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This Earnings Season's Winners Could Put Money in Your Pocket for Years to Come
By Keith Fitz-Gerald, Chief Investment Strategist, Money Map Report • @kfgtotalwealth • July 15, 2019
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It's hard to believe, but it's that time again…
PepsiCo Inc. (NASDAQ: PEP) is already out of the gate with strong numbers on the back of snack and beverage sales, especially in higher-growth beverage categories; I mean energy drinks like Mountain Dew Game Fuel, and Bubly sparkling water.
That said, this upcoming batch of quarterly reports is widely expected to be a downer, with the average decline in earnings coming in at 2.6% according to FactSet data.
If that's where the scorecard finishes, it'll be the second straight quarter of declines year over year. By comparison, the average estimated earnings decline was just 0.5%, so this is potentially a big deal.
I say "potentially" because mainstream analysts had the same sort of doom and gloom in mind last quarter, and the numbers were stronger than most folks expected – as was the S&P 500.
Anybody betting on a decline got left on the proverbial bench, caught flatfooted by a market that ran away from them.
And as Chief Investment Strategist, I don't ever want that to happen to you, so listen up…
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Colloquial pronouciation
Quote Reply Topic: Colloquial pronouciation
Posted: 28 Dec 2009 at 18:37
In reading a history of the aboriginal people native to my area (the Kamberri), I'm really surprised that despite huge migration (~400,000 people) in the last 80 years of people from all over the world who know nothing about local names that the original 19th century (1820s, 1830s) and possibly pre-historic* pronunciation of names, and the areas that those names refer to, has remained in the colloquial usage with a very high degree of accuracy!
The modern colloquial pronunciation accurate reflects 190 year old realities that 99% of people are completely unaware of, despite different anglicisation and standardisations of spelling that would lend to a different pronunciation.
Apologies in advance to how local some of the following places are. This map (link) may be of assistance
1) the name Canberra, now the name of the capital city of Australia.
Its always been a long running joke, often told in language classes when transliterating into another script, that no-body in Canberra pronounces it 'Can-ber-ra'. Everybody pronounces it 'Kam-bra', which is much closer to the earliest records of the name of this region, and to the Aboriginal (Kambri) pronunciation.
2) The locality of Canberra
Not only do people now use 'Canberra' (or Kambra) as synonymous with the ACT, everybody knows that it also includes Queanbeyan and surrounding areas of NSW, and pretty well once your past Yass, or at Lake George you're in Canberra. And you don't leave Canberra going south till after Bredbo sometime. This region corresponds very closely with the Territory of the Kamberri people at the advent of historic times*.
3) The pronunciation of Tuggeranong. Reading it, you'd probably pronounce it 'Tug-ger-an-ong', but in fact its pronounced Tug-ran-ong. Early spelling of the valley is Tagranong. The old spelling survived in colloquial pronunciation.
4) The city of Canberra is basically a twin city of Canberra-Queanbeyan. Queanbeyan is an older town just on the NSW side of the border. When Canberra was built as the capital, the selectors chose Queanbeyan as the site of the new capital, moved slightly away, split the ACT off NSW as a federal territory, and built Canberra. Despite the symbiotic relationship of the towns, there is a slight difference in accent. Queanbeyan people say Quean-bee-yaaan, while Canberra people say Quean-bee-y'n. The first station (pre 1825) on the Queanbeyan river was called Quinbeam - an early spelling Quean-bee-yaaan. In 1834 Lhostsky passed through the stations where modern Canberra city stands (but not Quinbeam station), and spelt the Queanbeyan river 'Quinbien' - an early spelling of Quean-bee-yaaan! Even in the 1830s, when you'd be lucky to find 100 Europeans in the whole district, there was an accent difference between the future towns of Canberra and Queanbeyan.
Hopefully this matter isn't too local and someone else finds it of interest.
*pre-historic is anything before April 1821. As all historical records have been kept by non-Aboriginal Australian.
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Er erm. Should be 'pronunciation'.
Yes. Yes it should.
One more to add;
5) 'The Cotter'
In usage, the Cotter is that region west of the murumbidgee, it stops somewhere before the mountains but no-ones really sure. It doesn't go that far south or north, but again, its pretty vague. Another 19th century reality. Garret Cotter was the first white man in that region, he was exiled from a station on the east of the murmbidgee for stealing a mare, and became the only white man to have any knowledge of that area. Therefore it became 'the Cotter', all that region to the west that only Cotter knows well.
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Ill take exception of Canberra also meaning 'lake' George or Yass or there abouts i know when im their when the road signs tell me i am there and i start to notice sht loads of roundabouts, you can have your sister city though.
Canberra is a part of NSW and artificially kept separate because melbournians cant accept that Sydney should of always been the Capital.
Is not this to-do naught but a difference in enunciation rather than pronunciation? Everyone is pronouncing Canberra--that is uttering the word--but the fright of it all hangs directly upon its enunciation!
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Once you're past Yass or Lake George. Murrumbateman is practically just country blocks for Canberra commuters.
Plus there's only one roundabout before the city on the road to sydney! (Federal Hwy/Northbourne Av)
Melbourne was the capital before Canberra was built, and in any case Sydney would have a hard time getting acceptance. States didn't split from the Sydney administration only to hand power back to it.
The NSW government doesn't really care about anything outside the Wollongong - Newcastle - Katoomba triangle - which, I also think is a 19th (or 18th) century mentality that has persisted incidentally
No, it would be pronunciation...
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In phonetics, enunciation is the act of speaking. Good enunciation is the act of speaking clearly and concisely. The opposite of good enunciation is mumbling or slurring. See also "pronunciation" which is a component of enunciation. Pronunciation is to pronounce sounds of words correctly.
"Pronunciation" refers to the way a word or a language is spoken, or the manner in which someone utters a word. If someone is said to have "correct pronunciation," then it refers to both within a particular dialect.
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Not to belabour a point, but when the proverbial excrement hits the fan an orchestra should provide background by playing George Gershwin's Let's Call the Whole Thing Off!
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I raise the point because if there is a locale with very old names and a tizz on how they should be pronounced it's the US, and such does heavily involve enunciation with a consequence that the results can be very odd indeed. For example Los Angeles! For years in the early part of the 20th century, many an "Anglo" attempted to replicate the Spanish "g" (=je) by enunciating "gheh" ...and would argue intensely about their phonetic honesty when uttering "Loss Anghehless". It was all hogwash of course. Enunciation is the art of articulation but it must be undertaken in terms of intelligibility by an audience and not under any pretense as to how it was "originally" pronounced.
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Peetu was given the name Petra at birth, although Peetu has never been Petra, not the little girl mum remembers in any case. On the first of September, Peetu turns 18 and goes for corrective surgery soon after that. Until then, all Peetu can do is wait. The waiting is made easier by going flying with dad. Flying in a glider, almost to the top of the sky. For ten flights, Peetu and dad share a lightness, where words flow easier and you can talk about anything.


When we think about all the different ways we check for understanding in the classroom, a go-to strategy for many teachers has always been the exit slip or exit ticket. For this strategy, students write at the conclusion of learning, sometimes on a half-sheet of paper with sentence starters provided. It's then collected by the teacher. Why a favorite? Being that they come at the end of a lesson, unit, or segment of study, exit slips give teachers a snapshot of the overall student learning.
Rate their current understanding of new learning.
Analyze and reflect on their efforts around the learning.
Provide feedback to teachers on an instructional strategy.
Provide feedback about the materials and teaching.
Before introducing a group project that includes student choice, students can respond to a strategic question via an exit slip, sharing their primary topics of interest and their reasons.
Instead of taking time during class to create a concept/topic map, you can provide students with the concept or topic word at the end of class, activating their prior knowledge, and have them write words and phrases related to it on their half sheet of paper. When they come into the classroom the next day, they will see all their ideas displayed around the main word or phrase. This brainstorm also serves as a diagnostic check for the teacher.
The low-stakes nature and end-of-class urgency of the exit slips creates a space for students to write quickly, jotting down all that they know about something. You could ask, for example, "Tell me all that you believe to be (a character's) motivation for ______ in the book________." Students write and write for several minutes. You can hand it back to them the next day, telling them they have a start to their first draft of a character analysis essay.
Use the exit slip to survey students on a current issue or hot button topic related to them (i.e. curfew, cellphone use at school). The data can be used to launch a lesson on the art of debate, or start a unit on argumentative writing ("75% of the class agrees that...").
The beauty of the exit slip is that it puts the learning in the students' hands. It's also empowering for them when they see what they have shared influence what and how they are taught the next day.
We'd love to hear your ideas. How do you use exit slips in your classroom?


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When I gave Trae Young the top rung on the Kia Rookie Ladder back on March 7 (March 8, PHL time), I fully expected Luka Doncic to retake the top rung. But Young hasn't shown any signs of slowing, making it difficult to give back the top spot to Doncic.
And that's not to say Doncic hasn't been doing his part -- he's been great. Over the past two weeks, he's had three triple-doubles, averaging 23.5 points, 10.3 rebounds and 8.3 assists per game. The downside is his three-point shooting has taken a serious hit, as he's shot just 18.3 percent from there (9-for-49) in his last six games. The argument for Doncic has always been he's been consistent all season, whereas Young started slow, but has gained steam after finding his shot. If that's the argument, then equal weight should possibly be given to Doncic's shooting struggles down the stretch.
Young, meanwhile, continues to put up monster numbers, averaging 25.8 ppg and 9.2 apg over his last six games, helping the Hawks go 3-3 with wins against the Utah Jazz, Philadelphia 76ers and New Orleans Pelicans. He has four straight double-doubles while shooting at a 49.1 percent clip (37 percent on three-pointers) over the last two weeks. His play was good enough to earn him Eastern Conference Player of the Week honors, the first rookie to grab the award this season.
With just two weeks to go, the final stretch could go far in determining the Kia Rookie of the Year. If Young keeps up his impressive 30-10 pace with solid shooting numbers while Doncic fades, will it be enough to overcome his poor November, which saw him average 14 ppg on 35 percent shooting (19.8 percent on three-pointers)? Or will Doncic finish strong and complete one of the most impressive rookie campaigns we've seen in years?
It could end up being a tight vote (I'll have more on that next week as I look back at other close ROY races), so you'd be wise to get NBA League Pass if you haven't already to catch these rookies' final eight games.
How's this for rare air? Young had his sixth 30-point, 10-assist game in New Orleans (33 points, 12 assists), which moved him past Michael Jordan and Stephen Curry for second most by a rookie in NBA history. Only Oscar Robertson had more (25). "I'm feeling good, and my teammates honestly make me look good, too," said Young, who was selected as the East's Player of the Week after his recent run of sterling performances. "I'm just having fun. That's the main thing. The ball is moving, shots are falling and it's fun."
The Clippers have won six straight and clinched a playoff spot Tuesday (Wednesday, PHL time), and Gilgeous-Alexander has been front and center. The point guard has averaged 14 ppg and 6.2 apg while shooting 48.4 percent overall (and 40 percent on three-pointers). He's been steady running the offense and a staunch defender, both of which are big reasons the Clippers are back in the postseason.
The Hornets are fighting for the playoff lives, and Bridges has been a key contributor as a starting forward. In seven games over the past two weeks, Bridges has averaged 9.9 ppg, 6.9 rpg and 1.6 spg as Charlotte has inched closer to the final playoff spot in the East.
With Jrue Holiday being shut down for the season, it's Jackson's show down the stretch. Over his past six games, the point guard averaged 17 points on 41.9 percent shooting (37.5 percent on three-pointers), but he's not putting up huge numbers otherwise (2.7 rpg and 2.7 apg).
Shamet falls out of the top 5, but deserves some love for helping the Clippers win six straight and clinch a playoff spot. He left Sunday's (Monday, PHL time) win against the Knicks with an ankle injury and missed Tuesday's win in Minnesota. Coach Doc Rivers says he'll likely miss "a couple games," which should have him ready for the playoffs.


Web service users: What do you think of our current URL structure?
I'm about to finish writing the web service (version 1 & 2) for NGS, based on the work that Lukas started a few months ago. The NGS web service currently does not have a compete means of tweaking how much XML is returned for a given resource. Lukas wondered if we should keep our existing approach or start using a new approach that Last.fm (and others) use.
Should we keep our current resource focused URL structure or move to a method centric approach in our v2?
If you're a fan of the old skool structure, please leave a comment and tell us what could be improved. What do you like about the web service? What do you hate?
the old RDF web service will no longer work.
The old v1 XML interface will continue to work, but not optimally since we will be shoe-horning the spiffy new NGS XML into the old skool v1 XML. Concepts like artist-credits and works will not be available in the v1 compatibility interface.
The new v2 XML interface will expose all the NGS goodies like artist-credits and works.
Both methods will do, as long as they expose the same functionality. Though, keeping the current approach will make it easier for users to migrate to v2.
Thanks for all the hard work you've put into the NGS!
Might be worth reading before you decide one way or another.
I mostly use the web service to get information on a particular artist or release, so I like that the current scheme is very focused on MBIDs. I'm not a particularly heavy user though.
The latter approach is no longer REST in the strict sense. Instead of resources, it's an RPC style design. I'm sure you can get both styles working, but you'd need a bit more work to port existing libraries.
The reason why I suggested the RPC-style WS is because it's not easy to put all the useful functionality to the to the document-style service.
For example, it might be useful to get a list of release groups for a label, but they are not directly related to labels, so having a element in is not very clean solution.
Or if I want to get folksonomy tags for an entity, the service needs to load and return the entity first, which is not necessary in many cases.
The current web service is also quite inconsistent because of this: Submitting track ISRCs is a POST request to /ws/1/track, but submitting track tags is a POST request to /ws/1/tag (but getting tags back is a GET request to /ws/1/track/MBID?inc=tags).
Another example are micro-APIs, such as searching by URLs. It's useful to look up artist by Wikipedia URL, but there is no clean way to implement it right now.
Sorry but I don't understand the example, would be better if you showed the two ways to get the same thing, the first is clearly looking up a specific release group, not sure if the second is looking up a particular album or searching for an album. Nor do I understand the benefits of Lukas'es approach I'm sure there are some but I can't see what they are, need more detail.
Purely on a practical level I would prefer to keep the existing method because it will be easier for client applications to migrate, and because you won't fix bug #5448 the existing V1 interface is going to be essentially broken shortly after the NGS release.
Please stay with the resources, making it more REST-like rather than RPC. Read up on the dialog series with the imaginary eBay architect for more info on REST. HATEOAS rocks.
I really like the current MusicBrainz XML API – it is logical, well structured and RESTful.
The last.fm API is not very RESTful or web-like and smells of RPC.
Well, the last.fm approach seems to be non-RESTful, whereas the current MB API is. If you adopted this, you'd no longer be providing a uniform interface to a taxonomy of resources, but rather apparently providing a single endpoint for all queries. I could go into all of the downsides to such an approach, but I presume those who designed the v1 API are alive to such issues.
A method-centric URL approach would be a lot easier to read/parse by the eye, which isn't incredibly important but is pretty nice. Intelligible URLs make using a particular site that much nicer.
Would it have any effect on the server load?
Great article cited by CBT above, worth reading IMHO.
Very good article indeed. I strongly suggest to keep the ressource-based method. last.fm can afford to be fuzzy. Their Webservice seems more like an implementation of a search. As long as it returns *something* (that users can listen to), users will be happy. MusicBrainz is much more about exact data on exactly this ressource (identified by an MBID). Therefore MB cannot afford to be fuzzy.
I used to think HATEOAS was purely theoretical nonsense, but after looking at Why HATEOAS? I can see some real benefits.
Ideally, clients shouldn't need to worry too much about constructing URLs, because they can all be navigated from a single point of entry. The entry point would have the equivalent of search forms from which one could construct the query. Also, instead of using MBIDs to link things together, simply use the URLs at which that resource can be found – no URL construction needed.
Certainly, some of these ideas require a bit more effort on the client side (I think, I haven't actually coded against such a service). On the actual question, I support the resource-centric view and using an XML equivalent of HTML search forms for search queries which aren't themselves resources.
I also like the REST-style MusicBrainz resources – they're clear and easy to use. If there are no major compatibility problems with the new features of NGS then I'd suggest to keep them because I think adopting the web service to a new style causes more work than benefits on both client and server side.
Thank you for your work on this API. I think it's a very important part of the MusicBrainz architecture.
I may be underprepared to answer your questions, because a) I haven't written code to the existing APIs and b) I don't understand what you are asking.
But one thing that I do know, is that I want the new APIs to enable the creation of a more productive data entry application for classical music releases. This is a application which lets the user enter in all the data about a multi-CD recording, including names of performers, in a single session. The app accepts partial performer, work, release, label etc. names from the user, does query to find candidate MB entities for that item, then presents the candidates in a menu for the user to select. Finally, when everything looks OK, the user tells the application to submit. The application breaks the data into multiple data entry submissions for the work, the release, the discs, the Advanced Relationships, etc., all from that one user action.
So, if one of the alternatives you are posing makes the above scenario difficult to achieve, then I have an objection to that alternative.
I've tried to follow the discussion and arguments in favour of REST. And note the suggestion that version2 of audioscrobbler's API (last.fm), smells of RPC.
But I cannot see much difference apart from the format of the uri. You can get to both through a URI, they are both RESTful, are they not?
There is a trend towards clean uris, which don't show a classic query string. But why are they better? If anything the second example above is easier to understand? Who cares about the order of arguments? Surely proxys tackled this problem, from the good old CGI days?
The first example indicates I am getting an XML response. Which is clear. Although the second, example allows alternative formats (add format=json), Which is also nice.
I could understand that using basic authentication might be better than adding the api-key. So I could share the link. Cache more easily (perhaps). But I also understand the need for tracking the API use.
So I'm left slightly confused and have no particular preference.
As long as the existing API remains, and all the API's are clearly documented I can't see a problem. A simple crib sheet.
For me, it's great to share a URI, and in a perfect world it's also easy to write down. As a web dev, I like to look at the URI – I have a morbid fascination.
The first is more usable as I can write it down. I can always make it more descriptive by use of an a element in html. When I'm actually viewing the resource though, the title is more important in HTML than the uri. Should I care what an API uri looks like? Surely both are as easy to construct from a developers perspective.


Embassy Suites Hotels yesterday announced the opening of the Embassy Suites Palmdale, featuring the brand's first Design Option III Prototype build in the state of California.
The 30th Embassy Suites in the state, the upscale property is located just off Interstate 14, nestled in the beautiful Antelope Valley at 39375 5th Street West. Embassy Suites Palmdale is managed by Sun Development & Management Company of Indianapolis, IN. The property marks Sun Development & Management Company's first of three Embassy Suites to open in 2010, with others slated to open in Ontario, CA, and Elizabeth, NJ, in the third quarter of this year. The property is owned by the Palmdale Lodging Associates, LLC.
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Romania's Simona Halep may have chosen not to enter the WTA Premier event in Montreal next week but that will not stop her from moving to world No. 2 in the rankings following the Rogers Cup.
Since the midway point of 2013, Halep has won title in Nürnberg, 's-Hertogenbosch, Budapest, New Haven, Moscow Sofia, Doha and most recently in her home country of Romania at Bucharest. She also reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open, the final of the French Open and the semi-final of the Wimbledon Championships, which all served the purpose of propelling her further up the ranks.
Her surge through the rankings has taken her all the way to world No. 2, where she will now replace Li Na after the Chinese No. 1 was forced to withdraw from the entire US Open series due to a knee injury. Na was supposed to defend semi-final points at the Rogers Cup, which she will be unable to do and hence automatically gave up the points and dropped to No. 3 in the rankings.
Halep will now officially become the highest ranked female Romanian player in the history over the sport.
The Rogers Cup is set to begin Monday, August 4. Halep's ranking points will be added on Monday. August 11.


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'Hedgehog highway' created at Lanark station
Hedgehogs were getting stuck in a boundary fence at Lanark station.
Following concerns from a local resident, Network Rail has created what it calls a 'hedgehog highway'.
Hedgehog-sized holes have been cut in the fencing.
The gaps will allow the hedgehogs to move more freely around the station grounds.
A "hedgehog highway" has been created at a South Lanarkshire railway station.
Small holes have been cut at regular intervals along the bottom of the boundary fencing at Lanark to allow the animals to move around the station grounds more freely.
A concerned local resident contacted Network Rail earlier this year after noticing hedgehogs were becoming trapped under a fence at the station.
A team, which included an ecologist, visited the site to better understand the situation and devise ways to stop the animals from getting trapped.
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Hedgehog highways are to be rolled out to other stations
The highway has been marked with hedgehog signs and an information board has been installed to highlight the reasons behind the work as well as raising the profile of hedgehogs in general.
Network Rail said it intended to add a small hedgehog-friendly hole at the base of fences at other stations.
Ashleigh Wylie, Network Rail Scotland ecologist, said: "We really appreciate members of the public taking the time to bring things to our attention – particularly where animals may be at risk and we can do something to help – as with the hedgehogs at Lanark station."
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He's Just Not That Into You.
Did you here it? That clicking sound? No? Me neither. Nothing's clicking ... JUST LIKE YOU AND THAT NIGGAAAAA.
Sis.
Baby Girl.
Pooh.
Stink.
Mamas.
If you don't really know what's going on & he's not even trying to clear it up, it ain't because he don't know what to say or how to say it — and honestly, him NOT saying anything says ALOT — it's cause he not really messin' witchu, boo. PeriodT.
And thats okay.
Be a big girl.
Accept that sh*t.
oh wait.
But you was like... feelin' him, huh? You was about to show out weren't you? & I mean ... you werent just out here assuming sh*t cause he was reciprocating, right? He pursued you, right? He was talkin all good, sayin all the right sh*t, he was zoin thangs and aaallladat.
With his cute a**.
Look at you, grinnin' & sh*t. Like a kid in a candy store. Like someone just swept you off yo feet. Like you weak in the knees. Like a kid at the circus. Like a clown... BOZO, to be exact.
That nigga wasn't reciprocating, he was retaliating! He knew what you liked to hear, so he said it. He knew what you liked done, so he did it. He knew you liked him, so he let you. A man's intentions are straight forward so if he wanted more, you'd know by now. But you knew this already. Because at some point, you sat down and looked exactly like this...
after he said or did some sh*t.
BUT ITS OKAY.
this says absolutely nothing bad about you. the only thing it reveals is that you and him aren't as compatible as you'd hoped for.
is this rejection?
somewhat.
But technically you're not being rejected, the idea is. The idea of something more, a relationship, a courtship, ANYthing long term ... that is what he's rejecting. The good news is you got to find out sooner than later and now you can share all of that with a guy who will make it known that he wants the same 😌.
so yea.
He's just not that into you ...enough to wanna be fully committed to you.
But you're good, sis. Take this (L)esson and allow that ship to sail ...
Favor, Peace & Blessings
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Ep #60 - Joining us this week is Asha Rangappa (CNN & MSW Contributor) and Mimi Rocah (MSNBC Legal Analyst)! Plus, Jordan covers the Giuliani interview with Stephanopoulos, Jaleesa reports on the Russian targeting of African Americans on social media during the 2016 election in her "Racial Maddow" segment, and A.G dives into what the hell happened with Micheal Flynn. Enjoy!


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Q: How to determine if user is coming from thin client or fat client? I need to dynamically display content on a web page based on thin/fat client accessing the page.
I want to be able to programmatically determine if a user is coming from a thin client in my case VMWare VDI vs a thick client desktop, vpn, etc. I would prefer the solution in a client side scripting language such as Javascript if possible.

A: If you have access to either the thin or fat client:

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*change the user agent to reflect the thin/fat client

*add extra headers into the browser request https://superuser.com/questions/584918/send-a-custom-http-header-to-one-certain-host-only
In any case, you can:

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*console.log(navigator) to get client data

*try to detect hardware with something like webgl, example here: http://webglreport.com/,

*or a old example using MAC address here:
http://carnal0wnage.attackresearch.com/2009/04/detecting-vmware-with-javascript-or-how.html

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A unique collection of both famous and unknown Romantic arias, performed by Fritz Wunderlich. The accompanying booklet provides rare photos of Fritz Wunderlich and an imprint of a letter. Includes the sound engineer's account of the complete remastering process of the original Wunderlich tapes.
The outstanding remastering of these tapes makes Fritz Wunderlich's voice sound fresh and radiant. This is the latest installment in the 10-volume SWR Wunderlich series. It covers all aspects of his repertoire, from popular songs to operettas, older music to 20th-century works.
It's well known that Fritz Wunderlich was an exceptional singer, yet it never fails to surprise when hearing him singing works from different genres and discovering how he developed from his early performances in 1953 to the opera arias he preferred later in his career. These are now brought together on this album that contains both famous and unknown arias.
Fritz Wunderlich was both a gifted singer and actor, which made him a perfect match for the Spieloper (dramatic opera), a genre to which most of the works on this CD belong. Albert Lortzing (1801 – 1851) was a leading representative of this genre; also Otto Nicolai (1810 – 1849) and Peter Cornelius (1824 – 1874).
With his remarkable voice, Fritz Wunderlich could also sing Italian opera, in which he tried to establish himself with one of the biggest tenor hits of all time: the canzone La donna è mobile, sung by the Duke of Mantua in Verdi's Rigoletto. While the performance may not sound thoroughly idiomatic, it's pure Wunderlich. And E lucevan le stelle certainly provides a goose bumps moment for everyone.
The SWR spared no effort in re-mastering the original tapes to make the voice of Fritz Wunderlich sound fresh and radiant. The sound engineers explain the complete remastering process in the accompanying booklet.
Both this release and all future volumes of the SWR Fritz Wunderlich series contain recordings the singer made for the company from which the broadcasting company SWR grew. They are available in this compilation only in this SWR series.


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Now that the wedding season has slowed down a bit in Minnesota, I have more time to dedicate to blogging. Today on #mondayblogday I am sharing a #blogexchange I have done with the lovely husband/wife team, Gregory & Irina of Time into Pixels Photography.
1) You are two different people who are both photographers, how did that transpire into running a photography business together?
Being in this business together is an advantage not only for us, but for our clients as well. Our couples benefit from the fact that we've worked so many weddings together; we are a consistent and solid team. We also learn a lot from one another and see our bride and groom's wedding day from different prospectives. This idea not only applies to our creativity when shooting, but also in business when we're not at a wedding; we find a good middle ground between us and it works well for us and our business.
2) Do you always photograph weddings together? Do you have the option for 1 "shooter"?
We always photograph weddings together – couples who contact us are generally looking for two photographers to capture their day and usually do their research beforehand and already know that this is what they want. We have yet to be asked to shoot a wedding where it's just one of us.
3) Why is it important for a wedding day specifically that the clients hire two "shooters"? What are the benefits? What are they loosing out on if they opt for just one?
Having two photographers is definitely beneficial. Wedding logistics are often complicated and might require to be at two places at the same time. For example, the bride can be getting ready at a hotel while the groom gets ready at home. Another example may be during the ceremony, where it's also nice to get two angles such as the bride and groom's reactions as well as their parents and family watching the ceremony. Another important time is during the reception – two people are able to get more reactions and laughs that follow all these funny and sweet toasts and guests mingling. We also heavily focus on candid photos - grandma seeing the bride for the first time in her wedding dress, groomsmen having fun or family members sharing a laugh. Capturing a lot of these moments is possible because of two photographers being there – one photographer focusing on the "big picture" and another who is able to photograph all the little things that are happening in between is ideal when it comes to wedding photography.
4) Do you prefer to work from your experience when photographing a wedding or would you prefer the clients give you a detailed "shot list"?
We work from experience a majority of the wedding day. Besides what's happening in front of us as the wedding day transpires, we capture all the obvious things such as a bride's bouquet, the cake and the rings – this comes naturally after shooting so many weddings. However, we always ask our couples if there are any specific details that we need to be aware of. For example, if bride is having the wedding date embroidered into the hem of her dress, we want to be sure to photograph that because we might not know it's there. We also ask for a list for family formals by name because it gives us a good idea on how much time it will take to photograph these photos (family size, different combinations, etc. lead to larger shoot times) and it also helps us organize everyone on a wedding day when the time comes.
5) What is your most memorable moment from photographing weddings?
We photographed a lot of really beautiful moments, but we both have to agree that one of them took the cake. It was at this year's wedding. Melissa, our bride, decided to surprise her dad with a very special personalized message for him during their father-daughter dance. As they proceeded to the dance floor and the song started playing, her dad had no idea what was coming. They began to dance, and it's hard to describe the reaction Melissa's dad had when he heard her voice over the speaker telling him how much she appreciates all his love and support and everything he's done for her. The look on his face was priceless and we were sure honored to be the ones to capture his reaction as well as the reaction of their family members and their guests!
6) If you could photograph any persons wedding day, who would it be, and why?
Jason Kennedy and Lauren Scruggs! They seem like such nice people who are perfect together. In addition, their wedding was personal and beautiful!


That there is an acute shortage of IT professionals in Hungary is nothing new. The way the industry is trying to solve it or adapt to it, however, needs to change.
It has been more than three years since the last official figures by Bell research on the number of IT professionals the industry is short of came out. Since then employers and the ICT Association of Hungary (IVSZ), which lobbies for the interests of the industry, have used the 20,000 plus figure at every possible platform to raise awareness of the problem. The government, too, relied on it when creating the Digital Workforce Program, a strategy aimed at making digitally competent workforce available.
Companies need the "mass", of course, less qualified IT professionals who are able to perform simple tasks. But as more complex projects and R&D centers are brought here, a supply line of the upper 20% of professionals, who will drive these process, needs to be ensured as well.
"Simply, there are not enough children willing or capable of doing university STEM [standing for science, technology, engineering-and mathematics] training and fulfilling these tasks," Barbara Fazekas, head of IVSZ's Digital workforce and education working committee told the Budapest Business Journal.
The group headed by Fazekas, who was formerly co-founder and a CEO of Green Fox Academy, a coding boot camp company based in Budapest, has done a feasibility study into this problem, which is currently being validated by the biggest employers.
It also set out to identify how the skills and labor shortages have affected employers in the past two business quarters. "We wanted to find out what hurts them most," Fazekas says. The strategies of the Digital Workforce Program are good but an HR director can hardly relate to "trying to direct more teenage girls towards IT", she notes. Fazekas' committee quizzed 136 companies and summarized the results in its "Labor Market Symptom Map" (Munkaerőpiaci Tünettérkép).
The major problem, it appears, is that employers can't get a grip on the changing labor market – neither in recruitment nor in labor retention terms. Classic packages no longer work here, Fazekas notes. For many, work-life balance means more than earning an additional HUF 150,000.
Nor does not help that, being a globalized industry, IT professionals can earn European salaries. Candidates are well aware of this.
"IT is the industry where categories among candidates with different level of experience have blended [the most]," says Mirtill Megyeri, co-founder of Zyntern, a job platform. So did salary levels. Junior level programmers, with no experience (that is, senior college students) have HUF 400,000-450,000 (gross) salary expectations, according to Zynterns' research. Applicants with some experience can ask for HUF 600,000-650,000 (gross). Salaries are capped at HUF 800,000 – one million, but compared to other industries one can reach this level fairly quickly, Megyeri notes.
Counter offers, the sum an employer offers to try and retain an employee wishing to leave, are also very revealing. In other industries, employers would offer a 20-30% raise. In IT, this can be as high as 50-60% percent, Megyeri says.
It is little wonder, then, that, according to the expert, the Hungarian labor market is getting to the point where it can no longer offer more. Employers simply won't be able to pay more than HUF 1 mln-1.2 mln. Startups can't even match that, owing to their salary policies. International companies also come to Hungary in search of cheaper workforce, and will cap salaries. As a result, professionals keep leaving the country, further exacerbating the shortage.
So what are employers supposed to do? Based on the problems diagnosed in the symptom map, IVSZ will issue another publication with its proposed solutions.
"Obviously, it is not a handbook for life," Fazekas says. But it will contain figures on how much it costs for an employer to lose an employee and also methods for retention. "This way we can convert this problem still handled on a moral basis ('Is an employee asking for a month' sabbatical every year shameless?") into a business one, and companies may consider that it may be worth creating a system adjusting to these needs," Fazekas says.
There are more than 150 "blinkee" e-scooters in the capital, only a year after the environment-friendly scooter service started with only 50 vehicles last summer, according to a press release sent to the Budapest Business Journal.


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Monday Night Football saw Europa FC take on Glacis United in the Gibraltar Premier Division. Europa ran out comfortable winners beating Glacis Utd 6-0, Antonio Trujillo hat-trick, brace from Pedro Carrion & an own goal from Campos secured victory. We caught up with the hat-trick hero Antonio Trujillo.
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ISHINOMAKI, MIYAGI PREF. - On April 22 last year, Akemi Karino did exactly what she had done on the same day each year for more than a decade. She made a cake, sandwiches and some other of her daughter Ai's favorite things for her birthday.
On this occasion she decorated the cake with 12 candles, but there was a conspicuous absentee from Ai's 12th birthday.
Ai Karino was one of the 70 children from Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki's Kahoku district who, along with nine of their teachers, were swept to their deaths by the March 11 tsunami.
Indecisiveness by the staff as to where they should evacuate the children ultimately accounted for 80 lives — a surviving teacher later committed suicide — while a further five remain missing.
Her daughter's body was found April 28, the news reaching Karino via a phone call just as she was leaving a "shijuku-nichi" (49th day) memorial ceremony, a Buddhist rite held to mark the passage of the dead to the afterworld.
Almost one year on from what was one of the most tragic episodes of the March 11 disasters, Karino is among many grieving parents for whom time has frozen.
This was highlighted during an address by Takeshi Takeyama, chairman of an association for the bereaved families, during a ceremony March 4 in Ishinomaki to mark the one-year anniversary of the disasters.
Akemi Karino's logical acceptance of her daughter's death is tempered by "an irrational notion" that she will return from school any day. Her daughter's room remains as it was a year ago. She often sits on her daughter's bed and looks at photographs of Ai, her smiling face stirring in her a jumble of emotions from which she is unable to escape.
And on April 22 this year she will bake another cake.
"We found her, we cremated her, she has been laid to rest and I know that I should clear her room and move on," says Karino, as she rubs the toes of her rubber boots into the muddy dirt on which less than a year ago stood a family's home.
For the 49 days before the discovery of her daughter's body, things had been easier. Each day she would visit the devastated area around the school and look for her daughter. She had something to cling on to, something to keep her going.
To keep her mind occupied, Karino has returned to work — though she admits to having frequent lapses. On her days off, she still goes back to the area around the school to join the search for the still-missing children.
She sometimes joins another mother, Naomi Hiratsuka, who operates a power shovel, the license for which she obtained in order to search for her own daughter, Koharu, 12, who also vanished.
Even though her daughter was found Aug. 8, some 3 km downstream in Naburi Bay, Hiratsuka continues to look for the missing children, her husband, Shinichiro, 45, helping on his days off work at a local school, and urging the authorities to continue cooperating in the parent-led searches.
"What's a year?" asks Hiratsuka, 38, who has taken indefinite leave from her teaching post to continue plowing through the earth that now shows few signs of the community that once thrived on the banks of the Kitakami River.
Hiratsuka and other parents successfully lobbied to get the city to damn the Fujigawa River, a narrow tributary of the Kitakami that passes in front of the school.
On Feb. 14, searches subsequently began along a 1.5 km-stretch that had been inaccessible, with 11 power shovels, including one amphibious caterpillar, scouring the area.
Nothing was found in the allocated 10 days, but Hiratsuka vows to buy more time. "We can't just give up on them," she says before making a beeline for two uniformed officials in hard hats.
This is how Hiratsuka's days are spent. In between preparing morning and evening meals for her two surviving children, Toma, 7 and Sae, 3, and shuttling them between schools and day care, she burrows through the soil, a woolly cap pulled tightly over her ears.
"This is my life now," she says, her hands in fingerless gloves manipulating the yellow power shovel's complex control instrumentation like a seasoned pro.
Many parents and some children instead sought solace from spiritual leaders.
"Everyone says that the flow of time has completely changed, that the clocks have stopped," says Buddhist priest Dairyu Ono, 35, as he carefully places flowers at an altar erected outside the school in memory of the children.
Unable to reconcile themselves, some parents have moved from the area, he says. According to Hiratsuka, only 19 of the 34 surviving students remain at the temporary school in Ishinomaki.
On March 10 last year, 108 pupils had shouted and screamed as they ran around the mountain-backed playground, peeping their heads through the portholes of a concrete facade on which they had painted colorful images of children from around the globe. Today, the play area is a muddied mess of debris. The school building is a shell — nothing remains except a partially burned dictionary and a plastic sword lying on a desk.
Karino says she too contemplated relocating — though, ironically, that was before the disasters, at a time when she hankered for a faster-paced, convenience-packed lifestyle.
Yet, her loss has somehow adhered her to the area. "I wanted out, but she loved it here. She loved the school, she loved summers at the seaside, playing in the river," says Karino, stopping abruptly to cover her eyes and mouth with her trembling hands.


Fantager is an online fantasy manager. You got few heroes of various races ( orcs, elves, humans, etc. ) and equip them, train them and do many other things like in usual managers, only this is based in the fantasy world. There are also RPG features, as your heroes are gaining experience and thus levels in the matches, they became better, can cast better spells etc.


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Upstate Loses as NYS Legislature Wraps 2019 Session
Grant Loomis
The New York State Legislature ended its 2019 session with a flurry of activity. Unfortunately, much of it was bad for Upstate, employers, and taxpayers. The Buffalo Niagara Partnership was engaged on several major issues, including our ongoing effort to block an expansion of prevailing wage to private projects and a new climate law which will drive up the cost of doing business in New York.
Prevailing Wage Expansion Dead (For Now)
Buffalo Niagara's momentum received a reprieve as an agreement between the Governor and legislative leaders to expand prevailing wage to private construction projects fell apart at the last minute. Prevailing wage is estimated to raise the cost construction projects in Buffalo Niagara by 20%.
The plan called for applying prevailing wage to any project receiving state/local assistance equal to 30% of the total project construction costs for projects over $750,000. Most insulting, the plan exempted NYC—the one region of the state that could realistically absorb the cost increases associated with such an expansion. The rank hypocrisy of the NYC carve-out was one factor in the plan's defeat as member support fell away.
This is a significant victory and was the result of an aggressive collective advocacy effort. While we can breathe a sigh of relief today, this issue is not going away and the fight continues.
Climate Legislation
The Legislature and Governor agreed to new climate legislation which will have a significant impact on employers, especially manufacturers and other vital industries dependent on reliable and affordable (relativity speaking) base load energy. Along with a broad coalition, the Partnership opposed the Climate and Community Projection Act which would have mandated that all energy in NYS be generated by renewable sources by 2050, effectively banning natural gas.
A modified version of the CCPA did pass. While an improvement over the original, the new legislation—the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA)—will still present significant challenges for industry, raise energy costs, and deter new companies from setting up shop in NYS. The CLCPA calls for an 85% reduction in carbon emissions by 2050 with the remaining 15% to be net zero. It also establishes 70% statewide electric generation by renewable energy systems by 2030, and 100% by 2040.
Buffalo School Board Elections
The Senate and Assembly passed legislation to move the Buffalo School Board elections from May to the general election date in November. This is a significant win for efforts to increase voter participation in school board elections. This past May when all nine school board seats were up for election, voter turnout was a paltry 6.6%. The Partnership has long supported the "date change" legislation along with a broad coalition of community and religious leaders in Buffalo. While the District has made great strides in recent years under the leadership of Superintendent Kriner Cash, the Partnership continues to believe that our community will never reach our full economic potential without a strong, high performing public school system in the city of Buffalo.
Legalizing Pot
The effort to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in NYS also fell apart in the waning hours of the legislation session. This is a similar scenario to what played out earlier this year when this issue had significant momentum heading into state budget negotiations. The Partnership has advocated for strong employer protections in any legalization measure.
The Legislature and Governor did agree to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana and expunge marijuana-related arrest and conviction records. Smoking marijuana would be prohibited in all places where smoking tobacco is banned but doing so would be considered a violation and not a misdemeanor.
Unemployment for Striking Workers
The Senate and Assembly passed legislation allowing striking workers to receive unemployment benefits after only seven days. This is the same standard that currently applies to workers who lose their jobs. Currently, striking workers are eligible for unemployment after seven weeks. NYS is one of only three states in the nation that provides unemployment benefit to striking workers.
This legislation nothing more than a thinly veiled effort to have employers subsidize union strikes. It represents yet another significant burden on businesses in New York, forcing employers to bear the cost of such strikes through rising unemployment insurance premiums. Simply put, shifting the cost of strikes to employers, and significantly reducing the suspension periods for striking workers to receive unemployment benefits is designed to incentivize more union strikes and increase their duration. We will be urging the Governor to veto this measure.
Rent Control in Upstate
The Governor and Legislature agreed to expand NYC style rent control to the entire state under an opt-in system for municipalities facing vacancy rates of less than 5%. The new law applies to buildings built prior to 1974 that have six or more units. This new law will make it tougher to recoup re-investment in older structures. Beyond expanding the rent regulation system to the entire state, the law put new limits on the Major Capital Improvement rent increase justifications, and establishes stronger housing security and tenant protection measures, among other things.
Farm Worker Mandates
The Legislature agreed to significant changes in farm labor practices. The Farmworker Fair Practices Labor Act allows farm workers to collectively bargain and mandates overtime after more than 60 hours per week. The legislation does not allow farm workers to strike. Strongly opposed by the agricultural community and many farm workers, the legislation does not reflect the realities of seasonal farm work and the costs demands associated with farming in 2019.
NYS Legislative Session
About Grant Loomis
Vice President, Government Affairs
NYS Legislative Session comes to an end


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Armenian Migration History Day
The Freedom Land Accross the Sea: The Armenian Migration
Performer: Armstrong, Jessica
Performer: Hicks, Katelyn
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Roger Federer's bid for a third consecutive Australian Open title ended in a surprising 6-7 (11), 7-6 (3), 7-5, 7-6 (5) loss to 20-year-old Stefanos Tsitsipas, the first player from Greece to reach a Grand Slam quarter-final.
The key statistic Sunday night: Federer failed to convert any of the 12 break points he earned. Tsitsipas went one for three in that category, getting his only break in the last game of the third set. At 37, Federer was the oldest man left in the field. Tsitsipas is the youngest.
This one was a thriller from beginning to end, both in terms of the high quality and entertaining style of play from both men - long expected of Federer; the world is still learning what Tsitsipas can do.
"I have massive regrets," said Federer, who failed to convert any of the 12 break points he earned against Tsitsipas.
This loss makes it a fourth straight Slam without Federer in the semi-finals: He skipped the 2018 French Open, was beaten at Wimbledon in the quarter-finals, and exited the U.S. Open in the fourth round.
"Roger is a legend of our sport. So much respect for him. He showed such good tennis over the years. I've been idolising him since the age of six," said Tsitsipas, who has worked with Serena Williams' coach, Patrick Mouratoglou.


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October 20, 2015/ Chris Tyler / Fire Risk Assessments, Passive Fire Protection / 0 comments
The latest issue that seems to be hitting the radar on the Fire Safety front is PFI projects.
The Public Finance Initiative or PFI has been around since the 1990s and allowed private firms to invest in public buildings, and then take a long term return from rents. In the last 12 months there have been some glaring omissions noticed in the standards of fire safety compartmentation in some of these buildings, with hospitals and schools being hit hardest.
Having discovered that the building may not have been built to a reasonable standard, building managers are scheduling Passive Fire Surveys, as was carried out at Carlisle's Cumberland Hospital early this year. It was reported that the bill to rectify the work was in the region of £14 million! A hefty figure, and a significant amount of work.
Deciding who is responsible and who will pay is a separate conversation. But whoever has to undertake that work needs to be adopting a risk-based approach.
Identify the critical areas that require protection: typically this will be defending walls, floor and ceilings. Having identified the critical compartments, drill down into the works to be completed, undoubtedly there will be a portion of the residual works identified that do not form a significant risk to the buildings compartments, these can be identified and put to one side, allowing the critical works to take place sooner.
Of course this does not solve the issue of buildings not being built correctly, but it does at least allow the building to continue to be used for the purpose it was built, and its occupants kept safe.
If you want to find out more about Risk Based Passive Surveys of a building, you can call 01524 784356 or email info@safety-managementuk.com
Author: Chris Tyler
Chris is our Head of Business Support who has spent most of his career in media monitoring and found his way to us via a quaint cafe in Kendal. Chris is an avid reader with a spare room at home dedicated to books. When asked about other hobbies, Chris says that with a teenage daughter at home, most of his time is spent acting as chauffeur. Chris has ambitions to visit Mexico City and enjoys French films, his favourite being Diva (1981).
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