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5 B2B eCommerce Trends and Predictions for Retail in 2023
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20 January, 2023 | by Patrick Overall
As the world continues to adapt to the challenges and changes brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses in the B2B ecommerce space are looking ahead to the future and trying to predict what the industry will look like in 2023.
Here are a few trends and predictions for B2B ecommerce in retail in 2023.
Increased selling through third-party marketplaces
In the second quarter of 2022, Amazon's sales from third-party sellers grew by 13% compared to the same period in 2021. In addition, the percentage of buyers who made their purchases through Amazon Business increased significantly – 15% of US buyers and 20% of UK buyers, to be precise. This shows the power of selling through third-party B2B marketplaces, a trend that will continue to rise in 2023.
Undoubtedly, one of the key benefits of using third-party marketplaces is access to a whole new pool of buyers. This enables B2B brands to expand their products to new markets.
In addition, third-party marketplaces allow B2B companies to get a good overview of their competition without having to venture to other websites. Finally, selling on such marketplaces gives B2B brands the opportunity to increase their game in terms of products and improve product curation procedures.
The rising power of omnichannel sales
After years of digital growth, offline sales have finally recovered compared to last year. According to NielsenIQ, store visits rose by 7% in November 2022 compared to 2021. 2023 will see B2B businesses and retailers opt for a blended, omnichannel approach to sales.
Omni-channel sales are an important strategy for businesses looking to reach a wider audience, improve the customer experience and drive results. By selling through multiple channels, B2B businesses can reach a wider audience and tap into new customer segments. In addition, omnichannel sales allow companies to provide a seamless and consistent experience across all channels, which can improve customer satisfaction and loyalty.
By offering their target group several ways to buy products and services, B2B businesses can increase their sales and drive results. This is because omni-sales empower audiences to choose which channel suits them best.
Apart from sales-related advantages, omnichannel sales give businesses a better picture when it comes to data. By collecting data from multiple channels, businesses can better understand their audience and make data-driven decisions.
B2B will get in on the AI and AR action
In 2021 and 2022, B2C brands have used artificial intelligence and VR/AR to their advantage. Brands such as Hyundai, Samsung and Gucci have all created a virtual reality experience to elevate their shopping experience. 2023 will be the year B2B brands will do the same to enhance the buyer experience.
Artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality (VR) can be used in a variety of ways to increase B2B sales. Here are a few examples:
Personalised product demonstrations: VR can be used to create immersive product demonstrations tailored to the needs of individual clients. This can be particularly effective for complex products that are difficult to explain or demonstrate in person.
Predictive analytics: AI can be used to analyse data on past sales, customer behaviour, and market trends to predict which products and services are likely to be most successful with particular clients. Having automated data analysis helps sales teams focus their efforts and resources on the most promising opportunities.
Chatbots and virtual assistants: AI-powered chatbots and virtual assistants can help streamline sales processes by answering customer questions, providing product information, and scheduling appointments. Undoubtedly, this can free up time for sales teams to focus on more complex tasks.
Lead generation: AI can be used to identify potential leads by analysing data on customer behaviour and interests. Thanks to AI, sales teams can target their efforts more effectively and increase their chances of closing successful sales.
Personalisation is key to B2B brand success
Personalisation is important in B2B ecommerce, because it helps businesses build stronger relationships with their customers and increase conversions. By providing a personalised shopping experience, businesses can make customers feel valued and understood, which can lead to increased loyalty and repeat business.
In 2023, buyers will continue to expect a personalised and seamless shopping experience. Therefore, businesses will need to focus on personalised product recommendations, targeted marketing campaigns, and a streamlined checkout process to meet this demand.
There are several ways businesses can use personalisation to improve their B2B ecommerce efforts:
Personalised product recommendations: By analysing customer data and behaviour, businesses can create personalised product recommendations tailored to the specific needs and interests of each of their buyer personas.
Targeted marketing campaigns: By creating buyer personas, B2B businesses can create targeted marketing campaigns that are more likely to be relevant and effective.
Personalised checkout experience: By using data to pre-populate forms and suggest products or upsells during the checkout process, B2B businesses can create a more seamless and personalised checkout experience.
Social media commerce is more important than ever before
While social commerce is largely considered a B2C strategy, it is increasingly becoming a strong B2B strategy, and with good reason. By 2026, social media e-commerce is expected to surpass the $2.9 trillion mark. Therefore, in 2023, we are more likely to see B2B getting in on the action.
The key to success when using social media as a B2B business is to choose the right social media platforms for your business. More and more B2B buyers are using platforms such as LinkedIn and Twitter to research and discover products and services. By having a strong presence on these platforms, businesses can reach these buyers and drive sales.
This is because social media allows B2B businesses to engage with their target audience and build relationships in a more personal and direct way. Personal relationships are especially important in the B2B space, where building trust and relationships are key to success. Furthermore, by providing an integrated experience across social media and e-commerce platforms, B2B businesses can expand their brand and improve the buyer experience while increasing sales.
The B2B ecommerce industry is expected to continue to evolve in 2023, with a focus on third-party marketplaces, omnichannel sales, personalisation, and social media commerce. Third-party marketplaces, such as Amazon Business, offer B2B brands the opportunity to reach a wider audience and improve product curation.
Omnichannel sales allow businesses to reach new customer segments and provide a consistent shopping experience across all channels. Personification helps businesses build stronger relationships with their customers and increase conversions, while social media commerce allows businesses to reach their audience where they spend most of their time.
By keeping these trends in mind, B2B businesses can stay ahead of the competition and launch their brand into the future.
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There are several body, mind, and health benefits of rebounding. One of the most obvious reasons to take up rebounding is that it only requires a small amount of your time for a large impact on your health. The JumpSport® Fitness trampoline leaves no room for you to say "I don't have time to work out." Studies have shown just working out 20 minutes on a mini-trampoline is like running for 30 minutes. But what is the trampoline doing for you that is just so good? Here are the top 5 benefits of rebounding that will make you want to jump up and start re-thinking the way you work out!
This is at the top of our list because meeting a healthy weight goal and maintaining it is on most adult and now even young people's minds. The act of rebounding works every muscle of the body; it is a true total body workout which improves your muscle-to-fat ratio. It can reduce cellulite (yes, read that again), and burn calories fast. Jumping boosts metabolism and improves resting metabolic rate so you can burn calories long after a workout. It will lower circulating cholesterol and triglyceride levels too. Rebounding also enhances digestion and your elimination process which contributes to weight loss. Convinced yet?
Often times we read the word cardio and we think of a type of high-energy workout like Zumba where there is a lot of dancing or moving. But we are talking about the Heart; your life line. One of the over-looked benefits of rebounding is the way it can actually strengthen your heart. It can hold of incidents of heart disease by increasing lipids that work with proteins to move the fat out at a cellular level. Reduces blood pressure and increases blood circulation. It also increases respiration and capacity for breathing. Rebounding encourages muscle performance in circulating fluids to lighten the heart's load making it the ideal cardio workout.
One of the benefits of rebounding is that it positively affects your body at a molecular and cellular level. Many oncologists recommend their patients to start rebounding even after they are in remission to help cleanse the lymphatic system. The lymphatic system is how your body gets rid of harmful things and is key to overall health. The lymphatic system also supports your immune system so if you run out of airborne, don't stress; just jump on your trampoline!
Speaking of stress, rebounding will help relax you! The same exercise that can release endorphins and give you energy can also help you sleep better at night. One of the other benefits of rebounding is improved mental performance. Rebounding helps circulate oxygen to the tissues including your brain. It can help your whole family stay focused; some studies have shown children with short attention spans can center and re-group by jumping on a trampoline. Rebounding improves balance by improving the brain's responsiveness to the inner ear. Now combine JumpSport's PlyoFit adapter for our fitness rebounders, and you will not only be working on balance, but also strengthening your core and improving coordination.
It's like a springing fountain of youth! One of the other benefits of rebounding is that it slows down atrophy in the aging process. It also protects joints from chronic fatigue and the impact your body would absorb if you were just working out on a hard surface. It activates the pituitary gland which stimulates bones and encourages growth which is especially key in young children who are still developing. Often times, people associate increased G-force with rebounding but aren't really sure what it does for the body. In addition to all the benefits above, G-force strengthens the musculoskeletal systems and G-force is greatest while jumping or being weightless.
30 Benefits of Rebounding for mind, body and overall health.
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Q: How to add random constant noise in a data? I have written a program (based on Mardquart algorithm) to fit a n variable function. For a data without any noise the program is all right. I have used rand() C-library function to add some noise in the data but the distribution of noise is not equally distributed as a result fitting is bad.
Can any one tell me how to add noise with regular distribution around a data?

A: You need a PRNG that produces a normal, Gaussian, or other distribution. If you can't get your hands on one, you can do the mapping on your own. This post seems to answer how to do that. Either way, add that normally distributed number (multiplied by a standard deviation of your choosing) to the y value of your samples.

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Study finds little spread of coronavirus from fans attending sporting events
SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – A new study conducted by medRxiv looked at the data behind the potential spread of coronavirus at sporting events in the United States, specifically NFL & NCAA games.
As you know, multiple stadiums across the United States welcomed fans to attend NFL & NCAA games in 2020 and into early 2021.
More and more states are beginning to open up, but some states like California, are still banning fans from attending games because their health officials say it's dangerous.
A group of doctors and scientists conducted a study titled, "The Effect of NFL and NCAA Football Games on the Spread of COVID-19 in the United States: An Empirical Analysis."
The objective of the study was, "to assess whether NFL and NCAA football games with limited in-person attendance have contributed to a substantial increase in COVID-19 cases in the counties they were held."
The study concluded that, "NFL and NCAA Football games hosted with limited in-person attendance do not cause a significant increase in local COVID-19 cases."
This study has not been peer-reviewed. It reports new medical research that has yet to be evaluated and so should not be used to guide clinical practice.
The NFL and NCAA football seasons are over, but high school football in San Diego and the MLB seasons are just about to start. MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred has announced that local counties can decided whether or not to allow fans at their stadiums, but in California, local counties are not able to bypass the state reopening process, so we need approval from Governor Gavin Newsom.
Here in San Diego, Padres Opening Day is quickly approaching, but Supervisor Nathan Fletcher has refused to signal support for coming up with a plan to get fans in the stands at Petco Park.
As high school sports resume, the same question can be asked, Will San Diego County health allow people to watch these games in the stands?
Jag Chhatwal, Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School, joined KUSI to discuss the new study's findings.
In January, KUSI News asked Fletcher if anyone from San Diego County was working with the state on a plan to safely allow fans to attend games at Petco Park. Fletcher responded saying, "at the county we are working daily to lower the case count." Explaining that lowering the case count can get fans in the stands.
Two weeks later, KUSI News again asked Supervisor Fletcher if San Diego County would advise the state of California to allow fans in the stands for Padres Opening Day.
Fletcher shut down the question, answering, "depends where we are Opening Day."
Since then, Supervisor Jim Desmond sent a letter to Governor Newsom requesting he allow fans to attend Padres games at Petco Park, but has yet to get a response. Desmond is not part of the San Diego County Coronavirus Team, and none of the officials leading our response have signaled support for Desmond's request.
Desmond cited this medRxiv study, and pointed to the many other places that have safely allowed fans in the stands.
The complete medRxiv study can be read here.
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Google Earnings Show Search Business is Stronger Than Ever
Loren Baker October 21, 2005
Google shares shot up about $30 today as Google released its earnings numbers from Q3 which blew away industry and Wall Street expectations. The earnings amounts even shocked one of the top Googlers. "We surprised ourselves this quarter," Google CEO Eric Schmidt said during a Thursday interview. "Business was much stronger than I expected."
Google revenues totaled a record $1.578 billion, representing a 96% increase over third quarter 2004 revenues of $806 million, and a 14% increase over second quarter 2005 revenues of $1.384 billion. The expansion of Google owned sites and properties along with Google AdSense, Google's online advertising network, led to the increase.
Revenue from Google's site and Google tools (like GMail) generated $885 million, or 56% of total revenues. This represents a 20% increase over the second quarter revenues of $737 million.
Google AdSense earned Google $675 million, or 43% of total revenues. This is a 7% increase over network revenues of $630 million generated in the second quarter.
Notice the difference in increases between Google sites and the AdSense network. This is probably due in part to the formation of the Google 'portal' and increased usage by Google members of Google instruments, leading to more searches, which serve Google AdWords and their much higher pay-per-click prices than AdSense.
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Fairchild F-24 Argus
Serial No: G-AIZE
Period: WWII
Reference: 73/A/1097
Museum: Cosford
The four-seat Fairchild F24, sporting and training aeroplane, made its first flight in 1932. The design attracted attention from the civilian American market and improved models soon began to appear.
With the appearance of the F24W series, the aircraft's potential as a light military transport was recognised by the United States Army. An initial contract for 161 aircraft for the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) was placed in 1941. However, all the aircraft were re-allocated to the Royal Air Force under the American Lend-Lease Act which allowed war materials ordered for the United States armed forces to be given to other nations for the duration of the war. Further contracts led to the delivery of more than 600 aircraft to the United Kingdom. Known in the USAAF as the Forwarder, those arriving in Great Britain were given the official name Argus.
The Argus was used in the light communications role by the RAF and found a particular niche ferrying pilots of the Air Transport Auxiliary.
The Museum's aircraft was used during the war as a hack for the US 8th Air Force. After purchase from private owners in 1973, it spent many years in deep storage, before restoration for the Museum by the Medway Aircraft Preservation Society in 1999.


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Walter Leigh "Jiggs" Cettell
Walter Leigh "Jiggs" Cettell
RIPLEY – Walter Leigh "Jiggs" Cettell, age 79, of the North East Sherman Road, South Ripley, NY passed away Tuesday, November 26, 2019, at home following an extended illness.
Walter was born on November 20, 1940, in Gowanda, New York, the son of the late Maynard and Myrtle (Pierce) Cettell. He had been an area resident most all of his life having graduated from Angola High School. He served in the NYS Army National Guard with the 127th Tank Battalion from 1957 until his discharge in 1959.
Jiggs was a hard working man with a strong work ethic. He had been employed in the construction trades for many years and retired as a Building Maintenance Mechanic for Electric Materials, North East, PA, in 2005. He was an avid bowler who bowled in many leagues in Westfield, Barcelona, Eastway in Harborcreek, PA and North East Lanes. He enjoyed playing bingo. Jiggs was a NASCAR Fan and followed the Earnhardt team especially Dale, Sr. and then Dale, Jr. He rooted for the Buffalo Bills and the NY Yankees! He was a former member of the Moose Club in Westfield. But mostly, Walter was a family man; his large family meant everything to him.
Survivors include his sons, Robert Cettell of Ripley NY, Kevin Cettell of Brocton PA, Rodney Cettell of North East PA, Mark Cettell of Erie PA and his daughters, Brenda Dorman of Ripley NY and Rhonda Wagner of Harborcreek PA. 18 grandchildren, 29 great grandchildren also survive. Walter is further survived by his brother, Charles Cettell, of Brocton, as well as many nieces and nephews.
Walter was preceded in death by his wife of 57 years, Loretta âKayã (Howser) Cettell, whom he married on August 15, 1959 and who sadly passed on January 21, 2017, as well as by his siblings, Margaret Knapp, Clinton Cettell, Clifford Cettell, Ester Sturgill, Mildred Schumaker and Ruth Senear.
Friends may call from 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM on Sunday, December 1, 2019 at the MASON Funeral Home, 37 Clinton Street in Westfield and are invited to attend his Funeral Service there on Monday, December 2, 2019 at 11:00 AM with Rev. Donald Eggleston officiating. Burial with Military Honors will be in Quincy Cemetery, Ripley, NY.
Memorial contributions may be made to The American Diabetes Assoc., 4955 North Bailey Avenue, Suite 217, Amherst, NY 14226.
Log on to www.masonfuneral.com to send the Cettell family a message of sympathy, to light a Memorial Candle or for further information.
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Vatican - Swiss Guard (Part II)
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Swiss Guard Colors for Pius X
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Swiss Guard Colors for Pius XI
Swiss Guard Colors for Pius XII
Swiss Guard Colors for John XXIII
Swiss Guard Colors for Paul VI
Swiss Guard Colors for John Paul I (?)
Swiss Guard Colors for John Paul II
Vatican (Holy See) - Swiss Guard (web links)
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Swiss Mercenary Flags
Here are the Pontifical Swiss Guard colors for Popes Pius IX (obverse and reverse), Pius X, and John Paul II. I photographed them about 1984 during a personal tour of the Swiss Guard barracks. At that time, as you can see, the current Swiss Guard flag was displayed in the Captain Commander's office against the wall. It is paraded for the annual swearing-in ceremony of new recruits each May, and perhaps a few other occasions. On Vatican flag-flying days it is displayed inside the "Bronze Doors," which lead from St. Peter's Square to the Apostolic Palace via Cortile San Damaso. With the death of John Paul II, it will now have to be replaced by a flag bearing the arms of the new pope.
Rev. William M. Becker, 4 April 2005
Arms of Pius X (together with the arms of Julius II) were part of the Swiss Guard's arms for the 400th anniversary in 1906. See www.schweizergarde.info.
James Dignan, 26 April 2005
The other arms are the arms of Pope Julius II, who founded the Swiss Guard in 1505. See members.tripod.com located by António.
Santiago Dotor, 25 April 2005
The terrible Giuliano Della Rovere (1443-1513, Pope Julius II in 1503) was more a warlord than a church man. He was elected after the shortest conclave ever, in less than one day, after having bought his election (which was admitted at that time). Julius II reestablished the political power of the papacy in Italy and set up the Cambrai League against Venice in 1508, then the Holy League against France (1511-1512). His attempt of reforming the church during the Vth Council of Latran (1512) was not successful. Julius II was a patron and appointed the architect Bramante (1444-1514), who designed the Belvedere Courtyard and started the St. Peter's Basilica (1505); the painter, architect and sculptor Michelangelo Buonarotti (1475-1564), who made for the Pope's grave the two slaves (1513-1516) kept today in the Louvre Museum in Paris; and the painter Raffaello Sanzio (1483-1520), who painted frescos in the "rooms" of the Vatican and a famous portrait of the Pope, kept today in the Offici Museum in Florence.
The Della Rovere family is a famous Italian family. The movie director Roberto Rossellini (1906-1977) portrayed a descendant of the family member of the anti-fascist resistance and killed by the German forces in the movie "Il Generale Della Rovere" (1959). The name of Rovere recalls the oak, therefore the canting arms of the family. The Latin classical word "robur" evolved to "roborem", and gave the Provencal word '"rover" and the French words "roure" and "robre", today "rouvre". However, botanists, as usual, complicated the situation, and it seems that "Quercus robur" is now the pedunculated oak ("chene pédonculé"), whereas the "chene rouvre" has been reallocated to species "Q. petrae". The roots "roure" and "rouvre" have given several toponyms in France (Roure, Le Rouret, Rouvray, Grosrouvre...).
Ivan Sache, 28 April 2005
Flags has never existed. Pius X had completely rejected the flag draft. Repond presented the draft of the new flag design already in the year1912 . The pope Pius X was not open to the new ideas.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 9 June 2005
I believe there is an error in this contribution regarding the first version of Swiss Guard current flag design.
António Martins-Tuválkin states that Pope Pius X opposed the new (current) design sponsored by Commander Jules Repond, and would not authorize it. But according to my sources, that is not correct. The current version of the Swiss Guard flag was approved in the last year of the pontificate of Pius X, namely on November 1, 1913, by the Secretariat of State. It was designed by Robert Durrer, a Swiss archivist, and sponsored by Commander Jules Repond. The flag was produced by a Swiss convent, and was blessed by Pius X on May 5, 1914, in time for use at the traditional swearing-in of new recruits the next day. Pius died a few months later. (Cf. Robert Walpen, La Guardia Svizzera Pontificia. Acriter et fideliter. Coraggio e fedeltà. Second Edition. Locarno, Switzerland: Armando Dadò, 2005, p. 112-114. Walpen reproduces Durrer's original sketch of the flag, and the note authorizing its use from the Secretariat of State.)
Here is an actual photo of this first version of the current Swiss Guard flag, from the pontificate of Pius X. It was published in: "Die neue Fahne der Schweizergarde," Archives Héraldiques Suisses / Schweizerisches Archiv für Heraldik, vol. 28, no. 4 (Zürich: Imprimérie Schulthess & Co., 1914), p. 205-206 & Plate 5.
Rev. William M. Becker, STD, 13 July 2007
image by Jens Pattke, 19 February 2006
Rejected - With the Arms of Guard Commandant Jules Repond
Upper hoist: arms of Pius X; Center: Jules Repond, on black-white background (for Fribourg / Freiburg).
Source: www.schweizergarde.info.
Jens Pattke, 19 February 2006
With the Arms of Guard Commandant Jules Repond
Upper hoist: arms of Benedictus XV; Center: Jules Repond, on black-white background (for Fribourg / Freiburg).
Source: re-construction.
image by Jens Pattke, 25 August 2007
With the Arms of Guard Commandant Alois Hirschbühl
Here is a photo of the Swiss Guards flag from the reign of Benedict XV, who followed Pius X, appeared in L'Illustrazione Vaticana, no. 11/1932 (attached). Benedict's arms were simply painted over those of Pius X, which was a common practice in past centuries. (cf. Vincenz Oertle. "'… aux couleurs du pape régnant' – Die Fahne der Päpstlichen Schweizergarde," Zeitschrift für Heereskunde, number 419 [January/March 2006], p. 1-6.)
Upper hoist: arms of Benedictus XV. Center: arms of Alois Hirschbühl, on black-white-blue background (for Graubünden/Grischun).
Jens Pattke, 25 August 2007
Upper hoist: arms of Pius XI. Center: arms of Alois Hirschbühl, on black-white-blue background (for Graubünden/Grischun).
With the Arms of Guard Commandant Georg von Sury d'Aspremont
upper hoist: arms of Pius XI center: arms of Georg von Sury d'Aspremont, on red- white background (for Solothurn).
Upper hoist: arms of Pius XII. Center: arms of Georg von Sury d'Aspremont, on red- white background (for Solothurn).
With the Arms of Guard Commandant Heinrich Pfyffer von Altishofen
Upper hoist: arms of Pius XII. Center: arms of Heinrich Pfyffer von Altishofen, on white-blue background (for Luzern).
Source: www.chateau-de-penthes.ch
image by Jens Pattke, 23 January 2006
With the Arms of Guard Commandant Robert Nünlist
Upper hoist: arms of Pius XII. Center: arms of Robert Nünlist, on white-blue background (for Luzern).
Jens Pattke, 23 January 2006
Upper hoist: arms of John XXIII. Center: arms of Robert Nünlist, on white-blue background (for Luzern).
image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 12 June 2005
At www.schweizergarde.info this one is shown at the bottom (at the top of the page the 2002-2005 flag is shown). Not the differences in the tiara and at the tips of the estole, with red instead of the current golden. (Perhaps this was changed at the same time as the wreath around the central area?).
António Martins-Tuválkin, 12 June 2005
With the Arms of Guard Commandant Franz Pfyffer von Altishofen
Upper hoist: arms of Paul VI. Center: arms of Franz Pfyffer von Altishofen, on white-blue background (for Luzern).
image by Jens Pattke, 11 June 2005
Unconfirmed !!!
The usage of this flag of the Swiss Guard in 1978 is insecure. The pope John Paul I was only few days in the office. (26 August 1978 - 28 September 1978). I found no sources or photos about this flag.
Jens Pattke, 11 June 2005
Since the appointment of a new pope is a "surprise", the flags cannot be prepared beforehand. If this flag even existed, the process was quite fast.
The appointment of the new pope is a "surprise". But the Pope John Paul I already had an official coat of arms. The coat of arms was also illustrated on postage stamps of Vatican. With this fact was possible in theory new Guard flag. The use is not to be proved.
Upper hoist: arms of John Paul II. Center: arms of Franz Pfyffer von Altishofen, on white-blue background (for Luzern).
image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 June 2005
With the Arms of Guard Commandant Roland Buchs-Binz (1982-1997)
The Vatican Swiss Guard regimental flag used during (part of) John Paul II's reign, under the command of a previous colonel.
This flag differs from the (later) one we display above in the central disc, matching a different Commander Colonel: The background is black over white, for Fribourg canton, and the colonel's personal arms are diferent. There are also rendering diferences for the wreath ornament.
1997-1998 (not in official use)
Not in official use
With the Arms of Guard Commandant Alois Estermann
The commander Alois Estermann was a interim-commander colonel since November 1997. Before the day of his murder, in May 4 1998, there was already a new flag of the Swiss Guard. It had been already produced but not presented yet officially. Also the flag was not consecrated yet by a cardinal or the pope John Paul II. However, the new badge of comm. Colonel Alois Estermann was already known to the public (See: Flag Bulletin No. 187 (1999) ; pp. 89-105). On the 5th May, 1997 the official job was taken over by the already resigned commander Roland Bush-Binz. During the next day, the sacco di Roma 1998, the old Swiss Guard flag with the badge of Col. Bush-Binz was used.
With the Arms of Guard Commandant Pius Segmüller
Upper hoist: arms of John Paul II. Center: Pius Segmüller, on green-white background (for Sankt Gallen).
image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 April 2005
With the Arms of Guard Commandant Elmar Theodor Mäder
A very detailed image (and its detail) of Swiss Guard colors for John Paul II at www.schweizergarde.info, reported by Rev. William M. Becker.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 April 2005
The upper hoist shows the J.P.II arms, with the shield in the typical italian capo di cavallo (horse head) shield shape and oversized keys. The central arms are set on a green and white vertical bicolor disc area, encircled in a stylized symmetrical wreath of 20 green leaves: Ogival shield sable and or per fess a six pointed star of the latter in dexter chief overall a scythe proper per counter-bend. Closed helm with panache.
It seems that in the photo that we have, central arms seems to be Alois Estermann's and papal arms Paulus VI's, which is anachronical. Can somebody identify it?
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 September 2005
I "examined" it and it seems to me like a very strange Jonh XIII/Robert Nünlist flag. The Pope's arms, in chief, have the St. Mark's Lion in gold above a black field (the field was supposed to be white! none of the Popes which used the former Diocese's simbol in the coat of arms, ussually former archbishops of Milan or Patriarches of Venice, has a black field). As for the St. Mark's Lion, for me, seems the right choice (Milan's eagle is black above gold, and Paul VI didn't used it).
The coat of arms seems like Jonh XXIII (the turret in the middle), but the colours are also changed: the upper and lower stripes are red, and the middle one, silver.
But there's a curiouse note: the foto is taken for behind the flag (look at the feet of the guard), so the changes could be explained as the Swiss' Flags, as the Papal Tapestries, are hand-maded. sometimes, the crosslining can do this chages at the backyard...
Bruno F. C. Alexandre, 23 January 2007
Swiss Guard Colors for Benedict XVI
image by Luis Miguel Arias Perez, 7 December 2008
Detail (Arms of Guard Commandant Daniel Rudolf Anrig)
Following the resignation of Elmar Mäder, a new commandant of the Swiss Guard has been appointed by Pope Benedict XVI.
The new commandant, Daniel Rudolf Anrig (aged 36 and up to now the head of the canton's police of Glarus), took up his post on 1 December 2008, and the new colours of the Swiss Guard were blessed during the ceremony.
The new colours differ from the old ones by the central emblem, which bears the coat of arms of Daniel Anrig instead of the coat of arms of Elmar Mäder.
The colours can be seen on a photo (EPA agency) published on the "Mail Online" website.
Since Anrig, like Mäder, being from Sankt Gallen, the green and white circular background of the shield was not changed.
Ivan Sache, 1 December 2008
About the new commandant see here. Blessing of the flag ceremony, with pictures of the flag (in French) at www.schweizergarde.org.
Luis Miguel Arias Perez, 7 December 2008
Previous colors (2005-2008)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 9 May 2005
Previous Swiss Guard Colors for Benedict XVI
Previous Detail (Arms of Guard Commandant Elmar Theodor Mäder)
Here is the new Swiss Guard flag from story.news.yahoo.com.
Zachary Harden, 6 May 2005
The image is simply shown the expected new version of the Papal Guard flag: I.e., identical to the previous Swiss Guard Colors for John Paul II but with Benedict XVI's arms replacing John Paul II's. Note that the side areas of the shield are both or, and the central one is gules, whereas previously sent images shown different color patterns. The photo shown clearly the same central Coat of Arms too.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 9 May 2005
My father recently bought a book about the Swiss Guard: Antonio Serrano Die Schweizergarde des Papstes. (2005) Dachau (Bayerland).
The current colours are shown several times in this book (on the cover, p. 42, p. 146, p. 148, p. 152). A detailed photo is shown on p. 141.
M. Schmöger, 27 May 2006
See also: Vatican (Holy See) - Personal Flag and Arms of Benedict XVI


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Q: onApplicationEnd - Is CF actually shutting down? I need to use onApplicationEnd() as part of Application.cfc to execute a call on a 3rd party Java object to close a connection to another device on the network.
The code I have worked perfectly if I call it as a normal request, but when I place it in the onApplicationEnd() method I'm running into some errors. These errors suggest that CF might in fact be shutting down already to the point where I cannot access these 3rd party Java classes.
Code:
    <cffunction name="onApplicationEnd" returnType="void">
    <cfargument name="appScope" required="true" />

    <cfset var logLocation = "test" />

    <cflog file="#logLocation#" text="*** [Application.cfc]  - **** START RUN ****" />
    <cflog file="#logLocation#" text="*** [Application.cfc]  - #timeformat(now(),'HH:mm:ss' )# - onApplicationEnd() called " />

    <cftry>

        <cfif structKeyExists(ARGUMENTS, "appScope")>
            <cflog file="#logLocation#" text="*** [Application.cfc]  - #timeformat(now(),'HH:mm:ss' )# - ARGUMENTS.appScope is defined" />
        <cfelse>
            <cflog file="#logLocation#" text="*** [Application.cfc]  - #timeformat(now(),'HH:mm:ss' )# - ARGUMENTS.appScope is undefined! " />
        </cfif>

        <!--- Check if we have a test crypto object in scope, and if so close it's connection --->
        <cfif structKeyExists(ARGUMENTS.appScope, "testCrypto")>

            <cflog file="#logLocation#" text="*** [Application.cfc]  - #timeformat(now(),'HH:mm:ss' )# - onApplicationEnd() - crypto object exists in app scope" />

            <cfset ARGUMENTS.appScope.testCrypto.closeConnection() />
            <<cflog file="#logLocation#" text="*** [Application.cfc]  - #timeformat(now(),'HH:mm:ss' )# - onApplicationEnd() - closed crypto server connection" />

        <cfelse>
            <cflog file="#logLocation#" text="*** [Application.cfc]  - #timeformat(now(),'HH:mm:ss' )# - onApplicationEnd() - NO crypto server connection present to close" />
        </cfif>

            <cfcatch type="any">

                <cflog file="#logLocation#" text="*** [Application.cfc]  - #timeformat(now(),'HH:mm:ss' )# - onApplicationEnd() - Error - #cfcatch.message#" />

            </cfcatch>

        </cftry>
    <cflog file="#logLocation#" text="*** [Application.cfc]  - #timeformat(now(),'HH:mm:ss' )# - onApplicationEnd() ended " />

</cffunction>

The line to close the connection on my object is failing with the message: 'java.lang.IllegalStateException: Shutdown in progress'.
Here are the full logs for one run:
"Information","Thread-8","10/23/09","09:05:54",,"*** [Application.cfc]  - **** START RUN

"Information","Thread-8","10/23/09","09:05:54",,"*** [Application.cfc]  - 09:05:54 - onApplicationEnd() called "

"Information","Thread-8","10/23/09","09:05:54",,"*** [Application.cfc]  - 09:05:54 - ARGUMENTS.appScope is defined"

"Information","Thread-8","10/23/09","09:05:54",,"*** [Application.cfc]  - 09:05:54 - onApplicationEnd() - crypto object exists in app scope"

"Information","Thread-8","10/23/09","09:05:54",,"*** [Application.cfc]  - 09:05:54 - onApplicationEnd() - Error - Shutdown in progress"

"Information","Thread-8","10/23/09","09:05:55",,"*** [Application.cfc]  - 09:05:55 - onApplicationEnd() ended "

Is there restrictions to what I can do in onApplicationEnd() and if so is there any work around?
I am using CF 8 (8,0,1,195765) Developer Edition on a Windows XP machine.
Also, if I run CF in a console window and press CTRL-C I see this, but I also see this behaviour if I run cfstop.
Many thanks in advance!
EDIT: Some others had this issues here, but no solutions.
EDIT: Removed thread example as it might be fogging the issue. Posted code and logs.

A: It sounds like this may be caused by the fact that the server is shutting down, rather than just the CF application. I am guessing that if the JVM is already in the process of shutting down, the resources your java class uses might not be available at that point.  So onApplicationEnd might not be the correct place for that code.
You might want to look into adding a ShutdownHook. I am not 100% positive, but I think placing the cleanup code there, instead of in onApplicationEnd might allow the java object to do its cleanup before the JVM enters its death throes stage.
But having said all that, would not the "connection to another device on the network" be closed automatically once the server shuts down?

A: according to the docs "You cannot use this method to display data on a user page, because it is not associated with a request."
I think the "is not associated with a request." is the key. It could be that your java objects only exist within the request thread and not in the app instance.
Perhaps instead you shound try using onRequestEnd
http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/8/AppEvents_09.html

A: Well my first thought is that the server doesn't actually stop when the application stops... The application will stop, but the server is liable to keep chugging along. If you have a directory with an older Application.cfm in it and just some flat .cfm files in that directory, people can request those cf pages and they can be not associated with any kind of application context. So you can actually have no applications running and still be serving lots of CF pages. Granted, that's not how people generally set up their CF servers, but they do work that way. There's been some talk of creating a Server.cfc like Application.cfc in a future version, although I don't know if they've implemented it in CF9.
My second thought is that the only way for the onApplicatinEnd method to cause the specific error "java.lang.IllegalStateException: Shutdown in progress" would be if the java objects you're referencing are java objects that are somehow intrinsically linked to the application context, such as objects that you might access through the undocumented ColdFusion.server.ServiceFactory. But the code you've posted doesn't look like that's happening.
It's a long shot, but you could try placing the testCrypto object in a local / temp variable within the onApplicationEnd method and executing it from there.
Sorry I couldn't be more helfpul.


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Su Casa Investments and Apartment Capital Management Announce Acquisition of Apartment Units in Salt Lake City
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San Francisco, CA—Su Casa Investments, of Ross, California and Apartment Capital Management (ACM), of San Francisco, California, announced on November 12, 2009, the acquisition of Liberty Heights Apartments, a 104–unit apartment complex in Sandy, Utah.
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View Software Acquires MainManager
18/12/2020 /in Denmark, Global, Iceland, MainManager, News, Norway/by Guðrún Rós Jónsdóttir
New chapter for MainManager
The MainManager team is looking forward to being part of View Software and the Viking Venture family. We have found a perfect match for our vision and ambition to be a leading company within Facility Management in the Nordic region and other countries. We are experiencing a major shift in the construction industry. Professional building owners are gaining much more focus on how to efficiently managing their building portfolio. Using FM tools enables them to make even better decisions about new facilities and more sustainable solutions.
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Will the sale lead to any major changes?
The founders of MainManager, Gunnlaugur B. Hjartarson and Gudmundur Ludvigsson, will remain in the company. They will become investors in View Software in connection with the transfer. All other employees remain in the company after the takeover. Our Icelandic team continues to work tirelessly from Reykjavik, and daily tasks will still be solved from our offices in Oslo and Copenhagen. MainManager's brand and interface, lives on. We look forward to welcoming you and a lot of new users to View MainManager.
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The 'Red Cove' of Taiji
Taiji is a small town located in the Higashimuro district in Japan. A coastal town that has beautiful ocean views, a fresh salty breeze and a horribly dark secret.
Image: Jeremy Bishop
For decades this town has been know as the whaling hub of Japan, and still to this day continues this barbaric tradition. Every year, from early September to early March, the hunt takes place. Twenty six fishermen take to the seas in their boats to hunt down large pods of dolphins, bring them back to the cove to be put in holding pens, they then have them sorted into two groups.. One group to be sold into captivity, and one to be slaughtered for the people of the town to eat.
Image: Jessica Macdonald
There is a quota of how many of the nine dolphin species can be slaughtered each season. A total of 450 striped dolphins, 298 bottlenose dolphins, 280 pantropical spotted dolphins, 251 risso's dolphins, 100 pacific white-sided dolphins, 101 short finned pilot whales, 49 false killer whales, 20 rough tooth dolphins, and 200 melon-headed whales. One of the main reasons that this is still happening to this day is of course, money. Taiji is know for its involvement with whaling and for having its whaling museum, which also doubles as a marine park holding all of the nine main species that are hunted down by the fishermen. The marine park is in very poor condition and houses all of the dolphins in enclosures far too small for them, most of the time different species are mixed in together as well, which causes them all a lot more stress. The problems this has caused the for the dolphins is horrific, bullying is prevalent within the pens and a majority of the dolphins have rake marks and other injuries. The dolphins also show signs of self harm and and depression, they will smash themselves into the sides of their pens or gnaw on walls and gates.
Image: Cara Sands
Dolphins are incredibly intelligent creatures and can swim up to 100 kilometres in a day, they need constant stimulation and enough room to keep active. Needless to say that in small pens with other species of dolphins, trapped in a whaling museum with no stimulation, no open waters, suffering from the trauma of seeing the rest of your pod slaughtered in front of you, it's no wonder the mental health of these incredible animals is suffering... It would be enough to drive anybody insane. Big marine parks and dolphinariums from around the world will come to taiji and use the marine park like a pet shop, purchasing certain dolphins species to add to their collection so they can make a profit from them. These dolphins are in captivity suffering for people's entertainment, trained to perform shows and swim the same route in the same small enclosures every day.
Image: Courtnie Tosana
They deserve a better life than this and here's how you can help. The first thing you can do, you are already doing now. Educating yourself to understand what is really happening, and to find out the truth of Taiji and the marine parks that support it. The second is too not by a ticket, don't support the suffering. Instead you could opt for doing something else like taking a boat tour and seeing these beautiful creatures in their natural habitat where they should be. The third is to share this information with others, the more people that know the truth of this horrid place, and the inhumane murder happening there every year, the better. Just remember that we all have a voice, a powerful one. It is strong and it is loud, please use that voice for the right reasons, to start a change that will not just make you proud, but also help those in Taiji and marine parks worldwide who do not have a voice, and cannot speak up of their injustice. Think Blue!
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Q: Unable to connect to localhost using mqtt_client I have a local mosquito broker. an app on a phone( not an emulator). I am trying to connect to the local broker with no success via WebSockets.
I found some examples in the documentation but when I change URL and switch to WebSockets then I am unable to connect.
A hand is appreciated.
import 'dart:async';
import 'package:mqtt_client/mqtt_client.dart';
import 'package:mqtt_client/mqtt_server_client.dart';

final client = MqttServerClient('ws://192.168.137.231', '');

Future<int> main() async {
  /// Set logging on if needed, defaults to off
  client.logging(on: false);
  client.keepAlivePeriod = 20;
  client.port = 8080;
  client.useWebSocket = true;
  client.onDisconnected = onDisconnected;
  client.onConnected = onConnected;
  client.onSubscribed = onSubscribed;

  client.pongCallback = pong;
  final connMess = MqttConnectMessage()
      .withClientIdentifier('client_id')
      .keepAliveFor(60) // Must agree with the keep alive set above or not set
      // .withWillTopic('/busline/201') // If you set this you must set a will message
      .withWillMessage('My Will message')
      .startClean() // Non persistent session for testing
      .withWillQos(MqttQos.atLeastOnce);
  print('EXAMPLE::Mosquitto client connecting....');
  client.connectionMessage = connMess;

  try {
    await client.connect();
  } on Exception catch (e) {
    print('EXAMPLE::client exception - $e');
    client.disconnect();
  }

  /// Check we are connected
  if (client.connectionStatus.state == MqttConnectionState.connected) {
    print('EXAMPLE::Mosquitto client connected');
  } else {
    /// Use status here rather than state if you also want the broker return code.
    print(
        'EXAMPLE::ERROR Mosquitto client connection failed - disconnecting, status is ${client.connectionStatus}');
    client.disconnect();
    return -1;
  }

  /// Ok, lets try a subscription
  print('EXAMPLE::Subscribing to the test/lol topic');
  const topic = '/busline/201'; // Not a wildcard topic
  client.subscribe(topic, MqttQos.atMostOnce);

  client.updates.listen((List<MqttReceivedMessage<MqttMessage>> c) {
    final MqttPublishMessage recMess = c[0].payload;
    final pt =
    MqttPublishPayload.bytesToStringAsString(recMess.payload.message);

    print(
        'EXAMPLE::Change notification:: topic is <${c[0].topic}>, payload is <-- $pt -->');
    print('');
  });

  client.published.listen((MqttPublishMessage message) {
    print(
        'EXAMPLE::Published notification:: topic is ${message.variableHeader.topicName}, with Qos ${message.header.qos}');
  });

}

What I am doing wrong here
the error I get back
I/flutter ( 5031): EXAMPLE::Mosquitto client connecting...
I/flutter ( 5031): EXAMPLE::OnDisconnected client callback - Client disconnection
I/flutter ( 5031): EXAMPLE::client exception - SocketException: OS Error: Connection refused, errno = 111, address = 192.168.43.56, port = 49839
I/flutter ( 5031): EXAMPLE::OnDisconnected client callback - Client disconnection
I/flutter ( 5031): EXAMPLE::OnDisconnected callback is solicited, this is correct
I/flutter ( 5031): EXAMPLE::ERROR Mosquitto client connection failed - disconnecting, status is Connection status is disconnected with return code of noneSpecified and a disconnection origin of solicited
I/flutter ( 5031): EXAMPLE::OnDisconnected client callback - Client disconnection
I/flutter ( 5031): EXAMPLE::OnDisconnected callback is solicited, this is correct

A: I bet it is because you have not specified a client name and a protocol prefix ws:// in the line
final client = MqttServerClient('ws://192.168.137.231', '');

Try it instead with
final client = MqttServerClient('192.168.137.231', 'client01');

I think that is what the part of the error message with return code of noneSpecified is supposed to tell you.


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Q: Wifi gets hardware-disabled after waking from sleep I have an HP 14-b015dx device. Whenever I wake my device from sleep the wifi stops working. Rfkill shows it is hard bock. Even the wifi light goes orange showing the wifi is disabled by hardware. And i can't switch it on again. (Hardware-switch doesn't work). The only way to get the wifi to work again, is to reboot the device
lspci | grep -i Wireless shows:
`01:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)`

Any help is appreciated!
~Thanks

A: Try running this command from the Terminal when you wake your device from sleep -
sudo modprobe -r e1000e ; sudo modprobe e1000e;


The latest batch of recipients of the Long Service Awards attended the Boulevard on 31st January 2019 to receive their awards and celebrate.
A variety of people attended including Sharon Catchpole (Director of People), Peter Blackledge from the Board, and people we support who had been invited as special guests.
After all the presentations of an Inspire wallet, Inspire...By framed creation, framed Long Service Certificate, and a John Lewis Gift token had taken place in our Spindrift Meeting Room, the party moved through to the café for a sumptuous specially prepared buffet meal.
The people who were eligible for the award had been with an Inspire service from 15-30 years! We are so thankful for having such dedicated and long-serving staff at Inspire!


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Q: undefined reference to `_setjmp' building SFML I'm building SFML for MinGW as explained in the official tutorials. I'm using the latest MinGW from WinLibs, for 64x systems. I followed the tutorial exactly how it was, with SFML 2.6 from GitHub, but when I run "mingw32-make" to build, I get, after a list of "Building CXX object...", these two errors:
h:/winlibs_64/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/12.1.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: C:/Users/jayok/Downloads/SFML-2.6.x/SFML-2.6.x/extlibs/libs-mingw/x64/libfreetype.a(sfnt.c.obj):sfnt.c:(.text+0x5614): undefined reference to `_setjmp'
h:/winlibs_64/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/12.1.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: C:/Users/jayok/Downloads/SFML-2.6.x/SFML-2.6.x/extlibs/libs-mingw/x64/libfreetype.a(smooth.c.obj):smooth.c:(.text+0x77a): undefined reference to `_setjmp'
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status
mingw32-make[2]: *** [src\SFML\Graphics\CMakeFiles\sfml-graphics.dir\build.make:602: lib/sfml-graphics-2.dll] Error 1
mingw32-make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles\Makefile2:307: src/SFML/Graphics/CMakeFiles/sfml-graphics.dir/all] Error 2
mingw32-make: *** [makefile:155: all] Error 2


I am currently focused on Abstraction. I work in both acrylic and oils. What both mediums have in common for me is the starting point. My canvases are journals, each start with an entry. The type often becomes the composition for the canvas. I work by doing a series of paintings with the same concept running through each piece. This allows me to explore approaches in the work. As the artist making the work, the unpredictability and potential sense of discovery is very exciting and one of the main reasons why I do what I do.
In acrylics my graphic design background shows the most. My canvases are geometrical and architectural. In oils the paintings show a sense of struggle and discovery. I am drawn to recreate distressed surfaces in my oil paintings. I love the physical process of applying paint to canvas. There is a real sense of freedom in allowing a spontaneous application of color and line to the prepared surface. There is energy in my painting that works towards connecting my spiritual as well as my emotional being.
I have always subscribed to the theory of "paint for paint's sake" by celebrating the physical qualities of the medium while including the images or textures that move me. My goal is to create stunning pieces of art that will engage the viewer and foster a dialogue that is invigorating, educational and rewarding.


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FileReader::FileReader() :
    m_filename("")
{
    //readTextfile();
}

FileReader::~FileReader()
{
}

void FileReader::readTextfile()
{
    QFile data(m_filename);
    if (data.open(QFile::ReadOnly)) {
        QTextStream textStream(&data);
        while (true) {
            QString line = textStream.readLine();
            if (line.isNull()) {
                break;
            }
            else {
                //qDebug() << line;
                m_strlist.append(line);
            }
        }
    }
}

QString FileReader::queryString(const QString& query)
{
    QRegExp rx(query);

    for (int i = 0; i < m_strlist.size(); ++i) {
        QString str = m_strlist.at(i);
        if ( str.contains(rx) ) {

        }
    }
    return QString("");
}

QStringList FileReader::testList(const QStringList& sl)
{
    qDebug() << "testList(): dump stringlist";
    QStringList result;
    foreach (const QString& s, sl) {
        qDebug() << s;
        result += "this is " + s;
    }
    return result;
}

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Q: How to find records with 2 not condition in rails where clause? I have a users table like this:
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| id | name | role |
--------------------
| ...| ...  | ...  |
--------------------

The role column has 3 kinds of role: Admin, Buyer, and User. With convention below:
role != 'buyer' and role != 'admin' ==> User is a normal user

( This means role can have value: nil, "", or manny different values, except 'buyer' and 'admin' )
role = 'buyer' ==> User is a buyer

role = 'admin' ==> User is an admin

Now, I want to find all the users in all 3 scenarios:
@admins = User.where(role: 'admin').all (work fine!)
@buyers = User.where(role: 'buyer').all (work fine!)

And all normal users, but this seems not working:
@users = User.where("role!='buyer' and role!='admin'").all (not working! )

Can anyone help me find all the normal users? Thanks in advance!

A: For all rails version,
User.where('role NOT IN (?)', ['buyer', 'admin'])

If you are using rails >= 4,
User.where.not(role: ['buyer', 'admin'])


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David Gordon, Mobile Supervisor, Security Services
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"From providing security advice, to stopping bike thieves and giving CPR to save someone's life on campus – I love the work I do."
Before joining Imperial, I worked in the Home Office for 13 years in a variety of roles, the last being working on the Cutter Fleet – this involved boarding vessels out at sea and looking for drugs, firearms and other prohibited items.
I joined Imperial in 2015 as a Senior Security Officer. My current role as a Mobile Supervisor focuses on overseeing security operations at all Imperial's campuses, and I share responsibility for 114 members of staff. I am fortunate that I get to work across all campuses, and enjoy meeting and engaging with all our stakeholders. (more…)
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Kitan Oyeleke, Undergraduate, Department of Chemical Engineering
"I am lucky to have lecturers who are leaders in their fields, friends who are some of the smartest people I've ever met, and access to a wealth of resources."
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I'm the type of person that likes to be involved in activities beyond studying, and the range of clubs and societies that Imperial offered were very attractive to me. Since starting at the College, I have joined the Netball club, African Caribbean Society (ACS) and the Engineering Change Society.
I'm really aware of the opportunities I have as an Imperial student. I think it's quite easy to take things for granted when you're dealing with the general stress of university, but I am lucky to have lecturers who are leaders in their fields, friends who are some of the smartest people I've ever met, and access to a wealth of resources. I spend half of my year back home in Nigeria and the other half in the UK, and even on the other side of the world in Lagos, being an Imperial student has opened so many doors. (more…)
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"My role is centred on helping people, from senior academics who need resources and space for their groups to conduct experiments, to ensuring the safety of junior researchers."
I've worked at Imperial for over five years now, and in that time my role has changed significantly from a junior support role to a managerial one. My role is centred on helping people, from senior academics who need the resources and space for their groups to carry out experiments, to ensuring the safety of junior researchers. (more…)
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"I'm currently carrying out site inspections at the student accommodation in North Acton, as well as Scale Space at the White City Campus."
I was born and raised in Nigeria, where I studied industrial chemistry at the University of Ilorin. I wanted to further my career in health and safety, so moved to the UK a few years later and began working for Coca-Cola Enterprise, and then for the NHS – I spent 11 years at both organisations. (more…)
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Home / BTS Blog • Dostoyevsky Reimagined / Who was Dostoyevsky's Father?
Welcome back loyal BTS readers and newcomers!
Have you ever thought about Dostoyevsky's parents and who they were? I felt curious about this aspect of Dostoyevsky's life and decided to investigate. What I found was interesting and definitely enriched my understanding of Dostoyevsky's work.
Mikhail Andreevich Dostoevsky & Maria Fyodorovna Dostoevskaya
I chose to write about Dostoyevksy's parents, particularly his father, as parental influence is generally a fundamental impact on one's life and had great influence on Dostoyevsky's writing. Dostoyevsky's parents had stunningly different personalities, his father was austere and hard handed while his mother was gentle and nurturing. This dichotomy was to be a central theme throughout his literary work.
Dostoyevsky's father was named Mikhail Andreevich Dostoyevsky and was born into a family "legally classified as nobility according to the table of ranks established by Peter the Great" (Frank 4). However, because this was a civil service ranking, the family did not benefit from the social status commonly bestowed upon those affiliated, as described by Frank: "He was legally, but not socially, equal to the scions of the gentry…"(4). Despite some prestige garnered from his mother's merchant family, they were not viewed as socially elevated in Russian society. Mikhail had been born into a family belonging to provincial clergy and was naturally expected to become a clergyman as well but decided to take a different path. He graduated from the seminary at the age of 15 but had quite different goals for himself. He promptly took off for Moscow where he enrolled in the Imperial Medical Surgical Academy.
Later he became Dr. Dostoyevsky, a military surgeon and struggled through the tragedy of failed operations which were inevitably gruesome in nature. His character, already naturally predisposed to despair and an unidentified nervous disorder, subsequently cultivated a sense of resulting bitterness. Later he was appointed as staff physician in the outpatient clinic at Mariinsky Foundling Hospital. It was at this same hospital that Fyodor Dostoyevsky was born.
Moscow: Hospital for the Poor, where Dostoevsky was born. His father worked here 1823-37. Source: Coulson, Jessie Senior.
For anyone that has even the slightest knowledge of Dostoyevsky's father knows that he was in possession of a volatile temper. Mikhail Dostoevsky was not the most gentle of men and was even described as a "lecherous and cruel man…" He was considered not only cruel but a demanding husband and father as well. He was described at times as sullen, and a workaholic, later imposing such discipline upon his children. His austere ways rendered the atmosphere of the Dostoyevsky home humorless and cold.
House in Darovbe, where Dostoevsky spent his childhood summers, 1831-36. Source: Grossman, Leonid Petrovich
Image of a photograph depicting a scene at Dostoevsky's summer home, a dacha at Darovoye. Image online, courtesy Dartmouth College website.
His undiagnosed nervous disorder, stress and unfavorable weather worsened his headaches and threw him into sporadic fits of rage. He indulged in alcohol which worsened his moods and he sunk into a melancholic despondency. Interestingly, perhaps stemming from his deeply religious upbringing, he maintained a devoted attitude toward religion and even to the point of arrogance and believed that he was one of God's chosen ones.
Dostoyevsky's upbringing was characterized by a sense of austerity and seriousness, and nowhere in his literature can delineations of a happy childhood can be found.
"He required the highest standards of his children, and he was cruel when these standards were not met. His despotism was so intense that it influenced even the most banal household routines. For example, every afternoon the doctor would return home for a nap. While he was napping, the children had to be absolutely silent. They were punished severely for the slightest of sounds. In summer months, they would take turns standing by their father for the duration of his nap, swatting away the flies" (dartmouth.edu).
One can also see the strained relationship in these lines Fyodor writes to his father asking for a small some of money:
"My dear kind father! Is it really possible that you, my father, believe that your son would ask you for money for mere trifles? God be my witness if I wish to cause you any hardships, either for my own personal gain or from mere necessity. How my parents toil and sweat to provide for me. Why, I have a head on my shoulders and a pair of arms. Were I at liberty, where I free to live my life as my own, I would not ask for so much as a kopeck from you. I would learn to live within the iron laws of necessity. It would have been shameful for me in that case so much as to hint at money… But now, on the other hand, my dear, kind papa, remember that I am, in effect, already enrolled in government service in the full sense of the word. Whether I like it or not, I must conform to the rules and regulations of the society in which I presently move. Why should I exclude myself from it? Those who shun society are often exposed to horrible unpleasantries. You have moved about in society yourself."
The struggle Dostoyevsky feels in relating to his father is evident in his urgent and emotional manner of writing.
Despite all this he was an excellent parent in many ways. Though he was deficient in moral aspects of his personality he faithfully looked after his family and made sure his children had access to a superior education. His children were sent to private schools and had the luxury of private tutors who taught them French and religion. Mikhail Dostoevsky had a great deal of respect for education and planned for his sons to eventually obtain jobs in the military, and though he had no interest in this field Fyodor did indeed pass the entrance examination for the Academy for Military Engineers in St. Petersburg.
Maria Fyodorovna Dostoevskaya
Mikhail was also very much in love with his wife. Maria, a kind and affectionate mother illuminated with a religious spirit was a positive inspiration in her children's lives. It has been noted that during times of separation he wrote long loving letters to her speaking to a passionate affection. However, this love was also somewhat plagued by jealousy and obsessive control, "At one point his jealousy became so fierce that he irrationally challenged the paternity of one of his children – causing the pious Maria to burst into a tearful plea in her own defense" (dartmouth.edu). This must have been very difficult for her, especially considering her sensitive nature and delicate personality. Dr. Dostoyevsky sounds like he was formidable and intimidating and not at all easy to contend with.
After the death of his mother his father retreated into seclusion with his remaining children and became even more wretched in temperament. This anger was unfortunately expressed as abuse on his serfs which possibly led to his death. His father later was found murdered. No trial was performed and the cause of death was left open to speculation, though some imagined it was his serfs who had killed him as an act of vengeance.
So, though the family was not without it's positive aspects, the level of tension in the Dostoyevsky home was high and the oppressive discipline imposed upon Dostoyevsky's home as a child had a strong impact upon the nature of his writing. Having learned of his childhood makes his literature even more rich in meaning and purpose.
This was merely an introduction to the subject of Mikhail Andreevich Dostoyevsky but I find it to be fascinating!
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Frank, Joseph. The Mantle of the Prophet 1871-1881. Princeton University Press and Oxford 2002. Print.
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I graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.A in English literature with honors and have a passion for classical literature and their adaptations to film. I am also a published illustrator who has worked as a fine artist since 2012.
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Syntax is commonly defined, perhaps a little simplistically, as the study of sentence structure; it is concerned with the principles governing the combination of words into larger linguistic units (among which the sentence is taken to be of fundamental importance), and with the properties of these units. Some examples of the kind of issue the syntactician investigates are: the categorisation of words on the basis of their behaviours in larger, phrasal, structures, and of the phrases built up around them; the ways in which lexical choices determine aspects of sentence structure; the behaviour of expressions like reflexive pronouns which are dependent for their reference on other ('antecedent') expressions; systematic relationships between distinct sentence types, such as declarative and interrogative sentences.
Abstraction plays a central role in syntactic analysis, as in other areas of linguistics. An example of this is the widely accepted assumption that sentences involve underlying levels of structure distinct from the observable structure and linked to this by 'transformational' processes. Another is the idea that structural positions within sentences may be filled by 'null' elements which have no phonetic form. This course introduces the basic concepts, principles and techniques of current syntactic theory and analysis. As well as familiarising students with the central areas of syntactic thought, the course offers practice in using analytic techniques and concepts on data from a range of languages.
In common with other areas of linguistics, syntax can be treated from both a theoretical and a descriptive viewpoint, and there has been a tendency for theoreticians (building models to explain the human language faculty) and typologists (searching for descriptive generalisations across languages) to pursue their goals in separate compartments. This paper is concerned with both theoretical and descriptive aspects of syntax, on the principle that they can be integrated and that both benefit from such integration.
In this paper one syntactic theory, the 'Principles and Parameters' model, which is by far the most highly developed and most widely adopted, is studied to a relatively advanced level. This limitation to one model makes it possible to consider in some depth not only the technical details of this theory, but also its goals, and the nature of syntactic argumentation. The importance of description in supporting and testing theory is emphasised, and students are encouraged to evaluate theoretical claims in the light of observations of a wide range of languages. This discussion of the findings of syntactic typology together with those of syntactic theory is in line with a growing trend in research. The languages used for illustration are chosen as far as is practical from the range known to students taking the paper, but students are also urged to examine for themselves languages with which they have some familiarity.
Please see information on the Moodle course for this paper (link below).
Haegeman, L. (1999) Introduction to Government and Binding Theory. Oxford: Blackwell.
You will receive sixteen lectures in total, eight in Michaelmas Term and eight in Lent Term. You will also have eight supervisions, normally three during Michaelmas Term, four in Lent Term and one in Easter Term. The Department will also be providing eight hours of optional practical classes.
This course is assessed through a three-hour written examination.
Professor Ian Roberts


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title: Using up to one million tiles how many different "hollow" square laminae can be formed?
localeTitle: باستخدام ما يصل إلى مليون بلاط كيف يمكن تشكيل الصفيحة المربعة المختلفة "المجوفة"؟
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## المشكلة 173: استخدام ما يصل إلى مليون بناء عدد الصفيح المربع "المجوف" الذي يمكن تشكيله؟

هذا هو كعب. [ساعد مجتمعنا على توسيعه](https://github.com/freecodecamp/guides/tree/master/src/pages/certifications/coding-interview-prep/project-euler/problem-173-using-up-to-one-million-tiles-how-many-different-hollow-square-laminae-can-be-formed/index.md) .

[سيساعدك دليل النمط السريع هذا على ضمان قبول طلب السحب](https://github.com/freecodecamp/guides/blob/master/README.md) .


George Nelson\nJewelry cabinet\nHerman Miller\nUSA, c. 1954\nrosewood, teak, porcelain, aluminum\n20 w x 13 d x 32 h inches\n\nPrized by collectors, Nelson jewelry cabinets are the most sought after Nelson designs. Teak exterior encases four miniature drawers with rosewood fronts and a lacquered door, all with porcelain pulls. Interior features original French marbleized paper. The cabinet is mounted on an original enameled aluminum base. Label.
Prized by collectors, Nelson jewelry cabinets are the most sought after Nelson designs. Teak exterior encases four miniature drawers with rosewood fronts and a lacquered door, all with porcelain pulls. Interior features original French marbleized paper. The cabinet is mounted on an original enameled aluminum base. Label.


Hello friends! … I know… I knOW… I KNOW!!! I haven't blogged in quite some time. I am always amazed how quickly weeks seem to fly by.
Hello, my beautiful friends! I cannot even BEGIN to tell you how insanely crazy my last couple of months have been.
Bonjour, mes beaux amis!!! It's been awhile since I've blogged, but I have a good reason: LIFE. Sometimes it totally gets in the way of stuff, and this was one of those times.