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SEMODU drives growth and expands digital business
SEMODU AG has invested 360,000,000 shares in the newly founded digital company "WANDWALL PLC" in Ireland as part of a capital increase and is thus significantly pushing forward the expansion of its "Digital" division. The technology company "WANDWALL PLC" was recently founded in May this year and is now developing a building module digitized from scratch in Berlin.
In the course of it's recent capital increase, SEMODU AG increased the company's share capital of 270,000 euros by 810,000 euros to 1,080,000 euros. The capital increase was carried out by issuing 810,000 new no-par value registered shares with a share in the capital stock of 1.00 Euro per share. The new shares were issued without consideration at a ratio of 1 to 3 and are entitled to profits from 1 January 2021. Further participation talks with internationally networked investors in the industry will take place in the course of autumn.
With its investment in "WANDWALL PLC", SEMODU AG wants to pave the way for digital transformation in the real estate industry worldwide. "We want to link our expertise around modular construction and sustainable energy concepts to innovative digital technologies that could be implemented into real estate projects initially across Europe," says CEO Frank Talmon l'Armée.
In doing so, "WANDWALL plc" shows itself to be an exceptional example of cultural diversity. "We are firmly convinced that the different cultural and professional backgrounds of our employees are a key element for the success of our company. Therefore, we are not limiting our field of activity to Europe in the medium term but will also become active in Asia and North America."
Creation of a digitized module
"Digital transformation in particular in the housing segment offers enormous potential," says Talmon l'Armée. Already in the course of the year, a cooperation with the "Campus Founders", an academic innovation and educational institution in the Heilbronn region, was launched to develop disruptive innovations and unconventional approaches for digital products in real estate. With the participation of the digital company "WANDWALL PLC", innovative concepts for the integration of artificial intelligence into a digital module are to be developed. In the medium term, SEMODU AG will hold approximately 36% of the shares in the digital company.
"The first step is to develop a digital wall based on the intelligent software and blockchain technology," says Talmon l'Armée. The goal, he says, is to unite all electronic and digital functions under one software so that individual devices, apps and applications become superfluous in everyday life and can only be controlled by a unified system. "The digital wall is intended to make the customer's everyday life much easier and thus go far beyond the still very cumbersome use of smart home technologies today." In addition, the entire solution will be networked with social profiles, so rooms can react to the individual user with the help of artificial intelligence and an individual user profile can be created.
The big vision here is to create a module that is digitalized from the ground up. This includes both the basic technical building block, which is invisibly incorporated into the walls from the outside and connects all rooms, as well as state-of-the-art technologies that adapt to individual preferences and restrictions and offer fully comprehensive, dematerialized solutions.
For more information, visit semodu.com/digital and wandwall.com.
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The path to the electric revolution leads through disruption
The real estate industry needs disruptive energy, says CEO Frank Talmon l'Armée in an expert video. One giant real estate group needs to lead the way and turn the property industry around, which has barely evolved in decades. Just like Elon Musk set the automotive industry on the path of electric mobility! Such a pioneer who will be able to electrify the real estate portfolio and thus usher in the electric revolution for the property industry is necessary.
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Ceremony, Investigation and Negotiations (Edmonton, Canada)
August 17, 2021 Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail
There have been several news stories in the past few days that I'm including below. I hope it's useful to have these collected in one place:
About the 50-day ceremony at the Camsell site, where local Indigenous people and allies gathered nightly to bring awareness and try and halt construction
Lorelei Mullings holds her three week-old grandson Micah Mindus-Morin on the grounds of the former Charles Camsell Indian Hospital, in Edmonton, Monday Aug. 9, 2021. Mullins is a co-organizer of a protest that has been on site nearing 50 straight days, to bring awareness to the discovery of over 5,000 unmarked graves at Canada's former residential school sites. PHOTO BY DAVID BLOOM /Postmedia
Search for unmarked graves at former Edmonton hospital site to continue this month after first survey leaves questions unanswered
"Even if graves are found, those looking for answers may not get them. Records are scarce and DNA testing is possible but expensive, Bruneau says.
He also hopes former patients or a witnesses who may have details that could help with the search will come forward, though he knows speaking about the past can be painful.
"It seems like a good thing that they're finding all these graves, but its also opening up old wounds."
Elder Fernie Marty from the Papaschase First Nation, monitors the covering of dig sites on the grounds of the former Charles Camsell Hospital, in Edmonton Friday Aug. 6, 2021. Eleven sites were excavated on the grounds of the former hospital Thursday Aug. 5 after ground penetrating radar identified anomalies. No human remains or artifacts were found in the 11 sites, but Papaschase First Nation oral history says there are unmarked graves on the north east section of the property, which have not yet been searched. The hospital had served as a tuberculosis treatment centre for Indigenous peoples. Photo by David Bloom PHOTO BY DAVID BLOOM DAVID BLOOM /David Bloom/Postmedia
Updated article on the Indian Hospitals Class Action suit by Koskie Minsky and the Federal Government's attempts to negotiate a settlement out of court [a correction: this suit is not new, as is stated in the article. It was launched several years ago]
"I think that people need to know that this happened in our hospitals, it happened recently and we need to acknowledge it," [Chief Complainant Ann] Hardy told CTV News.
"I know that sometimes Canadians think they're just hearing too much of it, and 'Why can't we just get over it?' and I think we're not going to be able to, in my case, until we fully expose that this happened."
Holly Moore and the APTN Investigates team recently looked into the history and legacy of Indian Hospitals and tuberculosis in Canada. Out of their work, they produced a 25-minute video that provides context and dips into experiences at various hospitals, including the Camsell. In addition to interviews with several authors and researchers (such as Dr. Maureen Lux and Dr. Ian Mosby), they speak with Dorothy Wanahadie and Marilyn Buffalo about their experiences – or their family members' experiences – as patients and staff at the Camsell.
I think what Stephen Lewis, Director of AIDS-Free World said, resonates. There's a sense of "angry bewilderment" at the treatment of Indigenous people during the era of the Sanatoriums, but also at the lack of information today.
Hopefully all of our work to illuminate this past, and get answers, will be helpful.
To watch the video, please click here.
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James has turned his life around in the past few years, and this is how.
Born and raised in Poplar, James (left) is East London through and through. He grew up to become a London taxi driver for 30 years, of which he says there were good times and bad times. Eventually, various health issues got in the way and he became unemployed. He was also finding that as Poplar changed, a lot of his social connections were changing with it. It was a struggle for him to adjust to all the changes happening in his life and he hit a low point.
But, if you had known him back then, you wouldn't recognise him now, 2 years later. With volunteering and plenty of creative endeavours on his plate, James is full of life and enthusiasm for his future. We knew we had to talk to him as he is a perfect example of our three strands approach – of social connections, healthy eating, and fitness coming together to improve overall wellbeing. With help from the community, a new approach towards fitness and nutrition, and an unbeatable spirit, James has turned his life around.
Physical activity has been a big part of his journey to recovery. He took part in the Silver Line Project, ran by Moses Adeyemi (winner of the Channel 4: SAS Who Dares Wins), which he said was fantastic. It was one of the first things he did that allowed him to feel optimistic about his future. Getting a bike in order to get around was the next step in this. In his own words: it helped change pretty much everything for him. Within 4-5 months he was already starting to feel better mentally, and his physical fitness had improved so much that his doctor said he had a perfect blood pressure and BMI.
He combined this with a new approach to healthy eating. As a big believer that a healthy body leads to a healthy mind, cooking good food at home became a big passion for him and a big part of his life. He loves cooking vegetables, in particular, and occasionally experiments with vegetarianism – he's even traded in soy milk for cow's milk for ethical reasons. He says that it can be satisfying to cook for yourself and it really makes you think about what you eat.
But it has been re-integrating himself into the community around him and getting back into his artistic side that has been massively therapeutic to him. As a kid, he was always interested in art and was constantly drawing. Although he undertook a painting and decorating apprenticeship when he left school (which he did as it was the closest thing to art), sadly, he didn't follow it into a career. There wasn't enough support or mentoring at school for him to do so, he thinks. As a taxi driver, he would meet a lot of people who actually did do art for a living, and it would always surprise him that people actually could make a living out of it. He has, however, been playing the guitar for an impressive 43 years now, occasionally playing in pubs. It's been a massive part of his life.
About two years ago he first got into contact with Poplar Harca, enquiring about housing and transitioning out of employment. Through this he met various people like Vicky Coakley at the Aberfeldy Centre, Bala Thakrar from Trussler Hall, and Moses Adeyemi. They were central to encouraging him to start doing things, to create things in his life that would get him out and about.
Now his plate is jam packed with creative activities. With encouragement and links from the community, he has gotten into creating art with recycled materials and is currently helping to do up a micro-pub. Taking a creative writing class with Mind encouraged him to work on his own novel: a – perhaps semi-autobiographical – story about a taxi driver who tries to become a guitar player. And, of course, his guitar playing. He volunteered to play at our Healthy Poplar Week, used to tutor, and he's currently looking to run classes at the Aberfeldy Centre. Teaching brings out the best of him, he says. Very excitingly, James is also undertaking voluntary work at a printing company in Hackney. He's going to be designing posters and business cards for them.
What advice does James have?
James says that people can go through their entire lives not knowing their talents, simply because they've never tried things. People's lives are so structured; they have to make decisions so early on about what they want to do and start building up a CV at such a young age, so they don't try new things. That's why he's taken these past few years to explore everything – something he thinks everyone should do. People can be close minded, he says, but try new things, see what you're good at, and keep an open mind.


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Sports Spectrum Daily Devotional: Friday, November 6
By Sports Spectrum Nov 6, 2020
Former Army running back Connor Slomka (AP Photo/Tony Ding)
"But He said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me." — 2 Corinthians 12:9
Exposing Weaknesses
The 2020 NFL draft proved to be a big one for a school not always associated with top football players. Its program has been rebuilding for several years and, thanks to a visionary coach and some exceptional players with a great work ethic, it has become a well-respected team that can play toe-to-toe with even the best programs in the country. A few years back, the Army football team wasn't considered to be a big threat in college football. A losing season seemed the norm.
When Connor Slomka arrived at the United States Military Academy to play, he became part of a team that was determined to change the narrative. Four years later, he and his fellow seniors were proud to say they left the program better than they found it. With winning seasons all four years, three Army-Navy wins, and two Commander in Chief's trophies, Army once again became an elite football school. And now, Slomka and two of his teammates are among the first players from West Point to sign an NFL contract in several years.
But Slomka says all the success he experienced during his four years pales in comparison to the biggest lesson he learned while a cadet at the Academy: exposing his weaknesses and learning to overcome them. In a recent interview, he revealed, "West Point — whatever it is that you're good at or bad at — it's going to find what your weaknesses are and … it doesn't just teach you what the weaknesses are that you have, it teaches you how to overcome them and it teaches you what you need to focus on. So the weaknesses that West Point showed me have been countless, and I think it's made me a way better athlete, person, scholar, leader, you name it … I hope that I can take that and approach the [NFL] with that same mentality that West Point has taught me because I'm sure that I have weaknesses that I don't even know yet that I'll get to see… and I hope that, just like West Point taught me, I'll be resilient and be able to overcome them."
In the same way, much of our journey as a Christian will necessitate us having our weaknesses exposed. Sometimes we have to get broken down in order to be built up. We have to get real with our flaws in order to become more like Jesus. Contrary to society's view, the weaker you are, the more dependent on God you'll become and the most useful you will be for His Kingdom.
Having the worst of ourselves brought to light is never comfortable and, oftentimes, it will hurt. But the end result will be one that we'll thank God for some day, just as Slomka is grateful to West Point. And with every challenge life puts in front of us, we'll take far more out of it if we walk into the experience being willing to grow, even when it means revealing the worst about ourselves.
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WATCH: Church toppled by lava as La Palma volcano eruption continues
Tue Sep 28 2021
A church on the Spanish island of La Palma has been destroyed by lava that spewed from the erupting Cumbre Vieja volcano.
Footage of the dramatic moment shows smoke billowing towards the belltower before the entire church comes crumbling down to the ground.
Thousands have been forced to flee their homes as the lava creeps through villages and towns following the eruption on 19th September.
So far, the volcano has ejected more than 46 million cubic metres (1.6 billion cubic feet) of molten rock, destroying more than 500 homes.
With the lava slowly edging down towards the ocean, officials are becoming concerned the rock's reaction with the seawater could release a plume of toxic vapour into the atmosphere, endangering the island's inhabitants.
So far, no fatalities or serious injuries have been reported by the authorities, though 15 per cent of the island's banana crop could be at risk.
Spanish property portal Idealista estimated the damage at around 178 million euros (£154 million) on Monday.
La Palma has a population of just under 90,000 people.


Author Proposal – Are you ready?
You've passed by that "Local Interest" section in your favorite bookstore for years. Folks you know are amazed at the knowledge you have about your town, sports team, college, or some other local topic. You're ready to do this!
The Author Proposal is the process by which you decide. It's not difficult to work with, but it is detailed. You need the answers to a number of questions about your project. This is where you make the decision to go forward. Let's start the process with some general things you need to answer, if you want to write a history book. While we're working within the context of writing a book for Arcadia or The History Press, the things you need to work through apply to submitting a book proposal for other imprints as well. While the details in specific proposal packages vary, the basics are common.
It's one thing to think you know a particular subject. Actually knowing enough to write a book is another. Friends, neighbors, and colleagues help with this discernment. If folks really tell you, you should write a book, that's a good start. Many history books tell their story chronogically. So, start your timeline. Turn it into an outline. Run it past your friends.
You don't need to have a doctorate to write a history book! You don't even need a college degree. This is important – you do need to be able to write. Maybe not perfectly, but you have to get in front of a keyboard. So, if you can write a 1500-word introduction and a lot of 20 to 50-word captions, you're up to the challenge. If you want to tell a longer story, write a thousand words. Get friends and colleagues to look it over. Be ready to accept their critiques.
Just because your writing needs work doesn't mean you can't write a book! Using an editor may be the route you take.
Get to work – go to our Author Proposal page to learn more about the process.


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In Victorian-era London, a troubled clairvoyant police detective investigates the murders of Jack the Ripper.In Victorian-era London, a troubled clairvoyant police detective investigates the murders of Jack the Ripper.In Victorian-era London, a troubled clairvoyant police detective investigates the murders of Jack the Ripper.
Alan Moore(graphic novel)
Eddie Campbell(graphic novel)
Terry Hayes(screenplay)
15 nominations
Watch From Hell
Inspector Frederick Abberline
Mary Kelly
Sir William Gull
Robbie Coltrane
Sergeant Peter Godley
Ian Richardson
Sir Charles Warren
Netley, the Coachman
Dark Annie Chapman
Terence Harvey
Benjamin 'Ben' Kidney
Susan Lynch
Liz Stride
Paul Rhys
Dr. Ferral
Lesley Sharp
Kate Eddowes
Estelle Skornik
Nicholas McGaughey
Officer Bolt
Polly Nichols
Joanna Page
Ann Crook
Mark Dexter
Albert Sickert…
Danny Midwinter
Constable Withers
Samantha Spiro
Martha Tabram
The Ninth Gate
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
The Astronaut's Wife
Nick of Time
The Libertine
Some real photos from the Ripper victims are pinned to the walls in the police station sets. Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes placed them there to unnerve the cast, so they'd give an edgier performance.
(at around 30 mins) In 1888, a bottle of laudanum would not have been labeled as poison, as it was a popular, socially acceptable, and inexpensive painkiller and sedative at the time.
Sir William Gull: One day men will look back and say that I gave birth to the twentieth century.
Abberline: You're not going to see the twentieth century.
Thanks to the Megerdichian family
Three endings were filmed: one where Abberline dies of a drug overdose in London, one where he travels to the Far East and dies of an overdose in an Opium Den and one where he sneaks off to be with Mary.
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Written by John Hatton
Simply a fantastic movie
The critics, nit-pickers and historical pedants who've trashed this superb piece of truly cinematic movie-making have totally missed the point.
So what if Johnny Depp's English accent isn't exactly "right" for his character? (English accents have always been problematic for all but the most skilled of American actors: Depp pulls it off entirely passably, way way better than - say - Keanu Reeves, risible in Coppola's Dracula. Think of Kevin Costner, who didn't even bother trying in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves.) I'm a Londoner by birth, and for me the accent in no way detracted from Depp's excellent performance.
As for history, again, who cares if the filmmakers have employed a degree of dramatic licence? This is a movie, not a documentary. Nobody knows for sure who Jack the Ripper was, and in order to make the film interesting and enjoyable the writers have speculated a little. Fine by me.
OK, so Heather Graham was impossibly glamorous, but movies with big budgets need a little bit of star appeal. The notion of the "tart with a heart" is a cliché, sure, but nevertheless her character works in the context of the film. (Contrast the depiction of prostitution generally in this film with the utter garbage that is Pretty Woman.)
What's so great about this film? The quirky, literate script; the performances (all, with the possible exception of Graham, excellent); the wonderful photography and production design; the depiction of the murders themselves - elliptical, shocking, mesmerising; and above all the aura of brooding menace, gloom, cruelty, darkness, melancholy and downright despair running through it as deeply as the veins through a block of marble. This is marvellously thoughtful, evocative film-making, very bold and brave. No happy Hollywood ending, no phoney saccharine or cheap laughs to satisfy the popcorn brigade. This is a proper grown-ups movie that probes some of the darkest regions of the human psyche, places mainstream filmmakers like Lucas, Spielberg, James Cameron and their ilk don't dare to go, or couldn't go even if they wanted to. To me it appeals almost on a subconscious level, forcing us to confront our deepest fears and taboos - death, pain, suffering, human wickedness. I can't think of a recent major release that is so relentlessly downbeat.
Don't let the detractors put you off. It's hardly surprising a generation weened on MTV - folk with the the attention span of a gnat and the emotional depth of a paper cup - didn't like it. They've got their Screams and their Scary Movies, and they're welcome to them. This is super stuff, and the Hughes brothers and their collaborators should be heartily congratulated for it.
A classic, not so much for the plot, which is a little contrived, but for its sure command of cinema as a visual storytelling medium.
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Boscastle, Cornwall, England, UK
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With the cooler fall temperatures here, it is time to shift our focus to pumpkins, squash, apples and more. For foodies, the best way to really enjoy the fall bounty is to start by roasting these autumn wonders. Even if you do not think you will like these fall vegetables, do not fret. I did not like them either…that is, not until I learned how to turn them into foodie approved dishes.
While peaches are on their way out this season, I was able to find some end of the season peaches. Peaches are very simple to roast (especially if they're starting to go bad).
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cut peaches into eighths. Place on a baking sheet. Place the tray into the oven and roast for 30 minutes.
You can roast most stone fruits in the same manner, including apricots. No extra seasoning needed. The roasting helps bring out the flavors in the fruit.
Try roasted peaches with pork chops, on top of salads, or drenched in a bowl of almond milk (Matthew Lucifer's favorite).
Probably one of the most annoying things about pumpkins, butternut squash and most of the fall harvest is the amount of work that goes into preparing the vegetable for consumption.
For those wanting to buy pumpkins to eat, I recommend buying the smaller pumpkins (less work and easier to manage). For those buying pumpkins for jack-o-lanterns, I also have a few tips on what to do with the pumpkin guts.
What you'll need: cutting board, good knife, 2 baking sheets, and a bowl. If you are going to make the soup and curry below, instead of a bowl, use the crockpot.
Cut into the pumpkin, sectioning off a wedge at a time. Remove the guts and place it in the bowl, place the seeds on one of the baking sheets.
Remove the skin by cutting the skin off from the meat using your knife. Cut the pumpkin meat into bite sized pieces (similar to the photo above) and place on the other baking sheet.
After you have separated up the entire pumpkin, sprinkle sea salt on the pumpkin seeds.
For the pumpkin meat, make sure that all pieces are flat on the baking sheet. Drizzle olive oil over the pieces and sprinkle salt and pepper on top.
Put both trays into the oven. Bake the pumpkin seeds for 8-10 minutes and then remove from the oven.
Bake the pumpkin meat for 20-25 minutes. Remove from the oven.
The roasted pumpkin serves as the base for multiple recipes. You can use the roasted pumpkin on top of salads (one of my favorite things to do), and use them in a soup.
So here is what you should have now: a tray of roasted pumpkin meat, a tray of pumpkin seeds and a bowl or crockpot full of pumpkin guts.
Here's why we kept the guts…it's for the Crockpot Thai Butternut Squash (or Pumpkin) curry.
1-2 tablespoons red curry paste The amount of curry paste you will use is based on how spicy you want the curry.
In the crockpot, place the pumpkin guts, chicken, kaffir lime leaves and butternut squash.
Pour the coconut milk over the ingredients in the crock pot.
In a small pot, bring the water to boil with the bullion cube. Add in the curry paste. Stir until the curry paste and bullion cube have completely dissolved. Remove from the heat and add the broth to the crockpot.
Turn on high and cook for 4-6 hours (until chicken is soft and falling off the bone).
When the chicken is falling off the bone, add the frozen green beans and cook for another 30 minutes.
Serve curry with rice, zucchini noodles, baked potato, or eat on its own.
Add some cilantro as a finishing touch.
Note that I didn't have you use the entire butternut squash. Cut up the leftover butternut squash and roast it the same way you roasted the pumpkin. It's really tasty on top of salads.
Now, there's a soup recipe, you have to try. Roasted Pumpkin Soup with Harissa and Chickpeas from Real Simple. Since I've switched to a more paleo/Whole 30 lifestyle, I could not add the chickpeas to the recipe, so I substituted it with fresh spinach. The result? I got an "OMG, this is so flavorful!" from my test subject.
I am a believer in using as much of your food as you possibly can. With the pumpkin and butternut squash, it was easier to make all of the recipes at the exact same time. While the pumpkin and the seeds were roasting, I got the curry ready.
After the roasted pumpkin was ready, I replaced the tray of pumpkin with the tray of butternut squash. While the squash was roasting, I started on the soup.
I did not use all of the roasted pumpkin in the soup recipe. I reserved a lot of it for other recipes, but mainly for salads.
The roasting really brings out the flavor and makes everything taste so much better. The hard part is preparing the pumpkin and the butternut squash. Once you taste the result, the hard work was well worth it.
Happy autumn, everyone and I hope you enjoy these recipes as much as I did.


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You can also bet on a tennis match of women's singles Grand Slam Australian Open. However, you should be careful. Women's Singles match often provide unexpected results. The seeded players could be eliminated in the early rounds. In addition, the final round could also be played by players of surprises.
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package com.cinchapi.concourse.importer.util;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map.Entry;

import org.junit.Assert;
import org.junit.Test;

import com.cinchapi.concourse.importer.Transformer;
import com.cinchapi.concourse.util.Convert;
import com.cinchapi.concourse.util.KeyValue;
import com.cinchapi.concourse.util.StringBuilderWriter;
import com.cinchapi.concourse.util.Strings;
import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
import com.google.gson.stream.JsonWriter;

/**
 * Unit tests for the {@link Importables} class.
 *
 * @author Jeff Nelson
 */
public class ImportablesTest {

    @Test
    public void testDelimitedStringToJsonArray() {
        String string = "a,b,c,d,e\n1,\"this has,a comma\",@3@,\"4\",true";
        String json = Importables.delimitedStringToJsonArray(string, null, ',',
                Lists.<String> newArrayList(), null);
        Assert.assertTrue(json.startsWith("["));
        Assert.assertTrue(Strings.isValidJson(json));
    }

    @Test
    public void testDelimitedStringToJsonObject() {
        List<String> header = Lists.newArrayList("a", "b", "c", "d", "e");
        String string = "1,\"this has,a comma\",@3@,'4',true";
        String json = Importables.delimitedStringToJsonObject(string, null,
                ',', header, null);
        Assert.assertTrue(json.startsWith("{"));
        Assert.assertTrue(Strings.isValidJson(json));
    }

    @Test
    public void testDelimitedStringToJsonObjectNoHeader() {
        List<String> header = Lists.newArrayList();
        String string = "1,\"this has,a comma\",@3@,'4',true";
        String json = Importables.delimitedStringToJsonObject(string, null,
                ',', header, null);
        Assert.assertNull(json);
    }

    @Test(expected = IndexOutOfBoundsException.class)
    public void testDelimitedStringToJsonArrayTooFewHeaderColumns() {
        String string = "a,b,c,d\n1,\"this has,a comma\",@3@,\"4\",true";
        String json = Importables.delimitedStringToJsonArray(string, null, ',',
                Lists.<String> newArrayList(), null);
        Assert.assertTrue(json.startsWith("["));
        Assert.assertTrue(Strings.isValidJson(json));
    }

    @Test(expected = IndexOutOfBoundsException.class)
    public void testDelimitedStringToJsonObjectTooFewHeaderColumns() {
        List<String> header = Lists.newArrayList("a", "b", "c", "d");
        String string = "1,\"this has,a comma\",@3@,'4',true";
        String json = Importables.delimitedStringToJsonObject(string, null,
                ',', header, null);
        Assert.assertTrue(json.startsWith("{"));
        Assert.assertTrue(Strings.isValidJson(json));
    }

    @Test
    public void testDelimitedStringToJsonArrayTooManyHeaderColumns() {
        String string = "a,b,c,d\n1,\"this has,a comma\",@3@,";
        String json = Importables.delimitedStringToJsonArray(string, null, ',',
                Lists.<String> newArrayList(), null);
        Assert.assertTrue(json.startsWith("["));
        Assert.assertTrue(Strings.isValidJson(json));
    }

    @Test
    public void testDelimitedStringToJsonObjectTooManyHeaderColumns() {
        List<String> header = Lists.newArrayList("a", "b", "c", "d");
        String string = "1,\"this has,a comma\",@3@,'4'";
        String json = Importables.delimitedStringToJsonObject(string, null,
                ',', header, null);
        Assert.assertTrue(json.startsWith("{"));
        Assert.assertTrue(Strings.isValidJson(json));
    }

    @Test
    public void testDelimitedStringToJsonArrayNullValue() {
        String string = "a,b,c,d,e\n1,,@3@,\"4\",true";
        String json = Importables.delimitedStringToJsonArray(string, null, ',',
                Lists.<String> newArrayList(), null);
        Assert.assertTrue(json.startsWith("["));
        Assert.assertTrue(Strings.isValidJson(json));
    }

    @Test
    public void testDelimitedStringToJsonObjectEmptyHeaderGetsFilled() {
        String string = "a,b,c,d,e";
        List<String> header = Lists.newArrayList();
        Importables
                .delimitedStringToJsonObject(string, null, ',', header, null);
        Assert.assertEquals(5, header.size());
    }

    @Test
    public void testDelimitedStringToJsonArrayEmptyHeaderGetsFilled() {
        String string = "a,b,c,d,e\n1,,@3@,\"4\",true";
        List<String> header = Lists.newArrayList();
        Importables.delimitedStringToJsonArray(string, null, ',', header, null);
        Assert.assertEquals(5, header.size());
    }

    @Test
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public void testDelimitedStringToJsonArrayMultiValues() {
        String lines = "a,b\nfoo,bar";
        String resolveKey = null;
        char delimiter = ',';
        List<String> header = Lists.newArrayList();
        Transformer transformer = new Transformer() {

            @Override
            public KeyValue<String, Object> transform(String key, String value) {
                if(key.equals("a")) {
                    return new KeyValue<String, Object>("A",
                            Lists.newArrayList(value.toLowerCase(),
                                    value.toUpperCase(), value.length()));
                }
                else {
                    return null;
                }
            }

        };
        String json = Importables.delimitedStringToJsonArray(lines, resolveKey,
                delimiter, header, transformer);
        Assert.assertTrue(Strings.isValidJson(json));
    }

    @Test
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public void testDelimitedStringToJsonObjectMultiValues() {
        String lines = "foo,bar";
        String resolveKey = null;
        char delimiter = ',';
        List<String> header = Lists.newArrayList("a", "b");
        Transformer transformer = new Transformer() {

            @Override
            public KeyValue<String, Object> transform(String key, String value) {
                if(key.equals("a")) {
                    return new KeyValue<String, Object>("A",
                            Lists.newArrayList(value.toLowerCase(),
                                    value.toUpperCase(), value.length()));
                }
                else {
                    return null;
                }
            }

        };
        String json = Importables.delimitedStringToJsonObject(lines,
                resolveKey, delimiter, header, transformer);
        Assert.assertTrue(Strings.isValidJson(json));
    }

    @Test
    public void testWriteOutJsonNumber() throws IOException {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        JsonWriter out = new JsonWriter(new StringBuilderWriter(sb));
        out.beginArray();
        Importables.writeJsonValue(out, "1");
        out.endArray();
        Assert.assertEquals("[1]", sb.toString());
    }

    @Test
    public void testWriteOutJsonForcedDouble() throws IOException {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        JsonWriter out = new JsonWriter(new StringBuilderWriter(sb));
        out.beginArray();
        Importables.writeJsonValue(out, "1D");
        out.endArray();
        Assert.assertEquals("[\"1D\"]", sb.toString());
    }

    @Test
    public void testWriteOutJsonForcedStringSingleQuotes() throws IOException {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        JsonWriter out = new JsonWriter(new StringBuilderWriter(sb));
        out.beginArray();
        Importables.writeJsonValue(out, "'1'");
        out.endArray();
        Assert.assertEquals("['1']", sb.toString());
    }

    @Test
    public void testWriteOutJsonForcedStringDoubleQuotes() throws IOException {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        JsonWriter out = new JsonWriter(new StringBuilderWriter(sb));
        out.setLenient(true);
        Importables.writeJsonValue(out, "\"1\"");
        Assert.assertEquals("\"1\"", sb.toString());
    }

    @Test
    public void testWriteOutJsonBoolean() throws IOException {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        JsonWriter out = new JsonWriter(new StringBuilderWriter(sb));
        out.beginArray();
        Importables.writeJsonValue(out, "true");
        out.endArray();
        Assert.assertEquals("[true]", sb.toString());
    }

    @Test
    public void testWriteOutJsonStringWithLineBreak() throws IOException {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        JsonWriter out = new JsonWriter(new StringBuilderWriter(sb));
        out.beginArray();
        Importables.writeJsonValue(out, "a\n\nb");
        out.endArray();
        Assert.assertEquals("[\"a\\n\\nb\"]", sb.toString());
    }

    @Test
    public void testTrimWhitespace() {
        String str = "a, b, c, d, e\nz, y, x, w, v";
        String json = Importables.delimitedStringToJsonArray(str, null, ',',
                null, null);
        List<Multimap<String, Object>> data = Convert.anyJsonToJava(json);
        for (Multimap<String, Object> map : data) {
            for (Entry<String, Object> entry : map.entries()) {
                Assert.assertEquals(entry.getKey(), entry.getKey().trim());
                if(entry.getValue() instanceof String) {
                    String value = (String) entry.getValue();
                    Assert.assertEquals(value, value.trim());
                }

            }
        }

    }

}

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Kuddos you have a LinkedIn profile, every professional does, right? Is your profile complete? Does it accurately represent you and the desired professional image for your field? Will it land you opportunities for advancement in your career or business? Are you a LinkedIn All-Star? Do you want to be?
Tune in to The Unleashed Radio hour this Thursday from 10am-11am (CST) on Business 1110am KTEK (streaming live at www.UnleashedRadioHour.com) where our guest, CEO of Strategic Advancement, LLC. Missy Luna, joins us to share how you can make the most of your LinkedIn profile. You will learn how recruiters are using LinkedIn to source top talent and what you can do to make sure you show up on their list. Tips and tools will be shared to help you create a LinkedIn profile that screams hire me and makes you a LinkedIn All-Star!
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Poecilocloeus insolitus är en insektsart som beskrevs av Marius Descamps 1980. Poecilocloeus insolitus ingår i släktet Poecilocloeus och familjen gräshoppor. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Primary Health Care System in India
Despite significant health policies and programmes, which were implemented in the country time and again since independence, issues and challenges have continuously emerged in the health sector. Apart from communicable diseases, health challenges have emerged in the form non-communicable or lifestyle related diseases. Hence, revitalisation of primary health care approach for promoting health and making health care accessible to all has become a necessity. The book examines the functioning of Primary Health Centres (PHC) in two Blocks, namely Deoria Sadar and Bhagalpur, in Deoria District, Uttar Pradesh vis-à-vis service delivery on a comparative scale in order to lay down benchmarks for effective primary health care. Based on the primary and secondary research, the book suggests a model for effective primary health care. The Model addresses the two-way process of primary health care approach by inclusion of all levels of health care system, that is, from policy-making to community. Further, it envisages effectiveness and sustainability of health care reforms. Recognising people's role, as the most important constituent of the health care system, will not only lead to a paradigm shift in the way the public health sector is governed in India but also increase people's ownership in various activities of the primary health care sector.
Dr Neepa Saha Sharma (b.1975) is a social development specialist with close to two decades of experience in strategic planning and implementation of CSR and social development programmes across diverse social sectors and geographical locations. Her interest lies in developing and supporting innovative social projects, which are impact driven and sustainable. She has been a Speaker on CSR and development issues in industry consortiums, CSR forums management associations, and academic institutions. She has been awarded '50 Most Talented CSR Leaders' in 2015, '100
Most Impactful CSR Leaders' in 2016 and 'CSR Leadership Award' in 2017. Dr Saha Sharma is a First Class First in BA History (Honours) from Presidency College, Kolkata, and a Gold Medalist in MA Archaeology and Heritage Management from GGS Indraprastha University, Delhi. She has obtained her PhD in Public Administration from
IGNOU, New Delhi.


With 12,000 homes, 25,000 customers and 600 employees, the Group is a strong, resilient and effective provider of homes and care services throughout Shropshire and Staffordshire. The Group has ambitious plans to build more homes and provide even better choice for their customers and communities.
The IT Services Team is responsible for the delivery of ICT Infrastructure, systems and services that underpin the day-to-day operations and to support the ambitions of the Group. The current legacy IT landscape offers a number of interesting opportunities and challenges and the Company has made a strong commitment to investing in its IT infrastructure and the expansion of the IT Team as part of its IT Strategy. As a result a number of new positions have opened up and our client are seeking to employ suitably qualified, enthusiastic and motivated individuals to complement the skills of the existing team.
Lead on the adoption, configuration, data migration, deployment and integration of products within the MS Office 365 suite, including the analysis of business requirements and translation into fully functioning business solutions.
Raise awareness of Office 365 capability, articulate change benefits to innovate and lead customers through the O365 on-boarding and migration process, identifying and resolving customer deployment issues.
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from bambou import NURESTFetcher

class NUWebCategoriesFetcher(NURESTFetcher):
    """ Represents a NUWebCategories fetcher

        Notes:
            This fetcher enables to fetch NUWebCategory objects.

        See:
            bambou.NURESTFetcher
    """

    @classmethod
    def managed_class(cls):
        """ Return NUWebCategory class that is managed.

            Returns:
                .NUWebCategory: the managed class
        """

        from .. import NUWebCategory
        return NUWebCategory


Deburring – A finishing method used in industrial settings and manufacturing environments. Many processes in order to create pieces of specific shape and size, and it may be welded, molded, cast, trimmed, slit or sheared. These procedures often create ragged edges or protrusions. The raised particles and shavings that appear when metal blanks are machined are referred to as burrs, and the process by which they are removed is known as deburring.


The Greatist listed 31 healthy recipes to curb your cravings for pumpkin everything.
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Seeking Refuge Audio
You may wonder what this short passage has to do with the conquest of the land. Is it just a bit of padding added in to make up the 250 pages requested by the publisher? Well, no, in fact it's an important piece of civil ordering for the nation of Israel.
You often hear people complaining about the violence we see in the Old Testament. You may be one of those people. We cringe at the thought of an "eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth." It all sounds so barbaric.
Yet, how do people deal with personal injuries inflicted on them by someone else in a world where there's no police force, no criminal justice system, no courts? One way people deal with it is by the vendetta, seeking vengeance for an injury done to them. But a vendetta, as you probably know, soon becomes a blood feud. It's often between two families or clans, begun because of an injury by one person to a member of the other family that needs to be avenged. But it easily escalates to the point where each injury is repaid by a greater injury. And the justice of the situation soon becomes irrelevant. You knock out my tooth and I'll come back with my big brother and knock out two of yours. You kill my sheep and I'll kill your cow. You kill my brother and I'll kill your children. It's like an episode from some crime series, except there's no police force to help you. The only law is the law of the jungle. The stronger or the more organised will always win.
But what if you want to have a people who'll live justly among themselves? What if you were God setting up a civil law for your newly formed nation? How would you do it?
Read more: Joshua 20 - Seeking Refuge
What Happens When We Fail? Audio
Joshua 7-8
Jericho has been destroyed. The people are no doubt rejoicing at how well the battle has gone and now the next stage is to climb the pass to where the city of Ai stands defending the entry into the hill country of Canaan. But things don't go quite as well as they imagine.
If you skipped over the first verse of ch 7 you might think that Joshua and his spies have been a bit over-confident following the triumph at Jericho. After all they only send 3000 men to attack Ai without really knowing what awaits them. Some commentators suggest that the problem was that Joshua didn't stop to ask God for guidance. That's certainly the case in a couple of chapter's time when the Gibeonites trick him into accepting them as members of their community. But it's not the case here.
The text tells us clearly what the problem is. A man named Achan has taken some of the booty from Jericho, things that had been devoted to God, and as a result God's anger has burned against the Israelites.
Joshua's actions are those of a good leader. He listens to the advice of the spies and sends a small battalion to attack what appears to be a weak city. But they're totally defeated! And he can't understand it. What's gone wrong?
Read more: Joshua 7-8 - What Happens When We Fail?
Overcoming Obstacles by Faith Audio
It's interesting to reflect on the importance of symbols. I wear a wedding ring on my left hands as a symbol of the lifelong commitment I've made to love honour and cherish my wife. In your workplace you may wear a name badge or lanyard as a symbol of your right to be there. When I was growing up people would wear a symbol like a Mercedes Benz icon with an extra vertical line at the bottom as a symbol of their desire for an end to war. This week you may well have seen images of the 911 memorial on the World Trade Centre site set up as a symbol of the nation's stance against terrorism and as a reminder of those who died in that attack 20 years ago.
Well, as we progress through the book of Joshua you'll find that symbols play an important part in the telling of the story.
Two weeks ago we heard about the crimson cord used by Rahab as a symbol of her faith in the God of Israel; last week we heard about the pillars of stone set up by Joshua as a reminder of their crossing of the Jordan, as a symbol of God's presence with them as they enter the promised land; and today we begin with two even more significant symbols for Israel.
Read more: Joshua 5-6 - Overcoming Obstacles by Faith
Joshua's Farewell Challenge Audio
The land has been conquered. The people are beginning to settle into their new life in the promised land. Joshua is coming to the end of a long life. So he calls the people to come and hear his final words of encouragement and challenge. What he has to say is critical for their life together and, may I suggest, critical for our life together.
A Review of Covenant History
He calls together the whole nation, to remind them of all the things that God has done for them so far in their history. Listen to what he has to say.
The Surprising Grace of God
He begins by focusing on Abraham - the father of the nation. Notice his origins. His family worshipped other gods beyond the river Euphrates. Just like you and me, Abraham came out of a culture that was basically pagan. Like many of us here today his family worshipped other gods. But God, in his grace, took him out of all that and led him to a new land.
Read more: Joshua 24 - Joshua's Farewell Challenge
Joshua & The Gibeonites Audio
Common Sense isn't all that Common
I love those movies and TV series that show con-men targeting dishonest or greedy people to steal their money. If you're as old as me you may remember The Sting, or Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, more recently remade into The Hustle, or perhaps the TV Series Hustle. Now I like them not because I approve of theft but because of the cleverness of their schemes. And today as the adventure continues we find just such a scheme at work in Joshua ch 9.
The Israelites have just come from the foot of Mt Ebal and Mt Gerizim, modern day Nablus, where they were reminded of the blessings and the curses that God had promised to his people. They're now moving south to continue their conquest of the land.
The whole population of Canaan has heard about them by now and the kings of the land below the hill country join together to prepare a defence. But not the leaders of Gibeon! They've seen what's happened to Jericho and to Ai and they figure the same fate awaits them if they resist. So they take a different tack. They prepare a subterfuge.
They prepare dried out provisions, worn out clothes & sacks, dry and cracked wineskins and patched sandals and go to meet Joshua at his camp in Gilgal. They spin them a good story of how they've heard all about them even though they live a long way away.
- Half Truths & Deception
Read more: Joshua 9 - The Gibeonites


If you haven't heard the term before, a hackerspace is a place where artists, engineers, geeks, and simply curious people get together to work on projects, socialize, and share tools, inspiration and education.
They are sprouting all over the world.
One of the biggest benefits of a hackerspace is idea sharing and community building. They provide a location for people to meet and fantastic projects are a typical result. When events like Maker Faire bring makers from all over the world together, one of the most anticipated things are the open houses that the local hackerspaces throw for the out-of-town visitors. The more people and ideas that get brought together, the better.
So what would happen if there was a more persistent connection between hackerspaces?
I envision HackRoulette, similar to Chatroulette (Wikipedia link), would randomly connect creative spaces allowing people to connect and share across the globe. Not only would it help members cross-pollinate ideas, get help and inspiration from a diverse range of talented people, but it would also make those off- hours at the hackerspace seem a little less empty.
It would be a video chat screensaver that cycles at intervals between different connected spaces all over the world so at any moment members can see the activities and connect with others beyond their local space.
It would be cheap and easy to setup. Probably nothing more than an old computer and a webcam.
It would be open, so that anyone who wanted to tinker could add features or tear it apart and learn from it.
It would be privacy aware. We don't want people feeling like they're being watched or recorded without their permission. Participation should be entirely voluntary for hackerspaces and their members.
It would give hackerspaces control of who sees/hears them, who they see and hear, and when. It would also be nice to have some controls to select spaces by language or geography, and blacklist spaces that might misbehave (as anyone who's used Chatroulette is all too familiar with).
That's the basic summary. I'm not even certain at this point if it's even a workable or good idea, and this is exactly why I need your feedback.
So let your comments begin. Share your thoughts on everything from the base concept through to the implementation and technology. The whole thing is fair game at this point.
Note: Word is that Pittsburgh's HackPGHis working on an inter-hackerspace phone network. If anyone has any more information on it, please post it in comments.


Every SAT Registration Deadline and Test Date for the 2017-2018 Academic Year. Testing is one of the first steps towards the college application and it is required for admission at most institutions.
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AUSTIN - Sam Rayburn Reservoir produced the final Toyota ShareLunker Legacy Class largemouth bass entry with just hours left in the 2018 donation season March 31. Angler Stacy Spriggs of Huntsville caught the 13.06 pound, 27 inch Legacy Class lunker during the Second Annual Stanley Burgay Memorial Bass Tournament on a Carolina rig in 8 feet of water.
"When I set the hook I knew it was a big fish - but I didn't know how big," Spriggs said. "It never crossed my mind that it was a ShareLunker until we got to the [tournament] scale. When they put her on the scale and she weighed over 13 pounds I was shocked. This is way bigger than anything I've ever caught before."
An avid tournament angler, Spriggs said her previous biggest fish was a 9.71 pound bass caught in another tournament the weekend before. Spriggs said ShareLunker 576 meets a goal she set since she began fishing nearly 8 years ago - to catch a double digit bass at her home lake.
"We have a lakehouse on Sam Rayburn and fish the lake 90 percent of the time," Spriggs said. "Neither my boyfriend or I had ever caught a double digit on Sam Rayburn. I did it by three pounds - it was pretty crazy."
Once Toyota ShareLunker program coordinator Kyle Brookshear arrived at the Sam Rayburn Lakeview marina to inspect the fish, he decided it was in the best interest of the fish's health to return it to the lake instead of bringing it back to the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens to attempt spawning. Although she will not be a part of the selective breeding program, the fish is classified as a Legacy Class entry and now bears the title ShareLunker 576.
Each angler who enters an 8 pound or 24 inches and larger lunker bass on the mobile app or website will receive a Toyota ShareLunker Catch Kit containing branded merchandise and fishing tackle items and an entry into the year-end ShareLunker Prize Drawing for a $5,000 shopping spree and an annual fishing license. Anglers will also receive a vehicle decal to display their recognition category - Lunker Class for bass at least 8 pounds or 24 inches, Lunker Elite Class for bass 10 to 12.99 pounds, and Lunker Legend Class for bass at least 13 pounds.


Invertebrates, i.e., animals without a backbone, represent 95% of animal diversity on earth but are a surprisingly underexplored reservoir of genetic resources. The content and architecture of their genomes remains poorly characterised, but such knowledge is needed to fully appreciate their evolutionary, ecological and socio-economic importance, as well as to leverage the benefits they can provide to human well-being, for example as a source for novel drugs and biomimetic materials.
Europe is home to world-leading expertise in invertebrate genomics and IGNITE will gather together this European excellence to train a new generation of scientists skilled in all aspects of invertebrate genomics. We will considerably enhance our knowledge and understanding of animal genome knowledge by generating and analysing novel data from undersampled invertebrate lineages and by developing innovative new tools for high-quality genome assembly and analysis.
The well-trained genomicists emerging from IGNITE will be in great demand in universities, research institutions, as well as in software, biomedical, agrofood and pharmaceutical companies. Through their excellent interdisciplinary and intersectoral training spanning from biology and geobiology to bioinformatics and computer science, our graduates will be in a prime position to take up leadership roles in both academia and industry in order to drive the complex changes needed to advance sustainability of our knowledge-based society and economy.


To the women before him, he was nothing more than a stud. Stupid, beastly and-inhuman. Oh, if only they knew what he could do, they wouldn't think themselves so superior, now would they? But the time had not come to travel that particular road. Preparations still needed to be made. In the meantime, he would swallow his pride and let the mauling begin.
"Thank you." She callously patted his stomach with a cold hand.
Brenimyn untied the cords at his belly slowly, seductively. This was the only time he had control and he stretched the moments out until the females before him leaned forward in breathless anticipation. His eyes locked on the only woman in the room who seemed less interested in this whole charade than him. The raven-haired beauty actually looked lost despite the maturity lining her face. Her hand caressed her cheek even as he thought of her. Her eyes shifted uncomfortably around the room, not watching as the fabric pooled at his bare feet and the inevitable gasp of awe echoed off the walls.
Brenimyn resented Kylie. He belonged to no one. Least of all her.
On shaky legs, the dark-haired woman approached with all the others. Her gaze searched everywhere but the one place he willed her to look-his face. For some reason, he wanted her to see him, not as a supplier of sperm, but as a man.
Like all the others, her eyes focused only on his physique. Her gaze slid over his well-defined chest he worked hard to maintain. She followed the small line of blond curls around his navel then lower. From her frank appraisal, he wondered if she had ever seen a human male as natural as the day he was birthed. This woman was no different from all the others. Disappointment slumped his shoulders.
At Kylie's tone, Brenimyn dropped his gaze to the floor. He worked to block out the uncomfortable flurry of fingers petting his skin. He thought again of the Governmental Body of the Garden and wondered how much longer they would keep him as head of the male breeding population if Kylie didn't conceive soon. As much as he abhorred this display, he needed to be here. He was desperate to meet all the new women entering the Garden. After the mating ritual with Kylie, he'd circulate through the other instructing rooms under the pretense of checking his breeders. Surely the woman he sought would be among this breeding class. Although the girls currently giggling and fondling his body couldn't really be classified as women, now could they?
Lost in his own thoughts, Brenimyn wasn't prepared for the shock wave tearing through him like a jolt of electricity. He stared at the fingers trembling along his forearm then into the amber pools that had held his gaze since he entered the room. He wasn't supposed to meet the women's eyes when they were this close, but the unexpected tingle of awareness had broken his usually stoic concentration. The beautiful brunette looked at him through thick lashes as if she recognized him. Her mouth trembled with a smile. Did she feel it too? He studied her, trying to discern if she sensed the flow of knowledge rushing between them.
Jahara Hriznek's life was over. The evidence weighed heavy in her hands. In the time it had taken to do the retinal scan, her future had been stolen from her.
As she stood at the tall bank of windows, staring at the distant mountains, Jahara knew nothing could change this new course of her life. She felt the hollow reality as obviously as the barren expanse of desert stretching between her and the horizon. There was nothing to break up the monotony of the landscape. Nothing to take her mind off the inevitability of the days to come. Nothing to bring back the future she'd thought lay before her when she woke this morning.
No helo-vehicles were out this time of day. It was still much too hot for people to leave the climate-controlled confines of the buildings in the city on the other side of the mountains. It would be a few more hours still before the sun sat low enough to make the commute across the blistering sands a safe one. Then the nearly empty roadway, three stories below, would bustle with solar powered helo-vehicles and buses.
She wouldn't be among the commuters winding their way from the Eastern Territory's capital city of Lexington into her little village. Jahara had taken a much-needed day of rest from the healing facility.
The city's new government expansion had brought with it careless male workers whose stupidity forced them to the hospital in droves for emergency services. Those healers not completely repulsed by the men's presence were forced to work overtime to treat the injuries. Jahara had been fielding complaints and filling in for overworked healers for weeks.
For one day she'd wanted to think about nothing more taxing than what music selection she would pull from her computer files. She'd planned on using some of her monthly water allotment and soaking in a hot bath rather than her daily chemical wash. Jahara had even considered calling Merenith and convincing her to take the day off from the animal clinic and lounge around with her. She had no doubt her current lover and she could find ways to entertain each other.
But none of that had happened.
The messenger service had shown up at her door early this morning, delivering the wretched news. Had she known they were making their way to her, Jahara definitely would have worked at the hospital today and long hours into the night. Using her hands to heal males was preferable to holding this retched projection disk.
Now, as Jahara glared at the palm-sized disk, fear burned the back of her throat and trembled along her chin. Hot tears of anger welled in her eyes. She shouldn't be so upset. It wasn't as if she hadn't known this was coming. Her twenty-eighth birthday was next month. It was law. Her birth-mother, the Dame of her family, had held off the inevitable as long as possible. Jahara's position as medical director had, up until this day, kept her from fulfilling the horrid obligation. But no woman, no matter how prestigious her position, ever ran from it. The thought soured in her stomach.
She'd known what the packet contained the moment she'd opened the door to find the government currier standing in the hall. Jahara had wanted to flee, to shut the door and hide from the responsibility, but instead she calmly leaned forward and let the android do the eye scan that proved the disk had found its way into her hands. She stared down at the official government seal over her Dame's image on the disk. Even offspring of the chief administrator of the Eastern Territory weren't exempt from this law enacted by Congress nearly a century and a half earlier.
Throwing the disk at the wall, she let out a feral sound of frustration.
As if chastising her, the bells chimed at her door. The normally soft chirp sounded loud in the silent womb of her living abode where she'd closed herself away. Jahara didn't want to answer it. Didn't want to know there was more to fulfilling her obligation. When it rang again, the sound almost persistent, she reluctantly skirted around the couch and slammed her hand on the touchpad, retracting the pneumatic door.
"Having temper tantrums, I hear." Merenith leaned in for a quick kiss. "I heard you all the way down the hall." The short crop of blonde swished about her chin as her lover shook her head in disbelief. Her pouty lips were pulled tight between her teeth to mask-humor? Concern? Jahara couldn't be sure.
"You have no idea what kind of a day I've had." Jahara stepped back and invited the willowy beauty through the door. "The worst day of my life, as a matter of fact." As she passed, Jahara marveled as always at the beauty of Merenith's body. A descendent of the Olakuma clan, Merenith's ancestors had long ago lost any semblance of body hair. It was unnecessary in their life in the desert heat. Merenith's skin was all tawny satin, save for the velvety blonde eyebrows and thick lashes that once protected her people from the harsh sand thrown up in the hot winds.
The woman stared at her, arching one of those elegant brows, the skeptical expression marring the flawless contours of her face. "Worst? I think you're exaggerating just a bit." Merenith bent to brush the dust of the desert from her heavy work boots.
Straightening, Merenith tenderly pressed her lips to Jahara's and wrapped her in her arms. The comforting scent of jasmine, hay and the animals Merenith tended filled Jahara's nose. She pulled Merenith in tighter, wishing they could stay this way forever and ignore the projection disk.
Merenith might be four years her junior, but Jahara wanted to believe that what they shared was the stuff made of fairytales. At her age, Jahara was desperate to find the woman who would complement her in every sense of the word-a woman who could be the sun to her moon, the color on her drab canvas, the shadow that moved in synchronized harmony with her-a woman who would satisfy every part of her. She had hoped Merenith would become that person. But their relationship was still so new. There was no doubt fulfilling her obligation would have some affect on her career, but that she could rectify. Jahara just wasn't sure she would survive if it stole from her the one thing she wanted most-true love.
Bonded by Need continues where Blue Moon Rising stopped. Veterinarian, Jayda Kynslan has found her wolf mate, but a polyshifter who is both wolf and cougar can't be satisfied with only one mate.


My Sound Card is Sound Blaster Audigy LS. a very old card from 2003 i think. and sometimes when even my headset is plugged in that sort of pressure is enough to move it a little bit and crash my pc. then after restartingthere is no audio. so i must open my computer case and adjust it again...so i'm getting tired of this and i think about external Sound Card. No Drivers. Plug in and play. all i care about is good audio and headset microphone to record or Voice chat with my Friends.
My Question is: can i use a 7-10 dollars External Sound Card and Remove My Sound Blaster Audigy LS For Good. with no Problems Anymore on A Desktop Computer??
Do you need a sound card at all? What mobo do you have?
when i bought my computer back in 2016 from a friend. it had a sound card - the front jack doesn't work until now. and for some reason i came to the conclusion that my audio from the motherboard is not working. that's why it had that sound card. maybe i'm wrong because i never asked him directly or brought a specialist to tell me that my motherboard doesn't have sound anymore...so what do you think?
I think I have an AsRock Z77 Pro4M and I don't use a soundcard to run my headphones or speakers.
Seems unlikely that all of the on-board audio would be dead. Have you checked for and installed drivers? Do you have the correct audio source selected in Windows? Are you connecting to the correct port on the back panel? Do you have the front panel audio connected (and to the correct header). etc etc.
I've had happen many times, when I install new GPU drivers, it switches the audio source to the GPUs HDMI to the monitor.
i asked the guy who sold me the computer - he said he himself had no audio from the mother board. that's why he had that sound card added. so it's safe to say now that i must have a sound card to hear anything unless i changed my mother board. so my question still stands. can i use an External Sound card and get rid of the one i have now? or do you better suggestions for me? thanks.
If you trust the previous owner knew what they were doing to pass that diagnosis, a $7-$10 external card is basically a free test. Go for it.
Or, download the drivers and see if the original owner didn't realize that they were either not installed or got trashed. Another free option.
Question Which hard Disk external case ?
Do external audio jacks use the MOBO sound card ?


(Derryl Cousins, shown here umpiring a September game between the Dodgers and Padres, is the last replacement ump from the strike of 1979 still active in the major leagues, and second in seniority behind Joe West Photo by Associated Press).
On May 12, 1979, a Reds pitcher named Frank Pastore was fighting mad. Pastore thought he had Willie Stargell of the Pirates struck out at a key juncture, but the home-plate umpire didn't give him the call despite the fact Stargell "jerked his body and bat," according to the Associated Press story that ran in the Seattle Times the next day. Nor did the third-base umpire call the strike on appeal from Reds catcher Vic Correll. Both umpires were fill-in replacements for the regular National League umps, who had been out on strike all season, along with their American League counterparts. The guy umping at third, Harry Smail, was described as "a 50-year-old credit union worker" who stood over 6-feet tall and weighed more than 300 pounds.
That's just one of innumerable disputes that erupted during the three-month walkout by major-league umpires, a work stoppage that began in spring training and didn't end until May 18 — roughly six weeks into the regular season. Yes, I know that players having disputes with umpires is hardly a new phenomenon – just like NFL players have always griped about officials' calls. But what I found fascinating in doing some research on the 1979 baseball dispute is how much it paralleled the current situation in the NFL, which reached critical mass on Monday night in Seattle.
"Where is Bowie Kuhn hiding?
Major league umpires are on strike. Honest but uncompetent men are in their place. An unusual number of serious situations have arisen on the playing field. Indecisions and compromises are daily occurrences. …It has affected the morals of the players and Bowie Kuhn's credibility.
One sidelight to the whole affair was that eight minor-league umpires were brought up to work MLB games. When the strike ended, they were retained by MLB but were ostracized for years by their umpiring peers. This group included Derryl Cousins, who is still umpiring in MLB and is currently one of its most senior umps.
I get the sense that the issues of this dispute are more complex than those in 1979. But you have to wonder if such pressure is going to build in the NFL to the point that a settlement will be reached.


[media-credit name="Photo courtesy of Mark Honbo" align="alignleft" width="189″] [/media-credit]They have four games remaining on the schedule, all of them in-conference. One will be against #9 UC Irvine and another, against rival Cal Poly, will be on national TV.
Cal State Northridge (2-10-2 overall, 1-4-1 Big West) is the next foe on the schedule for UCSB on Saturday at Harder. The Gauchos sit atop the conference with 15 points. UC Irvine, which came back from an early deficit against Northridge to win 2-1 Wednesday, lurks in second place with 13. Although the Matadors' record is less than impressive, the strength of the conference is enough to ignore those statistics.
The Gauchos have not lost since September, winning six in a row against the likes of nationally-ranked Duke as well as each team in the Big West except Northridge and Irvine. In those six matches, opponents have scored just five goals to 15 for UCSB. One reason for the victories is the team's aggressive defense, which has led to red-card suspensions for senior goalkeeper Sam Hayden and senior defender Michael Boxall. Junior Chris Hunter joins that list tomorrow after a final-minute red card on Wednesday.
Hunter, though, has started in each of UCSB's 13 games this season and will leave a gap for Vom Steeg and his squad to fill.
On the other side of the pitch, Northridge has allowed three goals in three matches this season, something UCSB has done only once. Sophomore forward Sam Garza leads the Gaucho attack with 45 shots and six goals in 13 games.
After playing three games in five days, as well as a mid-week drive to Davis, Vom Steeg is happy to be back.
Kickoff on Saturday is early, set for 7 p.m. before the national television cameras find the Gauchos again for a road match against Cal Poly next week.


A devilishly dark chocolate cake with a secret ingredient created with a little help from Rachel's Organic Yoghurt. Perfect for a Valentine's Day treat. Rachel's bring you great tasting organic yoghurts - made with love!
A light and impressive dessert created with a little help from Rachel's Organic Yoghurt.
Monday morning is on a go slow, and after a weekend of coughs and colds and feeling low we decided to wake up the morning with this comforting, yet still nourishing, #nutriblast. The Sea Salted Caramel gives us just a hint of sugar and chocolate - enough to compliment the cherries and make this healthy start to the day feel just a little bit more like comfort food.
There is no denying that our greatest gadget find for 2014 was the Nutribullet. Yet unlike most kitchen gadgets, the Nutribullet was not a fashion fad, a quirky weekend hit or a short-lived affair. It has become a full-blown romance and one we nurture and attend to every day. Our love of this product is without question and our morning alarm call is more often the whir of the Nutribullet motor instead of our mobile alarm.
Salad is not just for summer. Inject a bit of sunshine into the colder months with a selection of winter salads. Lettuce and salad leaves offer quick and easy ways to create meals for all occasions, from festive show stoppers and winter warmers, through to tasty ways to use up Christmas leftovers.
A cooked breakfast has got to be one of the best ways to start a cold winter's day, and this tasty recipe, incorporating the Shallot & Chive Boursin variety and created by TV chef Marcus Bean, has certainly got our taste buds going. The perfect 'winter warmer' start to your day.