Introduction: When first a traveller spots the city in the horizon it appears like any other city in the region. As the traveler enters the city he finds small halfling children play over the street happily and everyone carrying peacefully their own lives. But as he enters the marketplace (the main square in the center) his blood frozes in his veins. There stands a suprisingly realistic stone statue of a red dragon in real size. Market sellers offer their goods at the legs of the stone dragon, children (especially halflings) are playing in the back of the statue, the bravest one even climbing up to its head.
History: Gragon's Nest had a long history, but over a millenia nothing exceptional happened to the town. But one day came a red dragon from a nearby mountain and started terrorizing the city. The leaders of the city asked a well-known nearby wizards (the Bluecloaks) to save their lives. The battle was fought in the centre of the city and the wizards managed to overcome the dragon with a spell that turned the dragon into stone. By the time only 20% of the original human population was alive. As a payment for the Bluacloacks they gived the wizards their own city. By that time the Bluecloak wizards rule the city. It happened about 200 years before. The destroyed city with the Dragon still there was frightening, only the careless halflings emigrated to the city. They named it Dragon's Nest because the city was originally called Eagle's Nest, and they found it a good joke.
Physical Description: In the centre of the city ther stands the petrified dragon in the market square. This is the main place of the city life. Halfling merchants offer their goods with a loud sound, tourist come to see the Statue of the dragon. Right next to the marketplace there are housings inhabited by the middle class. This place is called Eaglemound. The poor live in the slums where are still houses from the ages of the great battle, old and filthy, with mostly humans and halflings live there. In the top of the mound there is the wizard quarter, where the Bluecloak wizards live. They are mostly gnomes and humans, and they are the elite class in the city.
The Monument: The monunemnt is the dragon itself. Altough supposed to be turned into stone, the dragon still lives. It does move very slowly. Someone cant see its movements, only can notice: "It was looking at the other way a week before." The red dragon was called Rrazerk, as the old locals happily telling the whole story to every newcomer. Careless halfling children like to play climbing the dragon. Closer inspectation shows that the two rear legs of the dragon are in som kind of menacles.
Religion: Halflings prey to Yondalla, while Buecloaks rever Boccob, but nearly every deity has followers here, it's a diverse city.
Crime: With so many halflings around you never know... There were some reports that travellers who were pickpocketed by halfling kids (its a habit there) and when they mentioned it to the townsfolk they got badly beaten up by the halfling mob, which is very strong in town. Also the Bluecloaks don't really care anything as long as it's out of their interest.
Economy: The view of the dragon statue makes a good tourism, but the citys wealth is based up on the dragons hoard. Also halfling do eat much less then the cities former inhabitants so they have a lot to trade away from fine wine and oil. Theres a special local food, the "dragons meal" which can be made on very hot summer middays when the statue is so hot that you can bake on the dragons "skin". It's a fair city, but luxury is only known by the Bluecloaks.
Government: The Bluecloak mages control the city and collect the taxes. The leader of the wizards is Bimpo Fhizzlethumb (LN gnome wizard lvl10 ) They think that the city is theirs, since that was in the contarct 200 years ago. There are no local militia or police units, the rest of the city is governed by the halfling mafia led by Johnathan Strongfellow (LN halfling rogue lvl8 ) Hopefully the are is quite peaceful so the lack of organized militia is not a missing thing.
Power Struggles: The main power struggles are between the gnome wizards of the Bluecloak order and the halfling mafia. The humans whos ancestors were live in here for hundreds of years form a small but dangerous organization for reclaiming their lost city. They are known as the Eaglespawns.
- The adventurers can find themselves robbed by the halfling mafia or otherwis conflicted with one of the city mobs.
- The local kobold and lizardmen tribes recently received an emphatic call from the captured dragon and now trying to free it.
- Suddenly the dragon's move seems faster and faster (moving his head in just 6 hours) and it is feared that it will come to live. Adbenturers need to go and investigate the Bluecloak mages whats going on.


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Ha ha ha! Yea....must have fooled enough people to get my name in red.
Yes, but for how long before you realize you'd rather sleep than be on the interwebz?
Show up on here OR while texting!
Psh, I was already awake and taking that damn CritiCall test! So HA!
MIA, Eh? I think more like AWOL! Lol!
Isn't there some kind of abbreviation for that? Like SOSDD...or something?
Yo! What's up? How you doing?
Ahhhh, thanks! LP? Is that licensed paramedic?
So how is dispatching going? Believe it or not I am still waiting. I hate this stinking SO! They have great people and all, but everything in this county moves slower than molasses!
Hey, I thought that the blue patch in TX meant paramedic? Or is basic blue and medic red?
Hey, right now I'm about 28-29 degrees north of the equator. Back when I lived on Guam, it was only 13 degrees north. There was almost no season change, the sun rose and set at almost the same time year round and the weather was always warm. I loved it!
Oh I am. Been a year since I've been here and like five years since I've stayed with my aunt and uncle.
And of course it was 20 degrees the morning I left home and it is like almost 70 this morning!


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Q: Dokka failure: com.intellij.psi.impl.source.PsiClassImpl cannot be cast to com.intellij.psi.PsiJavaFile I have a build that generates Android artefacts (mainly an .aar) and bundles in dokka-generated docs (codebase is Kotlin+Java).
With some recent changes dokka started failing with this cryptic error:
> Task :mylib:dokka FAILED

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':mylib:dokka'.
> com.intellij.psi.impl.source.PsiClassImpl cannot be cast to com.intellij.psi.PsiJavaFile

Any help would be appreciated. I currently cannot seem to trace the source of this.

A: I can't pin-point the root of the problem but I can say for sure that Dokka has some issues with annotation classes.
In my changes, I had initially introduced a new annotation class based on Android's @IntDef inside an abstract class (alongside associated helper methods), written in Java.
These 2 steps seemed to have helped:

*

*Switching to Kotlin for the annotation class' implementation, then defining the annotation class at a file's root scope (rather than as an inner item of a class).

*Suppressing the annotation's package in Dokka's config, i.e. -
dokka {
  ...

  packageOptions {
    prefix = "com.mylib.myannotation"
    suppress = true
  }
}

The end result is that the documentation cannot reference the annotated class (that's no surprise, as it was suppressed), but the javadoc generation fully succeeded.

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Signs of spring in late summer
The world is inverted, it seems. The last geomagnetic reversal occurred some 780,000 years ago, where in my understanding what we think of now as north was in fact south. But there are other geomagnetically stable times where the world is upside down and the moral compass of a society points to no familiar place. One such time was the 17th century in Great Britain, with social turmoil in which many, the king included, lost their heads, some perhaps for just cause and others in fits of madness. Such times are upon us now.
The times of year have not been what they seem. Though the temperatures in my garden have been punishing heat, there is a chill of long duration, a winter in the cycle of hope that has persisted more than any terrestrial season. It's been a quiet time, professionally, with some disappointments, but time to reflect and to think what seeds to plant for the next season. But it's hard to look at a barren expanse of snow or the sun-baked earth and see the green, the growth and that fruits that might come with care, hard to accept that the crop is not entirely of our own effort but also of things beneath the soil we cannot see, winds and insects which pollinate at their will more than the hand ever could, influenced too by other creatures with whom the place is shared.
The parched earth, the scorched ground of politics in the country of my birth is a source of grief for so many. Its desiccated, decayed fruits offer a taste of what so many people I have met in my life, or those close to them, must have known in the long winter of spirit in central Europe when my parents were young or in the equally hard times of war and pandemic when their parents were. We are not at the point, I think, where the body counts can be fairly compared, but it is not the quantity, but the quality, I think, which defines despair, a psychological and very individual parameter which is hard to understand fully in another, and often in one's self as well.
In my psychological landscape, in my garden, I can see a bit of green emerging from the soil of American politics with the settled ticket of Joseph Biden and Kamala Harris for the election we hope to see. Malcolm X spoke of the "ballot or the bullet": we've seen enough bullets I think, taking the lives of children in school, children who find a step-fathers service revolver in a drawer and take their own lives because there truly is no place like home, an emergency medical technician murdered in her bed by police gunfire in an unwarranted breaking and entry and so many more shards of our broken reality. Let's give the ballot a chance and see where it takes us.
Since Mr. Biden chose Ms. Harris, who had in fact been my preference for the position as presidential candidate he now holds, as his running mate, I have felt considerable personal uplift and read many words in the news outlets and other online places from those who are inspired because they see themselves in the candidate for vice president. I smile, thinking of young girls who see in that inspiring cross-examiner of moral criminals like Brett Kavanaugh and William Barr the image of their possible future. But why am I inspired, why is the catch so often in my voice now from hope rather than the grief it has been too often. I do not see myself in her. A little in Biden perhaps: aging, sometimes stumbling for words, prone to errors, but with a belief that there is a salvation to be found in best efforts, particularly for a common cause in accord with the first principle of doing for others in the kind of way you might hope to be treated yourself. No, I do not see myself in Ms. Harris at all.
What I do see in her is people I have known and admired for much of my life. So many friends, teachers and companions, who do not fit easily into any category, and who are not zealous about finding the "right" hole into which another's peg can be pounded. People who know how and when to stand their ground, and perhaps when to stand down. Who show consideration for all except perhaps those who refuse to do so and who live so well by the principles well expressed in Franklin Roosevelt's first inaugural address in its full context:
So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is... fear itself — nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.
In this regard, I suppose I do find myself reflected, however darkly, in Kamala's many-faceted glass. I don't see the Democratic candidates as saviors more than as vehicles with which we might save ourselves by sharing the bread and fishes of mutual commitment to a better and more just world. I do not know myself with any certainty which way the arc of history bends, but I hope our many arms, old and young, flesh and prosthetic, in every hue and in every garb or none will bend it contrary to the direction of those who seek to do so by strongarm tactics.
What is reflected in the mirror presented to us by Donald Trump, Mike Pence and their many compromised enablers? It is a distorted image in which we see the darkest impulses of the past twisted into new but equally disturbing forms. The jealousies, the fears, even the hatreds we all sometimes feel are found there, and some find that reflection hypnotic, darkly seductive in its single pane of uniform and unrelenting wickedness. But those who can break that spell may yet find themselves in the many facets of better leadership and collaboration in the common cause of a kinder, more humanly productive society, and the rest of us will be challenged to break bread and share the cup, on better terms, with those who are presently more inclined to spit in it.

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Will Bush Justice Dept. Investigate ANY Incidence Of Corruption?
The summary of the … inspector general's report said the United States attorney's office in Washington had been given the report and decided not to conduct a criminal inquiry into the matter.
OK, so the Bush Justice Dept. WON'T investigate that. What WILL happen to the guy?
His renomination by President Bush to another term … is pending before the Senate. … Emily Lawrimore, a White House spokeswoman, said President Bush continues to support Mr. Tomlinson's renomination.
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So today we start with the Red State Rabble checking in on America's Taliban in action on the airwaves.
So what is the AG thinking in nixing prosecution. The best move would be to prosecute with a public announcement tht the ADmininstration ws not aware of this and will not tolerate illegal behavior and try to get rid of a problem before the elections. All I can think of is (1) reflexive rally round one of ours; (2) why is this bad behavior – we do it al the time in the corporate world; (3) the radical right wants him on and demands the Admin fight (a losing) battle.


In the early middle age the farmers around what is now Borås took up long distance trading. Their demand for tradable goods laid the foundation for proto-industrial manufacturing and later modern industry. The region is still a national centre for production of textiles and ready-made garments.
Today Borås is the second largest city in western Sweden. No less than 1.5 million people live within a 100-kilometre radius of the city, itself a centre for the 100.000 inhabitants. The textile industry´s global nature continually creates new expressions in the area, which in turn reflects the many different faces of the industry.
The University of Borås is a modern university with six departments. The campus is located in the centre of Borås city and we have 15 000 students and 650 employees.
Health Care and Caring Sciences.
Pulsen Konferens is an old cotton warehouse which has been delightfully renovated into a modern meeting place. Pulsen also have one of the best lunch restaurants in Borås, Astern, where the Ambience'11 lunches will be served. Astern is famous for their use of natural and organic food and their coffee is organically farmed and rainforest Alliance certified.
The Museum of Textile History gives visitors an impression of the industry that once established Borås as Sweden´s leading textile centre. The building that houses the museum was designed by the world-famous industrial architect P.S. Stott and has today Europe´s largest collection of textile machines that are still in working order. Since 1992, visitors have been able to study the architecture of the factory, the technology, power transmission system and the working environment as it was one hundred years ago.


Catalytic domain of Fes-like Protein Tyrosine Kinases. Protein Tyrosine Kinase (PTK) family; Fes subfamily; catalytic (c) domain. Fes subfamily members include Fes (or Fps), Fer, and similar proteins. The PTKc family is part of a larger superfamily that includes the catalytic domains of other kinases such as protein serine/threonine kinases, RIO kinases, and phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K). PTKs catalyze the transfer of the gamma-phosphoryl group from ATP to tyrosine (tyr) residues in protein substrates. Fes subfamily proteins are cytoplasmic (or nonreceptor) tyr kinases containing an N-terminal region with FCH (Fes/Fer/CIP4 homology) and coiled-coil domains, followed by a SH2 domain, and a C-terminal catalytic domain. The genes for Fes (feline sarcoma) and Fps (Fujinami poultry sarcoma) were first isolated from tumor-causing retroviruses. The viral oncogenes encode chimeric Fes proteins consisting of Gag sequences at the N-termini, resulting in unregulated tyr kinase activity. Fes and Fer kinases play roles in haematopoiesis, inflammation and immunity, growth factor signaling, cytoskeletal regulation, cell migration and adhesion, and the regulation of cell-cell interactions. Fes and Fer show redundancy in their biological functions.
This domain occurred 416 times on human genes (964 proteins).


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Clock Ticking on Swiss Watches' Raw Materials from Russia
"Varieties"
Sun, 03 Apr 2022 05:37:41 +0000
https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/3569606/clock-ticking-swiss-watches-raw-materials-russia
Sunday, 3 April, 2022 - 05:15
Russia is a major supplier of diamonds, gold and other precious metals to luxury watchmakers. Fabrice COFFRINI AFP
Diamonds shine brightly at this year's Geneva watch fair but the sanctions slapped on Russia could soon force the Swiss watch industry to produce more subdued designs.
Russia is a major supplier of diamonds, gold and other precious metals to the luxury watchmakers exhibiting at Watches and Wonders, one of the world's top salons for the prestige industry, AFP said.
The Russian group Alrosa -- the world's largest diamond mining company -- was hit by US sanctions within hours of the Kremlin-ordered invasion of Ukraine on February 24.
According to US Treasury figures, it accounts for 90 percent of Russia's diamond mining capacity, and 28 percent globally.
And while trade between Switzerland and Russia is modest, gold is the chief import, ahead of precious metals such as platinum followed by diamonds not mounted or set, according to the Swiss customs office.
Compared to other sectors of the Swiss economy, "watchmaking was a branch that was less affected than others by supply problems in 2021", Jean-Daniel Pasche, president of the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry, told AFP.
But that may no longer be the case, he acknowledged, adding that it was hard to assess the repercussions for the watch industry at this stage.
"There are obviously reserves. Afterwards, we will have to see, depending on how long the conflict lasts," Pasche said.
- Recycled gold and palladium -
The Swiss luxury giant Richemont owns the Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels jewelry firms, plus eight prestigious watch brands, including Piaget and IWC.
The group took the lead on Wednesday, saying all its brands have stopped sourcing diamonds from Russia.
The move will create a lot of work on the supply chain to find responsibly-sourced, quality diamonds from elsewhere, Richemont chief executive Jerome Lambert told a press conference.
Gold supply is of less concern. For a decade or so, Richemont has been sourcing recycled gold for watchmaking, bought from industry and the electronics sector.
For palladium, used for instance for wedding and engagement rings, the group decided "ahead of the sanctions" to switch to suppliers specializing in recycled palladium, Lambert said.
- Draining the stocks -
At Patek Philippe, one of the most prestigious Swiss brands, the firm's president is counting on his stockpile to ride out the storm.
"Luckily I produce in small quantities," said Thierry Stern, who represents the fourth generation of his family at the company helm.
"So I don't feel any difference yet," he told AFP. For 2022, Patek Philippe plans to manufacture 66,000 timepieces.
"And if I can't find certain stones, I can always do engraving," said the head of the brand, which relies on a wide range of disciplines including ceramics, marquetry and enamel.
H. Moser, a niche brand producing 2,000 watches a year for wealthy collectors, struck much the same tone.
"Purchases are made in advance. For example, for the casings that I want to make in 2023, I have already bought all the gold I need," said boss Edouard Meylan.
"But maybe in six months' time some of our suppliers will call to push back the deadlines because they haven't received the materials," he admitted.
Concerns over raw materials "will drive up prices, of course", said Jon Cox, an industry analyst with the Kepler Cheuvreux financial services company.
However, compared to other sectors, luxury firms have more leeway to pass on costs to customers, he added.
At the Watches and Wonders salon in Geneva, where 38 brands are exhibiting until Tuesday, the displays are brimming with diamonds, reflecting the "generally upbeat mood" of the industry this year after a prosperous 2021.
However, given the war and its repercussions, "I imagine product development will move to more subdued luxury goods", Cox said.
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You may, or you may not have noticed my work in Weird Tales, Oriental Stories, Ghost Stories, Fight Stories, Action Stories, and Argosy; but that doesnt matter so much. The point is, I'm deeply interested in the intention of your company to bring out a new magazine devoted entirely to historical tales. I want very much to do business with this magazine, and would appreciate any pointers you might give me as to how to make the market [in case this story is not acceptable]._ I realize that editors do not have time to give detailed criticisms; but just a line or a few words scrawled on a rejection slip would help me wonderfully.
I'm hoping you can use this tale – "Spears of Clontarf" which I am enclosing. It deals with a phase in history too much neglected by writers – that of the Dano-Irish wars which culminated in the final shattering of the Viking power at the battle of Clontarf. Those days of war and rapine represent an age crammed with vital drama, enough to supply a hundred thrilling volumes.
I've typed, deleted, retyped this post a dozen times now. Nothing seems adequate. I'm just so frustrated and sad and bewildered and baffled.


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Q: Difference between 1D and ND plotting I have been plotting on Matplotlib for sometime and have noticed that some plotting techniques like 3D plotting and others require data to be present in arrays having dimensions of more than 1D. For instance, If I have 1D arrays X,Y,Z, then I won't be able to plot them in the 3D plots. However, if I reshape the same arrays to 2D or any ND and then I am able to plot them in 3D. My question is, why do you think this happens? More importantly, is there a difference between a reshaped and 1D array (in terms of its data)?

A: Let's investigate ax.contour. There is an example in the docs:
from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import axes3d
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

fig = plt.figure()
ax = fig.add_subplot(111, projection='3d')
X, Y, Z = axes3d.get_test_data(0.05)
print(X.shape, Y.shape, Z.shape)
# ((120, 120), (120, 120), (120, 120))
cset = ax.contour(X, Y, Z)
ax.clabel(cset, fontsize=9, inline=1)

plt.show()

The print statement shows that ax.contour can accept 2D inputs.
If we were to change the X and Y arrays to 1D arrays:
X, Y, Z = axes3d.get_test_data(0.05)
X = X.reshape(-1)
Y = Y.reshape(-1)
print(X.shape, Y.shape, Z.shape)

Then we get
((14400,), (14400,), (120, 120))

as the shapes, and a TypeError is raised:
TypeError: Length of x must be number of columns in z,
and length of y must be number of rows.

So it appears there is no choice. ax.contour expects 2D arrays.


The Parental Involvement Act of 2006 places several duties upon local authorities, schools and Parent Councils in relation to involving parents in their child's education and in their child's school. These important duties, which include supporting the establishment of Parent Councils, are set out in Connect's resource so that schools, Parent Councils and local authorities can ensure that these duties are fulfilled.
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Music Box Films
Acclaimed Italian auteur Nanni Moretti finds comedy and pathos in the story of Margherita, a harried film director (Margherita Buy, A Five Star Life) trying to juggle the demands of her latest movie and a personal life in crisis.
The star of her film, a charming but hammy American actor (John Turturro) imported for the production, initially presents nothing but headaches and her crew is close to mutiny. Away from the shoot, Margherita tries to hold her life together as her beloved mother's illness progresses, and her teenage daughter grows ever more distant.
Winner of the Ecumenical Jury Prize and nominated for the Palme d'Or for at Cannes Film Festival.
"A tremendously smart and enjoyable movie." - Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
John Turturro, Margherita Buy
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Days and Clouds 116 mins Well-to-do and sophisticated couple, Elsa and Michele, have a 20 year-old daughter, Alice, and enough money for Elsa to leave her job and fulfill an…
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The Country Doctor - Médecin de campagne 103 mins This social dramedy stars Francois Cluzet as a devoted and revered countryside doctor whose life gets rocked by a middle-age woman who has come from…
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Back to Burgundy - Ce qui nous lie 114 mins Anticipating their father's imminent death, three siblings reunite at their home in Burgundy to preserve the vineyard that ties them together in this tender and…
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The benefit of changing imei could range from benefitting from a promo, using browsing tweaks e.g. using glo bis on android, etc.
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It will open the phone's secret vault.
Now migrate to 'CDS Information' under 'Connectivity'. To get there, you slide across on some phones while you slide down on some other phones.
If you use a dual sim phone, you will be given two options here. Click the sim port you wish to change the IMEI number.
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At my work we have a system that generally speaking consists of two Oracle 10g databases, the 'SpatialDB' and the 'AppDB'. The SpatialDB holds a multi-gigabyte set of static national road-network geometry data and the AppDB holds the dynamic runtime data. A database link is defined in the AppDB so that it can query the SpatialDB and invoke stored procedures.
Generally what happens is that an action somewhere in the system (user interaction, external system communications, etc.), will result in something happening in the database.
In this case a package method in the AppDB needed to obtain a geometry from the SpatialDB. Surprisingly, this turned out to be a quite a difficult thing to achieve. It seems that along with cursors, LOBs and objects in general, an SDO_GEOMETRY cannot be transported across a database link as an out parameter of a package method. The following is a summary of the methods I discovered for overcoming this.
Whilst PLSQL cannot cope with transporting objects across a database link, it turns out that the SQL engine copes just fine. Objects from the remote database can be selected into a local table and then that table can be queried to obtain the result.
Oracle 10g contains methods for transforming a geometry into a format called 'Well Known Text', which is a string representation for geometries. Two methods are provided for these transformations, SDO_UTIL.TO_WKTGEOMETRY and SDO_UTIL.FROM_WKTGEOMETRY.
The technique here is to transform the geometry into a WKT string on the remote side, transfer the string across as a PLSQL out parameter, then transform the string back into a geometry object on the local side.
However, the following limitations must be noted.
Transfering the string as a VARCHAR2 type will limit its length to 32767 characters.
The SRID (reference system) is not preserved.
Complex geometries are not supported.
Having read that Oracle's GML implementation gave better geometry support, I thought I would give it a try instead of WKT. I was a bit concerned about the amount of valuable VARCHAR2 space that would be wasted on XML tags, but I never got as far as testing whether it would be an issue.
So in a similar fashion to the WKT support, in the SDO_UTIL package you will find a TO_GMLGEOMETRY method to convert your geometry object into a GML string. Unfortunately for users of 10g, you will not find any corresponding method to convert GML into a geometry object. Disappointing to say the least.
My final solution was to write my own conversion routine that simply took the geometry object and encoded its data members into a CSV string. This format does not attempt to interpret the geometry data, so all geometries and all dimensions are supported. SRID data is also preserved and because the transformation is doing less work that the WKT methods, it turns out to be faster too.
The tables below give the times recorded for encoding and decoding geometries of varying sizes and quantities. Times are in seconds.
Time taken to encode a line with 2 vertices.
Time taken to decode a line with 2 vertices.
Time taken to encode a line with 100 vertices.
The encoding of the sdo_geometry objects to a custom string format is clearly faster that encoding to WKT or GML using the stand methods in SDO_UTIL. This is especially true for simple geometries with few vertices.
The decoding of the custom string format back into sdo_geometry objects did not exhibit the same performance benefit, although the performance of decoding one simple 2-vertex geometry did show a marked improvement.
There are two main reasons I can see for the custom string encoding methods having a performance advantage.
The custom string format is a closer representation of the binary format of the object with less translation required by the encoding logic.
The custom string format is implemented in PL/SQL and not Java like the other methods. Although Java code should have a performance advantage, it seems likely that the cost of switching context between PL/SQL and Java is a significant overhead.
I hope you find the code useful. If you find any bugs or make any improvements, I would appreciate the feedback.
-- for storage and transport. See also StringToGeom.
-- Translate a geometry string representation into a geometry object.
-- Tests the conversion between sdo_geometry objects and a string representation.
-- Tests for pGeomCount geometries, each with pGeomVertexCount vertices.
-- Runs PerfTest_GeomStrings(INTEGER, INTEGER) for a selection of values.
-- Gets the next token in a separated list. See StringToGeom for an example.
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Thank you for sharing the code. We struck the same problem and this appears to have solved the problem with minimal coding for us using your package.
We used an insert trigger on a local table to call a remote procedure with parameters for the fields and geomtostring procedure for the sdo field. The remote procedure then inserted into a remote table with parameters for the fields and stringtogeom procedure. It has worked very nicely.


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A brief update on our ever-worsening constitutional crisis
Admitting, "I don't need to do this," Donald Trump today declared a national emergency on our southern border. Then, just like any president might do after declaring a national emergency, Donald Trump left Washington for a golfing vacation in Florida.
When asked why he'd declare a national emergency instead of accepting the deal that had been struck between members of Congress, Donald Trump said, "I went through Congress. I made a deal. I got almost $1.4 billion… but I'm not happy with it." He also said that he could have worked through the system (as it's laid out in our Constitution), but he wanted to "get it done faster." Oh, and when asked by a reporter where he gets his facts — the facts about illegal drugs and violent crime upon which he justified the declaration of a national emergency — Donald Trump claimed that he'd been referencing Department of Homeland Security data. According to the Washingon Post fact checker, though, he actually got them from cable television.
Here, for those of you who like real facts, based on actual data — and not just Donald Trump's "emotional truth" — are three from Representative Ted Lieu.
Trump is declaring a #NationalEmergency to build a wall we don't need to address a crisis that doesn't exist! It's time for @POTUS to face the facts on this episode of #TruthWithTed. pic.twitter.com/TiE5DyQdsT
— Rep. Ted Lieu (@RepTedLieu) February 15, 2019
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it cannot be repeated enough
Ann Coulter: "The only national emergency is that our president is an idiot."
VLADIMIR PUTIN'S ADVISER TELLS AMERICANS: 'RUSSIA INTERFERES IN YOUR BRAINS, WE CHANGE YOUR CONSCIENCE'
I thought it was interesting that this overt psyop came out the same time Agent Orange appears to be spinning outta control more than normal. Clearly cult45 brains are easily scrambled.
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-president-vladimir-putin-election-americans-1327793
"I don't have to say it," said Trump, "but the Reichstag is on fire."
What will it be next? Will we have a crisis of voter fraud that requires deploying the US military to polling stations everywhere to prevent suspicious people from voting? Every day this goes on, I become more and more worried that the US will go the way of Venezuela. It really doesn't matter what you think about immigration, unchecked power is unchecked power. Nothing good comes of it no matter who you have in office.
Trump won't leave office quietly. We have to expect that he'll call more emergencies in the future, and have to expect that his successor will do the same.
My hope is that Congress will really work together on this one. The office of the President really does have too much power and everyone needs to consider what that means when someone you see as awful holds the position.
My hope is that Trump loses in 2020 and, because he doesnt actually like being president, he steps down non violently if not quietly.
I am very afraid for the future of this country but the Republican Party needs to be very afraid. I am not sure that young people will want to be a part of the party as it is now with Trump at the helm. Kids aren't going to like him or his message. Why would they?
As a voting Republican, I can't see how we can expect a sufficient level of support going forward.
Cambridge Analytica former director subpoenaed by Mueller. I'm sure Q has an explanation how this is bad for Mueller.
Get ready for some desperate authoritarian shit people. Coincidentally? Dunham's has a President Day special on a DPMS AR15 for $399. Thats probably the best of the bottom of the barrel new "modern sporting rifles" suitable for defending the Constitution from the Christo fascist propping up this abomination.
Or you could get a new mattress and curl up in the fetal position….


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Harden still dealing with eye injury; will play in Game 3
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James Harden squinted under the bright lights of the Toyota Center court on Thursday and parts of both eyes remained a garish, bloody red.
It was clear Houston's superstar was still dealing with injuries to his eyes after being hit by Golden State's Draymond Green in Game 2. Harden insisted the problem wouldn't keep him out of Game 3 on Saturday as the Rockets try to climb out of an 0-2 hole against the defending champions.
"If I played barely seeing last game, what makes you think I'm going to sit out Game 3," Harden asked defiantly.
Harden was injured midway through the first quarter Tuesday night after a blow from Green as he tried to rebound a shot he missed. He immediately fell to the court where he remained writhing for a bit before he was tended to by Houston's training staff and taken to the locker room. He returned with about seven minutes left in the second quarter and scored 29 points despite saying that his vision was extremely blurry and that he could see "nothing."
"When he went out he had zero points and he comes back with not even one eye, one eye was almost shut and the other one was blurry and he gets 29 points," D'Antoni said. "Not many people would have played. So whatever happens, that's pretty special."
Harden practiced with the team Thursday as the Rockets prepare to host Golden State for two games.
Though both eyes are injured, the left one is far worse than the right with the entire left side of his left eye remaining bloody. The right eye was bloody, too, but it was a much smaller section in the left corner of that eye.
"It's still there," he said. "It's still tough, especially in bright lights but I can see y'all a little bit better so that's all that matters."
Harden said he visited a doctor on Wednesday and "he gave me some stuff to calm it down to make it better." He said he didn't know the exact diagnosis of his injury, but the team called it contusions to both eyes. He added that the doctor told him that he'd be "good," but that it will take a few days to heal.
Last year's MVP said he's dealt with a variety of injuries, but that this one has been the most difficult.
"It's different," he said. "Like an ankle injury, I've rolled my ankle 100 times or whatnot and you kind of know how to deal with that. When you've got blurry vision and you can't see it's really difficult. But still no excuses."
Both Harden and D'Antoni scoffed at the notion that he would wear goggles or protective eye wear of any kind on Saturday. D'Antoni even went so far as to make a joke about if he'd need something like that to play.
"Maybe one patch over an eye," he said snickering. "It's going to be the pirate look."
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This story has been corrected to change the date of Game 2.
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Equipment grants
CPB survives, but not the facilities program
By Steve Behrens, Former Editor | April 18, 2011
This year, St. Patrick's Day was the deadline for pubcasters to ask Uncle Sam for help replacing their ancient, failing transmitters, or for a broadcast starter-set to put a new station on the air. It was also one of those days when Congress lurched toward its budget compromise — and took back the offer. Gone is the 49-year-old Public Telecommunications Facilities Program, a $20-million line item in the Department of Commerce, which had been saved year after year by supporters in Congress. This time they were too busy saving PTFP's younger and bigger sibling, CPB.
Educational Television Facilities Act of 1962
With this law, signed by President Kennedy on May 1, 1962, Congress gave the first major federal aid to public broadcasting. The grants for new and replacement facilities and equipment were overseen by the Office of Education in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. The successor Public Telecommunications Facilities Program (PTFP) was operated by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) in the Department of Commerce until 2011, when budget cutbacks ended PTFP appropriations (Current, April 18, 2001). The act became Part IV of the Public Broadcasting Act:
PART IV — GRANTS FOR EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION BROADCASTING FACILITIES
Declaration of Purpose
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Who's who in 1998
THE FIA last week issued its provisional Formula 1 entry list and the numbers which the teams will be using next year. The list raised a few points of interest. It confirmed that Arrows will continue to use Yamaha engines in 1998 but left the team's sponsor blank. It had been assumed that Danka would be continuing for a second season but the omission suggests that this may not be the case. With the European tobacco ban likely to go through, it is possible that Tom Walkinshaw will not land a major tobacco sponsorship deal. The name of the Benetton engine remains a mystery while the team name to be used by Williams is still to be decided.
Although the names of the Tyrrell drivers were left blank British American Racing's Craig Pollock confirmed that ToranosukeÊTakagi would be one of the drivers. The drivers nominated can be changed up until March 5 next year.
The numbers issued are: 1, Jacques Villeneuve; 2, Heinz-Harald Frentzen; 3, Michael Schumacher; 4, Eddie Irvine; 5,ÊGiancarlo Fisichella; 6, Alexander Wurz; 7, David Coulthard; 8, Mika Hakkinen; 9, Damon Hill; 10, Ralf Schumacher; 11, Olivier Panis; 12, Jarno Trulli; 14, Jean Alesi; 15, Johnny Herbert; 16, Pedro Diniz; 17, Mika Salo; 18, Rubens Barrichello and 19, Jan Magnussen. Tyrrell will have numbers 20 and 21 and Minardi 22 and 23.
STEWART'S FINANCES
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The Youngest Witnesses Documentation & Photo Galleries
Home | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | News | Contact
Content and photographs © 2009 Loyan Beausoleil and Gabe Kirchheimer.
Youngest Witnesses in the New York Times
Composer Michael Gordon, who integrated recordings of the Youngest Witnesses in his piece for the Kronos Quartet, The Sad Park, which premiered at Carnegie Hall in 2006, authored an article in the New York Times on 3/15/07 describing the project, with a photo by Loyan Beausoleil.
Forever After: New York City Teachers on 9/11
2006 Association of American Publishers PSP Award for Education
Teachers College Press has released an award-winning compilation of NYC teachers' experiences of 9/11 that includes a chapter by educator Loyan Beausoleil about the young children in her Lower Manhattan classroom who witnessed the destruction of the World Trade Center.
"These moving, firsthand accounts reveal the amazing wisdom and courage of public school teachers and administrators who cared for and protected the children in schools near the World Trade Center and around the City on 9/11. The inspiring stories in this collection bring into clear focus the enormous responsibility that teachers and administrators face every day and the crucial role they play in helping students make sense of the world, especially after terrifying and incomprehensible events like 9/11."
For more information, please see the Teachers College Press site:
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Youngest Witnesses DVD now available for educators
A 30-minute DVD of compelling interviews with children who witnessed the destruction of the World Trade Center is now available. The children, ages 6-10, were interviewed individually and in pairs while viewing the models of the new World Trade Center building in the spring of 2004 at The Center for Architecture in Lower Manhattan. For inquiries, please contact Loyan Beausoleil.
Youngest Witnesses book project
A book of case studies, photographs and artwork of the children involved in the Youngest Witnesses project is nearing completion, and is scheduled for release in 2011.


Zhu, J., Liu, Y., Zhang, J., Liu, Y., Cao, J., Huang, Z., Yuan, Y., Bian, J., & Liu, Z. (2018). Cadmium Exposure of Female Mice Impairs the Meiotic Maturation of Oocytes and Subsequent Embryonic Development. Toxicological Sciences, AdvanceArticle(1), 1-299.
Zhu, Jia-Qiao, Yang Liu, Jiang-Hong Zhang, Yan-Fang Liu, Jiang-Qin Cao, Zhu-Tao Huang, Yan Yuan, Jian-Chun Bian, and Zong-Ping Liu. "Cadmium Exposure of Female Mice Impairs the Meiotic Maturation of Oocytes and Subsequent Embryonic Development." Toxicological Sciences Advance Article.1 (2018): 1-299.


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Q: Why Azure function is not writing to Service Bus Topic My function is like
    [FunctionName("MyFunctionName")]
    [return: ServiceBus("mytopic", Connection = "ServiceBusConnectionString")]
    public static async Task<string> MyFunctionAsync([QueueTrigger("my-input-queue")] string msgIn, TraceWriter log)
    {

My local.settings.json has
{
  "IsEncrypted": false,
  "Values": {
    "ServiceBusConnectionString": "[my connection string]"
  }
}

where [my connection string] is copy-pasted from a Primary Connecting String under one of the Shared access policies with a Send claim.
This just silently fails: Messages get stuck in my-input-queue and no errors are written to log streaming. However I'm 100% sure the attribute is the issue because I've deployed 100 different combinations of this to try and make it work :).
Any ideas?

A: Based on my test,it should work with servicebus attribute. The following is my test code.
[return: ServiceBus("topicName",Connection = "ServiceBusConnectionString", EntityType = EntityType.Topic)]
public static async Task<string>Run([QueueTrigger("queueName")]string myQueueItem, TraceWriter log)
{
   ...
   return myQueueItem; // write to the Topic.
}

local.settings.json
{
 "IsEncrypted": false,
  "Values": {
    "AzureWebJobsStorage": "xxxxxx",
    "AzureWebJobsDashboard": "xxxxxxxx",
    "ServiceBusConnectionString": "xxxxxx"
  }
}

You could get more information about Azure Service Bus output binding from this tutorial. You also could do that with follwoing way
[FunctionName("ServiceBusOutput")]
public static void Run([[QueueTrigger("queueName")]string myQueueItem,
                       TraceWriter log,
                       [ServiceBus("topicName",Connection = "ServiceBusConnectionString", EntityType = EntityType.Topic)]out string queueMessage)
{
    log.Info("Azure Function Demo - Azure Service Bus Queue Topic");

    queueMessage = myQueueItem;
}

A: You are missing the required settings for your QueueTrigger, so your function isn't triggering on new items in the queue. You should have values for AzureWebJobsStorage and AzureWebJobsDashboard, and your QueueTrigger should have a value for the Connection field.
For more information about how to wire up QueueTriggers and test locally, see this answer.


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Roughly chop your onion, pepper, carrot and garlic.
Place in a large pan and fill with sufficient water to cover vegetables.
Add 1 tablespoon of sugar and pinch of salt and place on cooker on moderate setting. Cook gently until softened.
Whilst other vegetables are cooking, prepare to skin the washed tomatoes by using the following quick method. First remove the "eyes" using a sharp pointed knife.
Then turn them upside down and use your knife to make a large cross in the skin.
Place tomatoes in a large bowl or pan and cover them completely with boiling water.
Allow tomatoes to rest in water for 1 minute then check to see if skin pulls away easily. If not, wait another 30 seconds or so. The riper the tomato the easier the skin will come away.
Drain tomatoes and transfer them to a clean bowl.
The skin should now pull away easily leaving the tomato flesh intact.
Top up the pan with sufficient water to cover the tomatoes. (I use the same water they were steeped in as it's still warm and got some tomato flavour!) Return pan to cooker for a further 20 minutes.
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Cette liste présente les matchs de l'équipe du Pakistan de football par adversaire rencontré.

A

Afghanistan
Confrontations entre le Pakistan et l'Afghanistan :

Bilan

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B

Bahreïn
Confrontations entre le Pakistan et Bahreïn :

Bilan

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Bangladesh
Confrontations entre le Pakistan et le Bangladesh :

Bilan

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Bhoutan

Confrontations
Confrontations entre le Pakistan et le Bhoutan :

Bilan
Au  :

 Total de matchs disputés : 3
 Victoires du Pakistan : 3
 Match nul : 0
 Victoires du Bhoutan : 0
 Total de buts marqués par le Pakistan : 12
 Total de buts marqués par le Bhoutan : 1

Brunei
Confrontations entre le Pakistan et Brunei :

Bilan

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C

Cambodge

Confrontations entre le Pakistan et le Cambodge :

Bilan

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E

Émirats arabes unis

Confrontations entre le Pakistan et les Émirats arabes unis :

Bilan

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G

Guam

Confrontations entre le Pakistan et Guam :

Bilan

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I

Inde

Confrontations entre le Pakistan et l'Inde :

Bilan

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J

Japon
Confrontations entre le Pakistan et le Japon :

Bilan
Total de matchs disputés : 2
  Victoire de l'équipe du Japon : 1
 Match nul : 1
  Victoire de l'équipe du Pakistan : 0

K

Kirghizistan

Confrontations
Confrontations entre le Pakistan et le Kirghizistan :

Bilan
Au  :

 Total de matchs disputés : 4
 Victoires du Pakistan : 1
 Matchs nuls : 0
 Victoires du Kirghizistan : 3
 Total de buts marqués par le Pakistan : 1
 Total de buts marqués par le Kirghizistan : 7

M

Macao

Confrontations
Confrontations entre Macao et le Pakistan :

Bilan
Au  :

 Total de matchs disputés : 3
 Victoires de Macao : 0
 Matchs nuls : 1
 Victoires du Pakistan : 2
 Total de buts marqués par Macao : 2
 Total de buts marqués par le Pakistan : 7

Maldives

Confrontations
Confrontations entre les Maldives et le Pakistan :

Bilan
Au  :

 Total de matchs disputés : 10
 Victoires des Maldives : 3
 Matchs nuls : 3
 Victoires du Pakistan : 4
 Total de buts marqués par les Maldives : 9
 Total de buts marqués par le Pakistan : 9

T

Taïwan

Confrontations entre le Pakistan et Taïwan :

Bilan

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Notes et références

Pakistan
Confrontations


So yesterday my tv channels stopped working. I have a Windows 10 htpc. dual satellite card for UK & DE TV. dvblink server with kodi front end. has been running for a couple of years without issue. Now kodi fails to start pvr (dvblink add-on could not be loaded) If i use the DVB Link Player i get "Error; Internal Error" and a return button that goes nowhere.
I cant access http://localhost:39876/products/ again "internal error"
Ive opened a ticket already, just wanted to see if this is something quick and easy to fix via forums.
Please, go to installation folder and check whether the dvblink_configuration.xml file does not empty. If it is, then something leaded to corruption and reinstallation, the only way to make it working.


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Alpha Bank BoD approves hive-down process to facilitate NPE Galaxy seruritization
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Sometime we think that cleaners because they are chemicals can't go bad, but in fact there are some cleaners in your arsenal that can go bad. Here are some reasons those cleaning solutions may need the old heave-ho.
Cleaners that have been purchased and stored without regular use can lose their effectiveness. Typically bleach has a shelf life of 6 months (some of you may not have been aware of just that fact). For bleach to stay at its best cleaning power for those 6 months it needs to be stored at the right temperature. Bleach can lose small amounts of cleaning oomph after just 3 months even when stored between 50 and 70 degrees.
Cleaning supplies that are not stored according to the directions on the packaging will lose effectiveness. Many cleaning supplies should not be stored in places of extreme cold or heat or near flames. Make sure all lids are tightly replaced some cleaning supplies can evaporate when not sealed all the way. Some cleaning supplies shelf lives lessen when they are put in a different container or mixed to make a new solution. Bleach that has been diluted in water will weaken over a period of just 24 hours.
If your cleaning solution is omitting a smell other than the original scent of the cleaner (some cleaners start out smelling funny such as vinegar and ammonia) than it is probably a good time to say goodbye to it.
Both powder and liquid type cleansers should be smooth when first purchased. If these items begin to form clumps with time it is a sign that they are past their prime and they should be replaced. Cleaners with clumps can actually pose danger to the user especially cleaners that foam when liquid is added as it can possibly make the chunk into a projectile object.
If a cleaner is anything other than the original color when you bought it, it has more than likely lost its cleaning power and could be potentially unsafe.
It is a best practice to keep cleaners in their original containers as much as possible, unless the instructions state otherwise or you are mixing a safe homemade solution. If the packaging on the outside is damaged the product on the inside more than likely is as well it is safest just to buy a new cleaner.
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Spring Branch is bordered by 610 Loop to the east, I-10 to the south, Beltway 8 to the west, and Clay and highway 290 to the north. It is near other districts, such as Downton Houston, Uptown Houston, the Memorial City district, Westchase and the Energy Corridor. Spring Branch started as a German farmer settlement in 1830, where Germans opened sawmills to cut area timber. In the mid-1950s the creation of a Spring Branch municipality failed. In the mid-to-late 20th century, Spring Branch has a rural suburban character with dirt roads and horses in the area. Currently, it is one of the oldest neighborhoods in town and there are strong Hispanic and Korean communities.
Spring Branch is known for the several bayous that run through the community, such as Brickhouse Gully, Spring Branch and Briar Branch, which drain into Buffalo Bayou in central Houston. There are also multiple parks, such as Agnes Moffit Park with a swimming pool and a golf course and Freed Park and Community Center, with an indoor gymnasium and a hike and bicycle trail.
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In the early 19th century Mohammed Ali, founder of the final Egyptian dynasty, established an Imaret – a religious, educational and charitable institution – in his hometown of Kavala. Until 1902, it functioned as an Islamic seminary, since until 1846 the education of Muslims was directly linked to religion.
The word "Imaret" derives from the Arabic word "imara", which means "construction". More specifically, it comes from the Arabic root AMR and is comprised of the words ΄amr (life) and isti'mar (the development of a region/place). An Imaret (külliye) is a complex of buildings that is comprised of a market, mosque and other charitable institutions. In Turkish, the kitchens of such an institution, which offered food to the poor, were also considered part of the Imaret. The core idea of the Imaret is life itself and its result is consolidation and growth. As Muslims characteristically say: "The Imaret is the heart of Islam's growth, around which culture blossoms".
The Kavala Imaret contains a total of two medreses (seminaries), two dershane-mescit (large domed prayer rooms), a maktab (an elementary school for boys), an Imaret (soup kitchen and home for the poor regardless of religion) and the offices of the management.
From the end of 1922 the spaces of the Imaret were used to house refugees. Later, it was converted into a museum, cafeteria and restaurant. In 2001, the Egyptian state gave it to a private entrepreneur so it could be fully restored and converted into a luxury hotel.
You can visit the public areas of the monument by taking part in a guided tour that lasts for about 45 minutes and which are held every day, except Tuesday and Wednesday.
30-32 Theodorou Poulidou St
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Guided tours take place every day except Tuesday and Wednesday, from 10:00 to 14:00.
Each tour starts every hour and lasts approximately 45 minutes.
Ticket prices are 8 euros and 5 euros (for pupils, students, unemployed, disabled)
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Leeds United left-back Barry Douglas has thanked Leeds United fans for their messages of support after he was ruled out for the rest of the Championship season .
Scans have confirmed that the injury Douglas suffered in the second half of Leeds' 3-2 win over Millwall was a ruptured medial knee ligament which has a two-to-three month layoff time.
That means he will have to watch Leeds' final promotion push from the sidelines.
Following the news, Douglas has taken to Twitter to respond to the diagnosis.
"Not how I wanted my season to end but unfortunately for me that's sometimes football, thanks for all the messages of support I really appreciate them and will use them to help me come back stronger," he posted on the social media site.
Douglas played through the pain against the Lions at a sold out Elland Road, providing an assist for Luke Ayling's equaliser as Leeds claimed a win which helped vault them back over Sheffield United and into the automatic promotion spots.
The 29-year-old has turned out 27 times for Marcelo Bielsa's men this term, notching up five assists, but he has struggled to nail down a place in the first-team in 2019 following another injury he suffered against Nottingham Forest on New YEar's Day.


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My office is a mess. There, I said it. As they say, to fix a problem, you need to recognize that you have one.
I have a stand-up desk that has gone unused for days because the papers covering it will fall all over the place if I raise it. With hard-stop deadlines looming on multiple fronts, I can't concentrate, can't get any work done, can't get through that to-do list faster than I add to it. I'm starting to panic. Even my desktop is overflowing with digital files and folders. Deep down, I sense that I would be more productive if I just cleaned up my office.
Intuition is great, but I wanted to see if there was any truth to the idea that an uncluttered office boosts productivity.
What is the psychology behind the idea that a clean office will make you more productive, or even, that a clean, clutter-free home and workspace makes you happier?
The naysayers out there will point to Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs, and Mark Twain, all of whom were notorious for having messy and cluttered desks. I guess if you consider yourself on par with the creative genius of these guys, you can probably stop reading. For the rest of us, however, carry on.
Great advice, but what about my office?
In a Huffington Post article touting the psychological benefits of what is actually called "Kondoing" your space, tidiness can help many stay focused and organized, relieving stress. Can't we all do with a little less stress?
Researchers at the Princeton University Neuroscience Institute concluded that when your environment is cluttered, the chaos of that cluttered environment interferes with your ability to focus and process information. Published in "The Journal of Neuroscience," their results showed that constant clutter is distracting, frustrating, and stressful. Many studies show a link between clutter and anxiety and depression.
So the answer is yes—clean that office!
The secret of Kondo's method is to "start by discarding. Then organize your space, thoroughly, completely, in one go." Read her book, and you'll be spending the weekend gathering all of your clothes (then books, then papers) from every nook and cranny of your house, sorting them by function, and spreading them out on the floor. One by one you'll pick up each item and intuit whether it brings you joy or not. Those that bring joy are kept; anything that does not bring joy absolutely must go. Before you know it, 80 to 90 percent of the clutter that surrounds you will be gone.
Now in an office, you may have to alter the idea of an object bringing joy. Those budget worksheets may not bring me joy, but I might need them. Criteria aside, I'm fascinated by the idea of purging and organizing in one big, earthshattering session—once and for all. Kondo insists that if you do it her way, it will transform your life.
Looking around my office, with just one room to tend, I think how long could it take? Most of what I have to deal with is paper. Although there is all that digital clutter, too . . . But there's no dearth of advice on how to manage all that paper and digital information, post-purge. I imagine feeling transformed, feeling freer, happier, calmer—and ready to get through that to-do list in no time.
Take a deep breath, clean your office, and conquer the world!


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It has been over 13 years since Jerry Williams, president of MSU, was diagnosed with Polymyositis, sometimes simply referred to as Myositis. It took 2 1/2 years for him to obtain a true diagnosis due to the rarity of myositis, but was misdiagnosed with many other disorders in the meantime. What happened due to the misdiagnosis? It allowed myositis to weaken his muscles to the point where he was in a wheelchair for over a year and used devices like walkers and canes to help him get around, lived in chronic pain each and every day with little relief from medications, and tore apart his social life as many of friends didn't understand or were not able to "deal" with the complicated life he was living now. This all started for him at the age of 27.
Jerry, always the work-a-holic, was no longer able to work and had to go on Social Security Disability to help cover the expenses of daily living. Of course, the amount per month he received was nowhere near enough to cover expenses he needed, but he was lucky as his husband was able to work, therefore making his financial situation easier. While we have heard many sad stories of husbands, boyfriends, wives, and girlfriends, leaving their partner who was going through the same thing as him, Jerry's husband stayed and together they learned new ways of living.
After being diagnosed, Jerry went through extensive testing, and over the years, has tried almost every treatment option available with no help with his condition. Finally, about a year ago (2015), he was placed on Tacrolimus and is now doing better. But, throughout the years, Jerry has had numerous complications resulting in seizures, bowel perforation, blood disorders, strokes, steroid-included diabetes, and osteopenia, living on IV nutrition awhile due to massive weight loss, and other health challenges resulting in many hospitalizations. Although, one of the first and most debilitating symptoms he has faced is pain, which he struggles with each and every day.
Jerry is thankful that with having Medicare and a supplement that pays the balance, his insurance covered it all. This, unfortunately, is not the case with every patient. Prior to the ACA (Affordable Care Act), many patients were reaching their lifetime limits on private insurance at very young ages causing them to go into massive debt just to get the health care they deserved.
We share this very short version of Jerry's complicated and painful story because it is common among those living with this rare, chronic, autoimmune disease that seems to always take away from the patients lives, leaving them physically, emotionally, and financially distraught.
Myositis Support and Understanding Association, Inc. (MSU) provides the help patients need. MSU is a relatively young 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization that was founded by Jerry after years of operating a Facebook support group and with dreams of one day starting a nonprofit that will help all myositis patients, including polymyositis, dermatomyositis, inclusion body myositis, and the juvenile forms of poly-and dermatomyositis. Jerry began researching and learning all he could about the forms of myositis. Thankfully, he had help forming the nonprofit by author and now MSU advisor, Emily Filmore, and board member emeritus, Sandy Block, who have also helped make MSU what it is today.
In the short history of MSU, founded in May of 2015, we have come a long way. We now operate 3 Facebook support groups, one for all myositis patients, one for family members and friends of someone with myositis, and a group specifically for IBM patients and their caregivers as they often have different needs than the patients with other forms. We have also set up our financial assistance program, and we provide information, on request, by sending out brochures and information cards. Our next set of goals expands upon our education program and outreach efforts.
So, why are we telling you all of this? Well, there are a couple of reasons. First, to advise you that while myositis may have you down a lot of the time, you can still help make a difference in the Myositis community by joining MSU as a group administrator, a volunteer, or as a Board Member. Currently, MSU is made up entirely of patients. But, we want to stress that you do NOT have to have myositis to join us on the board, or in any other official capacity. We would love to bring on family members and friends to help bring the board new ideas and implementation of new programs and services.
The second reason we tell you this is to ask for your help. While we keep our expenses low, we require contributions to help keep MSU up and running, to continue the programs we have started, to have the funding to provide financial assistance to patients and to create and fund new programs and services.
We hope, with this very short story, you can see now that we can all make a difference in some way and our hope is that you will get involved!
Dale, Thank you. It has been a long, tough road. I am happy to send you information about the financial assistance program. Program information and application can be found at https://understandingmyositis.org/programs/financial-assistance-program/ I will also email this information to you. Thank you and keep fighting.
Thank you so much for Jerry's amazing and inspiring story and all of this information. At some point I hope to do more than take information from you. Right now it is all I can do. I want to ask how to apply for financial assistance to help me with drug costs. Can you forward some information to me?


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Restorying Your Life
by Judy Wolf
Have you ever wished that you could live a different life? Or felt tired of the story you were telling about the one you have? When we cast ourselves as a desperate victim, angry instigator, or caterer to everyone else's whims and needs, we may not realize it, but we quickly wear a groove for ourselves that soon feels like a rut. When that happens, it's time to consider 'restorying' our lives.
Getting Out of Your Life Story Rut
I have identified myself as a writer since before I can remember. I recognized early on that as a result of this identity, I moved through the world in a distinctive way, which grew from noticing all the various stories and perspectives that could come out of a single event. This awareness laid the foundation for what may have been the most important moment of my life: the one in which I came to understand the profound power of story in a new and applied way as the result of a single comment from my mother.
As a brief background, my parents divorced when I was 13. At that less-enlightened time, kids were typically assigned to live with one parent over the other, usually the mother. As the primary parent in our lives, my mother – intentionally or unintentionally, and despite all her years of mental health training and her position as a skilled and well-respected psychotherapist – used her unfettered access to zealously over-share her perspective, none of which was positive when it came to my father.
For years, I heard more detail than any kid should learn about my father's faults and sins, according to my mother. I had my own youthful complaints and power struggles with him, of course, so it all dovetailed for me. I absorbed it all and wove it into the story of my life, shaping the tormented tales I would tell new boyfriends as we dove into one another's angsty teenage depths.
And then one summer day during college after my father had just driven hours in his van to pull me out of a bad situation, my mother said, "That's one thing about your father. No matter how much you tried to push him away, no matter how difficult you made it, he has never given up, never disappeared. It would have been easy to do. But he didn't. He has always been there."
That characterization of my father turned my entire life story on its head.
From that one thread, I spent years weaving an entirely new life tapestry – and in the process transformed my relationship to both myself and my father. I called the phenomenon that allowed this transformation to take place 'restorying my life,' having no idea whether it was an actual term – until today.
What is 'Restorying'?
It turns out that 'restorying,' while not a commonplace term, is actually used in narrative therapy, along with 're-authoring,' to describe a very similar process to the one I undertook organically. Books have been written and workshops are given about 'retelling your life story.'
The basic idea, as articulated by researchers blogging about narrative methodologies, is that the "process of 'restorying' … is performed by breaking down definable aspects of a narrative into themes or designated content (such as characters, plot, etc.) and then reforming the story and presenting it." They note that as part of this process, we "extrapolate the components of the narrative that we find of particular interest, and then reform the 'same' story by highlighting these aspects and ultimately downplaying others. Essentially, through the process of dissecting a narrative and retelling it, we have altered the composition to such an extent that it is no longer the same story… The content is forever altered."
This act of restructuring the original story – all the multiple layers of fact and perspective – is where both the problem and the power reside.
Here's where things get really interesting.
It may seem like the life story you've told yourself for so long is set in stone, based on a solid foundation of "fact," but that's simply not how our brains work.
When it comes to autobiographical memory, we do not hold every nuance of an event or series of events in our brains as an intact whole. Rather, we retain only the most significant (to us) details and store those in various parts of our memory, to be woven together later, with us filling in the gaps with generalizations, assumptions, and outside information.
To complicate things, it turns out that the details we selectively store in memory about an event are influenced from the outset by our perspective and biases – the story we are already telling ourselves about the world as we go into any given situation.
And to make it even murkier, the story we tell ourselves or others afterward about the event changes our memory of the event itself.
Not to mention all the details we are unaware of at the time, for example, the back stories and internal experiences of all the other characters in the mix.
How to Retell Your Story
Now that you know all this, how can you use it to broaden and change your own perspective or story?
Start by stepping back and seeing the original story through detached eyes. Listen to yourself tell it. Write it down. Look at it as if it was a fairy tale, a movie, a story in a book. How would you describe each of the characters in it? Is there a hero or heroine? Is there a villain? Is there a victim? Who gets blamed and for what? Who has power? How do the characters feel about one another? What motivation(s) does each of the characters have for their actions? What are the reasons given for each of these dynamics? What might you be missing? Looking at things from this detached vantage point, what details got left out of your original retelling?
Now start playing with perspective. Retell the story from another character's viewpoint. This may reveal points of dissonance that will be useful to examine, as they are likely places where the story you've been telling has been artificially narrowed to more conveniently fit your own overarching narrative. Turn characters around and look at their under-emphasized characteristics – for example, what are the hero's warts? What are the witch's strengths and good qualities? What have 'bad' characters done right and 'good' characters done wrong?
You don't have to condone behaviors (unless you choose to); just dig for their context from a perspective of shared and imperfect humanity. Why? The richer and more complex you can allow your characters to become, the more you free yourself from the fetters of your original storyline.
Next, decide who you want to be in your own life, and weave together details from your autobiography that support that perspective. You can add to the story by actively seeking out examples in your daily life going forward that support that perspective.
It may feel false at first (after all, you've become very comfortable with the narrative you've been telling to date, so that version feels like "truth"), but as long as you're piecing together incidents that actually occurred, just retold in a different voice or with a different plot line – and reinforcing your new perspective by acting in ways that align with it going forward – the retelling will settle in and begin to feel comfortable more quickly than you might expect.
If your experience is anything like mine, at some point in revising your storyline, you will realize that the most important character you have rewritten is yourself. By allowing yourself to become as rich and complex as every other character in your story, you will inevitably come to treat yourself with greater compassion, understanding, and good humor as you fumble forward, forging your path.
P.S. Depending on the nature of your various life events, the process of engaging in this sort of deep work may benefit from the support of a skilled and compassionate counselor. Please be sure to take care of yourself as you take this journey.
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Q: Accessing images in a .JAR file I have a set of 5 images in my program. The program will be compiled as a single .JAR file, so they need to be read from it as such. However, when I make a call like
images = new ArrayPP<ImageIcon>(
          new ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("/bha/resources/Portal Test Chamber 17 - Part 1.png")),
          new ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("/bha/resources/Portal Test Chamber 17 - Part 2.png")),
          new ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("/bha/resources/Portal Test Chamber 17 - Part 3.png")),
          new ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("/bha/resources/revit logo - glass.png")),
          new ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("/bha/resources/The All-Knowing Octopus.png")));

which works for the icons in JMenuItems (for example, jMenuItem.setIcon(new javax.swing.ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("/bha/resources/icon.png"))); will always work) and when testing in an IDE, but returns as null when compiled as a JAR file.

A: Given that getResource returns a URL, i'm guessing that it's not liking the spaces. As a test, i'd try doing
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Jayson Tatum hits first-career game-winner over R.J. Barrett, Boston Celtics defeat New York Knicks
Jayson Tatum knocked down his first-career game-winner just over the outstretched hand of rookie R.J. Barrett as the Celtics edged the Knicks at the buzzer.
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Jayson Tatum had only taken three shots with under 10 seconds on the clock and the game on the line in his young career thus far.
He was 1-for-2 on shots to tie the game at the buzzer and 0-for-1 on shots to win the game.
The one-make sent a regular season contest against the Washington Wizards to overtime in his rookie season. His only other game-winning, buzzer-beater shot attempt came in that very same game, as the rookie forward missed a 3-pointer as time expired.
The Boston Celtics' last-second win over the New York Knicks wrote another chapter in the book of Tatum's promising start to his career as he got his first-career game-winner to fall.
This Celtics-Knicks game was a dog fight. There was 24 lead changes and 10 ties, with 10 of those lead changes and four of those ties coming in the fourth quarter alone.
Celtics guard Kemba Walker was incredible again, going for 33 points, six rebounds and five assists, including 12 points in the fourth quarter to keep Boston's winning hopes alive. He dueled it out with former Celtic Marcus Morris, who went for 29 points and nine rebounds in his first return to Boston.
Tatum had it going the entire contest, scoring 24 points on his most efficient game of the season shooting 9-for-17 (52.9%) from the field and 4-for-8 (50.0%) from beyond the arc. He also had a clutch eight points in the fourth quarter, including his game-winning 3-ball.
R.J. Barrett's efficiency wasn't there, shooting 5-for-17 (29.4%) from the field, but he had a solid stat line of 15 points, seven rebounds and five assists, including some tough defence on the shot that decided the outcome of the game.
The Knicks were trailing by three points with under five seconds to go when Morris buried a clutch 3-pointer to tie things up against his old squad.
After a timeout, the Celtics went straight to Tatum on the inbounds play with Barrett on his back. Tatum squared himself to the rookie before hitting him with a quick swing and hard dribble to create some space, rising up over Barrett's outstretched hand to knock down the game-winner.
⏪ The final sequence of the Celtics/Knicks game ft. former Celtic, Marcus Morris Sr., and Jayson Tatum 👀 pic.twitter.com/vJDAuXsJbE
After the game, Tatum had some fun joking around about his former teammate, stating that he wish he had hit the game-winner over him.
Jayson Tatum called Marcus Morris like a big brother to him: "I kind of wish I hit that shot over him."
- Jay King (@ByJayKing) November 2, 2019
Boston has now won four-consecutive games and stands in at 4-1 on the season. The Knicks fall to 1-5 and have lost two in a row.