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Five Roman Islands
Posted on April 29, 2019 by Hope Campbell Gustafson in Dispatches
The vignettes below, or "islands", come from the forthcoming book Islands—New Islands (Fontanella Press, 2019), translated by Hope Campbell Gustafson, where they appear alongside archival photos from the American Academy in Rome. Written in Italian by Marco Lodoli, they were first published serially in the newspaper La Repubblica, then collected in Isole and Nuove Isole (Einaudi, 2010 and 2014) with the subtitle "A Vagabond Guide to Rome." Lodoli's aim is "to point out islands of beauty and poetry in Rome: a piazza, a tree, a painting, a bar on the periphery, a side street." Written by a Roman for Romans, these islands urge all readers to see their surroundings with new eyes. The archipelago presented here describes the late-night relationship Romans have with their pastries, a very special fig tree, a trompe l'oeil tourist destination, and Beatrice, a Renaissance-era feminist.
Every so often I try to locate islands in the great sea of this city: they could be paintings or trees, books or shadowy corners, statues or drinking fountains. They could be places that are almost hidden so they don't vanish, like those beautiful cats we discover, curled up under the fender of a parked car, studying us with muscles tensed and eyes full of apprehension because they've seen many friends get run over. If we approach them abruptly in hopes of petting them, they recoil and disappear. Deep down, the value of things resides primarily in our way of observing them: any cat could be as rare and precious as a Bengal tiger, and even the most banal-seeming place could be worth a photograph and a frame, just as an Aztec temple or a distant beach.
I was thinking about all this while sitting in my car on the little hill of Via Olina, in the Torre Maura neighborhood. I had an hour-long break and nothing to do other than try to understand what I was looking at: a deserted lot and houses constructed without standards, exposed bricks and satellite dishes balancing on the roofs. On the second floor a Chinese woman was carefully cleaning her windows, while the washing machine on the balcony spun colorful clothes. In a small cement courtyard little children were playing: white, black, yellow, they ran after one another and spun around happily like the clothes. Then three young Nigerian women walked by, eyes lowered. In plastic bags they carried the revealing clothing they'd be wearing later, along highways where they went to prostitute themselves. On the wall was written: "All never forget this year with you," exactly like that, with the capital A. Then a sky-blue Fiat slid by in front of me, a wreck, driven slowly by a gypsy man hysterically laughing: balanced on the hood was a big mangy cat, it looked like the emblem of that car, of that life. And meanwhile the little Chinese woman continued washing her windows, making them even more transparent. It seemed as if she wanted to tell me: you should do this too, clean your gaze.
I never feel further away from Rome than when, at some unfamiliar bar in the morning, I ask for a cornetto along with my caffè and get a confused look from the other side of the counter. "You'd like a pastry?" the waiter asks, "a croissant?" To which I'd like to reply: "No, trust me, I want a cornetto—still warm, nothing inside, no jam or cream. I want that small dose of happiness that enables everyone in Rome to start the day more calmly, ready to face its uphill struggle." But I avoid making a fuss and accept the "pastry," my heart heavy with nostalgia.
If a cornetto is a necessity in the morning, late at night it becomes a source of pure pleasure. After the cinema and long conversations with friends, after having been awake so long that you can count the hours remaining for sleep on one hand, you'll want to end the night on a high note, to erase every sense of duty and guilt with a single freeing, sweet, and spontaneous gesture. And so you throw out one last proposal to your late night pals: "What do you say, let's have a nice warm cornetto?" It's rare for anyone to refuse. It's almost impossible to resist the temptation. An 8:10 am flight from Fiumicino, a decisive meeting, the most important appointment of your life could be the very next day, but it doesn't matter: you're already off in search of the greatest good.
Everyone has their favorite spot—a bakery on a street outside of the center, a little bar on the other end of town. For some time, the ultimate spot was Er Montacarichi, "the freight elevator," in Pietralata, where you'd have to climb to the fourth floor like some secret society member. But tonight you're headed straight for Bar Romoli on Viale Eritrea or Cornetto Notte on Viale Palmiro Togliatti. You take the first bite and can't stop—all your good intentions to diet and lead a healthy life are forgotten. Leaning on the hood of a car, with a cornetto in your mouth, you mumble the last truths of the night. Final, incomprehensible words fall in crumbles from your mouth.
"In 1823 I had the pleasure of visiting Italy, and I was captivated by the portrait of Beatrice Cenci, which is to be seen in Rome, at the Palazzo Barberini." This is what Stendhal wrote in one of his more exciting Roman Tales, dedicated to the tragedy of the Cenci family. Francesco Cenci "paid no heed to the rest of mankind except by shewing his superiority to them, making use of them in carrying out his plans, or hating them." He was a brute who enjoyed "defying heaven" and tormenting his children. He died in his sleep, a nail hammered into one eye by two hit-men his daughter Beatrice and wife Lucrezia had hired. At first, Beatrice and Lucrezia's plan worked—the horrible man's body tumbled out the window, his head smashed, the crime covered up. Then the whispering began, and, little by little, suspicions gave way to certainty. Thus, Pope Clemente VII, after hesitating at length—uncertain whether to forgive (as requested by the people), or rather prove himself uncompromising (as some cardinals suggested)—ultimately signed the death sentences of the two women, as well as Beatrice's brother, Giacomo. He was clubbed to death and then torn to pieces with sharp pincers. The two women were brought to Piazza di Ponte Sant'Angelo, where the executioner's block had been set up. All of Rome was there to watch and cry when the blade chopped off Beatrice's marvelous little head. The story of the Cenci family has been taken up by Shelley, Guerrazzi, Dumas, and even Artaud, but the purest homage continues to be that portrait of Beatrice, which can still be seen at Palazzo Barberini. There is no guarantee that it is truly her, nor that the painter is Guido Reni, but we hope that it is. We also hope that the painting will be moved from the corner, a spot better suited to a fire extinguisher, and given a more worthy wall placement. "The face has sweetness and beauty," Stendhal writes, "the expression is most appealing and the eyes very large: they have the startled air of a person who has just been caught in the act of shedding large tears." Beatrice looks back over her shoulder and says goodbye with the gaze of someone who no longer knows what to do with her beauty. I'll leave it for you, she seems to say, because I am going to my death.
The fig is the tree of abundance, the tree of summertime, sensual, golden. Under its supple branches they say Romulus and Remus were born and, on the other side of the world, Vishnu. Its leaves were read by augurs because they revealed the future. Its fruits have given us unparalleled pleasure. The Romans dedicated a little piazza to this tree—capable of growing in a crack, between four rocks, in an impossible corner. And our fig tree is still there, the signore of a place that was the epicenter of nightlife for many years until it faded melancholically.
Between Bar della Pace and Bar del Fico, fifty meters from each other, swarmed the most beautiful people of Rome—the night owls, the artists and filmmakers, the children of the night. Piazza del Fico welcomed the more alternative set—musicians and dreamers, chatterboxes and poetic deadbeats. Then Bar del Fico closed because the decrepit palazzo where it was housed became enveloped in an endless construction site. And so the piazza was again deserted; you pass through but you don't stop. Many stores closed, life went elsewhere.
But the tree continues to protect that space, stuck like a vacuum in the tumult. Only the chess players come back to play under its naked branches, in front of the closed shutters. Around eleven in the morning the Kasparov and Fischer devotees set up their chessboards, arrange the white and black pieces, and begin the match. A small group of enthusiasts follows along, someone suggests a castling, a defense, an attack, and even the fig tree seems to be supervising from above, leaning over to protect the game.
Noise, laughter, and toasts have been replaced by silence, concentration, and intelligence at work. The fig tree sees time passing, life transforming; it follows the winter of chess and awaits the summer of love.
"Amaze us!" say the eyes of the same friend who's come to Rome for a couple days. So we load him in the car and whisk him here and there: the places to see are endless, the beauty is everywhere—among the columns of the Forum and the alleyways of Trastevere, in the Renaissance piazzas and the museums swollen with masterpieces. But the passing tourist doesn't have the composure necessary to absorb so much beauty. It's like a thirsty person who, from too much excitement, pours water all over his face and clothes. What he wants is to take away a few refreshing gulps, something surprising to tell whoever is waiting for him at home. He likes the keyhole on the Aventine hill framing Saint Peter's dome better than he likes the dome itself seen up close.
So, if you really want to give your friend a jolt, bring him to the Church of Sant'Ignazio di Loyola. Even just the Rococo piazza is rather interesting, sketched out by the architect Raguzzini like a small theater—but for our friend it's not enough, he'd passed carelessly through too many piazzas. So let's push him inside the church, designed by the Jesuit mathematician Orazio Grassi, with the vault frescoed by another Jesuit, Father Pozzo. Let's stop him, as though by accident, in the center of the nave, and invite him to lift his eyes up towards the dome.
"Embè?"—he'll say. "A dome like many others, with all its columns and curves in their place, with the light coming down from above," as if in his little town there was one in every bar.
At this point we'd happily give him a slap too, but we hold ourselves back because we want to benefit from the revelation that is about to occur. We push him a bit further forward: "Look again," we say. "Walk straight and keep your eyes on the dome." And all of a sudden we see his face light up, his mouth opening with astonishment. "There is no dome, it's just a huge painted canvas!" The power of the Roman Baroque, a sublime illusion, a magnificent trick of perspective. There is no dome, it's a gigantic painting suspended at a height of 34 meters. The friend claps his hand with joy, and we feel proud, as though we'd worked through the night for his amazement.
Marco Lodoli is a Roman writer, journalist, and teacher. He's published more than thirty books of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.
Hope Campbell Gustafson has an MFA from the Literary Translation Workshop at the University of Iowa. Her translations can be found in Asymptote, The Brooklyn Rail, EuropeNow, Nashville Review, and Banthology: Stories from Unwanted Nations (Comma Press/Deep Vellum). Hope was a resident at the 2018 Art Omi Translation Lab and received a 2019 PEN/Heim grant.
Tagged as: Italian, Italian literature, PEN/Heim, Islands, Marco Lodoli, Hope Campbell Gustafon, American Academy in Rome, Renaissance, Rome
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The staff was ok. Location is ok but can be better like closer to wan chai or causeway.
It's in the center of the city on a busy street. Not that far from main Hong Kong train station. Metro station is near by.
Location, staff are great. The rooms are not luxurious but they're clean and comfortable . Wifi and TV work. It's an ideal place to stay if you're visiting hk - it's in the central area connected to all districts by metro.
quite easy to find and can take the shuttle service H1 and get off at Novotel... it's also walking distance to causeway bay timesquare and convention center which is usually the reason i stay in this location.
Our very first room was a bit dirty and had bed bugs. Not many, but a few. I put the bugs I found in a container and took them to the front desk. We were given a different room, which we checked thoroughly. However, no reimbursement or compensation was made for the hassle. The rest of our stay was fine. The beds are hard, but that is to be expected in China and Hong Kong.
The location is really good. And whenever you need something from housekeeping theyre very quick to respond. Its cheap but everythings alright to me and the room is complete. It has a vault, a fridge, dresser, the door has peephole, its soundproof, a lot of lamps, the elevator is fast, the view on my window is really nice. Ill keep on coming back!
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One of our best sellers in Hong Kong! Walden is at the junction of Wanchai and Causeway Bay, a 5-minute walk from Causeway Bay MTR Station. It offers modern accommodations with spa services and rooms with free Wi-Fi.
Air-conditioned guestrooms of Walden Hotel are fitted with ironing facilities and cable television. The private bathroom comes with a bathtub and a hairdryer. In addition, in-room massages are available.
Hotel Walden has a beauty center and offers foot reflexology services. Laundry and dry cleaning services are available. The hotel also has a simple business center with fax and photocopying facilities.
Walden Hotel is a 45-minute drive from Hong Kong International Airport and Hong Kong Disneyland. It is a 5-minute walk from Times Square and a 10-minute drive from Peak Tram Station.
Wan Chai is a great choice for travelers interested in food, city walks and city trips.
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Located from floors 14 to 23.
Air-conditioned rooms are fitted with ironing facilities and cable television. The private bathroom comes with a bathtub and a hairdryer.
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Walden Hotel is situated at the junction of Wanchai and Causeway Bay, only 15 minutes walk from hotel to the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre where all the major international conferences take place. Walden Hotel is a 3 stars Business and Leisure hotel which offers 54 guest rooms.
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A little bit dirty on the walls and very slight mold in the bathroom.
It was good for the price and they even let me check in early for no extra cost.
Staff behavious, specially the Chinese girl at reception, who speaks rudely ..
The space was roomier than I expected which is saying a lot for a discounted room in Hong Kong. Very convenient to the metro, lots of good restaurants nearby. Easy direct bus transportation to the Huanggang border crossing just a few blocks walk. Perfect for business travel between HK and Shenzhen.
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There're no free water and fringe inside the room. The reservation staff is too rude. He tried to charge me the phone call fee at midnight calling that I didn't call it at all. (I have my hand phone and already slept at midnight too!) When I denied he was so impolite and really aggressive. I won't come bank this hotel at all.
Nothing on this hotel is likeable..
The bed was extremely hard which made for a few pains in the morning.
This hotel was a great find in Hong Kong. The location is perfect as it is within walking distance to the tram, subway (Causeway Bay station), buses and taxis as well as many restaurants and shops. Uber is also available but not as many as one is used to. The subway is cheap and routes are extensive so easy to get around. The hotel rate was pricey but then we did stay there during the Chinese New Year so all the hotel rooms were at a premium. The hotel building is a thin building which has been squeezed between two other buildings, this means that the building is 23 floors high with only three rooms per floor. Each room is basically the same size and offers either two single beds or one queen sized bed. I would recommend that you opt for a higher floor as the hotel is on Hennessy Road which is extremely busy and thus noisy. The hotel offers no meal options but there are plenty of options within walking distance. The area is safe so you can walk anywhere day or night. The room comes with wonderful clean towels, hairdryer, kettle, basic mini bar (which is expensive). The room is cleaned daily and all the staff are very helpful and professional. There is a TV in the room but there is only one English channel. They offer a lot of complimentary toiletries (toothbrushes, toothpaste, combs, soaps, shampoo, foam bath, disposable razor and shower caps). There are hangers available in the cupboard along with a little safe. I would definitely recommend this hotel.
Staff wouldn't allow heat in the room during winter!
The only thing that that let it down was the bed unfortunately- it was very hard and not very comfortable.
The room was clean and the shower was hot with good pressure. The staff were very nice to hold on to our luggage for a couple of days while we weren't there.


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Watt brothers' Badgers bobblehead unveiled
The three former players don their Badger gear
Updated: December 24, 2019 3:13 AM
The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum unveiled three limited-edition bobbleheads of the Watt Brothers Thursday morning.
The bobblehead features all three brothers, J.J., Derek and T.J., in their Wisconsin Badgers football uniforms on the Wisconsin Badgers field, according to a release.
All three grew up in Wisconsin, attending Pewaukee High School until they ultimately played football for the University of Wisconsin-Madison. All three brothers were NFL draft picks: J.J. as defensive end for the Houston Texans, Derek as fullback for the Los Angeles Chargers and T.J. as outside linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Phil Sklar, the co-founder and CEO of the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum, said in a release, after T.J. was drafted, they thought a triple-bobblehead would be popular for both Badger fans and fans of the Watt brothers.
"The Watt brothers accomplished so much both on and off the field, and this bobblehead is the perfect way for fans to celebrate their accomplishments," Sklar said.
The bobbleheads are $75 and currently in stock.

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MSF receives €3 million from IKEA Foundation to scale up medical relief in India
MSF's Health Promotion Team in Mumbai using Auto-Rikshaw (tuktuk) to generate COVID-19 awareness among the most vulnerable population living in informal settlement pockets of M-East Ward.
Per Heggenes calls on like-minded organisations to increase relief support for India
Today, the IKEA Foundation has donated €3 million in unrestricted funding to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). The pandemic is causing unprecedented healthcare challenges in India and the donation will help MSF to scale up and continue to provide primary healthcare and distribute medical relief items to the people in India. The IKEA Foundation hope more funders will follow to save lives and meet the urgent health needs of the Indian people.
Stephen Cornish, General Director of MSF Switzerland: "The second wave of COVID-19 in India has been devastating, with a catastrophic rise in the numbers of new infections in recent weeks. MSF has mobilized staff —including doctors, nurses, anesthesia technicians, and psychologists— and is in the process of recruiting and sending additional teams with COVID-19 experience to provide care for people who are affected, including those who require hospitalization and oxygen therapy. One of the ways MSF teams are responding is by caring for patients in two units within a large, 2,000-bed field hospital operated in collaboration with the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai."
"We want to thank the IKEA Foundation for this new unrestricted donation for our projects in India, which allows us to keep offering medical humanitarian care for the most vulnerable people, as well as to ensure the protection of front-line healthcare workers."
Per Heggenes, CEO of the IKEA Foundation: "In India, where the IKEA Foundation has its roots, we see the horrific impact and the tragedy of the pandemic unfolding every single day. We stand with the people of India and have pledged immediate support so that they can emerge from this crisis. We all need to come together and do our part to stop the spread of COVID-19 and support ongoing life-saving medical activities in India.Today, I call on the world's governments, businesses and philanthropies to join us and increase the relief support for the people of India."
The IKEA Foundation has supported MSF for many years with funding of more than €40 million and believes in the incredible work they do in extremely challenging-often dangerous-situations. That is why the IKEA Foundation is granting MSF €3 million in unrestricted funding to provide primary healthcare and distribute medical relief items.
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With so many styles of kitchens and cabinets, it can sometimes be hard to decide on a favorite. You may see kitchens in each style and agree that they are all beautiful in their own way. But which is the style you would choose for your own home?
Family Features The mixture of textures and bold blocks of color are subdued by the clean design in this contemporary kitchen. Horizontal lines are still obvious; however, the overall design is a calm contemporary.
Family Features The architectural and top-to-bottom details are crucial to the design of this traditional kitchen. From the beams and archways to the mullion cabinet doors and island legs, this kitchen portrays every aspect of traditional.
Family Features The simplistic cabinet doors and mix of design details blend to create a balanced transitional kitchen. Accessories such as the stainless light and candelabra add contemporary and traditional details to the kitchen.
Family Features The combination of the bead board panel from the cabinets and wall paint color gives this casual kitchen a coastal feel. This causal design makes for a comfortable environment.
Aside from the look of each style, many aspects must be considered, such as its compatibility with the rest of the home and whether it will endure the test of time. With many considerations to sort through, it can sometimes become more of a hassle than a fun improvement on your home.
Defined below are different kitchen styles to help you decide on what suits your home while fitting your personal style.
Contemporary kitchens, very simple spaces, are characterized by distinctive hard and sleek horizontal lines. A full overlay slab door style is typically the norm for these kitchens. The Wellborn Cabinet Milan door style is the perfect slab selection for a contemporary kitchen.
Traditional styled kitchens are distinguished by their detail. Unlike transitional kitchens, traditional kitchens contain embellishments and detail is found everywhere, with corbels and moldings on every piece of furniture.
In terms of cabinetry, raised panels with applied molding are common for traditional kitchens. Outlining these raised panels are inset or framed cabinet construction, adding a hint of detail to the cabinet doors.
A fun thing about traditional is the ability to mix door styles, giving you the freedom to choose a couple of styles and mix them between perimeter cabinets and your island. Techniques are a small detail that, when applied to every cabinet door, give off a striking effect.
This is an attribute that can really define your own personal style. Hutch and furniture style cabinets are another unique feature of traditional kitchens.
Transitional styling pulls together the warmth of traditional with the crispness of contemporary making for a good median. This allows you to choose a simple door style, often a shaker, and pair it with a beautiful stained wood.
Neutral paints are also very popular among transitional cabinetry. Wellborn offers two shaker door styles, Bristol and Hanover, which are both wonderful choices for transitional kitchens. With ornamental pieces at a minimum, emphasis is placed on the modest details that do exist.
Maybe you like some characteristics of the traditional styling but enjoy the simplicity of contemporary. Transitional style encompasses the best of both worlds and fits the style of many homes because of its versatile traits.
n Coastal casual is a look that is often found depending on location. Beach houses often have the coastal casual style that encompasses a light and airy environment with pops of color through pastels. The atmosphere is also set through driftwood and white washes.
n Country casual is a style that is traditionally made up of stained cabinets detailed with ornamentations and embellishments, making for a warm, inviting environment. The embellishments are placed in a comfortable manner reflecting the natural surroundings in which the home is located.
n Eclectic casual is a mix of a little bit of everything that you love with taste. It captures pieces and accessories from different places and times and combines them together in one space. Old and new design elements are pulled together to create a unique, individual style.
Formal kitchens often display sophisticated, yet stunning details in which beauty is key. Although the detail may be small, it does not go without notice and forms a timeless environment of high societal living.
A vast range of cabinetry door styles can be seen in formal kitchens because the style is distinguished by the architectural elements such as coffered ceilings, columns and molding details. Glass cabinet doors can be found in formal kitchens to add to the elegance of the environment. The arrangement of over-the-top elements and accessories is essential to creating a formal kitchen.


What we can learn from Japan's trend of napping in public.
Sleep in public and increase your social status? In Japan, according to this New York Times article published today, napping is both common and widely accepted.
The trend, which has been practiced for "at least 1,000 years," can be read as a sign of diligence — a byproduct of working so hard that you literally can't stay awake, despite being in public.
The article chalks up the napping trend to a few different causes, including poor sleep at home and a low crime rate, which may make people feel safe enough to zone out in public. Dr. Steger told the New York Times that the trend may ebb in the future — something to blame on our smartphones, which allow us to zone out in a whole other way.


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Q: When does a finite irreducible Coxeter Group act on the cosets of a parabolic subgroup faithfully? Let $(W,S)$ be a finite and irreducible Coxeter Group. For $J \subseteq S$, let $W_J = \langle s | s \in J \rangle$, a parabolic subgroup. For which $J$ is the action (group multiplication on the left) of $W$ permuting the (left) cosets of $W_J$ faithful exactly?
Is there a good reference to find this result in the literature?

A: Stumbled on this again, I should make my comment an official answer.
This is true for any proper $J\subseteq S$. Suppose $g\in W$ fixes every coset of $W_J$, so $g$ lies in the intersection of all conjugates of $W_J$. Any intersection of parabolic subgroups (meaning conjugates of standard parabolic subgroups) is a parabolic subgroup, so the intersection of all conjugates of $W_J$ is a proper normal parabolic subgroup of $W$. But $(W,S)$ is finite and irreducible, so the only proper normal parabolic subgroup of $W$ is $\{1\}$. Hence $g=1$, i.e., the action is faithful.
(As a remark, I don't think this used finiteness of $W$ (??), just irreducibility of $(W,S)$. The key is just that there are no proper non-trivial normal parabolic subgroups.)

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Arecont Vision Megapixel Cameras Capture Details at Lupoli Companies Headquarters
Lupoli Companies, Lawrence, MA, U.S.A. operates Sal's Pizza, a 45-location-and-growing pizza shop chain with restaurants in Arizona, California and Florida. The company's headquarters is in a 3 million-square-foot, 100-year-old former mill building that was converted into a multi-tenant office park and garage. Lupoli Companies owns and occupies the office park, and leases additional space to other companies.
The Lupoli Companies' office park and headquarters are located in a high-crime area prone to break-ins and vandalism. The property is considered too large to be covered efficiently by roaming guards, and a high-resolution video system was needed to enable guards to watch the extensive facility. In order to meet the requirements of current tenants and to attract future tenants, a high-performance video system was needed to provide a more secure property.
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Mr. Nugent spent almost a year researching various technology options before specifying the final system design. He selected Arecont Vision cameras for their exceptional resolution and H.264 compression which minimizes bandwidth and storage needs. Mr. Nugent worked closely through the process with John MacDonald, IT Director of Lupoli Companies.
After a detailed assessment of the facility to determine camera locations, Arecont Vision megapixel cameras were deployed throughout the office park and parking area. A variety of megapixel cameras were specified depending on the viewing parameters of each site, including Arecont Vision's 20-megapixel panoramic camera, 5-megapixel outdoor bullet-style cameras, 5-megapixel domes and 8-megapixel panoramic cameras. The cameras were positioned to cover all the parking lots, entry and egress points and interior hallways.
All of the cameras incorporate Arecont Vision's MegaVideo® image processing which calculates billions of operations per second. The cameras feature forensic zooming to zero-in and view details of a live or recorded image, motion detection and image cropping. The cameras also output multiple image formats, allowing simultaneous viewing of the full-resolution field-of-view and regions of interest.
To cover the parking lot, the Lupoli Companies' office park employs Arecont Vision MegaDome® AV5155DN cameras. The 5-megapixel day/ night all-in-one integrated domes provide 2592 x 1944-pixel images at 9 frames per second (fps). Light sensitivity is 0.3 lux at F1.4 in color mode and 0 lux (IR-sensitive) in day/night mode using a motorized infrared (IR) cut filter. Each camera is housed in an IP66-rated dome housing capable of withstanding environmental conditions such as dust and water. The AV5155DN is also used indoors to cover a long hallway inside the building.
The 5-megapixel MegaView® bullet camera is the Arecont Vision AV5125IR, an all-in-one IR camera enclosed in an IP66-rated and vandal-resistant housing that incorporates IR LED illuminators.
Exterior walkways are covered by an Arecont Vision AV8185DN-HD, a SurroundVideo® 180-degree panoramic day/night 8-megapixel H.264 camera with a heater/blower to enable operation despite extreme temperatures. The cost-effective camera is designed for applications where mechanical pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) devices might otherwise be used or where multiple cameras would be needed to view expansive areas. Each SurroundVideo® camera incorporates an IP66-rated environmental chassis and a 5.5-inch polycarbonate dome that needs no external housing.
Arecont Vision Model AV8185DN incorporates four 2-megapixel CMOS image sensors that can be switched between day and night modes manually or automatically to provide 6400x1200-pixel panoramic images at 5.5 frames-per-second (fps). Low-light sensitivity is 0.2 lux at F2.0 in color mode and 0 lux (IR-sensitive) in day/night mode. The 180-degree panoramic camera can substitute for many analog cameras. An Arecont Vision 180-degree panoramic camera is also used to capture low-light areas in the garage.
Covering the general entryway into the office park is an Arecont Vision SurroundVideo® AV20185DN-HB camera with a heater/blower to offset cold temperatures. The 20-megapixel, all-in-one day/night panoramic camera provides a 180-degree field-of-view. The higher resolution panoramic view can be used to replace multiple conventional cameras. Four high-sensitivity 5-megapixel sensors each deliver a 2592x1944-pixel view at 11.5fps, for a total image area of 10,368 x 1944 pixels at 2.8fps. The AV20185DN uses dual H.264 and MJPEG encoders and can be binned to 1.25 megapixels per sensor to increase light sensitivity from 0.3 lux color at F1.8 (non-binned) to 0.15 lux at F1.8 (binned). Day/night mode light sensitivity is 0 lux (IR sensitive).
Video from every camera is controlled and managed using ExacqVision video management software (VMS), with recording provided by two Exacq Technologies RAID 5 servers which feature 16 terabytes of storage. Video signals travel along fiber-optic cabling. The system is monitored locally, and office park tenants have a "buy-in" option to obtain access.
MEGAPIXEL BENEFITS
A major benefit of megapixel cameras is the ability to cover larger areas with fewer cameras. A single Arecont Vision camera can be used in lieu of many analog or standard network cameras while maintaining resolution to enable close-up viewing of details in the video. Using fewer cameras contributes to system Return on Investment (ROI) because there are fewer infrastructure costs (cables, mounts, housings, VMS licensing fees, etc.)
According to Mr. Nugent, the Arecont Vision megapixel cameras provide better overall performance, power and value, which he also attributes to features like built-in lenses and PoE (Power over Ethernet) that add value for less cost when compared to other brands.
The detailed megapixel images were a big benefit for the Lupoli Companies installation. An operator can zoom in on specific areas of a megapixel video frame, and critical details can be viewed and recorded to provide useful evidence for police investigations and court prosecutions.
When compared to standard-resolution cameras, megapixel imaging represents a significant upgrade in system functionality. Megapixel cameras can dramatically decrease costs related to other elements of a system, such as fewer software licenses, fewer lenses and a decrease in man-hours needed to install and manage the system.
The Arecont Vision megapixel video system contributes to ROI by providing the operational benefit of being able to closely monitor the use of reserve parking. Tenants pay for reserved spaces, and the video system provides an additional way to enforce restricted parking areas and unauthorized use of reserved spaces.
Lupoli Companies has been impressed with the potential for 5-megapixel cameras to boost the surveillance at Sal's Pizza locations. Although the company has invested heavily in existing analog systems and digital video recorders (DVRs), they have realized how limiting analog video surveillance systems can be in comparison to IP megapixel systems.
A recent demonstration of megapixel video convinced Lupoli Companies management to transition to the higher resolution surveillance solution for Sal's Pizza locations. Mr. Nugent says Arecont Vision has been very responsive to his needs and especially mentions Robert Peach of REP Marketing Solutions, Inc., Arecont Vision's local manufacturer's representative. "Arecont Vision's local rep is the best in our region," said Mr. Nugent.


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Q: Downloading a file: works with IE but not with Firefox the following servlet works if we want to download a file through Internet Explorer 11  (and Edge) :
    private void writeFileToClient(byte[] imageData, String imageMimeType, HttpServletRequest request,
       HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException
   {
       if (imageData != null && imageData.length > 0)
       {
           if (imageMimeType != null)
           {
               response.setHeader("Content-Type", imageMimeType);
           }
           response.setContentLength(imageData.length);
           ServletOutputStream ouputStream = response.getOutputStream();
           ouputStream.write(imageData, 0, imageData.length);
           ouputStream.flush();
           ouputStream.close();
       }
   }

imageMimeType equals application/octet-stream
However it does not work with Firefox Quantum.
Any idea what could be missing ?
Thanks for helping.


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Home » Country Artists » Keith Urban » [Watch] Terri Clark Inducted Into the CCMA Hall of Fame by Keith Urban
[Watch] Terri Clark Inducted Into the CCMA Hall of Fame by Keith Urban
Keith Urban was on hand at the 2018 Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) Awards on Sunday (Sept. 9) where he helped to induct Terri Clark into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame. The Australian country star surprised the audience when he walked out on stage and had all in attendance screaming along as he walked up with Terri's trophy.
"Ladies and gentleman, it's my sincere honor to introduce the 2018 inductee to the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame, Terri Clark," Keith says as Terri joins him on the stage.
Humbled by the honor, Terri took a moment to compose herself before thanking those in attendance for their support over the years.
"To be congratulated by Reba and Brooks & Dunn and given this award by one of the most talented men on the planet is pretty awesome," Terri marvels. "To be so fortunate to have made a career out of what started out as a hobby and childhood passion, well, this is truly humbling and surreal to me."
She continues, "Looking back at the first chapter in my story, there are so many thanks owed to so many people who have helped me along the way, that it's really hard for me to even know where to begin. First and foremost, I started out as a fan and that has come back in my direction with the most amazing and loyal fan base an artist could ever hope for," she says.
While thanking her business team, country radio, band members and crew, the singer admits that all she ever wanted to do was to help bring "a smile to a sad face through a song" and be "a part of a moment in time someone will remember for years to come."
"I can't wait to see where this crazy ride takes me next. I'm not done! This is just the second chapter but tonight is going to be really hard to top," she concedes.
The evening included a rousing medley of Terri's hits performed by Canadian country stars Meghan Patrick, Suzy Bogguss, Jessica Mitchell and Terri herself. Watch their tribute below.
2018 CCMA Awards, Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame, Induction, keith urban, suzy bogguss, terri clark


A few words of advice for dancers that feel the need to teach at the milonga . . .
Leaders: Don't assume that if a follower doesn't follow something you led, that she doesn't know how to follow it. To be clear, that doesn't mean you need to assume you led it wrong - there could be other reasons she chose not to follow it (there wasn't room, it was uncomfortable, skirt was too tight/short etc.) To take those instances of a lead being missed, or ignored, as a "teaching moment" at a milonga, may find you getting a lot of averted eyes the next time you look for a dance.
And really, if a leader has to explain a step to get a follower to follow it, there are already problems. The follower wasn't ready to be led the step, or wasn't in a position to follow it for whatever reason and explaining it verbally, in front of others at a milonga, worsens the problem and puts your reputation as a desirable leader on thin ice.
Followers: The same goes for us. Unless a leader is painful or uncomfortable (emotionally or physically), to follow, it is not okay for us to teach at the milonga either.
Teaching, or worse, reprimanding a dancer over mis-followed or mis-led steps, doesn't make you look smart, it makes you look like a jerk.
I'm in violent and heated agreement.
People teaching at milongas are jerks - total jerks. They are missing the key point that people go to milongas to enjoy the milonga - whether dancing or socialising or whatever, NOT to be told off.
If any men are reading this - DON'T DO IT! Even if you are clever - you can't be THAT clever because you don't get the basic idea - people aren't there to listen to your teaching.
Isn't it funny how this is never an issue that goes away? It is always prevalent in every tango community.
I once was awestruck by someone who promotes himself as a teacher, and strongly promotes the codigos of tango, including the never teach on the milonga floor. And when he came to my community, I watched him do this very thing. He choose the beginners of the community and then "taught" them how to follow him during a milonga. I also observed him doing this in Buenos Aires.
If teaching happens without solicitation or permission, and such 'teachers' continue to survive or even thrive in their respective communities, then it seems like there is no real consequence to teaching on the floor. And if there is no consequence, then it will continue to happen.
It seems to me like those who will suffer practical consequences of teaching on the floor - the consequence being reduced popularity - are improvers who think rather highly of themselves. There are probably no real consequence for more advanced dancers, and if they are in the habit of teaching on the floor, they will likely continue doing so and get away with it.
@DQ - are you suggesting the negative consequence should be naming and shaming on the internet?
I vehemently agree with you, Mari! I actually had someone shove against my right arm, shake his head, and say "NO" when I didn't follow a lead at a milonga. Not surprisingly, this made me feel like instant crap during an event that is supposed to be fun. In retrospect I wish I had just walked off the floor when it happened. I would at least have felt some satisfaction at communicating my displeasure instead of finishing out the tanda angry.
@Anon - I'm suggesting that the de-facto values of a community are it's values, and the values that we aspire to but have no plans of ever imbibing are just dreams.
I'd amend the advice as - "Teach at your own peril on the floor. Very few have the social status to get away with it. Aspire to earn the skills and the social status that cones with those skills so that you would be awesome one day, then decide for yourself whether you want to risk teaching on the floor or not".
Unfortunately, there are always new people who may think teaching at the milonga is OK, some even being grateful for the "advice". And then, there are people who would accept a dance with anyone, no matter how rude and inappropriate. Sad, inexplicable, but true. The negative feedback from the community exists, but so does tolerance, and even reinforcement.
When I started to lead some members had difficulties to accept it. I had a brainstorming evening to create sentences to use if needed – I never needed them but I felt more secure and prepared, calm during that troubled time. Put together some sentences, be prepared! ... but cooperate!
I have even found myself teaching in a milonga! Those times the follower was a new fantastic dancer and I let my dance just to flow. Then we stuck somewhere and I just wanted to get that litle detail right / .... or she eagerly wanted to know how to fix that detail. Today I refuse to tell.
... but I have also seen followers teaching at pistas!


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Transprudentiality
Complementary
Ecosociopsychonomies
Why Capitalism Needs Them
Transprudential Portfolio Diversification
Joseph Edozien
Structure of Ideas
I. Futurenomic Transdisciplinarity of Ecosociopsychonomics
II. Trans-Systemic Risk-Management for Ecosociopsychonomic Futures
III. Transprudentiality for Transprudential Portfolio Diversification
IV. Self-Referentiality for Self-Referential Super-Financial Sky-Scraping
V. Systemic Unemployment engendering Systemic Deflation of Capitalisms
VI. Inter-Systemic Complementarity of Complementary Ecosociopsychonomies
VII. GEIST!
This document may seem to some degree to be somewhat technical, but I assume this is not a lay audience and so have also assumed a degree of background knowledge in the presentation of its ideas.
The perspective taken in this document may likely be very unusual for this audience and quite challenging in at times uncomfortable ways in the sobering issues it raises and addresses frankly. But I humbly ask that you seriously consider the thoughts contained herein with an open mind as the issues discussed may possibly become truly important to you given your great and grave public responsibilities to our world at this moment in time.
At this moment in world history, given your powerful background financial roles in our world, your decisions and actions will without any doubt have a more determinative effect on human destiny than you may realize.
You are very important and significant personages, even if not placed on newspaper front pages, and this is why I have taken the time and effort to address you in such a full and honest way without unnecessary varnish and politesse on the world issues I am raising here.
It is difficult to deny, and very much in line with compelling evidence to reason, that finance in the present phase is the most powerful practical motive force in our current human world.
This message will focus on how we may prudently and commonsensically mitigate the risks implicated in the returns we seek so we may even in the worst case outcome of our endeavours at the very least achieve a reasonably balanced and liveable outcome acceptably consistent with our driving desires.
We have a world to make, yes; but it is also a world we share . . .
Our general task here is how best, or most optimally, to Invest Public Funds in a Potentially Persistent Low-Return Environment of possibly unknowable duration.
Given my general views, which are probably well-known to some of you, I will be most interested in addressing this subject from the perspective of global collaboration for global opportunities and global solutions in what may appear to be unconventional asset classes from the point of view of conventional investment strategies because these would be asset classes peculiarly in the general global public interest.
Thus, my general thrust will be toward Innovative and Unconventional Adjustments to Investment Strategies in Response to The Prevailing Low-Return Environment.
My sense is that this approach, even if perhaps somewhat unusual for you, would nevertheless be of at least some relevant interest to you at this moment in time.
In light of this, I will be looking at Innovative and Unconventional Approaches to Asset Allocation, Portfolio Construction, and Risk Management in The General Global Public Interest.
Again, I will be approaching this more from the point of view of global collaboration, in other words, a pooling of funds and resources and interests of public funds and central banks around the world to address some very large global issues, than from the point of view of the limited interests of any one particular public fund or central bank.
I am interested in opportunities and solutions in the general global public interest.
Given the direction of my thinking, it is natural that I will be considering matters relating to specific global public sector considerations in the design of incentive structures for public funds and central banks, processes and techniques for the active management of public funds and central banks, and organisation and governance of the investment functions at public funds and central banks, sovereign wealth funds, and public pension plans.
These considerations would be generally in line with your special interests.
Given specifically that I will be looking at Globally Pooled Public Fund and Central Bank Investment in Innovation in Unconventional Asset Classes in The General Global Public Interest, it is inevitable that I will be also be considering new approaches to the construal of global risk.
Therefore, I will be touching on some other specific subjects of your particular interest such as risk budgeting techniques for active management, risk control versus risk management in the context of an active management, and especially the use of derivative and hedging instruments to provide financial solutions to public investors.
Obviously, I will not be going into detail on these subjects in one message but it reasonably ought to lead to further more detailed work in the area.
Given the limited space and focused scope of a single message, my limited objective is to introduce a structure of ideas that will lead to further work in elaboration and implementation.
As mentioned above, I will not aim to detail these ideas: just to introduce them coherently enough in a sufficiency for clarity but not a sufficiency for programmatization without considerable further work in elaboration for implementation.
However, it is obvious to me that the global Bank for International Settlements ought to play a central part in helping to facilitate and coordinate such further work if it proves to be of sufficient timeliness and interest to you.
The Bank for International Settlement's remit, reach, and concerns are global and it has an explicit institution organizing primary concern for financial, economic, and general stability on a world-scale.
Global Collaboration for Global Solutions as Global Innovation Opportunities in The General Global Public Interest employing "Unconventional" Global Asset Classes.
Those are my guiding words for this message.
I will trust that the general thrust of the ideas and proposals below will prove to be something worthy of your serious and favourable consideration.
The perspective taken here is transystemic, transdisciplinary, and transprudential.
The essential factors considered in Ecosociopsychonomics are a structurally interconnected web of four basic systems which serve inextricably together as the experiential foundation and context for human action and destination:
1. Environmental Ecosystems
2. Sociocultural Systems
3. Psychobehavioural Systems
4. Economic Systems
These basic factors cannot truly, or ultimately genuinely productively, be considered in isolation from each other.
Everywhere around the world, within and between and around capitalist economies, and in the interstices and around the margins of the currently conventional and dominant global financial system, we now very importantly need protected free spaces for ecosociopsychonomic experimentation for ecosociopsychonomic innovation. This is the sum and substance of my proposals here.
In this context, we will also need systematic research into and development experimentation of financial innovations and new financial instruments for the current Global Financial System to help extend its currently indispensable service lifespan. This is because the complexity of interdependencies among the entities within the current Global Financial System have become a systemic fragility, or web of weakness and hazard, of the system itself.
The globally inter-transactive system of financial markets is itself a very large super-derivative. And it is derived from yet another derivative. This derivative is largely psycho-emotional. It is based on the system imperative for profitable financial return. It is underneath that derivative that we finally reach the underlying real asset base: the so-called "real economy:" the locus of our toil, sweat, tears, and joys. That's the economy we live and eat. But this real economy is securitized for profitable financial returns in financial markets and that is a profound source of many of the transprudential risks we face today and will face tomorrow.
A rapid, precipitous, and overtly unanticipated and seemingly uncontrolled collapse of the Global Financial System and the World Capitalism it supports would cause mayhem in our world, or at least be attended by great dysfunctionalities. Few would want that; I certainly don't. So: if global transitions are required, and they may be for a multiplicity of reasons, it would be better for the overarching transition to be gradual and in the context of the experimental research and development of viable living complements and alternatives, including expedients to prevent a too rapid and too cataclysmic a transition so that as one is more gently descending others are more gently ascending to provide needed life support for global human populations.
Looked at Transprudentially, Humanity and World Society is collectively taking the ultimate large existential risk of placing all its eggs in one very fragile basket: the current Global Financial System and the current World Capitalism based on it.
This is not prudential in any sense of that term. No Diversification.
Essentially, we have, as Humanity and World Society, bet everything on Capitalism.
In my view, there is an intertwining of meaning between the general concept of "Rationality" and the business quality concept of "Fit for Purpose." Something is rational in the context of its purpose if it is fit for that purpose.
In this sense, in an intra-systemic sense, Capitalism is an extremely rational system. All of its core incentives and institutions are designed in a very rigourous and consistent manner to achieve its overarching purpose: generate profitable financial returns in a manner mitigating the intra-systemic risk to the achievement of that purpose by unloading those risks extra-systemically even at the cost of inter-systemic dysfunctionalities.
Whether or not this is rational in a Transprudential Rationality is quite another matter.
It is quite possible for a system to be Macroprudentially Rational but Transprudentially Irrational precisely because it is Macroprudentially Rational.
This same relationship exists between Microprudentiality and Macroprudentiality.
It is microprudentially rational in the short term, for example, for an investment bank to seek an accounting maximization of the return on its assets in a manner that is macroprudentially destabilizing and even dangerous.
Capitalism, in a sense, is a very large investment bank with our whole social and environmental world, in the same sense, as the financial system being put at destabilizing and dangerous risk by its behaviour which is rational in its own terms.
We are compelled to consider these possibilities.
My recommendation, counter-intuitively, is a gradual systematic divestment of Capitalism from areas beyond its system design parameters but with a corresponding investment in the development, but not the operation, of Complementary Ecosociopsychonomies in order to better manage the high potential for adverse cascading political effects on Capitalism itself if it continues to act in unawareness or denial of its own limits.
We need to open up Legally and Politically Protected Freespaces for Ecosociopsychonomic Innovation.
Joseph Chike Edozien II, HRH Prince Chibuike of Asaba, is the first child of Joseph Chike Edozien I, HRM King Nwanosike of Asaba, and Modupe Soboyejo Edozien, HRM Queen Obinwanyi of Asaba.
Joseph Edozien was educated at St. John's College in the United States of America (Foundations of Mathematics) and Stanford University also in the United States of America (Artificial Intelligence).
With his theoretical, technological, and business experience in Cybernetics, he was a pioneer in the Internet business revolution. He was also a Principal at Arthur Andersen Business Consulting Global Unit heading up a global emerging technology watch organization for business solutions. He currently serves as Executive Chairman of the South African New Economics Foundation specializing in New Economic Architectures and Experimental Complementary Economies as an Economic Systems Architect specializing as a New Economy Architect.
Joseph Edozien is an American citizen of African heritage, an African-American, who considers himself to be a World Citizen.


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namespace Illuminate\Tests\Integration\Database\EloquentMorphManyTest;

use Illuminate\Support\Carbon;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Illuminate\Tests\Integration\Database\DatabaseTestCase;

/**
 * @group integration
 */
class EloquentMorphManyTest extends DatabaseTestCase
{
    public function setUp()
    {
        parent::setUp();

        Schema::create('posts', function ($table) {
            $table->increments('id');
            $table->string('title');
            $table->timestamps();
        });

        Schema::create('comments', function ($table) {
            $table->increments('id');
            $table->string('name');
            $table->integer('commentable_id');
            $table->string('commentable_type');
            $table->timestamps();
        });

        Carbon::setTestNow(null);
    }

    public function test_update_model_with_default_withCount()
    {
        $post = Post::create(['title' => str_random()]);

        $post->update(['title' => 'new name']);

        $this->assertEquals('new name', $post->title);
    }
}

class Post extends Model
{
    public $table = 'posts';
    public $timestamps = true;
    protected $guarded = ['id'];
    protected $withCount = ['comments'];

    public function comments()
    {
        return $this->morphMany(Comment::class, 'commentable');
    }
}

class Comment extends Model
{
    public $table = 'comments';
    public $timestamps = true;
    protected $guarded = ['id'];

    public function commentable()
    {
        return $this->morphTo();
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


In the subsequent room, placed within the glass circumstances are the hand written books of Rumi's poetry written in Persian language, hand written Holy Quran in various periods, garb belonging to Rumi and his son Sultan Veled, caps belonging to Rumi and his Murshed Shams Tebriz, etc. The following is the prayer room for men and ladies. The important shrine was built with the aid of Seljuk emperors even as the rooms in entrance of the predominant shrine have been introduced in the occasions of Ottoman Sultans and grew to be part of the Rumi Museum.
Rumi left this world on 17 December 1273. Nowadays is remembered each yr as his leaving this world and "marriage ceremony with God". Every yr, on 17 December, pilgrims from far and wide the world come to Konya to pay their respects to the thirteenth century first-class poet and Sufi saint. They participate in religious ceremonies and witness the whirling dervishes performing live in front of the pilgrims.


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Is it possible to have dynamic simulated clothing on a character in a mobile/ios game? I can't find documentation saying it's not possible, but I can't get it to run.
And if not, are there any good solutions people use (like morph targets)?


what is ework-life assessment tool?
ework-life solutions provides a service that enables organisations to effectively measure the impact of remote working on their workforce. This innovative service consists of an on-line ework-life assessment tool and personalised consultancy services.
This enables organisations to help their remote workers improve their performance and quality of life.
Whilst e-working has been linked to positive productivity gains, the impact of e-working on employees' well-being and work-life balance has not been measured in depth and particularly some of the more negative aspects. For example, employees may be struggling to 'switch off' from work that is constantly available, which in turn may impact their well being. The tool measures across eight dimensions including: work-life integration, e-working effectiveness, management style and trust. The ework-life assessment tool helps organisations to consider what actions and strategies can be employed to help their remote workers to manage their e-working and improve their skills and behaviours.
keep up to date with the latest research in remote working and work-life balance.
find what are the benefits of using the ework-life assessment tool within your organisation.


There's a lot to consider when it comes to sourcing bar code labels for your business.
You might be looking for labels that can be run through a thermal transfer printer. Or those that can stand up to the elements in an outdoor application.
You need to consider label adhesion, how legible and printable your chosen labels will be, and how long the labels must last.
Those are some of the reasons PaladinID, a leading bar code label application developer, has released a special report detailing how to choose a bar code label supplier. Meant for anyone who is tasked with a bar code labeling project or whose job it is to purchase bar code labeling supplies, the information is beneficial to both first time and experienced users of bar code labels.
"A label is one of the most important items that go onto your products," Dana Ritchie of PaladinID said. "Just think, without a label, your product comes to a screeching halt. It does not move, get shipped or accounted for in inventory."
The special report guides customers step by step through choosing a bar code label supplier. Developed because many customers had similar questions, Ritchie and others at his company figured if some of their customers were struggling with these questions, many others were too.
Explaining the importance of a label on products, and containing tips to improve operations and reduce costs, the report also includes a series of questions that a business should ask when searching for bar code labeling solutions.
"I think the most important thing to remember when choosing a label supplier is to find someone you can trust and who has the experience in the type of labeling problem you are trying to solve," Ritchie said.
Labeling solutions, because of recurring supply costs, offer the opportunity for significant savings over time. But those savings can easily be lost if the selected labels don't make the grade.
A PaladinID client, Daron Whitehouse of Madico Inc. added, "Production labeling and identification is a critical step in our manufacturing process to ensure products are manufactured according to spec and reach customers on time. Dana Ritchie and PaladinID continue to provide Madico with scanning and labeling solutions that integrates with our back-end legacy ERP system. As our IT tech department is not 24/7, scanning and printing must continue when our support isn't available."
You can download the free report as a PDF document from www.howtochoosealabelsupplier.pdf.
PaladinID creates bar code label applications and help customers design high quality label solutions. In business for over 23 years, they assist customers in solving identification and labeling challenges for productivity and accuracy.


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NameSpace Models.DMSLOG

Partial Public Class WorkFlowMessage
   Inherits DMS.Base.Models.GenericEntity

#Region " Properties "

Public Overrides Property ID As String
   Get
      Return ""
   End Get
   Set(value as String)

   End Set
End Property

Private _Message As String = "" ' Column 0
Public Property Message As String
   Get
      Return _Message
   End Get
   Set(value as String)
      SetProperty(_Message,value,"Message")
   End Set
End Property

Private _Title As String = "" ' Column 2
Public Property Title As String
   Get
      Return _Title
   End Get
   Set(value as String)
      SetProperty(_Title,value,"Title")
   End Set
End Property

Private _Users As String = "" ' Column 1
Public Property Users As String
   Get
      Return _Users
   End Get
   Set(value as String)
      SetProperty(_Users,value,"Users")
   End Set
End Property

#End Region

Public Async Function Delete(dbAccess as DMS.Base.Data.IDBAccess) As Task
   Await Delete(dbAccess,Me)
End Function

Public Overrides Sub LoadFromEntity(genericEntity As DMS.Base.Models.GenericEntity)
   If Me Is genericEntity Then
      Return
   End If
   If Not (TypeOf (genericEntity) Is WorkFlowMessage) Then
      Return
   End If
   Dim Entity As WorkFlowMessage = DirectCast(genericEntity, WorkFlowMessage)

   Me.Message = Entity.Message
   Me.Users = Entity.Users
   Me.Title = Entity.Title
End Sub

Public Overrides Sub LoadFromReader(reader As IDataReader)
   Me.Message = ToStringDB(reader(0))
   Me.Users = ToStringDB(reader(1))
   Me.Title = ToStringDB(reader(2))
End Sub

Public Overrides Sub PopulateDataRow(ByRef dataRow As System.Data.DataRow)
   dataRow.Item(0) = Me.Message
   dataRow.Item(1) = Me.Users
   dataRow.Item(2) = Me.Title
End Sub

Public Async Function Upsert(dbAccess As DMS.Base.Data.IDBAccess) As Task
   Await Upsert(dbAccess, Me)
End Function

Public Overrides Function GetParameters() As IDictionary(Of String, Object)
   Dim Results As New Dictionary(Of String, Object)
Results.Add("Message", Me.Message)
Results.Add("Users", Me.Users)
Results.Add("Title", Me.Title)
   Return Results
End Function

#Region " Shared "

Private Shared _DBDetails As DMS.Base.Models.DBDetails = Nothing

Public Shared Async Function Delete(dbAccess As DMS.Base.Data.IDBAccess, entities As IEnumerable(Of WorkFlowMessage)) As Task
   Dim Tasks As New List(Of Task)
   For Each Entity As WorkFlowMessage In entities
      Tasks.Add(Delete(dbAccess, Entity))
   Next
   Await Task.WhenAll(Tasks)
End Function

Public Shared Async Function Delete(dbAccess As DMS.Base.Data.IDBAccess, entity As WorkFlowMessage) As Task
      Await dbAccess.ExecuteNonQuery(GetDBDetails.Delete, entity.GetParameters())
End Function

Public Shared Async Function Upsert(dbAccess As DMS.Base.Data.IDBAccess, entities As IEnumerable(Of WorkFlowMessage)) As Task
   If entities.Count = 1 Then
      Await Upsert(dbAccess, entities.FirstOrDefault())
   Else
         Dim DBDetails As DMS.Base.Models.DBDetails = GetDBDetails()
         Using DataTable As DataTable = GetDataTable()
            For Each Entity As WorkFlowMessage In entities
               Dim DataRow As DataRow = DataTable.NewRow
               Entity.PopulateDataRow(DataRow)
               DataTable.Rows.Add(DataRow)
            Next
            Await dbAccess.Merge(DBDetails.CreateTemp, DBDetails.DropTemp, DataTable, DBDetails.Merge, DBDetails.TableName)
         End Using
   End If
End Function

Public Shared Async Function Upsert(dbAccess As DMS.Base.Data.IDBAccess, entity As WorkFlowMessage) As Task
      Dim Parameters As IDictionary(Of String, Object) = entity.GetParameters()
      If String.IsNullOrEmpty(entity.ID) OrElse entity.ID.Equals("-1") OrElse ToIntegerDB(Await dbAccess.ExecuteScalar(GetDBDetails.CountSingle, Parameters)) <= 0 Then
         Await dbAccess.ExecuteNonQuery(GetDBDetails.Insert, Parameters)
      Else
         Await dbAccess.ExecuteNonQuery(GetDBDetails.Update, Parameters)
      End If
End Function

Public Shared Async Function GetAll(dbAccess As DMS.Base.Data.IDBAccess) As Threading.Tasks.Task(Of IEnumerable(Of WorkFlowMessage))
      Return Await dbAccess.ExecuteReader(Of WorkFlowMessage)(GetDBDetails.SelectAll)
End Function

Public Shared Function GetDataTable() As DataTable
   Dim DataTable As New DataTable
   DataTable.Columns.Add("Message")
   DataTable.Columns.Add("Users")
   DataTable.Columns.Add("Title")
   Return DataTable
End Function

Public Shared Function GetDBDetails() As DMS.Base.Models.DBDetails
   If _DBDetails Is Nothing Then
      _DBDetails = New DMS.Base.Models.DBDetails
      _DBDetails.CountAll = "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM [WorkFlowMessages]"
      _DBDetails.CountSingle = "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM [WorkFlowMessages] WHERE ()"
      _DBDetails.CreateTemp = "CREATE TABLE #WorkFlowMessages ([Message] [varchar](MAX) NULL,[Users] [varchar](250) NULL,[Title] [varchar](250) NULL)"
      _DBDetails.Delete = "DELETE FROM [WorkFlowMessages] WHERE ()"
      _DBDetails.DropTemp = "DROP TABLE #WorkFlowMessages"
      _DBDetails.GetDataTable = New DMS.Base.Delegates.GetDataTable(AddressOf GetDataTable)
      _DBDetails.Insert = "INSERT INTO [WorkFlowMessages] ([Message],[Users],[Title]) VALUES (@Message,@Users,@Title)"
      _DBDetails.Merge = "MERGE INTO [WorkFlowMessages] As [Target] USING #WorkFlowMessages As [Source] ON  WHEN MATCHED THEN UPDATE SET [Target].[Message]=[Source].[Message],[Target].[Users]=[Source].[Users],[Target].[Title]=[Source].[Title] WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN INSERT ([Message],[Users],[Title]) VALUES ([Source].[Message],[Source].[Users],[Source].[Title]);"
      _DBDetails.ModelName = "WorkFlowMessage"
      _DBDetails.SelectAll = "SELECT [Message],[Users],[Title] FROM [WorkFlowMessages]"
      _DBDetails.TableName = "WorkFlowMessages"
      _DBDetails.Update = "UPDATE [WorkFlowMessages] SET [Message]=@Message,[Users]=@Users,[Title]=@Title WHERE ()"
   End If
   Return _DBDetails
End Function

#End Region

End Class

End Namespace


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Q: Importing images with special characters in path I am trying to import a lot of images. Images for each product are placed in subfolders by product IDs and locale.
The problem is that each locale specific folder name starts with a caret (^).
Example image paths:
9454032/^all/my_image.jpg
9454032/^en/my_english_image.jpg

What I'm getting
1. Wrong URL/path used for attribute image in row(s): 1, 2
2. Wrong URL/path used for attribute small_image in row(s): 1, 2
3. Wrong URL/path used for attribute thumbnail in row(s): 1, 2
4. Wrong URL/path used for attribute additional_images in row(s): 1, 2

What I've tried

*

*Encoding ^ to %5E, like in URLs

*Simply removing the caret from

What I'm sure of

*

*CSV file encoding; I'm using Sublime text, besides Mac's Numbers, to verify the data

*Image path is correct, because it works without the caret in the path

*Multiple images (in additional_images) are separated correctly, with |, and specified in the importer

*There are no other special characters in the image names

*No extra slash in the beginning of the image path

Possible solutions

*

*A shell script to rename all folders containing ^, although I'd like to avoid altering original data for consistency reasons

References

*

*https://sumankc.com/2016/07/28/wrong-urlpath-used-for-attribute-image-in-rows-magento2-product-import/
Versions

*

*Magento 2.3.5-p1

*PHP 7.3.24

A: There's no way around it. You have to sanitize the images URLs. I've written a python script to remove non-alphanumeric characters from the full path of each image.
Also, this version of Magento limits the image name to 90 characters by default. Some posts show a workaround for that.


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Wimbledon: Ashleigh Barty soaks up the pressure
Sport Tennis
World No. 1 carries on in pursuit of Wimbledon title to go with French crown
Published: July 04, 2019 20:02 AP
Australia's Ashleigh Barty returns the ball against Belgium's Alison van Uytvanck on Thursday. Image Credit: AFP
London: If the pressure is getting to Ashleigh Barty at Wimbledon, she's doing a great job of hiding it.
The top-ranked Australian came into the grass-court Grand Slam tournament after winning the French Open and a Wimbledon warm-up event in Birmingham. And she's now won two in a row at the All England Club to reach the third round and stretch her winning streak to 14 straight.
Barty beat Alison van Uytvanck 6-1, 6-3 on Thursday, needing only 55 minutes on No. 2 Court to advance. And it could have been even quicker but she failed to serve out the match at 5-2 in the second set — the only time she was broken.
"Pretty sharp right from the start," the top-seeded Barty said. "I was able to implement what I wanted to right away and put the pressure straight back on her."
Barty is playing her first tournament as No. 1 but has never been past the third round at Wimbledon. She will next face Harriet Dart, a British wild card entry making her second appearance at Wimbledon.
No. 9 Sloane Stephens of the United States and No. 15 Wang Qiang of China also advanced to third round. Stephens beat Wang Yafan 6-0, 6-2, and Wang ousted Tamara Zidansek 6-1, 6-2.
Sam Querrey, a Wimbledon semi-finalist in 2017, reached the third round in the men's draw. The unseeded American defeated Andrey Rublev 6-3, 6-2, 6-3.
Australian tennis player Bernard Tomic was fined his full prize money of £45,000 for not meeting "the required professional standards" in his first-round loss.
Tomic, a quarter-finalist in 2011, lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 on Tuesday.
"It is the opinion of the referee that the performance of Bernard Tomic in his first round match against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga did not meet the required professional standards," the All England Club said in a statement.
Tomic can appeal the decision.
After the loss, Tomic was asked if he was happy with the effort he put in. "Next question, please," was his answer.
He was later asked about being fined $15,000 at the All England Club in 2017 for saying during a news conference that he was "a little bit bored out there" after losing a match.
Tomic declined to answer.
Fines for a lack of effort are on the rise in tennis following the introduction of a performance rule in 2018 that aims to deter players, who enter tournaments while injured from retiring during first-round matches.
American player Anna Tatishvili was fined $50,000 at this year's French Open after a 6-0, 6-1 loss to Maria Sakkari of Greece. Tatishvili, who has appealed, had been playing in her first competition since October 2017 because of an ankle injury.
Mischa Zverev was fined $45,000 at the 2018 Australian Open. He retired from his match against Hyeon Chung in the second set, citing a viral illness.
Injured players who withdraw before the tournament — allowing someone who lost in qualifying to get into the draw — receive half the amount of first-round prize money.
Tomic was asked if he had any issues with his preparation for the match at Wimbledon.
"No," he said. "Just played terrible."
Men's singles (second round):
Sam Querrey, United States, def. Andrey Rublev, Russia, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3
John Millman, Australia, def. Laslo Djere (31), Serbia, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1
Daniel Evans, Britain, def. Nikoloz Basilashvili (18), Georgia, 6-3, 6-2, 7-6
Kei Nishikori (8), Japan, def. Cameron Norrie, Britain, 6-4, 6-4, 6-0
Steve Johnson, United States, def. Alex de Minaur (25), Australia, 3-6, 7-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
Jan-Lennard Struff (33), Germany, def. Taylor Fritz, United States, 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 7-6
Women's singles (second round):
Ashleigh Barty (1), Australia, def. Alison van Uytvanck, Belgium, 6-1, 6-3
Harriet Dart, Britain, def. Beatriz Haddad Maia, Brazil, 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-1
Alison Riske, United States, def. Ivana Jorovic, Serbia, 6-2, 6-7, 9-7
Carla Suarez-Navarro (30), Spain, def. Pauline Parmentier, France, 7-6, 7-6.
Barbora Strycova, Czech Republic, def. Laura Siegemund, Germany, 6-3, 7-5.
Elise Mertens (21), Belgium, def. Monica Niculescu, Romania, 7-5, 6-0.
Qiang Wang (15), China, def. Tamara Zidansek, Slovenia, 6-1, 6-2.
Sloane Stephens (9), United States, def. Yafan Wang, China, 6-0, 6-2.
Petra Kvitova (6), Czech Republic, def. Kristina Mladenovic, France, 7-5, 6-2
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Philip BONHOTO
School State School, Smithton, Tasmania
Occupation Bank clerk
Address Smithton, Tasmania
Next of kin Father, Mr E Bonhoto, Smithton, Tasmania
Enlistment date 19 October 1915
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on 8 February 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll Sergeant
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)
Military Medal
Recommendation date: 12 September 1916
Bar to MM
Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal.
Recommendation date: 12 April 1918
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular Name given on RoH circular as Phillip BONHOTE. Awarded the Military Medal and the Distinguished Conduct Medal.
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) *Surname BONHOTE
Place of death or wounding Villers-Bretonneux, France.
Date of death 24 April 1918
cemetery records Parents: Ernest and Louisa Jane BONHOTE, Smithton, Tasmania. Born at Forest, Circular Head, Tasmania
Distinguished Conduct Medal
'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When a neighbouring company had lost all its officers and nearly all its non-commissioned officers, he reorganized the leaderless men and maintained the defence, inspiring them by his example of cheerful courage, while, by fine leadership, he materially assisted to hold the line at a critical period.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 15


Five years ago, Van Petten, who paid $849 a month for his lease, could fuel up at the University of California at Irvine or in Culver City. Today, as hydrogen infrastructure has expanded, he and other fuel-cell car drivers have a wider choice of stations.
Meanwhile, we have the F-Cell, which is a limited edition of approximately 200, with 45 or so delivered to the U.S. (and others to Europe, Singapore and Japan). The F-Cell has a 134 horsepower motor (driving the front axle) and a range of 230 miles, which is less than other fuel-cell cars. It uses 10,000 psi (700 bar) energy storage.
Zero to 61 mph takes 11.4 seconds. It's no lightweight, tipping the scales around 4,000 pounds. The car came loaded, with a six-DVD changer and navigation. The fuel cell stacks and hydrogen tanks are nicely packaged under the passenger floor; the F-Cell retains full luggage capacity.
Approximately 40 of those cars have gone through a single dealership, Fletcher Jones Motorcars in Newport Beach, which has two hydrogen stations within a mile of its location. Trevor Wightman, a sales representative there, has also heard about the new Mercedes fuel-cell car around 2017, and he thinks it will be based on the lightest of the company's SUVs, the GLA.
Wightman says that his customers, who indicated their interest by filling in an online survey, are "pioneers when it comes to buying these cars." Many of the F-Cells have cycled through their first lease owners, were reconditioned by Mercedes, and then went out again as $499 a month pre-owned cars.
Mercedes-Benz's road-worthy hydrogen program began with a series of Necar cars, trucks and buses in 1994. The first generation of the F-Cell was based on the not-imported-to-the-U.S. A-Class, and appeared in 2002. That one would go only about 100 miles on a tank of gaseous hydrogen, with a top speed of 82 mph. Some 500 were produced and leased to European customers.


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The coronation of HM Queen Elizabeth II as sovereign of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan and Ceylon took place 65 years ago on 2 June 1953, at Westminster Abbey.
Elizabeth ascended the throne at the age of 25, upon the death of her father, King George VI, on 6 February 1952, and was proclaimed Queen by her various privy and executive councils shortly afterwards. The coronation took place more than a year later because of the tradition that holding such a festival is inappropriate during the period of mourning that follows the death of a monarch and also on account of the need to make preparations for the ceremony. During the service, she took and subscribed an oath to, among other things, govern the peoples according to their respective laws and customs, was anointed with holy oil, presented and invested with regalia, and crowned.
Celebrations took place across the Commonwealth realms and a commemorative medal was issued. It was the first British coronation to be televised. It was also the fourth and last such ceremony to take place during the 20th century.
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