I mentioned a few posts back that I was reading a fanfic titled "Shinji and Warhammer 40K." This novel-length offering by Charles Bhepin takes the story of Neon Genesis Evangelion and tweaks one "minor" detail in Shinji Ikari's past. Bhepin's purpose appears to be to present the NGE story with a different Shinji, one who is truly a hero and mankind's savior rather than, well, what you get in the story.
As presented in the anime, Shinji Ikari was abandoned at a very young age by his father Gendo to an unnamed aunt and uncle after the "death" of Shinji's mother Yui Ikari. This leaves the boy with massive emotional and psychological damage. When the anime starts, Shinji, now eleven, is effectively a hollow shell. He feels unloved, unwanted, useless, and has practically no sense of self at all. From this point, the anime tells the story of man fighting desperately for it's own existence against invading space monsters called angels. In the end, after all of the backstory; the betrayals and secret plots, have been revealed, the future of the human race (maybe) is left in Shinji Ikari's hands (maybe) and he has to fall back on everything that happened to him during the course of the series to make some enormously crucial decisions (maybe). All of the "maybe's" are because the ending of the series (supplemented by rewrites and two movies, and a current retelling via movies) is an ambiguous mess. What I summed up above is one possible (and simple) interpretation of the ending. If you've seen it, you know what I'm talking about.
One of NGE's biggist faults, it's gaping plot holes, is also it's greatest asset. So much of the series is left unexplained, or is explained by characters who are shown repeatedly to have imperfect information or an agenda that prompts them to lie about the backstory; that the viewers can easily, if they wish, provide the details themselves. It is entirely possible to change almost anything in the given story without actually screwing with established canon. In fact, this appears to be the deus ex machina Charles Bhepin uses to re-tell the first half of the series. You could watch large portions of the series as reference material to Bhepin's work; the changes he has implemented all occur behind the scenes or at the level of subtext. This part of "Shinji and Warhammer 40K" I quite enjoy. In the second part Bhepin strikes off on his own on a quest to provide an entirely different ending to the series, and this part doesn't do very well. Instead of working within the boundaries established in the first part, the author intentionally devolves his epic into a pun-a-minute commentary on anime and fan-fiction tropes. As I said, Bhepin does this intentionally (according to his notes); unfortunately I feel he lost something great when he moved the series in that direction.
However, the first half of "Shinji and Warhammer 40K" provides not only a funny but fascinating "what if"; it actually tells the NGE story in a much more appealing way. All of this, initially, is accomplished simply by providing a Shinji Ikari who is not *the Shinji*.
I didn't really include many spoilers, I guess. Bhepin's work is incomplete, but he has apparently spent the last few years editing the earlier parts of the story. I do in fact want to know how he ends the series, as the current stopping point feels very much like the end of the second act in a three part epic. I definitely recommend a reading, especially if you want to dig a little deeper into the original story or if you would just like to see Shinji Ikari as a true, intentional hero.


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Music for Airports (Live)
Thirty years ago, Brian Eno put out Music for Airports, his first "ambient" album. It was the precursor for the broad spectrum of music that is today called ambient, a term Eno himself invented. It was a four-part piece composed in the studio and devoid of all but the most basic aspects of song, challenging listeners to re-imagine what music might be.
Twenty years later, the Bang on a Can All-Stars created their own version of the work with live musicians, all the while staying close to the source by sharing the project as it developed with Brian Eno. It was released on record in 1998 to wide acclaim.
Ten years later, Cantaloupe Music releases a live version of Music for Airports as a digital-only release via the Bang on a Can Store, eMusic, iTunes, Amazon, and various other digital music vendors. To this day, the All-Stars frequently perform the classic work live, most recently, in the middle of the night at this past year's Bang on a Can Marathon in New York City. The Village Voice was there for the performance along with hundreds of fans and had this to say:
"It was beautiful, and best enjoyed while lying flat on your back and staring straight up, through the palm trees and the sunroof to the deep night outside, with the neighboring, towering buildings overhead appearing to curve inward around you as breathy keyboards slowly gave way to meandering clarinet."
In the recording, the overarching calm of the piece is enhanced with touches of instrumentation behind and around its central six-note piano phrase. In the two sequences that follow the piano phrase, a choir of voices fades in and out against the sparest of sonic landscapes.
For more information about the composer, visit the artist page for Brian Eno.
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For more information about this release on the Cantaloupe Music site, click here.
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Release date February 5, 2008
Record Label Cantaloupe Music
Composers Michael Gordon • David Lang • Julia Wolfe • Evan Ziporyn • Brian Eno
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Q: How to specify *one* tab as field separator in AWK? The default for white-space field separators, such as tab when using FS = "\t", in AWK is either one or many. Therefore, if you want to read in a tab separated file with null values in some columns (other than the last), it skips over them. For example:
1 "\t" 2 "\t" "" "\t" 4 "\t" 5

$3 would refer to 4, not the null "" even though there are clearly two tabs.
What should I do so that I can specify the field separator to be one tab only, so that $4 would refer to 4 and not 5?

A:  echo '1 "\t" 2 "\t" "" "\t" 4 "\t" 5' | awk -F"\t" '{print "$3="$3 , "$4="$4}'

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$3=" "" " $4=" 4 "

So you can remove the dbl-quotes in your original string, and get
echo '1\t2\t\t4\t5' | awk -F"\t" '{print "$3="$3 , "$4="$4}'

output2
$3= $4=4

You're right, the default FS is white space, with the caveat that space and tab char next to each other, would qualify as 1 FS instance. So to use just "\t" as your FS, you can do as above as a cmd-line argument, or you can include an explict reset on FS, usually done in a BEGIN block, like
echo '1 "\t" 2 "\t" "" "\t" 4 "\t" 5' | awk 'BEGIN{FS="\t"}{print "$3="$3 , "$4="$4}'

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All about Donald Trump
Wire tapping, no proof, Russia, & the growing grounds for libel
Donald Trump accuses Barack Obama of 'wire-tapping' his offices ... - scroll.in
Trump's cover up mode versus his righteous indignation might be proceeded by litigation
The unsubstantiated accusation of Wire Tapping Trump Tower, by the Obama administration during the 2016 election campaign came from Donald Trump, Saturday March 4, 2017. The FBI refuted the charges made by Trump to the Justice department, stating that there was no evidence to prove such an accusation; however, Trump doubles-down.
The trickle-down
One prominent source tells us that after Trump's speech to Congress on Tuesday, his team's inability to overcome the allegations about his advisers' ties to Russia reflected frustration his tweets, and thus, according to one White House official "Trump lashed out at his senior team during an Oval Office meeting Friday."
Another source indicates that "Trump has been trailed for months by questions about his campaign's ties to Russia.
The questions have been compounded by U.S. intelligence agencies' assessment that Russia interfered with the election to help Trump triumph over Hillary Clinton, along with disclosures about his aides' contacts with a Russian official."
And as such, those disclosures cost retired Gen. Michael Flynn his job as national security adviser and prompted calls from Democrats for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign. However, Sessions recused himself from the FBI probe after acknowledging he did not disclose his campaign-season contacts with the Russia's ambassador to the United States when asked during his confirmation proceedings.
Saturday morning Trump said that he had "just found out" the information, regarding the wire tapping allegations, but it was unclear whether he was referring to a briefing, a conversation or a media report.
Speculation has it that Trump seems to be making the allegations based on a Breitbart News article Friday and recent claims by conservative radio host Mark Levin that the Obama administration made Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA) requests in 2016 to monitor Trump communications and a computer server in Trump Tower, related to possible links with Russian banks.
Nonetheless, The White House did not respond to questions about what prompted the president's accusations that Obama had tapped his phones. Furthermore, White House policy substantiates that "Presidents cannot legally order wiretaps against U.S. citizens. Obtaining wiretaps would require officials at the Justice Department to seek permission from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which is shrouded in secrecy."
Grounds for libel begin
As an irrational consequence to this matter, "President Donald J.
Trump is requesting that as part of their investigation into Russian activity, the congressional intelligence committees exercise their oversight authority to determine whether executive branch investigative powers were abused in 2016." This statement comes after the allegation by Trump that former President Obama ordered phones wiretapped at Trump Tower.
Moreover, Trump compared the alleged events to "Nixon/Watergate" and "McCarthyism!" And he called Obama a "Bad (or sick) guy." Nevertheless, lawmakers from both parties called on Trump to offer proof and to say what he knows to the public.
There are two aspects of Donald Trump's behavior that become suspect. As Rep. Jim Hines (D-CT) Intelligence CMTE. responded: "Either he traded in rumor and conspiracy theory as the president of the U.S. Or he disclosed the existence of a FISA warrant which is not a good fact for his contention that there is absolutely nothing going on with him and the Russians."
The law states that in a libel or slander suit, the plaintiff must show evidence of four elements: the defendant conveyed a defamatory message; the material was published, or conveyed to someone other than the plaintiff; the plaintiff could be identified as the person referred to; and the plaintiff suffered injury to their reputation as a result of the communication.
Contrary to established beliefs, something is fowl with the "smoke screen" that Donald Trump righteously contends at the expense of former president Obama.
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On your arrival, you are met local guide and driver who will take you to hotel. Then you have your free time. Evening we enjoy the water puppet show,a unique northern Vietnamese art performance that we cannot be missed on our schedule for today. We will have a chance to learn more about the rural life of Vietnamese peasants and national heroes via a series of history story which were beautifully demonstrated by the artists.
Morning breakfast at hotel then we start our cycling day around Hanoi and also visit to some of the highlights of Hanoi; Temple of Literature, Ethnology Museum, and Women Museum. We will have a light lunch at Vietnamese Noodle Soup (Pho) and then ride around the ancient quarter of Hanoi. After that we ride outskirt of Hanoi along the dike to Bat Trang pottery village which is very well known for its ceramic art and porcelain for our exploring this Vietnamese traditional craft village. Visiting this site and we also join with the artist do make your own pot, cup or dish as a good souvenir gift to take home, we start to ride back our hotel.
A new exciting day waiting us to discover, we depart for Ha Long, a UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site. Hi! Long Bay has an area of around 1,553 km2, including 1,960-2,000 islets, most of which are limestone. The core of the bay has an area of 334 km2 with a high density of 775 islands and islets in all sides reflecting on turquoise water. The limestone in this bay has gone through 500 million years of formation in different conditions and environments. There are a lot of photo opportunity on our way to Ha Long as we drive through the rural area, street markets, paddy fields, vegetable farms, poultry farms and lotus farms. We take a rest stop Hong Ngoc shop after 2 hour drive for a coffee break then continue to Ha Long Bay. At midday we board the overnight junk for the cruise. A welcome drink is well prepared for us as we get on board then check in and enjoy a pleasant cruise on the bay. Seafood lunch is served on board while the junk is slowly going among the islands and islets. There are some activities for us to join in in this afternoon; visiting to the cave, swimming at Ti Top beach, climbing up the top of Ti Top Island for panoramic view of the bay, kayaking in late afternoon or joining squids finishing at night. The junk is anchored in a quiet bay for overnight. Dinner and overnight on board.
Start our beautiful day to cycle around and visit this World Heritage Site and our first visit is Hoa Lu ancient capital which was the economic, political and culture center of Dai Co Viet, an independent Vietnamese polity founded in 968 AD by the local warlord Dinh Bo Linh who was known as Dinh Tien Hoang, the first Dinh Emperor. This site consists of Dinh and Le temple dedicated to Dinh Tien Hoang and Le Dai Hanh Emperors. Continue our cycling to Bai Dinh pagoda, a complex of Buddhist temples on Bai Dinh Mountain in. The compound consists of the original old temple and a newly created larger temple. It is considered the largest complex of Buddhist temples in Vietnam and has become a popular site for Buddhist pilgrimages from across Vietnam. Cycling from Bai Dinh to the pier for a boat trip to Tam Coc, a picturesque scenery which is known as Halong on land. The Tam Coc ("three caves") portion is a three-hour excursion by small boat along the Ngo Dong River beginning at the village of Van Lam and proceeding through a scenic landscape dominated by rice fields and karst towers. The route includes floating through three natural caves (Hang Ca, Hang Hai, and Hang Ba), the largest of which is 125m long with its ceiling about 2m high above the water.
Morning enjoy our breakfast at hotel then we cycle to Cuc Phuong National Park, Cuc Phuong boasts an engaging cultural and wildlife heritage and enchanting scenery. Magnificent Limestone Mountains rise up majestically from the green rice-terraces and traditional stilt houses of the Muong hill-tribe. Covered in a dense forest, this landscape forms the habitat for some of Asia's rarest animal and plant species. It is no wonder that researchers, naturalists, enthusiasts and conservationists alike are drawn to this corner of the world. The ancient forest harbours over 2234 vascular and non-vascular plants, 122 species of reptiles and amphibians, and 135 species mammals, including the Clouded Leopard, Delacour's Langur, Owston's Civet and Asian Black Bear. There are also an incredible 336 documented bird species. Visitors in April and May should be blessed with the chance to see literally thousands of vibrant butterflies. On our arrival we meet local guide then do 3 hour trekking to in this Park. Late afternoon we drive back our hotel.
Morning coach departure to transport you to Son La, your starting point for seven days of cycling adventure. The scenery along the way will whet your appetite for what's in store. Plenty of stops are scheduled along the way and a great opportunity to get to know your fellow cyclists. A/N in Son La.
Cycle Son La to Tuan Giao (90 km). A stunning day of cycling through a region populated by the Black Thai mountain people. An early climb in wild rugged terrain gradually transforms into a meander through cultivated crops and friendly villages. A late afternoon climb will reward you with mountain vistas that go on forever and a final exhilarating descent to Tuan Giao. A/N in Tuan Giao.
Cycle Tuan Giao to Dien Bien Phu (81 km). Just when you thought the cycling couldn't get better it does. We cycle through picturesque gorges, lush forest and farming communities with plenty of chances to greet the locals. One word of warning though, is wary of a challenge to 'drag race'. This is where the barefooted young boys and girls on their rickety single speed bikes put us to shame. However their cheeky grins will remain a treasured memory long after the pain of defeat has subsided. A/N in Dien Bien Phu.
Cycle Dien Bien Phu to Lai Chau (100 km). ln 1954 Vietnamese nationalists overran the French Garrison stationed here and effectively drove the French out of Vietnam. An early morning excursion to the war museum is definitely recommended, especially when the tour is given from the personal perspective of our guide, Tran. Day after day of fabulous cycling continues with a late arrival into Lai Chau. Dinner and drinks are served at local hotel. A/N in Lai Chau.
Cycle Lai Chau to Tam Duong (106 km's). Today's ride has some of the most spectacular scenery in Vietnam as you follow the Nam Na River. A great day to get lost in your thoughts and the rhythm of cycling. We spend the night at the simple Phuong Thanh Hotel with some of the most charming and friendly staff we have been lucky to meet in Vietnam. A/N in Tam Duong.
Cycle Tam Duong to Sa Pa (73km). An amazing day of touring is in front of you, with sections that have been voted the'best downhill' and the'toughest climb' on tour. The final climb is breathtaking in its grandeur, length and sense of remoteness. It will take you over the highest pass in South East Asia with glorious views of Mt Fansipan, the tallest mountain in Vietnam. At the top we take a short break and as you gaze into the distant valley below you will be filled with a sense of achievement that does not come often or easily. An oasis in the form of the luxurious Victoria Sa Pa Hotel awaits you in Sa Pa. A/N in Sa Pa.
Rest day in Sa Pa, truly unique and it would be unforgivable to not spend a full day here. A former French hill station, you will marvel at the towering mist covered hills, terraced rice paddies and alpine streams. Combine this with the hill tribe people, particularly the delightful H'mong girls selling handmade silver jewellery, and bustling markets, and you will understand why it is our favourite destination in Vietnam. Explore, laze around the indoor pool or hike to one of the minority villages, the choice is yours. A/N in Sa Pa.
Sa Pa to Lao Cai (35km). After all the mountains you nave climbed, this day of complete downhill will almost (but not quite) make) you feel guilty. Once in Lao Cai we travel to the border crossing with China where in 1979 the Chinese invaded Vietnam before being driven out. We have dinner in town before traveling overnight on the private luxury Victoria Express train back to Ha Noi. Stay up late in the dining car sipping on Sa Pa wine and swapping stories and experiences with your new best friends.
Early arrive Ha Noi, transfer to Hotel then free at leisure or exploring many of the small back street and merchants of the Old Quarter by your self.
This night a celebratory dinner is held at 'lndochine'one of Ha Noi's finest Vietnamese restaurants. A/N in Ha Noi.
Free time for shopping or at leisure until your flight home.


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In Review: Grimm Fairy Tales presents The Jungle Book: Fall of the Wild #5
Everyone involved with this series is to be congratulated for creating a fantastic adventure.
by Patrick Hayes May 2, 2015
The covers: The A cover is by Ted Hammond with Mowglii raising up her fist that now bears the claws of the Shere that were lost with the death of Bomani last issue. These claws will be a major symbol for the other animals at war with each other, but will she be in time to use them to stop the bloodshed? Nice cover that sums up the hopes of Mowglii. The coloring is a little too splotchy on her skin and top, but the background and the trees look good. The B is by Emilio Laiso and it's a sweet shot of Mowglii battling Baloo. She looks strong, he looks fierce, and the coloring is very strong. Laiso has captured the motion of the fight well. Standing in a sexy pose is Mowglii on the C cover by Cris Delara. She looks a lot older than how I've seen her look before, but she's still very attractive looking in this illustration. The coloring is well done, with the backlighting behind her creating a god-like glow that stands out among all the green. There's also an Atlantic City Boardwalk Con Exclusive by Michael Dooney with colors by Ula Mos, with one version limited to 500 copies and another limited to 100. I couldn't find a copy of this online, so good luck tracking it down! Overall grades: A B-, B A, and C A-
The story: The volcano is still erupting on the island known as Kipling, and the survivors from the pirate ship are making their way back to shore, only to encounter the Shere, they Payari, and the Seeonee attacking each other on the beach. The three tribes cease their fighting when Kahn lets loose a roar. The groups see Mowglii holding the claw of Kahn high above her. They don't know what to do, being startled by this vision. She tries to tell the tribes to stop fighting as man–the pirate ship–is approaching and they need to work together to repel the invaders. That's when the ship is close enough to release its first volley of cannonballs. This is a battle of survival with animal versus humans in the rain, while a volcano continues to spew its molten death. Writer Mark L. Miller is pushing all the right buttons in this closing chapter. There's plenty of action, dramatic speeches, and an incredibly shocking moment when two characters have to do battle. I've only been following the adventures of this Jungle Book with this series, but based on how this has made me feel, I've got to track down the previous two volumes. The final four pages are a beautifully written coda, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed that Miller returns soon. Overall grade: A
The art: The visual chores are split between Michele Bandini (Pages 1 – 11) and Luca Claretti (12 – 22). I have become a huge fan of Bandini's work based on this series and will eagerly search out other books he does. His work is impressive with being able to capture the ferocity of the animals and their personalities. The animals looks amazing, and if they didn't the book would fall apart. His humans are equally impressive, be they the heroes or villains. When the pirates land ashore it made me wish that the next Pirates of the Caribbean movie looked as good as the motley crew that Bandini has created. Because the battle that occurs is on a massive scale, Bandini uses small panels at the tops and bottoms of pages to show the conflicts occurring outside the scope of the larger panels. This is a sensational way to show the scope of the battle and made the action seem huge. Claretti's portion of the book falls upon an unexpected conflict between Mowglii and someone else. When the artists change it's pretty obvious, but the illustrations are still strong. The battle is fierce and its ending stunning. The final panel on Page 13 is wonderfully brutal and sad. I can't imagine it being done any better. Even with two artists, this book remains strong. Overall grade: A
The colors: Beautiful work by Grostierta on this book. The first page has terrific lighting effects on the characters as they near the volcano's wrath. Look at the tremendous work on Khan, Mowglii, and the water. When the chaos on the beach is shown, the elephants' coloring is great. I also really like the soft colors used for the distant cliffs in the background of the second panel on page 4. The pirate battle is glorious, with crimson being a stark reminder of the stakes of this skirmish. The sunrise on the final double-page spread is a wonderful dramatic moment. I love Grostierta's work on this book. Overall grade: A
The letters: I've been continually amazed on this series by Matt Krotezer's contributions of so many different fonts for all the different species. I've never seen so many done with such a unique look in any other book before. This series deserves a looksee just for Krotezer's contributions. He is absolutely aces on this and made the reading experience all the more wild. I love the speech of the leader of the Bada Dar! Overall grade: A+
The final line: A sensational closing for a super series. Everyone involved with this series is to be congratulated for creating a fantastic adventure. I hope it's not long before Kipling is revisited. Overall grade: A
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C.S. Lewis: A Life
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Fifty years after his death, C. S. Lewis continues to inspire and fascinate millions. His legacy remains varied and vast. He was a towering intellectual figure, a popular fiction author who inspired a global movie franchise around the world of Narnia, and an atheist-turned-Christian thinker. In C.S. Lewis: A Life, Alister McGrath, prolific author and respected professor at King's College of London, paints a definitive portrait of the life of C. S. Lewis. After examining recently published Lewis correspondence, Alister challenges some of the previously held beliefs about the exact timing of Lewis's shift from atheism to theism and then to Christianity. He paints a portrait of an eccentric thinker who became an inspiring, though reluctant, prophet for our times.You won't want to miss this fascinating portrait of a creative genius who inspired generations.
For people who might wonder if we need another biography of C. S. Lewis, McGrath's crisp, insightful, and at times quite original portrait of the celebrated Oxford Christian will change their minds.


KHS founder Laurie March speaks with Shannah Game about preparedness, why it's important and easy tips to help you prepare for life's unexpected events.
When my friend Shannah Game asked me if I'd join her on her Millennial Money podcast to talk a little bit about disaster preparedness – I was all for it. We've been developing some resilience and preparedness content here at KHS and I think Shannah was intrigued when I mentioned it to her, but also felt overwhelmed – as many people do, in the face of even thinking about disaster prep.
When I tell people I've recently gotten a lot more interested in preparedness, their initial instincts are typically pretty doom and gloom, with a dash of 'the end of the world is near, can I join you in your bunker?' So I figured this might be a fun opportunity to inspire my pal's curiosity, and hopefully through her, inspire some curiosity in her audience! Being resilient to the things that life throws at us isn't an all or nothing proposition. There are a hundred tiny things you can do every day to make your home (and life!) weather life's storms a little better. And that's a story the team and I can't wait to tell!
I put together a few of my favorite things to put in front of Shannah to see what drew her eye. Although this is surely not a comprehensive list, here are a few of my favorite things that could seriously save your life in a pinch!
Aside from sleeping in some sort of clothing, there is no simpler way to be prepared for emergencies than to know where a flashlight is. I like this set of smaller flashlights, that offer a good amount of light, take up very little space, and come with both a clip and a wrist cord. I've got one in my nightstand, by the front and back door, and in several other spots in the house!
There is no major event I want to survive without coffee. But in the simplest of events – a power outage – your coffee maker won't work. Enter a much maligned friend from the past: Instant Coffee. Starbucks Via packets can be torn open, dumped into a water bottle or a mug, and consumed cold – or with a little ingenuity, heating up water for your favorite cup without a coffee maker can be done!
One of my favorite products that inspires much head scratching is the emergency water pouch. Originally created for the Coast Guard, emergency rations, and military use, these pouches are great to have around – especially in your car – where neither high or low temps will cause it to explode or leach chemicals. Grab a box and share with a friend – these tiny marvels have a 5+ year shelf life too!
Paperwork, keys, passports and copies of your most important documents are usually not top of mind, and all in one place. Buying a decent sized fire safe not only gives all of these things a home that's easy to grab if you need to – but leaves a little room for mementoes, and cd's of your wedding pictures you never printed.
An easy way to dip a toe into the supremely awesome world of solar power without having to cover a whole roof, consider getting a decent solar charger. If you keep it charged, it fills the cracks between plugs in your life, and using a free resource (the sun!) to charge your phone or tablet can be handy, and weirdly satisfying.
On a recent trip to the Dominican Republic, my husband and I rented a car and it had some serious issues while we were on the road from Punta Cana to Santo Domingo. While I was trying not to be sad about sacrificing a cute t-shirt for him to wipe the grease off, I remembered I had two of these body wipes in the bottom of my backpack. The larger size is so helpful for real messes, and just one did the trick! (which was great, since we needed the other one on the drive back!) I keep a few tucked into all my travel bags, glove boxes, and work bags now.
Some disaster preparedness items seem like they've only got a use if the world comes to an end. This LifeStraw water bottle is a wonderful thing to have on hand in case you're out in the wild, on a camping trip or escaping zombies, to allow you to drink from any water source you stumble into. It's also great for travel, as it filters out chemicals, bacteria, and protozoa – as well as removing odors and chlorine, so you're a lot better off in a country where you'd be uncomfortable drinking the water.
When the power goes out, having a light source you can leave burning a while can be wonderful. These 'candles' feature liquid paraffin with a wick that you can adjust the height of, depending on how much light you prefer. Being smokeless and odorless, they make for a good resource if you're spending a lot of time in a small space with other folks, and could power your board game challenge all through the storm, with up to 115 hours for each one.
Survival tabs are chewable emergency food, small and round, and not the most gourmet thing you'll ever consume. While not unappealing, they are certainly a survival food. Backpackers use these sometimes because they do not weigh much, but deliver the nutrients needed to keep you going. With a 25 year shelf life, you can toss a bag of these into your car, bug out bag, and anywhere else you might get stuck without a sandwich and forget about them for … well, forever.
At the end of the day, it's good to poke around at some survival products and materials, and start learning how to use a few. Having a familiarity with these tools and items is half the battle in a moment of duress, and we could all stand to be a tiny bit more prepared. Did you listen to the podcast where we chat about some of these things? If not, you can find Shannah, and the episode, here!
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SL vs Eng: Visitors wrap up win in Galle to take 1-0 lead in Test series
Galle [Sri Lanka], January 18 (ANI): England batsman Jonny Bairstow hit the final run on the morning of day five to wrap up a seven-wicket win over Sri Lanka on Monday.
Bairstow and Daniel Lawrence shared an unbeaten 62-run stand to help England secure a 1-0 lead in the Test series. Skipper Joe Root double ton and Dom Bess five-for in the first innings had set the stage for a victory before England got off to a wobbly start in their second essay on Sunday.
On the fifth day, England needed 36 runs to win the game, and Bairstow and Lawrence ensured Sri Lanka wasn't able to make any further inroads. Resuming the innings, England took just 9.2 overs to seal a comfortable win in the first Test.
For England, if Dom Bess had stolen the show with the ball in the first innings, Jack Leach impressed with his five-for in the second essay.
Earlier on day four, resuming the day from 156/2, Sri Lanka got off to a poor start as Lasith Embuldeniya was sent back to the pavilion on a duck.
Lahiru Thirimanne was joined by Angelo Mathews and both played brilliantly, taking the team over the 200-run mark. Thirimanne played a knock of 111 runs before Sam Curran dismissed him, reducing Sri Lanka to 210/4. Dinesh Chandimal then came out to bat but only managed to add 20 runs on the board before Dom Bess took his wicket.
Mathews completed his half-century and kept the scoreboard running but he did not get support from the other end as Sri Lanka kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Mathews too gave away his wicket after scoring 71 runs and Sri Lanka was bundled out on 359.
Brief Score: Sri Lanka 135/10 and 359/10; England 421/10 and 76/3 (Jonny Bairstow 35*, Daniel Lawrence 21*; Lasith Embuldeniya 2-29) (ANI)
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Home Sectors TRANSPORTATION Nissan agrees with unions to delay plant closure in Barcelona
Nissan agrees with unions to delay plant closure in Barcelona
Nissan has come to an agreement with unions representing workers at its three plants in Barcelona to postpone the closing of the factories by one year, until December 2021.
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The Japanese automaker released a statement on Wednesday guaranteeing that there would be no mass layoffs until the agreed date, and that production at the plants will resume in late August.
Workers have been on strike since early May, a few weeks before Nissan announced the decision to leave Barcelona as part of a global turnaround plan.
Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida announced the plant's closure at the end of May as part of the automaker's recovery strategy. The plan includes a reduction of global production capacity by about a fifth to help cut 300 billion yen (€2.38 billion) from fixed costs.
The UGT union leader at Nissan in Barcelona, Javier Hernandez, said the plants should gradually resume output starting August 24.
The factories, which employ about 3,000 people -- and indirectly an additional 20,000 -- were originally due to close by the end of this year, but Nissan said recently that it was open to postponing that to give authorities more time to find another company interested in the facilities.
There has been no new information on potential companies interested in the plants once Nissan leaves, Hernandez said.
Petrochemicals giant Ineos has expressed an interest in taking over the plant to build the Grenadier SUV, its rival to the Land Rover Defender. The Nissan factory is set up for assembly of ladder-on-frame off-road vehicles, although Ineos has said buying Daimler's Smart factory in Hambach, France, is its favoured option.
Nissan also announced a voluntary redundancy and pre-retirement plan for workers in Barcelona.
"We think this is the best solution for all parties," said Nissan's chief negotiator, Frank Torres, "as it buys more time to seek alternative re-industrialisation projects, and if those fail to materialise, offers exit conditions well above the maximum legally established limits."
Nissan has said the cost of closing the plant, which makes the Nissan Navara pickup and Nissan vans, could be as much as €1.7 billion.
Nissan plans to relocate production of the Navara to South Africa, while a replacement for the e-NV200 van would be built at alliance partner Renault's plant in Maubeuge, France, reports have said.
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Hüseyin Çelik né le  à Gürpınar (Van) est un universitaire et homme politique turc.

Diplômé de la faculté des lettres de l'Université d'Istanbul en 1983 et la même année il devient assistant dans l'Université Yüzüncü Yıl (Centenaire) de Van, il est nommé à l'Université d'Istanbul en 1987. Fait son master dans le School of Oriental and African Studies de l'Université de Londres et fait son doctorat en 1991. Entre 1992-1999 il est universitaire dans l'Université Yüzüncü Yıl, d'abord comme assistant professor en 1992 et devient maître de conférences en 1997.

Avant le Coup d'État de 1980 il est membre de la jeunesse du parti de la justice. il est membre du parti de la juste voie (DYP) et membre fondateur du Parti de la justice et du développement (AKP). Député de Van (1999-2011) et de Gaziantep (2011-2015). Secrétaire du bureau de la Grande assemblée nationale de Turquie (1999-2001) vice-président du groupe AKP (2001-2002), ministre de la culture (2002-2003), ministre de l'éducation nationale (2003-2009), vice-président de AKP chargé des médias et porte-parole du parti (2009-2014)

Marié et a 3 enfants. Il parle l'anglais et le kurde.

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Naissance en mars 1959
Naissance à Van
Étudiant de l'université d'Istanbul
Universitaire turc
Député à la Grande Assemblée nationale de Turquie
Personnalité du Parti de la justice et du développement (Turquie)
Ministre turc de l'Éducation nationale
Ministre turc de la Culture

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Laubenbach ist ein geographischer Name:

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 Laubenbach (Gemeinde St. Pantaleon), Rotte der Gemeinde St. Pantaleon, Bezirk Braunau am Inn, Oberösterreich
 Laubenbach (Gemeinde Puchenstuben), Ortschaft der Gemeinde Puchenstuben, Bezirk Scheibbs, Niederösterreich

Gewässer:
 Laubenbach (Argenbach), linker Zufluss des Argenbachs (zur Bregenzer Ach) bei Untertobel, Gemeinde Damüls, an der Gemeindegrenze zu Fußach, beide im Bezirk Bregenz, Vorarlberg
 Laubenbach (Schwarzach), Oberlaufname Röstbach, rechter Zufluss der Schwarzach (zur Naab) beim Laubenhof, Markt Schwarzhofen, Landkreis Schwandorf, Bayern
 Laubenbach (Waginger See), nordöstlicher Zufluss des Waginger Sees bei Wolkersdorf, Gemeinde Kirchanschöring, Landkreis Traunstein, Bayern
 Laubenbach (Weißer Main),  rechter Zufluss des Weißen Mains in Schlömen, Gemeinde Neuenmarkt, Landkreis Kulmbach, Bayern

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The Mary Seacole Memorial Statue Appeal, the organization spearheading the campaign for a statue at St Thomas' Hospital, is the source of flagrant misinformation.
The statue is to give a more glamorous and dramatic depiction of Seacole's life than the facts warrant, for example: "When Mary Seacole nursed the sick and wounded on the frontline in the Crimea she did not ask for, or expect any reward. She did it for the British troops, who she loved and admired" (www.maryseacoleappeal.org.uk/memorial.htm). But Seacole's account of her motives for going say rather that, when she learned that troops were leaving England for the East, "No sooner had I heard of war somewhere than I longed to witness it" (WA 73). Her chief interest was always in the officer class, the one she had served in Jamaica, the guests at her boarding house (WA 81). She also served soldiers, but the claim that this was her prime concern is simply untrue, given her own words.
The distinguished artist for the proposed statue, Martin Jennings, was apparently given false information as background, for his "Concept" describes Seacole, as well as being "intrepid, determined, dynamic" (true), as being on an endless intellectual journey "to find remedies for the sick" (Mary Seacole Memorial Statue Appeal online). Seacole herself, however, credited her mother for her training in herbal remedies (WA 2), and reported no subsequent experimentation, apart from adding lead acetate to unspecified other remedies for cholera (WA 31).
The artist explained that "the sculpture represented her marching defiantly forward into an oncoming wind." But Seacole did not set off alone on foot, as he wishes to depict her, but she went on horseback with two mule-loads of provisions for sale, and at least one employee to manage the mules. Her main function at the Crimean War was her business as a "sutler," or supplier of food and drink and caterer, but this is entirely omitted, as is the role of her business partner.
The artist repeats the usual false statement about Seacole having been awarded medals: "Her medals, of which she was proud, are pinned to her chest," but now she has won them the year before the end of the war! Seacole did indeed carry a bag of medications, which the artist plans to depict, but it was not the conventional doctor's bag (she never claimed to be a doctor), but one she slung over her shoulder; her main supplies were loaded on the mules.
Finally, "At 3m high the figure will be taller than other London statues of nurses, of Florence Nightingale in Lower Regent Street" (actually Waterloo Place) "and Edith Cavell in St Martin's Place, both of which are around 2.6m high." The oneupmanship is obvious. The height was to ensure that the statue could be seen from Westminster Bridge, or well before anyone reached the hospital. Seacole's replacement of Nightingale as the founder of nursing was to be to be very visible.
A major reason for wanting St Thomas' Hospital as the site for the proposed Seacole statue is that it faces Parliament. But Seacole was never concerned with political reform, while Nightingale was. It was Nightingale who worked mightily on two royal commissions post-Crimea, the first to improve conditions for British soldiers and reduce hospital death rates generally, the second to improve health in India. Nightingale did a brief to a Parliamentary committee on the reform of the workhouse infirmaries. As early as 1864 she was so visionary as to call for hospital care for the poor to be of equal quality to that available to the rich.
Nightingale was a believer in the political process. She explained that she, like the great Italian independence leader Garibaldi, could not pass the Houses of Parliament without tears coming to his eyes. She is the one who should be keeping a watchful eye on Parliament, reminding legislators of the great principles that inspired the National Health Service in the first place, and the need for ongoing work on hospital safety.
Simply false is the statement of Seacole's motives for traveling to London in the fall of 1854, "to offer her services to nurse soldiers alongside Florence Nightingale, who had just left for Scutari." But Seacole's own memoir states that she went to London to look after her gold stock, "a visionary gold speculation on the river Palmilla," arriving soon after the battle of the Alma, or a month before Nightingale left (74). The statement exaggerates in referring to the "glowing references from senior medics in Jamaica and Panama," despite which "her offer of help was rejected five times." But Seacole gave only the initials of one doctor as a referee, a former doctor of the gold mining company in West Granada (78) . She did not submit the required written application with references (theapplications are on file at the National Archives, K ew). By the time she met Nightingale at Scutari she had (she stated in her m memoir p 87) a letter from a "Dr F," whom she had known in Jamacia. But at that point she was not seeking a job, but only a bed for the night--her plans were made for the British Hotel and her business partner already at Balaclava.
The misinformation continues that Seacole "raised the funds for her passage," although her memoir says that she had sufficient funds to get there (74), presumably from her business in Panama, and she had a business partner, Thomas Day. The British Hotel she set up supposedly "provided soldiers with food and nursing care that included a morning dispensary." However, as Seacole made plain in her memoir, it provided food and drink and various supplies to officers, with only a one line mention of a "canteen for the soldiery" (114). Full chapters detail the sumptuous meals and catered excursions provided for the officers. She never described anything like a "dispensary," but explained that she sometimes left her food preparation to "dispense medicines" (140).
The Mary Seacole Memorial Statue Appeal website is seriously misleading again in having Seacole "often" ride out to the "front line with 'baskets of medicines of her own preparation' to treat the sick and wounded of both sides on the battlefields." Quite apart from the sick being in hospital, not on the battlefield, the memoir describes precisely three occasions when she rode out, for the two assaults on the Redan and the Battle of the Tchernaya. For the first assault, Seacole described the food preparation (fowls, tongues, ham, wine and spirits, cheese, sandwiches) packed in baskets loaded on mules; she also carried a bag with needles, thread and medicines (156). She could hardly have been helping Russians at the Redan, who were behind their well-fortified bastions. The battle, moreover, was over in two hours. The Russians encountered were at the Tchernaya, on 16 August 1855 (166), again a very short battle.


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| Soul of LeWitt | Intern Elis make art
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Soul of LeWitt | Intern Elis make art
Danika Fears 12:00 am, Nov 18, 2008
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Sanding, duct-taping and painting walls sound more like home improvement than artistry. But last summer, 10 Yale students performed such tedious tasks to carry out the conceptual visions of Sol LeWitt's wall drawings.
Thirty-three students from Yale, Williams College and 15 other Northeastern universities lived at Williams College and collaborated at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art as interns working with other artists and museum directors. These interns had their hands in the entire process creating the "Sol LeWitt: A Wall Drawing Retrospective," an exhibit put together by the Yale University Art Gallery and the Williams College Museum of Art that will remain on display for the next 25 years.
Although the job of putting together an entire exhibit based only on LeWitt's blueprints was daunting, half a dozen students involved in the project said they found it to be the experience of a lifetime. Even on the isolated grounds of MASS MoCA in North Adams, the Yalies and their co-workers formed a bonded community of artists.
This community is what the student interns remember most about working on the wall drawings. Susan Morrow '11 said that living with students day in and day out in such an isolated town forged many bonds. Five interns interviewed agreed that part of the pleasure of this project was getting together and making their own fun, whether on- or off-duty.
The blasting music, laptops and ladders that once filled the gallery are now absent, and the expansive space holds the finished project with quiet viewers milling about.
Elyse Nelson '09, who made an audio guide for the exhibit during the two weeks she spent in North Adams, said the atmosphere in the gallery was incomparable to that in which she spent so many hours this past summer.
"I walked through the exhibit without students and had such a different experience," she said. "With students everywhere it was such a fun environment and it was always really interesting to see such a camaraderie of artists."
The students said they followed a collaborative process, a virtue LeWitt espoused in his work. No one focused on one single piece; rather, they each contributed something to a variety of works.
"I got a sense for the way that the works are already sort of collaborative and how it really democratizes artwork by so many different people working on them," said Morrow. "They don't have an individual hand working on them, which allows them to function on more of a conceptual level."
The range of the tasks students carried out varied greatly, from applying ink with rags to sharpening pencils for hours. And at the end of the learning process, the interns walked away understanding different technical aspects of LeWitt's procedures.
David Kant '10 noted he was surprised that LeWitt's drawings allowed for students of all backgrounds to participate. Kant said he is a math major who lacks experience in visual arts, but he worked on acrylic wall drawings, doing everything from taping off sections to actually applying paint on the wall.
Despite the democratic effort of the process, two students interviewed, who never saw the completion of the walls on which they worked, harbored mixed emotions about creating the work of another.
Morrow said she struggled with the idea that the people who own the art own the blueprints: Yale owns the blueprints for some of LeWitt's works but does not own the wall. For this reason, Morrow said she felt ownership over her wall.
"In the end the wall feels like it belongs to you, though it's not only someone else's work but a type of work that doesn't belong to anyone," she said.
Regardless, the general consensus among the students who spent eight weeks toiling in the gallery said they felt a great sense of accomplishment.
"Working on the LeWitt retrospective was, in the best way, probably one of the weirdest jobs I'll ever have," said Robert Liles '11. "At the end of the summer, I didn't want to go back to school."


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Sonu Nigam Says He should have been a Pakistani as Music Industry is Ignoring Indian Singers
Sonu Nigam has established a name for himself in the music industry. Currently, he is not happy with the Bollywood music scene. As of now, Sonu has passed almost two decades in the industry and also called out for the issues with the status of singers and quality of music. The singer has proved himself everywhere in the field of music.
Recently, at the Agenda Aaj Tak summit, he took a sly dig at the popularity of Pakistani singers in India. He quoted, "Sometimes, I feel as if it would have been better if I were from Pakistan. At least I would get offers from India. He went ahead on comparing the treatment given to Indian and Pakistani singers, claiming that the formers are being forced to pay them to perform at shows."
He claimed, "Nowadays, singers have to pay music companies for shows. If we don't shell out the money, they will play songs sung by other singers and highlight them. Then, they will take money from them."
He revealed about the things that are different with Pakistani singers. He said, "Why to single out Indian singers. They don't do the same with Pakistani singers. Atif Aslam is a very close friend of mine. He is never asked to pay to sing at shows, neither is Rahat Fateh Ali Khan."
He also told that the increasing number of remixes is one of the main reason behind this. He feels that earlier composers, lyricists, and singers created a song. Now music companies have taken over that job.
Last year also, Nigam had ignited a nationwide debate after asking for not to use loudspeakers at religious places. This debate made him earn a lot of mixed reactions on Twitter to such an extent that he had to quit Twitter as well.
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If you are planning to throw a surprise party for your best friend or your soul mate, then here are a few tips you need to consider.
Before deciding on the party you need to know what kind of a person he or she is and the kind of party they will enjoy. For example, some people would prefer if you organize something intimate and romantic that is between you two. Whereas others would like it if you organize something big with friends. Even when organizing something like this you need to consider their likes. For example, some people would like it if you surprise them in the most unusual place such as gatecrash their house when they are going to bed whereas other would like something more organized perhaps at a bar or restaurant. Do not end up doing something he/she doesn't like for example, introverts hate socializing and will not like it if a grand party has been organized for them.
If you know your friend or better half very well then you will know the people he/she would want to be the invitees and the ones they wouldn't. So based on that you could make the guest list, don't forget to include their family members in the planning process as well. Try not to keep it in the most obvious locations to avoid spoiling the surprise. You could just randomly ask them to meet you at a place like restaurants Collins st Melbourne cbd and ask their friends to join as well. Try not to drop any hints, this could be hard especially if you meet on a regular basis or live together. Also if you feel that the person for whom you are throwing the party for wont end up coming dressed up then do keep their clothes ready so as soon as they get surprised they could change into better clothes and look fine as wine in pictures.
It is highly likely that you will end up buying a gift especially if you are the sole organizer and have to run around to make sure everything is perfect and at the same time not drop any hints to your better half. In this stress, you might not buy anything and end up feeling bad about it. So do keep a budget for the gift as well, if you live together or meet on a regular basis then you might know what he/she really wants but if you are not sure then either take them for shopping and let them buy anything they want or give them a voucher. Some people might not like this as they feel that there has been no thought been put into the gift but it is a safer option than buying something they don't like or already have.
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The year I turned 23 was to be technology's turning point.
A fledgling company called Microsoft launched a typist's dream called Word and the American Defence network ARPANET morphed into something called the Internet Protocol Suite. The World Wide Web was born.
Scientists were developing artificial intelligence, but in 1983 AI was as futuristic as a flying DeLorean.
Airborne cars are still a flight of fancy, but AI has landed.
This month, National Australia Bank announced 6000 jobs would be replaced by AI and robotic technologies. After years of talking about it, we are now at the inflexion point in Australia.
The threat of robots consuming jobs is fast becoming reality — and that's just the start. Telstra is also replacing 1000 jobs with AI technology.
Big job cuts attract headlines. What's sorely lacking is government policy to prepare Australia for an AI tsunami that, if left unchecked, will create an underclass of displaced workers.
Described as the "fourth industrial revolution", AI is exponential: the longer the trend lasts, the faster it accelerates. Jobs losses from AI will multiply quicker than governments realise.
Companies, too, are lagging. The World Economic Forum's Future of Jobs report describes the next few years as a critical transition. It says the fourth industrial revolution will demand workers adapt continuously and learn new skills.
The forum's study of the world's biggest employers found less than half of human resource managers were confident their organisation was prepared for the AI transition. That's a scary scenario.
But AI is not just an issue for white-collar workers. Leading mining companies Rio Tinto and BHP have embraced robotics. Woodside Energy is using AI to make quantum leaps in scenario-planning.
In agriculture, aerial drones, robotic tractors and big data will transform crop planting and harvesting. Our farmers will deliver higher crop yields with fewer workers.
We cannot assume AI is an issue only for those at university.
In construction, Perth-based Fastbrick Robotics is developing the Hadrian X robot that builds the walls of an average-sized house in just two days.
Robots, of course, cannot do all jobs and I'm convinced that technology, over time, will create more jobs than it kills. But the adjustment will be ugly if governments do not act now.
Education is key. In Australia, 75 per cent of the highest-growth jobs require science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) skills. The State STEM Strategy panel is addressing the threats and opportunities presented by this change. The panel's chairman, Professor Peter Klinken, says STEM fosters capabilities that are essential for the future: critical thinking, problem solving, creativity and rigorous evaluation.
Traditional approaches to education, curriculum design and delivery will have to change if we are to develop these skills in our students.
Greater investment in vocational education is also required. We cannot assume AI is an issue only for those at university. TAFE has a critical role to prepare workers in the trades and other vocations for AI.
In a move many corporates should follow, Rio Tinto is partnering with South Metropolitan TAFE and investing $2 million in the co-development of new courses in robotics, digital and analytics for the mines of the future.
Our universities, too, must extend AI teaching. Several deserve praise for launching data-analytics degrees. Others are expanding robotics and mechatronics majors and encouraging students to combine analytics with law, business and other degrees.
Still, it's not enough to offer a raft of analytics degrees. Exposure to AI should be part of every course, as should core subjects in entrepreneurship and innovation.
If we do not embrace bolder thinking on the AI revolution, tens of thousands of West Australians will be left on the technology scrap heap.


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Q: Edit scheduled task programmatically I need to be able to edit some settings without user interaction, for example this one:

I already am creating it like that:
using Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler;

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    ScheduledTasks.RootFolder.DeleteTask("Task");
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TaskProperties.Actions.Add(new ExecAction(Process.GetCurrentProcess().MainModule.FileName, "/background", null));
ScheduledTasks.RootFolder.RegisterTaskDefinition(@"Task", TaskProperties);

schtasks.exe doesn't give a way to edit it, neither does Task Scheduler Managed Wrapper, but the Task Scheduler GUI does, and there is also a C++ API. How can I edit these settings? I don't really mind if the solution involves PInvoke. Bonus <3 for code snippet.
Note: I do not want a separated XML file to import, since the .exe is supposed to be standalone, and some elements may vary between systems (For example, the location of the file)

A: Look under Settings :
TaskProperties.Settings.DisallowStartIfOnBatteries = true;


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Crunchyroll Adds New Digimon Show to Its Catalogue
Anime streaming service Crunchyroll announced it will add a new Digimon series to its expanding catalogue.
The new Digimon show, Digimon Universe App Monsters will be available on the service beginning on Monday, October 14 at 3 PM PDT for Crunchyroll members in the United states, Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Ireland, Central America, and the Caribbean.
It will become available in Latin America on October 25th.
Here's the official synopsis from the show:
"Everyone in the world uses smartphone apps, but within them lurks unknown creatures called App Monsters or "Appmon." The Appmon are AI lifeforms with the ability to think and act, and exist in the boundary between the human world and the digital world. In the vast sea of the internet, the "villainous AI" also known as Leviathan takes control of the Appmon with the L-virus and begins hacking every system, thus gaining control of the human world from the world of the net. Haru Shinkai is led to acquire the Appli Drive, and uses it to materialize Gatchmon, a search app monster."
Digimon Universe: App Monsters is the seventh official installment of the Digimon franchise, but also stands on its own.
The anime adaptation was animated by Toei Animation and produced by Dentsu. It was directed by Gō Koga and written by Yōichi Katō with character designs by Kenichi Ōnuki.
The series first aired in Japan in 2016. It aired 52 episodes in total.
There would also be two manga volumes released by Shueisha. The first volume was illustrated by Naoki Akamine and was released in V Jump.
The second manga was illustrated by Katsumi Hirose and serialized in Saikyō Jump.
Digimon Universe App Monsters joins Digimon Adventure tri and Digimon Xros Wars on Crunchyroll.
Will you be watching Digimon Universe App Monsters on Crunchyroll?
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Student counsellor helps those in need at St Catherine's Hospice
A student counsellor who volunteers with St Catherine's Hospice to gain real-life experience has told how the 'unexpected' placement has given him the opportunity to enhance his skills and progress his dream career in psychotherapy.
By Jenny Simpson
Friday, 28th May 2021, 5:02 pm
Updated Friday, 28th May 2021, 5:06 pm
Robert with Angel
Robert Greggor was initially reluctant to go down the route of bereavement support, following the death of his dad to cancer when Robert was just eight-years-old, and other difficulties in his childhood.
So he was surprised to discover that the process has helped him come to terms with some of his own feelings, and people have felt confident opening up to him in the presence of his beloved guide dog, Angel.
"I was registered blind at a young age," Robert explains. "And after losing my dad and going through the challenges of being blind as a child, I grew up being really interested in trying to understand my own grief and thoughts.
"I attended a specialist college for the blind and studied psychology, and then started accessing counselling myself through the college. It suddenly felt like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle fell into place, and I realised that it was psychotherapy and working with people which I wanted to explore."
Robert, 28, was visiting St Catherine's Hospice in Lostock Hall twice a week prior to the pandemic, providing face-to-face bereavement counselling to patients' loved ones as part of his studies at the University of Central Lancashire.
Since moving back home to the Isle of Man when his course moved online during lockdown, he's continued to volunteer his time with St Catherine's, providing counselling over the phone.
He said: "I hadn't actually considered bereavement counselling as an option for me, because I felt like it was too close to home. My dad was cared for by a hospice so I was aware of the good work hospices do, but I wasn't sure it would be the right place for me.
"But we did a training session at university about pre-bereavement and I found it really comfortable to talk about. It came as a huge shock that being so self-aware about my own grief wasn't hindering me in that sector, but was actually helping me to gain a better insight into what people were going through.
"I approached St Catherine's about a volunteer placement and they worked with UCLan to make it happen. It's been amazing; St Catherine's has been so supportive of my professional development and accommodating of my disability, making arrangements for Angel to accompany me.
"Clients loved having her there too. She's six-years-old and she can be very playful and active at times, but when we're in the therapy room she's so relaxed and brings a sense of calm and security to the sessions. We refer to it as emotional grounding, helping people feel at ease and to trust the process. She's very in tune with people's feelings and emotions, and knows when to just sit by their side or let them stroke or cuddle her."
Robert added: "It can be quite emotionally draining at times, especially doing the hands-on work alongside studying, but it's also been the journey of a lifetime and I know I'll take an incredible amount from what I've learnt at St Catherine's throughout my career.
"It has definitely been a perfect fit for me and the right decision for my future. I've always been a people-person and this feels like it really suits my skills and interests. It's been a really rewarding experience."
The St Catherine's Support Team provides one-to-one bereavement support to patients' loved ones before and after death, and relies on a dedicated team of compassionate and committed volunteers; some qualified counsellors and others who are training like Robert, using a carefully managed triage system to ensure the trainees are matched up with clients suitable to their skill level and ability.
Robert, 28, said: "I'm grateful to those who gave me the chance to be their counsellor to progress my skills, and I would encourage anyone who could benefit from this kind of support to be open to the idea of working with a student counsellor. There's a lot to be said for experience, but students have great qualities to bring to the table too. We're at the forefront of research and are freshly trained. We're learning as we go but we also have bounds of enthusiasm and are striving to constantly improve. I'm personally very passionate about helping people in this way and I'm grateful to have had this worthwhile opportunity."
Robert is coming to the end of his post-graduate course with UCLan and is considering studying for a master's degree or professional doctorate. "You can never learn enough about people", he says.
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Anybody interested in R5 Alpine chairs.
Hi all. I'm about to collect a set of R5 alpine chairs.
I'm planning on upholstering them and selling.
In skai or leather is possible.
The photo is my own chair and serves as an example.
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