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Tumbledown on new compilation album
December 21, 2010 By Doug Van Pelt
No Sleep Records
No Sleep Records has announced its third annual No Sleep 'Till Christmas holiday compilation, and its first ever for a charitable organization. All proceeds for the release will go to RESOLVE (theresolve.org) and will be available for download at nosleeprecords.bandcamp.com on a pay-what-you-wish scale, with a minimum donation of 50 cents.
For the new release, No Sleep has brought together some of the most recognized names in today's indie and punk rock underground including originals, covers and acoustic versions of songs from La Dispute, The Swellers, Tumbledown, Balance and Composure, The Flatliners, Into It. Over It., Aficionado, This Time Next Year and more.
About Resolve:
Resolve works to get US political leaders to take the steps needed to end Lord's Resistance Army atrocities and to support efforts toward just and lasting peace in LRA affected communities across Central Africa. They are a non-profit advocacy organization headquartered in Washington, DC, seeking an end to one of Africa's longest and most brutal conflicts. This conflict defines their work and drives their search for justice in central Africa. For over 24 years, the Lord's Resistance Army has brutalized northern Uganda, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Central African Republic through the perpetration of mass atrocities and the forcible-recruitment of children as soldiers. Resolve serves as the rallying point for political action to stop these crimes against humanity for a wide spectrum of advocacy partners, activists around the nation, and Congressional champions in Congress. This is accomplished through innovative political action campaigns, a continuous, exhaustive aggregation of the best news and analysis on the conflict, extensive field research, and through the direct lobbying of key policymakers in Washington.
* No Sleep 'Till Christmas is currently streaming in its entirety exclusively at Altpress.com.
No Sleep 'Till Christmas Track List
1. La Dispute – First Snow In Grand Rapids
2. Mansions – White Christmas
3. I Call Fives – This Xmas
4. Tumbledown – Run Run Rudolph
5. The Braces – Jewish Guilt
6. Hellogoodbye – Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
7. Balance and Composure – Away In A Manger
8. Jarrod Gorbel (The Honorary Title) – Salvation
9. Into It. Over It. – For Agnes
10. The Flatliners – Meanwhile in Hell (Acoustic)
11. KOJI – People In Time
12. Seahaven – Blue Christmas
13. The Swellers – This Is My Everest (Acoustic)
14. Aficionado – Complicated Coffee
15. This Time Next Year – Out On Eastern (Acoustic)
16. Annelids – Christmas Don't Be Late
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The Space for Rebirth
On Age of the Abstract's new EP, 'Rebirth,' the duo explores what a new sound looks like apart from the day-job in Canidria. Here, contributing writer Andrew Voigt talks with Julio Arias about influence, vision, and how writing in the wake of his father's death propelled the band forward.
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Alexander González Moreno (Panamá; 12 de diciembre de 1994) es un futbolista Panameño. Juega de centrocampista. Actualmente juega para el Club Deportivo Hermanos Colmenárez de la Primera División de Venezuela.

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https://web.archive.org/web/20180123072743/http://elmeridiano.co/se-va-arrieta-y-llega-gonzalez/95855
https://web.archive.org/web/20180123072900/http://hiperfanaticos.com.ve/2017/07/02/panameno-alexander-makelele-gonzalez-llega-al-aragua-fc/

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Shimadzu's LCMS-9030 quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometer has been awarded an iF DESIGN AWARD 2019.
The iF DESIGN AWARD, which has been conferred by iF International Forum Design GmbH since 1953, is a prestigious international design award. On this occasion, there were 6,375 entries from 52 countries.
The Shimadzu LCMS-9030 won in the Industry/Tools category. Previous winners of an iF DESIGN AWARD include the VESTA vacuum and pressurized sintering furnace from Shimadzu Industrial Systems Co., Ltd. in 2012; the Shimadzu PDA-5000 optical emission spectrometer in 2015; and the Shimadzu China Mass Spectrometry Center, a research and development facility at Shimadzu (China) Co., Ltd., a Chinese subsidiary of Shimadzu, in 2017.
The awards ceremony will be held in Munich, Germany on March 15, 2019.
The LCMS-9030 is the first quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometer to be produced in Japan that combines excellent sensitivity and resolution. It combines technology cultivated through the development of triple quadrupole mass spectrometers, a major product at Shimadzu, with newly developed patented proprietary technology. It is effective for the quantitation, identification, and structural analysis of trace compounds with complicated structures, in fields such as the environment, forensic medicine, foods, and the life sciences.


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Notburga (c. 1265 – 13 September 1313), also known as Notburga of Rattenberg or Notburga of Eben, was an Austrian saint and peasant from Tyrol, Numerous vitae have been written about her and painted by her where she is depicted with a scythe, She is venerated by the Catholic Church, having been canonized by Pope Pius IX.

Life
Notburga was born about 1265 at Rattenberg on the Inn river. She was a cook in the household of Count Henry of Rattenberg, and used to give food to the poor. But Ottilia, her mistress, ordered her to feed any leftover food to the pigs. To continue her mission, Notburga began to save some of her own food, especially on Fridays, and took it to the poor.

According to her legend, one day her master met her and commanded her to show him what she was carrying. She obeyed but instead of the food he saw only shavings, and instead of wine, vinegar. As a result of Notburga's actions, Ottilia dismissed her, but soon fell dangerously ill. Notburga remained to nurse her and prepared her for death.

Next, Notburga worked for a peasant in Eben am Achensee, on the condition that she be permitted to go to church evenings before Sundays and festivals. One evening her master urged her to continue working in the field. Throwing her sickle into the air she supposedly said: "Let my sickle be judge between me and you," and the sickle remained suspended in the air.

In the meantime, Count Henry had suffered difficulties, which he ascribed to his dismissal of Notburga, so he rehired her and the estate prospered.  Shortly before her death she is said to have told her master to place her corpse on a wagon drawn by two oxen and to bury her wherever the oxen stood still. The oxen drew the wagon to the chapel of St. Rupert near Eben, where she was buried.

Veneration
On 27 March 1862, Pope Pius IX canonized Notburga as a saint. Her feast is celebrated on 13 September. She is usually represented with an ear of corn, or flowers and a sickle in her hand; sometimes the sickle is suspended in the air.

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Lebanon: Bee Epidemic
Climate change has shifted the ecology of land and sea. It has affected both fauna and flora, and has harmed hundreds, if not thousands, of living species, including the main insect responsible for our planet's food security: The bee.
But is it really just climate change that is killing our planet and its delicate organisms?
In Lebanon, the future of beekeeping looks bleak. A study issued last May by the faculty of Agriculture at the American University of Beirut, found that in a year's span, "various bee colonies across Lebanon witnessed a bizarre phenomenon, which is the death of adult bees in large numbers."
Meanwhile, in the United States, studies conducted by the U.S. Department of State for Agriculture (USDA) showed that some 23 percent of various bee species died due to low temperatures between 2014 and 2015, compared to the average rate of 18 percent. The USDA findings have also shown that nearly 43 percent of bees died between 2013 and 2014.
A Bizarre Phenomenon
Beekeepers across the world have long noticed a sudden and fast drop in the number of bee species—a phenomenon that can only be seen as a bad omen.
The importance of bees was adequately described in the 2007 animated movie "Bee Movie," in which we are placed face to face with the catastrophic consequences when the bees go on strike and stop producing the elixir of life: honey. The movie was hilarious, but the facts in the real world are anything but.
In addition to producing honey, bees are also considered one of the vital engines in the food production process worldwide.
They are essential in pollinating crops, alongside other insects such as butterflies, wasps and flies. The importance of pollination is better appreciated when one considers the fact that over one-third of the foods we eat, such as fruits, vegetables, herbs, nuts, or oils are essentially pollinated by bees.
According to Greenpeace, 90 percent of the international nutrition base rests upon bees, whose mission is to pollinate 70 food-related items, out of the essential 100 consumed by humans.
Winter Death
According to the Lebanese Ministry of Agriculture, the average mortality rate of adult bees, in any colony, ranges between 7 percent to 10 percent in wintertime.
"We should take into consideration the difference between a professional beekeeper and an amateur one," when referring to such rates, says agricultural engineer Ramzi Moghrabi, the head of the minisry's beekeeping department.
Moghrabi tells Newsweek Middle East that a larger number of bees tend to die during winter when being kept by an amateur.
The ministry regularly follows up with Lebanon's 6,000 registered beekeepers (both professional and amateur), and who manage some 309,716 beehives.
However, agricultural engineer Ali Yassin, a specialist on bees, says "there are no accurate figures related to the death of bees in Lebanon."
"Estimates indicate that the bees are dying in larger quantities compared to the normal annual death rate in wintertime," says Yassin, who is also a representative of the Jebel Amel Beekeepers' Cooperative Association.
"The percentage of bees' mortality within my work district, which covers 50 towns and villages in South Lebanon, is around 30 percent, but that [number] is relative from one town to another," he adds.
Three years ago, a number of beekeepers in the Western Bekaa region reported mass deaths among their bees to the Ministry of Agriculture.
After investigating the matter, the ministry noticed that "the larger number of beekeepers reporting higher mortality rates among their bees were amateur beekeepers. They did not know how to run their beehives or take care of them during winter," Moghrabi explains.
The reason, according to Moghrabi, was that most amateur beekeepers had already harvested most of the honey, depriving their bees of their winter supply. Moreover, the beekeepers had not expected a second cold wave to hit their region, and which killed most of their bees. The large number of deaths was therefore caused by human mismanagement rather than a colony collapse disorder (CCD), a mysterious disease sweeping through Europe's bee colonies.
A World Without Bees
In 2011, Achim Steiner, the executive director of the United Nations Food Program, said human beings imagined that by the 21st century they would have possessed a far more advanced technology, which would make them self-sufficient and independent from mother nature.
But bees are a constant reminder to the contrary, he said.
The mass death of bees has dire consequences on global food security, since most crops rely on the natural pollination process necessary for the growth of fruits and vegetables.
Perhaps the next 10 years pose the highest risk to our food-security chain. The excessive use of pesticides may lead to the disappearance of vegetables and fruits in markets everywhere and may even put us on the verge of an international famine.
The possible extinction of bees is not a laughing matter in other developing countries. During pollination season in China's southwestern Sichuan province, known as the pear capital of the world, local farmers need to fertilize hundreds of thousands of pear and apple trees by hand after the excessive use of insecticides killed all the bees in that area around 1980.
The Chinese primarily sprayed pesticides in excessive quantities to fight the psylla insects, also known as the pear lice, but it backfired and led to the extinction of bees in Sichuan.
Since then, farmers hand-pollinate the trees using sticks made of chicken feathers and plastic bottles. But imagine this: One person can pollinate between 5 to 10 trees a day, but a single colony of bees can pollinate up to 300 million flowers a day.
If Bees Become Extinct
But what does all of this mean for planet Earth?
According to Yassin, "The disappearance of bees will destabilize the environmental balance: No bees means no pollination, means no seeds or flowers, meaning no flora, no vegetables, no fruits, no animals, and consequently an unavoidable famine."
There are 240 species of bees, of which the honeybee is one. Although bees are not the sole pollinators, they continue to be the lead insects to carry that vital mission.
Killer Factors
High Temperatures
Yassin refers the heat wave that struck Lebanon in the summer of 2015 as an example of their decline, saying it had "a deadly impact on Lebanon's flora, which was subject to drought, depriving bees from the chance to get nectar sap from flowers.
"It also deprived the bees from collecting pollen, which caused a trauma across the bees' kingdom. No pollen means the queen bee stops producing eggs," he adds.
Queen bees usually start cutting back on producing eggs from mid-July till the end of August, when the temperature is at its highest causing the drought, he says. Queen bees and bees, in general, resume activity in September, when autumn flowers compensate for the dry season.
Lebanon, known for its mild Mediterranean weather, faced one of its cruelest summers last year, with temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius throughout July, August and September.
"High temperatures delayed the growth of the False Yellowhead, also known as the Aromatic Inula, a flowery herb which grows during autumn, among other flowers. As adult bees were unable to produce a new generation of honeybees, most colonies collapsed," Yassin explains.
According to the National Centers for Environmental Information, under the National Oceanic and Administrative Association (NOAA), December 2015, was the hottest month in 136 years, with a rise of 1.1 degrees Celsius compared to other months. NOAA said that in 2015 it recorded an "anomaly" in temperature rising by a 0.9 degrees Celsius on land worldwide, compared to a 0.74 degrees increase in 2014.
The rising temperatures mean the queen bees will stop ovulating, which also means new generations of bees will never see the light.
Bacterial Infection
According to the Lebanese Ministry of Agriculture, higher temperatures also helped spread a number of diseases which infect bees. One of the deadliest and most widespread bee brood diseases is the Amercian foulbrood, caused by Bacillus larvae, which kills larvae by destroying their eyesight.
Drought is usually accompanied by food scarcity, forcing the infected bee colonies to attack other colonies for nectar, and by that, infect other bees.
Moghrabi recommends that beekeepers start implementing a ministry decision to eliminate the infected colony by burning the hive after they have killed the bees with gasoline.
But some beekeepers continue to disregard the new regulation, arguing that burning the hive would "only make the situation worse as the disease continues to spread then," he says.
The Varroa is an external parasitic mite that attacks two species of honeybees: Apis cerena and Apis millifera. The disease caused by mites is called varrosis. The mites, seen with the naked eye, multiply in infected colonies. In such cases the ministry distributes Apivar, a treatement that kills the mite.
Christine Gebeneter, the European Union communications coordinator for the Ecological Farming Project at Greenpeace, tells Newsweek Middle East that beekeepers "agree the Varroa destructor constitutes a dangerous threat to farming honeybees worldwide."
Yet Gebaneter says that scientists have found more parasites such as Nosema Ceranae, which may have a far more dangerous impact on the various honeybee species in southern Europe and elsewhere.
Insecticides, a Crime Against Nature!
The continued use of insecticides poses a huge threat to honeybees, causing them to become susceptible to infections and more vulnerable.
Gebeneter says that there are seven types of insecticides listed by Greenpeace as the most harmful. These include: imidacloprid, thiamethoxam, clothianidin, fipronil, chlorpyriphos, cypermethrin and deltamethrin.
According to studies by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), poison which had infiltrated the pollen has had a direct impact on the number of honeybees, which dropped from 6 million in 1947 to only 2.5 million in 2015.
Crossing Breeds
There are several species of bees in the Middle East including the Cyprus bee, the Syrian bee (found in Lebanon and Syria) and the Palestinian and Egyptian honeybees.
Unfortunately, Lebanese officials told Newsweek Middle East that some beekeepers in Lebanon have been importing already-fertilized queen bees from Italy and Argentina, among other countries. They disregard the fact that the flora in Lebanon differs from that in their countries of origin. The bees also possess different characteristics and behaviors than the Syrian honeybee.
The Syrian queen honeybee is now rare to find, and bees that are cross-bred cannot survive in lower temperatures, says Yassin.
Lebanon's Flora
Despite Lebanon's relatively small area (10,452 km2) compared to Europe (10.18 million km2), yet the Mediterranean country enjoys a highly unique flora. Lebanon has 512 flower species, used to produce honey, compared to 762 across all of Europe.
Such rich flora allows the production of alpha honey, which is a mix of hundreds of flowers found in a small geographical terrain, unlike Europe's mono-floral honey.
However Lebanon's environmental treasure is under threat due to negligence. In 2013, the ministry said the "arbitrary abuse of the rural wealth in Lebanon over the past decades have caused the country's green pastors to disappear to just 13 percent of the country's overall area."
The disappearance in green spaces is not only caused by extensive construction, but also by the increased wild fires across the country.
In 2008 alone, the ministry said Lebanon lost 6,717 acres of green spaces to fires in just four years.
Greenpeace has worked closely and intensively over the past three years in an attempt to eliminate the damage inflicted by industrial farming on bio-ecological farming, where no chemical insecticides are used.
Gebaneter calls for the protection of the ecological system by: banning the use of insecticides that harm bees and other pollinators; finding alternatives to pesticides used on crops; varying crops to help bees diversify their honey sources; the implementation of a risk-assessment system to eliminate the use of insecticides; and the continued monitoring of the bees' health and allocating sufficient funds to encourage ecological farming.
"As beekeepers, we cannot find more green pastors to place our beehives and colonies in. This is mainly due to mega construction works that are eating up the country's green patches," laments Yassin.
"The government must issue a decree turning green pastors into government-protected sanctuaries," he advises.
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Q: StartIndex or Offset attribute for jira xml export I try to export jira issues in XML.
This page https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ZOOKEEPER-2064?jql=issuetype%20%3D%20Bug%20AND%20status%20%3D%20Resolved%20AND%20resolution%20%3D%20Fixed contains the issuetype, status and resolution  attributes.
If I click on export XML I'll be directed to https://issues.apache.org/jira/sr/jira.issueviews:searchrequest-xml/temp/SearchRequest.xml?jqlQuery=issuetype+%3D+Bug+AND+status+%3D+Resolved+AND+resolution+%3D+FixedtempMax=100 where my attributes have been saved and FixedtempMax=100 has been added. FixedtempMax=100 controls how many item you'll get and if you try to increase FixedtempMax, you'll get a 403.
My questions is how to specify a startIndex or an offset in order to get items from 101 to 200 and so on ?
I already tried startIndex=100 and offset=100 based on jql specification with no luck.
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If you're logged in, FixedtempMax can be set to 200. Still don't solve the problem thought.

A: I'll leave it here for anyone looking for the same thing.
The attribute to use is &pager/start=id and here's a little bash script to download them by slice of 200...
#!/bin/bash
for i in {0..58600..200}
  do
      curl --max-time 9000 "https://issues.apache.org/jira/sr/jira.issueviews:searchrequest-xml/temp/SearchRequest.xml?jqlQuery=issuetype+%3D+Bug+AND+status+%3D+Resolved+AND+resolution+%3D+Fixed+ORDER+BY+createdDate+ASC&tempMax=200&pager/start=$i";
 done

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I've been an Imgurian from afar for quite some time now, spending the last few years lurking in the shadows of usersub donating an upvote or two here and there to those I find worthy. So I figured it was only suitable to pay proper taxes on my first ever post and share my best friend's beauty with you all. Imgur, meet Milo!
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Israel loyalists embedded in U.S. government pushed U.S. into Iraq War
Alison Weir October 19, 2021 Abrams, FDD, in defense of the realm, neocon, neoconservative, Project for a New American Century
The invasion of Iraq was promoted by an interconnected network of Israel loyalists known as "neoconservatives" who were operating at all levels of the U.S. government, and who used their positions to promote policies on behalf of Israel. Four detailed reports, plus photos of the individuals who promoted this tragic and disastrous war…
Israel advocate Ravich named to senior intelligence post, planned US-Israel cyber project against BDS
contact@ifamericansknew.org August 28, 2018 cybersecurity, FDD, intelligence advisory board, Samantha Ravich, Stephen Feinberg
New deputy chair of the Intelligence Advisory Board, which helps shape U.S. intelligence policy, is Samantha Ravich, an Israel advocate who previously worked for AIPAC spinoff WINEP, was a senior advisor to pro-Israel FDD, senior advisor to the Chertoff Group. See video of her speech at Israel Bonds event, where she describes a cyber project that will combat BDS. IAB chair is Stephen Feinberg, hedge fund billionaire and military contractor…
Trita Parsi: On Iran, Is It Trump Versus His Own Neocons?
contact@ifamericansknew.org August 21, 2018 FDD, foundation for defense of democracies, Iran, Iran Action Group, Mark Dubowitz, neoconservatives, pnac
Israel – prime mover in Trump's Iran policy – was shocked that Trump might abandon the pressure strategy and instead seek to mend ties with Tehran. The pro-Israel Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), nervously took to twitter to warn Trump against this… A goal of the new Iran Action Group may be to escalate matters with Iran to the point in which any pivot to diplomacy by Trump may be rendered impossible…
Neocons in Trump's new cabinet, expect armed conflict
contact@ifamericansknew.org December 12, 2017 FDD, Iran, Mike Pompeo, nikki haley, Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton, expected to become CIA director, is owned by the Israel Lobby. In 2014 he received $1 million from the Emergency Committee for Israel and additional money from the Republican Jewish Coalition… Foundation for Defense of Democracies is neocon central… expect the neocons to initiate armed conflict…
Israeli ambassador pushes potential war to elite U.S. powerbrokers
contact@ifamericansknew.org October 5, 2017 AIPAC, Eli Lake, FDD, Roger Hertog, Ron Dermer, Russia, Syria, Wolf Blitzer
A select group of Washington D.C. heavy hitters attended a Rosh Hashanah event at which the Israeli Ambassador laid out a rationale for another Israeli war. The attendees included Wolf Blitzer, Jason Greenblatt, Abe Foxman, Mort Klein, Eli Lake, White House insiders, Congressmen, political operatives, philanthropists, etc (detailed list)…
Billionaire Seth Klarman, donor to Israel causes, is one of the largest holders of Puerto Rican debt
contact@ifamericansknew.org October 4, 2017 Barney Frank, FDD, Martha Minow, MEMRI, Robert Kraft, Seth Klarman, The Israel Project, Wasserman Schultz
Puerto Rico has suffered under a borrowing crisis in which creditors scooped up bonds on the cheap and then procured an astronomical payout. This has led to widespread suffering. Seth Klarman, whose hedge fund has one of the largest holdings of Puerto Rican debt, has donated through the years to numerous Israel lobby groups that enable Palestinian suffering…


Canberra Airport Open Day was held on Sunday 25 March and Canberra Squadron was actively involved. This was a great PR opportunity for the Air League.
Air Activities flew in with one of the AAL Piper Warrior aircraft for display airside. There were queues all day with people wanting to sit in our aeroplane. The squadron set up aviation displays under our new shelter.
Cadets were busy telling the open day visitors about their Air League experiences. They also got to view the various aircraft on display including: 737, C-130, Caribou, Super Constellation, Neptune, Catalina, DC-3, J41, ATR72, DH-400, various helicopters, light aircraft and an aerobatic display by Matt Hall.


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Q: Break and continue in a while loop Problem
Basically I have got a game where 2 teams are competing with each other. With first while loop I get those team names and information. In the second loop I am fetching username/members who are participating in those teams and then run a query to fetch their records.
The final while loop I have used to Some up the teams calculation, i.e. if Team A have 2 players named as Joe and Mike and Team B have 3 players named as John,Jack and Dave So for Team A Joe did ran 5 km and Mike ran 7 km which brings up to a total of 12 km for team A. Likewise for team B John ran 11km, Jack did 2 km and Dave did 1km which makes a total of 14km for team B. But because of this loop is shows Team A = 12km and Team B = 26km. It will be great if anyone can guide me through to where I might be going wrong.
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    $t_name = "Joe Running8 Vs Mike Running2";
    $sql_team = 'SELECT * FROM teams WHERE t_name="'.$t_name.'" AND game_type = "Activity"';
    $result_team = mysql_query($sql_team) or die(mysql_error());
    $totalNoUsers = '';
    $activityTotal = '';
    $avgPP = '';

    //Table structure for displaying the results
    echo '
';
        echo '
';
            echo 'Team Name	';
            echo 'Total no Activity	';
            echo 'Total Users	';
            echo 'Avg per User	';
            echo 'Avg %	';
        echo '
';

    while($row_team = mysql_fetch_array($result_team)){
        $sql_SelUsers = 'SELECT * FROM teams where t_name="'.$row_team['team'].'"';
        echo $sql_SelUsers."
";
        $result_SelUsers = mysql_query($sql_SelUsers) or die(mysql_error());
        $totalNoUsers = mysql_num_rows($result_SelUsers);

        while($row_SU = mysql_fetch_array($result_SelUsers)){
            //$accepted_on = "30/01/2013";
            $userA = explode("/","27/01/2014");
            $accepted_on = mktime(0,0,0, $userA[1],$userA[0],$userA[2]);
            $date_time_compare = date('D, j M Y H:i:s', $accepted_on);

            $sql = 'SELECT * FROM data_feeds where username="'.$row_SU['username'].'" AND gadget_data_type= "Activity" and gadget_name = "'.$row_SU['gadget_type'].'" and gadget_sub_data_type = "'.$row_SU['game_parameter'].'" and STR_TO_DATE( date_time,  "%a, %e %b %Y %H:%i:%s" ) >= STR_TO_DATE( "'.$date_time_compare.'",  "%a, %e %b %Y %H:%i:%s" ) ORDER BY df_id DESC';

            $result_df = mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());

            echo $row_SU['username']."
";

          /****** Here is the problem ********/
            while($row_df = mysql_fetch_array($result_df)){
                $activityTotal += $row_df['gadget_data_type_value'];
                echo "
".$activityTotal."
";
            }
        }//end while query data_feeds

        echo "TnP-> ".$totalNoUsers;
        $activityTotal = $activityTotal/1000;
        $avgPP = ($activityTotal/$totalNoUsers);
            echo '
';
                echo ''.$row_team['challToTeam'].'	';
                echo ''.number_format($activityTotal, 2, '.', ',').'	';
                echo ''.$totalNoUsers.'	';
                echo ''.number_format($avgPP, 2, '.', ',').'	';
                echo ''.$totalNoUsers.'	';
            echo '
';
    }//end while query Teams

    echo '
';

A: You need to reset $activityTotal before your loop.
After the first loop its value is 12 km, and
then you add 14 km to it, which becomes 26km instead of 14 km .
Correction:
    $activeTotal = 0   // RESET TO ZERO
    while($row_df = mysql_fetch_array($result_df)){
        $activityTotal += $row_df['gadget_data_type_value'];
        echo "
".$activityTotal."
";
    }

A: $activityTotal set to empty or 0 before next team total start
//use

$activityTotal = 0; //init to 0 before loop


If you've decided to go gluten-free for either health or medical reasons, then you know just difficult it can be to go without garlic bread. The taste is incredible and addictive, not to mention that it makes the perfect side dish for a Caesar salad or pasta meal.
But thanks to this delicious quinoa garlic cheese flatbread recipe, you don't have to go without it any longer.
A fun gluten-free alternative to the classic dish, this recipe packs an incredible punch. Just like cheesy garlic bread this also makes the perfect side to a salad, gluten-free pasta dish, or a vegetarian meal. This quinoa garlic cheese flatbread also makes a perfect snack if you're not hungry enough for a full meal.
Because it's high in protein, this fun flatbread with a twist is guaranteed to keep you full throughout your busy day without making you feel bloated or weighed down, as it doesn't contain any flour. It's also super easy to make and uses ingredients found in practically every household.
Be sure to check out the recipe for quinoa garlic cheese flatbread and look through our other recipes for some added inspiration to your gluten-free meals.


Editor's note: As a part of FMS' 2017 Advent blog series, former DC Service Corps volunteer, Kathleen Strycula, reflects on the blessing of empty spaces.
There's a guest room in my home. It's the first house I've lived in that's big enough to have a room dedicated to visitors, and I love it. Only a couple months in, it has already seen a good number of occupants. Between those times, it is empty. But the emptiness isn't forlorn; it's an open space to be filled.
It's not hard to find empty spaces in the world around us, but we also encounter them internally. The empty cubicle across from us. The empty seat beside us. The empty day with nothing planned. The empty spot in our hearts.
Nowadays, we often run from emptiness. We spend so much time trying to fill up our lives, our days, our hearts. We feel incomplete if we don't have everything planned and filled out. We get uncomfortable if we spend too long sitting quietly.
But what if that emptiness is a blessing?
If there wasn't an open space in my house, I couldn't offer hospitality to friends. If there wasn't an open cubicle, I wouldn't be able to join a new workplace and meet new coworkers. And if my calendar was planned out to the minute, I would have no time to spend an evening just catching up with a friend when they need to talk.
There's a song called "Room" by Jillian Edwards that I've been listening to a lot recently. "There's so much room for you here," the chorus goes. I love the music and the singer's voice, but most of all, it is the promise of a welcome that makes me turn the song on repeat again and again.
Where there is open space, there is the opportunity for hospitality. So what if hospitality comes down to that: embracing and offering our empty spaces, literal or otherwise?
Had there been an empty room at the inn, the innkeeper would have witnessed God being born under his roof. If that's so, just imagine what our open spaces could hold.
Count your emptiness as you would a future blessing. God is giving you extra space to be ready for something that is yet to come.
Reflection question: What or where are the empty spaces in your life?


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Packed! è il quinto album del gruppo The Pretenders, pubblicato nel 1990 dalla Sire Records.

In questo album, l'unico membro ufficiale del gruppo è Chrissie Hynde, accompagnata da una serie di musicisti tra cui il batterista del precedente album, Blair Cunningham, che però non compare accreditato come membro del gruppo. È di fatto considerato un album solista della Hynde, pubblicato col nome "The Pretenders" per ragioni contrattuali.

Tracce
 Never Do That (Chrissie Hynde) - 3:19
 Let's Make a Pact (Hynde) - 3:18
 Millionaires (Hynde) - 3:04
 May this Be Love (Jimi Hendrix) - 2:43
 No Guarantee (Hynde) - 3:49
 When Will I See You? (Hynde, Johnny Marr) - 4:54
 Sense of Purpose (Hynde) - 3:02
 Downtown (Akron) (Hynde) - 2:43
 How Do I Miss You? (Hynde) - 4:22
 Hold a Candle to This (Hynde) - 3:40
 Criminal (Hynde) - 4:18

Formazione
 Chrissie Hynde – voce, chitarra

Musicisti
 Tchad Blake - chitarra
 Billy Bremner - chitarra
 David Rhodes - chitarra
 Mitchell Froom - tastiere
 Dominic Miller - basso
 Will MacGregor - basso
 John MacKenzie - basso
 Tony Robinson - basso
 Duane Verh -basso
 Blair Cunningham – batteria

Collegamenti esterni


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Marines with Marine Attack Squadron 211 unload their gear from a KC-10 on the flight line of Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska after a seven-hour flight from Yuma April 13, 2010. More than 160 Marines from VMA-211 and Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 13 flew north to participate in Exercise Red Flag-Alaska, one of the largest joint-service exercises in the U.S. military. The Avengers' eight AV-8B Harriers comprise part of the 100 aircraft participating in the exercise.
Photo by Lance Cpl. Sean Dennison
Yuma Marines head to Alaska for cold weather flight training
22 Apr 2010 | Lance Cpl. Sean Dennison
EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Marines based in the typically scorching city of Yuma, Ariz., would probably find the idea of working in snow laughable.
But those aren't chuckles from the members of Marine Attack Squadron 211 currently deployed here. They're shivers.
The Marines from the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, donned cold weather gear to work in frigid conditions for Exercise Red Flag-Alaska from April 13 to May 3, 2010, improving their adaptability to work in different environments.
The exercise, which trains pilots in aerial warfare, offers the Marines a new working climate, where the average temperature is 35 degrees Fahrenheit. Meanwhile in Yuma, tempertures are in the 90s.
"Every clime and place," said Lt. Col. Vance Cryer, VMA-211 commanding officer. "This is what they mean."
The climate change presents new problems for both pilots and ground maintainers.
"For a cold-weather environment, we use intake blankets," said Cpl. Justin Reyes, VMA-211 powerline mechanic, referring to the covers put on the AV-8B Harrier to insulate them. The same engine covers are used in Yuma to keep out sand and debris.
If water enters the engine and freezes, it can damage or destroy it, said Reyes.
The cold can also shrink the gaskets, causing fuel leaks.
To mediate this, pilots run the Harriers for approximately 20 minutes to warm up the jets. This also prevents the jets' batteries from depleting and interfering with the navigation systems.
In the air, pilots must contend with heavier cloud cover impairing visibility and locating snow-covered targets.
"We are used to a desert environment," said Spanish Navy Lt. Jose Pacios-Bello, exchange pilot with VMA-211. "It's going to be interesting finding targets covered in snow."
Pilots use information received from ground personnel to deliver ordnance to the targets. The target area is known, but not the targets themselves.
"It's definitely beneficial," said Staff Sgt. Steven Lichtenfels, corrosion control division chief. "It's good that we have a place like this in our own country to go out and train."
The cold-weather training will prepare the Avengers for their probable deployment to Afghanistan later this year.
"At some points it's uncomfortable, but all training is," said Lance Cpl. Jonathan Cudo, squadron powerline mechanic.
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Stylish Stamps Watches
April 1, 2011 By Publisher
Retailers looking for a high profit fashion accessory to add to their product line should reach out to wholesaler, Carsim Trading, distributors of the new Stamps Watch line. "The product was originally created in Germany by two gentlemen who came from the Swatch and Citizen watch companies," says Mark Iversen, general manager of Stamps Watches. "While they were initially focused on a high-end product, they realized that when they switched to a more fashion style design, they had a winning combination." Stamps Watches are like fashion bracelets that can be easily swapped out with various watch face designs, to complement any outfit. "Right now we offer more than 200 different face designs and have 50 different wristbands," Iversen says. "It has morphed into a fun, fashion product."
The company began shipping to U.S. customers last August, and business has taken off. "We offer three different types of bands at wholesale," Iversen says. "About 90 percent are leather, but we also offer patent leather styles and others made of a plastic resin," he adds. Available in a variety of colors and designs, the bands mix well with the high quality watch faces, which are made in the Czech Republic with a Seiko movement inside. "The pricing is highly competitive," Iversen says. "The leather bands wholesale for $10.95 each, and retail for $23. The crocodile pattern and metallic styles wholesale for $14.95, and retail for $31," he notes. The company also offers the, "Belta Band," which is a bangle type bracelet that wholesales for $19.95 and retails for $41. "It's made in Italy and is a beautiful piece," Iversen notes.
Retailers who want to test the product can get a complete starter package that wholesales for $1,367. It comes with 64 faces, 48 bands, a countertop display, two posters, three catalogs, 25 flyers and a header card. "We also put their store on our website's store locater," Iversen says. "The retail return on the starter kit is approximately $2,870," he adds. "The average store carrying Stamps Watches turns over its complete display three times a year," Iversen notes. "Our top selling stores do so about once a month."
Carsim Trading Inc.
Champlain, NY 12919
Email: info@stampswatches.com
Website: www.stampswatches.com
Filed Under: Magazine Archives, Product News Tagged With: trends, watches


To strip metals, stone, cement, wood and many other surfaces to safely move paint or other coatings- anywhere sand is too abrasive and water cuts too hard. Different types of media blasting is also used in cleaning everything from ship hulls to grease scoops.
Soda blasting is a process where sodium bicarbonate is applied against a surface using a blast generator.
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Plymouth Coupe was media blasted with fine crushed glass.
Baking soda blasting is FDA approved as a safe, environmentally non-toxic, non-flammable, non-hazardous, water-soluble cleaning option.
We have specialty equipment for each type of media we use. We use Holdtite 101, a rust inhibitor.
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Media blasting is used on everything from small items such as nuts and bolts, cars, boats, ink presses and engine components to bridges, aircraft, heat exchangers and building components. Media blasting has many benefits over traditional sandblasting including reduced heat waste and significantly reduced risk of substrate pitting.
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Uncategorized July 8, 2017 February 27, 2018
How a Libertarian Republican Almost Beat Ike in the 1952 Presidential Primary
By Ben Chelnitksy | USA
Recently, I heard that Eisenhower, also known as Ike, had a contested convention/primary. I looked it up because I was curious who he struggled against, seeing as that Ike is and was a popular general.
Turns out he almost lost to Ohio Senator Robert A. Taft, a prominent libertarian and the Senate Majority Leader in 1953.
New Senator Robert Taft of Ohio speaks to the Washington Press Club. Picture from the Harris & Ewing Collection at the Library of Congress
Robert Taft was actually more popular during the primary of 1952, with almost 3 quarters of a million more votes than Ike.
Taft got around 36% and Ike got around 26%, with the future Chief Justice Earl Warren getting around 17%. Taft did not get the nomination though because he won 5 contests/states and Ike won 5 as well. Warren only won his home state of California.
At the 1952 RNC, it was very close between Taft and Ike. There was controversy about delegate spots and a proposal called "Fair Play" was passed making Taft lose many delegates.
Ike won on the first ballot and beat the Democratic nominee 442 to 89 in the electoral college.
Next year Taft became Senate Majority Leader. Ike and Taft became friends and started golfing. While golfing with Ike he felt terrible pain and went to the hospital. Months later he died of cancer at the age of 63.
Taft continues to go down as one of the greatest senators in the 20th century. He was a libertarian conservative who fought hard for non-intervention. He started out as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives at the age of 32 and nearly became president like his father.
Some pretty cool libertarian history.
There is no "Right Way" to Spread Liberty
There is no more noble worldly cause that of advancing the values of liberty and individual autonomy.
First Libertarian Elected In Mississippi


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Places to Visit near Chikmagalur
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Here is the list of 16 Places to Visit near Chikmagalur
1. Inam Dattatreya Peetha - 21 km from Chikmagalur
Located on the Baba Budan Giri Hills, this holy site is visited by Hindus and Muslims alike. The cave is believed to have provided shelter to Guru Dattatreya and Hazrat Dada Hayath Mir Khalandar. Three day annual celebrations known as Urs are hosted here in the third month of the Islamic calendar. Hindu devotees visit during the Kartik poornima celebrations.
Distance from Chikmagalur: 21 km
2. Mullayanagiri - 21 km from Chikmagalur
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Perched at an altitude of 1930 m above the sea level, Mullayanagiri peak is located in the Baba Budan Giri Range of Western Ghats. It serves as the highest peak between the Nilgiris and the Himalayas offering its visitors a relaxed environment with temperature ranging between 20 - 25 degrees Celsius. Known for its peaceful ambience and nature's raw beauty, this peak is adorned with verdant grassland, rugged rocks, and a good trek path is also quite popular among adventure lovers.
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3. Jhari Waterfalls - 23 km Chikmagalur
Jhari Waterfalls, also known as the Buttermilk Falls, is situated near Attigundi at a distance of 12 km from Baba Budangiri. It is one of the most famous waterfalls in the Chikmagalur district and one of the best tourist places in the district. This mesmerising falls surrounded by dense forests and coffee plantations are created by the springs which originate in the mountains.
4. Belur - 25 km from Chikmagalur
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Nestled on the banks of River Yagachi in Hassan District of Karnataka, the town of Belur along with its twin town of Halebid located 16 km away, houses exquisite temples reflecting the exemplary artistic taste and technique of temple builders of the yore. This small town was the capital of the mighty Hoysala empire and their engineering genius can still be witnessed in the temples that stand here today.
5. Belavadi - 29 km from Chikmagalur
Being a national heritage site and one of the prime attractions in Karnataka, Belavadi is situated at a distance of 29 km from the town of Chikmagalur. A scenic village which is surrounded by green lands, trees, and tons of lush greenery makes it a perfect place for one to relax at. Belavadi has now been divided into two parts with almost all the people residing in the new town which lies in the north-eastern direction.
6. Baba Budangiri - 33 km from Chikmagalur
To the north of Chikkamagalur district of Karnataka, lies the Baba Budan Range of the Western Ghats of India. Baba Budangiri is a mountain in the Baba Budan Range and is renowned for its shrine to the Sufi Saint, Hazrat Dada Hayat Khalandar (also known as Baba Budan). This is a famous pilgrim site for both Hindus and Muslims and is often flocked by travellers.
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7. Hoysaleswara Temple - 39 km from Chikmagalur
Hoysaleswara or Halebid Temple is a 12 century Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva. Located in the west of the Dwarasamudra lake in a small town of Halebid in Karnataka, this magnificent temple is one of the three most landmark monument of Hoysala empire and is also the most significant monument dedicated to Lord Shiva in south India.
8. Kalhatti Falls - 52 km from Chikmagalur
Kalhatti Falls is the perfect combination for anyone seeking spirituality and serenity in a single location. Also known as the Kalahasti Falls, the Kalhatti Falls are situated in the Chikmagalur district of Karnataka. They are at a distance of 10 kilometres from the Kemmangundi hill station. The location has the infamous Veerabradeshwara Temple which is dedicated to Lord Shiva.
9. Hassan - 60 km from Chikmagalur
Known For : Hoysala Temples at Mosale Shettihalli Church Bhagwan Bahubali Statue
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Known as the temple-architecture capital of Karnataka, Hassan is located 187 km from Bangalore lying in the Malnad and Maidan districts of Karnataka. The district headquarters of Hassan district in Karnataka, it derives its name from the presiding deity Goddess Hassanamba which in Kanada language mean 'Smiling mother'.
Best Time: Throughout the year
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10. Sakleshpur - 60 km from Chikmagalur
There are plethora of hill stations in the state of Karnataka which are perfect for a getaway. Among this is a place named Sakleshpur which is Karnataka's best kept secret. This quaint hill station is not to be missed out while planning a weekend getaway. This foggy and misty hill station elevated at 950 meters, peacefully lies nestled in the Western Ghats. The hill station is cocooned with the aroma of coffee, tea, cardamom and cinnamon.
11. Kemmanagundi - 61 km from Chikmagalur
Known For : Hebbe Falls Mullayanagiri Z Point
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A hill-station of widespread views and scents of beautiful gardens, Kemmanagundi or KR hills, homes the tallest peak of Karnataka, Mullayanagiri. These hills offer a perfect summer retreat for those looking for a spectacular time amongst the beauty of nature and heaven for all nature lovers and adventure enthusiasts.
Best Time: September to May
10 Kemmanagundi Attractions
12. Ballalarayana Durga - 69 km from Chikmagalur
Ballalarayana Durga is a hill fort in Chikmagalur that is situated in the village of Bettabalige between the towns of Kottegehara and Kalasa. Boasting of rich history and cultural significant, the vantage point is perched at a height of 1509 metres and offers some of the best panoramic vistas and picturesque views in the region.
13. Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary - 78 km from Chikmagalur
Covering a vast area of over 490 sq.kms, the Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary is located only 38 km west of the Chikmanglur town in Karnataka. Surrounded by hills of the Western Ghats on all sides, the view of the Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary looks like a scene right out of a movie! The serrated mountains loom in the distance as their snow-clad peaks pierce the sky.
14. Sringeri - 85 km from Chikmagalur
Known For : Sringeri Mutt Kigga Sharadamba Temple
Sringeri or Shringeri, as it is called is a hill town located in the Chikkamagaluru district of Karnataka. It is the site of the first Matha- Sringeri Sharada Peeta, established by Adi Shankara- the great Indian theologian and exponent of the Advaita Vedanta philosophy, in 8th century CE. Adi Shankara, also known as Adi Shankaracharya was born either in a village named Kaladi in the state of Karnataka, or in a place called Chidambaram in Tamil Nadu (debatable, as per different texts), and travelled throughout the Indian subcontinent.
9 Sringeri Attractions
15. Sharadamba Temple - 86 km from Chikmagalur
Built in the modern Dravidian style of architecture, this temple is dedicated to the Goddess Sharada Parmeshwari, the Goddess of Knowledge.
16. Horanadu - 90 km from Chikmagalur
Known For : Annapoorneshwari Temple Kalaseshwara Temple
Horanadu is a quaint little village boasting of pristine nature in and around. It is most famous for the Goddess Annapoorneeshwari Temple and its beautiful sights. It lies in Malnad, about 330 km from Bangalore and 136 km from Mangalore. The area is covered in thick vegetation and gives it a beautiful setting. The town of Horanadu being agriculture centric, is rich in tea, coffee and spice plantations.
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Memory Allocation – Why extra 8 bytes!!
Recent question on SCN about the ABAP memory allocation, inspired me to do some reading and research on how memory is allocated for variables in ABAP programs.
You can read the question at Memory Analysis. You should read the problem before moving further.
At high level problem: Memory allocation is different for same variables with same components, but declared differently. Indeed there is a difference of few bytes in some cases, but not in all cases.
The memory requirement for the reference is 8 byte. With data and object references, this is the memory requirement of the explicitly declared reference variable. With strings, internal tables, and boxed components, an implicit reference is created internally. As long as no dynamic memory is requested, the memory requirement for a string, internal table, or boxed component is exactly 8 bytes.
I performed the series of various tests using the following program. I modified the code to include local type instead of standard types to play with them. Check that in various tests.
ref_kind type c LENGTH 5.
LTRT TYPE REF TO CL_ABAP_TYPEDESCR.
I removed the table LINES from both of the variables SRC & TRT, the memory allocation is same. Without the LINES table, which is the only itab, both of the variables are flat structure, not the deep structure. The REF_KIND is CHAR1 here.
I removed the field REF_KIND from both, the memory allocation is also same.
I removed the field FUNCTION, the memory allocation is not same, even though the fields are same. This time the REF_KIND is CHAR1.
I now keep all the fields and start playing with the length of the variable REF_KIND. In both of these tests, the memory allocation is not same for both variables – difference of 8 bytes.
I changed the length of REF_KIND to CHAR4 and the allocation is same for both variables.
SAP allocates the memory the blocks of 8 when the variable is deep structure.
For test 1 (without the table LINES) the allocation is the total of all those bytes 750 = 2 + 746 + 2.
For test 2 (without the REF_KIND) the allocation happened in the blocks. So, total would 746 bytes (STXH) would be 93.25 blocks would be 94 full blocks + 8 bytes (LINES) would be 1 block + 2 bytes (FUNCTION) would be 1 full block, which would be 96 blocks to 768 bytes. Since in this test there is no REF_KIND, there is no bytes for that.
For test 3 (without the FUNCTION), TRT total would be 746 bytes (STXH) + 8 bytes (LINES) + 2 bytes (REF_KIND) = 756 bytes to 94.5 blocks, rounding to 95 blocks or 760 bytes. Whereas SRC total would be 746 bytes (STXH) + 8 bytes (LINES) = 754 bytes or 94.25, rounding to 95 blocks. Add full 1 block for 2 bytes of (REF_KIND), which would be 96 blocks. For SRC, the initial allocation happened for the included type and rounded to next block. After this initial allocation, the rest of the variables would be allocated as separate blocks. We would need extra block for REF_KIND in SRC vs TRT is because the fields LINES and STXH is part of the included type LTY_COMT_TEXT_TEXTDATA.
The logic for test 3 should be applicable to all the lengths of REF_KIND or if there are more variables. Say REF_KIND with CHAR1, CHAR2 and CHAR3 (Test 5,6). But for CHAR4 (Test 7), there is some different calculation. SRC follows well the calculation so doesn't ask for the next block but TRT asks for the next block. So, the memory allocation for both variable matches. That happens when the REF_KIND is in multiple of 4 say 8, 12, 16 and so on, which would be 8 bytes or 1 block of memory. I think that happens due to the free bytes left in the overall memory. TRT requests new block as soon as it has about only 4 bytes free.
For test 4 (without the STXH), the allocation happens in the blocks for each fields separately. 1 block for 8 bytes (LINES) + 1 block for 2 bytes (FUNCTION) + 1 block for 2 bytes(REF_KIND) would be 3 blocks to 24 bytes. Using the same analysis as above, TRT seems to be asking for 1 more block when total is reached to 4 free bytes ( 16 – 12 (8 bytes+2 bytes+2bytes, respectively for LINES, FUNCTION, REF_KIND)). So, the total for TRT comes to like 3 block or 24 bytes.


I learned a lot about people management and also time management in a high-pressure environment.
Flexitime and using the latest tools, software, and hardware.
During my time at this company I found that team leaders thought of themselves as the CEOs of the company instead of doing what they were paid for.
Long hours for very little pay.
We start each day with a hardly see what we progressed on the day before and what we need to work on more than we move straight into working that was.
Capfin listens to their staff and has many growth opportunities across its various business units. The environment is heavily regulated by the NCR and they try to implement best practice wherever possible.
Login at the start of your shift and help all clients in a professional manner.
What Ive learnt is how to deal with different clients across the country from places I didnt even know existed.
Management was amazing managers n the floor was very helpful and friendly.
Working till 5pm on a Saturday when the work is done at 1Pm and sitting at work for 4 hours,or helping out other departments when our departments work is done as well.
Shifting was made easy so you can go home and get enough rest and no Sundays.
Capfin offers opportunities at all levels for growth/advancement. As a Team Leader the starting salary and salary increase is better than the average market salary. The 45 hour week as per contractual requirements is a strain on work/life balance as you tend to work shifts which are basically from 07:00-20:30. Shifts vary and this is the problem-no set shift as you will work up to 2-3 different shifts sometimes in just one week. Which is only released to you 1-2 weeks in advance.
The management team is understanding and flexible. They are confident in leading the Company towards their vision. The culture is not what they portray. Contact centre culture is not as friendly-the type of employee for the contact centre they target is the reason why.
If you as an individual did your work good, you will be complimented in every ways.
Capfin is one of the best companies to work for. If it was not about my career choice I would work for them forever, however my career as a safety officer is not catered for within the call center environment.
My typical day starts off with greeting all my employees and making sure that everyone is running smoothly. Once that is done, ill check our reports for the previous day and work my plan of action for the rest of the day. There are times that the plan doesn't go according to plan, however i manage to achieve what was set. What I've learnt from my current Company is report writing, analyzing reports, investigating and planning for the future of the Business. We have a very diverse culture in the workplace which is exciting and challenging at the same time. The hardest part is working with those diverse people, learning that there are different views and ways to manage; which is also the most enjoyable part.
It's amazing to work with different people . You learn new things everyday. I can not say much as a peraon needs to experience the working environment.
it is a good and fun. place to work at.
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"If heaven is anything at all, it's fun." With that opening line Anthony Destefano sets a tone for his book that turns out to be as much fun to read as the place it is describing. Reading these words in the preface, I was buoyed up with the hope that A TRAVEL GUIDE TO HEAVEN would combine sound theological teachings on the afterlife with a bit of humor and grace – but without the stuffy jargon of philosophers. Destefano does not disappoint his readers. He gives us concrete images of heaven that we can grasp (a perfect rose, a beautiful sunset, breathtaking views) combined with new ideas of what it means to go on the vacation of our dreams (frolicking simultaneously with tame "wild" animals and even dinosaurs).
A little background on this book will help to explain its wonderlust theme. This international bestseller actually represents Destefano's second attempt at writing a book on heaven. After attending 15 funerals of friends and relatives over a seven-month period, Destefano wrote his first manuscript, which he called HEAVEN, designed to make the afterlife more physically real than what the priests and ministers had done in the 15 funerals he attended. But this attempt at writing turned out to be so boring that Destefano never finished it.
A few months later on his fifth wedding anniversary, he wanted to treat his wife to a surprise overnight stay at a posh Beverly Hills hotel but found the hotel had lost his reservation. The Presidential Suite at the hotel was not in use that night, and when the hotel generously allowed him to stay in the suite instead, Destefano walked into a room so immaculately furnished that one might say it was a little piece of heaven on earth.
The feeling of joy from being surrounded by luxurious accommodations immediately suggested to Destefano the ingredient he needed to make a book on heaven seem more tangible to his readers: comparison to a vacation in the Presidential Suite of a five-star resort. Of course, in heaven the luxurious accommodations don't stop with the hotel furnishings, they include a fabulous makeover of a new body (Chap. 2), interesting fellow travelers on the vacation (Chap. 4), and angels for tour guides (Chap. 7). Forget about resting in peace, heaven is going to be filled with so many fun and interesting activities that we will naturally go from one activity to the next learning more, experiencing life at its fullest, and growing in our own spirituality.
Destefano contends that the physical location of heaven is Earth. Citing portions of the New Testament that refer to "a new heaven and a new earth," Destefano argues that eventually earth itself will experience death, resurrection, and transformation so that the "new earth" will in fact be heaven. Many of us have assumed heaven exists in another dimension beyond the three-dimensional limitations of earth, but Destefano argues continually that heaven is not a spiritual concept but a physical place that we will inhabit with our new and improved physical bodies. Given that humans have existed on the earth for about a million years, the physical size of this newly transformed earth must obviously be much larger than earth today, otherwise there would be congestion and shortage of space for all those people.
Throughout his book, Destefano provides citation to the bible to back up his claims about what life will be like in heaven. Judging from the praise his book has received from people in different Christian denominations, his scriptural citations seem to please a wide Christian audience. For example, Destefano claims that prior to Christ's resurrection, none of the souls of the faithfully departed were allowed into heaven; the gates of heaven had been closed. Destefano cites 1 Cor 15:20-23; Phil 2:8; Rom 5:18-20. His first citation contains the phrase "For just as in Adam all die, so too in Christ shall all be brought to life." His second citation contains "that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth." The third citation states "In conclusion, just as through one transgression condemnation came upon all, so through one righteous act acquittal and life came to all." None of those citations indicate the gates of heaven were closed.
A TRAVEL GUIDE TO HEAVEN is well-researched and draws from scripture for inspiration. I conclude with a quotation from the book that will inspire the reader to contemplate a paradise in which "eye has not seen, ear has not heard" the marvels that await us. "And don't forget the children. God knew very well when he created the first tyrannosaurus and brontosaurus that little boys and girls would be thrilled by the very thought of them billions of years later. In fact, God might have made the dinosaurs and allowed them to roam the earth for millions of years for that reason alone." In order to enter the kingdom of God, we must accept it with the eager anticipation of a child. We should not underestimate God's desire to make us happy in heaven and give us child-like joy at the wonders of his creation.
It probably doesn't matter if it was Amsterdam that was first called the Venice of the North or somewhere else entirely! It definitely doesn't matter to the people who live in a City that in the main has canals for streets.
In fact the people who live in Amsterdam, the capital of Holland are a pretty easy going lot, some might say that they are too easy going, but then that depends probably more on your own views and prejudices. Though one thing is pretty certain and that is that the Amsterdammers won't mind what you think of them and their City, they love it.
So whether it is true or not that Amsterdam is the Venice of the North or not is probably irrelevant! What is true that Amsterdam has a network of (five) canals which bisect the (Old) City of Amsterdam in a semi-circle, and if that wasn't enough water for you the River Amstel flows down into the City with numerous other waterway and channels connected to it making Amsterdam one of the most attractive Cities in the world without a doubt.
Amsterdam is compact and all of the major tourist attractions, most of the hotels and everything else you might want to see can be found inside the canal's borders and this makes Amsterdam one of the smallest cities in the world.
Being so compact doesn't make Amsterdam any the less interesting though in fact the opposite is the case it just means that all of the wonderful Museums, and other sights can be accessed easily on foot or by Tram, Waterbus or indeed the way that most people who live in Amsterdam travel by bicycle.
There are over 50 museums in Amsterdam including the Van Gogh Museum, Rembrandt's House, the Stedeliijk Museum, the world class art gallery & art history museum Rijksmuseum, and it has to be said that all are worth visiting.
One of the nicest things to do in Amsterdam is to take a trip on a canal boat and see where the old merchants built their houses. Lining almost every Canal are wonderful houses and mansions built first in the 1600′s and then for over 160 years afterwards.
These elegant houses tower over the Canals and offer a marvellous window on the past. Travel a little further and you will be able to see the Windmills, which were built outside of the City walls so that the City's buildings wouldn't obstruct the wind. The oldest Windmill in Amsterdam is the De Otter Windmill built in 1631 as a saw mill it has been fully restored and can be visited daily.
If you are staying for more than a few days and the weather is warm why not do something a little unusual when visiting a Northern European City – take to the beach!
Just twenty or so minutes from Amsterdam you will discover the long sandy beaches of Zandvoort or Ijmuiden and if it is crowded well who cares there is more beach than you could ever wish for because the whole of the Dutch coastline is just one long sandy beach, so you will be sure to find a secluded idyllic spot if that is what you want.
It is true to say that Amsterdam has everything that you would ever want as a tourist destination especially in the summer if you want long sunny days, thanks to the after effects of global warming but of course that means that you will be hard pressed at times to find just the right hotel at just the right price, but there are ways and means if you know the right people, we suggest using an hotel price comparison website where you can choose exactly the right hotel for you and your budget the best hotel price comparison site that comes to mind is BookingSpot.


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Viewers won't forget 'Rolling Thunder Revue,' even if Bob Dylan does
Rare exhibit of Jesuit artists' work in China displayed in Washington
Truly understanding Christ can transform Christians, author says
'Chasing the Moon' offers surprises in Apollo 11's story
Book describes 'triumph of beauty' of Catholic art
'Spider-Man: Far From Home' spins a snappy, substantial tale
How did DeNiro end up in a sexploitation flick like this?
Zac Efron and Robert De Niro star in a scene from the movie "Dirty Grandpa." (CNS photo/Lionsgate)
By Kurt Jensen • Catholic News Service • Posted January 22, 2016
NEW YORK (CNS) — Someone had the idea of putting Robert De Niro in a sexploitation flick, and the result is "Dirty Grandpa" (Lionsgate).
De Niro plays Dick Kelly, a libido-driven, newly widowed former Special Forces officer who's taken to Florida by his grandson, Jason (Zac Efron), for a decorous visit to Boca Raton. They wind up instead at spring break in Daytona Beach.
Jason, a straight-laced corporate lawyer, has left his controlling fiancee, Meredith (Julianne Hough), behind to plan their wedding. While in the Sunshine State, however, he realizes that his larcenous former classmate, Shadia (Zoey Deutch), may in fact be the girl of his dreams.
Dick spends most of the movie chasing Lenore (Aubrey Plaza), a potty-mouthed coed who has mistaken him for a professor.
Director Dan Mazer and screenwriter John M. Phillips take a "let 'er rip" approach to the crudest of references to sexual activity and any other body function that comes to mind. The most repellant offering in their smorgasbord of smut is a sequence that attempts to mine laughs out of the suspected sexual abuse of a child.
The film contains strong sexual content, including full male and female nudity and coarse banter, frequent drug use and pervasive rough and crude language. The Catholic News Service classification is O — morally offensive. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R — restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.
Jensen is a guest reviewer for Catholic News Service.
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McCain calls Obama's stance on Iraq war political - Obama says he's becoming competitive in red states.
McCain calls Obama's stance on Iraq war political
Presidential challenger John McCain said Sunday that he supports a proposed ballot initiative in his home state that would prohibit affirmative action policies from state and local governments. A decade ago, he called a similar effort "divisive."
Obama says he's becoming competitive in red states
With 100 days remaining in the race for the White House, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama says he has succeeded in expanding the electoral map in his race against John McCain, principally in southern and southwestern states but also in Montana and North Dakota.
On return to US, Obama says Afghanistan in trouble
In his first public appearance since returning to the United States, Barack Obama says Afghanistan's weak government and rampant drug trafficking are hampering efforts to fight al-Qaida terrorists who often take refuge in neighboring Pakistan.
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Buffett likely to finally address pandemic at Berkshire Hathaway meeting
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By Jonathan Stempel
30 April 2020, 1:47 pm ·4-min read
FILE PHOTO: Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett walks through the exhibit hall as shareholders gather to hear from the billionaire investor at Berkshire Hathaway Inc's annual shareholder meeting in Omaha
(Reuters) - Berkshire Hathaway Inc's <BRKa.N> annual meeting will be nothing like the extravaganzas of years past, but will give Warren Buffett a chance to show how resilient his cash-rich conglomerate may be to the coronavirus pandemic, and the investment opportunities it offers.
The meeting and surrounding festivities that Buffett calls "Woodstock for Capitalists" normally draw more than 40,000 people to Omaha, Nebraska to see and hear one of the world's richest people and most revered investors.
But Berkshire has scrapped most of this year's fun, and Buffett fans will need their computers and smartphones to watch the Saturday afternoon meeting, broadcast on Yahoo Finance.
Buffett, who is Berkshire's chairman and chief executive officer, has been notably quiet about the coronavirus, ever since calling the COVID-19 outbreak and plunging oil prices "a big one-two punch" in early March.
He has also eschewed the kind of splashy investments, such as in Goldman Sachs Group Inc <GS.N>, he made during in the 2008 financial crisis.
Shareholders nonetheless said they expect Buffett to show Berkshire can successfully weather a deep recession.
"He's an optimist," said Paul Lountzis, president of Lountzis Asset Management LLC, who invests 11% of assets he oversees in Berkshire stock. "He will reflect on the country's resilience, and how we'll overcome this, as we have overcome so many other challenges. That's how he looks at the world."
ABEL TAKES STAGE
Buffett, 89, will be joined by Greg Abel, 57, a vice chairman overseeing Berkshire's non-insurance operating businesses, in answering shareholder questions at the meeting.
Abel and Ajit Jain, another vice chairman, have long been viewed as Buffett's likeliest successors as CEO.
Vice Chairman Charlie Munger, 96, who normally answers shareholder questions with Buffett, and Jain, 68, will not be in attendance. Unlike Abel, both live far from Omaha.
Berkshire is also likely on Saturday morning to report a huge first-quarter net loss, as investments such as American Express <AXP.N>, Bank of America <BAC.N> and the four largest U.S. airlines sank in value.
Many investors will focus on the quarterly performance of Berkshire's more than 90 operating businesses, which in 2019 posted an average $6 billion of quarterly profit.
The pandemic's impact may be evident in falling volumes at the BNSF railroad, premium waivers and lower accident claims at the Geico auto insurer, and store closures by retailers such as See's Candies and the Nebraska Furniture Mart.
"As goes Berkshire, so goes the economy," said Lawrence Cunningham, a George Washington University law professor who has published several books on Berkshire.
UNDERPERFORMANCE PERSISTS
Investors will also look for how far Berkshire dipped into its $128 billion year-end cash hoard, whether through investments in other stocks or repurchases of its own.
Munger told The Wall Street Journal two weeks ago that Berkshire's phone is not "ringing off the hook" with companies seeking support.
Bill Smead, chief executive of Smead Capital Management in Seattle, likened the environment to the 1974 bear market, when Buffett told Forbes magazine he felt like an "oversexed man in a harem" when looking for investment opportunities.
Berkshire, however, was then far smaller than the $461 billion behemoth it has become.
"You can't pour water from a barrel into a teacup," Smead said, while adding he wished Buffett would admit stockpiling cash was a mistake: "He needs to work for the benefit of those who, like him, have over 90% of their net worth in the company."
Through Wednesday, Berkshire's stock price was down 16% in 2020, versus a 9% drop in the Standard & Poor's 500 <.SPX>.
And last year, Berkshire lagged the index by 20.5 percentage points, including dividends.
Berkshire said Buffett and Abel will not be given shareholder questions in advance, and will not talk about specific Berkshire investments. That suggests that Berkshire's holdings in banks, airlines and Apple Inc <AAPL.O> may be off-limits.
Cunningham said it will be important for Abel to show how his core values align with Berkshire's, and to "convey a sense of himself."
(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; editing by Megan Davies and Diane Craft)
India's HPCL to raise Iraqi oil imports by 45% in 2022 -sources
Indian state refiner Hindustan Petroleum Corp will lift 45% more oil from Iraq this year to meet its expanded refining capacity, sources familiar with the matter said. The refiner will buy 3.2 million tonnes or about 64,000 barrels per day (bpd) from Iraq this year, up from 44,000 bpd in 2021, they said. Iraqi state-owned marketer SOMO and HPCL did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment.


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The Schnauzer or Mittelschnauzer is a German breed of dog in the Pinscher and Schnauzer group. It is characterised by an abundant bristly beard and whiskers, usually lighter than the coat. It is one of three Schnauzer breeds, the others being the Giant Schnauzer or Riesenschnauzer, and the Miniature Schnauzer or Zwergschnauzer. In Germany it is an endangered breed, and is listed in category III of the Rote Liste of the Gesellschaft zur Erhaltung alter und gefährdeter Haustierrassen.

Its development as a breed dates from the 1880s, in southern Germany. It is a robust and squarely-built dog of medium size, of working or utility type; the coat may be salt-and-pepper or black. A dog of this type was exhibited in Hanover in 1879; another was  "Best in Show" at the Westminster Kennel Club in the United States in 1997.

Breed name

The name of the breed derives from the German word , meaning 'snout', but how it came to be applied to the breed is unknown. The word  appears in the Bilder und Sagen aus der Schweiz of Jeremias Gotthelf, published in 1842. 'Schnauz' was a common name for a dog – several dogs with this name were shown in Elberfeld in 1880. At the third international dog show of the Verein zur Veredelung der Hunderassen in Hanover in 1879, a dog named 'Schnautzer' took first place in the Rauche Pinscher or Wire-haired Pinscher class. The name of the breed was officially changed from Rauhaarige Pinscher to Schnauzer with the sixth edition of the stud-book in 1917.

History

The Schnauzer originated in southern Germany; it shares a common history with the German Pinscher. Dogs of this type, both rough-haired and smooth-haired, were traditionally kept as carriage dogs or as stable dogs, and so were sometimes known as ; they were capable ratters. Both types were known as Deutscher Pinscher, and came from the same lineage; rough-haired and smooth-haired puppies could occur in the same litter. The rough-haired type, which would later become the Schnauzer, was also known as the .

In 1880 the Pinscher was recorded in the Deutschen Hundestammbuch of the Verein zur Veredelung der Hunderassen, and the first breed standard was drawn up. Various colours were described for the rough-haired type, including iron-grey, silver-grey, grey-yellow, corn-yellow and rust-yellow. In 1895  described five varieties of Pinscher – the rough- and smooth-haired Pinscher, the rough- and smooth-haired Miniature Pinscher, and the Affenpinscher. Also in 1895, a breed society, the Pinscherklub, was established for both types, both rough- and smooth-haired. Another society, the Schnauzerklub München, was formed in Munich in 1907 by breeders of the Mittelschnauzer. In 1917, with the sixth edition of the stud-book, the name of the rough-haired breed was officially changed from Rauhaarige Pinscher to Schnauzer. In 1918 the Pinscherklub and the Schnauzerklub München merged to form the Pinscher-Schnauzer-Verband, which in 1921 changed its name to the present Pinscher-Schnauzer-Klub 1895 e.V.

In the interwar period the pepper-and-salt Schnauzer flourished, while the black was less often seen; after the end of the Second World War, the reverse was true. The Schnauzer was definitively accepted by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale in 1955. In the fifteen-year period from 2007 to 2021, annual registrations in Germany varied between  and , with an annual average of .

Since 2014 the pepper-and-salt Schnauzer has been on the Rote Liste of the Gesellschaft zur Erhaltung alter und gefährdeter Haustierrassen. In 2022 its conservation status was listed as , 'endangered', the third-highest category of endangerment of the organisation. In 2018 a total of 201 pepper-and-salt puppies were whelped in 26 litters.

A few Schnauzers were exported to the United States before the outbreak of the First World War. In 1925 the Wire-Haired Pinscher Club of America was started, covering both standard-sized and miniature Schnauzers; in 1933 it was divided into two separate clubs, one of them the Standard Schnauzer Club of America.

Characteristics

The Schnauzer is a robust and squarely-built dog of medium size, of working or utility type. The coat is hard, wiry and dense, with a thick soft under-coat. It may be salt-and-pepper or black; in the salt-and-pepper, the grey may vary from pale silver-grey to dark iron-grey. Salt-and-pepper dogs have a black mask. The ears are set high and drooping; the eyes are dark.

Health
Overall, the Standard Schnauzer is a very healthy breed. The 2008 health survey done by the Standard Schnauzer Club of America revealed that roughly only 1% of dogs surveyed had serious health issues.

References

FCI breeds
Dog breeds originating in Germany
Animal breeds on the GEH Red List

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Inner Sanctum just revealed Camilla d'Errico's first ever vinyl figure, Kuro. The character, who comes from Camilla's Tanpopo books, can be found in all kinds of 3D forms as small as glass pendants and keychains or as big as giant plushes. When I spoke to Camilla at Wondercon, she was very excited about the upcoming 6-inch vinyl. She has some cool ideas planned for Kuro's release, and I promised not to repeat them with my big blogger mouth (sorry, guys).
Kuro was sculpted by Daniel Ritthanondh. His site says Kuro will be in stores this summer, and Vinyl Pulse says Camilla will officially unveil Kuro at New York Comic Con (October 8th-10th) at the "Art to Merchandise: How to Make More With Your Art Panel". I'm looking forward to this one.
That looks so good! Gonna have to pick this one up ^_^ …of course.


Considering the advanced technical nature of Cirrus Perspective by Garmin avionics platform we've found it relatively trouble-free. But we have encountered one gremlin in our avionics, which occurred before the software version upgrade previously written about last week.
The symptoms included sporadic interruption of engine data to our Multi-Function Display (MFD) and intermittent function of the flight meter. The gremlin materialized red x's over engine RPM, fuel flow, manifold pressure, and oil temperature. We also received a GEA unit failure message on the Crew Alert System (CAS) and Perspective auxiliary screen.
We took our airplane to a Cirrus Authorized Service Center. They investigated and attempted trouble shooting the issue but could not correct the problem. They involved the on field avionics specialty shop. And, Garmin customer service was called to help find a resolution. The avionics shop and Garmin ultimately agreed it was the GEA unit and that it would need to be replaced.
The Garmin GEA is the main processing unit that measures many engine and airframe conditions, including engine RPM, manifold pressure, oil temperature & pressure, cylinder head temperature (CHT), exhaust gas temperature (EGT), fuel flow, fuel pressure & fuel levels, electrical system, vacuum system, flaps, etc.
The GEA data stream is visualized on the Multi-Function Display (MFD), Primary Flight Display (PFD) and integrated into the Crew Alert System (CAS) with both aural and audible alerts.
Typically, only two categories are needed: "fixed expense" and "variable expense." This GEA failure would be categorized as a "fixed expense." Usually, a fixed cost would be split equally among members because it's not calculated into the hourly operating rate and it shouldn't be. A fixed expense can be incurred regardless of the number of hours the plane is flow.
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You can enable IBM App Connect to pass key information between a SAP OData system and your apps – automatically, in real time. For example, the billing status of a customer changes in SAP so App Connect automatically creates or updates a matching customer record held in Salesforce. As part of the general requirements for SAP OData, you need a well-defined SAP Gateway OData service.
For general information about connecting SAP OData to App Connect, see How to use IBM App Connect with SAP. For more information about the SAP Gateway and OData, see the SAP Help Portal (some links provided at the bottom of this page).
Define your SAP objects without relationships. The SAP OData connector in App Connect does not support object relationships.
If your SAP service is defined with object relationships, then App Connect lists your SAP objects for CRUD operations, but ignores the relationship information.
Ensure that your SAP Gateway OData service is enabled with sap:creatable:true flag.
If sap:creatable:false is used, then App Connect ignores the objects identified from your SAP service for CREATE operations; however your objects will be available for RETRIEVE, UPDATE, and DELETE operations.
Ensure that the operations are implemented for the service.
App Connect uses a SERVICE_URL/metadata call to obtain a list of operations to display. But it does not verify if the obtained operations are implemented.
Ensure that an object property that you want to use does not have sap:filterable="false".
If all the fields of an object have sap:filterable="false" then App Connect won't support the RETRIEVE operation.
To configure a well-defined SAP Gateway OData service, complete the following steps in your SAP system. These steps cover the general procedure, but need some consideration for your own SAP OData system and your preferred techniques for configuring SAP.
Create the Entity type by importing a pre-defined DDIC Structure for the Order header. Right-click Data Model, and then select Import > DDIC Structure.
Choose the required structure. If the Sales order structure is not available in your SAP system, select the ABAP structure ZST_VBAK. Click Next.
Choose the required fields, and then click Next.
Select the key field, VBELN, and then click Finish.
Result: You should now see the new Entity that has been created.
Repeat the same sequence of steps from 4 to 7 to import the next structure, OrderStatus. This may be an Item structure. The following example shows the import of another custom structure called ZST_SO_STATUS.
Create the Entity Sets for the entity types that you have just created.
Right-click the folder Entity Sets, and then select Create.
Create the Associations which sets the cardinal rules, and then click Next.
Set the Dependent Property, Vbeln, and then click Next.
To use the service with the changes that you have made, you need to generate the runtime objects. This creates the underlying ABAP classes that contain all the information that you've specified in the service builder.
While generating the runtime objects, the class and service details are generated as shown below.
Choose the package for the objects.
This completes the design stage. Next, you need to develop the code as part of the implementation.
Expand the Runtime Artifacts folder.
Because more than one structure or table is involved, you need to implement the method '/IWBEP/IF_MGW_APPL_SRV_RUNTIME~CREATE_DEEP_ENTITY' for implementing CREATE (POST) functionality for deep insert. However, for single insert, you can use the CREATE_ENTITY method.
After selecting the method, click the Redefine icon.
Now the method has been redefined and is available to code the business logic, add the business logic for your requirements.
Result: After completing the logic development, the CREATE functionality is complete.
In the next screen, specify the System Alias (created by Basis) and the new service which has been created. After that, click the Get Services icon.
Click Add Selected Services. This adds the service so that it can be used by App Connect.
Result: A well-defined SAP Gateway OData service has been created so that it can be used by App Connect.


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HBS Round 2 Invites & Dings Out Jan. 28 & 31
by: John A. Byrne on January 20, 2019 | 1 Comment 1,996 Views
Harvard Business School will send out round two interview invites and dings in two batches on Jan. 28th and Jan. 31. HBS photo
Harvard Business School will be sending out good and bad news to thousands of round two applicants to its MBA program in two batches on Jan. 28th and Jan. 31. On those two dates, candidates will either get an invitation to an interview, be put on a waitlist, or will be told they didn't quite make it.
HBS interviews about one in five of its roughly 10,000 applicants each year. Just over half of the candidates who are interviewed by the school's admissions staff will get an admit. The school sends out decisions in two batches "to make for a smoother interview sign-up process," according to Chad Losee, managing director of MBA admissions and financial aid.
The announcement of the round two decision days was made by Losee in a brief blog post. "I'll post a bit more about the logistics as we get closer to January 28," he added. "For now, sit tight and try to enjoy the next week or two!"
A BUMPER CROP OF DECISIONS THIS YEAR EXPECTED
This year's round two decisions are expected to be larger than normal because Losee eliminated a round three for applicants, reserving that final date of April 9 only for applicants to the school's 2+2 deferred admissions program. Last year, 1,369 candidates applied for that program which had an admit rate of 8%, below the school's overall acceptance rate of 11%.
Sandy Kreisberg, founder of HBSGuru.com and a leading watcher of HBS tea leaves, says that even though decisions will go out on two separate days, "that usually means most go out on Jan 28th in my experience, although Harvard's adcom is typically cryptic and annoying about this."
Last year, a total of 9,886 candidates applied for admission to Harvard Business School, a 4.5% decline over the year-earlier total of 10,351. The median GMAT for the latest entering class is 730, with the lowest score for an enrolled student being 610 and the highest score a perfect 800. Some 15% of last year's entering class of 930 students submitted a GRE, with the median verbal score of 165 and the median quant score a 163.
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