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Q: JSP in /WEB-INF returns "HTTP Status 404 The requested resource is not available" I created a JSP file.
sample.jsp
<%@ page pageEncoding="UTF-8"%>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Insert title here</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    This is jsp program
  </body>
</html>

I placed it here in the samplejsp project.
samplejsp
 `-- WebContent
      `-- WEB-INF
           `-- sample.jsp

I opened it on the following URL.
http://localhost:8080/samplejsp/sample.jsp
But it shows the following error in browser.

404 ERROR
The requested resource (/sample.jsp) is not available.

A: 404 simply means "Not Found".
Either the URL is wrong (note: case sensitive!), or the resource is not there where you think it is.
Just verify the URL and/or verify if the resource is there where you'd expect it to be. You placed sample.jsp in /WEB-INF folder. This way it is not publicly accessible without calling through a front controller servlet.
Put it outside /WEB-INF.
samplejsp
 `-- WebContent
      |-- WEB-INF
      `-- sample.jsp

If you want to keep it in /WEB-INF, then you need to create a front controller servlet which forwards to it in doGet() method as below.
request.getRequestDispatcher("/WEB-INF/sample.jsp").forward(request, response);

Finally "open" the JSP by just calling servlet's actual URL instead of JSP's fictive URL.
See also:

*

*What is WEB-INF used for in a Java EE web application?

*Calling servlet from JSP

*doGet and doPost in Servlets

A: It's mostly related to your directory structure or packaging.
Can you please add your directory structure?
Similar to below -
src
|-html\
|-jsp\

Perhaps this should do it
<form action="sample.jsp" method=get>
      <input type =submit value="submit">
</form>

Edit - WEB-INF does not allow direct access to JSP.

A: In my spring boot web application with JSP it didn't worked until I have added this dependency
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
        <artifactId>tomcat-embed-jasper</artifactId>
        <scope>provided</scope>
    </dependency>

even after configuring view resolver
spring.mvc.view.prefix: /WEB-INF/views/
spring.mvc.view.suffix: .jsp

If you find why this worked please comment.


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MPM – Last Saturday, you regaled me with all your healings. There was a room full of healers and each of you had some positive healing that came out of your alignment. Don't stop there. That indicates that each healing is now the direction that you are going to go in. You know that it's healed. It will continue in that direction for a while, until it wants to change direction. What you're doing now, was the first, initial steps towards something that is going to be revealed later. That revelation is most likely what your mission is on Earth, unless you already know it now. So, you have started the journey, and it shouldn't take long. You just keep at it. Heal whatever is in your way. As you heal yourself in that way, you clear the bushes, all the briar, to eventual clarity of what this mission is. Fair enough?
Now the Master Serapis Bey said something about coinage. What does he mean by that? Resources. Right. You have a potential that is there, and not only a potential; it is actually coming out now. Say for example you are here as lightbearers. What is that potential? What is it that you have as a group here, that coinage, that you have not acknowledged yet, or are slow to acknowledge? What are the resources you have?
Skills. The ability to heal. That is one of the main things that this group has. This group is a healing group. It heals. There is going to be a lot of hurt and a lot of nastiness that is going to come out of the catastrophes that hit us, and that is what this group is supposed to do. It is supposed to heal those things. It will heal the hurt so that people can move on. One of the things also that came to me when I was thinking about this was that, we have this piece of land that is behind the centre. Do we have the potential to buy any more on the sides?
Discussion from group – They were able to talk to an owner of a two-hectare plot of land. They were selling it for 600 pesos per square metre. They were thinking of pulling together those who are interested to buy a parcel and then subdivide it again. It is very cheap.
MPM – Buy it. What came to me is that, for some of the coinage, the potential is intensive cultivation of cassava, yams, and bananas. These are the three staples. No matter what, if you eat those you won't starve to death. Or you can feed other people. We don't need store rooms, we need the land. You keep it in the land. You have thousands of cassava plants and whatever you want to eat, you just pull it out of the ground. Pick a banana. When we have to provide food for the refugees or the people coming up from the lowlands, there you have it. It is right there. You don't have to make anything fancy. You don't have to be cooking huge pots of pork adobo and the rest of it. We go back to basics. We eat the basics of what this land can produce. Cassava and bananas and sweet potatoes are very healthful foods. You just add a little bit of fish sauce to them. Instead of storing this stuff in a big warehouse, you just keep it in the land. It is renewable. It is like a huge store room. It is the coinage we are blessed with here to meet the demands of the emergency. Is that feasible?
Discussion from group - Yes. Another option is to lease land, long term, over at least ten years.
MPM – You could do that. It is around us also. Those pieces on the back and front are empty. Nobody is using it. That is something to think of in terms of our coinage.
What about personal coinage? What are your personal resources that you can lend to a critical situation? All of you have something. You have knowledge, but to do what? The Divine Plan that we are working on is going to give guidance to the leaders who are running like chickens without their heads, trying to figure out what to do. It will at least make them stop and think. "Maybe we can do this and this and this." In terms of yourselves. You are sitting there, with teeming potential. What is it that you have that you can lend to this whole situation.
Group - comments about healing.
Healing is the first thing. If you can show them the results, then they are going to listen. If you are just spouting off Ancient Wisdom, it will just go right past them. They won't want to hear any more of this stuff. Healing is one of the coinages we have. It is the potential for huge groups of people. What kinds of healings are we going to do? What can you do? What is the potential?
MPM – That is what Jesus did. He walked the streets and walked the fields and healed the masses.
Q – (inaudible) question about healing.
MPM – You can talk about healing all you want, until you heal and the proof is before your eyes. That is the proof that is before everybody. You can talk about love and all kinds of wonderful things. You heal the person, you heal the cripple, you heal the despondent … it is an awakening. That is what healing is. You are awakening the potential of the other person as well as yours. You want solid healings, not words. When you say, "Our potential is our knowledge of Ancient Wisdom." What knowledge of Ancient Wisdom? What are you going to do? You just can't bring out a Theosophical book and wave it at them. What are you going to practice when they walk in the door or when they come streaming into this refugee field?
You have to show them love. That is the most obvious part. How do you express love to them? Serving food is one of the most basic gestures of the human being, to give something to somebody you love, or to express the love to somebody.
Q – (inaudible) comment about when you meet people, asking people where they are going, and if they are hungry.
Comment from group – Filipinos also.
That is what suddenly came to me when we talk about food and that expression of love being food. What is that food? For here, the easiest and the most plentiful and the most nutritious, in a way, are those three: bananas, cassava, and sweet potatoes. Especially the sweet potatoes. As a group here, we need to get serious about having a steady store of this type of food available to the hundreds or thousands who will be coming by. You go and yank it off the tree, or pull it up from the ground.
How long can yams or sweet potatoes last?
Answer from group – 3 months, discussion about harvest or shelf life.
MPM – You pull it out of the ground and you keep it dry. Then you pile it up and cover it and keep the rain away from it. When do we do this? This has not hit the critical mass of action yet. But I think it will be obvious to us when we have to start planting this stuff. There must be a form of intensive culture of cassava, when you get as many plants in one area as you can and have them grow. Then you always have a store of food to give to whomever you have met, and if you don't have the food, you know where it is. You just go there and yank up the plant and have it cooked or eat it raw.
Comment from group – For big tracts of land, you need workers.
MPM – True. That is the next thing.
Discussion among group about where land is for sale, and the price. Discussion about buying or leasing land.
MPM – Let's consider expanding the amount of land we have, not necessarily for us to build houses on it, but as a big storage of coinage: our agricultural resources for whatever comes ahead of us.
More group discussion about possible land for sale. Discussion about whether to buy or to lease land. Leasing is less expensive. You need money.
MPM – You need money to buy all this stuff. If it is the right thing to do, it will be made available. What is the mantra that Serapis Bey has given us to get the money?
MPM – What we should do is use what we have learned in the last couple of weeks about sound waves. He says sound can heal your pockets. We have to practice that. How does that work? Let's say we move up as a group into the etheric. Then we go even higher, to the upper etheric. Then the waves of sound start hitting us. In the meantime, we are going through a forest of gold. Or maybe not. But we get up to where the waves are and you start chanting "Gold" up there, and it should rain gold on you.
Q – aloud or silently?
MPM – We could do it as a group and we could do it individually. Let me tell you what Saint Germain has told me. As we get into the catastrophic part, and things are wiped out, we are going to go through a reconstruction period. That is not far away.
That is where your precipitation comes in. It comes through you all. That is your coinage. You actually have pockets full of this stuff. For every little project that you individually undertake, the money will come about, because it is already there. It is part of the reconstruction. I can see you are all skeptical. "We've been sitting around waiting for this." But that is what all this talk about precipitation is about. It's there waiting for you guys to precipitate.
What I've been seeing related to that chant, "Gold, gold, gold," is sort of like the sound waves of prana coming through. As it hits down into the physical plane, it becomes more and more like solid gold. When it hits the ground, then it's the veins of gold in the ground. But you have already been able to get up there and hijack it before it goes down to the ground. But you can, I believe, interrupt that and gather it where it is coming down like that. As you chant, you visualize those sound waves being transformed into flakes of gold. Then it should flake down into your laps.
Some of you are still skeptical. That's how brainwashed we are about money. We think it has to come from a bank or an ATM machine.
Comments from group – You have to work for it.
MPM – Working for it is one way, but what about financing your reconstruction projects? You're not exactly slaving away for it. What you are doing is providing the opportunity for all the people that you meet up with during this time of crisis to do something and to know that the resources are there. That's your coinage. The resources are there for you to finance this thing. You see the difference? How many of you think of yourselves as financiers? (laughter) Do you like the idea of being able to tap into these resources? Do you know what to do with that money once it comes through?
MPM – That's the kind of thing we have to go into later. It's part of the Divine Plan. There is an exercise of how to shape a project. You pull out this element and pull out that element, and then you have a discreet project with a management team and all the budget, right there. It just so happens I taught that for ten years. It was how to develop a project and finance it. That's the kind of spirit all of you have to have: the spirt of the business entrepreneur gathering together the resources, the talent, and finally you have something that today we call a business. Then you have a project. Nothing will move without people who can do this. This is critical. Everybody is going to be moaning and groaning about how miserable they are and, "Who is going to help us? Where is this money going to from? Where are the tools going to come from? …?" You stand up and say, "Here, this is the way it goes." There's a logical process by which you can start from dirt and have a million-coin project. There is a logical step that has already been given to us, how to do this.
The first thing you have to do is define the direction of that project. What is that project going to accomplish? What is the project goal? If you don't know what your mission goal is, how are you going to do that? That exercise of knowing your mission in this incarnation is going to help you resolve this problem of projects that you are going to finance with this goal. You gear the projects in a certain direction. This is going to accomplish that. This project accomplishes that. You get all the ducks in order for each project, put up the money or coins, get it going, and it's on its way. If you are floundering around not knowing where you are going, how are you going to develop these things? You have to start thinking now of very direct things.
Why don't we start with your mission on Earth? You start with that, and if it needs to be developed, you develop it the same way a project gets developed. You set the goal, you find the resources that lead into that goal, you bring the resources in, and the whole thing starts churning. That's what your mission is going to look like. Somehow, you are heading in that direction. Is that clear? You don't just say that my mission is to do this or that, and you just sit there like a holy monk. How do you do it? Most people say that. They can tell you, "You need to do this and you need to do that." I say, "Okay, fine. How do you do it?" If some of you are already business people, you have that mentality already. "I get this brick and I get that, and I need this person and I need that one." All the elements that go into a project are just like you are setting up a business: All the elements that go into the business… it's the same thing. That's why I have been talking about these small business things of getting your goals straight. Also, it has to be geared towards all these projects that you're going to be leading. Did you hear that? Leading, in the New Age. Does that scare you?
MPM – For example, pick a project. Pick something that is going to be needed.
MPM – Let's say, for example, we are going to make the cassava farm / ground storage. What do you need? If that is the goal, what you do is, you say, "I'm going to produce 10,000 tonnes a year of cassava roots." Without setting a goal like that, you don't know what to do. You have this helter-skelter planting of the plants.
Let's say we buy a piece of land. That hectare is going to produce, let's say, 5,000 tonnes of cassava plants. To get to that kind of harvest, you are going to need a lot of different things, more than just throwing seeds in your back yard. You need the cultivation method and even the kind of natural, organic fertilizer to get things going. You have to do some study of the scientific way people have planted them close to each other in intensive cultivation of cassava. What else do you need?
1 - You need people. You need to train all the people who are working in this hectare. Essentially, every project has manpower and skilled manpower. It's not just dummies who don't know what to do.
2 - The second thing you need is commodities. You are going to need seedlings. You are going to need fertilizers. You are going to need steel tools, etc.
3 - The final element is training.
These are the three elements. You have your expertise, you have the commodities, and finally you have the training that goes into training the people working on the project. And you want to train others to replicate the project if that is going to be what you feed the people in Tagaytay.
Group – The main goal objective is to establish some sort of storage or an inventory.
MPM – The storage is in the ground, because these are root crops. You time it according to when you will need each crop. When it comes time, you yank it up and prepare it and eat it. We're not talking about sophisticated French cuisine to feed the refugees. This is to keep their tummies full and to keep them healthy.
Group discussion about planting and harvesting cassava.
MPM – We plant when things begin to fall apart. We won't start planting now because it will all rot. We keep watching what is going on, but we can make other preparations, getting the land, getting the proper inputs that you need. When the time comes then we've got to rush in there and plant, with the idea that 6 months later, you will be feeding people.
Group discussion about length of time needed to grow cassava, dry cassava. Discussion about rice not being practical to grow because it is too involved, too expensive to grow. Discussion about other things that can be grown. There was discussion about storage.
MPM – What I am reminding you of is that, as a group, with the land that we have, and maybe adjacent lands if we can get them. This is our coinage. We can create huge amounts of it too, rather than just buying food and storing it. You keep it in the ground and keep it going. It's a steady stream of staple food for the people who are in trouble coming up here. That is what I was given last night when I was thinking about this. It makes sense to me.
Group – Talk about food processing.
MPM – If you get too much into food processing, then things get complicated. You need machinery, etc. I'm talking about basically going into the field and pulling the plant out, washing it, chopping it up and cooking it and eating it. This is emergency food. The fancy food processing comes later.
Group discussion about food available.
How do we get the land? You have to find out whether it is available first. Then we've got to put together our resources and buy it or lease it.
Group – You have to be clear about what you want to do. You have to use it properly.
MPM – Exactly. If it goes into good use, we'll get it.
MPM – What do you want to use it for? Is it something worthwhile? Is it to buy a new car? You may be able to precipitate it if you were good before and have good karma. The use of this gold, especially the gold we'll be tapping into, the gold in the cave, is to be used for the reconstruction projects for the New Age. That becomes our mission to provide that food in the ground for people streaming up there.
For the Canmore group, it is the same thing you can do. (Because they are going to listen to this too).
Group – question about what to plant.
Group discussion about what to grow for Philippine project and a type of yams that can stay underground for 2 years before they have to be harvested. Group discussion about steaming vegetables.
MPM – This is the coinage we are talking about: this knowledge of how to plant this stuff and store it, etc., etc. All that is your coinage.
Question from group asking when flood water will subside. Will it subside?
MPM – No. That is the difference this time. Every time it comes now, it just recedes half way. You see what's happening in Houston. They have been warned for years that they are right on the sea level. Almost every year, they get hit by some hurricane. It recedes, but not all the way. Now, it is stubbornly staying there. There is another hurricane coming, that is, so far, forecast to be the most powerful hurricane they have ever had in the Atlantic. It is heading right in that same direction. We will see where it goes. The floods could come in this way with the constant badgering of tropical storms, as well as the melting of the ice caps. Who knows, maybe that is why they are having these strong hurricanes. There is a change in the temperature of the water because of the melting ice.
Group – question about the Sanctus Germanus Prophecies which says the United States will be divided in two, asking where that divide will be.
MPM – The natural divide is the Mississippi River. You know where the Great Lakes are. That leads into the Mississippi River. All those lakes are going to be flooded. They will come pouring out. Where do the lakes get the water? It is from Hudson Bay, which is north of that. When the seas rise, Hudson Bay starts overflowing. There will be a cascade overflow down to New Orleans. That is how I see it.
I did a reading once for one of our members who is from Chicago. I closed my eyes and she sat down next to me. All of a sudden, I was taken by this vision of the flooding of Lake Michigan. I could see these huge oil tankers being thrown just like corks. I don't know where that water was coming from, except maybe the melting of the tundra, which is all frozen. It is all starting to melt. The next step from that was, where was this water coming from? It had to be coming from something up in the north. Where was it going? Right down the Mississippi. The Mississippi gets wider and wider and becomes a sea of some sort, like the Mediterranean Sea. Then you have the division of the North American continent.
MPM – That is a later scenario when you have the rising of the continents that had been there before. We'll never see that in our life time. It's way, way down the line. It may be longer than 200 years from now.
Group question – Will the flooding be because of the melting?
MPM – Yes. Basically, no matter what they say, the earth is getting warmer. I don't care what these politicians say. The ice caps are melting. That is changing the temperature of the water. I am sure it is causing the hurricanes somehow. Are you going to be safe here? With all our bananas and yams and cassavas? Just make sure somebody is making some good fish sauce. That stuff can be pretty bland after months and months.
Are you willing to undertake this project?
MPM – Are you willing to finance it?
MPM – Are we willing to finance it with gold?
MPM – Let's see what happens.
MPM – That has all been studied. They know how to make these latrines for crowded areas and dispose of waste. All that stuff is already known. That is what the disaster relief group should be able to tell us.
Group - Discusses inviting the disaster relief team over for discussion.
MPM – They may have the same scenario in mind, for all we know. You'd be surprised how many people know about this stuff, but they don't dare say it, just the way we don't. People will jump on you. They don't want to listen to it.
That's enough to think about for tonight. This is the coinage we are talking about. We have the potential to put together and resolve the problem of food for the refugees. We don't have to call this farm a refugee farm. Nobody wants to be called a refugee. Call it "Heavenly…" Something like that. But whatever it is, the main goal and purpose of it is intensive cultivation of these basic root crops in order to achieve a certain tonnage of food available for the refugees.
Group – the group has all the skills that are needed for survival.
MPM – This group was not put together randomly. The Masters chose you all to join this group. We are supposed to get more, also. We are supposed to go up to 100. The other ones will be chomping at the bit to join, so we will have subgroups.
Group discussion that gold only materializes when it is needed for use for projects of the Spiritual Hierarchy. It doesn't materialize for personal use.
MPM – The first thing they are going to ask you is, "What about the resources you already have? Can't you help them with what you have?" It is only when you run out and you need more that they will give you more. Sometimes helping others is an excuse to accumulate. (laughter) They know what your intentions are. "Oh, but I am going to do this and I am going to build a hospital…" Really, in the back of your mind, you want to store it in your own safe.
Group discussion about what is involved in getting a ten-year lease in the Philippines, determining the cost. Discussion about how to negotiate the terms of the lease. Would land be divided among people to cultivate, which may result in a higher yield?
Also discussed which crops would enrich the soil. Sweet potato enriches the soil. Discussion on crop rotation. The Philippines is very much an agricultural country, and most people have some knowledge of planting crops.
MPM – This is the kind of knowledge we have to put into practice: How we design the use of the land, and what we plant where. It's got to be a very intelligent map of how to use the 2 hectares. This is probably why, in the beginning at least, you have to have an agriculturalist who can put zones in it where we plant certain things in certain zones. You get an organized farm.
MPM – All this stuff, you already know about. That is what I am talking about for your coinage. All of you are piping in with different ideas of how to preserve this and eat that. That's what we have to exploit. You already know how to do this. I think if you really put a quality on the knowledge you have already to do this kind of work, you've got it. You all know how to do it. Somehow, if you put it together, you'll find that the expertise and experience is enough to do this. It's just the strong backs that are missing. But you've got a lot of young people around here. You could get them to help.
MPM – When you think about this further over the next week, what was suggested to me was the cassava, banana, yam mixture, as a way of staving off starvation during the emergency. If that is not the right mixture, I will think of something else.


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The art of dining
Kenza Bélaïchouche
Kenza is a young and passionate woman. She is a real shopping expert in every field whether it's for fashion, decoration or food products. Epicurean by nature, she has a soft spot (not to say obsession) for matcha green tea. With her creative mind and original ideas, she will surely make you want to be the most amazing host to receive your family and friends home.
Tell us about your relationship with Canadel.
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Guelph, Ontario, August 14, 2017 — Canadian Solar Inc. ("Canadian Solar" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: CSIQ), one of the world's largest solar power companies, today announced its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2017.
· Total solar module shipments were 1,745 MW, compared to 1,480 MW in the first quarter of 2017, and second quarter guidance in the range of 1,530 MW to 1,580 MW.
· Net revenue was $692.4 million, compared to $677.0 million in the first quarter of 2017, and second quarter guidance in the range of $615.0 million to $635.0 million.
· Net revenue from the total solutions business as a percentage of total net revenue was 6.5% compared to 18.8% in the first quarter of 2017.
· Gross margin was 24.2%, including the benefits of two AD/CVD reversals of $42.6 million and $15.0 million based on the final rates of Solar 1 AR3 and Solar 2 AR1, respectively. Gross margin was 15.9%, excluding these reversal benefit, compared to 13.5% in the first quarter of 2017, and second quarter guidance of 13.0% to 15.0%.
· Net income attributable to Canadian Solar was $38.2 million, or $0.63 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $13.3 million, or $0.23 per diluted share, in the first quarter of 2017.
· Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash balance as of June 30, 2017 was $961.6 million, compared to $961.4 million as of March 31, 2017.
· Net cash used in operating activities was approximately $83.4 million, compared to net cash used in operating activities of $55.8 million in the first quarter of 2017.
· The Company's portfolio of solar power plants in commercial operation was 1,260.2 MWp as of June 30, 2017, with an estimated total resale value of approximately $1.8 billion. Only the class B share value of the Company's tax equity deal projects in the U.S. was included in this resale value.
· In July 2017, the Company completed the sale of the 281 MWp Great Valley Solar project, previously called Tranquillity 8, to Sempra Renewables LLC, a unit of Sempra Energy.
· The Company completed the sale of an 80% interest in each of 191.5 MWp Pirapora I, 115 MWp Pirapora II and 92.5 MWp Pirapora III to EDF. EN do Brasil.
Net revenue in the second quarter of 2017 was $692.4 million, up 2.3% from $677.0 million in the first quarter of 2017 and down 14.1% from $805.9 million in the second quarter of 2016. Solar module shipments recognized in revenue totaled 1,638 MW, compared to 1,489 MW recognized in revenue in the first quarter of 2017 and 1,290 MW recognized in revenue in the second quarter of 2016. Solar module shipments recognized in revenue in the second quarter of 2017 included 29.2 MW used in the Company's total solutions business, compared to 176.3 MW in the first quarter of 2017 and 18.7 MW in the second quarter of 2016.
The following table is a summary of net revenue by geographic region based on the location of customers' headquarters (in millions of US$, except percentages).
General and administrative expenses were $53.0 million in the second quarter of 2017, down 3.8% from $55.1million in the first quarter of 2017 and up slightly from $52.9 million in the second quarter of 2016. Excluding the $8.6 million provision for the LDK legal case in the first quarter of 2017, the sequential increase was primarily due to an increase in various professional service fees, an increase in sales tax associated with prior years' sales and an increased property insurance premium.
Research and development expenses were $7.3 million in the second quarter of 2017, compared to $5.6 million in the first quarter of 2017 and $5.1 million in the second quarter of 2016. The sequential and year-over-year increases reflect the Company's continued commitment to investing in and commercializing solar energy technologies that differentiate the Company and strengthen its competitive position through higher efficiency, and more sought after energy solutions.
Other operating income was $15.5 million in the second quarter of 2017, compared to other operating income of $0.9 million in the first quarter of 2017 and other operating loss of $7.1 million in the second quarter of 2016, Other operating income in the second quarter of 2017 included insurance compensation of $15.2 million for the loss of profit related to the June 2016 tornado damage to the Company's Funing cell factory.
Net income attributable to Canadian Solar was $38.2 million, or $0.63 per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2017, compared to net loss attributable to Canadian Solar of $13.3 million, or $0.23 per diluted share, in the first quarter of 2017 and net income attributable to Canadian Solar of $40.4 million, or $0.68 per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2016. Non-GAAP net loss attributable to Canadian Solar, which is adjusted to exclude the AD/CVD reversal and an insurance compensation gain, net of income tax effect, was $9.1 million, or $0.15 per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2017, compared to a non-GAAP net loss attributable to Canadian Solar of $6.0 million, or $0.10 per diluted share, in the first quarter of 2017, which is adjusted to exclude the LDK legal case provision of $8.6 million, net of income tax effect. For a reconciliation of measures presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States ("GAAP") to the non-GAAP measures, a table is available at the end of this press release.
Excluding the borrowings included in 'Liabilities held-for-sale', short-term borrowings as of June 30, 2017 were $2.04 billion, compared to $1.71 billion as of March 31, 2017. Long-term borrowings as of June 30, 2017 were $273.0 million, compared to $462.1 million as of March 31, 2017.
In the second quarter of 2017, the Company invested RMB 220.6 million ($32.6 million) into Suzhou Gaochuangte New Energy Co., Ltd., a solar EPC company in China, increasing Canadian Solar's holdings from 40% to 80%. A preliminary allocation of the share purchase price to assets acquired and liabilities assumed has been made based on available information and management's best estimates. The final allocation of the purchase price may differ from this preliminary allocation.
As of July 31, 2017, the Company's late-stage solar project pipeline, including those in construction, totaled approximately 1,391 MWp, which included 362 MWp in Japan, 120 MWp in the U.S., 210 MWp in China, 399 MWp in Brazil, 108 MWp in India, 118 MWp in Australia, 68 MWp in Mexico and 6 MWp in Africa. The Company cautions that some late-stage projects may not reach completion due to risks as failure to secure permits and grid connection, among others.
In India, as of July 31, 2017, the Company's late-stage utility-scale power project pipeline stood at 108 MWp. The 108 MWp SECI Maharashtra project is currently under development and is expected to reach commercial operation by the end of 2017. The 18 MWp Kamareddy project and the 18 MWp Ramnapet project were connected to the grid in July 2017.
In addition to its late-stage utility-scale solar project pipeline, the Company has a portfolio of solar power plants in operation, totaling 1,260.2 MWp as of June 30, 2017, which are recorded on its balance sheet as project assets ($1,308.5 million), assets held-for-sale ($203.5 million) and solar power systems, net ($65.8 million). Revenue from the sale of electricity generated by the plants recorded as "assets held-for-sale" and "solar power systems, net" in the second quarter of 2017 totaled $9.8 million, compared to $5.2 million in the first quarter of 2017.
The sale of projects recorded as 'project assets' (build-to-sell) on the balance sheet will be recorded as revenue once revenue recognition criteria are met, and the gain from the sale of projects recorded as 'assets held-for-sale' and 'solar power systems, net' (build-to-own) on the balance sheet will be recorded within 'other operating income (expenses)' in the income statement.
The Company's wafer manufacturing capacity recently reached 2.0 GW and will reach 3.0 GW in the third quarter of 2017 and 4.0 GW by December 31, 2017, all of which will use diamond wire-saw technology. Diamond wire-saw technology is compatible with the Company's proprietary and highly efficient Onyx black silicon multi-crystalline solar cell technology, significantly reducing silicon usage and manufacturing cost.
The Company's solar cell manufacturing capacity as of June 30, 2017 was 4.49 GW. The annual capacity at the Company's Funing cell factory has reached 1,440 MW, with an additional 850 MW cell capacity at the Company's South East Asia facility. The Company plans to debottleneck the production in its Funing and South East Asia plants later this year, allowing the Company's cell manufacturing capacity to reach 4.70 GW by December 31, 2017.
The Company's business outlook is based on management's current views and estimates with respect to operating and market conditions, its current order book and the global financing environment. It is also subject to uncertainties relating to customer final demand and solar project construction schedules. Management's views and estimates are subject to change without notice.
For the third quarter of 2017, the Company expects total solar module shipments to be in the range of approximately 1.65 GW to 1.70 GW, including approximately 86 MW of shipments to the Company's utility-scale solar power projects that may not be recognized as revenue in the third quarter of 2017. Total revenue for the third quarter of 2017, which includes revenue from both of our solar module sales and from our energy business, is expected to be in the range of $805 million to $825 million. Gross margin for the third quarter of 2017 is expected to be between 15% and 17%.
The Company reiterates its expectation that total module shipments in 2017 will be in the range of 6.0 GW to 6.5 GW. The module shipments recognized in revenue and total annual revenue will depend on market conditions, including ASP trends. The Company continues to expect it will connect approximately 1 GW to 1.2 GW of new solar projects globally in 2017, based on the commercial operation date (COD). These projects are located in the U.S., Japan, China, the UK, India, Brazil and Africa. The revenue from the Company's energy business will mainly come from the monetization of the Company's high quality solar power plant assets in the U.S., Japan, China, UK, India and Brazil. Management expects that the increase in vertical integration along the manufacturing cycle will help the Company maintain or improve its gross margin.
On August 10, 2017, Canadian Solar announced that it sold 80% of the interests in its 92.5 MWp Pirapora III solar energy project in Brazil to EDF Energies Nouvelles' local subsidiary, EDF EN do Brasil.
The Company will hold a conference call today, Monday, August 14, 2017 at 8:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern Daylight Time (8:00 p.m., August 14, 2017 in Hong Kong) to discuss the Company's second quarter 2017 results and business outlook. The dial-in phone number for the live audio call is +1 866 519 4004 (toll-free from the U.S.), +852 3018 6771 (local dial-in from HK) or +1 845 675 0437 from international locations. The passcode for the call is 59745217. A live webcast of the conference call will also be available on the investor relations section of Canadian Solar's website at www.canadiansolar.com.
A replay of the call will be available 4 hours after the conclusion of the call until 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, August 22, 2017, U.S. Eastern Daylight Time (10:00 p.m., August 22, 2017 in Hong Kong) and can be accessed by dialing +1 855 452 5696 (toll-free from the U.S.), +852 3051 2780 (local dial-in from HK) or +1 646 254 3697 from international locations, with passcode 59745217. A webcast replay will also be available on the investor relations section of Canadian Solar's at www.canadiansolar.com.
Founded in 2001 in Canada, Canadian Solar is one of the world's largest and foremost solar power companies. As a leading manufacturer of solar photovoltaic modules and provider of solar energy solutions, Canadian Solar also has a geographically diversified pipeline of utility-scale power projects in various stages of development. In the past 16 years, Canadian Solar has successfully delivered over 22 GW of premium quality modules to over 100 countries around the world. Furthermore, Canadian Solar is one of the most bankable companies in the solar industry, having been publicly listed on NASDAQ since 2006. For additional information about the Company, follow Canadian Solar on LinkedIn or visit www.canadiansolar.com.
Non-GAAP net income (loss) attributable to Canadian Solar Inc.


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Q: How to turn the iPhone camera flash on/off swift 2? I was looking how to turn on/off the iPhone's camera flash and I found this:
@IBAction func didTouchFlashButton(sender: AnyObject) {
    let avDevice = AVCaptureDevice.defaultDeviceWithMediaType(AVMediaTypeVideo)

// check if the device has torch
if avDevice.hasTorch {
    // lock your device for configuration
    avDevice.lockForConfiguration(nil)
    // check if your torchMode is on or off. If on turns it off otherwise turns it on
    if avDevice.torchActive {
        avDevice.torchMode = AVCaptureTorchMode.Off
    } else {
        // sets the torch intensity to 100%
        avDevice.setTorchModeOnWithLevel(1.0, error: nil)
    }
    // unlock your device
    avDevice.unlockForConfiguration()
    }
}

I do get 2 issues, one on the line:
avDevice.lockForConfiguration(nil)

and the other on the line:
avDevice.setTorchModeOnWithLevel(1.0, error:nil)

both of them are related to exception handling but I don't know how to resolve them.

A: Swift 4 version, adapted from Ivan Slavov's answer. "TorchMode.auto" is also an option if you want to get fancy.
    @IBAction func didTouchFlashButton(_ sender: Any) {
    if let avDevice = AVCaptureDevice.default(for: AVMediaType.video) {
        if (avDevice.hasTorch) {
            do {
                try avDevice.lockForConfiguration()
            } catch {
                print("aaaa")
            }

            if avDevice.isTorchActive {
                avDevice.torchMode = AVCaptureDevice.TorchMode.off
            } else {
                avDevice.torchMode = AVCaptureDevice.TorchMode.on
            }
        }
        // unlock your device
        avDevice.unlockForConfiguration()
    }
}

A: Swift 5.4 &
Xcode 12.4 &
iOS 14.4.2

@objc private func flashEnableButtonAction() {

        guard let captureDevice = AVCaptureDevice.default(for: AVMediaType.video) else {
            return
        }

        if captureDevice.hasTorch {
            do {
                let _: () = try captureDevice.lockForConfiguration()
            } catch {
                print("aaaa")
            }

            if captureDevice.isTorchActive {
                captureDevice.torchMode = AVCaptureDevice.TorchMode.off
            } else {

                do {
                    let _ = try captureDevice.setTorchModeOn(level: 1.0)
                } catch {
                    print("bbb")
                }
            }

            captureDevice.unlockForConfiguration()
        }

    }

A: @IBAction func didTouchFlashButton(sender: UIButton) {
    let avDevice = AVCaptureDevice.defaultDeviceWithMediaType(AVMediaTypeVideo)

    // check if the device has torch
    if avDevice.hasTorch {
        // lock your device for configuration
        do {
            let abv = try avDevice.lockForConfiguration()
        } catch {
            print("aaaa")
        }

        // check if your torchMode is on or off. If on turns it off otherwise turns it on
        if avDevice.torchActive {
            avDevice.torchMode = AVCaptureTorchMode.Off
        } else {
            // sets the torch intensity to 100%
            do {
                let abv = try avDevice.setTorchModeOnWithLevel(1.0)
            } catch {
                print("bbb")
            }
        //    avDevice.setTorchModeOnWithLevel(1.0, error: nil)
        }
        // unlock your device
        avDevice.unlockForConfiguration()
    }
}

A: for some reason "avDevice.torchActive" is always false, even when the torch is on, making it impossible to turn off but I fixed it by declaring a boolean initially set to false and every time the flash turns on, the boolean is set to true.
var on: Bool = false

@IBAction func didTouchFlashButton(sender: UIButton) {
let avDevice = AVCaptureDevice.defaultDeviceWithMediaType(AVMediaTypeVideo)

// check if the device has torch
if avDevice.hasTorch {
    // lock your device for configuration
    do {
        let abv = try avDevice.lockForConfiguration()
    } catch {
        print("aaaa")
    }

    // check if your torchMode is on or off. If on turns it off otherwise turns it on
    if on == true {
        avDevice.torchMode = AVCaptureTorchMode.Off
        on = false
    } else {
        // sets the torch intensity to 100%
        do {
            let abv = try avDevice.setTorchModeOnWithLevel(1.0)
            on = true
        } catch {
            print("bbb")
        }
    //    avDevice.setTorchModeOnWithLevel(1.0, error: nil)
    }
    // unlock your device
    avDevice.unlockForConfiguration()
}

}

A: import AVFoundation

var videoDeviceInput: AVCaptureDeviceInput?
var movieFileOutput: AVCaptureMovieFileOutput?
var stillImageOutput: AVCaptureStillImageOutput?

Add a class method to ViewController.
class func setFlashMode(flashMode: AVCaptureFlashMode, device: AVCaptureDevice){

        if device.hasFlash && device.isFlashModeSupported(flashMode) {
            var error: NSError? = nil
            do {
                try device.lockForConfiguration()
                device.flashMode = flashMode
                device.unlockForConfiguration()
            } catch let error1 as NSError {
                error = error1
                print(error)
            }
        }

    }

Check the flashmode status.
// Flash set to Auto/Off for Still Capture
                print("flashMode.rawValue : \(self.videoDeviceInput!.device.flashMode.rawValue)")
                if(self.videoDeviceInput!.device.flashMode.rawValue == 1)
                {
                    CameraViewController.setFlashMode(AVCaptureFlashMode.On, device: self.videoDeviceInput!.device)
                }
                else if (self.videoDeviceInput!.device.flashMode.rawValue == 2)
                {
                    CameraViewController.setFlashMode(AVCaptureFlashMode.Auto, device: self.videoDeviceInput!.device)
                }
                else
                {
                    CameraViewController.setFlashMode(AVCaptureFlashMode.Off, device: self.videoDeviceInput!.device)
                }

A: Another short way is to do this
        let devices = AVCaptureDevice.devices()
        let device = devices[0]
               guard device.isTorchAvailable else { return }
               do {
                 try device.lockForConfiguration()
                 if device.torchMode == .on {
                    device.torchMode = .off
                 }else{
                   device.torchMode = .on
                   }
               } catch {
                 debugPrint(error)
    }

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2012 October 25 - 27 Vintage Sports Collectibles Signature Auction- DallasAuction #7065
1939 Casey Stengel Signed Boston Bees Contract....
1939 Casey Stengel Signed Boston Bees Contract. The future Hall of Fame manager signs on for a second season in Beantown, en route to a seventh place National League finish. Stengel's Braves failures left most Yankee fans outraged when he was first introduced in pinstripes, but five straight World Championships would do wonders for calming their nerves. This is Stengel's personal copy for the Centennial season, filled out in his distinctive hand which effectively provides a signature on the first page as well as the second, where he agrees to the $12,500 annual terms. Bees president Quinn signs the second page as well. The standard four-page Uniform Player's Contract exhibits original storage folds but no other issues of note, and all ink is 9/10 or better. Auction LOA from James Spence Authentication. Pre-certified by PSA/DNA.
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Q: What am I doing wrong here ? html and css Okay here is the desired result:

Here is the result I got:

The bottom row is in a straight line and not going in between the other containers like it need it be to be. I don't know how to go about getting the results I want like in the screenshot #1.
I hope someone can help me out. Thanks in advance.

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    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    box-sizing: border-box;
}

body {
    font-size: 14px;
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    font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
}

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    font-weight: 300;
    padding-top: 7px;
}

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    width: 948px;
    height: auto;
    margin: 0 auto;
    overflow: hidden;
    padding-top: 70px;
    padding-bottom: 50px;
}

.container ul {
    width: 100%;
    height: auto;
    list-style-type: none;
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    float: left;
    width: 300px;
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    margin-right: 24px;
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    display: inline-block;
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}

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    margin: 0;
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    font-size: 13px;
    padding-bottom: 7px;
    text-decoration: underline;
}

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    color: #333;
    text-align: justify;
    padding-bottom: 15px;
}

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    width: 100%;
    height: 174px;
    border-radius: 3px;
    background-color: #f2f2f2;
}
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Prosecutors charged a white Baltimore racist Monday with murder as an act of terrorism for traveling to New York City and allegedly killing a 66-year-old black man with a sword.

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Prosecutors charged a white Baltimore racist Monday with murder as an act of terrorism for traveling to New York City and allegedly killing a 66-year-old black man with a sword.

A: That layout is called the Masonry Grid. It can be achieved using CSS grid columns but it is quite a muddled task, i would recommend that you use a jQuery plugin like this one.
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how do a one-way ANOVA and a t-test difer in what type of data we can analyze?
Question by Rosie: how do a one-way ANOVA and a t-test difer in what type of data we can analyze?
this is for my psychology research methods class.
in a 2X2 ANOVA design, how many independent variables are there? can we know the number of dependent variables in this design from the information provided?
A t-test only tests whether there is a significant difference between two group means. A one-way ANOVA can test whether there are differences between more than two group means.
In a 2×2 design, there are two independent variables, each of which has two levels. From the design, no, you cannot tell how many dependent variables there are.
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Banff Mineral Springs Hospital's emergency medical teams deal with high levels of patient trauma, long distances and backcountry rescue
Every year, millions of visitors flock to Banff to explore, sightsee and relax. For the vast majority, the visit goes as planned. But a few will need the services of Banff's Emergency Medical Services (EMS) team.
Banff Mineral Springs Hospital is the only Covenant Health facility with its own EMS team, which provides emergency services to tourists as well as the 13,000 residents who call this picturesque area home. These paramedics and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) make up one of the most specialized and skilled EMS teams in the province to deal with high levels of patient trauma, long distances and backcountry rescue.
Banff's team sees accidents and injuries that are unusual for urban centres.
"From animal and vehicle accidents, to complex mountain rescues, avalanches and extreme weather, it's not your average day for most medics," says Patti McFadyen, Manager of Surgical Services at Banff Mineral Springs Hospital.
Banff's paramedics share their stories, in their own words.
Stuart Paterson
Paramedic with Banff Mineral Springs Hospital for 10 years
When we're working, we keep our personal mountain travel equipment in the ambulance. Boots, crampons, puffy jackets, food and water, things we would need for extended backcountry calls. Banff's amazing natural environment offers engagement for all sorts of adventure seekers and sometimes they need help. We respond throughout Banff, Lake Louise, Kootenay and Yoho national parks for people in need of medical assistance. Usually, they're in the town sites or on the highway, but sometimes they're a little harder to get to.
In addition to earning an adventure guide diploma from Thompson Rivers University, Stuart Paterson worked as a paramedic and avalanche technician in the ski industry for 10 years before coming to Banff EMS. When he's not at work, he's out in the snow looking for turns.
The Ghost River Valley on the border of Banff National Park is a popular rock and ice climbing destination. It's a two-hour drive from Banff. A couple of winters ago, I was called to attend to an ice climber who had fallen. I joined Parks Canada and Kananaskis Visitors Safety Specialists to rescue the patient from where he lay. A one-and-a-half-hour bushwhack and an ice climb led to the patient, who had suffered a pelvic fracture in the fall. After assessing and stabilizing him, the team was ready for a short lower and then the slog through the forest to a clearing large enough to accommodate the STARS crew, who were on standby to transport him to the Calgary trauma centre. It was an excellent example of our collaborative approach to managing illness and injury.
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The overseeing physician with the races and I took over care, but all we had was the hotel first aid kit and eventually, the fire department's basic life support kit. Without the proper tools, we were jerry-rigging until the ambulance arrived. We intubated the patient right there on the floor of the lobby.
The ambulance arrived and after 40 minutes of basic life support, we were able to stabilize the patient and transfer care to STARS. It was a great example of a close-knit healthcare community coming together to provide excellent care for a good outcome. He was discharged 48 hours later.
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One of my most memorable calls was during my practicum. The patient was experiencing a severe diabetic emergency. We transported the patient to the hospital but then received another call to the ski hill. The last I heard of the patient was that he was evacuated by STARS ambulance.
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const assert = require('assert');
const requester = require('../../requester');
let core = require('soajs').core;
let validator = new core.validator.Validator();
let validateJoinSchema = require("../schemas/validateJoin.js");

describe("Testing validate join API", () => {

	before(function (done) {
		done();
	});

	afterEach((done) => {
		console.log("=======================================");
		done();
	});

	it("Success - will all return true (validated) - active", (done) => {
		let params = {
			qs: {
				token: "f65e8358-ce1d-47cb-b478-82e10c93f70e"
			}
		};
		requester('/validate/join', 'get', params, (error, body) => {
			assert.ifError(error);
			assert.ok(body);
			assert.ok(body.data);
			let check = validator.validate(body, validateJoinSchema);
			assert.deepEqual(check.valid, true);
			assert.deepEqual(check.errors, []);
			done();
		});
	});

	it("Success - will all return true (validated) - not active", (done) => {
		let params = {
			qs: {
				token: "cddd0c76-7708-4c93-90ac-61258a4b199f"
			}
		};
		requester('/validate/join', 'get', params, (error, body) => {
			assert.ifError(error);
			assert.ok(body);
			assert.ok(body.data);
			let check = validator.validate(body, validateJoinSchema);
			assert.deepEqual(check.valid, true);
			assert.deepEqual(check.errors, []);
			done();
		});
	});

	it("Fails - will not return true no data", (done) => {
		let params = {
		};
		requester('/validate/join', 'get', params, (error, body) => {
			assert.ifError(error);
			assert.ok(body);
			assert.ok(body.errors);
			assert.deepEqual(body.errors.details, [ { code: 172, message: 'Missing required field: token' } ]);
			let check = validator.validate(body, validateJoinSchema);
			assert.deepEqual(check.valid, true);
			assert.deepEqual(check.errors, []);
			done();
		});
	});
});


It is estimated that 35-50% of the population in this country snore, and it is not gender specific. Both man and women snore, men seem to be the more prevalent of the two. Older people seem to be at the higher level of offenders, but once again it happens at all ages. Although snoring in and of itself is not a major medical issue or concern in most cases. However, if you ask the partner/roommate of a snorer you will find out real quick how big a problem it can be and how much it can affect your relationship. Partners that cannot get to sleep or stay asleep because their bedmates are sawing logs will not be happy campers in the morning.
Snoring can have a medical basis as well, called Sleep Apnea. The latest research estimates that over 10% of adults have it and many more go undiagnosed. Apnea can be caused by a blockage of the airway, which is usually temporary. The airway can be partially blocked which results in shallow breathing, or the tongue can fall backwards with the mouth and obstruct the airway in total. In both instances two things occur, one your oxygen levels will fall in your blood and that causes your carbon dioxide levels to rise. It is the struggling for air, which creates the gasping, snorting and whistling sounds that drive your bedmates crazy. The muscles in your throat actually contract and the shortness of breath wakes you up. Then you start the process all over again once you fall back to sleep again.
People with forms of sleep apnea might be more irritable, cranky, and spacey, can't concentrate during the day, have headaches and feel lethargic. We do know that there are several conditions linked to sleep apnea. Excessive weight, age, allergies, deviated septum, drinking of alcohol, and head and body sleeping positions. Chronic long-standing cases of apnea have been linked according to the University of California to Cardiovascular problems, hypertension, strokes, heart attacks, as well as type two diabetes, and chronic inflammation, which is associated with heart disease. It is the breath stopping for short periods of time that can cause a temporary rise in blood pressure, which over time may become chronic.
So what can you do about it? Well if you are overweight try losing some of it to reduce pressure on the diaphragm. Reduce consumption of alcoholic beverages at night. Don't engulf a big meal late in the evening .If you can sleep on your side that is the best position. You can try and elevate the head but I suggest raising the whole upper torso not just the neck as it can create a constriction of the airway and that's what we are trying to avoid. You can go to the drug store and buy those nose strips that help open the nasal passages. You see football payers wearing them while playing to increase oxygen intake. Acupuncture works wonders in a lot of cases and can help fix the problem as well as some Chinese helps in conjunction with the acupuncture. There is an FDA an approved device called ''Apnea risk evaluation system'' It is by prescription only .It costs several hundred dollars. It attaches to your forehead while you sleep and monitors your pulse, blood oxygen levels, and head positions. It doesn't do any treatment and is only diagnostic. The info is then interpreted by the company and suggestions made. The other options are to visit an ENT, (Ears, Nose & Throat) doctor and consider having your uvula removed which does in most cases help or stop the problem. The uvular is the little flap of skin that hangs down in the back of the throat; it is sometimes too big and creates problems. It can be removed as in your tonsils or it can be shaved down for freer air space. Lastly, you can visit a sleep center and have them evaluate you. This may entail spending one of more nights there as they monitor your sleep patterns. New procedures such as CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) and The Pillar procedure are fairly new and as of the latest research so far no long-term results of effectiveness have been established.


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KBO head sidesteps Asian Games controversy
Sept 13,2018
The head of the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) on Wednesday refused to address controversy on military service exemptions for national team players, only issuing an apology that likely won't assuage angry fans.
Chung Un-chan
Chung Un-chan, commissioner of the KBO, held a press conference to announce plans to ensure more transparency in national team selection for future competitions and touched upon other pressing issues.
Chung met the media due to the frosty reception for the national team despite its gold medal at the Asian Games in Indonesia.
Korea wasn't celebrated for its accomplishment because of controversy surrounding the team selection. Manager Sun Dong-yol took a great deal of heat for picking what many felt were undeserving players, ostensibly to help them earn military service exemptions.
Able-bodied Korean men must serve for about two years in the armed forces, but athletes who win gold medals at Asian Games are exempt from the duty.
They only have to undergo four weeks of basic training.
The baseball team this year has been particularly criticized for exploiting the opportunity against inferior competition.
Others started to argue that it wasn't fair to have fringe players on the national baseball team get out of conscription when there were other public figures doing more to raise the country's profile.
The fallout from the baseball team's controversy forced the government to re-examine the exemption system.
Chung apologized for failing to properly gauge the public's sentiment on the military issue, though he fell short of saying exactly how the KBO will avoid causing the same uproar in the future.
"The fans were convinced that players were using the national team opportunity to avoid conscription," Chung said. "Fortunately, the government has announced it will listen to the people' voice and come up with a fair and transparent system. Once it's established, we'll follow the rules and make decisions within that framework."
Pressed on how or if the KBO will change the way national teams are put together, Chung only said, "We'll have to field a competitive team that can make our fans proud, and do so in a transparent way."
Also at the press conference, Chung announced the formation of a new cooperative body with the Korea Baseball Softball Association (KBSA), which governs amateur baseball. Tentatively named "KBO-KBSA Council for Future of Korean Baseball," it will take a sweeping look at what's ailing the game in Korea, Chung said.
The commissioner added the council will only have an advisory role on the national team selection and allow Sun Dong-yol, who was named the manager in July 2017, to continue to have full authority over the process.
"We respect the decisions he made before the Asian Games," Chung said, when asked about his views on Sun's controversial choices. "He is fully responsible for player selection."
At the center of the controversy was shortstop Oh Ji-hwan, who was leading the KBO in fielding errors and strikeouts before the start of the Asian Games.
He chose not to enlist with the military baseball club, Sangmu, in the second-tier Futures League last year, and bet on making the Asian Games team so that he could earn his exemption.
Oh only made three plate appearances in six games for Korea, going 1-for-2 with a walk and two runs scored.
Chung also declined to offer a clear answer when asked for his thoughts on Oh, only saying, "It's been about 10 days since the end of the Asian Games. I've been hearing a few things through official and unofficial channels."


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I bought this because I had questions about weird things I was running into with the flash boards. Dave does a good job overall of explaining things, with recaps of each topic. For those who are new to the Motif or always running into questions about loading and saving sound libraries the screen shots throughout the video will really help. As a 6-year Motif veteran, I got less out of this than I was expecting but it did clear a few things up for me so was worth purchasing. I was disappointed to find this is a DVD-R not a pressed DVD, although I probably will not have reason to watch it over and over again for years. NOTE FROM MOTIFATOR: The DVD is now available as a pressed DVD and no longer ships as a DVD-R.