Paul Thomas Anderson's "There Will Be Blood" is a 21st-century masterpiece about love, death, faith, greed and all the oil and blood gushing through the American 20th century.
It distills a harrowing story through a prospector – played with demonic intensity by Daniel Day-Lewis – who pursues a savage, hollow dream. He embodies the best of the United States only to become the very worst of it.
In Spirited Away you have a girl right at the threshold of becoming a young woman and leaving her childhood behind, figuratively and literally.
Chihiro evolves from her poise, dress, attitude, emotion and spirituality from being a child to being a young woman and coming into her own, and in that position she has to go through the loss of everything. She loses her parents, she loses her name, she's called nothing, she's called Sen, she's called zero. There's a beautiful, very melancholic meditation – the same melancholy that permeates all Miyazaki's films.
There's much more to this movie than its plot. The warm, sharp banter among the principal characters never gets old. The images glow with unexpressed, somber feeling. Fifty years from now, as the end credits scroll on whatever screen viewers are watching on, they will reach the same conclusion my editor did back in 2004. This is what a movie looks like.
This movie is a harrowing and darkly humorous metaphysical fable disguised as a slice-of-life tragedy.
Poor Mr. Lazarescu is imperiled by the arrogance and indifference of the powerful – the doctors and hospital bureaucrats so entranced by their own authority that they are blind to his suffering.
A packed, enthralling three-hour chronicle of modern Taiwanese family life, "Yi Yi" has the heft and density of a great novel.
Roger Ebert described "Yi Yi" as "a movie in which nobody knows more than half the truth, or is happy more than half the time," something that could also be said (optimistically) of life itself. And "Yi Yi" is one of those movies that you remember less as something you saw than as something you experienced.
"Inside Out"is by far the most inventive, moving, captivating and philosophically astute cartoon about developmental psychology of the 21st century.
The personification of abstract concepts and the visual rendering of human consciousness from the inside are astonishing feats, executed with unparalleled inventiveness. And the message – that Sadness is as essential in our lives as Joy – is perfectly matched by a story that elicits laughter and tears in almost equal measure.
The ordinary turns extraordinary in "Boyhood," Richard Linklater's story of one child that inextricably becomes a story about cinematic realism and its power.
As one year slips into the next, Mason grows up before your eyes, a progression that at times seems scarcely noticeable but at other times can knock you flat, recalling those moments when you look in the mirror and wonder, Where did the time go?
The film draws you in because everything is so effortlessly lovely – and French – the people, homes, furnishings, gardens. "Summer Hours" is about life, death, impermanence (and cinema), but it's also about being French.
The French director Fran?ois Truffaut once said, "Every film about war ends up being pro-war." I wish he had lived long enough to see "The Hurt Locker," a movie that is antiwar not because it offers an easy critique of war but because it reminds us of how human beings need war, how they live for war as intensely as die for it.
The Coen brothers' "Inside Llewyn Davis" is an achingly melodic tribute to an unloved underdog.
Davis (Oscar Isaac) is striking out on his own after his musical partner goes solo. Along his dour journey, he'll find others vying for similar success and others just trying to survive, in a very Coen-esque manner.
"Timbuktu" is a tragic movie but not a nihilistic one. Mr. Sissako doesn't shy away from showing violence, but he never sensationalizes any of the horrors. Instead, he answers those atrocities with visual beauty and moments of everyday joy and pleasure that, as the story unfolds, register as acts of artistic resistance.
He also insists on humanizing the jihadists, as when an older man vainly directs a younger one on how to deliver a speech for a propaganda video. It's an extraordinary scene, at once absurd and believable, and a reminder of the truth that it is people, not faceless monsters, who commit these horrors.
The problem is that non-material sources of value have deteriorated. Religion, family, class solidarity, hometown pride – none of these have the power they used to. The reckoning of this loss, and the emphasis on personal responsibility (paternal responsibility in particular) makes "L'Enfant" in some ways a conservative movie.
A fractured story about love, strength, the costs of white patrimony and the continuing ravages of postcolonialism, "White Material" finds the brilliant French director Claire Denis again in Africa, where she spent much of her childhood in Francophone countries. Watching the performances in her movies, you can just feel the freedom she gives her actors. She creates an entire world for them to behave in.
The film is a twisty and suspenseful thriller with unsettling and ambiguous ethical questions at its core. What is the line between justice and vengeance? How can human decency survive the fight against fanaticism? These questions have not hardly lost their relevance, and neither has "Munich."
Visually gorgeous and emotionally subtle, his films range across genres and periods, exploring Chinese history and contemporary life with wit, curiosity and formal rigor.
The movie drags the snarling, anti-authoritarian, punk-rock wit of the first "Mad Max" movies into a new era, updating and conserving in a single gesture. In Imperator Furiosa, Charlize Theron's one-handed, buzz-cut, kohl-eyed avenger, the movies that famously didn't need another hero found the one we all needed.
Kelly's characters aren't very expressive or easy to read. That has to be a challenge for an actor.
"I'm Not There," Todd Haynes's film about Bob Dylan, is not a biopic. It's an extended essay in Dylanology, with six actors (among them Richard Gere, Heath Ledger and Cate Blanchett) incarnating aspects of the future Nobel laureate's protean personality.
In "Silent Light," the Mexican director Carlos Reygadas does more than tell a religious story – he invites you into a world of grace and wonder so beautiful that it turns his film into a kind of prayer. The narrative is minimal; the filmmaking lush.
Set in an isolated Mennonite community in Mexico, it traces the agonies of a farming couple, Johan and Esther, who are being torn apart by his love for another woman. Little seems to happen but this is a movie about everything: what it means to love, to have faith, to live in the world.
"Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"– by critical fiat as well as popular acclaim – is a movie that combines laughter and melancholy, nostalgia and hope. It's a movie about how you never forget your first love. It's also about how desire and loss are inseparable, and about how the yearning to clean the slate and start over is just another case of eternal recurrence.


Traditional spanish confectioner and patisserie in Madrid. Famous for their Roscon de los Reyes. Calle San Onofre, 3. 28004 Madrid.
This small, family-run bakery in the heart of the Aravaca neighbourhood has been baking for over 25 years. Baking a selection of Castillian cakes and pastries, famous for its croissants. Av de la Osa Mayor 48, 28023. Madrid.
Cake shop, open since 1914, selling traditional cakes and pastries, like Roscones de Reyes (ring-shaped sponge cake with sugar and glazed fruit), traditionally eaten around Christmas time. Fernando VI, 2, 28004 Madrid.
Chocolate shop selling chocolates, cakes, pastries, confectionery, and unique pieces. Calle de Jose Ortega y Gasset 44, 28006. Madrid.
Offering pastries, cakes, tarts, sandwiches and more. They also provide a restaurant and catering service. Pza. de la Moraleja. Madrid.
Taylor-made and artisan CAKES, COOKIES, CUPCAKES AND MORE... Atelier visit by appointment only.
Star Cakes is a by appointment only specialty bakery located in Madrid that specialises in custom cakes, cupcakes and cakepops for celebrations - for a birthday party, wedding or other event.
Hungarian bakery with old-fashioned decor serving signature dish of fresh raspberry tart, apple tart and a selection of confectionery. C/Padilla, 33. Madrid.
Traditional Spanish products following traditional recipes. Opened in 1842 serving sweets like Turron (nougat), marzipan, and cakes and pastries. Carrera de San Jeronimo 30, 28014. Madrid.
Baker and chocolatier. His famous creation is the Gianduja Real, a wedding cake containing milk chocolate for the bride and dark chocolate for the groom, also selling a selection of pastries and chocolate. Calle de Juan Bravo 12, Madrid.
Offering pastries, cakes, tarts, sandwiches and more. They also provide a restaurant and catering service. C/Ayala 4, Madrid.
Making celebration and novelty cakes that are made to order, you will need to order in advance. Based in Madrid.
Offering pastries, cakes, tarts, sandwiches and more. They also provide a restaurant and catering service. Plaza de la Castellana 12. Madrid.
French Patisserie serving croissants, cakes, tarts, sweets, chocolates and macaroons. C.Alcala 77, 28009. Madrid.


In today's hyper-competitive market, you need to be always on the lookout for smart ways of integrating your marketing with tools that can maximize your efforts. Gone are the days when you could buy space ad in the local paper and hope people would pour in your store. This strategy worked for decades, before the digital revolution stepped in. Traditional marketing tools may still work to a certain extent, but they are out of reach for most companies due to their hefty costs; only large companies with big budgets can afford to air TV commercials or place ads on newspapers and magazines. Fortunately, the market is awash with innovative tools designed to help you make the most out of your marketing efforts.
The proliferation of social media platforms over the past few years has leveled the playing field; now everyone can compete in the social media arena. Make no mistake, though. Social media is just like any other piece of technology: it can bring huge benefits only if implemented and used the right way. There's no one-size-fits-all solution for social media success; you have to tinker with various strategies, see what's works and what doesn't. Social media, albeit powerful and easy to utilize, won't give the best results if it not integrated with other tools. Not one company relies solely on social media channels when it comes to capitalizing on their marketing efforts. Customer success is a long and arduous journey. It's a marathon, not a sprint.
In a world where attention span has dropped lower than that of a goldfish, you not only have to produce brilliant, fresh and relevant content, but you also need to be consistent in your overall marketing efforts. Listen to what your audience have to say, try to connect with them on a deep emotional level. Remember, people trust brands because they feel an emotional connection to them. It's up to you to build and maintain a close relationship with your customers. Producing high-quality content is a must. You have to make it personal, though. Before you publish and share your content, ask yourself this question: "In what ways does this content help improve the lives of our target audience?". If you find your how and why behind what you're doing , you're on the right path to customer success.
Social media is, by and large, one of the most widely used forms of marketing. It can be a very powerful tool if used in the right way, but it can also turn into liability if implemented and used the wrong way. Moderation is key. You might be wondering: "In a world where virtually all companies have social media accounts, how do I gain an edge over the competition?" Before you devise your social media marketing strategy, you need to have a clear idea of where your company is headed. Furthermore, you should get to know your customers. Who is your target audience? What do they need from you? How can you help them improve their lives? Clarity is power. Getting to know your audience is crucial. The more you know them, the better decisions you can take.
In a highly-competitive market, social media alone won't bring you the best possible results. Sure, it is a tremendously powerful tool to boost your marketing efforts, but it is far from being a silver bullet. Personalized and relevant content, on the other hand, can yield great results. Email marketing is another tool which can be used to increase conversions, build customer loyalty and deliver an amazing customer experience. What if you could combine email marketing with social media? Once you learn how to combine the two, your marketing campaigns will yield better results. But how do you do that? Let's us walk you through an example.
Let's say you have a large follower base on Instagram and Twitter, and a lot of fans on Facebook. You keep producing relevant and high-quality content across all your social media accounts, but something is missing. One thing you can do to increase engagement is to start inviting your followers to join your list of email subscribers. In addition to producing fresh and relevant content, you can use incentives in order to increase the number of email subscribers. Remember, email marketing is permission based. Once you get your social media followers to join your list of email subscribers, you can use marketing automation tools to nurture them. A Customer Relationship Management(CRM) system would help you turn your followers into loyal customers. In Flexie CRM, integrating email marketing with social media advertisement is a quick and smooth process. Thanks to workflow automation, your marketing campaigns will be more effective. Moreover, you can create custom reports about the performance of your email marketing and social media marketing campaigns.
Keep producing fresh and personalized content. Implemented and used the right way, email marketing and social media advertisement can and will increase engagement, increase sales, build genuine relationships with your audience and deliver an excellent customer service.


It is a dark, gray, cold, soaking day in the Pacific Northwest. So what better way for an artist to spend it than painting something fun, bright and cheerful.
Here is a watercolor and ink painting of one of our local Douglas Squirrels. These are the most active forest creatures I know. They just can't sit still for any length of time. These adorable bright rust and ochre colored, small squirrels literally zip about in the trees, dashing here and there so fast - it's a challenge to keep your eye trained on one. We have a few that visit our feeders and they are quite brave and will challenge the larger introduced species, gray squirrels - even though the little Douglas is half the size. Also, one individual in particular will alert me when I'm in the kitchen or the garden - to the fact that the feeder is out of seed. He stands on his favorite oak branch and just chatters and chatters at me until I add sunflower seeds to the feeder. This time of year they also enjoy the winter berries. I just love these little squirrels!
The bright colors and large expressive eye really make Douglas Squirrels fun art subjects. Also, with the green background and red berry - I must be thinking of the holidays. Enjoy!
This has been a fun week. I am designing a few porcelain ornaments that will feature my daughter's and my art for the holidays. These make wonderful Christmas gifts. I have a collection of different subjects to choose from - my art focuses on wildlife. Visit my Website, browse and Please feel free to leave comments and suggestions here on what subjects would work well for ornaments.
This is a design that I enjoy - a mother and kit red fox. The ornaments come with a red ribbon to hang them on your festive tree! Visit my Gift Shop to see more ornaments and magnets.


The Annie Gabriel Library is a dynamic organization devoted to helping you find the information you need, providing vast online collections of quality resources in addition to our more traditional print collection. Our building, which is located in the center of campus, is a great place to conduct research, study for an exam, meet and work with friends, or just find a quiet corner to relax. The physical collections of the Annie Gabriel Library include over 200,000 items including books, journals, DVDs, and sound recordings. Additionally, the Library also offers access to e-resources such as scholarly journal articles, e-books, online encyclopedias, streaming audio and video, and more. All online resources are available to current students both on- and off-campus.
Your library card is your current CBU ID. Use the library catalog for the Annie Gabriel Library - Webcat - to search for print books, e-books and other items in the library's physical collections. When materials are checked out, the due date is stamped in the front of the book. Materials should be returned to the Access Services desk during hours the library is open, and to the outdoor book return when the library is closed. Click here for more information about borrowing privileges and responsibilities.
You can renew most items in-person at the library or online by logging into Webcat with your CBU ID and password.
The library's collections contain far more than what sits on the shelves in our building. Use the library catalog (Webcat) to search from over 150,000 e-books, covering all academic disciplines and available for your use right now.
Additionally, the library provides over forty different databases for finding articles from scholarly journals, newspapers, magazines and other periodicals. In these databases you can also find reference materials, musical recordings, statistics, and much more. From the "Databases" tab on the library homepage, you can view a list of all databases, or browse them by subject. The "Journals A-Z" tab can be used to look up the full-text from a specific citation by searching for the journal title.
There may be times when an item you want is not on the shelf. If the library catalog shows that the item is checked out, you can place a hold in-person at the library or online by logging into Webcat with your CBU ID and password.
If an item you have checked out is placed on hold, you may keep it until the due date, but you may not renew it.
You may also place holds on items to have them retrieved from certain collections closed to the public.
If an item you need isn't in our collections, you can request that we get it for you from another library. If it's a book you're looking for, check Camino first -- Camino is the quickest, easiest way to get books from other libraries. Otherwise, all other books (as well as journal articles) can be requested through our interlibrary loan service. Details and instructions on both Camino and interlibrary loan are available here.
Tip: WorldCat, which searches across 10,000 libraries at once, is a great way to find books from beyond our collections.
The IEALC (Inland Empire Academic Libraries Cooperative) Card is available to students at the Access Services Desk. This card provides you the opportunity to visit a number of local universities and colleges. Only books can be borrowed. For more information visit our IEALC Page.
Faculty may select books and articles to place on reserve for students enrolled in a specific course. These items are arranged by department and professor's name at the library's front desk (Access Services).
The library provides a variety of copying and printing services. Printing from PCs costs five cents per two pages. Copies cost five cents per two pages. For more information and questions about services contact the Access Services Desk (951-343-4228).
Research assistance is individualized help from librarians in locating materials on a topic and navigating the library's print and online collections. Research assistance is available to all students through the Contact Us page via phone, e-mail or chat.
Computers with access to library resources and the Internet are located near the entrance of the library. Power outlets are also located throughout the rest of the building near desks and tables for individual laptop usage. The computers all have Microsoft Office (including Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Access) and SPSS. Screen reading software is available upon request.
Wireless internet (wifi) access is available throughout the entire library.
Individual carrels and group study spaces are available throughout the library. Most of the locations have power outlets for laptops.
The "LancerNet" section of your CBU Student Handbook describes in detail the policies governing use of the LancerNet network, including "all computers, printers, network hardware, cabling, computer accounts, e-mail accounts, Internet access, World Wide Web pages, software" and other technology resources.
See this page to view library borrowing policies.


&Chene is a cafe and bar located only minutes from Keisei Chiba Chuo station. Despite being stuck on the second floor above Go Go Curry, up a narrow staircase at the side a main road, it manages to stand out with a brilliant red sign. The atmosphere inside is ambient and the decor is lovely with lots of plants both real and plastic and plenty of seasonal decorations. Seating is limited but it is still comfortable, designed to maximize the limited space. &Chene is pretty new, having only opened in July 2018. There don't appear to be many staff (yet!) and there aren't that many options on the menu. What there is, though, is delicious. Lunches are presented on large wooden plates and made up of a main dish, such as Japanese hamburg, roast beef and minced meat patties (menchi katsu), and lots of side dishes. There's rice laced with grains, a salad with a creamy, mild dressing, ridiculously good potato wedges, flavoursome soup and even the bonus prawn/shrimp cracker tastes great! To top it off, I think this place is excellent value for money. All of the above costs less than 1000 yen and adding a drink only costs a couple of hundred yen more. There's complimentary water, of course, with a choice of plain and herb-infused, and there are various special days with free drinks and the like, such as ladies day and, yes, men's day. Even the point cards are pretty generous with rewards. I love this place. Even though part of its appeal is how quiet it is, I hope it continues to grow so it hangs around! If any of this review appeals to you and you happen to be in the Chiba Chuo area, then please consider stopping by!


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An alumnus of Grand Canyon College, Steve attended school on a tennis scholarship from 1977-1980, going on to be a USPTA Tennis Professional for four years where he taught tennis at Mountain View Racquet & Swim Club (formerly Top Seed).
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On March 2008 I published an article on this blog where I stated that we are all different, and thence that we are all normal, included disabled people, because being different is the normality. If you have not read it, you may want to do it before continuing to read this one.
Now I wish to demonstrate exactly the opposite, that is, that we are all disabled, in some way. The two statements are not in contradiction with each other: they simply demonstrate that the terms "normal" and "disabled" indicate relative concepts.
Let us consider first physical impairment. The woman in the image below, on the left side, is paraplegic from birth. So she is a disabled person. Now, look at the image on the right. Also the man in that image is on a wheelchair, but simply because he broke his left leg. So he is temporarily disabled, but he is experiencing mostly the same difficulties the paraplegic woman lives through from birth.
An accident might put each of us in such a situation. To have some accident is quite frequent in one person's lifetime, so most "normal" individuals have experience of a disabled condition at least once in life. But you do not need to have an accident to know how many obstacles an individual on a wheelchair may experience daily. Have you ever walked with a baby pram in a crowded town? If you go in some suitable place, like a park, no problem, but try to go shopping, cross streets, enter buildings walking with a pram or a stroller. It is a real trial!
Let us consider now sensory impairment. For example, the man on the left image below is blind. He cannot see obstacles, he cannot recognize faces in the distance, he cannot appreciate the beauty of paintings or photographs. Have you ever been in such a situation? Do not respond immediately: just think. Have you ever experienced misty weather, when fog is unbelievably thick? Have you ever searched for a candle in complete and utter darkness during a black-out? Temporary situations, of course, but during those events you was sensory impaired.
Just look at the man in the image below at left. He is fat, really fat. It should be hard for him to move, walk, climb the stair. Probably there are physical activities he will never practice, as running or jumping. Have you ever practiced breath-held diving? Try it in a sea abounding in fish, like Red Sea or in the Maldives. You will feel awkward, a clumsy and goofy animal in comparison with fishes. You will move slowly and react laggingly. You are out of your environment. Under the water you are a disabled animal.
So, there is no body-related disability that cannot be experienced by a "normal" individual at least once in his/her life; probably more than once. But what about cognitive or intellectual impairment? What about mental disorder? We might think that we should rarely experiment such conditions. Well, probably it is true, unless you are a hard drinker or a drug addicted. But even if that is not the case, think. Did you ever undergo a surgical operation? How did you feel when you woke up from anesthesia? Some cognitive impairment is also typical of specific pharmaceutical treatment. For example, several psychopharmacons have impressive side effects on brain.
Anyway there are a lot of people who do not drink hard, take drugs or just psychopharmacons. So what? Well, you do not need to experiment some chemical substance to experience mind-related disabilities. Have you ever been in a foreign country? For example, a place where people speak a language that is completely different from yours, maybe using a different alphabet? You have no way to communicate. You do not understand natives and they do not understand you. Even asking a simple question may represent a problem. "What time is it?" "Can you show me the way?" Trust me: you feel really stupid.
But even if you know more than one language, you might feel embarrassed sometimes. For example, I know some English. When I go to USA for business reasons I always speak English because it is really difficult that someone speak my language. But I am not so fluent in English as I am in Italian, and even if my English is good enough to ask for direction, have a meal in a restaurant, or even have a meeting with American colleagues, I am perfectly aware that I create the impression of an illiterate person. For example, I can hardly understand jokes or follow the lyrics of a song from radio. If people speak too fast, I may miss some part of what they say. When I speak, I realize that I could say it better, especially if the subject is delicate and may give rise to misunderstanding. Even this article is probably full of mistakes, and in any case a good English writer would have written it differently. I write much better in my language, but as an English writer I am probably poorer than an American teen. So, when I write in English, I am a disabled.
Language is only a minor obstacle, however, when you go abroad. You may be taken by surprise because of different customs, conventions, even laws. You can easily get in trouble because of your ignorance. Some usage can be so different that it could be antithetical to your believes and habits. Nevertheless it is not necessary to go abroad to feel uncomfortable. It may happen in your country too when you visit a town you have never been before. You can't get your bearings, for example. In many countries people living in different towns speaks different dialects or have different ways to communicate. What's polite in a place can be offensive in another and this is true for gestures too. Few years ago, two Danish parents, visiting New York, left their young daughter in her stroller outside the Dallas BBQ restaurant in the East Village of New York while they sat inside. This is perfectly common in Denmark, where the crime rate is low. But in New York, where people chain down trash cans if they want to keep them, police were called when worried passersby questioned child safety. So the two parents were arrested and jailed for two nights. For the American judge they were bad parents, but they were not: they simply were used to a different behavior perfectly safe in their own country.
So, the conclusion is that we all are disabled in specific situations. Some people is disabled for the whole lifetime, others experience impairments for a limited amount of time or only under specific circumstances, but soon or later each of us will live through the disability. Think about next time you will meet a so-called "disabled" person.


Many of the remaining intact indigenous communities live in spots at the edges of the world we know – far from our civilisations and yet impacted by their effects. Photographer and Greenpeace activist Markus Mauthe travelled to some of them with the aim of making the beauty of those cultures visible before they are forced to yield to the unremitting advance of globalisation. His journey took him from South Sudan and Ethiopia, to Southeast Asia and the Bajau 'sea nomads', and to the indigenous people of Mato Grosso in Brazil, who have begun to fight back against the destruction of their lebensraum. For years now, Markus Mauthe has reached hundreds of thousands of people with his still photographs and lectures. For the first time here, a video crew accompanied him on his travels. In the resulting film, we see enchantingly beautiful images of genuine encounters with those peoples – and a cinematic appeal for the preservation of their cultures.


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Today, we will see Apache ZooKeeper API. Moreover, in this ZooKeeper API tutorial, we will learn ZooKeeper Java API and C API. Also, we will discuss ZooKeper Java API example. There is an official API binding for Java and C, in Zookeeper. However, for most of the languages (.NET, Python, etc.) ZooKeeper community provides unofficial API.
So, let's start the ZooKeeper API tutorial.
2. What is Zookeeper API?
There is an official API binding for Java and C, in Zookeeper. However, for most of the languages (.NET, Python, etc.) ZooKeeper community provides unofficial API. Basically, an application can connect, interact, manipulate data, coordinate, and finally disconnect from a ZooKeeper ensemble, by using ZooKeeper API.
In addition, we can use all the functionality of the ZooKeeper ensemble in a simple and safe manner, because of the rich set of features of ZooKeeper API. Moreover, these APIs offers both synchronous as well as asynchronous methods.
So, we ZooKeeper API and ZooKeeper ensemble completely complement each other in every aspect. Also, it benefits the developers in a great way.
ZooKeeper Java binding is made up of two packages, such as org.apache.zookeeper and org.apache.zookeeper.data. Apart from that packages which make up ZooKeeper are used internally or are part of the server implementation. Moreover, the generated classes which are used simply as containers do make the org.apache.zookeeper.data package.
In addition, the ZooKeeper class is the main class ZooKeeper Java client uses. Only by an optional session id and password, its two constructors differ. And, across instances of a process, ZooKeeper supports session recovery.
Though, two threads are created, when a ZooKeeper object is created, they are an IO thread and an event thread. By using Java NIO, all IO happens on the IO thread. And on the event thread, all event callbacks happen. Furthermore, Session maintenance also happens on IO thread. It includes reconnecting to ZooKeeper servers as well as maintaining the heartbeat.
Also, the responses for the synchronous methods process in the IO thread and for asynchronous methods and watch events on the event thread.
For asynchronous calls and watcher callbacks, all completions will be made in order, but one at a time. However, there are no boundaries on the caller that it can perform any processing they wish, but they have to make sure that during that time no other callbacks will be processed.
The processing of the IO thread or the processing of the synchronous calls is not blocked by Callbacks.
And, the Synchronous calls may not get back in the correct sequence.
Ultimately, there are several rules associated with shutdown are straightforward, like the ZooKeeper object becomes invalid, as soon as a ZooKeeper object is closed or receives a fatal event (SESSION_EXPIRED and AUTH_FAILED).
Basically, the C binding has a multi-threaded library and a single-threaded library. On defining a multi-threaded library, it is the easiest one to use and also it is very same as Java API. However, for handling connection maintenance and callbacks, this library will create an IO thread and an event dispatch thread. Whereas, we use the single-threaded library in event-driven applications especially by exposing the event loop which is used in the multithreaded library.
There are two shared libraries in this package; zookeeper_st and zookeeper_mt. Although, for integrating into the application's event loop, the former only offers the asynchronous APIs as well as callbacks. Basically, it supports the platforms were a pthread library is not available or is unstable (i.e. FreeBSD 4.x). However, application developers should link with zookeeper_mt, in all other cases, because it involves support for both Sync as well as Async API.
We need to follow the below steps if we are building the client from a check-out from the Apache repository. Although, we need to skip to step 3 if we are building from a project source package which we download from apache.
At very first, Run ant compile_jute from the ZooKeeper top-level directory (…/trunk). So, it will create a directory of the name "generated" under …/trunk/src/c.
After that, change directory to the…/trunk/src/c and run autoreconf -if to bootstrap autoconf, automake, and libtool. Also, make sure we have autoconf version 2.59 or greater installed. Skip to step 4.
Further, unzip/untar the source tarball and cd to the zookeeper-x.x.x/src/c directory, if we are building from a project source package.
Also, to build the libraries and install them, run make or make install.
Furthermore, run make doxygen-doc, to generate doxygen documentation for the ZooKeeper API. However, in a new subfolder of name docs, all documentation are available. However, this command only generates HTML, by default.
Now, for executing simple ZooKeeper commands, this is a client application which gives us a shell. Hence, it displays a shell prompt, once successfully started and connected to the server. In this way, we can enter ZooKeeper commands.
Here, we must see a list of node those are children of the root node "/".
To enable the multi-threaded version of the library, compile with -DTHREADED compiler flag, if we are building a multithreaded client. Afterward, link against the zookeeper_mt library. However, do not compile with -DTHREADED, if we are building a single-threaded client, still ensure to link against the zookeeper_st library.
Hence, in this Apache ZooKeeper API tutorial, we have seen the whole concept of Zookeeper API (Java and C) in detail. Moreover, we discussed the ZooKeeper Java API example. Still, if you have any questions to ask regarding Zookeeper API, feel free to ask. Keep visiting Data Flair, keep learning!


Our Friends from Coworking Cologne just posted some very nice pictures of regular Gym Lockers that they hacked a little bit. Now they are serve as a special form of "Office Trolleys" to store office supplies. I thought this would be a nice addition to the Ikea hacked whiteboards, posted over here last week.
At betahaus Berlin personal storage is an important issue since most of the desks are flexible. We do have a couple of lockers already that are frequently used by betahaus people but we would love to come up with a more creative approach. Hacking the Gym - Locker would lead into this direction.
Some more picture from Coworking Cologne and Jack in the Box I guess.


Jessica Chastain to play Marilyn Monroe in Blonde movie?
Well, this is pretty exciting news.
We feel it's been forever since we've seen Jessica Chastain in action, but it looks like she's about to sign on the dotted line with Brad Pitt's company Plan B, to play the role of Marilyn Monroe.
According to The Wrap, the two-time Oscar nominee is nearing a deal to play Marilyn Monroe in Andrew Dominik's Blonde.
Blonde is based on Joyce Carol Oates' novel of the same name, which reimagines the life of Norma Jean Baker - aka Marilyn Monroe.
It's believed that Brad Pitt was key in helping Jessica Chastain make the decision - after all, the actors are old friends after appearing in The Tree of Life together.
If you're thinking it will be similar to Michelle Williams' portrayal in My Week With Marilyn, you'd be very wrong. Jessica Chastain's portrayal is expected to be different - Blonde will take a different approach to examining Marilyn Monroe's life and career.
Jessica has three major films coming out in the near future - Eleanor Rigby and Miss Julie with James McAvoy and Colin Farrell, respectively. She also stars in Interstellar with Matthew McConaughey. As well, she plays Oscar Isaac's wife in A Most Violent Year and is preparing to wrap Guillermo del Toro's gothic horror movie, Crimson Peak.


Please do not share anti-government websites on my FB page or blog, especially those which oppose policies with spurious arguments.
From time to time, I had to delete such links.
These websites do nothing but to encourage ignorance and fan the flames of negative sentiments.
I welcome discussion on topics such as the CPF but not when it is apparent to me that the other party is opposing for the sake of opposing and using arguments which appeal to the heart and not the mind.
"No sharing of links to anti-government websites on my FB wall, please.
"Especially not those that do not even understand that an annuity (like CPF Life) is one of the best ways for most people to fund their retirement in their golden years."
Many of such websites are just out to sensationalize issues.
They are more interested in pandering to an unhappy group of people.
Why not make an effort to understand how to make the system work for us instead of being frustrated and unhappy?
Worse, why make other people frustrated and unhappy?
Or are they quite happy with having a frustrated and unhappy audience they can pander to?
Or do they have a motive for making people frustrated and unhappy?
I don't read rubbishy stuff posted on websites like "Zhun Bo Singapura", do you?
Would you rather have it or not?
With regard to anti govt websites, read them but keep an even mind based on your own experiences. Do not be swayed by the written word. Make a rational decision after sifting the truth. If you ignore all negative reports then you will then be the proverbial ostritch with its head buried in the sand.
When we look at debt on its own, it is an incomplete picture.
There is a reason why a balance sheet is called a balance sheet.
Look at liabilities but must also look at assets.
Saying Singapore has high public debt and, therefore, we should be worried about the CPF seems like an effort to incite public panic.
TOC is one of those websites I do not bother visiting.
I read that article and looked through its citations.
Pretty clear that TOC cited the financial blogger out of context to fit their narrative (sound familiar)? At most, it is consistent with the ex-GIC guy whose view is for the government to use more of the surplus for our social welfare.
Also very clear that we have more than enough assets to cover all CPF liabilities, and if one doesn't believe all the reported numbers, then one should not believe all financial reports from public or government entities.
It is the standard operating procedure of TOC and their kind.
I would be quite surprised if they actually have the welfare of Singaporeans at heart.
Central Provident Fund (CPF), will start using PayNow, which was launched in 2017 to allow for easy and immediate fund transfers, said Minister-in-charge of Smart Nation Initiative Vivian Balakrishnan in Parliament on Thursday (Mar 1).
... the agency will allow eligible CPF members over 55 years old to receive their lump sum withdrawal using PayNow in March this year. This, he added, will enable the funds to be transferred within the same day rather than the current turnaround time of five working days.
CPF said the service will be available from Mar 26.


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ANSTO leverages great science to deliver big outcomes. We partner with scientists and engineers and apply new technologies to provide real-world benefits. Our work improves human health, saves lives, builds our industries and protects the environment.
Science Map Science Map Documenting Australian First Nations Research
Ancient foods provide clues to past rainfall
Mirrar Country
Summary...
ANSTO has contributed to research by University of Queensland researchers and the Mirarr Traditional Owners in Northern Australia that has helped build a record of rainfall during the late Pleistocene and Holocene, and shed light on the strategies of Indigenous Australians to cope with a changing landscape.
Further information: https://www.ansto.gov.au/news/ancient-foods-provide-clues-to-past-rainfall
Dr Quan Hua
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Rainfall Northern Territory
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Thank Eline over at aquapages for tagging me! This tag was originally created by Beth from Books Nest. I love doing these tags! And this is a juicy one.
I was nominated for this by Becky's Book Blog. Make sure you go to her blog and give her lots of love! I will answer 11 bookish questions and than ask 11 of my own to my nominees.


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 * MinIO .NET Library for Amazon S3 Compatible Cloud Storage, (C) 2017 MinIO, Inc.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
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using System;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Minio.DataModel.Tracing;

namespace Minio.Examples.Cases;

public class CustomRequestLogger
{
    // Check if a bucket exists
    public static async Task Run(MinioClient minio)
    {
        try
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Running example for: set custom request logger");
            minio.SetTraceOn(new MyRequestLogger());
            await minio.ListBucketsAsync();
            minio.SetTraceOff();
            Console.WriteLine();
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"[Bucket]  Exception: {e}");
        }
    }
}

internal class MyRequestLogger : IRequestLogger
{
    public void LogRequest(RequestToLog requestToLog, ResponseToLog responseToLog, double durationMs)
    {
        var sb = new StringBuilder();

        sb.AppendLine("My logger says:");
        sb.Append("statusCode: ");
        sb.AppendLine(responseToLog.statusCode.ToString());
        sb.AppendLine();

        sb.AppendLine("Response: ");
        sb.Append(responseToLog.content);

        Console.WriteLine(sb.ToString());
    }
}

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TOKYO (Reuters) - Renault SA (RENA.PA) absorbing Nissan Motor Co. (7201.T) and Mitsubishi Motors Corp (7211.T) is not an option as the carmakers look to strengthen their partnership while retaining their autonomy, alliance chairman Carlos Ghosn said on Friday.
"Anybody who will ask Nissan and Mitsubishi to become wholly owned subsidiaries of Renault has zero chance of getting a result," Ghosn told shareholders of Mitsubishi Motors at a meeting. He also serves as chief executive of France's Renault.
The alliance was the world's top-selling passenger vehicle maker in 2017, but as the global auto industry consolidates, it is looking to strengthen its position before the 64-year-old Ghosn, its main architect, retires in the coming years after overseeing the partnership for nearly 20 years.
Reuters reported in March that the carmakers were discussing a deeper tie-up, which could see the French government, a major shareholder in Renault, give up influence at Renault and the French carmaker relinquish control over Nissan.
The three automakers have a unique partnership designed to leverage their combined scale to save on costs including R&D, parts procurement and production to better compete with rivals Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) and Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T).
They are also interlinked by their shareholding structure. Renault holds 43.4 percent of shares in Nissan, while Nissan owns 15 percent of Renault, with no voting rights in a partnership that began in 1999. Mitsubishi Motors joined the alliance in 2016 after Nissan took a 34 percent controlling stake in the smaller automaker.
Nissan CEO Hiroto Saikawa has said the alliance is not discussing a "full merger".
Ghosn said that while the focus of the alliance was to sell more cars and increase profitability by reducing unnecessary duplication of processes, he wanted each of the three automakers to maintain their independence, which differentiated the group from Toyota and Volkswagen.
"We need to work together ... to find a system by which what we have today, which is working very well, can continue in the future no matter who is leading the alliance," he said.
In a Figaro interview published last week, Ghosn was upbeat about the prospect of securing a new deal for the alliance despite its extreme political sensitivity in France and Japan, saying a plan would need to be announced "well before" the end of his four-year term at the helm of Renault in 2022.


Hey, do you like Cottage Cheese? I sure do. I grew up in a household whose refrigerator was never without a container of cottage cheese. Because Cottage Cheese is Awesome. When I was a small child, my Mom would give me and my brother cottage cheese mixed with canned fruit as a snack, and we just loved it. Cottage Cheese with Pineapple has been a thing forever, but now Muuna, a new, innovative food company, has launched a line of healthy and delicious cottage cheese products with a variety of fresh fruit chunks already mixed in. Attention Cottage Cheese Fans: this is cause for excitement!
Muuna is on a mission to change the way consumers think about cottage cheese, having re-imagined this dairy favorite in single-serve cups of melt-in-your-mouth creamy and protein-rich cottage cheese with delicious pieces of fruit, including Strawberry, Blueberry, Pineapple, Peach and Mango. Kill me! Each 5.3oz cup contains 15 grams of protein and only 130 calories. Muuna also offers its single-serve cups in Lowfat Plain, which has 19 grams of protein and 120 calories.
Muuna Cottege Cheese with Fruit has already replaced fruited yogurt as my go-to office snack or lite breakfast. Here I am about to enjoy the Blueberry variety at my desk.
The above photo was minimally art directed to show the creaminess of Muuna cottage cheese. The fruit is on the bottom of the cup so you can stir it up to blend. Let;s take closer look and the blended action.
Mango is my personal favorite, because it tastes like you just cut up a fresh, sweet mango and tossed it into the container!
Look at this beautiful stuff. Just look at it. The contrast of the juicy fruit pieces and firm, tiny curds create an exceptionally delightful mouth feel that makes Muuna Cottage Cheese, dare I say it, fun to eat!
Here is one of my weekend breakfasts at home: a tasty cup of Muuna Strawberry Cottage Cheese, and toast with berry jam. Mmm, yummy! All Muuna products contain zero high fructose corn syrup, no artificial sweeteners, and are also free of artificial flavors and colors. Not to mention (but you can see I am about to) Muuna is gluten free and certified kosher.
Muuna has also launched two multi-serve varieties: Classic Plain Cottage Cheese, with 4% milk fat, and Lowfat Plain, with just 2% percent milk fat.
I enjoy regular Muuna Cottage Cheese by itself, and also as a side dish (or even an ingredient!) for lots of savory dishes such as Pasta and Mexican food. It is so delicious, no matter when or how you eat it!
Visit Muuna online at This Link for more information on their products and to find a store in your area that sells Muuna Cottage Cheese!
The French Cheese Board opened its first US concept store in New York City's SoHo neighborhood in Mid-May, and we attended the opening party; because, free cheese! At this boutique storefront, which is located at 41 Spring Street, Certified Cheese Masters will showcase their knowledge of flavor chemistry and cheese and beverage pairings. The flagship location will also serve as a customizable venue for cuisine, art, lifestyle, education, and more. The FCB plans to leverage its partnerships with industry and pop culture influencers to create private events in year-long programming.
They also try to make the cheese displays look like art, or sweets, which is fun. However, you can tell by the way it smells in there, that they are selling cheese. Just giving you a head's up on that.
The mission of the FCB, the umbrella organization for French dairy products, is to create awareness about the variety of cheeses from France available on the U.S. market. The organization also provides a platform for information, communication and exchange of ideas between French cheesemakers, researchers of the French dairy sector, artists, designers and chefs.


Established in November 1988, Maison Sophia Reception House (formerly Maison Thérèse Dallaire) is a temporary, by referral only, residential facility for government assisted refugees (GARs) and refugee claimants.
By providing for the basic needs of newcomers in their flight from starvation, war, violence or political turmoil and by creating an educational and supportive environment, we dramatically reduce the time needed by newcomers to become settled and self-sufficient in their new community.
Staffed around the clock, with 24 rooms that accommodate a maximum of 96 people, the Centre provides complete food services, common lounge areas and laundry facilities, as well as a warm and friendly environment where newcomers can feel safe and welcome.
During their stay at the Centre, newcomers are provided with basic food, shelter, and clothing and are given the information and counselling they need to begin their new lives in Canada.


Tim wrote an excellent letter to all of his Arizona representatives. Go check it out! He calls out a lot of the pork that was in the bill. Simply amazing. Our government has never before looked as much like a bunch of crooks.


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Tennis|Signs of Possible Match-Fixing in Wimbledon Men's Doubles
Signs of Possible Match-Fixing in Wimbledon Men's Doubles
David Marrero, left, and Fernando Verdasco after winning the doubles final at the Rio Open in February. They lost in the first round at Wimbledon last week.CreditCreditLeo Correa/Associated Press
By Ben Rothenberg
WIMBLEDON, England — For the second time at a tennis major, a doubles match involving the Spanish player David Marrero has been flagged for suspicious betting behavior, a possible sign of match-fixing.
A men's doubles match at Wimbledon last week — Marrero and Fernando Verdasco's loss to João Sousa and Leonardo Mayer — was reported to anticorruption investigators after a bookmaker observed suspicious betting.
Pinnacle Sports observed "a series of bets from accounts with a history of wagering on suspicious matches" in the hour before the match in question began. It was first reported by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Sam Gomersall, sports integrity manager for Pinnacle, said the late shift in odds which these wagers created was a "clear indication" of suspicious activity.
The ABC report did not name the players in question, but Pinnacle confirmed to The New York Times that the suspicions were raised by Marrero's doubles match. Pinnacle also said that this was the lone match to be flagged for suspicious activity at either Wimbledon or last month's French Open.
Neither Marrero nor Verdasco could be reached for comment. Though monitoring of betting markets is often used to detect possible match-fixing, such data alone is not enough to lead to a conviction.
Marrero previously attracted suspicion over unusual betting patterns during the 2016 Australian Open, when such abnormally large bets were placed against Marrero and his partner Lara Arruabarrena in a first-round mixed doubles match that Pinnacle suspended betting 13 hours before it began. The pair lost the match, 6-0, 6-3.
Later during that tournament, tennis governing bodies announced they would create an independent review panel to assess the Tennis Integrity Unit's effectiveness. The panel's interim report came out in April. Its primary recommendations related to the lower levels of the professional ranks, where match-fixing is considered more endemic.
The T.I.U.'s biggest conviction to date came weeks later, with immediate implications at the Grand Slam level.
Hours before the French Open draw in May, 84th-ranked Nicolás Kicker became the highest-ranked player (at time of conviction) to be found guilty of a match-fixing offense by the Tennis Integrity Unit, and he was removed from the tournament. A month later, Kicker's penalty was announced as a $25,000 fine and six-year ban, with three of the years suspended on a probationary basis.
When the draw was made for Wimbledon this year and betting was opened on the match, Sousa and Mayer started out as 17/10 underdogs, implying a 37 percent chance of winning. The odds drifted in their favor, slowly at first and then quickly. In a 45-minute stretch shortly before the match began, last-minute wagers pouring in moved Sousa and Mayer from roughly 7/9 to 4/9, or from a 56.5 percent chance of winning to 69 percent.
As the late money had seemed confident they would, Sousa and Mayer won the match, 7-6(6), 6-4, 6-7(7), 6-1.
Because unforced errors are a common part of any tennis match, reviewing video of the match is generally inconclusive. Marrero did serve for the first set up 6-5, but a series of unforced errors by him and Verdasco put the match back on serve. In the ensuing tiebreak, Verdasco hit consecutive double faults.
Marrero saved a match point with a dive volley in the third-set tiebreak, but the pair lost the fourth set quickly, in 27 minutes.
Wimbledon directed inquiries about the match to the Tennis Integrity Unit. Mark Harrison, spokesman for the group, said that "as an operational matter the TIU will not be making any comment," keeping in line with the group's refusal to confirm or comment on any specific match or person possibly under investigation.
"We do publish match alert statistics periodically, but they are anonymized in terms of the players and matches involved," Harrison said.
A version of this article appears in print on , Section B, Page 8 of the New York edition with the headline: Match-Fixing Concerns After Odds Shift Late. Order Reprints | Today's Paper | Subscribe
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Q: Heat map or contour plot for (x,y,z) points in MATLAB, is it possible without mesh function? I have been here sitting for hours trying to figure this out with no hope. I hope you can help me. I have (x,y) points in x-y plane each (x,y) point has certain value assigned to it, you can think of it az its z component
I was able to draw these points by a simple matlab function
text(position(1),position(2),num2str(RSRP))

by doing so I obtained the following figure below
My question is: I would like to see contours or colors as in a heat map according to the tagged value, for example in this figure a certain countour around the point (-400,190) will exist which has value of -117 as tagged will have a certain color while the point at (-300,200) which has the tagged value of -106 will have another contour.
Initial thoughts:
Take it to (x,y,z) plane and then project to 2D. But then I have problem because for each (x,y) I have one value z. I dont have meshgrid function with corresponding mesh. Very confused. Thank you

I would like something like the one below

A: Would this function help you?
https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/griddata.html
It interpolates data at random x,y locations to a uniform grid.
I riffed on the example they gave and did the following,
x = rand([1,50]).*100;
y = rand([1,50]).*100;
%%% z is, say, three gaussians in the xy plane
v = exp(-((x-20).^2+(y-20).^2)./(2*10^2)) + exp(-((x-70).^2+(y-70).^2)./(2*10^2)) + exp(-((x-20).^2+(y-70).^2)./(2*20^2));
[xq,yq] = meshgrid(1:0.5:100, 1:0.5:100);
vq = griddata(x,y,v,xq,yq);
contourf(xq,yq,vq)

This gives the following...
contour plot from random x,y points
Without being sure what the data is/the goal of this plot I can't comment on how "fair" it is to interpolate the data in this way, but I also made this plot with x,y points which were more dense (vectors of length 200 versus 50 as above) and evenly spaced to show what z is "supposed" to look like.
contour plot from more dense and evenly spaced points
As we might have guessed, the interpolated contour plot gets some, but not all features. It may be best to use Mohammad's scatter suggestion as this will represent only information you have, but again, this is up to you and certainly depends on the type/purpose of your visualization!
Apologies for the linked pictures/no comments, I'm new here (this is my first answer!) so I can't comment or embed images. Hope this helped regardless!

A: Actually, I don't fully understand the problem you try to solve, by the way, I will post my voyage idea hope may help.
In the following code, I use scatter plot to represent data similar to your figure.
clear
x = random('Normal',1,10,1,100);
y = random('Normal',1,10,1,100);
[t t_idx] = sort(x);
x = x(t_idx);
c = linspace(1,100,length(x));
scatter(x,y,[],c,'*')

If this is not what do you want. Please add dataset sample with related code this will help us to understand your problem better.

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From programs to people: How engineers can make the jump to founder
Glenn Elliott
News / Tue 14 Aug 2018
Glenn Elliott is the founder and former CEO at Reward Gateway. In this article, he explains how we went from software engineer to startup founder and how you can do the same.
I was eleven when I started coding on the Sinclair ZX81 – a home computer produced by Sinclair Research and manufactured in Dundee.
I coded all through my teens and university. When BT unexpectedly gave me a job in project management I was still coding, building test tools, websites and databases in an attempt to make the work smoother.
By the time I founded Reward Gateway my coding skills were obsolete. Ten years at the business end of life meant I never become a PHP/MYSQL coder so there was no chance of me building our platform hands on. You never forget the principles – once an engineer always an engineer – but there were younger, better and, to be honest, lower cost people to build our software by then.
Programming is intense, satisfying, frustrating, exciting and highly creative. There are infinite ways to build something, so many ways to interpret a need, and when you've been up all night thriving on coffee and cigarettes (hey, it was the 90s), you can't beat the satisfaction of producing really elegant code that you're satisfied with. That strive to be creative and solve problems helped me a lot when I founded Reward Gateway, the HR tech business I've led for 11 years as CEO and grew to 400 people and $1bn in revenue.
But my product and engineering skills were only one part of the overall story because what no-one tells you at 'founder school' is that building and growing a business is much more about people than it is about programming.
Of course product is key – if you don't end up quickly selling something that works and people actually want to buy then you won't be in business for long. But it's understanding and caring about people that actually makes businesses thrive more than the lines of code that you write.
So with that in mind, here are my top tips for software engineers making the move to founder.
Product vision is more important than engineering prowess. You need to see something that is broken or needs to be radically improved. But most importantly you need to be able to see the buyer who will want to pay to have that problem solved or improved. You need to really get to know that person, learn to think like them and really embrace their world. And you need a lot of respect for them as you're going to be obsessing about them for the next 10 to 15 years, assuming you're lucky enough to be successful and around for that long.
Whilst your product is key it only gets you to the starting line. I've seen dozens of businesses fail or plateau, despite very good products, because the Founders never got to understand how sales should work, how marketing should happen or how clients could cost effectively be serviced. You might think you can buy in these skills as you grow but the most successful founders I know have their arms wrapped around all parts of the business. Being the smartest nerd in the room doesn't mean squat if you can't drive sales and scale service to handle it.
Your software is going to suck at times and it will let people down. That's where your relationship skills and diplomacy will be needed. Get good at a grovelling and sincere apologies, it's a tool you're going to need a lot as you navigate the years ahead.
You're used to building software but you're going to need to get good at building teams. Teams, not code, build companies and they're demonstrably harder to build. So put the programming books down and immerse yourself in books about people, leadership and company culture.
Make sure you leave the party at the right time. The best accolade a Founder can get is to build something that is sustainable without needing them. So look forward to the day that your creation doesn't need you. For me, that was 11 years in, last summer when I knew there were better CEO's than me at running a company of our size. I still work for the company full time but in a non-exec role with no power and no authority and it's wonderful supporting the team from the sidelines.
Don't be daunted. You're a huge step ahead understanding technology in a tech centric world.
You know what is possible, how long things should take and you can get your engineers unstuck when they need help.
Those skills are priceless.
founder and CEO, Reward Gateway


Since it oversees such a large number of projects, the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT from Aachen is increasingly faced with the agony of choice: Which innovations should it present at an industrial exhibition or a congress? At EuroBLECH the Aachen scientists will be presenting five groundbreaking developments on all major trends in contemporary sheet metal processing – from hybrid lightweight construction to multifunctional laser robots with an integrated digital twin.
There is a common denominator for all five processes: They stand for different approaches to agile, laser-based manufacturing, and balance flexibility and productivity. Such manufacturing processes are particularly in demand for hybrid lightweight construction and electromobility, two major trends in sheet metal working. "Laser technology combined with digitalization is a predestined solution for economically producing constantly fluctuating and unpredictable lot sizes in volatile markets", explains Dr. Dirk Petring, group leader for Macro Joining and Cutting at Fraunhofer ILT.
The lighthouse project MultiPROmobil fits in with this need: The NRW-funded project will be launched in October of this year and coordinated by Fraunhofer ILT. A robot and a multifunctional laser processing head will be designed to enable clever interaction and integrate cutting, welding and generating of structures additively. They are to be supported by a digital twin as well as intelligent design and simulation software. With MultiPROmobil, the Fraunhofer experts and their industrial partners want to reduce commissioning time by 30 percent and unit costs and resource consumption by at least 20 percent. "In a subsequent expansion phase, a production facility with several robots will be built, in which each individual robot masters all three production disciplines", says Dr. Petring, looking into the future. "In this way, process chains for the production of sheet metal assemblies can be made very flexible and scalable, especially with regard to the gradual introduction of e-mobility". Currently, the project participants are working on further developing the combi-head so that it can be changed between cutting, welding and now additive manufacturing processes as needed and without changing the optics and nozzles.
Another highlight is the flexible high-speed cutting of metal strips: With assistance from Fraunhofer ILT, Honda has replaced the previous punching process – of sheet metal of up to 1.8 m by 4.0 m and a thickness of 0.5 to 2.3 mm – by an extremely fast laser cutting process, with a speed of up to 115 m/min at its plant in Yorii (Japan). Honda has achieved an output of 18,700 car body parts per day since introducing the laser blanking system in 2015. Dr. Petring: "At the fair in Hanover, we will be reporting on the next step towards a very fast cutting process for differentiated rolled strips with partially different properties; we are currently developing this process together with BILSTEIN GmbH & Co. KG in Hagen, Germany. Decisive arguments for BILTSTEIN are the tool-free production of variable cutting contours and maximum material savings in the manufacturing process as well as in terms of the subsequent component weight. Not only will we show a video about the process, but also first shaped blanks made using our process".
The lightweight construction trend towards ultra high-strength steels is the focus of a project funded by the German Federation of Industrial Research Associations (AiF), which is supported by FOSTA (Forschungsvereinigung Stahlanwendung e.V.): Within the scope of FAAM (short for Further development, joining technology validation and technical design of welded joints with martensitic chromium steels), Fraunhofer ILT and its partners are developing and testing laser welding processes on various components. The demonstrator, for example, is a laser-designed bumper module, which the Aachen scientists will use to demonstrate how different high- and ultra-high-strength materials can be laser-welded in a hybrid construction.
The optimal spatial and temporal adjustment of the temperature field plays the main role in the current research in the field of laser heat treatment. In Hanover, Fraunhofer ILT is showing how, by adapting the beam profile with the aid of a freeform mirror, areas and zones can be selectively and locally processed in order to generate defined strength profiles. In order to make laser heat treatment reliable and cost-effective with short cycle times, the Aachen scientists are working with significantly higher feed rates.
The fifth exhibit, a roof bow created as part of the BMBF project HyBriLight, received the "Future of Composites in Transportation 2018 Innovation Award" in Chicago in June 2018 at a JEC event. An original part of a vehicle from the BMW 7 Series was used as a model: a hybrid component with a fiber-reinforced plastic cross member (previously pure CFRP) and metallic connecting elements to the car body. As an alternative to bonding and riveting previously used, the Aachen scientists use a laser-based joining process that connects plastic and metal with positive locking and adhesion. Moreover, material costs were significantly reduced by using GFRP instead of the more expensive CFRP. The latter is now used only as a strength-enhancing insert on the long sides of the cross member. The roof bow is finally trimmed with an innovative laser cutting process which allows processing of the material sandwich made of GFRP and CFRP in a single step. Several advantages speak in favor of innovation: reduction of process times by 70 percent compared to conventional processes, halving of raw material costs and the integration of several process steps into one process. "In Hanover, we will be showing the new roof bow version, whose material mix of GFRP, CFRP and metal demonstrates the versatility of laser processing for joining and cutting complex components", reports Dr. Frank Schneider, senior project manager in the group of Macro Joining and Cutting at Fraunhofer ILT.


Walking with my eyes fixed to the ground looking for all the treasures the beach has bestowed upon me that day. Summers in my youth were spent looking for Petoskey Stones and smooth beach glass on the shores of Lake Michigan. These extra large soaking salts are reminiscent of the smooth glass found walking along the beach.
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