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Echoes in Death
By: J. D. Robb
Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
Series: In Death, Book 44
Secrets in Death
The chic Manhattan nightspot Du Vin is not the kind of place Eve Dallas would usually patronize, and it's not the kind of bar where a lot of blood gets spilled. But that's exactly what happens one cold February evening.
Delightfully full of secrets!
By Kathryn on 09-05-17
Apprentice in Death
In Death Series, Book 43
The shots came quickly, silently, and with deadly accuracy. Within seconds, three people were dead at Central Park's ice skating rink. The victims: a talented young skater, a doctor, and a teacher. As random as random can be. Eve Dallas has seen a lot of killers during her time with the NYPSD, but never one like this. After reviewing security videos, it becomes clear that the victims were killed by a sniper firing a tactical laser rifle, who could have been miles away when the trigger was pulled.
Dark in Death
In Death, Book 46
On a chilly February night, during a screening of Psycho in midtown, someone sunk an ice pick into the back of Chanel Rylan's neck, then disappeared quietly into the crowds of drunks and tourists in Times Square. To Chanel's best friend, who had just slipped out of the theater for a moment to take a call, it felt as unreal as the ancient black-and-white movie up on the screen. But Chanel's blood ran red, and her death was anything but fictional.
I love Eve Dallas!
By Linda on 02-01-18
Brotherhood in Death
Dennis Mira just had two unpleasant surprises. First he learned that his cousin Edward was secretly meeting with a real estate agent about their late grandfather's magnificent West Village brownstone, despite the promise they both made to keep it in the family. Then, when he went to the house to confront Edward about it, he got a blunt object to the back of the head.
Another excellent turnout by JD Robb. Loved it.
By Alexis Fox on 02-06-16
Devoted in Death
Ella-Loo and her boyfriend, Darryl, had been separated while Darryl was a guest of the state of Oklahoma, and now that his sentence has been served they don't ever intend to part again. Ella-Loo's got dreams. And Darryl believes there are better ways to achieve your dreams than working for them. So they hit the road, and when their car breaks down in Arkansas, they make plans to take someone else's. Then things get messy and they wind up killing someone - an experience that stokes a fierce, wild desire in Ella-Loo.
Eve & Roarke face the worst yet
By Indydog on 09-19-15
Connections in Death
An Eve Dallas Novel
Homicide cop Eve Dallas and her billionaire husband, Roarke, are building a brand-new school and youth shelter. They know that the hard life can lead kids toward dangerous crossroads - and they hope to nudge a few more of them onto the right path. For expert help, they hire child psychologist Dr. Rochelle Pickering - whose own brother pulled himself out of a spiral of addiction and crime with Rochelle's support. Lyle is living with Rochelle while he gets his life together. He's thrilled to hear about his sister's new job offer. But within hours, triumph is followed by tragedy.
Yay! For once, nothing about Eve's childhood!
By M on 02-06-19
Leverage in Death
For the airline executives finalizing a merger that would make news in the business world, the nine a.m. meeting would be a major milestone. But after marketing VP Paul Rogan walked into the plush conference room, strapped with explosives, the headlines told of death and destruction instead. The NYPSD's Eve Dallas confirms that Rogan was cruelly coerced by two masked men holding his family hostage.
Obsession in Death
Eve Dallas has solved a lot of high-profile murders for the NYPSD and gotten a lot of media. She - and her billionaire husband - are getting accustomed to being objects of attention, of gossip, of speculation. But now Eve has become the object of one person's obsession. Someone who finds her extraordinary, and thinks about her every hour of every day. Who believes the two of them have a special relationship. Who would kill for her - again and again....
Expecting in Death?
By pewter on 02-13-15
Vendetta in Death
She calls herself Lady Justice. And once she has chosen a man as her target, she turns herself into a tall blonde or a curvaceous redhead, makes herself as alluring and seductive as possible to them. Once they are in her grasp, they are powerless. The first victim is wealthy businessman Nigel McEnroy. His company's human resources department has already paid out settlements to a couple of his young victims - but they don't know that his crimes go far beyond workplace harassment. Lady Justice knows. And in one shocking night of brutality, she makes him pay a much steeper price.
By Rita T on 09-14-19
Golden in Death
An Eve Dallas Novel (In Death, Book 50)
Pediatrician Kent Abner received the package on a beautiful April morning. Inside was a cheap trinket, a golden egg that could be opened into two halves. When he pried it apart, highly toxic airborne fumes entered his body - and killed him. After Eve Dallas calls the hazmat team - and undergoes testing to reassure both her and her husband that she hasn't been exposed - it's time to look into Dr. Abner's past and relationships. Not every victim Eve encounters is an angel, but it seems that Abner came pretty close.
Time to call TOD
By Annika on 02-04-20
Festive in Death
Personal trainer Trey Ziegler was in peak physical condition. If you didn't count the kitchen knife in his well-toned chest. Lieutenant Eve Dallas soon discovers a lineup of women who'd been loved and left by the narcissistic gym rat. While Dallas sorts through the list of Ziegler's enemies, she's also dealing with her Christmas shopping list - plus the guest list for her and her billionaire husband's upcoming holiday bash.
And Christmas Comes Once More
By Carol on 11-11-15
Concealed in Death
In a decrepit and long-empty New York building, a man begins the demolition process by swinging a sledgehammer into a wall. When the dust clears, he finds two skeletons wrapped in plastic behind it. The man is Lieutenant Eve Dallas's billionaire husband, Roarke, and he summons her immediately. His latest real estate project is going to be on hold for a while, because by the time Eve and her crew are finished searching the premises, there are 12 murders to be solved.
Don't Read "In Death" LISTEN to it!
By amazonian on 02-23-14
Wonderment in Death
In Death, Book 41.5
Things aren't what they seem when Lieutenant Eve Dallas investigates what appears to be a routine murder/suicide. When friends of Darlene and Marcus Fitzwilliams insist Darlene would never harm her brother, Eve digs deeper. Eve learns that Darlene sought help from sensitives, psychics, and doctors of paranormal studies in an attempt to contact her dead parents. After clues mimicking Alice in Wonderland repeatedly turn up, the case gets curiouser and curiouser....
By MaxineSap on 09-30-15
Thankless in Death
For Lieutenant Eve Dallas of the NYPSD, the job is a useful reminder of what she has to be grateful for this season. Hosting Roarke's big Irish family for the holiday may be challenging, but it's a joyful improvement on her own dark childhood. Other couples aren't as lucky as Eve and Roarke. The Reinholds, for example, are lying on the floor of their Downing Street apartment, stabbed and bludgeoned almost beyond recognition. Those who knew them are stunned - and even more heartbroken by the overwhelming evidence that they were murdered by their own son.
Violence vs. Sentiment
By Patricia on 09-20-13
Calculated in Death
On Manhattan's East Side a woman lies dead at the bottom of the stairs, stripped of all her valuables. Most cops might call it a mugging gone wrong, but Lieutenant Eve Dallas knows better. A well-off accountant and a beloved wife and mother, Marta Dickenson doesn't seem the type to be on anyone's hit list. But when Eve and her partner, Peabody, find blood inside the building, the lieutenant knows Marta's murder was the work of a killer who's trained, but not professional or smart enough to remove all the evidence.
Love that Dallas!
By Elaine on 03-01-13
Shadows in Death: An Eve Dallas Novel
While Eve examines a fresh body in Washington Square Park, her husband, Roarke, spots a man among the onlookers he's known since his younger days on the streets of Dublin. A man who claims to be his half brother. A man who kills for a living - and who burns with hatred for him. Eve is quick to suspect that the victim's spouse - resentful over his wife's affair and poised to inherit her fortune - would have happily paid an assassin to do his dirty work. Roarke is just as quick to warn her that if Lorcan Cobbe is the hitman, she needs to be careful.
Impressive maturity
By Jenn on 09-12-20
Celebrity in Death
Her career in homicide has taken her into the darkest depths of New York City's underground - and sometimes Lieutenant Eve Dallas feels more comfortable in those kinds of places than in the high-rise, high-society world of her billionaire husband, Roarke. But while she's no party girl, she's managing to have a reasonably good time at the celebrity-packed bash celebrating the debut of The Icove Agenda. This time it's Eve, not Roarke, who's a guest of honor, since the film is based on one of her famous cases. Her partner, Peabody, is practically giddy....
Susan Ericksen is amazing!
By Amy Huber on 02-22-12
Delusion In Death
It was just another after-work happy-hour bar downtown, where business professionals unwound with a few drinks, complained about the boss, maybe hooked up with someone for the night. Until something went terribly wrong. At first it was just a friction in the air. The noise intensified. The crowd seemed oppressive. Some sharp words were exchanged, some pushing and shoving. Then the madness descended. And after 12 minutes of chaos and violence, 80 people lay dead.
Robb, Dallas & Ericksen - what a Fantastic Combo
THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES...
The chilling suspense novel from the author of Brotherhood in Death.
After a party in New York, Lieutenant Eve Dallas rides home with her billionaire husband, Roarke, happy to be done with cocktails and small talk.
After another party, not far away, a woman retires to her bedroom with her husband - and walks into a brutal nightmare.
Their paths are about to collide...
When the young woman - dazed, naked, and bloody - wanders in front of their car, Roarke slams on the brakes just in time, and Eve, still in glittering gown and heels, springs into action. It's been a long night for the tired homicide cop, and it's far from over.
Daphne Strazza is rushed to the ER, but it's too late for Dr. Anthony Strazza. A brilliant orthopedic surgeon, he now lies dead amid the wreckage of his obsessively organized town house, his three safes opened and emptied. Daphne would be a valuable witness, but in her terror and shock the only description of the perp she can offer is repeatedly calling him "the devil"...
While it emerges that Dr. Strazza was cold, controlling, and widely disliked - and that he treated Daphne like a trophy wife - this is one case where the evidence doesn't point to the spouse as the first suspect. So Eve and her team must get started on the legwork, interviewing everyone from dinner-party guests to professional colleagues to caterers, in a desperate race to answer some crucial questions:
What does the devil look like? And where will he show up next?
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What listeners say about Echoes in Death
This is book 44 in the Death Series. This story opens dramatically with Dallas and Roarke on the way home from a party when a bloody, naked, incoherent woman wanders into the street in front of their car. They rush her to the hospital and upon checking out her home find her husband murder in the bedroom and the home has been robbed. He turns out to be Anthony Strazza, M.D. a brilliant surgeon. As Dallas and Peabody investigate, they discover he was an abusive husband and a not so nice guy. They discover similar home invasion cases. Dallas and crew are on the trail. Dallas is enjoying her newly remodeled home office. In this story, we have less of the usual interesting characters. It is mainly the detective team and Charlotte Mira, M.D. I sort of missed the other characters. I do enjoy the antics of the cat Galahad.
The book is well written and the pace is fast. I have not grown tired or bored with the series yet. Maybe it is because Robb's characters are so real and interesting. Reading the book is like a visit with old friends. I am looking forward to the next edition.
The book was about fourteen hours long. Susan Ericksen does an excellent job narrating the series. Ericksen is an actress and a multi-award winning audiobook narrator.
Echoes of past books are starting to take over.
Would you try another book from J. D. Robb and/or Susan Ericksen?
No question. This is my favorite series of all time and I've listened to or read all of them many times. I love the characters, the narrator, and the plots. I wait for the next one as soon as I finish the last.
What could J. D. Robb have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?
Probably because I have listened to them so often, for the first time I started to get bored during this narration with the theme of Eve's past echoing through every case she has. So many phrases, descriptions, dream sequences were taken almost word for word from past books and I'm beginning to be able to predict Eve's words or thoughts. I wish every story wasn't a reflection in some way of Eve's childhood trauma, or didn't draw a paralell from her childhood. I'd love to read of a case which didn't conjure up nightmares for her because it has nothing to do with her past.
Which character – as performed by Susan Ericksen – was your favorite?
Peabody and the Peabody/McNabb pair are always my favorites. Sometimes Eve is just too good to be true and in this book I was irritated by her. She fell so far into her past that she became somewhat weak and very much out of character. I enjoy all the secondary players: Dr. Mira, the bullpen cops. I enjoy the character development as time goes on.
Did Echoes in Death inspire you to do anything?
It inspired me to write this review: something I don't usually do. And I will certainly go back and listen to it again.
I don't know what it is about this series that grabs my interest. It is my "go to" place to go when I just want to relax into something outside of myself. In spite of the fact that this particular book seems a little repetitive I look forward to the next, and the next and the next.
Believer50
Missing Something
I always look forward to each of these books but this one left me wanting more. I missed Eve and Rourke's secondary characters. We have not heard from Charles and Louise or Eve's snitch with Tourette Syndrome or the big black guy with all of the connections and what is going on with Mavis and Leonardo and the baby. All of these interactions make up the whole story and I expect them in every book. Even Rourke's majordomo had such a small role in this book. He is a vital part of their lives and I as an avid reader of all things Nora Roberts expect them. I loved the book where he was a star looking into his daughter. That was a good one. He should figure prominently in each of these books in my humble opinion. This story was good but lacked the interactions between the secondary characters as I have come to expect. As usual Susan did a wonderful job. She strained when she tried to get the doctor's very deep voice which is unusual in itself. I have never heard her strain for a voice. But no one is perfect so she is allowed to miss a few just as this book missed my favorite secondary characters. Bring them back so the story can be filled with the richness each of these stories usually provide.
R. S.
Loved it BUT Rourke is missed
I love this series ... all the characters. BUT Eve and Rourke are my favorite and I think everyone's. Rourke used to play such an interesting part in each of these books. Now he just seems to play in the background. He takes care of Eve when she comes home. He's even been stripped of his masculinity. I'm hoping that Nora has not lost her ability to write this character. Or has run out of ideas for Rourke and Eves chemistry outside of the home. It seems all he does is six for dinner arrange breakfasts is of course there is there intimacy but that gets old.
a bit of a miss
missed usual cast I characters no mavis or Charles or Nadine. they were missed and story lacked depth
amcoll
Should be titled "Bored TO Death"
I am a JD Robb addict, and this boring installment will likely not change that, but I am so ready to have some big life moments happen for Eve, Roarke and the gang. These books have become increasingly more predictable and patterned. The sex scenes are the same, the pace the same, etc. I forwarded through much of the audiobook because I just could not stand the boredom. It is time for eve to get pregnant, adopt, have a health crisis, Peabody to get married, anything! We need to get back to the wonderful richness of the characters and their relationships. I like when it is focused on the characters we love and not just the murder, unless the murder can become a lot more mysterious and interesting. Overall a huge let down and I will return this for my credit.
MaxineSap
As always another good one
I love the in death series. I enjoyed the book. I wish she would do more than just 2 a year. I read/listen to lot of books but this is the only series I look forward to twice a year.
Most of the crew is present, but not everyone. I guess I am a creature of habit I want everyone present and accounted for. If you are an in death fan you will enjoy this one as well. There are a lot of similar things, but stuff we count on for a in death book like the action between Eve and Roarke. It is evolving and I adore it.
Susan does a good job as usual, but in the beginning, I thought she was off just bit. Not enough to take away from the story because she is just that good, but I felt the voices were a bit off in the first few chapters.
same ol same ol
Boring. Not much spice, not much fun. Gruesome crimes without the normal balance of other characters that have made the series so wonderful to read. Probably the least favorite, and I have them all in my library!
IreneMBBT
Moves slower, but still tops
Moves at a slower pace than some of the books in the series, but same quality plotting and characters. Worthy of the series and the credit for audio. Ericksen is the voice of the series.
Another winner
I love the In Death series and thoroughly enjoyed this one, too. It had a slightly different pace than many of the others, but that's just one more thing I love about the series. Susan Ericksen is an amazing narrator! I get totally caught up in the actual book when she's the narrator; not so with many others.
Narrator's accents terrible
The story is OK, but the narrator's accents are terrible. Roarke's Irish accent in particular made me cringe every time I heard it. I persevered and did not feel rewarded for my patience and time. I always judge the quality of an audio book by how much I miss it when I can't listen. I did not miss this book.
Wras
It must be the future, tubes instead of bottles.
The year 2060, why?
No reason maybe a marketing ploy or just one more thing to add to the story that is exploitative and boring. Everyone is beautiful, everyone is super beautiful except for one cop who likes funny clothing and is a total idiot, the conversations are stilted and repetitive in case you miss something the first ten times, the characters are predictable fatuous and boring. Sex, torture, and food are constantly described in microscopic detail but with politically correct comments to make it acceptable while being totally exploitative.
Bad in so many ways.
racheypop
A Bit Pointless
Really one dimensional characters, corny detective tropes. No real journey or trail of breadcrumbs for the reader to work through, just a load of "shocking" violence and then a big reveal of the unrealistic, caricature of a villain. The narration is ok, also a bit corny and the Irish accent isn't well executed which is very offputting - it compounds the whole thing into what feels like a futuristic, r-rated Scooby Doo.
Carôle
I thought that I was pretty clever when I suspected and then was convinced of who the perpetrator was. However, that wasn't even the full story. This is a step beyond the usual Eve Dallas narrative, it is quite simply, brilliant!
If you are a regular follower of the NYPSD stories then you won't need any further encouragement to read this! The narrator is, as always, perfect.
An adequate listen
This was the first J D Robb book I have listen to and I as largely underwhelmed. The narration was ok and the story was reasonably engaging - rape, murder, egoism on a grand scale - but I never really cared.
Like the twist at the end
Okay not the best in the series. Killer easy to work out though even though expected the twist at the end is good.
M. Graydon
Loved it as usual
Any In Death series fans will love this new instalment. I love everything about this new book. My favourite bit was when Roarke gave Eve the gift.
Jackie McCord
This book was extremely entertaining
The characters are well developed and the storyline was a difficult subject written well. I would recommend this book to anyone who has read a book from the 'in death' series.
Mrs CJ
A bit predictable
I've read all the In Death series so I suppose it isn't surprising that I worked out who the murderer was very early on. Having said that, I always enjoy revisiting these characters and Susan Erickson is a brilliant narrator. Looking forward to the next one!
Phil e.
Fantastic listen
I love the whole in Death series.
The only thing that could make audio books better, would be more people voicing the characters, making it seem like a film dialogue/conversation that flows.
Never Disappoints
Love the author and this series. The reader is fantastic. Voices, expression and timing are all on point.
Jo Wells
Evil Personified
The twisted mind of a psychopathic sociopath is foiled once again by Eve Dallas, Peabody, Rorke, Mcnabe, Meira and a team of hard working detectives.
Another spine tingling book by J. D. Robb.
What made the experience of listening to Echoes in Death the most enjoyable?
Great concept ie futuristic but not over the top. The mix of diverse characters made it interesting
Who was your favorite character and why?
Lead couple detective and spouse
How could the performance have been better?
Not so over dramatised.
If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
Don't really know.
Would have read others in the series but they had the name narrator.
Lizelle
Loved the book as well as the Narrator. Can't wait to download my next book...


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This Is Why, As A Straight Couple, We're Choosing A Civil Partnership Over Marriage
After Theresa May announced civil partnerships will be extended to heterosexual couples, some are planning their next move after a lengthy legal battle.
By Olivia Blair
Elle UK
t the beginning of October, Theresa May announced that straight couples will soon be able to enter civil partnerships, a right that has been reserved for same-sex couples until now. The landmark decision came three months after the Supreme Court ruled that allowing only same-sex couples to enter a civil partnership was discriminatory.
As Home Secretary, I was proud to sponsor the legislation that created equal marriage. Now, by extending civil partnerships, we are making sure that all couples, be they same-sex or opposite-sex, are given the same choices in life. #CPC18 pic.twitter.com/r31xA4Ej2e
— Theresa May (@theresa_may) October 2, 2018
For Londoners Amy, 33, and Ben, 36, the news couldn't have come soon enough. The couple, who have been together for six years after meeting at work, have been supporting the Equal Civil Partnerships campaign to extend the right to straight couples with the hope of entering this union themselves.
'I was at work when I found out [about May's announcement] and I was just so happy and in floods of tears,' Amy - a digital content manager - tells ELLE UK. 'It was actually really embarrassing but all my colleagues are so supportive. They were all giving me hugs and asking about it. Me and Ben went out for cocktails in the evening to celebrate.'
Currently, only same-sex couples in the UK are allowed a civil partnership - which essentially gives a couple legal recognition and the same rights as married couples. It's a pretty simple process - the couple must give notice of their intention to register a civil partnership (and complete relative identification checks). Then, the partners sign a document in front of two witnesses and a registrar at least one month later at any registry office.
This form of civil union was first introduced in the UK in 2004, when gay marriage wasn't yet legal, but since this was legalised in 2014, same-sex couples can still choose whether to marry or have a civil partnership. The only option for mixed-sex couples is marriage.
For Amy and Ben, this presented a problem. Soon after their relationship became more than just dating, the inevitable chat around 'where is this going?' came up. While they were both happy, in love and committed to a future together, Amy and Ben made it clear that they didn't see themselves as the 'husband and wife' type.
'Neither of us had ever really been comfortable with the idea of marriage and didn't really see ourselves as "husband and wife," Amy says. 'We were quite committed to each other from early on, we just assumed we'd carry on living together, stay committed to each other and just remain unmarried.'
This is not uncommon. According to the most recent figures from the Office of National Statistics, one in ten people living in a couple having never been married. What's more, the ONS say the most recent marriage rates are the lowest on record, having been steadily declining since the early 1970s. The single and never-married population over the age of 16 in England and Wales has increased by 3.9 million people from 2002 to 2017, while the number of married people has only increased by 1.2 million over the same period of time.
For Amy, it's the traditions surrounding marriage, particularly in a religious ceremony, that aren't the right fit.
"We just assumed we'd carry on living together,stay committed to each other and just remain unmarried."
'It's the history of marriage, the religious association and the patriarchal association with it being more like an economic transaction in the past,' she explains. 'You can still see it in some of the traditions we have today like giving the bride away and it only being the father's name on the marriage certificate - that just doesn't fit well with me.
'Ben's reasons are very similar to mine,' she adds. 'It's nothing to do with commitment, just the traditions and history of it. We both see ourselves as feminists, so it's tied up in that too.'
While marriage was off the cards for this couple, a lifelong allegiance to each other was not. Having bought a house together a year ago, they have recently made a significant financial commitment to their future together. However, both Amy and Ben have always been aware that remaining unmarried would make it difficult to access some of the advantages married couples enjoy, like pension plans, tax breaks and automatic inheritance.
Although the couple are not planning to have children at the moment, 'the door is open for the future', So, the idea of security has become even more important. When they 'stumbled' upon the campaign to extend civil partnerships to mixed-sex couples on Twitter, they instantly thought this form of legal union suited their needs.
'I first heard about it about two years ago,' Amy says. 'I thought it sounded really interesting and I really agreed with all the points they were making on their website. It felt like they were making progress and that it was worth waiting for to see whether it would come through for us.'
Since Amy and Ben discovered that they could go ahead with their civil partnership, the reaction from friends and family has been mixed. Amy says most of their loved ones have always fully backed their choice, but it took a bit longer for others to get on board with.
"It felt like they were making progress and like it was worth waiting for and trying to see whether it would come through for us."
'A couple of people have initially not understood where we are coming from. Because they are married themselves, they took it as a little bit of a criticism of what they'd decided to do. As soon as we explained to them that we're actually really supportive of people who want to get married but a civil partnership feels like a better fit for us, they understood.'
As for the response from society, Amy thinks there's a bit of a split: 'Some people completely get it and they're happy for those people who do want one. They understand it doesn't affect or have any impact on them if they disagree or still want to get married. But others see it as a fuss over nothing and say: 'Why don't you just get married, it's not that bigger deal?'
The next steps for Amy and Ben are in the hands of the government. Though the Prime Minister has announced there will be a change in law, it still needs to go through a parliamentary process and no timeline for this has been indicated as yet.
'We're really hoping now the government will attach some dates to it,' Amy adds. 'They've said it's going to happen but we have no idea of when it was actually come into law, but when it does, we'll go to a registry office and get it sorted. We definitely want to be one of the first couples to get a civil partnership. We're really keen.'
"Other people see it as a fuss over nothing and say: 'Why don't you just get married it's not that bigger deal?'"
Whenever the change does come into effect, Amy is sure that although they're not adhering to a traditional marriage (or meeting the ever increasing cost of a standard ceremony), they will be throwing one hell of a party.
'We'll just sign the document - skipping out on a ceremony - and then have a big party with all our friends and family. We've been planning it in our minds for the last year or so. We're very excited about it.'
The party will take the form of more of a birthday celebration than a wedding breakfast. No white dress, no Father of the Bride speeches or a three-tiered cake. Instead, there will be food, dancing, drinking and maybe a joint speech from the couple (who both plan on keeping their respective surnames) to thank their friends and family for supporting their journey.
'It's still really important to us to show our friends and family how much we love each other and how committed we are to each other,' says Amy. 'Even though there are a lot of dry legal reasons for having a civil partnership, we really want to celebrate each other, as well.'
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import org.springframework.core.env.MutablePropertySources;
import org.springframework.core.env.PropertySource;
import org.springframework.core.env.StandardEnvironment;

/**
 * EnvironmentConfiguration wrapper class providing further configuration possibilities.
 *
 * @author Spencer Gibb
 */
public class ConfigurableEnvironmentConfiguration extends AbstractConfiguration {

	private final ConfigurableEnvironment environment;

	public ConfigurableEnvironmentConfiguration(ConfigurableEnvironment environment) {
		this.environment = environment;
	}

	@Override
	protected void addPropertyDirect(String key, Object value) {

	}

	@Override
	public boolean isEmpty() {
		return !getKeys().hasNext(); // TODO: find a better way to do this
	}

	@Override
	public boolean containsKey(String key) {
		return this.environment.containsProperty(key);
	}

	@Override
	public Object getProperty(String key) {
		return this.environment.getProperty(key);
	}

	@Override
	public Iterator<String> getKeys() {
		List<String> result = new ArrayList<>();
		for (Map.Entry<String, PropertySource<?>> entry : getPropertySources()
				.entrySet()) {
			PropertySource<?> source = entry.getValue();
			if (source instanceof EnumerablePropertySource) {
				EnumerablePropertySource<?> enumerable = (EnumerablePropertySource<?>) source;
				for (String name : enumerable.getPropertyNames()) {
					result.add(name);
				}
			}
		}
		return result.iterator();
	}

	private Map<String, PropertySource<?>> getPropertySources() {
		Map<String, PropertySource<?>> map = new LinkedHashMap<>();
		MutablePropertySources sources = (this.environment != null
				? this.environment.getPropertySources()
				: new StandardEnvironment().getPropertySources());
		for (PropertySource<?> source : sources) {
			extract("", map, source);
		}
		return map;
	}

	private void extract(String root, Map<String, PropertySource<?>> map,
			PropertySource<?> source) {
		if (source instanceof CompositePropertySource) {
			for (PropertySource<?> nest : ((CompositePropertySource) source)
					.getPropertySources()) {
				extract(source.getName() + ":", map, nest);
			}
		}
		else {
			map.put(root + source.getName(), source);
		}
	}

}

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Q: Repartition During Mint Install, Long Time Unresponsive I am running Windows 10, loading Linux mint from a USB and attempting to repartition my (240GB) hard drive to leave 150 GB for Windows (it was previously using ~100GB. I pressed "continue" and had a short hang (~2 mins), then the screen went black. After that, several lines of error messages flashed up three times, approx. 10 minutes apart, but nothing that I could connect to the partition process. No change observed for 7 hours (I left it running overnight). Have I made a mistake, or might this just be getting a long time?

NB: The fan is still going so I suspect it's doing something, but I don't know what.

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package org.jkiss.dbeaver.ext.generic.views;

import org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.IDialogPage;
import org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.MessageDialog;
import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
import org.eclipse.swt.events.ModifyListener;
import org.eclipse.swt.events.SelectionAdapter;
import org.eclipse.swt.events.SelectionEvent;
import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Image;
import org.eclipse.swt.layout.GridData;
import org.eclipse.swt.layout.GridLayout;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.*;
import org.jkiss.dbeaver.DBException;
import org.jkiss.dbeaver.Log;
import org.jkiss.dbeaver.ext.generic.GenericConstants;
import org.jkiss.dbeaver.ext.generic.internal.GenericMessages;
import org.jkiss.dbeaver.model.DBConstants;
import org.jkiss.dbeaver.model.DBPDataSourceContainer;
import org.jkiss.dbeaver.model.DBPImage;
import org.jkiss.dbeaver.model.connection.DBPConnectionConfiguration;
import org.jkiss.dbeaver.model.connection.DBPDriver;
import org.jkiss.dbeaver.model.impl.jdbc.JDBCConstants;
import org.jkiss.dbeaver.model.impl.jdbc.JDBCURL;
import org.jkiss.dbeaver.model.runtime.DBRProgressMonitor;
import org.jkiss.dbeaver.registry.DataSourceDescriptor;
import org.jkiss.dbeaver.runtime.DBWorkbench;
import org.jkiss.dbeaver.ui.DBeaverIcons;
import org.jkiss.dbeaver.ui.IDialogPageProvider;
import org.jkiss.dbeaver.ui.UIUtils;
import org.jkiss.dbeaver.ui.dialogs.connection.ConnectionPageWithAuth;
import org.jkiss.dbeaver.ui.dialogs.connection.DriverPropertiesDialogPage;
import org.jkiss.utils.CommonUtils;

import java.io.File;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.nio.file.InvalidPathException;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.*;

/**
 * GenericConnectionPage
 */
public class GenericConnectionPage extends ConnectionPageWithAuth implements IDialogPageProvider
{
    private static final Log log = Log.getLog(GenericConnectionPage.class);

    // Host/port
    private Text hostText;
    private Text portText;
    // server/DB/path
    private Text serverText;
    private Text dbText;
    private Text pathText;
    // URL
    private Text urlText;

    private boolean isCustom;
    private JDBCURL.MetaURL metaURL;

    private Composite settingsGroup;

    private Map<String, List<Control>> propGroupMap = new HashMap<>();

    private static final String GROUP_URL = "url"; //$NON-NLS-1$
    private static final String GROUP_HOST = "host"; //$NON-NLS-1$
    private static final String GROUP_SERVER = "server"; //$NON-NLS-1$
    private static final String GROUP_DB = "db"; //$NON-NLS-1$
    private static final String GROUP_PATH = "path"; //$NON-NLS-1$
    private static final String GROUP_LOGIN = "login"; //$NON-NLS-1$
    private boolean activated;
    private Button createButton;

    @Override
    public void createControl(Composite composite)
    {
        ModifyListener textListener = e -> {
            if (activated) {
                saveAndUpdate();
            }
        };

        Composite addrGroup = new Composite(composite, SWT.NONE);
        addrGroup.setLayout(new GridLayout(1, false));
        GridData gd = new GridData(GridData.FILL_BOTH);
        addrGroup.setLayoutData(gd);

        settingsGroup = UIUtils.createControlGroup(addrGroup, GenericMessages.dialog_connection_general_tab, 4, GridData.FILL_HORIZONTAL, 0);
        GridLayout gl = new GridLayout(4, false);
        settingsGroup.setLayout(gl);

        {
            Label urlLabel = new Label(settingsGroup, SWT.NONE);
            urlLabel.setText(GenericMessages.dialog_connection_jdbc_url_);
            gd = new GridData(GridData.HORIZONTAL_ALIGN_END);
            urlLabel.setLayoutData(gd);

            urlText = new Text(settingsGroup, SWT.BORDER);
            gd = new GridData(GridData.FILL_HORIZONTAL);
            gd.horizontalSpan = 3;
            gd.grabExcessHorizontalSpace = true;
            gd.widthHint = 355;
            urlText.setLayoutData(gd);
            urlText.addModifyListener(e -> site.updateButtons());

            addControlToGroup(GROUP_URL, urlLabel);
            addControlToGroup(GROUP_URL, urlText);
        }
        {
            Label hostLabel = new Label(settingsGroup, SWT.NONE);
            hostLabel.setText(GenericMessages.dialog_connection_host_label);
            hostLabel.setLayoutData(new GridData(GridData.HORIZONTAL_ALIGN_END));

            hostText = new Text(settingsGroup, SWT.BORDER);
            gd = new GridData(GridData.FILL_HORIZONTAL);
            gd.grabExcessHorizontalSpace = true;
            hostText.setLayoutData(gd);
            hostText.addModifyListener(textListener);

            Label portLabel = new Label(settingsGroup, SWT.NONE);
            portLabel.setText(GenericMessages.dialog_connection_port_label);
            portLabel.setLayoutData(new GridData(GridData.HORIZONTAL_ALIGN_END));

            portText = new Text(settingsGroup, SWT.BORDER);
            gd = new GridData(GridData.CENTER);
            gd.widthHint = UIUtils.getFontHeight(portText) * 7;
            portText.setLayoutData(gd);
            //portText.addVerifyListener(UIUtils.INTEGER_VERIFY_LISTENER);
            portText.addModifyListener(textListener);

            addControlToGroup(GROUP_HOST, hostLabel);
            addControlToGroup(GROUP_HOST, hostText);
            addControlToGroup(GROUP_HOST, portLabel);
            addControlToGroup(GROUP_HOST, portText);
        }

        {
            Label serverLabel = new Label(settingsGroup, SWT.NONE);
            serverLabel.setText(GenericMessages.dialog_connection_server_label);
            serverLabel.setLayoutData(new GridData(GridData.HORIZONTAL_ALIGN_END));

            serverText = new Text(settingsGroup, SWT.BORDER);
            gd = new GridData(GridData.FILL_HORIZONTAL);
            gd.grabExcessHorizontalSpace = true;
            //gd.widthHint = 270;
            serverText.setLayoutData(gd);
            serverText.addModifyListener(textListener);

            Control emptyLabel = UIUtils.createEmptyLabel(settingsGroup, 2, 1);

            addControlToGroup(GROUP_SERVER, serverLabel);
            addControlToGroup(GROUP_SERVER, serverText);
            addControlToGroup(GROUP_SERVER, emptyLabel);
        }

        {
            Label dbLabel = new Label(settingsGroup, SWT.NONE);
            dbLabel.setText(GenericMessages.dialog_connection_database_schema_label);
            dbLabel.setLayoutData(new GridData(GridData.HORIZONTAL_ALIGN_END));

            dbText = new Text(settingsGroup, SWT.BORDER);
            gd = new GridData(GridData.FILL_HORIZONTAL);
            gd.grabExcessHorizontalSpace = true;
            //gd.widthHint = 270;
            //gd.horizontalSpan = 3;
            dbText.setLayoutData(gd);
            dbText.addModifyListener(textListener);

            Control emptyLabel = UIUtils.createEmptyLabel(settingsGroup, 2, 1);

            addControlToGroup(GROUP_DB, dbLabel);
            addControlToGroup(GROUP_DB, dbText);
            addControlToGroup(GROUP_DB, emptyLabel);
        }

        // Path
        {
            Label pathLabel = new Label(settingsGroup, SWT.NONE);
            pathLabel.setText(GenericMessages.dialog_connection_path_label);
            pathLabel.setLayoutData(new GridData(GridData.HORIZONTAL_ALIGN_END));

            pathText = new Text(settingsGroup, SWT.BORDER);
            gd = new GridData(GridData.FILL_HORIZONTAL);
            gd.grabExcessHorizontalSpace = true;
            gd.widthHint = 200;
            gd.horizontalSpan = 2;
            pathText.setLayoutData(gd);
            pathText.addModifyListener(textListener);
            pathText.addModifyListener(e -> updateCreateButton(site.getDriver()));

            Composite buttonsPanel = new Composite(settingsGroup, SWT.NONE);
            gl = new GridLayout(2, true);
            gl.marginHeight = 0;
            gl.marginWidth = 0;
            buttonsPanel.setLayout(gl);
            gd = new GridData(GridData.HORIZONTAL_ALIGN_END);
            //gd.widthHint = 150;
            buttonsPanel.setLayoutData(gd);

            UIUtils.createDialogButton(
                buttonsPanel,
                GenericMessages.dialog_connection_browse_button,
                new SelectionAdapter() {
                    @Override
                    public void widgetSelected(SelectionEvent e)
                    {
                        if (metaURL.getAvailableProperties().contains(JDBCConstants.PROP_FILE)) {
                            FileDialog dialog = new FileDialog(getShell(), SWT.SAVE | SWT.SINGLE);
                            String text = pathText.getText();
                            dialog.setFileName(text);
                            if (CommonUtils.isNotEmpty(text)) {
                                try {
                                    String directoryPath = CommonUtils.getDirectoryPath(text);
                                    if (CommonUtils.isNotEmpty(directoryPath)) {
                                        dialog.setFilterPath(directoryPath);
                                    }
                                } catch (InvalidPathException ex) {
                                    // Can't find directory path. Ignore it then.
                                    log.debug("Can't find directory path", ex);
                                }
                            }
                            dialog.setText(GenericMessages.dialog_connection_db_file_chooser_text);
                            String file = dialog.open();
                            if (file != null) {
                                pathText.setText(file);
                            }
                        } else {
                            DirectoryDialog dialog = new DirectoryDialog(getShell(), SWT.NONE);
                            final String curPath = pathText.getText();
                            File curFolder = new File(curPath);
                            if (curFolder.exists()) {
                                if (curFolder.isDirectory()) {
                                    dialog.setFilterPath(curFolder.getAbsolutePath());
                                } else {
                                    dialog.setFilterPath(curFolder.getParentFile().getAbsolutePath());
                                }
                            }
                            dialog.setText(GenericMessages.dialog_connection_db_folder_chooser_text);
                            dialog.setMessage(GenericMessages.dialog_connection_db_folder_chooser_message);
                            String folder = dialog.open();
                            if (folder != null) {
                                pathText.setText(folder);
                            }
                        }
                    }
                });

            createButton = UIUtils.createDialogButton(buttonsPanel, "Create",
                new SelectionAdapter() {
                    @Override
                    public void widgetSelected(SelectionEvent e) {
                        createEmbeddedDatabase();
                    }
                });
            createButton.setEnabled(false);

            addControlToGroup(GROUP_PATH, pathLabel);
            addControlToGroup(GROUP_PATH, pathText);
            addControlToGroup(GROUP_PATH, buttonsPanel);
        }

        {
            createAuthPanel(addrGroup, 4);
            addControlToGroup(GROUP_LOGIN, getAuthPanelComposite());
        }

        createAdvancedSettingsGroup(addrGroup);

        createDriverPanel(addrGroup);
        setControl(addrGroup);
    }

    public void createAdvancedSettingsGroup(Composite composite) {

    }

    public void setPortText(String text) {
        portText.setText(text);
        saveAndUpdate();
    }

    @Override
    protected void updateDriverInfo(DBPDriver driver) {
        if (!isCustom) {
            site.getActiveDataSource().getConnectionConfiguration().setUrl(null);
        }
        parseSampleURL(driver);
        saveAndUpdate();
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isComplete()
    {
        if (isCustom) {
            return !CommonUtils.isEmpty(urlText.getText());
        } else {
            if (metaURL == null) {
                return false;
            }
            for (String prop : metaURL.getRequiredProperties()) {
                if (
                    (prop.equals(JDBCConstants.PROP_HOST) && CommonUtils.isEmptyTrimmed(hostText.getText())) ||
                    (prop.equals(JDBCConstants.PROP_PORT) && CommonUtils.isEmptyTrimmed(portText.getText())) ||
                    (prop.equals(JDBCConstants.PROP_DATABASE) && CommonUtils.isEmptyTrimmed(dbText.getText())) ||
                    ((prop.equals(JDBCConstants.PROP_FILE) || prop.equals(JDBCConstants.PROP_FOLDER)) && CommonUtils.isEmptyTrimmed(pathText.getText())))
                {
                    return false;
                }
            }
            return true;
        }
    }

    @Override
    protected boolean isCustomURL()
    {
        return isCustom;
    }

    @Override
    public Image getImage() {
        DBPDriver driver = getSite().getDriver();
        DBPImage iconBig = driver.getIconBig();
        if (iconBig != null) {
            try {
                Image image = DBeaverIcons.getImage(iconBig);
                if (image.getImageData().width >= 64) {
                    return image;
                }
            } catch (Exception e) {
                log.error(e);
            }
        }

        return super.getImage();
    }

    @Override
    public void loadSettings()
    {
        super.loadSettings();

        // Load values from new connection info
        DBPConnectionConfiguration connectionInfo = site.getActiveDataSource().getConnectionConfiguration();
        this.parseSampleURL(site.getDriver());
        if (!isCustom) {
            if (hostText != null) {
                if (!CommonUtils.isEmpty(connectionInfo.getHostName())) {
                    hostText.setText(CommonUtils.notEmpty(connectionInfo.getHostName()));
                } else {
                    hostText.setText(CommonUtils.toString(site.getDriver().getDefaultHost(), DBConstants.HOST_LOCALHOST)); //$NON-NLS-1$
                }
            }
            if (portText != null) {
                if (site.isNew() && CommonUtils.isEmpty(connectionInfo.getHostPort())) {
                    portText.setText(CommonUtils.notEmpty(site.getDriver().getDefaultPort()));
                } else if (!CommonUtils.isEmpty(connectionInfo.getHostPort())) {
                    portText.setText(connectionInfo.getHostPort());
                }
            }
            if (serverText != null) {
                if (site.isNew() && CommonUtils.isEmpty(connectionInfo.getServerName())) {
                    serverText.setText(CommonUtils.notEmpty(site.getDriver().getDefaultServer()));
                } else {
                    serverText.setText(CommonUtils.notEmpty(connectionInfo.getServerName()));
                }
            }
            if (dbText != null) {
                if (site.isNew() && CommonUtils.isEmpty(connectionInfo.getDatabaseName())) {
                    dbText.setText(CommonUtils.notEmpty(site.getDriver().getDefaultDatabase()));
                } else {
                    dbText.setText(CommonUtils.notEmpty(connectionInfo.getDatabaseName()));
                }
            }
            if (pathText != null) {
                pathText.setText(CommonUtils.notEmpty(connectionInfo.getDatabaseName()));
            }
        } else {
            hostText.setText(""); //$NON-NLS-1$
            portText.setText(""); //$NON-NLS-1$
            serverText.setText(""); //$NON-NLS-1$
            dbText.setText(""); //$NON-NLS-1$
            pathText.setText(""); //$NON-NLS-1$
        }

        if (urlText != null) {
            if (CommonUtils.isEmpty(connectionInfo.getUrl())) {
                try {
                    saveSettings(site.getActiveDataSource());
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    setMessage(e.getMessage());
                }
            }
            if (connectionInfo.getUrl() != null) {
                urlText.setText(CommonUtils.notEmpty(connectionInfo.getUrl()));
            } else {
                urlText.setText(""); //$NON-NLS-1$
            }
        }

        activated = true;

        UIUtils.asyncExec(() -> {
            // Set first control
            if (CommonUtils.isEmpty(site.getDriver().getSampleURL())) {
                urlText.setFocus();
            } else  if (hostText != null && hostText.isVisible()) {
                hostText.setFocus();
            } else  if (serverText != null && serverText.isVisible()) {
                serverText.setFocus();
            } else  if (dbText != null && dbText.isVisible()) {
                dbText.setFocus();
            } else  if (pathText != null && pathText.isVisible()) {
                pathText.setFocus();
            }
        });

    }

    @Override
    public void saveSettings(DBPDataSourceContainer dataSource)
    {
        DBPConnectionConfiguration connectionInfo = dataSource.getConnectionConfiguration();
        final Set<String> properties = metaURL == null ? Collections.emptySet() : metaURL.getAvailableProperties();

        if (hostText != null && properties.contains(JDBCConstants.PROP_HOST)) {
            connectionInfo.setHostName(hostText.getText().trim());
        }
        if (portText != null && properties.contains(JDBCConstants.PROP_PORT)) {
            connectionInfo.setHostPort(portText.getText().trim());
        }
        if (serverText != null && properties.contains(JDBCConstants.PROP_SERVER)) {
            connectionInfo.setServerName(serverText.getText().trim());
        }
        if (dbText != null && properties.contains(JDBCConstants.PROP_DATABASE)) {
            connectionInfo.setDatabaseName(dbText.getText().trim());
        }
        if (pathText != null && (properties.contains(JDBCConstants.PROP_FOLDER) || properties.contains(JDBCConstants.PROP_FILE))) {
            connectionInfo.setDatabaseName(pathText.getText().trim());
        }

        super.saveSettings(dataSource);

        if (isCustom) {
            if (urlText != null) {
                connectionInfo.setUrl(urlText.getText().trim());
            }
        } else {
            if (urlText != null && connectionInfo.getUrl() != null) {
                urlText.setText(connectionInfo.getUrl());
            }
        }
    }

    private void parseSampleURL(DBPDriver driver)
    {
        metaURL = null;

        if (!CommonUtils.isEmpty(driver.getSampleURL())) {
            isCustom = false;
            try {
                metaURL = JDBCURL.parseSampleURL(driver.getSampleURL());
            } catch (DBException e) {
                setErrorMessage(e.getMessage());
            }
            final Set<String> properties = metaURL.getAvailableProperties();
            urlText.setEditable(false);

            showControlGroup(GROUP_HOST, properties.contains(JDBCConstants.PROP_HOST));
            showControlGroup(GROUP_SERVER, properties.contains(JDBCConstants.PROP_SERVER));
            showControlGroup(GROUP_DB, properties.contains(JDBCConstants.PROP_DATABASE));
            showControlGroup(GROUP_PATH, properties.contains(JDBCConstants.PROP_FOLDER) || properties.contains(JDBCConstants.PROP_FILE));
        } else {
            isCustom = true;
            showControlGroup(GROUP_HOST, false);
            showControlGroup(GROUP_SERVER, false);
            showControlGroup(GROUP_DB, false);
            showControlGroup(GROUP_PATH, false);
            urlText.setEditable(true);
        }
        UIUtils.fixReadonlyTextBackground(urlText);
        showControlGroup(GROUP_LOGIN, !driver.isAnonymousAccess());
        updateCreateButton(driver);

        settingsGroup.getParent().layout();
    }

    private void updateCreateButton(DBPDriver driver) {
        if (driver == null) {
            createButton.setEnabled(false);
            return;
        }
        // Enable ""Create" button
        String paramCreate = CommonUtils.toString(driver.getDriverParameter(GenericConstants.PARAM_CREATE_URL_PARAM));
        createButton.setEnabled(!CommonUtils.isEmpty(paramCreate) && !CommonUtils.isEmpty(pathText.getText()));
    }

    private void createEmbeddedDatabase() {
        String paramCreate = CommonUtils.toString(site.getDriver().getDriverParameter(GenericConstants.PARAM_CREATE_URL_PARAM));

        DataSourceDescriptor dataSource = (DataSourceDescriptor) site.getActiveDataSource();
        final DataSourceDescriptor testDataSource = new DataSourceDescriptor(
            site.getDataSourceRegistry(),
            dataSource.getId(),
            dataSource.getDriver(),
            new DBPConnectionConfiguration(dataSource.getConnectionConfiguration()));

        saveSettings(testDataSource);
        DBPConnectionConfiguration cfg = testDataSource.getConnectionConfiguration();
        cfg.setDatabaseName(cfg.getDatabaseName() + paramCreate);
        String databaseName = cfg.getDatabaseName();
        testDataSource.setName(databaseName);

        if (!UIUtils.confirmAction(getShell(), "Create Database", "Are you sure you want to create database '" + databaseName + "'?")) {
            testDataSource.dispose();
            return;
        }

        try {
            site.getRunnableContext().run(true, true, monitor -> {
                try {
                    createEmbeddedDatabase(monitor, testDataSource);
                } catch (DBException e1) {
                    throw new InvocationTargetException(e1);
                }
            });
            MessageDialog.openInformation(getShell(), "Database Create", "Database '" + databaseName + "' created!");
        } catch (InvocationTargetException e1) {
            DBWorkbench.getPlatformUI().showError("Create database", "Error creating database", e1.getTargetException());
        } catch (InterruptedException e1) {
            // Just ignore
        }
    }

    private void createEmbeddedDatabase(DBRProgressMonitor monitor, DataSourceDescriptor testDataSource) throws DBException {
        try {
            // Connect and disconnect immediately
            testDataSource.connect(monitor, true, true);

            testDataSource.disconnect(monitor);
        } finally {
            testDataSource.dispose();
        }
    }

    private void saveAndUpdate()
    {
        // Save settings to update URL
        saveSettings(site.getActiveDataSource());
        // Update buttons
        site.updateButtons();
    }

    private void showControlGroup(String group, boolean show)
    {
        List<Control> controlList = propGroupMap.get(group);
        if (controlList != null) {
            for (Control control : controlList) {
                Object gd = control.getLayoutData();
                if (gd == null) {
                    gd = new GridData(GridData.BEGINNING);
                    control.setLayoutData(gd);
                }
                if (gd instanceof GridData) {
                    ((GridData)gd).exclude = !show;
                }
                control.setVisible(show);
            }
        }
    }

    private void addControlToGroup(String group, Control control)
    {
        List<Control> controlList = propGroupMap.computeIfAbsent(
            group,
            k -> new ArrayList<>());
        controlList.add(control);
    }

    @Override
    public IDialogPage[] getDialogPages(boolean extrasOnly, boolean forceCreate)
    {
        return new IDialogPage[] {
            new DriverPropertiesDialogPage(this)
        };
    }

}


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We advise you to speak with an accountant (whether us here at Tax Agility, or an equally experienced professional) when undertaking any form of tax planning, however small. For now we have briefly detailed below the three main areas you should consider looking into in an attempt to reduce your family's overall tax bill.
Despite being joined in holy matrimony, married couples and civil partners have their own separate tax and savings allowances, yearly capital gains exemption, and basic rate tax bands. This, however, will soon change, slightly, concerning income tax.
Your income tax allowance cannot currently be transferred between you and your spouse (unless you were born before 6 April 1935), though this is due to change from next year.
From April 2015 you will be able to transfer ten percent (£1,050) of your personal allowance to your husband, wife, or civil partner if you personally are not liable to income tax above the basic rate and your spouse doesn't pay tax at the higher or additional rate. If the transfer is deemed eligible, your personal allowance will be reduced by £1,050 and your spouse's allowance will be increased by the same amount.
Unfortunately if you don't use your full personal allowance you may only transfer £210 from your allowance to your spouse's allowance. We'll be sure to keep you up to date with these changes and let you know how you can claim once the new policy comes into force.
You and your spouse's Capital Gains Tax (CGT) exemption limits are treated separately, with each of you receiving an annual exemption of £11,000 (for 2014-15). Once you reach your exemption limit you'll be charged either 18% or 28% (or a combination).
To make the best use of your CGT exemption limit be sure to plan in advance to transfer assets to your spouse or place them in joint names before a sale so to minimise any higher rate tax either of you would be charged by making the most of both of your individual CGT exemption allowances. If you're expecting to receive an especially large gain consider spreading this release over several years to make full use of your tax exemption limit.
Inheritance Tax (IHT) must be paid out of your estate on your death, though the first £325,000 is currently tax free, with the remainder being taxed at 40%. Property transfers between you and your spouse are exempt from IHT.
Upon the second spousal death any nil-rate band exemption that was previously unused on the first death (for example, if £300,000 was used on your death, £25,000 would remain unused) can be added to the tax-free IHT when your husband, wife, or civil partner dies.
You don't have to pay IHT after your death on small gifts of up to £250 per person per year, or for wedding and civil partnership gifts of £5,000 for parents, £2,500 for grandparents, and £1,000 from anybody else.
Your children are seen as independent individuals for most tax purposes, allowing them to receive personal allowances and the same access to a basic rate tax band as you.
In some cases you'll be able to transfer certain income-producing assets to your child (or children) to utilise their personal allowance. Unfortunately, this only applies to assets producing income of less than £99 a year, as anything over this amount will be taxed on you or your spouse's tax band (different rules, however, apply for grandparents).
For assets producing income greater than £99 per annum you may choose to place certain assets into a bare trust for your child, the beneficiary. This is a simple way of passing assets to your children, allowing you, the trustee, to look after them until your child is old enough (at 18 in England and Wales, 16 in Scotland) to receive them.
Introduced in 2010 to replace Child Trust Funds (CTF), Junior ISAs have been popular from the word go due to their higher interest rates (some offer rates double that of even the highest CTF), with Chancellor George Osborne announcing during his March 2014 Budget that 300,000 children currently hold a Junior ISA.
Available to all UK residents under the age of eighteen who don't have a Child Trust Fund, Junior ISAs (like standard ISAs) can consist of cash, stocks/shares, or a combination of both, with the current tax-free limit set at £4,000 a year. For those who already have a Child Trust Fund, you will have the option to transfer these savings to a Junior ISA from April 2015.
It should be noted that a Child Tax Credit (CTC) is available for eligible families.
The breakdown of your marriage is a devastating ordeal for anybody to have to go through. Unfortunately marriage breakdowns also have significant tax implications for you and your former spouse in terms of the tax allowances available to you, and your ability to transfer assets between one another.
If you have children, whichever parent (you or your former spouse) is regularly separated from their children must pay child maintenance financial support to help pay for your child's everyday living costs.
Regardless of whether you and your former spouse agree on these arrangements yourselves (known as a family-based arrangement) or you rely on the Child Maintenance Service or Child Support Agency (CSA) to make these arrangements for you, in most circumstances no tax relief is due on these payments.
If your marriage breaks down you and your former spouse should be careful in the way you transfer former joint assets between one another so to lessen your individual Capital Gains Tax (CGT) liabilities.
You're advised to transfer choice assets while you're still living together, as any assets transferred between spouses still living under the same roof in this scenario are said to be transferred at a sales price that doesn't encourage a gain or a loss, though this only stays in place for the duration of the tax year in which you separate.
To speak with a professional to discuss ways to reduce the size of your family's tax bill, among other things, contact us today on 020 8780 2349 or get in touch with us via our contact page to arrange a complimentary, no obligation meeting.


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Q: Defining a function of arguments with sub- and superscripts I want to define a function that takes, several, let's say two arguments, both of which have several sub- and suberscripts. For example a function might have the signature
$$ f(x_i,q_{j,k}) = \mathrm{function\ of\ } x_i, q_{j,k} $$
Now I want the notebook to be so flexible as to allow for $f$ to take arbitrary arguments with abitrary values of indices, e.g:
$$ f(a,b) = \mathrm{function\ of\ } a,b $$
$$ f(x_{i+5},q_{j+1,k}) = \mathrm{function\ of\ } x_{i+5}, q_{j+1,k} $$
that is, I want the value of f to change whether I change the values passed or the indices. Of course, in the former case, if the value of f depends explicitly on the value of one of the indices of one of the parameters, say
$$f(x_i)=x_i*i$$
then
$$f(a)$$
would not necessarily a properly defined expression, unless $a$ can be written as some $x_j$.
Is there a way to define such functions?

A: Following the comments I am encouraging the use of brackets rather than subscripts or superscripts. Here is an example where a function may take a variable  with a subscript or a variable without a subscript. The function will use pattern recognition to sort out how to behave. First we define the function. Note I start with a ClearAll[f] so that previous versions of f are deleted
ClearAll[f];
f[x_[i_]] := 5 x[i] + i;
f[a_] := 2 a

Now we can try this out.
f[z[3]]

gives
3 + 5 z[3]

while
f[c]

gives
2 c

Is this along the lines of what you are seeking?
Edit
At the request of a comment here is an example where one function has several different outputs which depend on the type of input.
ClearAll[f];
f[x_[i_]] := { 5 x[i] + i, "Indexed Variables"};
f[a_Symbol] := { 10 a , "Symbol"};
f[a_Integer] := { 20 a, "Integer"};
f[a_Real] := {30 a, "Real"};
f[a_] := {40 a , "Anything Else"};

Here is a list of different inputs that we feed into the function
tests = {y[i], z[3], s, 3, 4., a + b^2};
results = f[#] & /@ tests;
TableForm[results]

With output
i+5 y[i]    Indexed Variables
3+5 z[3]    Indexed Variables
10 s    Symbol
60  Integer
120.    Real
40 (a+b^2)  Anything Else

This approach is standard in Mathematica. I am sure there are good examples elsewhere but I could not find them. If you know one please add the link to this answer.

A: Below I have defined a few different forms which will do exactly as you asked. While I, too, agree with the sentiments iterated by user @Hugh regarding the use of sub- and superscripts, that this is possible with the Wolfram Language must be noted and demonstrated. Regardless, please see the following:
ClearAll[f]; f[Subscript[x_, i_]] := Subscript[x, i] i; f[x_^i__] := x^i/i; f[x_] := x; f[Subscript[x_, i__], Subscript[y_, j__]] := g[Subscript[x, i], Subscript[y, j]]; f[x_, y_] := x + y;

Where g is a function of your definition.
Now, we can test this out:
f[Subscript[x, i], Subscript[q, j, k]]
(* g[Subscript[x, i], Subscript[q, j, k]] *)
f[a, b]
(* a + b *)
f[Subscript[x, i + 5], Subscript[q, j + 1, k]]
(* g[Subscript[x, 5 + i], Subscript[q, 1 + j, k]] *)
f[Subscript[x, i]]
(* i Subscript[x, i] *)
f[n^j]
(* n^j/j *)


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President-elect Joe Biden, wife to get Covid vaccine this week, Kamala Harris in 2 weeks
US President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden will be getting their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine on Monday. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and her husband will get their shots next week.
US President-elect Joe Biden and Jill Biden at a church in Delaware. (Reuters)
The announcements were made by Joe Biden's incoming press secretary, Jen Psaki.
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, will receive their doses the week after next.
The announcement was made Friday, hours after Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi became the highest-ranking government officials to receive their first doses of a coronavirus vaccine that could eventually put an end to the raging Covid-19 pandemic.
Psaki told reporters that Joe Biden would be receiving the shot in public. Mike Pence received the dose in public on Friday.
The Bidens would also be thanking workers at the Delaware medical facility where they will receive their injections.
Earlier, Joe Biden had said, "I don't want to get ahead of the line but I want to make sure that we demonstrate to the American people that it is safe to take." Joe Biden, 78, is in a high-risk category for the coronavirus because of his age.
Meanwhile, coronavirus cases continue to surge in the US with over 3 lakh people dead so far. On Wednesday, US saw a one-day high of 3,580 deaths even as record number of Covid-19 cases continue to overwhelm healthcare workers and facilities.
Posted bySanchari Chatterjee


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The motor is Y-connected with no access to the neutral point.
Connect any two stator leads to a variable voltage DC power supply.
Adjust the power supply to provide rated stator current.
Determine the resistance from the voltmeter and ammeter readings.
As shown in figure 3.7, a DC voltage VDC is applied so that the current IDC is close to the motor rating.
Because the machine is Y-connected: RS = Rdc/2 = (VDC/IDC)/2.
From measurement, VDC = 30.6V, IDC = 1.05A.
RS = RDC = (31.5/1.04) = 15.14?/phase.
Figure 3.7 Circuit for DC resistance test.
Determine R2 when combined with data from the DC test.
Block the rotor so that it will not turn.
Connect to a variable voltage supply and adjust until the blocked – rotor current is equal to the rated current.
To determine the magnetizing reactance, Xm and combined core, friction, and wind age losses.
Connect as in block rotor test below.
The rotor is unblocked and allowed to run unloaded at rated voltage and frequency.
Figure 3.8 Circuit for no load and locked rotor test.
At no load the per-unit slip is approximately zero, hence the equivalent circuit is as shown in figure 3.9 below.
Figure 3.9 Equivalent circuit of three phase induction motor under no load test.
With the rotor locked, the rotor speed is zero and per- unit slip is equal to unity. The equivalent circuit is as shown in Figure 3.10 or Figure 3.11.
Figure 3.10 Equivalent circuit of three phase induction motor under locked rotor test.
Figure 3.11 Simplified equivalent circuit of three phase induction motor under locked rotor rest.
For a class C motor.
Xls = 0.3 x Qa= 0.3 x 30.08 = 5.34?
Xlr = 0.7 xQa = 0.7 x 30.08 = 12.46?
Xm = Xn – Xls = 100.36 – 5.34 = 95.02?
R = Pa = 35.1 = 20.77?
R2 = R – Ris= 20.77 – 5.34 = 1 5.43?
Rr = R2 x (Xir + Xm)2 = 15.43 x (12.46 + 95.02)2 = 19.74?
Lls = Xls= 5.34 = 0.0169H.
Llr = Xlr =12.46 = 0.0396H.
MATLAB fuzzy logic tool box was used in the implementation of the duty ratio fuzzy controller. The graphic user interface included in the tool box was used to edit the membership functions for the inputs (the torque error and the flux position), the output (the duty ratio). A Mamdani type fuzzy inference engine was used in the simulation. The membership functions and the fuzzy rules were adjusted using the simulation until a particular torque ripple reduction was achieved.
To know the performance of the duty ratio controller, the simulation was run at switching frequency of 5KHz. The difference between the conventional DTC and DTC with duty ratio fuzzy control was clearly realized by monitoring the switching behavior of the stator voltage and the electric torque. The selected voltage vector is applied for the complete sampling period and the torque keeps increasing for the complete period, then a zero voltage is applied and the torque keeps decreasing for the complete sampling period and these results in high torque ripple.
The selected voltage vector is applied for part of the sampling period and removed for the rest of the period. As a result, the electric torque increases for part of the sampling period and then starts to decrease. By adjustment of the duty ratio, the desired average torque may be continuously maintained. The duty ratio controller smoothly adjusts the average stator voltage.


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Cell tower that looks like tree axed by commission
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The Truckee Planning Commission on May 14 denied a 115-foot-tall cell phone tower disguised as a tree.
The planning commission still has to adopt the resolution to deny the cell tower June 11, but town officials said the decision has been made to bar the fake tree from the Prosser Lake Heights area.
"The commission already voted 5-0 in favor of denial; now they just have to sign it," said Dennis Troy, assistant planner for the town.
The decision means the applicant, T-Mobile, won't be able to propose a similar project for six months, Troy said.
The planning commission's decision reflected many of the project's neighbor's concerns.
Troy said the planning commission decided the applicant didn't prove there weren't better locations or shared opportunities, Troy said, which is a requirement of town policy.
"They didn't show due diligence," Troy said.
Commissioners also discussed the tower's potential effects on surrounding neighbors, Troy said, who expressed concerns over visual impacts and reduced property values.
"There was quite a public presence," Troy said. "About six to eight adjacent property owners spoke against it at the meeting."
The applicants will have 10 days to appeal the decision after June 11, Troy said.
The proposal called for a 115-foot cell phone tree tower, with the top 85 feet resembling a tree through the use of faux branches and greenery.
While the town felt confident about the aesthetics of the new tower, officials conceded that previous fake trees hadn't been as successful.
"When the one above Safeway came in, it was a steep learning curve," Troy said in an interview before the commission's meeting.
Town Planner Duane Hall said that tower was the town's first.
"We as a town did not do a good job comparing it to its surroundings," Hall said of the blue-green tower installed around 2001.
But since then, fake trees have gotten better, and the town has gotten better at making sure they blend in, Troy said.


Encounter Stroud's many incredible types of bats with a local expert. We will listen for bats using bat detectors and hope to spot some flying.
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Q: TableCell with buttons and different button action I am new to iphone and working on a project where a requirement is in a UITableView we have two sections. In first section we have to show address and in second section we have four variable rows which consists of Phone number, Fax, Email, and SMS. If any of the item (phone,fax,email,sms) will not have data then that row will not be visible and each row contains a button. On click on these UIButton should perform the specific function like if I clicked on the button which in phone row then it should connect to phone like wise.
My problem is I am not able to differentiate the UIButton actions as the rows are not fixed. So how to perform the action according to particular row data dynamically. Currently am I able to perform only one action for all rows button.

A: Use enums to define your type of cell. Check the enum in your handler.
typedef enum {
   CellTypePhone = 100,
   CellTypeFax,
   CellTypeEmail,
   CellTypeSMS
} CellType;

Use these to tag your cells or buttons, e.g.
cell.tag = CellTypePhone;
button.tag = CellTypePhone;

Then you know what cell was selected in the button handler.
-(void)buttonPressed:(UIButton*)sender {
    if      (sender.tag == CellTypePhone)     { /* handle phone */ }
    else if (sender.tag == CellTypeFax)       { /* handle fax   */ }
    // etc.
}

A: Give different tag numbers to your UIButtons. You can give tag numbers to your buttons using the IB, then perform the actions accordingly calling the tag values

A: There are couple of different ways of handling it.  I am assuming you have some custom cell that has an UILabel and UIButton on it.  First thing is to add tags, like Mundi said.
Second option is you add a method to the custom cell that sets the target and action for the button. When you are setting up your cell based on the data, you can also set the selector for each of those buttons as well.


There are many reasons why people contemplate a vegan lifestyle. Some people want to do it for their health, while others want to do it for ethical reasons. But what stops many people from actually going through with it, is a fear of what being vegan must entail. For these people (and you might be one of them) they picture a dull and bleak culinary life. A life filled with bland salads, steamed vegetables and rice cakes. Well, I'm here to assure you that this is a myth. Being vegan doesn't mean you have to miss out.
So whether you're serious about going vegan, or still in the contemplating stage, these 5 tips will definitely make things easier.


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Q: Pass two parent's colors to use in child's elements Hey Everyone i want define 2 two different colors in parent and then use them in childs.
I want to do this by add 2 color classes in parent element and then somehow use it for childs' elements. I can achieve it without problem using one color.
I'm using vue and tailwindcss
Here is example vue component code which working with one color. Let's name it stc-wrapper.
<template>
  <Disclosure class="bg-current">
    <DisclosureButton class="text-current">
        Some text
    </DisclosureButton>
    <DisclosurePanel static class="mt-3 mb-1">
    </DisclosurePanel>
  </Disclosure>
</template>

and how i use it in action
<sct-wrapper class="text-white bg-blue"/>

Thanks that i have background blue and white text for this component and i can change it by changing class inside sct-wrapper tag.
Do you have idea how i can do the same for another color for example
for DisclosurePanel i want to have background with extra color added to parent
<DisclosurePanel static class="mt-3 mb-1 bg-current-2">
</DisclosurePanel>

Is it possible something like this by tailwindcss or with some different?


Starting a small business isn't easy, but can be made less confusing with the right strategy in place for success. Below are a few simple ways you can properly plan for the growth of your business and avoid common issues that might arise with ineffective strategizing.
Getting the message out is a major problem for a lot of companies. Strangely, the biggest problem is not that a business cannot produce enough content, but that it sometimes loses track of its content.
Around 67% of businesses now offering a flexible working arrangement, allowing their staff to work remotely, set their own working hours, and compress their working weeks into fewer days. Flexible working schedules can hugely benefit staff. One survey showing that 73% of staff saw increased work satisfaction while 78% agreed that the system made them more productive. Other studies suggest that it can also reduce stress and improve mental health.
Promoting workplace safety should be a priority for any and all businesses. It has been estimated by OSHA (the Occupational Safety and Health Administration) that overall, businesses pay about a billion dollars a week in workers' compensation.
How Can a Business Make a Safer Workplace?
In order to improve safety and reduce the need for a personal injury attorney, you may want to consider the following strategies.
JD.com is the largest retailer in China that has transformed e-commerce business in the country. For a long time, China has been associated with counterfeit products, but this has changed since this company joined the e-commerce platform in 2004.
Under the leadership of Richard Liu, the founder and company CEO of this company, consumers in China and other parts of the world now enjoy superior products that epitomize high quality and which delivered with great care to the customer.
You need more than six pieces of equipment to become a welder. However, we all begin somewhere and six is as good a number as any other.
The area of financial management is one of the most critical aspects for a successful and well-lived life, but sadly, it is one of the most neglected things especially to the millennials.
The numbers don't lie. A survey revealed that most young millennials (18 – 24 years old) had less than 1,000 in their savings accounts. Worse, almost half of young millennials had zero dollar saved. Investing? Don't bother talking about it when saving up is not in their vocabulary.
The above calls for a serious discussion on money management.


Have you ever wanted to take up running, but don't know where to start? This simple guide will help.
Exercise doesn't have to be complicated.
You don't need a lot of fancy gear.
It doesn't have to take up a lot of your time.
You don't need a whole library of know-how.
You don't need to be especially fit or athletic.
You just have to get up and do it.
So, That's Your Expert Advice Is It?
No. And that's because I'm not an expert at all. I fact, I'm a total novice at all this running business. I've never been fit, I'm overweight and I really can't run very far or very fast. But there's no value in focusing on what I can't do nor on what I'm not. Rather, I've been focusing on what I can do, and by doing so I've started taking steps (pun intended) towards a little more fitness (or at least slowing down my otherwise rapid decline, which is a great start).
So, if I can do it, what's stopping you?
Any More Words of Running Wisdom?
Take it easy at first. Don't over do it.
Start off each run slowly, and slow right down towards the end.
Don't compete with others, only with yourself.
Did You Say Running is Fun?
As a child, I always came in last place, and that made me sad. As an adult, however, I've learned that I don't need to prove that I'm better than other people, or even that I'm anywhere near as good as them. The only thing I need to beat is that feeling that I can't do this. The truth is, I can.
When I was a child, people laughed at my technique. To tell the truth, some people may still do so.I'm sure I look quite ridiculous to some people. But I don't care. I'm not going to let other people's childish ridicule stop me doing what I want to do. After all, I'm running for me, not for them.
"No pain, no gain", they used to say. And I used to say, "Pain? Not again!" and do everything I could to avoid the misery. Now, it is fine if you don't especially enjoy your runs, but do your best not to make them a chore. If you do, you'll soon give up. Better to run just 5 minutes and do it regularly than 45 minutes and never run again.
I make an effort to make my runs as much fun as possible. I've been playing Zombies, Run! which helps keep me motivated.
Above all, I take care of yourself. I'm too important to mess up, and you are, too. People need you in good shape, and you owe it to yourself to get and stay that way.
The standard disclaimer for posts like this is that you should take medical advice before starting any exercise programme. That might be overkill for many people, but if you're not sure either way then better be safe than sorry.
Right, I'm Ready. What Now?
Easy! Go get your running shoes. Go outside. Run.
That's great Ann. Dp you have any particular goals in mind for yout running?


Gjokai is best known for playing Victor in Joss Whedon's Dollhouse, but he's also appeared in the likes of The Walking Dead, Dexter and Witches of East End. Captain America: Winter Soldier directors Anthony and Joe Russo will helm episodes two and three of the series, with the first film's director Joe Johnston rumored to return to head ep 4.
In July, unconfirmed character descriptions emerged that included both of the now confirmed roles each actor is filling. Agent Sousa was described as everything Jack Thompson wants to be. He's a war hero who walks using a leg brace, but finds dealing with office politics to be harder than working around his injury. Sousa is also a fiercely honorable, gentle man likely to become one of Peggy's major allies.
Agent Jack Thompson is supposed to be in his 30s, handsome and damn well knows it. He doesn't take kindly to women in the workplace, nor how little recognition he gets. Worse, he wants a deputy director job and is desperate to prove himself.
A specific premiere date for Agent Carter has not yet been determined, but it will air in Agents of SHIELD's slot on Tuesdays at 9 p.m. when the latter show goes on its winter hiatus.