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Nissan aims for a superior sequel
The newest "Conquer All Conditions" spot brings back a familiar adversary for the 2017 Rogue.
By Josh Kolm
Nissan Canada has dialed up the intensity in its fight against the weather for the latest spot in its "Conquer All Conditions" campaign.
In the "Return of the Snowmen," a Nissan Rogue is once again dealing with an angry, demonic snowman, but as it makes its escape, an army of them emerge from the woods, complete with catapults and a giant, troll-like snowman leading them. Reinforcements also arrive for the vehicle, though and a battalion of crossovers forms to fight the snowmen head-on.
As with past executions in the campaign, Juniper Park\TBWA led creative for the campaign. OMD is handling the media buy, while digital agency Critical Mass is handling online elements.
The cinematic "Conquer All Conditions" campaign first launched in 2014 with the original "Snowman" spot to promote the Nissan Rogue, but has since been used for the brand's full range of crossovers and SUVs fighting monsters representing conditions ranging from mud to rockslides to snow-covered trees.
As the company has entered a new model year for the Rogue, which includes an update to the styling and features of the crossover, it is once again in the spotlight for the campaign, which is why the new spot was conceived as a "sequel" to the original "Conquer All Conditions" spot.
"The important thing, because we were ultimately doing a sequel, was making sure the spot really big and epic," says Steve Rhind, director of marketing at Nissan Canada. "We didn't want to make one of those sequels that doesn't live up to the original, so we intentionally wanted to make the drama of the situation grander and bigger than the first."
While things like safety features, technology and fuel economy are important considerations for car buyers, Rhind says the core reason people buy crossovers and SUVs – especially for those considering a switch from a smaller car – is all-wheel drive, an insight that has not changed since the campaign originally launched. He says that as long as that continues to be true, the company will continue to execute the campaign in the highly cinematic fashion it has become known for.
"Everyone offers all-wheel drive, so the challenge has always been how do we differentiate ourself for something that has become expected in the category," Rhind says. "Doing something different around that has been a way to get attention. How we've done that has evolved slightly over the years, but the core of it has always centred on all-wheel drive."
On the same day the spot debuted in TV on Jan. 16, the full, 60-second version debuted through promoted posts on YouTube, including a masthead placement on the home page. In addition to the 30-second TV version of the spot running in Canada across conventional and specialty channels – as well as during broadcasts of NFL playoff games as part of Nissan's sponsorship of the league – the spot has also been airing in the U.S. throughout January, which has previously been done for some spots in select markets where the driving conditions are similar to here in Canada.
Super Bowl season has been a favourite time for Nissan to debut past executions in the "Conquer All Conditions" campaign. Besides the cinematic nature of the spot being a fit for the kinds of ads consumers expect for the Super Bowl, Rhind adds that the time of year coincides with the change in the weather the campaign speaks to, as well as auto show season, when new vehicles are top of mind for consumers.
Juniper Park, Juniper Park\TBWA, nissan, Nissan Canada, OMD, Steve Rhind
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Q: Linq query returns 0 count when join with related tables I need to query a table and join related tables. A single query without joining another table returns the expected result. but once I join another table I get zero result.
The below query returns some results
  var response = from o in context.Orders.Where(p => p.Start_Effective >= startDate && p.Start_Effective < endDate);

But once I join another table
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join v in context.Venue on o.Id equals v.Id
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                               VenueName = v.Name
                            };

I also try the below query and I still get zero result
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                           select new
                           {
                               Id = o.Id,
                               PointId = o.FromPointId,
                               VenueName = v.Name
                            };

I cant figure out why this is returning 0 result once I join table

A: If there is no record in Venue Table with OrderId, when inner join is used, no data returned and you should insert a record that has OrderId that exist in Order Table.
Another option is using left join.
By left join, if there is no OrderId in Venue Table, result was returned

A: try to use a left join, and add to list
var response = (from o in contextOrders
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    Id = o.Id,
    PointId = o.FromPointId,
   VenueName = v.Name
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Q: Variables display "nothing" when using JsonConvert.Deserialize I am having issues with variables display "nothing" when using JsonConvert.DeserializeObject. I have scoured other forums and everyone seems to suggest using the below code snippit, but every time I implement and test the values show as "nothing". Can anyone point me in the correct direction on what I am doing that is causing this issue?
Dim userid As Workers.Person = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(Of Workers.Person)(str)

Class structure Below. Trimmed to fit, some types and data omitted.
{
  "workers": [
    {
      "associateOID": "G4O73G9Z62SL2NFM",
      "workerID": {
        "idValue": "1000199",
        "schemeCode": {
          "codeValue": "EID",
          "shortName": "Employee ID"
        }
      },
      "person": {
        "birthDate": "1972-01-27",
        "genderCode": {
          "codeValue": "M",
          "shortName": "Male"
        },
        "maritalStatusCode": {
          "effectiveDate": "2010-07-04",
          "codeValue": "M",
          "shortName": "Married"
        },
        "socialInsurancePrograms": [
          {
            "itemID": "1",
            "nameCode": {
              "shortName": "Medicare"
            },
            "countryCode": "US",
            "coveredIndicator": true
          }
        ],
        "immigrationDocuments": [
          {
            "documentID": "PR-000018US",
            "countryCode": "CA",
            "typeCode": {
              "codeValue": "PR",
              "shortName": "Permanent Resident"
            },
            "issuingParty": {
              "nameCode": {
                "codeValue": "CIC",
                "shortName": "Office of Citizenship and Immigration"
              },
              "address": {
                "lineOne": "365 Laurier Avenue West",
                "cityName": "Ottawa",
                "countrySubdivisionLevel1": {
                  "subdivisionType": "province",
                  "codeValue": "ON",
                  "shortName": "Ontario"
                },
                "countryCode": "CA",
                "postalCode": "K1A 1L1"
              }
            },
            "issueDate": "2013-04-15",
            "expirationDate": "2018-04-14",
            "authorizedStayDuration": "P5Y0M0DT0H0M0S",
            "reentryRequirementDuration": "P1Y0M0DT0H0M0S"
          }
        ],
        ...More Properties...
        }
      },
      "workerDates": {
        "originalHireDate": "2002-08-12"
      },
      "workerStatus": {
        "statusCode": {
          "codeValue": "A",
          "shortName": "Active"
        },
        "reasonCode": {
          "codeValue": "NH",
          "shortName": "New Hire"
        }
      },
      "photos": [
        {
          "itemID": "1",
          "nameCode": {
            "shortName": "portal pic"
          },
          "links": [
            {
              "href": "/hr/v1/worker/G4O73G9Z62SL2NFM/photoUri/A1316C0D49011201.jpg",
              "rel": "/adp/image"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "businessCommunication": {
        "landlines": [
          {
            "itemID": "1",
            "countryDialing": "1",
            "areaDialing": "973",
            "dialNumber": "5553245",
            "formattedNumber": "1 (973) 555-3245"
          }
        ],
        "mobiles": [
          {
            "itemID": "1",
            "countryDialing": "1",
            "areaDialing": "973",
            "dialNumber": "7133851",
            "formattedNumber": "1 (973) 713-3851"
          }
        ],
        "faxes": [
          {
            "itemID": "1",
            "countryDialing": "1",
            "areaDialing": "973",
            "dialNumber": "123000",
            "formattedNumber": "1 (973) 123-000"
          }
        ],
        "emails": [
          {
            "itemID": "1",
            "emailUri": "Anthony.Albright@adpcoffee.com"
          }
        ],
        "internetAddresses": [
          {
            "itemID": "1",
            "uri": "http://www.adpcoffee.com/AnthonyAlbright"
          }
        ],
        "instantMessages": [
          {
            "itemID": "1",
            "uri": "A.Albright@gmail.com"
          }
        ]
      },
      "workAssignments": [],
      "links": [
        {
          "href": "/hr/v2/workers/G4O73G9Z62SL2NFM",
          "rel": "self"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Classes Examples:
Public Class Workers

Public Class SchemeCode
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class WorkerID
    Public Property idValue As String
    Public Property schemeCode As SchemeCode
End Class

Public Class GenderCode
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class MaritalStatusCode
    Public Property effectiveDate As String
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class NameCode
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class SocialInsuranceProgram
    Public Property itemID As String
    Public Property nameCode As NameCode
    Public Property countryCode As String
    Public Property coveredIndicator As Boolean
End Class

Public Class TypeCode
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class NameCode2
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class CountrySubdivisionLevel1
    Public Property subdivisionType As String
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class Address
    Public Property lineOne As String
    Public Property cityName As String
    Public Property countrySubdivisionLevel1 As CountrySubdivisionLevel1
    Public Property countryCode As String
    Public Property postalCode As String
End Class

Public Class IssuingParty
    Public Property nameCode As NameCode2
    Public Property address As Address
End Class

Public Class NameCode4
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class Address3
    Public Property attentionOfName As String
    Public Property lineOne As String
    Public Property cityName As String
    Public Property countrySubdivisionLevel1 As CountrySubdivisionLevel13
    Public Property countryCode As String
    Public Property postalCode As String
End Class

Public Class IssuingParty3
    Public Property nameCode As NameCode4
    Public Property address As Address3
End Class

Public Class WorkAuthorizationDocument
    Public Property documentID As String
    Public Property countryCode As String
    Public Property typeCode As TypeCode3
    Public Property issuingParty As IssuingParty3
    Public Property issueDate As String
    Public Property expirationDate As String
End Class

Public Class PreferredName
    Public Property nickName As String
    Public Property familyName1 As String
    Public Property formattedName As String
End Class

Public Class FormerName
    Public Property givenName As String
    Public Property familyName1 As String
    Public Property formattedName As String
End Class

Public Class BirthName
    Public Property givenName As String
    Public Property familyName1 As String
    Public Property formattedName As String
End Class

Public Class CountrySubdivisionLevel14
    Public Property subdivisionType As String
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class BirthPlace
    Public Property formattedBirthPlace As String
    Public Property cityName As String
    Public Property countrySubdivisionLevel1 As CountrySubdivisionLevel14
    Public Property postalCode As String
    Public Property countryCode As String
End Class

Public Class NameCode5
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class CountrySubdivisionLevel15
    Public Property subdivisionType As String
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class OtherPersonalAddress
    Public Property nameCode As NameCode5
    Public Property lineOne As String
    Public Property cityName As String
    Public Property countrySubdivisionLevel1 As CountrySubdivisionLevel15
    Public Property countryCode As String
    Public Property postalCode As String
End Class

Public Class IdentificationMethodCode
    Public Property codeValue As String
End Class

Public Class RaceCode
    Public Property identificationMethodCode As IdentificationMethodCode
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class CitizenshipCountryCode
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class ResidencyCountryCode
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class MilitaryStatusCode
    Public Property effectiveDate As String
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class MilitaryClassificationCode
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class NameCode6
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class GovernmentID
    Public Property itemID As String
    Public Property idValue As String
    Public Property nameCode As NameCode6
    Public Property countryCode As String
End Class

Public Class SalutationCode
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class TypeCode4
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class PreferredSalutation
    Public Property salutationCode As SalutationCode
    Public Property typeCode As TypeCode4
    Public Property sequenceNumber As Integer
End Class

Public Class LegalName
    Public Property preferredSalutations As List(Of PreferredSalutation)
    Public Property givenName As String
    Public Property familyName1 As String
    Public Property formattedName As String
End Class

Public Class NameCode7
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class CountrySubdivisionLevel16
    Public Property subdivisionType As String
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class GeoCoordinate
    Public Property latitude As Double
    Public Property longitude As Double
End Class

Public Class LegalAddress
    Public Property nameCode As NameCode7
    Public Property lineOne As String
    Public Property cityName As String
    Public Property countrySubdivisionLevel1 As CountrySubdivisionLevel16
    Public Property countryCode As String
    Public Property postalCode As String
    Public Property geoCoordinate As GeoCoordinate
End Class

Public Class NameCode8
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class Landline
    Public Property itemID As String
    Public Property nameCode As NameCode8
    Public Property countryDialing As String
    Public Property areaDialing As String
    Public Property dialNumber As String
    Public Property formattedNumber As String
End Class

Public Class NameCode9
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class Mobile
    Public Property itemID As String
    Public Property nameCode As NameCode9
    Public Property countryDialing As String
    Public Property areaDialing As String
    Public Property dialNumber As String
    Public Property formattedNumber As String
End Class

Public Class NameCode10
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class Email
    Public Property itemID As String
    Public Property nameCode As NameCode10
    Public Property emailUri As String
End Class

Public Class SocialNetwork
    Public Property itemID As String
    Public Property uri As String
End Class

Public Class Communication
    Public Property landlines As List(Of Landline)
    Public Property mobiles As List(Of Mobile)
    Public Property emails As List(Of Email)
    Public Property socialNetworks As List(Of SocialNetwork)
End Class

Public Class Person
    Public Property birthDate As String
    Public Property genderCode As GenderCode
    Public Property maritalStatusCode As MaritalStatusCode
    Public Property socialInsurancePrograms As List(Of SocialInsuranceProgram)
    Public Property immigrationDocuments As List(Of ImmigrationDocument)
    Public Property passports As List(Of Passport)
    Public Property workAuthorizationDocuments As List(Of WorkAuthorizationDocument)
    Public Property preferredName As PreferredName
    Public Property formerNames As List(Of FormerName)
    Public Property birthName As BirthName
    Public Property birthPlace As BirthPlace
    Public Property otherPersonalAddresses As List(Of OtherPersonalAddress)
    Public Property raceCode As RaceCode
    Public Property citizenshipCountryCodes As List(Of CitizenshipCountryCode)
    Public Property residencyCountryCodes As List(Of ResidencyCountryCode)
    Public Property militaryStatusCode As MilitaryStatusCode
    Public Property militaryClassificationCodes As List(Of MilitaryClassificationCode)
    Public Property governmentIDs As List(Of GovernmentID)
    Public Property legalName As LegalName
    Public Property legalAddress As LegalAddress
    Public Property communication As Communication
End Class

Public Class WorkerDates
    Public Property originalHireDate As String
End Class

Public Class StatusCode
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class ReasonCode
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class WorkerStatus
    Public Property statusCode As StatusCode
    Public Property reasonCode As ReasonCode
End Class

Public Class NameCode11
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class Link
    Public Property href As String
    Public Property rel As String
End Class

Public Class Photo
    Public Property itemID As String
    Public Property nameCode As NameCode11
    Public Property links As List(Of Link)
End Class

Public Class Landline2
    Public Property itemID As String
    Public Property countryDialing As String
    Public Property areaDialing As String
    Public Property dialNumber As String
    Public Property formattedNumber As String
End Class

Public Class Mobile2
    Public Property itemID As String
    Public Property countryDialing As String
    Public Property areaDialing As String
    Public Property dialNumber As String
    Public Property formattedNumber As String
End Class

Public Class Fax
    Public Property itemID As String
    Public Property countryDialing As String
    Public Property areaDialing As String
    Public Property dialNumber As String
    Public Property formattedNumber As String
End Class

Public Class Email2
    Public Property itemID As String
    Public Property emailUri As String
End Class

Public Class InternetAddress
    Public Property itemID As String
    Public Property uri As String
End Class

Public Class InstantMessage
    Public Property itemID As String
    Public Property uri As String
End Class

Public Class BusinessCommunication
    Public Property landlines As List(Of Landline2)
    Public Property mobiles As List(Of Mobile2)
    Public Property faxes As List(Of Fax)
    Public Property emails As List(Of Email2)
    Public Property internetAddresses As List(Of InternetAddress)
    Public Property instantMessages As List(Of InstantMessage)
End Class

Public Class StatusCode2
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class ReasonCode2
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class AssignmentStatus
    Public Property statusCode As StatusCode2
    Public Property reasonCode As ReasonCode2
End Class

Public Class WorkerTypeCode
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class AssignmentTermCode
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class WorkLevelCode
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class NationalityContextCode
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class HighlyCompensatedTypeCode
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class NameCode12
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class GroupCode
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class WorkerGroup
    Public Property nameCode As NameCode12
    Public Property groupCode As GroupCode
End Class

Public Class JobCode
    Public Property codeValue As String
End Class

Public Class NameCode13
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class ClassificationCode
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class OccupationalClassification
    Public Property itemID As String
    Public Property nameCode As NameCode13
    Public Property classificationCode As ClassificationCode
End Class

Public Class WageLawNameCode
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class WorkArrangementCode
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class UnitCode
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class StandardHours
    Public Property hoursQuantity As Integer
    Public Property unitCode As UnitCode
End Class

Public Class NameCode14
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class TypeCode5
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class HomeOrganizationalUnit
    Public Property itemID As String
    Public Property nameCode As NameCode14
    Public Property typeCode As TypeCode5
End Class

Public Class NameCode15
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class TypeCode6
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class AssignedOrganizationalUnit
    Public Property itemID As String
    Public Property nameCode As NameCode15
    Public Property typeCode As TypeCode6
End Class

Public Class CountrySubdivisionLevel17
    Public Property subdivisionType As String
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class Address4
    Public Property lineOne As String
    Public Property cityName As String
    Public Property countrySubdivisionLevel1 As CountrySubdivisionLevel17
    Public Property countryCode As String
    Public Property postalCode As String
End Class

Public Class NameCode16
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class HomeWorkLocation
    Public Property address As Address4
    Public Property nameCode As NameCode16
End Class

Public Class NameCode17
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class CountrySubdivisionLevel18
    Public Property subdivisionType As String
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class GeoCoordinate2
    Public Property latitude As Double
    Public Property longitude As Double
End Class

Public Class Address5
    Public Property lineOne As String
    Public Property cityName As String
    Public Property countrySubdivisionLevel1 As CountrySubdivisionLevel18
    Public Property countryCode As String
    Public Property postalCode As String
    Public Property geoCoordinate As GeoCoordinate2
End Class

Public Class AssignedWorkLocation
    Public Property nameCode As NameCode17
    Public Property address As Address5
End Class

Public Class RemunerationBasisCode
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class PayCycleCode
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class UnitCode2
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class StandardPayPeriodHours
    Public Property hoursQuantity As Integer
    Public Property unitCode As UnitCode2
End Class

Public Class MonthlyRateAmount
    Public Property amountValue As Double
    Public Property currencyCode As String
End Class

Public Class AnnualRateAmount
    Public Property amountValue As Integer
    Public Property currencyCode As String
End Class

Public Class PayPeriodRateAmount
    Public Property amountValue As Double
    Public Property currencyCode As String
End Class

Public Class BaseUnitCode
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class CommissionRatePercentage
    Public Property percentageValue As Double
    Public Property baseUnitCode As BaseUnitCode
End Class

Public Class BaseRemuneration
    Public Property monthlyRateAmount As MonthlyRateAmount
    Public Property annualRateAmount As AnnualRateAmount
    Public Property payPeriodRateAmount As PayPeriodRateAmount
    Public Property commissionRatePercentage As CommissionRatePercentage
End Class

Public Class TypeCode7
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class IntervalCode
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class NameCode18
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class UnitCode3
    Public Property codeValue As String
End Class

Public Class BaseUnitCode2
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class Rate
    Public Property amountValue As Integer
    Public Property unitCode As UnitCode3
    Public Property baseUnitCode As BaseUnitCode2
End Class

Public Class AdditionalRemuneration
    Public Property itemID As String
    Public Property typeCode As TypeCode7
    Public Property intervalCode As IntervalCode
    Public Property nameCode As NameCode18
    Public Property rate As Rate
End Class

Public Class SchemeCode2
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class WorkerID2
    Public Property idValue As String
    Public Property schemeCode As SchemeCode2
End Class

Public Class ReportsToWorkerName
    Public Property givenName As String
    Public Property familyName1 As String
    Public Property formattedName As String
End Class

Public Class ReportsToRelationshipCode
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class ReportsTo
    Public Property itemID As String
    Public Property positionID As String
    Public Property associateOID As String
    Public Property workerID As WorkerID2
    Public Property reportsToWorkerName As ReportsToWorkerName
    Public Property reportsToRelationshipCode As ReportsToRelationshipCode
End Class

Public Class PayrollProcessingStatusCode
    Public Property effectiveDate As String
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class PayScaleCode
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class PayGradeCode
    Public Property codeValue As String
End Class

Public Class BaseUnitCode3
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class MinimumRate
    Public Property amountValue As Integer
    Public Property currencyCode As String
    Public Property baseUnitCode As BaseUnitCode3
End Class

Public Class BaseUnitCode4
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class MedianRate
    Public Property amountValue As Integer
    Public Property currencyCode As String
    Public Property baseUnitCode As BaseUnitCode4
End Class

Public Class BaseUnitCode5
    Public Property codeValue As String
    Public Property shortName As String
End Class

Public Class MaximumRate
    Public Property amountValue As Integer
    Public Property currencyCode As String
    Public Property baseUnitCode As BaseUnitCode5
End Class

Public Class PayGradePayRange
    Public Property minimumRate As MinimumRate
    Public Property medianRate As MedianRate
    Public Property maximumRate As MaximumRate
End Class

Public Class Link2
    Public Property href As String
    Public Property rel As String
End Class

Public Class Worker
    Public Property associateOID As String
    Public Property workerID As WorkerID
    Public Property person As Person
    Public Property workerDates As WorkerDates
    Public Property workerStatus As WorkerStatus
    Public Property photos As List(Of Photo)
    Public Property businessCommunication As BusinessCommunication
    Public Property workAssignments As List(Of WorkAssignment)
    Public Property links As List(Of Link2)
End Class

Public Class RootObject
    Public Property workers As List(Of Worker)
End Class
End Class

A: You are trying to deserialize your JSON directly to Workers.Person. It can't deserialize appropriately because your JSON starts at an array of Workers.Worker. You should modify your deserialization as follows
Dim workers = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(Of Rootobject)(str)

Then you can navigate through your workers as they will be stored in an array of type Workers.Worker
Dim worker = workers[0]

And the person property can be accessed as follows
Dim person = worker.person


This app continues to having syncing issues. Wasting to much time figuring out my end balance due to duplicated entries. I wish it would just sync correctly.
An issue that needs attention!
I have used this app for a while, one big issue for me is that when I delete a transaction... exit the app and return ... the deleted transaction shows up again, causing my balance to be wrong. If they can fix this issue, then I would definitely give at least a 4 star rating.
Great for keeping track of my accounts, transfers and budgets.
Easy to use!! Everything at your fingertips!
I have used multiple register apps. This one is perfect for organizing your finances and managing a budget.
I have been using this app for about 2 years now and it has restored a old back up or messed up some way where I have no clue what bills I payed because they all come back and my money changes to what I don't have in the bank. This has happened to me times and now I'm done.


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Millennials' favorite animal reveals key insights about their values
sristy 0 April 12, 2016 10:57 am
The "majestic unicorn" is trending, according to Hershey, with the company calling the animal "the spirit animal of millennials."
"One of the things we started to notice that unicorns were popping up a lot in culture," Bill Blubaugh, Hershey's senior director of sweets & refreshments, told Business Insider. "Unicorns really now represent self confidence, individualism, the ability to achieve personal greatness."
While the claim initially feels like a stretch, it's one backed by extensive research at Hershey. The company is putting its money where its mouth is, with a new ad campaign for Ice Breakers starring – what else? – a unicorn.
However, instead of fantasy adventures, these unicorns are preoccupied with issues such as female empowerment in the workplace.
In the first commercial in the "Break Through" campaign, a young woman asks her apparent new boss for three weeks of vacation. When her boss says two weeks is the standard, she pops an Ice Breaker. A unicorn comes whinnying through the glass wall, inspiring the woman to tell her boss: "I'm not standard. Three weeks."
In addition to four commercials featuring similar situations involving empowering unicorns, Ice Breaker unicorns are also taking over social media. Last Saturday (National Unicorn Day), the brand utilized "Twitter First View" to place a #UnicornMoment tweet at the top of users' newsfeeds and debuted a music video starring a unicorn on Twitter.
Clearly, Hershey believes that unicorns represent millennials' values, which translates into where they spend their money.
"We realized this is more symbolic of personal accomplishment, individualism, achievement, being your best, and really that your dreams can come true," says Blubaugh. "And this generation believes that, certainly more than other generations."
So, not only is the unicorn trendy – it's a representation of millennials' state of mind and how they spend money.
The Ice Breakers ad is not the only indication that there's a unicorn-centric trend brewing.
Polar Seltzer released "Unicorn Seltzer" as an April Fools' Day treat, with consumers reporting the limited-time flavor was alternately fruity, vanilla-infused, and "like a nice version of the stuff they give you at the dentist once you wash your mouth out."
More widely, the unicorn has been popping up in pop culture as a costume of choice for celebrities from country star Blake Shelton to future Bachelorette JoJo Fletcher.
Then, there's the world of tech startups. A unicorn is a startup with a valuation of more than $1 billion – the subject of both celebration andcontroversy.
Even the scientific community is buzzing about unicorns. In March, the American Journal of Applied Science published a study that revealed the "Siberian unicorn" may have coexisted with humans. While this unicorn was certainly ambitious (surviving more than 300,000 years after they were thought to have gone extinct), they were far less aesthetically pleasing than the stereotypical unicorn, as it looked like a hairy rhino.
Objectively, Google Trends indicates that unicorns are hotter now than they have been since 2005.
And, more people are celebrating National Unicorn Day than ever. According to Hershey, there were 397 times as many mentions of National Unicorn Day on Twitter this year compared to 2015 – a fortunate boost for Ice Breakers, which both tapped into and encouraged the trend by promoting the hashtag.
However, at the end of the day, Hershey doesn't necessarily need unicorns to be trending. Ice Breakers are already hot on their own.
The company reports the Ice Breaker brand has been an especially well-performing brand in both gum and mint categories.
"We're one of the strongest millennial brands in the category," says Blubaugh. "The category, especially mints, tends to be a little older… We're the new brand, we're the young brand, and people become accustomed to us bringing them new and different refreshment experiences."
Whether it's trending or not, the unicorn will be a major presence in Ice Breakers marketing in the coming months. Expect the Ice Breakers unicorns to be popping up to confidence boosts on TV, as well as Ice Breakers' Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr, with more #UnicornMoments.
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The Arché Research Group on History and Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics is a successor to the Research Group on Meaning, Models and Modality. It organises two weekly seminars and regular workshops and is led by Professor Stephen Read, with the help of Professor Gabriel Uzquiano and Dr Mark Thakkar, and includes doctoral students working in the history and philosophy of logic and mathematics.
HPLM Seminar, every Tuesday (during Arché semesters) 3 – 5pm in Edgecliffe room G03. This is a forum for series of seminars discussing a recent book (or series of articles) of topical interest, and for talks by members of the group or by visitors. For details of the current programme, see the Arché Calendar.
MLRG (Medieval Logic Reading Group), every Friday (during University semesters) 10.15 – 11.45 in the Arché Seminar Room. This is a forum for reading (usually in English translation) through a recently published text on medieval logic, or simiar material. For details of the current programme, see MLRG webpage.
Stephen Read (Professor Emeritus): My future research will focus on three main areas: 1) Inferentialism and proof-theoretic semantics, in particular, exploring the possibilities of extending an inferentialist account of meaning to non-logical and categorematic terms, and investigating the historical antecedents of non-denotational accounts of meaning in the middle ages; 2) the logical paradoxes, in particular, extending the "multiple-meanings" solution (due to Bradwardine) to other paradoxes, of signification, of knowledge, of properties and of propositions; 3) editing and translating texts on the logical paradoxes by Paul of Venice, Walter Segrave and John Dumbleton.
The areas of philosophy on which I focus are logic, philosophy of language, metaphysics, philosophy of science, and the history of analytic philosophy. Much of my work concerns the concept of truth and the paradoxes to which it gives rise, like the liar paradox. I argue that truth is best understood as an inconsistent concept, and I propose a detailed theory of inconsistent concepts that can be used to show exactly how the liar and other paradoxes derive from the concept of truth. Truth also happens to be a useful concept, but its inconsistency inhibits its utility; as such, it should be replaced with consistent concepts that can do truth's job without giving rise to paradoxes. I offer a pair of replacements, which I dub ascending truth and descending truth, along with an axiomatic theory of them and a new kind of possible-worlds semantics for this theory. As for the nature of truth, I develop Davidson's idea that it is best understood as the core of a measurement system for rational phenomena (e.g., belief, desire, and meaning). Finally, I propose a semantic theory that treats truth predicates as assessment-sensitive (i.e., their extension is relative to a context of assessment), and demonstration of how this theory solves the problems posed by the liar and other paradoxes.
I also write about realism and fundamentality in metaphysics, measurement in philosophy of science, and figures like Sellars, Quine, and Davidson in the history of analytic philosophy. I'm currently working on several projects, including: (i) a short monograph on the semantics for reasons locutions (e.g., safety is a reason for Sarah to drive slowly), (ii) an account of philosophical methodology that emphasizes engineering new concepts to address perennial philosophical problems, and (iii) a novel version of atheism that utilizes the resources of formal epistemology.
Gabriel Uzquiano (Professorial Fellow): I plan to do more research on the intensional paradoxes (Prior, Kripke, Kaplan) as well as ramifications of Cantorian arguments for the prospects of absolute generality. Some of this work will involve, on the one hand, a clarification of the role impredicativity is supposed to play in the arguments, and, on the other, an exploration of the availability of a higher-order logic as a framework for regimenting our talk of properties and propositions. In general, I'm interested in the interplay between logic and metaphysics as exemplified, for example, by the recent debate between necessitism and contingentism in modal metaphysics.
I primarily work on 14th-century philosophy, and my current project is a critical edition and translation of two logical works written by John Wyclif in the 1360s. These works obviously contain material that should be of interest to historians of logic, but what is surprising is that the larger and more advanced work also contains some passages that may be of interest to historians of mathematics.
Matthew Cameron (doctoral student): My research focuses primarily on understanding the scope, aims and criteria of a theory of natural language semantics from the perspective of generative grammar, and its relation to theories of communication, speech acts and other aspects of mind and cognition. I'm particularly interested in methodological issues surrounding formal treatments of semantics in relation to context sensitivity. Currently, I'm investigating the syntax-semantics interface, especially the notion of logical form and the status of covert syntactic structure.
Ryo Ito (doctoral student): I have been working on Russell's conception of logic. In spite of his status as a founder of mathematical logic, his remarks on logic may well appear naive to the contemporary reader, as they often involve metaphysical/ontological notions which we find unnecessary for and irrelevant to logic. My thesis is aimed at explaining why he invokes such notions to offer an account of logic, thereby indicating how his conception of logic differs from ways in which we, contemporary philosophers, understand logic. Although my main research is thus an exegetical one, I am also interested in the contemporary philosophy of mathematics, hoping to obtain some useful insights from Russell's work on logicism and in particular his debate with Poincare.
Hasen Khudairi (doctoral student): My research is primarily in the philosophies of mind and mathematics, with an emphasis on the nature of epistemic modality. Topics on which I have written include the nature and significance of mathematical modality; the role of modal algebras and coalgebras in countenancing the nature of mental representation; the modal profile of $\Omega$-logic; the nature of indefinite extensibility; epistemicist approaches to the resolution of the alethic paradoxes; knowledge of logic; social choice theory; as well as a range of issues in the epistemology and ontology of mathematics.
Alessandro Rossi (doctoral student): My current research is about the relation between modal logic and modal metaphysics. My interests in modal metaphysics lie in the actualism vs possibilism and necessitism vs contingentism disputes. On the other hand, the area of modal logic I am primarily concerned with is its model theory. In particular, I am working on a model-theoretic account of modal logic in which two notions of validity are simultaneously at work. The first one, called 'Sigma' or 'Weak' validity, refers to all possible worlds of any model excluding the actual world, whereas the second one – labelled 'Strong Validity' – refers to all worlds simpliciter – hence, including the actual world. The main philosophical idea governing this account of modal logic, currently at an early stage, may be said to consist in providing actualism with a semantics assigning to the actual world a somewhat model-theoretically privileged role. Moreover, I have strong interests in the philosophical significance of plural logic as well as in the question of its semantic determinacy.
For the next few months I'll be looking at a combination of reasoning in coherent logic with the use of coherent logic for handling accessibility conditions for modal and intermediate logics, with special reference to termination conditions, and their automation. In general I am interested in constructive (and thus computational) approaches to logic and mathematics (and related topics such as formal linguistics), especially via Gentzen-style proof theory.


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MENding helps Peterborough men understand impact sexual, gender-based violence
By Matthew P. BarkerExaminer Reporter
Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre is offering a program to help men recognize sexual and gender-based violence and to educate others about its impacts.
The MENding leadership initiative will offer one three-hour sessions per week over four weeks on a variety of topics, said Lucas Schaefer, MENding co-ordinator at KSAC.
"We (will) talk about what gender-based violence is, what is sexual violence, what does it look like in Canada," Schaefer said. "(We will) look at some historical events together, parsing out some different definitions that describe and fall underneath the umbrella of gender-based violence."
The course aims to unpack the many definitions of masculinity and the dominant and traditional norms that surround that definition in society, he said.
"We train the facilitators and participants in the MENding program to be able to put this knowledge into practice through active intervention," Schaefer said.
Participants will learn about what bystander intervention is and how to properly defuse a situation, he said.
"We give them the tools as well as the knowledge to actively intervene in a safe, curious and supportive way," Schaefer said.
Nearly all occurrences of sexual violence against women, trans-people and men were from a male perpetrator, he said, according to figures from Statistics Canada and Rainbow Health Ontario.
"What this tells us is that this is not a women's issue, this is a men's issue," he said.
Men need to be more proactive and be able to talk to their friends about stopping the violence, he said.
Masculinity is not inherently toxic, he said, but the way it is portrayed in different forms can be.
"It is not only harmful to the men that try to embody that traditional toxic masculinity, but also to the people in their lives and they are taught this through the family, their friends, through movies and media," Schaefer said.
Past participants have found the course was positive and life-changing, he said.
"General feedback that we get is the program is super personal and it is super transformative," Schaefer said.
The program will help men to make a conscious choice about allowing themselves to be who they want to be and not what they think people and society want them to be, he said.
"When we stop gender-based violence from those based things, we stop the normalization and legitimization of further acts of violence."
For more information abut MENding, email Lshaefer@kawarthasac.ca or visit kawarthasexualassaultcentre.com.
mbarker@peterboroughdaily.com


When faced with leftover rice, here are a few frugal recipe ideas to make another meal out of leftover rice.
Whenever I cook rice, I am always left with some in the refrigerator. I hate to throw food out so here are ideas for ways I make a second meal out of leftover rice.
When faced with extra steamed white rice or rice pilaf, how about stirring it into a new meal. We love to make an oriental fried rice by cooking it up with some leftover chicken or pork, some soy cause, some frozen peas and any Asian enhancing chopped veggies like carrots and scallions. At the end throw in a couple of eggs and scramble in the pan for a fried rice meal.
The kids love when I make Hawaiian fried rice and you can find that recipe here. This is a tangy spin on fried rice and so good.
You can use it in crock pot chicken and rice and add the rice at then end of cooking about 30 minutes before serving. Just stir in and let heat through.
How about rice pudding, or adding to soups for more ways to use up that rice.
Probably the rice I cook the most is Spanish rice. I always have leftovers. Here are some yummy ways to use it again for another meal.
Scramble with an egg for slightly spicy breakfast dish.
Use it to make Mexican meatball soup.
Stir it into refried beans to stretch a can of beans for burritos or a batch of freezer burritos.
Great ideas! I always have leftover rice. Definitely making the Hawaiian fried rice this week but will substitute shrimp for chicken because that's what I have. Thanks!!
I love to make large batches of rice, and use the leftovers. Your ideas are great! I love them in burritos too. I also like to make cold chicken salad with leftover rice in the summer time.
I'm a big fan of rice too. I could eat it every day. In fact, I'm making some today to go with our BBQ ribs.
We do stir fry with the left over rice or Steve makes rice and beans. Actually, we rarely have left overs because we make small portions.
Sometimes I will save little scraps of rice and freeze it to throw into a random crock pot soup. Hello from Motivation Monday.
Hawaiian rice sounds so yummy for summertime. Great ideas here because we have rice almost every night, and we throw away too much of it.


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Free software that controls per-process CPU usage: an "active" software CPU cooler.
Nothing fancy. It just throttles CPU-hungry application(s) when asked. I made it simply because I really needed it myself.
BES works on Win7/Win10/etc. too (if necessary, run it in the XP compatible mode — probably not necessary), but perhaps you should run it with the admin privileges (right click > "Run as Administrator").
To Gamers: Adjust the Sleep/Awake Cycle in [Control] so that the video won't get jumpy/choppy. You can also control the parameters via command line.
E-mail Address — Questions? Suggestions? Comments?
BES is a small tool that throttles the CPU usage of the process you "target": for instance, you can limit the CPU usage of a process which would use CPU 100%, down to 50% (or any percentage you'd like). With this, you can use other programs comfortably while doing something CPU-intensive in the background.
Furthermore, BES can hide a window you don't want to be seen for some reason, without killing the process, and restore the hidden windows again anytime you like.
BES is GPL'ed free software, distributed with (real messy) source code.
BES has a multilingual interface: menu language is switchable between Chinese, Japanese, English, etc.
Why is it called BES or "Battle Encoder Shirasé"? —There's a long story about this weird name, but basically, it's a parody of two anime titles: Battle Programmer Shirase and Battle Fairy Yukikaze. "Battle encoder" means a crazy person who doesn't stop encoding even when the CPU reaches a very high temperature. BES helps them go on by cooling the CPU in a hackish way.
Basically, just unzip the zip wherever you like and run bes.exe. You don't need to install it. When you don't need it anymore, just delete the whole folder that you unzipped, and everything will be okay (unless, of course, you put something important in BES's folder by yourself). BES creates .ini files in its folder to save settings; they are safe to delete.
You can limit more than 3 processes and watch up to 4 processes (or more, with 1.7.7+).
You can set a per-target Sleep/Awake Cycle. See Command Line. Based on the suggestions by Gijs van der Velden, Eric.
The "Select a Target" dialog box now has a Task Manager-like list-view, showing also the current CPU load for each process, automatically refreshing itself once every 1.75 seconds. Now you can easily see which process is using CPU much. Based on suggestions by Antonello.
Now the control slider (track bar) is also shown in the Target dialog box. You don't need to open a different dialog box anymore to adjust the percentage.
If you prefer the old "Control" dialog box, it's still there. This may be confusing for new users, because you have two sets of sliders that do the exact same thing; it shouldn't be a big problem, though. I could remove the old Control, but then old users might be confused.
[v1.7.5] In command line, you can use the process ID (PID) of the target, instead of its path. Based on the suggestions of TaeWoo Kim.
[v1.7.6] FIX: the percentage was not saved in some cases.
Test versions (1.8.0, which has a different way to suspend a thread, called Mode1). If your target keeps creating a lot of new, short-lived threads, then the current version (1.7.x) of BES may not work very well. BES 1.8.0-test has a different mode, which you can select after you click the "Limit This" button, as "Limit How? - By Porcess". Though 1.8.0 is still a sketchy, test version, not optimized and possibly unstable, you might want to give it a try if you may be experiencing the above-mentioned problem.
Other versions are here: older versions and sometimes newer betas.
Optionally, now BES can watch multiple instances of the same target exe (Options | Advanced).
The "Watch Response Time" options (8/4/2 secs).
More command-line options for power users: --unlimit, --toggle, etc. Check Help | Command Line Help.
Optimization: The Target list dialog box opens more quickly (and it is now sorted alphabetically). About 10% less memory usage.
Starting from version 1.3.x, BES can try to override the security system of Windows so that it can limit httpd.exe (Apache), KService.exe (Kontiki), etc.
Starting from version 1.5.x, you can tweak the Sleep/Awake Cycle (frequency) of BES, in milliseconds. This may be handy for example when you want to throttle a game process while keeping the visual smooth. Try a smaller value like 40 in such a case, instead of the default value, 100. Notice, a 40-millisecond cycle means that the visual can be redrawn, in theory, 25 times a second, allowing a 25-fps movie to play without being jumpy. Do not use a too small value, though (the smaller it gets, the less accurate control you get).
[FIX] Important fix: target list was broken for some users, especially on a 64-bit machine. This is mainly because GetModuleFileNameEx may fail on WoW64 (Thanks to Slawek P.).
Note, better fixes are in v1.5.1. Only minimum fixes were backported to 1.4.x. More specifically, v1.5.1 can almost always show the full path as a File Name.
[FIX] Several bugs. Possible crash.
[FIX] Minor bug fixes. The latest version of 1.4.x, presumably stable.
Ver. 1.5.1-beta 2011-12-25 [NEW] Sleep/Awake Cycle (frequency) in milliseconds is editable (based on suggestions by Marek G.).
Those are older versions (in case someone needs them). For the current version, see the Download section.
NOTE: Maybe you should run it with the admin privilidges (right click > "Run as Administrator").
Select the target process you want to throttle, and click [Limit this]. In this picture, the user is going to target VirtualDubMod.exe.
NOTE: The limiter activated by [Limit this] will be automatically canceled when the target process is gone (i.e. the target application is closed). If you would like to throttle its CPU usage even after it is closed and restarted, use [Limit/Watch]. That tells BES to keep "watching" all the processes, and "target" the application you specified as soon as BES finds it restarted.
This is how BES looks like when it is doing its job.
To change how much you limit the time slices given to the target, click [Control...].
This is where you can control the throttle(s). How to use it should be self-explanatory.
NOTE: This percentage is always relative. If the target originally used the CPU 80%, and if you set limiter −50%, then the CPU load by the target would be 40%. If the original CPU load increased to 90%, then the result by throttling would be 45%. You might want to set the maximum CPU load in the absolute percentage (e.g. "make it exactly 40% whenever possible"), but BES can't do that; because BES is not controlling the CPU directly in low level, but indirectly limits the "greediness" of the target application (i.e. how often it requests the system to give it a time slice) by forcing the targeted process to periodically sleep for a very short time. What you are actually controlling by setting % here is this "periodically how?" part.
Limit & Limit/Watch: Already explained.
Refresh: Refresh the list. When this dialog is opened, BES will gather the information needed to list up all the processes running. If you "refresh," BES will do the same thing again. It's like a browser's reload button, and is useful when a new application is started after you open this dialog (that new application will not be listed until you refresh the list).
Hide: Hide all the windows associated to the selected process. The process is not killed. It's just that associated windows will get invisible.
NOTE: You can hide a running application, close BES, and restart BES after a long while. Even if you do that, BES still remembers which windows it hid, and will restore them when you click [Show]. However, if the target ends on its own, BES can't restore its windows (which should be obvious). If you shut down or reboot the system, BES will forget about everything it hid (which makes sense too, as everything ends anyway).
Ask/show: Read the above note. Basically BES can choose the windows to restore automatically and properly. However, when something unexpected happens and things are foobared, you can manually tell BES which windows (related to the selected process) it should show. Using this, you could even force a window that is originally hidden to be shown too (some applications generate unseen windows for various reasons).
List All: The process list is usually not complete. System processes that you are not likely to target—or that you can't target, because of the security restrictions—are not listed by default. [List All] will tell BES to list everything anyway.
Unfreeze: This is just for emergency. I bet this never happens to you, but imagine what would happen if BES crashed just after it made the target sleep and not before it reawakened the sleeping baby (yes, BES is a tool that periodically makes the target sleep for a very short time). The target would then freeze. BES is tested for a long time (from 0.8.x until 1.0 beta 18) and such a thing has never happened even once, but in theory it could happen (you know anything weird and unexpected could happen on Windows). Even if that happens, don't panic: restart BES, open this target dialog, go to the listbox and select the target that is frozen. Then just click [Unfreeze]. This will reset what is called "suspend count" for each related thread, and unfreeze the application in question.
NOTE: "Unfreeze" doesn't work if the target freezes because of its own bug and BES is not responsible. The only situation "Unfreeze" would work is, when BES crashes itself. As you know too well, many applications freeze/crash on their own, totally unrelated to BES.
Friend: When the item selected in the list is something that you are unlikely to target (i.e. unlikely to be CPU-intensive), you may want to tell BES that it's CPU-friendly by clicking [Friend]. If you do that, BES recognizes the application in question as friendly, and always put it in the bottom of the list. (You can do that if you'd like to, but it is not something you must do to use BES).
Unknown: This tells BES to treat the selected item neutrally, not as Foe nor Friend. Everything is Unknown by default.
NOTE: There are a few exceptions, such as VirtaulDub.exe. BES knows VD can be very CPU-intensive, and always considers it as a foe (you cannot change that, as it is hard-coded). What is meant by "VD is a foe" here, is "it may make CPU too hot." Nothing more than that. It doesn't mean VD is a bad program at all.
Foe: This tells BES to consider the selected item as Foe, i.e. a greedy application that often uses CPU too much, which BES often has to "attack." Probably you will target the same foe again and again, possibly everyday. Once you tell BES that it's a foe, BES automatically list it at the very top of the target list so that you can select it quickly. If you "attack" a process, that process will be automatically treated as a Foe from then on.
NOTE: The distinction between Friend, Unknown, and Foe is only in the listing order. BES will "attack" a Foe and a Friend exactly in the same way, once you order BES to target it.
Watch: This is like Limit/Watch, but using this you can target the application that is not running. BES keeps watching it, and if it is started, BES immediately begins to limit its CPU usage.
Snap: Make a detailed list of the processes currently running, and save it as a text file. Might be informative.
Exit: End BES. You can't exit if one or more limiters of BES are active. First unlimit all, and you can exit.
Select target / Unlimit all / Control: Already explained.
Unwatch: Use this when you want BES to stop watching the application after you tell BES to watch it.
Real-time mode: When enabled (ticked), BES demands the system to give it a very high priority ("real-time" is like telling Windows, "Hey, if I tell you to do anything, you do it right away without any delay. Don't let me wait, okay?"). By doing so, probably BES can start as swiftly as possible even if CPU load is already near 100%. BES is a special kind of application that tries to control the CPU usage when it is already monopolized. Yet BES itself needs to get some time slices (i.e. use CPU a little) to do its job. So giving a special priority to it may make sense. Furthermore, in the real-time mode, BES will lower the process priority of the target. When disabled (unchecked), BES will behave modestly, just like an ordinary application. In reality, this usually doesn't make any big difference.
Changed in 1.2.1: BES 1.2.1 runs as HIGH_PRIORITY_CLASS in non real-time mode (default). It was NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS in ver. 1.2.0 and before. In real-time mode, BES gets REALTIME_PRIORITY_CLASS in every version.
Write log: Tell BES to write a debug log. Might be informative, but usually not needed.
Language: Switch the menu language.
About / Keyboard shortcuts / Visit homepage / Online help: Self-explanatory.
Optionally, you can use an integer between 1 and 99 as percentage. If percentage is omitted or invalid, the last known valid percentage for target.exe is automatically used (if this is the first time to target target.exe, the default reduction 33% will be applied, unless percentage is specified). Note that, when started from command line, BES will Watch/Limit the target, not just Limit it.
The --minimize option, or -m for short, tells BES to start as minimized (sent to the system tray).
For the full list of command line options, start BES and see Help | Command Line Help.
You can use "pid:xxxx" just like a path, with most of the other options. Note that PID is not watched, just limited.
Create a shortcut to bes.exe in your Startup folder, where you can edit the properties of the shortcut and write your full command-line in "Shortcut | Target". Probably you'll need to create/start that shortcut as Administrator.
To use the above-mentioned method, you may have to disable UAC and always log in as admin. If you do not want to do that, try this method instead: How To Use The Task Scheduler To Launch Programs Without UAC Prompts [tips thanks to João C; added 2017-09-02]. Also, there seems to be a way to disable UAC for a specific program (do some search).
If targets have different paths, see above.
If you are dealing with two instances of the same exe and you want to use a per-process Sleep/Awake Cycle, try BES 1.7.5+, which understands "pid:xxxx" as a pseudo-path (see above). However, that may not work for you, perhaps because you don't know the PIDs of your targets. So here is plan B: (1) copy bes.exe to a different folder. (2) Start BES A, check Options | Allow Multiple Instances, then Close BES. Do the same with BES B. (3) After that you can start BES A and BES B independently. Let BES A handle Process A and BES B handle Process B — you have to do this manually via GUI.
If you have any trouble, or if you have any suggestions, bug reports, or comments, you can contact the author at For anti-spam reasons, I may change my contact address any time and I may reply to you using a different mail address, but I will try to write you back anyway.
If you attach large file(s), e.g. a log file, please compress them as a ZIP, .7Z, etc.
While BES is free software and you don't need to pay for it at all, I'd be happy to accept bitcoin donations.
(1) If you are interested in bitcoin (BTC): you can visit Virwox, where you can buy BLL with Paypal, and exchange BLL to BTC. Tips: "Link to avatar" is optional; "No Avatar" is fine.
(2) If you are not interested in bitcoin: you can visit http://cal.huc.edu/ and support the CAL project via Paypal. CAL is a project to make a huge online dictionary of the Aramaic language. Although hosted by Hebrew Union College, the project is not necessarily Jewish (e.g. one of the main dialects of Aramaic is mostly Christian). It's not my project, and has nothing to do with BES, but it's a great project any language lover may want to support.
Alternatively, instead of sending a donation to me or someone else, you can simply be a bit nicer to your friends/family members/etc. This may sound strange and/or corny, but I think basically it's the same thing, because that way, in the big picture, you're making the world where I live, a slightly better place. Equivalently, you could also try to be slightly more tolerant to your "enemies," refraining from using a religion or non-religion as a weapon.
Well, I assume that some people use BES because otherwise the CPU would get too hot, even causing an emergency shutdown. If so, please first make sure that your CPU heat sink is clean enough, unless your computer is a laptop or something and you cannot open the box. Usually, all you need is at most a screwdriver. Consult the instruction manual of your computer. The box may be heavy, but opening it is very easy, as long as it is supposed to open at all. No special knowledge is required. It's just a box, even though the things that are in it are complicated and delicate. Just make sure to pull the power plug and it's not hot before you open the box. Keep the removed screws in a safe place (if you remove them) and remember their correct places (or take a note), so that you can put them back later. They are tiny and tend to be missing if treated carelessly. You need to open the box and you may also need to remove some more trivial parts to see the heat sink, but don't disassemble the heat sink itself (or anything that looks complicated), unless you know exactly what you are doing.
Note that the gas from so-called canned air is not actually air, but some kind of toxic gas (carbon dioxide aka CO2, dimethyl ether (DME) aka methoxymethane, etc.), so use it carefully, and try not to inhale the gas. It's not that toxic (for instance, carbon dioxide is always around you anyway), but inhaling a lot in a short period is not a good idea, obviously. Also note that in some countries, they can still legally sell hydrofluorocarbon (HFC), typically difluoroethane (HFC-152a) and/or tetrafluoroethane (HFC-134a), for this purpose, but you should avoid using them. They are known to be quite strong greenhouse gases, like 100 times worse than CO2, although apparently being ozone-safe (being ozone-safe and being a greenhouse gas are two different things). Especially HFC-134a is a bad one. HFC-152a is not really good either. It's kind of idiotic and self-contradictory to heat up the Earth to solve your heat problem. It's a vicious cycle to break. At least, avoid what can be avoided. Incidentally, some products may also contain what is called a bittering agent (denatonium benzoate) for some complicated reason. Whatever the reason, this thing is VERY bitter, unbelievably, inexpressibly, ridiculously bitter, almost making you vomit instantly, so if it happens to stick to your fingers (for instance, after you air-duster your keyboard), never ever lick your fingers for any freaking reason, but just wash your hands really well. Maybe you shouldn't air-duster your cell phone either.
Canned compressed gas is convenient, but could be dangerous, it might even explode, so read the instruction before using it and keep it out of children's reach.