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Q: Sort CSV Records I am trying to sort a csv file on a specific column using batch scripting.
The csv file has about 22 column and column L(10) contains zip codes. There are multiple records with the same zip code and I need to sort these record in  ascending numerical order.
This is what I've done so far,
for /F "tokens=1-22 delims=," %%a in (test.csv) do (
   rem Define the sorting column in next line: %%a=1, %%b=2, etc...
   set "line["%%l"]=%%d,%%f,%%l"
)

for /F "tokens=1* delims==" %%a in ('set line[') do echo %%b >> result2.txt

This is my result. It is removing records with duplicated zip code. I should see multiple row with the same zip code but with different names of course.
"John","Doe","12078"
"John","Doe3","12095"
"John","Doe5","12197"

OR  %%f in (*csv) do (
   SET CurrentFile=%%f
   SET /a NumLines=0
   For /f %%j in ('Find "" /v /c ^< !CurrentFile!') Do (
   Set /a NumLines=%%j

    (set row=%~1) & (set last=%~1)
   For /F "tokens=4-7 delims=," %%D in ('type !CurrentFile!') do (
        if not defined row (set row=%%D %%F) else (set last=%%D %%F)

    )
   echo.
   echo. Filename: !CurrentFile!
       echo. Record Count: !NumLines!
       echo. First Record Name:!row!
       echo. Last Record Name: !last!

) >> Result.txt

)
ENDLOCAL

A: setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion

for /F "tokens=1-22 delims=," %%a in (test.csv) do (
   rem Define the sorting column in next *three lines*: %%a=1, %%b=2, etc...
   if not defined V%%~l set "V%%~l=1000"
   set /A "V%%~l+=1"
   set "line[%%~l!V%%~l!]=%%d,%%f,%%l"
)

for /F "tokens=1* delims==" %%a in ('set line[') do echo %%b >> result2.txt

If there are multiple records with the same zip code, then it is necessary to identify each one of them. This solution uses a variable called V<zip code> as counter for each one of the records with the same zip code. Then, the value of such a variable is joined to the zip code itself in order to create a unique key for each record. The program assumes that there is a maximum of 999 records with the same zip code; if this value is not enough, just add a zero in if not defined V%%~l set "V%%~l=1000" line...

A: @ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL
SET "sourcedir=U:\sourcedir"
SET "destdir=U:\destdir"
SET "filename1=%sourcedir%\q56588370.txt"
SET "outfile=%destdir%\outfile.txt"
SET "sortfile=%destdir%\sortfile.txt"

SET /a sortcol=3

(
FOR /f "usebackqdelims=" %%a IN ("%filename1%") DO (
 rem full line in %%a
 SET "fullline=%%a"
 CALL :sub %%a
)
)>"%sortfile%"

(
FOR /f "tokens=1*delims=+" %%a IN (' sort "%sortfile%"') DO (
 ECHO %%b
)
)>"%outfile%"

DEL "%sortfile%"

GOTO :EOF

:sub
IF %sortcol% neq 1 FOR /L %%z IN (2,1,%sortcol%) DO SHIFT
ECHO %1+%fullline%
GOTO :eof

You would need to change the settings of sourcedir and destdir to suit your circumstances.
I used a file named q56588370.txt containing some dummy data for my testing.
Produces the file defined as %outfile%. %sortfile% is simply a temporary file having whatever name you desire within reason.
Retrieve each line of your file, and assign its content to a variable fullline, then execute the subroutine :sub with each line, passing the entire line as a parameter. Since each line must be a comma-separated list of items which may either be a quoted string or a string which doesn't contain spaces or commas, it can be decoded by the subroutine, so all that is required is to shift the parameter-list (columnrequired - 1) times and the required sort-data is in %1.
output %1 followed by a delimiter and the entire line originally read (parenthesising a series of statements and redirecting sends the data that normally appears on the screen to the redirection destination) into a temporary file, sort it and remove the data prefixed to each line using the chosen delimiter.
This way, more than one column could be chosen, and the data manipulated as required - for instance, locally "zip codes" are 4-digit (which can begin 0) and other countries use other formats or the ever-popular extension code that might be applied to a ZIP can be recorded and processed.
Here's my test data:
"John","Doe","12345","moredata 1"
"John","Do, or not","12345","moredata 2"
"John","Doe 4","12344","moredata 3"
"John","Doe 5","12345","moredata 4"
"John","Doe 6","12345","moredata 5"
"John","Doe 7","12344","moredata 6"

and output:
"John","Doe 4","12344","moredata 3"
"John","Doe 7","12344","moredata 6"
"John","Do, or not","12345","moredata 2"
"John","Doe 5","12345","moredata 4"
"John","Doe 6","12345","moredata 5"
"John","Doe","12345","moredata 1"


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1. Did I commit a sin by talking to her under a different name?
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The Small Business Clinics operate at the Customer Service Centre, 91-97 Thompson Avenue, Cowes and at the Customer Service Centre, 76 McBride Avenue, Wonthaggi. There is also a Clinic mid year at the Customer Service Centre in Grantville.
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The Small Business Clinic time-slots are at 10.00am, 11.00am, 12.00pm, 1.15pm and 2.15pm. Sessions are for 45 minutes with an experienced business Mentor from the Small Business Mentoring Service. Time-slots are taken quickly and bookings are required. Businesses should bring along any information that will help the Mentor in providing support.


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During the plaintiff's deposition taken during the discovery phase of his New York medical malpractice case, the defendants confronted the plaintiff with printouts of 13 pages that allegedly were from his Facebook account from 2010, in which he allegedly talked about going out to a bar, having a great workout, and crossing the Williamsburg Bridge three times. While the plaintiff acknowledged that he had a Facebook account in 2010, he denied that the printouts he was confronted with during his deposition were from his Facebook account and he further denied that he made the statements.
Eight days after his deposition, the plaintiff made a discovery request for information about the individual who obtained the printouts and sought to depose that person as a witness. The plaintiff subsequently moved to suppress the transcript of his deposition, arguing that the defendants willfully failed to disclose the printouts and failed to comply with discovery deadlines, and that they should therefore be precluded from offering at trial all evidence that was improperly withheld.
The New York Appellate Court held that the plaintiff did not make a clear showing that the defendants' failure to timely comply with certain discovery demands was willful and contumacious such that the drastic remedy of striking their answer was warranted, but further held that the trial court improvidently exercised its discretion in denying that branch of the plaintiff's motion which was to preclude the defendants from offering the printouts as evidence at trial unless the defendants produced the person who obtained the printouts for a deposition, because the plaintiff denied that the printouts were from his Facebook account and he had no other means to prove or disprove their authenticity.
Source Lantigua v. Goldstein, 2015-02473.
Most medical malpractice attorneys who represent victims of medical malpractice routinely advise their clients early during their representation that anything they may state on their social media at any time, including but not limited to Facebook, may be discovered during the medical malpractice litigation, and therefore they should not make any statements or post any photos or other media that may be interpreted as being harmful to their medical malpractice claims such as the extent of their injuries or the harm they suffered as a result of the alleged medical negligence.
If you or a loved one suffered serious injuries or other harms due to possible medical malpractice, you should promptly seek the advice of a medical malpractice attorney in your state who may agree to investigate your medical negligence claim for you and file a medical malpractice case on your behalf, if appropriate.
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Avianta, an Irish investment group owned by Aislinn Whittley-Ryan, is putting up €35m for a 75% stake of WAB air, a budget airline to be launched by former WOW air directors in Iceland.
According to the Icelandic newspaper Frettabladid, Avianta Capital, managed by Whittley-Ryan's husband, Simon, has committed to WAB's formation, and it intends to provide funding for the first three years of the airline's operation.
Whittley-Ryan's father is the late Michael "Kell" Ryan, who played an influential role in the relaunch of Ryanair as a budget airline in the 1980s, alongside his brother Tony.
WAB aims to have six planes in operation in its first year, flying to 14 destinations across Europe and North America. It hopes to have 1m passengers, 500 staff and…


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The hip-hop star, who was born in Harlem, went under the needle to have the New York magazine logo etched across his left forearm over the weekend (09-10Feb13).
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Lorain Overview
Codified Ordinances of Lorain, OH
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF LORAIN, OHIO
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COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART THIRTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
PART FIFTEEN - BUILDING CODE
PART SEVENTEEN - RATE AND FEE SCHEDULE
1191.06 DEFINITIONS O-R.
OCCUPANCY: The portion of a building or premises owned, leased, rented, or otherwise occupied for a given use.
OVERLAY DISTRICT: A zoning district superimposed upon one (1) or more other zoning districts and which applies supplementary regulations to land within the overlay area.
OWNER: A person, firm, partnership, corporation or other entity holding an interest in real property and shown as such on official records. For the purposes of this Ordinance, the owner of property on which a sign is located is presumed to be the owner of the sign unless facts to the contrary are officially recorded or otherwise brought to the attention of the Zoning Administrator, e.g., a sign leased from a sign company.
PARCEL: A unit of land as defined in a single deed recorded in the office of the Recorder in Lorain County, Ohio. The description as specified in each recorded deed shall constitute a parcel of land for the purpose of this Ordinance. Provided further, that two (2) or more adjoining parcels in common ownership which are physically unified by the existence of a common structure or development located thereon shall constitute and be considered as one (1) parcel for the purpose of this Ordinance.
PARKING: The temporary, transient storage of motor vehicles used for transportation, while their operators are engaged in other activities. It shall not include storage of new or used motor vehicles for sale, services, rental or any other purpose other than specified above.
PARKING SPACE: The space required to park one vehicle, exclusive of driveways and access aisles, in accordance with the requirements of this Ordinance.
PARKING STRUCTURE: A manmade building, consisting of one or more floors, designed and intended for the parking of motor vehicles.
PERMIT: An official authorization, issued by a representative of the City, to conduct a specified activity under the provisions of this Ordinance.
PERMITTED USE: A use of property specifically allowed within a zoning district wherever that district exists in the City; provided, all dimensional and other requirements applicable to that district are satisfied.
PERSON: Any person, individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization, singular or plural, of any kind, including sole proprietors, nonprofits, two (2) or more individuals having a joint or common interest, joint venture, trust, estate, commission, board, public or private institution, utility, cooperative, state agency, municipality or other political subdivision of the State of Ohio, any interstate body or any other legal entity or any other form of business organization.
PERSONAL SERVICES: Any business whose principal activity is the provision of individualized services to the general public, such as barbershop, beauty shop, dry cleaning pickup, printing and photocopying and tailors.
PLACE OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP: A building or structure, or groups of buildings or structures which, by design and construction, are primarily intended for conducting organized religious services and associated accessory uses that are noncommercial in nature.
PRINCIPAL BUILDING: The building in which the principal use of the lot or parcel is located.
PROJECT: The entire proposed development project regardless of the size of the area of land to be disturbed.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE: Vehicles or equipment used primarily for recreational purposes, including, but not limited to, motor homes, travel trailers, camper trailers, pop-up campers, boats, off-road vehicles, dune buggies, personal watercraft, snow mobiles and the trailers used to transport them.
RECYCLING CENTER: Any one or any combination of the following where recycling materials are processed to the extent indicated:
(1) COLLECTION CENTER: A site where recyclable goods are accepted and removed to a processing center on a semi-weekly basis at a minimum.
(2) PROCESSING CENTER: A site where recyclable materials are separated and refined for shipment or delivery to a recycling plant.
(3) RECYCLING PLANT: A site where recyclable materials are refined directly into raw materials.
(4) MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITY: A facility where recyclable materials are separated and processed from common household and commercial solid waste.
RESIDENTIAL SOCIAL SERVICES FACILITY. A facility or home which provides resident services to a group of individuals of whom one or more are unrelated, and which may provide additional supervised programming services. Groups served may include the mentally retarded or handicapped, juvenile offenders, drug or alcohol offenders, releasees from state institutions, or wards of the court or welfare system. The category includes, but is not limited to, facilities licensed, supervised, or sponsored by any political subdivision or judicial authority. The category includes, but is not limited to, facilities commonly referred to as "halfway houses" or "group homes
RESTAURANT, STANDARD: A building or part of a building where food is prepared and served for compensation on the premises and more than half the revenue is obtained from the sale of food.
RESTAURANT, DRIVE-THROUGH: A restaurant whose method of operation involves the delivery of prepared food to the customer in a motor vehicle, typically though a drive-through window, for consumption off the premises. A drive-through restaurant may also have indoor seating.
RETIREMENT COMMUNITY: A planned community for residents who have retired from an active working life and may contain a variety of housing types to accommodate varying needs and life stages, including independent living units, assisted living and nursing care.
RIGHT OF WAY LINE. A line which establishes boundary of land within an area which is dedicated, reserved by deed or granted by easement for street purposes.
(Ord. 4-21. Passed 1-4-21.)


Hernia is a Latin word meaning "rupture". It is a defect located on the abdominal wall, a hole that allows the passage of abnormal intestine or other abdominal viscera. Whenever this rupture occurs, surgical hernia repair is needed.
Hernias can occur in both men and women of all ages, being the truth that the majority of hernia patients are older men. Although its treatment doesn't require surgery all the times, many cases do so. Hernia repair requires a personalized approach to each patient, as each case needs to be carefully evaluated and treated.
People can find out they have a hernia because it can be both seen and felt. It is a lump in the abdomen or groin and that may or may not disappear when pressing it. The lump can get bigger over time. When in doubt, consult a physician to clarify if you have a hernia, what type of hernia it is, and what is the adequate treatment.
There are several types of hernias and each can have different severity. An inguinal hernia is the one that occurs in the groin, but can grow and fill the scrotum. A femoral hernia grows immediately below the groin, at the root of the thigh. An omphalocele hernia is located at the navel. An epigastric hernia, is located in the middle line of the abdomen between the navel and chest. An incisional hernia occurs in the place of the scar of a previous abdominal surgery. A recurrent hernia is the appearance of any of those types of hernias after having been previously operated.
If you would like to know more about hernias, visit Medical Port's hernia treatment page. Contact us if you would like to know further information about surgical hernia repair abroad.
I'd heard that hernias could be quite painful and I was wondering what they were exactly. In the article you said that they are a rupture in the abdominal wall that allows for an intestine to make passage through the whole made by the rupture. It'd make sense that you would want to get this treated right away, as intestines in the wrong place can never be good.


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That responds to, well, any key without pressing the Return or Enter key.
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Laura Watton-Davies (neé Laura Watton) is a Cambridge-based illustrator and has worked on numerous projects in an anime and manga-based style in the UK since the mid-90's. Laura has been making comics since 1995, and was a founding member of Sweatdrop Studios, publishing works through Sweatdrop from 2001-2010 before switching back to self-publishing. Laura runs Cambridge's PsychoCandy (http://clubpsychocandy.com/) and illustrates the promotional materials, as well as illustrating Sheffield nightclub Corporation's Skool Disco flyers (http://www.corporation.org.uk/night/6/Wednesdays).


Established in 1991, the Caribbean Area Division implements and coordinates all emergency management programs in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
To coordinate emergency management programs in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The FEMA Region II Caribbean Area Division seeks to promote safer, less vulnerable, resilient communities with the capacity to cope with all hazards and disasters.
The Region II CAD has responded to, recovered from and mitigated against 34 emergencies and major disaster declarations in the last 28 years. FEMA has disbursed more than six billion dollars in Mitigation and Public Assistance grant funding for projects that mitigate or reduce hazards for communities in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
FEMA's whole community approach has enabled partnerships with hundreds of private sector participants that include businesses of all size and type, academia, consulates, among others. Also, there is a CAD Business Emergency Operations Center plan in place that may be activated, when needed.
FEMA CAD disseminates a monthly emergency preparedness e-Newsletter to its private sector stakeholders, that provides educational information and awareness related to preparedness activities that FEMA, the PR Emergency Management and USVI Emergency Management Agencies conduct to better prepare their communities in the Caribbean.
The CAD supports Puerto Rico and the U. S. Virgin Island Emergency Management Agency, through the delivery of training, seminars, planning meetings, preparedness exercises and workshops, Mitigation, Individual and Public Assistance program guidance, technical assistance in grants management, and FEMA/State/Territorial project reviews.


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Just wow! Such epic views for this stunning Omaha wedding ceremony we were lucky enough to film a few weeks ago. Lewis and Rochelle's amazing hilltop nuptials had the most glorious aspect! The view overlooked the white sands of Omaha Beach and looked out towards Little Barrier Island in the distance. And, it was all framed beautifully beneath the archway which was handmade by Lewis, and adorned with divine florals from Blume + Darling.
We had a stress-free morning with Rochelle, or Rocky as she's known, getting ready at her and Lewis' Omaha Flats home, which he also built. Rocky, her Mum and bridesmaids got ready with hair, makeup and champers. Transport to the ceremony was in a pair of sweet Ford Mustang's – but at the last minute, the guys decided they would drive themselves. Awesome! Bridesmaids in the red one, and in the black one, the Bride drove herself and her parents up the hilltop to her ceremony. Lewis waited for her, under his archway. But not before first shooting a few clay pigeons with his groomsmen till his guests arrived.
After group and family photos, everyone was shuttled back to The Stables Restaurant for the reception, speeches and dancing the night away.


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IDG Capital has joined a $12.36 million Series B financing round in Fenbeitong Technology, a corporate expense management startup. Based in Beijing, Fenbeitong helps Chinese enterprises reimburse employees for expenses incurred in business travel, car purchases and other business expenses. The company currently serves more than one million employees across over 1,000 enterprises, including Chinese food delivery giant Ele.me, ride-hailing platform Didi Chuxing, China Southern Airlines and Spring Airlines. Previously, IDG Capital led Fenbeitong's $4.36 million Series A round and also co-led a $5.82 million Series A+ round.
IDG CAPITAL CO-CHAIR JIM BREYER: THE U.S.-CHINA AI MARKET
Jim Breyer, IDG Capital's Co-Chairman, believes that the U.S. and China now each have different strengths in the global artificial intelligence (AI) market."There are areas in China where some of the facial-recognition AI companies are the most advanced in the world,"Breyer told Forbes."But there are other technologies in the U.S., such as IoT (the Internet of Things) and machine learning, where AI is more advanced. But it is a race."In addition to his work as a Co-Chair at IDG Capital, Breyer is also the Founder and CEO of Breyer Capital in Menlo Park, Calif., which was an early investor in Facebook.


The small sized Bamboo Basket is known for its fine make and is widely used for various purposes. These top quality Bamboo Baskets are used to carry vegetables, pulses, grains, sand etc. These small sized baskets are traditionally hand made from sliced and dried bamboo strings which lasts for long periods.


Whether you're tight on space or budget, you can still host an incredible party by making the most out of one statement table! Today, we are thrilled that Jackie of Sprinkles & Confetti is going to share her simple tips on how to host a party on one 6ft banquet table.
First things first, every great party starts with a plan! For maximum impact, we recommend focusing in on the few elements that will make the largest impact for your theme. If you are not sure where to start with planning, check out our Ten Questions to Ask Yourself Before Hosting a Party!
Skip the plastic disposable tablecloth and invest in real linens that have a pattern or texture and will create a wow moment for the table. Linens don't have to be expensive and some start at only $10-12. Fabric linens are also machine washable and you can often use them for future events, saving you money down the road! As you're planning your linen purchase, do remember a linen that covers to the floor will give a more polished look to your 6ft banquet table, which means you'll need to find a tablecloth or fabric that is 90 x 13 inches.
Make a blueprint ahead of time of where each item will sit on the table (we personally love to place post it notes where everything will go)!
Prepare any food items you can the night before or morning of the party, so minimal cooking needs to happen close to the party start time.
Choose meaningful décor and mix it with other affordable décor options. We styled the same table with the same food three ways to show a quick swap of décor can take you from 1st birthday to bridal or baby shower! Regardless of whether you're hosting a birthday party, bridal shower, baby shower, or other celebration pick at least one impactful décor item that highlights your theme & then fill in with a simple banner, balloons, or cake stand to add the color and celebration you're trying to achieve.
Check out more parties made simple and shop the items featured in Jackie's party at Sprinkles & Confetti. Follow Jackie on Instagram @sprinkles_and_confetti. Thanks Sprinkles & Confetti for sharing your ideas with us!


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For adventure travelers and outdoor enthusiasts, having clean drinking water on your escapade is essential. Sure, you could bring a few plastic water bottles, or even one larger, reusable bottle, but what do you do when you're in the middle of the wilderness with a bunch of empty plastic bottles? What about when your one reusable bottle runs out?
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Following the Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004 and Hurricane Katrina in 2005, British inventor Michael Pritchard made it his mission to create a portable water filtration device capable of providing safe drinking water. By 2007, Pritchard created the world's first and only all-in-one portable water purifier, bottle and inline pump. By 2010, it was implemented in the field by the British Army. That brings us to present day 2019, where Pritchard's bottle is providing clean drinking water to travelers all around the world.
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This e-book explains how component manufacturers and luminaire makers can integrate Bluetooth mesh into their products, and what good practices should be followed when implementing Bluetooth mesh lighting networks. It also outlines some of the most innovative concepts underlying Bluetooth mesh networking, as well as the essentials of decentralized lighting control introduced by this wireless technology. Last but not least, it gives a glimpse at advanced lighting control strategies included in the Bluetooth mesh specification.
What is a system-on-chip (SoC) and what lighting manufacturers should know about it?
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The BC Pharmacy Association was created in May 1968 as the British Columbia Professional Pharmacists' Society by four founding members: Murray Dykeman, John Dyck, Dean Earle McPhee, and Trevor Watson. The first Senate meeting was held at the Harrison Hotel in Harrison Hot Springs where North Vancouver pharmacist Murray Dykeman was elected president. The society was founded on two primary objectives: Promoting and protecting the professionalism of pharmacists and improving their economic conditions.
"Pharmacy in B.C. is at a crossroads…leave things as they are, and end up with the professional status of a shoe salesman, or control our own destiny," wrote pharmacist and membership coordinator Paul Beattie in an open letter in February 1968.
Since the Association's inception, B.C. pharmacists have seen numerous changes in how they deliver care to patients – from the introduction of PharmaCare in 1974 to being given the authority to give injections in 2009.
In 1990, the Society changed its name to the British Columbia Pharmacy Association.
In 2008 the BC Pharmacy Association published Looking Back, Moving Forward, a retrospective of the first 40 years of the Association for members. Members wanting a copy can contact the Communications Department.


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This property has 6 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms, 2,707 square feet, and $1,199,900 is the listing price.


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Q: Complex if condition In a legacy code, I have encountered the following expression:
if (!m_bMsOcs && bChannelData || m_bMsOcs && !bStunType)

I guess the intended condition was
if ((!m_bMsOcs && bChannelData) || (m_bMsOcs && !bStunType))

I am not sure. How is the original conditional expression supposed to execute? Please help.

A: if ( ((!m_bMsOcs) && bChannelData) || (m_bMsOcs && (!bStunType)) )

The operator precedence is ! > && > ||

A: The precedence of logical operators is:
! > && > ||

so your guess is correct.

A: This is an operator precedence question.  The parenthesis take precedence, followed by your logicals.  As && has greater priority than ||, you're correct in your guess.

A: Logical and have higher precedence than or: link
So you are right about the logic.

A: Your own answer is correct:)
If (this and that) or (this and that)
So if either of the ands  are correct it evaluates true

A: As others have said, the two expressions are equivalent because of C++ precedence rules.
Here's a truth table that might help make it clear what will happen (I agree that the conditional expression is more complex than I like, too):
m_bMsOcs    bChannelData    bStunType       Execute?
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    0             1             0               Y
    0             1             1               Y

    1             0             0               Y
    1             0             1
    1             1             0               Y
    1             1             1

Note that the 1 and 0 in the table just represent true/false values (i.e., the variables don't have to have a value of 1 - any non-zero value will be treated as a 1).  I just find the table to be more readable using 0/1 instead of T/F.


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James Davis January 11, 2023 4 min read
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ADSS was founded in Abu Dhabi in 2011 and has grown to become a global brand. The broker provides crypto, indices, stocks, commodities, and forex trading. However, ADSS is behind industry leaders regarding customer support.
Is ADSS Safe?
ADSS has a trust score of 91 out of 99; therefore, the broker is considered low-risk. In addition, the broker is not publicly traded and does not operate a bank. Two tier-1 regulators license ADSS. They include Financial Conduct Authority and Securities Future Commission.
Like many other brokers, getting started with ADSS is also fast. Apart from United States residents, any other person can open an ADSS account. For a Classic account, a minimum deposit of $100 is required, while for an Elite account; traders must deposit any amount above $100,000.
Investment Offerings
ADSS offers crypto trading through CFDs. But traders cannot trade the underlying asset, for example, buying Bitcoin. Also, UK residents are exempted from trading crypto CFDs. Moreover, the broker provides several forex pairs for trading, although it does not offer US stocks.
ADSS charges fees depending on the account type. The broker provides two accounts: Elite and Classic. Overall, ADSS delivers attractive spreads for most tradeable instruments. In addition, the good news for traders is that the broker does not charge commissions.
ADSS Web Trading Platform
Besides providing traders access to the MetaTrader trading platform, ADSS has its self-developed web trading platform called OREX. The platform is easy to navigate and well-designed. However, ADSS needs to add useful functionalities like alerts and notifications.
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ADSS delivers a desktop version of its web-based trading platform called OREX Optim. The downside is that it relies on an outdated plugin, Silverlight. Therefore, it's impossible to download the platform using mainstream browsers, so the OREX desktop version is not recommendable.
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The OREX mobile trading app is available for both iOS and Android. It has its lowlights and highlights. The upside for OREX mobile app is that it features informative economic news, and its charting includes several indicators.
In addition, the OREX mobile app has a Market Insights segment featuring sentiment analysis like probabilities weightings. However, the downside of the app is that it has some minor bugs that ADSS can fix. Also, compared to ADSS' competitors, the app needs more features.
Customers will not be impressed by ADSS customer support. The major problem is that the online chat on the broker's main website is only available during working hours rather than 24/7. Also, the customer support team takes longer to reply, with an average time of more than five minutes.
ADSS offers a variety of methods for customers to deposit funds in their trading accounts. They include credit card funding, Skrill, Neteller, online bank transfers, and wire transfers. It's worth noting that the broker does not charge a deposit fee regardless of the depositing method.
Moreover, traders can use the same options for depositing to withdraw funds from ADSS. However, traders have to incur withdrawal charges of $15. Usually, it takes about five business days for ADSS to complete withdrawals.
ADSS' analysis section on its main website features in-house analysis, which contains technical analysis on the charts and fundamental analysis. In addition, the broker delivers news from leading providers like Dow Jones, which is vital for traders wanting to be informed on forex and economic news.
ADSS contains good educational content on its website. For example, the broker has included how-to guides and a 10-minute video course that explains the basics of trading various instruments. Additionally, the broker delivers a weekly webinar that provides market updates.
The OREX trading platform separates ADSS from the several regular MetaTrader brokerages. The broker is also a good choice for active forex traders as it provides a wide selection of currency pairs. However, ADSS needs to improve its customer service.
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Spring King have come a long way since their early days in Liverpool when they hadn't yet really morphed beyond the fertile imagination of drummer and vocalist Tarek Musa. After a couple of years of constant writing and gigging which has seen them championed by the most illustrious corners of the press and famously become the first band played on Beats1 by Zane Lowe, they bound onto stage at a sold out 100 Club. Alright; it's not London's most cavernous gigging space, but they've still not released a single album, and judging by the enthusiasm packed into the 100 Club's rectangular space they could have sold it out many times over.
Interestingly, the crowd they've drawn is three generations of music fans, progressing from a core of rabid yoofs writhing with the dead eyed intensity of Ian Curtis through to the serenely nodding hirstute mid twenties garage rock fans, right out to broad shouldered men of a certain age who have persuaded their wives to come along and are delighted to see young people wielding guitars with such purpose in the 21st century.
The record execs probably proudly call it a 'wide demographic', but it ultimately reflects part of their appeal; they tug on an entire spectrum of emotions, from the pure physicality and chaos of nostalgic rock and roll through to a more mature appreciation of warping garage rock. Beard stroking and riotous ferment coexist as perfectly as they ever will. You could point to Ty Segall or The Brian Jonestown Massacre as slacker, anarchic reference points, or just as easily The Vaccines or Vampire Weekend for their pop nous, not to mention Arcade Fire's widescreen ambitions. That's probably the one time those five bands have coexisted in one sentence, which says a lot of all the influences that Spring King cram into their well oiled sound.
It's fair to say that Spring King pile into whichever song they're playing: a couple of new openers are rifled through at manic pace, and are both delivered and received ecstatically. What follows is an incendiary reminder that Spring King have already got bags of tunes. Whatever mood their tracks strike, they're almost always anthemic; from the brash new single 'Rectifier' through to a frantic rendition of 'In All This Murk And Dirt' and a strangely fitting cover of Grimes' 'Oblivion'. Some of those tracks from the They're Coming After You EP would feel even more defined if they hadn't lost the keyboard parts in translation, but presumably Island Records (who the band have now signed to), will oblige them with a touring keyboard player.
Don't get me wrong, I've been a fan of the band for a while, but I leave slightly taken aback by both how good the band are technically and how many tunes they've got; unless you spend your days trawling through their back catalogue (and after tonight, I wouldn't be able to blame you if you did), it's easy to lose count. Catching them in the flesh is a brilliantly messy reminder.


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As we stretch into another week of high temperatures in triple digits, thinking is a challenge.
(it's easy to be distracted by the bead of sweat rolling down my nose)
So, it's time to pull up an old Billboard magazine Hot 100 chart and note the songs that debuted that week and, today, it's 1983.
As the 4th of July hullaballoo was fading in the rear view of 1983, I was getting back to summer life as a kid in one of the last responsibility-free summers I would have. And that meant a lot of music.
I was still mostly tethered to Top 40 radio, but I was at least hearing of more exotic stuff thanks to my buddy Beej who was telling tales of the music videos that he was seeing on the newly launched Night Tracks on TBS.
I was beginning to check out hitherto unexplored frequencies on the FM band, among them the album rock of Q95 and, by that autumn, the alternative rock of 97X.
And, twenty-nine years ago this week, a half-dozen plus one songs made their debut on the Hot 100 chart in Billboard magazine…
Peter Tosh – Johnny B. Goode
from Mama Africa (1983)
(debuted #95, peaked #84, 4 weeks on chart)
Aside from Bob Marley and Jimmy Cliff, my knowledge of reggae music is scattershot at best, but Peter Tosh was a member of the legendary Marley's Wailers and claimed to have taught Marley to play guitar.
I had not heard Tosh's take on Johnny B. Goode before and it's mostly what I expected – a reggae version of Chuck Berry's iconic song with a surprising amount of kick that leaves me bobbing my head.
Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack – Tonight, I Celebrate My Love
from Born To Love (1983)
(debuted #89, peaked #16, 29 weeks on chart)
I couldn't seem to help coming across Tonight, I Celebrate My Love For You while channel surfing in 1983. It seemed to be a given as assuredly as it was a given that I would quickly move on in search of something else.
But, despite my dislike for the mawkish ballad, Peabo is a fun word to say and it is a fun word to hear said.
Peabo.
Peabo!
Zebra – Who's Behind The Door?
from Zebra (1983)
During the summer of '83, several friends were twitterpated over Zebra and their song Who's Behind The Door? They were hardly alone as the band was quickly attracting fans (and detractors) for the heavy Zeppelin influence in their sound.
I liked the band's name and found the song intriguing, so I snagged a copy of the Long Island (via New Orleans) trio's debut and it was one of my most played cassettes of that summer. The dreamy, enigmatic Who's Behind The Door still sounds like the summer of '83 to me.
Rick Springfield – Human Touch
from Living In Oz (1983)
Even in 1983 – which, technologically speaking, now seems as advanced as 1883 – Rick Springfield was lamenting the disconnect between man and machine in Human Touch.
At the time, I was unaware that actors weren't supposed to sing (and, usually, with good reason). Of course, I doubt that I was aware that Rick Springfield was a soap opera star aside from a DJ or Casey Kasem mentioning it.
But Springfield had a string of hits in the early '80s that were undeniably catchy and still sound pretty good all of these years later.
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts – Fake Friends
from Album (1983)
Few acts were hotter in 1982 than Joan Jett & The Blackhearts who had topped the charts with I Love Rock 'n' Roll – one of the biggest hits of the decade – as well as notching sizeable hits with Crimson And Clover and Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah).
So, there was great anticipation for new music from the quartet and I vividly recall staying up to tape the resultant Album when it debuted on WEBN's Frog's Midnight Album.
Often the nightly show was a chance to have an album before I'd have the opportunity to get into Cincinnati to actually purchase it, but Album was one that didn't make the cut. It seemed as uninspired to me as the title and the first single, Fake Friends, simply lacked the monster hooks of Jett's hits from the year before.
(all of which had been cover songs)
Journey – After The Fall
from Frontiers (1983)
If Joan Jett's Album was one of the more anticipated releases of the summer of '83, Journey's follow-up to the massively successful Escape was one of the most expected from earlier in the year. Like Album, I had also taped Frontiers from its airing on Frog's Midnight Album.
Though I was excited when Frontiers arrived and I played it a lot at the time, I still recognized it as a somewhat pale imitation of Escape. That didn't stop it from selling millions and spawning hits in Separate Ways and Faithfully.
After The Fall became the third hit from the album, but I wasn't a fan of the shuffling song.
Jackson Browne – Lawyers In Love
from Lawyers In Love (1983)
Lawyers In Love was Jackson Browne's first new album since Hold Out from three years earlier, before I had truly become interested in music. I did know Browne, though, from hearing older hits like Doctor My Eyes and Running On Empty on the radio, and I'd loved Somebody's Baby, which had been a Top Ten hit the previous summer.
I dug the catchy, upbeat Lawyers In Love, which was fortunate as my buddy Beej played the album into the ground, though the social commentary of the song likely escaped me at the time.
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As part of a semi-recurring series, I thought that I'd pull up the Billboard Hot 100 for this corresponding week from a year in the early '80s and note the songs that were debuts.
I'm opting with 1982 again as it was the year during which I listened to more Top 40 radio than I ever would again.
(there are also a lot of missing issues during the Junes of the first half of the '80s in Google's online archive of Billboard magazine, but '82 is there)
So, here are the songs which debuted on the Hot 100 during the week of June 5, 1982 as my final summer before entering high school was beginning…
Genesis – Paperlate
from Three Sides Live
Following the success of '81's Abacab, Genesis issued Three Sides Live – three sides of live material and – at least in the States – a fourth one consisting of studio material.
Paperlate – like Abacab's No Reply At All – featured the the Earth, Wind & Fire horn section giving the song some kick. More than just a lament over an undelivered daily, the ever increasingly commercial trio seems to be warning against slavish devotion to routine.
Ambrosia – How Can You Love Me?
from Road Island
When I pulled up the chart for this week in '82, I wasn't surprised that most of the songs debuting were well-known to me. Ambrosia's How Can You Love Me? was not.
I didn't recognize it as I listened to it, either, but it certainly surprised me as, like most listeners, I know Ambrosia for their soft rock smashes like How Much I Feel and Biggest Part of Me.
How Can You Love Me? is punchy, guitar-driven rock and maybe the world wasn't ready for such a thing from the L.A. quartet and the song would prove to be their final hit.
Jeffrey Osborne – I Really Don't Need No Light
from Jeffrey Osborne
There was essentially one urban station in our range that went by the moniker of The Blaze, but I didn't spend much time there while surfing the dial. So, I wasn't really familiar with Jeffrey Osborne's time as the lead singer of LTD.
But several of his solo hits did make their way to the playlists of the pop stations to which I was partial, so I did hear I Really Don't Need No Light on occasion. It's actually a rather catchy, light funk track that I probably enjoy more now than I did then.
Chic – Soup For One
from Soup for One soundtrack
Not only did Chic notch some major hits during the late '70s with Le Freak, I Want Your Love, and Good Times, the group's members continued to have an influence on pop music into the '80s.
Bassist Bernard Edwards worked with acts like Diana Ross, Adam Ant, Rod Stewart, Air Supply, ABC and Duran Duran. He also produced Robert Palmer's Riptide as well as the debut album by The Power Station, whose line-up included Palmer and Chic drummer Tony Thompson.
Meanwhile, guitarist Nile Rodgers produced pretty much every album during the first half of the decade including releases by Debbie Harry, David Bowie, Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, INXS, Madonna, Jeff Beck, Mick Jagger, and Thompson Twins.
And, yet, Soup For One – a song I hadn't heard as the title track for a movie I'd never heard of – is pretty unmemorable.
Ashford & Simpson – Street Corner
from Street Opera
The songwriting duo of husband and wife Nicholas Ashford and Valerie Simpson penned songs for most of Motown's biggest acts, but only managed to reach the pop Top 40 twice as artists. Street Corner wasn't one of them.
I didn't hear Street Corner much, if at all, on radio at the time. The only time I really do recall hearing it was on America's Top 10 – Casey Kasem's weekly television countdown – as it was a much bigger hit on the R&B charts.
But the song did catch my ear at the time. It reminded me of songs like George Benson's Give Me The Night and Brothers Johnson's Stomp! from the previous summer, both of which I totally dug.
Larry Elgart & His Manhattan Swing Orchestra – Hooked on Swing
from Hooked on Swing
The London Philharmonic had reached the Top 10 with a medley of classical compositions in early '82 and, later that summer, Meco would reach the Top 40 by stitching together some classic movie themes.
And, over the previous year, Dutch studio group Stars On 45 had also scored hits with medleys of songs by The Beatles and Stevie Wonder.
So, true to form, record labels proved willing to flog the medley equine until it was of no interest to anyone but Elmer's.
Cheap Trick – If You Want My Love
from One On One
Sure, Cheap Trick had lost a bit of mojo since rocketing to superstardom a few years earlier with Cheap Trick At Budokan, but how could a song as stellar as If You Want My Love fail to even reach the Top 40?
This lack of love for Cheap Trick also baffled ticket-scalper Mike Damone that summer in Fast Times At Ridgemont High as he asked. "Can you honestly tell me you forgot? Forgot the magnetism of Robin Zander, or the charisma of Rick Nielsen?"
(of course, Damone apparently forgot the magnetism and charisma of Bun E. Carlos)
Glenn Frey – I Found Somebody
from No Fun Aloud
Though I'm not as opposed to The Eagles as The Dude was in The Big Lebowski – in which his abiding hatred of the group gets him tossed from a cab – I've never been much of a fan, either. Maybe it was the overkill of hearing their music so much on radio as a kid.
So, I had minimal interest in Glenn Frey's solo debut. However, the languid I Found Somebody is pleasant enough.
Chicago – Hard To Say I'm Sorry
from Chicago 16
(debuted #75, peaked #1, 24 weeks on chart)
I know that Chicago has some seriously devoted fans, but I've never been much more than lukewarm toward most of their music. Here and there is a song I like, but, mostly, I'm indifferent.
Hard To Say I'm Sorry would prove to be inescapable that entire summer and remained so as we returned to school in September. I always found the version with Get Away – which I heard as often as the truncated single – to be a bit jarring.
Survivor – Eye Of The Tiger
from Eye Of The Tiger
Sure, the lyrics are pretty goofy – I think I realized that even in '82 when Rocky III was one of the summer's biggest flicks and Survivor's theme was everywhere – but the music is sonic adrenalin.
Rick Springfield – What Kind of Fool Am I
from Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet
Though I don't usually seek them out, when one of the dozen or so tracks on the iPod by Rick Springfield shuffles up, I'm likely listening to the entire song. The guy had some catchy tracks.
I would have guessed the the mellow rocking What Kind Of Fool Am I had been a Top 10 hit. It certainly seemed to be as popular as Don't Talk To Strangers, the first single from Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet on the stations I was listening to.
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I'd Rather Let The House Burn Down And Sit Here In My Own Filth
As a kid, I wasted a lot of time hanging with an odd schoolmate whose mother taught bellydancing and father looked like Mike Brady mostly for the opportunity to play Pong.
I must have been ten or so and already blowing the little coin I had at that age on pinball and air hockey at the bowling alley, but Pong had all my friends boggle-eyed and hooked.
A cursor batted back and forth between two other cursors on the television screen in the den at Tony's house had the same effect on us as that monolith had on the monkeys at the beginning of 2001: A Space Odyssey.
We were all twelve or thirteen when the first wave of major arcade games – Space Invaders, Asteroids, Pac-Man – began to arrive and. like certain songs or albums, each of them would help define a period of months.
We all eventually had an Atari system at home and even a town as small as ours had an arcade that was a social hub for junior high and high school kids.
It all kind of ended for me in '83 or so, around the time when we got our driver's licenses. Cable and home video were also becoming available, so there were more options for entertainment.
And music had become my dominant interest.
By college, video games seemed like something from another era (even if it had only been five years since Pac-Man had become the Jaws of video games)
There was a brutal stretch of winter in February of '89 when three housemates and I surrendered, embraced the weather-induced malaise and vowed to not leave the house unless no option existed to blow off work or class.
Instead, we hunkered down, ordered a lot of pizza and played computer baseball 'round the clock. Each of us had two teams and we played much of an entire season before March arrived.
One of my last brushes with videogames happened about a decade ago, coinciding with my first office gig. Though it was a relatively casual job, it was still a disorienting experience and I remembered what an escape videogames had once provided.
So, I snagged a copy of The Sims, "a simulation of the daily activities of one or more virtual persons ("Sims") in a suburban household near SimCity."
For a week or so, I was enthralled with the game as I attempted to maximize the happiness of my avatars. I was spending a lot the time when I wasn't working sending my onscreen Sim to work so that it could acquire a home, pay bills, and buy stuff.
It quickly became exhausting.
I was spending my free time doing the very things in a virtual world – working, paying bills, cooking, taking out the trash – that I found mundane and unappealing in the real world.
Soon, the entertainment value of the game was simply when something went awry – the Rain Man-like behavior of my Sim when something caught fire or the Pig Pen-esque cloud that would develop when I'd neglect to have a character shower.
It was then that I realized that I had enough trouble being a human being in real life and, if I was going to escape from that world, I'd rather be blasting space rocks or eating a maze of dots.
Here are four songs which address the idea of being human…
from Astro Creep: 2000 – Songs of Love, Destruction And Other Synthetic Delusions Of The Electric Head
Science fiction fans recognize the title of White Zombie's best-known song as the motto of the Tyrell Corporation from the classic flick Blade Runner. I've always found the supercharged track to be the sonic equivilant of a shot of adrenalin to the heart.
I met Rob Zombie at a record store where I worked and he seemed like a good guy – very polite, very soft spoken.
Michael Jackson – Human Nature
from Thriller
You only get to discover fire once, but, apparently, Jackson was obsessed with trying to recapture the unparalleled success of Thriller for the rest of his life.
Personally, I always thought that the lush, dreamy Human Nature, despite being a massive hit in the late summer of 1983, was the most underrated song on the album.
from Living In Oz
Björk – Human Behaviour
from Debut
I find Iceland's finest export to be utterly charming and completely fascinating while, at the same time, being respectfully terrified of the former Sugarcube.
It was impossible not to be drawn in by Human Behaviour's strking video, but the hypnotic song – which contains a sample of Antonio Carlos Jobim's Go Down Dying – is as equally arresting.
"If you ever get close to a human
And human behaviour
Be ready be ready to get confused."
Yeah, that pretty much sums it all up.
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