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/**
 * \file
 *
 * Contains autotrust definitions.
 */

#ifndef VALIDATOR_AUTOTRUST_H
#define VALIDATOR_AUTOTRUST_H
#include "util/rbtree.h"
#include "util/data/packed_rrset.h"
struct val_anchors;
struct trust_anchor;
struct ub_packed_rrset_key;
struct module_env;
struct module_qstate;
struct val_env;
struct sldns_buffer;

/** Autotrust anchor states */
typedef enum {
	AUTR_STATE_START   = 0,
	AUTR_STATE_ADDPEND = 1,
	AUTR_STATE_VALID   = 2,
	AUTR_STATE_MISSING = 3,
	AUTR_STATE_REVOKED = 4,
	AUTR_STATE_REMOVED = 5
} autr_state_type;

/**
 * Autotrust metadata for one trust anchor key.
 */
struct autr_ta {
	/** next key */
	struct autr_ta* next;
	/** the RR */
	uint8_t* rr;
	/** length of rr */
	size_t rr_len, dname_len;
	/** last update of key state (new pending count keeps date the same) */
	time_t last_change;
	/** 5011 state */
	autr_state_type s;
	/** pending count */
	uint8_t pending_count;
	/** fresh TA was seen */
	uint8_t fetched;
	/** revoked TA was seen */
	uint8_t revoked;
};

/**
 * Autotrust metadata for a trust point.
 * This is part of the struct trust_anchor data.
 */
struct autr_point_data {
	/** file to store the trust point in. chrootdir already applied. */
	char* file;
	/** rbtree node for probe sort, key is struct trust_anchor */
	rbnode_type pnode;

	/** the keys */
	struct autr_ta* keys;

	/** last queried DNSKEY set
	 * Not all failures are captured in this entry.
	 * If the validator did not even start (e.g. timeout or localservfail),
	 * then the last_queried and query_failed values are not updated.
	 */
	time_t last_queried;
	/** last successful DNSKEY set */
	time_t last_success;
	/** next probe time */
	time_t next_probe_time;

	/** when to query if !failed */
	time_t query_interval;
	/** when to retry if failed */
	time_t retry_time;

	/**
	 * How many times did it fail. diagnostic only (has no effect).
	 * Only updated if there was a dnskey rrset that failed to verify.
	 */
	uint8_t query_failed;
	/** true if the trust point has been revoked */
	uint8_t revoked;
};

/**
 * Autotrust global metadata.
 */
struct autr_global_data {
	/** rbtree of autotrust anchors sorted by next probe time.
	 * When time is equal, sorted by anchor class, name. */
	rbtree_type probe;
};

/**
 * Create new global 5011 data structure.
 * @return new structure or NULL on malloc failure.
 */
struct autr_global_data* autr_global_create(void);

/**
 * Delete global 5011 data structure.
 * @param global: global autotrust state to delete.
 */
void autr_global_delete(struct autr_global_data* global);

/**
 * See if autotrust anchors are configured and how many.
 * @param anchors: the trust anchors structure.
 * @return number of autotrust trust anchors
 */
size_t autr_get_num_anchors(struct val_anchors* anchors);

/**
 * Process probe timer.  Add new probes if needed.
 * @param env: module environment with time, with anchors and with the mesh.
 * @return time of next probe (in seconds from now).
 * 	If 0, then there is no next probe anymore (trust points deleted).
 */
time_t autr_probe_timer(struct module_env* env);

/** probe tree compare function */
int probetree_cmp(const void* x, const void* y);

/**
 * Read autotrust file.
 * @param anchors: the anchors structure.
 * @param nm: name of the file (copied).
 * @return false on failure.
 */
int autr_read_file(struct val_anchors* anchors, const char* nm);

/**
 * Write autotrust file.
 * @param env: environment with scratch space.
 * @param tp: trust point to write.
 */
void autr_write_file(struct module_env* env, struct trust_anchor* tp);

/**
 * Delete autr anchor, deletes the autr data but does not do
 * unlinking from trees, caller does that.
 * @param tp: trust point to delete.
 */
void autr_point_delete(struct trust_anchor* tp);

/**
 * Perform autotrust processing.
 * @param env: qstate environment with the anchors structure.
 * @param ve: validator environment for verification of rrsigs.
 * @param tp: trust anchor to process.
 * @param dnskey_rrset: DNSKEY rrset probed (can be NULL if bad prime result).
 * 	allocated in a region. Has not been validated yet.
 * @param qstate: qstate with region.
 * @return false if trust anchor was revoked completely.
 * 	Otherwise logs errors to log, does not change return value.
 * 	On errors, likely the trust point has been unchanged.
 */
int autr_process_prime(struct module_env* env, struct val_env* ve,
	struct trust_anchor* tp, struct ub_packed_rrset_key* dnskey_rrset,
	struct module_qstate* qstate);

/**
 * Debug printout of rfc5011 tracked anchors
 * @param anchors: all the anchors.
 */
void autr_debug_print(struct val_anchors* anchors);

/** callback for query answer to 5011 probe */
void probe_answer_cb(void* arg, int rcode, struct sldns_buffer* buf,
	enum sec_status sec, char* errinf, int was_ratelimited);

#endif /* VALIDATOR_AUTOTRUST_H */

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Visnum-Kil-mästaren är ett anonymnamn på den bildhuggare som utfört en biskopsstaty för Visnums-Kils kyrka i Värmland.

På 1200-talets mitt utförde Visnum-Kil-mästaren en biskopsstaty i aspträ som troligen föreställer S:t Nikolaus för kyrkan, statyn flyttades 1915 till Statens historiska museum i Stockholm. Statyn framställer den sittande biskopen på en tronstol prydd med djurtassar som fötter. Sidostyckena på stolen består av lyftande djurhuvuden under en baldakin med en tinnad treklöverbåge. Biskopen lyfter välsignande sin högra hand, den vänstra armen som är lyft till axelhöjd har troligen varit försett med ett kors. Dorsalen som bär rester av ett gångjärn är tillverkat av furu medan framsidan av dräktens utformning är av ornamental karaktär med upprepade V-former i låg relief från bröstet upp till halsen. Även benen har en V-formad veckbildning medan ärmarna faller i en rik vertikal drapering. Biskopens frontala, rakryggade hållning understrykes av det skäggprydda ansiktets regelbundna linjer som även återkommer i mitran. Hela statyn andas liv och man utgår från att dess skapare måste ha varit en konstnär av format. Huruvida det är en svensk eller norsk bildhuggare som är upphovsman till statyn är oklart men den har vissa drag som återfinns i engelsk bildhuggarkonst från 1200-talet. En forskare ha framfört teorin att den är utförd av norske bildhuggaren Balkeskolen eller hans engelska läromästare.

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What is the value of giving the Shurley English Pretest if students are not familiar with the curriculum? As a consultant, I've heard this question before, and I want to urge you to listen up! Even though the pretest may appear extraordinarily difficult, you should never avoid it! Let me explain.
You may be new to the curriculum, but as the classroom teacher, you must always keep the main goal of Language Arts instruction in mind. The goal, of course, is to give students the tools they need to become competent, confident communicators! Simply stated, you want your students to be able to speak and write with fluency.
One way to support this goal is to allow students to see their own progress for themselves. The Shurley English Pretest can be used to compare with the Posttest at the end of the year. You do not need to formally grade the Pretest; all you have to do is file it away in a safe place and pull it out at the end of the year. Then, students will see the value of the Pretest and the Posttest as they compare the two assessments. They (and their parents) will be amazed at what they have learned during their first year in Shurley English.
So, why give our Pretest? It is simply a benchmark which measures the beginning of the journey into making the grammar/writing connection. As your students grow in their skills, both you and they will be glad you took the time to mark where they began the trip. That, my friend, is the value of our Pretest.


I have installed Eclipse, added PyDev and seem to have arcpy python scripts running fine within Eclipse.
My scripts are running correctly and I am getting context help when hovering over objects - however intellisence and code completion does not seem to be working.
Can anyone advise how this can be set up? If at all?
is this required to get intellisence working?
Update - I had been looking in the wrong location for the numpy folder.
I have now added this to the preferences path but I am still not getting intellisence. I attach a screen dump of all of my references....does this look correct?
Looks fine to me. Try it and see.
Is there anything other than referencing the file paths that I should do?
Beyond making sure that you have all the libraries in there I dont know what to tell you. When I added in the ArcGIS10.0 ones it worked.
I don't have a standalone version of Python 2.6 installed on my machine - are you saying I need both the version shipped with ArcGIS v10 and a separate install of python?
I'm just starting to use Eclipse with PyDev, and cannot get code-completion to work for arcpy, even after having added the folders shown above in this thread.


Physical Features: Northwest county; rolling; broken areas; drained by Brazos tributaries; lake; sandy loam, gray, black soils.
History: Apaches until 1700, then a Comanche area. Ranching began in the late 1870s after the Indians were removed. Farming expanded after 1900. County created in 1858, from Milam and Fannin counties; re-created in 1876 and organized in 1885; named for Goliad victim C.R. Haskell.
Race/Ethnicity: (In percent) Anglo, 64.1; Black, 4.5; Hispanic, 29.2; Asian, 0.9; Other, 1.1; Two or more races, 2.3.
Vital Statistics, annual: Births, 57; deaths, 62; marriages, 31; divorces, 21.
Recreation: Lake Stamford activities, bass tournament in August; Haskell arts & crafts show in November; hunting of deer, geese, wild hog.
Agriculture: Wheat, cotton, peanuts; 28,000 acres irrigated. Beef cattle raised. Market value $38.7 million.
HASKELL (3,217) county seat; farming center; hospital; city park; Wild Horse Prairie Days in June.
Other towns include: O'Brien (104), Rochester (314), Rule (618) farming, cotton gins/warehouses, oil, mural, park, Trunk or Treat in October, Weinert (167).
Also, Stamford (2,975, mostly in Jones County).
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Crime & Courts November 3, 2022 - 1:01 pm
KBI has sent investigation into death of man shot and killed by Lawrence police on to district attorney
by Mackenzie Clark
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
In this Oct. 2, 2022 photo, a KBI crime scene unit is at the scene of a shooting in eastern Lawrence.
The investigation into a man's shooting death by Lawrence police is now in the hands of the Douglas County district attorney, according to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
Police shot and killed Michael S. Blanck, 43, the evening of Sunday, Oct. 2, according to the KBI.
Melissa Underwood, a KBI spokesperson, said that Thursday morning, KBI agents had "presented investigative findings" to the Douglas County District Attorney's Office.
"The District Attorney will now require time to closely review those findings, and apply case facts to applicable law before a charging decision can be made," Underwood said.
Cheryl Cadue, a spokesperson for the DA's office, said via email Thursday that "We are doing a rigorous review of the KBI's investigative findings."
According to previous information released by the KBI, LPD officers were dispatched to the home in the 1700 block of East 21st Terrace around 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2 for a report of a burglary and broken window. Officers learned that a man was likely inside and the homeowner was not present, the release stated.
"Officers did not enter the residence," according to the release. "They were attempting to learn more information about the suspect."
Blanck eventually came out of the residence, the release says. Officers "attempted to make verbal contact with him at the front of the house. During this interaction, Blanck pulled out a handgun and pointed it at officers," the KBI news release alleged.
Three of the five responding officers fired at Blanck, and he was struck with multiple rounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the KBI.
A witness at the scene said he heard multiple shots fired by at least two people, and when he arrived, one person was already on the ground. The witness said an officer was visibly distraught. No officers were physically injured in the incident, according to the KBI.
Some community members have asked whether the county's mobile crisis response team was dispatched to this incident, and why or why not. Laura McCabe, a spokesperson for the Lawrence Police Department, said she was unable to access detailed reports from the investigation as the KBI was handling the case. The KBI did not provide any information in response to our questions about the crisis response team.
Blanck was a Free State High School alum, "forever a Jayhawk," and he "took great pride in his best role as Uncle Mike," according to his obituary. He is survived by his wife, father, two brothers and two sisters.
Mackenzie Clark (she/her), reporter/founder of The Lawrence Times, can be reached at mclark (at) lawrencekstimes (dot) com. Read more of her work for the Times here. Check out her staff bio here.
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Crime & Courts December 1, 2022 – 5:09 pm
Douglas County DA finds Lawrence police shooting 'legally justified'
Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez has determined that the Lawrence police shooting of Michael Blanck was "legally justified," according to a news release Thursday afternoon.
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Michael Scott Blanck, 7/27/1979 – 10/2/2022
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Lawrence police shot and killed Michael S. Blanck, 43, of Lawrence, Sunday evening, according to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
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Auditors general urge Atlantic Lottery reforms
The Atlantic region's auditors general highlighted in a report released on April 26 that several key recommendations made to Atlantic Lottery Corporation (ALC) more than five years ago are still yet to be implemented.
Back in 2016, the auditors general's report advocated for an update to ALC's shareholder agreement and bylaws, which the auditors general say hasn't happened in a decade. The shareholders of the corporation are the gaming commissions of the region's four provinces.
That is among four of nine 2016 recommendations intended to improve the corporation's governance and business agility which have not been fulfilled.
"The board needs direction from its shareholders and that's why the (shareholder agreement) is an important document," Nova Scotia auditor general Kim Adair said, as quoted by Global News. "It is the overriding agreement that sets the framework and objectives of the organization."
The report also noted the region's governments have not completed a review of the corporation's underfunded pension plan, which has swallowed up $87 million in potential profit in order to cover a shortfall between 2012 and the end of 2021, although it did recognize that a pension committee has been authorized to oversee the plan.
In addition, a long-standing disagreement over whether elected officials and government employees should be excluded from the board has not been resolved, an issue which had been flagged in 2016 and reiterated in a 2019 follow-up report. The region's provincial governments, the report said, maintain that it is in their best interests to continue having civil servants as voting members of the board.
The four governments have agreed to appoint eight independent voting shareholder representatives and keep the remaining four spots on the board for senior public servants. They have also agreed to create staggered three-year terms for members of the board.
However, the report noted that there is no term limit for the chairman of the corporation's board. The current chair, Sean O'Connor, has been in his role since 2007 after having served as vice-chairman since 2000, and the auditors said that tenure is much longer than best practices recommend.
Adair said she and the other three auditors general think their recommendations are necessary to ensure the proper operation of the corporation, which has been around since 1976. "It has functioned very well, but they are in a very dynamic and competitive industry," she said.
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Eyjólfur Sæmundsson (1087 – 1158), fue un sacerdote, erudito y goði del clan Oddaverjar en Oddi, Rangárvallasýsla al sur de Islandia. Hijo de Sæmundur fróði Sigfússon, fue mentor y educador de Torlak de Islandia a solicitud de la madre de Torlak, quien llegaría a ser el único santo oficial y patrón nacional de la isla elegido por el Althing (parlamento islandés).

Referencias

Bibliografía
 Björn Þorsteinsson: Íslensk miðaldasaga, 2. útg., Sögufélagið, Rvk. 1980.
 Byock, Jesse L.: Medieval Iceland: Society, Sagas, and Power, University of California Press, USA 1990.
 Gunnar Karlsson: "Frá þjóðveldi til konungsríkis", Saga Íslands II, ed. Sigurður Líndal, Hið íslenzka bókmenntafélag, Sögufélagið, Reykjavík 1975.
 "Goðar og bændur", s. 5-57, Saga X, Sögufélagið, Reykjavík 1972.
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Even since I could remember, I knew of the word Excelsior, mainly due to the characteristic sign-off of Detroit radio personality Mark Scott. After researching this word more, I related to it even more. By definition, excelsior is a Latin adjective meaning "higher" or "loftier". In English, this is an interjection with a poetic meaning of "ever upward".
The main origin in popular culture is due to Longfellow's poem originally printed in the 1841 edition of Ballads and Other Poems, which also included other well-known poems such as The Wreck of the Hesperus. The poem describes a young man passing through a mountain village. He bears the banner "Excelsior", translated from Latin as "ever higher", also loosely but more widely as "onward and upward". The traveler ignores all the warnings and climbs higher until inevitably, "lifeless, but beautiful". He is found by a faithful hound half-buried in the snow and still holding banner with the word, "Excelsior".
Other pop culture references include from Star Trek, a class spaceship from the movie series, and from The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show TV show from 1960-61 as a poem parody of the meaning and a trade name for wood shavings.
LEAN SIX SIGMA TEACHING POINT: This poem really states the true meaning of perseverance with a focus on your goal. This is the type of spirit necessary to complete a Black Book project. There are many roadblocks to prevent the team from accomplishing the goal. It is a requirement of the team to continue the long journey "up the mountain peak" and achieve the goal.
When your project is having difficulties, think "Excelsior" for motivation.


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« September 2013's Recipe of the Month: Pork Scaloppine with a Morel Marsala Sauce | Main | Introducing Cantharellus roseocanus, the Rainbow Chanterelle »
Celebrating the First White Chanterelles of 2013!
We're celebrating! Our foray yesterday rewarded us with a basket chockfull of the first white chanterelles of the year. What a treat!
We're celebrating the first white chanterelles of the year.
When we headed out into the reserve mid-afternoon, we were pretty confident that something would be happening on the forest floor. After all, there had been in excess of 1.33 inches of rain during a 24-hour period last week, a clear indicator that the mushrooms would soon be waking up from their long summer sleep.
We encountered a number of non-edible mushrooms on our excursion, and located several holes that had been dug by critters who savor the taste of lobster mushrooms. But, of course, it was the white chanterelles that delighted us: plump and firm, perfect specimens that would please even the most discerning of collectors. Some of the white chanterelles were large in diameter - the largest was about 3.5 inches in diameter. Others were buried under the duff and were therefore harder to clean. Still, all were a welcome addition to the mushroom basket!
After gently cleaning the mushrooms, we toasted them with a glass of white Lillet, our favorite aperitif. Then, needless to say, we embellished our dinner entree with a generous portion of sliced white chanterelles...outstanding!
It's far too early to be making any predictions, but it's sure a nice start to the season, and an early one as well. We're optimistic!
Here's wishing you a wonderful mushroom season and a basketful of reasons to celebrate!


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One solution to the housing shortage – build on Hampstead Heath
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If I was going to measure possible reasons to desert the Tories at the next election, and I can think of a couple, plans to concrete over the countryside would score pretty highly. As a theoretical idea about something happening miles away from my home it almost makes me want to write letters to the Telegraph; if it were in my backyard I'd be shaking my fist at passing traffic or whatever people in the countryside do when they're angry.
This is moderately dangerous to the party, because what's different now to, say, five years ago is that disaffected shire Tories have a plausible alternative to turn to, one that isn't just opportunistically opposing plans (and therefore likely to change) but which is campaigning against the primary cause of de-greening. After all, some 60 per cent of our future house building needs is due to immigration and if you factor in recent immigration that rises to about 90 per cent. Voting Ukip is therefore a clear and effective message.
Even taking aside the I-word though, we don't have to touch the green belt or loosen planning to build more homes. It just depends on whether you want a libertarian or authoritarian planning system.
The downside with libertarian planning systems, like one our libertarian government would like, is that they tend to produce quite ugly cities. Compare America's jumbled inner cities and often soulless suburbs and exurbs with continental Europe's beautiful and compact urban areas; compact cities not only have environmental benefits but civic benefits, too, that sense of boundedness being thought by sociologists to add to social capital; for the English it provides that 'village feel' the English love (but without the poverty and incest of actual village life), and which ribbon developments tend to mar.
Obviously America's cityscape is a product not just of modernity and cars but of liberty and democracy too, and Europe's beauty a product of despotism. Liberal England began to sprawl in the 20th century, checked by post-war planning regulations, although this came at a time when we were building on the cheap and the architecture business was going through a period of collective insanity.
But the south-east of England is still full of towns with low-density centres, and some of these, it has to be said, aren't the prettiest. In some cases development is expanding outside the town while the town centre is left under-populated, because no one wants to live there. So what England really needs is not so much a Nick Boles as a Baron Haussmann who could build beautiful, high-capacity town centres and so spare the countryside.
That's rather against our traditions, since these sorts of schemes have tended to rely on overbearing, even arbitrary power such as they had in France; the English, with their long tradition of the nuclear family, have also prized the ideal of the house with its garden rather than the shared apartment block. But those were products of a society with space to afford such luxuries; and so high are our housing costs now that the nuclear family is becoming a luxury itself.
There is another solution. There seems to be a strong correlation between people who wish to ease planning laws and those who are in favour of the free movement of labour, both groups being concentrated in London where almost all pro-migration sentiment is located. That being the case, as Rod Liddle suggested in his Sunday Times column (£), why not build in London instead?
Rod suggested Clapham Common; Hampstead Heath, which covers 790 acres, could also probably fit in 20,000 or so more people. As I live near the Heath I know that suggesting this would make me something of a Paul Robinson figure when he tried to turn Ramsey St into a supermarket, but it makes more sense to build near where the jobs are rather than forcing people into more gruelling commutes.
Sure it would ruin people's quality of life, make their environment less beautiful, and destroy their sense of neighbourhood, but it would also boost the economy, at least in the short term. And if the people of Hampstead or Highgate or Clapham didn't like these proposals, well they could always move somewhere else, or vote for a party that would stop it.
That won't happen, of course, because the people of Hampstead and Highgate have power, and those in rural England don't. And that's what it comes down to in the end.
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Gone are the days when having an eCommerce website was simply a means of promoting your product line. Today, the market has evolved into one that thrives on building and maintaining strong, personalized relationships with customers. Brands and companies therefore need to ensure that their customers are getting a deeper benefit from the service throughout their shopping experience.
Today's customers are a lot more intuitive and discerning, and as such, eCommerce brands need to match them with intuitive tactics of their own. Traditional marketing methods, that focused more on pushing your brand at the customer at every passing opportunity, will no longer work. According to Hubspot, today's buyers have taken control of the content they want to view and no longer respond to impersonal and disruptive marketing tactics. They prefer to seek out companies or brands based on their own research, and will only talk to a sales rep after they're completely satisfied and convinced of that brand's suitability.
Inbound marketing is an intuitive marketing methodology that is centered on building a personalized relationship between a brand and the customer. It works by pushing relevant marketing tactics based on what stage the customer is currently at, and guide them towards the decision stage. In simple words, a customer will see the content if and only if they are looking for it.
This phase focuses on attracting visitors to your website by publishing content relevant to their interests. The key is to keep them coming back to you for information, and getting them to consider you as a reliable source of information.
At this stage, the content marketing tactics employed previously begin to reap dividends, and works on converting your visitors into leads by encouraging them to engage.
This is a decisive stage in inbound marketing which converts your leads to customers, and generates revenue for your business.
Marketing doesn't stop with a sale. The next step is ensure that the customers are happy to the point where they'd promote the business and product to other prospective customers.
Customer acquisition and retention are expensive, but necessary, investments and companies need to ensure profitable returns on these investments. However, many businesses fail on that front owing to challenges like high cart abandonment rates and poor customer experience on their websites.
Using inbound marketing, eCommerce brands are required to keep track of a number of metrics to measure and assess their success. One such metric - in fact, the most important metric, that determines the success of a business is centered on a company's ability to retain a customer. It's the Customer Lifetime Value (LTV).
In simple terms, LTV helps determine the projected revenue a customer will generate during their lifetime. Using LTV, businesses can correctly determine how much their customers spend, how often they spend it and what perks or offers converted them into successful buyers. With this information in hand, businesses can determine the strongest areas that can be leveraged to increase revenue generation.
Based on the implications of these metrics, companies need to perform the requisite tactics to ensure that their revenue and growth aspirations are on track. From providing relevant content to entice new customers, producing engaging social media content and developing effective customer retargeting campaigns for existing customers and abandoned carts, businesses use a number of tools to execute these tactics.
However, the lack of cohesion that comes with using separate platforms to handle multiple aspects of your marketing and sales efforts can hinder a Magento store's growth.
In HubSpot's own words, they are "an inbound marketing software platform that helps companies attract visitors, convert leads, and close customers." In other words, it's a single unified, easy-to-use platform to handle your Inbound Marketing strategy from start to finish. By seamlessly connecting your Magento store to HubSpot, you benefit from all the tools in one single platform, and you can analyze customers' data in real time, including but not limited to: activity, cart behavior, lifetime customer statistics, purchases.
Hubspot's SEO tool is integrated with all their content tools to allow users to create search optimized content that can attract visitor traffic to their website.
The tool analyzes and identifies the right keywords and topics that can help the business's website rank.
Conduct keyword research, get suggestions, see ranking difficulty, and access monthly search data to estimate the traffic potential of specific keywords.
Hubspot provides a comprehensive content development and blogging suite that allows users to create quality website and blog content that can drive traffic and convert readers to long-term customers.
Generate e-mail alerts for dedicated readers so they don't miss a single post.
Hubspot can be used to track the sources of traffic to pertinent pages in your website, such as product pages and landing pages. Understanding where your traffic is coming from can help you understand whether your marketing campaigns are working, and what opportunities are available to enhance your marketing efforts. Under each of these sources, Hubspot also specifies how many sources created leads, and how many of those leads were successfully converted into customers.
Hubspot provides a closed-loop reporting system that tracks and monitors every interaction a customer had on your website from the time they visited to your website right through when they became a customer on your site. This information can provide useful insights to both the sales and marketing teams, and improve their decisions with regards to the actions needed to improve the various performance metrics on the website.
Hubspot allows businesses to segment their visitor base into intelligent segments based on their current stage in the buyer's journey, success of previous campaigns and discrete buyer personas. Based on these segments, businesses can then execute targeted actions to encourage these users to push them further along in the sales funnel towards a sale.
Hubspot's Lead Scoring feature is one such option which allows businesses to create in-depth profiles around each customer, and determines the likelihood of the lead converting successfully into a sale.
These actions can then be used to create campaigns - like personalized e-mails, CTAs and special offers - aimed at bringing them back to your website for further interaction and sales.
Hubspot also allows you to create time-limited special offers and campaigns tailored to the user's activity on your website. This is ideal for cross-selling and up-selling campaigns where you can leverage the user's interest in a specific product to craft a revenue-generating campaign that can push the user into an immediate sale owing to the time constraint associated with the campaign.
Helps improve customer service and increase customer satisfaction by allowing sales and marketing teams to respond instantly to visitor and customer activities on the website through a synchronized platform that covers every single step in the customer journey.
Creates SEO and mobile-optimized content for websites, blogs, and promotions, thereby improving customer experience and reducing bounce rates on the website.
Helps brands offer personalized services to customers based on their pertinent needs at any given moment, whether it's delivering specific piece of content to a prospective visitor or a special e-mail offer for an existing customer based on their recent activity on your website.
Create an optimized inbound marketing campaign that successfully attracts visitors and converts them into successful leads, converts leads into successful sales and promotes customer retention and loyalty, which in turn, leads to further opportunities through customer referrals and promotions.
Analyzes and identifies potential sales opportunities at every step of a customer's lifetime - such as retargeting and remarketing opportunities - and maximizes revenue generation from a single customer.
Can be used to develop and manage offer campaigns aimed at targeting and gaining new customers through intelligent tracking and analytics on user behaviors, traffic sources, and success rates for both lead and customer conversions.
Eyemagine offers a useful tool to integrate Magento and HubSpot. The HubSpot Integration automatically syncs your Magento ecommerce information directly into the CRM allowing you to better target your leads, respond to customers, and view your market data. In this way, you can keep an eye on your marketing campaigns and workflows with eagle eye precision. This valuable resource will help you increase online sales from new customers and encourage repeat sales from existing ones.
In conclusion, with Hubspot driving their inbound marketing campaign, businesses can turn their Magento eCommerce site into a growing and successful revenue-generator.


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Home Actress Veronica Merrell Bio, Wiki & Facts
Veronica Merrell Bio, Wiki & Facts
Who is Veronica Merrell ?
Veronica Merrell, an actress, musician, singer, and song writer. She was born on August 6, 1996 in Kansas City, Missouri.
Born in Kansas City, Missouri, she moved to Los Angeles, California in 2013. She moved to Los Angeles, California when she was 16 years old. She has an identical twin sister, Vanessa Merrell, who is also an actress, musician, singer, and song writer. They are also known as the Merrell Twins.
She took up music lessons from the age of five, and has mastered playing piano and guitar.
She began her channel along with her twin sister and got 1.9 million subscribers on their channel.
Her Zodiac Sign is Leo.
SEE ALSO: Who is Vanessa Merrell ?
Who is Veronica Merrell Dating ?
Veronica Merrel is not married yet.
She was romantically involved with a fellow youtube celebrity Dominic DeAngelis some time before but now she is reportedly single.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BaGdCKPhbQB/?hl=en&taken-by=veronicamerrell
Veronica Merrell Career & Awards
Veronica Merrell and her sister started posting comedy and music videos to her Youtube channel "Merrell twins" since 2008. She, along with her twin sister, used to feature in their Channel and later raise to fame.
They were awarded as YouNowers of the Year at the 2016 Shorty Awards and also as the Best Live Show at the 2016 Streamy Awards.
What is the total net worth of Veronica Merrell ?
Veronica Merrell is a YouTube Personality and American actress best known for her channel merrell twins on YouTube. As of 2016, her total Net Worth is $500 thousand.
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— Merrell Twins (@MerrellTwins) January 18, 2017
Quick Facts About Veronica Merrell
Full Name: Veronica Merrell
Nick Name: Veronica
Date of Birth: 6 August 1996
Birth Place: Los Angeles, California
Age (as in 2016): 20
Sun-sign: Leo
Hobbies: Watching TV series
Father Name: Unknown
Mother Name: Unknown
Brother Name: Unknown
Sister Name: Vanessa
Height Height in feet: 5 feet 2 inches
Height in cm: 157 cm
Height in meter: 1.57 m
Weight Weight in Kg: 51 kg
Weight in Pounds: 112 pounds
Body Measurements: 32-23-34 inches
Dress Size: 4 (US) or 34 (EU)
Bra size: 32B
Shoe Size: 8.5 (US) or 6 (UK) or 39.5 (EU)
Eye Color: Dark Brown
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Gear up for the Retro Party taking place in your city. Inspired from the 70's, they are the must have fashion comebacks!. Pair them up with a bell sleeved top and palazzos and hit the town like back in 70's.


Folegandros can be found in the Southwestern part of the Cyclades island complex. It has an area of 32km2 (12mi2) and 650 inhabitants. The island has 3 major villages, Chora, Karavostassis and Ano Meria. Chora, which is also the capital and is built on the breathtaking edge of a cliff 200m above sea level. Perched above chora is the church of the Virgin Mary, the biggest on the island. Karavostassis is the port of Folegandros and from there you will find roads leading to the rest of the island. Ano Meria is the second largest settlement and it is an agricultural community. Folegandros has a variety of beaches mostly accesible by foot or boat only and some by car or bus like, Aggali and Livadi.
Interesting information about Folegandros can be found through the Greek Travel Pages (GTP), the municipality of Folegandros and Wikipedia.
Karavostassis, which is situated on the southern side of the island.
Ferry connections and schedules for domestic routes, like Ios, are usually announced by most shipping companies, a couple of weeks before the beginning of each season. There are some exceptions though, like Blue Star ferries, which announces schedules in the beginning of the year.
Information concerning Athens ports serving routes to Folegandros can be found further down.


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Azerbaijan reduces car import from Georgia by almost 40 percent
Baku, Azerbaijan, July 25
By Zulfiyya Gurbanova - Trend:
Around 11,960 cars totaling $147.5 million were exported from Georgia to Azerbaijan in Jan.-June, Georgia's National Statistical Service (GeoStat) said in its report.
The share of this category in the total volume of Georgian exports to Azerbaijan stood at 50.82 percent during the reporting period, according to GeoStat.
The volume of car export from Georgia to Azerbaijan has dropped by 22.2 percent, or by 7,900 in quantitative terms compared to the same period of 2013. By comparison, the country exported some 19,901 cars worth of $189.6 million to Azerbaijan in January-June 2013.
The decrease in car supplies to Azerbaijan is due to the country's transition to the environmental standard of Euro-4. Implementation of this standard will start from April 1, 2014. Introduction of the Euro-4 significantly restricts the imports of used cars which constitute a large part of car imports from Georgia to Azerbaijan.
Cars are delivered to Georgia from abroad.
About $290.2 million worth of goods were exported from Georgia to Azerbaijan in the first half of 2014, which accounts for 20.4 percent of this country's total export volume.
Exports from Georgia to Azerbaijan have dropped by 12.8 percent compared to the same period of 2013. By comparison, some $332.8 million worth of Georgian products were exported to Azerbaijan in Jan.-June 2013.
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BT Sport 2 – 20:00 GMT.
Liverpool vs PSG: Liverpool will look to continue their 100% start to the new season with victory over PSG in their first Champions League group games.
Liverpool maintained their fantastic start to the campaign with a 2-1 victory at Wembley against Tottenham. Jurgen Klopp's side found themselves on the wrong side of a 4-1 scoreline in this fixture last year. That on its own shows the vast improvement Liverpool have made, particularly defensively. Winning away at Tottenham was a huge statement towards their ambitions for the season. Spurs had won 14 out of 20 Premier League fixtures at Wembley, which highlights how strong a result this was. In truth, the Reds should have been out of sight before Erik Lamela pulled a goal back in injury time.
Liverpool haven't been quite as devastating in attack so far this year, but they have defended tremendously. This is in no part thanks to the signing of Alisson in the summer, who has breathed new life into their back line. Virgil van Dijk also looks worth every single penny of the £75m they splashed last January. The Dutchman and Joe Gomez have formed a strong partnership at the heart of the defence, which is making them a lot tougher to beat. Having reached the final last year, Liverpool know they're one of the best sides in Europe. They've been handed a much tougher group this time around, but they will go into these games full of confidence.
Like the Reds, PSG have one of the most feared front threes in Europe. The Ligue 1 champions have also made a perfect start to their new season, with five wins from as many games. They've hit 17 goals in those games, averaging 3.4 per game. With Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Edison Cavani in tandem, Liverpool will have to be on top of their game to keep them at bay. PSG are still yet to get beyond the Champions League quarter-finals, which will be new boss Thomas Tuchel's main priority for this season.
Cuneyt Cakir is the referee for this game. The Turkish official refereed both Real Madrid's quarter and semi-final ties last year, whilst also officiating several high-profile group matches. He has averaged 3.99 yellow cards and 0.21 red cards across 139 international games. Therefore, I would advise a maximum of 50+ total points for this match.
With the amount of attacking talent on the field, it's hard to not envisage a flurry of goals. These two sides both have 100% records, which only adds to the tie. I think this will be a high-scoring draw, although either side may nick it by the odd goal.
Liverpool vs PSG will be televised live in the UK on BT Sport 2 with kick-off at 20:00 GMT.
Correct Score – 2-2 Draw – (link no longer available).
First Goalscorer – Edinson Cavani – 11/2.
Both Players to score – Kylian Mbappe and Mohammed Salah to both score – 4/1.
BTTS and Win – BTTS Yes & Liverpool win – 9/4.
RequestABet up to 10/1 – BTTS, 4+ corners each team and 20+ booking points each team – 5/1. (NAP).
Popular RequestABets – Salah & Neymar to score and Rabiot & Henderson to be carded – 50/1.
@FootyAccums RequestABets – Sadio Mane & Mbappe to score and Alexander-Arnold & Rabiot to be carded – 100/1.
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Strengthening Geographical Indications – online Conference 2020
Strengthening GIs
Panel descriptions
'Strengthening geographical indications (GIs)' is the theme of this on-line Conference. It marks the official kick-off for an in-depth review where engagement with stakeholders and the public will be prominent. The starting point is that the EU GI systems are sound; indeed they are, and have been a tremendous success, with 3360 GIs registered, 1590 non-EU GIs protected under agreements and many of the EU registered GIs protected around the world under 34 international agreements.
The review takes the form of a wide public consultation – including a 12-week formal questionnaire to be opened January-March 2021. A major evaluation into GIs will report during the same period and this coupled with a rigorous impact assessment, will form the solid foundation for a truly evidence-based policy proposal in Q4 of 2021. The kind of initiatives under scrutiny and presented in this conference are:
increase the applicability of GIs for farmers and producers of sustainable products;
increase the attractiveness of GIs notably for producers in the 'low use' Member States;
correct legislative gaps including in the scope of coverage;
improve protection and enforcement especially on the internet;
empower GI producer groups;
better valorise the GI scheme notably through use of the GI logos;
modernise management of the GI registers.
While the advantages of specific legislation for the Wines and Spirits sectors are well understood to preserve the particular specificities of these products, the policy review will look at achieving a simplified system. The GI instrument must become more attractive to producers, more understandable to consumers, and easier to promote – thus leading ultimately to higher sales and higher recognition of the GI concept. The review will assess opportunities to merge the technical and procedural rules on geographical indications, provide for a single GI registration procedure and digital submission of applications by EU and non-EU applicants, with a view to shortening registration times.
Green deal and Intellectual Property action: Revision of the EU Geographical Indications systems in agricultural products and foodstuffs, wines, aromatised wines and spirit drinks is at the heart of the Farm to Fork Strategy (2020). This work was initiated by President von der Leyen, who requested to look at ways to strengthen the policy of geographical indications. The initiative is included in the Commission Work Programme 2021 under REFIT initiatives, linked to the European Green Deal. See the Roadmap here. In addition, the upcoming Intellectual Property Action Plan calls for improving the protection system for geographical indications to make it more effective.
The event is co-organised by DG AGRI and the European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) as the follow up of the jointly hosted conference of EUIPO and DG AGRI on the intersect between GIs and trade marks in 2018. The first conference was held in Alicante (at EUIPO premises) under the title "Trade Marks - GI future perspectives" and was the first major legal conference to bring together the stakeholders from both the GI and trade mark practitioners.
Closed since 24 November 2020


Some scientists in the field borrow the term "ecosystem services" from ecology to catalog all the things that the microbial community does for us as its host or habitat, and the services rendered are remarkably varied and impressive. "Invasion resistance" is one. Our resident microbes work to keep pathogens from gaining a toehold by occupying potential niches or otherwise rendering the environment inhospitable to foreigners. The robustness of an individual's gut community might explain why some people fall victim tofood poisoning while others can blithely eat the same meal with no ill effects.


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Q: Installing utPLSQL in Oracle Cloud I am developing an APEX application on Oracle Cloud.
Since I'm creating some functions and procedures I want to use utPLSQL to test these functions or procedures. If I follow the instructions of the installation for utPLSQL it says u need to download a zip file, and then unzip that file on the database server. There is a shell to acces in the  Oracle Cloud environment, however it is unclear to me how I would use that shell to install utPLSQL in this environment. Unfortunately my Linux knowledge is limited, so I have a few questions:

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*How would I get/upload or maybe download the zip file of utPLSQL in/to this environment?

*At what folder should this file be located?

*How would the file be unzipped?

Thanks in advance!

A: Here are the instructions for installing utPLSQL on the Oracle Autonomous Cloud DB, running 19c (At the time of writing utPLSQL supported max Oracle v19c).

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*Download the package: https://github.com/utPLSQL/utPLSQL/releases/download/v3.1.10/utPLSQL.zip

*Unzip it - it really does not matter where you unzip it. You can use some program like winzip to unzip it. On Mac there is a default program installed.

*Open the file utPLSQL/source/install.sql in sqlDeveloper. The full path doesn't matter, on my computer it is /Users/connect/oracle/utPLSQL/source/install.sql (Mac)

*Click the run script button.

*When it asks write admin as the user - this is the trick. Dont try to install it as ut3 user. Just use the admin user**

** It is possible to install it as a different user (ut3) however you neeed to grant roles and permissions. I couldn't get this to work properly - I could grant the roles using the script create_synonyms_and_grants_for_public.sql but it was complaining that I have insufficient privileges. You might have to play around with user roles in the web interface https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/290401/how-to-grant-sysdba-access-to-users-on-oracle-cloud-v19c
** You can't create tablespaces on autonomous cloud databases, just for info. There is another script that creates the ut3 user - it asks for the tablespace. Basically its just alot eaisier to install it as admin... And it works. To see it in action see the documention examples: http://utplsql.org/utPLSQL/latest/userguide/getting-started.html

A: Could you review this blog Apex-utPLSQL, this might be useful

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Vault Interiors | Property Styling | Turn-Key Furniture Packages | Should you renovate your home before putting it on the market for sale?
If you're considering selling your property you may be debating whether or not to give your place a pre-sale makeover. Will this improve the final price you receive for the sale of your property? Will a renovation attract more buyers to your open homes? Or will it generate more competition at your auction?
If you are going to delve into a makeover before selling, there are a number of considerations, and renovating some areas in the property can get you better results than others, on auction day.
As a general rule when it comes to renovating for sale it is essential to choose a neutral colour scheme and apply it throughout the whole property. This extends to the wall paint, carpet, kitchen and bathrooms finishes. By doing this your property will feel tailored and considered.
Beige or grey tones are the most on-trend schemes at the moment. The beauty of a neutral base palette is that you then have the opportunity to tailor the property to the current target audience through furniture and décor. Trying to sell a home with an avocado bathroom to a young executive market is not ideal.
If your budget is tight, focus mainly on the street appeal including the facade and garden. As a minimum, we also suggest fresh paint (stick to white walls to add more light) and fresh carpets or floating timber floors. These items can significantly improve your overall presentation and are some of the most cost effective and convenient ways to update your place.
Updating feature pendants lights is another quick win – Bunnings Warehouse and Beacon Lighting have great affordable ranges.
If you don't want to spend your money of a full kitchen and/or bathroom reno then consider sprucing these rooms up with new cabinetry handles and light fittings. Swap out old vanities in your bathrooms and spray dated or old tiles.
Most buyers are looking for open plan living so combining the dining and living areas by removing walls, can create a brighter, more functional space. Costs will depend on the structure of the existing property, but if you require a support beam this can set you back up to $50,000, depending on the scale of your renovation and how much you adapt the current floor plan.
If you can't afford to knock out a wall or to open up your living and dining spaces, property styling is a great option for you. By styling your dining and living areas you will allow the buyer to visualise the homes functionality and detract from the lack of open-plan.
Studies can add a lot of value to a property as many people these days work from home. The key to making a profit from a study is to add ample storage and functionality. Think built-in bookshelves and a floating desk system. Ensure that there are ample power and data points as well as provision for desk lighting.
Quality joinery will set you back anywhere from $2000 – $10,000 depending on the material you select (laminate, polyurethane or timber veneer). Extending your kitchen or wardrobe joinery to create a 'study nook', either off the kitchen or in a bedroom can be a more cost effective solution. Look for dead space in your home, these can often be turned into a functional study spaces with the right design and add value when it comes to selling your place.
Whether you choose to renovate prior to selling or not, styling for sale is an essential tool to get the best price for your property, attract more interested parties and create more competition at auctions. Our clients regularly report fantastic results from home staging and we have seen results of up to 20% more achieved for properties at auction, that have been styled for sale.
Real estate styling allows you to present your property at its best regardless of the age and condition of the property. Property styling can detract from any potential presentation issues and help buyers envisage how they or their tenant (if it's an investor) will live in the property. Most importantly home staging creates an emotional connection with buyer both during inspections and when looking for properties to inspect online. Styling allows you to stand out from competing properties on the market.
By following our tips buyers can really see the potential in your property. You should also consult with your local real estate agent for more information on whether or not you should renovate your property before selling it, as this decision is heavily dependent on your local market, the type of property you have and the types of buyers it attracts.
For more information on the advantage of property styling in Sydney contact Vault Interiors today.


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Pulmonary (Lung Care)
Emphysema is an advanced form of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Doctors estimate that more than 24 million people in the United States have emphysema or another form of COPD.
This progressive, debilitating disease, is characterized by irreversible destruction of air sacs (alveoli) in the lungs, which decreases air flow. This progressive destruction makes it difficult to breathe, making even simple daily activities a challenge.
The most common symptom of emphysema is a chronic cough. Additional symptoms can include:
Frequent lung infections
Reduced appetite and weight loss
The most common cause of emphysema is cigarette smoking. Quitting smoking can help prevent you from getting the disease. If you already have emphysema, not smoking might keep it from getting worse.
Emphysema Treatment
While COPD and emphysema are not curable, there are treatments that can help you manage the disease. Treatment for emphysema varies based on your symptoms, but often begins with medication management including inhalers and medications to manage symptoms.
As the disease progresses, oxygen therapy and pulmonary rehabilitation may be prescribed. Once medical therapy has achieved maximum benefit, the remaining options for treatment have been limited to surgical lung volume reduction or lung transplantation, until recently.
Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction (BLVR) for Emphysema
BLVR, using the FDA-approved Zephyr endobronchial valve, is a new, minimally invasive treatment option that has shown to greatly improve quality of life. The Zephyr Valve is the most studied endobronchial device for emphysema and consistently proves to be a safe and effective treatment for patients with severe emphysema.
Patients who have undergone this procedure experience benefits, including:
Ability to walk longer distances
Increased lung function
Less shortness of breath
Return to activities that were limited previously
BLVR is only available at select centers across the United States, including Froedtert Hospital.
How BLVR Works
During this minimally invasive procedure, a physician places tiny valves in the airways to block diseased parts of the lungs to reduce hyperinflation. This helps the healthier parts of the lungs to expand and lifts pressure off the diaphragm, decreasing shortness of breath and making breathing easier. Patients are under general anesthesia for the whole procedure, which generally takes 30 to 60 minutes.
After the placement of endobronchial valves, most patients will stay at in the hospital for three nights for observation.
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You can create inbox rules in OWA to automatically execute specific actions on messages as they arrive, based on the criteria you create. For example, you can create a rule that can automatically move all mail sent by a particular contact into a specific folder.
Log in to your Outlook Web Access.
Click on the Settings/Gear icon at the top right corner of the page then select Options.
Click Mail from the left-hand menu, then click Automatic Processing and select Inbox and Sweep Rules.
Under Inbox Rules, you will find an overview of all the inbox rules you created. Here you can review what a rule does, turn existing rules on or off, create new rules, edit/delete existing rules. Click the plus [+] sign to create a new blank rule.
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Tourists and expats alike typically spend a lot of time researching Costa Rica's weather patterns prior to arrival. While it's a tropical paradise with no winter, or drastic temperature changes in general for that matter, the country does have two distinct seasons. And without experiencing them first, there is a tendency to be apprehensive over the inevitable rainy season (also sometimes referred to as the green season).
Many people are surprised to learn that the rainy season is in fact a favorite with expats, particularly those living in the Guanacaste region, where my home in the beach town of Tamarindo is located.
While much of the material you'll find online will tell you there is six months of dry, sunny weather and six months of rain in Costa Rica, it's not quite that simple. First and foremost, the length and intensity of the rain varies widely depending on where you are.
Guanacaste is by far the driest area of the country, and in recent years, really has only experienced intense daily rains for about two months out of the year (September and October). Although, rainy season does officially begin around late May and lasts until about mid-November. Aside from the occasional overcast rainy day, rainy season does not mean torrential downpours every single day in this region.
Usually, short stints of afternoon showers are a more accurate description of what to expect, and sometimes, it'll rain through the night providing the perfect ambiance for a peaceful sleep.
Rain or shine, Costa Rica never ceases to please its expat community.
So why is rainy season the favorite season you may ask?
I've also found you see more wildlife because again, it's quieter and of course, all the flora is nice and lush, so food for many of the native species is plentiful.
Bringing me to my second point, after the first couple of rains the landscape which is normally fairly dried out in this area, becomes vibrantly colorful. Flowers bloom, grasses grow, trees fill out with leaves, and you feel as if you've been transported into a scene from The Jungle Book.
Remember, in some ways, Costa Rica is still very much a developing country, and during the dry season particularly in Guanacaste there can be water shortage issues. If there is enough rain during the green season, these issues pretty much cease to exist, making everyone a little happier and more at ease.
I also find that the weather in general is pleasant during this time of year. While some days the humidity can rise, there are also plenty of days where the temperature drops—not a lot—but just enough to feel refreshing, coupled with the nice breezes this season brings. Think low 80s F versus low to mid-90s F. Plus, when you have sun nearly every day of the year, the occasional overcast day isn't a bother.
I find rainy days to be a unique opportunity to enjoy some comforts that aren't a daily norm here. It's not often that I feel like lounging around in the house, just reading a book or curling up to watch a movie with some popcorn…because by and large, it's usually gorgeous outside and I want to be out and about. But the occasional rainy day brings a comforting sense of calm and relaxation.


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"""Tests for turkish_morphology.validate."""

import os

from turkish_morphology import analysis_pb2
from turkish_morphology import validate

from absl.testing import absltest
from absl.testing import parameterized
from google.protobuf import text_format

_TESTDATA_DIR = "turkish_morphology/testdata"

def _read_file(path):
  with open(path, "r") as f:
    read = f.read()
  return read

def _read_analysis(basename):
  path = os.path.join(_TESTDATA_DIR, f"{basename}.pbtxt")
  return text_format.Parse(_read_file(path), analysis_pb2.Analysis())

class AnalysisTest(parameterized.TestCase):

  @parameterized.named_parameters([
      {
          "testcase_name": "SingleInflectionalGroupsWithProperFeature",
          "basename": "araba_with_proper",
      },
      {
          "testcase_name": "SingleInflectionalGroupsWithoutProperFeature",
          "basename": "araba_without_proper",
      },
      {
          "testcase_name": "MultipleInflectionalGroupsWithProperFeature",
          "basename": "yasa_with_proper",
      },
      {
          "testcase_name": "MultipleInflectionalGroupsWithoutProperFeature",
          "basename": "yasa_without_proper",
      },
  ])
  def test_success(self, basename):
    analysis = _read_analysis(basename)
    actual = validate.analysis(analysis)
    self.assertIsNone(actual)

  @parameterized.named_parameters([
      {
          "testcase_name": "AnalysisMissingInflectionalGroups",
          "basename": "invalid_empty_analysis",
          "message": "Analysis is missing inflectional groups",
      },
      {
          "testcase_name": "InflectionalGroupMissingPartOfSpeechTag",
          "basename": "invalid_ig_missing_pos",
          "message": "Inflectional group 2 is missing part-of-speech tag",
      },
      {
          "testcase_name": "InflectionalGroupEmptyPartOfSpeechTag",
          "basename": "invalid_ig_empty_pos",
          "message": "Inflectional group 2 part-of-speech tag is empty",
      },
      {
          "testcase_name": "FirstInflectionalGroupMissingRoot",
          "basename": "invalid_first_ig_missing_root",
          "message": "Inflectional group 1 is missing root",
      },
      {
          "testcase_name": "DerivedInflectionalGroupMissingDerivation",
          "basename": "invalid_derived_ig_missing_derivation",
          "message": "Inflectional group 2 is missing derivational affix",
      },
      {
          "testcase_name": "AffixMissingFeature",
          "basename": "invalid_affix_missing_feature",
          "message": "Affix is missing feature",
      },
      {
          "testcase_name": "DerivationalAffixMissingMetaMorpheme",
          "basename": "invalid_derivational_affix_missing_meta_morpheme",
          "message": "Derivational affix is missing meta-morpheme",
      },
      {
          "testcase_name": "DerivationalAffixEmptyMetaMorpheme",
          "basename": "invalid_derivational_affix_empty_meta_morpheme",
          "message": "Derivational affix meta-morpheme is empty",
      },
      {
          "testcase_name": "FeatureMissingCategory",
          "basename": "invalid_feature_missing_category",
          "message": "Feature is missing category",
      },
      {
          "testcase_name": "FeatureEmptyCategory",
          "basename": "invalid_feature_empty_category",
          "message": "Feature category is empty",
      },
      {
          "testcase_name": "FeatureMissingValue",
          "basename": "invalid_feature_missing_value",
          "message": "Feature is missing value",
      },
      {
          "testcase_name": "FeatureEmptyValue",
          "basename": "invalid_feature_empty_value",
          "message": "Feature value is empty",
      },
      {
          "testcase_name": "RootMissingMorpheme",
          "basename": "invalid_root_missing_morpheme",
          "message": "Root is missing morpheme",
      },
      {
          "testcase_name": "RootEmptyMorpheme",
          "basename": "invalid_root_empty_morpheme",
          "message": "Root morpheme is empty",
      },
  ])
  def test_raises_exception(self, basename, message):
    analysis = _read_analysis(basename)

    with self.assertRaisesRegexp(validate.IllformedAnalysisError, message):
      validate.analysis(analysis)

if __name__ == "__main__":
  absltest.main()


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Luigi Lucioni\'s Paintings Exhibit His Love of the Precise Line
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November 4, ON THIS DAY
People say I paint every leaf on the tree. I don\'t…I paint what I think is there. I mean I try to make it look as though it belonged there, but very often when people look at my landscapes and look at the painting I am doing, 'Oh, you changed this, you changed that,' they don\'t realize that…you can\'t cope with nature, as you know, and therefore you can\'t put in all the little things that nature can do so easily and you can\'t. So you have to get the essentials of these things and that is my idea of realism…for me nature is the greatest artist that ever lived, you know, and all the great artists have tried to follow nature, well, [nature] can do so many things that a brush can\'t do, I mean, for instance, how can you paint, well to begin with you can\'t paint sunsets, you can\'t paint sunrises, you paint a blue sky, but if you paint it blue it looks absolutely opaque where nature can have it transparent. Nature is a great, great inspirer, but also a terrible tease for an artist, but you do the best you can.
Luigi Lucioni
Italian-born American painter and printmaker Luigi Lucioni is best renowned for his meticulous portraits, still lifes, and landscapes of the Vermont countryside. While the Modernist works of Paul Cézanne have also impacted the artist, Lucioni\'s paintings are careful and finished in a manner reminiscent of realist painters Winslow Homer and Thomas Eakins. With his singular perspective, Lucioni possessed a keen intuition and a remarkable way of approaching issues. One might think of Lucioni as an artist who is profoundly conscious of the tradition of nobility but who is also never tied to anything after observing his canvases and noticing the immaculate space within them, the odd arrangements, and the use of vibrant colours.
Luigi Lucioni, painter and etcher, was born in Malnate, Italy on November 4, 1900. When he was ten years old, his family made the journey to America and settled in Jersey City, New Jersey. While still a teen, Lucioni supported his family by working as an etcher for the New York Herald-Tribune. He attended the Cooper Union Art School from 1916 to 1920. Throughout his career, Lucioni found enjoyment in painting still lifes and landscapes, but that was not the case with portraiture. Despite the fact that portraiture benefited from his rigorous approach and a keen eye for detail, he complained that he did not particularly love it. His most popular portraits, such as the ones of Italian vocalist Mili Monti in 1942 and blues and jazz singer Ethel Waters in 1939, were painted in the first half of his career. Like many portrait artists, he preferred painting friends and family because he felt a genuine emotional connection to the subject and he never faced criticism.
In Lucioni's work, a single lemon or a small grouping of fruit placed judiciously often serve as significant color accents in the prevailing tonal theme. He didn't paint the ordinary very often. Lucioni's attractive, airy Vermont landscapes, with their precisely outlined birch trees and barns and distant hilltops, stand apart from those executed by most other landscape painters, who adopt a broader, less focused manner of painting the great outdoors. His landscape etchings and watercolors most clearly exhibit his love of the precise line.
The National Academy of Design selected Lucioni as a full Academician in 1941. He was represented by Milch Galleries in New York from the 1940s through the 1960s after being represented by Associated American Artists in the early 1940s. Lucioni belonged to both the Audubon Artists and the American Society of Etchers. In 1968, the Shelburne Museum displayed a retrospective of his works on paper. In 1988, Lucioni passed away in Union City, New Jersey. Many of the artist\'s paintings were left at the Shelburne Museum in Vermont in 1988 after the artist\'s inheritance was distributed. Other institutions that own Lucioni's work are The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Carnegie Museum of Art; Library of Congress, Washington, D. C.; Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Lucioni
http://www.artistsandart.org/2011/05/american-painter-luigi-lucioni-1900.html
https://fada.org/artist-biography/luigi-lucioni/
https://www.dwigmore.com/luigi-lucioni
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From: Jake Sullivan To: Hillary Clinton Date: 2010-09-29 03:43 Subject: DEALING WITH NETANYAHU
UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2014-20439 Doc No. C05775254 Date: 08/31/2015 RELEASE IN PART B5, B6 From: Sullivan, Jacob J <Sullivann@state.gov > Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 10:43 AM To: Subject: Fw: Dealing with Netanyahu Original Message B5 From: Feltman, Jeffrey D To: Sullivan, JacobJ; Walles, Jacob; Hale, DavidM; Cunningham, JamesB; Schlicher, RonaldL Sent: Thu Sep 30 09:02:27 2010 Subject: FW: Dealing with Netanyahu Jeffrey Feltman Assistant Secretary Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs Department of State 202-647-7209 Original Message From: Martin Indyk [mailto Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 8:59 AM To: George Mitchell; Feltman, Jeffrey D Subject: Dealing with Netanyahu The principle conclusion froma quick visit to Israel and Ramallah over the weekend is that Netanyahu is in a strong position politically, with an unusually stable ruling coalition. Nobody I spoke with believed that the government would have fallen if he had decided to extend the settlement freeze before its expiry, as a gesture to U.S. peacemaking efforts. In their view, he could have easily garnered the support of a large majority of the people, for whom the settlers are a marginal concern. And this would have given him leverage over his ministers to ensure their support or abstention in the cabinet. As Dan Meridor noted, Likud voters are to the left of their Knesset members when it comes to peacemaking (70 percent support the two-state solution, vs only 50 percent of the leadership). Lieberman, not the Likud, is Bibi's chief concern. He wants to keep himin the government for as long as possible for fear that when he leaves he will garner the support of those on the right, including from the Likud, who oppose peacemaking. For the time being, Bibi uses the threat of an alternative coalition with Kadima to keep Lieberman in the tent. But the clock is ticking. According to Tzipi Livni, she can bring her party into the government now, and is willing to do so without any demand for "rotation," provided Bibi is serious about negotiating peace. But as the elections grow closer, more and more of her party members are turning against the idea of joining the government. They are strengthened in their views by recent internal polling which shows Kadima with 32 seats (up from 28 now), Likud slightly down at 25, and Labor at only 5. Therefore, if Bibi intends to make a deal with Abu Mazen, he will need to do so sooner rather than later. The longer he waits, the less leverage he has on Lieberman and the more likely Lieberman will break away to oppose him in the next elections. UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2014-20439 Doc No. C05775254 Date: 08/31/2015 In this context, Bibi's negotiating tactics become self-defeating. Believing that he is a great negotiator, and that he is operating in the Middle East bazaar, he inflates his requirements well beyond anything reasonable in the belief that this is the best way to secure the highest price. The process of bringing him down to a reasonable price uses up a lot of energy, uses up a lot of goodwill, humiliates his Palestinian negotiating partner, and raises doubts about his seriousness. In the end, under great pressure from all quarters, he will make the final concession, but only after wasting a lot of time, making everybody furious with him, and thereby securing no credit either with his supporters or negotiating partners. At heart, he seems to lack a generosity of spirit. This combines with his legendary fear of being seen as a "freier" (sucker) in front of his people to create a real problem in the negotiations, especially because he holds most of the cards. This is further complicated by his introduction of the notion of "creative ideas." Thinking out of the box, as he likes to do, will only further delay the negotiations because the box is already well-defined. To attempt to broaden the parameters will generate mistrust of his intentions on the Palestinian side just when direct negotiations provide the opportunity to build trust. The reason for dwelling on Bibi's psychology rather than his politics is that the latter all point in the direction of making a deal: the Israeli public is ready to get on with it; if Israel doesn't make a serious move, it will further delegitimize its standing internationally (something Bibi is deeply concerned about); Bibi needs President Obama in his corner to deal with the threat from Iran and to avoid punishment by the voters for mishandling relations with the U.S.; and if he doesn't make the deal with Abu Mazen now, he will have helped to advance the future he is most concerned about - a Hamas takeover of the Palestinian leadership. Yuval Diskin was quite clear about this latter point. After praising the Palestinian security services to the sky (unusual for him) he told me that he had warned Bibi that at the moment they have a high motivation to prevent terror because they believe they are building their state. If that proves to be an illusion, the motivation will disappear and then he cannot guarantee security in the West Bank. He considers it quite possible that if Bibi doesn't quickly demonstrate his seriousness to Abu Mazen, he will resign because his honor has now been seriously damaged. He told Bibi that he cannot predict who will lead the Palestinians if Abu Mazen resigns, but that Salam Fayyad will likely have to go too. What is to be done? I have no magic solution for what must be a deeply frustrating exercise for you. And please forgive me if what I recommend here is just repeating what you already know. 1.Put your arm around Bibi: he still thinks we are out to bring him down. There is no substitute for working with him, even though he makes it such a frustrating process. But the purpose of embracing him is to nudge him forward, not to buy into his exaggerated political fears or accept his inflated demands. 2.Try to find a way to make him understand that his negotiating tactics are counterproductive to his own purposes. The Obama Administration has done a great deal lately to underscore its concern for Israel's security, from the vote at the IAEA, to the sanctions on Iran, to the letter that Obama was willing to sign that accepted Bibi's security requirements. That should buy you credibility with him. 3. As his friend, paint a realistic picture of the strategic consequences of his negotiating tactics, particularly in terms of what is likely to happen to the PA leadership if he worries only about his politics and not at all about Abu Mazen's politics. 4. If all else fails, avoid recriminations in favor of a "clarifying moment." The world will of course blame Bibi. But you should avoid any kind of finger-pointing in favor of a repeated commitment to a negotiated solution and a willingness to engage with both sides in trying to make that happen, when they're ready. The Israeli public and the American Jewish Community should know how far the President was prepared to go and they should be allowed to draw their own conclusions. Bibi, Abu Mazen, and the Arab states need negotiations and time is not on the side of any of them. They will come back to the table sooner rather than later as long as we keep the door open. UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2014-20439 Doc No. C05775254 Date: 08/31/2015 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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Shomrim at the scene of a missing child. Illustration Photo.
A 73-year-old woman who was reported missing by her family has been located thanks to a coordinated search effort between multiple agencies.
Crown Heights Shomrim and the NYPD have launched a search for a Crown Heights woman who was last heard from at 5:40pm on Monday. Family members tried reaching her Tuesday evening and with the help of Shomrim determined that she was missing.
Shomrim immediately notified the NYPD and searched the neighborhood, while the police distributed the information citywide and issued a "silver alert" for a missing elderly woman.
Wednesday morning, after going public with the search, Shomrim received word that the woman has been located and she safe.
Shomrim told CrownHeights.info that they received dozens of calls from concerned residents and diligently looked into every one. "Great teamwork led to the best possible outcome and the NYPD detectives from the 71st Precinct really did a great job and deserve our gratitude" said a coordinator.
Just spoke to family member, she was located safe and sound.
It's an illustration photo that was taken many years ago.
Let's look at the positive, people!
Shomrim, Hatzola, and anyone else who was involved — you are the best. Thank you for keeping us all. Keep up the great work, CH really does need you.


tableau-parm is an small command line utility designed to interact with Tableau forensic write blockers. It performs functions similar to the Tableau Disk Monitor, except that it operates under select UNIX systems.
tableau-parm is released under the GNU GPLv3, and is implemented in ANSI C. This program would not have been possible without extensive assistance by Tableau, LLC, who provided documentation and guidance throughout development. Also note, that neither Tableau nor the authors warrant this tool in any way, and that you may use it only AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Currently, tableau-parm allows investigators to query Tableau write blockers and their associated storage devices for information such as serial numbers, firmware versions, size, and the existence of HPA/DCO sections. It may also be used to permanently remove DCO sections from (S)ATA disks. You may want to browse the project's goals to read up on the objectives of future releases.
You may download one of the releases, but be sure to check out the dependencies and FAQ first. Also, you may want to browse some links to related projects or check out the credits for a list of contributors to the project. If you run into trouble, feel free to contact me. Finally, the latest updates on the project status can be found on our news page.
If you are interested in contributing to the project, first take a look at the latest source code. We are particularly interested in contributions related to ports to other platforms, such as Mac OS X.


The Canon PZ-E1 Power Zoom Adapter works with the Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS NANO USM to provide smooth, silent zooming for APS-C cameras.
Video Optimized. Specifically designed for video, this zoom servo has 10 different levels of speed control. The PZ-E1 has contacts and a motorized gear that interface with dedicated contacts on the 18-135mm NANO lens. Sadly, this means it won't work with other existing zoom lenses.
Total Control. The Canon PZ-E1 can be controlled via a toggle switch on the dock unit or via the Canon Camera Connect App on a tablet or PC.
Simple Power Solutions. The PZ-E1 is powered by four regular AAA batteries (not included).
Are batteries included with this rental?
The PZ-E1 is powered by four AAA batteries, which aren't included with this rental.


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One journalist calculated that over 1,068,000 board-feet of lumber were used in construction and 4,644 gallons of paint applied. To complete what was the Midwest's largest resort, it took approximately 105,000 man-hours by carpenters, masons, laborers and others; 12,000 man-hours by plumbers; and another 9,900 hours by electricians. In all, 65 firms from Wisconsin and Illinois had a hand in the project.
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THE WORLD'S COOLEST ILLUSTRATED DECK OF PLAYING CARDS... INSPIRED BY CULT FILMS.
Fifty-two cards. Fifty-two of your favorite cult movies. An awesome deck of playing cards for people who love cinema as much as we do.
Each card is lovingly designed by award-winning illustrator Paul Willoughby, creative director at Human After All. Paul is both a great artist and a true film fan.
Flip the cards over and you'll also see a unique pattern on the reverse side. Human After All's Eve Lloyd Knight has designed an original cult film pattern especially for the deck.
If you appreciate movies the way we do, you'll LOVE this deck!


PM Hotel Group has been selected to manage The Courtyard by Marriott Waldorf. This new contract is the first Courtyard by Marriott in the portfolio and further expands PM Hotel Group's relationship with Marriott International. The 91-room property features an indoor pool and spa, a 24-hour fitness center and outdoor fire pits, as well as two full-service dining options.
Interstate Hotels & Resorts has unveiled the addition of two new properties to its managed portfolio—Hotel RL Olympia in Olympia, WA, and Hotel RL Salt Lake City in Salt Lake City. The two new management contracts further Interstate's coast-to-coast U.S. expansion following recent additions, including The Westin Portland Harborview, ME. RLH Corp. will retain ownership of both hotels. The Hotel RL Olympia is situated in the heart of the state capital with 193 guestrooms, including Jacuzzi and jetted tub suites, pet-friendly rooms, a fitness center, outdoor seasonal swimming pool, game room and free bike rentals. The premium on-site restaurant and lounge offers an all-day menu.
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