companion on Jennifer's knee. "What sort of ideas?", she asks curiously.
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The annual Hot Times Music Festival is just around the corner (September 7, 8, 9) with a wealth of great local talent and some National. This year, the Jazz Poetry Ensemble pays tribute to long-time Hot Times volunteer and civil rights lawyer Kate Schulte. The tribute will feature The Jazz Poetry Ensemble and special guests jazz greats Edward "Kidd" Jordan and D.D. Jackson on Sunday, September 9, 2012 from 4:00pm until 5:30pm.
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Q: Communication between nested fragments in Android I recently learned how to make nested fragments in Android. I don't know how communication is supposed to happen, though.

From reading the fragment communication documentation I know that

All Fragment-to-Fragment communication is done through the associated
  Activity. Two Fragments should never communicate directly.

This makes sense for sibling fragments within an activity, but it doesn't make as much sense for parent-child fragment communication. Do I need to go all the way up to the Activity just for the Child Fragment to talk to the Parent Fragment? If the answer is a simple "yes" then I can do that. If it is a "no", then what would the code design look like?
I see in the Nested Fragment documentation that one can use getParentFragment() to get a reference to the parent fragment. So does that mean that the child should directly communicate with the parent? That seems opposite from what is encouraged with a normal fragment communicating with the parent activity.

A: Although @Suragch's answer is correct, But I want to add another way to pass data between Fragments or Activity. No matter it's an Activity or Fragment you can pass data with event bus in 3 steps:
1- Define an event(message):
public class OrderMessage {
    private final long orderId;
    /* Additional fields if needed */
    public OrderMessage(long orderId) {
        this.orderId = orderId;
    }
    public long getOrderId() {
        return orderId;
    }
}

2- Register and Unregister for Events: To be able to receive events, the class must register/unregister for event bus. The best place for Activities and Fragments is onStart() and onStop()
@Override
public void onStart() {
    super.onStart();
    EventBus.getDefault().register(this);
}

@Override
public void onStop() {
    EventBus.getDefault().unregister(this);
    super.onStop();
}

To be able to receive an event you have to subscribe to that event. To do that, add @Subscribe annotation to one of your methods in your class.
@Subscribe(threadMode = ThreadMode.MAIN)
   public void onMessage(OrderMessage message){
       /* Do something for example: */
       getContractDetails(message.getOrderId());
   }

3- Post an event
EventBus.getDefault().post(new OrderMessage(recievedDataFromWeb.getOrderId()));

More documentation and examples could be found Here.
There are also other libraries like : Otto

A: Following Rahul Sharma's advice in the comments, I used interface callbacks to communicate up from the Child Fragment to the Parent Fragment and to the Activity. I also submitted this answer to Code Review. I am taking the non-answer there (at the time of this writing) to be a sign that there are no major problems with this design pattern. It seems to me to be consistent with the general guidance given in the official fragment communication docs.
Example project
The following example project expands the example given in the question. It has buttons that initiate upward communication from the fragments to the activity and from the Child Fragment to the Parent Fragment.
I set up the project layout like this:

Main Activity
The Activity implements the listeners from both fragments so that it can get messages from them.
Optional TODO: If the Activity wanted to initiate communication with the fragments, it could just get a direct reference to them and then call one of their public methods.
import android.support.v4.app.FragmentTransaction;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements ParentFragment.OnFragmentInteractionListener, ChildFragment.OnChildFragmentToActivityInteractionListener {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        FragmentTransaction ft = getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
        ft.replace(R.id.parent_fragment_container, new ParentFragment());
        ft.commit();
    }

    @Override
    public void messageFromParentFragmentToActivity(String myString) {
        Log.i("TAG", myString);
    }

    @Override
    public void messageFromChildFragmentToActivity(String myString) {
        Log.i("TAG", myString);
    }
}

Parent Fragment
The Parent Fragment implements the listener from the Child Fragment so that it can receive messages from it.
Optional TODO: If the Parent Fragment wanted to initiate communication with the Child Fragment, it could just get a direct reference to it and then call one of its public methods.
import android.content.Context;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v4.app.Fragment;
import android.support.v4.app.FragmentTransaction;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;

public class ParentFragment extends Fragment implements View.OnClickListener, ChildFragment.OnChildFragmentInteractionListener {

    // **************** start interesting part ************************

    private OnFragmentInteractionListener mListener;

    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {
        mListener.messageFromParentFragmentToActivity("I am the parent fragment.");
    }

    @Override
    public void messageFromChildToParent(String myString) {
        Log.i("TAG", myString);
    }

    public interface OnFragmentInteractionListener {
        void messageFromParentFragmentToActivity(String myString);
    }

    // **************** end interesting part ************************

    @Override
    public void onAttach(Context context) {
        super.onAttach(context);
        if (context instanceof OnFragmentInteractionListener) {
            mListener = (OnFragmentInteractionListener) context;
        } else {
            throw new RuntimeException(context.toString()
                    + " must implement OnFragmentInteractionListener");
        }
    }

    @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                             Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_parent, container, false);
        view.findViewById(R.id.parent_fragment_button).setOnClickListener(this);
        return view;
    }

    @Override
    public void onViewCreated(View view, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        Fragment childFragment = new ChildFragment();
        FragmentTransaction transaction = getChildFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
        transaction.replace(R.id.child_fragment_container, childFragment).commit();
    }

    @Override
    public void onDetach() {
        super.onDetach();
        mListener = null;
    }

}

Child Fragment
The Child Fragment defines listener interfaces for both the Activity and for the Parent Fragment. If the Child Fragment only needed to communicate with one of them, then the other interface could be removed.
import android.content.Context;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v4.app.Fragment;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;

public class ChildFragment extends Fragment implements View.OnClickListener {

    // **************** start interesting part ************************

    private OnChildFragmentToActivityInteractionListener mActivityListener;
    private OnChildFragmentInteractionListener mParentListener;

    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {
        switch (v.getId()) {
            case R.id.child_fragment_contact_activity_button:
                mActivityListener.messageFromChildFragmentToActivity("Hello, Activity. I am the child fragment.");
                break;
            case R.id.child_fragment_contact_parent_button:
                mParentListener.messageFromChildToParent("Hello, parent. I am your child.");
                break;
        }
    }

    public interface OnChildFragmentToActivityInteractionListener {
        void messageFromChildFragmentToActivity(String myString);
    }

    public interface OnChildFragmentInteractionListener {
        void messageFromChildToParent(String myString);
    }

    @Override
    public void onAttach(Context context) {
        super.onAttach(context);

        // check if Activity implements listener
        if (context instanceof OnChildFragmentToActivityInteractionListener) {
            mActivityListener = (OnChildFragmentToActivityInteractionListener) context;
        } else {
            throw new RuntimeException(context.toString()
                    + " must implement OnChildFragmentToActivityInteractionListener");
        }

        // check if parent Fragment implements listener
        if (getParentFragment() instanceof OnChildFragmentInteractionListener) {
            mParentListener = (OnChildFragmentInteractionListener) getParentFragment();
        } else {
            throw new RuntimeException("The parent fragment must implement OnChildFragmentInteractionListener");
        }
    }

    // **************** end interesting part ************************

    @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                             Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_child, container, false);
        view.findViewById(R.id.child_fragment_contact_activity_button).setOnClickListener(this);
        view.findViewById(R.id.child_fragment_contact_parent_button).setOnClickListener(this);
        return view;
    }

    @Override
    public void onDetach() {
        super.onDetach();
        mActivityListener = null;
        mParentListener = null;
    }

}

A: With the release of the architecture components you should probably have a look at the viewmodel architecture component.
In combination with live data you will be easily able to communicate between arbitrarily nested fragments.
You might also to take a look at the todoapp and how they handle events there.

A: Using ViewModel to communicate between nested Fragments
With pieces of the old ViewModel and LiveData now deprecated. I would like to provide information on this process as it currently stands.
In this example I am using the predefined TabLayout that can be selected when one creates a project.
Here I have a TextView in the parent fragment -- tab, with an EditText and a Button in the child fragment -- custom layout. It passes the text entered in the child fragment to the field in the parent fragment.
I hope this helps someone.
ViewModel Class
public class FragViewModel extends ViewModel {
  private MutableLiveData<CharSequence> digit = new MutableLiveData<>();

  public void insertDigit(CharSequence inDigit){
      digit.setValue(inDigit);
  }

  public LiveData<CharSequence> getDigit(){
      return digit;
  }
}

This is, for the most part, verbatim from the Android Developers ViewModel Overview with a small variable name change. The Overview was used as a guide for the parent and child code below.
The Parent Fragement Code
public class Tab0Main extends Fragment {

private FragViewModel model0;

// This is the Child Fragment.
private ChildFrag childFrag;

private TextView textView;

@Nullable
@Override
public View onCreateView(@NonNull LayoutInflater inflater, @Nullable ViewGroup container, @Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.tab0_main, container, false);

    // Setup the text field.
    textView = view.findViewById(R.id.tab0TextView);

    // Inserting the Child Fragment into the FrameLayout.
    childFrag = new ChildFrag();
    FragmentTransaction transaction = getChildFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
    transaction.add(R.id.tab0Frame, childFrag).commit();

    return view;
}

@Override
public void onViewCreated(@NonNull View view, @Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onViewCreated(view, savedInstanceState);

    model0 = new ViewModelProvider(getActivity()).get(FragViewModel.class);
    model0.getDigit().observe(getViewLifecycleOwner(), new Observer<CharSequence>() {
        @Override
        public void onChanged(CharSequence charSequence) {
            textView.setText(charSequence);
        }
    });
}

The Child Fragment Code
public class ChildFrag extends Fragment {

private EditText fragEditText;
private Button fragButton;

// The ViewModel declaration
FragViewModel model;

@Nullable
@Override
public View onCreateView(@NonNull LayoutInflater inflater, @Nullable ViewGroup container, @Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.child_frag_layout, container, false);

    // The ViewModel Instantiation
    model = new ViewModelProvider(getActivity()).get(FragViewModel.class);

    fragEditText = view.findViewById(R.id.fragEditText);
    fragButton = view.findViewById(R.id.fragButton);
    fragButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            CharSequence in = fragEditText.getText();
            // Inserting a digit into the ViewModel carrier.
            model.insertDigit(in);
        }
    });
    return view;
  }
}

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