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La Región Metropolitana de Manaos (en portugués Região Metropolitana de Manaus), también conocida como Gran Manaos (Grande Manaus), reúne 13 municipios del Estado de Amazonas en un modesto proceso de conurbación. Es la mayor área metropolitana de Región Norte de Brasil con 2,7 millones de habitantes (IBGE/2015 ).Su producto interno bruto (PIB), sumaba en 2015 cerca de 73,3 millones de reales, de los cuales aproximadamente un 90% pertenecían a la ciudad de Manaos.

La RMM es el centro político, financiero, comercial, educacional y cultural de Amazonas, representando en torno al 84% de la economía y el 64%% de la población del estado.

El Gran Manaos es además la 11.ª mayor aglomeración urbana del de Brasil.

Demografía

El crecimiento de la población del Gran Manaos ha extendido en las últimas décadas, aunque todavía es superior a la media nacional. El crecimiento se concentra cada vez más en los municipios periféricos, reduciendo año tras año la proporción de población de Manaos. La principal explicación para este fenómeno es el reducido espacio territorial del municipio central, lo que aumenta el precio del suelo en la ciudad y lleva la gente a instalarse en otros municipios fuera de la capital del estado.

Desde la década de 1960, Manaos crece a tasas muy por encima del promedio nacional. Entre 1980 y 1991, Manaos creció el 57,3%.

Las ciudades más pobladas de la RMM son, en orden descendente, Manaos, Itacoatiara, Manacapuru, Iranduba y Autazes, que en conjunto suman más del 90% de la población del área metropolitana.

Economía
El área metropolitana de Manaos tiene un PIB de alrededor de 73,1 mil millones de reales. Los sectores de comercio y servicios son muy importantes para la RMM, concentrándose en Manaos. En el sector industrial se encuentra presente con industrias electrónica, motocicletas, petroquímica y alimenticia. Por medio de los incentivos fiscales de la Zona Franca de Manaos, más de medio millón de industrias se instalan en la capital del Amazonas.

La producción económica está altamente concentrada en unos pocos municipios. Los municipios de Manaos, Itacoatiara y Manacapuru en conjunto representan el 95% del PIB de la zona metropolitana.

Municipios
La RMM está constituida por 13 municipios:

Véase también
 Lista de regiones metropolitanas de Brasil

Referencias

Manaos
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Here is a fun way to celebrate America's Independence Day – Find a nice flat Rock and paint it in red, white, and blue. Laura from Dacian Moon Handmade will show you, step by step, how to make this lovely stone decoration.
We begin by drawing the desired shape on the stone with a pencil.
We draw a star, like this.
Color the rest of the stone with white.
Next, draw the red lines around the star.
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Answer Revealed: Should Missionaries Save For Their Retirement?
Should Missionaries Save For Retirement?
Home » Posts Page » Blog » Funding Missions » Should Missionaries Save For Retirement?
Too many of us believe that we are going to be able to work forever. Especially as missionaries, there is a desire for us to never stop. Because of that, we can fall into an ignorance for the need of a retirement fund and one day we may find ourselves in a difficult situation where we are unable to work but needing the finances in order to get through daily life.
This is a sad reality for many missionaries. A lot of the time there are these big debates about whether or not missionaries should save for retirement, or if they should trust God's provision in their life. This isn't wrong, but sometimes this idea of God being in control is flawed. We sometimes believe that God's control means smooth sailing. That's not the reality though. God being in control simply means that when the storms come, He will be by our side, and He knows the beauty that will come after the storm passes.
There are so many different opinions on how we should save or what we save when it comes to retirement. So let's look at a couple of opinions that I've found through questioning and researching.
One thing that I've come to realize about missionaries is that they spend a lot on health insurance and other medical expenses. There are those who spend up to $1,000 per month in order to make sure that they stay healthy enough to stay on the field. Are we really going to believe that retirement isn't going to cost as much as monthly medical expenses?
One piece of advice I was able to get from a missionary is to look at the budget that you should be willing to save equal (or more) than you are willing to spend on your medical expenses. Your retirement fund isn't going to be made in a manner of years, but instead, you must be willing to build it up over the course of your life.
I've heard some missionaries suggest that you save 10-15% of paychecks to be saved in order to make sure that retirement is something that you have. This is the average advice that financial agencies would give to all people. Something that we seem to forget sometimes is that we are still human.
We, missionaries, aren't more special than everybody else. We get the same problems others face in retirement, we need money in order to survive this mundane world. There needs to be a process of saving the things we need for the future. God doesn't give us a free pass for being in ministry. We plan for a legacy to the next generation and it isn't only spiritual, but financial too.
Start now with a monthly amount, no matter how small, automatically withdrawn from your bank account so you won't miss it so much. There needs to a cognitive saving of your money. You need to be aware of the future ahead of you, and how you can be stable in that future.
There are some agencies that help you save for retirement. It sometimes can seem unneeded at the time, but they are the ones who will get your donations and then they will put aside a percentage of it in order to make sure you are set in order to retire. This helps in order to not even tempt you with wanting to use it. But also it sets you off on the right foot so that you can't lose this money, and you'll have a fund for when God does call you from the field.
The other option you have with your missions agency is looking into agencies with retirement packages. Some supporting churches want to require agencies to provide their missionaries a decent retirement and medical-care package for missionaries. The reason for this help is because some churches have become aware that if missionaries don't have some financial provision for the future, that they might not have a bright one.
Though it seems like it would be a good idea to save for retirement earlier on, there are also those who believe that saving isn't needed.
One stance that was taken about retirement is that we don't have to save because money isn't our treasure. They brought up Matthew 6:20, "But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal." They had a strong trust that God would provide if they needed anything and believed that at this point they needed nothing.
These missionaries strongly believed that Christ was being literal when He talked about leaving everything and following Him. They had sold a large majority of their possessions, and trusted God to provide everything that they needed. They went into a foreign country with low finances, few possessions but a high expectation for how God would work.
When we look at the Bible we don't see retirement as something that people having to save for. Some of the individuals that I talked to look to the Scripture in order to see the models that were set during that time and strive to replicate them as best as they possibly can.
In Scriptures, it was the community's job to rally around the elderly and support them. We see in Isaiah 46:4 that even in our old age, God is going to support us. And since we are called to imitators of Christ, we should strive in order to carry the elderly through their time without income. Biblically, they see that it's the community job in order to support the elderly. And though it seems like American, and even the church, is leading away from this model, there are those who choose to believe it.
One person that I asked told me that they don't plan to have a retirement. They want to be on the field as long as they possibly can. God called them to missions. Because of this, they were willing to give everything. Every moment of their life, they wanted to dedicate to God's work.
Though working until your last breath is an extreme, there is a large majority of individuals who plan to work until they physically are unable to. They take on the mindset of Colossians 3:23, "Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men". The mentality here seems to be that God blessed them with the ability to work, therefore they are going to work for God until they literally can't.
This then also blesses them without the need to build up a large retirement fund for them to survive off of for countless years.
So What's The Best Answer About Retirement?
So what's the answer? Should you save? Or should you simply allow God to have control in that? Honestly, I don't think there is one answer. There isn't a cut and clean formula that everyone can follow in order to make sure that they are stable in the future.
With both sides of the argument there are risks that you are taking. When you do save for retirement, you have to raise more support when you are on the mission field. This can put a lot of strain on yourself and those who are supporting you. On the other hand, when you decide not to save for your future, you are putting the stress on other loved ones to support you if you can't handle your finances in your old age.
There is hope. There are a couple things that I know God tells us, that can give us peace of mind when it comes to our future.
We should not be anxious about tomorrow (Matthew 6:25-34). God has a plan for you, and He will help you through this, one way or another.
He will provide for you (though this doesn't always mean that He will grant you your heart's desires). He will give you the things you need, and the wisdom as to how to use these resources.
You will never have to walk through this by yourself. God is by your side through every part of your life. That means from your first breaths until your last, you'll have someone by your side and willing to help you, no matter what.
Retirement is not an easy topic to struggle with, but no matter whether you decide to save or to rely on God: you'll be okay. Trust God, and rely on Him in order to make decisions. Seek Him out, and willingly follow Him no matter what He tells you. For no matter what happens, that is how you are able to thrive the most.
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WORKPLACE RELATIONS COMMISSION ANNUAL REPORT 2020
Sarah Conroy, Niamh Loughran and Jessica Heary
In April 2021 the Workplace Relations Commission ("WRC") published its sixth annual report outlining the challenges faced by the WRC in 2020 and the ways in which it had to adapt in order to provide its services during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. This article provides a brief summary of the findings in the report.
Challenges and the WRC's Response
In the report the Director General remarked that "the WRC faced challenges during the year that were unprecedented and which, at the beginning of the year, were unimaginable." This was most evident in the work of adjudication, mediation and conciliation services which traditionally have depended on face-to-face interactions to allow engagement of the parties involved in a dispute to attempt to reach a resolution. Following a consultation process with stakeholders the WRC rolled out a new service delivery model which comprised a mix of written procedures, virtual and face-to-face hearings.
According to the report the demand for conciliation services declined at the beginning of 2020 but recovered later in the year. Overall, the WRC received 688 requests for conciliation services with 64 of these cases being referred to the Labour Court under Section 26(1) of the Industrial Relations Act 1990 where a resolution was not possible at conciliation.
As was the case in 2019 pay issues (39%) and organisational structures/hours of work and change in work practices (22%) made up over half of conciliation referrals. Industrial relations issues (25%) made up a significant portion of referrals made as well.
Over the last number of years, the WRC has engaged with various government ministers to review codes of practice. Following a request from the Minister in 2018, a revised Code of Practice on the Prevention and Resolution of Bullying in the Workplace was finalised in 2020. This revised code was a joint initiative between the WRC and the Health and Safety Authority and came into effect on 23 December 2020. After a request from an Tánaiste in December 2020, the WRC developed a Code of Practice on the right to disconnect from work outside of normal working hours. This came into effect in April 2021.
The WRC provides two separate mediation services.
Pre-adjudication mediation relates to specific disputes referred to the adjudication service. It only occurs where both parties to a dispute have agreed to participate as it depends heavily on the parties' willingness to resolve the issues. It must also be a dispute which the Director General believes can be resolved by mediation. Since March 2020, remote mediation has been offered by the WRC. A total of 1,609 complaints advanced to the mediation process during 2020 and, of these, 582 progressed to full mediation of which the majority (85%) were carried out via telephone, 14% were face-to-face and the remainder virtually. Over 40% of cases were channelled away from adjudication throughout the mediation process.
Workplace mediation is a confidential service that is suited to small groups and is provided on an ad-hoc basis. It is most often utilised in situation where there has been a breakdown in a working relationship or other conflicts between colleagues. A total of 58 workplace mediation requests were received during 2020 which required 67 engagements with parties.
In a review of the mediation process, the WRC made two significant observations:
Parties to a dispute are often reluctant to engage in mediation often for reasons particular to each case. This has prompted the WRC to review its service and launch a consultation process with its stakeholders with a view to increasing its usage.
There has been a continuing rise since 2018 in "class actions" or multiple complaints involving one employer. In order to ease the heavy burden on tax-payers the WRC aims to to encourage that these complaints are dealt with collectively rather than being processed individually.
The Division also took an active role outside what would normally be considered traditional
conciliation and, throughout 2020, facilitated discussions in 242 such engagements. They continued their support to Public Service Pay Agreement through ongoing facilitation and chairing where appropriate. The WRC also played a role within the Education and Training Board (ETB) structure in their role as Appeals Officers with the ETB Appeals Procedures where its grievance, disciplinary, or bullying and harassment procedures have been initiated. In addition, the Commission chaired the Bord Na Móna Joint Industrial Council.
Adjudication Services
In the report the WRC notes that there were over 8,000 complaints received in 2020. which encompassed 18,969 individual complaints.
The number of complaints and specific complaints received decreased by 2.5% and 9.4% respectively, compared with 2019. It represented the highest total number received in any other year since 2015.
The majority of specific complaints were in relation to pay (4,117) redundancy (3,894), and hours of work (3,150) made up a significant portion of the complaints received. 2020 saw six times more complaints relating to redundancy as compared to the previous year (647). There were also a large number of unfair dismissal (2,155) claims brought to the WRC.
In addition to its other services the WRC conducts inspections to ensure that employers are complying with their obligations under employment legislation.
Throughout 2020 there were 7,687 cases completed, 5,202 inspections (68%) were unannounced and 147 joint inspections were carried out with an Garda Síochána and other regulatory bodies of the State. The results of these inspections led to a finding of 1,706 employers being in breach of the law and €1.66 million in unpaid wages received. Of the sectors inspected Mining & Quarrying (100%) and Equine Services (92%) showed the worst breaches.
Information and Customer Service
As was the case for all businesses and services the WRC customer service team were moved remotely. Across 2020, calls received witnessed a rise in demand for information on redundancy (75%) and a fall in demand for information on employment permits (15%).
Postponement Requests
The report notes that 872 requests to postpone hearings were received in 2020, 77% of these requests were granted. While Covid-19 and issues relating to this was one of the primary reasons for the requests. The postponement procedure was revised after February 2020 to allow for parties to object to virtual hearings if they wished. The level of objections is expected to decline in 2021 as people become more at ease with the use of virtual platforms to host hearings.
The WRC will review its approach to reinstating in person hearings when easing of restrictions allow. While the use of remote hearings has gained traction there is no doubt that in person hearings are the preferred option for most parties involved in employment disputes.
It aims to return to stability in terms of hearings/complaints by early 2022.
It is the intention of the WRC to investigate further if the lessons learned over the past twelve months can be built upon in the context of a "hybrid" model of conciliations, mediations and adjudications that combines the utility of virtual platforms with the undeniably more efficient and effective in-person interactions in what is, at its essence, a person-centred service.
Very early in the pandemic, the Adjudication Service carried out an extensive consultation process with stakeholders as to how a remote approach could be delivered out securely and consistent with fair procedures and constitutional justice, and following this consultation, rolled out incrementally a new service delivery model which comprised a mix of written procedures, virtual and face-to-face hearings. Similarly, conciliation, advisory and mediation were provided, primarily remotely over a
variety of platforms, but also in-person as circumstances allowed.
The introduction of remote hearings, mediations and conciliations came about as a result of the pandemic-related restrictions. However it has led to the adoption of new technical procedures which should be of great benefit to service users in the future. We will have to await further developments to see to what extent the WRC's procedures are streamlined as a result.
Sarah Conroy
Niamh Loughran
Jessica Heary
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IBD falsely cited Petraeus to rebut Obama's statement that "all our top military commanders recognize there is no military solution in Iraq"
Written by Matt Gertz
Commenting on Sen. Barack Obama's August 2007 statement that "All our top military commanders recognize that there is no military solution in Iraq," Investor's Business Daily wrote, "Except, of course, for Gen. David Petraeus." But three months earlier, Petraeus had said during a news conference, "I think, again, that any student of history recognizes that there is no military solution to a problem like that in Iraq, to the insurgency of Iraq."
In a March 11 editorial, headlined "The Al-Qaida Caucus," Investor's Business Daily asserted that Sen. Barack Obama "told the assembled veterans at the VFW Convention in Kansas City last year, 'All our top military commanders recognize that there is no military solution in Iraq.' " Commenting on that statement, IBD continued: "Except, of course, for Gen. David Petraeus." In fact, at a March 8, 2007, press conference, Petraeus asserted: "I think, again, that any student of history recognizes that there is no military solution to a problem like that in Iraq, to the insurgency of Iraq." Petraeus further stated:
PETRAEUS: Military action is necessary to help improve security, for all the reasons that I stated in my remarks, but it is not sufficient. A political resolution of various differences, of this legislation, of various senses that people do not have a stake in the success of the new Iraq, and so forth, that is crucial. That is what will determine in the long run the success of this effort.
Moreover, IBD failed to include the entire context of Obama's comments in his August 21, 2007, speech, which would have made it clear that Obama, like Petraeus, suggested that a military solution was not possible in Iraq without a political solution. In the speech, Obama stated:
OBAMA: All of our top military commanders recognize that there is no military solution in Iraq. And no matter how brilliantly and bravely our troops and their commanders perform, they cannot and should not bear the responsibility of resolving grievances at the heart of Iraq's civil war. No military surge can succeed without political reconciliation and a surge of diplomacy in Iraq and the region. Iraq's leaders are not reconciling. They are not achieving political benchmarks. The only thing they seem to have agreed on is to take a vacation. That is why I have pushed for a careful and responsible redeployment of troops engaged in combat operations out of Iraq, joined with direct and sustained diplomacy in the region. And that is why I will continue to push the President to change our policy.
IBD also asserted that "[t]he statement by Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, that an Obama victory in the presidential race might be greeted with jubilation by al-Qaida in Iraq and other terrorists has been met with outrage in the Obama camp and discomfort in the McCain campaign," adding, "The question is why. We think it's right on target." Further, IBD stated that "King also committed the crime of mentioning Obama's middle name, which didn't seem to matter to Democrats when the first name was John and the last name was Kennedy during the first coming of Camelot." In fact, King claimed that Obama's name "does matter." In comments made to a Spencer, Iowa, radio station and published in a March 8 Spencer Daily Reporter article, King stated: "I will tell you that, if [Obama] is elected president, then the radical Islamists, the al-Qaida, the radical Islamists and their supporters, will be dancing in the streets in greater numbers than they did on September 11 because they will declare victory in this War on Terror." The article continued:
King thinks radical Islamists will say the United States has capitulated because the Obama administration would be pulling troops out of any conflict associated with al-Qaida.
"Additionally, his middle name (Hussein) does matter," King said. "It matters because they read a meaning into that in the rest of the world. That has a special meaning to them. They will be dancing in the streets because of his middle name. They will be dancing in the streets because of who his father was and because of his posture that says: Pull out of the Middle East and pull out of this conflict."
As Media Matters for America has noted, in a January 28 editorial, The Washington Post described the gratuitous reference to Obama's middle name as a "sleazy tactic." The Post noted that Obama does not use his middle name and argued that "[t]hose who take pains to insert it when referring to him are trying, none too subtly, to stir up scary images of menacing terrorists and evil dictators." The Post further stated that using Obama's middle name "would be merely juvenile if it weren't so contemptible," and that those who employ it "embarrass only themselves."
From Investor's Business Daily's March 11 editorial:
Politics: Obama takes exception to a McCain supporter's suggestion that jihadists might welcome his victory. Considering Obama wants to withdraw from the central front in the war on terror, why would they do that?
The statement by Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, that an Obama victory in the presidential race might be greeted with jubilation by al-Qaida in Iraq and other terrorists has been met with outrage in the Obama camp and discomfort in the McCain campaign.
The question is why. We think it's right on target.
During a stop at the studios of station KICD in Spencer, Iowa, announcing his bid for a fourth term in Congress, King asked:
"When you think about the option of a Barack Obama potentially getting elected president of the United States - I mean, what does this look like to the rest of the world? What does this look like to the world of Islam?"
He continued: "I will tell you that, if he is elected president, then the radical Islamists, the al-Qaida, the radical Islamists and their supporters, will be dancing in the streets in greater numbers than they did on Sept. 11, because they will declare victory in this war on terror."
Oh, yeah: King also committed the crime of mentioning Obama's middle name, which didn't seem to matter to Democrats when the first name was John and the last name was Kennedy during the first coming of Camelot.
But then the pledge was to pay any price and bear any burden to ensure the success and survival of liberty. Obama's pledge is to run and hide.
Think about it a moment. If you're a leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, which given the short life expectancy isn't a good career move these days, would you rather have John McCain be our next president or Barack Obama? What would your reaction be to either event?
McCain has supported our goals in Iraq, if not always our strategy, from Day One. He supported the surge that is kicking al-Qaida's butt and says we should stay until we win. He also has said that he will follow Osama bin Laden to the gates of hell to capture or kill the monster.
Obama has proudly proclaimed his opposition to the war from Day One and has opposed the surge. We're not sure what he would do to AQI's collective butt, but kicking it is not an option. More likely he would follow al-Qaida to the gates of the U.N., conducting his "aggressive personal diplomacy" all the way.
Al-Qaida in Iraq is not in Iraq, according to Obama, or at least wasn't there until we liberated, er, invaded the country. But if it ever goes there, he might send some of the troops he has precipitately withdrawn to restore the democracy he threw away, making young Americans do it over again.
Obama, whose foreign policy consists of talking to our enemies while bombing our allies, told the assembled veterans at the VFW Convention in Kansas City last year, "All our top military commanders recognize that there is no military solution in Iraq."
Except, of course, for Gen. David Petraeus.
From Petraeus' March 8, 2007, press conference:
QUESTION: I have two questions. The first question is about the additional forces which will guard the detention facilities. Why do you focus on the detention camps? Why don't you give this task to the Iraqi security forces?
Second question: You said that the host country can determine who are the reconcilable groups. But everybody should be under the supremacy of law, and all military activities should be cancelled. So how are these people going to be part of the solution?
PETRAEUS: First of all, there -- you asked about detention facilities, coalition and Iraqi. And in fact there is an effort ongoing -- in fact, it's part of the rule of law effort that I mentioned -- that will assist Iraq and the Ministry of Justice in expanding its detention facilities.
The fact is that Iraq has a very, very small capacity in that regard, compared with any of the other states in the region or even just to a state of the United States. And so the assessment of leaders and so forth is that there -- especially as you have a security crackdown that does target these extremists, that a number of them need to be detained and to be put into the correction system. And so that is an effort -- there is an effort ongoing to do that, just as there is an effort ongoing to expand the U.S. capacity for detention.
And in fact, in one of the locations -- in fact, several of the coalitions -- we are actually helping to train Iraqi corrections officers. In some cases, they are training alongside our soldiers and will transition to take over some of the detention facilities you can see, again, in the years hence.
So there's a short-term capacity increase effort ongoing, and there's also a longer-term plan that has been being executed and will also be reinforced to increase the Iraqi capacity over time as well.
With respect, again, to the -- you know, the idea of the reconcilables and the irreconcilables, this is something in which the Iraqi government obviously has the lead. It is something that they have sought to -- in some cases, to reach out. And I think, again, that any student of history recognizes that there is no military solution to a problem like that in Iraq, to the insurgency of Iraq. Military action is necessary to help improve security, for all the reasons that I stated in my remarks, but it is not sufficient.
A political resolution of various differences, of this legislation, of various senses that people do not have a stake in the success of the new Iraq, and so forth, that is crucial. That is what will determine in the long run the success of this effort. And again, that clearly has to include talking with and eventually reconciling differences with some of those who have felt that the new Iraq did not have a place for them, whereas I think, again, Prime Minister Maliki clearly believes that it does, and I think that his actions will demonstrate that, along with the other ministers.
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Home » Business » Cryptocurrency Update: These Crypto Coins Rises up to 772% in 24 Hours
Cryptocurrency Update: These Crypto Coins Rises up to 772% in 24 Hours
By: Business Desk
News18.com
Last Updated: September 23, 2021, 13:30 IST
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Gravitoken has consistently been amongst the top five crypto gainers. It had surged up by 771.77 per cent over the course of the last day.
The global cryptocurrency market showed positive signs on Thursday as the market cap stood at $1.98 trillion. This indicated that the overall market was trading green at 6.37 per cent over the course of the last day. However, contrary to that, the overall crypto market volume over the last 24 hours was $114.30 billion, which pointed towards a 15.45 per cent decline as per information on CoinMarketCap. The total volume of DeFi at the time of this article was $16.27 billion or 14.24 per cent of the total crypto market volume for a 24-hour period. The volume of all stable coins was recorded at $89.61 billion, which was 78.40 per cent of the total crypto market's 24-hour volume as per CoinMarketCap.
Speaking about the crypto market, Siddharth Menon, COO of WazirX said, "The overall crypto market is still trading above its 200day Moving average even after taking a tumble in the last to remain bearish. However, the trend has broken down from an ascending channel pattern and we can expect the downtrend to continue up to the next support level of $1.5 trillion."
Having said that there have been significant uptakes in the category of top gainers in the market as well as the top losers.
With this in mind, here are the top cryptocurrency gainers that have exhibited strong tendencies over the past 24 hours. In terms of the top gainers, Gravitoken, which has consistently been amongst the top five for quite a few days now, maintained the number one rank with a price of $0.9922 as it surged around 771.77 per cent over the course of the last day. Following close behind was ZEON which demonstrated a massive gap between itself and the number one spot as it had surged 453.78 per cent, while still remaining marginally behind Gravitoken. ZEON carried a price of $0.002356. Overall, the surge for the top crypto coins maintained between almost 800 per cent at the upper end and almost 300 per cent at the lower side.
On the other end of the spectrum, there were the top losers. The cryptocurrency that took the number one spot in that category was TAMA EGG NiftyGotchi with a price of $121.73. It was trading red and had slumped by 92.05 per cent over the course of the last 24 hours. Second place went to FarmHero with a price of $0.02248 and a market slump of 72.47 per cent over the course of the last day. It should also be noted that a meme coin by the name of BabySpaceFloki, another Shiba Inu variant named after Elon Musk's puppy, found itself at the bottom list of top five losers. The meme crypto coin carried a price of $0.000000000372 at the time of this article and had slumped by 47.98 per cent over the course of the last day.
Top 5 Cryptocurrency Gainers (According to data from CoinMarketCap)
1) Gravitoken - $0.9922 – 771.77 per cent change over the last 24 hours
2) ZEON - $0.002356 – 453.78 per cent change over the last 24 hours
3) Loud Market - $0.1443 – 442.22 per cent change over the last 24 hour
4) VELOREX - $0.004867 – 293.40 per cent change over the last 24 hours
5) AquaGoat.Finance - $0.000000007965 – 281.18 per cent change over the last 24 hours
Top 5 Cryptocurrency Losers (According to data from CoinMarketCap)
1) TAMA EGG NiftyGotchi - $121.73 – Traded 92.05 per down cent over the last 24 hours
2) FarmHero - $0.02248 – Traded 72.47 per cent over down the last 24 hours
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Q: Empty string in Bean not overwriting previous value in h:inputText JSF 2 problem. I have a hidden edit area on my form. When the user clicks the Edit button, I set a bean property to true to display the area (this is a bit of a simplification) and set another bean property to the value being edited. This variable is referred to like:
<h:inputText value="#{bean.stringValue}" />

When the user cancels out of editing, I hide the edit area.
Let's say the user then wants to edit another item, but this one's value is the empty string (""). Using the same code, stringValue is set to the emptyString and the area displays.
However, the value from the previous edit is displayed, not an empty text box.
Without resorting to JavaScript, is there a way to make this work?
Edit: Following is as close as I can come to a SSCCE. As you see, I am activating in-place editing inside a table. I'm also using ICEfaces, but nothing special in this case.

    <ui:repeat var="cfi"
        value="#{evDetailBean.completeEvent.listCompleteCashFlowItems}">
        <ice:panelGroup rendered="#{!cfi.editThisOne}">

                #{cfi.cfiName}
                #{cfi.absOfAmount}
                #{cfi.frequencyDescr}
                #{cfi.cfiToFrom}
                #{cfi.assetPoolName}
                <h:commandLink
                        actionListener="#{cfi.editCfiListener}" value="Edit" />    <h:commandLink
                        value="Delete" actionListener="#{cfi.deleteCfiListener}" />

        </ice:panelGroup>
        <ice:panelGroup rendered="#{cfi.editThisOne}">

                <ice:inputText value="#{evDetailBean.newCFIName}"
                    style="width:118px;" partialSubmit="true" immediate="true" validator="#{evDetailBean.valNewCFIName}" />
                xxx
                xxx
                xxx
                xxx
                <ice:commandButton
                    value="Save" immediate="true"
                        actionListener="#{evDetailBean.saveEditCfiListener}"
                        styleClass="plumvo-button"
                        style="float:left; vertical-align: middle;" />
                    <ice:commandLink value="Cancel" style="vertical-align: middle;"
                        actionListener="#{cfi.cancelEditCfiListener}" />

        </ice:panelGroup>
    </ui:repeat>

And this is the actionListener (in part):
public void editCfiListener(ActionEvent e) {

EvDetailBean evDetailBean = completeEvent.getEvDetailBean();

evDetailBean.setNewCFIName(this.getCfiName());

// initialize more fields

editThisOne  = true;    // This causes the row being edited to open up with modifiable fields.

}
Thanks in advance for your help.

A: Just check in your bean after submit if stringValue is "" and if so, set it to null and visible property to false.

A: the action , the bean function you are calling on click of edit button. inside that clear the  stringValue variable.

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5.) And finally, this might not be true, but Miss Universe organization owes the Philippines a lot. The scandalous error of Steve Harvey last year stole the moment of the Philippines to properly react and celebrate a victory that was last seen in 1973. For a passionate nation like the Philippines, it was a travesty. Again, this might not be a valid demand, but don't you think that Miss Universe owes the Philippines another victory and this time around with a proper crowning moment complete with boisterous crowd and thousands of YouTube at the moment videos?
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The agency said the global number of child deaths under the age of 5 dropped to 5.2 million in 2019, its lowest point on record. That is down from 12.5 million in 1990, however, major disruptions to health services caused by the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to reverse decades of progress.
"When children are denied access to health services because the system is overrun, and when women are afraid to give birth at the hospital for fear of infection, they, too, may become casualties of COVID-19," UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore said in a statement. "Without urgent investments to re-start disrupted health systems and services, millions of children under five, especially newborns, could die."
Health issues in the past three decades included preterm, low birthweight, complications during birth, neonatal sepsis, pneumonia, diarrhea and malaria, but today there are new concerns such as health checkups, vaccinations and prenatal and post-natal care due to "resource constraints and a general uneasiness with using health services due to a fear of getting COVID-19," according to UNICEF.
A survey by the agency in 77 countries found almost 68% reported at least some disruption in health checks for children and immunization services, while 63% reported disruptions in antenatal checkups and 59% in post-natal care.
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"The fact that today more children live to see their first birthday than any time in history is a true mark of what can be achieved when the world puts health and well-being at the centre of our response," WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in the statement.
"Now, we must not let the COVID-19 pandemic turn back remarkable progress for our children and future generations," he added.
UNICEF stressed that newborn babies were at the highest risk of death even before COVID-19, as a newborn died every 13 seconds. Yet, an estimate by Johns Hopkins University in May showed almost 6,000 additional children could die every day due to disruptions in health services because of the coronavirus.
The number of global deaths from COVID-19 stood at almost 900,000 as of Wednesday with more than 27.6 million cases worldwide, according to latest data from the university.
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The shock of the Fort Hood Massacre is still sharp in the memory of most Americans but few have absorbed the lesson that this atrocity can teach us.
Gun rights proponents like to call places where law-abiding citizens are not allowed to carry weapons "unarmed victim zones." And some of the nation's largest unarmed victim zones can be found on military bases.
Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, is the largest installation of the world's most powerful military. It has tanks, artillery, and thousands of rifles, pistols, and machine guns. It's even home to a brigade of military police. But on Nov. 5, it was as much an unarmed victim zone as a nursery school.
No one inside the Soldier Readiness Center was armed and able to fight back when an Islamist terrorist opened fire with two handguns. Like civilians trapped in a store, bank, bar, or restaurant when a gunman barges in and starts shooting, these combat soldiers were left with their bare hands as their only weapons. To their credit, some of them tried to fight back, throwing chairs, charging the shooter, etc. But they didn't have a chance. If it hadn't been for the quick and courageous response of the base's civilian police, many more would have been killed because they didn't have the tools to defend themselves.
The military currently doesn't permit its personnel to carry sidearms on base, not issued weapons, nor personal weapons. "As a matter of practice, we do not carry weapons on Fort Hood," Lt. Gen. Robert Cone told the press. With all due respect Gen. Cone, considering that 13 unarmed soldiers were killed and 30 more wounded on your base by a single bad guy, maybe somebody should start.
Of course, the gun control folks came out of the woodwork after Fort Hood. "This latest tragedy, at a heavily fortified army base, ought to convince more Americans to reject the argument that the solution to gun violence is to arm more people with more guns in more places," the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence said in a press release. Sorry, swing and a miss. Wrong again. Thanks for playing.
Fort Hood is actually a perfect example of what happens in a room when nobody has a gun but the bad guy. If just one good soldier-say a veteran officer or a senior noncom-in that Readiness Center had had a loaded M4 or even a personal sidearm, there would have been a lot fewer casualties.
Of course, this argument is not even discussed in the mainstream press. At the same time that they are bending over backward to find reasons other than Islamist fanaticism and jihad against the infidel to explain the shooting, the media is totally ignoring the real message of Fort Hood: Maybe somebody should have guns other than the people who are willing to break the law.
The press isn't going to discuss this because it's a tenet of their ideology that people aren't the problem, guns are. Just like it's a tenet of liberal ideology that large groups of Muslim radicals aren't at war with America, just a few misguided criminals.
Which leads me to my final point. Last month, just a week or so after the massacre at Fort Hood, the Obama administration decided to move the trials of the five 9/11 conspirators from a military court to a federal courthouse in New York City. This needlessly endangers everyone in the Big Apple and especially anyone involved with the case.
And what will be the result? Will Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the other four pieces of excrement who planned and facilitated the 9/11 atrocity really be on trial? No, America (specifically, the Bush administration) will be on trial. Their defense attorneys have already told us that that's the plan.
This is just plain stupid. Even if al-Qaeda doesn't try to launch some organized attack during the trial, what's to prevent the lone jihadist from doing so? Obviously, New York's finest and the feds will do their best, but they can't guard everything in the city 24/7. So I guess the men and women with concealed carry permits will have to protect the unarmed citizenry, while they wait for professional armed response.
Oh, wait a minute, I forgot, no one in New York City has a carry permit. So the entire city is one big unarmed victim zone. But don't worry. Nothing will happen. After all, carrying a gun in New York City is a criminal offense, and the terrorists wouldn't want to get in trouble with the law, would they?
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This is a nice package two CD's under the title of 'Two For The Show'. You actually get a newly issued studio album called 'SINS' and a live album 'Live' At Mr Kyp'', and both albums are very good. Let's be honest here this is no frills down to the bone British Blues, some of the best of its kind. On the menu are lashings of John's masterful harp playing and top quality side dishes of Jules Fothergill's mercurial liquid sounding guitar. They weave around a selection of classic blues and R&B covers and some originals. The studio album tracks were recorded in 2004 and according to Paul Watts informative liner notes this was originally privately produced by John O'Leary, who sold ***** plus copies. It's now officially released on the re-launched Acrobat label. So thank you to Paul Watts and co for making this available. It is difficult to say which of the two sets – live or studio has the edge; there are in any case similarities – 'Early In The Morning' is on both albums – the same number is credited to John Lee Williamson (the original 'Sonny Boy' I believe) on the live set, and 'Traditional' on the studio set – this seems to be a favourite tune of John's, he opened with it at the Cyril Davies tribute at the Eel Pie and it is a great groove – both versions are very good but the studio version has a strange ending. The Nick Gravenites' song 'Born In Chicago' on the live set is good. There is much to enjoy on both albums- good playing, especially Jules Fothergill- his special qualities – he stretches to the places where most players don't venture – and he knows how to build – to build tension- variations on a phrase- and most importantly where to release tension and finish. John O'Leary's harp is excellent and the vocals are good as well, peaking on 'House Of Ice' and 'Move Away' on the studio album. All in all I recommend this to readers, it's very good.


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WME PTO has been informed that Skate City Night does count as an after school activity, and is therefore canceled for tonight. We will try to reschedule and let you know if we are able to. Sorry for the inconvenience but thank you for understanding!
Silent Auction Donation Thank You!
THANK YOU to all the companies, businesses and individuals who donated items for our online silent auction! Their generosity is so appreciated and it wouldn't have been possible without them! Click on their logos to be directed to their websites or emails if you are interested in more of their products or services. Let's support these local WME businesses and individuals! WME PTO Irene Sittenfeld, WME Teacher & Parent Del and Pam Huddleston, WME Grandparents And lastly, huge THANK YOU to all the WME administrators and teachers who donated experiences! We appreciate your willingness to sacrifice your time outside of school!
WME Silent Auction Ends Tonight!
The online silent auction site will close and bidding will end at 9:00 pm TONIGHT! Make sure to get your bids in before then! Silent Auction Website: www.accelevents.com/e/WMESilentAuction Anyone can bid, so you are welcome to share the website link with family and friends who you think would be interested in any of the items. We will have items available in the WME office to pick up starting Monday, March 11th. If you would like any of your item(s) send home with your child or delivered, please email Dana Schmahl. Thank you to those who have already entered bids, we have already raised almost $5000 for WME!! That's amazing!


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Junk In The Trunk Reminder!
Junk in the Trunk is quickly approaching and we hope you are just as excited as we are about it! If you haven't scheduled your drop off date/time, no worries! Just follow this link to select the day and time that suits you best for your drop off. We want to make it as easy as possible for you to give us your junk (which we know you are so ready to get rid of).
Once arriving to the 915 Monmouth Studio, it's important that you have your contract and inventory sheet completed. You can print them out or you can fill them out as a PDF form and email it to kp@915monmouth.com.
These are very important forms that we will need in order to get all of your stuff checked in efficiently. We want this to be a great experience for you so, if you have any last minute questions or concerns please feel free to contact us!
Remember, we will accept any wedding decor, accessories (such as jewelry, sashes, and fascinators), DIY pieces, centerpieces, table numbers, etc. If you used it to fancy up your wedding, you're welcome to put it up for sale. If you just have some cute DIY pieces or Pinterest pieces that could be used in a wedding, but you aren't a bride, we would love to include crafters that sell items others can use for their wedding! Just make sure to include everything on your inventory sheet before your arrival on drop off day.
If you think you have forgotten or you are unsure on exactly how your items need to be stamped, packaged, and shipped to us… here's a quick rundown of what you need to do.
All items must be marked with your initials, item number and price. The reasoning behind this is that all of your items may be moved in order to style the studio in the best way come the day of Junk in the Trunk. If you plan to sell items as a bundle, we advise you to bundle those pieces together, mark each piece with your initials, but tag the group with the selling price to avoid confusion when purchasing and at check out.
So what do we need from you again?
Select a drop off date/time that works best for you to bring us your junk.
Have your contract filled out prior to your drop off.
Have your Inventory Sheet filled out and completed prior to arrival the day of drop off.
Mark all items with your initials, item number, and price.
Again, if you have any questions, feel free to drop us an email. We just ask that you give us a day or two to respond.
If we don't here from you, we will just see you here at the studio for drop off.
We cant wait to see what all you have for us!
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Q: Including the ThreadContext when writing log4j2 logs via a Java Static method - Is it thread safe? In a web service application I am using a static method to set log4j ThreadContext variables for logging purposes as below,
public static void setLogParams(String company_id, String userId) {
    ThreadContext.put("company_id_val", company_id);
    ThreadContext.put("user_id_val", userId);
}

Each and every web service requests will be call above method initially and then loj4j Logger object will use for do the rest.  Above given values are not same every time and may vary request to request.
My question: Is above scenario is thread safe? Will different web service requests share the same company_id and user_id since both of these parameters are holding same references? Then it will be confusing. Should I use a non-static method instead?
I did gone through the similar question below
Are non-synchronised static methods thread safe if they don't modify static class variables?
But I need to clarify this.

A: Parameters are defined only for the invocation of the methods. Parameters are not shared between different invocations, even from the same thread.
Parameters works, at almost all the effects, as local variables. If you do
public void myMethod(int i) {

or
public void myMethod() {
  int i;

in both cases i is a variable accessible only in the scope of that method invocation. If the method is created again, a different, independent copy is created.
If there was not this case, the answer that you link to would make little sense (and, in fact, there would be nearly impossible to have concurrent systems; imagine that you would need to synchronize every static method, like Integer.parseInt(String))

A: In short
It's safe.
Explanation
ThreadContext is a map that is scoped to every thread. Casually spoken, every thread has its own instance of a map, and the values are not visible to the other threads. See https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/ThreadLocal.html for more details on the topic of thread locals. It does not matter, whether the method, in which you set the ThreadContext is static or not.
There is one caveat: Java application servers/web servers use thread pooling and reuse threads. This means once a thread finished it's web request, it is reused to process the next request. The data within the ThreadContext remains and is valid for the next request. Retaining data for the next request is usually not desirable. You should clear the ThreadContext after you're done with the request:
try{
    setLogParams(company_id, userId);
    ... // do your business logic
} finally {
    clearLogParams(); // Something like ThreadContext.clear();
}

Update: I did not cover the static/unsynchronized method part but here's the answer to this:
Your method does not store the parameters in your own storage; rather it stores them within the ThreadContext. Arguments (no matter whether they are in a static or non-static method) do not overlap between calls and threads. The lifecycle of an argument ends with the end of the method call (as long as you do not store the data, but references are a different topic).
You would run into race conditions if you stored the customer_id for example by your own in a static variable:
class RequestDataHolder {
   // this is not thread safe since multiple threads access the same data
   public static String customer_id;

   public static void setLogParams(String company_id, String userId){
      RequestDataHolder.customer_id = customer_id;
   }
}

You would have to synchronize all method calls to guarantee one-after-one operations that would turn your whole system effectively into a system that behaves like single-threaded but with multiple threads and massive drawbacks.
Static methods are not related to static variables when it comes to synchronization. There are however scenarios, where you can invoke synchronized non-static methods that behave differently, but that leads us too far from your original question.


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Isoroku Yamamoto 山本 五十六 was born April 4, 1884 in Nagaoka in Niigata Prefecture on Honshū in Japan. During World War II, Admiral Yamamoto, was Commander in Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) Combined Fleet.
On April 3, 1943 Yamamoto was a passenger aboard H8K2 Emily flyng from Truk to Rabaul. The purpose of his visit was to personally oversee Operation I-Go (Sakusen A) using Japanese Navy land based bombers and fighters to attack Allied targets in the Solomon Islands and New Guinea. During I-Go, Admiral Yamamoto was photographed at Lakunai Airfield with this staff and waving or saluting to air crews wearing a Type 1 summer uniform His presence greatly contributed to moral and fighting spirit.
The first phase of the attack was April 7, 1943 a strike against Allied ships in Tulagi Harbor. The next phase of the operation was April 11, 1943 against Allied ships in Oro Bay. On April 12, 1943 was an attack against Port Moresby. On April 14, 1943 two strikes were conducted against shipping and airfields at Milne Bay. On April 16, 1943 the last phase of the mission was canceled due to bad weather.
In total, Japanese land based bombers flew eighty sorties, loosing eight Bettys plus five seriously damaged. The carrier bombers operating land based conducted a total of 115 sorties with seventeen lost. A total of 487 fighter sorties were flown with 17 lost and two seriously damage. The Japanese pilots believed they had inflicted tremendous damage on the Allies ships and claimed 134 Allied aircraft shot down with 39 uncertain claims.
At the conclusion of the Operation I-Go, Yamamoto and his senior staff planned an inspection tour of forward airfields and bases in the Shortlands and southern Bougainville area. The purpose of this visit was to boost moral after the Japanese losses on Guadalcanal and thank the Japanese Army for cooperation.
On April 18, 1943 at dawn, two G4M1 Betty bombers from Vunakanau Airfield landed at Lakunai Airfield near Rabaul to pickup Yamamoto and his senior staff for the inspection tour. Aboard the first bomber, G4M1 Betty 2656 Tail 323 four passengers boarded this aircraft including: Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, Rear Admiral Rokurou Takata, Cdr Kurio Toibana and Noburu Fukusaki plus their baggage.
After the crash, an Imperial Japanese Army patrol under the command of Lt. Mitsuyoshi (Tsuyoshi) Hamasuna from the 17th Army at Aku observed smoke rising from the jungle. At first, they believed an American aircraft had crashed. Immediately, Lt. Hamasuna selected ten men from his platoon to search but was unable to find the plane and was told to try again the next day. Meanwhile, an Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) patrol from the Sasebo 6th SNLF was also sent to the crash site to recover the remains of Yamamoto and the crew.
On April 19, 1943 Lt. Mitsuyoshi (Tsuyoshi) Hamasuna led a group of twelve back into the jungle and near dusk reached the crash site. That night, they departed and ran into the search group from the Sasebo 6th SNLF.
On April 20, 1943 both search parties: Hamasuna and the 6th SNLF returned to the crash site and recovered the remains of Yamamoto and the crew, transporting them southward to the mouth of the Wamai River on the southern coast of Bougainville. Afterwards, Hamasuna's group returned to Aku and Cdr Watanabe and his party arrived.
Many English published accounts and references claim Yamamoto died in his seat, from a bullet wound to his chest. This is an imagined myth and is not supported by firsthand Japanese accounts. The Japanese eyewitnesses to Yamamoto's body reported few visible wounds and resulted in speculation he might have survived the initial crash and died hours later from internal injuries. The later autopsy proved he was hit in the back and face and likely dead before the crash.
On April 20, 1943 his remains were placed aboard Minesweeper W-15 (many sources incorrectly state it was a subchaser) and an initial inspection of his body was conducted aboard (some sources describe as an autopsy). The recovered remains were transported to Buin (Kangua) then to the 1st Base Command at Buin.
On April 20, 1943 a full autopsy was preformed on Yamamoto's body by LtCdr Tabuchi Jisaburo, Chief Medical Officer, 1st Base Force.
On April 21, 1943 Yamamoto's body was dressed in his uniform and placed into a cremation pit, doused with petrol and cremated by Cdr Watanabe. The remains of the rest of crew and passengers were cremated in two nearby burial pits. After his cremation, some of Yamamoto's remains were buried in an unmarked grave at Buin.
On April 22, 1943 the remainder of Yamamoto's remains were transported to Buin Airfield (Kahili) and loaded aboard another G4M1 Betty and flown back to Lakunai Airfield and were placed overnight the Third Fleet headquarters. On April 23, 1943 the ashes were loaded aboard two G4M1 Betty bombers and departed Lakunai Airfield bound for Eten Airfield (Takeshima) at 1:45pm. Next, transfered aboard Battleship Musashi at Truk and departed for Japan arriving at Truk on May 3, 1943.
In Japan, news of Yamamoto's death was officially reported to the Japanese press as "having died in combat aboard an aircraft". On June 5, 1943 Yamamoto received a state funeral in Tokyo. His ashes laid in state at the Navy Club in Tokyo then were transported on a gun carriage to Hibiya Park before being permanently buried at Tama Cemetery. A portion of his ashes was given to his wife and buried at his family shrine in Nagaoka.
During the war, at the G4M1 Betty 2656 Tail 323 crash site the Japanese built a shrine at the crash site. At the Yamamoto cremation site at Buin, two papayas were planted and a stone with his name caved into it atop.
In the 1960s, a Japanese delegation visited the crash site and placed a memorial plaque on the admiral's seat that read "Last place of Admiral Yamamoto". In the early 1970s, when the commander's seat was removed, the plaque was left at the crash site. The plaque was last documented in 2002 and was missing since 2004. Since the war, Japanese visitors often leave small wooden sticks with prayers or messages at the crash site.
In 1999, the Isoroku Yamamoto Memorial Hall & Museum opened in Yamamoto's hometown of Nagaoka. The museum displays the left outer wing of his Betty bomber and aircraft commander's seat where the Admiral was seat when he died. Both are on permanent loan from the PNG Museum.
Air Force Board for Correction of Military Records testimony of Dr. Charles Darby, October 17-18, 1991 (AFBMR Docket: 91-02347) "There was no evidence on any remaining wreckage of an attack from the bomber's starboard beam as related in all of Lanphier's accounts."


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stark wrote: Who will be the Eagles opening day quarterback next season??
I've heard Wentz will go back but still hard to imagine pulling Foles after the last couple of games he had.
Not sure if this should be posted in the Vent thread or the Happiness thread, but it's definitely worth a listen!
The Bucs are 2-0 in the preseason.
To make my vote to replace Gruden...Ronde Barber. He can have his brother show up with snacks on a slow night.
Good golly sakes alive! The Bucs just got a TD off a missed field goal by the Liions! 109 yard runback!!! To end the 1st half! Lead 20 -6 starting the 2nd half.
And in true Bucs fashion, they still managed to lose the game.
At least the Rays are red hot.
Have I just not been paying attention or is this notion of having wimmen folk as announcers something new?
If they're trying to compete with the lady that does ESPN Baseball with ARod she is really good!!!


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Q: MySQL: data being mangled while changing column to UTF8 I am migrating a MySQL database that was created in LATIN1 to UTF8. To do that, I am first changing each column to the corresponding binary type and then to UTF8:
ALTER TABLE clientes CHARACTER SET utf8;
ALTER TABLE clientes change nombre nombre varbinary(255);
ALTER TABLE clientes change nombre nombre varchar(255) character set utf8;

Since, according to all docs, that's the right way to prevent data from being mangled...
...However, the data still gets mangled. I'll just put two examples:

*

*The word "Larrasoaña" gets truncated at the "ñ", with the error: Warning: #1366 Incorrect string value: '\xF1a' for column 'nombre'

*The word "Jesús y María" gets truncated at the "ú", with the error  Warning: #1366 Incorrect string value: '\xFAs y M...' for column 'nombre'
How did that data get in? Well, the DB is the backend to a PHP web app, which used UTF8 for everything (including connecting to the MySQL server with "SET NAMES UTF8")... except creating the database properly. So I assume all the data that was added in was in UTF8.
To summarize: it seems that I had UTF8 text stored in LATIN1 columns, and now that I try to change the columns to UTF8, the text gets truncated.
Why is this happening? What can I do?
EDIT: forgot to mention, I'm doing all of this from PhpMyAdmin, since I don't have command line access.

A: F1 and FA are latin1 encodings.  You need to tell MySQL that the data is latin1.  One way is via SET NAMES latin1.
But note...  That is independent of the setting for the column you are trying to store the data into.  And, these days, utf8mb4 is the preferred setting for text.  MySQL will convert between the column's encoding and the client's encoding.  But you must tell it the client's encoding via connection parameters (or SET NAMES).
The pair of ALTER TABLEs works for certain situations, not all situations!  You probably wanted the first entry in http://mysql.rjweb.org/doc.php/charcoll#fixes_for_various_cases

Table is CHARACTER SET latin1 and correctly encoded in latin1; want
  utf8mb4:
ALTER TABLE tbl CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4;

I don't happen to know if your data is irreparably hosed.  Please provide one of the lines, together with HEX.
Hex

"Larrasoaña" is encoded as 4C61727261736F61F161, and "Jesús y María" as 4A6573FA732079204D6172ED6120

Those are latin1-encoded (or latin5 or dec8).  If the table definition (SHOW CREATE TABLE) says latin1, then you could leave it alone.  (latin1 handles Western European languages, but not Asian.)
If you want to convert all the text columns to utf8 or utf8mb4, do an ALTER like the one I presented above.  Your 3-Alter approach will not work correctly; it assumes the bytes in the latin1 column are really UTF-8 bytes (which they aren't).
But...  You must specify the client's encoding based on what the client wants.  And it does not matter whether the client and the table agree since conversion will be provided.
Why the 3-step Alter fails
ALTER TABLE clientes CHARACTER SET utf8;  -- This sets the default charset for new columns.  It has no effect on the existing column definitions and any data in those columns.
ALTER TABLE clientes change nombre nombre varbinary(255); -- This says "forget about any text encoding".  That is F1 is now just a bunch of bits, not the latin1 representation for ñ.
ALTER TABLE clientes change nombre nombre varchar(255) character set utf8; -- This takes those varbinary bits and says "let's treat them as utf8.  And that gives the error message because F1 is not a valid encoding for utf8.
That procedure is appropriate if the bytes are already utf8 bytes.  That is, if it were already the 2-byte C3B1 for ñ.  (By the way, this usually manifests itself as 'Mojibake', displaying as ñ when interpreted as latin1.)
The 1-Alter procedure...
ALTER TABLE clientes CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8; (to convert the entire table) or ALTER TABLE clientes MODIFY nombre varchar(255) character set utf8; (to convert just one column).  They do the following things:
For each text (char/varchar/text) column, it reads the data according to its current encoding (latin1, F1), converts it to utf8 (or utf8mb4) (C3B1) and writes back into the row.  Meanwhile, it has changed the declaration to be  CHARACTER SET utf8.
That is, it is the 'right' process for changing the CHARACTER SET without changing the "text".  True, the encoding changed (F1 -> C3B1), but that is in keeping with the change to the CHARACTER SET.
Recovery
Your first 2 ALTERs worked, correct?  Did the 3rd one succeed, fail, or leave a messed up table?
If it aborted, leaving varbinary in place, then do 2 more alters:  First go back to latin1; then go straight to utf8.
If it left you with a messed up column, especially if rows are truncated, then you need to go back to a backup, or otherwise reload the data.


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