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Macro and Micro-Nutrient in Eggs
January 9, 2023 by touchme_6z4wln No Comments
Eggs have been a staple in the human diet for thousands of years. From hunter-gatherers collecting eggs from the nests of wild birds, to the domestication of fowl for more reliable access to a supply of eggs, to today's genetically selected birds and modern production facilities, eggs have long been recognized as a source of high-quality protein and other important nutrients.
Over the years, eggs have become an essential ingredient in many cuisines, owing to their many functional properties, such as water holding, emulsifying, and foaming. An egg is a self-contained and self-sufficient embryonic development chamber. At adequate temperature, the developing embryo uses the extensive range of essential nutrients in the egg for its growth and development. The necessary proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, and functional nutrients are all present in sufficient quantities for the transition from fertilized cell to newborn chick, and the nutrient needs of an avian species are similar enough to human needs to make eggs an ideal source of nutrients for us. (The one essential human nutrient that eggs do not contain is ascorbic acid (vitamin C), because non-passerine birds have active gulonolactone oxidase and synthesize ascorbic acid as needed.) This article summarizes the varied nutrient contributions eggs make to the human diet.
Macro and Micro Nutrient in Eggs
The levels of many nutrients in an egg are influenced by the age and breed or strain of hen as well as the season of the year and the composition of the feed provided to the hen. While most variations in nutrients are relatively minor, the fatty acid composition of egg lipids can be significantly altered by changes in the hen's diet. The exact quantities of many vitamins and minerals in an egg are determined, in part, by the nutrients provided in the hen's diet. Hen eggs contain 75.8% water, 12.6% protein, 9.9% lipid, and 1.7% vitamins, minerals, and a small amount of carbohydrates. Eggs are classified in the protein food group, and egg protein is one of the highest quality proteins available. Virtually all lipids found in eggs are contained in the yolk, along with most of the vitamins and minerals. Of the small amount of carbohydrate (less than 1% by weight), half is found in the form of glycoprotein and the remainder as free glucose.
Egg proteins, which are distributed in both yolk and white (albumen), are nutritionally complete proteins containing all the essential amino-acids (EAA). Egg protein has a chemical score (EAA level in a protein food divided by the level found in an 'ideal' protein food) of 100, a biological value (a measure of how efficiently dietary protein is turned into body tissue) of 94, and the highest protein efficiency ratio (ratio of weight gain to protein ingested in young rats) of any dietary protein. The major proteins found in egg yolk include low density lipoprotein (LDL), which constitutes 65%, high density lipoprotein (HDL), phosvitin, and livetin. These proteins exist in a homogeneously emulsified fluid. Egg white is made up of some 40 different kinds of proteins. Ovalbumin is the major protein (54%) along with ovotransferrin (12%) and ovomucoid (11%). Other proteins of interest include flavoprotein, which binds riboflavin, avidin, which can bind and inactivate biotin, and lysozyme, which has lytic action against bacteria.
Egg Lipids
A large egg yolk contains 4.5 g of lipid, consisting of triacylglycerides (65%), phospholipids (31%), and cholesterol (4%). Of the total phospholipids, phosphatidylcholine (lecithin) is the largest fraction and accounts for 26%. Phosphatidylethanolamine contributes another 4%. The fatty-acid composition of eggyolk lipids depends on the fatty-acid profile of the diet. The reported fatty-acid profile of commercial eggs indicates that a large egg contains 1.55 g of saturated fatty acids, 1.91 g of monounsaturated fat, and 0.68 g of polyunsaturated fatty acids. (Total fatty acids (4.14 g) does not equal total lipid (4.5 g) because of the glycerol moiety of triacylglycerides and phospholipids and the phosphorylated moieties of the phospholipids). It has been reported that eggs contain less than 0.05 g of trans-fatty acids. Egg yolks also contain cholesterol (211mg per large egg) and the xanthophylls lutein and zeaxanthin.
Egg Vitamins
Eggs contain all the essential vitamins except vitamin C, because the developing chick does not have a dietary requirement for this vitamin. The yolk contains the majority of the water-soluble vitamins and 100% of the fat-soluble vitamins. Riboflavin and niacin are concentrated in the albumen. The riboflavin in the egg albumin is bound to flavoprotein in a 1:1 molar ratio. Eggs are one of the few natural sources of vitamins D and B12. Egg vitamin E levels can be increased up to tenfold through dietary changes. While no single vitamin is found in very high quantity relative to its DRI value, it is the wide spectrum of vitamins present that makes eggs nutritionally rich.
Egg Minerals
Eggs contain small amounts of all the minerals essential for life. Of particular importance is the iron found in egg yolks. Research evaluating the plasma iron and transferrin saturation in 6-12-month-old children indicated that infants who ate egg yolks had a better iron status than infants who did not. The study indicated that egg yolks can be a source of iron in a weaning diet for breast-fed and formula-fed infants without increasing blood antibodies to egg-yolk proteins. Dietary iron absorption from a specific food is determined by iron status, heme- and nonheme-iron contents, and amounts of various dietary factors that influence iron absorption present in the whole meal. Limited information is available about the net effect of these factors as related to egg iron bioavailability. In addition to iron, eggs contain calcium, phosphorus, sodium, potassium, magnesium, zinc, copper, and manganese. Egg yolks also contain iodine (25 mg per large egg), and this can be increased twofold to threefold by the inclusion of an iodine source in the feed. Egg selenium content can also be increased up to ninefold by dietary manipulations.
Egg Choline
Choline was established as an essential nutrient in 1999 with recommended daily intakes (RDIs) of 550mg for men and 450mg for women. The RDI for choline increases during pregnancy and lactation owing to the high rate of choline transfer from the mother to the fetus and into breast milk. Animal studies indicate that choline plays an essential role in brain development, especially in the development of the memory centers of the fetus and newborn. Egg-yolk lecithin (phosphatidylcholine) is an excellent source of dietary choline, providing 125mg of choline per large egg.
Egg Carotenes
Egg yolk contains two xanthophylls (carotenes that contain an alcohol group) that have important health benefits – lutein and zeaxanthin. It is estimated that a large egg contains 0.33 mg of lutein and zeaxanthin; however, the content of these xanthophylls is totally dependent on the type of feed provided to the hens. Egg-yolk lutein levels can be increased up to tenfold through modification of the feed with marigold extract or purified lutein.
An indicator of the luteinþzeaxanthin content is the color of the yolk; the darker yellow-orange the yolk, the higher the xanthophyll content. Studies have shown that egg-yolk xanthophylls have a higher bioavailablity than those from plant sources, probably because the lipid matrix of the egg yolk facilitates greater absorption. This increased bioavailability results in significant increases in plasma levels of lutein and zeaxanthin as well as increased macular pigment densities with egg feeding.
Egg Cholesterol
Eggs are one of the richest sources of dietary cholesterol, providing 215 mg per large egg. In the 1960s and 1970s the simplistic view that dietary cholesterol equals blood cholesterol resulted in the belief that eggs were a major contributor to hypercholesterolemia and the associated risk of cardiovascular disease. While there remains some controversy regarding the role of dietary cholesterol in determining blood cholesterol levels, the majority of studies have shown that saturated fat, not dietary cholesterol, is the major dietary determinant of plasma cholesterol levels (and eggs contain 1.5 g of saturated fat) and that neither dietary cholesterol nor egg consumption are significantly related to the incidence of cardiovascular disease. Across cultures, those countries with the highest egg consumption actually have the lowest rates of mortality from cardiovascular disease, and within-population studies have not shown a correlation between egg intake and either plasma cholesterol levels or the incidence of heart disease. A 1999 study of over 117 000 men and women followed for 8-14 years showed that the risk of coronary heart disease was the same whether the study subjects consumed less than one egg a week or more than one egg a day. Clinical studies show that dietary cholesterol does have a small influence on plasma cholesterol levels. Adding one egg per day to the diet would, on average, increase plasma total cholesterol levels by approximately 5mg dl_1 (0.13mmol/L). It is important to note, however, that the increase occurs in both the atherogenic LDL cholesterol fraction (4mg dl_1(0.10mmol/L)) and the antiatherogenic HDL cholesterol fraction (1 mg dl_1(0.03mmol/L)), resulting in virtually no change in the LDL:HDL ratio, a major determinant of cardiovascular disease risk. The plasma lipoprotein cholesterol response to egg feeding, especially any changes in the LDL:HDL ratio, vary according to the individual and the baseline plasma lipoprotein cholesterol profile. Adding one egg a day to the diets of three hypothetical patients with different plasma lipid profiles results in very different effects on the LDL:HDL ratio. For the individual at low risk there is a greater effect than for the person at high risk, yet in all cases the effect is quantitatively minor and would have little impact on their heart-disease risk profile.
Overall, results from clinical studies indicate that egg feeding has little if any effect on cardiovascular disease risk. This is consistent with the results from a number of epidemiological studies. A common consumer misperception is that eggs from some breeds of bird have low or no cholesterol. For example, eggs from Araucana chickens, a South American breed that lays a blue-green egg, have been promoted as low-cholesterol eggs when, in fact, the cholesterol content of these eggs is 25% higher than that of commercial eggs. The amount of cholesterol in an egg is set by the developmental needs of the embryo and has proven very difficult to change substantially without resorting to hypocholesterolemic drug usage. Undue concerns regarding egg cholesterol content resulted in a steady decline in egg consumption during the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s, and restriction of this important and affordable source of high-quality protein and other nutrients could have had negative effects on the well-being of many nutritionally 'at risk' populations. Per capita egg consumption has been increasing over the past decade in North America, Central America, and Asia, has remained relatively steady in South America and Africa, and has been falling in Europe and Oceania. Overall, world per capita egg consumption has been slowly increasing over the past decade, in part owing to the change in attitude regarding dietary cholesterol health concerns.
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Q: Como fazer insert com valores postados em textarea Gostaria de saber como posso fazer uso de textarea juntamente com php e mysqli para fazer o seguinte preciso enviar 12 itens dentro de uma textarea e que estes  itens sejam postos com quebra de linha e que aplique insert desses 12 itens na mysqli sendo que caso não poste todos os 12 não de erro só necessito que no max só permita 12 itens por textarea, caso poste menor o igual a 12 funcione perfeitamente.
Pois eu tenho na tabela media 12 campos para por os links.
No caso necessito que envie da forma que esta a textarea e SQL abaixo de forma que cada posição no caso e uma coluna na tabela media que vai da coluna link1 ate link12.
<textarea rows="12" name="links">
link1
link2
link3
link4
link5
link6
link7
link8
link9
link10
link11
link12
</textarea>

Mysql
CREATE DATABASE `media` ;
CREATE TABLE `media`.`medias` (
`id` INT( 5 ) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY ,
`link1` VARCHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL ,
`link2` VARCHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL ,
`link3` VARCHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL ,
`link4` VARCHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL ,
`link5` VARCHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL ,
`link6` VARCHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL ,
`link7` VARCHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL ,
`link8` VARCHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL ,
`link9` VARCHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL ,
`link10` VARCHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL ,
`link11` VARCHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL ,
`link12` VARCHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL ,
) ENGINE = MYISAM ;

A: A forma que você está fazendo isso não é uma das melhores, nem a forma mais correta de se fazer, o ideal seria criar campos de input="text", e com um botão ir replicando e outro para remover, com limite de até os 12 inputs todos como o mesmo name name="urls[]", e lá no php recolher o $_POST['urls'] dentro de um foreach e gravar a lista de url, validando cada uma. Todavia, para fazer como você quer, a forma de fazer isso é basicamente validando tanto no javascript como no php. No javascript, você limita o campo para o número máximo de quebras, que no caso são 11, já que a última não precisa quebrar. E no php, você coloca todos os itens num array, e faz um foreach dos valores:
Então ficaria algo assim:
Javascript para filtrar:
function checkUrl(str) {
  var pattern = new RegExp('^(https?:\/\/)?'+ // protocol
    '((([a-z\d]([a-z\d-]*[a-z\d])*)\.)+[a-z]{2,}|'+ // domain name
    '((\d{1,3}\.){3}\d{1,3}))'+ // OR ip (v4) address
    '(\:\d+)?(\/[-a-z\d%_.~+]*)*'+ // port and path
    '(\?[;&a-z\d%_.~+=-]*)?'+ // query string
    '(\#[-a-z\d_]*)?$','i'); // fragment locater
  if(!pattern.test(str)) {
    return false;
  } else {
    return true;
  }
}

function getListURL(valor, total) {
var listValid = 0;
var urlValida = [];
   var urls = valor.split("\n");
   for (var i = 0; i < total - 1; i++) {
      if (checkUrl(urls[i])) {
           urlValida[listValid] = urls[i];
           listValid++;
      }
   }
  return urlValida;
}

function setFilter() {
var arrUrls = getListURL(document.urls, 12);
    document.sendURLs.urls = arrUrls.join("\n");
    document.sendURLs.submit();
}

PHP para capturar e atualizar o registro:
$urls = explode("\n", $_POST['urls']);
$id = $_POST['id'];

$cps = array();
$pos = 1;

foreach ($urls as $url) {
  if (filter_var($url, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL) !== false && $pos <= 12) {
         $cps[]  = "link" . $pos ." = '{$url}'";
        $pos++;
  }
}

$campos = implode(", ",$cps);
 $sql = "UPDATE media SET $campos WHERE id = '$id';";

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Linton is a rural town on the Glenelg Highway, 30 km south-west of Ballarat.
Linton was first occupied for pastoral purposes in 1838 by Joseph Linton. His pastoral run was known as Emu Hill or Linton's but, more importantly, the name of Linton's Diggings was given when gold was found on the property in 1854. Several leads were discovered a few kilometres north of the initial discovery, and in 1860 a township was surveyed in their vicinity, adjacent to Springdallah Creek. The township had a population of 382 and the diggings had over 1500 people, indicating that the survey was based on an existing settlement which had two hotels, a blacksmith and a butchery. Several shops and a bank moved from the Diggings to the town in the following year.
Schools were opened at the Diggings (1856) and the near vicinity (1861, Wesleyan and 1862, Anglican). They were superseded by the government school at Linton in 1867. Almost immediately after the survey of the township, Anglican, Catholic and Methodist churches were built and a court house was opened. The hall and offices for Grenville shire were opened in Linton in 1865. A public library was opened in 1874.
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/waymo-ceo-john-krafcik-is-leaving-the-company-11617385836
Waymo CEO John Krafcik Is Leaving the Google Self-Driving Affiliate
The company is promoting its chief technology and operating officers, Dmitri Dolgov and Tekedra Mawakana, to lead its effort
John Krafcik, seen at a Wall Street Journal event in 2018, is leaving Waymo LLC.
Photo: Nikki Ritcher for the Wall Street Journal
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Updated April 2, 2021 4:09 pm ET
Waymo LLC Chief Executive John Krafcik said he is stepping down from his role, bringing an end to the former auto executive's more than five-year tenure leading Google parent Alphabet Inc.'s GOOG -1.58% autonomous-vehicle unit.
The company said Friday that it is promoting its chief technology and operating officers, Dmitri Dolgov and Tekedra Mawakana, to lead a decade-old effort to make self-driving cars a reality. They will share the title of co-chief executive.
After a long career working at companies including Ford Motor Co. and Hyundai Motor Co. , Mr. Krafcik was brought into Google's project in 2015 at a time when the tech company was facing skepticism from car makers over its objectives and the possibility of a new rival. He spent time wooing industry leaders at auto shows around the world, trying to frame Waymo's effort as one to develop a car's driver and not one intending to build its own car. He did deals to work with Chrysler, Jaguar and the Renault-Nissan alliance.
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Under his leadership, Waymo launched a limited ride-hailing service in suburban Phoenix where some customers are shuttled around in minivans without a person behind the wheel. The challenge of scale has remained, however, as deploying the technology has proven harder than many technologists expected.
The 59-year-old also led Waymo's conversion into an independent subsidiary of Alphabet and the raising of $3.25 billion of external funding, bringing on investors such as private-equity firm Silver Lake and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala Investment Co. "It's a long road getting this technology out to the world," Mr. Krafcik said during an interview with The Wall Street Journal last year.
In a blog post Friday, Mr. Krafcik said he would serve as an adviser to Waymo, adding that "Dmitri and Tekedra have my full confidence and support." He said that he will be going on a sabbatical with his wife and relocating to Austin, Texas, from Silicon Valley.
"He essentially turned Waymo into a real company," said Mike Ramsey, a Gartner automotive analyst. "They didn't hit some of their development targets, but nobody did. He turned what was a R&D effort into a commercial operation."
"'He essentially turned Waymo into a real company.'"
— Mike Ramsey, Gartner automotive analyst
While Mr. Krafcik may have helped soothe some in the auto industry, his arrival in Mountain View, Calif.—the city where Google is based—ruffled feathers among some of the program's longtime engineers. Two of the highest-profile members of the team departed in the months after his arrival.
Engineer Anthony Levandowski left in early 2016 and the project's leader Chris Urmson, who had been chief technology officer, left in August 2016. Both would go on to found rival autonomous vehicle startups. Mr. Levandowski would later plead guilty to stealing trade secrets, while Mr. Urmson co-founded Aurora, which has emerged as one of Waymo's most formidable driverless vehicle rivals.
In their absence, Mr. Dolgov's profile grew as he assumed the role of CTO. He joined Google's self-driving car project when it began in 2009 and led the development of Waymo's autonomous system, known as Waymo Driver. He studied physics and math at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology before earning a doctorate in computer science from the University of Michigan.
Ms. Mawakana, a former senior public policy executive at Yahoo and eBay Inc., joined in 2017 to help navigate Waymo through the thicket of policy and regulatory issues that arise when trying to deploy robot cars. Her role continued to grow over the years with her becoming chief operating officer in 2019.
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Waymo is changing its leadership during a period of heightened interest and competition in the auto industry. Inspired by Tesla Inc.'s surging valuation, several electric-vehicle upstarts have turned to the public markets for additional funding. Faraday Future, Arrival Group and Fisker have completed or are in the process of going public by merging with special-purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs. They have offered aggressive revenue forecasts, which some have had to revise after missing targets.
Waymo remains the leader in autonomy, with more vehicles on the road and operations than anyone else in the field. However, it faces challenges as it looks to expand its fleet of robotaxis to other cities. Waymo has to secure government approval to operate, persuade local citizens to ride and monitor performance as the vehicles navigate local roads.
"It's a slow creep to do everything city to city," Mr. Ramsey said. "It costs a lot of money and time."
It falls to Mr. Dolgov and Ms. Mawakana to define Waymo's strategy, expanding its footprint and refining its commercial plans. Mr. Ramsey said they will need to determine whether it will be a supplier of software to auto makers, a fleet provider that runs robotaxis or some other alternative.
Write to Tripp Mickle at Tripp.Mickle@wsj.com and Tim Higgins at Tim.Higgins@WSJ.com
Appeared in the April 3, 2021, print edition as 'CEO Is Leaving Google Self-Driving Unit.'

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It's almost spring!! I actually wore short sleeves this weekend! I don't know about you, but I'm so excited! I hate winter so please bring on the warmer temps! You know what else is great about spring? You get to finally ditch the winter clothes. Am I the only one that hates winter clothing? I can't be, right?
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These spring clothing sets for kids are going fast so if you want to grab one and bring some fun spring warmth into your home and onto your tiny person, hop on over (spring pun!) and use discount code JULIA for 10% off! Woohoo, right?!! But, really, do hurry. It expires March 20, 2015. Some of these are limited edition so when they are gone, they are truly gone.
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WHEN the sun's out, there's nothing quite like firing up the bbq, whipping up a fresh salad or two and inviting friends and family over for some delicious food.
From a refreshing Greek treat to a triple threat of killer barbecued chicken, here the Olive Press provides some simple summer dishes that are bound to impress. With chicken, be careful that it is thoroughly cooked and the juices run clear. And it goes without saying, remember safety around barbecues!
Marinade four chicken thighs in ¼ diced preserved lemon, two teaspoons of Za'atar and a glug of olive oil, for at least four hours.
For the tahini sauce whisk 200ml tahini, 200ml water, 75ml lemon juice and a pinch of salt in a bowl until it has the consistency of pouring cream.
Grill chicken skin side down until crispy, then flip and finish the other side. Boned chicken thighs are great on the BBQ as they stay juicy and cook fairly quickly, but be sure to cook it all the way through!
Mix 600g natural yoghurt and 150g melted butter with 6 lemons (juice and peel), 6 tsps cayenne pepper and garam masala, 3 tsps pimento, coriander and cumin, plus 6 crushed garlic cloves and some chopped fresh coriander and salt. Marinade 6 chicken breasts or kebabs for several hours.
Get the BBQ really hot, then let it die down a bit. Put the marinated chicken breast on and let them seal on each side. We serve them with a selection of chargrilled vegetables and couscous.
Make two cuts on a chicken breast, squeeze lemon over it and rub in salt. Next rub crushed garlic and ginger into the meat, along with ½ a teaspoon of oil. Finally, rub 2 spoons of natural yoghurt into the meat with a sprinkle of garam masala and leave for 30 minutes in the fridge. Grill it on a BBQ for 8 minutes each side, and then tuck in!
Place Greek yoghurt in a bowl with a shredded cucumber (use a grater) and some of the water squeezed from it. Add 2-3 crushed garlic cloves, salt, olive oil and, finally, fresh lemon juice and dill. Mix well but don't overdo it, and make sure it's dense and creamy. Serve with grilled meat, slices of tomato and onion and pita bread!
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Over the last year, I haven't shared with you all of the details of my debt situation. I've been honest with talking about how I financed my home improvements, but I haven't shared the entire picture.
Sitting here at the end of December 2018, I'm looking to focus in on paying down my debts and improve my cash flow in 2019.
Over the past 15 months, I've taken advantage of a high income and knowledge of financing to open up numerous lines of credit for home improvements and investments.
Now, I'm a little bit nervous of the situation I've gotten myself into because my debt payments each month are higher than I'd like.
In this post, I want to share with you the details behind my debts and talk about my plan in 2019 to eliminate these debts.
Growing my income to a high level at a relatively young age has been a goal of mine for the last 5 years, and a goal where I've seen some great success.
In 2017, I earned over $107,000, at the age 25, and in 2018, I'm going to come close to $120,000 in total earnings.
With this high income, companies are constantly targeting you to open up lines of credit, credit cards, and make purchases with them.
I work at a bank, and as someone who reads the fine print of everything, I understand the terms and conditions around different ways to finance purchases. Throughout the last 15 months, I took advantage of this (and now have reached the edge of my comfort zone).
Starting with a Home Equity Line of Credit, I unlocked $22,000 of equity from my house and used some of this money to fund my Roth IRA, contribute funds to my business, and make a few other investments in alternative assets.
Next, I replaced 8 windows and a door, and financed this at 0% for 3 years. The total cost was roughly $13,000. Even though the payments are at a 0% interest rate, this is still a $357 payment every month.
Moving on to another line of credit, earlier this year, I opened up a 0% interest rate credit card to do some more home improvements. The credit line was $16,000, and I used about $10,000 of it for these improvements and other purchases.
And finally, I still haven't removed Private Mortgage Insurance from my mortgage, and have about $5,100 left to go until I reach 78% Loan to Value.
Each of these debts are restricting me from achieving my financial goals, and are costing roughly $700 a month to service.
Adding this on to my mortgage of roughly $1690 a month, I need to make at least $2400 a month just to stay good on my loans. This is unacceptable and something I'm not enthused about.
One thing to note here is that my decision and thought to get rid of my debts is more psychological than mathematical. With 2 debts at 0%, and a third at 3.85%, all of these are historically low interest rates. At the same time though, the debt service of $702 a month is what bothers me and I want to free this cash up for future freedom.
I titled the section above "High Income Professionals Are Not Always Good With Money" because it seems that many people believe "people with higher incomes are better with money because they make more".
While I have had a handle on my situation the entire time, and also have still been able to meet my savings goals throughout the entire 15 month period, looking at my situation now is a bit eye opening.
At the same time, I'm not someone who shies away from risk or taking chances.
My overarching thought in life is to explore different experiences to find the truth. I don't regret going into debt, but now I have to face the music and get out of it.
My plan probably will be a little bit obnoxious to you if you are a lower earning individual… but my plan for reducing my debt is to simply live life how I have been. Specifically, I need to keep performing well at my job, keep putting hours in on my side hustles, and instead of speculating with my savings, put these towards debt.
My expenses are already fairly low, and I now am house hacking with a roommate paying me $650 a month.
With a salary of just over 6 figures and a lucrative side hustle, I should be able to eliminate at least 3 of these debts just through staying focused and disciplined with my pay down. I save 50% of my income, and shouldn't need to make any drastic changes to get rid of these debts.
As I detailed in my 2019 goals post from a few weeks ago, one of my goals for the first quarter is to take out my credit card payment.
As shown above, the current balance is $8,118, and I should be able to get this taken out with my year-end bonus and quarterly side hustle payment.
Also in the first quarter, I'm hoping to take out the Private Mortgage Insurance, and if this happens, I'll be able to unlock over $200 in cash flow a month!
Next up will be the windows loan. While this loan still has 18 months left on it, the big discomfort comes from having $357 a month going out of my bank account each month.
I believe I can eliminate this sometime in quarter 2, which then will leave my HELOC to pay down throughout the 2nd half of the year. This will leave me with a little bit smaller cash position than I might feel comfortable with, but it will be worth it going in to 2020.
As someone who is always thinking of different ways to build wealth, take chances, and succeed financially, there are a few things which could speed up (or slow down) this process of becoming debt free.
First, you are able to take out Roth IRA contributions without penalty. The last 3 years, I've maxed out my Roth IRA and with how I've positioned my portfolio, there's a chance I will have doubled my investment sometime in 2019.
With this, I would consider taking out half (i.e. my contributions), and letting the rest compound over time.
Second, I'm always looking at deals and investments to see what is worth my time and energy. In 2017 and 2018, I definitely went overboard with this, so part of the plan in 2019 is to continue to focus in on what is working and NOT worry about other things.
I'm very excited for 2019 and am going to make the best of my situation at work and at home.
Something I mentioned briefly and want to say again is that most of my want to pay down my debt is psychological vs. mathematically driven.
Yes, at 0% interest, it would be sub-optimal to pay down my debt and instead, if I want to grow my wealth, I should be putting this money to work.
Well, I am putting my money to work in a number of other areas and now feel the need to improve my cash flow.
Going into my late twenties, I want to have an incredibly strong financial foundation to build from, and with this plan, I should be able to succeed.
Readers: do you have any debt pay down goals for 2019? What do you think of my situation? Would you do anything differently?
You've probably already thought of this, but I just helped a friend with this math. Do you have any more room on your HELOC to pay down your 1st mortgage and eliminate the PMI? As you get closer and closer to the "eliminate PMI" number, the implied interest rate is to borrow that last few thousand becomes astronomical.
I have a few thousand left on the HELOC, but can get it paid off without tapping into that. I could have it gone by the end of 2019 if I don't "eliminate PMI", but would rather have it gone sooner rather than later.
If it allows you to sleep at night, go for it. Personal finance is as much mental as a numbers game.
I'm looking at paying off our mortgage in 2018. Although if the market continues to drop I may have to reconsider to invest instead. I pay debt according to my risk tolerance driven asset allocation. That being said with no additional payments my mortgage will be gone in 2020 so not the same situation.
Thanks for the comment – I just want to open up some more options and 2019 seems like a good year to prepare for the future!
The high income, high debt options thing is exactly why anyone being FI is incredible, no matter the income. It's freaking hard no matter how much you earn (though once you lock down spending it's *then* easier with a higher income).
Personal finance is a set of choices. While I went into debt for investments and improvements, I could have easily went into debt for other non-financial reasons. All I did was pull my spending forward, and now I have to pay it back. It's definitely a risk and without my 2019 plan, could certainly go the other way! Happy New Year's!!
yes, I agree with you. To increase income or increase your business you have to decrease your debt amount. Save more and spent that on your business. Decrease the amount of installments. Manage your finances in a way that you don't need to pay your full income into debt installment.


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From Iraq to Syria: How to transport men and weapons without really trying
… by Henry Kamens, … with New Eastern Outlook, Moscow
The seven golden domes of St. Petersburg
[ Editor's note: We have another superlative investigative journalism piece that only someone like Henry Kamens can do in this area.
It requires not only being located in the region and having extensive sources, but a deep background on the history of the people and the complex Geo-political aspects that have so many in the West have just tuned out. It's just too hard to follow.
This is why Veterans Today looks for people of this caliber, because they are capable of a constant flow of top quality material. They never succumb to making stuff up when "business is slow", because it never is for them. They are in the thick of it all the time.
Hence we feel an obligation to get their work distributed, not only to give him the recognition like Henry deserves, but to also poke a sharpened fire-stick in the eye of corporate media, ie: "We we can do this caliber of work at VT, so why can't you?"
Today he covers the Frankenstein business that has become a key part of US foreign policy, destabilization and regime change wherever it deems desirable. This clearly involves hands on terrorism work in which it has simply given itself immunity to engage, just like all the other state sponsors of terrorism.
After all, if little Israel can do it all these years without any problems, it would not be fair to prohibit the big ones from doing it, right? Thus goes the justification logic.
Of course, that any of this is being done with the consent of the government is just a bad joke. That makes the current state of our democracy a bad joke, including telling young school children they even have one. It was stolen by the gangsters the rule over us, as they don't rule by consent.
So I pose to you…as you will read below that there is a obvious long term plan to keep a never ending supply of trained and ready terrorist brigades, including officers, at the ready to serve the cause of freedom and democracy.
So my big $64 million dollar question today is, "Do you think they will have any moral compunction, the puppeteers who run these operations, to using them against us when and if they so desire, and someone will pay them?"… Jim W. Dean ]
– First published … June 20, 2014 –
How to move troops easily
The much touted fall of Mosul and the alleged capture of US military equipment have been in the making for a long time.
It is therefore important to have some institutional knowledge of where these events began, and how a ragtag corporal in the Georgian army, sick and disillusioned, has suddenly become the poster boy for America's war on terrorism in Iraq.
The corporal concerned is al-Shishani, AKA, Umar Gorgashvili, whose birth name is TARKHAN BATIRASHVILI. He is leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIS) insurgents who have been seen, very conveniently, transporting US-supplied Humvees across the border into war-torn Syria after the capture of Mosul.
Often reported as killed, al-Shishani nevertheless always turns up at the right time and right place for a photo opportunity, all part of the subterfuge. Umar Gorgashvili goes by many different names, but most of these are known only to those that have trained and have worked with him.
There are (actually "were", as some of them have been murdered) four Chechens operating in the region, thus named "al shishani": Omar al-Shishani, Saifullah al-Shishani, Amir Muslim and Salahudeen al-Shishani.
The supposedly captured US Humvees his troops have taken to Syria are purported to be the inanimate equivalents of the US hostages held for so long in Iran in the late seventies.
However, the track record of al-Shishani himself, and the various players in the region, indicates that something else is going on. The US-backed rebels are losing ground in Syria. ISIS, though presented as the enemy in northern Iraq, has been installed there to finish the job the original rebels have proved unable to.
The capture of the equipment is in fact a strategic handover. It serves two purposes: to equip the anti-Assad forces and to provide cover for equipment being brought out of Afghanistan and handed over to ISIS.
It will be said, if anyone notices, that this equipment must have been stolen from northern Iraq, because we have seen this happen on TV, and CNN says so!
Moths and butterflies
al-Shishani
It has been interesting to watch al-Shishani/Batirashvili/ Gorgashvili, being transformed from an invalid soldier, officially too sick for duty, into the fiercest jihadist in the world.
Maybe there is no choice but to present him as such, when 5,000 of his jihadists have overrun four divisions of the Iraqi army, which the US has spent $25 billion training.
Francesco Crispi, Italian Prime Minister in 1898 who had gained his position by presenting himself as a strongman, was forced to resign by a stone-throwing mob when his army was routed at the Battle of Adwa by an Ethiopian force armed largely with spears.
No one wants to bow out of history in the same way over Iraq, despite all their talk about how much their actions are driven by care for the Iraqi people.
But of course that is not going to happen for another reason. The new poster boy learned everything he knows not from his fellow jihadists, but from the people who trained him: the US army, the training provider for the Georgian Armed Forces under the 64 Million Dollar US Train and Equip Programme, and Turkish intelligence, also trained by its US equivalent, through whom he took on his new role.
This man is another jihadist who is actually working for the other side, doing, as ever, things that side won't dare do openly because the public who pay their wages would never support them. There is a list of them, and they too have different names and for different purposes, all their travel and foreign passports funded by US taxpayers.
The US Motivation
Battle of Adwa
The captured Humvees are becoming quite the celebrities. Al-Shishani has been shown driving them around unhindered, in scenes designed to outrage the supporters of the US action, and then inspecting them in Syria, thus demonstrating the international nature of the jihad and underscoring the importance of the global war on terrorism, providing justification for any action the US chooses to take against it—or inaction.
The US can even symbolically send some troops back to Iraq, of course, only to protect American citizens.
All these televised images look rather similar, purely in technical detail, to a number of similar ones connected with terrorism – the faked Boston Bombing footage shot by the Boston Globe, the faked gas attack purportedly committed by Assad's troops reported by CNN, the internationally distributed photos of Carlos "The Jackal" which do not match eyewitness accounts of the man.
Details of the background do not match, images purportedly from the same day and time have different light levels and appear to be from different places, there are unexplained smudges and gaps and nothing to identify exactly when and where certain scenes were shot.
By the US DoD Disinformation Book
This consistency is not accidental. The US Department of Defense has written a manual on capturing scenes like these to marshal international opinion against an aggressor. Follow this link for the full original report: 1998 Report on Disinformation Warfare Manual – Chapter 7. The fact that such a manual exists does not mean that the images from Mosul and Syria are part of such a disinformation program.
Brian Nichiporuk, author of Chapter 7, DoD Report on Disinformation Warfare Manual
However, we need to take into account two factors. First, al-Shishani was trained by the US whilst in Georgia. Everything he knows the US also knows, and everything he does the US knows he will do, because it taught him how and when to do it.
Second, the US has practically withdrawn from Iraq but is still trying to pursue its aims in Syria. Hillary Clinton, Obama's former Secretary of State, is warning that further military intervention in Iraq would be a "delicate and difficult task for our government because we certainly don't want to fight their fight." This is the same Hillary Clinton who wrote in a recent memoir that the Syrian conflict has spilled over into Iraq.
The civil conflicts in Iraq and Syria are all part of the same thing, according to her, and therefore according to her boss, as she would not be allowed to make such statements off the top of her head when security is at risk.
So to continue the war in Iraq when you have withdrawn your troops, to justify the original conflict and lost lives, what do you do…increase the engagement in Syria, which is now, we are told, where Iraq's new troubles are coming from? Strangely enough, this is where the Humvees taken by al-Shishani's men are now.
Where the threat goes, funding will follow – funding which is desperately needed, with the rebels being penned back day by day. Maybe the US genuinely fought against al-Shishani's ISIS forces in Iraq. If it did, it suffered a humiliating defeat which puts the whole war on terror in doubt and with it the funding and public support for continuing it. But if this is the same war being fought against Syria, that changes everything.
This minor local setback can be reversed by defeating the instigators in Syria. But where exactly are these instigators? ISIS is not fighting on the side of Assad in Syria. It is fighting against him, like the crumbling Free Syrian Army and US-backed rebel forces, and indeed largely replacing these groups, as they have failed to secure Assad's removal.
So al-Shishani is fighting both against and for the US, simultaneously, in the same war. Taliban militants in Afghanistan are complaining that they did not join it to fight FOR the US, as they are now effectively doing as a result of the latest turns of the peace process.
One wonders how such a thing could happen in Iraq and Syria, unless it was always intended to be this way.
Turkey's involvement
According to the BBC, Omar al-Shishani entered Syria from Turkey to get involved with the conflict there. This is a well travelled route and this has been confirmed by Chechens who lived in Georgia as well. In Syria, Turkey has tried to play its own game; the US has not agreed to share tactics and strategy with Turkey and, incredibly, Northern Iraq
We are sure that Tarkhan entered Syria by Turkey, based on good sources about it and who trained him. After all, he travelled a lot, and not only in this direction but participated in executing some ethnic Ossetians inside of Georgia proper back in 2008, prior to the start of the 2008 Russian Georgian war.
Turkish collaboration with the Chechens is nothing new. It dates back to the eighteenth century, when both Chechnya and the Ottoman Empire were under threat from Christian Russia.
Then the Turks offered the Chechens help to "defend the caliphate", now the mantra is "jihad against the Russians in the Levant paves the way for the return of the caliphate, and taking the jihad back to the Russian heartland."
Chechens wishing to continue this jihad invariably do so through Turkey due to this longstanding tie. From there they enter both Syria and Iraq. Mosul is the largest Christian city in Iraq, therefore an obvious target for jihadists. Its capture from the dysfunctional Iraqi government reassures Turks that "genuine Moslems" now control not only the surrounding region but its oil reserves.
The country extracting the largest quantity of oil from those fields is Turkey. But Turkey is also a US ally and member of NATO. It will continue to support US causes, such as prolonging the conflict in Syria, to further its own geopolitical ambitions, which have recently begun to bear fruit.
Turkey is increasingly following the path of China: it has become a regional powerhouse, expected to intervene in conflicts and act as an honest broker between smaller nations, without giving up any of the anti-democratic conduct which previously saw it ostracised on the world stage.
Political violence, ethnic conflict and arbitrary justice are not things of the past in Turkey. Politicians still pander to martial sentiment by being as adversarial as possible, the military still plays a major role in government behind the scenes and a mainstream variety of radical Islam continues to undermine the secular state as much as Kurdish and other minority communities' terrorist groups.
But it has the economic clout to dominate the region regardless, so these previous bogies no longer come into view, regardless of the consequences. By continuing to provide a pathway for Chechens to get involved in jihad Turkey keeps part of its "strongly" Moslem population happy and enhances its own claims to be both a Western and Moslem nation.
It also helps the US by ensuring the fall of Iraq, making it appear a hopeless case not worth defending any further, but blaming that on Syria, enabling it to increase its involvement there.
The international nature of al-Shishani himself, an ethnic Chechen/Kist actually from Georgia fighting in Iraq and Syria, brings home the international nature of the war on terror and the fact that even Moslem countries are threatened by it. This again serves both US and Turkish objectives, as governments fund each other, and keep each other in power, to conduct this war.
The only trouble is that al-Shishani gets the raw end of the deal. He now has to defend his conquests with arms, all the while looking over his shoulder for the day when he is no longer useful, and is executed by his friends as a terrorist, like so many before him.
Chechens themselves also get an even worse name than their association with terror has given them now, making their engagement in civilized conflict resolution impossible as no one will, officially, negotiate with a terrorist.
Minority groups, particularly dispossessed ones, always have a cause. They are willing to get into bed with anyone to further that cause. A number of monarchist Russians who went into exile in 1917 sided with Hitler throughout the Nazi era, not because they were Nazi, but because he was an aggressive antithesis of the hated Communists, a situation he exploited to his advantage.
The Moslem Chechens do not have a state of their own, and live surrounded by Christian peoples. Anyone who offers them a way to pursue the fight against those Christians, even if they are infidels themselves, is potentially a friend, but a friend much bigger and stronger than them, whose will they will eventually have no choice but to follow, whatever blandishments are initially offered.
Chechens such as Omar al-Shishani can be used for any purpose, and Georgia has seen it all before. The US has been inserting groups of Chechen fighters and Arab terrorists into Pankisi Gorge in Georgia to destabilise Russia for a number of years, and the snipers who shot at people indiscriminately in Maidan Square were subsequently evacuated through Georgia.
Whatever cause al-Shishani may once have had, he has merely become an adjunct of US foreign policy, and must be well aware of this. Does Omar still have tuberculosis? No one seems to know for sure. But what is clear is that this new international monster has now become a sicker and more helpless man than he ever was.
He will be discarded in due course, and his alleged conduct has made it all the harder for the Chechen cause to be seen as anything other than an excuse for violence. He may not have set out to bring this on himself and his people, but that is what he is doing, with thousands of innocent civilians as collateral damage he will be blamed for causing.
Henry Kamens, columnist, expert on Central Asia and Caucasus, exclusively for the online magazine "New Eastern Outlook."
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Q: My build getting failed witht the error "The process 'C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe' failed with exit code 1" Am using git repos in Azure devops with MS hosted agentand .The issue is that Build is getting failed  with the below error , I believe this issue is due to that the code is looking for .net5 in which the hosted agent doesnt support this framework or please correct my understanding . Could you please help to fix this , below is the logs.
2023-02-15T05:38:40.5530133Z Starting test execution, please wait...
2023-02-15T05:38:40.6081793Z A total of 1 test files matched the specified pattern.
2023-02-15T05:38:42.3238073Z Testhost process for source(s) 'D:\a\1\s\Shared.Messaging.Tests\bin\Release\net5.0\Messaging.Tests.dll' exited with error: You must install or update .NET to run this application.
2023-02-15T05:38:42.3288894Z App: D:\a\1\s\Shared\Messaging.Tests\bin\Release\net5.0\testhost.exe
2023-02-15T05:38:42.3289908Z Architecture: x64
2023-02-15T05:38:42.3290430Z Framework: 'Microsoft.NETCore.App', version '5.0.0' (x64)
2023-02-15T05:38:42.3290978Z .NET location: C:\Program Files\dotnet
2023-02-15T05:38:42.3291643Z The following frameworks were found:
2023-02-15T05:38:42.3292212Z   3.1.4 at [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
2023-02-15T05:38:42.3292789Z   3.1.6 at [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
2023-02-15T05:38:42.3293366Z   3.1.20 at [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
2023-02-15T05:38:42.3293922Z   3.1.32 at [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
2023-02-15T05:38:42.3294509Z   6.0.5 at [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
2023-02-15T05:38:42.3295085Z   6.0.13 at [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
2023-02-15T05:38:42.3295633Z   7.0.2 at [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
2023-02-15T05:38:42.3296150Z Learn about framework resolution:
2023-02-15T05:38:42.3296616Z https://aka.ms/dotnet/app-launch-failed
2023-02-15T05:38:42.3297071Z To install missing framework, download:
2023-02-15T05:38:42.3297711Z https://aka.ms/dotnet-core-applaunch?framework=Microsoft.NETCore.App&framework_version=5.0.0&arch=x64&rid=win10-x64
2023-02-15T05:38:42.3298510Z . Please check the diagnostic logs for more information.
2023-02-15T05:38:43.0795130Z Results File: D:\a\1\s\Shared\Messaging.Tests\TestResults\VssAdministrator_fv-az571-295_2023-02-15_05_38_43.trx
2023-02-15T05:38:43.0798490Z
2023-02-15T05:38:43.0860142Z Test Run Aborted.
2023-02-15T05:38:43.6045836Z
2023-02-15T05:38:43.6071107Z Attachments:
2023-02-15T05:38:43.6099742Z   D:\a\1\s\Shared\Messaging.Tests\TestResults\1251fcd0-b1c1-4c3a-8618-17212eddcde5\coverage.opencover.xml
2023-02-15T05:38:43.6110371Z   D:\a\1\s\Shared.Messaging.Tests\TestResults\1251fcd0-b1c1-4c3a-8618-17212eddcde5\coverage.cobertura.xml
2023-02-15T05:38:43.8565964Z ##[error]Error: The process 'C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe' failed with exit code 1
2023-02-15T05:38:43.9091959Z [command]"C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe" test D:\a\1\s\Shared\Outbound.SAPPO.Common.Tests\Outbound.SAPPO.Common.Tests.csproj --configuration Release /p:CollectCoverage=true /p:CoverletOutputFormat=cobertura%2Copencover /p:ExcludeByFile=/*Tests//.cs%2C**/.Views/%2C/.Razor%2C**/.cshtml%2C**/.Inbound.SAPPO.Common/Services/.%2C**/DTOs/%2C/.IsuFanOut.Entities/%2C/.IsuDataService.Entities/%2C/.InternalDataService.Entities/%2C/.Inbound.CSS.FunctionTests/%2C/ve.CSSC.Api/Controllers/Enquiry/V1/Mock/%2C/.CSSC.Api/Controllers/Enquiry/V1/WebHookTest/%2C/Api.Common/Filters/Swagger/%2C/Common/Annotations/Swagger%2C**/CSSC.Api/Validations/MockSettlement/%2C/CSSC.Api/Services/Mock/**


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After a statistically career-best season Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlsberger is five spots better than he was last season, according to his NFL peers.
In the latest segment of the NFL Top 100, a ranking of the best players in the league as voted on by NFL players, Roethlisberger was revealed at No. 26. He was 31st last year.
His 32 passing touchdowns last season tied his career best, first set in 2007. Roethlisberger's 608 completions, 67.1 percent completion rate, 4,952 passing yards and 309.5 yards per game were all the best such figures in his 11-year NFL career.
He is the second Steeler to appear on the downward counting list so far, after center Maurkice Pouncey landed at No. 83. The top 20 players will be unveiled in future 9 p.m. Wednesday time slots on the NFL Network.
The Steelers signal caller is the seventh quarterback to be named on the list and the highest-rated so far, ranking ahead of Drew Brees, Tony Romo, Philip Rivers, Cam Newton, Matt Ryan and Joe Flacco.
Roethlisberger, Antonio Brown and Troy Polamalu made the list last season.


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Oxford schoolboys take 'epic' trip to tribe's Olympic games
Oxford brothers light torch in Nagaland Olympic games
By Sophie Grubb @OxMailSophieG Reporter covering Abingdon
BROTHERS from Oxford helped to carry a tribe's 'Olympic' torch during the trip of a lifetime.
The first ever Zeme Olympics have been staged by the Zeme Naga people in Nagaland, India.
Seth and Lukas Kahn, aged 10 and seven, travelled from Risinghurst to the opening ceremony last month after being invited to take part.
Their mum Alison Kahn, anthropologist and director of the Oxford Documentary Film Institute, was asked along on a filmmaking expedition to document the inaugural games.
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She said: "It was an epic journey into one of the most remote and inaccessible parts of the world.
"We were well looked after and it was an amazing experience.
"The kids had a brilliant time and we have learnt so much."
The boys helped to light the torch at the ceremony and tribe members joined them in full traditional dress.
Dr Kahn discovered old film rolls from the 1930s and 40s in the archive of Oxford's Pitt Rivers Museum, about Nagaland.
The Zeme people, aware of her work in bringing the old footage to light, approached her to attend and film their Olympic-style games.
Games included Western sports such as athletics and volleyball, as well as some indigenous sports.
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package com.irunninglog.spring.statistics;

import com.irunninglog.api.athletes.IAthlete;
import com.irunninglog.api.runs.IRun;
import com.irunninglog.api.security.IUser;
import com.irunninglog.api.statistics.IDataPoint;
import com.irunninglog.api.statistics.IStatistics;
import com.irunninglog.api.statistics.IStatisticsService;
import com.irunninglog.spring.AbstractTest;
import com.irunninglog.spring.strava.StravaService;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;

import java.time.LocalDate;
import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;

public class DataSetsTest extends AbstractTest {

    private IStatisticsService statisticsService;
    private IUser user;

    @Override
    protected void afterBefore(ApplicationContext applicationContext) throws Exception {
        super.afterBefore(applicationContext);

        statisticsService = applicationContext.getBean(IStatisticsService.class);
        StravaService stravaService = applicationContext.getBean(StravaService.class);

        restTemplate.setAthlete(factory.get(IAthlete.class)
                .setId(-1)
                .setEmail("mock@irunninglog.com")
                .setFirstname("Mock")
                .setLastname("User")
                .setAvatar("https://irunninglog.com/profiles/mock"));

        int year = LocalDate.now().getYear();
        List<IRun> runs = new ArrayList<>();
        runs.add(run((year - 1) + "-09-22T00:00:00Z"));
        runs.add(run(year + "-09-22T17:00:00Z"));
        runs.add(run(year + "-09-21T17:00:00Z"));
        runs.add(run(year + "-08-03T17:00:00Z"));
        runs.add(run(year + "-08-02T17:00:00Z"));
        runs.add(run(year + "-08-01T17:00:00Z"));

        restTemplate.setRuns(runs.toArray(new IRun[6]));

        user = stravaService.userFromToken("token");
    }

    @Test
    public void getDataSet() throws InterruptedException {
        int year = LocalDate.now().getYear();

        waitForRuns(user);

        IStatistics statistics = statisticsService.get(user, ZonedDateTime.now().getOffset().getTotalSeconds() / 60 * -1, null, null);

        assertNotNull(statistics.getDataSet());

        Collection<IDataPoint> points = statistics.getDataSet().getPoints();
        assertNotNull(points);
        assertEquals(3, points.size());

        Iterator<IDataPoint> pointIterator = points.iterator();
        IDataPoint point1 = pointIterator.next();
        assertEquals((year - 1) + "-09-01", point1.getDate());
        assertEquals("10", point1.getValues().get("monthly"));
        assertEquals("10 mi", point1.getValues().get("monthlyFormatted"));
        assertEquals("10", point1.getValues().get("cumulative"));
        assertEquals("10 mi", point1.getValues().get("cumulativeFormatted"));

        IDataPoint point2 = pointIterator.next();
        assertEquals(year + "-08-01", point2.getDate());
        assertEquals("30", point2.getValues().get("monthly"));
        assertEquals("30 mi", point2.getValues().get("monthlyFormatted"));
        assertEquals("40", point2.getValues().get("cumulative"));
        assertEquals("40 mi", point2.getValues().get("cumulativeFormatted"));

        IDataPoint point3 = pointIterator.next();
        assertEquals(year + "-09-01", point3.getDate());
        assertEquals("20", point3.getValues().get("monthly"));
        assertEquals("20 mi", point3.getValues().get("monthlyFormatted"));
        assertEquals("60", point3.getValues().get("cumulative"));
        assertEquals("60 mi", point3.getValues().get("cumulativeFormatted"));
    }

}

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John McClain , Houston Chronicle March 11, 2014 Updated: March 11, 2014 11:25 p.m.
In his eight seasons with the Texans, tight end Owen Daniels caught 385 passes for 4,617 yards and 29 touchdowns.
The Texans did not sit out the fast-and-furious beginning of free agency Tuesday. But rather than sign players, they waived two veterans who played significant roles under the previous regime.
Tight end Owen Daniels, a two-time Pro Bowl selection, and cornerback Brice McCain, the nickel back, are gone.
Quarterback Matt Schaub is still here, but Chicago's Josh McCown could be on his way for a visit.
Daniels, who played eight seasons with the Texans but missed 12 games last season with a fractured fibula, was placed on waivers. He was listed as "failed physical."
When Daniels can pass a physical, he'll be the top tight end in free agency.
McCain, a sixth-round pick in 2009, played five seasons with the Texans.
By releasing Daniels and McCain, the Texans cleared another $5.4 million in salary-cap space, leaving them $13.762 million under the cap. They don't have to make any personnel decisions based on the cap.
Despite recent speculation that Schaub would be waived or asked to restructure his contract, the Texans made no moves involving the veteran quarterback, who has a $10 million base salary and a $14.5 million cap figure.
McCown, who turns 35 before training camp, scheduled his first visit to Tampa Bay and his second one to Houston.
But there's a chance McCown might not get away from the Buccaneers. New coach Lovie Smith was his boss with the Bears, and Smith is looking for a veteran quarterback.
Last season, McCown started eight games in place of the injured Jay Cutler. Working with new Bears coach Marc Trestman, McCown was 149-of-224 (66.5 percent) for 1,829 yards. He threw 13 touchdown passes and one interception.
Texans general manager Rick Smith doesn't get involved in the early feeding frenzy of free agency. He'll sign some cheaper players to fill some needs later, but his philosophy continues to be to build through the draft.
The Texans will have the first pick in every round. They also have four of last year's draft choices - offensive tackle Brennan Williams, guard David Quessenberry, outside linebacker Trevardo Williams and receiver Alan Bonner - returning from injured reserve.
Smith and new coach Bill O'Brien will keep a close eye on a few of the 12 players whose Texans contracts expired at 3 p.m. Tuesday, making them unrestricted free agents.
Defensive end Antonio Smith, who started all but two games in his five seasons with the Texans, said he had visits lined up with Washington, Tennessee, St. Louis and Oakland.
"My heart's with the Texans, but I haven't been made an offer, so I'm taking these visits," Smith said.
The Texans would like to re-sign Smith, but it will have to be within their budget.
The Texans have been trying to re-sign tight end Garrett Graham, who didn't have any visits lined up as of Tuesday afternoon. It's hard to imagine the team waiving Daniels and losing Graham in a tight-end market that's almost barren.
O'Brien likes to use multiple tight ends, and the Texans must find one who's primarily a blocker. Before he suffered a severe hamstring injury and was placed on injured reserve, Graham had 49 catches and five touchdowns.
Ryan Griffin, a sixth-round pick last year, impressed the coaches when he got an opportunity to play near the end of the season.
Nose tackle Earl Mitchell went to Miami on Tuesday night. He's expected to sign with the Dolphins, who made him a serious offer. If Miami lets him get away, San Diego is his next visit.
Meanwhile, the Texans didn't make qualifying offers to three third-year restricted free agents, which means outside linebacker Bryan Braman, defensive end Terrell McClain and receiver Lestar Jean also became free agents.


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Q: How to replace a row as column header in SQL Server? My column headers are in row 4. How do I replace row 4 as my column header?
Basically my SQL Server is connected to an Excel file, the design of the source Excel is in such a way that there are two tables on top of each other. The last 50 columns between the two table match each other, hence why they are placed on top of each other.
Now once I connect to SQL, I'd like to replace the column header of the second table in row 4 as the primary header and combine the two tables. I'd like to try this without changing the structure of the source data in Excel. That is like the last option.

A: You have the option to load the excel file into a static table, name it as say main_table_stg. After that run command to load into a main target table as follows
insert into main_table
select *
  from main_table_stg
where header_row_column <> ='COLUMN_NAME'


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Letter from the Publisher
Max Lederer
By Max Lederer | Stars and Stripes
When United States forces responded to the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 and when the U.S. celebrated V-J day in August 1945, it was not envisioned how the world would change, and that the U.S. and others would be military partners in the Pacific today.
American soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines — along with civilian employees and their families from the U.S., as well as allies from 36 nations including Japan, South Korea and Australia — have spent 75 years living and working together to support the peace and development of the Indo-Pacific region. That former allies would become enemies, and enemies would become allies and good friends, was unthinkable.
During those 75 years, through stories, photographs and videos, Stars and Stripes has chronicled a partnership never before undertaken in history. The Stars and Stripes' staff has embraced the mission, with honor and privilege, to record this history.
The good, the bad, the happy, the sad, the shocking and the routine are part of the story. Arguments about the need for the United States in the region, the size of the force, the location and purpose of military stationing matter little to the men and women who commit themselves to live and work in support of U.S. military objectives. The individuals who have stepped forward to be part of the 75-year history have left the comfort of their lives, a decision accepted valiantly by their loved ones, to protect all of us and create an environment of peace and security.
The spirit of sacrifice is part of the DNA of the military community and its families.
Stars and Stripes is commemorating the U.S. participation in the alliance of nations serving to protect and maintain peace in the Indo-Pacific region. The words and the images collected here are intended to illustrate the past and provide context for the future. The Indo-Pacific region bears a special significance for the U.S. and its role as a global power. Relations are centuries old, and the bonds are not only political, military and economic but historical and social.
During World War II millions of American military personnel served in the Pacific area. After the war, there were still important tasks to complete — the rebuilding of Japan, Korea, Philippines and other war-ravaged areas as well as participation in the trials of war criminals.
The rise of communism changed this perspective. The threat of the Soviet Union and Communist China created a need to grow the U.S. military presence. The U.S. presence was essential to support the national strategy of deterring the spread of communism and promoting democracy and the right of self-determination.
The conflict in Korea in the 1950s and the Vietnam War in the 1960s and 1970s tested the resolve of the U.S. military and changed American society in profound ways that are still reverberating. Exercises such as Team Spirit in Korea were part of the fabric of the Cold War and of the education of the children of the United States. U.S. personnel holding the line in the Pacific helped to deter a nuclear attack that children across America prepared for by learning to "duck and cover" under their desks at the sound of a warning.
When the Soviet regime failed, the world exhaled a sigh of relief. But, the growth of China as an economic power and its inception as a massive military force pressured the U.S. political and military influence in the region.
The U.S. was not prepared for the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, and the resulting conflicts and the hatred directed at the American way of life by Osama bin Laden and others around the world. Once again, the well-trained and skilled forces in the U.S. military were diverted to conflicts in the Middle East. And again, the infrastructure of the Pacific command was essential to the forward-operating activities in the Middle East.
The combat power and logistic capacity of the Pacific command have been integral to sustaining operations and saving lives. The emergence of international terrorism around the world introduced different challenges and required changes to the approach of defending America, its intuitions and way of life. The resulting Pacific pivot placed new focus on the Indo-Pacific region and the U.S. as a world leader.
Always ready for the next challenge, Pacific-based forces deployed in support of humanitarian missions including providing earthquake relief in the Philippines and supporting Japan in responding to the devastating earthquake, tsunami and resulting nuclear disaster.
In parallel to these humanitarian efforts, involvement in the Korean conflict and disputes in the South China Sea, U.S. troop strength in the region declined during the first two decades of this century.
Despite a smaller presence, the need for forward-deployed troops in the Pacific is as essential as it has been at any time. The resurgence of China and the constant threat of North Korea and other points of tension have U.S. military men and women serving at the tip of the spear.
Through all these transitions, Stars and Stripes has chronicled what has occurred: the pain and suffering, the successes and failures, the heroic and the dishonest actions of members of the force. Reporters and photographers have traveled the roads and trails of the military community.
The staff lives with the troops and families as members of their communities. No matter the weather or the conflict, the Stars and Stripes team delivered a newspaper on the "most dangerous paper routes in the world," including the Korea and Vietnam conflicts, to servicemembers fighting terrorism in various areas of the Pacific, where service personnel risked their lives to save others suffering from a natural disaster in Japan and recently supporting efforts to curb the spread and effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Stars and Stripes recognized the need to assist the U.S. military, which is spread across the vast area of the Pacific, with ways to share their experience and transition into these communities. Stars and Stripes has organized events held with the military community to improve the quality of life — sponsoring runs, commissary food contests, trip giveaways and more.
As a member of the community, Stripes publishes magazines, weekly community newspapers, and community websites focused on stories welcoming the military community member to the Pacific. The community content includes information about local products and culture, delivered on platforms that give a voice to the local, vibrant military communities and provides ways for the military community to share its experiences with each other. Our storytellers have sought to be the voice of everyday servicemembers, to make sense of where they live and work, and to improve the experience of spouses and children, as well as explain their leadership's messages and make sense of the geopolitical pressures requiring the U.S. presence in the Pacific.
Stars and Stripes has changed just as you, our reader, have changed. Today, how the story is delivered is different — now digital, audio, video and print — but the content goal is the same. To tell the story of the military to the military — a goal no other news organization seeks to accomplish. After our first 75 years, it is still with awe of the sacrifice of the U.S. military community that Stars and Stripes proudly seeks to chronicle your lives.


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Artist's exhibition of augmented reality oil paintings inspired by cryptocurrency
by Will Peakin/ September 4, 2018/ Creative, News, Society/ No Comments/
The painter and 'tech artist' Trevor Jones is launching a series of oil paintings, enhanced with augmented reality (AR), inspired by the cryptocurrency phenomenon.
After developing an interest in crypto and blockchain technology last year, the Edinburgh-based artist began work on what has culminated in 14 paintings, with accompanying technology and videos, covering aspects of cryptocurrency and investing.
They include portraits of key figures such as Coinbase co-founder Brian Armstrong, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, and the antivirus software creator John McAfee, as well as artwork with titles such as The Ecstasy, The Agony, The Hodler and The Day Trader.
Viewers can download the CreativMuse app to scan each work, trigger the AR features and find out more about the paintings and their subjects. His exhibition of augmented reality oil paintings inspired by the world of cryptocurrency opens at Edinburgh's Dundas Street Gallery on 22 October.
Jones said he is the first artist in Scotland to have incorporated augmented reality into traditional painting, in 2013. "The technology offers viewers an opportunity to further engage with my art on levels completely unexpected and through entirely unique mechanisms to traditional paintings," he said. "I saw a crypto-themed exhibition as very fitting for my particular type of tech-paintings."
He has a history of disrupting the Scottish art establishment with the help of technology, having augmented the 188th Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition in 2014, and the following year transformed some of the National Gallery masterpieces into his paintings, including a Monet, Gauguin, and Van Gogh.
This year, he "annexed" the National Portrait Gallery using AR to transform many of its portraits into figures from the cryptocurrency community including Tim Draper, John McAfee, Elizabeth Stark and the Winklevoss twins.
"After researching cryptocurrency for my forthcoming exhibition I discovered many of the key players in the crypto community were regarded almost as royalty," said Jones.
"I thought it was fitting that I transform the portraits of some of Scotland's greatest historical figures; kings, queens, philosophers and scientists, into these new tech entrepreneurs and 'explorers' of the 21st century."
Picture: John McAfee by Trevor Jones.
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