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Q: Error ORA-12154 in Oracle Data Integrator I get the error when I run a mapping.
I've created a "New Data Server"

I can successfully test the connection by clicking on "Test Connection" button.
But the mapping cannot be run successfully. The full error message is below:
ODI-1228: Task Merge rows-IKM Oracle Merge-Load USERS fails on the target connection DB-TARGET.
Caused By: java.sql.SQLException: ORA-12154: TNS:невозможно разрешить заданный идентификатор соединения

    at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CTTIoer11.processError(T4CTTIoer11.java:495)
    at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CTTIoer11.processError(T4CTTIoer11.java:447)
    at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4C8Oall.processError(T4C8Oall.java:1055)
    at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CTTIfun.receive(T4CTTIfun.java:624)
    at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CTTIfun.doRPC(T4CTTIfun.java:253)
    at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4C8Oall.doOALL(T4C8Oall.java:613)
    at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CStatement.doOall8(T4CStatement.java:214)
    at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CStatement.doOall8(T4CStatement.java:38)
    at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CStatement.executeForRows(T4CStatement.java:891)
    at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleStatement.doExecuteWithTimeout(OracleStatement.java:1194)
    at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleStatement.executeInternal(OracleStatement.java:1835)
    at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleStatement.execute(OracleStatement.java:1790)
    at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleStatementWrapper.execute(OracleStatementWrapper.java:301)
    at oracle.odi.runtime.agent.execution.sql.SQLCommand.execute(SQLCommand.java:205)
    at oracle.odi.runtime.agent.execution.sql.SQLExecutor.execute(SQLExecutor.java:142)
    at oracle.odi.runtime.agent.execution.sql.SQLExecutor.execute(SQLExecutor.java:28)
    at oracle.odi.runtime.agent.execution.TaskExecutionHandler.handleTask(TaskExecutionHandler.java:52)
    at oracle.odi.runtime.agent.execution.SessionTask.processTask(SessionTask.java:206)
    at oracle.odi.runtime.agent.execution.SessionTask.doExecuteTask(SessionTask.java:117)
    at oracle.odi.runtime.agent.execution.AbstractSessionTask.execute(AbstractSessionTask.java:886)
    at oracle.odi.runtime.agent.execution.SessionExecutor$SerialTrain.runTasks(SessionExecutor.java:2225)
    at oracle.odi.runtime.agent.execution.SessionExecutor.executeSession(SessionExecutor.java:610)
    at oracle.odi.runtime.agent.processor.TaskExecutorAgentRequestProcessor$1.doAction(TaskExecutorAgentRequestProcessor.java:718)
    at oracle.odi.runtime.agent.processor.TaskExecutorAgentRequestProcessor$1.doAction(TaskExecutorAgentRequestProcessor.java:611)
    at oracle.odi.core.persistence.dwgobject.DwgObjectTemplate.execute(DwgObjectTemplate.java:203)
    at oracle.odi.runtime.agent.processor.TaskExecutorAgentRequestProcessor.doProcessStartAgentTask(TaskExecutorAgentRequestProcessor.java:800)
    at oracle.odi.runtime.agent.processor.impl.StartSessRequestProcessor.access$1400(StartSessRequestProcessor.java:74)
    at oracle.odi.runtime.agent.processor.impl.StartSessRequestProcessor$StartSessTask.doExecute(StartSessRequestProcessor.java:702)
    at oracle.odi.runtime.agent.processor.task.AgentTask.execute(AgentTask.java:180)
    at oracle.odi.runtime.agent.support.DefaultAgentTaskExecutor$2.run(DefaultAgentTaskExecutor.java:108)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
Caused by: Error : 12154, Position : 154, Sql =
    MERGE
  INTO TARGET.USERS USERS
  USING
  (
SELECT
  USE.NAME AS NAME ,
  USE.PASSWD AS PASSWD ,
  USE.USER_ROLE AS USER_ROLE
FROM
  **SOURCE.USERS@"MySource" USE**
  ) MERGE_SUBQUERY
  ON
  (
    USERS.NAME = MERGE_SUBQUERY.NAME
   )
  WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN
    INSERT
    (
      NAME ,
      PASSWD ,
      USER_ROLE
    )
    VALUES
    (
      MERGE_SUBQUERY.NAME ,
      MERGE_SUBQUERY.PASSWD ,
      MERGE_SUBQUERY.USER_ROLE
    )
  WHEN MATCHED THEN
    UPDATE SET
      PASSWD = MERGE_SUBQUERY.PASSWD ,
      USER_ROLE = MERGE_SUBQUERY.USER_ROLE    , OriginalSql =
    MERGE
  INTO TARGET.USERS USERS
  USING
  (
SELECT
  USE.NAME AS NAME ,
  USE.PASSWD AS PASSWD ,
  USE.USER_ROLE AS USER_ROLE
FROM
  SOURCE.USERS@"MySource" USE
  ) MERGE_SUBQUERY
  ON
  (
    USERS.NAME = MERGE_SUBQUERY.NAME
   )
  WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN
    INSERT
    (
      NAME ,
      PASSWD ,
      USER_ROLE
    )
    VALUES
    (
      MERGE_SUBQUERY.NAME ,
      MERGE_SUBQUERY.PASSWD ,
      MERGE_SUBQUERY.USER_ROLE
    )
  WHEN MATCHED THEN
    UPDATE SET
      PASSWD = MERGE_SUBQUERY.PASSWD ,
      USER_ROLE = MERGE_SUBQUERY.USER_ROLE    , Error Msg = ORA-12154: TNS:невозможно разрешить заданный идентификатор соединения

    at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CTTIoer11.processError(T4CTTIoer11.java:499)
    ... 30 more

Don't be confused with russian description of the error ORA-12154.
It means TNS:could not resolve the connect identifier specified.
tnsnames.ora file exists. I can also connect using SQL Developer
After some investigation it seems to me that the line
SOURCE.USERS@"MySource" USE

is the culprit
But before this script was executed ODI executed another script and executed it successfully. Below are its contents:
create database link "MySource" connect to SOURCE identified by <@=odiRef.getInfo("SRC_PASS") @> using '***'

A: I ran both queries in SQL Developer and replaced <@=odiRef.getInfo("SRC_PASS") @> with the real value.
I could reproduce the error.
I ran the query below to be sure that the dblink had been created:
select * from all_db_links;

Then I ran against a discussion where someone suggested to create dblinks in this way:
create database link "MySource" connect to SOURCE identified by *** using
'(DESCRIPTION =
    (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = localhost)(PORT = 1521))
    (CONNECT_DATA =
      (SERVER = DEDICATED)
      (SERVICE_NAME = oracle.****.***.**)
    )
)';

It worked. I could use this link in the subsequent queries. But I noticed that a shorter way was to create a dblink by using SID only:
create database link "MySource" connect to SOURCE identified by *** using oracle;

So I switched to ODI and changed the connection strings used in all the data servers from jdbc:oracle:thin:@<host>:<port>/<service name> to the format jdbc:oracle:thin:@<host>:<port>:<sid>
This resolved the isssue. I could run the mapping successfully.
Not sure why a dblink that is created based on service name cannot be used.
Oracle doesn't forbid it according to the docu
CREATE DATABASE LINK:
https://docs.oracle.com/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14200/statements_5005.htm


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On Stage: Queen of Excess
by Chuck Conconi October 1, 2014
written by Chuck Conconi October 1, 2014
REVIEW: Woolly's 'Marie Antoinette' a reminder of over consumption in a modern age.
Gavin Lawrence and Kimberly Gilbert (Photo by Stan Barouh)
We are constantly reminded that Marie Antoinette never said, "Let them eat cake," but it is an apt phrase that emphasizes that she and her husband, Louie XVI, like the equally ill-fated Romanovs, lived a life of feckless isolation. It is difficult to feel any sympathy for what they brought upon themselves. Woolly Mammoth's production of David Adjmi's oddly unbalanced "Marie Antoinette" shifts between the absurd and the serious.
In the first half of the production, Marie and her ladies fuss about the stage like 18th-century "valley girls" in towering powdered wigs, wearing elaborate dresses and even strip down to swim suits with Kimberly Gilbert (Marie) in a bikini. They are the empty, frivolous people we see in the pages of People Magazine or on television's Entertainment Tonight. Gilbert, however, gives a sensitive performance playing the silly, unconsciously extravagant queen in the first act and the pathetic queen losing her husband and son on her way to her execution in the second.
Under the direction of Yury Urnov, Marie and her ladies frolic among vibrant pinks and greens in the first act. Everything is exaggerated with cupcakes and drinking cups designed around Marie's breasts. It is all done in a comedic atmosphere that emphasizes a life of pleasure that is callously indifferent to the world outside the palace. These are people lost in the delusion of wealth and power, dancing — in the case of Marie and Louis XVI — on their way to the guillotine. A shallow pool, however, seems an unnecessary addition by set designer Misha Kachman.
Everything in the first act overemphasizes the royal family's stupidity in ignoring the growing protests of peasants outside the castle. It is reminiscent of a Monty Python skit. In a way Adjmi and Urnov keep emphasizing the timelessness of haves over have-nots until you want to shout, "I get it. I get it."
Maybe that's why the grim second act with the imprisoned Marie and her son, the Dauphin, is such an unsettling jolt. From the amusing extravagance of the first act to the painfully sad menace of the second, you feel as though you have walked into a different play, and in a way, Marie has walked into a situation she neither understands nor ever believed could happen to her.
One highlight in both acts is the incomparable Sarah Marshall as a Sheep. In the first act, she carries a sheep's head on a pole and draws laughter with her intense, mockingly expressive face. In the second act, a sheep's skull replaces the head, and it's no longer funny. She is grim reality. In essence, she is a Greek chorus expounding a tragic wisdom that escapes the pampered French royalty.
The show's cast is smart and competent, often better than the script. Joe Isenberg as the clueless Louis XVI, sensitively portrays a version of an inept, unprepared monarch content to play with his clocks while the impoverished peasants begin to rise up and eventually take him to the Bastille.
In "Marie Antoinette" Adjmi forces the knowledge that Marie is not uniquely irresponsible; she is simply someone lost in the self-indulgence created by excessive wealth and absolute power. It is a fate that echoes throughout history. There have been and will always be more Marie Antoinettes.
"Marie Antoinette" continues through Oct. 12, 2014 at Woolly Mammoth, 641 D St. NW. Tickets start at $35 and are available at 202-393-3939 and online here.
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The way that eCommerce entrepreneur Nyse Chen was able to get her new product off the ground in less than a year is a testament to the power of customer service.
Chen started her business out of necessity.
She couldn't afford to start up her own eCommerce business, so she worked with an experienced company called Citi.
She sold her first product at a cost of $20 to help a customer find a new service.
The company eventually sold Chen's product to a larger eCommerce company.
Chen now sells about 10 products a month, mostly through Citi and other merchants.
She says that the best thing about customer service is that it's always available.
"It's the best way to do business, the best service," Chen says.
The other benefit of customer services is that they provide a sense of pride, she says.
Customers who are in the right place at the right time get their order, and Chen says that it also helps to know what you're missing out on if your order is not fulfilled.
Chen says she likes to have a sense that her customers care about her and are willing to make a little extra effort.
Chen also likes to know the other person in the conversation is also happy with their order and that they will see it.
"I know my customers are getting what they need," Chen tells New York.
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The customer service Chen enjoys is a part of her DNA.
"My customer service experience is all about me," she says, adding that she doesn't like to let people down.
Chen is a former fashion designer, so it makes sense that she has an entrepreneurial mindset.
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Chen's customers love her, and they have been very responsive.
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She has been able to turn her customers into customers themselves, which has helped her grow her business.
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Chen wants to give her customers what they want and want it now.
She believes that the people who buy from her now will come back.
"That's the beauty of it," she said.
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I've been able do that, and I'm excited about the future."
Chen says the customers that she's sold her products to have become more than just customers.
They have also become part of Chen's family.
"A lot of times, when you go into a store, you don't know the person, you think you know them, and that's not really the case," Chen explained.
Chen was lucky enough to work with her husband and daughter.
"We've been really fortunate," Chen laughs.
Chen and her husband have also taken on a few other clients, including the president of a local golf club.
Chen said that she and her wife were inspired to start their own business after hearing that her husband had been successful selling products online.
Chen hopes that her business will be able for her to keep doing what she loves and that her clients can look forward to her next sale.
"What's really important to me is that I'm a mom, a wife, and a businesswoman," Chen told New York magazine.
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Chen has seen the success of her new business and hopes to be able do the same for others in the future.
"Hopefully, I'll be able help other people in the same position I'm in," she told New Yorker.
"Maybe someday, maybe not, but it will be nice to have something that helps people be happy and get their business off the mat."
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Paul Singer Wiki
Paul Singer was born on August 22, 1944, and from Teaneck, New Jersey, USA. He is an American billionaire hedge fund manager, activist, investor, vulture capitalist, and philanthropist.
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Carlson said "The residents of Sidney did not get rich. Oh no, just the opposite. Their community was devastated, destroyed," and added "The town lost nearly 2,000 Jobs. A heart-breakingly familiar cascade began."
The residents of Sidney didn't get rich. Just the opposite. Their community was destroyed. The town lost nearly 2,000 jobs. A heartbreakingly familiar cascade began: people left, property values collapsed, and then people couldn't leave.
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He started his career as n attorney in the real estate division of the investment bank Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Curently, he is an American Venture Capitalist and owner of Elliott Management Corporation (EMC).
His hedge fund, Elliott Management Corporation (EMC), specializes in distressed debt acquisitions and Paul is also the founder and CEO of NML Capital Limited, a Cayman Islands company. The singer is extremely adept at using his money and influence to shape public policy. He's donated to Republican politicians including John McCain and Tom DeLay, backed Arnold Schwarzenegger's campaign for governor of California and Rudy Giuliani's Presidential run.
During Giuliani's presidential run he donated $170,000 and also lent him his private jet. Later, in the 2010 midterm elections Paul was one of the largest donors and according to the source, he had donated $4 million to Republican candidates. Then, in the 2016 election, he donated $24 Million USD to Republican candidates.
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The Scold's Bridle (1994) is a crime novel by English writer Minette Walters. The book, Walters' third, won a CWA Gold Dagger.

Synopsis
Mathilda Gillespie, an eccentric recluse known for her incredible meanness of nature, is found dead in her bathtub, her wrists slashed and her head locked inside a so-called 'scold's bridle', a rusted cage built with tongue clamps which was used as a torture device throughout the middle ages. The dead woman's only friend, Dr. Sarah Blakeney, becomes the prime suspect in her murder after police discover that she's been left a great deal of money in the will.

To clear her name, Sarah delves deep into Mathilda's mysterious past, and subsequently unravels an intricate web of greed, abuse and depravity.

Television adaptation
In 1998,  The Scold's Bridle was adapted for television by the BBC.  It was directed by David Thacker from a screenplay written by Tony Bicât; producer Chris Parr, editor St John O'Rorke, music Junior Campbell.

the cast included:

Miranda Richardson as Dr. Sarah Blakeney
Bob Peck as Detective Sergeant Cooper
Douglas Hodge as Jack Blakeney
Siân Phillips as Mathilda Gillespie
Trudie Styler as Joanna Lascelles
Paul Brooke as Duncan Orloff
Virginia McKenna as Violet Orloff
Beth Winslet as Ruth Lascelles
Rosie Wiggins as Young Mathilda Gillespie
John Duval as Sir William Cavendish
Christine Moore as Jenny Spede
Randal Herley as Dr. Cameron
Nick Malinowski as Young Detective Constable
Alan Williams as Bob Spede
Rosemary Martin as Jane Merryman
Tenniel Evans as Paul Merryman
Oona Beeson as Polly Graham
Miles Anderson as Detective Inspector Harmer
Alan MacNaughtan as James Gillespie
Hugh Bonneville as Tim Duggan

References

External links
More about The Scold's Bridle on Walters' website
Agent's dedicated page

1994 British novels
British novels adapted into television shows
Novels by Minette Walters
Macmillan Publishers books

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REVIEW: The Lost Prince by Julie Kagawa
Don't look at Them. Never let Them know you can see Them.
That is Ethan Chase's unbreakable rule. Until the fey he avoids at all costs—including his reputation—begin to disappear, and Ethan is attacked. Now he must change the rules to protect his family. To save a girl he never thought he'd dare to fall for. Ethan thought he had protected himself from his older sister's world—the land of Faery. His previous time in the Iron Realm left him with nothing but fear and disgust for the world Meghan Chase has made her home, a land of myth and talking cats, of magic and seductive enemies. But when destiny comes for Ethan, there is no escape from a danger long, long forgotten.
The Lost Prince stars angst ridden teenager Ethan Chase who fans of The Iron Fey would have last seen as Meghan's kid brother. Ethan Chase has spent his life hiding from the fey who won't leave him alone, whilst making sure he gets close to no one. This being typical Edward Cullen defense because he doesn't want to drag anyone into his mess but really he is a good guy. When people begin to disappear and a weird breed of fey begin harassing Ethan he decides it is time to stop running from the world his sister brought him into.
After absolutely loving the first 5 The Iron Fey novels, I was ready yet nervous to hear the now grown up Ethan's story. I was glad to dive back into the world of fey but I was nervous it would stand pale in comparison to Meghan's story. The Lost Prince is somewhat a continuation but also a spin off of The Iron Fey novels and is actually a new branch of The Iron Fey series, called 'Call of The Forgotten'. Saying that, I would only recommend reading The Lost Prince after the first 5 The Iron Fey books just to avoid the serious spoiling of The Iron Fey series in this novel. Here is my review of the first novel in the Iron Fey series.
For me it was strange to see the little boy we all fell in love with, as the boy who is rumoured to have been expelled for lighting fires and getting himself in fights. It was a little sad to be honest because I knew what a sweet guy he truly was! But we do see in the novel that this facade is all to maintain a tough image so no one involves themselves with him and his messed up life. Under the whole tough guy act, he really was a good guy and was obviously struggling under Meghan's absence and this whole crazy world he was dragged into. Saying this, Ethan wasn't at all expecting to have feelings for anyone at his new school.
Enter Mckenzie St James the girl no one can touch and the only one who isn't believing the tough act that Ethan continuously puts on. Kenzie was a really determined and brave character and someone I didn't love.. but liked and respected. When Kenzie gets dragged into Ethan's mess she is suddenly introduced to a world she's never known and feelings she's never experienced.
There were some moments in the novel where I just wanted to shake some sense into Ethan's stubborn head. I wanted to explain to him that Meghan (who may or may not make an appearance in this novel) wasn't all that bad and it especially annoyed me when Kenzie would tell him time after time that she wanted to be involved and he wouldn't take no for a answer. The barriers Ethan put up really frustrated me at times but I could get where he was coming from.
There are a new bunch of characters that come into play and also the minor return of some friendly faces (not naming whom), which I was SO pleased about. I to be honest didn't enjoy this as much as The Iron Fey but it's still something that as a stand alone novel with no comparisons, I thought was great. I was fascinated by this new breed of fey and how exactly they would come to play. This new storyline is one I enjoyed and am really interested with. I wasn't disappointed with it and I am excited to read the next book, The Iron Traitor.
Em September 22, 2013 at 3:52 PM
I love all of Julie Kagawa's books :)
http://theyabookbutterfly.blogspot.com/
I liked that there were more action scenes in this one and that Ethan really held his own :) definitely a darker feel than the Iron Fey series but it was still a fun read.
Great review, Sunny :)
rachel September 23, 2013 at 5:20 AM
I've actually only read the first book in The Iron Fey series and that's because the first book was simply just a mediocre book to me. I think I went in with too high expectations because of all the hype... I was just expecting too much. :( I absolutely LOVED Kagawa's The Immortal Rules though!
So I don't think I'll be reading this one but, you never know, I may end up picking it up one day! I love the idea that it's a spin-off series and there are a few returning characters in it! If only J.K. Rowling would do that... ;)
Anyway, great review! :D
Jeann @ Happy Indulgence September 23, 2013 at 7:34 PM
I haven't read The Iron Fey series yet but I will be picking up The Lost Prince in anticipation of the Iron Traitor getting released. Thanks for your great review, it makes me think I need to pick up the Iron Fey series first so I can appreciate it more!
Jeann @ Happy Indulgence
letoile19 October 1, 2013 at 1:08 AM
"This being typical Edward Cullen defense because he doesn't want to drag anyone into his mess but really he is a good guy."
Hahaha I agree.
I found the new new breed of fey to be sooo creepy and I just wish they would all disappear and not bother Meg and Ash! (And Keirran of course). Ethan can stay in the human world for all I care.
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"Working-age Americans are more likely to die in the prime of their lives," says Stephen Woolf, author of the study and researcher at Virginia Commonwealth University. This affects the personal and the practical, Woolf says. The American workforce is dying prematurely, jeopardizing economic growth. In turn, children are losing their parents, and he says, "our children are destined to live shorter lives than us."
Woolf and his team write that the rising death rates can be traced back to increasing rates of suicide, alcoholism, obesity, and the opioid crisis. In economically depressed regions, people can suffer from "deaths of despair" caused by these behavioral health risks. People drink themselves to death, suffer fatal drug overdoses and mental disorders, or take their own life to cope with mounting stress, economic pressures, and lack of opportunity. Deaths of despair are threatening young and middle-aged people of all races in these regions.
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Q: How to dynamically change text of empty view in listfragment I have red many solutions regarding this but none of them solved my problem.
What i want to do is, when my list view is empty its ok if the default empty text view shows up (which is declared in xml) but what if i want to change its text at some point in an activity that extends listfragment according to my need and make it visible....
Recently i tried this:
public void setEmptyText(CharSequence emptyText) {
    ListView mListView = (ListView) NotificationsView.findViewById(android.R.id.list);
    View emptyView = mListView.getEmptyView();
        ((TextView) emptyView).setText(emptyText);
}

It doesn't give any error but it is not solving the problem too. Any Help would be appreciated thanks
EDIT:
here is my layout of listfragment
     <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v4.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:id="@+id/container"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:ignore="MergeRootFrame" >

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"
        android:orientation="vertical" >

        <ListView
            android:id="@id/android:list"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:background="@color/fragment_bg"
            android:divider="@null"
            android:dividerHeight="1dp"
            android:listSelector="@drawable/list_style" >
        </ListView>

        <TextView
            android:id="@id/android:empty"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:background="@color/fragment_bg"
            android:text="No data" />
    </LinearLayout>

</android.support.v4.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout>

A: If you are using ListFragment all you need to do is call the method
setEmptyText("Your empty text"):

The system will recognize the view label with the android:id="@id/android:empty" id and will change the text for you. No need to reference it or do any cast, it's all built in the ListFragment

A: By default the listview or adapter (don't remember which one) makes it invisible. Call emptyView.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE); to make it visible.

A: This is how to change the value of a text view:
TextView tv = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.empty);
tv.setText('yourText');

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Begin Again: A Novel (Hardcover)
By Emma Lord
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January/February 2023 Kids Indie Next List
"I've loved Emma Lord since Tweet Cute and she killed it with the follow up; Begin Again is just as sweet and romantic. A must read for YA fans!"
— Kailey Fox, Kingfisher Bookstore, Coupeville, WA
Most Anticipated by Goodreads, Popsugar, Cosmopolitan, BookRiot, E! News, and More!
An Indie Next Pick
Filled with a friend group that feels like family, an empowering journey of finding your own way, and a Just Kiss Already! romance, Emma Lord's Begin Again is an unforgettable YA novel of love and starting again.
As usual, Andie Rose has a plan: Transfer from community college to the hyper competitive Blue Ridge State, major in psychology, and maintain her lifelong goal of becoming an iconic self-help figure despite the nerves that have recently thrown her for a loop. All it will take is ruthless organization, hard work, and her trademark unrelenting enthusiasm to pull it all together.
But the moment Andie arrives, the rest of her plans go off the rails. Her rocky relationship with her boyfriend Connor only gets more complicated when she discovers he transferred out of Blue Ridge to her community college. Her roommate Shay needs a major, and despite Andie's impressive track record of being The Fixer, she's stumped on how to help. And Milo, her coffee-guzzling grump of an R.A. with seafoam green eyes, is somehow disrupting all her ideas about love and relationships one sleep-deprived wisecrack at a time.
But sometimes, when all your plans are in rubble at your feet, you find out what you're made of. And when Andie starts to find the power of her voice as the anonymous Squire on the school's legendary pirate radio station–the same one her mom founded, years before she passed away–Andie learns that not all the best laid plans are necessarily the right ones.
"A gratifying romance." - Publishers Weekly
Emma Lord (she/her) is a digital media editor and writer living in New York City, where she spends whatever time she isn't writing either running or belting show tunes in community theater. She graduated from the University of Virginia with a major in psychology and a minor in how to tilt your computer screen so nobody will notice you updating your fan fiction from the back row. She was raised on glitter, a whole lot of love, and copious amounts of grilled cheese. Her books include Tweet Cute, You Have a Match, and When You Get the Chance.
"This grumpy-sunshine rom-com features a grouch with a secret heart of gold, an eternal optimist with plenty of depth beneath the surface, a healthy dose of banter, and a generous helping of Lord's laugh-out-loud wit." - School Library Journal
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Nazi theory indeed specifically denies that such a thing as 'the truth' exists. The implied objective of this line of thought is a nightmare world in which the Leader, or some ruling clique, controls not only the future but the past. If the Leader says of such and such an event, 'It never happened' - well, it never happened. If he says that two and two are five - well, two and two are five. This prospect frightens me much more than bombs. George Orwell, writing in "Looking Back on the Spanish War" identifying a mantra that has been used by many totalitarian regimes.
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Boston Globe: Public records law subverted by high fees
Posted on 05/20/2015 by Team Eldridge
When Globe reporter Todd Wallack requested an electronic copy of State Police logs stretching back nearly 10 years, he eventually received a lengthy reply and a hefty price tag. He could have the records for $20,625 — the cost, the staff counsel of the State Police explained, to locate and print or download the 3,000 logs, which are kept in a database, and to assign someone to spend an estimated 625 hours reviewing the records before they would be released.
There, in a nutshell, is the sorry state of Massachusetts public records law. By law, police logs must be made available without charge. Yet the State Police argue that that rule is trumped by a separate statute — the public records law — to justify charging thousands of dollars of fees for search and redaction that would normally not be allowed. In other words, bureaucrats are interpreting the law in the most prohibitive way possible, setting up roadblocks by asking for exorbitant fees. The result is the polar opposite of a transparent democracy: an extreme lack of access to the very records the media, nonprofit organizations, watchdog groups, and the public are legally entitled to under the public records law.
Massachusetts legislators, recognizing the general lack of cooperation and periodic abuse of the law, have filed several bills to reduce the cost of public records. (The Legislature is scheduled to hold a public hearing on the various bills on Tuesday.) Perhaps the most comprehensive are bills filed by state Representative Peter Kocot and state Senator Jason Lewis: Among other things, the proposals ensure that public agencies would designate a records access officer, whose sole job would be to streamline public records requests. The bills would also require electronic records to be provided digitally and in a searchable format, and would cap charges so as not to inhibit access. The bills would still allow agencies to charge costs of producing a record, such as a storage device or the hourly rate of the lowest paid employee only if they need more than two hours to prepare copies. Another proposal by Senator James Eldridge would eliminate charges for search time or review of records "to determine the extent to which exempt and public information must be segregated."
And that's one of the most exploited loopholes: the labor fees agencies tack on for searching, segregating, and redacting documents. Those charges are how bureaucracies inflate the cost of public records requests. Often, agencies argue they have to assign several employees to review the data more than once, including a legal counsel to confirm the data segregation. Yet withholding certain information from disclosure is not mandatory. In other words, agencies are opting to redact information —and then charging the public for work that the agencies themselves chose to do. By overinterpreting the law, bureaucrats can play the role of censors both by redaction and heavy fees.
Consider the latest example: the Globe recently reported that financial disclosure reports from 3,800 lawmakers and other government officials are not easily available in Massachusetts for the public to see. The State Ethics Commission wants to charge the Globe about $14,000 for the documents, on which officials have to disclose their financial ties. That is without even providing paper copies, and with the caveat that the release would take a number of months. Meanwhile, in at least 29 other states, anyone can look up public officials' financial disclosure reports online.
Laws that reduce copying charges and limit charges for staff time would help, but that still leaves state agencies with the ability to thwart a records request with production charges. Massachusetts needs to follow states like Ohio, California, and West Virginia, where public agencies can only charge for the actual cost of copying records and not for searching and compiling them.
Without a stricter law, government agencies will still have discretion to throw up financial roadblocks to disclosure. Charging exorbitant fees for public records is a sign of a broken democracy. New laws should respect the citizens who fork out tax dollars with true and reasonable access to public records.
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The History of Casino Craps
February 10th, 2010 by Gina
The recorded history of Craps dates all the way back to a dice game known as Hazard, which goes back to Bernard de Mandeville in New Orleans in Early 1800's. Hazard is believed to be a by-product of Azzahr, meaning 'the die' a game played by Arabs.
The game developed as it spread out from the Arab territories to France and then England. By the early 18th century, formal rules for Hazard had been established. France started playing the British version of Hazard and is assumed to have been imported to the us by early French settlers. In the mid-1700s, when the English beat the French in Canada, the French colonizers migrated to Louisiana. Dice were enjoyed on river boats, casinos and wharfs and a streamlined 'US' style of Craps was developed. The game moved west and is a favoured game that is played all over the United States and all over the world.
The name 'Craps' is presumed to be a French articulation of the word crabs, which means a pair of ones. There are two basic forms of Craps that are gambled on-street Craps and bank Craps. Street caps, correctly called because it is played on the streets is where a hurler makes a point and then attempts to roll that point. The betting is made either with or opposed to the player and another person has to cover the bet in order for the dice game to go on.
In bank Craps, which is the normal game, competed in in betting houses, the casino banks the game. The gamblers play against the house-the casino covers all of the bets of all of the individuals. Craps used to be a very well-loved casino game but in the past 20 years had split itself and different games, like poker and blackjack became even more well-loved. However, Craps is seeing a surge in fame once again in web casinos and in real world betting houses.


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Next Gen Nights on Wednesdays feature both our Royal Rangers & Girls Ministries programs for ages Kindergarten through 12th grade. Both boys and girls programs meet every Wednesday at 7:00pm - 8:15pm. All children 5th grade and under must be signed out by a parent or guardian in order to leave at the end of the night.
We will not have Rangers or Girls Min the week of Thanksgiving (11/23) or the week before or after Christmas (12/20, 12/27)
We are asking that families download the registration form using the link below, fill it out only one per family, and bring it to the first meeting. Families that have children in both programs can return the form at the next night we meet. If you forget to bring your form, we will have one available for you at check-in.
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Kill me, Heal me 킬미, 힐미(2015) Mid-Run Review: Stop with the Female Comedy!
Kill me, Heal me킬미, 힐미(2015) Mid-Run Review: Stop with the Female Comedy!
Considering that most Korean drama writers are females, sometimes I wonder why it is the women who come off as idiots in these shows. Sometimes this is intentional but sometimes it does not seem so.
At this point, I am only talking up to episode 8.
If you are intending to go for an overall 3 act show, "Kill me, Heal me" (2015) could be viewed as being pretty well paced for a Korean Drama since the episodes up to episode 8 feels like the first act in which most of the characters are introduced and the situation is set for further development.
In this show, Cha Do-Hyun is the rich heir who suffers from the multiple personality syndrome.
Just saying that is on old hat!
That fad has died out like 15 years ago as most cases had been debunked.
Slow to the game Korea dramas!
The reason he has this originates from the trauma over a fire when he was just a kid. Now he is an adult who is trying to fight his illness and also, for some reason, get involved with the power struggle within his family's economic dynasty.
I personally do not get that point!
There is an obvious out for the character if he wants out.
And, up to episode 8, we see about 4 of his 7 personalities to varying degrees of interest.
The other lead is Oh Ri-Jin who is a psychologist in her first year of residency. One day she bumps into both Cha Do-Hyun and his main alternate personality.
This is a Korean drama which means that they cannot be just strangers meeting for the first time.
There is a mysterious unknown past between them when they were young. Only the main alternate personality seems to know about it and that personality has a crush on her. This all leads to a conflict between the Cha Do-Hyun and his main alternate personality.
All of the events up to episode 8 is meant to setup Cha Do-Hyun and Oh Ri-Jin living together in a more believable manner than "It's Ok, This is Love" (2014). That show also had the psychologist bunk up with a crazy person for them to fall in love! The setup is stupid but "Kill me, Heal me" (2015) puts more effort in developing a situation comparted to "It's Ok, This is Love" (2014) which just shoves them together after 2 episodes. Thus I just dropped the show after that.
That is the main plot of "Kill me, Heal me" (2015).
What is "Kill me, Heal me" (2015)?
At its core, "Kill me, Heal me" (2015) is a hybrid between a very soapy mystery and a rom-com. The main plot ties these two quite closely together since you just know that, at least, the romance is essential in how the mystery is going to unravel.
I have issues with the comedy!
Beyond the main plot, there are many subplots that twist around the main mystery to varying degrees. The "writer" sub plot is closer while the "second female lead" plot line is more on the peripheral. With these tangled mess of plots. I will have to give "Kill me, Heal me" (2015) credit for relatively keeping the mess from suffocating itself with the vines of convolution.
It ends up juggling stuff in the air without dropping them up to this point. We know what is going on with Cha Do-Hyun's family infighting. We know what is going on with some of the alternate personalities. We know how Oh Ri-Jin fits into the whole web of mysteries as the key to everything.
This ability to keep everything in check up to this point is a huge boon for the show.
One of the main problems with "Kill me, Heal me" (2015) is the comedy. If you examine the show, the comedy aspect is very separate from the other parts of the show. More accurately, the comedy aspect is delegated to Oh Ri-Jin , the female, and her subplots which include being a psychologist.
It means that Oh Ri-Jin is joke comedic relief of the show. This is in contradiction to the more important role she plays in the overall scope of the show. As a result, the show could feel uneven at times with Oh Ri-Jin's subplots acting as filler to pad the show out. I do not even know why the show needs an overt comedic aspect to it. The multiple personality aspect is humorous enough for the show on its own.
If Oh Ri-Jin was portrayed as a less over the top character initially, it would be less of a problem. However, she is Meg Ryan turned up by a factor of 11. When standing side by side with a multiple personality patient, she seems more like the crazy one at points.
To be frank, the character of Oh Ri-Jin was the main hurdle to get into the show initially. All her actions and decisions were just stupid that she just irked my like hell. Considering I do not mind the actress, Hwang Jung-Eum, this reaction was not expected.
Her character is a good example of the comedy school that equates "screeching" as being comedic. For example, most of the stuff "Chris Tucker" did! This is palatable in small doses but poison in large ones.
The really sad thing is that this did not have to be this way. In the later episodes of the current 8 episode run, you can just feel that the creators of the show are toning her down a lot to great results. Hwang Jung-Eum is a good enough actress that you do not need to have her bumbling around like "Jar Jar Binks".
Another thing that really bothered me about her character was that this so called "comedic" character was a psychologist. Over the last few years, the profession of psychologists has been seriously blackened by Korean dramas. "Kill me, Heal me" (2015) is nothing new in this aspect. The person who gave Oh Ri-Jin a license to practice should be kicked out of the profession. She is just terrible at her job which is not surprising since she is the comedic relief. However, none of the psychologists in this show are actually good at their jobs.
So what can you say more?
What kept me going with the show is the two lead actors. I have to say that Ji Sung and Hwang Jung-Eum do work pretty well off each other. At the same time, I am not that enamored with Ji Sung's portrayal of the multiple personalities as some are. In a lot of ways, those personalities feels more like he is doing dress up rather than playing multiple roles. It is not terrible but not exceptional also. The fact that, expect for the main alternate personality, the other ones are there as filler and to be humorous does not help also.
On the lackluster aspect of the cast, Kim Na-Woon is miss cast as one of the competing relatives of the male protagonist. She simply is not suited for that type of role. While better, most of the other supporting cast are just okay. No one is doing exceptional work in their roles.
I am exceptionally disappointed in Kim Yoo-Ri who plays the second female lead. I had high expectations for her as one of those actresses stuck in the second female lead roles. She has been in "Beyond the Clouds" ( 2014) and "Master's Sun" (2013). However, in "Kill me, Heal me" (2015), it feels like she is just coasting. This is troublesome as her role in the show has more meat to it as it is more complex. I am worried that I over estimated her and she is just a pretty face who will never be a lead.
Even though I had issues with fully getting into the show, "Kill me, Heal me" (2015) is a strong enough show that I stayed with it. I still hate the psychology angle of the show that seem unwarranted and tacked on. But, the chemistry between the leads is strong enough to keep me coming back.
Now we have thing setup with the two leads staying in the same place. Since Oh Ri-Jin has temporarily divorced herself from her past, I expect the stuff that irks me will get toned down.
Will it be smooth sailing for the next 12 episodes?
That is an interesting question. I think the current pacing is decent enough in terms of the overall plot. It has enough content to fill the remaining episodes if they are careful. Thus, I will have to say probably…?
I will keep watching the show. However, I do wish the show was more focused.
Interesting point of view. I just finished this show and while I had a very similar feeling like you, it wasn't as well explained like that. For me, I thought many of the little stories immature and the setting with the school caste a bit too much. I still ended up watching it all! haha.
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Published on: February 3, 2017
SEC Charges Strategic Capital Management and Michael J. Breton with Defrauding Investors of $1.3 Million Through Cherry Picking Scheme
On January 25, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts against Michael J. Breton ("Breton"), and his investment advisory firm Strategic Capital Management ("SCM"), (collectively the "Defendants") for engaging in "cherry-picking," and defrauding investors of approximately $1.3 million in proceeds (the "Complaint"). At all times during the fraud, Breton was under a fiduciary duty to SCM clients, and had made promises that his personal trading activities would not disadvantage SCM investor returns—statements that time proved to be misleading and false. The Defendants actions violated several antifraud statutes and SEC rules, including Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") and Rule 10b- 5 thereunder, and Sections 206(1) and 206(2) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ("Advisers Act").
Cherry Picking occurs in many forms, but its basic structure is as follows. An investment advisor who is authorized to buy securities on behalf of investors purchases a stock, and then defrauds investors by waiting to see whether the stock goes up or down before allocating the trade to himself or his clients' accounts depending on the profitability observed after the fact. The Complaint notes that in this instance, Defendants allocated more than 200 unprofitable trades to client brokerage accounts, while allocating more than 200 profitable trades to Breton accounts, after their gains were realized.
SCM is a limited liability investment advisory firm, registered in Massachusetts since 2000. Breton founded SCM in 1999, and served as the Managing Partner and Chief Compliance officer of SCM. Breton used two different brokerage firms to place orders through. According to the Complaint, Breton purchased securities through two master accounts, and they allocated these securities to various client accounts, or accounts he himself owned, depending on the profitability outcome of these trades. The Complaint alleges that this fraudulent cherry picking activity began in January 2010, and continued through March 2016. The Complaint notes that Breton would employ a familiar strategy of buying several stocks right before their earnings reports were released, then as soon as the earnings call was made, would immediately thereafter allocate winning stocks to his accounts, and stocks that missed earnings or revenue projections to his clients' accounts.
The attorneys at Lax & Neville LLP have extensive experience in successfully prosecuting claims on behalf of customers who have suffered losses as a result of investment and securities fraud. If you are a victim of fraud, please contact Lax & Neville LLP today at (212) 696-1999 to schedule a consultation.
Updated: February 3, 2017 3:36 pm


Jane's Box of Colours: Granny's been baking again!!
To be honest I shouldn't really be colouring yet as my arm is far from healed but there is only so much daytime television this girl can take!!
I look forward to seeing all your amazing orange and black entries.
injuries are the bodies way of telling you to take a chill pill.
Mo has outdone herself with this image... and once again you've brought it to life with your skilful colouring.
Wow, your coloring skills are off the chart.
Oh thank you for the lovely comments.
I'm certainly taking a "chill pill" (LOL) at the moment - but it's so darned frustrating!!
If I could only color a fraction of as well with my GOOD arm as you can with a BAD arm, LOL! STUNNING girl, just amazing!
Now step away from the markers and REST that arm!!!!!
OK who stole my black ink?????


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Q: Reading textfile parsing rows into a Datatable I want to read a text file and parse each row into a datable.
The way I'd like the data stored in datatable is with the type for each column set as well i.e.
int, varchar, date etc.
DataTable data = new DataTable();
data.Columns.Add("code", typeof(int));
data.Columns.Add("description", typeof(string));
data.Columns.Add("value", typeof(decimal));

but then when I am reading the textfile with columns tab delimited, how could I ensure the correct columns in the text file go into the right columns in the datatable.
Because my ultimate aim is to get this datatable into a sql server table with the same columns and types using sqlbulkcopy.

A: You will need to ensure that the columns in the file are always in the correct order. Or if the file could include a header, you can read the file into a list of dictionary rows where the key is the header name/datatable column name.
Reading the file would then be a case of building a list of lines, that can be split on the tab character.

A: Don't  reinvent the wheel, use an available CSV-parser like this.
DataTable data = new DataTable("CSV");
var fileInfo = new System.IO.FileInfo("Path");
using (var reader = new System.IO.StreamReader(fileInfo.FullName, Encoding.Default))
{
    // use  reader.ReadLine(); to skip all lines but header+data
    Char quotingCharacter = '\0';//'"';
    Char escapeCharacter = quotingCharacter;
    using (var csv = new CsvReader(reader, true, '\t', quotingCharacter, escapeCharacter, '\0', ValueTrimmingOptions.All))
    {
        csv.MissingFieldAction = MissingFieldAction.ParseError;
        csv.DefaultParseErrorAction = ParseErrorAction.RaiseEvent;
        //csv.ParseError += csv_ParseError;
        csv.SkipEmptyLines = true;
        // load into DataTable
        data.Load(csv, LoadOption.OverwriteChanges, csvTable_FillError);
    }
}


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WASHINGTON ― After weeks of describing June's planned meeting with North Korea as all-consuming, President Donald Trump's lawyer said the canceled summit does not mean Trump will soon be speaking with prosecutors investigating his campaign.
He said the cancellation of the Singapore meeting that had been set for June 12 gives him more time to work with Trump to decide next steps.
"We could probably decide by June 12 whether to testify," Giuliani told HuffPost on Thursday.


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I didn't want to be like everyone else, but I need to say this.
We will miss you Jonghyun. We will not forget you or what you have done for us with your music.
Somehow, I feel this is our fault. I know it's not, but there is a GOOD chance it was suicide and HOW did we not notice the tell tell signs?
We're fanpeople, our whole life is noticing things about people.
Jonghyun. Thank you for being an idol. You were amazing.


This app shows how to run a node.js server on an Intel Galileo board. It uses the Grove temperature sensor to periodically read the current room temperature. The temperature is shown on a LCD display. Additionally the server accepts WebSocket connections via socket.io. Connected clients will be periodically informed about the current temperature. This is a fork of the "Local Temperature Node.js sample application" which is distributed with the Intel® XDK IoT Edition. The code is completely refactored now.
The "Spartakiade App" is an hybrid app which runs on all smartphones. It utilizes Apache Cordova, AngularJS and the Ionic Framework. It connects to the node.js server and displays the last captured temperatures via chart.js. This is a full replacement for the original Local Temperature Companion App.


The Arabic word for orphan is yatîm(يتيم). Any child (male or female) whose has no father or whose father has died and the child has not reached the age of Puberty (+/- 14 years) will be classified as a yateem or an orphan in Islamic Jurisprudence.
Its linguistic meaning is simply "something that is singular and alone." When the word is used in the context of a human being, it means "a minor who has lost his or her father."
Generally, an orphaned child is confronted by poverty and has a weak position in society. A minor child in such a compromised set of circumstances possesses nothing, not even the knowledge of how to cope. A child does not have the experience and life skills to make it on his or her own.
This hadîth is evidence that the legal status of being an orphan ends when the child ceases to be legally a minor.
However, the term "orphan" can apply figuratively to an adult, by way or referring to a person with reference to what that person used to be.
We see this usage from Khadîjah's father, when he gave her to the Prophet (peace be upon him) in marriage. He said: "I give her in marriage to Abû Tâlib's orphan."
Sponsoring an orphan is one of the righteous deeds which Islam encourages us to do and tells us are among the means of entering Paradise, and indeed of attaining the highest positions therein. There is sufficient encouragement for the believer to do these actions in the words of the Prophet ﷺ: "I and the one who sponsors an orphan will be in Paradise like these two" – and he gestured with his forefinger and middle finger, holding them apart. Al-Bukhari, 5304.
Spending money on an orphan is something that is encouraged in particular. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "This money is fresh and sweet. Blessed is the wealth of the Muslim, from which he gives to the poor, the orphan and the wayfarer" or as the Prophet ﷺsaid it. Narrated by al-Bukhari, 1465; Muslim, 1052.
But this spending is not the be-all and end-all of the sponsorship that is encouraged in Islam, for which a person is promised a high status in Paradise, rather it is just one kind and one aspect of sponsorship and kind treatment of the orphan until he grows up.
Rather sponsorship in the complete sense means looking after him, guiding him with regard to his religious and worldly affairs, educating him, and treating him kindly until he is no longer regarded as an orphan (i.e., when he reaches adulthood).
Ibn al-Atheer said: "The sponsor is the one who takes care of the orphan's affairs and brings him up." Al-Nihaayah, 4/192.
In Riyaadh al-Saaliheen, al-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) defined the sponsor of an orphan as being the one who takes care of his affairs. The commentator on this book said: (that means) his religious and worldly affairs, by spending on him, clothing him, etc. Daleel al-Faaliheen, 3/103.
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: Sponsoring an orphan means taking care of his religious and worldly interests, teaching him and guiding him etc with regard to religious matters, and taking care of his food, drink, shelter and other worldly concerns. Sharh Riyaadh al-Saaliheen, 5/113.
The religious and educational affairs of the orphan both come under the heading of sponsorship; it is not only the matter of material, worldly interests. Indeed, these (religious and educational interests) are more important, just as a father's educating and disciplining his children is more important than his simply spending on them.
Shaykh Ibn Sa'di said – concerning a man educating his children: When you feed them, clothe them and train them physically, you are fulfilling their rights for which you will be rewarded; by the same token, when you train them spiritually and impart beneficial knowledge to them, and guide them towards good morals and manners and warn them against the opposite, you are also fulfilling rights which are even more important." Bahjat Quloob al-Abraar, 128.
This is the true sponsorship of an orphan, bringing him up like one's own son, which is not limited to feeling compassion for him and being kind to him, and teaching him and disciplining him and educating him in the best manner. Fayd al-Qadeer by al-Manaawi, 1/108.
Al-'Iraaqi (may Allaah have mercy on him) wondered whether this was the reason why the one who sponsors an orphan would be close to the Prophet ﷺin Paradise. He said: "Perhaps the reason why the one who sponsors an orphan will be so close to the Prophet ﷺin Paradise is because a Prophet ﷺis usually sent to people who do not know about Allaah and the true religion, so a Prophet is like a sponsor, teacher and guide for them, and the one who sponsors an orphan is taking care of one who does not understand his religion, or even his worldly affairs, so he guides him, teaches him and disciplines him. Quoted by al-Haafiz in al-Fath, 10/437.
Moreover, limiting it to spending, especially when the orphan is far away, deprives the sponsor of one of the means of softening the heart and meeting needs, which is embracing the orphan and treating him kindly. The Prophet ﷺsaid: "Bring the orphan close to you, wipe his head and give him some of your food, for that will soften your heart and fulfil your need." Al-Silsilah as-Saheehah, 854.
The point is that the best way of sponsoring an orphan is for a man to bring him in with his own children, and raise him as he raises them, and spend on him as he spends on them.
If the sponsor cannot afford to spend on the orphan, or if the orphan has enough wealth to be independent of means, and a man brings him in with his own children, this is good, even if it is lower in status than the first suggestion. This is one of the greatest types of sponsorship, and serves one of its greatest aims.
Al-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: "This virtue is attained by the one who sponsors an orphan from his own wealth or from the orphan's wealth under legitimate shar'i guardianship. Quoted by Ibn 'Alaan in Daleel al-Faaliheen, 3/104.
If a man has wealth from which he can spend on an orphan, as in the case of the person asking this question, then he is doing something very good and it will be sufficient to protect him from the fitnah (trial, temptation) of wealth and stinginess. And it will fulfill the condition stipulated by the Prophet ﷺ: "… from which he gives to the poor, the orphan and the wayfarer." But this is not sponsorship in the fullest sense, for which a person is promised closeness to the Prophet ﷺin Paradise.
Allah has allowed sponsoring of an Orphan but has forbid adoption.
Adoption means that a man takes an orphan and makes him like one of his own children, calling him after him, so that the orphan is not allowed to marry one of the man's daughters, and so the sons of the adoptive father are regarded as brothers of the orphan and his daughters are regarded as his sisters, and his (the father's) sisters are regarded as his paternal aunts, and so on. This was one of the things that were done during the first Jaahiliyyah, and some of the Sahaabah carried the names of their adoptive fathers, as in the case of al-Miqdaad ibn al-Aswad whose real father's name was 'Amr, but he was called ibn (son of) al-Aswad, after the man who had adopted him.
This continued into the early days of Islam, until Allaah forbade that, according to a well-known story. Zayd ibn Haarithah was called Zayd ibn Muhammad, and he was the husband of Zaynab bint Jahsh, then Zayd divorced her.
Allaah has forbidden adoption because it causes knowledge of people's lineage to be lost, and we have been commanded to preserve people's lineage.
The Messenger ﷺsaid that sponsoring orphans is a means of being together with him in Paradise.
But it must be pointed out that when these orphans reach adolescence, they must be separated from the wives and daughters of the sponsor. Good should not be done with one hand and evil with the other. It should also be noted that the one who is sponsored may be an orphaned girl and she may be beautiful and may become attractive before adolescence, so the sponsor must watch his sons lest they fall into doing haraam things with the orphans, because this could happen and be a means of causing mischief which it will be difficult to put right.


CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is one of the world's largest and most respected centers for scientific research. Its business is fundamental physics, finding out what the Universe is made of and how it works. At CERN, the world's largest and most complex scientific instruments are used to study the basic constituents of matter — the fundamental particles. By studying what happens when these particles collide, physicists learn about the laws of Nature.
CERN is run through a structure of departments. The IT Department's mission is to provide the information technology required for the fulfillment of the laboratory's mission in an efficient and effective manner through building world-class competencies in the technical analysis, design, procurement, implementation, operation and support of computing infrastructure and services.
A disciplinary archive, INSPIRE, for the HEP community in collaboration with the CERN Library and the libraries of SLAC, DESY, and Fermilab.
The workflows for electronic submissions of documents from inside and outside of CERN.
Support for the electronic version of bulletins, e.g., the CERN bulletin, CMS Bulletin, Staff Association.
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Jean-Yves Le Meur has a Master in Computing at Oxford University and he is now in charge of the CERN Document Server, which includes all scientific information electronic acquisition and dissemination. After fifteen years at CERN, he has become expert in the analysis and development of library web based applications. He has gained experience through many projects, supervising students, publishing papers and actively participating to Web conferences and Open Access workshops. He will follow up the different phases of BlogForever to ensure the good collaboration between the various project participants, in particular for WP4.
Tibor Simko received PhD in plasma physics from Comenius University Bratislava, Slovakia and University Paris XI Orsay, France. He has been working in the digital library field since 1998. He is the lead architect and developer of the Invenio digital library software. He has top level expertise in the domain of information management and Retrieval, storing and seeking electronic information, indexing and search engines, ranking and classification, lexical analysis and digital libraries. He is also the technical coordinator of INSPIRE, the next-generation high-energy physics information system being co-developed by a collaboration of the major HEP laboratories worldwide. Tibor Simko will supervise the design and technical developments needed on top of Invenio to make it the expected Blog Forever digital repository. He will ensure the quality control of all code committed to the Invenio code-base and provide guidance to the developers.
Nikos Kasioumis has a master in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). Currently he's employed at CERN as a fellow and in the past he spent 14 months as a technical student developing new features for Invenio and improving existing ones. He has also been involved and worked in various IT projects at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), the Greek Research & Technology Network (GRNET) and the Hellenic army as well as in free and open source software related movements and international student organizations. Nikos will be a full-time software developer for BlogForever and will be actively leading the project for CERN.
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China / Society
Mall appeals to our inner child to lure customers
By WANG ZHENGHUA (China Daily) Updated: 2016-02-20 08:10
A giant slide is set up from the fifth to the ground floor at the Shanghai-Hong Kong New World Department Store on Pujian Road in Shanghai. GAO ERQIANG/CHINA DAILY
A shopping mall in Shanghai is giving a positive twist to the phrase "slippery slope" in a move that some see as a way to fend off the challenges brick-and-mortar merchants face from China's online shopping boom.
It has built a huge tubular slide to attract customers.
The dragonlike tube descending from the mall's fifth to ground floor wowed the public shortly after it was unveiled in the Shanghai-Hong Kong New World Department Store on Pujian Road in the Pudong New Area.
"We keep bringing new ideas and new experiences to our customers. That's why we came up with the idea this year to put the best slide in the shopping center," said Erica Lau, general manager of regional marketing communication at the company.
Even though the slide has not yet opened to the public, "it's very popular already," Lau said. "Everyone is talking about it."
Going from the mall's fifth floor to the ground takes about 16 seconds descending through the three loops of the roughly 20-meter-tall steel slide.
It is supported by two pillars and a number of cross beams. Parts have been hollowed out, helping illuminate sections of its interior.
The spaces near the entrance and exit are enclosed and there is a long cushion on the ground floor for visitors to land on.
Though the slide won't open to the public until next month, it was already an attraction on Friday, drawing streams of visitors taking pictures with it.
"I came to take a look at the slide today, and it's magnificent," said Guo Ju, a customer at the mall. "I'm planning to try it, and I'll bring along my friends and family to see how thrilling it is."
Jin Long, another passer-by, said the attraction could lure customers like him away from online shops to the complex instead.
"The shopping mall can attract more customers, especially more children, if it has entertainment facilities," he said.
Marketing experts said that to meet the challenge of the growing trend of online shopping, malls will have to offer more variety in dining and entertainment options to give consumers a reason to spend time in them.
"Malls that have a new IMAX theater or that refresh restaurant choices frequently do well," said Ben Cavender, principal at China Market Research Group.
"For brand stores, the trick is to offer information and product access in-store that consumers can't find as easily online. This might be special events for VIP members, or detailed examples of how products are made, or simply access to strong service," he added.
The department store is also looking to make further adjustments to ensure the safety of those who use the slide, including possibly installing a safety net along the tube and adding protective padding.
To ensure safety, people who ride the slide must be at least 1.1 meters tall, be unafraid of heights and have no medical conditions such as heart disease.
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Grey Cubes – A 3D Take on The Famous Brick-Breaking Genre
Sushil | 29 Nov 2015 | Android Apps
In 1976, Atari released the brick breaking game, where players had to smash the bricks using just a paddle and a ball. Well, I wasn't even born at that time but I think that game would have been an instant hit. Grey Cubes is an awesome brick-breaking game with 3D effects.
I love playing the classic arcade game since I was a child. I used to play Tetris and Arkanoid ( a type of block breaking game) a lot when I was a kid. Heck, I still love to play such games.
Over the years, many developers have tried to create a better version of brick breaking game and I personally feel that not a single remake was as fun as the original one, except Jardinains. That game was awesome.
Developer BulkyPix has also shared his remake and has named it Grey Cubes. It's quite different from the original as well as other remakes. Instead of the usual 2D based view, Grey Cubes comes in 3D view. I guess it's the first 3D brick-breaking game.
The gameplay is quite similar to the original game. You have a number of cubes (which are needed to be smashed in order to clear the level), a paddle (which can be moved by dragging it), and a ball (which is launched by swiping up or double tapping on the screen). In addition to that it also has power-ups like multiple balls, long paddle, a safety net at the bottom, etc. and power-downs like a small paddle, etc. These add-ons fall from the smashed blocks. See, everything is old school.
The game intelligently takes advantage of the surrounding. The walls are spring-like i.e. ball is reflected/bounces back once it hits the wall. Hitting the wall results in a change in direction and speed.
The 3D-ness can be seen from the very beginning. The way bricks are smashed looks good. Bricks that are hit don't get smashed at once, multiple hits are required to smash a brick. Once the ball starts hitting the bricks, it looks similar to how it looks when stuff is scattered in a room. All these effects add another level of 3D-ness in the game.
That's Grey Cubes. Although it's not an original idea the way everything is implemented is really nice. Those who have already played other version of such game might not find it innovative but those who haven't played a brick breaker game earlier will find Grey Cubes really good.
So, do check out Grey Cubes. It's awesome. And then share your views with us in the comments section below!
Update: The Grey Cubes game has been removed from the Play Store.
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Rio Tinto to invest $463m in South Africa's Zulti South project
9 April 2019	(Last Updated April 9th, 2019 11:09)
Rio Tinto has approved the next stage in the development of its majority-owned Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) operation in South Africa through the $463m construction of the Zulti South project.
Phase 1 of Zulti South will underpin RBM's supply of zircon over the life of the mine. Credit: Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto will have a $343m share in the investment, which will sustain RBM's existing capacity and extend the mine life.
At present, RBM operates four mines in the Zulti North lease area, alongside a mineral separation plant and smelting facility.
With the extension of the Zulti South mine, RBM will be able to maintain its output of high-margin zircon and rutile at a time when the orebody grade at the company's existing Zulti North lease area is declining.
Rio Tinto chief executive Jean-Sébastien Jacques said: "Zulti South is one of the best undeveloped minerals sand deposits in the industry, and will significantly extend RBM's position as a world-class, first-quartile asset.
"The long-term fundamentals of the market remain strong, and production from Zulti South will commence in time to fill a widening supply gap, ensuring RBM's position as a leader in the sector, and delivering strong returns to our shareholders."
Phase 1 of the Zulti South mine will underpin RBM's supply of zircon and ilmenite over the life of the mine.
Construction on Zulti South is subject to the granting of all necessary permits and is scheduled to start in the middle of this year, with first commercial production expected in late 2021.
"Zulti South is one of the best undeveloped minerals sand deposits in the industry, and will significantly extend RBM's position."
The investment will be completely self-funded from RBM's cash flows.
RBM, which produces predominantly rutile, zircon, titania slag and high purity iron, will process production from Zulti South through its existing infrastructure.
With a 74% stake in the company since 2012, Rio Tinto manages the operation. Another 24% is held by Blue Horizon, a BBBEE consortium consisting of lead investors and the four host communities, while the remaining 2% of the shares are held in an employee trust.
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Q: How do I remove quotes from tuples and then store them as a tuple So i am trying to make a SQL Statement which needs to print the data in the order I specify. But I need to this for more than two tuples so I tried to make a function for it.I was able to get the column names from the information_schema table and stored them as a tuple.So I stored them as a list like below:
get="Select %s,%s,%s from table"
tup=['ID', 'Name', 'Work']
Cursor.execute(get,tuple(tup))
for i in Cursor:
  print(i)

But when I ran this, I found out that the elements from list were going along with the quotes which then just printed the column names.I tried to remove them by using the code below but was still getting errors:
get="Select %s,%s,%s from table"
tup=['ID', 'Name', 'Work']
tup2=tup[0]+","+tup[1]+","+tup[2]
Cursor.execute(get,tuple(tup2,))
for i in Cursor:
    print(i)

The above code was showing not enough parameters error.
Please give any suggestions

A: You can't pass column names as query parameters. The mechanism that parameterized query provides is meant to pass literal values from your code to the query, not meta-information such as column names.
What you want actually requires string concatenation:
tup=['ID', 'Name', 'Work']
get = "select " + tup[0] + "," + tup[1], "," + tup[2] + " from table"
Cursor.execute(get)
for i in Cursor:
    print(i)

Or:
get = "select " + ','.join(tup) + " from table"

Be aware that this code exposes you to SQL injection (if some malicious string is part of the list, bad things might happen). Be sure to propery validate the content of the list if it comes from outside your code.


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"I see this as being the future in the real estate area," says Pincus. He says Goodmans is currently working on several files where a US portfolio of assets will IPO on the TSX. Pincus closed a transaction last summer with HealthLease Properties, a cross-border REIT that will IPO on the TSX in the hope of raising $140 million to buy two portfolios of seniors housing – one in Canada, the other in the US. It's a first in several ways, Pincus suggests: "It's the first time that a REIT in seniors housing has been structured so it does not have any operations in it. We have a pure-play real estate seniors REIT which is basically developing and owning buildings for leasing for use as seniors residences or retirement homes."