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Lists of anime - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
These lists of anime serve to provide an organized and methodological approach for finding relevant content about anime topics.
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Name in the news: tronc
The press release arrived in inboxes Thursday afternoon, and within minutes it seemed everyone in media or branding was scoffing at it.
Tribune Publishing Co. (NYSE:TPUB) today announced that the Company will change its name to tronc, Inc., a content curation and monetization company focused on creating and distributing premium, verified content across all channels. tronc, or tribune online content, captures the essence of the Company's mission. tronc pools the Company's leading media brands and leverages innovative technology to deliver personalized and interactive experiences to its 60 million monthly users. The name change will become effective on June 20, 2016.
Yes, that's tronc with a lower-case t, an acronym created from tribune online content. The ticker symbol will be TRNC. And the "engine" of all that "content curation and monetization" will be called troncX, because nothing says "innovative technology" like an "X" in the name.
Tribune Publishing Co., based in Chicago, owns some of the oldest and biggest surviving newspapers in the United States, including the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times. The company, like the rest of the newspaper industry, has been struggling for years.
And now it faces yet another challenge: a storm of ridicule from journalists, brand consultants, and critical civilians.
Of course, negative response to a rebrand is to be expected. Indeed, most renaming announcements are met with jeers. (Everyone's a critic.) For my part, I keep the Zajonc effect in mind: the tendency of people, after repeated exposure to something they initially disliked, to like the thing more over time. (Zajonc does not rhyme with "tronc"; it rhymes with "science.")
But, ladies and gentlemen, I am fairly confident that years of exposure will not make me fall in love, or even in like, with tronc. It's a word that sounds silly at best, ugly at worst, a rhyming cousin of honk, zonk, bonk, and honky-tonk. The lack of capitalization is ridiculous and impractical. (How will, say, the Chicago Tribune, a tronc property, treat the name at the beginning of a sentence?) And it's a bad portmanteau, a Frankenname soldered together from a heartless DisruptionSpeak buzzword, "online content" (not to mention "premium, verified content"). The story that's meant to justify it is blistered with other soulless buzzwords: "leverages," "innovative," "personalized," "interactive experiences."
No, there's nothing but jonc in that tronc.
Not that it matters especially – the categories are completely unrelated, unless the former Tribune Company decides to branch out into premium, verfieid leather goods – but there is, unsurprisingly, at least one other Tronc.
The logo designer, Katelyn Catautti, explains the name:
After one particularly good brainstorm, me and my team [sic] fell in love with the simple French word for trunk, tronc. An iconic trunk was created to be the brandmark and holds limitless possibilities.
And tronc has another meaning in French, too.
Who will be the troncmaster at Tribune? pic.twitter.com/O4lFwFNan6
— Heidi N Moore (@moorehn) June 2, 2016
But enough of French tronc. How has American tronc been received by members of the Fourth Estate? Let's eavesdrop on their tweets.
So the LATimes, BaltSun, etc are to be owned by tronc, Inc. The robot overlords appear to have won. https://t.co/SfcJvKmXm7
— David Folkenflik (@davidfolkenflik) June 2, 2016
Check out Tribune Publishing's sick new corporate logo pic.twitter.com/cMEpq47Cx8
— Liam Stack (@liamstack) June 2, 2016
Haha. Here's the real, verified logo. (Kurt Gessler is the deputy editor for digital news at the Chicago Tribune.)
This is our new logo. Again, tronc. pic.twitter.com/HzfKaJ6D0Q
— Kurt Gessler (@kurtgessler) June 2, 2016
OK, ignore what it means. What does tronc suggest?
tronc sounds like new teen slang for "tripping on battery acid"
— Josh Petri (@joshpetri) June 2, 2016
@joshpetri tronc is clearly a subgenre of rap from Atlanta that I've never heard of
— Blake Z. Rong (@bzrong) June 2, 2016
"TRONC TRONC" is how Law and Order starts, right?
— Linda Holmes (@nprmonkeysee) June 2, 2016
Tronc is the sound the closing door makes when dad leaves for a pack of smokes and doesn't come back for fifteen years.
— Scott Lucas (@ScottLucas86) June 2, 2016
Combine two contemporary, polarizing, compelling figures: Trump and Gronk. And you get #Tronc . Makes sense to me.
— Jason Stewart (@JasonStewart) June 2, 2016
@ParkerMolloy "No it's not a phase mom, my name is Tronc now."
— Jayce Wagner (@jkwagner) June 2, 2016
There were media in-jokes.
Gawker Media is in a tough spot. But it could be worse. Its name could be "tronc" https://t.co/BMaR11V5QI
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 2, 2016
"Never argue with a man who buys #Tronc by the barrel."
— Peter Hartlaub (@peterhartlaub) June 2, 2016
And there was speculation.
"Finalist names before they settled on tronc:
-bramp
-flirp
-scormf
-ker-chonk"https://t.co/JTHoQB6x9y pic.twitter.com/ra3xxgIcRO
— Poynter (@Poynter) June 2, 2016
Late in the day, Tronc itself (@troncofficial) tweeted merrily:
What do you think of our new #tronc name and logo? Lots of passionate #discussion on the web so far! pic.twitter.com/l588ejoHSX
— tronc, Inc. (@troncofficial) June 3, 2016
Last time I checked, "passionate" was not a synonym for "snarky." But check out the replies for yourself. My favorite is the only one tronc chose to retweet, probably oblivious to its deadpan sarcasm.
I love them both equally https://t.co/9hhPUT8BVZ
— Chris Keall (@ChrisKeall) June 3, 2016
Posted at 06:09 AM in Acronyms, Bad Names, French, Media, Naming, Portmanteaus, Renaming | Permalink
In youth slang 'tronk' can mean internet plagiarist, large girl or (quote) 'trollop skank'. I seem to remember it also being used in Italian adult comics as imitative of the sound of vigorous copulation.
Posted by: Tony Thorne | June 03, 2016 at 06:31 AM
What a forgettable and mildly confusing name. If I came across it for the first (or fifth) time, I would assume it was a French luggage company, or maybe had something to do with elephants.
Posted by: janelle | June 26, 2016 at 03:09 PM
I couldn't help but think of your post when I saw John Oliver's piece about journalism and tronc :).
http://www.poynter.org/2016/john-oliver-the-media-is-a-food-chain-which-would-fall-apart-without-local-newspapers/425319/
Posted by: janelle | August 09, 2016 at 12:44 PM
Janelle: I saw that! Thanks!
Posted by: Nancy Friedman | August 09, 2016 at 12:50 PM

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Former President of NRNA US Chapter Dr Keshab Poudel is making necessary preparation to file candidacy for the post of general-secretary of NRNA. The general-secretary is an important portfolio in NRNA. The US is the country having highest number of NRNA delegates, it is informed.
Mostly popular and mild in nature, Dr Poudel said he is declaring his candidacy this time for the post of general-secretary for the institutional development of the global organization. He told RSS that he is vying for the post to materialize the agenda of developing NRNA a systematic and transparent organization.
He has been residing in the US for over 17 years being professionally engaged in medical field. Involved in NRNA since 2013, he had served as an advisor to NRNA US from 2013-15, NRNA US President twice from 2017-19 and chief patron of NRNA US Chapter from 2019-21.
Dr Poudel has also been active in medical profession in Nepal through Green City Hospital. He is mostly known as a specialist of Internal Medicine. He had played a lead role in providing health materials and appliances worth amounting over tens of millions rupees to the Government of Nepal from the US for the treatment and prevention of present pandemic of COVID-19.
Beside involvement in medical sector, Dr Poudel has also his investment in hotel enterprises in the US.
Aspiring candidates have declared their candidacies for different positions in the virtual election to be held in the run-up of NRNA ICC on October 23-25. As many as 3,600 delegates from 65 countries are taking part in the virtual event.
Aspiring candidates for leadership have stepped up their preparation in view of the election of the Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA0 – the largest and significant umbrella organization of Nepali immigrants and Diaspora – scheduled for coming October 23-25.
Candidates have declared their candidacies for different positions and also ramped up their electoral campaigns ahead of the 10th general convention scheduled to take place next month.
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Sorry about the crappy quality of the images, if anyone knows how I can rotate them it'd be greatly appreciated, I'm using to iOS app not the full web version.
This is just a quick post to say that I will be selling most of my nail polish collection and some of my jewellery collection.
I will post pics and prices tomorrow, who's interested?, nothing will be going for an extortionate price as I want most things gone, first come first serve.
The first polish was 'Star Watch' from Revlon, it's a magnetic polish with a deep brown based purple undertone to it, the magnetic effect this polish gives is really quite lovely, thank you to rougebeauty for the perfect swatches.
My second polish to adorns nails in December was Rimmel's 'Cupcake Pink'it's quite a sheer baby pink shade with very good lasting power.
'Full Metal Jacket' from NYC is one of my all time fave metallic polishes, it's cheap and has such an amazing shine. A huge thank you to kittynoir for the stunning swatches.
'Ginger Melon' from Revlon is another fave of mine, some people might say it's purely a spring/ summer colour but I wear it on my nails all year round, it's a very bright orange based pink that smells lovely once it's dried, although the scent didn't stay on my nails for as long as it normally does, I dunno why :@, a huge thank you to kickarseredlips for the lovely swatches.
The finale polish I wore in 2014 was another one by Revlon, it's such a fantastic brand I love love love their formulae, unlike NYC's 'Full Metal Jacket' which has a very subtle rose gold tint to it, 'Silver Dollar' is a true silver shade with a pretty shimmer finish, a big thank you to macyxmakeup for the beautiful swatches.
And a massive thank you to all of my Beauties who read and support my blog, you really don't know what it means to me. I hope you enjoyed this post, they'll be plenty more for 2015 :).
Sorry I haven't posted for a while I've been super busy preparing for Christmas and net connection issues haven't helped my cause either :(.
Next there's 'Pop Star' which is a cool metallic toned blue shade, I actually quite like it regardless of it being a blue, this shade is one that would really compliment the super icy cold weather most of us are having at the moment.
Next we have 'Starry Eyed' which is a very vibrant rich purple laced with super pretty flecks of bright pink and gold micro glitter, in my opinion this polish looks Devine and it looks even better thanks to the beautiful swatches from the lovely VampyVarnish this is a polish that would be perfect to ring in the new gear whilst still sticking to the dark and often romantic feel that winter brings.
'Star Watch' is the only one from the 'Star Attraction' collection that I own, it's a very deep purple, so deep in fact that in some lights the polish itself can have a coffee brown tone to it. Never the less as you can see from the swatchit is a beautiful polish that is made to stand out even more by the lovely 'star' effect the magnet makes.
And finally 'Star Crush' is a very pretty copper shade, with very small flecks of gold micro glitter, the combination of copper and gold isn't very star like but very beautiful all the same.
I love this collection so much I think if I were to buy more I'd purchase 'Reality Star' and 'Star Crush'. But they're all stunningly eye catching polishes perfect to add that little glint of something extra special to your mani this holiday season.
Today I'm posting my newest nail colour which is Revlon's 'Star Watch', it's a very deep purple shade, so deep infact that on the nails it almost looks like a chocolate brown shade.., yummy chocolate.
It's a lovely magnetic polish, but sadly mine didn't come with the magnet so on my nails it's a flat purple-y brown shade, still very beautiful but the swatch above shows 'Star Watch's' true beauty thanks to itsallprettytome .
I really do love this colour I'm thinking I might do a post about the entire collection, what do you think?


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Q: Chrome causing weird flickering since upgrade to 85.0.4183.83 Since updating to Google Chrome 85.0.4183.83 (Official build) on my Ubuntu 20.04.1 machine, Chrome is exhibiting some weird flickering. Especially in the top left corner, chunks of pixels are showing on keyboard input or mouse movements. The following GIF I just recorded on this page while typing this question.
Is there any permanent fix for this behavior? It seems that disabling hardware acceleration in the settings is a workaround for this.
I couldn't find any bug reports on their issue tracker.

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Graphics:  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Hawaii PRO [Radeon R9 290/390] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: radeon v: kernel
       bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 1002:67b1
       Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.8 driver: ati,fbdev unloaded: modesetting,radeon,vesa compositor: gnome-shell
       resolution: 2560x1440~60Hz, 1920x1200~60Hz
       OpenGL: renderer: AMD HAWAII (DRM 2.50.0 5.4.0-42-generic LLVM 10.0.0) v: 4.5 Mesa 20.0.8 direct render: Yes

Output from chrome://gpu

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A: This issue is fixed in Chrome 86. Please remove workarounds suggested in the other answers especially --use-gl=desktop and --use-cmd-decoder=validating. What those workarounds do is revert to a deprecated renderer. Continued use of that renderer would reduce testing we get from the new more versatile renderer.
Since enabling Vulkan was also suggested as a workaround, I'm personally glad you are trying it out, but beware that the Vulkan implementation is not yet widely tested and isn't considered ready for users. If you do continue using Vulkan, please file bugs under https://crbug.com/new.
Also, to prevent such issues in the future, please consider using (or occasionally trying out) Chrome Beta. The issues there can be fixed in the same version and before reaching the wider audience. To install Chrome Beta: sudo apt install google-chrome-beta.
Cheers!

A: In my case, I go to chrome://flags/
Then enable:
#ignore-gpu-blacklist
#enable-vulkan

I don't know if there will be any problems later, but it works for me now.

A: I disabled hardware acceleration and it works. Settings > Advance Settings > System > uncheck the hardware acceleration

A: I raised a bug ticket for this:
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1122224#c14
There is already a workaround:
Run with --use-gl=desktop or --use-cmd-decoder=validating
Btw unrelated to this problem, I see your system is using 'ati,fbdev' drivers and DRM 2.45
AFAIK your card should be using either amdgpu (note: the open source driver is called amdgpu, the closed source driver is called amdgpu-pro) or radeonsi, thus enabling DRM 3.x and you should see improved overall graphics performance.
The ati driver is a really, really old one.

A: Problems with Chrome browser after suspending the computer on Ubuntu 20.04 seems to be related and the suggested workaround in tiangolo's answer worked for me:

You can kill just the browser's GPU process

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*Open the Task Manager:

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*Hit Shift+Esc (as pointed out by @NYCeyes in the comments).

*Or alternatively, go to the Chrome main menu (3 dots on the top right corner) → More Tools → Task Manager.

*Sort by process Task name.

*Find the process called GPU Process.

*Click on End process.

That will "clean" all the glitchy image noise. And Chrome will immediately create a new GPU process automatically.
Note: You can automatize the process, check Andrew Bruce's answer putting these steps in a script that runs automatically.
I assume the problem is something like the GPU process using memory assuming it has the old state as before the sleep cycle, but it just has some default random noise from the default state. So I imagine Ubuntu doesn't save and restore GPU memory on a sleep cycle (I don't think it should) but the Chrome process doesn't detect that. And by killing the process it "frees" that GPU memory and then Chrome creates a new process that re-generates any needed GPU memory state (that's instant).

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Solar power energy is for everyone who loves a free gift from the sun.
Solar power energy from the sun is free and the technology to capture it is now within everyone's reach both in terms of availability and price; at least for all those who have the finances to be reading this blog. The biggest limiting factor is the weather.
This page was last updated by Bernard Preston on 17th April, 2019.
Moving water has the great advantage of supplying energy around the clock. Windmills too will deliver power at night, but both these are dependent on the availability of these other gifts of nature. Turbines are not cost effective unless you live at the coast or on mountain tops where you might have a fairly constant supply of moving air to turn the vanes, so do your homework first before being disappointed.
We have neither running water nor reliable wind where we live. Photovoltaic panels are our green source of electricity; solar power energy.
The decision to go solar is not an easy one, and there are certainly a few pitfalls to be avoided along the way. For some the journey might be a desire to go green; for others saving money with the power costs projected to increase exponentially in the world within the next decade. We estimate our pay back time to be five to seven years.
My biggest mistake, having taken the plunge, was not to go bigger from the beginning.
For me, solar power energy was simply the provision of electricity; it's not something we can easily live without, both as a business and from a personal point of view.
In my own country frequent outages, power surges and the damage from low voltage have become regular features of the scene, destroying electrical equipment.
Add to that trade unionists who sabotage the utility if they don't get their exorbitant wage demands, and bosses who blatantly steal billions, and you have a country starved of energy.
For others it may just be the fascination of getting something for free, rather like sailing or gliding as a sport. For me it was a bit of all four.
From a money saving point of view, the first decision is, when your geyser next bursts, whether to go for solar hot water or not; do your homework ahead of time, so you are ready to move quickly.
Over and above the cost of the geyser, not much more than an ordinary one, this part of capturing solar power energy does not cost a king's ransom. Adding the vacuum tubes necessary to heat your bath will cost 20,000 rand in South Africa for a top of the range hot water system; about one thousand five hundred dollars.
With a direct saving on you electricity bill of about 50 percent per year depending on how a big a bath you enjoy, at current energy costs it does make financial sense.
Electrical backup is necessary for rainy days, but truth is we don't turn on power from the grid for weeks at a time in the summer, and hardly at all in the winter oddly when it's rarely cloudy. Sometimes there's the frustration of a cool shower, but mostly it's almost boiling hot. Literally. 80*C yesterday. Solar power energy is fierce, all we need is to know how to capture it.
Government rebates are available in some countries.
Build your own (assisted?) PASSIVE SOLAR WATER HEATER.
In Hilton, there's a double wammy of gross municipal inefficiency, coupled with gross national grid inadequate supply; that's not a happy combination. Electricity outages usually last about five hours, occasionally over 24 hours, and often occur twice a week in Hilton. Threats of load shedding in the winter from the national supplier, Eskom, loom, and are happening as I write.
Most recently a power surge of 431V caused untold havoc down our street when incompetent workers forgot to connect one of the neutrals.
Going against my advice of the last seven years, for the first time I'm seriously considering going off the grid.
Now, in April, 2019 we have just added another 5kW of panels, in an east-west orientation to supplement our north-facing PVs. A new lithium ion battery will be installed next week.
Improving the water circulation from the heat manifold to the water storage geyser improves the efficiency enormously. This is done with the use of a small solar water pump driven by a 10W solar power panel. However the pumps available in South Africa are not up to standard, and we have moved the geysers on the roof using the pure thermo-syphen effect, with no solar water pump, not an option in the heavy American winters.
Solar reservoir pumps can be energised in different ways; since we already have a solar powered generator, I chose to use 220V directly from the inverter.
Securely insulate the electrical connections against water; the cast resin joint below is very successful.
The filter I moved to a more secure location where it is fixed to the wall. Remember to drop the pressure in the system before removing the cover.
The pump is above the water level so one needs a self priming pump.
There's a beautiful harmony I call the synergy of green living; electricity and water both fall from the heavens; all we have to do is harvest and store them.
It's all part of our backyard permaculture philosophy. Collecting sunshine and the rain provides the essential water of life for the vegetable and fruit garden.
A small 10 watt panel drives the solar pump during daylight hours ensuring good water circulation from the vacuum tubes to the geyser if the latter is not high enough for convection to work.
Good solid advice from an experienced and reputable supplier has been vital when building my solar power energy project. It's the unknown for most of us and you just don't know what questions to ask. Plus you are talking about lethal high voltages that certainly can kill. Direct current from your panels at something approaching 150 volts will produce an arc that is difficult to extinguish if you open the circuit.
What is important is to decide up front precisely what your needs will be; don't allow someone to sell you the most expensive system on the market if you only want to run a few lights and your laptop.
At first glance, we decided we wanted light and clean electricity for our computers when there was load shedding by the utility. What I didn't anticipate was the greed factor; when you discover the sun's friendship comes for free, one wants more solar power energy.
However, on Christmas eve which is in midsummer in the southern hemisphere, when the power went out for eight hours, with a fridge full of goodies, we discovered to our delight that the system we had bought could also run the refrigerator; but no more than that.
You probably will find you want your system to do more than you initially desired, so it's best to go bigger from the beginning. This is especially true of the large components; adding more panels is not expensive, but upgrading your inverter and regulator certainly is.
It is in fact another good reason to buy from a local manufacturer; ours have been superb in their backup and support.
Lightning strikes are a problem so we were advised not to buy a cheap system but to purchase our solar power panels, inverter and regulator from a local manufacturer who builds in protection against the elements. They were a little more expensive, but I feel it was the right decision.
Then there's the regulator to make sure the batteries aren't over charged. We eventually settled also for a component built in a nearby city over an import for various technical reasons.
Next there's the mounting of the panels on the roof. There I had to go it alone, design and build a framework to hold the panels. It took two full half days with the dedicated help of a friend, with much head scratching, to build the steel frame.
Actually, this turned out to be easier for subsequent arrays of panels than our initial experiences. The use of a pop riveter made life much simpler.
What are the options when you come to solar PV systems? Should you be grid tied? And do you need expensive batteries?
In the Southern hemisphere they should be directed to the north, but what about east facing solar panels?
And for that matter, west facing solar panels? Or a combination to supply early morning, and late afternoon power to supplement the midday power from those facing north or south, depending on your hemisphere?
Update: Now midwinter, I regret setting the panels at the angle of the roof (22 degrees) whilst the declination of the sun here is 30 degrees. The next panels will be at a greater angle to capture more sunlight in winter.
My experience: don't buy too small. We started with a 20A regulator and 2kW inverter and very quickly realised that we would want to add on. A 60A regulator costs only $100 extra. We can now expand from 4x90W panels to 16 panels.
We now use around 50kWh per month of electrical energy from the grid. That's for two people only, mind you, but includes running the pool pump and chlorinator for about five hours per day.
The total cost? About R100,000 ($9,000) for the fully upgraded batteries, enough panels to provide over 3kW, new 5kW inverter and regulator and the LED lights.
In many countries, the USA included, expensive batteries are not necessary, and you can pump your excess solar power energy into the grid when you have an excess, and use grid power when the sun sets, using a "grid-tie" inverter.
Here are more details about a solar powered generator.
Solar system facts is all about amps and volts, not the sun and the planets!
If I was to do this again, I wouldn't put the PVs on my roof. So how would I do it? The residential solar panels pitch and the structure has different options, some better than what I initially chose when collecting solar power energy.
Shadows on PV panels are a problem. Just how significant are they?
One of the great difficulties is to have PV panels that follow the sun; they lose their efficiency within an hour of passing the meridian. Motorised solar panels obviously exist, but are too expensive for the average home owner.
It's not a big schlepp to turn your panels manually a couple times a day. Finally I've got round to building Mark I.
Three of these PV panels, totaling 930W require a 20A MPPT, using a 48V system. They'll be steeply angled in the early morning and late afternoon, less so during the day.
Amps = Power/ volts = 930W/ 48V = 19.4 amps.
Now we should have extra energy for early morning coffee and preparing dinner; and more on inclement days.
Mark I had two serious defects; shadows from the front bar, and difficulty in moving.
Mark II has dealt with these by moving the bar, moving the pivot point to make them lighter, and small wheels, not seen in the front.
Mobile panels provide 1.6 x the energy; these three are equivalent to five such panels.
Probably the biggest step up, is that they have increased our total potential output to 5.5kW of panels, meaning we no longer have to fuss when turning on an appliance; there's always enough energy when it's sunny. The frustrating 'micromanagement' of energy is no longer a necessity.
These LEDs draw only 3 watts each, provide more light than the old 60W incandescent globes; they are essential if you're going over to solar power energy for your home.
Another fairly large, and unexpected, but totally important factor is changing over to light emitting diode lamps. They are expensive, but with a life expectancy of 15 years, it's totally necessary for us all, whether you go solar or not. Very soon you will not be able to purchase incandescent lamps.
This 6 W spotlight outside our home is providing more light than the previous 150 watt globe. But the interior light emitting diode lamps are quite different to incandescent and compact fluorescent globes, and take a bit of getting used to. They come in very bright and soft white modes, as well as many colours.
For me this has been a very exciting new venture. I can't say that solar power energy is, at this stage, cost effective, but it's lovely having clean electricity without the frequent dips and surges in voltage and outages that our utility provides.
Once you start adding in the replacement of damaged household equipment due to impure power and sudden outages, then solar becomes cost effective very quickly.
I wrote this page some two years ago; now that our project is complete and we are cooking roasts, baking the bread, mowing the grass and using my carpentry tools all using solar power energy, our usage from the utility is less than 70kWh per month. You can do the maths.
The inverter also acts as an uninterrupted power supply for our computers when the utility suddenly goes down and out. The total electricity bill for two homes, with three hot water solar geysers, is now only 20 dollars per month; that's for four adults and three children. It may rise in the winter months.
But there is less cloud cover in the winter in our area making the solar power panels and water heaters more effective despite the shorter sunlight hours; in fact the bill hasn't risen.
Solar power energy really does make sense.
Opinions vary, but I've successfully used mismatched panels in parallel; a stud diode is absolutely essential.
A small solar panel lends itself perfectly for small jobs outside the home where you don't want to lay an expensive armoured high voltage cable; for example a 15 watt residential solar panel will perfectly energise the battery for your gate motor.
And what about your swimming pool? There are just so many areas of the home that demand energy during the day that can be powered by the sun; an air-conditioner and the fridge, for example. Use of a change over switch to easily flip from mains to the solar is important.
Automatic gate control can also be done by harvesting solar power energy and a small battery; more about a solar gate motor installation.
Could you use your solar powered generator to turn your energy hungry pond for exercise into a solar swimming pool? More, your 5 kilowatt inverter will easily drive the pump and a chlorinator all day, greatly reducing the need for chlorine tablets.
Solar power energy has so many uses in the home; charging your electric car or motor cycle battery is next in the planning.
Whilst you don't have to be a physics major to utilise residential solar panels, some understanding of the basic physics is involved. I admit to a science as well as a chiropractic education, hence my interest in both fields. It makes life richer.
But you should expect to be challenged, and it's required that you spend some time studying the nuts and bolts of electrical energy.
Why you want the current to be as low as possible, for example, requires some understanding of the physics involved; so too that a diode prevents current from passing in the wrong direction. How diodes work explains it all; they're inexpensive and easy to fit and important if you collect solar power energy with different sized panels.
Part 2 of How diodes work is important in this situation.
One of the beauties of modern technology is that hitherto impossible things are now within the reach of most.
64% faster to bring your green beans to the boil, say.
They use the principle of electromagnetic induction to heat the pot without a stove element.
You can power almost any device in the home; during the day when the sun is shining. Normally one thinks of solar power energy for LED lights, computers and the TV; but a 5kW inverter will happily drive your solar electric oven.
But only in full sunshine. Now the good wife does most of her baking and roasting during the day. But I'm the one who uses the solar electric breadmaker; just five minutes plus five hours. Solar power energy comes for free; collecting it costs a bit, mind you!
Refrigeration using solar power is a breeze for even a small inverter; it's very efficient because cooling is needed mostly during the day when it's hot.
Don't toss that old inefficient appliance; store it in the garage where you'll find that refrigeration using solar power is very handy for cold drinks and the like.
In theory solar power energy can drive virtually any electrical device; however, because it requires more power to start motors, a large inverter is required. A solar electric lawnmower is certainly a possibility; don't cut the cord!
I don't use my inverter welder on solar; it draws only moderate current but I fear probably needlessly for the inverter.
Going off the grid is a bit of a pipe dream unless you have a lot of money for a huge bank of batteries. It will also mean cold showers if a prolonged wet front arrives. But when and if total blackout occurs, you and I will be laughing if you rely mainly on solar power energy.
Building eco friendly homes takes careful planning and aforethought. Many features can be added later, but it makes sense to build many into the initial design.
Solar manual or automated system?
There are pros and cons of being grid-tied, off the grid, an entirely automated system that will adapt when a cloud passes over the sun, and a manual system that you can adjust yourself. If you are at work all day then there's no further discussion about a solar manual or automated system.
It's important to talk to lots of people and make the right decisions from the beginning.
The professionals aren't always right. They may be very honourable and not want to take your money; too small a system.
Or, they may be rogues and charge you a fortune. My advice is to take your time, talk to lots of people and, if you can afford it, don't buy less than a 60A MPPT and a 2kW inverter, preferably 5kw; or if you are greedy like me, a 10kw inverter. Then you can use the electric oven and the electric mower using only solar power energy.
This week I've had a complaint from a lady who was sold an inverter made in ping pong ting by a professional; she had continual hassles until changing to a German model.
I've recently seen a very handsome grid tied residential solar power generator with 10kW of panels; but with no batteries, it's useless in our village where the electricity goes off every week for extended periods; even in full sun, you can't use the power. The professionals aren't always right, but they usually are.
It's an exciting journey; enjoy it. Whether to have a solar manual or automated system is a very important decision. Obviously a generator that switches seamlessly to the grid when the sunshine dims is obviously preferable, but expensive. Could you live with having to turn off the pool pump when you see a dark cloud arriving?
When choosing your inverter for home you'll find they come in three voltages; are you going to build a 12, 24 or 48V solar generator?
My strong recommendation is that you bite the bullet and go directly for a 48V system. They are far superior, and upgrading as I have done is not sensible.
Building a Mickey Mouse generator can not do much for the environment; you simply cannot capture and store a significant amount of solar power energy. Face the 12-24-or-48V solar generator question squarely before starting out.
The voltage you choose will also affect the size of the solar charge controller MPPT that is needed; a higher voltage means lower current and thus a less expensive regulator.
Bees wax solar extractor; a different application.
I confess solar power energy finds no place in any of my books; they are about people. This is a fairly late development that arises out of need; an unreliable electrical utility in South Africa; and a new passion to create a sustainable and habitable planet for our children.
But if you, like me are interested in people and health, then Stones in my Clog would be a good start. It was in Holland that the first seeds of fascination concerning solar power energy were planted; a whole street just a stone's throw from our home was actually roofed with photovoltaic tiles.


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Yusaku Maezawa Height, Weight, Net Worth, Age, Birthday, Wikipedia, Who, Nationality, Biography
Yusaku Maezawa is a very rich person and business visionary from Japan. Aside from that, he is additionally a craftsmanship gatherer. In 1998, he established the organization Start Today.
The business person dispatched the site Zozotown in 2004. It is as of now the biggest web-based style retail website in the Japanese market. In 2018, he presented a uniquely fit attire brand called ZOZO, which allows clients to utilize an at-home estimation framework.
At present, he is in the information as he announces his excursion around the moon. He will dispatch into the space station on Wednesday, and the entire interaction will be communicated in real time.
Yusaku Maezawa was recently hitched to his previous spouse, Ayame Goriki. She is an expert model and entertainer. The explanation for their split was that Maezawa needed to go to space.
22 November 1975 (age 46)
Kamagaya, Japan
Start Today, Zozotown, ZOZO
The two had various desires. In any case, they are as of now attempting to date practically. He has three youngsters with his ex. Insights about the very rich person's kids are not at the center of attention. It is accounted for that they at present live in Chiba, Japan.
He will dare to space with Elon Musk's rocket organization SpaceX. The business person as of late posted an advertisement for a wing lady to accompany him on his first trip around the moon.
Yusaku Maezawa is at present 46 years of age. Yusaku was born on 22 November 1975 in Kamagaya, Japan. In 1991, he went to Waseda Jitsugyo High School.
前澤友作 Yusaku Maezawa (MZ) (@yusaku2020)'in paylaştığı bir gönderi
There he shaped an indie gathering band with his classmates called Switch Style. He was the drummer for the band. Switch Style delivered their first presentation EP in 1993.
He chose not to go to school subsequent to moving on from secondary school. He relocated to the US, where he became energetic with regards to gathering CDs and records.
Yusaku Maezawa has an inexact total assets of an incredible $1.9 billion as of July 2021, as indicated by Forbes. He has various earnings sources.
The majority of his abundance comes from his apparel and online business, which has worldwide shoppers. His site manages around 7,300 brands and has more than 730,000 things for deals.
His organization is likewise recorded on Tokyo's Stock Exchange market. In September of 2021, he sold a 30 percent stake to Yahoo Japan for $2.3 billion.
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Statement of solidarity with Omar Barghouti, Palestinian BDS leader
The below statement was issued by the The European Coordination of Committees and Associations for Palestine (ECCP), of which the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign is a member. The IPSC fully supports the statement and stands in solidarity with Omar Barghouti against this scurrilous Israeli attack on both himself and the wider Palestinian BDS movement.
ECCP Statement of Solidarity With Omar Barghouti
The European Coordination of Committees and Associations for Palestine (ECCP) – a network of 42 European committees, organizations, NGOs, unions and international solidarity movements from 19 European countries – expresses its support and solidarity for human rights defender and co-founder of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS), Omar Barghouti.
On March 19, Israeli tax authorities barged into the home of Omar Barghouti. He and his wife Safa were interrogated for 16 hours that first day. Mr. Barghouti had to endure more days of interrogation by Israeli authorities.
Omar Barghouti has been exposed to threats, intimidation and repression for years, particularly after the BDS movement has been seen as a "strategic threat" to the entire system of injustice against Palestinians. He is under gag order at the moment and also prevented from travelling to the US to receive the Gandhi Peace Award, jointly with Ralph Nader.
All the repressive measures against the BDS movement and its activists, as well as against other human rights defenders, show that Israel is being cornered by the growing success of the movement for freedom, justice and equality for the Palestinian people. It cannot and won't stop us.
Originally published by the The European Coordination of Committees and Associations for Palestine (ECCP), which was founded in 1986, and is a network of 42 European committees, organizations, NGOs, unions and international solidarity movements from 19 European countries, dedicated to the struggle of the Palestinian people for freedom, justice and equality.
Posted April 10, 2017 in BDS, Hasbara, Human Rights, International Law, National Rights, PACBI, Political Rights, Press releases, Right to BDS, Statements.


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See Time For a Change for the first in this series, or view the index to see all the posts dealing with Arch Linux.
VirtualBox is well-documented on its website and on Wikipedia, and I see no reason to rehash that information. However, I want to discuss how I use it when testing a new desktop installation like Arch. It really works perfectly for my needs and I hope that now that Oracle owns it they won't screw it up like everything else they've touched (I'm looking at you, Java). Other similar products exist, including VMWare, KVM, and xen. After reading about them and trying them, I found VirtualBox the most intuitive, so that's what I use.
It begins with deciding what hardware the virtual machine will have. I like to approximate my real desktop machine as much as possible, so that I can encounter as many problems as I can before I wipe my hard drive. My desktop machine has a 4-core i7 processor, 6GB of memory, a 100GB SSD for operating system and fast-access files, and a 2TB hard-drive for main storage. The graphics card is nothing notable, since I don't really use this machine much for gaming, but for completeness it's an nVidia, and I am running the proprietary drivers for it. I'm running 64-bit Linux, as any reasonable person would with 6GB of memory. And I have a little stone skull sitting on the keyboard.
Obviously, since the virtual machine (known as a "guest") is running within my main machine (known as the "host"), it has to be smaller in every way, but it should have a similar footprint. So the guest is a dual-core processor, running in 64-bit mode, with 2GB of memory, an 8GB hard drive that I treat like the SSD, and a 100GB hard drive that I treat like the main storage drive. VirtualBox also gives me as many CD/DVD drives as I want, and I have one in there. Sound, network, graphics are all stock, supported by VirtualBox. Except for nVidia-specific driver issues, I have all the hardware likely to give me trouble in a real installation. Sadly, no skull on that keyboard. Now I need some software.
Next I download the Arch installation media, also known as the ISO. If you aren't familiar with an ISO, it is basically a CD in a file. I can burn it straight onto a disc or USB memory stick and have exactly what I would get if I ordered the hard media. But since I'm using VirtualBox, I can also mount it directly, without having to put it on anything physical. All I have to do is select the ISO file for insertion into the virtual CD/DVD drive, and to the guest machine it looks like a new disc was just loaded into the tray. By adjusting the boot order in the VirtualBox management application, I can have my guest machine - which I very creatively called "Arch64Test" - boot straight from that ISO file as if it were physical media. That starts the Arch Live environment, from which I can install onto the hard drive. When I'm done with the ISO, I click a little icon in the status bar of the guest's window, and select "Eject Disc". Simple!
That's about it for the VirtualBox details, but there is one other feature that is really key for this type of activity: snapshots. I can take a snapshot of a guest machine any time I want (as long as it isn't running), and VirtualBox gives me a checkpoint. I can have as many of these checkpoints as I want, and they end up like a set of stills depicting the guest machine at various stages of its life. If at any time I want to roll back to a particular snapshot, I can do so from within the management application. I can't do this lightly, though, because rolling back to a previous snapshot throws away all changes to the machine since that snapshot. But if I'm having trouble getting something installed correctly, being able to roll back to just before I started screwing up the machine is really important.


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package org.semanticweb.elk.reasoner.stages;

import org.semanticweb.elk.exceptions.ElkException;
import org.semanticweb.elk.owl.interfaces.ElkObjectProperty;
import org.semanticweb.elk.owl.predefined.PredefinedElkObjectPropertyFactory;
import org.semanticweb.elk.reasoner.saturation.properties.ObjectPropertyTaxonomyComputation;
import org.semanticweb.elk.reasoner.saturation.properties.TransitiveReductionOutputEquivalent;
import org.semanticweb.elk.reasoner.saturation.properties.TransitiveReductionOutputEquivalentDirect;
import org.semanticweb.elk.reasoner.saturation.properties.TransitiveReductionOutputExtreme;
import org.semanticweb.elk.reasoner.saturation.properties.TransitiveReductionOutputVisitor;
import org.semanticweb.elk.reasoner.taxonomy.ElkObjectPropertyKeyProvider;
import org.semanticweb.elk.reasoner.taxonomy.ReverseObjectPropertyTaxonomy;
import org.semanticweb.elk.reasoner.taxonomy.ReverseTaxonomy;
import org.semanticweb.elk.reasoner.taxonomy.model.NonBottomTaxonomyNode;
import org.semanticweb.elk.reasoner.taxonomy.model.Taxonomy;

/**
 * Keeps track of state of the object property taxonomy. Currently contains only
 * the taxonomy.
 *
 * @author Peter Skocovsky
 */
public class ObjectPropertyTaxonomyState {

	private final PredefinedElkObjectPropertyFactory elkFactory_;

	/**
	 * Object property taxonomy is constructed in the opposite order than class
	 * taxonomy, i.e., from super-properties to sub-properties. In order to use
	 * the same taxonomy implementation as for the class taxonomy, property
	 * taxonomy is up side down. It must be reversed before passing it out of
	 * the reasoner!
	 */
	private ReverseObjectPropertyTaxonomy taxonomy_ = null;

	public ObjectPropertyTaxonomyState(
			final PredefinedElkObjectPropertyFactory elkFactory) {
		this.elkFactory_ = elkFactory;
	}

	public Taxonomy<ElkObjectProperty> getTaxonomy() {
		return new ReverseTaxonomy<ElkObjectProperty>(taxonomy_);
	}

	private void initTaxonomy() {
		taxonomy_ = new ReverseObjectPropertyTaxonomy(elkFactory_,
				ElkObjectPropertyKeyProvider.INSTANCE);
	}

	private void clearTaxonomy() {
		taxonomy_ = null;
	}

	/**
	 * Receives the output of the transitive reduction of sub object properties
	 * and constructs the taxonomy from it.
	 */
	private final TransitiveReductionOutputVisitor<ElkObjectProperty> transitiveReductionOutputProcessor_ = new TransitiveReductionOutputVisitor<ElkObjectProperty>() {

		@Override
		public void visit(
				final TransitiveReductionOutputEquivalentDirect<ElkObjectProperty> output) {
			// Properties equivalent to top should not be submitted here.

			final NonBottomTaxonomyNode<ElkObjectProperty> node = taxonomy_
					.getCreateNode(output.getEquivalent());
			taxonomy_.setCreateDirectSupernodes(node,
					output.getDirectlyRelated());

		}

		@Override
		public void visit(
				final TransitiveReductionOutputExtreme<ElkObjectProperty> output) {
			taxonomy_.addToBottomNode(output.getExtremeMember());
		}

		@Override
		public void visit(
				final TransitiveReductionOutputEquivalent<ElkObjectProperty> output) {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException(
					"Object property transitive reduction is not expected to emit "
							+ output.getClass());
		}

	};

	/**
	 * Creates stage that computes object property taxonomy.
	 *
	 * @param reasoner
	 *            the reasoner for which the reasoner stage is created
	 * @param preStages
	 *            the reasoner stages that should be executed directly before
	 *            this stage
	 * @return the stage that computes object property taxonomy.
	 */
	AbstractReasonerStage createStage(final AbstractReasonerState reasoner,
			final AbstractReasonerStage... preStages) {
		return new AbstractReasonerStage(reasoner, preStages) {

			/**
			 * The computation used for this stage.
			 */
			private ObjectPropertyTaxonomyComputation computation_ = null;

			@Override
			public String getName() {
				return "Object Property Taxonomy Computation";
			}

			@Override
			public boolean preExecute() {
				if (!super.preExecute()) {
					return false;
				}

				initTaxonomy();

				computation_ = new ObjectPropertyTaxonomyComputation(
						reasoner.ontologyIndex,
						transitiveReductionOutputProcessor_,
						reasoner.getElkFactory(), reasoner.getProcessExecutor(),
						workerNo, reasoner.getProgressMonitor());

				return true;
			}

			@Override
			void executeStage() throws ElkException {
				computation_.process();
			}

			@Override
			public boolean postExecute() {
				if (!super.postExecute()) {
					return false;
				}
				this.computation_ = null;
				return true;
			}

			@Override
			boolean invalidate() {
				final boolean invalidated = super.invalidate();
				if (invalidated) {
					clearTaxonomy();
				}
				return invalidated;
			}

			@Override
			public void printInfo() {
				// TODO Auto-generated method stub

			}

			@Override
			public void setInterrupt(final boolean flag) {
				super.setInterrupt(flag);
				setInterrupt(computation_, flag);
			}

		};
	}

}

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Now for the issue of love and feelings, Ace of Pentacles can be taken as a very interesting tarot card because this is where it can represent two different meanings. The broadest interpretation of it is that your love interest does like you, but his feelings about you are associated with realism and not love. Now in some cases, this can lead to either positive or negative intention. Let us first understand the first one. As mentioned before, the Ace of Pentacles represents solidity. This can easily be attached to your personality. In details, if you have allowed yourself to be known to your love interest then the tarot card confirms that he sees you as a girlfriend or wife material. In short, his intention towards you is good. Now if you have talked to him about your salary, house or any other of your expensive possessions, then the appearance of this tarot card as his feelings says that he still sees you as a person who can be his mate, but with a twist! To be clear, he feels that since you have the money you can financially help him achieve his goals. In short, he is in love with your money!
Reversed Ace of Pentacles, of course, is negative in nature. Basically, it implies that the two lovers in the relationship will come across some problems right in the beginning of anything they start together. In the outcome position, the reversed Ace of Pentacles also talks of failure. In short, the happy conclusion will not be reached. Another meaning of reversed Ace of Pentacles is losing money. That is, one of the lovers is spending a lot of money to keep the other one happy. Last, for feelings, it implies rejection.


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Q: How to use iterview function from python couchdb I have been working with couchdb module in python to meet some projects needs. I was happily using view method from couchdb to retrieve result sets from my database until recently.
for row in db.view(mapping_function):
    print row.key

However lately I have been needing to work with databases a lot bigger in size than before (~ 15-20 Gb). This is when I ran into an unfortunate issue.
db.view() method loads all rows in memory before you can do anything with it. This is not an issue with small databases but a big problem with large databases.
That is when I came across iterview function. This looks promising but I couldn't find a example usage of it. Can someone share or point me to example usage of iteview function in python-couchdb
Thanks - A

A: Doing this is almost working for me:
import couchdb.client
server = couchdb.client.Server()
db = server['db_name']
for row in db.iterview('my_view', 10, group=True):
    print row.key + ': ' + row.value

I say it almost works because it does return all of the data and all the rows are printed. However, at the end of the batch, it throws a KeyError exception inside couchdb/client.py (line 884) in iterview

A: This worked for me. You need to add include_docs=True to the iterview call, and then you will get a doc attribute on each row which can be passed to the database delete method:
import couchdb
server = couchdb.Server("http://127.0.0.1:5984")
db = server['your_view']
for row in db.iterview('your_view/your_view', 10, include_docs=True):
    # print(type(row))
    # print(type(row.doc))
    # print(dir(row))
    # print(row.id)
    # print(row.keys())
    db.delete(row.doc)


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Q: How to handle exceptions when reading files with buffered reader? I have made code to read text (json, xml etc.) from a text file, and convert it into a strings which can then be used by other code to convert into plain old java objects or POJOS that are annotated by jackson.
I am not sure if my code handles the exceptions properly. So far, I have used the principles mentioned after my code (READ THIS DOWN VOTERS !!!), to develop the code. Note that I cannot use try with resources because I am stuck with Java 6 (even though my project JRE is 1.8).
package com.testing;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;

public class JunkEx {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String filePath = ".\\src\\test\\resources\\text-files\\orders\\orders-2017.txt";
        String contents = fileToString(filePath);
        System.out.println(contents);
    }

    private static String fileToString(String filePath) {
        StringBuilder stringBuilder = null;
        BufferedReader br = null;

        try {
        br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(filePath));
        stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
        String currentLine;
        while ((currentLine = br.readLine()) != null) {
            stringBuilder.append(currentLine);
            stringBuilder.append("\n");
        }

        }catch (FileNotFoundException ex1) {
            ex1.printStackTrace();
        }catch (IOException ex2) {
            ex2.printStackTrace();
        }finally {
            try {
                br.close();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
        return stringBuilder.toString();
    }

}

Principles:
1) Catch the most specific exception first, then the one above it in the exception hierarchy. I.e catch FileNotFoundException 1st and IOException later. Refer point 5 here
2) Do NOT return from inside a finally block, because finally is always executed as long as try "completes" fully or abruptly. Refer this SO answer.
3) Cleanup resources like buffered readers in the finally block. Refer point 1 here.
4) Do not make the callers of the "dangerous" method (i.e. which could throw exceptions), have to know/throw each of the exceptions inside it. I.e dangerous method should not "throws FileNotFoundException, IOException...etc". refer this link, specifically the last paragraph
Flaw in the code:
If any of the first two catch blocks are executed, then its likely that the entire file was not read. But, my method will return a string anyway. The string could be null or incomplete.
Questions -
1) I want to throw an exception when the text file is not successfully converted to a string, i.e. one of the three catch blocks is executed. Should I wrap the exception in each catch block inside a generic Exception object and throw that or do something else ?
2) How can I improve/fix the exception handling of this code?
Project structure:

A: Simple answer: don't catch the exceptions at all. Let the caller catch them. He's the one who needs to know, and knows what to do about them. This method certainly doesn't.

4) Do not make the callers of the "dangerous" method (i.e. which could throw exceptions), have to know/throw each of the exceptions inside it. I.e dangerous method should not "throws FileNotFoundException, IOException...etc". refer this link, specifically the last paragraph.

I don't think much of this 'principle', and in any case it doesn't actually apply here. The only exceptions thrown are IOException and FileNotFoundException, which is derived from it. The caller doesn't have to deal with both if he doesn't wish to. However he may wish to do exactly that, if for example the file being missing constitutes a deployment error.

A: You have two options:

*

*Don't catch the exceptions and let the caller deal with them

*Catch the exceptions and throw your own custom exception, say FileToStringFailedException, that wraps the actual exception. The wrapping part is extremely important, so that when someone up the call chain does a printStackTrace() you get a Caused By section that explains the real failure.

Either option works, and which one you choose depends on the overall design.  For something simple I'd just let the exceptions percolate upwards; if I was designing a large complex library with other custom wrapper exceptions I might choose option 2.
Without a lot more context about what you're doing and where this fits into your system, it's not possible to say one option is "better".
Whatever you do, NEVER interfere with the actual exception. Exceptions are for programmers, not users. If you want "friendly" errors for users, do that at the point where the exceptions are displayed to the users, but make sure the original exceptions are logged for the programmers. otherwise you will regret it severely when your "friendly" exception hides crucial information that you need to troubleshoot a problem.


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Tom Hardy looks like a total bad-ass in a moody trailer for his new TV series Taboo
Posted by Aysha on October 16th, 2016
A new teaser for FX and BBC's gritty new period drama Taboo has given us Tom Hardy at his bad-ass best.
Sporting some rather fetching tribal tattoos and swearing to do "very foolish things", Hardy's role as vengeful James Delaney looks just as dark as we promised it'd be.
Taboo follows Delaney, a traveller long thought dead who returns to 1814 London after ten years in Africa, burdened with his father's mysterious legacy.
His obscure family history comes to the fore when he clashes with the all-powerful East India Company over control of his family's shipping business.
Hardy, along with his father Chips, came up with the screenplay and original idea behind Taboo, which is to be produced by Ridley Scott and Peaky Blinders and Locke's Steven Knight.
This Is England's Stephen Graham recently jumped on board the new series, calling it the "antidote" to Downton Abbey.
"There's no lords or people making tea, it's gritty and heavy. It's a fantastic piece and a pleasure to be a part of it," he told Digital Spy. "It was really good and I'm really pleased with what I've seen."
Graham is playing the role of an Artful Dodger type, who "can kill a man… if the money's right". Sounds ominous.
The eight-episode Taboo boasts an all-star cast, also including Jonathan Pryce, Oona Chaplin, David Hayman, Jessie Buckley, Ashley Walters and Jefferson Hall.
Although no official release date has been confirmed, Taboo is expected to premiere on both sides of the Atlantic some time soon.


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Harold Dwight Lasswell (ur. 13 lutego 1902 w Donnellson, zm. 18 grudnia 1978 w Nowym Jorku) – amerykański komunikolog i socjolog mediów. Ukończył nauki polityczne na Uniwersytecie Yale. Członek szkoły chicagowskiej. Przedstawiciel paradygmatu behawioralnego w komunikologii, który ujmuje relacje łączące społeczeństwo i media w ramach modelu bodziec–reakcja.

Formuła Lasswella
U podstaw naukowej refleksji nad komunikowaniem masowym odnaleźć można słynne stwierdzenie H. Laswella, że badanie tego procesu zawiera się w odpowiedzi na pytanie: Kto mówi, co, do kogo, jakim kanałem i z jakim skutkiem?

Społeczne funkcje mediów
Funkcje przypisywane przez Lasswella komunikacji masowej w społeczeństwie to:
 nadzorowanie społeczeństwa
 korelowanie reakcji grup w ramach społeczeństwa na jego otoczenie
 transmisja dziedzictwa kulturowego.

Teoria propagandy
W 1927 Lasswell wydał książkę pod tytułem Propaganda Techniques in the World War, w której starał się wyjaśnić wpływ propagandy oraz techniki propagandowe stosowane przez rząd. W swojej koncepcji propagandy poza odwołaniami do behawioryzmu, nawiązywał także do freudyzmu. W jego ocenie efektywność działań propagandowych zawartych w medialnych komunikatach nie wynikała z ich zawartości czy szczególnej atrakcyjności, ale ze słabości społeczeństwa, które nękane nasilającym się kryzysem ekonomicznym i politycznym wykazywało zwiększoną podatność na tego typu działania. W ujęciu Lasswella społeczeństwo hitlerowskich Niemiec stanowiło dobitny przykład tego, jak cały naród może zostać zmanipulowany zręczną propagandą.

Proponowanym przez badacza rozwiązaniem niekorzystnych zjawisk społecznych powstałych w wyniku oddziaływania propagandy była naukowa refleksja nad tą formą komunikowania. Lasswell postulował oddanie kontroli nad przekazami propagandowymi profesjonalnie przygotowanej do pełnienia tej roli grupie specjalistów – technokracji naukowej (scientific technocracy). W ten sposób narastające w społeczeństwie niepokoje i konflikty byłyby kanalizowane i łagodzone na drodze naukowej. Zwykli ludzie jako osoby niezdolne do uczestnictwa w racjonalnej debacie publicznej, a przy tym nieprzystosowane do nagłego przyjęcia radykalnie odmiennych poglądów i zachowań, zgodnie z założeniami Lasswella, zostaliby poddani długofalowemu procesowi przyswajania nowych idei społecznych i politycznych. Wysiłki naukowej technokracji miały doprowadzić do wykształcenia się symboli głównych lub zbiorowych (collective/master symbols) – kojarzonych z silnymi emocjami, które mogły zostać wykorzystane do pożądanej formy masowego działania.

Koncepcja "racjonalnej propagandy" Lasswella odbiła się szerokim echem wśród uczestników życia publicznego USA w latach 30. i 40. XX wieku. Wpływ tej koncepcji widoczny był w działaniu takich amerykańskich instytucji jak: Głos Ameryki (Voice of America), Biuro Międzynarodowej Wymiany Informacji i Edukacji (Office of International Education and Information Exchange) oraz Departamentu Stanu Stanów Zjednoczonych.

Krytyka teorii propagandy
Mimo że część amerykańskich elit podzielała obawy Lasswella co do zdecydowanie negatywnego wpływu propagandy na ład polityczny i społeczny i popierała proponowane przez badacza rozwiązania, to nie brakowało także krytycznych głosów, co do skuteczności i adekwatności proponowanych środków zaradczych. Autorem jednej z najostrzejszych krytyk był Floyd Matson, który twierdził, że wnioski wyciągane przez Lasswella z analizy funkcjonowania mediów prowadzą do konstatacji, że najważniejsze umiejętności, jakimi winna się legitymować elita społeczna i polityczna to sprawne posługiwanie się techniką propagandy oraz zdolność do tworzenia mitów.

Igła podskórna
Harold Lasswel jest pomysłodawcą i twórcą wyrażenia "igła podskórna", którym określa wpływ, jakiemu poddaje się publiczność bierną, publiczność komunikacji masowej, stworzony, aby wydzielić pole badań, które należy przeprowadzić na mediach zwanych masowymi. Wpływ komunikatu sensorycznego, jakiemu poddaje się publikę masową przejawia się poprzez np. przekaz podprogowy, manipulację lub propagandę. Moc tego zjawiska podczas pierwszej wojny światowej wykorzystywały rządy krajów z Europy.

Literatura
 Leszek Porębski, Między przemocą a godnością: teoria polityczna Harolda D. Lasswella, Wydawnictwo Księgarnia Akademicka, Kraków 2007,
 Rodney Muth, Mary M. Finley, Marcia F. Muth, Harold D. Lasswell: An Annotated Bibliography, Springer, 1990,
 Barbara Hirschfelder-Ascher, Revitalizing Political Psychology: The Legacy of Harold D. Lasswell, Routledge, 2005,

Twórczość
 Harold D. Lasswel, Abraham Kaplan, Power and society : a framework for political inquiry, New Haven,CT; Yale University Press, London 1982,
 Harold D. Lasswell, World politics and personal insecurity, New York : The Free Press; London : Collier Macmillan 1965
 Harold D. Lasswell, Arnold A. Rogow, Politics, Personality, and Social Science in the Twentieth Century: Essays in Honor of Harold D. Lasswell, University of Chicago Press, Chicago 1969,
 Harold D. Lasswell, Psychopathology and Politics, University of Chicago Press, Chicago 1986,
 Harold D. Lasswell, Nathan Constantin Leites, Nathan Leites, Raymond Fadner, Language of Politics: Studies in Quantitative Semantics, M.I.T. Press, 1968,
 Harold D. Lasswell, Propaganda Techniques in the World War, New York, 1938,
 Harold D. Lasswell, The Analysis of Political Behaviour: An Empirical Approach, Oxford University Press, 1947,

Przypisy

Absolwenci Uniwersytetu Yale
Amerykańscy socjolodzy
Urodzeni w 1902
Zmarli w 1978

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@interface TSSharedKeychainStorage : NSObject <TSUserStorage>

// Store the credentials in a shared keychain group so that the data can be shared between applications in the same group. This is for SSO.
@property (nonatomic, copy, nonnull) NSString *accessGroup;

@end


Rarely does anyone talk about the dreaded chemo constipation but it is a reality for so many.
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I'm not sure if there's anyone facing this issue, I tried everything like uninstalling, enabled permissions but it still not work.
This is not my hardware issue, my default Google Fit, default watchface step counter still works, it just not working on any Facer facewatch.
This issue was reported lately and under bug sorting...we face it on different devices using the Facer.
I do hope a fix will be launched soon.
I did a factory reset and a bunch of other things with no luck, so I'm 100% certain its Facer.
Many of us are experiencing this.


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Q: How do I flex 1 item of a flex div all the way right when its inside another flex div? I seem to be havin some issues with the bottom portion of this blog card for my hobby website.
As you can see im trying to go for the standard author name on the left side with the like symbol on the right side.
For whatever reason, I can't flex the heart all the way to the right. I made the parent container 100% width. I've tried all the align-self. But I can't seem to get it to work and have come to the pros for help.

.container {
  width: 20%;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  margin-left: 10px;
  position: relative;
  margin: 10rem auto;
  background-color: white;
  box-shadow: 0 1.5rem 4rem rgba(0, 0, 0, .25);
  align-items: flex-start
}

.picture {
  width: 100%;
  height: 25rem;
  background-image: url(./images/adventure.jpg);
  overflow: hidden;
  background-size: cover;
  background-position: center bottom;
  padding-bottom: 2rem;
}

.container__p {
  font-size: 1rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  align-self: center;
  color: #777;
  letter-spacing: 1px;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  padding-bottom: .5rem;
  padding-left: .5rem;
  padding-right: .5rem;
  padding-top: 1rem;
  border-bottom: 1px solid lightgrey;
}

.container__header {
  font-size: 3rem;
  text-align: center;
  padding: 1rem;
  align-self: center;
  font-weight: 600;
}

.container__blogsummary {
  font-size: 1.3rem;
  padding-top: 5rem;
  padding: 1rem;
  text-align: center;
  align-self: center;
  color: #777;
}

/*Problem CSS below*/

.icon-basic-heart {
  font-size: 2rem;
  color: red;
  align-self: flex-end;
}

.test {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: flex-start;
}

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It's probably a fundamental mistake as I am learning flexbox throuh creating this on my own. Or maybe I havent had enough coffe today. Thanks in advance!

A: .icon-basic-heart {
    float: left;
}

.container_author {
    float: right;
}

.test {
    width: 100%;
    }

You overcomplicate things. There is no need in flex for only 2 objects - flex doesnt fit in here.

A: Change your .test CSS to this:
.test {
    display: inline-flex;
    align-items: flex-start;
    // Add the following
    justify-content: space-between;
    width: 100%;
}