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This is a BMC Communities provided and supported example of configuring an ETL which will query BPPM or TSIM via REST API and collect aggregrate monitoring metric values for any number of days up to 1 month (maximum) and dump to a Pivot Table within an MS Excel workbook. This is a follow-up to the existing post TSIM/BPPM - Using REST API to Extract Metrics to MS Excel - Simplified and Very Cool Reporting! If you have not looked at that posting, please start there and then return to this post. The previous post will step through setting up the environment which is dependent on using Pentaho Communities Edition (PDI). This is an easier setup since no Service Models are required. This is intended to report on specific technology stacks such as such as Hadoop, Docker, Oracle, WebLogic, WebSphere, SAN monitoring .. the example we use here is vBlock.
Analytics - ability to take monitoring data offline into a XLSX for analysis and triage. You can easily overlay similiar type servers (web, middleware, DB) and compare performance metrics over a specific timeframe.
Important Note for BPPM 9.5 or 9.6 envs: if you are using this with BPPM 9.5/9.6 - you will need to manually edit the REST Client Step within 2 transformations and change the authentication from default admin/admin12345 to admin/admin. The ETLs have been fully tested with TSIM (TrueSight Operations Manager v10) but should work fine with BPPM 9.5/9.6. Easy peasy.
*Note the number of metrics depends on the time interval (how many days back are you collecting) and the number of servers/hosts.
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Make sure to have a JRE installed (any version) on the server you are running ETL.
The ETL does not need to run on the BPPM or TSIM server. Any Windows server with minimal resources is needed.
Place jconn4.jar file in the lib directory. See FAQ Section - question #3 for details.
You can execute Jobs from a Command line, schedule it or run it from Spoon. The ETL does create a template XLSX file and .CSV file named after the silo_metric_name value (you typed in the Parameters above - e.g. JBOSS). The only manual step is to copy the aggregrate values (all rows/columns) to the Blank Pivot table (which is a tab named "AggregateData"). The Pivot Charts will refresh.
This base integration will take about 20 minutes to setup.
What do you think? Please provide any feedback on the comments section below. Also, if you have any enhancements or ideas we would love to hear them.
You might want to consider creating a VB Macro within MS Excel. The Template XLSX has a macro that you can run on the Dashboard tab.
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Satisfying Ambiguity
by Rob Swigart
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From the Oracle of Delphi to the Wizard of Oz, it is clear that "if we attack we will destroy a great empire." The only question that remains, is which one?
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The unfolding story of 'satisfying ambiguity' is somewhat postmodern. Though it has a beginning and a middle, its ending is indeterminate. Furthermore, we already know this story about a future grounded in the present, in the same way that the audience for Homer already knew the story he would tell them. Ours is a version of The Wizard of Oz in which we are protagonist and audience. There is tension, and suspense, and a hope for resolution, but understanding the nature of this drama is vital to our survival lest we turn unwillingly into the antagonist. We must also become the authors of this story.
The film of The Wizard of Oz oscillates between two modes: black-and-white reality and technicolor imagination. Ambiguity expresses such dual modes, and is similar to the nature of light, both wave and particle at the same time, depending on point of view. Dorothy's trip to Oz happens in the imagination (while she is knocked unconscious), and so occurs at the same time as her Kansas reality. Oz and Kansas are concurrent, not sequential.
Dorothy is a naïve and innocent heroine from a sturdy farm in Kansas, the heart of the myth of America. Her little dog Toto digs in Miss Gulch's garden, and that cranky neighbor brings down the full weight of her rage, hatred, and envy. Dorothy and Toto are only saved by a whirlwind flight when the tornado carries them to the land of the Emerald City ("Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore"). From then on she seeks only to return to her black and white reality. After all, "There's no place like home."
Like us, she wants answers and certainty, and like us she gets ambiguous answers and uncertainty. Yet in a curious way the ambiguity is satisfying because it is an integral part of the story.
We ask, how can ambiguity satisfy? Or, how can we satisfy its insatiable demand for contradiction, for appeasement, for burnt offerings? Both meanings dwell in this phrase, "satisfying ambiguity," itself ambiguous and suggestive.
Our version of The Wizard might begin on a sun-drenched day in May in Greece, which we have called the cradle of our civilization. At the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi a long line of suppliants climbs a steep road toward the temple, circles around the impressive treasure house of the Athenians to the sacred precinct in front of the Oracle's home. The first suppliant submits the burning question of the day: "The Persians are coming, what should we do?" The priest takes the question into the gloom of the temple and offers it to the Pythia, a mantic (perhaps mythic) priestess crouching in a hole in the earth, a hole that may or may not have even existed. She may (or may not) have inhaled, or smoked, or drunk some kind of drug for inspiration, but she speaks in tongues, and the priest returns with her answer, correctly, if mysteriously, interpreted in perfect hexameters. The suppliants leave, satisfied, or, if after some consideration they should remain unsatisfied, they can come back for a second opinion.
In the brightly-colored land of Oz Dorothy makes her way to the Wizard. She, and the companions she collects along the way, seek a heart, a brain, some courage, and a way back to the reality of Depression-era Kansas. They approach the Oracle, an impressive, even frightening projection in the central room of the central city. They timidly offer their requests.
The Wizard doesn't really have answers, of course. He's just a man, a humbug, kindly but ineffective, hiding behind the curtain, manipulating the symbols and hoping for the best. All he can do is delay, confound, propose. He can create new ambiguities, ones that, in the end, must satisfy. He can stall for time by sending them on a quest: "Bring me the broom of the Wicked Witch of the West."
Delphi was located in neutral territory, an unimportant region along the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth, far from Athens, from Sparta, from the real centers of political power. As a result of its inoffensive location it offered, or appeared to offer, unbiased answers to its broad clientele. Today we would call what the Oracle did "intelligence," information analyzed and packaged for policy-making customers.
Like the Emerald City, Delphi (and the plain below) was filled with support infrastructure. There were gatekeepers, barbershops, campgrounds, hotels, and restaurants, and in Delphi, the sellers of local sacrificial product, mostly cattle. Mingling among the suppliants were undoubtedly agents of the Oracle bureaucracy, picking up information about the geopolitical situation in the greater Greek world, about the suppliant's personal life and economic situation. As with psychics or psychotherapists, they were trained to extract information from subtle clues like clothing and accent. The Oracle had agents in foreign lands as well, at the courts of foreign leaders, keeping their eye on the local situation.
At Delphi the man behind the curtain was, in effect, an intelligence analyst, supported by an infrastructure of spies and informants, sometimes with policy goals of his own. He didn't have conclusive answers, so he offered carefully crafted ambiguities.
The story of Delphi is a spy story. Today the Oracle might be an intelligence agency or a business consultancy (it's no surprise the leading database software comes from a company called Oracle). Where else do we go for answers, especially about the future? And the answers must be ambiguous because after all, the future isn't here yet. In fact, it never really arrives.
But the present, where our story starts, is here. Recent events have brought this story into the foreground. The attack on the World Trade Center was the climax of a long drama for some, the beginning of a different drama for the rest of us.
Both the audience and the perpetrators are communities and communities work on two levels, the level of ideology and belief, and the level of action. Ideologically some communities, at some times, think of themselves as positive, as part of a coherent whole (We're Christians, we believe in peace and turning the other cheek, we seek to bring others into our group). Such communities might be called centrifugal. Their energy flows outward. Others, at other times, think of themselves in opposition to something (we hate America, we are against America, our hatred of the evil is what binds us together in communal purpose, we must keep our group pure). These might be called centripetal communities, with the energy of their values and ideas pouring in toward their center.
The problem with these categories is that they are ambiguous. Is light a wave or a particle? It is both. Is the terrorist network positive or negative, centrifugal or centripetal? It is both, depending on where the audience sits.
We all want answers now, but to find them we must understand the nature of the contest. We must follow the plot of the story, and we must be prepared for a satisfying ambiguity.
Herodotus tells us that Croesus, king of Lydia, saw that Persia was becoming a power in the world, one that would ultimately threaten him. To counter the great power he considered a pre-emptive strike. But as a good citizen of his world and a strong contributor to the Oracle at Delphi, which had such a good reputation for giving sound advice, he sent his envoys there to ask the question. Should he make war on the Persians? The answer, as we all know, was that if he made war on the Persians he would destroy a great empire.
Croesus thought he understood the answer. He was too quickly satisfied with the ambiguity, and never considered that the great empire might be his own. Others, with hindsight, saw the ambiguity of the answer and were also satisfied. The Oracle did not lie.
Later the Athenians asked what to do about the Persian invasion. The Oracle said, essentially, run like hell. The envoys didn't feel comfortable going back to town with this answer, not with Themistocles there making so much trouble, so later, perhaps the next day after spending the night at the hotel bar talking it over, they asked again. This time the answer was "Trust in the wooden walls."
What were these wooden walls? To the conservatives they represented the palisade that surrounded the Acropolis (wrong answer). To Themistocles the wooden walls represented the Athenian naval fleet (bingo!) The answer was ambiguous, and satisfied in the end. Reputation intact, the Oracle continued well into the Christian era.
There is another important element to this story, one not related to facts or technologies, but to belief. That is the element of spectacle. "I am Oz, the great and terrible!" Smoke and mirrors, drums and thunder. "My name is Ozymandius, King of Kings:/Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!"
The World Trade Center, the Pentagon, the White House, all are pure and necessary symbols, the makings of theater in a global theater state.
Theater states emerge in jungles. Jungles are fragile and diverse ecosystems. Humans who settle there must fill a number of small ecological niches, must seek sustenance in a number of ways. Such locations rarely develop a centralized state where the central authority controls economic life, as in Egypt or other so-called hydraulic cultures, where massive and coordinated flood-control and irrigation projects typify the activities of the ruling elite.
The Wizard of Oz knew about the importance of theater, just as the priestly class at the Oracle did. And the perpetrators of the attack understand the significance of their targets and the effect of their actions on the world stage.
Today's global economic ecology is as fragile and diverse as any rain forest, and theater is an important element in the structure and coherence of the world, perhaps the most important element. No national government controls the world's economic life. The world system is simply too complex and variable, with NGOs, nations, international cartels, multinational corporations, and special interest groups all competing for control. We have seen protests at the WTO meetings, and we have seen terrorism on a new scale. In this the story of the world is going through a new plot twist.
Religion has been the ideology of many successful states, and the religions with a book have been the most successful. The Bible and the Koran are the texts that people can quote to justify their actions. (I don't include the Book of Honor since no one can read it, though the mystery of its contents, revealed to some extent in a recent book of the same name, remains).
What happens to religion in a secular state, though? Despite the talk of God after the tragedy at the World Trade Center, America, and indeed most of the world, does not believe God is behind most things (if any). Without the supernatural, where do the symbols go? What is the stage for theater? Where, indeed, is the satisfying ambiguity?
Some time ago a casual glance at The Wizard of Oz suggested it might be an apt metaphor for national political action. After all, Vice President Dick Cheney has heart problems. Because he comes from the energy business, and often repeats the word "Oil," he does seem to resemble the Tin Woodman, who wants a heart. So the Scarecrow (a president not noted for a robust intellectual life) wants a brain, and the Cowardly Lion would like to come out of the State Department and roar.
But if we as citizens of the developed world identify with the protagonist, Dorothy, then these three would be the companions we have picked up along the way. We are on a quest, and though each companion is flawed in some way, we must prevail together with pluck and will. In a secular state we fall back on our mythologies. Drama repeats itself.
We saw the events of September 11 over and over from every possible angle. There was no ambiguity about the actions though the ideology may have been obscure.
The World Trade Center was a symbol. Note that it was not the New York Trade Center, or the American Trade Center. Scores of nations lost citizens in its destruction. These buildings were symbols of globalization. The object of their destruction was not loss of life (though from the point of view of the attack's planners that would be a nice additional benefit) but the loss of the symbol. Striking those two buildings and the Pentagon (and of course they wanted the White House as well) was stunning global theater. No Hollywood producer could have dreamed of such an audience. An enormous number of the world's eyeballs have watched. The ratings must have been truly impressive.
A corollary to such global presence is the almost instantaneous branding that came with it. For some days it was "Attack on America." Then it became "America's New War." The phrases took over the public imagination within hours and stuck with it. All the channels picked it up.
These images have bound us together, united a fragile polity in a diverse economic ecology. This drama has created myriad back stories of candlelight vigils and prayer meetings, of political posturing, declarations of solidarity, of grieving families and courage. For the first time in many years these stories felt real.
A global culture was under construction before the attacks; its book is based on spectacle, on the parade of celebrity - celebrity interviews, celebrity scandals, celebrity talk. As an example, two major networks scheduled for this fall series based on psychics interviewing dead celebrities. There will be no need for this now. The adversary has taken the center of the stage, and in so doing bound up his own community. He has become sacralized. The comparison with The Wizard of Oz is not trivial. This is the mythic struggle.
We have given the adversary a face because drama is about people, but this, too, is an ambiguity. It is not the name or the face that is important, it is the ideology that unites the community. The face, the one we see on television, is a symbol also, representing something far deeper in the world's collective psyche. There is a reason she is called The Wicked Witch of the West, and not Miss Gulch.
There were warning signs; in narrative this is called foreshadowing. Just as Dorothy and the others are about to approach the Wizard, the Witch writes in the sky over the Emerald City the words: Surrender Dorothy. The phrase is ambiguous. Is she addressing a command to Dorothy herself (in which case there should have been a comma), or was she addressing the citizens of the city? Ambiguity: it is both.
We do know that we have had warnings, prior terrorist attacks, threats, intelligence. Terrorism is on every list of 21st century risks. The adversary has always been with us.
And we must ask ourselves the important question, can we prevail?
The Wicked Witch, hiding out in her dark mountain fortress, closely watches in her crystal ball as Dorothy and the others make their way through the dark wood. When she decides the time is right, she sends her flying monkeys to attack and capture Dorothy and her friends, crying, "Fly! Fly! Fly!"
In the story, Dorothy and the others do prevail. Her little dog Toto pulls aside the curtain while the Great Oz thunders, and the Wizard, through his media proxy, says, "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain."
After all the trial, the search, the attacks and retaliations, we may yet melt the witch with a simple bucket of water and all return home to Black and white Kansas. But as with Dorothy it will take luck. She was putting out the fire of the Witch's weapon, her broom, with which she threatened the Scarecrow. How could she know the Witch was susceptible to water?
So it probably isn't so simple. That was a movie, a myth, and this is reality, this war of symbols.
In a theater state, the leader is the mediator between the physical and the supernatural world. As long as he can keep the attention of his followers, can offer a satisfying show, he maintains the center of the polity's cohesion. An attack on the symbols of power, the physical towers, the pentagonal building, created such a show, and the leader holds his broadly dispersed community together because of it.
The problem of course is point of view. If we look through the adversary's eyes, the event was a successful assault, plucky David bringing down slow-witted and slow-moving Goliath. If we look through our own eyes, the eyes of the developed world, we have seen the work of the Wicked Witch of the West, who wants the ruby slippers and the power they represent (oil, perhaps). The terrorist, sacralized by this theatrical gesture, becomes celebrity. He's been on television. He's been interviewed. He plays with the world's technological and media infrastructure. He informs his community. He sends forth his minions, crying, "Fly! Fly!"
But communities endlessly iterate. They define themselves; we notice them, see them from the outside, define them, and then they redefine themselves. Audience become actor becomes author. It is a fitness landscape of endless adaptation, completely interactive and always evolving.
The world is a fragile, complex ecology with many niches for us to fill. Complexity has many advantages, but as Stephen Jay Gould points out, it comes at a price. Complexity means sacrificing flexibility. The landscape always changes, sometimes in very dramatic ways, and then complexity is a disadvantage.
So we try to simplify, at least in our minds. The Wizard offers us a contemporary mythic pattern, a 'book' that is a film. We are all Dorothy in a colorful and dangerous land of the imagination. We, like our leaders, are looking for heart, brains, courage, and a way home. We may, in fact we must, survive the mythic quest, melt the witch. "We did what you asked," Dorothy says. "We melted her." "You liquidated her," the wizard says in surprise.
If we do not survive, do not rewrite the script, understand the nature of the drama in which we are both actor and audience, we may pass from the scene, fall into chaos or Armageddon. Or, worse, we will become the antagonist of our own drama, the Wicked Witch of the West.
A quick stop at the Wizard's palace is not enough. Picking up a diploma, a medal, a testimonial, is not enough; after all, these are things we already have. Collecting intelligence, reading reports, making policies are not enough. In the end we must find out who the man behind the curtain really is. The Oracle can only give us answers that reflect what we know, answers that are ambiguous, oscillating between two poles of meaning.
We may find that the man behind the curtain is us. Collectively we create the world, the real and the imaginal, the stuff and the symbol. We are all collaborators, working together despite our differences. The world - Wizard and Witch, Kansas and Oz - is our collective creation.
Whatever question we ask, the answer will remain ambiguous. If we attack we will destroy a great empire.
Is this an ambiguity that satisfies?
Cite this Essay:
. "Satisfying Ambiguity", Electronic Book Review, October 22, 2004, .
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package org.orekit.files.ccsds.ndm.odm.ocm;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.hipparchus.linear.RealMatrix;
import org.orekit.files.ccsds.definitions.TimeConverter;
import org.orekit.files.ccsds.definitions.Units;
import org.orekit.files.ccsds.section.AbstractWriter;
import org.orekit.files.ccsds.utils.generation.Generator;
import org.orekit.utils.units.Unit;

/** Writer for physical properties data.
 * @author Luc Maisonobe
 * @since 11.0
 */
class PhysicalPropertiesWriter extends AbstractWriter {

    /** Physical properties block. */
    private final PhysicalProperties phys;

    /** Converter for dates. */
    private final TimeConverter timeConverter;

    /** Create a writer.
     * @param phys physical properties to write
     * @param timeConverter converter for dates
     */
    PhysicalPropertiesWriter(final PhysicalProperties phys, final TimeConverter timeConverter) {
        super(OcmDataSubStructureKey.phys.name(), OcmDataSubStructureKey.PHYS.name());
        this.phys          = phys;
        this.timeConverter = timeConverter;
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Override
    protected void writeContent(final Generator generator) throws IOException {

        // physical properties block
        generator.writeComments(phys.getComments());

        generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.MANUFACTURER.name(), phys.getManufacturer(), null, false);
        generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.BUS_MODEL.name(),    phys.getBusModel(),     null, false);
        generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.DOCKED_WITH.name(),  phys.getDockedWith(),         false);

        // drag
        generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.DRAG_CONST_AREA.name(),  phys.getDragConstantArea(), Units.M2,    false);
        generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.DRAG_COEFF_NOM.name(),   phys.getDragCoefficient(), Unit.ONE,     false);
        generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.DRAG_UNCERTAINTY.name(), phys.getDragUncertainty(), Unit.PERCENT, false);

        // mass
        generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.INITIAL_WET_MASS.name(), phys.getInitialWetMass(), Unit.KILOGRAM, false);
        generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.WET_MASS.name(),         phys.getWetMass(), Unit.KILOGRAM,        false);
        generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.DRY_MASS.name(),         phys.getDryMass(), Unit.KILOGRAM,        false);

        // Optimally Enclosing Box
        generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.OEB_PARENT_FRAME.name(),       phys.getOebParentFrame().getName(),           null, false);
        generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.OEB_PARENT_FRAME_EPOCH.name(), timeConverter, phys.getOebParentFrameEpoch(),       false);
        generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.OEB_Q1.name(),                 phys.getOebQ().getQ1(), Unit.ONE,                   false);
        generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.OEB_Q2.name(),                 phys.getOebQ().getQ2(), Unit.ONE,                   false);
        generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.OEB_Q3.name(),                 phys.getOebQ().getQ3(), Unit.ONE,                   false);
        generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.OEB_QC.name(),                 phys.getOebQ().getQ0(), Unit.ONE,                   false);
        generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.OEB_MAX.name(),                phys.getOebMax(), Unit.METRE,                       false);
        generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.OEB_INT.name(),                phys.getOebIntermediate(), Unit.METRE,              false);
        generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.OEB_MIN.name(),                phys.getOebMin(), Unit.METRE,                       false);
        generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.AREA_ALONG_OEB_MAX.name(),     phys.getOebAreaAlongMax(), Units.M2,                false);
        generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.AREA_ALONG_OEB_INT.name(),     phys.getOebAreaAlongIntermediate(), Units.M2,       false);
        generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.AREA_ALONG_OEB_MIN.name(),     phys.getOebAreaAlongMin(), Units.M2,                false);

        // collision probability
        generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.AREA_MIN_FOR_PC.name(), phys.getMinAreaForCollisionProbability(), Units.M2, false);
        generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.AREA_MAX_FOR_PC.name(), phys.getMaxAreaForCollisionProbability(), Units.M2, false);
        generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.AREA_TYP_FOR_PC.name(), phys.getTypAreaForCollisionProbability(), Units.M2, false);

        // radar cross section
        generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.RCS.name(),     phys.getRcs(), Units.M2,    false);
        generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.RCS_MIN.name(), phys.getMinRcs(), Units.M2, false);
        generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.RCS_MAX.name(), phys.getMaxRcs(), Units.M2, false);

        // solar radiation pressure
        generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.SRP_CONST_AREA.name(),        phys.getSrpConstantArea(), Units.M2,    false);
        generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.SOLAR_RAD_COEFF.name(),       phys.getSrpCoefficient(), Unit.ONE,     false);
        generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.SOLAR_RAD_UNCERTAINTY.name(), phys.getSrpUncertainty(), Unit.PERCENT, false);

        // visual magnitude
        generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.VM_ABSOLUTE.name(),     phys.getVmAbsolute(), Unit.ONE,    false);
        generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.VM_APPARENT_MIN.name(), phys.getVmApparentMin(), Unit.ONE, false);
        generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.VM_APPARENT.name(),     phys.getVmApparent(), Unit.ONE,    false);
        generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.VM_APPARENT_MAX.name(), phys.getVmApparentMax(), Unit.ONE, false);
        generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.REFLECTIVITY.name(),    phys.getReflectivity(), Unit.ONE,  false);

        // attitude
        generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.ATT_CONTROL_MODE.name(),  phys.getAttitudeControlMode(),       null,        false);
        generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.ATT_ACTUATOR_TYPE.name(), phys.getAttitudeActuatorType(),      null,        false);
        generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.ATT_KNOWLEDGE.name(),     phys.getAttitudeKnowledgeAccuracy(), Unit.DEGREE, false);
        generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.ATT_CONTROL.name(),       phys.getAttitudeControlAccuracy(),   Unit.DEGREE, false);
        generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.ATT_POINTING.name(),      phys.getAttitudePointingAccuracy(),  Unit.DEGREE, false);

        // maneuvers
        generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.AVG_MANEUVER_FREQ.name(), phys.getManeuversFrequency(), Units.NB_PER_Y, false);
        generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.MAX_THRUST.name(),        phys.getMaxThrust(),          Unit.NEWTON,    false);
        generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.DV_BOL.name(),            phys.getBolDv(),              Units.KM_PER_S, false);
        generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.DV_REMAINING.name(),      phys.getRemainingDv(),        Units.KM_PER_S, false);

        // inertia
        final RealMatrix inertia = phys.getInertiaMatrix();
        if (inertia != null) {
            generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.IXX.name(), inertia.getEntry(0, 0), Units.KG_M2, true);
            generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.IYY.name(), inertia.getEntry(1, 1), Units.KG_M2, true);
            generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.IZZ.name(), inertia.getEntry(2, 2), Units.KG_M2, true);
            generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.IXY.name(), inertia.getEntry(0, 1), Units.KG_M2, true);
            generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.IXZ.name(), inertia.getEntry(0, 2), Units.KG_M2, true);
            generator.writeEntry(PhysicalPropertiesKey.IYZ.name(), inertia.getEntry(1, 2), Units.KG_M2, true);
        }

    }

}

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1Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war and assembled at Sokoh in Judah. They pitched camp at Ephes Dammim, between Sokoh and Azekah. 2Saul and the Israelites assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah and drew up their battle line to meet the Philistines. 3The Philistines occupied one hill and the Israelites another, with the valley between them.
4A champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out of the Philistine camp. His height was six cubits and a span.a 5He had a bronze helmet on his head and wore a coat of scale armor of bronze weighing five thousand shekelsb; 6on his legs he wore bronze greaves, and a bronze javelin was slung on his back. 7His spear shaft was like a weaver's rod, and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels.c His shield bearer went ahead of him.
8Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, "Why do you come out and line up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not the servants of Saul? Choose a man and have him come down to me. 9If he is able to fight and kill me, we will become your subjects; but if I overcome him and kill him, you will become our subjects and serve us." 10Then the Philistine said, "This day I defy the armies of Israel! Give me a man and let us fight each other." 11On hearing the Philistine's words, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and terrified.
12Now David was the son of an Ephrathite named Jesse, who was from Bethlehem in Judah. Jesse had eight sons, and in Saul's time he was very old. 13Jesse's three oldest sons had followed Saul to the war: The firstborn was Eliab; the second, Abinadab; and the third, Shammah. 14David was the youngest. The three oldest followed Saul, 15but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father's sheep at Bethlehem.
16For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening and took his stand.
20Early in the morning David left the flock in the care of a shepherd, loaded up and set out, as Jesse had directed. He reached the camp as the army was going out to its battle positions, shouting the war cry. 21Israel and the Philistines were drawing up their lines facing each other. 22David left his things with the keeper of supplies, ran to the battle lines and asked his brothers how they were. 23As he was talking with them, Goliath, the Philistine champion from Gath, stepped out from his lines and shouted his usual defiance, and David heard it. 24Whenever the Israelites saw the man, they all fled from him in great fear.
29"Now what have I done?" said David. "Can't I even speak?" 30He then turned away to someone else and brought up the same matter, and the men answered him as before. 31What David said was overheard and reported to Saul, and Saul sent for him.
"I cannot go in these," he said to Saul, "because I am not used to them." So he took them off. 40Then he took his staff in his hand, chose five smooth stones from the stream, put them in the pouch of his shepherd's bag and, with his sling in his hand, approached the Philistine.
48As the Philistine moved closer to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him. 49Reaching into his bag and taking out a stone, he slung it and struck the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.
50So David triumphed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine and killed him.
51David ran and stood over him. He took hold of the Philistine's sword and drew it from the sheath. After he killed him, he cut off his head with the sword.
When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they turned and ran. 52Then the men of Israel and Judah surged forward with a shout and pursued the Philistines to the entrance of Gathf and to the gates of Ekron. Their dead were strewn along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron. 53When the Israelites returned from chasing the Philistines, they plundered their camp.
54David took the Philistine's head and brought it to Jerusalem; he put the Philistine's weapons in his own tent.
57As soon as David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul, with David still holding the Philistine's head.
58"Whose son are you, young man?" Saul asked him.


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Linking and sharing routine health data for research
Author: Dr Charlotte Warren-Gash
In spite of the increasing drive towards digitisation and large investments in big data, the 'digital revolution' of personalised healthcare remains elusive.
As Brexit begins to exert its influence on Europe-wide plans for data harmonisation and sharing, our report presents new recommendations for policy makers on improving the linkage and sharing of routine health data for research in England.
Each individual visit to the doctor, hospital or clinic generates a large amount of potentially useful data - data which could provide important insights for health research. But research conducted using such de-identified 'routine data' is subject to challenges and hurdles, ranging from the technical to the political, limiting our ability to make the most of this data.
In our report we urge policy makers, and organisations who have key roles in health data use including NHS Digital and Public Health England, to take the lead in ensuring that England is equipped to maximise the societal benefits of research using routine health data.
The recommendations are drawn from a series of interviews with experienced data users on how routine data is currently used, their views on how it could help medical research, and the complex issues of using such de-identified data, the barriers and the ways to improve data sharing for research.
The report was preceded by a briefing note published in June this year.
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Q: Reentrant code confusion I am trying to understand exactly what re-entrant code means.  I have this code:
void HWt::startElement(uint8_t HW, uint8_t val)
{
    writeBitsToregister(REG_VAL + HW*131072, 0, 3, val); //Write bits 0-2
    writeBitToregister(REG_VAL, 3, 1);  //Set bit 3 to 1
    writeBitToregister(REG_VAL, 3, 0); //Set bit 3 to 0
}

I must ensure that all the bit writes are atomic.  I was told that this is not re-entrant.  I can understand how to make it thread safe, I can just use a mutex.
How to make it re-entrant safe?  Also, I do not understand what re-entrant means here?  How can the same thread access this function many times?  Can that only happen if this is called within an ISR or recursive?  It is neither of these things.

A: Re-entrant safety means that the function can successfully handle an "out of context" call to itself while it is executing. In non-kernel code in modern operating systems, this usually means that another thread will be calling it at the same time so in this case it is equivalent to being thread-safe.
However, e.g. in MS-DOS or in kernel code, an interrupt could occur at any time while the function is executing, possibly invoking the function on its own; this could have strange side-effects unless the function is written specifically to avoid this.
See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reentrancy_%28computing%29

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The course spans several days of lectures and practical work, in which cognitive neuropsychology research examples and methods are discussed. Students have to do a short research project, including setting up and trying out their own cognitive neuropsychology experiment, and complete a number of writing assignments. Senior, international cognitive neuropsychologists give lectures and supervision.
The course will address history and methodology of cognitive neuropsychology research; statistical techniques; examinations in large clinical groups; disorders such as topographical amnesia, somatophrenia and other impairments of touch and body, visuospatial neglect; amnesia.
As an advanced training in Cognitive Neuropsychology, the course aims to teach PhD students how to collect and interpret patient data in order to test cognitive theories and build cognitive models. The emphasis will be on 'doing research'. Candidates will get an acquaintance with standard neuropsychological testing, will be shown examples of patients cases, and will build, run and analyse their own experiment. A special training in reviewing and reporting is included.


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Several companies have come out with nail polish pens, so Fashion Me Fabulous is giving them a go. The general idea of these pens is that the lacquer is held in the body of the pen that you then click to distribute polish to a brush at the tip of the pen. You can hold it like a pen, which makes the fulcrum of your movement at the base rather than the top like with regular nail polish brushes.
Reviews were mixed. One of our readers loves them, and my mother, who has always had a sloppy time of painting her nails, now refuses to use anything else. I never had the problem my mom had, and while the speediness was impressive, I didn't find the application any easier than a regular brush. I bought a dark blue shade, but I'd like to get a white pen for doing french manicures. becca also loved the speediness of application and drying time, and thought they'd be great for throwing in a purse for on the go touch ups. The paint seemed rather thin and needed two applications. We all used Nic's Sticks by OPI. Sally Hansen also sells them, and on the opposite end of the price spectrum, Yves Saint Laurent.
You may also be interested in Save or Splurge: Nail Polish, Nicole by OPI Ethical Nail Polish, Seasonal Nail Polish.
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Naaty Design has launched its official website today!
In the portfolio area, you will find the work of Naaty Design including game graphics, illustrations, pixel, logotypes, web design and many other pieces related to graphic design.
Soon in the download area , you will find several content packs, in particular for game developers with assets such as sprites, tiles, backgrounds,… << UPDATE : Check our dedicated website Royalty Free Content Packs!
Used as placeholder graphics, these art packs will boost your development and will be perfect for commercial productions too.
Green business is everywhere, so we grow organic pixels!
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Come code with us, eat some food, do some things. Personal projects you want to work on? Homework projects you need to finish? Or want some time to explore some new technology and chat about it? You can join us at Code Party 0 and do it, with great company and great food.


We have compiled our favorite Adult Christmas gift ideas. Below you will find a short description of the item. You can click the product name to see our full review of each product specifically! Make sure you check back because we will be adding many more products for you to check out!
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As your son or daughter, niece or nephew, grandson or granddaughter, neighbor, or friend celebrate successfully completing twelve hard years of schooling, or obtaining a college degree, celebrate with them! That is a huge accomplishment! Have you picked the perfect gift to give them? Here are some suggestions on some of my favorite gifts to give graduates and some to give to Dad as well! My Gift Stop has the perfect luxury designer gift for Graduation and Father's Day!
Giving a child a chance to show dad love and appreciation on Father's Day will help grow the bond between father and child. Sure, you can buy something from the store or even let your child pick out a special gift but we all know that a small handmade gift is something your child will take true pride in. So, this year, instead of ONLY buying a gift, let your child add to Dad's gift by making something extra special. Here are some DIY Father's Day Gift Ideas!
A mom should always have a way to escape the daily stressors that come with being a mom. It can be difficult to get out of the house but that is NO excuse for neglecting downtime. A good soak in the tub is NOT just for hygiene reasons, it also is a great way to destress!


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Let's start by defining what an APP is. What is an APP?
Usually is a small piece of software code; downloaded into a device (mostly mobile devices), specialized into a certain field and meant to make your life easier.
A self-contained program or piece of software designed to fulfill a particular purpose; an application, especially as downloaded by a user to a mobile device.
"A services APP" generally represents an operation, but doesn't have to be a legal operation itself, it's not legal just because it is listed in the App Store and is not at all a form of conducting business or conducting various other operations. Generally, it's part of a bigger picture or it is more like an interface to link the mobile device to the main operation center.
Let's start this blog by clearly understanding, that just because THERE IS AN APP, whatever's behind that app doesn't become a legal operation. In fact the APPS should be used to promote established operations and legal forms of conducting businesses for all purposes, also services, including passenger transportation.
So, just because there is an APP in the App Store that doesn't mean the operation behind it is legit.
There used to be a commercial on TV saying that: Oh it's on the internet, so it must be true! SO it's alright, if the APP can be downloaded, therefore must be legal.
That is the number one misconception of everything that happened in the APP WORLD in the last 5 to 6 years. In fact, a lot of companies started to laugh when those apps initially showed up. It would be, just like a kid making an APP and putting it out there, envisioning himself becoming the next millionaire. Some really did, but the APP was a silly game which it seems that it worked in a very strange way. That's what we're going to debate in most of those articles in this blog.
We are not writing those articles to offend anyone or any entity, we are not against those APPs as it is not our issue, and we are just informing the public of how this really works. We just want to create awareness of those APPs and the devastating future implications in the society.
Just because THERE IS AN APP, that doesn't mean we can rewrite the way we do many other things. We're going to use examples to make people understand that an app doesn't necessary changes the structure of our rules and regulations, or the laws in place. The APPs are not the new way of tuning an illegal operation into a legal one.
Let's say for example we're going to create an APP that is going to deliver "drugs". More like prescription drugs, to people that are "in need". We're just going to keep these satiric names just to explain what we're trying to say here. Let's presume we're going to create an APP that is going to deliver painkillers to people in need. First of all, there's going to be millions of clients overnight, second we're going to claim that we're creating jobs by using people to deliver prescription drugs. Now we're going to distribute them through this app, that would allow me to see where the closest delivery vehicle is, for my needs. I will basically look on the phone and figure out that there is a guy two blocks away from me ready to deliver what I need. Also there is some other customer 3 blocks down the road that he is in need also. This operation would be basically; selling drugs without a license. Anybody in their right mind would feel like this is a good thing? Why? Because we're creating jobs and also we deliver what people really need, when they need, for dirt cheap prices. Now that we're cutting the pharmacy out of the deal, that we're cutting the pharmacist out of the deal, that work cutting even the doctor that makes the prescriptions out of the deal, that's not a big deal! It is technology and there is a technology company. You know… We are disruptive and we create new environments and technologies.
Now let's take another example. Well I decided to get some friends, they can be from Facebook, I never really met, but we just like to chat on Facebook. So we are to magically become "21st century friends" and which are going together into a small place and we're going to serve some drinks. But that's not a bar operation or nightclub. NO. We're just having a friendly gathering, where we're going to serve alcohol and of course in exchange for what we do, we need to be compensated. So they're going to be maybe some donations in the middle and we don't really need to tell anybody about what we're doing it, because we are the latest trend in night gatherings. Do we have anything to comply with? No, not really, because we're a technology-driven company by putting friends on Facebook together into a location that basically, it's not an established business. So we're getting together anywhere we feel like. We may even do it in a park, you know we're together in a park, or we maybe even want to do it in some place that we decided is appropriate, and it's not necessarily used anymore. So basically there are no rules and regulations about what we're doing. But we are legit just because THERE IS AN APP.
We will use more examples in the following blog posts.
That brings us to the next problem. Everything you do as a business, everything you do as an operation, everything you do even as an individual, you need a LICENSE or a PERMIT.
A permit from an authority to own or use something, does a particular thing, or carries on a trade (especially in alcoholic beverages).
Grant a license to (someone or something) to permit the use of something or to allow an activity to take place.
For a license to be a doctor, you are going to school, you have to pass exams, you get your training, and then you become a doctor. Same thing with a lawyer, you are getting to school, you are passing exams, you get educated in the field and then you become a lawyer. Same thing with a plumber, you go thru the education process, pass exams, and you get a plumber license. Same like a broker, carpenter, realtor, travel agents, insurance agents and so on to the point that it seems that most of the jobs require some training and a LICENSE. So those things require time and education, and it's the exact same thing with the taxi driver or limo driver, even truck driver. He goes to school, he passes his exams and also he trains in the work field. He gets a LICENSE. So that's where our biggest problem starts.
Just because THERE IS AN APP, why do we have to bypass the LICENSE part?
Just because THERE IS AN APP, can we sell drugs without a LICENSE or alcohol in exchange for donations, so we bypass the LIQOUR LICENSE?
Just because THERE IS AN APP, can we sell rides in a car without a LICENSE?
How about: Just because THERE IS AN APP, can we carry a gun without a LICENSE?
If you are a REALTOR, you have a license, that doesn't necessarily protect you and you don't look at that license like that's a shield, but it gives you access to a job, that you can only do it once you are trained. That doesn't mean anybody off the street that runs an APP just because there is a real estate APP; he's not going to be able to be a realtor. We need to understand the difference between jumping into doing something and being licensed to do something. Also to understand that is not necessarily the APP developer problem if the operation is legal and licensed. Like we just said; any kid can make an app and put it out there. That's for the local government to regulate and license businesses.
Now, understand what a license really means. It means: control, regulation and taxation. There's nothing else to a license. It is not a monopoly like many would suggest. Licenses are for anyone willing to get one.
Just because you have a license to be a doctor, doesn't mean you are different than anybody else, but you are regulated to be able to be a doctor and you have to follow certain rules. We also have some control over the industry, knowing how many doctors we need, and we can make sure that everybody is following the guidelines. Everybody is complying with federal and local regulations. And we need to tax all these licenses; we need to make sure we get our fair share cut from all those individuals.
You are a Realtor; you're able to have access to houses that you are legally entitled to walk into, without being considered burglar. You have certain guidelines that you have to follow and also you are taxed accordingly. There is some sort of bookkeeping behind the whole operation.
Limo Drivers have a LICENSE called "certified professional chauffeur". They go to school same like every other licensed job (paid school), they pass an exam (if they fail they take the classes again), they get a medical exam, TB tested, drug tested, criminal records check and they go thru this process every year. Just imagine the burden of having a license.
BUT THERE IS AN APP, why does it have to comply with the LICENSE part? It is technology, which is not here yet, or in place or it is not clearly understood by the regulators, but whatever it is; it does not need a license.
This can be an APP that sells prescription drugs, this can be an APP that sells alcohol, this can be an APP that sells prostitutes, and this can be an APP that sells anything that's ILLIGAL. It is like opening the store without owning anything and selling "stuff" from a remote location that nobody can find. There is no Licensing in place and let's remember, well………. NO LICENSE means there is no Regulation, there is no Control there is no Taxation.
You get your training, and then you become a doctor, same thing with lawyers, same thing with plumbers, same thing with engineers, same thing with pharmacists, same thing with police officers or firefighters, same thing with teachers, and so on…. you go to school, you go thru the education process, pass exams, you get a license.
SO shouldn't every APP PARTNER have a LICENSE? A license to operate before the actual operation starts. Just because I would like to become a doctor, I cannot treat patients OR just because I would like to become a police officer, I cannot arrest people OR just because I would like to become a professional driver, I cannot drive people. I need to be that "thing" BEFORE I actually do it.
Beware of the "freedom" that an APP provides. It is not freedom. It is a special kind of stupidity. Let's all wake up and embrace technology within limits of self-destruction. Based on the facts seen in the passenger transportation industry it is only a matter of time and money until other service industries are going to fell into the same chaos.
We're basically coming from the limo world, so what we say here should be looked at "all the times" as our opinion. We think that we have a fair opinion, just because we've been involved in this business for a long time, we are a reputable company, we are complying with the guidelines and with the license process and we never been found out of compliance. Our opinion on these matters shouldn't be taken as: against new technology. Should be more like: awareness of where the technologies can take us. In fact where they already did for a long time while we kept quiet because we thought this fight is not necessarily a fight worth going for. Even more, for a long time we thought the local government and also the federal government would look at this matters the same way they should have looked at an illegal operation that sells rides.


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Betta simorum  è un pesce d'acqua dolce appartenente alla famiglia Osphronemidae.

Distribuzione e habitat
Questa specie, di recente scoperta (1996) è endemica delle acque dolci dell'Indonesia.

Descrizione
Il corpo è allungato, piuttosto cilindrico. La testa è arrotondata, con bocca rivolta verso l'alto. Le pinne sono allungate e appuntite. La pinna dorsale è posizionata nell'ultimo terzo del corpo, la caudale è a lancia, l'anale allungata e le pinne ventrali filiformi. Il dimorfismo sessuale è visibile sia nella livrea che nella morfologia delle pinne, più appuntite e grandi nel maschio. Esso presenta una colorazione bruno rossastra, con fianchi e peduncolo caudale dai riflessi giallo verdi. Le pinne sono verdi, marezzate di bruno, ad eccezione delle ventrali, virate sul blu. La femmina ha livrea più smorta, bruno azzurra.
Raggiunge una lunghezza di 6,5 cm.

Acquariofilia
Vista la recente scoperta, questa specie, peraltro facilmente allevabile in acquario, è ancora poco diffusa, allevata in Europa e Americhe soltanto da rari appassionati.

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Osphronemidae

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NMC wanted to extend their customer-focused philosophy to each of their nine websites and create a unified, professional and useful online presence.
Understanding the NMC corporate structure and the need to bring 9 separate websites under a logical unified umbrella was the key goal of a 2-day onsite Discovery session with key stakeholders and the WSOL Discovery team. An Information Architecture workshop helped lay the foundation of how the sites would be organized and Design workshops sought to bring together various visions into a central design theme.
As one of the longest operating Caterpillar dealerships, NMC's branding goals sought to tie each of the business units together as a group of heavy machinery companies that reflected Caterpillar's tough, durable reputation. Several design concepts were presented, each incorporating NMC's stock of powerful photographic imagery of their Caterpillar product line in action. The intent was to allow each of the 9 companies under NMC to retain a unique visual identity while still maintaining a shared corporate standard to tie them all together.
Creating a flexible, easy to manage system for maintaining nine sites was a primary project goal. Using the recommended CMS platform, an Ektron multi-site architecture was developed to support each of the sites with a single CMS instance. In addition, various third party applications were integrated into the overall framework allowing several of the sites to tie directly into Caterpillar e-commerce systems.


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DISTURBED Frontman's DEVICE: Debut Album First-Week Sales Revealed
The self-titled debut album from DEVICE, the new band fronted by DISTURBED singer David Draiman, sold 35,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 11 on The Billboard 200 chart. The record arrived in stores on April 9 via Warner Bros.
Commented Draiman: "Thanks so much to all of our fans who've helped us make a very strong statement this week. DEVICE debuts at #11 on The Billboard 200! You made this happen, and we will always be in your debt! My brothers and sisters, my blood, you truly have given us life. I thank you from the bottom of my heart."
DISTURBED's latest album, "Asylum", sold 179,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 chart.
The band's previous three albums — 2008's platinum "Indestructible" (first-week sales: 253,000), 2005's double-platinum "Ten Thousand Fists" (first-week sales: 238,000) and 2002's platinum "Believe" (first-week sales: 284,000) — also debuted at No. 1.
Draiman told The Pulse Of Radio that DEVICE's CD is a showcase for musical and vocal styles he couldn't do with DISTURBED. "This was just kind of experimentation of other things that I've always been able to do but never really tried in any effective way," he said. "But, you know, I love going in these different directions and trying these different textures and taking songs to have a little bit more of an ambient feel to them — things that don't go hand in hand with DISTURBED."
Draiman launched DEVICE last year with ex-FILTER guitarist Geno Lenardo, after DISTURBED went on hiatus in late 2011.
Lenardo will not tour with DEVICE due to previous commitments. The live band, which made its debut on April 10 in Mobile, Alabama, includes EVANESCENCE drummer Will Hunt and DOPE guitarist Virus.
The DEVICE album features guest appearances from AVENGED SEVENFOLD singer M. Shadows, SYSTEM OF A DOWN vocalist Serj Tankian, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE guitarist Tom Morello, HALESTORM singer Lzzy Hale, BLACK SABBATH bassist Geezer Butler and ex-DEEP PURPLE bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes.
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Q: Can somebody explain Strange behaviour of routes? I develop my first project on Laravel and i faced strange behavior with routes. For example, I call my project 22y1, so it's location would be www/22y1 (there is a lot of different folders, don't use virtual hosts). From the web I reach it like http://localhost/22y1. My project will consist of the modules, so currently link looks like this http://localhost/22y1/public/22y1 as i developing first module. When i trying to reach some route, like http://localhost/22y1/public/22y1/time/last_24/ it redirects me to http://localhost/22y1/time/last_24. The main thing about this is that if i remove last slash, like this http://localhost/22y1/public/22y1/time/last_24 it work ok, but with slash it do redirect... So may be someone could tell me from where this redirect comes ?

A: If you use Laravel 4.1+, try to edit public/.htaccess file, then remove this following line:
# Redirect Trailing Slashes...
RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ /$1 [L,R=301]

Or, if you are using Laravel 4.0, edit bootstrap/start.php, remove this line:
$app->redirectIfTrailingSlash();


Some web spammers use the Tor Project to hide their wrongdoings. Because of this, I want to block Tor exit nodes from submitting forms on my web sites. However, there are many legitmate uses of the Tor Project, so I don't want to block GET requests but primarily POST requests.
I have created gist: 4045344 with example code for replacing the navigation menu helper in Zend Framework 2.


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Q: How to upload a file to an ASP.NET MVC controller action without using JS FormData I have an endpoint like
    public ActionResult Create(int? projectId = null)
    {
        if (!projectId.HasValue)
        {
            throw new ArgumentException(nameof(projectId));
        }

        // ...

        return this.View(model);
   }

which passes the model into a view called Create.cshtml and essentially renders that page when it is clicked from another view that has

     Project

The issue is that I want another button that can hit the same endpoint and upload a file. I have
<form id="branch-config">
    <input type="file" name="json" />
    <button type="submit" class="btn btn-link">
         Project Using Config
    </button>
</form>

which successfully uploads the file, but then return this.View(model) just returns the view in the response but does not navigate to the page, so to speak. I tried creating a different endpoint and doing this.RedirectToAction("Create", new { projectId = projectId }) but the same problem happened. Any idea how I can actually get my /Create page to be navigated to when using AJAX/jQuery and uploading a file, or is there another way altogether?

A: I think you need s.th like this
[HttpPost]
public JsonResult Create(int projectId)
{
    // your code here
}

You can review some links for proving that idea
http://ajeeshms.in/articles/upload-files-using-ajax-in-asp-net-mvc/
https://forums.asp.net/t/2024764.aspx?Passing+form+data+to+a+controller+method+using+Ajax
Hope it helps.


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title: PowerPoint Online
inshort: Prezentacije u pregledniku
translator: Microsoft Cognitive Services
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PowerPoint Online je preglednik-temeljen inačici Microsoft PowerPoint
sveprisutni slideshow app vi vjerojatno sam bio koristeći za godine.
PowerPoint Online je jedan \"lite\" verziju punopravni desktop aplikacija
i brzo otvaranje puta za čitanje i uređivanje .pptx i .ppt
datoteke. PowerPoint Online je velika za čitanje PowerPoint kartoteka, što čini
jednostavne promjene i predstavljanje slajdova izravno s gotovo bilo kojeg
preglednik na ljepušan velik dio bilo kojeg uređaja.

Većina PowerPoint datoteka će se otvoriti izravno u programu PowerPoint Online za
SharePoint Online, OneDrive za posao, MS Teams, Yammer i neke
drugih aplikacija sustava Office 365. Datoteke otvorite u načinu za čitanje. Za uređivanje slika,
Jednostavno kliknite na \"Edit Presentation\" gumb i odaberite Uređivanje s
datoteka u PowerPoint Online (izravno u web-pregledniku) ili PowerPoint (na
stolna računala). Predstaviti u datoteku, kliknite na \"Start Slideshow\" gumb.

Funkcionalnost u PowerPoint Online je uglavnom ograničena na svakodnevni
Uređivanje, oblikovanje teksta, jednostavne tablice, jednostavne animacije, izgleda slajda
mijenja, hiperveze i Komentari, iako pruža odličan oslonac
za [suradnju](http://icsh.pt/CoAuthoring) (istovremeno uređivanje
više korisnika). Spremaju se sve promjene izvršene u programu PowerPoint Online
automatski; Nema spremanja gumb.

Vi ćete želite izbjeći složenije zadatke kao što su animacije, uređivanje
zaglavlja i podnožja, dodavanje grafikona programa Excel, umetanje oblika i karte,
i primjenom obogaćeno oblikovanje (između ostalih) u PowerPoint Online. Neke
animacije su pojednostavljeni i nije bogat ako ste prisutni u
PowerPoint Online.

Ako PowerPoint Online se\ ne pružaju mogućnosti što trebate učiniti je
posao, jednostavno kliknite \"Edit u PowerPoint\" gumb na traci izbornika u
pristup desktop verzija aplikacije i složenije značajke.
Neke verzije aplikacija za radnu površinu spremiti ažuriranja automatski, ali neki ne
Nije. Imajte na umu kako ova značajka radi na svoju verziju.

Resursa
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-[Kako određene značajke ponašati na webu
    PowerPoint](https://support.office.com/en-us/article/How-certain-features-behave-in-web-based-PowerPoint-A931F0C8-1305-4428-8F7C-9CFA00EF28C5)
    \[Microsoft\]

Slične aplikacije
--------------------

-Google slajdova

-Apple Keynote

-[Ostali razni
    aplikacije](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presentation_program)

Povratne informacije
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-[PowerPoint Online UserVoice](https://powerpoint.uservoice.com/forums/270149-powerpoint-online)
    \[UserVoice\]

-[PowerPoint na TechCommunity](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/PowerPoint-Office-Mix/ct-p/PowerPoint)
    \[Microsoft\]

Autor
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-[Matt Wade](https://www.linkedin.com/in/thatmattwade/)


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Belgian Art
Belgian Art Menu
Mark Dedrie
Lieven d`Haese
Odile Kinart
Koen Vanmechelen
Panamarenko
Emiel De Block
Marcel Taton
Eddie Symkens
Anita Fleerackers
Raymond de Meester
Lea Brebels
Van Rintel
Zimbabwean Art
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Zimbabwean Art Info
First Generation
Henry Munyaradzi
S. Shirwa
Nicholas Mukomberanwa
Akuda Fanizani
Joram Mariga
Ephraim Chaurika
Bernard Matamera
Lazarus Takawira
Adam Madebe
Second Generation
Colleen Madamombe
Zinyeka Gladman
Chituwa Jemali
Dominic Benhura
Brighton Sango
Gregory Mutasa
Nesbert Mukomberanwa
Garrison Machinjili
Mike Munyaradzi
Third Generation
Tonderai Marezva
Elliot Romano
First generation (1956-1980)
Munyaradzi's sculptures are in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Zimbabwe, the Chapungu Sculpture Park, the Museum fur Völkerkunde, Frankfurt, the Indianapolis Museum of Art, the McEwen collection of the British Museum, and many others. Most include human or animal faces in which the eyes are carved as simple circles and the eyebrows and nose are cut with straight lines in a T shape.
We offer a wide range of works by Henry Munyaradzi, all originally sourced from the artist himself.
Mukomberanwa's works are in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, the Indianapolis Museum of Art and the British Museum as well as in the National Gallery of Zimbabwe. His sculptures show human forms at various levels of abstraction and sometimes depict animals, birds or spiritual feelings; most are highly polished, although in a few cases he contrasts smooth sections with areas of great roughness.
We offer a select range of works by Nicholas Mukomberanwa, all originally sourced from the artist himself.
Akuda is probably best known for his 'whistler' figures. In these stylised heads, the prototypical face with its slit eyes is given a thin mouth line with a simple centrally placed borehole. This gives the 'whistlers' an acoustic trait: by tapping a thumb on the sculpture's mouth, one can create a characteristic sound from the sculpture's lips.
We offer a select range of works by Akuda Fanzani, all originally sourced from the artist himself.
Joram Mariga has been called the "Father of Zimbabwean Sculpture" because of his influence on the local artistic community starting in the 1950s and continuing until his death in 2000. Much of Mariga's work includes themes drawn from the culture of the Shona people, and incorporates subject matter taken from nature. He believed that "One should avoid realism, create a large place for the brain and large eyes, because sculptures are beings who must be able to think and see for themselves for eternity".
We offer a limited range of works by Joram Mariga, all originally sourced from the artist himself.
Ephraim Chaurika focusses his work on a few inspirations: proud and dancing horses. This due to his upbringing on a farm in Guruve.
We offer a limited range of works by Ephraim Chaurika, all originally sourced from the artist himself.
Bernard Matemera
Bernard Matamera, born in 1946 in Zimbabwe, was part of the Shona sculpture movement. Matemera deals in pleasures of the flesh. To him sexuality means a healthy appetite, to be nourished with opportunity and spiced with variety. His sculptures speak in a highly suggestive body language. He is the creator of sculpture in the raw — huge naked figures with breasts, buttocks and bulges, charged with sexual energy and all at odds with their massive proportion and bulk…. There is in these sculptures an unspent power and a reserve of energy.
We offer a limited range of works by Bernard Matamera, all originally sourced from the artist himself.
Lazarus Takawira born in 1952, in Nyanga in the eastern part of Zimbabwe, is the youngest of three sculpting brothers. His mother, Amai, was also a sculptor.
He only sculpts women as they are the most important sex. They are the source of all life, of all beauty, and of all joy for man. Women drive everything in our lives and as a sculptor, with every work I do I pay homage to the women in my life, who have made me what I am now.
We offer a limited range of works by Lazarus Takawira, all originally sourced from the artist himself.
The steel sculptures of Adam Madebe are unique and show a new kind of Zimbabwean art. His technique is modern: no stone, but thick iron plates welded together.
We offer a limited range of works by us Adam Madebe, all originally sourced from the artist himself.
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Home / Blog / Gunderson Nature Park, where community meets conservation
Gunderson Nature Park, where community meets conservation
By Lisa Hein on August 31, 2017 in Blog
Gunderson Nature Park in Eldora is bringing young and old together outside.
The 12-acre setting that is now Gunderson Nature Park in Eldora has had a variety of purposes since Bob and Mary Lou Gunderson bought the land in the 1960s.
The Gundersons initially ran a cow and calf operation on the land, "to help our kids learn about hard work, agriculture and operating a business," said Bob. After a drop in the cattle market, the land became a Christmas tree farm and then transitioned into prairie and wetland: a private outdoor adventure area, and habitat once familiar to Hardin County.
Having grown up playing outdoors and in the woods, both Bob and Mary value nature as a place to play, grow and learn. As a businessman, Bob believes that access to public outdoor recreation areas attract potential employees and retain a quality workforce.
Today, this re-created native ecosystem is no longer limited to private access. It has become a public nature park for young and old to play, walk, listen and explore. Located next to Pine Lake State Park and the Iowa River Greenbelt, the park weaves nature into the edge of town while serving as a gateway to the state park.
"We're very proud of the efforts that groups, individuals and the county have pursued to protect wild areas along the Iowa River Greenbelt over the years," said Bob. "This project has been one of the most satisfying activities we've ever been involved in."
In the last couple of years, the site has changed dramatically: While the expanded prairie and savanna restoration dominate the site, the park also offers a paved loop trail and informational displays for visitors. Last year, volunteers helped plant over 300 trees at the park. Plans for this coming year call for establishing a wetland-viewing platform, and placing climbing boulders and a few benches along the trail. There is plenty of restored habitat that offers free-range fun for school kids to explore; and the paved trail provides a secure walking facility for all, especially some older and mobility-challenged persons who live in the neighborhood.
The concepts of nature play and the bond between human health and spending time outdoors inspired the park design prepared by Ritland + Kuiper Landscape Architects. Reduced stress, improved focus and creativity, faster healing, and increased environmental literacy are just some of the many benefits of getting outdoors.
With less than 1% of the land in Hardin County in public ownership, having easily accessible places for all ages and income levels is vital for human health and wellbeing. Gunderson Nature Park helps bring nature a little closer to home.
Park improvements and the transition to public ownership is being guided by INHF and the City of Eldora with considerable financial support from public and private sources, including a state Resource Enhancement and Protection (REAP) grant, Hardin County Community Endowment Foundation, Barlow Family Foundation, Iowa Grocery Association, 100+ Women Who Care – Hardin County, the Throssel Family, Wood Family Foundation, over 120 individuals and Bob and Mary Lou Gunderson.
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EGYPT SUEZ CANAL
Suez Canal turns 150, as officials express satisfaction, doubts
EFEBy Carles Grau Sivera Ismailia, Egypt 18 Nov 2019
A Liberian-flagged container ship RDO CONCORD sails through the Suez Canal in Ismailia, Egypt, 17 November 2019. EFE/EPA/MOHAMED HOSSAM
Vehicles drive through one of the tunnels passing under the Suez Canal, in Ismailia, 120km east of Cairo, Egypt, 17 November 2019. EFE/EPA/MOHAMED HOSSAM
Army soldier stands guard during celebration marking the 150th anniversary of the Suez Canal's opening to international navigation, in Ismailia, 120km east of Cairo, Egypt, 17 November 2019. EFE/EPA/MOHAMED HOSSAM
Vehicles drive at the entrance of one of the tunnels passing under the Suez Canal, in Ismailia, 120km east of Cairo, Egypt, 17 November 2019. EFE/EPA/MOHAMED HOSSAM
Crude Oil Tanker SALAMINA sails through the Suez Canal in Ismailia, Egypt, 17 November 2019. EFE/EPA/MOHAMED HOSSAM
Admiral Osama Rabie, Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority speaks during celebration marking the 150th anniversary of the Suez Canal's opening to international navigation, in Ismailia, Egypt, 17 November 2019. EFE/EPA/MOHAMED HOSSAM
Egyptian authorities on Sunday marked the 150th anniversary of the Suez Canal, expressing both satisfaction with the waterway's performance and doubts about whether it will achieve its objectives.
Marking the occasion, Lt. Gen. Osama Rabie, chairman of the canal, praised the "success" achieved by the waterway, noting the efforts and sacrifices made by Egyptians over its history.
"Today is a day to remember the victories and challenges, as well as the sacrifices and all (the efforts) the Egyptians gave in the name of the canal," Rabie said during the ceremony.
Among those making sacrifices, the general noted, were the "100,000 martyrs" who lost their lives in 1869 during the construction of the canal, the shortest maritime route linking Europe and the countries of the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific.
Some 10 percent of the world's maritime trade passes through the canal and its share of the world's commerce has constantly been increasing, Rabie said.
He boasted of the records set by the canal following its most recent expansion, which was completed in 2015 to shorten the crossing time and allow bigger ships to navigate the waterway.
The canal, one of Egypt's main sources of hard currency, posted record income of $5.9 billion during the 2018-2019 fiscal year, a 5.4 percent increase from the previous fiscal year.
Despite the increase, the figures are far from being at the pace necessary to reach the goal of $13 billion in 2023 set by the Egyptian authorities during the inauguration of the new Suez Canal in August 2015.
A total of 20 billion Egyptian pounds ($1.2 billion) has been invested to expand the existing waterway and construct the new canal, inaugurated by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in 2015.
Run by the Suez Canal Authorities, the new canal provides a two-way maritime route.
More than 70,000 vessels have gone through the canal since the expansion, officials said.
The income generated by the canal after the expansion "does not go along the path with which (the Egyptian government) justified the expansion," Timothy Kaldas, a political analyst at the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy, told EFE.
"Those numbers never made sense," Kaldas said.
Authorities, meanwhile, praised the project, announcing that 81 6.1-ton vessels went through the canal on Aug. 2, a record that still stands.
Samir Madani, an expert and co-founder of the TankerTrackers tracking service, said the canal does not meet the necessary requirements for handling huge oil tankers.
The waterway is not equipped to handle large tankers with a capacity of more than 300,000 tons, given that the heaviest vessel that navigated the canal displaced 240,000 tons, Madani said.
Madani said that if a vessel exceeds the weight limit, it may sink too much and will be forced to unload "almost half of its oil" in the SUMED (Suez-Mediterranean) pipeline.
The pipeline flows into western Alexandria and using it implies an additional cost for shipping companies.
"It would see much more activity if they dredged it in more depth and allowed the large oil tankers fully loaded to navigate," Madani said, adding that "there is more oil sailing" through Panama, the other major global canal.
"That's why a lot of vessels prefer to go around Africa" instead of passing through the Suez Canal, although it requires more time, the specialist said.
The idea of connecting the Red Sea with the Mediterranean dates back to 1874 BC, when Pharaoh Senusret III ordered a canal to be constructed, but a lack of technology aborted that attempt and several later efforts.
It was not until Nov. 17, 1869, that the Suez Canal was inaugurated, 10 years after French diplomat Ferdinand de Lesseps started the project with the help of nearly 1 million farmers.
De Lesseps also founded the Universal Company of the Maritime Canal of Suez, which was nationalized by President Gamal Abdel Naser in 1956.
Abdel Naser's move opened the door for Israel, Britain and France to attack Egypt, starting the Suez Crisis.
Since then, the Suez Canal has been a battlefield during the Arab-Israeli wars in 1967 and 1973.
Canal operations returned to normal in 1975, when Egyptian troops took control of the waterway's eastern shore.
The Suez Canal remains a strategic waterway that is always monitored by the Egyptian army, especially during times of unrest, like the 2011 uprising. EFE cgs/ta/fc/hv
JAPAN FUJI Snowless Mount Fuji sparks concern in Japan
VENICE FESTIVAL 'Parasite' director Joon-ho to head Venice Film Festival jury
DAVID GUETTA David Guetta to put on New Year's Eve show from Paris' Louvre


The list below includes 10 free or cheap things to do in or near Galesburg, Illinois, including 49 different types of inexpensive activities like Historic Sites, Bowling, Movie Theaters and Pubs.
From Carl Sandburg State Historic Site to Sandburg Carl Birthplace, there are a variety of budget-friendly attractions in Galesburg.
HAVE SUGGESTIONS FOR COOL AND INTERESTING THINGS TO DO IN THE Galesburg AREA?


With a world of content at our fingertips, is there really a future where people continue to pay for it? Includes interview with Tom Goodwin, EVP and Head of Innovation at Zenith Media.
It's been more than 350 years since newspapers began rolling off printing presses in Britain, yet despite this heritage, disruptions over just a few short years have left the industry facing a potentially bleak future.
Few would debate the importance of a free press to act in the public interest and hold institutions to account when the layman alone could not. To educate, to inform, to inspire, to challenge and to entertain. Most of us tend to start our day consuming the news and journalistic opinion in one way or another. But how we do so has changed radically.
Cast your mind back just a little over a decade, to a time before the iPhone, Twitter or Facebook. Our relationship with news and the media was, typically, with a publisher. We'd entrust a newspaper editor to curate and package content for us that would broadly be in line with our interests, in much the same way as we used to behave with music albums and TV channels before both faced their own digital disruption. And we'd then typically consume it in one or two reading occasions, be that over breakfast, during the commute or in a pub on a Sunday morning.
Today, however, our relationship with publishers and the media is radically different. Our relationship tends not to be with one trusted publisher, although many of us will still have favourite newspapers, magazines or journalists. Our access point is no longer solely through the bundle of pages which land on our doormat. And our reading occasions have moved from defined and limited occasions to an always-on, always-connected existence, where we're exposed to and accessing content day and night, even when we're not doing so intentionally.
It's a shift which Tom Goodwin, executive vice president and head of innovation at Zenith Media, describes as the "horizontalisation of media".
"We've always lived in a world of quite tight verticals – the ecosystem of TV, the ecosystem of newspapers, the ecosystem of magazines," Mr Goodwin explains. "They've always been quite tightly defined and vertical in their nature, but what's happened over the last few years, however, is that the industry has effectively flipped 90 degrees.
"We now have two forces at play: customer interface companies and technologies, such as Apple News, Twitter or Facebook, which aggregate content from a wide range of different sources and distribute it; and then we still have the people who make the content, but they've effectively been relegated to the role of a production company.
Publishers haven't taken these challenges lying down, but few would argue that the industry has solved what has fast become an existential challenge.
An early attempt to defend against declining advertising revenues came in the form of paywalls – restricting access to content to those who participate in a value exchange, either providing data, which itself has a monetary value, or paid subscriptions. The approach has varied across publishers, with some providing teaser content, such as the first 100 words of an article, others allowing non-registered or subscribed users to view a limited amount of articles before having to make a contribution.
As the approaches have varied, so have the results. Some news brands have reversed their moves following falling readership numbers, others have seen reduced revenues but an improvement in profitability thanks to committed subscribers and therefore higher-value advertising inventory.
When you combine changes in audience buying and changes in how consumers access news and information, it's suddenly very challenging.
Other brands have turned to what's often referred to as "creative advertising solutions" or "native advertising". As the term suggests, native advertising allows businesses to create, fund or influence editorial content which supports their brand's ambitions and positioning. More subtle in design and placement than the traditional advert or advertorial, native advertising is designed to blend in with editorial content created by the publisher themselves, thereby benefiting from greater credibility by association. For some consumers and journalists alike, however, this blurring of the line between commercial interests and editorial integrity is at best concerning or, worse, deceptive.
Another recent development in publishers' quests to fund quality journalism is micropayments enabling readers to buy one or more pieces of content at a time, without the need to commit to a full subscription. While some herald this as something of a panacea, its biggest shortcoming at present is the lack of universal standards or platform. The reasons iTunes was so transformative for the music industry is that it was simple for the customer. You didn't require a different payment provider or username when buying a record from Universal Music or Sony Music, it was seamless.
Today, it's apparent that while some publishers have experienced success in isolation, the industry as a whole has yet to reconcile what its long-term commercial model looks like and the fragmented approach that's been pursued to date doesn't seem to have advanced the cause for the collective good.
Looking to the future, Zenith Media's Mr Goodwin adds: "It wouldn't surprise me if we started to see other companies coming in and bundling things. What if your O2 or T-Mobile contract also gave you access to everything from Condé Nast? Or take what Hulu did for TV or what Spotify did for music. Those companies are largely owned by the TV stations or the record stations. It wouldn't surprise me if we saw more collaboration, for example, Condé Nast, Hearst and Time coming together to define the future for their content distribution, where for £5.99 a month you get access to everything they produce.
This article originally appeared in a special report in The Times on 22 February 2017, and published online by Raconteur here.


Some notes on why our Reception staff might ask for personal details when you are booking an appointment.
Patients sometimes raise concerns about the questions they are asked by Receptionists when booking appointments with the doctor or nurse.
These notes aim to try and address those concerns and reassure patients about the role of the Receptionist in this process and how sharing information helps us to better meet your needs.
All of our receptionists are medical receptionists and have been trained according to the doctor's instructions. They have significant experience in Primary Care and each one is signed up to the same confidentiality and information governance procedures as the medical and nursing staff. A key part of their role is to signpost patients towards the most effective way of getting their issue addressed.
We are trying to make more patients aware that they can often get advice or a simple medication review over the phone from the GP, or that the reception team may be able to sort a report or form for them without them needing to see a doctor. Equally, many patients think they must see a GP to have their blood pressure taken or to discuss their diabetes or asthma etc, or to stop smoking, and actually our nursing team is often better placed to attend to these needs.
In short, there are many patient issues that can be sorted without the need for a GP appointment and this is what the receptionist is trained to sort for you.
In order to signpost you to the right contact with the right person, the receptionist may need to ask you for a brief indication of your condition/symptoms.
We recognise that not everyone wants to share their symptoms – however briefly – with a medical receptionist. If that is how you feel, please don't worry. If you are requesting an urgent, same day appointment, the receptionist can still pass your details on to the on- call doctor; the on-call doctor will assess your request to be seen along with the other urgent requests received that day and prioritise accordingly. On busy days, the on-call doctor may ring you to conduct a brief telephone assessment of your condition before deciding how best to address your need.
completion of a form eg for insurance purposes.
We hope this information is helpful and reassuring and will be happy to answer any further queries.


The economist in Federal MP Ted O'Brien couldn't be anything but pleased with the Treasurer's announcement last night that the nation's economy will have a budget surplus for the first time in 12 years.
"We're back in the black with a $7.1 billion surplus! The nation's finances are restored and it's been done through good economic management and not higher taxes," Mr O'Brien said.
The Member for Fairfax also welcomed the budget as one that would continue to benefit the Sunshine Coast with more money for road infrastructure and a focus on families, mature Australians, mental health and small business.
"There are more than 45,000 small and medium businesses on the Sunshine Coast which will get a huge boost from cutting company tax to 25 per cent.
Mr O'Brien also welcomed the $525 million skills package and the creation of 80,000 new apprenticeships.
Families were also a focus of the 2019 Federal Budget.
"We're a family community on the Sunshine Coast but many people are struggling to make ends meet and so I'm delighted there'll be more tax relief for the 128,000 low and medium income earners living on the Coast," Mr O'Brien said.
"There's also funding for around 4000 Sunny Coast kids to attend kindergarten for 15 hours a week in the year before they start school. And more than 12,000 families on the Sunshine Coast are benefiting from the New Child Care Package.
Health and aged care initiatives will also benefit Sunshine Coast residents.
"More than 20 percent of the Coast's population is aged over 65 so a further 10,000 home care packages, on top of the 30,000 extra packages announced over the last 18 months, is certainly welcome news.
"Of course Medicare is guaranteed under the Coalition and bulk billing on the Sunshine Coast is up, with over 1.8 million GP visits bulk billed on the Sunshine Coast last year," he said.
"Off the back of securing a full Medicare subsidised MRI licence for the Coast's only not-for-profit hospital, Buderim Private, I was also pleased to see that the budget included new MBS services for MRI on the breast which will cost $32.6 million over four years, to help diagnose around 14,000 breast cancer patients each year.
Meanwhile the infrastructure spend on the Sunshine Coast has gone up again with another big win for the Bruce Highway.
"Of course we got an additional $91.4million committed to bring our total funding pool to $241million for upgrades to the Bruce Highway Interchanges at Maroochydore Road and Mons Road and that was something I was very keen to secure," Mr O'Brien said.
"These upgrades are all about families getting home sooner and safer.
"As is the $3.65 million the Coast is receiving from the Liberal and National Government's Road Safety Package to fix black spots and local roads," he said.
Fast Rail also featured and it's something Ted O'Brien has been championing since day one.
"It's no secret that I am focused on a 45 minute fast rail trip from the Sunshine Coast to Brisbane, and while we're awaiting the delivery of the business case – which the Federal Government has already committed $6 million to – I was very pleased to hear the Treasurer specifically highlight the Sunshine Coast to Brisbane project while speaking of the LNP Government's national fast rail vision," Mr O'Brien said.


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