Tourism industry in Dubai has witnessed an increase in recent times resulting from massive public demonstrations in other Gulf countries and development in its overall infrastructure. This emirate has enjoyed tremendous popularity among tourists as it hosts the famous Dubai Shopping Festival and also possesses a rich ancient culture. A Dubai tour operator would be of great help in planning a fabulous trip and taking care of all other matters related to travel, such as obtaining a visa and hotel bookings.
Before choosing a tour operator, it is absolutely essential to verify whether they are licensed and authorised by Department of Tourism and Commerce in Dubai. Today, most of the reputed tour operators have their own website which can be a good source of information for people willing to have exciting tour packages. They also have years of experience in conducting such tours and would offer any kind of assistance to their customers. For travellers who are travelling on a tight budget, these tour operators have customized packages that are designed to suit tourists with different budgets and travel preferences.
Another great advantage is that they have a well-managed itinerary which helps tourists in making the most out of their trip. Booking with any of the reputed travel agents in Dubai would be extremely beneficial as they have complete knowledge about every nook and corner of this emirate. They are also fully equipped with advanced facilities for their customers that would help them to enjoy sightseeing and visiting all major tourist attractions.
Kerala is bestowed with innumerable places of tourist interest. These places can be categorized into places of natural beauty, golden sand beaches, most beautiful backwaters, romantic hill stations, plantations, wildlife sanctuaries and Ayurvedic resorts, Ultimately Kerala tour operators using this great tourist potential of the state are offering exciting tour packages to Kerala.
Kerala tour packages offer innumerable holiday options for leisure tourists, adventure tourists, honeymoon couples, nature lovers or those who want to avail the Kerala Ayurvedic treatments to be undertaken in Kerala itself. Kerala tours are adorned with a pleasant climate throughout the year, mesmerizing beauty of backwaters and the extrinsic cuisines. Kerala is mostly looked upon as most popular backwater destination of India. The backwater tours mostly include stay on houseboat at Alleppey. These houseboats or Kettuvallam take you through the silent canals beautifully fringed by coconut palms and offering you a glance at the rural life on the banks. The opportunity to taste authentic Kerala food is one of the great experiences on these houseboats.
Other popular tour packages are covering exotic hill stations of Kerala along with plantation areas. Munnar is the lovely romantic hill station of Kerala adorned with huge plantations and bounty of nature. The Munnar & Thekkady sightseeing tour package takes you to the best nearby destinations of these places. It includes visit to Devikulam which is most popular for its panoramic sceneries. Thekkady visit includes visit to Periyar wildlife sanctuary, Kumily Pandikuzhi and many other attractions. Other most favored packages are honeymoon packages in Kerala including stay on houseboat with sightseeing of Alleppey and Munnar.
My scout for a much needed holiday destination came to an end when I was suggested Mysore by a friend of mine. The images and its heritage past allured me to visit it.
Stepping onto Karnataka's cultural hub itself was rejuvenating. If mythology is to be believed, Mysore was once ruled by a Demon named King Mahishasura who was defeated by Goddess Chamundeshwari. And that's how it got its name, Mysore, which is derived from Mahishaka. It's a clean and well-maintained city with imprints of both mythology and history.
Like any other regular tourist, I too decided to first visit the Mysore Palace. Also known as the Amba Vilas Palace this is the official residence of the Wodeyar's, the erstwhile royal family. Built a multiple times, what stands today is the forth and an immortal creation: a magnificent structure, painstaking architecture and spectacular illumination. How astonishing it is from the outside that much awe-inspiring it is from the inside. The huge halls, artistic painting and Indo-saracenic architecture is what lifts this palace higher on every tourist's radar.
The Brindawan Garden was next on the itinerary. A beautifully laid out symmetrical terrace design is one abode of tranquillity. The garden is immediately behind the Krishna Raja Sagar Dam site. To see the illuminated running waters and fountain with changing colours is every tourist's delight. Extending up to 60 acres, this ethereal beauty is a public park and a major tourist jaunt.
The Chamundi Hills is also one attraction of Mysore. It not only offers some spectacular view of Mysore but is of mythological importance too. This place once belonged to Goddess Chamundeshwari, who killed a demon in a fierce battle. The sculptures of Nandi, the bull and Mahishasura are major attractions here.
Lalith Mahal Palace is also one of the beautiful structures seen in Mysore. Nestled on a beautiful location overlooking the Chamundi Hills is this palace which was exclusively built to welcome to viceroy of India. Now converted into a heritage category five-star hotel, the guests are treated with royal hospitality. The walls, the ceiling, the wooden shelters are till today maintained to its originality.
Maharaja Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV laid the foundation of the church over 200 years ago, which today is famous as St. Philomena's Church. Built in Gothic style, the floor plan of this church is based on the Holy cross. The 'nave' of the cross forms the congregation hall, the two arms are the transepts and the crossing consists of the altar and the choir. Meticulously built, this church is one among the largest cathedrals of South Asia.
Although Mysore attractions are many, the above mentioned are the unfathomable attractions. The Shri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens, Rail Museum, Karanji Lake Nature Park and The Art Gallery are the jaunts that allure many but names like Mysore Palace and Brindawan Garden have distinct Mysore as an axis of heritage and culture.
The reasons why I visited Mysore were all accomplished. The city: it's well planned roads, its monuments speak a tons of the era gone by. But what added most to this city's charm was its cleanliness. The sparkling clean streets exude an unearthly fragrance.
A vibrant land with the most distinctive features: desert, places, lakes and culture. Rajasthan is a must see sate of the subcontinent, brimming with many colours and awe-striking attributes.
Jaipur: Jaipur, the first planned city of India is sprawled with hilltop forts and palaces. Every bit of jaipur exudes the tales of its victorious past. Being a burgeon trade centre, its markets are loaded with handicrafts and exquisite jewellery.
Udaipur: Nestled amidst the azure lake waters, Udaipur is one of India seductive cities. Its floating lake palace is on every tourist's radar. The elevated hills and lakes create a picturesque perfect ambience for romance.
Jodhpur: Located in the Thar Dessert, Jodhpur is bright all through the year. As you enter this city the colour blue fills your eyes. The walls of each house are painted in blue to compliment the scorching weather. Jodhpur is a well trodden Rajasthani city, its sandstone hillock location, palaces and monuments is till today a living proof of the glorious past.
Mehrangarh Fort: The magnificent fort of Mehrangarh amazes the entire city with its structure, architecture and, huge walls and gates. Within the fort are some fabulously crafted palaces, courtyards, a museum, and gates which signify victory, pride and sacrifice.
Sam Sand Dunes: An enormous stretch of sand, The Sam Sand Dunes, is a popular excursion of Rajasthan. This is the closest place from where you can lose yourself in 'the Great Thar Desert'. To witness the sunrise and sunset against this sand dunes is one of its kind experience.
Pushkar Fair: One of its kinds, the Pushkar fare is the most attractive and highly rated event in India. Also known as the camel fare, around 50,000 camels and other livestock are traded during this fair. The fair is an occasion where villages from near and far gather to trade and celebrate.
Wildlife: The topography of Rajasthan ranges from barren desert, to scrub thorn arid to lush green forest to rocky ravines to wetlands forming a natural habitat to a variety of wild species.
The Ranthambhor National Park and Sariska Tiger Reserve are two of the many sanctuaries that shelter the many wild species. Ranthambhor National Park along with the slopes of Aravalli, artificial cakes and dense forest makes this park a haven to the wild. Sariska Tiger Reserve is another wild park home to numerous carnivores including Leopard, Wild Dog, Jungle Cat, Civets Hyena, Jackal, and Tiger.
Best time to visit: Though a year round destination, the best time to visit Rajasthan is in winter, between October to March when the desert sun is not so intense and the days are cool and pleasant. Most of the desert festivals planned as tourist attractions is held in the winter season. The desert also comes to life in the monsoons in the months from July to September when the hills are clothed in green and have a charm of their own.


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Q: Android: How i can catch home button press I am developing an application for music. I have an Activity where I have a list with tracks. I can select a track and then I move to another activity in order to play the selected track. I also have a Service class and when I press the home button, I want it to start the service (play music in the background) and move to the home screen.
Also, I have the method OnBackPressed() in order to move to the previous Activity.
How, I can intercept the home button press? Thanks, for yours answers.

A: Rather than catching the home button press, you might want to flesh out the android lifecycle a little more and use onPause() instead. If you override the activity's onPause() method to start the service, whenever the user leaves the activity temporarily, i.e. goes "home", that should get you what you need without having to catch all the button presses.
If you want the service to start whenever the user leaves the activity and, say, goes to another application, the lifecycle is your friend. You might want to consider what happens when the user gets an email notification and leaves your application that way. Do you want the service to start then as well? The user didn't hit the home button so your service won't start, but they did leave your application. Do you want the service to start in that scenario?
It sounds like you want the service to start whenever the user leaves that activity, so please look at overriding onPause() if that is the case.
More on the android life cycle here:
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Activity.html
All you would need is to add this method:
@Override
protected void onPause(){
    <start your service here>
}

Edit: Give this a try as a workaround for not being able to intercept the home button, set a back_flag
public class Your_Activity extends Activity {
    private boolean back_flag = false;

    .
    .
    .

    public void onBackPressed(){
        back_flag = true;
        <whatever else you have in onBackPressed()>
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPause(){
        if(!back_flag){
            <start your service>
        }
        back_flag = false;
        super.onPause();
    }
}

Again, if it's not registering the home, this is the only work around I can think of at the moment.

A: Android is designed to NOT allow your application to interrupt the home button like you can the back button.  That's a "working as designed" feature.  The back button can be captured with onKeyDown, but home does not.
The only thing you can do is listen for the HOME intent.  In your manifest add a block like this:
<intent-filter>
  <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
  <category android:name="android.intent.category.HOME" />
  <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
</intent-filter>

Now here's the thing... when the user hits the home button after installing your application, Android will pop up a "what do you want to do" and they can set the default to either their default home screen or your application.  After they pick a default, they never see that selector again.
As you can see, it's not useful for much of anything except a home screen replacement app.
Make sure you test any other workaround such as the OnPause suggestion completely.  Will your app perform as expected if the screen times out for instance?

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All of us will agree that our energy levels dictate our overall experience of life. We cannot be happy, fulfilled and engaged when we are hounded by constant fatigue. So how do we ensure that a lack of energy does not limit our potential?
Most of our energy (around 90%) is delivered by minute structures or organelles called mitochondria, which are present in every single animal and plant cell. Mitochondria use digested food products (such as carbohydrates and fats) to produce energy for all cellular processes. The cells that need the most energy, such as brain, heart and muscle cells, are more densely packed with mitochondria.
It is believed that mitochondria originated from bacteria that were engulfed by cells. This is because they make copies of themselves like bacteria and have some residual genetic material similar to bacteria. These 'living' structures ended up staying in the cells in a mutually beneficial relationship. The cell protects and delivers nutrients to the mitochondria which, in turn, deliver the energy needed for life.
So, how happy, healthy and energised we feel ultimately depends on how well our mitochondria are functioning.
To produce energy, mitochondria literally burn digested food using the oxygen we inhale from our lungs. In the process, carbon dioxide and water are produced as waste products as well as highly destructive, oxidising free radicals. These need to be neutralised with antioxidants (either made within the cell or supplied by our diets) or they can irreparably damage the mitochondria and ultimately the cell itself. If this happens the damaged mitochondria are programmed to either self-destruct or kill off the whole cell, if necessary.
This is a normal process and makes way for new and healthy mitochondria and cells (this 'assassin' function of mitochondria also helps to destroy cancerous cells). However, if too many mitochondria or cells are destroyed with insufficient replacement, this can lead to multiple problems with loss of physical and mental energy in the early stages through to the full range of degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, and then ultimately death, in the late stages.
Interestingly while we inherit half our genetic material or DNA from each of our parents we only inherit mitochondria (and their DNA) from our mothers. It is believed that the mitochondria in the sperm cells are so damaged by free radicals as a result of their heroic swim to reach the egg that they are 'not fit' to join with the mitochondria in the egg and are thus destroyed soon after fertilization.
While we have no way of stopping the eventual degeneration of our body and brain we can improve our mental and physical energy levels and slow this inevitable decline by adopting a lifestyle that protects our mitochondria.
1) Getting sufficient sleep – at least 7-8 hours per night. As soon as fall sleep our brain cells shrink expanding the space between the cells by more than 60%. This allows the flow of cerebrospinal fluid which washes out waste products that have built up during the day, including beta-amyloid, from the brain. The build up of beta-amyloid in the cells damages mitochondria and cells causing their death. Beta-amyloid plaque buildup in the brain is a defining symptom of Alzheimer's disease.
2) Exercising regularly. Exercising for at least 30 minutes each day appears to protect mitochondria from genetic damage as well as increasing the overall numbers of mitochondria in each cell.
3) Practising relaxation techniques (mindfulness, breathing exercises, yoga etc.) to combat stress overload. High levels of stress hormones increase free radical damage and negatively impact energy production in mitochondria.
4) Eating a diet rich in unprocessed plant foods. This will supply a diverse range of highly protective polyphenol antioxidants to combat free radical damage to the mitochondria.
5) Taking a balanced vitamin and mineral formulation. This will make sure that none of the vitamins and minerals required for mitochondrial energy production and antioxidant protection is in short supply, especially during times of stress and illness.
So, it's not only our cars that need a good battery and effective re-charging system to keep going. Mitochondrial maintenance should be foremost in eveyone's lifestyle planning to make sure fatigue and illness don't get in the way of living a big life.


Meet Hwy 401 and 38 car pool lot. Bring lunch water, hat, repellent.
Kurt Hennige will join us for this trip. Meet at 8:45 am*** (for 9:30 ferry) at Tim Hortons Gardiners Town Centre (Bath Road at Gardiners Road). Bring lunch, water, hat, repellent.
Ramble at Butternut Creek Leader: Anne Robertson 9:30 to noon. Meet at Tim Hortons Hwy 15 at Innovation Drive. Dress warmly.
Tuesday 19 February 9:00am to noon. Bayview Bog Meet on north side of Taylor Kidd Blvd. at a gate 5 km west of Collins Bay Road and 1.5km east of County Road 6. Near #4236. Dress warmly and bring a snack.
Tuesday 5 March 9:00am to noon. Rogers Side Road trails. Meet at the north end of Rogers Side Road (5.5Km km east of the causeway on Hwy 2- north side).
Tuesday 2 April 9:00am to noon Nicholson's Point (Edgeware Road). Meet Gardiners Town Centre (Bath Road at Gardiners) Tim Hortons. Bring a snack.
Tuesday 16 April. 8:45 am** Prompt! (9:30 ferry) to 3:45 pm (3:00pm ferry). Topsy Farms property, Amherst Island. Dress warmly. Bring lunch, snack and drink. Could be wet underfoot. RUBBER BOOTS ADVISED!


Denver police have released photographs of a suspect in a Friday morning stabbing death.
The Denver coroner's office has confirmed that a man found dead in downtown Denver early Friday morning died of stab wounds.
The body of 29-year-old Derek Sorenson was found outside the 7-Eleven store at 621 17th St., Denver police said.
Sorenson was taken to a hospital where he was later pronounced dead. He had been stabbed to death, according to a news release by Steven Castro, spokesman for the Office of the Denver Medical Examiner.
Police have released photographs of a suspect in the homicide in hopes that acquaintances will help police identify him.
Following the stabbing, the man fled on foot going north on 17th Street.
The man is described as 5 feet, 10 inches with a medium build, according to a Metro Denver Crime Stoppers alert.
He was wearing a dark colored baseball cap with a Philadelphia Eagles logo. He also wore a dark coat with a hood, dark pants or jeans and dark-colored athletic shoes with white trim. The soles of the shoes are white, according to the alert.


"Pharmacies and other providers who receive funds from taxpayers have a duty to follow the law," said U.S. Attorney Donald S. Boyce for the Southern District of Illinois. "If healthcare providers do not provide fair and transparent pricing as required under the law, the False Claims Act allows the government and whistleblowers to ensure that the Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE programs are made whole." The original lawsuit dates back to 2008 and was initiated by James Garber and was later later transferred to the Southern District of Illinois. Garber is expected to receive $9.3 million as his share of the recovery. The settlement agreement is part of a global $59 million settlement against Kmart which includes state Medicaid claims against the corporation.
"Pharmacies that are not fully transparent about drug pricing can cause federal health programs to overpay for prescription drugs." said Acting Assistant Attorney General Chad A. Readler for the Department's Civil Division. "This settlement should put pharmacies on notice that there will be consequences if they attempt to improperly increase payments from taxpayer-funded health programs by masking the true prices that they charge the general public for the same drugs." The case is one of the many examples of the government's emphasis on combating health care fraud. One tool it uses often uses to do this is the False Claims Act.


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Q: IntelliJ Scala Case Class Indentation This question may have been asked, but I could not find a suitable answer, so I'm posting this as a question here. The problem is that when I create a new case class, the indentation looks so wierd.
case class SomeCaseClass(
                         id: Int
                        )

I would however prefer it to be like this:
case class SomeCaseClass(
  id: Int
)

I would just like to know which option in IntelliJ would allow me to get away with this awkward indentation.

A: Ok I figured out how to do this. Here is what needs to be done:

*

*If you are on a Mac, select IntelliJ -> Preferences

*Select Editor -> Code Style -> Scala

*In the "Wrapping and Braces" tab, uncheck "Indent braced arguments"

Hope this helps someone that might run into the same issue!


Deborah teaches piano with a focus on contemporary music. Her students range from 5 years old, to their twenties. She believes that everyone, young and old, can learn the instrument, as long as they are taught with the right approach. By tailoring her teaching methods to each student's learning objectives, she makes the lessons instructive, yet fun, relevant and easy to remember. Having learnt the piano since she was 3 years old, Deborah believes that it is important to have fun while learning music because it is a lifelong endeavour.
During the day, Deborah runs Edits Inc., a company that helps families and individuals to organise the clutter in their homes and offices. In her free time, Deborah plays keyboards in a band. Deborah has a Diploma in piano performance and 3 Masters degrees in other disciplines.


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Q: Why do PCBs have big interfaces? I am not sure if this is a good question but I am curious. Consider the following PCB:

I have realized that although the lines leaving the IC in the middle start fairly close to each other, they are significantly separated through the edge of the PCB.
Now I am guessing that the width of and spacing between the leaving lines are determined according to a standard but I am not sure why they are decided to be this wide. Could you explain the reasoning behind?

A: Mechanical tolerances, mostly. Fine pitch (close spacing) on edge pins is highly prone to shorting out or even being misaligned by an entire pin space due to tolerances required for insertion, and in some cases even thermal expansion could come into play.
In addition, there are practical problems with making the other half of the connector (spring-pin contacts) at a very small size.
Essentially, robust and reliable (also, the bus spec tends to be in use for a long time, and cause great gnashing of teeth when altered, while the pitch for the on-board parts is more free to alter as manufacturing tolerances improve over time.)

A: Supplementing WhatRoughBeast's answer, it doesn't look so unreasonable if you look at a contemporary card from when the connector was designed. This is apparently a CGA graphics card. Note the connector pitch is the same as that of the IC pins. The connector takes up a small part of the huge card.

A: What you're looking at is a PC expansion board using the ISA expansion bus. This uses the then-standard .100 inch contact spacing which was widely available. There are a number of reasons for this. First, the connectors were cheap and fairly reliable. Second, when the PC was introduced, DIP package ICs were the norm, rather than surface mount. This means that the large size of the connectors was not a problem, since any reasonable circuit board was also large by today's standards. Finally, the contact fingers had to be fairly large in order to make the contacts physically strong enough (by having enough glue area) to hold up to repeated insertions.
EDIT - It's worth keeping in mind that the ISA bus was introduced in the original IBM PC - in 1981. You can read about it here.

A: 0.100 was ubiquitous in through-hole, DIL-era electronics, and using a .100 edge connector also meant you could use a socket that connected to the mainboard with pins at a .100 spacing - that's what everyone had experience using, and it probably also was easiest to develop (and manufacture) PCBs with .100 parts using the prototyping and design tools available then. Also, digital electronics back then tended to take a more naive approach to the problem of having to deal with relatively high frequency signals: one tried to just not get lines too close to each other to control capacitive coupling and lowpass filtering...


Ms Marina Diamandis told us of her new single 'Power & Control' that she "wanted it produced in a really cold, disconnected way, similar to dance and electronic music" as part of our interview just last week (if you missed it, you can catch it HERE).
It's another one of the more commercial cuts from the new album 'Electra Heart', which, as Marina also revealed to us, is all about love and her recovering from a relationship that turned sour.
The official video sees our pop heroine battling for power with a man in a large homestead that is seemingly… without power. It's also sparsely decorated, cold and a little disconnected, perhaps alluding to the relationship itself.
We'd just like for an Australian commercial radio network to take a chance on a good thing and give Marina a little love.


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Q: Naming collision with EntityFramework I am using EF to access a SQL DB. For the sake of this example Lets assume I have a Users Table, a User Comments Table (comments made by users) and a Liked comments table (comments a user marked like on them) when the Context is generated I get in the User.cs file the following ICollections:
   public virtual ICollection<Comment> Comments { get; set; }
   public virtual ICollection<Comment> Comments1 { get; set; }

How can I know which is which? Why does EF not add the foreign key table name to the column?
I have several of these issues.

A: in the edmx designer, click on the navigation property ("Comments" or "Comments1") and press F4 to show it's properties.  The properties panel will display the foreign key name which will give you enough info to identify which is which.


Jeff Croft, one of our friends over at Blue Flavor, just posted a great blog entry, Choosing a Content Management System for your web project. It has a great summary of the different types of choices you make when deciding if and/or what type of content management system you might need for your website.
The "Lightweight blogging platforms" that he mentions are great options for small businesses who want the ability to update all or part of their site themselves, while not having to invest in a full-blown CMS. We routinely use WordPress, ExpressionEngine, and even Blogger for our clients who want or need this type of functionality.
It's great that these blogging tools have provided an affordable and straightforward CMS functionality. I remember back in the day (years ago) when it was much harder to develop and use CMS systems. I even worked with clients who had to hire out to web professionals to update their sites even WITH the CMS. That's how complicated they could be!


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Table of Contents Abstract 2 Introduction of biometrics 3 Research methodology 7 Primary data analysis 8 At Flamingo Pharma Ltd. 8 At R.B.K. international academy: - 9 Secondary data analysis 10 Future of biometrics: - 10 False negatives: - 11 Some of the countries having/ introducing biometric passports:- 17 Conclusion 18 Bibliography 20 Abstract Technology is increasing day by day. Biometrics is becoming famous and there are users increasing. Though it has its advantages and disadvantages and there are several ethical and social issues that need to deal with. The scope of the research includes all aspect of biometrics. An overview on what biometrics is and will it be a method of authentication in the future. It focuses on the impact of the issue related to biometrics. The research section includes primary data and secondary data. In the primary data, the interviews were taken in a company and in school. In Flamingo Pharma and R.B.K International Academy, biometric devices are used for attendance. For further investigation secondary data was collected from books and Internet and were compiled. In secondary data the pros and cons are discussed the laws and the religious objections are discussed. The laws of every company is related to it is looked into and both data are analyzed. In the conclusion the research is summarized and discussed whether biometrics has gained universal acceptance or no. Introduction of biometrics What is biometrics? Biometrics is used to identify individuals based on the fingerprint, retina, face etc. Biometrics characteristics can be divided into two groups: - * Physiological- i.e. fingerprint, DNA, iris recognition etc. * Behavioral- i.e. behavior of a person like the voice, typing rhythm. These devices are used in offices, crime branch, school etc. at many places biometric devices are used as a way of authentication taking daily attendance. They are also used in crime branch as it helps in recognition and it is hard to mimic it. ...read more.
If the tolerance level is configured very lose, you can virtually eliminate false negatives at the cost of greatly increasing false positives. The accuracy rate is also heavily influenced by how many possible fingerprints matches the system has to be considered. The accuracy rate is also heavily influenced by how many possible fingerprint matches the system has to consider. If the system has to match your scan against a large database of enrolled fingerprints it's far more likely to come up with a false positive and somewhat more likely to come up with a false negative Many modern systems avoid this problem by matching your fingerprint against only one possible user - the user stored in your card or other credential - so the chances of a false positive are very low because someone trying to trick the system can't just match 'anyone's' fingerprint, they have to match 'your' fingerprint. Also, the match tolerance can be set very high thereby further reducing the chances of a false positive but increasing the chances of a false negative. (Future Lab) So you can virtually eliminate the false, but doesn't the relatively high false negative rate mean that legitimate users will be frequently locked out? Not necessarily; it depends on the penalty for getting a false negative. In most physical access and IT applications, if you get a false negative, you just have to scan your finger a second time so a high false-negative rate is an inconvenience, not a security issue. Let's say it takes you 2 seconds to scan your finger and the false negative error rate is 5%. Most of the time (95%) access is granted in two seconds. Most of the rest of the time (99.75%) you'll get in with two swipes and four seconds. Every 400 tries or so, you'll have to wait six seconds. For applications that don't heavily penalize users for false negatives, biometric systems can usually be tuned to an acceptably high level of accuracy. ...read more.
Pakistan: - Introduced in 2004 and NADRA has issued more than 7 million passports (Wikipedia.org). The United Kingdom: - Introduced in 2006 and is available (Wikipedia.org). Austria: - Available since June 16th, 2006 (Wikipedia.org). Germany: - Available since November 2005 (Wikipedia.org). Poland: - Available since 28 August 2006 (Wikipedia.org). Turkmenistan: - Turkmenistan became the first country in ex-USSR mid- Asia region to issue ICAO compliant biometric passport. Passport is available since 10 July 2008 (Wikipedia.org). Conclusion As we have seen that biometrics technology is used in many places and is getting recognized amongst many people. It is becoming very popular and many of the workplaces, schools, and police departments use it for various purposes. Now-a-days most of the laptops also come with a inbuilt device such as fingerprint and retina scanner. Such devices are used for security purposes to unlock particular devices. Such technology is rapidly increasing and is being added to mobile phones, PDA's etc. the typed passwords used to unlock a device are being replaced by these devices. It becomes much easier and many a times a user could possibly forget the password by in the case of biometrics that is not possible. The option of a biometric device for security is much safer compared to keys and locks. The locks could be broken into and duplicate keys of the lock could be made and misused, where as in these devices it is not possible to mimic it and needs proper authentication. There are many disadvantages of these devices and many social and ethical issues that need to be resolved. Many of the users have a fear of disease and the laws of every country are different. Many users don't feel secure if their data i.e. fingerprints etc. is saved on to the database. There are even a few religious objections existing that need to be resolved. Due to rapid growth in usage of these devices and user-friendly features, the usage of it is increasing day-by-day. And it is expected to gain more importance and will gain user acceptance in the near future gradually. ...read more.
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(W5 - History of German-American Relations) Cold war was also a crucial time where USA and Germany formed the start of their friendship. When World War II ended, Germany was occupied by four countries: France, the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union; otherwise known as Russia.
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That apart, when power seemed to be failing on the aircraft and the hijackers asked for power to be restored, the authorities did not comply. They filed to realize the panic effect of sudden darkness on the hijackers. When the lights failed, the hijackers started shooting indiscriminately.
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Recently we had Dave Rudden on the blog, talking about his life as a writer, the world of the KOTBD and a little about the new book, The Forever Court.
Having recently finished this myself, I can assure all fans of the first book that this second one is just as good, and in many ways better.
Like the Empire Strikes Back to Star Wars, this sequel expands the world of Denizen Hardwick and introduces new foes and a deeper understanding of the Tenebrous.
The book beautifully builds in an interweaving, complex and deceptive set of interrelationships between the larger cast of characters, all of whom Rudden writes articulately and uniquely, so that within a few sentences, each one appears fully formed in the readers mind and distinct from the others.
The plot links smoothly with the previous book and leaves plenty of scope for further books (we all hope!!😉) and once again, like in KOTBD, Rudden's description of rural Ireland and Dublin are expert, detailed but never at any point detracting from the present action in the story…a wonderful skill indeed.
In what is a darker book in many ways, and more grown up, it loses none of it's humour and the lighter moments are at time, laugh out loud. A quality I rarely find when reading any novels.
And the concept and world building in both books is incredible – Dave goes to ends of this world, and into others, to give us a unique and fresh perspective on the adventures of young Denizen and his fellow Knights – from the Tenebrous, to the logistical and geographical details of the Knights themselves, to the particulars of how their particular powers work, I was continually taken aback by this new world I've explored, but know that there is much more to come!
I've said before and I'll say again, KOTBD is the best children's book I've read since Harry Potter, and once you've read it, you'll see the likeness both in style and in quality.
The Forever Court is available here, while the first in the series (as if you haven't read it yet! But seriously do!) is available here.
And I'm once again, putting this excellent video featuring Dave below, as it's certainly worth a watch.


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Vizefeldwebel Karl Bohnenkamp was a World War I flying ace credited with 15 aerial victories. He scored his first victory on 21 September 1917 and continued through 28 October 1918. His 15 victories made him the leading ace in his squadron. He was awarded the Military Merit Cross on the latter date.

Military career

Before Bohnenkamp qualified as a pilot, he was a radio operator for Feldflieger Abteilung (Field Flier Detachment) 39 from May 1915 to August 1916. After undergoing pilot's training, he was assigned to Feldflieger Abteilung 208 in February 1917. On 25 July 1917, he was "promoted" to flying fighter aircraft for Royal Saxon Jagdstaffel 22. His first aerial success came on 21 September 1917. He would continue to score victories almost until war's end, his last one coming on 28 October 1918. The latter date, he was presented with the Golden Military Merit Cross–the highest military decoration that could be awarded to a German noncommissioned officer.

Sources of information

References
 Franks, Norman; Bailey, Frank W.; Guest, Russell. Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914–1918. Grub Street, 1993. , .

Further reading

External links
 Frontflieger.de

1890 births
1930 deaths
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Military personnel from Dortmund
People from the Rhine Province
Prussian Army personnel

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President Trump rallies in Georgia ahead of Senate runoffs
by: Sydney Kalich
Posted: Dec 5, 2020 / 08:21 PM EST / Updated: Dec 6, 2020 / 06:49 AM EST
VALDOSTA, Ga. (NewsNation Now) — President Donald Trump campaigned Saturday for two Republican senators in Georgia facing January runoffs in his first political rally since his re-election bid loss last month.
Georgia, long a Republican stronghold — but one with rapidly changing demographics — is the site of the two runoffs on Jan. 5 to settle which party would control the Senate. The runoffs pit two Republican senators, David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, against well-funded Democratic challengers Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock.
Stacey Abrams credited for boosting Democrats in Georgia
Democrats would need to win both seats to win a majority. If Republicans win one seat, they will retain control and be able to block much of Biden's legislative agenda. Saturday's rally is hosted by the Republican National Committee and is expected to have appearances from other notable Republicans.
Trump's 100-minute rally before thousands of largely maskless supporters came not long after he was rebuffed by Georgia's Republican governor in his astounding call for a special legislative session to give him the state's electoral votes, even though President-elect Joe Biden won the majority of the vote.
Trump has repeatedly and without evidence asserted widespread fraud in the November election, a claim rejected by state and federal officials, including in Georgia, which Biden became the first Democratic presidential candidate to win the state since Bill Clinton in 1992.
Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., takes the stage before Vice President Mike Pence during a Defend the Majority Rally, Friday, Nov. 20, 2020 in Canton, Ga. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)
FILE – In this Nov. 13, 2020, file photo Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Sen. Kelly Loeffler speaks at a campaign rally in Cumming, Ga. Loeffler and Democratic candidate Raphael Warnock are in a runoff election for the Senate seat in Georgia. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)
FILE – In this Nov. 15, 2020, file photo Georgia Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate Raphael Warnock, left, and Jon Ossoff, right, gesture toward a crowd during a campaign rally in Marietta, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)
FILE – In this Nov. 4, 2018, file photo, then-Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp, left, walks with President Donald Trump as Trump arrives for a rally in Macon , Ga. President Trump said Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020 he was "ashamed" for endorsing the Republican governor of Georgia after he lost in the state to Democrat Joe Biden. Trump said on Fox News that Gov. Brian Kemp has "done absolutely nothing" to question the state's results.. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger shows off voter registration postcards that were sent to his deceased son as he makes remarks during a press conference at the Georgia State Capitol building in Atlanta, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
President Donald Trump speaks during a ceremony to present the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former football coach Lou Holtz, in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Vice President Mike Pence, right, speaks with Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., and Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga, as Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Dr. Robert Redfield looks on after a meeting on COVID-19 at the CDC Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Attorney Lin Wood fires up supporters during a "Stop the Steal" rally in Alpharetta, Ga., Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. (Ben Gray/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
"Let them steal Georgia again, you'll never be able to look yourself in the mirror," Trump told rallygoers.
Hours before the event, Trump asked Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp in a phone call to order the legislative session; the governor refused, according to a senior government official in Georgia with knowledge of the call who was not authorized to discuss the private conversation and spoke on the condition of anonymity. A person close to the White House who was briefed on the matter verified that account of the call.
Kemp, in a tweet, said Trump also asked him to order an audit of signatures on absentee ballot envelopes in his state, a step Kemp is not empowered to take because he has no authority to interfere in the electoral process on Trump's behalf.
Trump, though, vented his frustrations with Kemp on Twitter and at the rally.
Senate races put Georgia at the center of American politics
"Your people are refusing to do what you ask," he complained in a tweet, as if speaking with Kemp. "What are they hiding? At least immediately ask for a Special Session of the Legislature. That you can easily, and immediately, do."
At the rally, he took aim once again at Kemp, saying he could assure him victory "if he knew what the hell he was doing."
Kemp refuted the claims.
In a tweet, Kemp said: "As I told the President this morning, I've publicly called for a signature audit three times (11/20, 11/24, 12/3) to restore confidence in our election process and to ensure that only legal votes are counted in Georgia."
While the governor does not have the authority to order a signature audit, an audit was initiated by Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and it triggered a full hand recount that confirmed Biden's victory in Georgia. The race has been certified for Biden and affirmed by the state's Republican election officials as a fairly conducted and counted vote, with none of the systemic errors Trump alleges.
On Friday, President-elect Biden confirmed he would travel to campaign for his party's Senate candidates.
You can watch the full rally in the player below:
(NEXSTAR) - The FBI says they have more than just cellphone records and social media photos to prove that Bryan Betancur was at the Capitol riot on Jan. 6.


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Q: Query Feature Service on ESRI ArcGIS REST API with Python Requests I would like to query a feature service from a public resource, such as the Department of Public Works, to see if they have any buildings near a latitude and longitude. However, whenever I query the resource I only get empty json responses or errors about how my query could not be completed. I know the goal is to create a URL, and I was trying to use the website to reverse engineer the query parameters. Then I would like to build the URL programaticaly with the Python requests and GeoPandas libraries.
Here is the REST service I am working with:
https://dpw.gis.lacounty.gov/dpw/rest/services/PW_Open_Data/MapServer/22/query
Can someone walk me through the basics of creating a query using a point lat/lon as a starting point and getting nearby facilities? The ESRI documentation is not friendly to newcomers.
I know I can just download the data source because it is so small. This is just a public feature service for the purpose of the question.

A: The easiest way to create a query to an ArcGIS service is to first use the HTML interface, i.e. open https://dpw.gis.lacounty.gov/dpw/rest/services/PW_Open_Data/MapServer/22/query in a browser, and then inspect the URL it creates after you click on the Query (GET) button.
Documentation for all query parameters can be found here.
The URL will contain a lot of unused parameters that you can ignore in many cases. For the most basic query, you only need to set the following parameters:

*

*Where: 1=1 (return all features)

*Out fields: * (return all fields)

*Format: json (or pjson to get a nice readable json format, or even geojson if that suits your needs)

*Return ID's only: False
So, the URL would be https://dpw.gis.lacounty.gov/dpw/rest/services/PW_Open_Data/MapServer/22/query?f=json&outfields=*&where=1%3D1
Most REST services will limit the returned data on an open query like the one just described. However, once you have the top 1000 rows you can see all the available data. One key piece of data which you might not have yet is the coordinate reference system (CRS). This is in the returned data as "wkid": 102645. You can read about this reference system here: http://epsg.io/102645.
Here is a screenshot of what that query returns in a JSON format and with the well known ID (CRS) highlighted.

There are two ways to query features nearby a certain location. The easiest way is to specify a point and a distance, but not all services support this option. In the geometry below, the units are in the native CRS 102645. If you want to use the latitude and longitude from Google Maps, you will need to declare the CRS you are using in the input field "Input spatial Reference" as 4326.

*

*Geometry: 6560874.3,1863451.1

*Geometry Type: Point

*Query By Distance: Any distance

*Units: e.g. esriSRUnit_Meter

*The Where option can be omitted if a geometry is set.

Note that the HTML interface incorrectly sets the name of the distance parameter to queryByDistance, and that it doesn't provide a field to set the units. Example: https://dpw.gis.lacounty.gov/dpw/rest/services/PW_Open_Data/MapServer/22/query?f=json&outfields=*&geometry=6560874.3,1863451.1&geometryType=esriGeometryPoint&distance=100&units=esriSRUnit_Meter
The other way is to generate a buffer around a point, and use that as geometry. This option should be supported by most, if not all, services. You may have to use a POST request rather than GET, because the URL may become too long due to the size of the geometries JSON.

*

*Geometry: {"rings":[[[6560878,1863351],[6560869,1863351],[6560861,1863351],[6560852,1863353],[6560843,1863355],[6560835,1863358],[6560827,1863362],[6560819,1863367],[6560812,1863372],[6560805,1863378],[6560799,1863384],[6560794,1863391],[6560789,1863398],[6560784,1863406],[6560781,1863414],[6560778,1863422],[6560776,1863431],[6560774,1863440],[6560774,1863448],[6560774,1863457],[6560775,1863466],[6560777,1863475],[6560779,1863483],[6560783,1863491],[6560786,1863499],[6560791,1863507],[6560796,1863514],[6560802,1863521],[6560809,1863527],[6560816,1863532],[6560823,1863537],[6560831,1863541],[6560839,1863544],[6560848,1863547],[6560856,1863549],[6560865,1863550],[6560874,1863551],[6560883,1863550],[6560891,1863549],[6560900,1863547],[6560908,1863544],[6560917,1863541],[6560924,1863537],[6560932,1863532],[6560939,1863527],[6560945,1863521],[6560951,1863514],[6560956,1863507],[6560961,1863499],[6560965,1863491],[6560968,1863483],[6560971,1863475],[6560973,1863466],[6560974,1863457],[6560974,1863448],[6560973,1863440],[6560972,1863431],[6560970,1863422],[6560967,1863414],[6560963,1863406],[6560959,1863398],[6560954,1863391],[6560948,1863384],[6560942,1863378],[6560935,1863372],[6560928,1863367],[6560921,1863362],[6560913,1863358],[6560904,1863355],[6560896,1863353],[6560887,1863351],[6560878,1863351]]]}

*Geometry Type: Polygon

Example: https://dpw.gis.lacounty.gov/dpw/rest/services/PW_Open_Data/MapServer/22/query?f=json&outfields=*&geometry=%7B%22rings%22%3A%5B%5B%5B6560878,1863351%5D,%5B6560869,1863351%5D,%5B6560861,1863351%5D,%5B6560852,1863353%5D,%5B6560843,1863355%5D,%5B6560835,1863358%5D,%5B6560827,1863362%5D,%5B6560819,1863367%5D,%5B6560812,1863372%5D,%5B6560805,1863378%5D,%5B6560799,1863384%5D,%5B6560794,1863391%5D,%5B6560789,1863398%5D,%5B6560784,1863406%5D,%5B6560781,1863414%5D,%5B6560778,1863422%5D,%5B6560776,1863431%5D,%5B6560774,1863440%5D,%5B6560774,1863448%5D,%5B6560774,1863457%5D,%5B6560775,1863466%5D,%5B6560777,1863475%5D,%5B6560779,1863483%5D,%5B6560783,1863491%5D,%5B6560786,1863499%5D,%5B6560791,1863507%5D,%5B6560796,1863514%5D,%5B6560802,1863521%5D,%5B6560809,1863527%5D,%5B6560816,1863532%5D,%5B6560823,1863537%5D,%5B6560831,1863541%5D,%5B6560839,1863544%5D,%5B6560848,1863547%5D,%5B6560856,1863549%5D,%5B6560865,1863550%5D,%5B6560874,1863551%5D,%5B6560883,1863550%5D,%5B6560891,1863549%5D,%5B6560900,1863547%5D,%5B6560908,1863544%5D,%5B6560917,1863541%5D,%5B6560924,1863537%5D,%5B6560932,1863532%5D,%5B6560939,1863527%5D,%5B6560945,1863521%5D,%5B6560951,1863514%5D,%5B6560956,1863507%5D,%5B6560961,1863499%5D,%5B6560965,1863491%5D,%5B6560968,1863483%5D,%5B6560971,1863475%5D,%5B6560973,1863466%5D,%5B6560974,1863457%5D,%5B6560974,1863448%5D,%5B6560973,1863440%5D,%5B6560972,1863431%5D,%5B6560970,1863422%5D,%5B6560967,1863414%5D,%5B6560963,1863406%5D,%5B6560959,1863398%5D,%5B6560954,1863391%5D,%5B6560948,1863384%5D,%5B6560942,1863378%5D,%5B6560935,1863372%5D,%5B6560928,1863367%5D,%5B6560921,1863362%5D,%5B6560913,1863358%5D,%5B6560904,1863355%5D,%5B6560896,1863353%5D,%5B6560887,1863351%5D,%5B6560878,1863351%5D%5D%5D%7D&geometryType=esriGeometryPolygon
If you want to use python to build a query, here's how.
import requests
import urllib.parse
import geopandas as gpd

url_base = r'https://dpw.gis.lacounty.gov/dpw/rest/services/PW_Open_Data/MapServer/22/query?'

Note the addition of the ? at the end of the URL.
Now define all your parameters.
params = {
    'geometry': '-118.21637221791077, 34.094916196179504',
    'geometryType': 'esriGeometryPoint',
    'inSR': '4326',
    'distance': '10000',
    'units': 'esriSRUnit_Meter',
    'returnGeometry': 'true',
    'outFields': 'OBJECTID,DIVISION,FACILITY_N,ADDRESS,CITY',
    'f': 'pjson'
}

Encode the URL:
url_final = url_base + urllib.parse.urlencode(params)

Use requests to query the server:
response = requests.get(url=url_final)

Convert the response to text so geopandas can read it:
data = response.text

Now load it into a geodataframe:
gdf_temp = gpd.read_file(data)


Caffeic acid [3,4-dihydroxycinnamic acid, 3,4-DA] is an organic compound found in many plants and foods, which is unrelated to caffeine. It has a high antioxidant potential and its primary source in human diet is coffee. Caffeic acid has shown promise in reducing the fatigue associated with exercise.


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Jason Bonham: 'Jimmy Page Gave me Cocaine When I was 16'
Ah, childhood memories. Who can forget their first bicycle ride without training wheels? Their first crush? Or the first time Led Zeppelin's guitarist gave them cocaine?
Actually, that last one is likely exclusive to Jason Bonham, the son of legendary Zeppelin drummer John Bonham. He says he was only 16 years old when Jimmy Page gave him his first toot at a hotel. "We got called to his room," Bonham says. "I was 16, and there was a woman on the floor with a collar on, meowing, and he had this grinder thing. And he's like, 'You've done this before, right?' And I'm like, 'Yeah, of course I have.' So he handed it over and I just did all of it, and he went, 'Just like your father – you know, that was supposed to be for all of us.'"
What was the most 'adult' thing you did at 16 years old?
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New Hampshire Motor Speedway is our "bread and butter" facility.
We've been running events here for years, and we know it inside and out.
Fishtail's Slow Speed Riding School offers riders a chance to learn from the finest: Steve Ford and Chuck George, former training officers for the NH State Police Motorcycle Unit.
Steve and Chuck have a combined 45 years of experience riding for the State Police, and they're both certified Police Motorcycle Instructors who have completed 1,500 hours of NH State Police Motorcycle Unit training.
We are offering a full day slow-speed motorcycle riding course, focusing on slow speed techniques, such as a cone weave, circles and other patterns. Riders should be prepared to ride all day with appropriate riding gear. All types of street-legal motorcycles are welcome. The class will run from 9 a.m to 5 p.m. at NHMS during track days (riders can participate in the track day or the slow speed school, but not both). The famous Fishtail Lunch is included. Class size is limited to six riders. Registration is handled through the Sign-Up page.
There is a possibility you may drop your bike, so we advise you to remove saddlebags, mirrors or other chrome bits you don't want scratched. Covering your crash bars with duct tape or hose is a good way to protect them from an accidental spill.


I am writing to request that you join the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) in our efforts to persuade the US Postal Service to issue a forever stamp commemorating Carter G. Woodson, the "Father of Black History, and ASALH's centennial anniversary in 2015. This recognition is well deserved. ASALH is the longest continually operating organization dedicated to promoting, researching, preserving, interpreting and disseminating information about Black life, history and culture to the global community.
Please download the attached sample letter and mail it directly to the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee. Of course, you should feel free to compose your own letter. In either case, it is important that the letter be sent by US mail and not electronically. It is also critical that these support letters be posted as soon as possible due to the timing of the Committee's deliberations.
Thank you in advance for your support and we look forward to your involvement in ASALH's centennial celebration!
The US Postal Service requires that letters of support must be mailed not emailed.


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A Historical First Ji Gong 濟公Coin 2013 – by IpohBornKid
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Here is a refreshing article for opening up your new year in KL.
It is about the world first, Chinese religious coin with HM the Queen in one coin minted by the Royal Australian Mint in Canberra and a legal tender of the Solomon Islands, a member of the British Commonwealth.
from IpohBornKid
Scanned images of the Ji Gong coin (above) and the insert giving a description of the coin in Chinese & English (below).
A legal tender ($1.00) of the Solomon Islands.
The Ji Gong Story
At 16, his parents passed away and after 3 years mourning, he travelled around the country. As his money ran out, he decided to become a monk at the Lingyin temple (靈隱寺)in Hangzhou. The Abbot accepted him as a disciple/monk and named him Daoji.
As the story goes, Daoji often disguised himself as an insane monk of boundless virtue and performed many miracles to help the unfortunate and punished the wicked and the unscrupulous as well as using his power to destroy evil spirits and monsters. There are many stories about Ji Gong and these stories reflect the social life and Zen doctrines of that time. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties (AD 1368-1911), his stories became widely known.
Today, more than 800 years passed, the Ji Gong's story has become an endless literary resource and was also was also made into novels, paintings, sculptures movies and TV plays. The stories can play a role in enhancing individual/national morals and ethics.
The Ji Gong Coin
In Australia during mid-October 2013, the Royal Australian Mint (RAM) in Canberra became the first in the history of the British Commonwealth, to strike a coin depicting the image of Master Ji Gong on one side and the HM Queen II on the other side.
How the coin projected came about:
Early in 2013, Mr Edward Terence Mason, Director of the Australian Gold Coin Pty Ltd and Ms Dongyu Xing showed a coin from an Asian country with the Goddess of Mercy (Quanyin) to Dr Tony Pun. As the RAM was minting the Chinese zodiac coins (the 12 animals) with HM the Queen on one side, the question was asked whether it would be possible for the RAM to make a coin with 1 oz silver but with Master Ji Gong on the other side. At that moment, the Ji Gong coin was conceptualized and Mr Mason was given the task to investigate whether the RAM would mint such a coin. The rational of making this coin was also discussed and the idea to use the proceeds of the sale of the Ji Gong coin to assist fund raising for Ji Gong temples was agreed. A positive response was received from the RAM. Permission was also obtained to use the Queen's image on the coin. At that point, the trio, Mr Mason, Ms Xing and Dr Pun decided to give the first preference to the Ji Gong temple in Sydney to raise funds for their development. The Ji Gong temple in Sydney accepted the idea and raised sufficient funds to sponsor the first 1,000 coins. The net proceeds to the sale of the first 1,000 coins would go to the Ji Gong temple in Sydney. By October 2013, the coins were produced and 1,000 of these coins were in the possession of the office bearers of the Chee Seng Khor Moral Uplifting Society Inc. in Sydney The coins were then taken to be exhibited and sold during the Ji Gong Conference(October 2013) in Macao to international delegates.
Production of this coin was also assisted by the Hon Consul for Solomon Islands, Sir Trevor Garland, former colleague of Dr Pun at St Vincent's Hospital. This coin is the first of its kind with HM the Queen and a religious icon Master Ji Gong. It is of historical significance in the recognition of Chinese culture and religion by Westerners and including Solomon Islands and Australia.
Photo: from left to right – standing, Dr Tony Pun, Edward Mason, sitting Ms Dongyu Xing and Sir Trevor Garland.
The copyright of the coin belongs to the Australian Gold Coins Pty Ltd and the image of Master Ji Gong was designed by Mr Mason. The total mintage of this coin is 10,000 and hence, it will be a valuable collector's item. The coin is also available in pure gold (99.99%).
The Original Purpose of the Ji Gong Coin
The concept, as from the beginning, is to use the coin for fund raising purpose for Ji Gong temples. It is expected that those involved in selling the coins would donate parts of the net proceeds to the Ji Gong temple. As charity comes from the heart, there is no coercion in how much people will donate and such donations should be natural, generous and purposeful, each according to his/her conscience and ability.
Note: Dr Pun and Sir Trevor do not receive any financial benefits from the Australian Gold Coin Pty Ltd nor did they take any commissions for the sale of the coins. Their efforts are completely charitable as they both donate their time and effort for the Ji Gong Coin Project.
Review –" Beechworth's Little Canton" ~ Chapter 01
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"My friend Vivienne is a humble librarian in a small Victorian town, but she has written well on the history of the Chinese Gold Miners in Australia during the 19th century."
The book "Beechworth's Little Canton" tells a 19th Century Story about Chinese gold miners in Australia.
Beechworth is a country town in the State of Victoria, Australia. You can find its location when you go to Google Map and type in Beechworth, Victoria.
My friend Vivienne McWaters, is an Australian country girl of Cornish extraction and had lived in the town of Beechworth for many years. Eversince she discovered artifacts of Chinese porcelain in her backyard, she continued to dig and research the Chinese settlement in the town of Beechworth for many years.
Being a housewife, and between caring for children and husband, she spent most of her free time digging and researching Chinese settlement history. She was a humble Librarian in the local town and through her patience, perseverance and commitment; she managed to put her research into little stories of the Chinese community in Beechworth during the 19th century.
As you read her book, you can find a lot of unintended humor despite the anti-Chinese euphoria, the White Australian Policy and legislative discrimination against the Chinese gold miners. These are simple stories and yet they contain so much historical facts about the early Chinese settlers in Australia. There is no cover-up in these stories as they tell the truth, no matter how ugly it was.
It is a recent phenomenon in Australia where a number of academic historians have begun to write the true history of the treatment of Chinese gold miners without the slightest intention of "sweeping" these ugly facts under the carpet. It is healthy for a nation to acknowledge the past wrongs and move on.
As a humble librarian, Vivienne has shown herself to be a powerful illustrator of a piece of "not so pleasant" Australian history and to tell it to the world as it was. Her story telling style beats reading volumes of "boring" history textbooks. The efforts of Vivienne and others like her, has made it possible for the inclusion of Chinese Australian history in the curriculum of Victorian high schools. It is hoped that this example will also be taken up by other States in Australia.
I wish to thank Vivienne for her contribution and courage to tell the truth by writing true history without distortion and denial. For her efforts, the Chinese Australian community, and particularly those descendants of the affected families, will be greatly indebted to her for bringing out the truth about their ancestors who came to Australia in the mid-19th century.
Extract from Vivienne's book "Beechworth Little Canton"


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OpenOffice 3.0 released amid fears of development stagnation
The OpenOffice.org project released version 3. stagnating.
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The OpenOffice.org (OOo) project ranks high among the most popular open source software applications. The cross-platform productivity suite, which has been adopted by government agencies, companies, and individual users around the world, got a big boost this morning with the official release of version 3.0. The new version includes a modest assortment of significant new features and brings improved support for document standards.
One of the most noteworthy additions in this release is native compatibility with the Mac OS X platform. Users no longer have to rely on the NeoOffice port or use X11 to run OOo on a Mac. This new feature could help expand the program's market share and attract new users and contributors. When we reviewed Microsoft Office for Mac 2008 earlier this year, many of our readers expressed serious frustration with Microsoft's decision to omit support for VBA. Some Mac users who require VBA support might benefit from switching to OOo, which offers passable VBA compatibility.
OOo supports several file formats, but uses OASIS's OpenDocument Format (ODF) by default. ODF is rapidly gaining widespread acceptance and is also supported by Google Docs, Zoho, IBM's Lotus Notes, and KDE's KOffice project. ODF is increasingly being adopted as the preferred format by government agencies in many different countries. This trend has placed pressure on Microsoft, which has agreed to include native ODF support in future versions of Office.
A major area of improvement in OOo 3.0 is support for emerging document standards. OOo 3.0 includes the first major implementation of ODF 1.2, an updated version of the format that is in the final stages of the standardization process and is expected to receive ISO approval this summer. The new version of the format brings a new formula language and a new metadata system based on W3C's Web Ontology Language and Resource Description Framework. OOo 3.0 also includes import filters for Microsoft's controversial Office Open XML format (OOXML), the XML-based document format that is used in Office 2007 and Office 2008 for Mac OS X. Support for Microsoft's format will ensure that OOo users can still read documents produced by Microsoft Office users.
OOo 3.0 includes a variety of other compelling technical features, too. OOo Calc, the suite's spreadsheet program, has a new solver component, introduced a new collaborative editing feature, and also boosted the total number of columns it supports from 256 to 1,024. OOo Writer, the word processing program, added a new annotation feature and a new zoom slider.
The new version includes a few minor user interface enhancements, including a new, cleaner icon theme. The style reminds me a little bit of the Silk icon theme, but with much more vibrant coloring. Linux users will obviously prefer OOo's Tango theme, but the new default theme looks very good on Windows. OOo 3.0 also includes a new launcher that provides easy access to templates, existing documents, and all of the suite's programs. When OOo is installed on Windows, it creates a shortcut on the desktop that initiates the launcher. Users can still also launch the OOo programs individually from the Start Menu.
OOo contributor fears that development is stagnating
As the OOo project increases in relevance, some friction has emerged between the growing number of stakeholders with different agendas. Allegations continually emerge that Sun's management of the project is impeding acceptance of some third-party code contributions and is deterring additional corporate involvement. Novell's Michael Meeks, a very active OpenOffice.org developer and a frequent critic of Sun, expressed some new concerns last week in anticipation of the release.
Novell maintains an OOo patchset which includes a number of changes that developers haven't been able to push upstream to Sun's version for a variety of reasons. Many of these patches maintained by Novell provide important features that are valuable to Linux users, including support for embedded multimedia via GStreamer, faster startup time, improved Excel interoperability, support for 3D slide transitions in Impress, and support for Mono-based automation and scripting. Many mainstream desktop Linux distributions now package Novell's version instead of the one from Sun, because of these improvements.
Sun's process for vetting new features is often viewed as excessively bureaucratic by third-party contributors and some are also concerned about Sun's copyright assignment requirements. Novell's patchset ensures that the improvements made by users who are unwilling to accommodate Sun's procedural requirements will eventually reach users and don't just languish indefinitely in the bug report system. Sun has responded to concerns from the third-party developer community by improving the contributor agreement and making an effort to act on community feedback. Critics, however, argue that Sun needs to turn over control to an independent foundation so that contributors will not have to assign copyright directly to Sun.
In a blog entry published last week, Meeks published contributor statistics collected from the version control system. He says that the latest statistics demonstrate a universal decline in involvement in the OOo project, from both Sun and independent community members. He sees this as a sign that the project is no longer healthy, and he warns that the consequences could be dire if the problem isn't resolved.
"It is clear that the number of active contributors Sun brings to the project is continuing to shrink, which would be fine if this was being made up for by a matched increase in external contributors, sadly that seems not to be so," wrote Meeks. "Crude as they are—the statistics show a picture of slow disengagement by Sun, combined with a spectacular lack of growth in the developer community. In a healthy project we would expect to see a large number of volunteer developers involved, in addition—we would expect to see a large number of peer companies contributing to the common code pool; we do not see this in OpenOffice.org."
Meeks calls for Sun to distance itself from the project and establish a new governance model that is totally community-driven. "Kill the ossified, paralyzed and gerrymandered political system in OO.o. Instead put the developers (all of them), and those actively contributing into the driving seat," Meeks urges. "This in turn should help to kill the many horribly demotivating and dysfunctional process steps currently used to stop code from getting included, and should help to attract volunteers."
We attempted to contact Louis Suarez-Potts, Sun's community manager for OOo, to see if he could provide additional insight or a response to the latest allegations from Meeks, but we have not yet received a response.
OpenOffice.org 3.0 is an impressive release that delivers some important new functionality, especially for Mac OS X users. The project continues to deliver a surprising amount of polish and functionality, but it still lags behind Microsoft's dominant office suite. If IBM, Sun, Novell, and other major stakeholders could work together more closely to accelerate development and lower the barriers to entry for community contributors, it would put OOo in a much stronger position to compete with Microsoft's office hegemony.
Most of the OpenOffice.org web site has been taken down due to excessive load, but download links are still accessible from the main page.
Ryan Paul Ryan is an Ars editor emeritus in the field of open source, and and still contributes regularly. He manages developer relations at Montage Studio.
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Unsigned Jadeveon Clowney not slated to attend Texans' offseason program
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Aaron Wilson , Houston Chronicle April 14, 2019
FILE - In this Dec. 23, 2018, file photo, Houston Texans outside linebacker Jadeveon Clowney moves toward the action during an NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles, in Philadelphia. The Houston Texans have placed the non-exclusive franchise tag on defensive end/outside linebacker Jadeveon Clowney. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola, File)
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Pro Bowl outside linebacker-defensive end Jadeveon Clowney, an unsigned franchise player, won't be attending the Texans' offseason conditioning program, according to league sources not authorized to speak publicly.
This isn't an unexpected development and is regarded as standard procedure for a franchise player who hasn't signed his tender.
Voluntary workouts start Monday at NRG Stadium.
No deal is in sight or expected anytime soon for Clowney, who has been assigned a $15.967 million franchise tender.
Under the NFL collective bargaining agreement, Clowney is not required to attend any offseason activities, including workouts, organized team activities, minicamps or training camp.
The cost for elite pass rushers and run-stoppers keeps going up, including a six-year, $141 million deal for the Chicago Bears' Khalil Mack and a six-year, $135 million contract for Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald, the NFL Defensive Player of the Year. The most recent deals for top pass rushers include Dallas Cowboys defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence's five-year, $105 million contract that includes $65 million guaranteed, a $25 million signing bonus and an average of $21 million per year and Detroit Lions defensive end Trey Flowers' five-year, $90 million contract that includes $56 million guaranteed.
Under NFL collective bargaining agreement rules governing franchise players, the Texans have until July 15 to sign Clowney to a long-term deal. Otherwise, he must play this season under the franchise tender.
The Texans utilized the non-exclusive franchise tag designation. The Texans can match any competing offer or receive two first-round draft picks as compensation.
If Clowney misses any regular-season games, he would forfeit a $939,235 game check each week.
"Of course, I want to come back," Clowney said when asked at the end of the season about the franchise tag. "I promise to the Texans and whoever else is watching that I'm going to be a much better, improved player next season. I haven't been thinking about a contract.
"If I come back and play well like I know I'm going to, contract will take care of itself. I'm going to work on my craft and work on my game. That's what I'm worrying about."
Clowney has been named to three consecutive Pro Bowls.
He recorded 47 tackles, nine sacks, one forced fumble, three fumble recoveries, one touchdown, 16 tackles for losses and 21 quarterback hits last season. He has registered 18 1/2 sacks and 53 tackles for losses over the past two seasons.
Clowney, 26, has overcome durability issues that dogged him earlier in his career, including undergoing microfracture knee surgery. He has played in all but one game over the past two seasons.
Clowney's rare explosiveness has made him a dangerous force at the line of scrimmage. He has improved his work ethic and coach Bill O'Brien reiterated that at the NFL scouting combine.
"I don't comment on what other people say," O'Brien said when asked about reports critical of Clowney's work ethic. "I've had a really good experience with JD. He's played good football for us. He's a good person. I've enjoyed coaching him. I have nothing but good things to say about JD."
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