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Q: How to clone a read-only portion of /proc file system The problem with reading /proc file system is that it is not atomic. I tried using a library (procfs in Python) that wishes to read it, but it has glitches about 5% of the time because the process that I am after is now gone. So, I wish to copy everything in /proc to another location, say /proc_clone/<GUID>/. A GUID can be generated using the uuidgen command.
The naive approach would be trying to use cp -r, but I am getting a whole bunch of 'permission denied' errors and it is taking more than a second. I am only after a subset /proc/<pid> and even then, only the read-only stuff that can be turned into a string (ultimately I wish to build a single JSON file that contains all of this).
I am looking for a script that would do that for me and is also short, simple, very fast, can deal with processes dying mid-flight by skipping them, however, I would like to avoid writing C code - I would much rather stick to bash, existing utilities and maybe Perl / Python. The goal here is just to take a snapshot of a subset of /proc, not produce the JSON file itself.
I have heard opinions that "one should not ever try to copy /proc but just read from it". Well, the non-atomic nature of it means that one has to throw a bunch of try/catch all over the code when trying to do very simple operations. Using a high level language like Python (what I ultimately want to use) to iterate over /proc is a slow method, which involves both IO and CPU time. This increases the risk of seeing a process die on you (I certainly see it often; I have a script that interrogates /proc every minute and I run into plenty of exceptions). I would like to build a library that outputs a single JSON file that contains cpu and memory usage information about processes in a human-readable format (e.g. using seconds and not jiffies, bytes and not pages, have units in addition to values. I am not concerned that it would take some time to create that file out of a directory dump; I just want to make sure that the snapshot is as accurate as possible. So. if I should not just copy /proc over, then which other method should I use?

A: You need to have a look at the man pages for proc. Look at /proc/[pid]/*
entries and pick which files you want.
You do not want to copy everything. As an example you have
/proc/[pid]/mem which is all the virtual memory for a process including
shared etc. – i.e. size of all your memory. Further you are not able to read it unless the process own mem or it is ptraced and read with higher privileges. (And then only Virtual Size - /proc/pid/status -> VmSize) – and so on.
Or /proc/PID/exe which simply is a link to the executable, /proc/PID/fd/* which holds file descriptors for stdin, stdout, stderr and other files,
pipes etc.
There is a lot of other special files as well, and a lot of links (If you were to follow them all you'll never be done). Read the man mentioned above, documentation from kernel.org, etc.

Further the files are not block-device files. They reside in memory as proc is
a memory based filesystem. In one way you can call it a window into the kernel
arranged for easy access.
Thus this is also a big advantage when it comes to the reads it looks like you
want – as the information reside in memory there is no disk I/O and therefore
very fast. Off course if you choose to write the data to disk this is lost –
but is still much faster then disk to disk.

Look at it as shared memory and try to not duplicate more then necessary.
For your task you would probably also look at files at the root level of
/proc. Look at the source code for ps, top, free etc. to get a quick
introduction to how other tools do it.

Have written a few other answers that might more or less touch some of the
aspects. You might find some of it useful:

*

*Top and ps not showing the same cpu result

*htop reporting much higher memory usage than free or top

*Why does rsync fail to copy files from /sys in Linux?

Edit:
As for comment. You could do something like:
save_to=/some/path

pushd /proc
for d in [0-9]*; do
    cp "$d/cmdline" "$save_to/$d.cmdline"
    cp "$d/status" "$save_to/$d.status"
done
popd

But I would have used some lower level like e.g. C to parse the files as the
method above quite possible not would be quick enough for what one want.
If it is a one time copy every hour or so, OK, but not for e.g. seconds or even
a few minutes interval.

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Future Factory, the Asia based innovation + design consultancy, celebratedtwenty years at the top by collecting 8 design awards in 2018, including the distinguished Red Dot Award: Product Design. The awards were won for different business sectors underlining Future Factory's reputation as one of Asia'stop design consultancies."Future Factory'sdesign team has had a very busy and exciting 2018″commentedJashish Kambli, Executive Partner at Future Factory. "The tally of 8 awards in 2018 validates our goal of bringing world-class design capability to the region. Its a proud moment for us to know the global design community acknowledges our contribution."
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There's nothing quite like a cocktail. Whether you're getting together with a group of friends to celebrate a special occasion, whether you're hosting a dinner party and want to add a little extra glamour and sophistication to the evening, or whether you just want to enjoy a delicious drink at the end of a hard day, cocktails are the perfect solution.
However, there's an art to preparing the perfect cocktail. Lots of us don't know the ingredients that go into making a flawless cocktail, and that's why this guide to the art of cocktail making is so helpful. When the sun sets, having a menu of cocktails that you can whip up at a moment's notice is a great way to impress friends and family members alike!
Interestingly, many authors inspired cocktails, and there are a number of popular and lesser known drinks which are related to some of the greatest books in the library. You'll impress your loved ones even more if you can tell the story of the author who designed these cocktails while you pour them over ice!
The Sir Walter Scott
Scottish patriot and novelist Sir Walter Scott may never have actually tried this French cognac based drink, but it's certainly delicious to sip with its mix of Hennessy, triple sec, rum, lime juice and grenadine.
The Gryffindor
Any Harry Potter fan will recognise the name of the hero's school house, and you can now join the boy who survived in drinking this colour themed, elaborate cocktail which combines orange and cranberry juice with a touch of raspberry liqueur. The drink is then topped off with an orange peel twist and a cherry for extra sophistication!
Salinger's novel is a high school classic, and it's a clever name given to this cocktail made from rye whiskey. Blending this classic liquor with Grand Marnier, sherry, bitters and Torani Amer, this strong drink is sure to impress.
Gin Fitzey
Author F. Scott Fitzgerald was well known as a connoisseur of alcoholic drinks and one of his favourite drinks was the Gin Rickey. His own version of this drink is the Gin Fitzey, made by combining gin with lime juice, lime wedges and club soda.
The Bukowski Boilermaker
Charles Bukowski was no stranger to going on a bender, with his favourite drink being a Boilermaker. This drink is named after him and is made up of simply, pouring a shot of whiskey into a pint of lager and mixing it inside the glass before downing it.
The Sextontini
Anne Sexton loved martini, and often mentioned the drink in her letters. The Sextontini is named after her and is made by taking the highest quality gin and some extra dry vermouth and combining it before adding some olives.
Dorothy Parker's Sour
The whiskey sour has always been popular, and Dorothy Parker was known for her love of it. Despite her passion for alcohol, her writing career never suffered, even though she sometimes served one of these cocktails for her breakfast! You can whip up your own by combining whiskey with sugar and lemon juice then serving it with a cherry and a wedge of lemon.
The Tennessee Fizz
One of America's most celebrated and famous playwrights, Tennessee Williams was also known for his love of a good drink. He particularly enjoyed the Ramos Fizz – a drink which combined dry gin with heavy cream, lime and lemon juices, egg whites, orange flower water and sugar.
The Gibson O'Neill
One of the more unusual classic cocktails to be named after a playwright is the Gibson O'Neill. The Nobel Laureate was well-known for his penchant for going to New York's Garden Hotel to sample this blend of dry vermouth and gin with cocktail onions and club soda.
The Old Fashioned Anderson
The Old Fashioned has long been a popular cocktail which blends whiskey with bitters, sugar and club soda. However, it was very popular with a certain Sherwood Anderson too, a writer who influenced some of the biggest names in literature like Fitzgerald, Faulkner and Hemingway.
Hangman's Blood
There are a number of links between this cocktail and literature. It was first mentioned in "A High Wind In Jamaica", a novel by Richard Hughes, in which it was described as a combination of gun, brandy, port and rum. This drink also became a firm favourite of Anthony Burgess, another novelist, who took the cocktail a step further and added even more alcohol in the form of champagne, stout and whiskey.
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Whether you're drinking alone or with friends, a literature-inspired cocktail could be just the thing to spruce up a dull evening. Whatever type of alcohol you prefer, or whoever your favourite writer may be, there's sure to be a drink outlined here that tantalises your tastebuds.
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Don't miss "Siri Berg: Statements" at The House of Sweden, opening on March 5 and running until May 12.
Siri Berg: Statements
House of Sweden and the Swedish Embassy in Washington DC is welcoming the doyenne of Scandinavian artists in New York City, Siri Berg, for an extensive solo exhibition opening in March.
The show is the third in a series of retrospectives devoted to Berg's work, which began with In Color (2016-2017) at The Shirley Fiterman Art Center, New York and was followed by A Life In Color (2018) at Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, and brings another element to the artist's work.
"The major difference this exhibit will bring," says Curator Peter Hionas, "is the interplay of Siri Berg's paintings against black walls as opposed to white walls in the earlier exhibits. The interaction of color that will happen with the paintings for the first time being seen against black walls will be monumental."
The exhibit will be staged in two distinct gallery spaces—light and dark—at House of Sweden, each space offering a different investigative look at the varied interests and aesthetic experimentations of Berg's career as a painter, collagist, sculptor, colorist, and abstractionist.
In Alfred Nobel Hall, the gallery's black walls will be adorned with a selection of Berg's vintage and new paintings, dating back to 1967 and up to 2018. In the combined Fyra and Fem rooms, which are outfitted with light walls and an expansive northern window overlooking the gardens, a curated selection of Berg's assemblage works, wood block prints, and painting studies will be on exhibit.
Siri Berg is a veteran artist who has exhibited around the world since 1970. Her works are hanging at the Guggenheim, the Jewish Museum, in Coca Cola's board room and in the homes of private collectors.
She enjoyed abstract art from the beginning in a subdued fashion; the structure and color you will experience came later. When I ask her why she chose to paint in the abstract, the reply comes after some time of quiet reflection … "I didn't want to make it my life to copy or reproduce reality, it simply didn't feel as much of a challenge. While on a canvas or project, I lose myself completely in the creation itself, creating from the inside and out rather than the other way around."
Three main bodies of work
Assemblages (made from found industrial objects or random leftover add-ons), collages (with Japanese woodblock printing) and paintings are what Berg is known for. Like life, her work often comes across as a journey—not always with a definite end, but more often with an end where it once began. Her journey in color seemed to reappear as a new beginning when we met in September and October of 2016.
There's something zen about the person and her work. The art of Siri Berg is simple yet complex and very, very sophisticated—one review compared it to a bento box with beautifully arranged sushi. How ever you distinguish her work, it is abstract art at its most organized and elegant, and her sense of color is simply sublime. It rarely needs words—you love it or … you don't. Whether you do or don't is not really important. Her art moves your mind.
For Berg herself, art should be a multi-level experience. An initial reaction might be hate or love (or the worst case scenario: no opinion). Then, one can begin interpreting. The experience is determined by the viewer's point of reference, background and experience.
But let's go back to the young Berg for a moment—the one who left a turbulent Sweden and Europe in order to come to America in 1939.
"I wanted to grow up and was eager to go," she says. "I wanted to become my own person."
Though her mother didn't much like the thought of young Siri crossing the ocean, the political situation worked in Berg's favor. She left Sweden via ship from Norway to Baltimore—a journey that took 28 days.
"We played bridge the entire 28 days," she says.
In America, a bus took her to Columbus Circle in New York City where her Aunt Henia was waiting for her.
"Thus the adventure was over," Berg says with a smile. "And six months later my parents joined me in the U.S."
In New York, Berg studied fashion and interior design, and her art fell by the wayside. She married twice and had two sons. When she was in her early thirties she began painting on a bridge table in the master bedroom of the apartment she shared with her family in Riverdale. When one son moved out, his room became her studio.
"I felt that it was finally my time to work with fine arts. In the early days, I relied on stories in order to work. I was inspired by Yeats, and I did work modeled after Arthur Schnitzler's play La Ronde ("Der Reigen"). It is a play with 10 episodes, but since I've always been attracted to the number 7, I made it into seven visual episodes."
Eventually Berg needed a studio of her own. Her stepdaughter told her it was time to leave Riverdale behind and get into the swing of things, so she urged her to move into Manhattan.
"I went searching for a studio," Berg recalls, "but buying one was quite an undertaking in those days. And I remember thinking 'what am I doing with the family savings?' But I got my studio in 1981!"
This Soho studio is where she lives and works to this day. It's an amazing space sparsely decorated with stylish furniture, including a couple Mies van der Rohe chairs and an old dalahäst.
The exploration of circles that evolved during the time of La Ronde morphed from colors into a series of black and white paintings that had put Berg in the international limelight for the first time in the late 1970s. She is also interested in religious mysticism, which led to a long stretch of work inspired by the Kabbalah and the 10 creative forces that intervene between the infinite unknown and our physical world. In the mid-1990s she started working in a more linear way with straight lines and bars, leading to the present period after 2002, which is all about color.
Berg also began teaching color theory at Parson's School of Design—something she did up until only a few years ago.
"I liked teaching, which I did for over 30 years. It was very satisfying for me to watch a student and the transformation he or she went through during those 15 weeks, and knowing that I contributed to that change. Then at one point I felt I did not want to continue with the highly regulated side of being a teacher."
Siri Berg no longer needs a story in order to work. Maybe New York itself is story enough; it certainly gives her energy, and her studio—as immaculately organized and beautiful as her art—is full of projects. Berg at present experiments with the more subdued grey, not just any grey but every nuance of the color, from Holland warm grey to cold grey and often back again. And the artist's own hands and meticulous organization as always shape the colors. Pigment after pigment is lifted to create every subtle variation of grey that has yet to meet the eye.
"What I am doing today has evolved through the years," she says. "But in the end it's all about color, and I always have a goal and a method."
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Sound bookkeeping is a harbinger of financial success because it helps build a foundation of best practices.
Today's accounting software allows small operations to enjoy the same bookkeeping standards used by large organizations, and offers a much simpler way of tracking revenue and expenses than the spreadsheets many small enterprises are using.
Although learning about new software can be daunting, understanding how accounting software functions makes that a very worthwhile task.
Data available from a sophisticated accounting system is especially important if your business is a corporation. Tax reporting for a corporate entity requires substantial detail. Moreover, satisfactory business management – even by a solo operator – requires informed decisions on profit utilization. You need solid guidance about when profits may be distributed to owners as dividends rather than used for expansion.
A simple listing of revenue and expenses-such as on a spreadsheet-entails making a single entry for each transaction. Single-entry bookkeeping might work for someone with a low-volume sideline business. But entrepreneurs, who are committed to their businesses as their primary income sources for the long run, soon discover that the single-entry method may result in a series of small errors with enormous unintended consequences.
As the name implies, single-entry bookkeeping is characterized by having only one number recorded for each event. But, in fact, every business transaction has two impacts: an expenditure of cash is a simultaneous decrease of business funds and increase in something else (such as an expense category).
Single-entry bookkeeping can only reveal cash flow; it doesn't track accounts on the balance sheet like inventory, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and debts-information growing businesses require.
The value of accounting software is that it automatically accomplishes the heavy lifting of double-entry bookkeeping. You make one entry, but the system records two. Both sides of every transaction occur in the background, but you can easily find a single transaction in both accounts that were impacted.
When a check is recorded in the software, it appears to only reduce the bank account. But in this software entry, you also select how the funds were used, and that selected account increases.
To select the correct account, consider the purpose of the check: For example, did you increase an expense, add to inventory, or purchase equipment? Or did you increase the amount you've repaid on a loan, lowering the liability balance owed? These are debits, and the bank account shows a credit.
Similarly, entering a bank deposit involves selecting an account representing the source of money received-company revenue, sales tax collected for future remittance to the government, proceeds from a loan, or personal cash contributed by the business owner. These sources are, respectively, credits to accounts for income, sales tax payable liability, note payable liability, or paid-in capital. A debit is recorded to the bank account for the cash increase.
Understanding the double-sided nature of every transaction provides superior information on which to base decisions. And this will make you a very savvy entrepreneur.
With a new year on the horizon, it's time to lay the groundwork for next year's operations. Although many business owners believe that budgeting is impossibly useless for small operations with widely fluctuating incomes, forecasting revenue reveals where you're going in the coming year and helps estimate marketing targets.
Here's a simple way to project next year's revenue: On a spreadsheet, list in the first column your existing and prospective projects for January. A retail business with sales to the public will list normal minimum sales volume and extra customer volume. Consider allowing for possible higher weekend traffic by treating weekends separately.
In the next column, record the expected revenue for each line in the first column. Then add a percentage of probability for the projected revenue in the next column to the right. For example, you may have a 100% expectation of some work, but only a 50% chance of closing a new deal or attracting above-average traffic on weekends.
The last column to the right multiplies projected revenue by the probability percentages for each row. The sum of this column is your revenue forecast for January. Repeat the process for the subsequent eleven months, and add the twelve revenue forecasts together to determine expected revenue for next year.
This technique results in a meaningful scenario by turning hoped-for revenue into realistic results based on probability. So a 25% chance of making a million dollars realistically means you can expect a quarter million.
It's easy, it's useful, and you can start now.


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GD x Taeyang's "Good Boy" debuts in first place on Billboard's World Digital Songs chart
On December 1st, Billboard announced that Big Bang's G-Dragon and Taeyang's collaboration track "Good Boy" debuted at number 1 on their World Digital Songs chart.
According to Billboard, the song started "atop the chart with just three days of sales, moving 5,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan."
The song had originally caught the attention of Billboard earlier in November, and has topped charts in Korea to achieve the coveted all-kill status, as well topping international charts on iTunes. G-Dragon and Taeyang are also set to release "Good Boy" in Japan as well, with the tentative release date being December 17th.
The music video for the EDM and hip-hop track has also been doing extremely well, reaching 10 million views in little under a week.
"Good Boy"'s debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's World Digital Songs chart, officially making the duo the third K-pop act to top the chart. The other artists to have achieved this feat are fellow YG Entertainment labelmates PSY (who did so with his hit songs "Gangnam Style," "Gentleman," and "Hangover") and 2NE1 (with "I Am the Best").
Congratulations G-Dragon and Taeyang on this amazing accomplishment!
Source: Billboard


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module ShopifyAPI
  class InventoryItem < ShopifyAPI::Rest::Base
    extend T::Sig

    @prev_page_info = T.let(Concurrent::ThreadLocalVar.new { nil }, Concurrent::ThreadLocalVar)
    @next_page_info = T.let(Concurrent::ThreadLocalVar.new { nil }, Concurrent::ThreadLocalVar)

    sig { params(session: T.nilable(ShopifyAPI::Auth::Session)).void }
    def initialize(session: ShopifyAPI::Context.active_session)
      super(session: session)

      @cost = T.let(nil, T.nilable(String))
      @country_code_of_origin = T.let(nil, T.nilable(String))
      @country_harmonized_system_codes = T.let(nil, T.nilable(T::Array[T.untyped]))
      @created_at = T.let(nil, T.nilable(String))
      @harmonized_system_code = T.let(nil, T.nilable(Integer))
      @id = T.let(nil, T.nilable(Integer))
      @province_code_of_origin = T.let(nil, T.nilable(String))
      @requires_shipping = T.let(nil, T.nilable(T::Boolean))
      @sku = T.let(nil, T.nilable(String))
      @tracked = T.let(nil, T.nilable(T::Boolean))
      @updated_at = T.let(nil, T.nilable(String))
    end

    @has_one = T.let({}, T::Hash[Symbol, Class])
    @has_many = T.let({}, T::Hash[Symbol, Class])
    @paths = T.let([
      {http_method: :get, operation: :get, ids: [], path: "inventory_items.json"},
      {http_method: :get, operation: :get, ids: [:id], path: "inventory_items/<id>.json"},
      {http_method: :put, operation: :put, ids: [:id], path: "inventory_items/<id>.json"}
    ], T::Array[T::Hash[String, T.any(T::Array[Symbol], String, Symbol)]])

    sig { returns(T.nilable(String)) }
    attr_reader :cost
    sig { returns(T.nilable(String)) }
    attr_reader :country_code_of_origin
    sig { returns(T.nilable(T::Array[T::Hash[T.untyped, T.untyped]])) }
    attr_reader :country_harmonized_system_codes
    sig { returns(T.nilable(String)) }
    attr_reader :created_at
    sig { returns(T.nilable(Integer)) }
    attr_reader :harmonized_system_code
    sig { returns(T.nilable(Integer)) }
    attr_reader :id
    sig { returns(T.nilable(String)) }
    attr_reader :province_code_of_origin
    sig { returns(T.nilable(T::Boolean)) }
    attr_reader :requires_shipping
    sig { returns(T.nilable(String)) }
    attr_reader :sku
    sig { returns(T.nilable(T::Boolean)) }
    attr_reader :tracked
    sig { returns(T.nilable(String)) }
    attr_reader :updated_at

    class << self
      sig do
        params(
          id: T.any(Integer, String),
          session: Auth::Session
        ).returns(T.nilable(InventoryItem))
      end
      def find(
        id:,
        session: ShopifyAPI::Context.active_session
      )
        result = base_find(
          session: session,
          ids: {id: id},
          params: {},
        )
        T.cast(result[0], T.nilable(InventoryItem))
      end

      sig do
        params(
          ids: T.untyped,
          limit: T.untyped,
          session: Auth::Session,
          kwargs: T.untyped
        ).returns(T::Array[InventoryItem])
      end
      def all(
        ids: nil,
        limit: nil,
        session: ShopifyAPI::Context.active_session,
        **kwargs
      )
        response = base_find(
          session: session,
          ids: {},
          params: {ids: ids, limit: limit}.merge(kwargs).compact,
        )

        T.cast(response, T::Array[InventoryItem])
      end

    end

  end
end


When I reviewed this team in a concert last January I said that few things can bring a smile to the face like an evening spent in the company of Sir Charles Mackerras. Happily the same is true of this CD, coming on the heels of the orchestra's fabulously successful and wonderfully played recording of Mozart's last symphonies. Many of us hoped that Linn would follow that earlier issue with more from Mozart's symphonic canon, and after listening to this CD I find that the hunger for more has only increased, so rich is the experience on offer here.
Mackerras has spent a lifetime getting inside Mozart's music and for much of that lifetime his discoveries have been made with his beloved Scottish Chamber Orchestra. This is a team that knows each other and the composer inside out and, while Mackerras brings his lifetime of experience to enrich this music, this CD is what it is because of the warmth, trust and affection between conductor and band. That's apparent first of all in the beautifully warm string playing that characterises Symphony No. 29. Its gentle contours are shaped with love and affection but it always surges forward purposefully, not least in the bustling first movement: listen out for the cheeky horns in the coda, a distinctive Mackerras touch. There is plenty of room to breathe in the second movement, however, taken here at a more upbeat pace but still sounding lovely because of its characteristic string playing. This gives way to rhythmic bounce and jollity in the menuet before an exhilarating finale. In all of these symphonies, as in the previous recording, Mackerras observes every available repeat.
I don't think I've ever heard the Paris symphony sound quite so overtly majestic as it does here. The opening is surely the grandest, most self-confident beginning in Mozart's symphonic output, not surprising when he was writing it to gain the favour of the Paris audience. The natural brass and timpani bring the extrovert character to the fore and, while the second subject is well contrasted, the sense of scale is maintained right to the end. The Paris audience was unhappy with the symphony's original slow movement so Mozart wrote an alternative, the one we are more used to hearing today. Both are included here, and the original has rather more forward momentum than the one we are used to, but both have their appeal. The perpetuum mobile of the finale is every bit as exciting as the rush of the first movement. The under-rated No. 32 is given in its version with trumpets and timpani, and excitement is the key note here too, though there is plenty of room to linger in the central Andante. Timothy Jones' excellent booklet notes tell us a lot about this symphony's unusual form, as well as providing excellent contextual background and analysis for all the works.
The Haffner's first movement bristles with energy while the slow movement is full of understated poise. The menuet restrains the bluster and the finale is whole-scale fun writ large, especially in some of the string figurations of the coda.
The Linz, my favourite Mozart symphony, is full of restrained grandeur, though the slow introduction sounds a little thin. The pace and energy of the Allegro sets the pulse racing and the period-style playing gives an edge to the music which makes it all the more immediate. The slow movement sways with magisterial grace and makes the most of the troubling plunges into the minor key. The menuet is lithe and flexible and the finale is tremendously exciting, especially in the frenetic repeated quavers of the coda.
All told this is top-notch stuff from a winning team. Linn's recorded sound is exemplary and this issue deserves to earn as many awards as its predecessor.


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My Little Box is a rapidly expanding French subscription service that sends you a little box of surprise essentials each month, from beauty products and accessories to stationary and magazines. It is among the latest and most successful monthly "box" subscription startups (which nowadays includes anything from beauty samples to jewelry, clothing to even socks...).
A deck of "My Little Cards", beautifully illustrated likely by the famous Parisian illustrator Kanako.
Gel exfoliant that promises not to dry your skin from Laino. Haven't tried yet but will!
A gorgeous little pouch to place items. Illustrated by no one other than Kanako.
Chapstick from My Little Beauty. Works great.
A sample of the famous L'Occitane Precious Cream. Very rich, perfect for the coming fall season.
My Little Box's core concept is to send you essentials that you may happen to need that month (here we have the very much needed chapstick, face/hand cream, a Kanako pouch to collect the always scattered little things, and postcards to send to girlfriends after the summer vacation).
I was also delighted by the little deck of playing cards, perfectly cute for an afternoon girls get together with tea and biscuits, no?
I took the pocket magazine with me to read while riding on the metro. Another easy way to brush up on French!
A wonderful magazine containing everything from recipes, DIYs, to interviews with fashion bloggers and the likes!
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The basic requirements for a licence for an insurance company are set out in the Insurance Supervision Act (ISA). Other requirements and provisions are described in greater detail in the Insurance Supervision Ordinance (ISO) and FINMA circulars. Legal form: limited company or cooperative; minimum capital requirement: CHF 3 to 20 million, depending on sector; equity capital: sufficient free and unencumbered equity capital (solvency); establishment fund: covered costs of foundation, organization and extraordinary expansion of business activities; object of the company: activities directly associated with insurance; insurance companies which offer direct life insurance may only additionally offer accident and health insurance; foreign companies must have a branch in Switzerland and appoint a general agent.
Income (dividends, interest, etc.) and capital gains on assets placed in insurance licenses are generally tax-free.
Life insurance can enable the tax-efficient transfer of wealth from the older generation to the younger without the need for estate executors.
The key is that legal title to the assets – ownership – passes from the policyholder to the insurance company.