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Apple channel conflict. Channel Conflict at Apple 2019-01-07
Apple channel conflict Rating: 7,9/10 432 reviews
Channel Conflicts
Evidence that there is an efficient and effective supply-chain strategy comes from customer satisfaction and the quality of customer service provided. Gaps in demand exist in the supply chain when the company fails to meet the demand via distribution. Exclusive products Offer products on your ecommerce site that are. It is the distributors who pick up the final product from the bottlers and take it to the stores where customers can purchase the bottles for consumption Menachof, 2001. The two Steves were able to build and sell fifty Apple I computers—all.
CHANNEL CONFLICT @ APPLE by Mohammed Zeeshan on Prezi
Apple must craft a plan to rebuild and reinvent its ties with small resellers. My focus has been on Strategic Management and Leadership. We have it because it is good for our customers who want Apple service and support because Apple isn't reaching them. It needs to step into the market permanently, bring in its formula and operations and not just use outsourced distribution to penetrate in the market. Complete the following table to address the creation of teams at Riordan Manufacturing.
Channel Conflict at Apple
They put into place components of trust and commitment in the relationships with the channel members in the foreign market together with complete control over the supply chain operations in the foreign markets. In case b , all retailers are likely to suffer margin dilution to the extent that they cut prices either on an everyday or promotional basis in an attempt to maintain their market shares. The conflict between two retailers of the same manufacturer faces disparity in terms of sales target, area coverage, promotional schemes, etc. Current Apple user and potential Apple consumers will want to buy an iwatch due to their brand awareness to Apple Inc. The roads are of poor quality and traffic is very leniently managed which adds to the complexity of- and difficulty in managing routes.
How to Best Manage Channel Conflict (and How to Resolve It)
Ideally, a will pursue customers either in conjunction with or without oversight from their vendors' direct sales departments. If the toy manufacturer doesn't help solve the problem, its business dealings with both the wholesalers -- and the downstream retailers, as well -- might be in jeopardy. When members of a channel disagree about methods or goals, conflicts ensue. Twenty-one percent expect a fair amount of channel engagement under the deal, 10 percent expect poor engagement and 6 percent expect zero engagement. By beginning with the customer, you can create a common goal, and by finding ways to offer indirect discounts, you can avoid sparking pricing wars or creating hard feelings in your sales channels. Change may be the reason for the conflict that occurs. The foreigners are the ones most affected by local theft.
With the current shortage of iMac flat panel screens, many Apple dealers are complaining that the Apple stores are getting a disproportionate number of available iMacs, while they're stuck with a long waiting list. Historically, what were Apple's major competitive advantages? In other words, there is a conflict among the channel partners when one prevents the other from achieving its objective. Because an effective distribution strategy under efficient supply-chain management opens doors for attaining competitive advantage and strong brand equity in the market, it is a component of the marketing mix that cannot be ignored Bowersox and Morash, 1989. The brand equity of Apple Inc. I can write about almost all marketing and management courses and retail is my specialty. This is a lesson to be learned by Pepsi as, with Coca Cola now in the Ukrainian market, it is only a matter of time before that the brand will spread its wings into the rural market of the Ukraine as well. Even though Apple threw its software platform open, it still limits the distribution of applications possible only through its App Store.
Marketing Channels and Logistics: A Case Study of Pepsi
Learn the basics, how these technologies work in hybrid and. For example, if the toy manufacturer discovers its products are arriving at retail stores later than scheduled, a conflict might develop between the manufacturer and the wholesaler responsible for shipping to retailers. The delivery of irregular quantities produces this gap Bowersox and Cooper, 1992. The manufacturer makes a comparable product available through warehouse club stores that price to operate at 5% margins by maintaining a very bare bones overhead structure. Dr Verstak: Dr Verstak is a Jewish refugee. Our philosophy, though, is that every decision should begin with. There are three pertinent issues to be examined here: Types of Conflict and Competition, Causes of Channel Conflict and How to Manage Channel Conflicts.
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The bargaining power of customers 5. Getting issues out in the open and on the table allows teams to evaluate an issue with more complete information and, in the end, to make a better decision. In some cases, however, channel companies can find themselves competing against a vendor's direct sales team for a customer deal. Distribution, Marketing, Marketing management 1239 Words 6 Pages strategies how to manage conflict within your own team Management Content Content 2 Introduction 3 Stages of conflict 3 Types of conflict 4 Why manage conflict? Me and my ex met through mutual friends we shared. Stated that products would always be available to resellers. Conflicts can arise when a vendor's practices aren't adhered to by the vendor or its channel partners.
A router/access point channel conflict.
It is not intended to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of a management situation. They have the same approach towards Pepsi. This adds to costs for the company and further reduces the efficiency of the supply chain Menachof, 2001. Apple is the largest tech company in the world. For this reason, it is important that from now on, Pepsi exercises complete control over the supply chain operations using its own expatriate supply-chain managers and using only those distributors that show signs of commitment and with whom trust can be built.
It can take many forms depending upon the requirements of the customer. Channel conflict may also occur among various segments of corporate departments, such as in the sales channel. In the novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 2008 , conflict leads the protagonist, Katniss, to make decisions for survival. In case a , if the grocery stores don't narrow the price spread, they will have some of their sales cannibalized by the warehouse stores and will likely lose market share since the market is mature i. The company's internal e-commerce team had already recommended direct Web sales as a way to better manage its supply chain and interact more directly with customers, says eMarket co-founder Alyse Terhune. Gaps in demand and supply and channel conflicts are two big challenges that contribute the most to the current inefficiencies in distribution. I have an iMac,MacBook Pro,and iPod on my D-Link home wireless network,all communicating ok.


The Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 534 Aviation Youth program meets on Saturdays at the Leesburg International Airport in Leesburg, Florida to teach young people how to build and repair real airplanes. On Saturday, September 9, 2018 the project of the day was to build and mount flying wires to the tail of the damaged Mini Max and to hang the rudder.
Teaching in these sessions is often one on one as it was this day with Marty Harris and Ethan Ratta. EAA Chapter 534 Aviation Youth member, Ratta age 14, and chapter pilot and aircraft home builder Harris (74) work together on a complex task.
This is age and experience teaming up with a young person to get the job done. This is how learning takes place at the chapter's Aviation Youth Program.
In the photo where they are standing face to face Ethan is using a heat gun on the shrink tubing to make a nice neat swage on the end of a flying wire. That shows a lot of trust on Marty's part.


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Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh
By John Lahr
2014 National Book Critics Circle Award Winners Announced
Editor - 3.12.2015
The winners of the National Book Critics Circle Award have been announced in New York City. The award is voted on by critics and considers all books in English (including in translation), no matter the country of origin. The winners in the various categories and some supplementary links:
Fiction: Marilynne Robinson, Lila ("Marilynne Robinson's Singular Vision")
Nonfiction: David Brion Davis, The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Emancipation (excerpt)
Autobiography: Roz Chast, Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant (excerpt)
Criticism: Ellen Willis, The Essential Ellen Willis
Biography: John Lahr, Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh (The Duality of the Human Psyche: On John Lahr's Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh)
Poetry: Claudia Rankine, Citizen: An American Lyric (A Year in Reading: Tiphanie Yanique)
Previously: The finalists

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Luxembourg Leaks: Global Companies' Secrets Exposed
Seven EU Countries Labeled 'Tax Havens' in Parliament Report
A European Parliament committee found that seven member states facilitate aggressive tax planning, and recommended an EU financial police force be set up.
By Simon Bowers
Image: Thijs ter Haar via Flickr (CC-BY-2.0)
A committee of the European Parliament has found that seven of the European Union's own member states — including Ireland, the Netherlands and Luxembourg — behave like tax havens.
Members of the European Parliament from across the political spectrum, including conservatives and socialists, reached their finding after a year-long inquiry, sparked by three International Consortium of Investigative Journalists projects — Luxembourg Leaks, Panama Papers and Paradise Papers.
Accenture settles Lux Leaks tax claim for $200m
TAX SECRECY
Why has the European Commission not investigated Lux Leaks tax deals?
Nike Could Owe Billions In Back Tax If New EU Probe Finds Against It
Reporting by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and more than 100 media partners over the past five years used leaked data from accountancy and law firms to show how many of their largest clients — including global corporations such as Apple, GlaxoSmithKline, Nike, Disney, IKEA, Koch Industries, Allergan, Skype and others — secretly built complex operations in some of the EU's smallest countries. These operations often served little or no commercial purpose other than to create tax avoidance opportunities across the rest of the continent and beyond.
The MEPs found that seven of the EU's 28 member states — Belgium, Cyprus, Hungary, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta and The Netherlands — "display traits of a tax haven and facilitate aggressive tax planning."
These seven countries include some of Europe's smallest nations, and together they account for less than 9 percent of the EU's 512 million population. Among them, only Belgium and the Netherlands have populations over 10 million.
We can see it is the problem because some member states clearly profit from the uneven and unfair situation. – MEP Petr Ježek
Nevertheless, a common appetite for facilitating tax avoidance has propelled some of these EU member states — including Luxembourg and the Netherlands — close to the top of the global per capita rich list, by some measures.
The parliamentary committee's findings will put pressure on other EU institutions, including the European Commission and EU Council, which have so far refused to acknowledge that any of the EU's member states are tax havens.
The subject is especially sensitive for European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker, who, before taking office, served as prime minister of Luxembourg for almost two decades.
During that time, Juncker used controversial, business-friendly tax policies to transform the EU's second smallest state from a fading steel-based economy into a popular regional hub for multinational businesses.
The extent of the secret tax advantages Juncker's Luxembourg had offered global firms was revealed in ICIJ's Lux Leaks investigation in 2014.
Releasing the European Parliament's report, Petr Ježek, chair of the investigating committee, explained that the seven EU states singled out by the report had been able to act with effective impunity for years because they had the power to block meaningful tax reforms in the EU Council, where tax measures must be agreed unanimously by all member states.
"All the unanimity [requirements] in the Council, of course we can see it is the problem because some member states clearly profit from the uneven and unfair situation," Ježek said. All MEPs on the committee shared "great concern" over EU countries "lack of political will" to tackle tax avoidance, evasion and financial crime.
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As well as addressing tax avoidance, the committee produced a wide range of additional recommendations. One of its proposals was for the Commission to explore the possibility of setting up a dedicated financial police force and an EU-wide anti-money-laundering watchdog.
As for the future direction of international tax reform, the MEPs concluded that a global collaborative process, under the United Nations, should be pursued.
Other recommendations included: the phasing out of so-called "golden passports," whereby non-EU citizens can acquire citizenship in exchange for large investments locally, and calls for the United States to better assist European tax authorities or face penalties.
The committee said whistleblowers and investigative journalists working in the area of tax avoidance and fraud should be offered better legal protections. The MEPs suggested greater financial rewards be offered to whistleblowers, recommending payouts similar to those on offer in the U.S.
Topics: Accountability, Europe, Offshore secrecy, Panama Papers, Paradise Papers, Tax havens
Luxembourg Leaks: Global Companies' Secrets Exposed All Impact
EU targets tax avoidance with new committee
Lux Leaks Confession: Jean-Claude Juncker Admits He Made 'Major Mistake'
Lux Leaks, Panama Papers spur EU to better protect whistleblowers
European Authorities Launch Probe Into Secret Lux Leaks Tax Deal
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Campaigners slam 'toothless' COVID-19 bailout bans on tax haven companies
Crumbling economies must tackle tax evasion to meet coronavirus crisis, experts warn
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Q: Count the number of likert scale results from multiple column questions in pandas I have the following dataframe:
       Question1        Question2         Question3          Question4
User1  Agree            Agree          Disagree         Strongly Disagree
User2  Disagree         Agree          Agree            Disagree
User3  Agree            Agree          Agree            Agree

Is there a way to convert the dataframe listed above to the following?
              Agree         Disagree         Strongly Disagree
 Question1    2               1                  0

 Question2    2               1                  0

 Question3    2               1                  0
 Question4    1               1                  1

This is similar to my previous question: Make a dataframe with grouped questions from three columns
I tried looking at previous questions with stack/pivot but could not figure it out.  The actual dataframe has 20+ questions and a likert scale from strongly agree, agree, neutral, disagree, strongly disagree.

A: With pd.get_dummies
pd.get_dummies(df.stack()).groupby(level=1).sum()

           Agree  Disagree  Strongly Disagree
Question1      2         1                  0
Question2      3         0                  0
Question3      2         1                  0
Question4      1         1                  1

Taking it to another level
We can use numpy.bincount to speed things.  But we have to pay attention to dimensions
v = df.values
f, u = pd.factorize(v.ravel())
n, m = u.size, v.shape[1]
r = np.tile(np.arange(m), n)
b0 = np.bincount(r * n + f)
pad = np.zeros(n * m - b0.size, dtype=int)
b = np.append(b0, pad)

pd.DataFrame(b.reshape(m, n), df.columns, u)

           Agree  Disagree  Strongly Disagree
Question1      2         1                  0
Question2      3         0                  0
Question3      2         1                  0
Question4      1         1                  1

Another numpy option
v = df.values
n, m = v.shape
f, u = pd.factorize(v.ravel())

pd.DataFrame(
    np.eye(u.size, dtype=int)[f].reshape(n, m, -1).sum(0),
    df.columns, u
)

           Agree  Disagree  Strongly Disagree
Question1      2         1                  0
Question2      3         0                  0
Question3      2         1                  0
Question4      1         1                  1

Speed Difference
%%timeit
v = df.values
f, u = pd.factorize(v.ravel())
n, m = u.size, v.shape[1]
r = np.tile(np.arange(m), n)
b0 = np.bincount(r * n + f)
pad = np.zeros(n * m - b0.size, dtype=int)
b = np.append(b0, pad)

pd.DataFrame(b.reshape(m, n), df.columns, u)
1000 loops, best of 3: 194 µs per loop

%%timeit
v = df.values
n, m = v.shape
f, u = pd.factorize(v.ravel())

pd.DataFrame(
    np.eye(u.size, dtype=int)[f].reshape(n, m, -1).sum(0),
    df.columns, u
)
1000 loops, best of 3: 195 µs per loop

%timeit pd.get_dummies(df.stack()).groupby(level=1).sum()
1000 loops, best of 3: 1.2 ms per loop

A: You can iterate over columns with pd.Series.value_counts. If you do this with apply, indices will be aligned automatically:
df.apply(pd.Series.value_counts)
Out:
                   Question1  Question2  Question3  Question4
Agree                    2.0        3.0        2.0          1
Disagree                 1.0        NaN        1.0          1
Strongly Disagree        NaN        NaN        NaN          1

A little postprocessing:
df.apply(pd.Series.value_counts).fillna(0).astype('int')
Out:
                   Question1  Question2  Question3  Question4
Agree                      2          3          2          1
Disagree                   1          0          1          1
Strongly Disagree          0          0          0          1

A: df.apply(lambda x:x.value_counts()).fillna(0).astype(int)
#                   Question1  Question2  Question3  Question4
#Agree                      2          3          2          1
#Disagree                   1          0          1          1
#Strongly Disagree          0          0          0          1

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Executive Director, European Endowment for Democracy
Belgium/Poland
Jerzy Pomianowski led the establishment of the European Endowment for Democracy (EED) in 2013 and has since served as its Executive Director. Mr. Pomianowski has worked in international affairs for almost 30 years as the Deputy Foreign Minister of Poland, Director of OECD-UNDP's Partnership for Democratic Governance, and Poland's Ambassador to Japan. Mr. Pomianowski began his career as a civil servant in 1990, just after the fall of communism. He oversaw the launch of Poland Aid (2006-2008) and served as Director General of the Polish Foreign Service (2005-2006). Before 1989, Pomianowski was an active member of the democratic opposition in Poland. He was also the Chief-Editor of the Independent Publishing House at the Warsaw University, his Alma Mater.


A ccording to Ardent Partners, visibility is the leading contingent workforce management challenge, with recent research reporting that nearly 48 percent of the average enterprise's contingent workers are not taken into account when companies do financial planning, forecasting and budgeting.
If you're a program manager responsible for contingent labor, this makes it hard for you to do your job. After all, how can you provide your executives an understanding of what is occurring within the organization when you don't have visibility into data about your workers that is most important to your business? How can you take full advantage of the deep analytics, dashboards, and SOW/service-specific functionalities your VMS provides if all your contingent workers are not captured by your system?
The good news is you can have open and candid discussions with your executive team and account managers to relay the importance of capturing this information. Then you will be able to gain valuable insights from reporting and analytics tools to help mitigate potential risk.
Not all suppliers, especially large, global, strategic suppliers, are enthusiastic about taking part in a program for managing services procurement and SOW-based initiatives. But if that important piece is missing, you won't get a complete picture of what your spend really is.
Do you have the ability to detect overbilling by a supplier and prevent overspending?
Do you know what your supplier markups are?
Can you report on change requests to the original SOW's?
When you can't see the big picture, it's tough to make strategic, data-driven business decisions. Moreover, you are exposing yourself and your company to substantial risks.
You know the importance of encouraging strategic suppliers to participate in services procurement. When you leverage the existing controls that are in place to mitigate risk, you have a better opportunity to reduce that risk.
How do you make that happen? How can you get large, strategic suppliers to take part in your services procurement solution? Different program managers take different approaches, depending on what is best for their programs and relationships. We asked several of these program managers for their best practice recommendations. To read their recommendations and more, download our whitepaper Encouraging Your Strategic Suppliers to Participate in Services Procurement.
Key Takeaway: Suppliers who don't take part in services procurement put your contingent program and your company at risk.
For more details on how your organization can benefit from encouraging strategic suppliers to participate in services procurement, download the full white paper here.


Today SONYC was featured on several major news outlets including the New York Times, NPR and Wired! This follows NYU's press release about the official launch of the SONYC project.
Needless to say I'm thrilled about the coverage the project's launch is receiving. Hopefully it is a sign of the great things yet to come from this project, though, I should note, it has already resulted in several scientific publications.
Over the past two years I've been working together with a fantastic team of researchers on the SONYC: Sounds of New York City project. Check out our new video!


BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana soybean growers have something to smile about. Yields are up, prices are good and quality is high. LSU AgCenter soybean specialist David Lanclos says the harvest, which is nearing completion, looks great.
"The reports, at least from a yield perspective, on the beans that have come out of the field have been fantastic," Lanclos said. "We've averaged anywhere between 30 bushels and 60 bushels an acre across the board on dryland beans and irrigated beans."
Those yields are fantastic, according to Lanclos, who says the quality of the beans also is great.
The LSU AgCenter specialist says most of the soybeans farmers have harvested so far have been ranked No. 1 or No. 2.
But the good news doesn't end there. Soybean producers had suffered the past three years because of dry weather and below-average prices. Now prices also are pushing back up.
"We've had a lot of guys that have booked a little bit over $6 a bushel over the past month or so. Getting $6 a bushel for beans — we haven't seen that in quite a while," Lanclos explained.
Over the past few years, soybean growers received between $5 and $5.25 a bushel. At those prices, farmers barely broke even. With prices near $6 a bushel and yields up, farmers can make a profit, Lanclos says.
Louisiana soybean producers planted about 800,000 acres of soybeans this year. Lanclos said that acreage could have been even higher, but weather conditions kept some farmers out of the fields at planting time.
"In many parts of the state, we were dry when the beans needed moisture the most," Lanclos explained. "In other parts of the state, when we didn't need any moisture, it wouldn't stop raining."
The crop was not affected by disease or insects until recently. But now, late in the season, some diseases have popped up, and stink bugs are infesting some fields.
"For the most part, if they attack early on they can cause a decrease in yield, but late in the season the stink bugs become a quality issue," Lanclos said.
Stink bugs pierce the seed pod on the soybean, and that reduces the quality of the bean.
Farmers have harvested all of the Group 4 beans. Group 5s should be finished soon.
Tobie Blanchard writes for the LSU AgCenter. 225–578–5649 or tblanchard@agcenter.lsu.edu.


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Q: How to match & or ; or < or > or | in a regular expression? The following regex works to confirm if the input passed into it contains the string 'ping'
elsif($RunCommand =~ m/^\s*ping\s+(.+)/)

Now I want to confirm if the input passed contains the pipe command |
The following does not seem to be working correctly:
elsif($RunCommand =~ m/^\s*|\s+(.+)/)

For context I have the following if, elseif subroutine.  I just added the 5 statements to the top of it that check for & or ; or < or > or |.  But it's not working correctly... now it always goes to &PrintPageHeaderBC("c"); and attempts that contain ping, nslookup, etc (the acceptable commands) now do not do what they are supposed to do.  I believe the problem must be that the 5 regexes I added are not correct for matching and text entered that contains & or ; or < or > or |.  Any help?  I'm sure the 5 individual statements that I did (probably incorrectly), could be combined into one statement as well.
# First discard command attempts that contain & ; < > |, then acceptable commands are executed, then final else to non-functional command

 if($RunCommand =~ m/^\s*&\s+(.+)/)
    {
            # Print PageHeaderBC that informs of non-functional command
            &PrintPageHeaderBC("c");

    }

 elsif($RunCommand =~ m/^\s*;\s+(.+)/)
    {
            # Print PageHeaderBC that informs of non-functional command
            &PrintPageHeaderBC("c");

    }

 elsif($RunCommand =~ m/^\s*<\s+(.+)/)
    {
            # Print PageHeaderBC that informs of non-functional command
            &PrintPageHeaderBC("c");

    }

 elsif($RunCommand =~ m/^\s*>\s+(.+)/)
    {
            # Print PageHeaderBC that informs of non-functional command
            &PrintPageHeaderBC("c");

    }

 elsif($RunCommand =~ m/^\s*|\s+(.+)/)
    {
            # Print PageHeaderBC that informs of non-functional command
            &PrintPageHeaderBC("c");

    }

# Now start acceptable commands

# PING
elsif($RunCommand =~ m/^\s*ping\s+(.+)/)
{
    &PrintPageHeader("c");
            #$Prompt = $WinNT ? "$CurrentDir> " : "[admin\@$ServerName $CurrentDir]\$ ";
            $Prompt = $WinNT ? "$CurrentDir> " : "\$ ";
            print "$Prompt $RunCommand<xmp>";
            $Command = "cd \"$CurrentDir\"".$CmdSep.$RunCommand.$Redirector;
            if(!$WinNT)
            {
                    $SIG{'ALRM'} = \&CommandTimeout;
                    alarm($CommandTimeoutDuration);
            }
            if($ShowDynamicOutput) # show output as it is generated
            {
                    $|=1;
                    $Command .= " |";
                    open(CommandOutput, $Command);
                    while(<CommandOutput>)
                    {
                            $_ =~ s/(\n|\r\n)$//;
                            print "$_\n";
                    }
                    $|=0;
            }
            else # show output after command completes
            {
                    print `$Command`;
            }
            if(!$WinNT)
            {
                    alarm(0);
            }
            print "</xmp>";

}
# TELNET
elsif($RunCommand =~ m/^\s*telnet\s+(.+)/)
{
    &PrintPageHeader("c");
    #$Prompt = $WinNT ? "$CurrentDir> " : "[admin\@$ServerName $CurrentDir]\$ ";
    $Prompt = $WinNT ? "$CurrentDir> " : "\$ ";
    print "$Prompt $RunCommand<xmp>";
    $Command = "cd \"$CurrentDir\"".$CmdSep.$RunCommand.$Redirector;
    if(!$WinNT)
    {
        $SIG{'ALRM'} = \&CommandTimeout;
        alarm($CommandTimeoutDuration);
    }
    if($ShowDynamicOutput) # show output as it is generated
    {
        $|=1;
        $Command .= " |";
        open(CommandOutput, $Command);
        while(<CommandOutput>)
        {
            $_ =~ s/(\n|\r\n)$//;
            print "$_\n";
        }
        $|=0;
    }
    else # show output after command completes
    {
        print `$Command`;
    }
    if(!$WinNT)
    {
        alarm(0);
    }
    print "</xmp>";
}
#DIG
elsif($RunCommand =~ m/^\s*dig\s+(.+)/)
    {
            &PrintPageHeader("c");
            #$Prompt = $WinNT ? "$CurrentDir> " : "[admin\@$ServerName $CurrentDir]\$ ";
            $Prompt = $WinNT ? "$CurrentDir> " : "\$ ";
            print "$Prompt $RunCommand<xmp>";
            $Command = "cd \"$CurrentDir\"".$CmdSep.$RunCommand.$Redirector;
            if(!$WinNT)
            {
                    $SIG{'ALRM'} = \&CommandTimeout;
                    alarm($CommandTimeoutDuration);
            }
            if($ShowDynamicOutput) # show output as it is generated
            {
                    $|=1;
                    $Command .= " |";
                    open(CommandOutput, $Command);
                    while(<CommandOutput>)
                    {
                            $_ =~ s/(\n|\r\n)$//;
                            print "$_\n";
                    }
                    $|=0;
            }
            else # show output after command completes
            {
                    print `$Command`;
            }
            if(!$WinNT)
            {
                    alarm(0);
            }
            print "</xmp>";
    }
#NSLOOKUP
elsif($RunCommand =~ m/^\s*nslookup\s+(.+)/)
    {
            &PrintPageHeader("c");
            #$Prompt = $WinNT ? "$CurrentDir> " : "[admin\@$ServerName $CurrentDir]\$ ";
            $Prompt = $WinNT ? "$CurrentDir> " : "\$ ";
            print "$Prompt $RunCommand<xmp>";
            $Command = "cd \"$CurrentDir\"".$CmdSep.$RunCommand.$Redirector;
            if(!$WinNT)
            {
                    $SIG{'ALRM'} = \&CommandTimeout;
                    alarm($CommandTimeoutDuration);
            }
            if($ShowDynamicOutput) # show output as it is generated
            {
                    $|=1;
                    $Command .= " |";
                    open(CommandOutput, $Command);
                    while(<CommandOutput>)
                    {
                            $_ =~ s/(\n|\r\n)$//;
                            print "$_\n";
                    }
                    $|=0;
            }
            else # show output after command completes
            {
                    print `$Command`;
            }
            if(!$WinNT)
            {
                    alarm(0);
            }
            print "</xmp>";
    }

#HOST
elsif($RunCommand =~ m/^\s*host\s+(.+)/)
    {
            &PrintPageHeader("c");
            #$Prompt = $WinNT ? "$CurrentDir> " : "[admin\@$ServerName $CurrentDir]\$ ";
            $Prompt = $WinNT ? "$CurrentDir> " : "\$ ";
            print "$Prompt $RunCommand<xmp>";
            $Command = "cd \"$CurrentDir\"".$CmdSep.$RunCommand.$Redirector;
            if(!$WinNT)
            {
                    $SIG{'ALRM'} = \&CommandTimeout;
                    alarm($CommandTimeoutDuration);
            }
            if($ShowDynamicOutput) # show output as it is generated
            {
                    $|=1;
                    $Command .= " |";
                    open(CommandOutput, $Command);
                    while(<CommandOutput>)
                    {
                            $_ =~ s/(\n|\r\n)$//;
                            print "$_\n";
                    }
                    $|=0;
            }
            else # show output after command completes
            {
                    print `$Command`;
            }
            if(!$WinNT)
            {
                    alarm(0);
            }
            print "</xmp>";
    }

#NMAP
elsif($RunCommand =~ m/^\s*nmap\s+(.+)/)
    {
            &PrintPageHeader("c");
            #$Prompt = $WinNT ? "$CurrentDir> " : "[admin\@$ServerName $CurrentDir]\$ ";
            $Prompt = $WinNT ? "$CurrentDir> " : "\$ ";
            print "$Prompt $RunCommand<xmp>";
            $Command = "cd \"$CurrentDir\"".$CmdSep.$RunCommand.$Redirector;
            if(!$WinNT)
            {
                    $SIG{'ALRM'} = \&CommandTimeout;
                    alarm($CommandTimeoutDuration);
            }
            if($ShowDynamicOutput) # show output as it is generated
            {
                    $|=1;
                    $Command .= " |";
                    open(CommandOutput, $Command);
                    while(<CommandOutput>)
                    {
                            $_ =~ s/(\n|\r\n)$//;
                            print "$_\n";
                    }
                    $|=0;
            }
            else # show output after command completes
            {
                    print `$Command`;
            }
            if(!$WinNT)
            {
                    alarm(0);
            }
            print "</xmp>";
    }

#TRACEROUTE
    elsif($RunCommand =~ m/^\s*traceroute\s+(.+)/)
    {
            &PrintPageHeader("c");
            #$Prompt = $WinNT ? "$CurrentDir> " : "[admin\@$ServerName $CurrentDir]\$ ";
            $Prompt = $WinNT ? "$CurrentDir> " : "\$ ";
            print "$Prompt $RunCommand<xmp>";
            $Command = "cd \"$CurrentDir\"".$CmdSep.$RunCommand.$Redirector;
            if(!$WinNT)
            {
                    $SIG{'ALRM'} = \&CommandTimeout;
                    alarm($CommandTimeoutDuration);
            }
            if($ShowDynamicOutput) # show output as it is generated
            {
                    $|=1;
                    $Command .= " |";
                    open(CommandOutput, $Command);
                    while(<CommandOutput>)
                    {
                            $_ =~ s/(\n|\r\n)$//;
                            print "$_\n";
                    }
                    $|=0;
            }
            else # show output after command completes
            {
                    print `$Command`;
            }
            if(!$WinNT)
            {
                    alarm(0);
            }
            print "</xmp>";
    }

#WHOIS
    elsif($RunCommand =~ m/^\s*whois\s+(.+)/)
    {
            &PrintPageHeader("c");
            #$Prompt = $WinNT ? "$CurrentDir> " : "[admin\@$ServerName $CurrentDir]\$ ";
            $Prompt = $WinNT ? "$CurrentDir> " : "\$ ";
            print "$Prompt $RunCommand<xmp>";
            $Command = "cd \"$CurrentDir\"".$CmdSep.$RunCommand.$Redirector;
            if(!$WinNT)
            {
                    $SIG{'ALRM'} = \&CommandTimeout;
                    alarm($CommandTimeoutDuration);
            }
            if($ShowDynamicOutput) # show output as it is generated
            {
                    $|=1;
                    $Command .= " |";
                    open(CommandOutput, $Command);
                    while(<CommandOutput>)
                    {
                            $_ =~ s/(\n|\r\n)$//;
                            print "$_\n";
                    }
                    $|=0;
            }
            else # show output after command completes
            {
                    print `$Command`;
            }
            if(!$WinNT)
            {
                    alarm(0);
            }
            print "</xmp>";
    }

else
{
            # Print PageHeaderBC that informs of non-functional command
    &PrintPageHeaderBC("c");

    }
&PrintCommandLineInputForm;
&PrintPageFooter;

}

A: The | symbol is used for alternation in regex. You need to escape it if you want to match a literal | character:
m/^\s*\|\s+(.+)/

Additionally, if I was going to hazard a guess, I would say the reason it's always falling into the "failure" subroutine is because of that regex. With alternation (as written) it's matching any string that starts with with either \s* OR \s+(.+), which is literally any string due to the star operator in \s*.
Edit: Regarding your comment, those examples will not be matched by any of your regexes due to the anchoring (^). If we take for example the string ping 4.2.2.2; pwd, what happens is that the regex engine starts matching at the beginning of the string because it is anchored. The initial \s* matches correctly by repeating zero times, effectively doing nothing in this case. It then looks for a ; to match, but the next character is a 4, thus it fails. The same is true of the second string you provided. It would also break if there was no space after the ; since you used \s+.
Honestly, if you really do just want to prevent any string that even so much as contains the characters <, >, ;, | or &, the easiest thing to do would be to just stick them all into a character class and match against that, using m/[&;|<>]/g. Since this regex is unanchored, it will match at any point in the string. This would disallow these characters completely, though, meaning they could not appear in strings or anything of the sort. This may not be what you want, but it would apply to the rules as you've currently stated them ("The five regexes are supposed to match any text that contains & or ; or < or > or |").

A: elsif($RunCommand =~ m/^\s*|\s+(.+)/)

needs to be:
elsif($RunCommand =~ m/^\s*\|\s+(.+)/)

| is the logical 'or' operator in regex, so you need to escape it if you're trying to match it

A: You need to escape special characters with a \. For example, to search for | escape it like this, \|. So your regex match becomes:
m/^\s*\|\s+(.+)/

The following characters all have special meaning in regex and need to be escaped if you want them to be interpreted literally:
* ? + [ ] ( ) { } ^ $ | \

A: Use a "character class" and a single if.
The .* at the end doesn't do anything useful, so it should not be there.
Allowing "one or more" trailing spaces also does nothing useful, so it
should be omitted as well:
if ($RunCommand =~ m/^\s*[&;<>|]\s/)

A: You need to escape pipe character, just like eldarerathis said.
You also may want to combine first 5 cases into character class:
if($RunCommand =~ m/^\s*[&;><\|]\s+(.+)/) {
    PrintPageHeaderBC("c");
}

That will save you a lot of space and time for future maintenance.
That [&;><\|] will match any of specified characters.
Read Bracketed Character Classes for more:

A: It helps if you use the /x modifier to space out your REs:
m/^ \s* \& \s+ (.+) /x


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That GOP Gay Marriage Memo
By Josh Marshall
You may already have seen the following memo on the gay marriage issue from President Bush's 2004 pollster Jan van Lohuizen. I believe Josh Green was the first to publish it at Bloomberg. Others have picked it up since. It seems to have circulated pretty widely in GOP operative circles.It's a fascinating document — not so much for the argument it makes (that Republican should essentially embrace marriage or call off the war against it) as the data it advances. Because the numbers it shows pretty convincingly make the argument that the war over gay marriage is basically over.
This isn't to say President Obama's decision to embrace the issue is a gimme for him in political terms — it's still quite possible that it will be a net loser for him in purely electoral terms, though I think that's now slightly less than likely. But the direction of the public opinion data is so overwhelming as to suggest that there's no way to turn back to the tide. Anyone who's followed the public opinion data on this topic knows that marriage equality is overwhelmingly more popular among the young than the old. But, as he notes, even among older voters opinions are rapidly changing. Until 2009, support went up about 1% a year. Since then it's been about 5% a year.
There is one caveat I would add to the discussion. van Lohuizen's take is I think fairly identified with the Movement and libertarian wings of the GOP, the contemporary elite, in most respects. But the electoral power of GOP politics is still largely driven by white evangelical voters. And I don't expect that group to move any time soon. Still, the change is vast and rapid.
So why is it that gay marriage has always gone down to defeat when it's come to an actual public vote? Partly because as recently as a couple years ago the support levels were significantly different. Just as important though, I think the number of people who are intensely opposed is still at least a bit larger than those who are intensely supportive. But intensity can only overcome relatively small differences in support levels.
Here's the memo …
In view of this week's news on the same sex marriage issue, here is a summary of recent survey findings on same sex marriage:
1. Support for same sex marriage has been growing and in the last few years support has grown at an accelerated rate with no sign of slowing down. A review of public polling shows that up to 2009 support for gay marriage increased at a rate of 1% a year. Starting in 2010 the change in the level of support accelerated to 5% a year. The most recent public polling shows supporters of gay marriage outnumber opponents by a margin of roughly 10% (for instance: NBC / WSJ poll in February / March: support 49%, oppose 40%).
2. The increase in support is taking place among all partisan groups. While more Democrats support gay marriage than Republicans, support levels among Republicans are increasing over time. The same is true of age: younger people support same sex marriage more often than older people, but the trends show that all age groups are rethinking their position.
3. Polling conducted among Republicans show that majorities of Republicans and Republican leaning voters support extending basic legal protections to gays and lesbians. These include majority Republican support for:
a. Protecting gays and lesbians against being fired for reasons of sexual orientation
b. Protections against bullying and harassment
c. Repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell.
d. Right to visit partners in hospitals
e. Protecting partners against loss of home in case of severe medical emergencies or death
f. Legal protection in some form for gay couples whether it be same sex marriage or domestic partnership (only 29% of Republicans oppose legal recognition in any form).
Recommendation: A statement reflecting recent developments on this issue along the following lines:
"People who believe in equality under the law as a fundamental principle, as I do, will agree that this principle extends to gay and lesbian couples; gay and lesbian couples should not face discrimination and their relationship should be protected under the law. People who disagree on the fundamental nature of marriage can agree, at the same time, that gays and lesbians should receive essential rights and protections such as hospital visitation, adoption rights, and health and death benefits."
Other thoughts / Q&A: Follow up to questions about affirmative action:
"This is not about giving anyone extra protections or privileges, this is about making sure that everyone – regardless of sexual orientation – is provided the same protections against discrimination that you and I enjoy."
Why public attitudes might be changing:
"As more people have become aware of friends and family members who are gay, attitudes have begun to shift at an accelerated pace. This is not about a generational shift in attitudes, this is about people changing their thinking as they recognize their friends and family members who are gay or lesbian."
Conservative fundamentals:
"As people who promote personal responsibility, family values, commitment and stability, and emphasize freedom and limited government we have to recognize that freedom means freedom for everyone. This includes the freedom to decide how you live and to enter into relationships of your choosing, the freedom to live without excessive interference of the regulatory force of government.
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PULSE MUSIC GROUP SIGNS KEHLANI TO WORLDWIDE PUBLISHING DEAL
Scott Cutler and Josh Abraham, co-CEOs of PULSE Music Group; Maria Egan, President and Head of Creative, PULSE Music Group; and Ashley Calhoun, Vice President, A&R, PULSE Music Group today announced the signing of acclaimed R&B/Pop artist and songwriter Kehlani to an exclusive global publishing agreement. The deal encompasses Kehlani's entire catalog as well as future works. From her first release in 2014 at age 19, to #1 chart positions, a worldwide headlining tour, numerous gold and platinum certifications, and more than 1 billion combined music streams, Kehlani has made an indelible impact as one of today's biggest R&B superstars.
As a solo artist, Kehlani's debut commercial mixtape You Should Be Here garnered a GRAMMY nomination for Best Urban Contemporary Album with high-profile features from Chance the Rapper and BJ the Chicago Kid. She has Platinum certified songs with "Gangsta" (Top 15 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs and UK R&B chart); "Nights Like This feat. Ty Dolla $ign" (Top 25 at Rhythmic radio). As a featured artist, Cardi B's "Ring feat. Kehalni" is certified 2X Platinum and hit Top 5 at Rhythmic radio; Kyle's "Playwithme feat. Kehlani" hit Top 15 at Rhythmic radio and is Platinum certified; and Charlie Puth's "Done For Me feat. Kehlani" is Platinum certified and hit Top 10 in seven different countries. Kehlani has also been featured on tracks by Post Malone, Eminem, Khalid, Calvin Harris and G-Eazy, to name a few.
"We are honored to bring Kehlani to the PULSE Music Group team," said Ashley Calhoun, Vice President, A&R. "Her talent both as an artist and songwriter is undeniable and seeing her career skyrocket in such a short time is incredibly impressive. We can't wait to get to work and to be a part of her team in this next stage of her career."
"Kehlani represents everything we hope to cultivate at Pulse. A true artist with a long-term vision and deeply connected to contemporary culture, she is truly best in her class," said Maria Egan, President and Head of Creative. "We're so proud to join her on her journey."
PULSE Music Group's deal with Kehlani follows a string of recent successes by the company. Named the 2018 AIMP Music Publisher of the Year, PULSE has a catalog of more than 10,000 songs and 175 active clients. Accolades include over 60 BMI and ASCAP awards and 250+ Gold & Platinum Certifications. The catalog includes the 7x Platinum hit "Havana" by Camila Cabello and "Girls Like You" by Maroon 5 (both co-written by Starrah) which spent a record-setting 36 weeks at #1 for the longest-running radio song in the 21st century, 10x Platinum "Despacito (Remix)" by Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee ft. Justin Bieber (Marty James), 8x Platinum "Sorry" by Justin Bieber (BloodPop), 10x Platinum "Roar" and 8x Platinum "California Gurls" by Katy Perry (both Bonnie McKee) and "Sicko Mode" by Travis Scott (OZ) which became the first hip-hop song in history to spend 30 weeks in the Top 10 on the Hot 100. PULSE's roster of songwriters have contributed to several of this year's biggest charting songs, including Travis Scott "Highest In the Room" (#1 Hot 100 debut via OZ); Future & Drake "Life Is Good" (#2 Hot 100 debut via OZ); Trevor Daniel "Falling" (Platinum via Trevor Daniel); Justin Bieber "Friends feat. BloodPop" (Platinum via BloodPop); Harry Styles "Adore You" (currently Top 10 at AC radio via Tyler Johnson); and more.


Petitgrain essential oil is derived from the fresh leaves and green twigs of the bitter orange tree (Citrus aurantium) and its various sub-species.
Bitter orange belongs to the Rutaceae family and is believed to have originated in South-East Asia, and spread to North-Eastern India, Burma and China, eventually finding its way via Arab traders to Africa, Arabia and Syria.
From these regions it was taken to the Mediterranean by the Moors and the Crusaders, and by the end of the 12th century it was cultivated in Seville, Spain, thereby leading to the common name for bitter oranges; 'Seville oranges'. This species was also the first 'orange' to reach the New World thanks to the second voyage of Christopher Columbus in 1493.
The vast majority of petitgrain essential oil on the market is derived from Citrus aurantium subsp. amara and is usually identified by its country of origin, for example petitgrain Paraguay or petitgrain Haiti etc. Paraguay is by far the largest producer of petitgrain essential oil and this is the material that is available most commonly from aromatherapy suppliers.
Other than in Paraguay, bitter orange trees are cultivated for the production of petitgrain essential oil in Algeria, Egypt, France, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Morocco, Spain and Tunisia.
French petitgrain was at one time referred to as 'Petitgrain le bigaradier', which is a French expression for the 'bitter orange petitgrain', but this term has now been largely replaced with the anglicized version, 'bigarade'. And strictly speaking, only the essential oil extracted from the true bitter orange tree and not any of its sub-species or hybrids should be given the prestigious title of 'petitgrain bigarade'.
In reality, this particular essential oil is produced in quite limited quantities in Southern France, or from the original French variety cultivated currently in North Africa, Egypt, Italy or Spain. Many suppliers in the aromatherapy market mistakenly call their petitgrain essential oil 'bigarade' in the same way that others describe their standard geranium as 'rose geranium', which is also a specific variety.
The leaves and twigs of several other citrus species are used to extract a 'petitgrain' oil, although these are not commonly found in aromatherapy; lemon petitgrain (Citrus limonum), mandarin petitgrain (Citrus reticulata) and bergamot petitgrain (Citrus aurantium subsp. bergamia) are all commercially produced for other industries.
Also of interest is a relatively uncommon essential oil known as 'petitgrain bigarade sur fleurs d'oranger', (or 'petitgrain sur fleur' for short) which is a co-distillation of the leaves, petioles, twigs and also the flowers of Citrus aurantium. This essential oil has a more floral aroma than regular petitgrain due to the presence of the orange blossom flowers in the distillation process. These are the same flowers of course that are used to produce neroli essential oil, so you can imagine the contribution they make to the oils aroma.
The bitter orange tree is a small evergreen that reaches a height of about 3 metres (10ft) in cultivation, but may attain up to 6 metres (20ft) when growing in the wild. It has a smooth brown trunk with stout branches, and when compared to the sweet orange tree (Citrus dulcis) it has a tighter crown of leaves and more erect stature. The twigs are flexible with rather blunt thorns, and leaves are broad-ovate, glossy and highly aromatic.
Attractive white flowers consisting of 5 petals and 24 yellow stamens begin to open around April or May and are of course the source material for neroli oil. The golden-yellow sour fruits are round or oval with a thick, heavily pitted skin that yields bitter orange oil by cold expression. The green twigs contain a significant amount of essential oil and it is these, along with the aromatic leaves that are used as the source material for petitgrain essential oil.
Citrus auranium is quite possibly the most prolific of all essential oil producing trees, providing us with therapeutic essential oils from the fruit, flowers and leaves. And long before the process of distillation had been invented, civilizations around the world were already exploiting the wide range of healing properties yielded from the bark, leaves, flowers, peel and juice of the fruit in folk medicine.
In central and south America, China, Haiti, Italy and Mexico decoctions of the leaves were taken internally for their sudorific, antispasmodic, antiemetic, stimulant, stomachic, tonic effects. Conditions treated included colds, flu, fever, diarrhoea, digestive spasm and indigestion, hemorrhages, infant colic, nausea and vomiting and skin blemishes.
Trees are pruned every 9 months to maintain optimum foliage, and although harvesting can be at any time, in practice it is usually driven by demand for the essential oil.
Extraction of petitgrain essential oil is by steam distillation using crude but effective stills which produce a pale yellow oil with a wonderful fresh, dry, leafy-citrus fragrance with sweet herbaceous and woody back-notes. Petitgrain bigarade is slightly more floral with reduced woody notes and more reminiscent of neroli, but less sophisticated.
Petitgrain essential oil is surprisingly versatile, and like several other oils it has the ability to both relax and uplift at the same time. In common with neroli, it has an affinity with the skin, helping with acne, pimples and blemishes, balancing over-active sebaceous glands, reducing spider veins, and acting as an all round tonic to the complexion. And all at a much lower price!
Aromatherapists also use petitgrain essential oil for asthma, anxiety, colic, depression, diarrhoea, dyspepsia, fluid retention, greasy skin, headaches and migraine, hay fever, insomnia, mature skin, nausea, nervous exhaustion and stress. As stated, it is a surprisingly versatile essential oil and represents excellent value for money.
Petitgrain oil adds its own unique aromatic and therapeutic qualities wherever you use it, and it is a great middle note for blending. Try it with basil, benzoin, bergamot, clary sage, cypress, geranium, lavender, lemon, lime, linaloe wood, mandarin, neroli, orange sweet, palmarosa, rosemary, sandalwood and ylang ylang.
Petit grain is a French term meaning 'little grain' and refers to the very small unripe fruits that were originally harvested to produce the essential oil.
When it was discovered that this practice reduced the yield of oil from the mature fruits, producers began extracting the essential oil from the leaves and green twigs instead.
Despite this change, the term petitgrain has continued to be used in the oil industry.
Sir Walter Raleigh is credited with introducing bitter orange seeds to England, and they were reportedly planted in Surrey during 1595.
The trees are said to have survived until 1739 when they were killed by cold weather.


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Miriam by Linda O'Byrne @ZooloosBT @SpellBoundBks @linobyrne #BlogTour #Review
Thanks for stopping by! I'm delighted to be sharing my review for Miriam by Linda O'Byrne as part of the blog tour today. With thanks to Zoé at Zooloo's Book Tours and Spellbound Books for the invite to join the tour and for my copy. First things first let's take a look at the description for the book…
Many years have passed since the dramatic events of Pride and Prejudice. In The Cousins of Pemberley series we follow a new generation of heroines – cousins with lives as different and interesting as those enjoyed by their mothers.
Mary Bennet – overlooked, laughed at, despised – married a missionary and vanished into a life of service out in Africa. But now Miriam, her daughter, is coming to England, disliking everything she has been told about her family.
Her aunts and cousins are expecting someone quiet, dull and bookish, just like her mother, not the quick-tempered, impulsive girl who arrives.
How can this adventurous girl with her desire for freedom possibly fit into their well ordered world? And what havoc will she cause as she tries?
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I have to start by saying that I love the premise for not only this book but the entire series. With the focus being on what came after the happy ever after in the events of Pride and Prejudice. I know I always wonder what would happen next in a much loved book. In this story we meet Mary Bennett's daughter, Miriam as she navigates life back in England after being brought up in Africa.
Even though it is part of a series I do think Miriam can work as a standalone. Especially if you already know the story of Pride and Prejudice. It was lovely to catch up with characters that almost feel like friends and meet new ones. Miriam is a strong and determined character but also out of her comfort zone. It was lovely to see her interact with established characters and see her hold her own. Along with making friendships and seeing sparks fly with her love interest. I really enjoyed getting to know Miriam and I couldn't help but feel for her as she is dropped into the middle of the unknown. As she meets the family she has never met but heard so much about from her mother. Let's just say not all of it was good either.
In Miriam there was a splash of drama, friendships and a wonderful romance. Along with a touch of nostalgia as the reader gets to connect once more with well loved characters. Miriam really is a heartwarming and loveable tale!
Fiction has always been my go-to world, a place of entertainment, excitement and imagination – I am told that I wrote my first story when I was four about a lady who had twenty children! Sadly it has been lost for posterity.
I have been writing all my life in the time I could spare from having a "proper job", mostly for children under the name of Linda Blake, stories of ballet dancers, pony riding and talking animals! Not all in the same book!
But my love of romance, a great tendency to say "What if..?" and the endearing characters of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice have now resulted in a series of books that will take the reader forward to the next generation of heroines.
I am retired, live in Kent and am a keen member of my local drama group. Directing and acting take up a lot of my time – I have been given the onerous task of writing the Christmas pantomimes – but I still need to cope with a large garden, doing daily battle with the heron who thinks my pond is his own breakfast buffet and keeping in touch with friends and family scattered all over the world.
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4 thoughts on "Miriam by Linda O'Byrne @ZooloosBT @SpellBoundBks @linobyrne #BlogTour #Review"
nickimags @ Secret Library Book Blog says:
Fab review Rae! xx
Rae Reads says:
Thanks so much, Nicki ❤xx
Zoé O'Farrell says:
Thank you so much for kicking off the tour with this gorgeous review x
My pleasure! xx
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Egan's Irish Whiskey Brands Adds A 15 Year Old Premium Offering
The Egan's Irish whiskey label was, at one time, tied to a leading Irish merchant house that spanned a range of of commercial endeavors that included malting, brewing, and bottling. It eventually fell by the wayside, only recently being revived by fifth & sixth generation members of the Egan family. The latest bottling, a premium expression, is now set to come to market in limited numbers.
The Egan's Legacy Reserve Irish whiskey, according to those behind it, is a 15 year old expression that's spent its entire time aging in ex-American bourbon barrels. Each bottle is said to have been hand selected by by Maurice and Jonathan Egan, whose forefathers Patrick and Henry Egan were the ones responsible for first starting the brand.
Egan's Legacy Reserve (image via Intrepid Spirits)
"We've been in the whiskey-making business for over a century and a half; that's six generations of Irish blood in each bottle," said Jonathan Egan in a prepared statement. "Legacy Reserve is an ultra-premium single malt, about as perfect as an Irish whiskey can get."
Legacy Reserve is said to be limited to just 1,000 bottles released worldwide. It is bottled at 92 proof and costs around $200 per bottle. Very limited official tasting notes suggest "a characteristically spicy palate, pairing toffee and vanilla with fruits and citrus, full-bodied while hinting at oaky dryness."


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The Front Runner Review – LFF 2018
Linda Marric
In the current political climate, where nobody in any position of power seems to ever be held accountable for their actions, it's hard to believe that not even three decades ago a political candidate could have their hopes dashed overnight over idle gossip. In The Front Runner, director Jason Reitman (Juno, Labor Day, Tully) takes us back to the 1988 US presidency primaries which saw one of the first scandals of its type put an end to a political career without any substantial evidence.
On paper, presidential candidate Gary Hart (Hugh Jackman) is exactly the kind of man the Democrats have been waiting for since JFK. He is smart, good-looking, and more importantly, genuinely motivated by wanting to help people. Considered by most observers to be the candidate most likely to beat his Republican counterpart, Hart soon finds himself in the middle of a scandal which was to mark a turning point in the relationship between media outlets and politicians.
After decades of sticking to the unofficial code of turning the blind-eye on extramarital affairs, even outlets such as the Washing Post soon find themselves in a competitive market in which a good headline could make or break a newspaper. When a local reporter from the Miami Herald receives an anonymous tip-off informing him that Hart may be conducting an affair behind his wife's back, the paper sends in a small team of reporters to stake-out Hart's DC home in he hope of catching him in the act. This soon results in a very public confrontation between the politician and the reporters in a dark alleyway behind his home. The next day, Hart finds himself having to fend off questions about his own integrity and on whether he can be trusted by the voters to deliver on his promise to always be honest and open.
Capitalising on the current trends for films that deliberately want to achieve the look of the period they were set in, Reitman does a fantastic job in replicating the era almost exactly how it's remembered but those who lived it. With its low resolution and hand-held grainy quality, The Front Runner not only pays homage to the great political dramas of the 70s, but it also manages to go the extra mile by offering an aesthetic which is as close to those films as one can expect.
Jackman gives a measured and wonderfully subtle turn as Gary Hart, he offers the former presidential hopeful as a man of integrity and poise without ever resorting to imitation. Elsewhere Vera Farmiga gives yet another brilliant performance as Hart's long suffering wife Lee, while Oscar winner J.K. Simmons does a fantastic job as Hart's campaign boss Bill Dixon. Other noteworthy performances come courtesy of the brilliant Mamoudou Athie, whose scene-stealing turn as wide-eye young reporter A.J. Parker is as pivotal to the narrative as that of Oliver Cooper's turn as campaign aid Joe Trippi.
Overall, The Front Runner presents a brilliantly well-devised and fantastically executed screenplay courtesy of Matt Bai and Jay Carson who stop at nothing in their quest for authenticity. And while Reitman's deliberate nod to the past might seem a little gimmicky to some, in reality the film does a fantastic job in bringing an important subject to the forefront especially in these uncertain political times.
Jackman and Reitman shine in a top quality political thriller, with a finely-tuned exploration of integrity in changing times.
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Exploring a Post-Pandemic World with RIKKI DONT
2020 was brutal. For all of us. From that fateful day in March of 2020 till almost a year later, everyone has been hunkered down at home, limiting outside social interactions in a global effort to "slow the spread" of the COVID-19 virus.
Birthdays were missed. Coworkers became Zoom buddies. People had the urge to just start walking around their neighborhood. Grocery store shelves were empty, yet everyone knew someone with a surplus of baked goods that they were more than happy to share. We were all alone together, trapped in a bubble of Tiger King, Hamilton, and eating on the couch while watching those things.
Now, almost a year removed from maybe the weirdest time in a generation, we have a vaccine and we have hope. We can get out of the house now. We can see our friends and family. We can go eat at restaurants. We can go on dates. We can return to almost normalcy.
But it's not totally normal. The effects of the pandemic still loom overhead. Being a homebody for so long, it can be somewhat difficult, shocking, and confusing coming back into this semi-opened world. Luckily for us all, RIKKI DONT is here to show us how to come back.
RIKKI DONT is the former host of RIKKI DONT Does, a travel show in which he visited places outside of Texas for the first time, giving unbiased, raw reactions to his viewers. Unable to travel in 2020, RIKKI DONT was stuck at home handling this most difficult time thinking of what could have been, all the new places he could be visiting, and new foods he could be eating. He longed to help guide people again, but no one was able to travel. So he decided he would help people get out of their homes and back to living. Everyone needs a little help adjusting to the "new normal," and RIKKI DONT is here to help us do just that.
RIKKI DONT's Guide To Reentering Society follows host, RIKKI DONT, as he explores a post-pandemic world, seeing what it has to offer and what it doesn't offer anymore. From getting vaccinated to dining out for the first time, even dating, RIKKI DONT is here to show everyone how he's adjusting to a partially opened public. With a curious mind, big imagination, and an unfiltered vocabulary, RIKKI takes us to the places we haven't been to in a while and does the things we used to do in 2019.
Beyond revisiting old favorites, like all of us, Rik has felt the urge to do something new. After a year of reflection, Mr. DONT looks to gain some new experiences, visit some restaurants he's never been to, and meet some new people.
The world was weird when we left it, and it's even weirder going back into it. RIKKI's embracing the weird, and we all get to watch and learn.
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Design night out, Rajoot Tandoori: Clickable! Liam, Andy, Jay, Kieran, Orla; Stephen; Dave, Kevin, Peter; Sarah, Siobhan; Moose.
Killarney - Preparations are underway to host a ridiculously large party for our annual Galway retreat. Hotels, pubs and restaurants are already ordering in the extra tequila and wine in anticipation of the 22-24th April weekend.
The company just announced the official dates and location on Friday, but sources close to The Waltzer Experience have been confident of the date and location for a number of weeks.
Following last year's debauchery, the crew are looking forward to a replay of the weekend's excitement, particularly the KW crew who were fresh in last year, but now are well integrated. In addition, everyone vows not to go to any meetings and instead to enjoy the biggest fried breakfast possible.
The company is expected to make an official announcement regarding the eagerly anticipated party sometime this week.
Dublin - House designers were treated to what was described as a "mediocre" meal in the Rajoot Tandoori restaurant on Clarendon Street. The night got off to a typical start, with some of the crew showing up over half and hour late.
The drink was flowing well, but there wasn't the usual desire to stay and get drunk like last week's session. While many left to get their last busses, others played it cool and hit RiRa, the elusive club famed for it's mysterious ability to wipe most people's memory of where it is, no matter how many times they've been there.
Possibly the most interesting part of the event was the ridiculous times people were coming into work the next day. I spotted two unnamed crew wandering in as I went to lunch, and one guy came in at about 2.00. I'd say the design productivity that day was somewhere about 30%! Nothin' to do with me, mind.
In last years site, view pictures of beautiful models (taken by The Waltzer, no less), read why shaving wrecks me buzz, learn about my old DJ days, and laugh at my feeble attempt to impersonate Ali-G.
Office - In a shock revelation, senior management have admitted that they ordered the shutting down of power to the building on Monday at 4.00.
Managers were warned in advance of the power cut so they wouldn't lose any important work, but floor staff and middle management were taken by surprise when the power stalled and cut out. Management believed that cutting the power would "increase staff morale" as without a computer, people resort to traditional communication and entertainment such as talking to each other.
Pictured are bored crew Dee, Ciara and Aisling.
"One hour of chilling out with your [pod] members can have a positive effect for up to a month", said one of the top-level bosses in a secret meeting which was held on the mysterious 5th floor. "And if we have it from 4 to 5, no-one will go home but they'll enjoy hoping that the electricity shortage will allow them an early departure that day."
But legal eagles on the Waltzer payroll say that "It's illegal to allow the public into an unheated building," and that the chance of them getting away with such a subliminal ulterior motive for cutting power in future is "very slim."
Clonskeagh - An unusual chain of events led to three designers forgetting to take their normal 4.00 tea break.
New complex templates were to blame for Trish, Waltzer and Isobel's forgetting to take their break until 4.40.
Witnesses who saw the three dizzy designers stumble into the canteen at an obviously late hour said that they "couldn't believe" that the designers were only arriving at that stage, having got used to designers being finished in the canteen by 4.30, the traditional "safe time" for non-designers to have a chat in peace.
Despite the lateness of the break, the designers still managed to talk shite, noting that one of the Compaq bus drivers looks like Santy, and debating whether to go to the pub or not.
Design manager Kevin is to have a quiet word with Research and Development this week to ensure that future templates are easier to use and don't engage the user to such an extent as to make them lose track of time.
The summer's on its way and we're getting back into the happy buzz, it's even getting to the stage where it�s possible to cycle into work every day without getting relentlessly pissed on by those wonderful 'soft days'. So it's all good and seems like nothing's going to wreck me buzz when, much to my dismay, somebody nicks my bike.
Having your bike nicked is a depressingly common occurrence in Dublin, this year alone I�ve had two bikes nicked and one beaten into a pile of wreckage while chained to the railings in UCD. Some might call this situation unlucky, to become a victim of such mindless vandalism and theft, but I call it a typical case of "that wrecks me buzz".
It�s hard to decide which is more frustrating, knowing that someone is happily cycling around on the muched loved bike which they illegally procured from my good self, or seeing the pile of spokes and frame smashed to bits by the railing, knowing that it will never see the red cycle paths of Ranelagh ever again.
I would like to take this opportunity to dedicate this week's column to the memory of my three lovely bicycles and may whoever is cycling around on my most recent loss come to a sudden stop and land in a very uncomfortable way on the crossbar.
Waltzer Experience © 2000-2001 Alan Wall. Wage Slave © 2001 Philip Barrett. *Some stories may be fabricated, some stories may be true but overwritten. What company is it anyway?


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I've been wondering when Mochi would crack the code to the divine mysteries of the trash can.
I love this bit from John Leguizamo's Freak, particularly when he channels Jimmy Cagney.
Used the panoramic feature on my phone to take this photo. I love the trefoil design. Beautiful!
In my browser, this looks kind of sawed-off on the right side, but you can see the whole panorama if you click on the photo.
Poor pups are so cold with these recent cold snaps. I'm in my recliner under blankets and all three pups while I study. Thank goodness I have my laptop, but I need a hospital bed style tray table so I can work over them and have all my books/ materials handy. This has been a pleasant, quiet time, but I admit I am tired of the confinement. Here's a picture of Mochi and Chuy from this morning, and then one of everyone on top of me.


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Port lotniczy Londyn-Biggin Hill (ang.: London Biggin Hill Airport, kod IATA: BQH, kod ICAO: EGKB) – port lotniczy zlokalizowany w dzielnicy Londynu – Bromley (Wielka Brytania, Anglia)

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Loiré is een gemeente in het Franse departement Maine-et-Loire (regio Pays de la Loire) en telt 772 inwoners (2005). De plaats maakt deel uit van het arrondissement Segré.

Geografie
De oppervlakte van Loiré bedraagt 34,0 km², de bevolkingsdichtheid is 22,7 inwoners per km².

Demografie
Onderstaande figuur toont het verloop van het inwonertal (bron: INSEE-tellingen).

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Gemeente in Maine-et-Loire


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Droniajewskij () – chutor w zachodniej Rosji, w sielsowiecie makarowskim rejonu kurczatowskiego w obwodzie kurskim.

Geografia
Miejscowość położona jest 10 km od centrum administracyjnego sielsowietu makarowskiego (Makarowka), 6,5 km od centrum administracyjnego rejonu (Kurczatow), 37 km od Kurska.

Demografia
W 2010 r. miejscowość zamieszkiwało 29 osób.

Przypisy

Chutory w obwodzie kurskim
Miejscowości w rejonie kurczatowskim (obwód kurski)


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King Haakon Bay, South Georgia, 12/3/2021, National Geographic Explorer
Aboard the National Geographic Explorer
Today we are anchored in King Haakon Bay. Where is that? I would say, "It is on the southwest side of South Georgia." However, since South Georgia is shaped like a comma, King Haakon Bay is north of most of the island. Anyway, it is a beautiful morning: cloudy, moody, and not really cold. We are deep into the bay at a site named Peggotty Bluff (or Camp), named for the Peggotty family who lived in an overturned boat … as written in David Copperfield.
Why the dickens would somebody name this place Peggotty Bluff? The people who were living under an overturned boat, of course! That would be Ernest Shackleton and his five companions who had recently arrived from Elephant Island in Antarctica. The phrase "recently arrived" does leave most of the meat still on the table. The journey took 17 days, a few near-death experiences and no restful nights. Their mission was to find help to rescue the rest of the crew left on Elephant Island. Unfortunately, the only other people on this island were on the other side.
So, rather than using the boat, the James Caird, as a house, why did they not sail to the other side of the island? The official word is that the boat was too damaged to attempt yet another leg in the open sea. I think no one wanted to get back in that boat ever again! They were so opposed to getting in the boat again that it seemed like a good idea for three of them to walk to one of the whaling stations, along an uncharted path, across snow-covered mountains and glaciers. It was May after all, a pleasant hike on a sunlit spring morning does not sound too bad. Oops, southern hemisphere! It was a very unpleasant trek beginning on a dark winter morning lasting 36 hours, but they made it.
I think our summer morning ashore is the most adventure I am ready for before breakfast. As it has become usual, we are greeted by seals, penguins and tussock. Yes, tussock, the big grass that things hide in. Some of us march, others saunter, and some just stand around. A great morning for all. During breakfast, we leave Peggotty Bluff, King Haakon Bay and South Georgia to find another morning in another place, just like we always do.
Dennis Cornejo, Naturalist
Dennis has spent more than half of his life working with Lindblad Expeditions. He first studied biology in the Sonoran Desert. It was his work with the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum that brought him into contact with Sven Lindblad. Dennis was working ...
At Sea, Sailing from South Georgia
Genovesa Island
Antarctica, South Georgia and the Falklands
National Geographic Endurance set sail from the western edge of the Falkland Islands late last evening, and we enjoyed a relaxing day at sea. Guests were treated to smooth seas with plenty of albatrosses soaring about the vessel. The morning was full of educational opportunities. The undersea team shared photos collected while exploring the diverse underwater environments that the Falkland Islands provide. Next came a presentation by marine biologist Connor Ryan who spoke about the dynamics of how plankton and seabirds dictate the ecological rhythms of the upper layer of the ocean. Such a trip as we have had is certainly hard to summarize. Over the past three weeks, we visited some of the most spectacular and densely populated wildlife regions on our planet. Today was a day of reflection, photo editing, fine food, and contemplation of all that has occurred.
Carcass Island & Grave Cove, West Falkland
They say time flies by quickly when you're having a good time, and that is exactly what has happened on National Geographic Endurance . We've almost reached the end of our fantastic voyage. Today is our last day to go ashore before we head back out to sea, back to where it all began in Ushuaia, Argentina. We had the opportunity to explore the natural wonders of the Falkland Islands one last time, and the stunning wildlife did not disappoint. We started the day on Carcass Island, where we hiked toward a historic settlement founded in 1872. Along the way, we met a wide variety of endemic birds. These sightings gave us the chance to put into action everything we learned from our photographers. We captured the most stunning images of Cobb's and grass wrens, as well as long-tailed meadowlarks, Magellanic oystercatchers, and Magellanic snipes. In the afternoon, we explored Grave Cove. Located at the northwesternmost point of West Falkland, this narrow bay is home to the largest gentoo penguin colony in the Falkland Islands. Lucky for us, the eggs have already hatched, and adorable, fluffy penguin chicks peeked their heads up from under their parents' brood pouches. We were all left with heart-warming feelings of happiness and joy as we headed back to the ship. National Geographic Endurance is now slowly disappearing in the thick mist, leaving the Falkland Islands behind her, and giving us a moment to reflect on all that we've seen on this epic journey to some of the most remote areas of our world, from the frozen continent of Antarctica to South Georgia and the Falkland Islands. For some of us, including myself, it was the first time we have ventured this far south, and the voyage left all of us with a deep, awe-inspiring impression of this magnificent yet fragile world.
Drake Passage to Beagle Channel and Ushuaia
We woke up in the Drake Passage headed north to our destination, Ushuaia, where our amazing adventure would come to an end. As a farewell treat, teatime featured Swedish pancakes with a variety of toppings, which we enjoyed on calm seas and under sunny skies as we sailed toward Cape Horn. Between disembarkation briefings, we enjoyed staff presentations. For example, National Geographic photographer Camille Seaman showed her favorite images from this journey. Many of us contributed our five best images to the Guest Slideshow, which premiered during evening cocktails. Afterward, Captain Yuri introduced our hard-working crew, who received a rousing round of applause. Our final dinner together was accompanied by a gorgeous sunset, which capped our special time together on National Geographic Explorer .


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CM: Milan move to armour Kessie as the big names in Europe circle – the latest on his renewal
By Oliver Fisher - 8 March 2021, 18:07
AC Milan want to avoid another renewal saga and resolve the future of Franck Kessie sooner rather than later, a report claims.
As Calciomercato.com reports, yesterday's performance in Verona certified – as if we needed any further proof – that the Ivorian is one of the leaders of this Milan team despite being just 24. He recovered a lot of balls and was careful in possession, shielding the back four and contributing to the build-up phase.
Ivan Gazidis has given a mandate to Maldini and Massara to carry out the renewal of Kessie's contract which is currently set to expire in June 2022. There have already been some contacts with his agent, and the idea is to offer a pay rise from the current €2.2m net per season he earns to €3m.
Milan's plan is to move in advance to avoid cases similar to the Donnarumma and Calhanoglu ones where time has become a pressuring factor. There is also the factor that the former Atalanta man is coveted by various European clubs, including several Premier League and La Liga teams that are at the window to see how the situation will evolve.
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A 4m net and a 6years deal will put all teams away


Apple trying to include iPod video content on Blu-ray discs?
A rumor more than a news: according to anonymous film industry insiders Apple has been asking studios to include iPod video content on Blu-ray discs.
Though movies on Blu-ray discs are expected to start shipping next month and a large screen iPod is still probably months away, Apple wants to make sure that when their next-generation iPod is released it will have a sufficient library of playable content already available for customers to watch.
And Apple could be in a strong position to make their wish a reality. Already in the Blu-ray camp are Sony, who Apple have been working with closely of late with regard to its HD cameras; and Disney, who have been close partners of Steve Jobs� Pixar.


The second is a slow motion shot of and APERS round fired from a tank. At the very end you can see just how effective it really is.
The APERS canister of the instant invention is a gun launched ammunition (round). It may be fired from, for example, a tank or artillery piece. The canister is designed for defeating groups of personnel at various ranges, as opposed to defeating tanks, armored personnel carriers, aircraft, or other vehicle targets. The goal of this type of ammunition, much like a shotgun, is to disperse the payload upon exiting the gun tube and achieve maximum dispersion thus eliminating the maximum number of enemy personnel. The payload may comprise round tungsten balls, steel rectangular prisms, or flechettes.
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