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Q: Sorting a Partially sorted list in Rails This question originally stems from another SO post I made here. However, the problem was in fact a Rails problem, and I tried to strip down the problem to make it more simple, which would give me answers more manageable and not frustrate individuals interested in helping. Here's the original problem:
In my initializers folder, I had a really complex collection, a hash of hashes with arrays. The collection looks like the following:
Locations = { :Australia => { :cities => %w(Sidney Melbourne Other),
                              :currency => 'AUD'},
              :Canada =>  { :cities => %w(Montreal Toronto Other),
                           :currency => 'CAD'},
              :England =>  { :cities => %w(London Other),
                           :currency => 'GBP'},
              :Israel =>  { :cities => ['Jerusalem', 'Tel Aviv', "Modi'in", 'Netanya', 'Haifa', 'Other'],
                            :currency => 'ILS'},
              :USA =>     { :cities => ['Chicago', 'Los Angeles', 'Miami', 'Teaneck', 'New York', 'Brooklyn', 'Queens', 'Bronx',
                                     'Washington', 'Other'],
                            :currency => 'USD'},
              :France =>  { :cities => %w(Paris Other),
                            :currency => 'EUR'},
              :Switzerland =>  { :cities => %w(Zurich Antwerp Other),
                            :currency => 'CHF'},
              :South_Africa => { :cities => ['Johannesburg', 'Cape Town', 'Other'],
                                  :currency => 'ZAR'},
              :Argentina => { :cities => ['Buenos Aires', 'Other'],
                   :currency => 'ARS'}
            }

In my views, I used the initializer to the sort the cities of the selected country with the following:
             tr
                -city_select = Locations.collect { |country_name, country_info | country_info[:cities].collect {|city| [city, city, class: country_name] } }.flatten(1)
                th
                  = f.label :city, '*City'
                td
                  = f.select :city, city_select, {}, id: 'property_city'

The problem was that when I selected the drop down, city, after selecting the country, the list would be unsorted. If I just added, .sort, on the block {|city| [city, city, class: country_name]}.sort, the group of cities would be sorted alphabetically, including the word "Other". I did not know how to partially sort the list of cities and append the member, Other, at the end.

A: Thanks to @wayneThis answer my question:
          tr
            -city_select = Locations.collect { |country_name, country_info | country_info[:cities].collect {|city|    [city, city, class: country_name] }.sort_by { |(city)| [city == "Other" ? 1 : 0, city]}.push(["Other"]) }.flatten(1)
            th
              = f.label :city, '*City'
            td
              = f.select :city, city_select, {}, id: 'property_city'

Thanks to @WayneConrad and @bjhaid, I was able to solve my problem.


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Gene Therapy Trial Recruiting Adults with Late-onset Pompe in US
by Marisa Wexler MS | March 23, 2021
A Phase 1/2 trial is recruiting adults in the U.S. who have late-onset Pompe disease to test a gene therapy, AT845, being developed by Audentes Therapeutics, according to an update from the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
The company-sponsored FORTIS trial (NCT04174105) will be evaluating the safety and efficacy in patients, age 18–80, with late-onset Pompe disease who have been on enzyme replacement therapy — Lumizyme (alglucosidase alfa, marketed as Myozyme in Europe) — for at least two years, including being on a stable standard dose (at least 20 mg/kg every two weeks) for a minimum of six months.
To be eligible, participants must also have a forced vital capacity (a measure of lung function) of 30% or more when upright, and they must be willing to use appropriate contraception for at least six months after receiving the investigational therapy.
Clinical sites in Germany and the U.K. are also planning to recruit patients.
Pompe disease is caused by mutations in the GAA gene, which provides the instructions for making an enzyme called acid alpha-glucosidase. Because of the mutated GAA gene, people with Pompe disease have deficient levels of functional enzyme. Ultimately, this leads to an abnormal buildup of a sugar molecule called glycogen in cells, most notably muscle cells, with toxic effects.
Enzyme replacement therapy is the current standard treatment for Pompe disease. As its name suggests, this type of therapy involves administering the missing acid alpha-glucosidase enzyme therapeutically.
Put simply, AT845 aims to deliver a non-mutated version of the GAA gene to the body's cells — especially the most-affected muscle cells — thereby allowing them to produce a functional version of the key enzyme. The therapy delivers the non-mutated GAA gene using a harmless, engineered viral vector.
In the clinical trial, all participants will receive one of two doses of the investigational therapy. AT845 is designed to be administered by a one-time intravenous infusion (directly into the bloodstream), which is done in a hospital setting. Some trial participants may undergo an 18-month run-in period before receiving the treatment.
After the one-time treatment, there will be a core observation period lasting 48 weeks, during which the patients will regularly undergo assessments, followed by visits every six months to assess safety for up to five years after treatment. In total, the trial will require about 23 to 39 scheduled visits, including one to two days spent in the hospital for assessments.
Marisa Wexler MS Marisa holds an MS in Cellular and Molecular Pathology from the University of Pittsburgh, where she studied novel genetic drivers of ovarian cancer. She specializes in cancer biology, immunology, and genetics. Marisa began working with BioNews in 2018, and has written about science and health for SelfHacked and the Genetics Society of America.
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Taking place in the beautiful surroundings of the Greenhouse at Bourne & Hollingsworth Buildings, the next supper, focusing on fish, will be taking place on Tuesday 1st December 2015. Bourne & Hollingsworth Group's new Executive Chef, Adam Gray, will conduct demonstrations on a bespoke gas-fired cooking trolley before the meal commences. Gray will also be on hand throughout the evening to answer any questions that guests may have.
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Mental health corner
Posted on October 6, 2017 by biglychee
Hong Kong Free Press is on a roll at the moment, scoring an interview with former Governor Chris Patten, gaining accreditation from the government, apparently finding new office space – and keeping the stories coming. And now it gets the ultimate compliment: creepy letters from a deluded individual trying to sound threatening…
The epistolary forensics freak in me can't help but go through the menacing missives. On the face of it…
In terms of style, the writer has native or near-native English ability, down to the typos. The few distinguishers reflect British usage. The writer has carefully used restrained and deliberate language. The voice is female or at least 'effeminate'/'maternal'.
As for substance, the writer identifies as Chinese and pro-Beijing and expresses xenophobic feelings – but is also fervently Christian.
This isn't a contradiction among some local cultural conservatives who manage to combine loyalty to PRC with Biblical fundamentalism. Such people typically have Mainland or 'establishment-style' material/business interests (earthly success being a sign of God's blessing), and distrust of activists, gays, feminists (both un-Chinese and un-Godly). The author here quotes from: the judges in the sentencing of Joshua Wong et al ("unhealthy trend…"); the Basic Law (nationalistic intro and Article 23); and an astoundingly putrid hymn by one John Rutter (who has recently appeared in Hong Kong, and is in fact an agnostic).
The genuinely creepy part is that the writer writes directly to and mentions HKFP staff's family members – which would have involved finding home addresses and other details. Such calculation and awareness of how to cause alarm could mean that the 'racist Christian' persona is a deliberate façade. But why go to the trouble of faking this sort of religious earnestness? More likely this is an actual racist Christian who is also sinister and malevolent.
The writer offers a link to an English-speaking Evangelical church in North Point. Given the anonymity in the rest of the materials, this does look like an attempt to mislead.
My tentative conclusion is that the perpetrator is a Western-educated Hongkonger or a locally resident Singaporean or Malaysian Chinese, consciously pro-establishment in terms of business and politics, a devout (probably convert) fundamentalist Christian, possibly with enemies at Island Evangelical Community Church. By 'tentative', I mean 'probably BS'. Definitely pitiful.
I declare the weekend open with the hope that it's not a certain person I know who – in total seriousness – prays to God for extra help when her secretary can't book her desired table at a restaurant.
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Old Newcomer says:
You're right about the pro-God and pro-PRC oddballs – pro-police and anti-Occupy loudmouth Leticia Li for example. I'm never sure how they can justify their devotion to a regime which is not only avowedly atheist, but actively represses religious freedom.
property developer says:
I have spent a lifetime thinking about what constitutes native-speaker ability and performance, and have published more than a million or two on connected questions.
Additional details to your cogent analysis:
– agreed that this is British-Isles style ("one… one's", not "… his/her")
– "the life that he has decided to live…": the presence of "that" may indicate a lack of youth
– while there are no hard-and-fast rules to show what is (near-)native-speaker writing, the subtleties of the "rhythm"/cadences are one important sign. Here the beginning is very fluent
– agreed on the deliberate errors ("ones" and "one's")
– "better the development" reflects a Chinese way of thinking, like much of the second half
– the commas are misused: sometimes to link phrases where a semi-colon might be better (sign of spoken/feminine/young style?; and one is missing
– northerners sometimes pronounce "none" as "non": but naturally it could be yet another deliberate mistake
– in sum, as you imply, these sorts of analyses are rarely conclusive, if only because the writer(s) can lay traps, by for instance cutting and pasting from varied sources. But in my view you may be underestimating the difficulty for locally brought up Hong Kong and Singaporean Chinese to write English.
Talking of criminal intimidation, my neighbour today dropped a computer from about 25 feet that landed less than 3 feet from me
reductio says:
Not exactly Bach's St Matthew Passion is it? At least Lutheranism has some balls – eternal damnation awaiting the unelected, tearful contrition etc etc. This is the aural equivalent of rolling in a field of marshmellows while pink, fluffy clouds in the shapes of unicorns drift by. Talking of which, when is Carrie Lam's Legco speech?
Sorry: "more than a million WORDS"…
Hank Morgan says:
Evangelical Christianity with Chinese characteristics … at least the letter writing along with the CPC agents and a dash of Romans 13:1
Gromit says:
I notice that George has been quiet lately…
@Gromit – ssshhh! It appears he's simultaneously working on a new novel and providing blow-by-boring-blow accounts of the Donald Tsang retrial on his blog.
Chinese Netizen says:
@Gromit: Shit! You broke the seal!!! Now the little fucktwat will be back with full obnoxious overdrive…
Maternal, native English, Christian? The letter was obviously written by Carrie Lam as revenge for having to allow HKFP to press briefings now.
After reading @property developer, I was just wondering if he had been spending his time writing a letter.
After reading @property developer, I was just wondering if he had been spending his time writing a letter. Didn't mean to wake the dog


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John Phillips is a consultant ENT surgeon working at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. John trained at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London and was awarded a degree in Neuroscience at University College London.
John took up his consultant position in Norwich after completing a fellowship in Otology and Neurotology at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver, Canada. John's current practice is based around adult and paediatric otology and neurotology. John has a particular interest in patients with tinnitus and dizziness, and these two conditions are the focus of much of his research.
Dr Elizabeth Marks is a chartered clinical psychologist and she works as a clinician in the NHS with people who suffer with challenging audiovestibular conditions. She is also a researcher and a Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at the University of Bath.
She is committed to finding the most helpful and effective ways of enabling people to be less distressed by persistent physical symptoms, particularly tinnitus. Her approach to psychological treatments for health conditions focuses on reducing their emotional, physical and attentional burdens, as part of a comprehensive and supportive multidisciplinary approach. She has published a number of articles on psychological approaches to tinnitus.
Lynsay is a senior audiologist based within NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. Her current role involves adult and paediatric diagnostic hearing assessment and rehabilitation, complex patients, tinnitus management as well as experience of electrophysiology in both an adult and paediatric setting. She has worked with students throughout her career and has had a supervisory role at Queen Margaret University as lab supervisor for Diploma and MSc Audiology students.
Lynsay has a particular interest in working with adults with tinnitus which has been the focus of her current research as she completes her MSc in Rehabilitative Audiology. Her other qualifications include a BSc (Hons) degree in Neuroscience from the University of Glasgow and a GDip in Audiology from Queen Margaret University.
Roland Schaette is a Reader in Computational Auditory Neuroscience at the UCL Ear Institute. His research on tinnitus started in 2003 with his PhD research at Humboldt University Berlin.
His research on tinnitus focuses on understanding the neuronal mechanisms that are involved in the development of the phantom noise, with the goal of finding new ways of treating the disorder. The research studies comprise measurements in humans, animal studies and computer models, and range from neurophysiological and psychophysical investigations to the evaluation of candidate drugs and treatment approaches.
Roland is a member of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology and the Society for Neuroscience.
Dr Veronica Kennedy is a Consultant Audiovestibular Physician. While she worked for many years with adults with tinnitus, she is now the clinical lead for the Paediatric Audiology Service at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust.
She has been a long time supporter of the BTA and was first a member of the PAC in 2007 going on to become Chair. She has since continued to work with the BTA on its ongoing Information Standard accreditation through the development and quality assurance of its leaflets.
Will Sedley is an academic clinical lecturer at Newcastle University, dividing his time between research into brain mechanisms for tinnitus and clinical practice in neurology. He obtained his medical degree from the University of Nottingham in 2007, and completed his PhD at Newcastle University in 2015. His work in tinnitus is conducted on human volunteers, and has been ongoing since 2008, using a variety of brain recording methods including MRI and EEG. A particular area of interest is in automatic predictions made by the brain, and how these might contribute to developing tinnitus, or indeed to suppressing it.


We've shared earlier a basic understanding of how critical color decisions can be in business. These decisions are difficult because of every individual filters color with different conscious and subconscious associations. Understanding these associations within the audience for whom your work, service, or product is intended is essential to making smart color decisions and bridging the gap between what you are trying to communicate and what is actually perceived.
We've explored the color blue and its influence throughout various industries. As we dig deeper into the visual and mental significance of color in business let's target another primary color – red. Color goes beyond appearance but generates an experience. It offers an instantaneous visual way to associate meaning to a particular company or industry, and red is no exception. In fact, red is an attention-grabbing color. It's an energetic and vivid influence within the business world. Here are a few things you should know about red.
USE RED CAREFULLY! IT CAN CONTRADICT ITSELF.
Many interesting observations can be made about red's ability to contradict itself. Across cultures we see red portrayed in a variety of different associations. In China, red is a symbol of good luck. In South Africa, red is symbolic of mourning. If you're "in the red" on Wall Street, you're losing money. In Jamaica, if you're red, you're drunk. In U.S. politics, Red is the Republican Party. Worldwide, red is the color communism. As we can see in these few examples, even though the color itself does not change, the emotional impact that it creates does. Remember, red's meaning is often dependent on its cultural, historical, and political context.
Another set of contradictory emotions that red creates is love and danger. "Red" holidays like Christmas and Valentine's Day are often associated with warmth, love, and giving. Red is generally a "warm" color. Outside of this holiday context, however, red can be associated with the alarm, hazard, blood, and danger. Ironically, red is symbolic of the nearness of life as well as the potential loss of life. There are more connections and contradictions that can be made, but the point is obvious: know your audience when using red and make sure the message is clear.
As opposed to blue, which is an appetite suppressant, red is an appetite stimulant, especially with yellow. If you think about the fast food industry, you will quickly realize that dozens of restaurants utilize red: Wendy's, McDonald's, Burger King, Denny's, Sonic, KFC, Arby's… you get the idea. The idea behind this color usage is that it is attention-grabbing and associated with speed and quickness. Furthermore, red makes sense when used in signage because it is easy to see from far away, unlike blue that might get lost against the sky.
When we talk about fast food, not only is red a "quick" color, but it is also perceived as being an agitating color. For many fast food chains, the primary focus isn't on being a comfortable place, but rather a place where you can come and go quickly after getting your food. Red is efficient, yet dynamic. It's edgy, yet streamlined.
Whereas McDonald's is not somewhere where you typically want to stay, it appears as though their website is. Any McDonald's franchise is plastered with red and yellow. The "Golden Arches" have become an American landmark for some. However, visit their website, and you will quickly notice a minimal amount of these agitating colors, but come to find much black and teal, because they want you to remain on their site.
One specific industry that often finds itself "stuck" in one of the contradictions we mentioned above is the medical industry. On the one hand, the medical world is associated with life, giving, support, and care, while on the other hand, it's linked to injury, blood, risk, and emergency. Some organizations, such as The American Red Cross, manage to overcome this negative barrier, but when talking about the medical industry as a whole, red should be avoided. In our often subconscious opinion, the bad far outweighs the good. Think about it: would you want to visit a dentist with a red logo? Isn't the dentist with a blue logo scary enough?
There are many more associations to make with red. The conversation could go on and on about its impact on our minds and attitudes. Why not continue the conversation?
Share some of your experience with the color red. How has red made an impact on your behavior?
We've shared a few examples of how red contradicts itself. What are some other ways you've seen red do this?
As you may know, each week we feature a distinct color on our Facebook page. Check out this week's color of the week and see how it makes you feel. Look for some examples of red! We've already discussed red; learn more about how colors speak by reading Why Color is Critical For Your Business and What Does Blue Do For You? Stay tuned as we continue to explore the complex nature of a specific color each month and its impacts on our attitudes within today's culture and economy.


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Becoming carbon neutral needn't cost the earth
Author: ICAEW Insights
There's a perception in the marketplace that implementing carbon-reducing technology comes at a high cost, but it could be as simple as redistributing your current energy spend.
Lee Freeman is one of the 1,000 Chartered Accountants acting on climate change, but he doesn't lead the charge towards a decarbonised economy – he draws up the battle plan for companies and clients to follow.
"Our ultimate game, and we've been doing this with organisations over the years, is to help their journey to net zero to eventually becoming self-funded," says Freeman, carbon solution specialist at Auditel, a cost, procurement and carbon solutions company. "The money they're using for their carbon reduction plans actually comes from money they're currently spending in their business. It's just repurposing it and redirecting it into helping reduce their carbon footprint."
After qualifying as a chartered accountant with Grant Thornton 30 years ago, Freeman cut his teeth in various corporate finance roles before setting up a member firm within the Auditel network back in 2010. The goal of the business was to help companies buy better and buy smarter in terms of energy and other indirect costs. Over the years Auditel gained specialists in the carbon efficiency landscape and has steered towards helping businesses reduce their carbon footprint.
"On the deregulation of the energy and the telecoms markets, you could think of Auditel as a commercial Go Compare or MoneySupermarket of its day, and really on the face of it as a utility bill checker. Consumers and businesses were provided with choice, and there was a lack of knowledge about what product to choose and what service is better for each business," says Freeman.
Mapping out the battle plan
Auditel operates from a simple four-step process. First, they will help the organisation define and measure their current carbon footprint, and what they find is that the business 'can't see the wood for the trees' – they literally don't know where to start as the drive for net zero has created so much confusion in the marketplace.
The second stage is where Auditel will come up with a carbon reduction plan. That could be as simple as switching all the light bulbs to LED lights or introducing sensors into the building so lights turn on and off automatically.
He adds: "It can give you some easy wins, but as soon as your carbon reduction plan goes further you start getting into more challenging projects, for example, putting solar panels on the roof of the factory and starting to generate your own electricity."
For the third step, Auditel focuses on what the company wants to achieve from the plan. If that is reaching carbon neutrality in that year, then they can help the business identify fully verified offsets to purchase alongside decarbonising initiatives.
In the final stage, Auditel has partnered with the British Standards Institute (BSI) and is now associate consultant to the BSI. This can lead to an outside third-party verification of a company's carbon neutrality claims.
"There's a lot of information around at the moment and organisations being accused of greenwashing, making environmental claims that they can't substantiate," Freeman continues. "We're fully behind some of the certification and verification groups, which provide that third-party verification of an organisation's claims and that can obviously help with brand awareness in their own marketplace as well."
That process is then repeated year on year, gradually working with businesses to help them manage and reduce their carbon footprint over several years until, ultimately, they can become net zero.
Businesses have an obligation to protect the environment
Freeman believes that all businesses have a responsibility to help protect the environment for the future well-being of our children and grandchildren. "We can't say we'll leave it to the next generation because by then, in Boris Johnson's words at COP26, 'we're at one minute to midnight, and it may well be too late.'"
Accountants are effectively the lynchpin for pushing these changes within businesses, as financial professionals usually hold senior positions and have a broad oversight of a company's operations. But it also comes down to accountants in practice who are advising their clients.
Freeman continued: "I think accountants are very well placed, with their spread of knowledge and training, to help drive the push for net zero. My mission is aligned to that because I want to help organisations become carbon neutral, but in a way that's meaningful, fruitful for them and hopefully self-funding. It's a rather hackneyed phrase but maybe becoming carbon neutral doesn't have to cost the earth."
Here is a link to the Auditel website.
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Apple's just unveiled fourth-generation Apple TV will become available starting at $149 this October. That $149 will get you an entry-level 32GB model of the new Apple TV, while a 64GB version will be available for $199. The previous third-generation Apple TV will stick around for $69.
For the fourth-gen Apple TV, Apple is introducing upgraded hardware with a brand new remote control, an App Store, and an all-new operating system that includes an updated user interface and new features for users. Some of the highlight features include a new remote control with a touchpad for navigating and a built-in mic for Siri voice commands.
We have all of the details on specs and features of the revamped Apple TV here.


landmark as far as the price and specifications of the smart phones is considered.
After the sought on success of Redmi 4A ,Xiaomi has recently launched the successor of Redmi 3S REDMI 4. Redmi 4 comes along with fingerprint sensor and in 3 memory variants. It looks best in the market of budget smart phones with its superb specifications.
It comes along with unibody metal construction which corresponds to a different kind of design language to it. 2.5 D glass curves are adoring its look. The mains attraction in design is its 5 inch compact display. It gets fit in the hands of the user easily and its too easy to handle it with one hand. Build quality is also good. Specially its black version gives premium feel. The three capacitive buttons below the display don't have back light. Redmi 4 is a budget smart phone and Xiaomi has tried its best to make it in the category of the best smart phone of 2017.
Redmi 4 is adored with 1280*720 resolution 5 inch HD display. It has got 2.5 D curved glass. However, it lacks gorilla glass protection. According to me, its HD display lacks somewhere in color reproduction but images and texts look sharp. In this price range this phone presents vivid display and perfect balance.
Well, Xiaomi has presented this phone with Qualcom snapdragon 435 octa-core processor added with 1.4 gigahertz Adreno 505 GPU. Redmi 4 has got its three memory variants,namely, 2GB RAM + 16GB internal memory, 3GB RAM + 32GB internal memory, 4GB RAM + 64GB internal memory storage. Snapdragon 435 is splendid and the phone doesn't get heated if one play games for longer duration.
Its 4100 mAh battery makes you stop worrying about power backup. Once charged to full its battery lasts for a day or 1.5 days normally.
authentication can be used to take selfies too.
Dual SIM slot is hybrid in nature so you to deal with either two SIM cards or one SIM and microSD card.
subject.In low lighting too the camera captures decent shots but it contains noise too.But in this price segment the phone is love. Its 5 MP front camera is splendid to snap the selfies.
Redmi 4 operates on Android 6.0.1 Marshmellow MIUI 8. MIUI is the added property of Xiaomi over Android. Xiaomi is also providing udates to Android 7.0 Noughat beta version among uers.
MIUI 8 is a great Android skin and it has got its fans all over the world.
Redmi 4 is a benchmark in this price range.The base version of it costs Rs. 6999 INR ($ 108). Redmi proves itself on its every specification and doesn't gives any inch to its users to complain.Its a great package.


Over the Thanksgiving break I watched a lot of Youtube videos with my mom (my sister reluctantly and not so happily watched some too). She is over the moon for them and also fell in love with Lawn Fawn, October Afternoon and Betsy Veldman (I think they are all pretty swell too). She also really liked Laura Craigie's Finally Friday videos for Two Peas in a Bucket. One such card was the inspiration for the card I made. To see Laura Craigie's card go HERE.
My aunt's favorite color is kelly green, but she also loves red so that was the genesis of this card. I remembered the mosaic square tile technique Laura Craigie used and decided to give it a whirl for this card. Having punched or cut out squares a lot in the past, her technique did indeed save a lot of time and effort.
I picked out patterned paper from Crate Paper's Story Teller collection (love this collection!)...perfect colors and patterns for this card.
I will tell you a secret. I wrapped a border of red washi around my panel of squares because of some issues with how the edges looked (they were a bit unsightly). Like Julia Child said, no one needs to know what happened in the kitchen...or studio in this instance.
Another issue arose when I tried to stamp upon the today sticker label from the phrase stickers from the Story Teller collection...the surface did not like my inks and it became an issue so I had to find some layers to add on top to cover up the stamping fiasco.
The red grid sticker came from my much used State Fair Die Cut Stickers from the State Fair collection by Studio Calico. The other die cuts all come from the Sidewalks Flower Sack by October Afternoon. I sure hope they bring Flower Sacks back because they are awesome!
Last touch was the trio of pearls to create the butterfly's body. The whole panel was then adhered to a white cardbase.
I love this card Shay! The mosaic look is very striking and bold. Very nice addition of the butterfly.
Ohhh...love the background you created with all the different patterned papers! Thanks for sharing!


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The United States warned Friday that it was losing patience and again threatened to quit the UN Human Rights Council after the Biased UN Rights Body adopted FIVE RESOLUTIONS condemning Israel, More than any other country in the world.
US Ambassador Nikki Haley said in a statement "When the Human Rights Council treats Israel worse than North Korea, Iran, & Syria, it is the Council itself that is foolish and unworthy of its name…Today's actions make clear that the organization lacks the credibility needed to be a true advocate for human rights.".
The United States must stop funding the UN Human Rights Council, which is dominated by Islamist and dictatorial countries.


Securities regulation is under a great deal of stress as Congress and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) seek to balance the promotion of capital formation and investor protection in the face of rapid technological innovation and political disagreement. Much of the stress comes along the murky border between public and private that defines the degree of regulation companies face, often invoking the hyper-technical "metaphysics" of regulatory arbitrage occuring outside the public arenas of SEC rulemaking and enforcement. Our paper considers a variety of seemingly disparate controversies along this border—Facebook's attempted capital raising efforts that challenged how we define public company status under the Securities Exchange Act; the explosion in reverse mergers as forms of backdoor registration, especially among Chinese issuers; and the battle to define PIPE financing as either a primary or secondary offering under the Securities Act. We argue that the difficulties here are manifestations of our failure to theorize adequately the public-private divide and we suggest ways to think about the issues in terms of a more coherent approach to both the scope and objectives of the two main securities statutes. Our two most prominent securities statutes maintain disparate approaches to publicness and continue to use archaic thresholds like "record" ownership that need to be modernized. We also suggest that the definition of public company under the Exchange Act be revised to separately address those with a large financial and economic footprint, with a second category of smaller and newer issuers that would be subject to a narrower set of core disclosure obligations. More generally, our paper addresses the institutional challenges faced by the SEC in the face of increasingly rapid technological change. Such change constantly creates new unregulated spaces that are occupied by private actors through regulatory arbitrage before the SEC can respond thoughtfully, of which each of the foregoing controversies is an example.
Langevoort, Donald C. and Thompson, Robert B., ""Publicness" in Contemporary Securities Regulation" (2012). Georgetown Law Faculty Working Papers. Paper 159.


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Perfect in every way - Trieste LaSuite!
Trieste Mansarda San Maurizio - this Attic is a Stunner!
We had an amazing stay at Villa Albori, we would definitely visit again this great place. Thank you for everything!
This flat is great for two people, and the owner gave us a nice welcome. We used the bike store, a low cupboard up a small flight of stairs, it worked ok.


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Q: How to hide navigationBar shadow when user goes back to previous page (fast) I want to hide the navigationBar shadow when the user goes back to the previous page. I do this with the Shown code, this works but extremely slow. The shadow disappears after one Second. I would like to do this immediately but have no idea how to do this or if it is even possible.
I have tried everything I know in functions like;
- viewWillAppear, viewDidAppear, viewDidDisappear, [...]
override func viewWillDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
    navigationController?.navigationBar.shadowImage = UIImage()
}

A: try

override func viewWillDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillDisappear(animated)
    navigationController?.setNavigationBarHidden(true, animated: animated)
}```

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37Family After Family Feud. It's possible I have some issues with Mary.
Supernatural, K+, English, Hurt/Comfort, words: 1k+, favs: 61, follows: 24, 2/25/2017, Sam W., Dean W.
333 Contact » Strangers and Angels universe. They still hear from the Winchesters from time to time.
Supernatural, K+, English, chapters: 11, words: 52k+, favs: 149, follows: 164, updated: 11/23/2016 published: 10/21/2014, Sam W., Dean W.
201 Laoich » Strange things are happening in Beacon Hills, California. The Winchester brothers investigate.
Supernatural & Teen Wolf, T, English, chapters: 11, words: 43k+, favs: 414, follows: 630, updated: 9/12/2014 published: 9/2/2013, Dean W., Sam W., Scott M., Stiles S.
52 Practice WeeChesters. Outsider POV
Supernatural, K, English, words: 1k+, favs: 172, follows: 27, 12/28/2013, Sam W., Dean W.
1k+ Mask of Sanity » Bodies in a small town bring the Criminal Minds team and the Winchester brothers into town, but with different missions. Strangers and Angels 'verse in the SPN fic world.
Supernatural & Criminal Minds, T, English, chapters: 25, words: 97k+, favs: 969, follows: 730, updated: 4/14/2013 published: 10/31/2009
64 Potter's Clay » Sam has special needs and is taken by Lucifer.
Supernatural, T, English, chapters: 6, words: 23k+, favs: 199, follows: 40, 5/8/2011
53 Out My contribution to the "Sam got his soul back! Squeeeeee!" genre. So take it for what it is.
Supernatural, K+, English, words: 1k+, favs: 80, follows: 5, 12/13/2010
34 Meet Me at the Fair Sam and Dean get caught in traffic. Strangers and Angels universe. Silliness.
Supernatural, K+, English, words: 1k+, favs: 57, follows: 13, 10/1/2010, Dean W., Sam W.
25 Powerless Missing scene from "My Bloody Valentine."
Supernatural, K, English, words: 854, favs: 39, follows: 5, 2/25/2010
35 Home My version of what happens after Dean and Sam split up. Will undoubtedly be Kripke'd in, oh, 5 days.
Supernatural, K+, English, words: 1k+, favs: 30, follows: 7, 9/20/2009
219 Girls! Girls! Girls! » Silliness. Strangers and Angels Universe.
Supernatural, K+, English, chapters: 8, words: 27k+, favs: 223, follows: 71, updated: 8/29/2009 published: 3/14/2009
119 After » Tag for Lucifer Rising
Supernatural, K+, English, chapters: 3, words: 7k+, favs: 125, follows: 37, updated: 6/24/2009 published: 5/20/2009, Dean W., Sam W.
50Grace to You Dean and Jo have a chat. Strangers and Angels AU.
Supernatural, K+, English, words: 1k+, favs: 73, follows: 32, 2/7/2009
484 Gone » Dean thinks Sam is dead. Sam has amnesia. It's been done. I know. I'm sorry. It's the only thing that my brain will work on. Strangers and Angels AU.
Supernatural, T, English, chapters: 11, words: 53k+, favs: 306, follows: 143, updated: 1/1/2009 published: 7/24/2008
65 You Were in Hell Sam gets a glimpse of what happened to his brother in hell.
Supernatural, T, English, Angst, words: 2k+, favs: 229, follows: 35, 11/12/2008
43 Little Drummer Boy Missing scenes kind of from A Very Supernatural Christmas. Somebody has to pick up the Winchester boys in Nebraska and find their father.
Supernatural, K+, English, words: 10k+, favs: 52, follows: 8, 5/27/2008
20 Inside Dean's POV of the conversation with Luke post-Jus in Bello. Strangers and Angels 'verse.
Supernatural, K+, English, words: 3k+, favs: 68, follows: 17, 4/30/2008, Dean W., Sam W.
41 Outside Dean calls Luke. Post Jus in Bello. Strangers and Angels 'verse
Supernatural, K+, English, words: 2k+, favs: 100, follows: 28, 4/24/2008, Dean W.
40 Imagine Post-Mystery Spot. Sam's having a hard time shaking his memories of his time without Dean.
Supernatural, K+, English, words: 2k+, favs: 74, follows: 14, 3/27/2008
327 Regression » Dean and Sam visit Jo and the boys again. And this time it's Dean with the problem. Little Dean in peril. Strangers and Angels 'verse.
Supernatural, T, English, chapters: 10, words: 35k+, favs: 263, follows: 115, updated: 3/17/2008 published: 11/16/2007
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Disgusted. Grateful. A Short Cycle.
To the women in your life.
Unsealed by the steam of empathy.
If it has not happened to her?
Why are there still millennia of assumptions to strike?
Foundation upon which their façade stands.
To be seen, heard, heeded.
Why do they insist on an unrelenting superiority?
Equality, I assume (who knows), cannot hurt.
We are their mothers, grandmothers, sisters, wives, daughters, cousins, nieces.
Haven't we been singing about it for a while.Hello, hello can you hear me?
Transferring her ego to support his.
The fullness of my body.
What do you reflect back, what do you ignore?
Is it a suggestion or the details of a person.


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This is the Type of French Chateau That €1.2M Will Buy You
Rose Heichelbech
Up for sale for a mere €1.2M is a chateau in France that happens to also come with several cottages. The chateau was built in 1784 and sits on 3.7 acres. On the property are 3 guest houses, an ancient forge, a pigeonnier (or dovecote), a garage, a heated saltwater swimming pool, and of course a pool house. The interiors feature original lime plaster walls and exposed timber beams in the traditional style- the effect of which is that you feel as though you stepped out of a time machine when looking at them.
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The chateau was built for the Baron d'Oneix, Joseph de Casemajor, one of the last feudal lords of the area (near Lembeye), which is about 30 minutes from the town of Pau. Nestled in an area that is known for its agriculture and vineyards, the chateau features nearly 6,000 square feet of living space.
The chateau also features traditional picon tile roofs, in which tiles are overlapped to create a watertight seal.
There are 8 bedrooms in all and a variety of shower rooms, water closets, and bathrooms. The current owners bought the chateau 20 years ago and completed their renovations in 2004.
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Monday started the week off with a bang, as the Trump administration announced that it had reached an agreement with China to put a temporary pause on the imposition of any new tariffs. The market cheered the news, hopeful that this will be a positive step that creates constructive discussion toward a long-term compromise that works for both countries. That could give the market a pretty good lift in the short-term, but it doesn't mean that it's time to jump back into market with both feet yet. I think it's still smart to be cautious.
First, it's been interesting to see that China hasn't confirmed the agreement. Does that mean that it could change? That's hard to say for sure; but I think it does reflect the fragile state of trade relations between the two largest economies in the world. Keep in mind, too that there are still concerns about interest rates that have yet to be resolved, even as Fed Chair Jerome Powell seemed to moderate his rhetoric recently about the pace and degree of future rate increases.
Food stocks are a place that I've been finding a lot of good value-oriented opportunities for quite a few months now. Many of the stock that I've focused on have provided a pretty nice "safe haven" of relatively stable prices even in the face of a lot of broad market and economic volatility and uncertainty. Conagra Brands (CAG) is one of the largest packaged food companies in the U.S., with well-known brands that are probably sitting on your pantry, refrigerator and freezer shelves right now like Orville Redenbacher, Healthy Choice, Hunts, Hebrew National, and much more. The stock has underperformed versus a lot of other stocks in its industry, and is down about 17.8% from its 52-week higher around $39.50 in June of this year. That decline is offering up an interesting opportunity to work with another fundamentally very solid company at a nice price.
Conagra Brands, Inc., formerly ConAgra Foods, Inc., operates as a packaged food company. The Company operates through two segments: Consumer Foods and Commercial Foods. The Company sells branded and customized food products, as well as commercially branded foods. It also supplies vegetable, spice and grain products to a range of restaurants, foodservice operators and commercial customers. Conagra Foodservice offers products to restaurants, retailers, commercial customers and other foodservice suppliers. The Company also operates in the countries outside the United States, such as Canada and Mexico. The Company's brands include Marie Callender's, Healthy Choice, Slim Jim, Hebrew National, Orville Redenbacher's, Peter Pan, Reddi-wip, PAM, Snack Pack, Banquet, Chef Boyardee, Egg Beaters, Rosarita, Fleischmann's and Hunt's. The Company sells its products in grocery, convenience, mass merchandise and club stores.CAG's current market cap is $12.7 billion.
Earnings and Sales Growth: Over the last twelve months, earnings and sales have been mostly flat, with earnings increasing only 2.17%, and sales growing slightly less at 1.67%. I believe this is a reflection, however of the mature state of the company's primary markets, the United States and Western Europe. The company's margin profile is a sign of strength, since Net Income is right around 10% of Revenues over the past year as well as the most recent quarter.
Free Cash Flow: CAG's free cash flow is modest, but adequate at $632 million. That translates to a Free Cash Flow Yield of about 5.04%.
Debt to Equity: CAG has a debt/equity ratio of .85. This number appears conservative, but taken alone could hide one fundamental problem that is a red flag. The company doesn't have great liquidity, with cash and liquid assets of only $74.8 million versus $3.2 billion in long-term debt. Their balance sheet shows that operating profits are sufficient to service the debt they have, and they don't appear to be in any danger in that regard; however this is an area that is worth paying attention to.
Dividend: CAG pays an annual dividend of $.85 per share, which translates to an annual yield that of about 2.6%.
Price/Book Ratio: there are a lot of ways to measure how much a stock should be worth; but one of the simplest methods that I like uses the stock's Book Value, which for CAG is $9.71, and which translates to a Price/Book ratio of 3.32 at the stock's current price. Their historical average Price/Book ratio is 4.66, which means the stock is current sitting almost 29% below a long-term target price at around $45 per share. Their Price/Cash Flow ratio is more conservative, but still attractive since it offers a discount just a little below 20% its historical average. Either way, you're looking at a long-term target range between about $39 and $45 per share.
Current Price Action/Trends and Pivots: The largest portion of CAG's decline has come since late October, when the stock hit a pivot high around $37 per share before dropping to its current level. It seems to have found a stabilization level in the last week at around $32 per share, with immediate resistance at around $34. A reversal of the stock's downward trend would be marked by a break above $35, to about $36, based on the pivot lows in February, March, and late July of this year. If the stock breaks its current support, it could see continued downside risk into the $29 range.
Near-term Keys: A short-term bullish stance is pretty speculative right given the strength of the stock's slide over the past six weeks; however a break above $34, or even better, $35 could offer a good opportunity to work with call options or trade the stock outright on a short-term basis, with a target price at around $39 per share. A drop below $32 could also be used as an opportunity to short the stock or to buy put options, with a short-term target in the $29 range. The best opportunity with CAG, in my opinion is with the long-term value proposition.


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using namespace std;

struct TreeNode {
  int val;
  TreeNode *left;
  TreeNode *right;
  TreeNode(int x) : val(x), left(NULL), right(NULL) {}
};

class Solution {
public:
  vector<int> inorderTraversal(TreeNode* root) {
    vector<int> ans;
    stack<TreeNode *> s;
    TreeNode* cur = root;
    while (!s.empty() || cur){
      if (cur){
        s.push(cur);
        cur = cur->left;
      } else {
        TreeNode *tmp = s.top();
        ans.push_back(tmp->val);
        s.pop();
        cur = tmp->right;
      }
    }
    return ans;
  }
};

// other solutions:
// Solution2 will change the node, we can use an unordered_map to avoid this,
// use map[TreeNode *node] to record whether node is alreay visited.
class Solution2 {
public:
  vector<int> inorderTraversal(TreeNode *root) {
    vector<int> vector;
    if(!root)
      return vector;
    stack<TreeNode *> stack;
    stack.push(root);
    while(!stack.empty())
      {
        TreeNode *pNode = stack.top();
        if(pNode->left)
          {
            stack.push(pNode->left);
            pNode->left = NULL;   // here, use map to avoid changing nodes.
          }
        else
          {
            vector.push_back(pNode->val);
            stack.pop();
            if(pNode->right)
              stack.push(pNode->right);
          }
      }
    return vector;
  }
};

int main(){
  TreeNode * root = new TreeNode(1);
  TreeNode * node1 = new TreeNode(2);
  TreeNode * node2 = new TreeNode(3);
  root->right = node1; node1->left = node2;
  vector<int> ans;
  Solution sol;
  ans = sol.inorderTraversal(root);
  for (int i = 0;i < ans.size(); i++){
      cout << ans[i] << " ";
  }
  cout << endl;
  return 0;
}


Shhh Dating is the silent new way to meet your future significant other. It is a type of speed dating in which the participants are not allowed talk to one another. An awkward game of charades or the perfect way to find a new match? What do you think? Let us know in the comments below.


A snake is a scary reptile and looks very dangerous. However, the snake tattoo has different meaning which is according to different cultures and traditions. It is a sign of re birth and fertility according to some traditions. Drawing and making a tattoo is not an easy task, so here is a quick tutorial on how to draw a snake tattoo.
Tiger is one of the most dangerous animals. It has black stripes and yellowish orange coated fur on his body. Tiger is also very powerful and huge in size. A tiger tattoo significantly represents strength, power and courage. For beginners who are willing to learn and improve. Here is the quickest guide on how to draw a tiger tattoo.


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Q: Very simple method with QtConcurrentRun and mutex sometimes gives segmentation fault I want to know what is wrong with this code. Sometimes I get sementation fault, sometimes not. This is a problem that I have in a greater piece of software, the idea is that just one thread at the same time is executing the method MyClass::print. Even with this simple example, it fail with segmentation fault. What is wrong in the code? How I can solve the problem?
Thanks!
#include <iostream>
#include <ctime>
#include <QMutex>
#include <QtConcurrentRun>

class MyClass : QThread {
public:
    void print(std::string str) {
        mutex.lock();
        std::cout << "In some thread: " <<  str << "\n";
        mutex.unlock();
    }

private:
    QMutex mutex;

};

int main() {

    MyClass myCl;

    for(int i=0; i < 10; i++) {
        QtConcurrent::run(&myCl, &MyClass::print,std::string("bla"));
    }

}

A: You do not join your threads after the for cycle that spawns them.
Therefore, the main() function may end before all the threads have finished. This would make myCl go out of scope, and the threads would be trying to access an object that has been destroyed (in particular, its mutex variable). Which gives you Undefined Behavior.
Things should get better if you joined your threads before exiting from main() (or find any other way of not exiting from main() as long as any of the threads is still running).


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Q: "$state.current.data.parameter" does not update when hitting substate Updated:
Of cause I missed to add what controller it was, it does change the value of the property but it does not show/hide my divs when I click the route trigger. The current html setup does show/hide on first load. What would I be missing here?
I need help with understanding and finding a solution to my issue. I'm using ui-router and got two routes, one main and one substate.
$stateProvider.state('analyse', {
        url: '/analyse/:id',
        templateUrl: 'app/components/some/some.html',
        controller: 'Analyse',
        data: {
            customData1: false
        }
    });

    $stateProvider.state('analyse.solution', {
        url: '/solution',
        views: {
            'ui-solution': {
                template: 'testing the template',
                data: {
                    customData1: true
                }
            }
        },
        controller: 'Analyse'
    });

in my controller it updates this value
vm.selectSolution = $state.current.data.customData1;

Now hitting the main router analyse it does update the vm.selectedSolution, but hitting the substate it does nothing, the value does not change. I'm hiding/showing two divs depending on that value.
EDIT: My html looks like

Why, and what can I do that will change the value on the substate?


The global CEO of Total talks safety, investment, and the future of the company in this exclusive interview with EnergyBoardroom.
You often recall four words as central to the execution of Total's mid-term strategy: safety, delivery, costs and cash flow. While Total has already announced severe cost reduction programs, the two that seem most difficult today are safety and cash flow, due to political unrest and low hydrocarbon prices. Out of those two, which is the one that worries you most?
Safety will systematically constitute a permanent key concern for Total, while our balance sheet is resilient enough to overcome challenges associated to cash flow.
We operate in countries like Yemen where security threats have arisen; in no circumstances can a company like Total accept to jeopardize its employees' safety. In Yemen, as rebellious forces approached the Yemen LNG facilities, we have not only cautiously evacuated our expatriates but also all our local staff after having safely and orderly shutdown our operations. Recently we have also faced security threats in Kurdistan and in Libya, where we also chose to displace our staff.
We are aware that nowadays, safety may put the future of a company at stake as we have observed after the tragic Deep Horizon accident in the Gulf of Mexico. We are hence committed to ensure the highest safety levels for our operations. In our industry, we manipulate sophisticated technologies and are wary of the implications major accidents may have for the company's future development.
With regards to cost cutting, while this might seem obvious today, it was not the case a few years back for the industry. Actually things had escalated to the point that many in the industry had forgotten that when working with commodities, it was essential to carefully manage your expenses and your cash break-even. In that sense this "crisis" might be beneficial. However, we are seizing this opportunity to introduce spending cuts where we deem appropriate.
In regards to cash flow, our income is correlated to hydrocarbon prices and Total is therefore more exposed when the barrel is at USD 55 than when it is at USD 120. We have consequently implemented the appropriate measures to respond to current market dynamics. Total has the financial capacity to weather the crisis and will not disengage from any major project.
This may sound as if Total or other major IOCs are "too big to fail". Is this really the case?
I refute the concept of "too big to fail"! The world of energy is changing very fast. Our size may prevent us from collapsing in the short term, but we must remain extremely cautious and acknowledge what economic signals are expressing. If you look at the 50 largest companies 15 years ago, half of them disappeared. The energy sector itself has undergone unprecedented changes in the last fifteen years.
Price fluctuations, the unexpected advent of unconventional energies and competition between various forms of energy have provoked structural changes. For instance, ultra-deepwater or shale oil and gas have undeniably emerged in response to high hydrocarbon prices.
Energy is the necessary condition of human activity. I believe that the world will still need fossil energy in the future. It is however our responsibility to solve the issues that we undeniably contribute to creating, with regards to carbon emissions.
The most obvious way is to continue developing gas. A gas-powered plant produces half the emissions of a coal-powered plant and 1.5 times less than one powered by fuel oil. As an oil and gas company we can contribute by developing our LNG activities. The same factors explain why Total has invested in solar energy, with Sunpower.
The energy mix in 2040 will be different from what it is today, and the USD 3 billion invested in solar energy will definitively grow.
As a major oil and gas company, it is our responsibility to embrace and participate in the evolution of the energy mix and help define the notion of energy efficiency.
With regards to delivery, which are the main projects to come onstream in the coming years?
The notion of delivery is extremely important as we find ourselves in a heavy investment phase. From 2012 to 2016, Total's investments will have amounted to an average of USD 25 billion a year. Prospects for organic growth are thus very promising, which is why I insist on delivery.
Since the beginning of 2015, we have unveiled four new projects, including a gas venture in Russia, the onshore Termokarstovoye field, which will produce around 6.6 million cubic meters of gas and 20 thousand barrels of condensate per day, with a combined production capacity of 65 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day.
Every project featured in our investment plan is critical.
The Laggan and Tormore fields – located approximately 125km north-west of the Shetland Islands – are of high importance because Total controls 80 percent and has invested to further develop their potential. We faced dreadful weather conditions, which have provoked important delays, but those fields represent the future of the UK oil and gas industry.
We have also invested in the Gladstone LNG project in Queensland, designed to produce Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) from coalbed methane. This project strengthens Total's foothold in the Australian market and rounds out our expertise in unconventional gas. We are also a partner in the Ichthys LNG project, as without a doubt, LNG is one of the strategic sectors for Total's future growth.
We are furthermore currently undertaking a series of deep offshore developments in Angola, Congo and Nigeria, with respectively Kaombo, Moho and Egina.
Overall, Total thrives in two major vectors for growth. On the one hand, deep offshore projects – in for example Africa or Brazil – and on the other hand, gas and LNG projects – in for example Australia or Russia with Yamal.
As safety, cash flow, cost and delivery are the words of today, what would be the four words of the Total of tomorrow?
My answer is: safety, gas, renewables and shared value.
Safety will always remain our main concern, without a doubt! I include gas because this market, which will represent a quarter of the world's energy mix, is growing faster than oil, and still constitutes to this day the cleanest fossil fuel in terms of emissions. The world still hosts populations with limited or no access to energy. As a result, the demand for energy will grow and even if companies like Total invest in renewables, they will never satisfy global needs. At the moment, Total already produces equal amounts of oil and gas in contrast to a 65/35 ratio ten years ago.
When it comes to renewables, our current investments in solar amount to USD 3 billion, but is to steadily hike in the coming years. We are committed to remain pioneers in contrast to other IOCs. For many years, IOCs and NOCs adopted a conservative approach to new energy and I believe it is Total's responsibility to recognize the challenge posed by climate change and provide its own solutions. By the way, we are not contradicting our commitment to produce highly profitable growth as the potential there is huge. Besides solar, we are also carefully examining opportunities in the field of biofuels.
And value, because creating added value to share it with our stakeholders is our ultimate objective, not only our shareholders but also our employees, the countries and communities where we work.
I would also like to add Africa to the list. I believe that the African continent symbolizes Total's future development and progress. Across the Mediterranean, Total excels in both upstream and downstream and I strongly believe that due to our history on the continent we will capitalize on Africa's promising demographics and growth forecasts.
Safety, gas, renewables, value and Africa are the five words for the future of Total!
Click here to read more articles and interviews from France, and to download the latest free oil and gas report on the country.


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Writing Retreats for Your Wish List (Part 1)
March 22, 2016 by Sarah Selecky 6 Comments
Thank you to everyone who sent writing retreats for this round-up! The first seven in the list below are my own recommendations – I know them and trust them. All the rest are new and mysterious gems that lovely readers submitted!
We received wonderful suggestions, and I've divided them into three different groups, depending on what's offered at each one. I will be posting these in installments accordingly. Locations are worldwide in each installment.
Writing Retreats for Your Wish List is a 3-part series.
Part 1 (see below)
Workshops: retreats that include instruction.
Residencies: personal retreats (with meals and community).
Self-Directed Retreats: beautiful locations in the world to get away, and write. You provide the food and make your schedule.
Today: a list of writing retreats that include instruction.
Self-directed writing retreats are golden, but sometimes we want to be guided.
In all of the writing retreats listed below, there's an opportunity to be taught writing by an instructor, in a beautiful, nature-steeped classroom setting.
Please note, I haven't been to many of these retreats – most are entirely new to me! I won't be able to advise you about them – I'm just listing them. If you have questions, please contact the organizations directly.
If your schedule or budget doesn't allow you to attend something like this right now, you'll feel heartened simply by reading this list. Creative dreams often need years to incubate.
Bookmark the ones that speak to your heart.
My wish for you is that even just looking at these retreats will bring you inspiration.
International Writing Retreats:
Writers Adventure Camp, British Columbia, Canada
This is Zsuzsi Gartner's summer camp for writers, on Alta Lake in Whistler, BC! The point of this retreat is adventure: writers have an opportunity to take craft workshops in different genres, including fiction, non-fiction, poetry, song writing, screenplay, humour, and even writing for video games. Also offered: a writing contest, with a full scholarship as the prize.
Tin House Summer Workshop, Oregon, USA
This is a week-long intensive of workshops, seminars, panels, and readings led by the editors of Tin House Magazine, and their guests. Just go check out the faculty list: dreamy! (I've wanted to attend this workshop for years.) The workshop sessions involve story critiques. Classes are capped at 12 students. If you've already published a book, you can apply for a one-on-one mentorship with select faculty.
Sage Hill Fiction Workshop, Saskatchewan, Canada
Writers stay at Cedar Lodge, on the shore of Blackstrap Lake. This is for a group of six writers who have some level of experience already, and who have published some short or long fiction. The focus is on works in progress. There is group discussion, individual critiques with author Alissa York, and some private writing time.
Banff Writing Studio, Alberta, Canada
This is a five-week program for poets and prose writers to do deep work. Writers live at The Banff Centre, in the Rocky Mountains, and time is unstructured, so lots of writing can happen there. Writers also benefit from the opportunity to work with mentors during the five weeks. There's also a weekly reading series, and sessions with a voice and relaxation coach to help writers learn how to give readings. I've been to Banff both as a student and a mentor, and I can't think of a more powerful place to write.
Banff Emergence Lab, Alberta, Canada
Banff has so many interesting writing retreat options, it's silly to start listing them one by one. But this one is unique: traditional authors get together with multimedia artists and technicians for one week to explore the world of multiplatform stories. Intriguing, I know! Plus, this is an all-expenses-paid opportunity to go to Banff. At the time of this posting, there's room for 3 authors.
Firefly Creative Writing Retreats, Ontario, Canada
Writers spend the weekend together at an old Manor house north of Toronto, experimenting with writing games and exercises in a safe, intimate setting. I've worked with Chris Kay Fraser before; she's a very warm, delightful instructor. You'll find joy and ease here. (Firefly hasn't announced this summer's retreats yet, but keep checking this link to find out when the next one is happening!)
Black Fly Writers Retreat, Maine, USA
Four days and three nights in rustic lakeside cabins on Big Lake in Grand Lake Stream, Northern Maine, near the Canadian Border. Writers spend mornings in workshops in smallish groups (max. 12 students) and afternoons writing in solitude, with optional meetings with instructors.
Cinnamon Press Writing Week at Ty'n y Coed, Wales
One week spent writing in beautifully restored Welsh cottages, surrounded by the mountains, close to historic Conwy, Wales. You can choose to work with a group of up to six other writers for workshops, and there's also an option for self-directed work here.
Anam Cara Retreat, Ireland
Weekend and week-long writing workshops are held on the coast in the southwest corner of Ireland in Cork County. The facility offers both organized writing courses led by various people, as well as the opportunity for personal writing retreats.
Zona Rosa Writers Retreat, France
Writers spend one week in the city of Aix-en-Provence, attending workshops led by author Rosemary Daniell. The week consists of five afternoon workshops in special venues, with subjects tailored to participants' needs. There is also one-on-one time with the instructor, and private writing time.
Travel for Writers, Ireland
A week spent in the Irish countryside, with craft classes and group discussions. Each participant submits two pieces of writing one month before the workshop – these will be discussed by the two instructors during class time. The final day of the workshop offers a talk on submission and publication.
Into the Fire Retreat, North Carolina, USA
Hosted by The Sun Magazine (I love!), this weekend retreat features workshops and readings by Sun authors. The full program details aren't up yet, but the website does say this: "You don't have to think of yourself as a writer to attend, because the best part of a Sun gathering is getting to meet people who appreciate the magazine's compassionate, unflinching view of the world as much as you do."
Under the Volcano, Tepoztlán, Mexico
A nine-day intensive in the foothills outside Mexico City, with the option to extend your time and continue on a personal writing retreat after the workshop ends. This robust workshop includes morning and afternoon writing classes: it's an intensive!
Write By Lake Atitlan with Joyce Maynard, Guatemala
One week spent in a Mayan village with a small group of writers. Workshops focus on memoir and the personal essay, and are led by author Joyce Maynard. Students submit a manuscript before the retreat; each writer's work is the focus of a workshop session. If you do not have something written yet, you may submit notes and ideas, and your session will be spent looking at how to start your project.
Okanagan Food & Wine Writers' Workshop, British Columbia, Canada
This is a little different, but I'm including it anyway because it sounds delicious. It's meant for writers in the food and wine industry, but surely, fiction writers can do some wonderful research here!
Iceland Writers Retreat, Reykjavik, Iceland
A joint project between Iceland, Canada and the US, this retreat brings a deliciously varied selection of writers together to lead workshops over a one-week period. Registration fee includes accommodation and five workshops (you get to pick the writers you want to work with). There are a maximum of 15 writers in each workshop. There are also cultural tours of Iceland included, and shared meals and events. It's called a retreat, but I imagine that this is a fairly social event, like a conference, but lodging and meals are included.
Donegal Songwriting Retreat, Donegal, Ireland
Here is an interesting opportunity for writers to explore songwriting (after watching three-and-a-half seasons of Nashville, I'm about ready to try it myself!) Writers will also get to spend the week exploring the local pubs on the rugged west coast of Ireland. Matt Meighan is the instructor, and the description says that this is "structured as a writing retreat," so I assume that the schedule makes room for quiet time for solitary writing, and includes food and lodging.
Centauri Arts Writing Retreat, Costa Rica
This week long writing retreat in beautiful Costa Rica is for writers at any stage in their writing. You can attend solo, with family, or a group of friends, attend workshops, and go sightseeing. Also, as a bonus, if you disclose that you are a member of our Story Is a State of Mind community and read about the retreat here, you can get a $200 discount.
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Timothy Fowler says
Thanks for sharing these retreats. I am packed for Iceland to participate in the 2016 workshop. And, last year I participated in the Okanagan Food and Wine Writers Workshop, this years workshop will be announced in another few weeks.
Pam Johnson says
This is delicious and inspiring! Thanks Sarah. And very exciting to hear about retreats at the Barn! Fantastic!
Debra Martens says
There is also Arvon in England:
http://www.arvon.org/about-us/
Ellen Girardeau Kempler says
Thanks for this list, Sarah. I was the only American in a poetry workshop with a leading contemporary Irish poet, Gerald Dawe, at the West Cork Literary Festival in Bantry, Ireland. I learned as much about the culture as writing, and spent less than I would have in a similar U.S. program. I'm signed up for the Iceland Writers Retreat this year. The reason I chose both is that they are open to all writers, from around the world. Getting in isn't based on who you know or where your work has been published. The experiences at these kinds of workshops tend to build up writers' confidence because they are democratic and based on the idea that anyone who is serious enough to invest in the work of writing is a writer. I'm still exchanging critiques with a friend I met in West Cork, and I hope to do the same with writers I meet in Iceland.
Margaret N. says
Hi, Sarah.
Nice to see Firefly on this list. I have been to two of their retreats (summer and winter) and loved both of them.
Writers might also be interested in La Muse Writers & Artists Retreat in southern France, where I am now. This is a wonderful and affordable retreat set in a village in the mountains bordering Spain, where writers and artists gather for one, two or three week (or longer) retreats in an 11th Century, 7-bedroom house owned by writers John Fanning and his partner Kerry. It is self-catering and we have the freedom to work at will, but with guidelines for quiet times. I love it here: it keeps me focused, and is inspiring, beautiful and even magical, especially at night under the massive stars. #lamuseinn.com #retreats #France


When I can clear my desk off enough to think, I enjoy making jewelry. This weekend I made a few of these Diffuser Locket Necklaces to sell!
These house a small wool felt disk that can hold several drops of essential oil or perfume that stays with you throughout the day. I have occasional anxiety issues, and I love having Cypress oil in mine.
I've got a wide variety of charms and every color bead imaginable - if you're interested in a custom necklace please let me know! There's more information and a Paypal button on THIS PAGE.
Right now I have art themed charms (stamps, pen nibs, palettes, sewing, quilting, knitting), coffee/tea themed (mugs, cups, pots, kettles, beans, teabags), travel (planes, globes, passports, suitcases), Christian (fish, praying hands, Bible, crosses), gardening (flower pots, single roses, wheelbarrows, trees, gardening items), Christmas (huge variety including some really cute snowflakes), dogs, teaching, butterflies and dragonflies, birds (paper crane, hummingbird, swallow), and even more - if you're curious just ask... if I don't have it, I can probably get it!


As I put together the list of next year's recruits, it means I'm watching a lot of recruitment videos. I remember going through this process with my daughter and worrying about how the video should be presented. As I go through other people's videos now, I often cringe at some of the "mistakes" I see. With that in mind, and not being a recruit video expert, I decided to ask a number of West Region coaches what they dislike most in a recruitment video. Below, you'll find some video "Don'ts" directly from the coaches that could be recruiting your athlete with some advice and maybe a story or two by me thrown in for good measure (yeah, I know I said I wasn't an expert but secretly I am). I will also keep this up as a permanent page and add to it, as needed.
– The viewer can't easily or immediately determine the recruit.
What is the purpose of the video? To highlight the athlete, right? So, why post a recruitment video where the viewer has to guess who the recruit is? This is probably one of my biggest frustrations when watching videos, too. Start off your video with a quick stats page that includes the recruit's number. If possible, insert an arrow or highlight the player prior to each highlight. This becomes less important for setters and liberos but a definite must for hitter and DS positions.
Colorado College Coach Swan, "The most annoying thing with recruiting videos is when they don't give you good information as to where they are in the video.
– The video doesn't highlight the recruit immediately.
How much time do you think a coach has to view a video? Do you think it's wise to have a highlight that includes a couple of rallies before your recruit even touches the ball? As someone who watches a lot of video, I'm looking for an excuse to watch the entire video or quickly get to the next recruit. This "don't" is the biggest reason I go to the next video.
– The best highlight is not the first thing on the video.
This is HUGE in my mind and completes the holy trinity of recruitment videos. Identify your recruit, make sure she touches the ball quickly and make me sit up in my chair when I see the first highlight. I had a coach recommend a change to one of their recruit's videos I linked to last year so I watched it first. As I slumped in my chair and hit "play" I immediately said, "Whoa" after the first highlight and sat up straight. On the second highlight I was giggling because the recruit had just smashed a ball off the libero's shoulder (I'm not proud of that reaction). I rewatched that sequence probably 5 times before watching the rest of the video. Don't hide the big highlight in your video, the coach may never see it.
– A poor quality video.
This may seem pretty obvious, but it's really tough to make out the action while watching a low quality video.
– Spending too much time on non-position related skills.
If your recruit is a middle or right side and half of your video is on service receive then you've gone off the rails a bit. Same with setters and liberos showing too much hitting. It's fine to show this in small quantities but you want to highlight the skills required for the position's primary function. One coach specifically mentioned too much serving as also being a problem.
– The video includes slow motion.
I hadn't thought about this one until a coach sent it in but I do remember a video from last year that I immediately stopped when it had a slow motion highlight. If a coach wants to rewatch a highlight they have acquired the skill to work their media player to do this. Don't force them to sit through a slow motion because they will either forward ahead or stop watching all together.
– The video includes music.
I love to hear volleyball noise when watching videos (all videos, not just volleyball videos). Music, on the other hand, makes me turn the volume off. Not a killer "don't" but it doesn't help anything.
Brilliant, right? I remember taking video at a club match and I just left the camera to run on its own. When I went back to splice up the highlights, I could hear two parents from our team bad mouthing our players and our coach. This went on for the entire game. Know what audio is being presented in these videos as a coach won't know who is talking. Oh, and if you run into this…don't hide it with music…just mute the volume!
– You should have at least one video for highlights and one that is just continuous play (game footage).
The highlight video should be used to get the coach interested. It shows the best of the athlete and from that the coach can determine a best case scenario as to whether the athlete's level of play will work for their team. It also tells them if they want to see more of your athlete (either through additional video or in person).
When my daughter finally decided she wanted to play volleyball in college I already had a lot of video on the computer. So, my first piece of advice is don't be shy about taking video. I looked at a lot of video software and decided on CyberLink and it never disappointed. Since my daughter was a setter, the issue with finding her on the court was not really a concern. Still, I would always have text at the bottom of the video with her name and number because why not? It didn't take away from the play and her name is the one thing I wanted the coaches to remember after watching the video. I kept the highlight videos relatively short while our continuous play video was more like 10 minutes (I only cut out the timeouts that occurred during the game). I used YouTube to upload the videos (highest quality possible) and then had the links available for the emails that my daughter would send. Did I make mistakes along the way…sure…but she still got recruited by a number of schools and ended up playing for a wonderful institution.
Some non-video advice would be to keep a sheet on your contact with each school. What did your daughter send out and what was received back. What type of response did she get would go on the sheet. The sheet actually helped with our selection as we got close to deciding when we noticed that the school she ended up attending hadn't responded back to us for awhile. My daughter reached out one "final time" saying that she was disappointed but was moving on. The coach replied that they were not in the market for a right side player (again, my daughter was a setter). Long (no pun intended in a joke only I'll understand) story short, the last tournament they saw of my daughter she actually played a game out of position at right side and that is what they saw. So, track the communication and keep that communication going.
One big mistake I saw a number of parents doing during our high school years was trusting that their club would get them recruited. Unless your athlete is top class then this isn't going to happen. We never used a recruiting service so I can't comment on them but frankly between my daughter and I we were able to handle things quite nicely. The big key is getting the athlete to determine what was important to them. Once my daughter decided that the academics was priority number one, the list of schools she would consider and the list of schools that she could play for became very manageable. We never factored in cost but that would have reduced the list of schools by a great margin (and cost did become a deciding factor in the end).
In the end, getting your athlete seen at tournaments when they are actually playing and playing well is the goal and although that sounds pretty simple my story about playing right side one game should dispel that notion. The story I'll leave you with is my daughter was playing Tour of Texas her 17s year. Their team was playing a better team but took them in this particular game 33-31 (after being down 20-11). As luck would have it, our team ran out of subs so my daughter also played along the front and, with no bias on my part, played a tremendous game. Oh, and this was in front of a DI head coach, a DIII head coach and a DIII assistant coach all there to see her. This is the goal…and it all starts with communication and good videos. Best of luck!


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Building the James Webb Space Telescope: Hubble's Successor (Gallery)
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope
NASA's successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope, launches in 2018 and will peer back to discover the mysteries of the Big Bang. See photos of the space observatory's construction in our gallery here. (This slideshow, originally posted in August 2012, was updated Dec. 10, 2016).
Engineer and James Webb Space Telescope Mirror Segments
NASA/MSFC/David Higginbotham
NASA engineer Ernie Wright holds a dramatic pose in front of the first six flight-ready James Webb Space Telescope's primary mirror segments at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. Engineers began final round-the-clock cryogenic testing on the mirrors before integrating them into the telescope's structure.
Webb Telescope's Fine Guidance Sensor Moved into Position
It takes a lot of guidance to correctly move flight instruments. Critical lift operations involving flight instruments require patience, precision, and many pairs of eyes. This photo shows a number of them who are all involved in the operations of the Fine Guidance Sensor/Near InfraRed Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (FGS/NIRISS). Photo taken on August 7, 2012.
NIRSpec Microshutters for James Webb Space Telescope
Microshutters are a new piece of technology being used on the Near Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) instrument on Webb. NIRSpec is an instrument that will allow scientists to capture the spectra of more than 100 objects at once. Because the objects NIRSpec will be looking at are so far away and so faint, the instrument needs a way to block out the light of nearer bright objects. Photo taken June 23, 2012.
The MIRI Cleanroom Huddle
NASA/Chris Gunn
The MIRI Cleanroom Huddle: Although it appears that these six contamination control engineers are in a huddle around the James Webb Space Telescope's Mid-Infrared Instrument (or MIRI), they are conducting a receiving inspection. The instrument was delivered to NASA on May 29, 2012.
Testing the Webb Telescope
Several critical items related to NASA's next-generation James Webb Space Telescope currently are being tested in the thermal vacuum test chamber at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. Image released April 30, 2012.
The James Webb Space Telescope Backplane Pathfinder
A technician examines the backplane pathfinder – a flight-like model of the center section of the Webb telescope backplane used to practice assembly and integration before the flight hardware is done. The gray fixture on top of the backplane is the backplane support fixture. Photo taken on April 30, 2012.
James Webb Space Telescope's Sunshield Membrane
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems
A full-scale JWST sunshield membrane deployed on the membrane test fixture at Mantech, Hunstville, ready for a precise measurement of its three dimensional shape. Photo taken on September 14, 2011.
NIRSpec Cryotank
Astrium/NIRSpec
Cryotank being prepared for installation of NIRSpec. Photo taken on July 21, 2011.
James Webb Space Telescope Secondary Mirror
Ball Aerospace
The James Webb Space Telescope secondary mirror just after gold coating at Quantum Coating Incorporated. Photo taken on July 19, 2011.
The ISIM Structure on the Centrifuge
Maggie Masetti
The Integrated Science Instrument Module (ISIM) structure on the centrifuge for testing at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. It has just started spinning. Photo taken on May 24, 2011.


Java is a general-purpose, concurrent, class-based, object-oriented computer programming language that is specifically designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible.
I always knew that one day Smalltalk would replace Java. I just didn't know it would be called Ruby.
Today, we're at the beginning stages of the next level. Executable UML is the next logical, and perhaps inevitable, evolutionary step in the ever-rising level of abstraction at which programmers express software solutions. Rather than elaborate an analysis product into a design product and then write code, application developers of the future will use tools to translate abstract application constructs into executable entities. Someday soon, the idea of writing an application in Java or C++ will seem as absurd as writing an application in assembler does today.
Archetypes, color, and components will forever change how you build Java models. We build Java models with teams of developers. In our day-to-day mentoring, we develop and try out new ideas and innovations that will help those developers excel at modeling.
Peter Coad, Jeff de Luca, and Eric Lefebvre. (1999) Java Modeling Color with Uml: Enterprise Components and Process with Cdrom. Prentice Hall PTR.
Java is, in many ways, C++--.
Java is C++ without the guns, knives, and clubs.
Sun Microsystems had the right people to make Java into a first-class language, and I believe it was the Sun marketing people who rushed the thing out before it should have gotten out.
If the pros at Sun had had a chance to fix Java, the world would be a much more pleasant place. This is not secret knowledge. It's just secret to this pop culture.
I fear —as far as I can tell— that most undergraduate degrees in computer science these days are basically Java vocational training. I've heard complaints from even mighty Stanford University with its illustrious faculty that basically the undergraduate computer science program is little more than Java certification.
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Anaplastic large cell lymphoma tumor development may be caused by breast implants
25 Oct 2014 Breast | Hematologic | News | Rare tumors
An international research group including Lukas Kenner from the Medical University Vienna (Austria) has recently reviewed the evidence of a possible association between breast implants and tumor formation. The study, recently published in Mutation Research, indicated that breast implants may cause a rare form of lymphoma termed anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL).
To date, there have been 71 reported cases of patients with breast implant-associated ALCL worldwide. The disease is usually found in lymph nodes, skin, lung, liver and soft tissue, but not in the breast. Incidents in which ALCL developed in the breast region were almost exclusively observed and linked to patients who had undergone breast implant surgery. In these cases, ALCL developed in the capsule surrounding the implant as part of the periprosthetic fluid or in the capsule itself on average at 10 years postsurgery.
Breast implants are generally believed to be safe and studies have not demonstrated any association between the surgery and any other form of cancer. In fact, ALCL is an extremely rare occurrence, with absolute risk ranging from 1:500,000 to 1:3,000,000 patients with breast implants per year.
ALCL can be separated into two subtypes. In one subtype, the cancerous cells produce an abnormal form of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) while the second subset, which accounts for the majority of cases, is ALK-negative. The ALK-negative manifestation of the disease is considerably more aggressive than the ALK-positive lymphoma. Implant-associated ALCL appears to form a third group of ALK-negative cancerous cells, but these patients have good survival rates. "This is a previously unrecognized, new subtype of ALCL," explains Kenner. "We must now determine the exact causes behind its occurrence."
The reason behind why implants can lead to the development of lymphoma remains unclear. While some patients are successfully treated with chemotherapy and radiation therapy, in many cases the lymphoma decreases following removal of the implant and the surrounding tissue, suggesting that an abnormal immune response from the body could be a cause of the cancer. Kenner's group is now preparing to expand the study by examining implants and dentures in other parts of the body.
Ye X, Shokrollahi K, Rozen WM, et al. Anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) and breast implants: Breaking down the evidence. Mutation Research. doi: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2014.08.002 (2014) [Epub ahead of print]; University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna press release
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