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Reviews Roundup, July–August
By Rebecca Foster on August 20, 2015 | Leave a comment
One of my goals with this blog is to have one convenient place where I can gather together all my writing that has appeared in disparate online locations. To that end, once a month I'll provide links to all the book reviews I've published elsewhere, with a rating (below each description) and a short taster so you can decide whether to click to read more. A couple of exceptions: I won't point out my Kirkus Indie or BlueInk reviews since I don't get a byline.
The Bookbag
The Past by Tessa Hadley: Four adult siblings gather at their grandfather's Devon vicarage for one last summer holiday before the house is sold. Their interactions, past and present, skirt the edges of tragedy and show the secrets and psychological intricacies any family harbors. Hadley writes beautifully subtle stories of English family life. Here she channels Elizabeth Bowen with a setup borrowed from The House in Paris: the novel is divided into three parts, titled "The Present," "The Past," and "The Present." That structure allows for a deeper look at what the house and a neighboring cottage have meant to the central family. Hadley writes great descriptive prose and has such insight into family dynamics. Releases September 3rd.
Between Gods by Alison Pick: At a time of transition – preparing for her wedding and finishing her first novel, set during the Holocaust – the author decided to convert to Judaism, the faith of her father's Czech family. There are so many things going on in this sensitive and engrossing memoir: depression, her family's Holocaust history, her conversion, career struggles, moving to Toronto, adjusting to marriage, and then pregnancy and motherhood following soon after – leading full circle to a time of postpartum depression. That said, this book is exactly what you want from a memoir: it vividly depicts a time of tremendous change, after which the subject is still somehow the same person, or perhaps more herself than ever.
Villa America by Liza Klaussmann [the full text of my review is available for free this week as part of Editor's Choice]: In her second novel, Klaussmann explores the glittering, tragic lives of Gerald and Sara Murphy, real-life models for F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tender Is the Night. The book is slow to start with, with the first third unnecessarily devoted to Gerald's and Sara's childhoods and courtship. It is not until the Murphys are established in France and receive visits from fellow artists that the book really comes to life. It is easy to see why the Murphys attracted hangers-on. Yet beneath the façade of glamour, there is real sadness and struggle. Gerald's uncertain sexuality is a tacit issue between him and Sara, and sickness strikes the family with cruel precision. The novel set up a beautiful contrast between happiness and tragedy.
Foreword Reviews
Stop the Diet, I Want to Get Off! by Lisa Tillinger Johansen: Yo-yo dieters and newbies alike should pick up Johansen's witty book before wasting any time, money, or heartache on ineffective fad diets. Surveying diets old and new in a conversational style, Johansen gives the merits and dangers of each and suggests realistic principles for healthy eating and exercise. She bases her advice on solid facts, but cannily avoids the dry, scientific tone some experts might use. Instead, she uses chatty, informal language and personal stories to enliven her writing.
The Year of Necessary Lies by Kris Radish: Radish's tenth novel highlights women's role in the Audubon Society campaign to eradicate feathers from ladies' hats. Her fictional heroine, Julia Briton, is a composite portrait of the many courageous women who stood up to plume hunters and the fashion industry alike in the early years of the twentieth century. "I did not simply want to survive, but to live with great passion and to do something that made a difference in the world," Julia declares. Recommended for fans of Sue Monk Kidd's The Invention of Wings.
Now and at the Hour of Our Death by Susana Moreira Marques: In 2011 Marques, a freelance journalist, spent five months visiting the dying through a Portuguese home palliative care project. The resulting book falls into two parts: "Travel Notes about Death," one-line aphorisms and several-paragraph anecdotes; and "Portraits," case studies and interview transcripts from three families facing the death of a loved one. The lack of a straightforward narrative and the minimal presence of the author mean that the book overall feels disjointed. Nonetheless, it is a thought-provoking look at hospice services and emotions surrounding death. Releases September 3rd.
Caught by Lisa Moore: A classic cat-and-mouse story in which a Canadian drug smuggler escapes from prison to score another load of marijuana from Colombia. Moore paints Slaney and Hearn as "modern-day folk heroes," and her writing elevates what could have been a plain crime story into real literature. From the title onwards, the book is heavy with foreshadowing as Moore exploits the dramatic irony that readers know the police have a sting operation trailing Slaney the whole way. Indeed, the most remarkable thing about the novel is how it maintains tension even though the outcome seems inevitable. "The best stories … we've known the end from the beginning." To my surprise, Caught is not just a good old-fashioned adventure story, but also has the epic, tragic weight of Homer's Odyssey.
Field Notes from the Edge by Paul Evans: A book full of unexpected nuggets of information and inspiration: in addition to the travel notes and field observations, Evans (who writes a Guardian country diary from Wenlock Edge, Shropshire) incorporates personal anecdote, folk songs, myths and scientific advances. His central idea is that we have lost our connection with nature due to fear – "ecophobia," the opposite of which is E.O. Wilson's "biophilia." How do we overcome that fear? Mostly by doing just what Evans does: spending time in nature, finding beauty and developing an affinity for particular places and species.
Shiny New Books
The Ecliptic by Benjamin Wood: Portmantle is a mysterious artists' retreat center on a Turkish island. Our narrator, Elspeth Conroy (aka Knell), is a Scottish painter who came to Portmantle in 1962 after some struggles with mental illness. The first third of the novel is tremendously gripping and Gothic. The core of the book, nearly 200 pages, is a flashback to Elspeth's life before. At last, after what feels like too long a digression, we come full circle back to Portmantle. I didn't warm to The Ecliptic quite as much as I did to Wood's debut, The Bellwether Revivals. Still, it's really interesting to see how he alternates between realism and surrealism here. The parts that feel most real and immediate and the parts that are illusory are difficult to distinguish between. An odd, melancholy, shape-shifting novel.
We Love This Book
Beneath the Bonfire by Nickolas Butler: Ten tales of moral complexity in America's gritty heartland. Fire and recreational drugs are powerful forces linking these Wisconsin-set stories. Opener "The Chainsaw Soirée" sets the tone by describing a failed utopia reminiscent of Lauren Groff's Arcadia. The stand-out is "Morels," in which three stoned friends go foraging for mushrooms in their dying rural community. The title's similarity to "morals" is no coincidence: when the trio are involved in a hit-and-run they have to decide what to stand for. Unsentimental but lyrically composed, these stories will appeal to fans of Ron Rash.
Among the Ten Thousand Things by Julia Pierpoint: Pierpont's ambitiously structured debut novel explores how infidelity affects a whole New York City family. In short sections of matter-of-fact statements Pierpont gives a what-happened-next for each of the characters over the next decade or so. But "it's the between-time that lasted," Pierpoint argues as she returns to that summer of revelations for a closer look. The climactic events of the holiday contrast childhood innocence and adulthood; when you're on the cusp, certain experiences can push you over the brink from one to the other. This offbeat take on the dysfunctional family novel should interest fans of Nicole Krauss or Rebecca Dinerstein (The Sunlit Night). [Few extra thoughts at Goodreads.]
I also post reviews of most of my casual reading and skimming on Goodreads.
F: A Novel by Daniel Kehlmann: What does F stand for? Faith, finances, fraud, forgery, family and Fate all play a role in Kehlmann's fourth novel available in English translation. F is also for the Friedlands: Arthur the unreliable patriarch; Martin, a portly Catholic priest who doesn't believe in God; and his twin half-brothers, Eric and Ivan, a mentally ill businessman and a homosexual painter who forges his mentor's masterworks. Reading this brilliant, funny spoof on the traditional family saga is like puzzling out a Rubik's Cube: it is a multi-faceted narrative with many meanings that only become clear the deeper you go. (Full review in September/October 2015 issue of Third Way magazine.)
Mrs. Engels by Gavin McCrea: I generally love Victorian-set historical fiction and books about famous wives, so I was surprised by how little I liked this novel about Lizzie Burns, the illiterate, working-class Irish woman who was Frederick Engels' longtime partner. The novel flits between 1870–1, when Lizzie and Frederick were newly arrived in London and involved in helping the poor and Franco-Prussian War refugees, and their earlier years in Manchester. Lizzie is a no-nonsense first-person narrator, and her coarse, questionably grammatical speech fits with her background. Unfortunately, I never warmed to Lizzie or felt that she was giving a truly intimate look at her own life. This novel had such potential to bring an exciting, revolutionary time to life, but it never fulfilled its promise for me. Releases in the States on October 13th.
Rank by Aaron McCollough: Some nice alliteration and pleasant imagery of flora, fauna and musical instruments. However, I struggled to find any overarching meaning in these run-on poems. In fact, I could not tell you what a single one of them is actually about. Story is just as important as sound in poetry, I feel, and in that respect this collection was lacking. Releases September 1st.
Trout's Lie by Percival Everett: "The line of time / Is past. / The line folds back, / Splits. / Two lines now, future, present. The past / Is a circle of / Abstraction, regret." There is a lot of repetition and wordplay in these poems. The title piece uses a line in Italian from Dante – translating to "in the middle of our life's path" – that forms another recurring theme: being stuck between times or between options and having to decide which way to go. These read quickly, with the run-on phrases flowing naturally from topic to topic. I'm not sure this was the best introduction to a prolific author I'd never heard of; I'll have to look into his other work. Releases October 15th.
Bandersnatch by Erika Morrison: This is Christian self-help, an ideal read for fans of Glennon Doyle Melton and Rob Bell. The title, a creature from Lewis Carroll's imagination, is Morrison's shorthand for a troublemaker. She argues that as Christians we should be following Jesus down the road of "positive nonconformity": taking an avant-garde approach to life, turning ordinary moments into divine opportunities through spiritual alchemy, taking an interest in the least of these with kingdom anthropology, and making the everyday trials of marriage and parenthood our works of art. I liked the book best when Morrison illustrated her points with stories from her own life. Overall I found the book repetitive, and the language can definitely be hippy-dippy in places. Releases October 6th.
Family Values by Wendy Cope: Cope mostly uses recognizable forms (villanelles, sonnets, etc.): this is interesting to see in contemporary poetry, but requires a whole lot of rhyming, most of it rather twee (e.g. "tuppence/comeuppance"), which gives the whole collection the feeling of being written for children. My two favorites were "Lissadell," about a vacation to Ireland, and "Haiku," perfect in its simplicity:
A perfect white wine
is sharp, sweet and cold as this:
birdsong in winter.
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have been working on in my spare time.
this year. I was inspired by this Rat and Boa crochet kimono to make a casual summer cover up using brightly coloured crocheted granny squares, perfect for the festival season.
I ordered a variety of coloured cottons from Demores, link here, and set to work making as many standard squares as I could until I have enough for a cover up. I worked it out using an old pattern from Ebay, similar here, that I will need around 15 balls of 50g cotton which is around 130 square to make a jacket depending on the size!
Anyway these little squares are really fun and easy to make, I love choosing the colours of each square and they take around 15 minutes to complete so I just sit and chill out at night or on the train crocheting away.
I really want to try making some crochet shorts for summer, I think they look so vintage and boho. I also want to try adding crochet squares to a bralet like this Asos number. Similar to the ones I sell in my Etsy store but extending them to make more of a top.
What is your favourite item from the crochet trend?
If you haven't already, check out my the crochet tops I have already made and am selling in my Etsy store here.


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Lindbergh High water polo team making some waves; boasts 10-1 record
By STEPHEN GLOVER
Members of the Lindbergh High School water polo team believe the school's second-place finish at the state swimming and diving championships last fall is paying huge dividends.
The Flyers currently sit atop the Suburban West Conference standings with a 10-1 record overall and a 2-0 mark in conference play.
"Our success in swimming has really spilled over to the water polo team," Lindbergh head coach Tim Lombardo told the Call. "We had a really good (water polo) team last year, and we've got a good group of seniors and a good mix of guys in the starting lineup."
Lindbergh is riding a three-game winning streak after disposing of Kirkwood 8-2 at home last week. The Flyers came out of the first quarter April 5 with a 1-1 tie with the Pioneers before taking a 3-2 lead at halftime. But it was a three-goal outburst in the third quarter that got things going as the Flyers recorded five goals in the second half.
"We didn't play as well in the first half as we did in the second half," Lombardo said. "We were coming off a tough match against DeSmet the night before and Kirkwood had a tough goalkeeper that took us a while to figure out."
Niko Filipi led the Flyers with four goals and two assists against Kirkwood. The senior two-meter man scored the team's game-winning goal and is averaging 4.27 goals a game this season.
"Niko's definitely one of our top players and is one of the top players in the league," Lombardo said. "He's so strong and really carries us at times just on his strength."
Junior driver Teddy Key recorded two goals and one assist for the Flyers for his fifth and sixth goals this year.
"That's a good sign for us to see Teddy be more of an offensive threat for us," Lombardo said. "He's really gotten a better understanding of the game and the counterattack as well."
Sophomore driver Kyle Schnoring added to the effort with one goal and two assists against the Pioneers. He has 19 goals and 12 assists this season.
"This is Kyle's first year on the varsity and he's been going through some growing pains," Lombardo said. "But in these past few games, he's really stepped up and started playing like a varsity player."
Senior driver Anthony Nydegger recorded his first goal of the season against Kirkwood.
The Flyers are back in the tank tonight — April 12 — in the first round of the DeSmet Invitational.
STEPHEN GLOVER
Mehlville High soccer player receives Central All Region team honors
Oakville boys swim finishes 13-4, sends nine swimmers to state competition
Crestwood News
Lindbergh field hockey completes perfect defensive season
Oakville boys soccer focused on a winning 2021 season
Oakville boys cross country ready to get back into the grind
Oakville tennis is in a 'youth movement'
Lindbergh volleyball is determined to bounce back this upcoming season
LHS swim hopeful for strong season
Lindbergh soccer looks to return to playoffs in 2021 after 11-3 season
Mehlville High soccer hopes to build on last year's 6-5 record

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Qiagen pays $40M to work with Natera on prenatal screening tests
The GeneReader NGS System (Qiagen)
Qiagen has paid Natera $40 million to bring noninvasive prenatal screening tests to its GeneReader NGS System. The upfront payment sets Qiagen up to develop cell-free DNA assays with Natera for the next decade.
Hilden, Germany-based Qiagen has grown its NGS division into a $115 million-a-year business on the strength of an oncology-focused menu of tests. But the molecular diagnostics player is now looking beyond cancer to secure future growth. That thinking has led Qiagen to bring Natera on board to support the expansion of its test menu.
In return for $40 million in upfront payments and royalties, plus up to $10 million in milestones and ongoing royalties, Qiagen has secured a 10-year relationship with cell-free DNA specialist Natera. The goal of the collaboration is to develop assays that slot into Qiagen's NGS workflow.
The partnership covers a range of applications, but Qiagen focused its discussion of its priorities on prenatal screening. That reflects the focus of Natera, which is best known for its reproductive testing arm. Tests offered by Natera show the risk of a baby having genetic disorders, diagnose single-gene disorders, count the chromosomes of embryos and offer insights into why a miscarriage happened.
Qiagen hopes to combine Natera's expertise in this field with its existing capabilities in the collection and processing of cell-free DNA to differentiate between fetal and maternal DNA and expand access to prenatal screening.
RELATED: Natera bags $180M in IPO to ramp up R&D
For Natera, the partnership gives it upfront and ongoing income, plus the chance to improve the workflows that support its tests while making them available more widely.
"We are combining Natera's molecular and clinical experience in NGS content development with Qiagen's expertise in offering a complete and integrated NGS workflow to offer sample to insight testing leveraging Natera's Constellation cloud platform," Natera CEO Matthew Rabinowitz said in a statement.
"We also believe the global reach of Qiagen will help us capitalize on the emergence and power of next-generation sequencing globally, and make these assays broadly accessible to hospital systems and laboratories worldwide."
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The first thing you want to be sure of, before you go to all that trouble, is whether the wildflower is native to where you are gardening. According to this USDA Plant Profile Map, Phlox drummondii (Annual phlox) is native as close to Dallas County as Denton County, so we feel relatively sure it would thrive when you transplant it to your garden.
We just finished answering a question on planting wildflower seeds indoors and then planting them outside. It has several research references that should help you and to save ourselves the trouble of typing all that information again, here is a link to that previous answer.
September 14, 2015 - Would a Texas Mountain Laurel thrive in a 4'x4'x4'x4' brick planter with a drain at the bottom? It will get full sun all day. If not, would a Green Cloud Sage or a Waxleaf Myrtle work? Thanks!


The following is an extract from a candid Q&A interview with our Head Chef, Jackie Cameron, which was recently published in the Travel & Food supplement of The Times.
Recipe books; kitchen equipment (exciting kitchen gadgets always win me over); improved ingredients and products; I also love handbags, shoes and earrings.
Finding that something that puts a smile on my face.
I always pay... cash. With the arrival of the credit crunch, I've... become very aware of every transaction I make.
A cap gun at the age of three.
Begging my mother for a chocolate at a grocery store. I'm always reminded of that when I hear other children trying their luck. Just the other day, while standing in the queue at Woolworths, I overheard a young boy telling his mother how much he loved her. I was taken aback by his honesty and caring nature, only to hear two seconds later how much he would love a chocolate. I had to laugh.
In my fridge I always have... a selection of Midlands cheese and homemade pickles and preserves.
To me going green means... contributing in a positive light. Believing that every individual can make a difference.
A person who is irritated and in a huff and rush.
Larousse Gastronomique, "the world's most famous culinary reference book".
R500 : A meal for one at a top restaurant.
R5000 : A coffee machine and beans... together they make a full-bodied espresso with a perfect crema.
If the sky's the limit?
I would buy only the best quality, state-of-the-art equipment to furnish my dream kitchen. A good chef is a prepared chef and a prepared chef is a fast chef.
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Five-course dinner party... nothing less.
"Ruby-red, plump strawberries topped with reduced balsamic and freshly ground black pepper, served with Champagne"
A five-course dinner party sounds extremely lavish. My guests, however, expect nothing less! With little available social time on my hands I wow my friends with fresh flavours and quick, clever substitutes. Food that is stress free allows me to enjoy my dinner party.
I begin with pen, paper and an idea. Then I head for the local grocer. The result is a menu expressing the finest produce obtainable.
My choice of arrival nibble is irresistible ruby-red, plump strawberries. Topped with reduced balsamic and freshly ground black pepper and served with Champagne, it is an out-of-the-ordinary extravaganza of sweet and savoury combinations which mingle with the lightness of bubbles. Simply delicious!
The aromas from the melon shelf alert and entice me. I allow the fruit's natural flavour to develop in my mind and the result is a chilled melon and coconut soup. A perfect summer starter, complemented with lightly toasted pine kernels, finely sliced sushi ginger and fresh mint. This new-age soup has a depth without the kick of richness.
In order to make a fabulous dish, the ingredients you are working with need to excite you. The main course is a perfect example of my favourites: beef fillet, fresh asparagus, roasted Mediterranean stuffed butternut with Pringles crisps. The texture of the crisps adds a fun element to this dish. This is a homely main course with a touch of style.
It is summer fruits that make me wish we had only one season! Dessert therefore is made up of roasted nectarines served with cinnamon-crème fraiche, honey, pine nuts and "Lindt" mint chocolate. The difference in textures, temperature and flavours makes this mouth watering and memorable.
My palate doesn't allow me to end on a sweet note. This to the horror of any French wine connoisseur; so to end with a cheese selection, pickles, preserves and biscuits is perfect – for me!.
An evening set to succeed.
ROASTED NECTARINES, CINNAMON-CREME FRAICHE, HONEY, PINE NUTS AND "LINDT"
Extensive research reveals the obvious: the economy dictates people's eating and shopping budgets. People swipe less and save more. Food will be cooked by the people for the people, so family meals and stay-at-home dinner parties will be the next "big thing". Knowledge of seasonal ingredients and the use of local produce are essential in impressing your company.
Peruvian food is the new Thai, so Ceviche, or "Cebiche," to be phonetically correct, is perfect. Ceviche is the Peruvian style of marinating seafood in soya and lime. The benefits of this chilled seafood dish include a cure for hangovers, and is reputed to be an aphrodisiac. Oh boy! Fresh ginger, garlic and coriander form an integral part of the dish and the pantry gossip is that ginger is pushing mint right off menus.
Recognizing that unhealthy eating habits in children result in unhealthy adults, grown health awareness demands a new emphasis on the value of sensible nutrition over convenience foods. Get into the habit of "double" cooking, where possible, and freezing the surplus, so that healthier food is available when time isn't. When I think excellent value-for-money, I think homemade macaroni and cheese. Plain or schussed up, both are scrumptious.
The new trend is for smoking your food rather than frying, a blast from the past. Imagine a stylish, healthy, tea-smoked chicken breast sandwich for lunch.
Thinking of what works and what is best, remember how your grandparents used to source and prepare their food. They were the trend setters of all time, to the point that today we are looking back to what they did, and more often than not, we nick ideas from yesteryear.
"The home of good conversation, fine wines and classic horses."
Living by its slogan "the only world class hotel on a world class stud farm in the world", dinner on any evening at Hartford House in January and February is a cosmopolitan affair. Adorned with candles, its great colonial verandah is alive with the conversation of as many as six different tongues, though a gathering at the Summerhill table of Australians, British, French and South Africans, demands one universal language. It's about horses, of course (who might have guessed?) and it's this time of year when the horse nations of the world converge on us, and Hartford fondly remembers its other slogan "the home of good conversation, fine wines and classic horses".
Naturally, there's many a pilgrim who's been magnetised by the space, the peace, the tranquillity, the beauty of our countryside, and of course, the culture of the only people on earth whose name is known to every airline pilot, "Z" for Zulu.
Guests this evening, include Jonathan D'Arcy and Simon Vivien from Australia's time honoured auction house, Inglis & Son, here on their annual African sojourn; Xavier and Natalie Bozo, prominent French breeders, Patrick Mitford-Slade, whose connections go back to the great English stallion Petingo; National Spirit's breeders, Dr Allen and Robyn Bechard, and a rotation of delegates from the Summerhill team. We use the word rotation intentionally: with the best will in the world, we could not dish up an "A" class repertoire, lunch-in-and-dinner-out, day after day as times demand, without a fresh contingent to carry the cudgels.
I have recently returned from a trip to Germany (Bremen) to cook for the Kirschkes. Gabriele Kirschke celebrated her 60th birthday in style. The South African themed evening included Zulu dancers, music and Waterford Kevin Arnold Shiraz. A perfect evening that was filled with friendly faces, fine wines and food.
Proudly South African flavours! I am always amazed by the quality of South African goods that can be found overseas. Well done to the team at "Restaurant CAMPUS" especially to Marc and Frank for always making my time so pleasurable.
This unforgettable experience was made possible by the generosity of Gabi and Rainer Kirschke. Thank you.
"THIS MAN'S BEEN AROUND : SO THIS IS SOME COMPLIMENT"


In order for the Smart Changing Pad to give you the most precise measurement of how much your baby ate, it's best to weigh your baby as soon as you can. The ideal time to take your baby's ending weight is as soon as you finish a feeding — before changing a diaper, adding a swaddle, or settling in for a catnap. Keep in mind that changing a diaper, an outfit, or adding a blanket can also impact your baby's weight after a feeding.
When your baby smiles, coos or even better, sleeps, she burns calories, and quickly (breastmilk can be fully digested in 90 minutes!). That calorie burn over time will have an impact on your baby's weight, giving you an inaccurate measurement of how much she ate. The Smart Changing Pad will alert you when 90 minutes have passed from the start of your baby's feeding when you return to re-weigh.
Our advice? Feed, re-weigh, then hit the couch for some serious cuddle time.


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Q: For loop iterator issues c++ I having a problem getting my code to throw runtime errors as well getting these loops to work properly, and I'm not sure why.
If the user were to enter a name and balance, for example: josh 100, the program should add 100 to the account named josh in listAccounts vector, and then print the new balance.
something about the line: for ( ; iter !=  listAccounts.end(); iter++) {
For some reason it's causing the if statements to not work, if I comment out that line the function works but only with the last element in listAccounts. Is something wrong with the for loop that is causing it to not step through each element?
void Account::change_balance(string name, int balance, int i) {
    try {
        auto iter = listAccounts.begin();

        for ( ; iter !=  listAccounts.end(); iter++) {

            if ((*iter).account_name == name) {
                if (((*iter).account_type == 0) && (((*iter).account_balance +
                balance) < 0)) {
                    throw runtime_error("account cannot hold negative
                    balance");
                    (*iter).account_balance = (((*iter).account_balance) -
                    (balance));
                    cout << (*iter).account_balance;
                } else {
                    (*iter).account_balance = balance +
                    (*iter).account_balance;
                    cout << (*iter).account_balance;
                }
            }
        }
    }
    catch (runtime_error& e) {
        cout << "error on line " << i << ": " << e.what() << "\n";
    }
}

I can't figure out where I have gone wrong, any indication would be much appreciated. Thanks.

A: Check your inner for-loop. You never increase the iterator, all you do is comparing listAccounts.size() times the same element of the vector with the function argument. As the loops ends when k == listAccounts.size(), the condition n == listAccounts.size() can only be fulfilled when the outer loop goes for at least another run, because you did not clear n (or defined it locally). But now, it may fire and say "Account not found" even though it is there, because n == listAccounts.size(). This is not the behaviour your intended.
You should rethink your algorithm. Why do you traverse all the accounts each time you traverse the list of accounts? It would be totally sufficient to do it once. Consider doing something like this:
for(auto& account : listAccounts) {
   if(account.account_name == name) {
      // do your logic stuff and eventually:
      return;
   }
}
// if your program gets here, no account with such a name was found

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3D printed sculptures featured in new exhibit at Stein Galleries
Stein Galleries' latest exhibition featuring 58 works of digital fabrication opens Oct. 26 and runs through Dec. 7.
TEDxDayton2014 to have Wright State flavor
Five people with links to Wright State will be those speaking or performing at TEDxDayton2014 Oct. 17.
Stein Galleries lets you draw on its walls
People of all ages can have artwork displayed at the Stein Galleries during the "Draw on the Walls" event on Oct. 16.
Elena Dorfman Lecture
Renowned photographer Elena Dorfman will be speaking at Wright State on Thursday, October 9 from 5:00-6:00 p.m. in the Creative Arts Center, room M252. She will be delivering a lecture on her work, which is included in the current Robert & Elaine Stein Galleries exhibition EXPOSURE: An Exhibition of Contemporary Photography. There will be a reception in the Galleries following the lecture until 7:00 p.m. Elena Dorfman achieved much of her fame through exploring the social, cultural, and...
Photo synthesis
Since joining Wright State's Department of Art and Art History, associate professor Tracy Longley-Cook has been a driving force behind the growth of the photography program.
Contemporary photography comes in focus in latest Stein Galleries exhibit
Robert and Elaine Stein Galleries opens 40th season with photography exhibition on display through Oct. 12.
"Photographing the Egypt-Palestine Front during the Great War"
Please join us for a lecture and presentation by Dr. Issam Nassar, Department of History, Illinois State University. Examining photos of the failed Ottoman attempt to seize the Suez Canal in 1915, Dr. Nassar will discuss the Ottoman preparations for war and the role that photography played in the First World War. Time and Place: Thursday September 18, 6:00-8:00 pm, 109 Oelman Hall Sponsored by the following Wright State University departments and offices: War and Society Program, Department...
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Join us as we open our 40th Exhibition Season with an exhibition of ground-breaking contemporary photography. "Exposure" highlights over 70 photographs by world-class artists presenting a wide breadth of aesthetic, conceptual and technical approaches to the medium. This diverse selection of images showcase a comprehensive range of subjects, processes and themes relating to social and cultural issues, race and gender, as well as traditions and movements within the last 60 years of the...
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Existence of the Fourier Transform
Conditions for the existence of the Fourier transform are complicated to state in general [13], but it is sufficient for to be absolutely integrable, i.e.,
This requirement can be stated as , meaning that belongs to the set of all signals having a finite norm ( ). It is similarly sufficient for to be square integrable, i.e.,
or, . More generally, it suffices to show for [13, p. 47].
There is never a question of existence, of course, for Fourier transforms of real-world signals encountered in practice. However, idealized signals, such as sinusoids that go on forever in time, do pose normalization difficulties. In practical engineering analysis, these difficulties are resolved using Dirac's ``generalized functions'' such as the impulse (also called the delta function) [39].
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Hello friends, in this post we will see construction and working principle & classification of dynamometer type wattmeter. We will also see the advantages and disadvantages of dynamometer type wattmeter.
The following figure shows the dynamometer wattmeter for measuring the power. If two coils are connected such that, current proportional to the load voltage, flows through one coil and current proportional to the load current, flows through another coil, the meter can be calibrated directly in watts. This is true because the indication depends upon the product of the two magnetic fields. The strength of the magnetic fields depends upon the values of the current flowing through the coils.
For a DC circuit, the deflecting torque is thus proportional to the power.
Hence an electrodynamic instrument, when connected as shown in the figure, indicates the power, irrespective of the fact it is connected in an AC or DC circuit.
Current circuit: 0.25 A to 100 A with employing current transformers (CTs).
Potential circuit: 5V to 750 V without employing potential transformers (PTs).
These instruments are used largely as standard wattmeters.
The moving, or voltage, the coil is suspended from a torsion head by a metallic suspension which serves as a lead to the coil. This coil is situated entirely inside the current or fixed coils and the winding in such that the system is static. Errors due to external magnetic fields are thus avoided.
The torsion heads carry a scale, and when in use, the moving coil is bought back to the zero position by turning this head; the number of divisions turned through when multiplied by a constant for the instrument gives the power.
Eddy currents are eliminated as far as possible by winding the current coils of standard wire and by using no metal parts within the region of the magnetic field of the instrument.
The mutual inductance errors are completely eliminated by making zero position of the coil such that the angle between the planes of moving coil and the fixed coil is 90 degree. i.e. the mutual inductance between the fixed and moving coil is zero.
The elimination of pivot friction makes possible the construction of extremely sensitive and accurate electrodynamic instruments of this pattern.
These instruments are commonly used as a switchboard or portable instruments.
In these instruments, the fixed coil is wound in two halves, which are placed in parallel to another at such a distance, that uniform field is obtained. The moving coil is wound of such a size and pivoted centrally so that it does not project outside the field coils at its maximum deflection position.
The springs are pivoted for controlling the movement of the moving coil, which also serves as currents lead to the moving coil.
The damping is provided by using the damping vane attached to the moving system and moving in a sector-shaped box.
The reading is indicated directly by the pointer attached to the moving system and moving over the calibrated scale.
The eddy current errors, within the region of the magnetic field of the instrument, are minimized by the use of non-metallic parts of high resistivity material.
2) High degree of accuracy can be obtained by careful design; hence these are used for calibration purposes.
2) In dynamometer type wattmeter, a stray field may affect the reading of the instrument. To reduce it, magnetic shielding is provided by enclosing the instrument in an iron case.
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Chaitra Sud 9, referred to as Shree Hari Jayanti, is one of the most significant days of the year for a disciple of Lord Shree Swaminarayan. This is the day that Lord Shree Swaminarayan appeared on the Earth in a human form, at the home of Shree Dharmadev and Bhaktimata, in a small village in Northern India called Chhapaiya. Wednesday 5th April 2017 marked exactly 236 years since that auspicious event took place.
In celebration, disciples of Shree Swaminarayan Gadi gathered in the temples and celebrated the arrival of the supreme Lord.
The evening's celebrations included Ashirwad, kirtan bhakti (devotional singing) and an hour-long dhoon – chanting the Lord's supreme name.
In Maninagar-dhaam, a 24 hour dhoon was held. All this, while the young Lord is gently swung in a cradle. The Lord will give Darshan seated in the cradle for six days. During the evening of each of the six days, disciples will gather at Shree Swaminarayan Mandir Bolton.
The Lord will be ceremonially unseated from the cradle on His sixth day – Chathi.


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CEO of BMW North America Ludwig Willisch debuts the new 4-Series Gran Coupe at the 2014 New York International Auto Show.
Not long ago, German automaker BMW ambitiously decided to expand the definition of its entry-level 3-Series family by changing the name of its popular coupe to 4 Series —in line with a branding strategy of even-numbered coupes, and some outlier sport-utility vehicles.
Today, at the New York International Auto Show, BMW presented consumers with two new extensions of the 4-Series that aren't quite coupes at all: the X4 sport-utility vehicle, and the 4 Series Gran Coupé.
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The X4 is the spiritual, smaller sibling of the X6 sport-utility vehicle, emphasizing style and flash over versatility and practicality. Not a full-fledged SUV, but neither a tall, four-door coupe (more on that in a minute), the X4 looks the part of a scaled-down X6, and little more.
The 2015 BMW X5 is the smaller sibling of the X6 SUV.
By contrast, the 4 Series Gran Coupé, a four-door 4 Series coupe, at its essence, seems like a rational extension of the 3 Series and 4 Series families —until you consider the 3 Series Gran Turismo that already exists. It features the coupe's wide proportions, stretched to accommodate a set of rear doors, and is subjectively a much more attractive piece than the 3 Series sedan. The Gran Coupe brand has, heretofore, only been applied to the 6 Series. (Confused yet?)
The X4 puts focus on style rather than versatility.
Expect the trim levels, features, and options packages to be closely aligned with existing 3- and 4-Series models.
One might consider the 4 Series Gran Coupe to be more attractive than the 3 Series sedan.
Much less confusing is the engine and transmission strategy for these two models. The X4 and 4 Series Gran Coupe both utilize the same turbocharged engines: a four-cylinder that produces 240 horsepower, and a 300-horsepower inline six. Sound familiar? That's because these engines are already tried and tested stalwarts of the BMW lineup that yield above-average fuel economy, for their respective classes, as well as performance. Eight-speed automatic transmissions will be the only ones offered.
The 4 Series Gran Coupe, pictured, and the X4 will both go on sale in the U.S. before the end of the year.
The 4 Series Gran Coupe and X4 will both go on sale in the United States before the end of 2014, and more than likely in the next few months. Introducing these two vehicles seems a natural step for BMW, which is set on expanding its product lineup to fit nearly every niche. Each version of the X4 will carry a base price in the mid-40s, and the 4 Series Gran Coupe will be slightly less expensive.
We're curious to see how the market responds, and if there is demand for yet another variant of the 4 Series, erm 3 Series, platform.
Check out the X4 and 4-series Gran Coupéon the show floor, and stay with New York Daily News Autos for coverage of the 2014 New York International Auto Show!
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This app lets you create your own Instagram-like travel journal.
What it does: Uses your smartphone and desktop photos and your own notes to make personal travel bucket lists. Lazy? You can use photos from the Internet or re-post other people's notes.
What's hot: I loved browsing the "Featured" section and found restaurant after restaurant that I wanted to try in foreign destinations whose names I couldn't pronounce, much less read (Asian characters are in play here). But I added them to my lists anyway. Spottly starts you with lists such as "To go before I die," "Overrated spots," "Spots I'd recommend" and "Favorite restaurants." It will be most useful in keeping track of your own favorites and is quick to download.
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The Hoover Floormate Hard Floor Cleaner washes, scrubs and dries sealed floors. It is designed for sealed hardwood, tile, vinyl, marble and laminate flooring.
The Hoover FloorMate has a patented rotating brush that cleans your floors from all angles. The Hoover has two different tanks. One is for dirty water and the other is for clean water. This way you never put dirty water on your floor. It has a good size basin. The water holder is three quarters of a quart.
The Hoover FloorMate has a wash/dry mode so as it cleans and uses water it is also drying up the water. It also has a dry mode that stops the brushes from working. This mode speeds up the drying time and mops up any excess water in the floor. The cleaning solution is easy to release.
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> Local authorities' role in housing supply
Local authorities' role in housing supply
Housing, Planning and Environment
By Matt Hutchings QC – This article was previously published in the Local Government Lawyer
Local authorities and the housing crisis
In her foreword to the housing White Paper Fixing our broken housing market presented to Parliament in February 2017, the Prime Minister stated that "Our broken housing market is one of the greatest barriers to progress in Britain today. Whether buying or renting, the fact is that housing is increasingly unaffordable – particularly for ordinary working class people who are struggling to get by."
According to Ministry of Housing statistics, in 2017 there were 1.15m households on English council housing waiting lists and, by the first quarter of 2018, there were approaching 80,000 homeless households in temporary accommodation provided by the same councils pursuant to the main housing duty.
Whilst the White Paper did not mention a specific target for the number of new homes to be built, the government had committed itself to an ambitious figure of 250,000 each year in England. By the Autumn Budget 2017, this target had increased to 300,000.
In the White Paper, the main role of local authorities in boosting housing supply was identified as strategic, in enabling the private sector to deliver much needed new homes using their planning powers.
This article explores three alternative roles for councils in boosting housing supply: (i) as house builders, (ii) via their strategic role as planning authorities and (iii) through the use of local housing companies.
Local authorities' traditional role as house builders
Local authorities' traditional contribution towards increasing housing supply comprised building subsidised council-owned homes. This model has a long history, dating back to the Housing and Working Classes Act 1890, and is epitomised by the large number of council estates that sprung up around the country in the post-war years.
In the 1950s and 60s the delivery of council homes in England ran at about 200,000 new homes a year. In 1969-1970 the figure was 135,700. By 1999-2000 it had crashed to 60. What happened to cause this collapse? The enactment of the Right to Buy ("RTB") in 1980, which entitled tenants to buy their council homes at substantial discounts, together with strict restrictions on local authorities' use of RTB receipts, is the obvious answer.
More generally, local authorities fell out of favour with central government as suppliers of social housing. Social housing grant was targeted at the housing association and charitable sector. From the first such stock transfer by Chiltern District Council in 1988, successive governments encouraged large scale transfers of council housing stock to housing associations, as the preferred providers for delivering decent homes for social tenants. The resulting shift in the social housing sector can be illustrated by the statistic that by 2015 there were some 1.6m council homes, as compared with 2.4m housing association homes, an almost exact reversal of the figures in 2003.
Significantly, from the perspective of central government policy in this area, housing association borrowing to finance the delivery of new homes is not counted as part of the Public Sector Net Borrowing ("PSNB", in old money, the Public Sector Borrowing Requirement). A move by the Office of National Statistics in 2015 to reclassify housing association debt as part of the national debt was reversed in 2017 as a result of deregulation of the housing association sector under schedule 4 to the Housing and Planning Act 2016 and the Regulation of Social Housing (Influence of Local Authorities) (England) Regulations 2017.
In April 2012 English local authorities became self-financing in relation to their housing stock. To the uninitiated, this may sound like a route to independent local decisions on housing investment. However, central government imposed a cap on Housing Revenue Account ("HRA") debt (ironically under Localism Act 2011 powers), which significantly restricted councils' ability to borrow against their housing rental streams, and thus to invest in housing stock.
The Local Government Association has consistently called for the borrowing cap to be scrapped, with support from the Chartered Institute of Housing and other bodies in the housing industry. The example of Scottish councils' successful building programmes has often been cited in support of this contention. In its unanimous report on the Autumn Budget 2017, the Treasury Committee agreed, recommending that "in order to increase Local Authority construction to levels sufficient to meet the Government's 300,000 target, the Housing Revenue Account borrowing cap should be removed."
However, the main thrust of government policy has been heading in a different direction. In its evidence to the DCLG Select Committee inquiry leading up to self-financing, the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy had called for the government not to press ahead with the borrowing cap. The government responded as follows: "Our reforms must not jeopardise the Government's first economic priority, which is to reduce the national deficit." The government's position was that adherence to the Prudential Code governing local authorities' capital finance decisions would ensure local affordability but would not achieve national priorities. The UK is alone within the EU in counting local authorities' debt as part of the national debt. As a result, councils' borrowing for house building has remained firmly in the sights of the Chancellor of the Exchequer as part of government policy of deficit reduction.
Little was said in the Housing White Paper about reviving councils' traditional role as house builders. At paragraph 3.32, there was a vague commitment to: "work with local authorities to understand all the options for increasing the supply of affordable housing." This may be contrasted with the statement at paragraph 3.24 that: "Housing associations have a vital role to play if we are to build the homes we need. They already build the vast majority of new affordable homes, in addition to increasing numbers of homes for market rent and sale." Recent relaxations of the cap including an extra £1bn headroom for areas of high demand have been very modest, when compared with the Association of Retained Council Housing's June 2013 estimate of the financial capacity of national council housing stock, at £27.5bn.
A strengthened strategic role
The government announced a review of local authorities' role in supporting housing supply in the 2013 Autumn Statement. The result of the review was the Elphicke-House Report dated January 2015. As its sub-title From statutory provider to Housing Delivery Enabler suggests, the main emphasis of the report's recommendations was in strengthening councils' strategic role in planning and facilitating the required house building by the private sector.
The Elphicke-House Report thus laid the foundations for the 2017 White Paper, which announced three things that the government was going to make happen to fix the broken housing market: (i) planning for the right homes in the right places, (ii) building homes faster and (iii) diversifying the housing market.
So far as local authorities were concerned, the Executive summary stated as follows:
"The Government is offering higher fees and new capacity funding to develop planning departments, simplified plan-making, and more funding for infrastructure. We will make it easier for local authorities to take action against those who do not build out once permissions have been granted. We are interested in the scope for bespoke housing deals to make the most of local innovation. In return, the Government asks local authorities to be as ambitious and innovative as possible to get homes built in their area. All local authorities should develop an up-to-date plan with their communities that meets their housing requirement (or, if that is not possible, to work with neighbouring authorities to ensure it is met), decide applications for development promptly and ensure the homes they have planned for are built out on time. It is crucial that local authorities hold up their end of the bargain. Where they are not making sufficient progress on producing or reviewing their plans, the Government will intervene. And where the number of homes being built is below expectations, the new housing delivery test will ensure that action is taken."
The use of the National Planning Policy Framework ("NPPF") to influence local authorities to deliver the local need for new housing, often despite resistance from their existing residents, may be illustrated by the Morris Homes case in the Supreme Court, reported at [2017] 1 WLR 1865. The Supreme Court decided that, because Suffolk Coastal District Council could not demonstrate a five year supply of deliverable housing sites, paragraph 14 in conjunction with paragraph 49 of the NPPF provided for a presumption or "tilted balance" in favour of granting planning permission for the development, which the Inspector refusing planning permission had wrongly found to have been displaced.
The draft revised NPPF published in March 2018 takes this presumption further. It would incorporate via paragraphs 11.d and 75 a new Housing Delivery Test, as part of the trigger for the presumption in favour of development. These revisions to the NPPF gave effect to the commitments made in the Housing White Paper "to ensure that action is taken" to boost housing supply.
However, it is questionable whether boosting housing supply through the private sector will meet the particular needs of "ordinary working class people who are struggling to get by". The draft revised NPPF proposes that, on major housing development sites, at least 10% of the housing should be for affordable home ownership, subject to some exceptions. The requirement for developers to include affordable housing within housing developments is usually imposed by local authorities via planning obligations entered into under section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. In the ordinary way, private sector developers will look to maximise profits and only deliver non-market housing when under an enforceable obligation to do so.
Affordable housing is currently defined in Annex 2 of the NPPF as rented at no more than 80% of market rent. In many areas, such rent levels are unaffordable for "ordinary working class people", let alone those reliant on housing benefit. By contrast, social rents (including council rents), are commonly set at around 50% of market levels. Against the background of a 52% reduction in the social housing stock over the previous 35 years, social rented
now accounts for just 3% of new supply. In 2015/16 in England only 6,550 new social rent homes were completed. Within the same year, RTB sales across council and housing association stock were in excess of 16,000.
The White Paper did not specifically address this unmet need, notwithstanding plans to extend the RTB to the generality of housing association tenancies via the so-called Voluntary Right to Buy, to be funded by the enforced sale of higher value council houses, under the Housing and Planning Act 2016. There is no sign of the overall trend of a reduction in the number of houses let at social rents being reversed.
Local housing companies
Local authorities have for a number of years enjoyed the power to provide housing through companies, under section 95 of the Local Government Act 2003 and, more recently, under the general power of competence conferred by section 1 of the Localism Act 2011.
The Elphicke-House Report embraced the concept of local housing delivery organisations and at paragraph 7.24 recommended that councils consider setting them up. Paragraph 7.2.1 of the report contained a description of three such models: (i) a wholly owned company funded by the council, (ii) an investment partnership, with funding provided by a developer and the council providing land and (iii) an operating lease granted by the council to a registered provider. Relevant case studies were set out at Appendix 5. Indeed, at paragraph 4.2.4 the report suggested that innovative finance models, using local housing delivery vehicles, might be the answer to the cap on local authorities' borrowing capacity.
The government's response was unenthusiastic in relation to the use of local housing companies ("LHCs") to deliver any form of social housing. In a written statement to Parliament made on 20 March 2015 (HCWS441), the Minister of State for Housing and Planning said this:
"It is important that new council tenants should have access to the Right to Buy, and that new homes should not be built by councils which are excluded from the Right to Buy. In order to be eligible, local authority tenants need to have a secure tenancy. All forms of secure council tenancies are subject to the Right to Buy, including new flexible tenancies, regardless of whether they are accounted for in the local authority's Housing Revenue Account or the General Fund. A number of local authorities have established local housing companies to help deliver local housing solutions. The Government recognises the benefits that public private partnerships can bring in supporting new forms of housing, and notes that the Elphicke-House review into the role of local authorities in housing supply identified that different housing delivery organisations offer different strengths and opportunities. The Government welcomes approaches where local housing companies are developing new homes for market sale or purchasing private rented homes for the accommodation of homeless households, through an appropriate legal entity structure and/or the borrowing does not count as public sector borrowing."
The point to note is that the above expression of government support for LHCs is limited to their use in the provision of market housing or temporary accommodation, activities which fall outside the remit of social rented housing and the HRA.
Nevertheless, the establishment of LHCs by English local authorities appears to be on the rise. Current legal structures incentivise the delivery of council housing through LHCs. In particular: (i) LHCs are accounted for in the General Fund, therefore the HRA borrowing cap is not a constraint on council investment, (ii) LHCs are subject to the same regulation as ordinary private sector providers, and in particular are not subject to rent control, and (iii) LHC tenancies do not attract the RTB. It is easy to see that factors (ii) and (iii) above make long-term investment in housing via LHCs financially more viable than a similar investment in traditional council housing stock.
In a report published in October 2017, Delivering the renaissance in council-built homes: the rise of local housing companies, the Smith Institute noted a rapid rise in LHCs. Other studies carried out by the Association for Public Sector Excellence (Novemner 2017) and Inside Housing (February 2018) have noted the same trend.
The Smith Institute paper estimated that there were currently a total of 150 LHCs in England, which were being used by councils to deliver a mix of housing tenures, including 30-40% affordable housing and some at social rents. The paper predicted that LHCs could increase completions over time from 2,000 homes a year to 10,000-15,000 homes each year by 2022.
This development may present a quandary for central government: on the one hand, it represents a much needed contribution towards easing the housing crisis for "generation rent" households struggling on low incomes, but on the other, a potential way around its prized policy of enabling home ownership through the RTB.
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Introducing Queen Boudicca
Yona Williams October 1, 2009
When it comes to strong women, there's a warrior queen in Celtic and British history that has earned a reputation as a mover and shaker in establishing power amongst her people and trying to make a stand against the oppression of foreign forces. In this article, you will learn whom the Queen stood against and whether or not her efforts were a success.
Boudicca (also known as Boadicea) was Queen of the Iceni tribe and is best known for organizing the Celtic tribes in Britain to stand thei rground against Roman occupation. The information we have regarding the Queen is written by two authors: Tacitus, who wrote "Agricola" (98 CE) and "The Annals" (109 CE), and Dio, who penned "The Rebellion of Boudicca" (about 163 CE).
About the Queen
In what is now known as Norfolk and Suffolk, Boudicca was married to Prasutagus, who was the leader of the Iceni tribe located in East England. In 43 CE, the Roman invaded Britain, forcing the majority of Celtic tribes to submit to their power. Despite their forces, the Romans granted two Celtic kings the permission to and most of the Celtic tribes were forced to submit. However, the Romans allowed two Celtic kings to retain some of their traditional power , one of them being Boudicca's husband, Prasutagus.
The occupation brought more Romans to the region, increased their military presence, and wished to destroy the religious culture associated with the Celts. The economy also suffered a host of changes, including heavy taxation and money lending. Other changes followed in 47 CE when the Romans ordered the Ireni to lay down their arms. This move caused resentment amongst the people. To make matters worse, the Romans had given Prasutagus a grant, which was later called a 'loan.' Passing away in 60 CE, Prasutagus wished to settle his debt, giving Emperor Nero half of his kingdom as a result.
When the Romans came to collect on the debt, they decided that they wanted more than just half of the kingdom. Seizing control of the entire kingdom was just the tip of the iceberg. The Romans aimed to humiliate the Celtic rulers, so they publicly beat the Queen and raped their two daughters. They collected the wealth of many Iceni and sold a great deal of the royal family into slavery.
While the Roman governor Suetonius later became more interested in attacking Wales, he opened up a doorway for revenge. His first mistake was taking two-thirds of the Roman military in Britain to accomplish his desire to best Wales. In the meantime, Boudicca arranged a meeting with the leaders of the Iceni, Trinovanti, Cornovii, Durotiges, and other tribes.
In Part 2, you will find out which cities Boudicca and her army attacked, how they punished the inhabitants, and how the Romans deflated their cause.
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THANK YOU to the Ferguson Fire Department in Ferguson, Missouri (St. Louis County) for the purchase of this new Rosenbauer Viper Aerial truck. This truck will replace the department's current ten-year-old Rosenbauer 109' straight stick. Ferguson also has a Rosenbauer rear mount pumper that is currently in reserve status. This unit will be stationed at Ferguson house 2 and will run as a first out apparatus. Completion is scheduled for next winter. Stay tuned for in production pictures!!!


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Luke Jacobz announced as host of Seven's new reality romance series The Proposal
"Who doesn't like to watch people fall in love?"
By Tina Burke
A new reality romance series is coming to Channel Seven this year, because we viewers just can't get enough of that on-screen love!
From the producers of The Bachelor comes Seven's bold new series The Proposal, a reality TV show that helps singles find 'the one' who will become their instant fiancé.
In each episode of The Proposal, 10 eligible daters will compete in four pageant-style rounds to win the heart of a mystery suitor or suitress (whose identity is concealed).
There are first-impression questions, a beach-wear round, a round of more confronting questions and, the big one, a round that sees the hopeful singles strive to receive approval from the suitor's family.
After these four knock-out rounds, the two remaining singles will finally meet the mystery suitor, who will propose to the 'winner.'
I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! 2019 contestant Luke Jacobz has just been announced as the host of the upcoming series and we are SO excited to hear he'll be back on our screens.
Luke Jacobz is back on our screens as host of The Proposal!
"I'm so happy to be attached to this very new and exciting project," Luke reveals.
"Who doesn't like to watch people fall in love? To be a part of a couple's story, and to be there the day they become engaged is a pretty amazing thing."
The host and actor, who has previously starred on Home and Away, The X Factor, Instant Hotel, McLeod's Daughters and Dancing with the Stars, is recently engaged himself.
After popping the question to his fiancé Raychel in November 2018, Luke is excited to help other singles on their quest to find everlasting love.
"Proposing to my fiancé Raychel was one of the most nerve-wracking, exciting but rewarding experiences of my life," Luke tells. "I'm hoping that my very recent proposal might give our singles even more confidence.
"I have always wanted to get married and start a family…there's no greater feeling knowing that you've met the one, that you're now part of this amazing team. I love that I get to be a part of other couples taking the leap too."
"Thankyou baby for saying yes," Luke wrote in his engagement announcement.
The Proposal is coming soon to Channel Seven.
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We got 3 pails to try out, we're going to use it in a couple of our CAFS extinguishers and water cans for a start. One is a 30 gal. CAFS on a rescue, and the other a 10 gal. on a UTV. We currently have a couple of engines with class A and B tanks also. Another dept. is wanting to split a pallet with us, and we're getting low on our stock of conventional A and B foams, so now would be a good time to switch. I've seen quite a few videos, and talked to a sales rep that seems to be knowledgeable and forthright, but I'd also like to hear from anyone that's had experiences with this stuff, there isn't a lot of literature on it.
Okay, so here's my take on our training with Novacool. We played around with it using our grass truck with a foam tank, and 10 and 30 gallon CAFS extinguishers. With the 10 gallon extinguisher, it easily covered a 30x30' area of grass, and it seems that it would easily extinguish a grass fire of that size with reserve for hot spots. We used cones to mark the area, and when sprayed, the Novacool clung to the sides of the cone very well and didn't run off.
The bigger CAFS extinguisher is a Tri-Max brand, and it seemed to work well with the little straight tip that it comes with.
On an 1 1/2" line, Novacool seems to make better "foam" (although it doesn't really work like AFFF) with just a regular combination nozzle. Using a foam nozzle on the line gave about 20-25% less reach, and was less "foamy"
We didn't use it on any actual fire unfortunately, but it's easier to pour than AFFF, as it's thinner. Mixing directly with AFFF in a bucket, it did not gel after an hour, and remained thinner than straight AFFF. It seems to work well by raining it down or spraying directly on pavement to further aerate it into sort of a blanket.
I hope to see it used on some training fires for a better review.


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Maximum Beverage - CT Hartford, West Hartford 06117
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Maximum Beverage entered the industry of Wholesale Wines in 2012 and has grown to employ 1 to 4 people, generating an annual revenue of $2.500.000 to $4.999.999. The NAICS classifies this business under the code 4453100, which describes it as a Wholesale Wines. For further clarification, the SIC classifies this business under the code 5182 and described it as a Wholesale Wines. The business provides service to the B2B market.
To acquire more information, please contact Nelson Veiga, Manager Full Name Report by calling (860) 761-2541 Full Phone Report during business hours. You can also write to the business' Single Location at 333 North Main St # 3, West Hartford, Connecticut CT 06117. You can also visit the company's website at . View this business' social media profiles on Twitter or on Facebbok .
Company: Maximum Beverage
Representative: Nelson Veiga, Manager Full Name Report
Place of Business: 333 North Main St # 3, West Hartford, CT 06117
Type of Service: Wholesale Wines
NAICS Number: 4453100
Income/Year: $2.500.000 to $4.999.999
Maximum Beverage is a company operating from Hartford, Connecticut providing professional Wholesale Wines and relevant B2B variables. It was founded in 2012 and registered with the SIC code 5182 as Wholesale Wines, and with the NAICS code 4453100 as Wholesale Wines.
With a current employee count of 1 to 4, Maximum Beverage has gone to report making $2.500.000 to $4.999.999 per annum on its journey towards growth. This company invites you to contact its representative Nelson Veiga, Manager Full Name Report at (860) 761-2541 Full Phone Report for related queries, or to locate its Single Location using the coordinates 41.78374,-72.74681.
The Single Location can also be found at the street address 333 North Main St # 3 in West Hartford, Connecticut 06117 and can be engaged online through the company website at , the company Twitter , and Facebook page .


» Anybody using Arch as their daily driver?
Re: Anybody using Arch as their daily driver?
All of my computer gear is obsolete to some degree.
According to the kid in the office next door, I'm also obselete to some degree.
Prob'ly because you don't constantly poke your smart phone to keep up with social media. Ignore the brat.
btw, i happily use to use used laptops too.
this allows me to buy a couple of extra gears for my home studio.
I use Arch regularly at home by dual booting with Windows 10. If Linux had more game support, I would surely just avoid having Windows 10 on my system entirely. At work, I use Windows 10 exclusively mostly because I can't imagine having many situations in which I could easily get away with staying booted into Arch for most of the day since a lot of programs I use are Windows specific programs; yet, I do wonder if I could get all of those programs working through Wine.
If I had it my way, though, Arch would certainly be my go-to OS for everything under the sun, so to speak.
I'm using Arch Linux as my primary operating system with Microsoft Windows system and ReactOS in Oracle's Virtualbox.
Sure, I use Arch as my 'daily driver' and only operating system; why not?
Been using Arch as my daily driver for some years now, although I have a Win10 kvm/qemu guest on disk for those rare occasions.
Arch is my daily driver, and for my job I use Windows 10 in VirtualBox so I can join the domain and have access to their things.
Yes and I am now working on making it the default workstation choice for my company (IT support org). Then I will work on making it a genuine alt. to Windows for my customers.
Many moons ago I spent about four years persuading a certain large org to use DHCP properly instead of a weird home grown VAX based database of IPs. The solution at the time involved a three node cluster of Novell 5.0 systems eventually - way over the top but that is what they wanted to see. Job done but a bit crap. Each host had a fibre NIC with thirty VLANs because "networks" (department) couldn't be arsed to do bootp/dhcp-forwarding (probably didn't know how).
That was just one battle I won.
I'm very patient, very, very patient.
My industry is hydrogeology and I use Arch as my main work computer. I do struggle at times because management uses windows while us groundwater modellers all use some flavour of linux. Once I finish/finalise my report and send it for review, I open a windows VM with Office, polish it up and send it off. Any edits are done in windows.
LibreOffice still messes up my formatting.
You need to pitch a corporate wiki for documentation. Proper version control and editing. No more sending stuff via email, and PDF export if you need to send someone a copy.
At home, I use Arch as my primary OS on my laptop. My home server is Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, though when 1804 rolls around, I may choose to use Arch for it instead.
At work, I am forced to use Windows, with a few servers being RHEL 6.
Some time ago some friend complained that an update to his ubuntu install wiped his shell customizations. That reminded me why I love arch, the fact that it doesn't attempt to customize anything for you.
I possess a device, in my pocket, that is capable of accessing the entirety of information known to man.
I use it to look at funny pictures of cats and to argue with strangers.
Yes, it's my only OS; I'd describe myself as an artist and game developer. I used to use Windows primarily, about one or two months ago, but have been very happy with Arch ever since. I replaced Photoshop/Clip Studio Paint with Krita for graphics, FL Studio/Ableton with LMMS for music creation, Unity3D/UE4 with Godot for game development, still use Steam for games, replaced OneNote with Zim for note taking, replaced Dropbox with Syncthing for file syncing (though I don't think I had to, I just don't trust Dropbox whatsoever with my data.) KeePassX 2 replaced LastPass, though again it was more of a security issue. Firefox is still great, I use that with uBlock and some of EFF's plugins. Blender's really good too, works perfect; make your characters and animations in there for game dev. Haven't had any problems with Dolpin emulator, and I think PCSX2 works fine as well; I'm sure there's no shortage of emulation for Linux, unless we're talking current gen. Among the most impressive things is that linux-lts automatically understands my PS4 controller and correctly maps with games; on Windows it's a pain to get the right drivers to make your controllers work, unless it's a 360 controller I guess though I've never tried. FocusWriter works fine. Minecraft works fine, even with over-the-top shaders. VLC works fine. qBittorrent works fine. A lot of the software I was using before is still here. If there's any reason why people favor Windows over Linux, it usually has very little to do with the OS itself, but the software availability, thus my focus on that. If I don't have the software I need to do my work, I cannot use the OS, even if it's better in and of itself. Fortunately that's improved tremendously over the past decade.
I'm hard pressed to think of anything I'm missing about Windows; I had to sacrifice some software that I got very much used to, but a lot of it works fine with Arch already. If LMMS got on the level of FL Studio it'd be magnificent; right now it's the weakest link, and the only FOSS of its kind right now AFAIK; there are other Linux DAWs but they seem to focus more on audio recording, whereas I'm more interested in synthesizers; I suppose I could always learn MilkyTracker if I wanted pure synthesizer action. At this point I prefer Godot to Unity due to design philosophy differences, but that's a huge rant in itself. Krita has some annoying bugs but it's mostly on par with the software I was using before. Zim doesn't have support for drawing whatsoever, but I didn't use that feature very often in OneNote anyhow. Installing software in Arch is so much easier than it is on Windows, just a command in the terminal is all that's needed, don't have to look for a website, look for a download link, download something, and then open it and then go through the install wizard, and maybe there's some dependency missing, some .dll that didn't get included, so you gotta go find that too, and maybe the .dll is malicious... That's the clearest benefit to me, both pacman and an AUR helper make the experience silky smooth, I'll have new software I want in mere seconds (assuming I'm not building from source.) Also because it's all moderated and mostly open source, I don't really need to worry about viruses either, which is just another worry off my mind. Though I suppose the same principle applies, if I install from unstrusted sources then I'm just asking for it.
I just think Arch is great. If all my old software and games from Windows worked on Arch, I'd just have zero reason to use Windows; IMO Windows is worse overall: slower and less flexible, infinitely more expensive (can't beat 0$), constant expenses for upgrades (not including all the licenses I implicitly bought as a part of PC purchases which I subsequently lost the product keys to one way or another, leaving me SOL), spying and blackboxed so who knows how bad it actually gets underneath the surface--it's a raw deal, but as stated, software is what makes or breaks an OS, and that all depends on the software developers. Strange to think that a company which makes so much produces something that doesn't drastically outperform--or even outperform a little--something that subsists on volunteer work and donations.
@meritocracy, well said. I'm not a heavy software user - no game design or graphics design. I'm a user of the basics - LibreOffice, Firefox, and a few others. I don't even use LibreOffice very often. Mostly, I just use a text editor for keeping notes and often pasting text into an email. Everything I understood of your post rings true. I well remember the security worries I had with that other unforgiving OS. FUD kept me hanging onto that one for a while, but it wasn't long before I ditched it forever.
I've got Arch as my primary system for the desktop/laptop and Android for Smartphone/Tablet Devices.
I use Arch as my daily driver. At home, at work, best OS ever as far as i'm concerned. What can i say, i really love the KISS principle, the AUR community, this is the OS i really feel at home at. I know exactly what's installed, and everything just works..
The OS would not recognise certain USB devices, drivers for my perfectly good USB scanner were unavailable (a Canon LiDE 25) don't know whether to blame Microsoft or Canon for this), but thanks to (Arch) Linux i can use my devices without any problem.
Again what can i say.. This OS makes me feel like i'm really in charge of my own device, and that's worth really something. Even when i deliberately borked things up (like removing packages with dependencies with pacman - Rdd) i could still get it up & running again by booting up from the installer disk, arch-chroot and pacstrap /mnt/base. Wow!
Reason 5 & most 32 bit versions of Ableton actually work very well with WINE's Windows emulator for Linux even though I haven't tried FL studio yet since I used the former two much more back in my Windows 7 days. I'm also in the same boat with visual art stuff since most of Adobe's software hasn't worked with WINE on my hardware even though Inkscape, Gimp, & the like are gradually catching up with Illustrator & Photoshop.
After nearly 20 years of Linux usage as my desktop and distrowatch bouncing (damn ocd), I have figured out Arch is really the best for me. Great package management, modern packages, it just works. I dual boot with windows for gaming only: forced myself nearly 2 decades ago to disconnect any dependencies from that ugly behemoth. I am forced to use windows at work so it is refreshing to come home and use something that makes me happy, not frustrated.
I know I have already chimed in on this thread, but lately, Arch is more my every other day daily driver, but it's still my favorite.
I don't do windows anymore unless SWMBO asks me to clean the glass ones in our house. Not bashing, but I'm happier for it.
Oh, I absolutely bash, but in a good way. I'll check out zshing and fishing one day - if I live long enough.


August 9, 2018 — Vietnam has set an ambitious goal of becoming a leading country in aquaculture – specifically in the productive development of its coastal marine environment.
Currently ranked as the fourth-largest producer of seafood from aquaculture, behind China, Indonesia, and India, Vietnam produced 3.84 million metric tons (MT) of farmed seafood in 2017. That was more than 53 percent of Vietnam's total seafood production of 7.23 MT, which itself represented an increase of 5.2 percent year-on-year over Vietnam's total from 2016.
Vietnam's government and industry stakeholders have recently taken a more serious interest in the development of Vietnam's aquaculture sector, Tran Dinh Luan, the deputy director of Vietnam's Fisheries General Department, told a workshop in Hanoi in early July.
The workshop, co-organized by the Vietnam Seaculture Association, Vietnam's Fisheries Department, and the U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC), centered around Vietnam's draft national strategy for marine aquaculture development through 2030. The strategy, with an addendum that proposes a vision through 2050, was prepared by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and will be submitted to Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc for final approval.
The plan calls for the country to implement – on a trial basis – several policies designed to encourage industrial sea farming, particularly in offshore areas, by 2020. The plan aims to double the farmed output from the sea by 2020 to 750,000 MT total, comprising 200,000 MT of fish, 400,000 MT of mollusks and 150,000 MT of seaweed, according to the draft strategy.
Luan said while sea farming in Vietnam is still at its early stages of development, the strategy is designed to develop the whole production chain of the sector at larger and more advanced levels. In its latter stages of execution, the plan calls for production to rise to 1.75 million MT by 2030, and to three million MT by 2050.


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Q: Upload images to database I am new i WPF but i make wpf application which have sql database server. My Database is only 20 mb because it's on "appharbor". In this app every user can upload image for avatar but i can't save this pictures for every user because my db is too small. Can you recommend me where to save these images and how to upload their urls in db so every user can see other users avatar picture.If anyone can give me other ideas how to upload images for every user to database tell please me. Also i don't have money to buy host because i am from Bulgaria and i am student 11-th grade.
Thank you a lot.

A: The best solution from my opinion is to make nvachar(max) field in your table
and you have to insert only image url on it.
As usual you will take the image path from your uploader and then save this path as previous
Or you can either put the image on your  server or ask the user to put the image url instead of make uploading process.


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package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"errors"
	"fmt"
	"sort"
)

var (
	ErrorNoSolution = errors.New("Couldn't find a solution")
)

type Node int
type NodeSlice []Node

func (s NodeSlice) Len() int           { return len(s) }
func (s NodeSlice) Less(i, j int) bool { return int(s[i]) < int(s[j]) }
func (s NodeSlice) Swap(i, j int)      { s[i], s[j] = s[j], s[i] }

type Tag int
type TagSlice []Tag
type TagMap map[Node]Tag

func (s TagSlice) Len() int           { return len(s) }
func (s TagSlice) Less(i, j int) bool { return int(s[i]) < int(s[j]) }
func (s TagSlice) Swap(i, j int)      { s[i], s[j] = s[j], s[i] }

type VbmapParams struct {
	Tags TagMap

	NumNodes    int
	NumSlaves   int
	NumVBuckets int
	NumReplicas int
}

type SearchParams struct {
	NumRIRetries int
	NumRRetries  int

	RelaxTagConstraints bool
	RelaxNumSlaves      bool
	RelaxBalance        bool
}

func (params VbmapParams) Nodes() (nodes []Node) {
	for n := 0; n < params.NumNodes; n++ {
		nodes = append(nodes, Node(n))
	}

	return
}

func (params VbmapParams) String() string {
	return fmt.Sprintf("VbmapParams{Tags: %s, NumNodes: %d, "+
		"NumSlaves: %d, NumVBuckets: %d, NumReplicas: %d}",
		params.Tags, params.NumNodes, params.NumSlaves,
		params.NumVBuckets, params.NumReplicas)
}

func (tags TagMap) String() string {
	return fmt.Sprintf("%v", map[Node]Tag(tags))
}

func (tags TagMap) TagsList() (result []Tag) {
	seen := make(map[Tag]bool)

	for _, t := range tags {
		if _, present := seen[t]; !present {
			result = append(result, t)
			seen[t] = true
		}
	}

	sort.Sort(TagSlice(result))

	return
}

func (tags TagMap) TagsCount() int {
	return len(tags.TagsList())
}

func (tags TagMap) TagsNodesMap() (m map[Tag][]Node) {
	m = make(map[Tag][]Node)
	for _, tag := range tags.TagsList() {
		m[tag] = nil
	}

	for node, tag := range tags {
		m[tag] = append(m[tag], node)
		sort.Sort(NodeSlice(m[tag]))
	}

	return
}

type TagAwarenessRank int

const (
	StrictlyTagAware TagAwarenessRank = iota
	WeaklyTagAware
	NonTagAware
)

type RI struct {
	Matrix           [][]bool
	TagAwarenessRank TagAwarenessRank
}

type RIGenerator interface {
	SetParams(params map[string]string) error
	Generate(params VbmapParams, searchParams SearchParams) (RI, error)
	fmt.Stringer
}

type DontAcceptRIGeneratorParams struct{}

func (_ DontAcceptRIGeneratorParams) SetParams(params map[string]string) error {
	for k, _ := range params {
		return fmt.Errorf("unsupported parameter '%s'", k)
	}

	return nil
}

func (ri RI) String() string {
	buffer := &bytes.Buffer{}

	for _, row := range ri.Matrix {
		for _, elem := range row {
			fmt.Fprintf(buffer, "%2d ", B2i(elem))
		}
		fmt.Fprintf(buffer, "\n")
	}

	return buffer.String()
}

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