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Q: Beginner Scala SBT query I'm trying to modify closure compiler option based on the instructions at https://play.lighthouseapp.com/projects/82401/tickets/193-javascript-require-support-in-non-minimized-files.
I need to add a resolver as well.
val defaultOptions = new CompilerOptions()
defaultOptions.closurePass = true
CompilationLevel.WHITESPACE_ONLY.setOptionsForCompilationLevel(defaultOptions)
defaultOptions.setProcessCommonJSModules(true)
val root = new java.io.File(".")
defaultOptions.setCommonJSModulePathPrefix(root.getCanonicalPath + "/app/assets/javascript/")
defaultOptions.setPrettyPrint(true)

def optClosureValues = Option(System.getProperty("closureoff")).filter(_ != "").map {
dev =>
  println("using alternative closure compiler")
  closureCompilerSettings(defaultOptions)
}.getOrElse(Seq.empty)

val main = PlayProject(appName, appVersion, appDependencies, mainLang = JAVA).settings(
optClosureValues:_*,
resolvers += ("Morphia" at "http://morphia.googlecode.com/svn/mavenrepo/")
)

This gives an error
Build.scala:35: no `: _*' annotation allowed here
[error] (such annotations are only allowed in arguments to *-parameters)
[error]     optClosureValues:_*,
[error]                     ^
[error] one error found

Whats the correct syntax here?

A: You can probably write like:
val main = PlayProject(appName, appVersion, appDependencies, mainLang = JAVA).settings(
  optClosureValues ++
  Seq(resolvers += ("Morphia" at "http://morphia.googlecode.com/svn/mavenrepo/")): _*
)

I confirmed the above working on my machine using the latest 2.1-SNAPSHOT.

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Queens Dock (historical)
Ngaire PhillipsOf haggis and herrings
Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery
August 7, 2017 in the United Kingdom ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Scotland's "most popular" gallery certainly lived up to its label, with a wonderful selection of artworks and museum pieces available for all to see, free of charge. Housed in a beautiful stone building, both Scottish and international artists are well-represented. We were impressed by the diversity of works presented - everything from a full-size Spitfire to Dali's Christ of St. John of the Cross (though the latter was on loan). We also enjoyed the creative way in which works were presented, with many examples of interactive and/or thought-provoking curation. I especially enjoyed some of the works by the "Glasgow Boys", an informal grouping of some 20 artists who flourished in the later 1800s and early 1900s. "The Druids - Bringing the Mistletoe" by George Henry and EA Horne evoked memories of Klimnt's "Beethoven Frieze", with its depth of colour and ethereal atmosphere. Amongst the Scottish wildlife section we discovered the elusive haggis. Some believe it to be a small creature with shorter legs on one side of its body so it can run around hills more easily!
To our delight a Mrs Whippy van greeted us as we departed the museum . I discovered a local delicacy - scallop cones - scallop-shaped cones filled with icecream and lashings of raspberry sauce. Yum! Finishing our treats we headed off in search of The Tall Ship - a restored Victorian sailing ship now marine museum located on the Clyde River. Or at least that's where we thought we were headed.Read more
karen moran
aesome Ngaire sounds so good karen
8/10/17Reply
mum wat a work of art sis
what a sight Ngaire sounds as though its been thoroughly lovely take care both of you
Aug 7, 2017 ·  ⛅ 15 °C ·  Altitude: 15 m	·  55°52'7" N 4°17'26" W
United Kingdom Glasgow City Finnieston Queens Dock (historical)

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Taylor Jones is pursuing her B.S. in Marine Biology with a minor in Psychology and expects to graduate this May. She will be continuing her journey at Florida Tech to pursue her master's in Conservation Technology as part of FITs FastTrack program. She is an active member and has held leadership roles in Tri Beta Biological Honor Society, Gamma Phi Beta Sorority, Order of Omega, and FIT Buddies. She is also an FIT Ambassador and a member of a few other clubs and honor societies.
Taylor is currently an aquarium intern at the Marine Resources Council and is an aviary keeper's aid volunteer at the Brevard Zoo.
I never quite know how to answer this question, but I would describe myself as an animal lover, a bookworm, a loyal friend, a Netflix enthusiast, and a travel addict. My biggest passion in life is definitely travelling. The quote, "I haven't been everywhere, but it's on my list" couldn't be more accurate. Nothing thrills me more than exploring new places (whether they are on land or under water), experiencing new cultures, and learning about people that are different (yet very much the same, as I have discovered) from myself. In life, my main goal is to leave the world a little better than I found it. Whether it is in a future career, or volunteering for causes that inspire me, I hope to leave a positive impact on the world and those around me.
Throughout my four years at FIT, I have been working to push myself out of my comfort zone – skydiving tackled my fear of heights, joining a sorority pushed me to open up to 40+ strangers that I now cannot imagine my life without, travelling to a remote area of the Amazon Rainforest on a field course showed me that some of the most intimidating things are also the most rewarding, night diving on a field course helped me face my fear of the dark and the unknown, and becoming a Florida Tech ambassador pushed me to develop public speaking skills that I desperately needed. As my time as an FIT undergrad comes to a close, I look at this place with such gratitude for shaping me into the strong, smart, adventure seeking woman that I am today.
Growing up, my favorite subjects were always science and math. I loved problem solving and was always fascinated and engaged in these classes. In high school, I took an AP Biology class and fell in love with the subject. As a child, most of my science and math teachers were women, so I was pretty lucky to always have strong female role models who showed me that I was capable of being successful in this field.
In my opinion, because it is still a male dominated industry, the most common challenge for women in STEM fields is that they are not always taken as seriously as men. As a woman in this field, I hope to be judged by the quality of my work and by my character as a human being, not by my gender.
Being a woman in STEM, it is important to be confident when working with others. Throughout childhood and adolescence, I struggled with self-confidence. However, since coming to college and pursuing a STEM major, I have learned to be a much more independent and confident person. I have learned how to be a leader, I have learned how to effectively speak in public, and most importantly, I have learned to have faith in myself that I am capable and self-sufficient. Being a woman in STEM is not always easy, but I am a much stronger woman because of it.
Be confident in your abilities and trust your instincts when decision making. You have a strong voice and good ideas, so don't be afraid to share them.
Believe in yourself. If it's something you are passionate about, don't look back.
I was surprised to see the low number of female professors in my department. The professors in the Biology department have been amazing teachers and mentors, but I had expected to have more female professors before coming to college due to the large number of female teachers I had growing up.
In my opinion, it is most important for girls to have strong leaders and role-models in the field, starting at a young age, so they never have to question if they would be able to do it too.


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We Asked: What's Your BW Strategy? The Answers Surprised Us
Recently, as part of Protiviti's Data Management & Advanced Analytics practice's popular Expert Webinar Series, my colleague Vinay Suneja and I reviewed the various options available to BW customers to migrate to HANA. Our discussion included overviews of SAP HANA Enterprise, SAP BW on HANA and SAP BW/4HANA, clearly differentiating the business value each of these technologies bring to an organization's landscape. Several hundred people attended and many of those guests asked questions, both throughout and after the presentation. What we learned from those questions confirms much of what I see in my day-to-day work with current clients: there is still a great deal of confusion in the marketplace about how organizations can optimize their investment in data tools to deliver the best return in terms of simplicity to the architecture, and provide best value to business for overall organizational growth.
During the webinar, we took a look at what we believe are the top three options for companies looking to refine, or define, a holistic Business Warehouse (BW) strategy using the SAP solutions that are best for their needs. Every day, we see that organizations are investing in increasingly complex architecture with many building blocks, resulting in complex data lineage causing reconciliation issues, longer nightly batch data management and lack of real-time data due to inflexible data loads in the resident BW system, among other issues.
The first, SAP HANA Enterprise with a side car, is an independent system which can extract data directly from ECC and other source systems, providing a multitude of analytical capabilities with text, spatial, big data, and predictive algorithms. The second world be a migration to SAP BW ON HANA, bringing agility and versatility to data models. Finally, we covered the new release of SAP BW/4HANA, a migration and upgrade that brings redesigned modeling and enterprise-wide data warehouse capabilities integrating data from operational and digital business.
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What's the first thing that comes to mind when you think about river cruising? Do you imagine yourself watching the sunset as you dine on a meal prepared by the chef that highlights the cuisine of the city you're traveling through? Or do you imagine yourself camping out near the boat's bow to get an uncluttered view of the journey ahead, spotting hilltop castles, rolling vineyards, riverside monasteries and more? These are all great river cruise experiences that allow you to relax and enjoy – at a slower pace – the journey while you also have an opportunity to explore each destination through unique excursions.
A.A. Milne's wise bear, Winnie-The-Pooh, once said, "Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there someday." Such is the case when embarking on a river cruise. And along the way you'll dock at the very center of quaint villages and cosmopolitan cities, allowing you to step off the boat and into history. Within moments you find yourself fully immersed in your new destinations, surrounded by street vendors selling fresh pastries, locals sipping coffee in outdoor cafés and flowers blooming in the city square.
The choice is yours! Dive in and explore the destination and culture, using your ship as a home base to jump on and off as needed. Many river cruise companies include free guided tours at each port that allow you to visit the city's highlights before venturing off on your own. These tours often include a headset, so you can roam away from the group to take that perfect selfie without missing any information from your local guide.
Explore On Your Own: The ship is home base, but you can jump on or off to satisfy your sense of adventure.
Then it's back on the ship for an elegant dinner inspired by the region you are sailing through. Because while you were on shore, touring yet another UNESCO World Heritage Site, the ship's chef and her team also disembarked to visit local markets and small farms, procuring fresh, local ingredients that will dictate the night's gourmet cuisine.
And if the food doesn't inspire you, the view will. You'll enjoy breathtaking scenery from just about everywhere on the ship, where panoramic views can be found in the restaurant, on the sun deck or from the privacy of your stateroom. Just imagine sipping a dry Riesling in your room with the floor-to-ceiling window open to welcome the cool breeze coming off the Mosel River, and if you listen closely, you'll be able to hear the laughter of schoolchildren playing soccer on the banks next to an 18th century gothic church.
Old World Attractions: See the sights along Mosel River (seen above) or the Rhine River in Germany.
Russia's rivers also hold a treasure-trove of beguiling wonders. On the Volga River from St. Petersburg to Moscow, you can see Catherine Palace, Peter & Paul Fortress and St. Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg, along with the Cosmonaut Museum, Red Square and the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow. The Neva and Svir rivers are other popular waterways to visit unique villages like Mandrogy, where you can visit the Vodka Museum and shop for handmade Russian crafts, or stop in Kizhi, where you can see a collection of Russian wooden houses, windmills and churches at the fairytale-like Open Air Museum of Architecture, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Of course, the view changes depending on which waterway you travel upon. You could cruise the romantic Seine from the famed Left Bank in Paris to the historic beaches of Normandy, or sail from Amsterdam's celebrated canals to the fairytale world of Germany's Black Forest on the Rhine. Choose the Danube, and you'll pass through the striking beauty of Austria's Wachau Valley on your way to Vienna, Budapest, Munich or Prague.
The Danube: Explore the rich history and culture in cities along the Danube such as Budapest, Hungary.
A journey in Asia will reward you with exotic landscapes and ancient temples. Sailing down the Yangtze, Mekong or Irrawaddy rivers, you'll have a front row seat to the jewels of China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. This is where you can walk amid Bagan's majestic Sein Nyet Sister Temples; stand in awe of Myanmar's gold-plated Shwedagon Pagoda; have your breath taken away by China's impressive Three Gorges; take a journey around the limestone peaks in Thailand's picturesque Phang Nga Bay; and experience the grandeur of Cambodia's Angkor Wat temple with your own eyes. Your relaxing river cruise to explore and immerse yourself in culture awaits!


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#ifndef HOOSERVER_CLOSESESSIONHANDLER_H_
#define HOOSERVER_CLOSESESSIONHANDLER_H_

#include <HOOServer/ISessionManager.h>
#include <HOOServer/NetworkMessageHandler/INetworkMessageHandler.h>

namespace HOOServer
{

class CloseSessionHandler : public INetworkMessageHandler
{
public:
    CloseSessionHandler(ISessionManager & sessionManager);
    virtual ~CloseSessionHandler();

    virtual void handleMessage(Network::EMessageType msgType, int32 idSession);

private:
    ISessionManager & _sessionManager;
};

}//namespace HOOServer

#endif/*HOOSERVER_CLOSESESSIONHANDLER_H_*/

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Q: Understanding the logic behind clear() in ArrayList I am using below program to find the subsequences in an given given list. When I am using clear() , the values in li is also getting cleared. Hence, I am creating a new reference everytime.
I wanted to understand the logic behind this. Am I using it wrong? Or it is the reference that I am adding to my li?
 public static int getTheSubseq(List<Integer> AList){
      //  int[][] subsequences = new int[][];
      List<List<Integer>> li = new ArrayList<>();
      List<Integer> temp = new ArrayList<>();

      for (int i = 0; i < AList.size(); i++){
          for(int j =i+1; j < AList.size(); j++){
              temp.add(AList.get(i));
              temp.add(AList.get(j));
              li.add(temp);
              temp = new ArrayList<>();
              //temp.clear();
          }
      }
      System.out.println(li);
      return 1;

    }

A: Regardless of whether or not you are calling temp.clear(), if you add to li multiple times a reference to the same List object, li will contain multiple references to the same List object, which means li.get(0) == li.get(1), li.get(0) == li.get(2), and so on...
Making changes in one of these inner Lists will be reflected in all the other inner Lists, since there's just one List referenced multiple times.
Therefore, assigning a new ArrayList instance to temp in each iteration of your loop (before adding it to li) is the right thing to do.
I'd make a slight change though - create the new inner List just before adding it to the outer List:
for (int i = 0; i < AList.size(); i++){
    for(int j =i+1; j < AList.size(); j++){
        List<Integer> temp = new ArrayList<>();
        temp.add(AList.get(i));
        temp.add(AList.get(j));
        li.add(temp);
    }
}

A: Adding the element to li doesn't make a copy. So when you call clear() you'll have both temp and an element inside li that point to the same object.
You may want to just declare temp inside the inner loop, so you get a fresh one every time without needing to call clear().

A: When you call .clear() (or any other method for that matter), you're operating on the same refernece.
Here, if you don't create a new list each iteration, you're adding the list referenced to by temp to li. When you call clear(), they are "all" cleared, since they all point to the same object.
When you create a new list each iteration, you have different objects, and can operate on them independently.

A: Try doing this:
public static int getTheSubseq(List<Integer> AList){
  //  int[][] subsequences = new int[][];
  List<List<Integer>> li = new ArrayList<>();
  List<Integer> temp;

  for (int i = 0; i < AList.size(); i++){
      for(int j =i+1; j < AList.size(); j++){
          temp = new ArrayList<>();
          temp.add(AList.get(i));
          temp.add(AList.get(j));
          li.add(temp);
      }
  }
  System.out.println(li);
  return 1;

}


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Let's discuss what is Cheilosis? While a smile can play an important role in alleviating stress, it can be a stress itself if there are cracks around a person's smile. Yes, this is exactly what happens to people with cheilosis, which is also referred to as angular cheilitis. The condition involves cracking of the skin surrounding the mouth corners. It usually results from a yeast infection in the mouth region, which is known as candidiasis.
If you think you may have this condition or you're at risk of developing cheilosis, you should follow these tips. Remember, the condition can be prevented and managed to a great extent with proper good denture habits.
Always make sure that your dentures are kept free of food.
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An Encouraging Message
14Apr June 4, 2020
Early yesterday morning I opened my email to find an encouraging message from James Maina, the Head Teacher (Principal) at Bishop Donovan Secondary School in Lanet Umoja, outside of Nakuru, Kenya. Today I want to share that message with our readers.
The Current Climate
The current climate in Kenya is similar to that of other developing nations. The government has responded to the coronavirus in much the same way that governments have all around the world. Schools were closed in mid-March, and non-essential businesses were shuttered not long afterward. People are told to adhere to the rules of the lockdown or risk receiving a beating from local police forces. Street vendors who rely on customers purchasing fruits and vegetables have been forcibly made to stop selling produce. Open markets have also been closed, leaving millions without access to food for themselves and their families. In a country of over 50 million people, there have been 216 cases of COVID-19, with 9 deaths and 41 recoveries to date.
Bags of Food
Everyone's Child has been doing all we can to provide food to orphaned and vulnerable children in Kenya during this global pandemic. The response from our donors has been tremendous. Over the past several weeks people have sent donations and prayers for those who are struggling to find food as a result of all the shutdowns. Last week we learned that the administrators in each of the five schools where we support students had made plans to work with their local governments to distribute food to these children.
Orphaned students lining up to receive food at Bishop Donovan Secondary School
As I stated above, I received an encouraging message in my inbox yesterday. Here is a snapshot of what it said:
"Greetings Sister Ruth. We are grateful to God that we have continued receiving his Grace and Mercy despite the havoc that has been caused by Covid-19 across the world.
We are delighted to report to you that today 13/04/2020 (Easter Monday) at 2.00 pm we have managed to distribute foodstuff to our orphans, courtesy of Everyone's Child.
The students were very happy for the hand of Mercy and really blessed you and Everyone's Child at large."
James Maina Ng'ang'a
Head Teacher Sebastian Maina pouring maize into a child's bag at Nakuru Teacher's Primary School
The last sentence in Mr. Maina's letter touch something deep inside of me. I've gotten to know many of these students over the years. Stories of their hardships have made an indelible mark on my conscience, reminding me to be grateful for what I have and to do whatever I can to alleviate their suffering. I am so thankful to see that our plans in this latest endeavor have proven effective!
Additional Schools
William Aludo, EC's Kenyan Program Coordinator, has continued to send me photos this week. These newest ones are pictures of students at the Nakuru Teacher's and Kitere Primary Schools receiving bags of food. Needless to say, seeing these makes my heart soar!
Nakuru Teacher's Primary School student holding two bags full of food
Orphaned and vulnerable students from Kitere Primary School in Rongo receiving bags of food
Your Part
Everyone's Child has been serving the needs of orphans and vulnerable children since 2010. We are able to do this primarily because of the tremendous support we receive from people like you who want to help. While education is our primary vision, we have always recognized the importance of good nutrition as a critical component for learning.
These students need our assistance, now more than ever. If you would like to contribute to our efforts, please click here to make a secure online donation. By doing your part, these children will continue to receive what they need to get them through this crisis.
Two students receiving food at Nakuru Teacher's Primary School
As always, asante sana (deep thanks) for your encouragement and support. It means everything.


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Q: Why integer column data returns by ascii encoding? I am moving the database from postgres to postgres-xl.
The client driver the erlang's epgsql:
The table schema is as follows:
CREATE TABLE test_table1 (id integer primary key, value text);

test data:
INSERT INTO test_table1 (id, value) VALUES (3001, '3001 number');

For sql query,  The extended query protocol is used, parsing the sql command in the client side.
But the returned data is as follows:
 <<0,0,0,4,51,48,48,49,0,0,0,11,51,48,48,49,32,110,117,109,98,101,114>>

for integer 3001, The data is encoded as ascii coded by 51,48,48,49, it is not expected as <<0,0,0b,b9>>. How to control it by client-side parameter or by server-side parameter?


It is highly probable that you or someone close to you is an introvert. Psychologists say that introverts are people who prefer being alone and that's how they recharge.
Introverts, from the very childhood are labeled as Shy. They are often seen as people lacking social skills.
Some even call them as extremely self involved people. But this is far from the truth. Introverts are people who love to be with other people just like anyone else.
They are as different in variety as any extrovert. The difference is that introverts just recharge better when their are alone in their own world.
Because there are so many confusions and misunderstandings around this topic, here are 5 reasons why introverts are being misunderstood.
1. Introverts are not shy.
Often, due to their tendency of speaking less in public, they are labeled as SHY. But actually, they are people who recharge when they are being alone. When they are surrounded by many people, their energy gets drained.
2. Introverts are not snobs.
Introverts do not talk to strangers not because they think of themselves as superiors, but because it is very difficult for them to talk to a stranger. They get very uncomfortable in situations like these. So they aren't snobs at all.
3. Introverts love to socialize.
This might sound a little strange to you but this is actually true. Introverts can be very loud and fun at a family party. They'll amuse and entertain you, but as soon as a stranger comes near them, they'll hide back in their shell slowly.
4. Introverts are envious of extroverted people.
Majority of introverts envy the people who are outgoing and can get along with random people easily. In their hearts they also want to be very comfortable with the strangers, thus they cater great respect for people who can socialize.
5. Introverts are very introspective.
Most introverts like to sit quietly and think about themselves. They will analyze each and every situation, which often results in over thinking. Thus, they are not able to be a long time in larger crowds and they can't even relax properly. They need alone time to function.


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'An unbelievable talent'
Adkins on Drenthe
Manager Nigel Adkins is delighted to have Royston Drenthe back available to him after a long spell out injured.
Drenthe started his first game since September as we beat Huddersfield 1-0 on Saturday, and he played a major role in setting up Billy Sharp's winning goal.
Adkins said, "He's an unbelievably talented player, and we know that.
"He's been out for 12 weeks and will only get better. We all want him on the pitch and contributing for the team. You've got to let me manage that and I'm doing that well, I believe.
"His attitude has been bang on, which is great. The physical data on the training ground also backs that up, which is great. We got 70 minutes out of him, which we're really pleased about."
The boss continues to wrestle with a number of injuries in his first team squad, but remains delighted with the players' application.
He said. "Everyone is working really hard.
"Every team I pick and every sub I make will get scrutinised, because we've got a good squad. Whoever plays, they'll be good players not in the 11, but you need that.
"We brought three young players with us on Saturday, Craig Tanner, Jake Taylor and Aaron Tshibola, because we've got a number of games ahead of us now. Every game will be taken differently, on its own merits, and we will try to win every one."
See match highlights on YouTube now.


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import {
  AfterContentInit,
  AfterViewInit,
  ComponentRef,
  ContentChild,
  Directive,
  ElementRef, OnDestroy,
  Renderer2
} from '@angular/core';
import {FormControlName, NgModel} from '@angular/forms';
import {Overlay, OverlayPositionBuilder, OverlayRef} from '@angular/cdk/overlay';
import {ComponentPortal} from '@angular/cdk/portal';
import {TlMessageValidationComponent} from '../messagevalidation.component';
import {Subscription, throwError} from 'rxjs';

@Directive({
  selector: '[showValidations]',
})
export class TlMessageValidationDirective implements AfterContentInit, AfterViewInit, OnDestroy {

  @ContentChild(NgModel, {static: true}) ngModel: NgModel;

  @ContentChild(FormControlName, {static: true}) ngControl: FormControlName;

  private overlayRef: OverlayRef;

  private validationsRef: ComponentRef<TlMessageValidationComponent>;

  private subscription = new Subscription();

  get control() {
    return this.ngModel ? this.ngModel : this.ngControl;
  }

  constructor(private overlayPositionBuilder: OverlayPositionBuilder,
              private elementRef: ElementRef,
              private renderer: Renderer2,
              private overlay: Overlay) {
  }

  ngAfterContentInit() {
    const positionStrategy = this.overlayPositionBuilder
      .flexibleConnectedTo(this.getNativeInput())
      .withPositions([{
        originX: 'center',
        originY: 'bottom',
        overlayX: 'center',
        overlayY: 'top',
      }]);
    this.overlayRef = this.overlay.create({
      positionStrategy,
      hasBackdrop: true,
      disposeOnNavigation: true,
      backdropClass: 'cdk-overlay-transparent-backdrop'
    });
  }

  ngAfterViewInit() {
    this.listenBlur();
    this.listenFocus();
    this.listenValueChanges();
    this.listenBackdrop();
  }

  listenFocus() {
    this.subscription.add(this.renderer.listen(this.getNativeInput(), 'focus', () => {
      if (!this.validationsRef) {
        this.create();
      }
    }));
  }

  listenBlur() {
    this.subscription.add(this.renderer.listen(this.getNativeInput(), 'blur', () => {
      this.remove();
    }));
  }

  listenBackdrop() {
    if (this.overlayRef) {
      this.subscription.add(this.overlayRef.backdropClick().subscribe(() => {
        this.remove();
      }));
    }
  }

  listenValueChanges() {
    if (this.control) {
      this.subscription.add(this.control.valueChanges.subscribe(() => {
        !this.validationsRef ? this.create() : this.validationsRef.instance.setMessages();
      }));
    }
  }

  create() {
    setTimeout(() => {
      if (this.control && this.control.errors && this.control.dirty && !this.overlayRef.hasAttached()) {
        const validationsPortal = new ComponentPortal(TlMessageValidationComponent);
        this.validationsRef = this.overlayRef.attach(validationsPortal);
        this.validationsRef.instance.init(this.control, this.getElementWidth());
        this.validationsRef.instance.setMessages();
      }
    });
  }

  remove() {
    if (this.overlayRef) {
      this.overlayRef.detach();
      this.validationsRef = null;
    }
  }

  getNativeInput() {
    const nativeInput = this.elementRef.nativeElement.querySelector('input') ||
      this.elementRef.nativeElement.querySelector('textarea');
    return nativeInput ? nativeInput : throwError(`There's no input element relative with origin element`);
  }

  getElementWidth() {
    return `${this.getNativeInput().offsetWidth}px`;
  }

  ngOnDestroy() {
    this.remove();
    this.subscription.unsubscribe();
  }

}


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Q: How to have Javascript function save two text inputs into one text (.txt) file? So I'm writing a webpage where the user inputs values into two textarea fields, and once they click on the submit button, the program is supposed to initiate a download of both text inputs and save them into a text file. So far, I've figured out how to have only one of the text inputs be saved to the text file, and I've been trying to figure out how to get my Javascript function to have this done for both text inputs. Here is my html and javascript code:

function saveIndex() {
  var myBlob = new Blob([document.getElementById('textbox').value], {
    type: "text/plain"
  });

  var url = window.URL.createObjectURL(myBlob);
  var anchor = document.createElement("a");
  anchor.href = url;
  anchor.download = "textfile.txt";

  anchor.click();
  window.URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
  document.removeChild(anchor);
}

  Textbox1
  <textarea id="textbox1"></textarea>

  Textbox2
  <textarea id="textbox2"></textarea>

  <button type="button" id="bt" value="Exporter" onclick="saveIndex()" for="textbox"> EXPORT </button>

I know I need to probably create a new Blob for my second textarea tag, but I've tried that and also tried different ways to implement it into my function without any success. I cannot make another function for the second textarea tag, this must all be done within the current saveIndex() function. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

A: You were trying to get the value of an element with an ID of 'textbox' but there wasn't such an element. You have 'textbox1' and 'textbox2'. This code will retrieve both and concatenate them with a newline into your blob.
I've fixed up some errors in your HTML (the labels not linking correctly with their inputs), also please use let & const instead of ancient var!

function saveIndex() {
  const boxString1 = document.getElementById('textbox1').value
  const boxString2 = document.getElementById('textbox2').value
  const myBlob = new Blob([`${boxString1}\n${boxString2}`], {
    type: "text/plain"
  });

  const url = window.URL.createObjectURL(myBlob);
  const anchor = document.createElement("a");
  document.body.appendChild(anchor);
  anchor.href = url;
  anchor.download = "textfile.txt";

  anchor.click();
  window.URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
  anchor.remove();
}

  Textbox1
  <textarea id="textbox1"></textarea>

  Textbox2
  <textarea id="textbox2"></textarea>

  <button type="button" id="bt" onclick="saveIndex()">EXPORT</button>


The tax laws enacted in the last couple of years contain important income tax and information reporting provisions that are effective for the first time in 2011. To inform you of what's new in the tax rules, here is a summary of the key tax changes for 2011, broken down into three categories: Personal Income Taxes, Retirement Plan Changes, and Tax Changes for Businesses and Investors. If you'd like to discuss how these changes affect your personal, business or investment situation, please give me a call.
Payroll tax holiday in place. Employees will pay only 4.2% (instead of the usual 6.2%) OASDI (Social Security) tax on compensation received during 2011 up to $106,800 (the wage base for 2011). Similarly, for tax years beginning in 2011, self-employed persons will pay only 10.4% Social Security self-employment taxes on self-employment income up to $106,800. In either case, the maximum savings for 2011 will be $2,136 (2% of $106,800) per taxpayer. If both spouses earn at least as much as the wage base, the maximum savings will be $4,272.
Stricter rules apply to energy saving home improvements. You can claim a tax credit for energy saving home improvements you make this year, but stricter rules apply for 2011 than for 2010. You can only claim a 10% credit for qualified energy property placed in service in 2011 up to a $500 lifetime limit (with no more than $200 from windows and skylights). What's more, the credit you claim for any year can't exceed $500 less the total of the credits you claimed for all earlier tax years ending after Dec. 31, 2005. The amount you claim for windows and skylights in a year can't exceed $200 less the total of the credits you claimed for these items in all earlier tax years ending after Dec. 31, 2005. The credit is equal to the sum of: (1) 10% of the amount you pay or incur for qualified energy efficient improvements (such as insulation, exterior windows or doors that meet certain energy efficient standards) installed during the year and (2) the amount of the residential energy property expenses you paid or incurred during the year.
The credit for residential energy property expenses can't exceed: (A) $50 for an advanced main circulating fan; (B) $150 for any qualified natural gas, propane, or hot water boiler; and (C) $300 for any item of energy efficient property (advanced types of energy saving equipment, such as electric heat pumps, meeting specific energy efficient standards).
Partial annuitization of annuity contracts. When you receive non-retirement-plan annuity payments from an annuity contract, part of each payment is a tax-free recovery of your basis (cost of the annuity contract for tax purposes), and part is a taxable distribution of earnings. For amounts received in tax years beginning after Dec. 31, 2010, taxpayers may partially annuitize such an annuity (or endowment, or life insurance) contract. If you receive an annuity for a period of 10 years or more, or over one or more lives, under any portion of an annuity, endowment, or life insurance contract, then that portion is treated as a separate contract for annuity taxation purposes. The net effect is that the annuitized portion is treated as a separate contract, and each annuity payment from that portion is partially a tax-free recovery of basis and partially a taxable distribution of earnings. Absent this rule, the payments might have been treated as coming out of income before recovery of any basis. The portion of the contract that is not annuitized is also treated as a separate contract and will continue to earn income on a tax-deferred basis.
Restricted definition of medicine for health plan reimbursements. Beginning this year, the cost of over-the-counter medicines can't be reimbursed with excludible income through a health flexible spending arrangement (FSA), health reimbursement account (HRA), health savings account (HSA), or Archer MSA (medical savings account), unless the medicine is prescribed by a doctor or is insulin. This new rule applies to amounts paid after 2010. However, it does not apply to amounts paid in 2011 for medicines or drugs bought before Jan. 1, 2011. Also, for distributions after 2010, the additional tax on distributions from an HSA that are not used for qualified medical expenses increases from 10% to 20% of the disbursed amount, and the additional tax on distributions from an Archer MSA that are not used for qualified medical expenses increases from 15% to 20% of the disbursed amount.
Small employers may establish "simple cafeteria plans." For years beginning after Dec. 31, 2010, small employers (those having an average of 100 or fewer employees on business days during either of the two preceding years) may provide employees with a "simple cafeteria plan." An employer that uses this type of plan gets a safe harbor from the nondiscrimination requirements for cafeteria plans as well as from the nondiscrimination requirements for certain types of qualified benefits offered under a cafeteria plan, including group term life insurance, benefits under a self-insured medical expense reimbursement plan, and benefits under a dependent care assistance program.
Election to treat January 2011 charitable distributions as made in 2010. If you are age 70 1/2 or older, you can make tax-free distributions to a charity from an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) of up to $100,000. This applies for charitable IRA transfers made in tax years beginning before Jan. 1, 2012. In addition, if you make such a distribution in January of 2011, you can treat it for income tax purposes as if it were made on Dec. 31, 2010. Thus, a qualified charitable distribution made in January of 2011 may be treated as made in your 2010 tax year and count against the $100,000 exclusion for 2010. It is also may be used to satisfy your IRA required minimum distribution for 2010.
Electronic filing rules now in place. Beginning Jan. 1, 2011, employers must use electronic funds transfer (EFT) to make all federal tax deposits (such as deposits of employment tax, excise tax, and corporate income tax). Forms 8109 and 8109-B, Federal Tax Deposit Coupon, cannot be used after Dec. 31, 2010.
Up-to-$1,000 credit for "retained workers" in 2011. Employers may claim a "retention credit" for retaining qualifying new employees (certain formerly unemployed workers meeting specific requirements). The amount of the credit is the lesser of $1,000 or 6.2% of wages you pay to the retained qualified employee during a 52 consecutive week period. The qualified employee's wages for such employment during the last 26 weeks must equal at least 80% of wages for the first 26 weeks. The credit may be claimed for a retained worker for the first tax year ending after Mar. 18, 2010, for which the retained worker satisfies the 52 consecutive week requirement. However, the credit applies only for qualifying employees hired after Feb. 3, 2010, and before Jan. 1, 2011.
New basis and character reporting rules. Generally effective on Jan. 1, 2011, every broker required to file an information return reporting the gross proceeds of a "covered security" such as corporate stock must include in the return the customer's adjusted basis in the security and whether any gain or loss with respect to the security is short-term or long-term. The reporting is generally done on Form 1099-B, "Proceeds from Broker and Barter Exchange Transactions." A covered security includes all stock acquired beginning in 2011, except stock in certain regulated investment companies (i.e., mutual funds) and stock acquired in connection with a dividend reinvestment plan (both of which are covered securities if acquired beginning in 2012).
Corporate actions that affect stock basis must be reported. Effective Jan. 1, 2011, issuers of "specified securities" must file a return describing any organizational action (e.g., stock split, merger, or acquisition) that affects the basis of the specified security, the quantitative effect on the basis of that specified security, and any other information required by IRS. The issuer's return (and information to nominees or certificate holders) must be filed within 45 days after the date of the organizational action or, if earlier, by January 15th of the year following the calendar year during which the action occurred. Nominees or certificate holders must (unless the IRS waives this requirement) be given a written statement showing (1) the name, address, and telephone number of the information contact of the person required to file the return, (2) the information required to be included on the return for the security, and (3) any other information required by the IRS. In general, a specified security is any share of stock in an entity organized as, or treated for federal tax purposes as, a foreign or domestic corporation.
Reporting requirement for payment card and third-party payment transactions. After 2010, banks generally must file an information return with the IRS reporting the gross amount of credit and debit card payments a merchant receives during the year, along with the merchant's name, address, and TIN. Similar reporting is also required for third party network transactions (e.g., those facilitating online sales).
Information reporting for real estate. For payments made after Dec. 31, 2010, for information reporting purposes, a person receiving rental income from real estate is treated as engaged in the trade or business of renting property. As a result, recipients of rental income from real estate generally are subject to the same information reporting requirements as taxpayers engaged in a trade or business. In particular, rental income recipients making payments of $600 or more during the tax year to a service provider (such as a plumber, painter, or accountant) in the course of earning rental income must provide an information return (typically Form 1099-MISC) to the IRS and to the service provider.
The rental property expense payment reporting requirement doesn't apply to: (1) an individual who receives rental income of not more than a minimal amount (to be determined by the IRS); (2) any individual (including one who is an active member of the uniformed services or an employee of the intelligence community) if substantially all of his or her rental income is derived from renting the individual's principal residence (main home) on a temporary basis; or (3) any other individual for whom the information reporting requirement would cause hardship (to be defined by the IRS).


I just read a post talking about the "Does your startup pass The Sleep Test", in principal the idea is sound it's a little simplistic.
Fifteen years ago I worked as a consultant, the money was good but the problem I quickly realized is that fundamentally I was just trading time for money. We can all see how a construction worker trades time for money — $15/hour here I come I'll hammer and pour concrete all day. Being a ski instructor is the same way, just like any trade job you're just on the work for X hours get Y dollars, but you have to wake up and do it all again… What's funny is there are a lot of white collar jobs that are the same way, Lawyer is being a great example — hence why many people are slaving away on the partner path — then at least they get the benefit of their co-workers time.
Fundamentally, you need to build a business that for every hour you put in yields a % gain in a core asset. That asset can then be realized in a few different ways.
A blog — you post frequently — have a regular readership that grows and advertising to support it. This passes the sleep test, people read while you're asleep, but at some point to grow you need to be a publisher (e.g. TechCrunch) because if you don't and go on vacation your asset will decrease in value.
A piece of software — you or a small team builds a piece of software and sell it, you potentially can sell the software for many times the cost of development. If done right you can build service contracts and upgrades that yield long term revenue on your customers post sale.
Software as Service — similar to above, but now you can charge on a reoccurring basis, though fundamentally this is really just shrink wrapped software with the support side built into the monthly charges. Variants on this are advertising supported web apps. etc. etc.
Secondary assets — you build a widget give it away for free, but fundamentally you're building a secondary asset that you hope to either data mine or sell directly. When you signup for that free car at the mall, the offer is the car, but the company is now getting access to your contact information to both sell you a timeshare but also now they've got Name/Address/Phone/Email all in a nice neat package.. Plus as a "Are you interested in a Timeshare" phone call you can verify all of the information.
Once a business has an asset, Readers/Customers/Core Asset it now has something to grow and foster. This is asset is then what the business should be organized around the care of.


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Flight history for aircraft - N14011
AIRCRAFT Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner
TYPE CODE B78X
MODE S A0A545
© Derek MacPherson | Jetphotos
© John Hudson Photography | Jetphotos
FROM Tel Aviv (TLV)
22 Jan 2022 Tel Aviv (TLV) New York (EWR) UA91 — 21:10 — 09:05
TO Tel Aviv (TLV)
22 Jan 2022 New York (EWR) Tel Aviv (TLV) UA90 — 04:05 — 14:20
21 Jan 2022 Los Angeles (LAX) New York (EWR) UA247 — 21:00 — 01:56
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We've been a no show on the blog for another month! Nine of those days I have a very good excuse for, the other 30 I don't. I'm trying to back-post to get caught up. Major Event: a vacation of a lifetime at the new Disney Aulani Resort on Oahu.
Everything about the resort was first class. The weather was amazing, the beach and grounds impeccable. Brent's mom was with us for 5 days. I wouldn't change a single thing, unless I could afford to stay there for 3 weeks instead!
I'm so glad you guys had a fun time! It looks beautiful!


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Q: Encontrar arquivos no Xamarin Android Estou colocando um arquivo xml dentro do projeto porém ele não esta sendo localizado pelo meu XmlTextReader onde no projeto devo colocar este arquivo e como posso encontrar o mesmo na pasta do emulador?
Estou a usar o Xamarin Android.

A: Você não pode simplesmente adicionar um arquivo em qualquer lugar desta forma.
Diferente do Windows, onde se pode incluir arquivos em um projeto e ter eles copiados para a pasta do programa, no Android o programa deve conter tudo o que precisa em um único arquivo, o Apk, qualquer arquivo que estiver fora do Apk é de obrigação de seu programa saber baixar do local apropriado.
No seu caso o que pode ser feito é mover este arquivo para a pasta Assets, é nesta pasta que devem ficar qualquer arquivo que seu programa precise usar, e a Build Action (Ação de construção no Xamarin Studio em português) deste arquivo deve estar como "AndroidAsset", desta forma incluindo o arquivo dentro do Apk.
Se você abrir o arquivo AboutAssets.txt que vem por padrão no projeto dentro da pasta Assets você vai encontrar o seguinte exemplo de como acessar este arquivo
public class ReadAsset : Activity
{
    protected override void OnCreate (Bundle bundle)
    {
        base.OnCreate (bundle);
        InputStream input = Assets.Open ("my_asset.txt");
    }
}

O único detalhe é que assets são somente leitura, se você precisar que este arquivo seja alterado então você deve incluir o arquivo padrão nesta pasta e salvar as alterações em algum outro lugar, dai cabe ao seu programa sempre que for ler o arquivo primeiro verificar se já tem um arquivo salvo, se não tiver extrai dos assets.
Existe também uma limitação em versões antigas do Android, se não me engano do 2.3 pra baixo mas não me lembro a versão exata, em que ele não consegue ler arquivos com mais de 1mb nos Assets, acredito que não vá ser o seu problema, mas caso aconteça a única solução que encontrei foi quebrar o arquivo em vários arquivos de 1mb e depois extrair e juntar todos de volta.


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NEWS @ SOC
Bachelor of Science with Honours (Information Technology) [BSc.(IT)]
Bachelor of Computer Science with Honours [B.Comp.Sc. (Hons.)]
Master of Science (Information and Communication Technology)
Master of Science (Information Technology)
Master of Science (Intelligent System)
Master of Science in Cybersecurity (MSc. Cybersecurity)
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D)
SHORT TERM PROGRAMME
CREDITED MOBILITY PROGRAMME
UUM KUALA LUMPUR (UUMKL)
IU2E
School Center of Excellence
Institute for Advanced and Smart Digital Opportunities (IASDO)
Data Science Research Lab
Human Centered Computing Lab
InterNetWorks Research Lab
MCMC-UUM MakerSpace Lab
Training and Consultancy
Computing Enrichment and Development Division (CoPED)
ERASMUS+ GeoDRR
ERASMUS+ SDGs Journalism Reporting
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN CYBERSECURITY [MSc. Cybersecurity]
PROGRAMME DESCRIPTION
PROGRAMME AIM
The programme intends to produce:
A competent cybersecurity manager who has knowledge and skills in managing cybersecurity in organisation.
A cybersecurity manager who demonstrates high integrity, ethics, and social responsibilities towards a secure and sustainable cyber ecosystem.
A cybersecurity manager who can communicate effectively and collaborate with others to accomplish cybersecurity investment projects.
A cybersecurity manager who is adaptive and capable of making effective decision for future cybersecurity ecosystem.
PROGRAMME LEARNING OUTCOMES
At the end of the programme, the students should be able to:
Apply the knowledge and understanding of cybersecurity management and governance concepts, theories, and practices in accordance with the needs of the global industries.
Use critical thinking and scientific decision making to manage and overcome issues in cybersecurity investment projects.
Practice the skills of planning, designing, implementing, and evaluating cybersecurity investment projects.
Exhibit good values and be responsible to the society through practices in cybersecurity investment projects.
Communicate effectively and cooperate as a team in exercising cybersecurity management and governance.
Use appropriate information processing tools to support cybersecurity management and governance.
Demonstrate the ability to analyse and draw logical conclusion on numerical information to support cybersecurity management and governance.
Demonstrate the ability to lead and work competitively across disciplines.
Participate in lifelong learning, career advancement activities, and keep up-to-date with knowledge of emerging cybersecurity technology.
Utilise appropriate entrepreneurial skill to secure business and management opportunities in cybersecurity through integration of the relevance technology.
Demonstrate professionalism through positive attitudes and ethics towards society and organisations.
PROGRAMME DURATION
Applicants for Master of Science in Cybersecurity (Coursework) must possess:
A bachelor's degree with Honours related to Computing or Science and Technology from Universiti Utara Malaysia or any other institutions of higher learning recognised by the University Senate with a CGPA of at least 2.75; or
A bachelor's degree with Honours related to Computing or Science and Technology from Universiti Utara Malaysia or any other institutions of higher learning recognised by the University Senate with a CGPA of 2.00 – 2.74 and relevant work experience; or
A bachelor's degree with Honours from Universiti Utara Malaysia or any other institutions of higher learning recognised by the University Senate with a CGPA of at least 2.75 and THREE (3) years' work experience in the computing-related field.
Fulfil the English language requirements as set by the University Senate.
Applicants for Master of Science in Cybersecurity (Coursework and Dissertation) must possess:
A bachelor's degree with Honours related to Computing or Science and Technology from Universiti Utara Malaysia or any other institutions of higher learning recognised by the University Senate with a CGPA of 2.00 – 2.94 and relevant work experience;
COURSEWORKCOURSEWORK AND DISSERTATION
The Master of Science in Cybersecurity programme by coursework is a 40-credit-hour programme which comprises the following:
CORE COURSES (25 CREDIT HOURS)
*STIC5003
Information Security Management
Cybersecurity Governance, Risk & Compliance
STIC5023
Data and Network Security
Sentiment & Social Media Management
Cybersecurity Analytics
Online Business, Financial Technology & Cybersecurity
SZRZ6014
ELECTIVE COURSES (6 CREDIT HOURS)
Choose a minimum of SIX (6) credits from the following list or any other courses approved by the Dean of School of Computing (SOC):
Hacking and Penetration Tests
Data Fitting and Analysis
Cybersecurity in Social Media
Cyber Psychology
Ethics, Policy & Cybersecurity Law
STIJ6084
Forensic Computing
PROJECT PAPER (9 CREDIT HOURS)
Project in Computing
* Courses embedded with professional certifications by CyberSecurity Malaysia
Certified Information Security Awareness Manager (CISAM)
Certified Information Security Management System ISO/IEC27001:2013 - Auditor (CISMS)
COURSEWORK AND DISSERTATION
The Master of Science in Cybersecurity programme by coursework and dissertation is a 40-credit-hour programme, which comprises the following:
ELECTIVE COURSE (3 CREDIT HOURS)
Choose ONE (1) course from the following list or any other courses approved by the Dean of School of Computing (SOC):
DISSERTATION (24 CREDIT HOURS)
STIC69924
(1 year)
9 semesters(3 years)
(1 year 8 months)
NON-MALAYSIAN
Full-time & Part- time
(RM)
250/credit hour
Pre-requisite course
Project Paper
1500/ trimester
Thesis examination
(viva voce)
(2 certs.)
3300/cert.
* The table shows the tuition fees for the Master of Science in Cybersecurity. Other fees such as registration, accommodation and services, as well as international student's bond, are not included here.
The university may revise the tuition fees from time to time. For updated information, please visit the Awang Salleh Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (AHSGS).
Admission to Master of Science in Cybersecurity
School of Computing is looking forward to reviewing your application for admission to our Master of Science in Cybersecurity programme.
Apply now at https://apply.uum.edu.my
Contact Dr. Khuzairi Mohd Zaini (khuzairi@uum.edu.my/+60194526027).
"The number of unfilled cybersecurity jobs is expected to grow by 350 percent, from one million positions in 2013 to 3.5 million in 2021." Source: Cybersecurity Ventures (2020). Cybersecurity Talent Crunch to Create 3.5 Million Unfilled Jobs Globally By 2021. https://cybersecurityventures.com/jobs/
"The Covid-19 pandemic has also shown those who are willing to embrace diverse skills will remain relevant. Research done by LinkedIn suggests that professionals with digital skill sets find themselves at an advantage in seeking employment in several fields. About 70% of South-East Asia is now online and demand for workers with tech skills will remain, from specialised engineers, to cybersecurity talent and data analysts." Source: The Star (February 15, 2021). Jobs in demand. https://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2021/02/15/jobs-in-demand
"Cybersecurity as a cornerstone - As digitization increases steadily across the globe, there are consequent security concerns about the possibility of cyber-attacks. With new technologies shaping how data is collected, shared, and stored, the landscape of cybersecurity will continue to change as new threats emerge." Source: World Economic Forum (April 2021). Technology Futures: Projecting the Possible, Navigating What's Next INSIGHT REPORT APRIL 2021. http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Technology_Futures_GTGS_2021.pdf
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Christine Straehle receives the Kitty Newman Memorial Award from the Royal Society of Canada
Posted on Friday, November 22, 2019
The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) has awarded the Kitty Newman Memorial Award to Christine Straehle, a professor at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, Faculty of Social Sciences.
Each year, the RSC confers this award, which was created in 2007 to highlight the exceptional contributions of an emerging researcher working in the field of philosophy, in the broadest sense of the term. Professor Straehle is the first researcher from the University of Ottawa to receive this award.
Professor Straehle's research interests intersect the fields of political philosophy and public policy. She is well known for her expertise in the ethics of public health, particularly with regard to access to care and distribution of health resources in Canada and globally. More generally, her research explores questions of migration ethics, global justice and bioethics.
"The University of Ottawa is delighted that Christine Straehle's excellent research has again been rewarded by the Royal Society of Canada, following her recent appointment to the RSC's College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists," said Vice-President, Research Sylvain Charbonneau.
Christine Straehle is among 11 University of Ottawa researchers named to the Royal Society of Canada's Class of 2019. She received the Kitty Newman Memorial Award at a ceremony held in Ottawa on November 22, 2019.


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LGBTQ students would get new protections under Biden plan
Kara Grant
On the 50th anniversary of Title IX's inception, the Biden administration has proposed changes to the law that would protect transgender students and assault survivors on college and university campuses.
With these changes, the protections provided by Title IX – a civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in schools that receive federal funding – would now be extended to students who identify as trans. The update would ensure that government-funded schools make proper accommodations for a trans student population, such as allowing students to use bathrooms and other facilities that align with their gender identity, and enforcing the use of students' correct pronouns.
The revisions also seek to undo amendments made to the law by Betsy DeVos, who was secretary of education during the Trump presidency, which strengthened due process protections for students accused of sexual assault and narrowed the definition of sexual harassment. These rules "weakened protections for survivors of sexual assault and diminished the promise of an education free from discrimination," the Biden administration said.
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"Our proposed changes will allow us to continue that progress and ensure all our nation's students – no matter where they live, who they are, or whom they love – can learn, grow, and thrive in school," Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, PhD, said in a news release. "We welcome public comment on these critical regulations so we can further the Biden-Harris Administration's mission of creating educational environments free from sex discrimination and sexual violence."
The revisions will go through a long period of public comment before they are set into law. Still, the proposed changes mark a way forward for trans students who are not explicitly protected under Title IX, and they offer solace to assault survivors who may have felt discouraged to come forward and report under Ms. DeVos's rules.
"The proposed regulations reflect the [Education] Department's commitment to give full effect to Title IX, ensuring that no person experiences sex discrimination in education, and that school procedures for addressing complaints of sex discrimination, including sexual violence and other forms of sex-based harassment, are clear, effective, and fair to all involved," said Catherine Lhamon, JD, assistant secretary for the Education Department's Office Of Civil Rights.
More specific rules about transgender students' participation in school sports are still to come.
A version of this article first appeared on WebMD.com.
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Study reveals a broken symmetry in the roughness of elastic interfaces
An example of rough elastic interface can be seen, e.g., when spilled coffee is absorbed by the tablecloth. Illustrative photo: Cottonbro / Pexels.
Researchers of physics at Tampere University have found a new way to characterize the rough morphology of driven elastic interfaces in random media. The study shows that such systems exhibit asymmetric roughness, originating from a previously unidentified broken symmetry.
A large class of problems in non-equilibrium statistical physics deal with driven dynamics of elastic interfaces in random media. Examples include stress-driven propagation of crack fronts in disordered solids, motion of domain walls driven by applied magnetic fields in disordered ferromagnets, and dynamics of fluid fronts invading a porous medium, e.g., when coffee spilled on the table is absorbed by the tablecloth.
A key feature of such interfaces is their rough morphology, originating from the interplay between quenched disorder due to various imperfections in the material, elasticity of the interface, and an external driving force.
Traditionally, roughness of elastic interfaces in random media has been characterized by a single number, the so-called roughness exponent, parametrizing the self-affine fractal scaling behavior of the interface. According to Lasse Laurson, professor of computational physics and leader of this research, this simple description has now proven to be incomplete.
"One needs to also consider the fact that the external driving force is pushing the interface in a specific direction, thus breaking the symmetry between interface segments that have been displaced more or less than the average displacement", Laurson says.
A sequence of rough interface configurations moving in a random potential. Photo: Esko Toivonen / Tampere University.
By using data from simulations of a broad class of different model system of elastic interfaces in random media, the researchers found that this broken symmetry is manifested in several properties of interface roughness.
"First, we found that the distribution of local interface displacements exhibits non-zero skewness, which we attributed to the strongly pinned interface segments lagging behind the rest of the interface", says Esko Toivonen, research assistant who performed most of the numerical simulations and data analysis of the study.
Time-series analysis reveals scaling properties
After that, the researchers proceeded to study the scaling properties of interface segments on various scales, considering separately interface segments that were lagging behind or moving ahead of the average displacement of the interface. To this end, they employed time-series analysis tools based on extensions of the detrended fluctuation analysis (DFA) method, previously developed in the group led by Esa Räsänen, professor of computational physics who participated in the study. The researchers found that the value of the scaling exponent characterizing the interface roughness depends on whether one is looking at interface segments lagging behind or moving ahead of the average interface displacement.
"It is interesting that the broken symmetry due to the external force is visible also in the values of the scaling exponents, since this observation challenges the prevailing viewpoint that interface roughness can be characterized by a single roughness exponent. Instead of a single exponent, one needs to consider the whole spectrum of local scaling exponents", Laurson says.
The extensions of the DFA method used in the research were originally developed to study phenomena such as dynamical heartbeat correlations by Matti Molkkari, a doctoral researcher and a participant of the study. Molkkari also works in the group of Esa Räsänen.
"It was an interesting exercise to apply the developed tools in a different context", says Molkkari.
"The time-series analysis tools we used in this novel context may have significant impact on studies of rough interfaces. This motivates us to develop our methods further," Räsänen adds.
The study was published in the prestigious journal Physical Review Letters on 18 Oct, 2022.
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Born and raised in Pendleton Oregon. Diann has spent her life drawing, painting and crafting in various mediums. Focusing on watercolor for the past few years, she is inspired by nature. Now retired from a daily work schedule, she hopes to spend her remaining years honing her painting skills.


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Jussi Rynnas Named Lone Star Grille/100 Degree Hockey Player of the Week
Posted by Stephen Meserve on April 30, 2015
(Credit: Christina Shapiro/Texas Stars)
Every Thursday, 100 Degree Hockey will name the Lone Star Grille/100 Degree Hockey Player of the Week. Lone Star Grille features classic comfort food and Southern dishes less than five minutes from the Cedar Park Center. If you mention the Player of the Week or 100 Degree Hockey on your next visit to Lone Star Grille, your server will take $5 off your order of any two entrees.
Back-to-back player of the week honors are handed out for the first time this season as Jussi Rynnas earns the nod again after a big effort last night to keep the Stars in the contest despite a heavy Rockford shot count. Rynnas stopped 38 of 41 last night and 33 of 36 on Friday. That's a .922 save percentage in the playoff series.
Now the offseason looms for the entire club. Goaltending is a question mark in Dallas, specifically in the backup slot. Rynnas is in pole position for the backup job if he wants it. With another year on his contract with the NHL's Stars, he will enter camp as a favorite to clinch the job if Jim Nill decides to go a similar route as this year. However, if Nill decides to sign a more clear-cut backup in the role, Rynnas would be more likely to return to Cedar Park next year.
That will bring more discussion of what exactly the team is going to do with Jack Campbell and how he will be used in 2015-16. But there's plenty of time to discuss that over the coming five months...
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Rynnas was the Stars' Player of the Year, in my opinion. At various times this season he really started to come into his own, and I think this guy could easily be an NHL goalie soon. Jack Campbell is not on the same level. There is just something about Campbell's play -- the way he chases almost every single puck behind the net immediately comes to mind -- that makes me feel he has a long way to go before he is even an AHL starter.
Quick question, when was the last time Jack Campbell was scored on for improperly playing the puck? He plays it frequently and stick handles very well, almost to the point of worry I agree, but when was the last time it turned into a goal against?
Stephen Meserve May 2, 2015 at 5:23 PM
It's been a while. Rynnas said in exit interviews that one thing he wants to work on is playing the puck more like Campbell. He sees that as a deficiency in his game that Campbell has over him.
Carl Phinney May 3, 2015 at 2:29 PM
Ultimately goaltending let us down. We mentioned earlier it was "good but not great" and that's how it ended. I like both goaltenders but they were to up and down. I think Rynnas deserved some heat in game one when he got beat by the same shot three times, and he didn't really get any. I'll be okay if they both come back but still look at goaltending as a need to upgrade.


Raising a child with disability can be challenging as well as rewarding. Here are some stories and tips from families, PACER staff, and parent advocates that may provide insights and ideas for helping your child reach their potential and dreams.
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Review: HARDCORE HENRY, A Nonstop Thrill Ride
Ryland Aldrich
Editor, Festivals; Los Angeles, California (@RylandAldrich)
In some number of years from now when Virtual Reality is finally really here and we're all immersed in first person narratives, we'll look back at Ilya Naishuller's Hardcore Henry and ask, "Were we all really so impressed by this film?" Yes. Yes we were. Hardcore Henry is the first feature film to fully realize the first person "shooter" perspective. And while we are all plenty familiar with it from video games, on the silver screen, this is ridiculously impressive.
While the narrative style is important, the story is less so. The plot revolves around the fact that you are an amnesiac cyborg. There's a telekinetic bad guy after you. Different people show up to guide you along in typical video game fashion. Most notable is Sharlto Copley who keeps appearing as a variety of clones... Or something. It doesn't really matter. Hardcore Henry is far from the heights of narrative art. It's not trying to be.
What Hardcore Henry is trying to be is a nonstop thrill ride. At this, it succeeds wildly. Whether it's hand to hand combat or guns-blazing shoot outs, the visceral element is undeniable. The most impressive sequences are the more kinetic ones. Parkour moves up the side of a building or falling from a helicopter feel amazing. It points to how incredible these things will be once we can strap on a helmet. But even pre-VR, the feel-it factor is there and the film has multiple stomach dropping moments straight out of a roller coaster ride.
Naishuller's great success in Hardcore Henry is his continuing ability to up the ante. The fights get longer, the enemies more numerous, and the stunts more impressive. Any fear that he might not be able to replicate the action from his impressive Bad Motherfucker proof-of-concept short are quickly assuaged. But it is no doubt relentless and there are only a few places to breathe during what is quite possibly the most violent film of all time.
This isn't to say there aren't places to improve. In some ways, Hardcore Harry is a proof-of-concept on its own. Most notably, the CGI isn't up to the standards of bigger budgeted action movies and the time jumps can be a bit jarring at times. But if the main question is, will audiences enjoy a first-person action feature, the answer seems to be an emphatic yes.
We are accustomed to the tropes of the first-person video game and they are obviously borrowed from heavily in Hardcore Henry. This likely accounts for the film's generally light feeling story, as most video games have many hours to let their narratives expand. The non-speaking protagonist has been tuned to this format and will just take a little tweaking to get to a fully developed "good story." Regardless, Hardcore Henry does many things right and is an all-out joy to watch. This feels like the beginning of an incredible new genre of experiential cinema. Hold on tight.
Review originally published during the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2015, when the film was titled Hardcore. It opens in theaters throughout the U.S. on Friday, April 8.
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Not as Simple as I thought!
So I started a challenge, actually two challenges. One was to get peers up and moving during the work week and named it the #AprilDeskEscape challenge. The second was to participate in SSSVEDA (or Vlog Every Day in April) challenge from Amy Landino.
Not as easy as I thought it would be for either. Mostly due to a lack of planning on my part. And, given it is the first time I've done either of these— I'll go easy on myself.
The idea is to just try! Take that first step.
Now I am aware that the next time I want to do a fun project outside of work involving tracking hashtags and creating videos, I still have to plan out the time for it.
Do keep sending those posts though as I am very encouraged by the participation.


Background/Context: The educational fate of the children of low-wage immigrants is a salient issue in all the economically developed societies that have received major immigration flows since the 1950s. The article considers the way in which educational systems in the two countries structure the educational experiences and shape the opportunities of the children of immigrants.
Purpose/Objective/Research Question/Focus of Study: This article examines the experience of the children of Mexican immigrants in the United States and of North African immigrants in France. Both groups are low-wage labor migrants with low educational attainment relative to the native born.
Research Design: The article uses data from the U.S. Census and the 2003 Formation Qualification Professionelle Survey in France, as well as analysis of other research on the two countries to compare educational processes and attainment for the two groups.
Conclusions/Recommendations: The comparison of the two systems shows that although the French and U.S. educational systems differ in many ways, the outcomes are in fact quite similar. In both systems, the children of low-wage labor migrants are tracked into the low streams of the educational hierarchy and have lower attainment than their native-born peers. At the same time, in both countries, a small percentage of children of immigrants do manage to succeed. The authors conclude that despite apparent differences between the two systems, residential segregation and educational tracking produce these similar outcomes, which also reflect the determination of native-born middle-class parents to preserve their privileged status and thwart efforts to make the educational system more open.
RICHARD ALBA is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the Graduate and University Center of the City University of New York. His most recent book is the award-winning Remaking the American Mainstream (2003), which he co-authored with Victor Nee.
ROXANE SILBERMAN is a researcher at the Maurice Halbwachs Center at the Center at National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and is also the Secretary General of the Interministerial Committee for Data in the Social Sciences. Among her recent publications are articles in Ethnic and Racial Studies and in the Revue fran�aise de sociologie that examine the case of North Africans in France in the light of segmented-assimilation theory.


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Remember that "Peanuts" character perpetually engulfed in a cloud of dust?
As it turns out, Charles M. Schulz, Pigpen's creator, was on the cutting edge of science. Even more ahead of their time were ancient East Indian mystics who spoke of an aura—healthy or unhealthy— surrounding every person.
And that's not all. Thanks to research conducted by the BioBE scientists, we now know that each of us emits a one-of-a-kind microbial cloud, consisting of trillions of microbes, into the surrounding air. "The microbes make a unique cocktail for each person," Meadow says.
When you are attracted to someone, your microbes may be communicating. When you smell body odor, good or bad, you are inhaling some of that person's microbial cloud. When a family moves into a new home, it takes less than a day for the new house to look, microbially, just like the old one. "And when you stay in a hotel room, you change the microbiome in a matter of hours," Meadow says.
The BioBE Center is an interdisciplinary collaboration between biology researchers and architects from the university's Energy Studies in Buildings Laboratory (ESBL) who are working together to better understand how the indoor environment is shaped by humans—and how inhabiting buildings and other indoor spaces influences our health and well-being. Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the center is headed by Jessica Green, associate professor of biology—also a member of the UO's Institute for Ecology and Evolution—and Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg, associate professor of architecture and director of the ESBL.
The ESBL has a natural connection to the BioBE, Van Den Wymelenberg says. "We need to understand the synergies between biology and the built environment so that we can create energy design strategies that are also healthy for people, and that add to health, comfort, and productivity." With the growth of energy-efficient buildings, indoor environments have become a hot topic. Getting a handle on how to make them healthy requires understanding what types of microbes humans emit into their surroundings and how the design, construction, and ventilation of any built environment—whether it's a home, office building, medical center, or vehicle—affects its microbial population.
It's not easy to measure the human microbial cloud because we are not the only microbe-rich occupants of buildings. We share that attribute with the dust in the corners. When we walk around, the dust gets stirred up and our microbes get mixed together. "We're like an 18-wheeler going down a dusty road," says Meadow. So the BioBE researchers needed to find a place where they could measure the human microbial cloud in a dust-free setting.
The research took place in a tightly controlled climate chamber (affectionately known as the pickle box) at the UO's White Stag Block in Portland. The chamber, with radiant-heated walls, ceilings, and floors, is primarily used by architects who seek to understand comfort and energy design in buildings.
Each person's cloud was identifiable for hours after the person had left the chamber. "It's like a fingerprint," says Van Den Wymelenberg.
That's how much of their lives most Americans spend indoors. According to a study sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency, we spend 87 percent of our time in buildings and an additional 6 percent in some sort of enclosed vehicle. That doesn't leave a lot of time for breathing fresh air.
And that's the focus of the BioBE Center.
Lillis was a perfect study site because half of it is naturally ventilated and the other half uses an HVAC system. The HVAC side was found to have many more human-related microbes, and as might be expected, the rooms that are ventilated with windows have higher amounts of microbes, fungi, and bacteria from the outdoors. Different types of surfaces tended to have concentrations of different microbes, with desks collecting mostly microbes found on skin, chairs having more gut microbes, floors having mostly soil microbes, and walls mostly air microbes.
Her studies are focused on how the use of antimicrobial chemicals found in soap, toothpaste, paints, carpeting, clothes, bedding, cutting boards, flooring, and other materials contributes to the growth of antibiotic resistance in dust microbes.
She also hopes to determine whether bacteria in dust that contains high levels of antimicrobial chemicals have developed genes that make them resistant to the antimicrobial cleaning products, or to antibiotics we use to treat infections.
A third area of BioBE study is the interaction between dust and light. How are bacteria and fungi affected by ultraviolet radiation? The researchers are studying the effects of creating high levels of daylight inside buildings and have found that it makes a very positive impact on our microbial environment, which in turn affects our physical and psychological health. "Our advice is to put the people who are working in offices all day in natural light,'" Van Den Wymelenberg says.
To see how dust reacts to sunlight, they created what they call "daylight boxes" (miniature rooms) and put dust in them. The boxes were put on the fourth floor of the UO's Pacific Hall, where they could capture sunlight. The study will help show the impact of solar exposure on the populations of microbes, fungi, and bacterial compounds in the dust.
Another climate chamber study is also underway, in which researchers will examine the clouds of three people at a time instead of one. The goal is to determine how far each person's microbial cloud extends when they are sitting still and whether the clouds have a spatial structure. They will also experiment with different air circulation patterns and temperatures to see how the cloud is affected.
None of this work would be possible without the huge advances that have taken place in DNA sequencing. "It took us 10 years to sequence the human genome, but now we can sequence DNA in an afternoon," says Meadow, who is now working as a data scientist at Phylagen, a company that performs microbiome analysis for the commercial, food processing, health care, and transportation industries. "We are at a time when the technology is exploding, and we can ask questions that were impossible to ask.
Rosemary Howe Camozzi, BA '96, is a former senior writer and editor for OQ.


This one-day festival is Edgewood's Community celebration and is the primary fundraiser benefiting Heritage Park Museum of East Texas, a venue featuring twenty-one c. 1900 restored buildings depicting rural life in Van Zandt County. The event is centered around Heritage Park Museum in downtown Edgewood and is one of the most eagerly awaited festivals in this area attracting over 5,000 yearly.
The event is impossible without our valued sponsors. All sponsorship is tax deductible. A 501(c)(3) letter of Determination will be provided for tax purposes.
Should you be interested in supporting the festival by being a sponsor, a sponsorship form is available below. The features each level is entitled to can also be found in the form. A response by September 15 is necessary for promotional purposes.
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Well the log file explicitly states the problem. It cannot find the files.
Linux is case sensitive, and for as far as I know, the /home/ dir is always lowercase. So there is no way it will be able to find the music.
Shared, possibly from an external drive? Possibly this drive was removed or remounted with a different name?
Indeed, the db did not get recreated. Try shutting down firefly, removing the db, and restarting firefly. That should do the trick.


Stormwater Pollution - Where Does It Come From?
The Town of Landis is working to protect our local streams from being damaged by stormwater pollution. When it rains, pollutants such as fertilizer, oil, grease and pet waste are picked up from the ground and carried into the nearest storm drain down the street. The storm drains are not connected to a treatment system, so everything that flows down the drain goes directly to the nearest water body.
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