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Q: How to NOT save documents using microsoft.office.interop.word Just wondering if anyone knows how to not save a document after creation when using Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.
Basically i am using mail merge to print off a report from c#, the document get made, values are passed to it no problem and i can then print it without any issues, however, I only need to print the document, I do not need to save a copy on the computer.
Once i have passed all the values to the document, i use the following code to print and close the document:
wordDoc.PrintOut();
wordDoc.Close();
wordApp.Application.Quit();

However, this prints the document and then the 'Save' dialog pops up, asking where to save the document. I dont want this as clicking cancel produces an error (and requires another unwanted interaction from the user), and i dont need to save the file.
Any ideas?
Using Visual Studio 2012, .NET 4.0, and i have tried using the following files types for the office document: .doc, .dot, .docx, .dotx.

A: You can pass SaveChanges parameter as wdDoNotSaveChanges to the Close method to skip the saving part.
Have a look at:
how to close a running instance of Word document? (C#)
MSDN Reference.

A: I know this is a very late response to Johns question, but I also needed to close an edited document without having that save dialog displayed.
I found this method worked perfectly for me:
// Tells the application not to save changes
((_Application)wordDoc.Application).Quit(false);

A: How about suppressing alerts?
Word.Application word = new Word.Application();
word.DisplayAlerts = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdAlertLevel.wdAlertsNone;

A: I know this is very late but you can try this one.
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application wordApp = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application { Visible = false };
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Document aDoc = wordApp.Documents.Open(fileName, ReadOnly: true, Visible: true);
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdSaveOptions dontSave = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdSaveOptions.wdDoNotSaveChanges;
aDoc.Close(dontSave, null, null);

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Everyone's really cute in this one. Will's beard is a cheap joke, but they're all such puppies here, I think it's all forgiven.
I've always thought shaved Will could pass as an anime prettyboy. Panel 7 is pretty much the epitome of what that would look like in your art style, to me.
OMG, Will is Scott Pilgrim! Then the encroaching stubble completely destroys the illusion.
I think of the first panel of this one every time someone decides to mow their lawn in my neighborhood at 7 AM.
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On the 12th February we left Saint Laurent, French Guiana and motored down the Maroni River until we reached Crique Coswine, just a few miles from where the river meets the ocean. We anchored there for the night and waited for high tide early the next morning. The journey from French Guiana to Tobago was 550 miles and took us five days to sail.
We had more rain and squalls than we were expecting, and it ended up being much more exhausting than our previous sails. We had five days of back-to-back squalls, particularly during the night. By day five we were pretty shattered after being wet for most of the trip.
The best day was the last day as we sailed toward Scarborough, the capital city of Tobago. We had lovely hot sunshine and a steady breeze! It was Friday afternoon when we reached Scarborough, and we just about made it to the immigration and customs offices before they closed at 4pm for the weekend. After all the formalities were done, we got some delicious 'doubles' from a local food hut, had a cold beer at a nearby cafe and anchored for the night in Scarborough. The next morning, we sailed 12 miles to Store Bay and we happened to anchor just metres from our friends Audrey and Romain, a young French couple we met a few weeks before in Saint Laurent.
The name Tobago originates from the word 'tobacco', due to the cigar-like shape of the island. The food in Tobago was absolutely delicious! Lots of local creole and Indian food, they have different types of roti, a dish called "buss up shut" (meaning 'busted up shirt', as this is what a loosely chopped up roti looks like) and fry bakes. When you go abroad, it's common to see dogs or cats roaming the streets, but in Tobago it was chickens and many of them with their chicks following closely behind. 'Minding' animals, as the locals say, is the easiest way for people to make a living in Tobago. Chickens are good animals to keep as they always find their way home. Sheep in Trinidad and Tobago have very little hair! They could easily be mistaken for goats.
We went to Pigeon Beach, Argyle waterfall and the Gilpin trail, which is in the rainforest on the northeast side of the island.
It rained for almost a week when we were anchored in Store Bay, southwest of the island. There was a large swell that kept rolling in, over and over again. This was excellent for surfing! We could see surfers catching clean waves, less than a mile away from us, on the next beach. There were too many rocks to surf in Store Bay. Where we were, there were waves crashing over the breakwater in front of the hotel and we couldn't row to shore without our dinghy rolling over in the waves. When there were breaks from the swell, we tried a few times to see if we could row in, but for most of the week, we stayed in and waited it out. During that time we baked a lot of bread and pizzas, we read, watched Netflix and made a list of jobs to do for when we were ready to haul out in Chaguaramas, Trinidad. Chaguaramas is the yachtsman's paradise of the Caribbean for doing yearly maintenance checks and making any changes for future passages.
Sleeping at night was quite difficult with the constant rolling, waking up every 2-3 hours in the night, sometimes taking a look outside to make sure that we hadn't dragged our anchor. Our bodies always seemed to be somewhat alert. Rain was definitely refreshing when we were sitting in the hot sunshine day after day, but we were really glad when the rain and swell ceased. There are two seasons in Trinidad and Tobago, dry season and wet season. February is meant to be in the dry season, but as with most places now, the seasons are less predictable.
We left Store Bay at midnight on the 6th March, so that we would have plenty of time to reach immigration and customs the next day in Trinidad. We planned this 60nm passage to take around 12-14 hours. Around 0200 it started raining, which we were expecting. An electrical storm was predicted around 200 miles northwest of us. However, we soon started to hear thunder and see lightning on the southern horizon! It got louder and louder and closer and closer to us. I was down below at the time, and Mattis had come down to let me know what was happening. The lightning was getting so close to us that it was nearly on top of us. This was our first experience of sailing in thunder and lightning. We got all of the portable electronics we could get think of and put them in the oven. This was to act as a Faraday cage, to protect our electronics. Mattis had gone up on deck and grabbed as much anchor chain as he could, coiled it around the base of the mast and draped the rest of the chain over the side into the ocean. In the event that we were to be struck by lightning, the charge would hopefully travel down the mast, through the anchor chain and dissipate into the water. We then hove to and waited for an hour so we wouldn't be exposed in the cockpit. About 0500, it was all clear and we started sailing again towards Trinidad. The next day was clear and bright. We had a glorious sail through the first 'boca', the channel between the northwest corner of Trinidad and the small island of Monos. Sailing in the acceleration zone between the islands with flat waters was so much fun. With the wind blowing hard in our sails, we happily tacked the last few miles into Chaguaramas.
Once we arrived in Chaguaramas, we tied on to one of the mooring buoys for the night. The next morning we hauled out and our boat was placed on the hard. There wasn't too much fouling on the hull, which was a nice surprise considering that we'd been in warm waters over the past few months. It was a little strange seeing our boat back out of the water again, but we were excited to be working on Jingo and making modifications. We slept in for the first few days as we felt a little wiped out from rolling around in the anchorage and sailing through the thunder and lightning. In Tobago and French Guiana, we found it hard to sleep in the 25 degree heat at night and 80% humidity with no fans or cooling system onboard. This was something we were definitely going to change. It was never something we'd considered when we had our boat in Plymouth.
We emptied the boat and got rid of everything that we didn't need or weren't using. Jingo was particularly low in the water when we sailed across the Atlantic, with all of the fuel, water, food as well as our possessions, spares, tools... So in Trinidad we took the time to lighten the boat as much as possible. Other changes included moving two winches from the coachroof to the mast, so that we can hoist and reef the mainsail at the mast, instead of going back and forth from the cockpit. This way either of us can raise and reef the mainsail on our own.
Chaguaramas has a laid back atmosphere, people aren't stressed and it has been very welcoming. We enjoyed our seven week stay, it almost felt a little bit like we lived there, as we worked and lived at the boatyard. There were also other things to do in and around Chaguaramas. Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad, is a short taxi trip down the coast. Most people take 'maxi taxis', mini vans that pick up people anywhere along the road. Another way of getting around is what is known as 'pulling bull', simply hailing down a car, or most of the time when cars see people walking along the road, they will beep at you and see if you want a lift anywhere for a small fee. Everybody seems to do it, as it is the quickest and cheapest mode of transport.
Best video recount yet. Thoroughly professional, gives all the confidence for future voyages. Well done super memories and more yo come in the future.


This series is clearly inspired by Steven Spielberg's middle-career suburban movies, Stephen King novels, and "The X-Files," among other influences.
But it doesn't seem derivative, as it bounces among a "Stand By Me" type kids story, a monster horror flick, and a paranoid thriller.
Set in 1983, the central story is the disappearance of the youngest son of Joyce, played by Winona Ryder. Joyce falls apart more with each passing minute that Will is gone, and she begins sensing his presence in her home. Is she going crazy? Meanwhile, Will's pals, Mike, Dustin, and Lucas — all bike-riding Dungeons & Dragons geeks with big imaginations — are secretly searching for their friend. To them, it's another romantic quest.
What I like most about "Stranger Things" is the way the creators, the Duffer Brothers, never short-shrift the emotional content of the show, in favor of thrills and CGI. They know the frights won't truly register if we don't much care about the people — particularly the kids — whose well-being is at stake.
The kids are the heart of the show, with their abiding trust in one another. They're too young and sheltered, too steeped in "The Lord of the Rings," to understand why trust is fragile. In a town where at least one child has gone missing, you worry for their safety along with their parents. The young actors, too, are wonderful, as they banter and tease without contemporary tones of snark.
Ryder has a difficult role in "Stranger Things," as the escalating problems in Joyce's life push her toward madness. I wish she'd toned down her performance a notch or two; sometimes stillness can be more haunting than lots erratic, jittery motion. At points, she's almost a parody of a crazed mother, one that might fit in more on a different, more comedic show.


Implicit gender stereotypes are important to recognize when raising children.
Say you get invited to a baby shower. The latest news is that she will be having a girl. You run to the store, go into the newborn section, and pick out a frilly little pink onesie and pink binky for the expected baby. Sounds cute. Easy enough, right?
Why pink? Does anyone ever question this?
A baby doesn't have color preferences, so who does?
I have recently researched this: The tender topic of gender stereotypes placed upon children, where it all comes from, and although it may not apparently harm our children, it may not prove to be beneficial either.
Societal norms play a huge role in shaping our brains. Media, culture, and daily interactions make us feel certain ways about those challenging what we're used to. Our western world is dominated by a heteronormative patriarchy. There is a clear correlation that this explains why many are so shy to divert from the gender norms we know.
Girls wear pink and should be dainty. Boys should wear blue and play sports. Girls might grow up to be the homemaker, so we give them a little Playskool kitchen set to play house in. Boys will be a more dominant role, so we should let them roughhouse and establish that dominance.
This outdated measure of gender is still exercised, but most of whom don't even notice.
Our media sources are one to blame. Without even realizing it, we're fed what's "normal" in our society. Generally, heteronormative markets cash in on this idea that little girls and boys clothing, toys, and decor should be different. Hence, we have the separate aisles at stores—one for dolls and one for Tonka trucks. Why wouldn't companies divide everything? More money, more power.
I'm not saying you're harming your child's development and happiness if you conform to these norms, but it could have reciprocating effects towards others challenging them. In changing times, it seems more people are defying the traditional standards of gender association.
There's also the idea that your child might not like the things associated with their gender. Then what?
When a child is developing their sense of identity, should they be placed within a box for acceptance of others? For instance, a little boy enjoying playing dress-up, makeup, wearing pink, and dancing as opposed to sports or playing in the mud.
Should he be discouraged from that? And if he is discouraged from that, will that change the outcome of his life and happiness, as well as tolerance of others?
It has been proven that those who break traditional gender stereotypes are more accepting of others—for obvious reasons. And with changing progressive outlooks on these issues, no one should be worried for their child if they want to break out and be their own person. This is where the parent makes or breaks it. Parental support is key. Childhood development plays a big role in the overall identity of a person. Hindering that could have consequences in the larger scale of life.
Although I was raised in a gendered way, a female, surrounded by pink and "girly" items, I'm not playing the blame game with my parents. I understand it is the way of the world today, and that there are many forces driving this implicit stereotyping.
I only aim to raise awareness that these ideas of gender were created by society. They are not set in stone, as many challengers today are being countered with actions of gender neutrality. I only aim to challenge you to recognize the way of thinking that has placed barriers on those who may not fit our expected gender norms—they may have been persecuted for it.
Just take a step back and think about it.
Does a baby really care about what color their clothes are?
Read next: Why Didn't You Love Me?


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Companies doing business in EU face challenge to get GDPR compliant as enforcement of the strict new General Data Protection Regulation is just one year away.
Europeans take their personal data privacy seriously -- that's why last year the EU adopted the new General Data Protection Regulation to replace the Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC regulation, which began regulating the processing of personal data in 1995.
The new GDPR privacy regulation includes requirements for protecting personal information to ensure it stays private and giving individuals the right to verify and control their own data, up to and including granting the "right to be forgotten."
Gary Southwell, general manager at CSPi, the network and IT security company based in Lowell, Mass., spoke with SearchSecurity about the challenge of becoming GDPR compliant as companies around the world now have less than a year before the EU begins enforcing its new GDPR privacy regulation.
See the second part of this Q&A here.
With just one year before GDPR enforcement begins and companies doing business with people in the EU must become GDPR compliant -- experts are still saying awareness of the new privacy regulation is low, even in Europe. Are you finding that as well?
Gary Southwell: The European groups tell me that. The larger companies are [aware], but a lot of the mid and smaller companies have not been paying attention. They just kind of assume it won't impact them, but it does.
GDPR says no. If you process anybody's personal information anywhere in the world, you are covered by these rules and you can be fined as you do business here in the EU if you don't follow these regulations.
How do you expect enforcement of GDPR will look once the regulation goes into effect?
Southwell: Usually with EU directives, they start and then they have additional amendments to them. So they'll add what I call clarifications to them. The other problem is that they intended that it would be across the EU, but now France in particular is starting to create some of their own rules. They're saying, 'As we enforce this, we can do these things.' The EU doesn't stop them from doing that, but the intent was to try to make it more uniform so you wouldn't have this problem with, 'Okay, I've got to figure out every authority, and I have to deal with them separately,' because then it becomes a real operational challenge for you to figure out how to administer this if you're a company.
Can you give an example of a part of GDPR that could prove problematic for a company to comply with?
Southwell: There's a very tight [breach] notification window now -- 72 hours -- you're supposed to notify if there's been a breach.
The problem with that is once you start to do that notification process, [there are] other ramifications on the company, because that can trigger other compliance rules if you're following HIPAA or whatever else. They start to come into play.
Okay, you've notified something. Now you have to follow those rules and be in compliance. And then if you've bought insurance for protection against breaches, then they start to have requirements that you have typically a 30-day window to make sure you've gone through all these requirements if you're going to qualify for any form of reimbursement.
Suddenly, it's this trigger where you might've said, 'Oh, I can wait and make sure I got my act together.' But that's been the recommendation of a lot of these firms, 'Get your act together internally before you declare a breach.' Well this says you'd better do it in 72 hours. You've got to have good systems and practices in place ahead of the time or else you will be struggling to deal with all these ramifications.
Will the need to become GDPR compliant help move security and privacy practice forward for everybody, even beyond the EU?
If you process anybody's personal information anywhere in the world, you are covered by these rules and you can be fined as you do business here in the EU if you don't follow these regulations.
The GDPR is going to let that happen, so this will be the first time you could actually have collective lawsuits in the EU by groups of citizens who have had their records [exposed]. So in addition to the fines, they could be now subject to this. That's kind of been a U.S. phenomenon that the Europeans didn't really embrace before, but this is really the first time we're hearing that this would be another stick to make sure that you're following this compliance. I think it codifies a lot of what good practices has been done and I think there will be other countries outside the U.S. that will probably adopt similar things.
What about within the U.S.?
Southwell: It depends on the political climate and the administrations. I think you'll see it being left to the states to decide for right now. And then there may be additional directives coming out of the current administration -- the Obama administration was starting to go down that path, but they didn't get really into putting in legislation to create something like this. I don't think there was any appetite to do that. I don't see that happening in the U.S. other than at the state level.
Microsoft announced in February it would be GDPR compliant in its cloud offerings by May 25, 2018, and AWS followed suit in April. How much of the GDPR compliance task for an average enterprise would be accomplished by going to the right vendors and saying 'Fix me up'?
Southwell: I think going to the right vendors, they can do a lot.
What [Microsoft] did say, which was very interesting, was that they're going to go through the GDPR compliance and they're going to offer up best practices. So we'll let you see what we've done to be compliant ourselves.
So I think that's probably the biggest benefit. People say here's what they had to go out and do, if they're really going to be open about how they did that, which would be great then. Now, other vendors are trying to help more in the, 'How do you protect your own data and how do you know when you have a breach and how do you verify?' Because it's not only do you have a breach, it's about which records were impacted, who are the people I have to notify, because that's where the fines start to go.
They say, 'If you don't have a good system in place, 2% of your turnover is ...' And if you've done a really bad job, 4% of your turnover, your revenue, could be fined, or 20 million euros, whatever is greater.
That gets alarming because those could be high fines, and 2% on a small company doesn't sound like a lot, but it could really impact their bottom line.
How is your organization preparing to become GDPR compliant before May 25, 2018?


I found out about John Stortz's work via Tumblr and I have really enjoyed following his art since. Check out his Tumblr and his Society6 page, where these images come from. John also has a new blog with photos of road trip adventures with his dog, Wolfgang. The beauty of the photos rivals that of the drawings and prints, I think.


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Wim Blockmans, de ses prénoms officiels Willem Pieter Blockmans, né à Anvers en 1945 est un historien belge et professeur émérite d'histoire médiévale à l'université de Leyde. Ses publications concernent surtout la fin du Moyen Âge et les débuts des temps modernes.

Biographie
Wim Blockmans étudie l'histoire à l'université de Gand où en 1973 il soutient sa thèse sur la bourgeoisie et la politique en Flandre à la fin du Moyen Âge.

Après la fin de ses études il commence à travailler à l'université de Gand et à l'Université Erasmus d'Amsterdam.

Il est nommé en 1987 professeur d'histoire médiévale à l'université de Leyde. Il devient en 2002 recteur du Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study.

En 2010 il atteint l'éméritat à l'université de Leyde.

Wim Blockmans est membre de la British Academy, de la Royal Historical Society, de l'Academia Europaea et de la Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen.

Il est également membre de la Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten et de la "Deutsche Gesellschaft für Verfassungsgeschichte".

Choix de publications
 1971. Handelingen van de leden en van de Staten van Vlaanderen : excerpten uit de rekeningen van de Vlaamse steden en kasselrijen en van de vorstelijke ambtenaren. Bruxelles :Commission royale d'histoire.
 1978. Veranderende samenlevingen : de Europese expansie in historisch perspektief. Kapellen [Anvers] : De Sikkel
 1978. De volksvertegenwoordiging in Vlaanderen (1384-1506). Bruxelles.
 1986. The Burgundian Netherlands. Avec Walter Prevenier. Anvers : Fonds Mercator.
 1994. Cities and the Rise of States in Europe, A.D. 1000-1800. Red. met Ch. Tilly. Boulder: Westview.
 1995-99. Origins of the Modern State in Europe, 13th to 18th Century. 7 delen. Eindred. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
 1999. Showing Status. Representation of Social Positions in the Late Medieval Low Countries. Red. avec A. Janse. Turnhout: Brepols.
 2002. Emperor Charles V 1500-1558. Londres.
 2002. Eeuwen des Onderscheids. Geschiedenis van de Europese middeleeuwen. Avec P. Hoppenbrouwers. Amsterdam.
 2010. Metropolen aan de Noordzee. Geschiedenis van Nederland, 1100-1555. Amsterdam: Prometheus.

Références

Liens externes

  Leiden University

Historien belge du XXe siècle
Historien belge du XXIe siècle
Membre de l'Academia Europaea
Membre de la British Academy
Naissance en mai 1945
Membre de l'Académie royale néerlandaise des arts et des sciences

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The Mary Magdalene School Recorder Ensemble, Peckham, will travel to Dulwich Hamlet School for the annual Recorder Festival on Tuesday 5th April. The Festival will feature recorder ensembles from Southwark and Newham schools, some solo items from young recorder players and a performance from Flautotonic, a professional recorder duo, one of whom is our very own Dave Beaney.
The Mary Magdalene school ensemble, formed in September 2010, has gone from strength to strength.
"The tuition provided by the Southwark Music Service is one that we very much value due to their expertise and quality of service. Our recorder ensemble has already developed into a very confident and able group which has excelled to a level that is way beyond what we expected. They have impressed their peers and parents in school performances and demonstrate the potential to improve even further through the weekly input they receive in an after school club. This could not have been achieved by the school alone. We look forward to their involvement in more festivals outside of school!!"


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Q: RabbitMQ reject message when processing stops with error I am using Symfony and the RabbitMQ bundle for an application and encountered the following issue: when a consumer service throws an uncaught exception/error (eg: out of memory), the message is republished and consumed again and again until it gets either a reject or ack signal. I want to change this behavior so that the message is instead discarded if any uncaught exception/error occurs the first time the message is consumed.
Is this possible and, if so, how? Thanks!

A: Yes, you have to ACK the message. You can do this either by setting the auto-ack flag to true (depends on the language/API/library you are using) or ack the message manually/explicitly. It's completely normal to ack the message that cannot be processed because otherwise like you said message is republished and consumed again and again.
If you want you can also set requeue to false. I don't use PHP for dealing with RabbitMQ so I don't know what is the API equivalent, that is where/how the nack is implemented - in that case (not requeing that is) it may be a good idea to configure a dead letter exchange (quote from the link):

Messages from a queue can be 'dead-lettered'; that is, republished to
  another exchange when any of the following events occur:
The message is rejected (basic.reject or basic.nack) with
  requeue=false,
  ...

A: Have a look at the example below which should solve your problem. In this case:

*

*Consumer would work as if nothing has happened.

*Message would be discarded from the queue.

Solution
class OrderCreateConsumer implements ConsumerInterface
{
    public function execute(AMQPMessage $message)
    {
        $body = json_decode($message->body, true);

        try {
            // Do whatever you want with $body
        } catch (Exception $e) {
            return ConsumerInterface::MSG_REJECT;
        }
    }
}

Or full symfony + RabbitMQ example details are here: The proper ways of handling errors in symfony RabbitMQ consumer. Looks like options 2,3 and 4 applies to you, which is what you're trying to avoid by the sounds of your question.

A: Closest solution to this I could find until now is to extend the RabbitMq bundle. In the BaseConsumer class (namespace OldSound\RabbitMqBundle\RabbitMq), there is a method called setupConsumer which looks like this:
protected function setupConsumer()
{
    if ($this->autoSetupFabric) {
        $this->setupFabric();
    }
    $this->getChannel()->basic_consume($this->queueOptions['name'], $this->getConsumerTag(), false, false, false, false, array($this, 'processMessage'));
}

The 4th argument of the basic_consume method is called $no_ack and is set to false. When this parameter is set to true, the message is discarded after it is processed regardless of the fact it threw an error or it threw an exception or all went well. So the message gets discarded either way.
Keep in mind thought that when the $no_ack parameter is set to true, it does not matter what the consumer returns as status, so returning ConsumerInterface::MSG_REJECT_REQUEUE would have no effect - the message still gets discarded.

A: The AMQP protocol provides us with a message redelivered property.
I don't know how to do it in RabbitMQBundle (but I completely am sure it is possible). Though I can show you how to do it with Enqueue lib:
<?php

use Enqueue\Psr\PsrContext;
use Enqueue\Psr\PsrMessage;
use Enqueue\Psr\PsrProcessor;

class FooProcessor implements PsrProcessor
{
    public function process(PsrMessage $message, PsrContext $context)
    {
        if ($message->isRedelivered()) {
            // we already tried to process this message and failed.

            return self::REJECT;
        }

        // this is the new message we've never seen before.

        // do the job

        return self::ACK;
    }
}

Another way of solving such problems is to delay redelivered messages, again that is possible to do with RabbitMQBundle but you'd have to configure every part manually where enqueue bundle does it. You just have to setup the delay plugin and turn on the config option. More in the post
Try catch is not reliable all the time. You can get an error, such as fatal, which could no be fetched.
Auto ack mode is not good too because you could lose your failed messages without any notices or warning, or ability to recover.


Floyd's of Leadville is now offering Full Spectrum CBD Tincture in a potent new 1800mg concentration. Each 1 oz. bottle of the new 1800mg Tincture contains (30) 60mg doses of full spectrum or whole plant CBD, perfect for those who've found CBD most effective in combination with other cannabinoids and at increased dosages.
Floyd's of Leadville Full Spectrum CBD products contain small amounts of additional cannabinoids CBC, CBG and trace amounts (under .3%) of THC. Combined, they work together for a synergistic effect, supplementing and enhancing the benefits of CBD alone.
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With the 1800mg, the Floyd's CBD tincture line now offers both Full Spectrum and Isolate versions at 600, 1200 and 1800mg concentrations. And for those who take their CBD straight up, we also offer CBD Isolate products that are THC-free.


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Laglio dei Nebrodi o aglio delle Madonie (Allium nebrodense Guss.) è una pianta appartenente alla famiglia delle Amaryllidaceae, endemica della Sicilia.

Descrizione
È una pianta erbacea geofita bulbosa alta da 12 a 25 cm.Ha un fusto gracile (1,5 mm di diametro) che termina con una infiorescenza pauciflora ombrelliforme. I tepali sono giallo-bruni, con sfumature rossicce.

Distribuzione e habitat
È un endemismo siciliano del distretto madonita.

Tassonomia
Sistema Cronquist
ordine: Liliales
famiglia: Liliaceae

Classificazione APG II
Ordine: Asparagales
Famiglia: Alliaceae

Classificazione APG III - APG IV
Ordine: Asparagales
Famiglia: Amaryllidaceae
Sottofamiglia: Allioideae

Note

Bibliografia
Sandro Pignatti, Flora d'Italia, Edagricole, Bologna 1982. ISBN 8850624492
T.G. Tutin, V.H. Heywood et Alii, Flora Europea, Cambridge University Press 1976. ISBN 052108489X

Voci correlate
Flora endemica della Sicilia
Specie di Allium

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni
Allium nebrodense IPNI Database
Allium nebrodense scheda botanica a cura di Girolamo Giardina

Amaryllidaceae
Ambiente naturale delle Madonie
Flora endemica della Sicilia


Architects and designers have to think about how those things will actually be made, and there's no better way to do that than by testing; by actually building prototypes.
This Fab Lab has two main parts, but collaboration between the two is always encouraged. There is the digital fabrication lab that includes machines such as CNC routers, laser cutters, and 3D printers. Most of these technologies involve copying something from the computer, creating a file, and then putting that into the machine and getting something out.
The other side is more hands-on, with traditional carpentry tools and shop tools. The aim here is to "think with your hands" put things together, and then, maybe realize that the design can be improved and take it back into the computer, and change your design, and test it again. This way, both parts of the Fab Lab work together seamlessly.
How do you start working with these tools if you have never used one before? The Fab Lab offers two types of workshops: basic and technical.
In the basic workshops, both architecture and design students learn safety and how to use the materials. Later, throughout the year, there are more complex workshops that will give you more skills, technical ability, and material knowledge.
You have probably noticed in the pictures that this beautiful lab at our Segovia campus is surrounded by medieval brick arches and stone walls. This is because it used to be the kitchen and pantry of what was formerly the 12th-century convent, Santa Cruz la Real, so our students get to work in a true architectural gem.
Another fact that gives the Fab Lab a special ambience is the "Food Corner," a small and cozy cafeteria with great jazz music where students go to recharge their batteries.
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package io.skysail.server.app.todos.todos;

import java.util.*;

import javax.validation.*;

import org.apache.shiro.SecurityUtils;
import org.osgi.service.component.annotations.*;

import io.skysail.server.app.todos.TodoList;
import io.skysail.server.db.DbService;

@Component(immediate = true)
public class ValidListIdValidator implements ConstraintValidator<ValidListId, String> {

    private static DbService dbService;

    @Override
    public void initialize(ValidListId listId) {
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isValid(String todoList, ConstraintValidatorContext context) {
        if (todoList == null) {
            return false;
        }
        String sql = "SELECT from TodoList WHERE @rid= :id";
        Map<String, Object> params = new HashMap<>();
        params.put("id", todoList.replace("#", ""));
        String owner = SecurityUtils.getSubject().getPrincipal().toString();
        List<TodoList> findObjects = dbService.findObjects(sql, params);
        return findObjects.size() == 1 && findObjects.get(0).getOwner().equals(owner);
    }

    @Reference(policy = ReferencePolicy.DYNAMIC, cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY)
    public void setDbService(DbService dbService) {
        ValidListIdValidator.dbService = dbService;
    }

    public void unsetDbService(DbService dbService) { // NO_UCD
        ValidListIdValidator.dbService = null;
    }
}

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Hamley Run is an unincorporated community in Athens County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.

History
A post office was established at Hamley Run in 1890, and remained in operation until 1894. Hamley Run originally was a mining community.

References

Unincorporated communities in Athens County, Ohio
1890 establishments in Ohio
Populated places established in 1890
Unincorporated communities in Ohio


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USI, KWC to meet again at Ford Center
The University of Southern Indiana and Kentucky Wesleyan College enjoyed their 2016 reunion at the Ford Center enough to meet again this fall.
USI, KWC to meet again at Ford Center The University of Southern Indiana and Kentucky Wesleyan College enjoyed their 2016 reunion at the Ford Center enough to meet again this fall. Check out this story on courierpress.com: https://www.courierpress.com/story/sports/college/southern-indiana/2017/07/25/usi-kwc-meet-again-ford-center/103981084/
Chad Lindskog, Chad.Lindskog@courierpress.com Published 12:00 p.m. CT July 25, 2017 | Updated 4:58 p.m. CT July 25, 2017
University of Southern Indiana's Marcellous Washington drives in for a layup as the University of Southern Indiana plays Florida Southern in the third game of the Small College Basketball Hall of Fame Classic at the Evansville Ford Center Friday, November 18, 2016.(Photo: MIKE LAWRENCE / COURIER & PRESS)Buy Photo
The Eagles and Panthers will play on the second night of the Small College Basketball Hall of Fame Classic, at 6 p.m. on Nov. 4 at the Downtown Evansville arena. USI topped Kentucky Wesleyan 85-81 in a hard-fought game during event's inaugural year.
USI's first game at the classic on Nov. 3 will be against Augustana, a South Dakota school that won the 2016 Division II national championship. Coach Rodney Watson hopes playing strong competition early on will help lead the Eagles to consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances.
"In Division II basketball, you have a chance to play good teams early and you have to be good," Watson said. "You don't get an at-large invitation in November, but you can lose one if you're not careful."
The USI-KWC matchup is one of eight games slated for Nov. 3 and 4, serving as a backdrop for inductions into the Small College Basketball Hall of Fame, which this year welcomes Southern Illinois standout Walt Frazier and Illinois Wesleyan legend Jack Sikma, among a class of 12.
The other programs participating are Ferris State, St. Thomas Aquinas, Indiana (Pa.) University, Findlay and Montevallo.
"(This event) has traction and it's going to exist for a long time," Watson said. "I think appreciation is the first part we have to understand because we're fortunate to be part of this."
If the rivalry matchup doesn't already pique the interest of locals, a handful of the players likely will help fill even more seats.
USI has three Reitz graduates — Alex Stein, Nate Hansen and Jacob Norman — while KWC features former Central standout Rasheide Bell and Washington graduate Jacob Overton.
The timing of Tuesday's announcement should add more purpose to offseason workouts for the Eagles, too. They finished 25-5 last season but suffered their fourth first-round NCAA Tournament exit in five appearances since Watson took over.
"That gives us a sense of urgency when you're in the weight room in the summer time and getting shots up, you're getting shots up with a purpose because you know 60 days after Labor Day you're playing two of the best teams in the country," Watson said.
SMALL COLLEGE BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME CLASSIC
(All times CST)
Noon: Ferris State vs. St. Thomas Aquinas
2:30 p.m.: Indiana University (Pa.) vs. Findlay
6 p.m.: Southern Indiana vs. Augustana
8:30 p.m.: Kentucky Wesleyan vs. Montevallo
Noon: Ferris State vs. Indiana University (Pa.)
2:30 p.m.: Findlay vs. St. Thomas Aquinas
6 p.m.: Southern Indiana vs. Kentucky Wesleyan
8:30 p.m.: Augustana vs. Montevallo

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This week, Mr. Schwartz took us through a 9/11 timeline. There was a phone message he played out loud to us--a mother leaving a message for her son, telling her son that his plane has been hijacked, and asking her son to do everything in his power to overtake the people who have hijacked the plane.
This moves me in a way I can't explain. Which explains why I started crying in class. Bawling is probably a more accurate word. I can't imagine what it would feel like to ask your blood to die--to, quite literally, send your son to his death in the name of heroism. I think a lot about love and its power--and I wonder what I would have done had I had someone in the Twin Towers or had someone in one of those airplanes.


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Julia Roberts and Lucas Hedges confront addiction in spectacular drama Ben is Back
Alex Bentley
Dec 20, 2018 | 11:41 am
The horrors of opioid addiction have made bold-faced headlines for years in the United States, so it only makes sense that filmmakers are increasingly using it as storytelling inspiration. Earlier this year, Beautiful Boy gave a real-life look into a destructive codependent parent-child relationship, and now Ben is Back has gone the fictional route for even greater effect.
As the film begins, Holly Burns (Julia Roberts) finds her son, Ben (Lucas Hedges), on the doorstep of their home. It's soon revealed that Ben has come home from a short stint in drug rehab to be with his family for the holidays, a step that does not sit well with his sister, Ivy (Kathryn Newton), or stepfather, Neal (Courtney B. Vance).
Holly is also fighting conflicting feelings, overjoyed at seeing her son but wary of how he has hurt them in the past. Over the course of one day, the impact of Ben's return spreads all over town, leading to the reopening of old wounds and a variety of situations that both Ben and Holly had hoped would remain in the past.
Writer/director Peter Hedges (Lucas' father) has crafted a film that unfolds with almost perfect precision. Certain events from the pasts of both Ben and the family as a whole are hinted at early on, and the filmmaker reveals the full extent of those events when they will have the most effect.
The joy — and, yes, that's the right word, despite the depressing nature of the film — of watching the story unfold is how well everything fits together. Most films, even the best ones, have at least a few contrived situations that interrupt the flow of the plot. There is not one such moment in this film, as the pieces of the story connect seamlessly.
Consequently, everything and everyone in the film feels devastatingly real. It's easy to feel the heartbreak within the main family of the story, but you know a film is working when those feelings extend to ancillary characters who make relatively brief appearances. The elder Hedges does wonders in grounding the film, never sensationalizing any of its elements.
The story, of course, would be nothing without its actors, and the film is full of superlative performances. Lucas Hedges has had a big year, with roles in Mid90s and Boy Erased, but this is by far his best performance yet. He's never showy, but he's still able to get across the truth of Ben's struggle impeccably.
Likewise, Roberts is as good as she's ever been as Holly. Too often in her career, it's been difficult to see her as anything but a "movie star." In this film, she is nothing but an actor and she is magnificent. Credit must also go to Vance, Newton, and Rachel Bay Jones for their crucial supporting roles.
Quite simply, Ben is Back is spectacular. That's a word I never thought I'd use for a film such as this, but the nuanced storytelling, subtle directing, and uniformly great performances make it a film that should not be missed.
Julia Roberts and Lucas Hedges in Ben is Back.
Photo by Mark Schafer
Black Sheep Coffee from the U.K. comes to U.S. with debut in Dallas
Teresa Gubbins
Black Sheep Coffee, coming from the U.K.
A coffee shop from the U.K. with celebrity ties is opening its first U.S. location in Dallas. Called Black Sheep Coffee, it's a growing chain based in London with a renegade stance: to champion the robusta coffee bean, one overlooked by most coffee snobs.
Black Sheep was founded in London in 2013 by friends Gabriel Shohet and Eirik Holth, who loved coffee and wanted to start their own business. They've built it into a chain with 60-plus locations including cafés and take-out shops across England, Scotland, Wales, France, and the Philippines.
The Dallas shop will open at 6240 E. Mockingbird Ln., in a shopping center in the Lakewood neighborhood. Shohet says it'll open in late spring.
Dallas came onto their radar after they formed a partnership for the U.S. expansion with Kristaps Porzingis, a professional basketball player who was playing for the Dallas Mavericks. He's since been traded to the Washington Wizards, but Shohet says Dallas still seemed like the perfect place to launch.
"I love Texas, it's a great state and a lot of people are moving there," Shohet says. "There's so much growth and Dallas has a good vibe. Kristaps became a good friend and ended up investing. He moved to Washington but we'd gotten this great location on Mockingbird and we're building a local team."
They'll make Dallas their headquarters, with a plan to open another half dozen locations, plus franchise opportunities as well (email franchising@leavetheherdbehind.com).
One of the non-coffee drinks at Black Sheep Coffee is a peanut-butter hot chocolate.Black Sheep Coffee
Shohet and Holth built the company brick by brick, starting out doing pop-ups before moving into brick-and-mortar locations. Their goal is to break the wall between specialty coffee and the mass market.
"We've always been about the coffee," he says. "We source the beans from plantations in southern India, Papua New Guinea, Brazil. We get the best beans in the world: specialty-grade, shade-grown, and hand-picked."
"But our premise was also, How can we bring great quality coffee to the mass market, by providing the best coffee but not making people feel like they're disturbing the coffee sacks?" he says. "Our baristas know their coffee, but if you just want to get your drink quickly and want caramel syrup, then go for it. We make it inclusive."
Their most radical act is their use exclusively of the robusta bean, whose stronger, less delicate flavor profile has seen it relegated to uses such as instant coffee and pre-ground cans, while arabica has been the bean favored by the discerning coffee crowd. But some roasters have begun to reject the narrative that robusta is inferior to arabica.
"We're the only coffee company in the world to focus 100 percent on specialty robusta," he says. "Everybody is always touting arabica, but if you can find a great robusta that's not commercial grade, you have a cool product."
Robusta has twice the amount of caffeine, and he says the growers they work with are more enviro-friendly, requiring less water with more cherries per bush.
"Robusta is thicker and richer, and has an amazing crema when you brew it as espresso," he says. "It's also less acidic, so it's easier to digest on an empty stomach and has more body. It might have less flavor notes than arabica, but that extra body punches through the milk. Robusta is a great bean for drinks made with milk. It's unfair that it has a bad reputation."
Their championing of a bean that others forsake goes with their entire ethos. They also eschew plastic.
"When everybody's doing something, we do something different," he says. "That's what our slogan is about: 'Leave the herd behind.'"
In addition to coffee, their shops have exotic lattes, smoothies, and a signature peanut-butter hot chocolate. They do a small selection of food including bagels, "toasties," and Norwegian waffles, a signature.
"But we don't want to be a restaurant — we'll offer the pastries and items that go with coffee, but we just want to focus on making the best coffee."
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Alberta business community confronts uncertain waters under incoming premier Danielle Smith
Ten years after her failed bid to become premier as leader of the Wildrose, Danielle Smith was victorious in seizing the leadership of the governing UCP on Thursday night and will become Alberta's next premier.
"I'm back," she said on stage, after the narrow victory on the sixth and final ballot.
Many businesses and companies now must play the waiting game to understand what kind of leader she plans to be and what policies she intends to prioritize.
There is always an element of uncertainty whenever there is a change in political leadership. That's the case with Smith, especially considering she's been out of politics for several years and her controversial campaign centrepiece that would seek to allow Alberta to not enforce any federal law that isn't in the province's best interests.
In the UCP race, no policy idea received more attention than Smith's Sovereignty Act.
In her victory speech, Smith took aim at the federal government, but said she doesn't want Alberta to separate from the country.
"No longer will Alberta ask permission from Ottawa to be prosperous and free. We will not have our voices silenced or censored," Smith said. "We will not have our resources landlocked or our energy phased out of existence by virtue-signaling prime ministers."
"It is safe to say that many in the Notley-Singh-Trudeau alliance will claim that my plan to stand up to Ottawa with the Sovereignty Act is somehow meant to move Alberta toward leaving our beloved Canada," she said.
Danielle Smith is the new leader of Alberta's governing United Conservative Party after capturing 53.8 per cent of votes on the sixth ballot and will become Alberta's 19th premier, succeeding Jason Kenney. (CBC)
Her proposed Sovereignty Act, drew criticism from some of her opponents, in part because of the uncertainty it could cause investors if the rule of law is not enforced.
"It will create chaos within this business environment. It will send tens of billions of dollars packing out of this province. It will undo all of the gains that we've made in the last three years," said candidate Travis Toews while he was on the campaign trail.
Toews was Alberta's finance minister before the campaign began and ended up in second place on Thursday night with 46.2 per cent of the vote on the final ballot.
Smith's proposed act also drew fire from outgoing Premier Jason Kenney, who described it during the campaign as "risky, dangerous, half-baked" and "would do devastating damage to jobs, the economy and the prospect of pipelines."
Smith maintained her proposed policy would actually encourage more investment to the province, not less.
During the campaign, UCP leadership candidates, from left, Leela Aheer, Brian Jean, Rajan Sawhney and Travis Toews held a joint press conference to voice their opposition to fellow candidate Danielle Smith's Alberta Sovereignty Act. (Helen Pike/CBC)
The business sector won't pre-judge her policies until the details are known, said Adam Legge, president of the Business Council of Alberta.
"The campaign was a little bit lacking in terms of the economic vision, the economic policy, the economic platform ideas, and so [we'll be] working to learn more about what she has in mind in terms of an economic agenda, a growth agenda," he said.
"Our key focus is really how do we make Alberta competitive? How do we make sure that business and investment wants to come here? How do we make sure there's investor confidence?" Legge said.
Economically, Alberta is leading the country in growth and oil prices are providing a colossal boost to provincial coffers (and leading to record levels of profit in the oilpatch too).
Business leaders don't want headwinds
Still, some business leaders don't want any unnecessary headwinds as the province faces the challenges of diversifying its economy, attracting skilled workers and navigating a global energy transition, among others.
During the campaign, Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage said the proposed act could be as harmful to Alberta's future as Trudeau's policies have been to the province's past.
She noted that international investors concerned about their Alberta assets had been asking her about the Sovereignty Act.
The business community is ready to work with the new premier, said Deborah Yedlin, president of the Calgary Chamber of Commerce.
Still, the comments by Savage should give Albertans pause for thought, Yedlin said, especially considering how the sovereignty movement in Quebec (largely during the 1970s and 1990s) resulted in some companies cutting investment or leaving the province.
"Our energy sector was built with foreign capital [investment] and we'll need that capital to support the decarbonization efforts that are ongoing," she said.
"The prospect of political uncertainty caused a lot of companies to either decrease their presence in Quebec or leave, and it took a long time for Quebec to recover. That is not what we need in Alberta."
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Yesterday Microsoft announced a new Remote Desktop Preview app for Windows 10 Universal Windows Platform (UWP) on the Remote Desktop Services Blog. You can get and download from the Windows Store. The new Remote Desktop Preview app has a connection center to manage your connections to Windows Clients and Windows Server. The connection center is your starting point. It allows you to easily manage your desktops. You can add new desktop connections and edit or delete existing connections. Selecting one of the desktop tiles launches the connection. It's great to see Microsoft finally creating some great Apps for their own Universal Windows Platform.
During the last Windows 10 event in January, Microsoft showed the Cortana integration in Windows 10 and with Windows 10 Technical Preview 2 (build 9926) Microsoft released it's first public preview of Cortana for Windows 10. Cortana helps you to do a lot of great things and I am a huge fan since I am using Cortana on my Windows Phone. The problem I have with the integration is the huge text box Cortana uses. And I don't really need that box since I use the Windows Key anyway to open search.
To disable or hide the Cortana Search Box simply right click on the Taskbar, select search and enable "Show search icon".
Now you only see the Cortana Icon instead of the Cortana Search Box. You can still just start to type by pressing the Windows Key or clicking on the Cortana Icon.
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Chapter 145 -- Desert Level
"So this is what comes after the swamp level..." I said, looking over the immense sandy desert that spread away in all directions from the starting point of the 29th level.
"This dungeon is getting to be really interesting." Fer mused. No, Fer, 'interesting' isn't the word I would use. We've fought our way through forest levels and a swamp level and now we're faced with a desert level. The differences are coming too fast for me, never mind the high-ranking monsters which attack us all the time.
...anyway it was really hot, the sun hammering down on us from a cloudless sky. Okay, I understood this was a desert level and deserts are supposed to be hot but we were in a dungeon underground somewhere, not in a real desert. It didn't seem fair somehow, that sun up there was really hot. After all it wasn't the real sun, was it?
"This is hot..." Fer said, starting to pant. Dogs couldn't sweat, I remembered, and his heavy fur coat must be trapping the heat.
"Achi..." Dora-chan added telepathically, his mouth wide like a lizard on a hot rock. Dragons were kind of like lizards and lizards liked hot environments, didn't they? but the Pixie Dragon was obviously distressed by the high temperatures in this level.
"It's hot, Aruji..." Sui-chan, how would she cope with this heat? She was a Slime, would she shrivel up and dry out? Sui-chan...
"I'll set up my Barrier for everyone." Fer said. "It'll shield us from some of the heat."
"Eh, will it?" I knew Barrier could stop physical attacks-
"Umu." Fer explained. "It won't block the sunlight directly but Barrier can control the temperature inside itself to some extent." Oh, that's super convenient, I thought to myself. "But this amount of heat..." Fer added. "It's still going to be uncomfortable even with the Barrier, I can't help that but it'll be better than nothing."
Well, Fer's warning that we're going to get hot even with his Barrier in the way meant I should take some precautions against dehydration and sunstroke so I opened up Net Super and bought lots of isotonic drinks and bottled water. As an afterthought I looked for something to block the sunlight, a hat or hooded jacket of some kind. I quickly found a UV-blocking hoodie which I immediately purchased.
"Fer's barrier will deal with some of the heat but we're going to lose a lot of moisture. We need to drink a lot to replenish ourselves and not get dehydrated." I poured a 2-litre bottle of isotonic sports drink into deep dishes and put them down for everyone while I put on the UV hoodie. I had to refill the dishes with more sports drink a couple of times as the heat had already taken a toll on my companions.
"We should head straight for the level boss." Fer said. "It's a big level and it's all sand as far as I can tell, no safe places to stop." I nodded, exploring this level was pointless, it was best to just do what Fer suggested.
"By the way this sort of desert level gets really cold at night." Fer added as I put away the dishes. Ah, so it was like a real desert in that regard too? "I'll run fast without stopping like I did on the last level. Climb on."
I straddled Fer's back with Sui-chan tucked away safely in her leather bag. Dora-chan flew off ahead of us, again acting as a scout to warn us of any danger that might appear as Fer set off across the sands at his usual furious pace.
"Hey, something's coming towards us." Dora-chan reported telepathically after a few minutes. I looked ahead where Dora-chan was flying. What was it? It looked like a lot of red and black dots in the distance.
"What are they..." I couldn't make out any details but the dots were definitely getting closer, obviously aiming to intercept us. When I could finally make out what they were, I was amazed.
"...S, scorpions!" A group of nearly a hundred scorpions, each about a metre or more in length was approaching us.
"Nuu, those are Sand Scorpions." Fer slowed down for some reason. "That means..."
The sand in front of us suddenly erupted and a huge scorpion leapt out in front of us. It was the size of a car, much larger than any of the mob of Sand Scorpions in the distance.
"Uwaaah!" I shouted in surprise.
"As I expected." Fer said, "But this guy's in our way so-"
Dokkon--. Fer's Lightning magic blasted the giant scorpion and it fell dead before us, its carapace smoking. What was it? I quickly Appraised the dead monster.
[ Giant Sand Scorpion ]
An A-rank monster.
An A-ranked monster defeated by Fer's one-hit Lightning magic. Okay, that was good but what about the army of scorpions ahead of us? There had to be at least a hundred of them- I looked up to see the mob of smaller scorpions turning and running away as as fast as they had been approaching us.
"They won't attack us since I just defeated the Giant Sand Scorpion who was controlling them." Fer explained. "I knew there had to be a Giant Sand Scorpion around when I saw the mob of regular Sand Scorpions charging towards us, they do it to distract anyone they encounter and then the Giant Sand Scorpion jumps out and ambushes them in a surprise attack."
Ah, that's how it works? After the Giant Sand Scorpion disappeared, I picked up the magic stone and Poison Stinger that were the drops and deposited them in my Item Box before we headed off again in the direction of the level boss. Shortly thereafter though Fer came to an abrupt stop without warning.
"Hey Fer, why'd you-" I started to ask as Dora-chan came buzzing back towards us but I was interrupted as- "Guuuh!" A giant earthworm-like monster about 10 metres long jumped out of the sand just in front of where Fer had stopped. What was it? I quickly Appraised the monster...
[ Sand Worm ]
The Sand Worm lifted its head, its wide-open round mouth lined with sharp teeth plunging forward as if intending to swallow us whole, it seemed.
"I'll deal with it!" Dora-chan declared as he flew back towards us. Fer dodged the Sand Worm's strike, skipping lithely to one side as the monster's fang-filled mouth hit the sand where we had been standing. While it was distracted Dora-chan's body lit up with Fire magic and he dived straight through the monster's body, erupting out the other side in a spray of blood and guts. The Sand Worm writhed for a few seconds then fell limply to the ground, obviously dead.
"Hehehe, job done." Dora-chan declared, flying around madly, spinning and rolling in celebration and spraying us with assorted bits of Sand Worm gore in the process.
Job done, Dora-chan, as you said. I waited for the Sand Worm's body to disappear so I could collect the drops which this time were a magic stone and some sharp teeth and then we headed off again. Along the way we encountered more Giant Sand Scorpions accompanied by their scorpion mobs and we were attacked by Sand Worms a few times as well but Fer and Dora-chan subjugated them all without problems. Darling battle maniac Sui-chan slept through all this action, I should add. It seemed she didn't cope with the heat very well.
"The sun's going down." Fer said some time later as he slowed to a stop. "Travelling in the desert in the dark is not a good idea. Let's stop here for the night." I agreed and got off his back to set up camp. As the dungeon level's fake sun disappeared below the false horizon the temperature fell rapidly, as Fer had predicted. This level was like a real desert, I thought, the temperature differences between day and night were quite severe.
"My Barrier will keep some heat in the same way it kept some of the heat out during the day," Fer explained, "but it's really cold out there now. It's going to get colder for all of us in here." Thanks for the warning, Fer. I decided to take some precautions in that case. I opened Net Super and started searching for thick duvets, comforters, blankets and the like as well as winter-type clothing and pocket hand-warmers and heat pads. I looked fruitlessly for a heavy quilted down jacket but apparently they weren't on sale yet. Was it still summer back in my own world?
Never mind, I laid down several sheets of cardboard from delivery boxes on the sand and covered them with thick duvets before spreading out the various futons we had accumulated over the past few weeks. A layer of blankets and a comforter over the top of the futons and our sleeping arrangements were complete. I still had to prepare dinner though.
"While you're cooking dinner we'll wait in the futons since it's cold." Fer said, his breath already white. The temperature was really plummeting now. I pulled a thick sweater over my UV hoodie, not very stylish but it would keep me warm while I worked. Well, warm-ish, I could see my own breath was white as well.
Never mind, what should I cook? Something quick and easy... Ah, how about a green pepper beef bowl? I could use a ready-made sauce to save time and effort and rice bowl dishes are always filling and satisfying. I'd still need to cook a lot of rice though. We (well, Fer the Unfillable and Sui-chan the Insatiable mostly) had eaten our way through the mountain of cooked rice I had prepared back at the inn in Doran so I'd have to cook more rice to start with. I'd make enough for breakfast tomorrow as well while I was at it, I decided. I bought lots more rice from the Net Super and after washing it I got out four earthenware rice pots from my Item Box and set them up on the burners of the Black Magic Cooking Stove.
Once they were cooking away I returned to the Net Super to buy ingredients for the green pepper stir-fry to go over the rice. Lessee, green peppers (of course) and boiled bamboo shoots and a ready-made sauce. Hmmm, since it's cold right now maybe I should get some soup too as a side-dish, something warming. A quick search through the Net Super's instant soups and, yosh, freeze-dried egg soup, that will do fine.
Time to get cooking the meat though, the rice would be ready soon. I started by slicing Bloody Horn Bull meat into stir-fry strips then chopped up the green peppers and the boiled bamboo shoots. When the rice was ready I paused to tuck the four steaming pots away in my Item Box where they would stay warm while I started another set of pots of rice on the now-vacant burners of the Black Magic Cooking Stove, leaving one burner free for the stir-fry.
I heated an oiled frying pan and dumped in the Bloody Horn Bull meat. When it seared and changed colour I added in the peppers and bamboo shoots and stirred them vigorously over a strong flame. Once the ingredients cooked through I covered them in the commercially-made spicy sauce, a bit more stirring and that was it done. Quick and easy, like I said.
I filled deep dishes with rice from the Item Box and topped them with generous helpings of the green pepper stir-fry, added some green onions as a dressing and put them out for the Gluttonous Trio.
"It's ready." I said, redundantly as usual as they dived into the hot dishes I put down, their heads disappearing into the clouds of steam rising from the hot food. I started making up some egg soup from the freeze-dried packets as an extra dish for the meal. It was getting even colder, despite Fer's Barrier -- not quite down to zero but not far off, I guesstimated, one or two degrees?
When it was ready I slurped at the egg soup, relishing the warmth and the taste of the oyster sauce and bonito flakes it contained. MMMmm, just the right sort of soup for a cold night like this. I dished out the inevitable ""Seconds"" of green pepper stir-fry over rice for Sui-chan and Fer while I made more egg soup for Dora-chan who was, as usual, satisfied with one large helping of the main dish. When Fer and Sui-chan slowed down I offered them some of the egg soup too.
"Hot food tastes even more delicious when it's this cold." Fer said as he vacuumed up his bowl of egg soup.
"Ah, I can feel this soup warming my entire body." Dora-chan agreed.
"Delicious-" Sui-chan chimed in.
I had to agree, the cold was really biting now but the soup was doing its job. It was the sort of food I would usually only eat during winter at home though, and as I looked out over the dark desert surrounding us it seemed incongruous remembering just how hot it had been only a few hours ago.
I finished my own meal with an after-dinner coffee while talking with Fer about what we should do next.
"How long will it be until we get to the level boss?" I asked. The desert seemed endless, we had travelled a long way earlier in the day but there was no way to see what was ahead of us. Fer wrinkled his nose as if sniffing out the boss off in the distance then shook his head.
"This level is really wide, a lot wider than the last ones. My guess, if I hurry all day tomorrow we'd be at the boss and ready to fight him late on, around nightfall probably." Fer looked around our campsite then out at the desert through his Barrier. "It'll be cold when we start off in the morning and I'll be tired out from running through the heat all day. If we want to face the boss tomorrow night after doing that? Umu, not good." He shook his head again. "Best to get close then stop for the night, eat and sleep and fight the boss the morning after."
Thinking what Fer said I had to agree with him. This level was too cold at night and too hot in the day, the drastic changes in temperature were really intense and took a lot out of us. We were facing S-class monsters as level bosses now this deep into the dungeon and we really needed to be at the top of our abilities when we got to the end of this level. Starting a fight late on in the day, already tired out and then the temperature falling too as it gets dark... I shuddered, not just from the cold. Things could go wrong. Yup, waiting until the next day to face the boss would be best, after a meal and a sleep.
"Right then," I announced, "we'll see what happens tomorrow once we get close to the level boss. We can make better plans then."
"Umu." Fer agreed. For once he wasn't in a hurry to get into a fight. "Let's sleep."
The desert night's cold forced us to cuddle up together. Fer settled down on the futons I had laid out under a blanket and comforter. I got in beside him, pressing up against his thick fur which, I decided, definitely needed a wash. Sui-chan, instead of sleeping in her bag as usual squeezed herself in between us. Dora-chan got one of the hand-warmers and applied it to his stomach before rolling up into a tight scaly ball around it, tucked under the comforter too. I followed Dora-chan's example, applying another larger heat pad to my back as I laid my head on Fer's belly, using the terrifying Fenrir-monster's stomach as a furry pillow. In this manner we slept through the cold desert night.
Man I'm addicted to this series now
Ah, after a crazy swamp it's time to cook, on both high heat and below zero chill. The barrier would lessen the issues, but still an annoying level. Warm food is great though.
Thanks for the chapter! God bless you, take care, and keep at it please :D
Hooray! A new chapter! Looks like they will be touring all the biomes David Attenborough style.
I wonder if MC will ever develop a dark-net-super skill. Vis-à-vis the shield hero. Imagine him buying guns, bombs, tanks, and attack helicopters, Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri style.
ProfionX 14 June 2019 at 16:20
Thx for the chapter!!!! I become addicted to this too and started wondering when the MC an d company cross paths with the Hero Group and how broken he cbecome compared to them
Zwei Rider 14 June 2019 at 18:32
it will be long (maybe hundreds chapter more). MC still go hunt and become richer (no spoiler here). meanwhile other 3 heroes get what they deserve for serve that corrupt Kingdom
wiiiiiiii graciasssss
Desert.... some ice cream to eat as dessert after lunch must be cool
Thank you very much for the new chapter~ <3
Hmm.. despite being in a desert area..
There's surprisingly low complaint on the sand? Like getting sand on their food, sink holes, etc.
I'm guessing that the behemoth is in a arctic area knowing how extreme the new levels are. Thanks for the chapter! Have a coffee!
wffjr 19 June 2019 at 10:34
This chapter makes me want to take a nap.
Yeah, the four of them cuddling together is cute. <3
Now imagine how Elland and his party got to the Behemoth


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Union Skates Past Dartmouth
Union (3-20-0, 0-11-0) 0 0 1 1
Dartmouth (4-12-0, 2-8-0) 1 0 1 2
Dartmouth (5-8-3,2-5-2 ECACH) 1 0 0 1
Union (15-5-2,9-1-1 ECACH) 1 1 2 4
1st - 05:28 - Shaunessy, Caroline (Dartmouth)
3rd - 08:06 - Tebano, Eleni (Dartmouth)
3rd - 16:39 - PP - Jordi Naidrich (Union)
G: Jordi Naidrich - 1
A: 2 Players (#5, #17) - 1
Sh: Brandy Streeter - 4
Sv: Kate Spooner - 32
G: 2 Players (#4, #9) - 1
Sh: Eleni Tebano - 6
Sv: Robyn Chemago - 21
1st - 08:45 - PP - Brett Supinski (Union)
1st - 13:52 - PP - Hesler, Carl (Dartmouth)
2nd - 15:42 - PP - Brett Supinski (Union)
3rd - 01:04 - PP - Jeff Taylor (Union)
3rd - 19:30 - EN - Spencer Foo (Union)
G: Carl Hesler - 1
Sh: Josh Hartley - 5
Sv: Adrian Clark - 20
G: Brett Supinski - 2
A: 2 Players (#15, #27) - 2
Sh: Spencer Foo - 7
Sv: Alex Sakellaropoulos - 34
SCHENECTADY, N.Y.— Senior goaltender Alex Sakellaropoulos made 34 saves and the 11th-ranked Union College men's hockey team scored three power-play goals en route to a 4-1 win against Dartmouth, Friday night at Messa Rink. The Dutchmen improve to 15-5-2 overall and 9-1-1 in ECAC Hockey, while the Big Green goes to 5-8-3 overall and 2-4-2 in the league.
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Brett Supinski produced his second career two-goal game, Spencer Foo extended his Division I-best point streak to 20 games with three points (1g, 2a), Jeff Taylor added a goal and an assist and Sebastian Vidmar had a pair of helpers.
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The Dutchmen, who scored three power-play goals in a game for the first time since a 7-0 win at Cornell on March 7, 2015, host No. 2/3 Harvard at 7 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 14.


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BASED ON WRITINGS OF THE LATE
JUDGE HENRY P. LANE, OF Leaksville, N. C.
LEAKSVILLE - SPRAY - DRAPER
The Towns of Leaksville, Spray and Draper have come to be known as the Tri-Cities of
Rockingham County, North Carolina. This is proper, us they are so intimately linked
in their industrial, social and cultural interest as to form one Metropolitan area.
Leaksville was incorporated in 1874; Draper in 1949; and Spray in 1951.
These towns are in an historic area. Here Colonel William Byrd, the famous Virginian,
came in 1728 when he led the commission running the dividing line between Virginia and
Carolina. In 1733 he received his grant of twenty thousand acres, and named it the
"Land of Eden." and said in his immortal book, it was the most beautiful section he
has ever seen. All of Spray and Draper, and much of Leaksville lie within the confines
of Byrd's tract. When Leaksville's radio station, the first in Rockingham county, went
on the air in December, 1946 the call letters, with perfect propriety, were WLOE,
representing the "Wonderful Land of Eden."
Leaksville is the oldest of the triplets; and the oldest town in the county. Some years
prior to 1797, John Leak had received from Robert Galloway, a large land owner,
a tract of one hundred acres of land on the north side of the Dan River, near the point
where the Smith River runs into the Dan. By reason of the beauty and healthfulness of the
location, Leak decided to promote a town here and had sold a number of lots. In 1797 the
Legislative body of the State passed An act authorizing him to lay off a town site on his
tract according to the plans drawn by a board of commissioners named in the Act. This was
done, and the town was named for Leak. Two streets running East and West. Washington and
Jay, and three running North and South, Patrick, Henry and Hamilton were laid out, and on
these streets lots were sold and the town grew up.
The first business houses, as well as residences, were erected on Henry street, near the
river where the Karastan rug mill and Bedspread mill now stand.
In 1812, with the creation of the Roanoke Navigation Co., boats begun to ply the river from
Weldon, N. C., up the Roanoke River to the Dan, thence up that stream to Leaksville, which
became the head of navigation. This created a great boom in the town and a rapid growth.
It became the trading center of a great section, extending to and across the Blue Ridge Mountains
into Virginia.
Produce from this section, accumulated by the merchants was conveyed from here down the river,
and the songs of the boatman, as they poled the long bateaux, heavily laden with tobacco, and other
products along the Dan, were familiar sounds.
Around 1818 a great building boom had started here, a large bank was established, a branch of the state bank, and lots were sold for almost fabulous prices. In a few years, the boom collapsed and a more substantial growth began. Many new buildings and companies began to construct and start doing business in the area. In 1819 an academy was opened at Leaksville, and later a school for girls was conducted. In later years, Nathan Henry, son of America's great orator and patriot Patrick Henry, conducted the Academy for males. In 1846 Patrick Henry III was head of the school. In that year he closed the school, formed a company, and as captain of it, went to Mexico with a North Caroling regiment. Other noted teachers conducted the school here, the best known being, Professor N. S. Smith and B. W. Ray.
In 1813, James Barnett had erected the largest grist mill in this part of North Carolina, at a point
on Smith River, where is now the bank building at Spray. He also operated a saw mill, oil mill and
cotton gin and a large store there. He sold his interest, including a large tract of land and valuable
water power to John M. Morehead, and in 1839, Morehead built the Leaksville Cotton Mill. In later years Morehead became Governor of North Carolina and one of the South's most distinguished statesmen and outstanding financiers. After his death his family continued to expand the textile interests here, establishing the Leaksville Woolen Mill in the early seventies and conducting the largest mercantile establishment in the county.
At Spray In 1890, Major J. Turner Morehead promoted the Wilson Aluminum Company, that never made any aluminum, but instead, by accident, discovered how to produce carbide, which, when put in water, generated acetylene gas. From this discovery, the American Carbide Company originated and became one of the largest and greatest corporations in the world.
In 1892, under the leadership of the late B. Frank Mebane, a marvelous expansion began, and for several years a new cotton or woolen mill was promoted each year, with all the available water power of the Smith River being utilized, and steam plants being required.
In the meantime in old Leaksvllle, tobacco manufacturing was the chief, or only industry, as it had been for almost a century. Auction warehouses had opened here soon after the war between the states, and the market held up well in competition with other points. As late as 1893, eight factories were making chewing tobacco here, and some of their brands were famous throughout the country.
The Danville and New River Railroad Company built its lines to Leaksville by 1884. It is now the Carolina and Northwestern, a branch of the Southern System. This ended all water transportation, as well as the hauling of freight from Reidsville and Danville by wagons with team horses, mules and oxen.
By 1906, Draper had grown to be a considerable village. The German-American Co., had built a large textile mill there in the heart of what has always been called "The Meadows." In 1912 this plant and much land was acquired by Marshall Field and Company of Chicago. The blanket mill was enlarged, and in 1915 an additional plant was built for the manufacture of sheeting. Seven mills of Spray also were acquired by Marshall Field and Co. These mills were expanded and improved and two new plants—the Bedspread Mill and the Karastan rug mill—were built at Leaksviile.
Marshall Field and Co. operated this chain of mills until October 1, 1953 when the mills were purchased by a newly-formed corporation, Fieldcrest Mills, Inc. The new company has continued to invest heavily in modernization, with $5.5 million being spent on improvements from early 1954 to the end of 1956. Today, the nine Fieldcrest plants together with the Leaksville Woolen mill, the Morehead mill, and the Spray Cotton mills form the economic backbone of the Tn-Cities, employing more than 5,000 of its citizens.
In addition to textile manufacturing, numerous other industries have been established in recent years. Among these are Rockingham Block Company, a subsidiary of Boren Clay Products, Home Novelty Company, a furniture plant; Roanoke-Webster Brick Company, and the MacMillan. Stave Company.
The Tri-Cities are served by the Duke Power Company which constructed here its Dan River Steam Station to furnish an ample supply of electricity to the northern part of the growing Piedmont Carolinas.. The first 70,000 K W generating unit went on the line in September, 1949, and was followed closely by the second 70,000 K W unit In March, 1950. A third unit of 150,000 K W was added in August. 1955.
Also serving the area is the Leaksville News, a weekly newspaper established in 1924; The Advisor, a monthly magazine published at Draper; and Radio Stations WLOE and WLOK-FM at Leaksville. WLOE, the first radio station in Rockingham County, first went on the air in 1946.
Telephone service for the Tri-Cites is provided by the Central Telephone Company with 4,685 telephone installations. The modern dial system has a capacity for a number of additional phones as needed in the future.
The Tri-Cities have 48 churches representing all major denominations. Many fine school buildings provide for the educational needs of the communities. The county library at Leaksville and a branch library at Draper contain thousands of volumes. Three Y.M.C.A.s and Boy and Girl Scout organizations provide wholesome programs benefiting youth. A total of 28 civic clubs, affiliated with National organization provide opportunities for self-development and community improvement.
Leaksville, Spray and Draper are located in a beautiful section. The towns nestle along the rivers, surrounded by a rich farming section with the towering Blue Ridge Mountains in the distance. The Tri-Cities are truly a "Land of Eden." not only, as Byrd wrote, "A place where everything grows plentiful to supply the wants of Man," but also where beautiful textile products are manufactured in enormous quantities to help supply the wants of man all over the Globe!
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