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100 Things to See in the Kimberley
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The Kimberley is one of Australia's last untamed wilderness areas. It's nearly twice the size of Victoria yet is home to six million less people and about 5 percent of the roads. This is a land of extreme beauty, extreme weather and extreme wonder. To travel here is an adventure, however you do it. And to make the most of it you need the ultimate guide.
100 Things to See in the Kimberley is the culmination of a life spent exploring the Kimberley. Written by Scotty Connell, Kununurra local and award-winning tour guide, the 180-page book takes readers to some of Scotty's favourite places across the north west of Australia, from stunning, fern-lined pools, to incredible waterfalls and through wonders found nowhere else on Earth.
Unlike many guides written about the Kimberley, this one was penned by a local who spends nearly every day searching out its secrets. A5 in size, it's designed to fit in a backpack or a glove box, rather than be left on a coffee table. Each page has space for the reader to make their own notes; each of the places are mapped out in the front and all are included in the order you'll come across them if you begin an adventure in Broome.
Not specifically a camping or driving guide to the Kimberley, 100 Things to See in the Kimberley was written for anyone coming to the Kimberley who wants to experience as much of the region as possible without moving there. It is just as useful to travellers towing a caravan as it is to those taking a chopper between remote coastal stations. In the foreword by Nick 'The Honey Badger' Cummins, he says "This book gives you a taste of the experiences that await you in this geographical masterpiece, and just some of the passion that Scotty has for the place."
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Good local info. Nice pics ???????? - by Caroline Wilkins
Easy to follow with useful info on each place. Like the local tips in each section. Good size for the glovebox too. Made planning pretty easy with the maps and seeing where each place was in relation to everywhere else
Great Kimberley guide - by Dan Peters
Grabbed this book for our trip to the Kimberley and it's been awesome. We didn't get to all 100, but being able to read through and choose our must do's made the trip so easy. If you're going to the Kimberley, this is a must have! Dan.
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package com.google.gerrit.acceptance.testsuite.account;

import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkState;

import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Account;
import com.google.gerrit.server.ServerInitiated;
import com.google.gerrit.server.account.AccountState;
import com.google.gerrit.server.account.Accounts;
import com.google.gerrit.server.account.AccountsUpdate;
import com.google.gerrit.server.account.InternalAccountUpdate;
import com.google.gerrit.server.account.externalids.ExternalId;
import com.google.gerrit.server.notedb.Sequences;
import com.google.inject.Inject;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Optional;
import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.ConfigInvalidException;

/**
 * The implementation of {@code AccountOperations}.
 *
 * <p>There is only one implementation of {@code AccountOperations}. Nevertheless, we keep the
 * separation between interface and implementation to enhance clarity.
 */
public class AccountOperationsImpl implements AccountOperations {
  private final Accounts accounts;
  private final AccountsUpdate accountsUpdate;
  private final Sequences seq;

  @Inject
  public AccountOperationsImpl(
      Accounts accounts, @ServerInitiated AccountsUpdate accountsUpdate, Sequences seq) {
    this.accounts = accounts;
    this.accountsUpdate = accountsUpdate;
    this.seq = seq;
  }

  @Override
  public PerAccountOperations account(Account.Id accountId) {
    return new PerAccountOperationsImpl(accountId);
  }

  @Override
  public TestAccountCreation.Builder newAccount() {
    return TestAccountCreation.builder(this::createAccount);
  }

  private Account.Id createAccount(TestAccountCreation accountCreation) throws Exception {
    AccountsUpdate.AccountUpdater accountUpdater =
        (account, updateBuilder) ->
            fillBuilder(updateBuilder, accountCreation, account.getAccount().getId());
    AccountState createdAccount = createAccount(accountUpdater);
    return createdAccount.getAccount().getId();
  }

  private AccountState createAccount(AccountsUpdate.AccountUpdater accountUpdater)
      throws IOException, ConfigInvalidException {
    Account.Id accountId = new Account.Id(seq.nextAccountId());
    return accountsUpdate.insert("Create Test Account", accountId, accountUpdater);
  }

  private static void fillBuilder(
      InternalAccountUpdate.Builder builder,
      TestAccountCreation accountCreation,
      Account.Id accountId) {
    accountCreation.fullname().ifPresent(builder::setFullName);
    accountCreation.preferredEmail().ifPresent(e -> setPreferredEmail(builder, accountId, e));
    String httpPassword = accountCreation.httpPassword().orElse(null);
    accountCreation.username().ifPresent(u -> setUsername(builder, accountId, u, httpPassword));
    accountCreation.status().ifPresent(builder::setStatus);
    accountCreation.active().ifPresent(builder::setActive);
  }

  private static InternalAccountUpdate.Builder setPreferredEmail(
      InternalAccountUpdate.Builder builder, Account.Id accountId, String preferredEmail) {
    return builder
        .setPreferredEmail(preferredEmail)
        .addExternalId(ExternalId.createEmail(accountId, preferredEmail));
  }

  private static InternalAccountUpdate.Builder setUsername(
      InternalAccountUpdate.Builder builder,
      Account.Id accountId,
      String username,
      String httpPassword) {
    return builder.addExternalId(ExternalId.createUsername(username, accountId, httpPassword));
  }

  private class PerAccountOperationsImpl implements PerAccountOperations {
    private final Account.Id accountId;

    PerAccountOperationsImpl(Account.Id accountId) {
      this.accountId = accountId;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean exists() {
      return getAccountState(accountId).isPresent();
    }

    @Override
    public TestAccount get() {
      AccountState account =
          getAccountState(accountId)
              .orElseThrow(
                  () -> new IllegalStateException("Tried to get non-existing test account"));
      return toTestAccount(account);
    }

    private Optional<AccountState> getAccountState(Account.Id accountId) {
      try {
        return accounts.get(accountId);
      } catch (IOException | ConfigInvalidException e) {
        throw new IllegalStateException(e);
      }
    }

    private TestAccount toTestAccount(AccountState accountState) {
      Account account = accountState.getAccount();
      return TestAccount.builder()
          .accountId(account.getId())
          .preferredEmail(Optional.ofNullable(account.getPreferredEmail()))
          .fullname(Optional.ofNullable(account.getFullName()))
          .username(accountState.getUserName())
          .active(accountState.getAccount().isActive())
          .build();
    }

    @Override
    public TestAccountUpdate.Builder forUpdate() {
      return TestAccountUpdate.builder(this::updateAccount);
    }

    private void updateAccount(TestAccountUpdate accountUpdate)
        throws IOException, ConfigInvalidException {
      AccountsUpdate.AccountUpdater accountUpdater =
          (account, updateBuilder) -> fillBuilder(updateBuilder, accountUpdate, accountId);
      Optional<AccountState> updatedAccount = updateAccount(accountUpdater);
      checkState(updatedAccount.isPresent(), "Tried to update non-existing test account");
    }

    private Optional<AccountState> updateAccount(AccountsUpdate.AccountUpdater accountUpdater)
        throws IOException, ConfigInvalidException {
      return accountsUpdate.update("Update Test Account", accountId, accountUpdater);
    }

    private void fillBuilder(
        InternalAccountUpdate.Builder builder,
        TestAccountUpdate accountUpdate,
        Account.Id accountId) {
      accountUpdate.fullname().ifPresent(builder::setFullName);
      accountUpdate.preferredEmail().ifPresent(e -> setPreferredEmail(builder, accountId, e));
      String httpPassword = accountUpdate.httpPassword().orElse(null);
      accountUpdate.username().ifPresent(u -> setUsername(builder, accountId, u, httpPassword));
      accountUpdate.status().ifPresent(builder::setStatus);
      accountUpdate.active().ifPresent(builder::setActive);
    }
  }
}

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Quote - The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money
Wed, 04/07/2018 - 12:46pm — Carol
"The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money.
Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. Those were the kind of boots Vimes always bought, and wore until the soles were so thin that he could tell where he was in Ankh-Morpork on a foggy night by the feel of the cobbles.
But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that'd still be keeping his feet dry in ten years' time, while the poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet.
This was the Captain Samuel Vimes 'Boots' theory of socioeconomic unfairness."
Musings...
Glimpse at inflation over 40 years...
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Fascinating glimpse at inflation over 40 years. H/T @sam_a_voice pic.twitter.com/M0DfR0nL6T
— Mark Sparrow (@MarkGSparrow) March 8, 2014
and on shorter timescales
@MarkGSparrow @gerry_4 this is interesting too x pic.twitter.com/2ZycP1pjjO
— Dr Tig Calvert (@sam_a_voice) March 8, 2014
Choosing 'Europe's most dangerous financial product'
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Interesting In praise of... in the Guardian
In praise of… Sven Giegold
Go to dangerous-finance.eu to vote on the continent's most toxic new offerings
Mr James O'Brien - holding Iain Duncan-Smith to account - and he really doesn't like it!
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Listen to the amazing exchange in full below
listen to 'Iain Duncan-Smith's Explosive Row With James O'Brien' on Audioboo
It's abundantly clar that Iain Duncan-Smith has no idea of what the Court of Appeal actually ruled nor about the fact that Caitlin Reilly was required to give up a more relevant piece of work experience (she did not 'volunteer' to for work experience entirely unsuited to getting her paid work).
Neo-Liberalism at its finest...?
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So, the top man at Thomas Cook trousers £15m in 'hard earned and decent' (my sarcasm) bonuses over the last couple of years and now Thomas Cook is in dire trouble and planning to lay off thousands. Well thank goodness for Free markets. Nurses, teachers and other public servants must have their pensions cut, but goold old chief executives must have huge payouts even in times of trouble. We're all in it together of course....
Russell's Blog
Learning the right lessons
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Clarity on the meaning of equity is a precondition for an appeal to equity – or at least it ought to be. There have been many recent appeals for more equity (or at least no less) in arbitration, in federal procedure, in environmental law, in international law, and, most naturally, in sentencing.
There is even an argument that maintaining the health of equity is a constitutional obligation. It is not uncommon for these appeals to make some attempt to define what is meant by equity, usually through an argument based on history or authority, particularly that of Aristotle. Given the place of precedent in our system, history is clearly not only of antiquarian interest. Sometimes contemporary appeals to equity also assume a kind of analysis of equity, namely that there is an essential concept of the equitable, which, again, is generally assumed to have been first discovered by Aristotle.
Aristotle's account of equity has been received into the legal tradition many times and this reception is ongoing today.
Aristotelian equity is not primarily legal.
There is no unified concept of equity.
The primary aspects of equity have metaphysical grounds.


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Swenson, Swante Magnus
Swenson, Swante Magnus (1816–1896)
By: Richard W. Moore
Type: Biography
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Swante (Svante, Sven, Swen) Magnus Swenson (Svenson), entrepreneur, founder of the SMS Ranches, and first Swedish immigrant to Texas, was born at Lättarp, Barkeryds Parish, Jönköping, Sweden, on February 24, 1816, the son of Margreta and Anders (Andrew) Swenson. After clerking in a store for a time, he migrated to America in 1836. Most accounts of his life say his ship burned upon his arrival in New York harbor, thus he came ashore with nothing more than the clothes on his back. He stayed briefly in the city, working as a store clerk and learning English, then worked as a railroad bookkeeper in Baltimore, Maryland, before arriving in Texas in 1838. There he was employed by John Adriance of Columbia, who operated a large mercantile business. Adriance supplied goods which Swenson peddled from a ambulance-type carriage bearing the sign Columbus Supply House. While making his rounds Swenson became friends with Dr. George Long, who owned a plantation near Richmond. Long was in poor health and convinced Swenson to become his overseer. After the doctor's death in 1842, the widowed Jeanette Long returned to Tennessee to visit relatives, and Swenson took charge of the plantation. In 1843 Swenson bought a neighboring plantation, and on December 12, 1843, he married Jeanette Long. Although Swenson used slave labor on the Louisiana plantations, he was basically opposed to the system and foresaw its imminent downfall. His views on the matter may have been one of the reasons behind his efforts to encourage Swedish immigration to Texas, which he began in 1847 on a trip to Sweden during which he offered to pay the fares of several immigrants in exchange for a year of their labor on his plantations. He continued this work throughout his life; after the Civil War he, his uncle Swante Palm (Swen Jaensson), and a brother in Sweden began running an informal Swedish immigration service often referred to as the "Swedish pipeline" (see SWEDES).
By 1850 Swenson had moved to Austin and established a mercantile business with Palm. Shortly after the move, Swenson's wife died of tuberculosis in Tennessee; the couple had had no children. While running the store Swenson continued to buy land; he submitted newspaper ads announcing that he would pay top dollar for headright certificates. In 1854 he invested in the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway, which gained him 100,000 acres of land in northwestern and western Texas. He eventually became one of the largest landowners in Texas. In 1851 Swenson married Susan McReady; they had four children, including two sons, Eric Pierson and Swen Albin, who ran the SMS Ranch on the West Texas lands Swenson had acquired. While in Austin Swenson served two terms (in 1852 and 1856) as a county commissioner, and in 1853 he became the first treasurer of the State Agricultural Society. He also expanded his mercantile business beyond the city limits, using his string of freight wagons to sell supplies to outlying forts.
During the secession crisis, Swenson, who opposed both northern and southern radicalism, agreed to help Governor Sam Houston in an attempt to prevent Texas secession; Swenson was to raise supplies for an independent Texas army and in 1861 was promised a commission as quartermaster-general on Houston's staff, a position with the rank of colonel. When the effort failed, Swenson, who by this time had sold all his slaves, remained in Texas but vowed that he would not aid the South and that he would never take up arms against the United States. Despite his Unionism, Swenson was allowed for a time to continue his business in Austin, and, acting as an agent for the Swedish government, he arranged for the exportation of Texas cotton abroad. Though Governor Francis R. Lubbock allowed Swenson to leave the state several times, his travel caused a great outcry among politically powerful secessionists. In the fall of 1863 Swenson, in fear for his life, transferred ownership of his Austin store to relatives and fled to Monterrey, Mexico, where he stayed until late in the summer of 1864, when he went to Sweden to visit his mother. According to some accounts, upon his return he met briefly with President Abraham Lincoln and spoke with him about Texas and the Union.
By 1865 Swenson had gone to New Orleans and set up a large mercantile business in partnership with William Perkins; he also purchased a sugar plantation. Later that year he took his family to live in New York City, where he established the financial house of Swenson Perkins Company. After dissolving the Perkins partnership, Swenson established the banking house of S. M. Swenson and Sons. When this business was discontinued, he became a large depositor in the National City Bank, later the First National City Bank of New York. Though he lived the last thirty years of his life in New York, he maintained his ties to Texas, operating a clearinghouse for Texas products, continuing his work as a cotton agent, and regularly visiting his extensive land holdings. In 1891 he presented his large collection of ancient coins to the University of Texas, where they were displayed at the Texas Memorial Museum. Swenson died on June 13, 1896, in Brooklyn, New York, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx.
August Anderson, Hyphenated, or The Life Story of S. M. Swenson (Austin: Steck, 1916). Mary Whatley Clarke, The Swenson Saga and the SMS Ranches (Austin: Jenkins, 1976). National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. 12. Gail Swenson, S. M. Swenson and the Development of the SMS Ranches (M.A. thesis, University of Texas, 1960). Swen Magnus Swenson Papers and Swenson-Palm Letter Book (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin).
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Richard W. Moore, "Swenson, Swante Magnus," Handbook of Texas Online, accessed January 19, 2022, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/swenson-swante-magnus.
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Southeast Governors Vow Not To Abandon Nnamdi Kanu
Olugbenga Ige
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The Southeast Governors Forum has vowed not to abandon the leader of the Indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.
Kanu has not been seen since the military allegedly invaded his home in Abia two weeks ago.
Chairman of the forum, Dave Umahi, said despite the proscription of the group, the forum will continue to appeal to the agitators on the need to subscribe to One Nigeria.
Umahi said, "Our situation is different from Boko Haram situation. But if anybody believes that we will abandon those boys, it is not true.
"We will still be appealing to them to come back to their leaders, let us sit down and discuss. Kanu somehow raised awareness on this restructuring issue. We must give it to him.
"We are not going to throw him away; we will still find a way; we will be appealing to the federal government for forgiveness.
"They're our brothers and sisters and it's a question of getting them to a better level of understanding and partnership."
Speaking on the carrying of the Biafran flag and other pro-secession items, He said: "There's no nation inside a nation. Even if you want Biafra, you have to get it first; become a nation before you start putting up your flag, owning your own secret service and so on and so forth."
Olugbenga Ige is an alumnus of The Polytechnic, Ibadan and the prestigious AAUA. Gbenga is an experienced reporter at Concise News, a new media enthusiast, and fine-grained media influencer.
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Today, The Vintage Pearl is giving away two $50 gift certificates so that you can pick a custom piece (or two!) of your choice! Simply leave a comment below—about anything—to enter! You can get extra entries for tweeting, pinning, and/or facebooking the giveaway, so just leave another comment with your link(s)—one comment per link—and you'll be entered.
Update // Winners: #52 of 119 - Lindsay B, and #119 of 119 - Rachael F!
The fine print: Giveaway open internationally. Giveaway ends at midnight on Sunday, October 13 and the winners (two) will be announced via email and in this post. This giveaway was sponsored by The Vintage Pearl.
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I love the birthstone rings!
I'd love the birthstone rings for my boys - it would make a really cool Christmas gift for my momma!
Ok - I found the gotcha day necklace - DYING! What a neat gift for those who are or have adopted?! I'm an adopted kiddo myself, and I just think that "gotcha day" is the best! I put it on my FB and tagged your FB page, but I don't know how to add the link? I'm sorry! Please count it!
I would love the leather cuff for my fiance. He loves those kinds of things! I love what you did with the birthstone rings, it's so sweet.
I've been lusting over the the wrap ring for a while but I love your open heart ring too!
I love, love, love those initial rings! So cute!
Um this is adorable. I want to know how the photos went!! Call me biased, but I think my school photos were pretty darn cute... though I did have a few bad years!
Shoot, Carlye I'll BUY you a special piece... you deserve it, lady!
Oh that makes me so happy! It's unique... I've never seen another ring like it so I'm so glad you like it. What did you get written on yours?
THANKS FOR SHARING ALEXANDREA! PS> I'm allergic to most kinds of jewelry too... it's so nice to find a company that does real metal!
Oh no no no, I'm sorry to confuse you... I meant that I love right-hand rings so much, but not as much as my wedding ring. My wedding ring is from Jeff Cooper :) Sorry to mix it all up!
So fun! Very glad you like their jewelry :) Good luck!
THANKS FOR SHARING KRISTIN! GOOD LUCK!
oHHHHHH... no! Not yet! I meant "ours" as in wedding date. Ha... oops!
That's a perfect way to celebrate!
Oh that's such a wonderful way to remember each year. What a beautiful tradition!
Thanks for the giveaway! All the items on the Vintage Pearl site are GORGEOUS!
I agree with you. I love having a go-to silver ring for my bare fingers.
Good luck at your race.
THANKS CHRISTY! Sunday's the day... can't believe it's here already!
Lovin the initial rings for couples!
Love personalized jewelry! Definitely bookmarking some of these for Christmas gifts!
I really love vintage style - and your blog is great :) have a good run tomorrow!
I love the little owls and the his and hers rings!
Thanks a bunch, Kitti! Best of luck!
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Adoption a 'sensitive topic'
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Katinka Pieterse.PHOTO: Nomzamo Yuku
Different stakeholders in the social services joined hands to celebrate and recognise the role played by relevant organisations at an event held at Common Ground Church in Rondebosch on Friday 26
The event was organised by the Western Cape Adoption Coalition. More than 50 social workers from across Cape Town attended. Speakers mostly touched on the challenges affecting adoption processes and how to address them while calling on the social workers to continue doing their "good work".
On her opening address, Dr Lesley Corrie, from the provincial department of social development said the process of adoption has become a sensitive topic over the years yet the statistics show a consistent decline.
She said there are still certain stakeholders opposing adoption, based on their belief that it breaks families apart instead of building them.
Corrie said this is, however, in contradiction with the records as there are more and more children on the waiting list for adoption.
Corrie spoke on the issuing of recommendation letters in the Western Cape, which takes three to five days.
"Adoption has the potential to transform lives; we would like to see the numbers grow. The department is doing what it can to supervise the processes."
Katinka Pieterse, chairperson of the National Adoption Coalition of South Africa (Nacsa) and a director of Abba Specialist Adoption and Social Services, highlighted the reasons for and trends surrounding adoption – among them being child abandonment, unplanned pregnancies, broken families and orphans. She mentioned politics, service provider obstacles, shortage of social workers, lack of knowledge and culturally based obstacles as the reasons for delays in adoptions.
Pieterse told the crowd it is for these reasons that the coalition seeks to promote adoption and build awareness in the community to create a better understanding of the process.
She also said Nacsa lobbies and advocates on behalf of the adoption sector regarding time frames, procedures and policies.
Yolande Viljoen gave a motivational talk on the day, encouraging the social workers to remember the purpose of adoption and their role in the process, and how finding a new home could change a child's life.
V For more information, visit www.adoptioncoalitionsa.org or www.abbaadoptions.co.za.
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Q: Absolute value module in Verilog returning only unknown values I am trying to implement a simple 16-bit absolute value module; however, I am only getting unknown values as output.
Below is the code that I've written:
module refabs(b, a);
input wire [15:0] a;
output reg signed [15:0] b;
    always @* begin
        b = ((a < 0) ? -a : a);
    end
endmodule

module testbench;
reg [15:0] a;
wire [15:0] b;
refabs abs(b, a);
initial begin
a = -30000;
    begin
    $display("refabs(%x) = %x", a, b);
    end
end
endmodule

The output I get is:
refabs(8ad0) = xxxx

A: In your example, the initial block executes with 0 delay without giving the always @* a chance to execute.
Either change your $display to $strobe, or add a delay before the $display statement.

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Q: how to use uploadfile that posted by jquery I have an FileUpload in my page.how can I post the selected file by this FileUpload to the host path by JQuery? I found this code in internet:
HTML
<input id="file" type="file" name="file"/>

JS
jQuery('document').ready(function(){

        var input = document.getElementById("file");
        var formdata = false;
        if (window.FormData) {
            formdata = new FormData();
        }
        input.addEventListener("change", function (evt) {

            var i = 0, len = this.files.length, img, reader, file;

            for ( ; i < len; i++ ) {
                file = this.files[i];

                if (!!file.type.match(/image.*/)) {
                    if ( window.FileReader ) {
                        reader = new FileReader();
                        reader.onloadend = function (e) {
                            //showUploadedItem(e.target.result, file.fileName);
                        };
                        reader.readAsDataURL(file);
                    }

                    if (formdata) {
                        formdata.append("image", file);
                        formdata.append("extra",'extra-data');
                    }

                    if (formdata) {
                        jQuery('div#response').html('
');

                        jQuery.ajax({
                            url: "upload.aspx/Upload",
                            type: "POST",
                            data: formdata,
                            processData: false,
                            contentType: false,
                            success: function (res) {
                             jQuery('div#response').html("Successfully uploaded");
                            }
                        });
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    alert('Not a vaild image!');
                }
            }

        }, false);

    });

The writer has wrote that"At the code level this will work as normal file upload" but I couldn't understand how.is there anybody who knows it?

A: To send that into a WebMethod, you'd still need to send the Base64 string in as JSON and you'd need to set the contentType correctly to application/json. I believe ASP.NET will simply ignore your request to upload.aspx/Upload otherwise.
Alternatively, it might be more straightforward to POST that file into an HttpHandler of your own, so you can get access to the POST data closer to the metal.


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A Sauvignon blanc representing the more tropical style. Shaped around fresh fruit aromas such as granadilla (Elgin), pear and apple (Stellenbosch) with hints of gooseberry (Paarl). The palate expresses great purity in fruit, and well balanced with a softer acidity compared to a more typical Sauvignon blanc.
A lovely fruit driven and refreshing wine to be accompanied alongside any summer dish.
about the harvest: 3 rd year of extreme drought, this very noticeable in the natural vegetation and low dam levels. Low winter rains, followed by near perfect growing conditions, moderate temperatures and lack of heat waves during harvest. Vineyards remained very healthy and produced lovely bunches, smaller than usual giving concentration. Wines are extremely classical in style, with tight tannin structures and lovely acidities. Reds are going to be great talking points in the future.


With the release of our 'Decade In Breakbeat' compilation imminent, we've been thinking of ways to celebrate our 10 years in this music game, and, what better way to celebrate than hand over to the people that have kept us alive over those 10 years – the supporters.
We're inviting you to put together an hour long mix of Subtle Audio tunes released on vinyl, CD or as a digital download over the last 10 years or so. We'll give the winner a free copy of the new 'Decade In Breakbeat' compilation release on vinyl and CD. AND – the winners mix will also be posted on the Subtle Audio site. We will also be posting 2 others mixes we like, so why not have a go !
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Samille is always thrilled to continue working with her IFC family. Samille holds a B.A. In Musical Theatre from New Jersey City University and has been seen in many productions in the Tri-State area. Madame Infamy MADAME INFAMY (NYMF), ONCE ON THIS ISLAND (NJCU), WOMEN RISING (Speranza theater Co.), CROWNS (Attic Ensemble), A CHRISTMAS CAROL (The Growing Stage). She would like to give thanks to the beautiful writers of her pieces, Summer Reyes, and her beautiful family for their love and support! Blessed.
Samille performs "My Curly Hair" by Alicia Wright (IFC15), "Black. Belly. Box." by Tuere T. Ganges (IFC16), "He Didn't Want Me" by Courtney Wheeler (IFC16) and "Play Dead" by Clinnesha D. Sibley (IFC16)
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SAMILLE GANGES
Summer is the founder and director of In Full Color and its educational outreach offshoot
Thinking In Full Color. Learn more about her on our staff page.
Summer performs "The Exception," "The Spill" and "Bye Bye Bi," all written by herself, and "Walls" by
Alina Hortillosa.
Founder and Director
SUMMER DAWN REYES
Alicia has a Bachelor's in Theatre from Fairleigh Dickinson University. She originated the role of Sara in "Henry's Law: A Play About Bullying." She's also performed at Luna Stage as Mercy in "Mercy and the Firefly" and as the female narrator in "Mi Casa Tu Casa" at Dreamcatchers Repertory Theatre.
You may also know her as musical artist Ali de León.
Alicia performs "Latinoamericana" by herself (IFC16) & "Hardcore. Latina. Punk. Birth. Fragments." by
Dr. Grisel Y. Acosta (IFC15)
ALICIA RIVAS
Amel is an Palestinian American Actress. Her most recent and notable theatrical work include playing the lead role of "Nardeen" in There is a Field directed by Noelle Ghoussaini and "Amal" in a staged reading of Abrahams Daughters. Other recent credits include the 2016 Vagina Monologues.
Film/TV credits include the webseries Triangle, lead roles in shorts, El Mundo Mas Alla, and Shift as well as contributions to Michael Pinckney's TV pilot series The Trade and Investigation Discovery's Dark Places. Amel is also a trained Mixed Martial Artist for stage combat and stunt fighting.
Amel performs "My Brother at the Canadian Border" by Sholeh Wolpe (IFC17) & "MY ISLAM" by
Dena Igusti (IFC17)
IFC Season: 17
AMEL KHALIL
Nancy is a fiction writer and teaches writing and Latina/o literature and culture at colleges and universities in New York and New Jersey. Nancy's work has appeared in print and online, including Latina, Poets & Writers, Salon, The Jet Fuel Review, KGB Bar Literary Magazine, Philadelphia Stories, and Wordrunner eBooks.
Nancy has read and performed at various Northeast venues including Cornelia Street Cafe, The Moth, and The Midtown International Theatre Festival. She posts regularly on her blog. Nancy currently seeks representation for and publication of her fiction manuscripts.
Nancy performs "Lucky," "How to Catch the 7:40 a.m. Q60 Bus," and "Brown Privilege," all written by herself.
NANCY MENDEZ-BOOTH
Venida Rodman Jenkins was overjoyed to return to the stage after a long hiatus for IFC17. She is a member of the Thinking in Full Color board. For more information, see our staff page.
Venida performs "The Touch" by herself (IFC17) & "Play Dead" by Clinnesha D. Sibley (IFC16)
IFC Seasons: 17
VENIDA RODMAN JENKINS
He Didn't Want Me
Courtney tries not to take writing too seriously, instead discussing race, body image and feminism through humor. She saves her "serious" energy for her future coffee table book on Kanye West and her marriage proposal to Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.
Courtney Wheeler
My Brother at the Canadian Border
Sholeh is an Iranian-born poet. She is the recipient of the 2014 PEN/Heim, 2013 Midwest Book Award and 2010 Lois Roth Persian Translation prize. Wolpé's nine books include four collections of poems, three books of translations and two anthologies.
Her play, SHAME, a 2016 finalist for both Ashland New Plays Festival, and a semifinalist for Eugene O'Niell National Playwrights Conference in Connecticut, opened the Centenary Stage Women Playwrights festival in New Jersey.
Sholeh Wolpe
Clinnesha strives to advance social consciousness through her writing, teaching and arts endeavoring. She received the Holland New Voices Award for her play "Tell Martha Not to Moan." Her anthology, "King Me: Three Plays Inspired by the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." was published
Clinnesha D. Sibley
Hardcore Latina Punk Birth Fragments
A Chicago transplant, Grisel is currently an assistant professor at Bronx Community College—CUNY. She's published widely, but recent works are in Love You Madly: Poetry About Jazz, the forthcoming Basta!: 100 Latinas Write on Violence Against Women and at the Reproductive Freedom Festival Monologue Series in NYC.
Dr. Grisel Y. Acosta
MY ISLAM and
How to Leave a Man and Country
Dena is an Indonesian-American poet from Queens, NY. She is a writer for the website Muslim Girl, and her work has been featured in Quail Bell Magazine and Teen Vogue. She is also the co-founder of ReLITerate Word, a non-profit literary magazine that uses its proceeds to donate to a different cause every month. She often uses her poetry to write about the intersections of her identity as a Muslim Asian American.
Dena Igusti
Alina is a teen poet and writer from Minneapolis. She loves the smell of strawberry and mint, swimming in the rain and when the sky is white after it snows. She is following in the footsteps of her father, a published chess author, and her sister, the founder of TIFC; both are extremely proud of her and love her very much. Her biggest fan, however, may be her loyal, adorable, giant German shepherd, Thunder.
Alina Hortillosa
Black. Belly. Box.
Tuere, a South Jersey native, writes in Baltimore, Maryland. Her fiction has won prizes at the Philadelphia Writers Conference; and has appeared in the Wigleaf, Fiction Circus and Referential Magazine. Wilted and Other Stories, her collection of short fiction, is available on Amazon.com.
Tuere T. S. Ganges
My Curly Hair
Alicia is a founding member of Art House Productions' Board of Trustees and first got involved acting in both "The Heist Project" and "Camino Real." In
San Diego, Alicia worked with the Faultline Players, Starlight Musical Theater and Malashock Dance. Alicia has a BS in English, Writing Emphasis, from Cal State University at Northridge.
Alicia Wright
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A woman pointing at a Christmas window display in Paris, France.
Decorations, lights and music make Christmas magical for children in France. Père Noël, or Santa, takes center stage in their Christmas celebration, which includes outings to Christmas markets and events, putting out the crèche (manger scene), and enjoying foods and sweets served only during this time of year. Their yuletide season begins in late November with the announcement that Père Noël opened his mail room and ends with the Feast of the Magi on January 6.
Since 1962, when the minister of the French postal system created a special office to be responsible for answering all letters to Père Noël, children throughout France look forward to getting a postcard after sending him their gift wish lists. Even when they write their letters at school as a class project, Père Noël replies to them individually. They don't need a stamp; they simply have to include their full names and home addresses on the envelope. Computer-savvy youngsters get an email from Père Noël if they send their messages electronically through the postal service's Père Noël website.
When Père Noël visits depends on where you live. Children in northern and eastern France wake on December 6 -- Saint Nicholas Day -- to find presents and treats he delivered the night before. Children in other regions of the country must wait until December 25. All French children, however, leave their shoes under the Christmas tree or by the fireplace instead of hanging stockings before going to bed the night Père Noël arrives. In the Alsace and Lorraine regions of the country, Père Noël has a helper dressed in black called Père Fouettard -- Father Spanker -- who identifies naughty children. A naughty child may get coal or a bunch of ribbon-tied twigs.
A visit to see the window displays of major department stores is an annual Christmas event for children in France, especially for those who live in Paris where the Printemps and Galeries Lafayette stores try to outdo each other with windows featuring animated dolls and animals. Attending puppet shows presented at Christmas markets and in front of churches has become a family ritual. Paris also provides free ice-skating at temporary ice-skating rinks throughout the city and free merry-go-round rides the children look forward to each year. Children in Lyon enjoy the annual festival of lights, or Fête de Lumières.
In France, children decorate the family Christmas tree and place "santons" -- or figurines of the Holy Family, animals and people from their village -- around the crèche. If they live in Provence, they also gather branches, rocks and moss, and arrange to create a setting for the crèche. They add the baby Jesus to the crèche on Christmas Day, December 25, and add The Three Wise Men on January 5, the night before the Feast of the Magi. On that day, the family eats Three Kings Cake in which a charm has been baked. One child becomes the little king, or "le petit roi," hides under the table, then chooses who gets served until everyone has a piece of cake. Whoever finds the charm is the queen or king and gets a gold-colored paper crown to wear.


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CAAV Fellows must belong to at least one Local Association in the area where they practise.
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The soul of a male feline. Accompanied by music from 'cat power'. Drawn after finishing the 'time traveler' oil, on the wind down from a very strong LSD experience. An orange cat I was with at the time, in a friend's apartment in Lawrence, Kansas, provided most of the impressions.


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Milton native Kirstie Ennis to be honored at 2019 ESPYS with Pat Tillman Award
Ennis, who lost her leg following a marine helicopter crash in 2012, will receive the Pat Tillman Award on Wednesday, July 10, live on ABC.
Milton native Kirstie Ennis to be honored at 2019 ESPYS with Pat Tillman Award Ennis, who lost her leg following a marine helicopter crash in 2012, will receive the Pat Tillman Award on Wednesday, July 10, live on ABC. Check out this story on pnj.com: https://www.pnj.com/story/news/local/2019/06/12/milton-native-kirstie-ennis-receive-pat-tillman-award-2019-espys/1432453001/
Jake Newby, Pensacola News Journal Published 12:39 p.m. CT June 12, 2019
Kirstie Ennis, a Milton, Fla. native, Afghanistan war veteran and amputee, explains why she had to turn around just 200 meters from the peak of Mount Everest. Annie Blanks, Pensacola News Journal
Milton native and U.S. Marine Corps veteran Kirstie Ennis will be honored at the 2019 ESPY Awards this July when she receives the Pat Tillman Award, an honor bestowed yearly upon athletes who served.
"I still have no words. What an honor," Ennis wrote on her Instagram page Tuesday afternoon.
The award is named after former NFL safety and U.S. Army Ranger Pat Tillman, who was killed during active service in Afghanistan in 2004 after leaving the NFL in his prime to enlist in the Army following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Milton native and Marine veteran Kirstie Ennis is attempting to become the first female above-knee amputee in the world to summit Mount Everest. It's her sixth mountain on her journey to summit the tallest mountain on each continent. (Photo: Courtesy of the Kirstie Ennis Foundation)
Ennis was injured in 2012 while serving as an aerial door gunner in a Sea Stallion helicopter that crashed over Helmand Province in Afghanistan after it was targeted by enemy forces. Six of her fellow Marines died in the crash.
"After being medically retired from the Marine Corps due to my injuries sustained overseas, I have dedicated my life to serving others in a different way," Ennis said in a statement to ESPN this week. "To receive the Pat Tillman Award and to be associated with a true American hero is a tremendous honor. It has taken a village to get me to this point in my life, and I would not be where I am now without the amazing people surrounding me. To me, this is a symbol of community and what it means to pay it forward."
Ennis scales Everest: Milton native, veteran Kirstie Ennis gets within 200 meters of Mount Everest summit
After the crash, Ennis underwent 38 surgeries that led to the eventual loss of her left leg above the knee. With her prosthetic leg, Ennis has gone on to become a mountain climber, snowboarder and extreme athlete in recent years.
In 2017, she graced the cover of ESPN's Body Issue.
Kirstie Ennis. (Photo: Peter Yang, ESPN)
After 43 days of scaling Mount Everest through the end of April and most of May, Ennis recently made the difficult decision to end her climb and turn around, roughly 200 meters shy of the summit.
"I looked at Sange (the team's lead Sherpa) absolutely gutted, and said, 'Let's go down,'" Ennis wrote on her blog about the decision to turn around May 15. "He asked me a couple of times if I was sure, and I was. I would not be able to live with myself if anything happened to one of my team because I was too stubborn to make the right call. There had already been too many threats of injury and our operation simply did not have the appropriate logistics in place."
This year's ESPY Award show airs live on ABC at 7 p.m. CST Wednesday, July 10.
Jake Newby can be reached at jnewby@pnj.com or 850-435-8538.
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The Academy supports an organisation's People Development strategy through the provision of learning, education and insight, providing tangible results and optimising customer service performance.
How does the Academy support customer service excellence and performance?
The Academy develops blended learning solutions that cater for the needs of all our customers, regardless of sector or specialism. Our unique suite of products get to the heart your strategy, optimising performance. They are complemented by The Institute's Professional Qualifications to develop critical people skills and behaviours that drive a consist approach in service delivery and enhancing the customer experience.
The Academy is an established centre of excellence providing end-to-end delivery for your organisation's customer service personal development.
Through The Academy, we offer an extensive range of interactive customer service training and personal development programmes delivered by an expert team and in line with nationally recognised standards. Our focus is on improving the service knowledge, skills, confidence and capability of your staff at all levels, from front-end customer facing employees to managers and team leaders. Our programmes lead to tangible positive outcomes for the individual, their respective organisation and customers.
Our aim is to support your long-term vision and strategy, helping to improve organisational performance by enhancing the way you recruit, develop and retain employees, underpinned by customer service competence.
Institute research shows that 67% of customers who had a great experience with an employee said they would buy again from that organisation, compared to 11% who had a bad experience. With this as a backdrop, we use The Institute's research, world class service models and insight to support your long term vision and strategy, through carefully developed people development programmes.
Our focus is on improving the skills, engagement and impact of your customer service people. And, because 42% of customers who had a bad experience with an employee said they would stop buying products and services from that organisation, our range of development programmes provide the tools to enable your people to 'get it right the first time'.
Our ServiceFocus suite offers four courses that can be contextualised and tailored to fit the specific development needs of employees, managers and team leaders within your organisation. They provide a comprehensive development in the essential principles, skills and practice of customer service which are applied to your environment.
The Academy also prides itself on maintaining high standards. All of our training courses are underpinned by independently recognised standards, and delivered by experienced training practitioners. We deliver high quality, engaging customer service focused training, equipping your organisation to measure up to service excellence. All courses and the delivery team are regularly quality assured and our robust evaluation process ensures we continue to be relevant, current and expert in what we provide.
84% of customers say that customer facing staff need more training. How well prepared are your front-line and management teams when it comes to improving the customers' experience? Do they have the skills, training and capability to meet customer needs?


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