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Q: When clicking on my label, would like the url background to show instead of a bg color var links = [{label: 'Montreal', document.body.style.backgroundImage = "url('https://unsplash.com/photos/qzgN45hseN0')|none|initial|inherit"},
             {label: 'Toronto', bg: '#16a085'},
             {label: 'Ottawa', bg: '#8e44ad'},
             {label: 'Gatineau', bg: '#27ae60'},
             {label: 'Vancouver', bg: '#f39c12'},
             {label: 'Winnipeg', bg: '#2980b9'},
             {label: 'Saint-John', bg: '#f39c12'},
             {label: 'Quebec', bg: '#f39c12'},
             {label: 'Edmonton', bg: '#c0392b'},
             {label: 'Halifax', bg: '#16a085'},
             {label: 'Victoria', bg: '#8e44ad'},
             {label: 'Hamilton', bg: '#27ae60'},
             {label: 'Saskatoon', bg: '#f39c12'},
             {label: 'Regina', bg: '#2980b9'},
             {label: 'Mississauga', bg: '#f39c12'},
             {label: 'Thunderbay', bg: '#f39c12'},];
var windowHeight = window.innerHeight;
if(windowHeight === 0) windowHeight = 238;
var radius = windowHeight*0.2,
    circle = document.createElement('div'),
    borderSize = radius*0.011;
    totalArea = 98,
    increment = totalArea/(links.length-10),
    startPoint = 0-(totalArea/2),
    fontSize = radius*0.30,
    linkSize = radius*0.25;

styleCircle();
addCircle();
addLinks();
styleLinks();

function styleCircle() {
  circle.style.width = radius*2+'px';
  circle.style.height = radius*2+'px';
  circle.style.borderRadius = radius+'px';
  circle.style.position = 'absolute';
  circle.style.top = '-'+radius*0.2+'px';
  circle.style.left = radius*-1+'px';
}

function addCircle() {
  document.body.appendChild(circle);
}

function addLinks() {
  for (var i=0, l=links.length; i<l; i++) {
    link = document.createElement('a'),
    hover = document.createElement('span');
    link.href = "#";
    link.dataset.color = links[i].bg;
    link.style.display = 'inline-block';
    link.style.textDecoration = 'none';
    link.style.color = '#fff';
    link.style.position = 'absolute';
    link.style.zIndex = 100;
    link.innerHTML = links[i].label;
    hover.style.position = 'absolute';
    hover.style.display = 'inline-block';
    hover.style.zIndex = 50;
    hover.style.opacity = 0;
    document.body.appendChild(link);
    document.body.appendChild(hover);
    link.addEventListener('mouseover', linkOver);
    link.addEventListener('mouseout', linkOut);
    links[i].elem = link;
    links[i].hover = hover;
  }
}

function styleLinks() {
  for (var i=0, l=links.length; i<l; i++) {
    var link = links[i].elem, hover = links[i].hover, deg = startPoint+(i*increment);
    link.style.paddingLeft = radius*1.2+'px';
    link.style.fontSize = fontSize+'px';
    link.style.height = linkSize+'px';
    link.style.lineHeight = linkSize+'px';
    setTransformOrigin(link, '0px '+linkSize*0.5+'px');
    setTransition(link, 'all 0.2s ease-out');
    setTransform(link, 'rotate('+deg+'deg)');
    link.style.left = borderSize+'px';
    link.style.top = (windowHeight/2) - (windowHeight*0.1)+borderSize+'px';

    hover.style.left = borderSize+'px';
    setTransformOrigin(hover, '0px '+linkSize*0.5+'px');
    setTransition(hover, 'all 0.2s ease-out');
    setTransform(hover, 'rotate('+deg+'deg)');
    hover.style.top = (windowHeight*0.4)+borderSize +'px';
    hover.style.width = radius+(borderSize/2)+'px';
    hover.style.height = linkSize+'px';
    hover.style.borderRight = borderSize*2+'px solid #fff';

  }
}

window.onresize = function() {
  windowHeight = window.innerHeight;
  radius = windowHeight*0.6,
  borderSize = radius*0.021;
  fontSize = radius*0.12,
  linkSize = radius*0.25;
  styleCircle();
  styleLinks();
}

function linkOver(e) {
  var thisLink = e.target, thisHover = thisLink.nextSibling;
  thisLink.style.paddingLeft = radius*1.25+'px';
  thisHover.style.opacity = 1;
  document.body.style.backgroundColor = thisLink.dataset.color;
}

function linkOut(e) {
  var thisLink = e.target, thisHover = thisLink.nextSibling;
  thisLink.style.paddingLeft = radius*1.2+'px';
  thisHover.style.opacity = 0;
}

function setTransform(element, string) {
  element.style.webkitTransform = string;
  element.style.MozTransform = string;
  element.style.msTransform = string;
  element.style.OTransform = string;
  element.style.transform = string;
}

function setTransformOrigin(element, string) {
  element.style.webkitTransformOrigin = string;
  element.style.MozTransformOrigin = string;
  element.style.msTransformOrigin = string;
  element.style.OTransformOrigin = string;
  element.style.transformOrigin = string;
}

function setTransition(element, string) {
  element.style.webkitTransition = string;
  element.style.MozTransition = string;
  element.style.msTransition = string;
  element.style.OTransition = string;
  element.style.transition = string;
}

I tried replacing the bg by url pointing toward the image instead but nothing happens, also checked if it was maybe a syntax error and tried with ('https://unsplash.com/photos/qzgN45hseN0').
Also tried [{label: 'Montreal', document.body.style.backgroundImage = "url('https://unsplash.com/photos/qzgN45hseN0')|none|initial|inherit"},

A: Right idea, but you needed to populate the right styles,and add some other css to properly display the image.
Also, you have a copy/paste issue :)

url('https://unsplash.com/photos/qzgN45hseN0')|none|initial|inherit"

should not include the CSS options for background-image
Doing everything programmatically is fine, but you are going to need to cache any images such that the interface is less "choppy"

var links = [{
    label: 'Montreal',
    bg: '#00000080',
    img: 'url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Montreal_-_QC_-_Skyline.jpg")'
  },
  {
    label: 'Toronto',
    bg: '#16a08580'
  },
  {
    label: 'Ottawa',
    bg: '#8e44ad80'
  },
  {
    label: 'Gatineau',
    bg: '#27ae6080'
  },
  {
    label: 'Vancouver',
    bg: '#f39c1280'
  },
  {
    label: 'Winnipeg',
    bg: '#2980b980'
  },
  {
    label: 'Saint-John',
    bg: '#f39c1280'
  },
  {
    label: 'Quebec',
    bg: '#f39c1280'
  },
  {
    label: 'Edmonton',
    bg: '#c0392b80'
  },
  {
    label: 'Halifax',
    bg: '#16a08580'
  },
  {
    label: 'Victoria',
    bg: '#8e44ad80'
  },
  {
    label: 'Hamilton',
    bg: '#27ae6080'
  },
  {
    label: 'Saskatoon',
    bg: '#f39c1280'
  },
  {
    label: 'Regina',
    bg: '#2980b980'
  },
  {
    label: 'Mississauga',
    bg: '#f39c1280'
  },
  {
    label: 'Thunderbay',
    bg: '#f39c1280'
  }
];
var windowHeight = window.innerHeight;
if (windowHeight === 0) windowHeight = 238;
var radius = windowHeight * 0.2,
  circle = document.createElement('div'),
  borderSize = radius * 0.011;
totalArea = 98,
  increment = totalArea / (links.length - 10),
  startPoint = 0 - (totalArea / 2),
  fontSize = radius * 0.30,
  linkSize = radius * 0.25;

//document.body.style.backgroundImage = "url('https://unsplash.com/photos/qzgN45hseN0')"
styleCircle();
addCircle();
addLinks();
styleLinks();

function styleCircle() {
  circle.style.width = radius * 2 + 'px';
  circle.style.height = radius * 2 + 'px';
  circle.style.borderRadius = radius + 'px';
  circle.style.position = 'absolute';
  circle.style.top = '-' + radius * 0.2 + 'px';
  circle.style.left = radius * -1 + 'px';
}

function addCircle() {
  document.body.appendChild(circle);
}

function addLinks() {
  for (var i = 0, l = links.length; i < l; i++) {
    link = document.createElement('a'),
      hover = document.createElement('span');
    link.href = "#";
    link.dataset.color = links[i].bg;
    link.dataset.img = links[i].img;
    link.style.display = 'inline-block';
    link.style.textDecoration = 'none';
    link.style.color = '#fff';
    link.style.position = 'absolute';
    link.style.zIndex = 100;
    link.innerHTML = links[i].label;
    hover.style.position = 'absolute';
    hover.style.display = 'inline-block';
    hover.style.zIndex = 50;
    hover.style.opacity = 0;
    document.body.appendChild(link);
    document.body.appendChild(hover);
    link.addEventListener('mouseover', linkOver);
    link.addEventListener('mouseout', linkOut);
    links[i].elem = link;
    links[i].hover = hover;
  }
}

function styleLinks() {
  for (var i = 0, l = links.length; i < l; i++) {
    var link = links[i].elem,
      hover = links[i].hover,
      deg = startPoint + (i * increment);
    link.style.paddingLeft = radius * 1.2 + 'px';
    link.style.fontSize = fontSize + 'px';
    link.style.height = linkSize + 'px';
    link.style.lineHeight = linkSize + 'px';
    setTransformOrigin(link, '0px ' + linkSize * 0.5 + 'px');
    setTransition(link, 'all 0.2s ease-out');
    setTransform(link, 'rotate(' + deg + 'deg)');
    link.style.left = borderSize + 'px';
    link.style.top = (windowHeight / 2) - (windowHeight * 0.1) + borderSize + 'px';

    hover.style.left = borderSize + 'px';
    setTransformOrigin(hover, '0px ' + linkSize * 0.5 + 'px');
    setTransition(hover, 'all 0.2s ease-out');
    setTransform(hover, 'rotate(' + deg + 'deg)');
    hover.style.top = (windowHeight * 0.4) + borderSize + 'px';
    hover.style.width = radius + (borderSize / 2) + 'px';
    hover.style.height = linkSize + 'px';
    hover.style.borderRight = borderSize * 2 + 'px solid #fff';

  }
}

window.onresize = function() {
  windowHeight = window.innerHeight;
  radius = windowHeight * 0.6,
    borderSize = radius * 0.021;
  fontSize = radius * 0.12,
    linkSize = radius * 0.25;
  styleCircle();
  styleLinks();
}

function linkOver(e) {
  var thisLink = e.target,
    thisHover = thisLink.nextSibling;
  thisLink.style.paddingLeft = radius * 1.25 + 'px';
  thisHover.style.opacity = .5;
  document.body.style.backgroundColor = thisLink.dataset.color;
  document.body.style.backgroundImage = thisLink.dataset.img;
}

function linkOut(e) {
  var thisLink = e.target,
    thisHover = thisLink.nextSibling;
  thisLink.style.paddingLeft = radius * 1.2 + 'px';
  thisHover.style.opacity = 0;
  document.body.style.backgroundImage = null;
}

function setTransform(element, string) {
  element.style.webkitTransform = string;
  element.style.MozTransform = string;
  element.style.msTransform = string;
  element.style.OTransform = string;
  element.style.transform = string;
}

function setTransformOrigin(element, string) {
  element.style.webkitTransformOrigin = string;
  element.style.MozTransformOrigin = string;
  element.style.msTransformOrigin = string;
  element.style.OTransformOrigin = string;
  element.style.transformOrigin = string;
}

function setTransition(element, string) {
  element.style.webkitTransition = string;
  element.style.MozTransition = string;
  element.style.msTransition = string;
  element.style.OTransition = string;
  element.style.transition = string;
}
body {
  background-size: cover;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
}


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Colon Cancer Rates Rising Among the Young in Wealthy Nations
THURSDAY, Sept. 5, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Colon cancer rates among young adults are on the rise in the United States, Canada and seven other wealthy nations, even though rates among older adults are down or stable, a new study finds.
The researchers analyzed data for 36 countries and found that over the past 10 years, colon cancer rates among people under age 50 were stable in 14 countries, fell in three (Italy, Austria and Lithuania), and rose in 19 countries.
In several of those nations, a rise in cases affecting young adults (early-onset colon cancer) contrasted with rates in people aged 50 and older, which either dropped (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Germany and United States) or were stable (Denmark, Slovenia, Sweden and United Kingdom).
In all but one of the 19 nations, the uptick in early-onset colon cancer began in the mid-1990s, the investigators found.
In three countries (Cyprus, the Netherlands and Norway) where rates rose in both groups, the increase in young adults was twice that in older adults. It also began in the mid-1990s.
The largest rise in early-onset colon cancer -- 4.2% a year -- was in South Korea, which has the highest rate of all countries studied, according to American Cancer Society research published Sept. 5 in the journal Gut.
The findings suggest that changing exposures in early life are increasing the risk in some countries, and there is an urgent need to learn more about early-onset colon cancer, according to study leader Rebecca Siegel. She's the cancer society's scientific director of surveillance research.
"Although the absolute risk of [colon cancer] in adults younger than 50 years is low relative to older adults, disease trends in young age groups are a key indicator of recent changes in risk factor exposures and often foreshadow the future cancer burden," Siegel said in a cancer society news release.
Worldwide, colon cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer, with an estimated 1.8 million new cases in 2018.
The American Cancer Society has more on colon cancer.
SOURCE: American Cancer Society, news release, Sept. 5, 2019
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Regular-season championships are vastly underrated in America. In the four major professional leagues, the aura surrounding the playoffs completely eclipses anything that came before. And it makes sense — drama is heightened in the short series or single game, and the romance of sport is built on the heroism that emerges from these moments. They also take place after the regular season, increasing the prominence and the stakes. Extreme tension ensures that success or failure will obliterate all previous memories. Do Giants fans care that the team's 9-7 regular-season record was the worst of any NFC playoff team? Do Patriots fans care that their team won the division with the best record in the AFC? Of course not. The Super Bowl takes precedence.
It's a very human reaction, and it makes everything more fun. But the playoffs are still an unjust mechanism for determining a champion. This is true in professional baseball, basketball, and hockey, with their short series formats, but it's especially glaring in the single-elimination playoff formats used by the NFL and college basketball. These aren't measures of the best team, necessarily, but the best team at a specific moment. Those are very different things. A regular-season championship rewards consistency and sustained excellence, while a playoff championship rewards peaking at the perfect time.
Call it the Still Photo Conundrum. Just as most successful human beings would prefer to be judged for the range of their actions over a lifetime, rather than a photo taken at their worst moment, so the best teams would prefer to be judged over a full season. In fact, the playoff system has an odd side effect — the team with the best record has the most to lose. Look at the two Patriot losses to the Giants. A win would have been a sigh of relief; simply living up to expectations. But each loss spelled disaster. Meanwhile, the Giants had everything to gain and presumably less pressure.
You could argue that each team understands that it is supposed to get hot for the playoffs — and therefore the best coaches and teams plan things out accordingly — but you could just as easily argue that it's an arbitrary system that benefits the luckiest top-tier team. If we were robot mathematicians, the problem would be simple. Do you reward success over 90 percent of games played, or 10 percent?
European soccer fans have something approaching a more objective attitude. A league championship in the EPL, La Liga, or Serie A is as important or even more so than the league cup (which is held simultaneously with the regular season, rather than afterward; an interesting format that eliminates the Still Photo Conundrum), and maybe just a hair below the continental Champions League title.
All of which is a long-winded way of saying that in a perfect world, we'd appreciate regular-season titles as benchmarks of excellence. As someone who follows Duke basketball and Yankee baseball (I love you too, reader), I've experienced my share of titles. But I've also seen many great seasons end with playoff disappointment. Each time, the season was pronounced a failure, and each time I found myself wishing we could put more stock in what happened along the way. Where are the parties for an ACC title? Where's the celebration for the best record in baseball?
So, going against the grain, I try to appreciate the grind. Especially in college hoops. And even though we'll forget the noble champions in the furor of March, it's worth looking at where the six major conferences stand at roughly the halfway point of conference play. Sure, the NCAA and the conference tournaments matter most. But which teams are vying for that third, forgotten title? We'll start in the ACC.
The Story: The fight for an ACC title took a crucial swing this weekend, when North Carolina and Florida State survived scares, while Duke could not, losing 78-74 in overtime to Miami. The triumvirate at the top was narrowed to two, and now Duke faces a precarious situation — if it doesn't win at the Dean Dome on Wednesday, the Blue Devils can kiss a conference title goodbye. And when even Duke fans — not a humble group, traditionally — don't like their team's chances, you know trouble is afoot.
At the top, North Carolina and Florida State have rough schedules. The Seminoles demolished Carolina in Tallahassee earlier this season, and are fortunate to not visit the Dean Dome this season. They also beat Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Michael Snaer's buzzer-beater, so they're free and clear of their two hardest games. But road games at Virginia and NC State and a home contest at Duke are all possible losses. As for Carolina, both Duke games remain, along with trips to NC State, Miami, and Virginia.
The Edge: Florida State. They own the tiebreaker with Carolina, and after a 58-55 win against Virginia last weekend, it's time to take the Seminoles seriously.
The Story: I've long held the position that Missouri is a bit overrated, but that position keeps getting less and less tenable. Still, I've got the sense that I'm right, and history will exonerate me. While last weekend's 74-71 victory over Kansas was impressive, it took a late act of heroism by Marcus Denmon, along with some questionable calls, to pull out a home win. Last night, the Tigers escaped from unranked Oklahoma on the road, and four of their last five wins have been incredibly close. Then again, they are blessed with the best offense in the country, and it's possible that I'll regret not riding the Tiger train while it was still accepting passengers. It's hard to tell if the other shoe is about to drop, but with a game Saturday against Baylor, the picture might clear up.
The Bears are full of talent and short on execution. Their tendency to give up offensive boards cost them dearly in losses to Kansas and Missouri, and they've barely survived the last three conference games against unranked opponents. If the Bears want us to believe in them, they have to earn it with a home win against Kansas on Wednesday.
The Edge: Kansas. With doubt circling around the other top programs, I'm left with the Jayhawks. I'm still convinced that they were the better team against Missouri and will have their revenge in Lawrence later this year. If they beat Baylor on Wednesday, they'll control their own destiny. Tyshawn Taylor and Thomas Robinson are incredible talents, and Bill Self is the best coach in the conference.
But in truth, having a two-game cushion in a conference with a tendency to beat up on each other is probably more than Syracuse needs. If you believe Georgetown has a chance Wednesday, though, the rest of their schedule looks nice. Only a road game at Marquette on the last day of the regular season jumps out as a potential loss. The Golden Eagles are in a similar situation, with no ranked opponents other than Georgetown remaining. Buzz Williams' crew does have road games at West Virginia and Cincinnati, though, which are never easy wins.
The Edge: Syracuse, big time.
The Story: It's a two-horse race at this point, with Wisconsin and Michigan each losing to the top dogs last weekend to both fall to 7-4 in conference. The Buckeyes' win over Wisconsin was the first victory in Madison in almost a decade, and it showcased how well the team is playing over the past two weeks. The Spartans earned their revenge on Michigan, and two of Tom Izzo's losses have come by one point on the road.
There are plenty of pitfalls in the country's best conference, but the title should come down to the two remaining Michigan State-Ohio State games. Unfortunately for the Spartans, they probably need to win both to have a chance. Ohio State's defense is the best in the country, and Michigan State sits at fourth, so expect some real low-scoring brawls to decide the Big Ten. And that's as it should be.
Not only are there zippo teams from this conference in the Top 25, but no team even has a single vote or point in the AP poll (Cal has five points in the ESPN/USA Today poll). Essentially, the winner of this conference will be a perfect 7-seed to sacrifice to the best 2-seed in the NCAA tournament. The runner-up in this conference? Might not make the dance.
I'm not saying I won't watch Pac-12 games, but I'm duty bound. It's the college basketball equivalent of a dreaded trip to the nursing home.
The Edge: Cal. Better schedule, fewer road games, more talent. But watch out for Arizona sneaking in through the back door. The Pac-12 has notoriously lazy backdoor guards.
The Story: Another two-horse race, by virtue of Kentucky's dominance. I do expect the Wildcats to lose at least one of the next two road games, at Missisippi State and Vanderbilt, but it won't be enough to bring them in range of either team. Instead, it's up to Florida. The first Gators-Wildcats game is Tuesday night, but it's in Lexington, and that doesn't bode well for Billy Donovan. The road has been unkind to his team lately, with two recent narrow wins against weak opponents (Ole Miss, South Carolina) following bad losses to Rutgers and Tennessee.
Oddly enough, Kentucky will be the third potential 1-seed Florida has played away from home this season. Ohio State and Syracuse were the others (both close road losses), and you have to wonder if the Gators are the kind of team who will turn into world beaters with all kinds of experience in March. Depending on how they finish the season and the conference tourney, this is my dark horse Final Four team.
Florida does have the second-best offense in the country, and tonight it will need every bit of it against Anthony Davis and the incredible Cats. With an unlikely road win, the Gators will grab the reins in the SEC and whip the oxen of their own destiny (sorry). Otherwise, they have to hope for Kentucky to slip once before they get a chance for revenge in Gainesville in early March.
The Edge: Kentucky. You can't bet against the best team in the country at home.


What's Love Got To Do With It? is a project exploring collaboration, exhaustion and love in the field of artistic practice.
This is the first part of a three-week residency in the Reid Gallery focusing on curating.
Curatorial Studio in Residence runs 15 - 26 January.
As the world of work drives us to want to do more, to live according to deadlines, to be late, to be exhausted, what does it mean for creative practice? How can we collaborate if each individual is already exhausted? What affects and shapes the conditions for curatorial research? What does love have to do with it?
These questions will guide the participating group's research during two workshops; firstly, in January at The Glasgow School of Art, and secondly, in March at the School of Art and Design Marseille-Méditerranée. Using theoretical texts, artists' works, non-linguistic practices, fringe material and experimental processes they plan to learn, share and adapt approaches to collaboration and propositions for a public programme for Art-Cade Gallery, Marseille, during the Printemps de l'Art Contemporain Festival (PAC) in May 2018.
Acting as a curatorial studio or rehearsal space; part public, part private; the Reid Gallery will open to the public at lunchtimes and for specific events throughout the week.
Project organised by Kirsteen Macdonald (GSA) with Vanessa Brito from the research programme Bureau des Positions at the Marseille-Méditerranée School of Art and Design (ESADMM).
Project participants: Gordon Douglas, Cicely Farrer, Charlie Jeffrey, Emmie McLuskey and Rosie O'Grady; with students from ESADMM including Erwan Badir, Aurélien Bouillet, Guilhem Chabas, Sarah Fastré, Flore Saunois, Lisa Smets-Astier.
Guest artists: Sarah Forrest, Claricia Kruithof, Torsten Lauschmann, Ciara Phillips, Corin Sworn and Clara Ursitti.


Nationwide initiatives designed to improve the efficiency, safety, and quality of the delivery of healthcare are driving the adoption of interoperable health information exchange (HIE).
Jails have often been compared to islands because they are thought to be cut off from the community both physically and perceptually. Few people understand that besides being places of confinement, jails function as health care providers. The separation of jails from community results in disjointed health care services and treatment for individuals cycling in and out of jail. Healthcare providers in the community have little knowledge of the care their patients have received in jail; the same can be said of jail health providers about care provided in the community.
The primary objective of a health information exchange (HIE) system is to share healthcare information among a variety of healthcare providers using contemporary networking technology.
With the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act as part of the ARRA, and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, as well as the definition of "meaningful use" of electronic health records as part of the ARRA, a significant amount of federal funds and attention has been given to the implementation of a Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN).


Here is a way of maintaining records of changes made to a table in your MySQL database using MySQL trigger.
Let us assume that we have a database called my_database, we also have a table called main_table, fields of this table are field1, field2, field3. We want history of changes made to this table into a table we call history_table. This has the same fields as main_table.
Let us call our trigger my_trigger.
The OLD alias above refers the field value of our main_table before the edit. DEFINER is optional. Back quotes are also optional.
Below is a conditional trigger. It updates our history table only when a specific field value changed, in this case, only when the value field1 has changed.
If you are using phpmyadmin, enter the above command like a reqular SQL command in the SQL query window. If you are using MySQL Workbench, select the database, right click on main_table and select alter table. A window will open with options near the bottom of the window. Select trigger and enter your create trigger command.


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Q: ElasticSearch search sometime fails to search a document I am pretty new to ElasticSearch. We have established an ElasticSearch node with 5 shards with the default configuration of ElasticSearch. All are primary shards with no replication as such.
We store few user related information in ElasticSearch. In one of the use-case, I check in elastic-search if any user with that mobile-number exists in Elastic and if it does I update the linked user or index that as a fresh document.
In certain cases, I get a lot of duplicate indexing requests for the same user and this logic fails. It works for most of the scenarios but sometimes it fails. I am not able to get to the bottom of this problem
From what I learned from the documentation is that there is write consistency if replica shard is involved, but in my case, there are no replica shards as of now. Also, during search elastic makes a request to all the shards so eventually you should get the document.
I am not really able to understand why is it failing. Any help would be appreciated.

A: It might be due to the refresh setting. When you are indexing a document by default it is not directly available for search, a refresh operation must occur first.
Maybe you are in the following scenario:

*

*Search user X

*No match => index user X

*Search user X

*Still no match because refresh has not occurred yet => Index user X again

*Refresh

By default the refresh operation occurs every 1 second, so if two search for the same user happen in less than 1 second, you are likely to index the document twice.
How to avoid this problem ?
If you can generate an id for the document, you can use the doc_as_upsert parameter in the update api. The document will be created if it does not exists and updated otherwise.
Otherwise you can force a refresh of the index before each search. It is not recommended since the refresh operation is heavy, but it will allows you to ensures that this was the cause of the problem.
Note that you will still have to use some internal synchronization mechanism because the index operation may occur between the force refresh operation and the search operation. See for example the following scenario:

*

*Thread 1 : refresh and search document X => No result

*Thread 2 : Index document X

*Thread 1 : Search and index document X due to no result

Remove duplicated documents
If you accept to have some duplicated documents for a short amount of time, you can use the following solution.
Each time you index a new document, you keep in a data structure the following information :

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*time of the indexation request

*id of the newly indexed document

*the search query used to check if the document is unique

*a flag to indicate if the entry has been searched again which initialized to false

You will then have to run after each refresh operation (by default each second) the following test :
Foreach entry in the datastructure
  If indexationTime > now - refresh delay AND NOT entry.flag
    // The indexed document corresponding to the entry is searchable
    entry.flag = true
    // Avoid running the search another time
    Rerun the corresponding search query considering only the ids in the datastructure to speed up search.
    If there is multiple response, remove the duplicates

To search only on a selected set of ids, you can use ids query
You will also have to remove from the data structure the entries that can be safely discarded. That is the entries that have the flag set to true and where all the other other entries indexed before indexationTime + refreshDuration have also their flag set to true.

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Kane Constructions was appointed to transform the Burton Street Tabernacle via the creation of a contemporary 200 seat performing arts space, a new foyer and a gallery, cafe and bar. Designed by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects, the $8 million restoration of the Tabernacle has injected new life back into this unique building creating a community and cultural hub in the heart of East Sydney.
Works included the construction of new extended foyer connecting Burton Street to the Basement Hall, new addition to accommodate dressing rooms and performers facilities at lower ground level, backstage area including loading dock/workshop area at ground floor, offices at Level 1, a goods/passenger lift and rooftop plant, theatre fit-out including seating, control room and staging, retention and refurbishment of the significant heritage features of the existing building and fit out including theatre box office, cafe and bar including commercial kitchen, and public amenities.


On Thursday, March 15, 2018, a group of R-MA faculty and students attended the 2018 West Point Leadership and Ethics Conference, hosted by the West Point Society of DC. Approximately 200 juniors from 50 DC Metro area schools attended the event. Representing R-MA were Leadership and Character Chair Mike Starling '88 P'19, '23, '24, English teachers Lynne Schoonover P'17 and Brandon Sloan, and juniors Nathaniel Chichester, Noelle Kramer, Khalila Karefa-Kargbo, and Bradley Gao.
During the event, the students heard from elite speakers such as LTG Nadja Y. West, the U.S. Army Surgeon General, and first African-American woman appointed 3-star general in the Army, and Army Captain (Retired) Florent A. Groberg, a recipient of the Medal of Honor. Faculty attendees heard from Marine Colonel (Retired) Arthur J. Athens, Director of the Naval Academy's Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership.
The student audience learned about the process of ethical decision-making, then the 200 students were divided into 12 teams. After the initial round of competition, all four of the teams that included R-MA students had placed in the top six, making them eligible for the second round. For this, they performed a skit demonstrating how to use the process they had been taught to solve a theoretical ethical problem. Chichester was a member of the winning team.
Chichester stated that he was not sure why their particular group won the competition, but they had taken a slightly different approach in their skit. While most of the other teams chose to approach the problem with a bit of humor, with the Hollywood angel-and-demon-on-the-shoulder concept, Chichester's group chose to use discussions with friends to aid the decision-making. "In some ways, [that] facilitated the process of dealing with ethical problems they were trying to teach us," he said.
For their win, each member of Chichester's group was rewarded with a $25 iTunes gift card.


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Q: Adding data to database from frontend to backend I'm getting this error code: "unclosed quotation mark after the character string" on the line: cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
I've looked, but I don't know what's wrong. I also tried just putting two of the textboxe, but I can't seem to debug it.  Please advise. Thanks!
Here's the code:
namespace Inventory
{
    public partial class NewData : System.Web.UI.Page
    {

        SqlConnection cn = new SqlConnection("Data Source=10.10.101.188;Initial Catalog=ActioNetITInventory;User ID=rails.sa;Password=ActioNet1234");

        protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {

        }//end page load

        protected void addButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            cn.Open();
            SqlCommand cmd = cn.CreateCommand();
            cmd.CommandType = CommandType.Text;
            cmd.CommandText = "INSERT INTO Inventory values('" + Typetb.Text + " ',' " + Maketb.Text + "','" + Modeltb.Text + "','" + Serialtb.Text + "','" + Assignedtb.Text + "','" + Locationtb.Text + "','" + Notestb.Text + "')'";
            cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
            cn.Close();

            status.Visible = true;
            status.Text = "Added succesffully!";

            Typetb.Text = "";
            Maketb.Text = "";
            Modeltb.Text = "";
            Serialtb.Text = "";
            Assignedtb.Text = "";
            Locationtb.Text = "";
            Notestb.Text = "";

        }//end add button

        protected void clearButton_Click1(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {

            Typetb.Text = "";
            Maketb.Text = "";
            Modeltb.Text = "";
            Serialtb.Text = "";
            Assignedtb.Text = "";
            Locationtb.Text = "";
            Notestb.Text = "";

        }//clear button

    }//end
}//end

A: As far as I can see, you have unnecessary single quote at the end of your query.
Notestb.Text + "')'
                  ^^ here

But more important
You should always use parameterized queries. This kind of string concatenations are open for SQL Injection attacks.
Also use using statement to dispose your connections and commands automatically instead of calling Close or Dispose methods manually.
using(var cn = new SqlConnection(conString))
using(var cmd = cn.CreateCommand())
{
   // Set your CommandText property with your parameter definitions
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ABG Shipyard: Biggest bank fraud case in India
Let us have a look at some of the prominent facts of the case:
1. ABG Shipyard, which was incorporated on 15 March 1985, has been under banking arrangements since 2001. It is India's largest firms engaged in shipbuilding and ship repair.
2. Company had financing arrangements with over a two dozen lenders under consortium arrangement. The leader in Consortium was ICICI Bank.
3. Due to poor performance, the account became NPA on 30/11/2013. Several efforts were made to revive the company operations but could not succeed.
4. The company's loan account was restructured under the CDR mechanism in March 2014 by all lenders.
5. After the restructuring failed, the company's account was classified as NPA in July 2016, with backdated effect from 30th Nov. 2013.
6. E&Y was appointed as forensic auditor by lenders during April 2018 and they submitted their report on January 2019.
7. Forensic Audit revealed that between 2012 and 2017, the accused colluded together and committed illegal activities including diversion of funds, misappropriation and criminal breach of trust. Funds were also used to purchase assets for its related parties The company allegedly also invested some of those loans in its overseas subsidiary.
8. SBI had first filed a complaint with the CBI on November 8, 2019, on which the CBI had sought some clarifications on March 12, 2020. A fresh complaint was filed again in August that year. After "scrutinising" for over one and a half years, the CBI acted on the complaint filing an FIR on February 7.
9. SBI also informed the CBI that staff accountability had been dealt with and closed by the competent authority and it was found that its staff was not involved in the alleged fraud.
10. The SBI consortium of 28 banks and financial institutions have allegedly been cheated of a massive total of ₹22,842 crore, which makes it the biggest alleged bank fraud case.
11. CBI has now registered an FIR against ABG Shipyard Ltd and its directors and conducted a search at its premises.


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Eat Pray Thug is the debut studio album by American hip hop artist Heems. It was released on Megaforce Records on March 10, 2015. Music videos were created for "Sometimes", "Damn, Girl", and "Pop Song (Games)".

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Eat Pray Thug received an average score of 76, based on 12 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Colin Fitzgerald of PopMatters gave the album 7 stars out of 10, saying: "The beats on Eat Pray Thug are as wacky and irreverent as they were on Das Racist's mixtapes and their lone studio album Relax, but Heems is 180 degrees more serious on his own." Max Mertens of Exclaim! called it "the soundtrack of a son of immigrant parents learning that while you might be able to return home, nothing will be the same as how you left it."

Jayson Greene of Pitchfork said: "A handful of songs draw directly on his experiences as an Indian-American in a post–9/11 world, and they are sharply observed, painful, emotional, and deeply quotable." Zach Schonfeld of The A.V. Club gave the album a grade of B, describing it as "an unfailingly direct set of meditations on post-9/11 racism and failed love, set to skeletal beats and bracing, plainspoken hooks." Writing in Cuepoint, Robert Christgau gave the record an "A" and said "this is rapping that foregrounds the variegations of the ordinary speaking voice--its cracks, its rumbles, its anxious highs, its distracted lows, its deep-seated imperfections and insecurities. It's very American."

Accolades

Track listing

Charts

References

External links

2015 debut albums
Heems albums
Megaforce Records albums
Albums produced by Harry Fraud
Albums produced by Dev Hynes

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by austrian architect Lukas Galehr, a member of design collective MadameMohr, which includes five architects and one industrial designer. Disco Volante is a real pizzeria in Vienna. A spinning oven shaped like a giant disco ball is the centrepiece of this pizzeria, the restaurant is otherwise modelled on an authentic Napoli pizzeria with a vaulted ceiling, smooth tiled floors and clean white walls.
Lukas Galehr studied architecture at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna under the guidance of Hans Hollein and Wolf D. Prix and at SCI-Arc in Los Angeles. He has worked for Hans Hollein and UN Studio. He is currently working on his thesis under Prof. Wolf D. Prix.
If you want to eat pizza at Disco Volante, check the website here.
If you want an architect like Lukas Galehr, check the website here.


A prime downtown Lexington domicile, the Woodlands offer amenities like door-to-door laundry service and 24-hour security. The upscale Julep Cup Restaurant and the Werne Salon and Gifts on premises, as well as hardwood floors, marble bathrooms, a lovely pool, and a communal rooftop terrace, make tenant life a grand experience.
Developed in 1984, the Woodlands is a nine-story postmodern luxury condominium complex. The building includes a restaurant, a salon, and a covered parking structure.
Woodlands' tenants own or rent condominiums in this premium downtown living location.
The 1980s machines and motor generator had become obsolete, and DC Elevator was tasked to execute a major overhaul of the vertical transportation, without inconveniencing the tenants or reducing their quality of life.
On-site requirements and a challenging rooftop access proved to be additional hurdles.
DC Elevator installed new, nonproprietary AC-driven machines with microprocessor controls, maximizing efficiency in meaningful ways.
The performance of elevators was improved dramatically, while energy usage of the installation was minimized, eliminating carbon emissions and lowering the operational cost.
Working in the elegant and distinguished atmosphere of Lexington's premiere condominium complex was a challenge in itself – our installers took extra precautions to not disrupt the life of the tenants by working on a schedule tailored to their habits and needs.
Overcoming the challenges of a rooftop location that was inconvenient to access, we managed to install machines that not only caused fewer emissions but added better performance and a ride experience that is on par with all other conveniences the Woodlands complex provides.
The property management company, The Webb Companies, is Central Kentucky's oldest and largest commercial real estate firm, specializing in commercial development, property management, leasing, brokerage and tenant representation.
I would highly recommend DC Elevator to anyone looking for a full-service team of professionals, dedicated to installing, modernizing, and maintaining vertical lift equipment. Having safe and reliable elevator service contributes significantly to our success in leasing and managing our office buildings.


The time when those who had food intolerance were forced to eat tasteless products is definitely over! Today, thankfully, also people affected by celiac disease or food intoleraces can eat mouth-watering dishes.
This gluten free pasta recipe, for example, is absolutely tasty and can be cooked with all kinds of pasta. The main ingredients are Buffalo Mozzarella, Anchovies and Turnip Greens.
Turnip greens (Brassica rapa inflorescences) are antioxidants, rich in minerals, depurative. Famous in the world as one of the main ingredients of Apulian cuisine (anyone who has had to do with Apulia will definitely have heard about the famous orecchiette with Turnip Greens), they give a lot of benefits to our health. Rich in Iron, phosphorus and calcium sources of Vitamin A, C and Group B, turnip greens are excellent for energy recovery, for this reasone they are recommended for those who play sports. Furthermore, they have very few calories.
Dice the buffalo mozzarella and put it in a perforated pan for a night in the fridge so it loses all the moisture.
Wash the turnip greens and set aside a few leaves.
Mix mozzarella, milk, cornstarch and a pinch of salt in a hermetically sealed glass jar.
Close the jar and boil it in boiling water for 40 minutes, then blend until getting a dense, creamy consistency.
Cook the turnip greens in boiling water, drain and cool in water and ice (10 minutes).
Blend half of the turnip peaks with a little cooking water, extra virgin olive oil, salt and pepper.
Process the stale bread with anchovies and a clove of garlic, toast in the oven or or panfry in a little olive oil.
In boiling salted water cook the Spaghetti, following the instructions on the pack.
2 minutes before the cooking time, drain the pasta. Remember to set aside a glass of cooking water.
Pour them in the pan with the Turnip Greens, adding a skillet of pasta cooking water if necessary.
Pour a ladle of Mozzarella fondue on the base of the dish, place a nest of spaghetti, on it and decorate with the anchovies bread and some whole turnip greens leaves.
Serve with a good full-bodied red wine like a Primitivo di Manduria. Buon appetito!


In a short span of time, East Africa, and specifically Tanzania has become the main focus of attention as a source of new global gas supply. Large amounts of foreign investments have been made in the Tanzanian Oil and Gas industry after its discovery. These investments have made East Africa the next lucrative market in the international scenario.
The 4th Oil & Gas Tanzania Africa - Int'l Trade Exhibition, will be held from 13 - 15, November 2018. This event will be the hub for key players in the Oil and Gas industry, attracting leading oil, gas and petroleum companies from around the world.


The place of 'purging' associated with Hades, the dwelling place of those who have failed Earth's examinations. Purgatory is the place where self-illusions are shed; where one has to face the sometimes most frightening experience of all – confrontation with one's true self. It is a passing phase of total existence.


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Nevada sportsbooks win $52 million from bettors in September, regain top spot vs. New Jersey for highest handle
By Dave Tuley (VSiN.com senior reporter) Follow @ViewFromVegas
LAS VEGAS – Nevada sportsbook operators prepare all summer for September, when they know the first full month of the NFL and college football regular seasons will fill their books as well as their coffers.
September 2019 didn't disappoint as Nevada's 191 sportsbooks won $52.06 million from bettors during the month, holding 9.53 percent of the total handle of $546 million, according to figures released Wednesday morning by the state's Gaming Control Board. All figures also outperformed New Jersey's fledgling sports betting industry as the Garden State handled just over $445 million, holding 8.5 percent for a profit of $38 million. This was the first victory in three months for Nevada in the unofficial rivalry for highest betting handle, though Nevada's total for the past three months is $1.068 billion (with a "b") compared to Jersey's $989 million.
Nevada vs. New Jersey
Monthly sports betting handle
Month Nevada New Jersey
May $317 million $318 million
June $322 million $317 million
July $235 million $251 million
August $287 million $293 million
September $546 million $445 million
*Numbers rounded down
Nevada's overall sports betting win was actually down 7.62 percent from September 2018 as bettors fared slightly better in the opening month compared to last year, but, as expected, football accounted for the vast majority of the books' win as $40 million of the $52 million total came from football (pro and college football are combined in these state-wide figures). In addition, football is a big part of the "Sports Parlay Cards" (which are relatively non-existent the rest of the year) category that won another $5.4 million from a hold of a whopping 46.31 percent hold.
Baseball, with the winding down of its regular season in September, was the second-biggest winner for the books at $7.6 million, an increase of 79.22 percent from last September thanks to a healthy hold of 6.22 percent for that sport.
September 2019 Nevada Gaming Figures
Category Win/Loss %Change Hold%
Overall $52,068,000 -7.62 9.53
Football $39,968,000 -11.90 10.35
Basketball -$912,000 69.71 -22.89
Baseball $7,615,000 79.22 6.22
Sports Parlay Cards $5,426,000 -20.25 46.31
Other* $872,000 -42.15 2.85
Horse Racing $2,650,000 -20.14 15.14
%Change is compared to same month last year
Hold% is percentage the books won/lost from the handle in that category
*Other includes hockey, golf, auto racing, MMA and all other sports except
the ones listed individually


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Manny Machado's Record Contract Is How MLB Free Agency Is Supposed to Work
After building from within, the Padres spent big for a player they couldn't develop themselves. That's the point. Unfortunately for fans and dozens of other free agents who took suboptimal deals or remain unsigned, many teams seem to have forgotten this.
By Michael Baumann Feb 19, 2019, 5:02pm EST
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Every team in baseball keeps a close eye on its payroll. This offseason, even big-market teams with the playoffs in mind, like the Dodgers, Phillies, and Yankees, made trades engineered to offload salary or otherwise keep costs down. Though there's no hard salary cap in baseball, clubs are increasingly treating the $206 million competitive balance tax threshold as a de facto cap, and so it took until mid-February for the San Diego Padres to sign the best player in this year's free-agent class, Manny Machado, to a deal befitting a player of his talent. Other star players in this class—Bryce Harper, Craig Kimbrel, Dallas Keuchel—and useful contributors with recent playoff success—Marwin González, Gio González—remain unsigned.
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One of the more complicated legacies of modern baseball is tying performance analysis to economics. Teams want their players to perform well, but the hope is that the player is not only good in absolute terms, but good relative to his contract.
Chicago White Sox executive vice president Kenny Williams, after losing out on Machado, said his club couldn't pay Machado $30 million a year because doing so would prevent it from filling out a competitive roster. To take Williams's argument to the extreme, it'd probably be tough for an MLB team to afford a 25-man roster if each player made $30 million a year. But the broader point he was making is that all MLB rosters are built within certain budgetary restraints, either natural or self-imposed, which is reasonable enough. An overwhelming majority of clubs, either by choice or by financial necessity, have shown themselves to be unwilling to spend the $8.25 million per roster spot it'd take to hit the luxury tax threshold, regardless of whether they're strictly able to spend more. Machado's $30 million-per-year deal is the going rate for a player of that caliber on the open market, and ownership, generally speaking, doesn't like paying sticker price. It's why Machado went unsigned so long and Harper is unsigned still, and why the league's 30 teams have put so much effort into finding ways to build rosters whose talent outweighs their cost.
So all executives must operate within a budget, and executives have spent the 2000s dreaming up ingenious ways to keep costs down. There's service time manipulation to extend a club's control over a star prospect like Kris Bryant or Ronald Acuña for another year. There's the pre-free-agency extension that allows clubs to lock in MVP-level players like José Altuve and Mike Trout to below-market deals. And there's good old-fashioned Seeking Market Inefficiencies, which is the art of finding players who don't know how good they are and exploiting that gap in information. This goes back at least as far as the Moneyball A's getting Scott Hatteberg because he could get on base, or the Rays and Cubs valuing positional flexibility, or Washington believing that Daniel Murphy's revamped mechanics would turn him from an average player to the 2016 MVP runner-up.
The point, supposedly, of a team locking in its cheap young core is to provide the financial leeway to sign a Machado or a Harper to a $30 million-a-year contract or pay sticker price on solid veterans to take on roles that could not be filled internally. There is no foolproof way to build a winning ballclub, but this is as close as it gets. Last year's Red Sox built through the farm with Mookie Betts, Andrew Benintendi, Xander Bogaerts, and others, but they took on David Price and J.D. Martinez as free agents and signed Rick Porcello to a $20 million-a-year extension one year after trading for him. The 2017 Astros supplemented their young core with solid free agents like Yuli Gurriel and Josh Reddick and used their financial flexibility (a euphemism for having money lying around) to take on Justin Verlander via trade. The 2016 Cubs hit on several first-round picks but had to sign Jon Lester and Ben Zobrist and overpay for Aroldis Chapman in a trade to get over the top. The list goes on and on—build what you can and buy what you can't build.
Yet the past two offseasons have been characterized by teams refusing to take that last step, leading to widespread frustration among fans and a level of hostility between players and management the likes of which MLB hasn't seen in a generation. Machado is just the second player this offseason, after Patrick Corbin of the Nationals, to sign a contract for more than four guaranteed years or more than $70 million in total guaranteed value.
So far, most of the purported heavy hitters have chosen to sit out free agency. Defending champion Boston brought back starter Nathan Eovaldi but is apparently letting closer Craig Kimbrel walk. The Yankees met with Corbin, but reportedly declined to extend the same courtesy to Harper and never made an offer to Machado. The Dodgers offloaded fan favorite Yasiel Puig to increase their financial flexibility but instead of then making a serious run at Harper, they signed A.J. Pollock. The Astros likewise spurned Harper in favor of a cheaper option, Michael Brantley, while the Cubs' biggest free-agent pickup was utility infielder Daniel Descalso for two years and $5 million.
With so many of baseball's top teams treading water at best, the top free agents were left on the market to negotiate with teams that are still undergoing rebuilds. Machado's last three suitors were the Padres, White Sox, and Phillies. The Phillies and White Sox are big-market teams looking to contend soon, but all three clubs have posted losing records in each of the past six years. All three have assembled talented but cost-controlled young cores, leaving them with a sizable financial surplus, and the club that made Machado the most attractive offer bagged the best player on the market.
The Padres already have a few promising hitters—outfielders Hunter Renfroe and Franmil Reyes both exhibited exciting power last year—to go with veterans Eric Hosmer and Wil Myers. Catcher Austin Hedges is one of the best defenders at his position, and in 2018 his bat finally started to catch up with his glove. They also have the best farm system in baseball, with nine prospects in the Baseball Prospectus Top 101, including three in the top 20: infielders Fernando Tatis Jr. and Luis Urias and catcher Francisco Mejía. The latter two players already have big league experience, and Tatis will surely join them this year. Adding Machado to that mix will take San Diego from the team prospect hipsters watch on MLB.tv when the East Coast games are over to a club with legitimate playoff aspirations this year and probably the Dodgers' biggest threat in the NL West from 2020 on.
The Padres built from within and are now spending big for a player they couldn't develop themselves. That's how it's supposed to work.
But one happy free-agent ending doesn't erase the multiyear evisceration of baseball's free-agent class or solve the problem that even if we accept the CBT threshold as an upper limit of spending—which we shouldn't—25 of baseball's 30 teams aren't within $20 million of hitting that barrier this year. Compare that with the NBA, which has a soft salary cap, and yet also has 29 of 30 NBA clubs over the cap this year, 14 of them by more than $20 million.
While Machado brings San Diego much closer to the playoffs than they were yesterday, the Padres still have a long way before the rest of the roster is filled out to championship standards. Top pitching prospects Mackenzie Gore, Chris Paddack, and Adrian Morejon are all at least a year away, leaving the rotation in the hands of Joey Lucchesi (94 ERA+ in 2018), Eric Lauer (89 ERA+), and the three original members of Blink-182.
Even after handing out this record-setting deal, the Padres are running a payroll only in the $120 million range. After Machado and Hosmer, San Diego's next three largest payroll obligations are to Phil Hughes and Héctor Olivera, both of whom are no longer on the team, and Garrett Richards, who will miss all of 2019 while recovering from Tommy John surgery. The Padres are moving in the right direction but they could, and should, spend more money to fill out their roster.
Elsewhere in the league, free agency remains a broken system. Harper, Kimbrel, and Keuchel are still all twisting in the wind. Yasmani Grandal and Josh Donaldson had to settle for one-year deals, and too many of the biggest and best teams either stood pat or settled for minor improvements to the roster.
It's good that for this one player and one team the system worked the way it should, albeit on a two- or three-month delay. Too bad for the fans, as well as dozens of other free agents who took short-term deals or opted not to test the market at all, that it doesn't work this way more often.
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Professor Robert Ladd FBA
Phonology and phonetics, and the relation between them ("laboratory phonology"); intonation and prosody, including focus, emotion, pitch perception, tone languages, and links between language and music
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Linguistics, Psychology
Emeritus Professor of Linguistics, University of Edinburgh
Professor Janet Watson FBA
The documentation and morpho-syntactic description of modern Arabic dialects and Modern South Arabian languages; theoretical phonology and morphology with reference to Arabic and Modern South Arabian
Professor Margaret Boden FBA
Philosophy of mind and creativity; computational psychology; artificial intelligence
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Philology Central and Inner Asia


It can take some time for your WakaWaka to arrive at our logistics department. Then it can take your bank a couple of days to process the order. But please send an email to support@waka-waka.com if you believe it should have been in your account and mention the order number.


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iPhone X (Part 2)
A couple of weeks ago, I was going to tell you my impression of the iPhone X. And, as a reminder, it's pronounced "ten" not "ecks" because it's a Roman numeral.
Anyway, I took a side turn and ended up telling why I got an iPhone X instead of what I thought of the iPhone X. I do stuff like that, you know. So, at the end of that post, I said "I like it."
Well, I'm going to go into a little more depth. I'll cover some of what I spoke about in my previous post, but not the billing part (which is where I got really sidetracked).
The size of the phone was my first concern. I knew from handling the Plus series phones from family members and others that I didn't want something that size. So, when I found out the iPhone X had a 5.8-inch screen, I ruled it out. That's larger than the Plus series 5½-inch screen. I thought the iPhone X would be around the same size of, if not larger than, the Plus phones. But no, it was closer in size to the standard 4.7-inch device. Slightly larger, but not much. The elimination of the areas above and below the screen, made for the larger screen size. The Home button was gone (more about that in a minute), and the area of the front camera and phone speaker was reduced. That made for a much larger screen on a slightly larger design.
I don't notice the difference in the size unless I handle a 4.7-inch iPhone and then pick up the iPhone X. In regular use, it seems the same size most of the time.
Okay now, the thing I was worried about the most: the Home button -- or lack thereof. I don't miss it. That surprised me. To use the "Home button," since there isn't one, you swipe up from the bottom of the screen. I have no problem using my thumb for that. I used my thumb for unlocking on the 5s, 6, and 6s by touching the Home button, followed by a press and release. Touching it allowed the Touch ID to confirm my thumbprint and unlock it, and pressing it allowed the screen to become active.
With the iPhone X, I simply put my thumb where the Home button was, let it rest there slightly, then swipe up while looking at the phone. The differences are the swipe up instead of a button press, and the looking at the phone. Now, I was usually looking at the 5s/6/6s when I unlocked and opened it, but not always. With the new Face ID, if I'm not looking at it, it won't unlock. I can use the Passcode, of course, if I attempt to unlock it without Face ID.
Oh, and about the Face ID vs Touch ID? There's not much of a difference from the end-user perspective. At least, not for me. If my eyes are closed, or I'm otherwise not looking at the phone head on, it won't unlock using Face ID. I don't know how well it will work at a McDonald's drive-through, as I haven't hit a McDonald's drive-through since I got the iPhone X.
I used to drive through McDonald's just to screw with the window crew. I'd pull to the window to pay, hold out my phone, and they'd get this panicked look on their faces. Often, I'd tell them what to do and they'd go along with it, and they'd be amazed that the register told them the meal was paid for. Sometimes, they'd call a manager, who would usually know what to do, but occasionally had to be walked though it, too. I'll eventually hit a McDonald's drive-though just so I can screw with the crew some more.
Okay, now I need to think about what else is different on the iPhone X. Hmmm. Oh, yeah. The double-click to access running apps (Multi-tasking). Used to be, you'd double-click the Home button to call up the apps that were running in the background. With the iPhone X, you swipe up, and hold. I have no trouble with that. My mother does. She can never remember to do it, and when she does, she swipes with her finger, like she's brushing dirt off. I notice a lot of people make a striking swipe with their iPhones. I never did. I do things like you'll see on Apple's support pages where why have little videos and animations using the features. You can find an example here. In fact, I'm going to let that page tell you how to use an iPhone X and focus on my impressions from here on out.
The double-click of the Side Button to install apps had me confused at first, but once I realized what the on-screen animation was trying to tell me, I was fine.
Accessing the Control Center -- that's a swipe down from the top right corner -- is different. Used to swipe up, but that's now unlock. Hmph. Apple.
That's the differences and changes in behavior to use the phone. As for the actual use of the phone? Well, it's not really much different. I don't do a lot of photography, so I can't say that I find the camera a lot better. But, I understand it is.
The Animoji rhinf? Big fat hairy deal. I can now be a talking unicorn or a pile of poop. Whoop-de-frikkin-do.
Wireless charging? Well, I haven't been using that. But others have, and they love it. So, while I don't have first-hand experience with it, family members do and they like it. A lot.
All that to say the gestures and button pressed to activate a few features is different, but easy. In fact, when I pick up a different iPhone, or even my iPad, I try to use the iPhone X gestures. I'm used to it, and it didn't take long at all to get used to it.
In my last post, I said "I like it." But you got none of the details.
Here's my new summary of what I think: I like it.
Told you.
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Ok, so last week this happened: I trashed my book. Yep, ripped it apart. I could say 'Just. Like.That.' for dramatic embellishment, but far more thought than that went into it.
It's something that had been playing on my mind for a few weeks, but doggedly I kept writing. I had a schedule I wanted to keep and surely what I was contemplating was not something that I should be contemplating?
When I talked about it we were in a mini bus heading out to Trang An – it's an eco tourism complex of limestone karst peaks and grottoes. You sit in a boat and get rowed through the caves and valleys. It's on the UNESCO World Heritage list and, located not too far out of Hanoi, absolutely worth a visit.
Where was I? Yes, on the mini bus to Trang An and chatting to my girlfriend about the problems I was having with finishing I Want You Back. This particular friend is an avid reader – and has also been an early reader for me – so was the perfect sounding board for this particular conversation. Hers was an opinion I valued.
If I'd stuck with that premise I might not be in the trouble I am today. The thing is, like us, characters don't live in isolation. Yet when I brought Callie's friends in to join the party – Alice Delaney and Tiffany Samuels – things got out of control. They had their own story and wanted to be heard too.
Ok, I thought. I'll make this an ensemble cast and seamlessly weave all three stories together. It will be like something that Cathy Kelly would do. How hard could it be?
As it turns out, very hard indeed. More than that, it simply wasn't working. I was writing third person – something that I feel removes me a bit from the head of my character – and the voice just felt wrong.
'Maybe I should just write it as three books,' I mused to my friend. There are quite a few people in the romance field doing that now: Anna Campbell is doing it very well with her regency widows series, Carole Mortimer does it very sexily with her Knight Security series, and I've just started reading some Kylie Scott as well.
Being the wise friend that she is, we talked it through, but she didn't agree or disagree with me. This had to be my decision.
But, I had virtually finished and the book was due to my editor by the end of the month… WTF was I doing even thinking of making a change of this magnitude at this stage of the process?
It wasn't until I was on the overnight flight home from Bangkok that I did it. I started again to tell just Callie's story…and I'm telling Tiff's story…and I'm telling Alice's. Three shorter books, tied together, to be written almost together, and released at 2 monthly intervals.
That I'd learn more about both the craft of writing and the business of it with each project – and that doesn't mean taking the easy path.
In doing this, as crazy as it is, I'm honouring those promises to myself.
But then, after it had all been ripped apart – and before it's all back together – I had to confess what I'd done to my editor…thankfully she understood and it hasn't impacted her schedule too much.
Oh, that is a big change, but it sounds like it feels like the right decision for you (and your characters). Linked novellas and episodic series are increasingly popular. I thought about trying to write about my time in Africa in some sort of weekly / monthly instalments (given I have all of the letters I sent home etc) but don't really have any overarching story arc for my time there.
I'm constantly impressed at how professional you are about all of this! I really really do envy your sense of direction and commitment.
It doesn't come naturally, Deb – I have to put the boundaries in place to have a direction. My natural state of affairs is to drift. I'm still not sure whether my decision was brave or stupid.
Wow, what a tough decision! Sometimes taking some time away from a story allows us to come up with solutions to the problems. I'm glad you came up with something that would do justice to each of the characters in the story as it originally played out in your mind. Looking forward to hearing how it all pans out, Jo.
As Deborah mentioned above, I too am in awe of your discipline. You have an editor lying in wait the moment you finish a manuscript?!! That's amazing… and what a great form of motivation!
I book myself a place in my editor's schedule at the start of each year – it gives me a fixed deadline to work towards…otherwise I'd just drift. Plus, I've worked with Nicola for the last 3 books, & she gets what I'm trying to do – & she's super busy, so if I didn't do this (& keep to my deadline) she'd have no time for me. I'm hopeless with boundaries & discipline so have to do this stuff for myself. Actually, that could be the subject of a whole other blog post.