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What do you do when you have half the staff you need and the execs want twice the usual number of scenarios? The E&P sector has suffered over 80,000 layoffs since oil prices began to slump, yet demand for "right" decisions is high and fewer people are under more pressure to conduct accurate and rapid analysis. For over a year, this has been the "new normal." Harnessing the power of optimization can be a lifesaver.
How much of a lifesaver? That depends on how complex your portfolio is, and the kinds of questions the executives want you to answer.
Let's look at some different kinds of scenario analysis that we've seen.
With a portfolio composed of very similar assets constrained by rig count and capital, a rank table will do the trick.
You need to schedule the assets you've selected and you have constraints on cash flow. Under these conditions, optimization can come in handy. Without it, we've seen analysts burn the midnight oil, manually shifting schedules each time the CapEx budget changes.
You have to meet a variety of operational and financial goals over multiple time periods. You have some variation in asset type, infrastructure, decline profile, and commercial terms. The question is not only one of schedule, but also which assets to pursue. The financial executives need to understand if additional funding is needed and in what time frame, and if the company might bump up against debt constraints. And lastly, you want to optimize on something other than NPV– perhaps production, reserves or free cash flow.
Optimization that is designed to answer these questions can be invaluable, allowing the team to quickly refine scenarios to align with evolving corporate goals and volatile markets. Without it, we've seen companies spend hundreds of man hours changing asset selection and shifting schedules by hand when a new question comes down from the executive suite. Sometimes the analysis team only gets half way through their work before the environment shifts and they have to start over. When they do complete the cycle, they have built a good plan, but it's one that could have been better.
Build a model that incorporates the financial and operational aspects of your business. It's one thing to have an uneasy feeling that the company might need more funding, or that negative cash flow could be a problem. It's quite another to see it quantified in black and white. How do you know which financial issues might be critical? See #3 below.
Keep the optimization model as simple as possible, but no simpler. Resist building a model that can solve every conceivable problem. How do you know which complexities are necessary? See #3 below.
Ask your executive team what keeps them up at night. Don't assume. We find that planning teams are often on target with 80% of the issues that executives are concerned with, but there are usually one or two other issues that they are not aware of.
Following these suggestions and optimizing your portfolio can free you and your team to conduct analysis that truly supports strategy development for your company– even with half the staff.
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Q: Setting a created file permissions I would like to know how can I set the permissions of a windows file?
Something like chmod(), instead it's a windows.
For example:
Create the file example.exe, and set its permissions in a way that only the owner
of this file can execute it.
I read that there's an ACL API for c somewhere, but I didn't quite get it.

A: It's a lot more work than chmod!
I have taken the liberty of creating the file AFTER creating the security descriptor - it is safer.  If you do things the other way around (create the file first) then there is a short time when the required access is not set.
Try this:
#include <windows.h>
#include <AclAPI.h>
#include <Lmcons.h>

int main()
{
    SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR sd;
    EXPLICIT_ACCESS ea[1];
    PACL pDacl;
    SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES sa;

    TCHAR UserBuffer[UNLEN+1];
    DWORD ulen = UNLEN;
    GetUserName(UserBuffer, &ulen);

    InitializeSecurityDescriptor(&sd, SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR_REVISION);

    BuildExplicitAccessWithName(&ea[0], UserBuffer, GENERIC_EXECUTE,
                        SET_ACCESS, NO_INHERITANCE);

    SetEntriesInAcl(1, ea, NULL, &pDacl);
    SetSecurityDescriptorDacl(&sd, TRUE, pDacl, FALSE);

    sa.nLength = sizeof(SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES);
    sa.bInheritHandle = FALSE;
    sa.lpSecurityDescriptor = &sd;

    CreateFileA("c:\\temp\\example.exe", GENERIC_EXECUTE, 0, &sa,
        CREATE_NEW, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, 0);

    return 0;
}

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Minnesotans are getting hit high and low this winter.
First, ice dams piled up on roofs, threatening to chew their way into the attic. Now, a major storm moving across the state is expected to dump a couple of inches of rain on top of the snowpack and frozen ground, threatening to flood basements.
If you're living in a high-risk flood plain, it's probably too late to get flood insurance, and if you're on the edge of one, you may have just a day or two to buy it or it might not take effect in time, said Brent Hewett, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in Chanhassen.
"We're definitely concerned," said Ceil Strauss, state flood plain manager with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
About 95 percent of the state's population lives in a community that participates in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), Strauss said, yet only a fraction pay for coverage. Just 8,332 policies were in effect in Minnesota at the end of January.
"We would encourage people to get flood insurance, especially if they're in a high-risk area," Strauss said.
However, with the spring thaw just around the corner, it might be too late. The program has a 30-day waiting period before a new policy takes effect, unless it was purchased along with a new mortgage.
The most recent flood forecast for Minnesota predicted significant flooding to begin the first week of April. The rain expected over much of Minnesota from Tuesday through Thursday will likely accelerate the melt, with flooding likely to begin in late March, Hewett said Monday.
"We're going to jump right into flood season," he said.
Gov. Tim Walz said his administration has been in contact with many mayors, and state agencies are already prepping them on the issue.
Walz said the message is: "Buy flood insurance, buy flood insurance, buy flood insurance."
Federal flood insurance can be purchased in nearly every Minnesota community. You don't have to live in a flood plain. In fact, six in 10 policies sold in Minnesota are in medium- to low-risk areas, Strauss said. Renters also can buy coverage through the program to cover their belongings.
Flood insurance covers overland flooding from rivers or lakes, intense storms and mud flows. It does not cover sewer backups or sump pump failures, though that coverage is available through riders on homeowner policies.
In recent years, sales of flood insurance have been declining because the rates have been increasing 18 to 25 percent a year, Strauss said. She recommends getting an accurate elevation measurement to see if it will reduce the cost. High-risk policies can cost thousands of dollars a year, depending on the coverage. Low-risk policies are substantially cheaper.
But don't count on a government bailout if you're flooded out and didn't buy insurance, Strauss said. While the president can declare a disaster area, it doesn't happen often and when it does, it provides little individual assistance. The last flood in Minnesota that led to a disaster declaration was in 2016 in Waseca; the average individual grant was $3,000. Presidential disaster declarations for damage to public infrastructure occur more often but homeowners can't tap into it.
Joe Stremcha, city manager in Springfield, Minn., said his city still hasn't recovered from a July storm that pushed the Big Cottonwood River out of its channel, flooding a city park and ball fields.
"Now, it's kind of looking like round two," Stremcha said.
The city considered moving the recreational facilities but the $20 million cost was too much for the town of 2,100 residents, so it's weighing mitigation costs of up to $4 million.
The Redwood River at Marshall already is nearing flood stage, said Glenn Olson, the city engineer and director of public works. He said residential areas should remain safe but he expects "significant" flooding of streets, catch basins and culverts. The city began clearing city streets curb to curb two weeks ago and on Monday began identifying clogged catch basins that need to be cleared.
Olson offered these tips to homeowners: Extend any downspouts to draw water away from the house; move furniture from the basement or away from basement walls that might seep; store items that might get wet in plastic tubs likely to float; and clear snow from around the foundation. Homeowners also should clear snow from their roofs, he said.
"Snow on the roof acts as a sponge and retains water, which is heavy," Olson said. "In the last five days we've probably seen more roof collapses than I've seen in the last 10 years. It's a real concern. Get the snow off your roof if you can."
Meanwhile, Minnesota lawmakers are pushing for tens of millions of dollars in additional disaster relief funding amid concerns that this winter's heavy snowfall could trigger flooding.
A proposal presented by Republican legislators Monday would appropriate $40 million to the Minnesota Disaster Assistance Contingency Account over the next two years. The fund, which local governments can use to cover disaster-related costs when the Legislature is out of session, was drained by costs related to floods in Brainerd and Duluth last year.
"At some point, we're going to see creeks overflowing, the lakes overflowing, the ponds overflowing and the rivers overflowing. We need to fund this account," said Rep. Tony Jurgens, R-Cottage Grove.
Proposals by Walz and state House Democrats would backfill the fund with $10 million. Republicans seeking the additional cash infusion argue that the appropriation should be increased. Their plan would direct $20 million to the fund this year and another $20 million in 2020. Any flood-related costs that come up before the Legislature adjourns in late May would need separate approval from legislators.
"We would rather have more money there and not need it, rather than have not enough money in there and wish we had more," Jurgens said, noting that the fund allocated $11 million for just two flood events last year.
The author of the House bill, Rep. Gene Pelowski Jr., D-Winona, said he also plans to amend his bill to increase the total funding sought by his version following a series of hearings on the topic.
"If we need to put more in, we'll put more in," Pelowski said.


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Cyber Security tactics to protect your data
If you're reading this and use the internet at any time, you likely don't want your information to fall into the wrong hands. That might be personal information such as passwords or names and addresses, financial details such as credit card numbers or bank accounts. It could even just be business data such as customer lists and other intellectual property such as company secrets and project blueprints.
In 2013 alone, it's estimated that there were over 700 cyber-attacks on both individuals and businesses – either accessing their network or gaining access to a computer system – which is up from about half that number in 2012 (and we all know how many things like '12 leaks taught us).
One of the best things to protect yourself is following sound cyber security practices, which isn't limited to just not clicking on suspicious links or attachments in emails. It requires the use of passwords and other authentication methods.
Protect against cyber attacks
Passwords are probably the most common form of authentication used online these days, with users typically accounting for dozens of different websites ranging from Facebook to Amazon, Gmail to Twitter. However, they're also by far the weakest link in terms of cyber security, whether you're an individual user trying to protect your data or a business where company secrets could be at stake.
If your password gets stolen, it can potentially be used on any website you have an account for, allowing hackers access to all sorts of information, including financial details, which is why some businesses that deal with large banking industries require more complex authentication methods.
But passwords aren't the only form of authentication available, and you might be surprised to learn that there's a whole range of different, and in many cases much better, alternatives to using text-based passwords when logging onto or authenticating with websites to protect your data.
Take care of device authentication
Biometrics is probably one area that has received the most attention recently given advances in technology and sensors, bringing it within reach for both consumers and businesses. And we see increasing use of these technologies (although still very much in their infancy), from fingerprint scanning on phones helping unlock them by just touching a button to retina scanners being used to authenticate users on corporate networks. Interest from governments is, in part, what's driving the development of the technology into new areas according to RemoteDBA.com.
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But other forms of authentication can be used to protect your data, for example, something you have, such as a physical key fob or dongle which is plugged into your computer, or even something you are which could range from retina scans to voice recognition software. It's also possible to combine multiple factors, so you might need more than one type of authentication to log on. For example, two-factor authentication has become very popular with services like Gmail, offering it an option when logging onto their platform using a web browser. In this case, your password would be checked first, and then additional information sent over from another device – usually a smartphone – prompting you to enter a verification code to complete the process.
Although it's possible to use multiple factors with one device, such as a smart card which not only needs your PIN but also requires you to physically tap it against a reader connected to your PC before you can log on, this is starting to become more common as smartphones become the dominant technology in our lives. Some banks have even started going down this route for authentication purposes.
But whichever form of authentication or multi-factor authentication you choose – and there are countless other alternatives available – it's vital that if they're adequately implemented, they're secure and provide a higher level of protection than just text-based passwords alone.
Types of cyber threats
There are so many different cyber threats out there, from ransomware targeting individuals to state-sponsored attacks on businesses, with the most common ones being malware, spam and phishing. Hence, it's essential to take whatever measures you can to protect your data.
Authentication is just one part of this process. Still, by using enhanced security protocols, services like Last pass can help users stay safe online by storing encrypted passwords in secure vaults, available whenever you need them, while keeping any master password that grants access completely private.
But whether you're a business or an individual concerned about protecting your data, choosing the proper authentication method will make all the difference when it comes to staying cyber safe, also check best gaming laptop in 1500.
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The idea of a supernatural world in parallel to our own, composed of information and data rather than matter and energy, is not new. Many postulates that when we die, our 'consciousness' lives on in this other plane. The things that are only accessible through computers are often talked about as if they were another reality entirely. Today cyber security has become vital for governments, businesses and individuals alike in protecting sensitive information against threats from the outside world.
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Though it's an invisible force with somewhat vague properties, cyber security can be thought of much like its real-world counterpart: people who wish to do harm or steal valuable assets are the criminals/enemies, victims are those whose systems have been infiltrated without their consent or knowledge, and some specialists seek to protect the victims' systems. Brain-computer interfaces are among the newest technologies that have opened up new avenues for cyber security threats, some of which were previously unimaginable.
Imagine a device that can read your thoughts, and then uses your cognitive pattern as a key to unlock an encrypted file on your computer. This sounds like something out of a movie, but it's possible with current technology. As people begin using these devices, the possibility of someone stealing information from you becomes very real. Cyber criminals could break into your mind by impersonating someone else in your contacts list or social media feed before sifting through your memories for valuable data. Once they have what they want, they can use it immediately or sell it to others who wish to harm.
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These IT departments struggle with meeting the demands of end users while also satisfying the desires of Executive Management to transform the business through IT. End user support is a very different type of IT compared to transforming the business through IT. Many IT departments struggle with the volume of end user support requests, staffing appropriately for after-hours support needs, and reporting the required metrics of end user support.
That's where SPOT Managed Help Desk Services comes in. SPOT Managed Help Desk Services is a complete IT remote Help Desk Outsourcing solution that a fully outsourced Help Desk, allowing the IT department to stay focused on transforming the business through IT.
SPOT Managed Help Desk Services is your fully outsourced Help Desk. We take on end user support for your business or organization, and allow your IT to stay focused on doing what you they do best – IT infrastructure implementation and support, telecommunications implementation and support, application selection and deployment, cloud services selection and deployment, and other IT implementations that help transform your business. Our fixed price, "All You Can Eat" Help Desk services ensure that all of your Help Desk support needs are covered, and you'll know exactly how much it costs each month.
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HLN Releases Update to Open Source Immunization Forecaster in Preparation for COVID-19 Vaccine
Press Release | HLN Consulting | November 9, 2020
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package com.thesett.common.tx;

/**
 * Transactional is a context interface for a class that provides transactional interaction with its operations. The
 * effects of operations are not applied until {@link #commit} is called, and are erased if {@link #rollback} is called.
 *
 *
Transactional resources may support one of the following isolation levels:
 *
 *

Isolation Levels

 *
None No isolation is required. The resource is non-transactional.
 *
ReadUncommitted Writes to the resource are immediately visibile to reads.
 *
ReadCommitted Writes to the resource are only visible to reads after a commit.
 *
RepeatableRead Reads always return the same value within a transaction, regardless of writes.
 *
Serializable All transactions appear to happen in sequence and never in parallel.
 *

 *
 *
Transactional resources should be persisted to permanent storage on commit. This transaction interface also
 * support semi-transactional resources, that only store changes in RAM. This may be usefull, for example for resources
 * that can safely be rebuilt from other resources that are permanently stored, in the event of failures. Commit and
 * rollback on these resources work like 'reveal' and 'undo' operations, so are still usefull. The following persistence
 * modes may be supported by a resource:
 *
 *

Persistence Modes

 *
Soft Changes are held in memory only.
 *
Hard Changes require real i/o operations to be safely committed.
 *

 *
 *
A 'Soft' transactional resource guarantees that its commit and rollback methods cannot fail, unless there is a
 * runtime exception or error condition on the virtual machine; in which case the transaction is in a unknown state. A
 * failed soft transaction should normally be handled by terminating the program and possibly recovering the
 * transactional resources that are persisted. A 'Hard' transactional resource requires real and potentially failure
 * prone i/o operations to commit its state. Multiple seperate hard transactional resources require a sophisticated
 * transaction manager, using an algorithm such as two phase commit with presumed abort, in order to maintain
 * transaction consitency. Soft and hard resources may be combined into the same transaction; one way to do this would
 * be to use a pattern similar to the last resource gambit of XA, where the hard resources are committed first, and only
 * if they succeed the soft resources are revealed.
 *
 *

CRC Card

 *
Responsibilities
 *
Apply pending operations.
 *
Forget pending operations.
 *

 *
 * @author Rupert Smith
 * @todo   Need to add exceptions to the commit and rollback methods. Maybe should also add reveal and undo methods for
 *         soft resources that do not fail?
 */
public interface Transactional
{
    /** Defines the different transaction isolation levels. */
    enum IsolationLevel
    {
        /** Used to indiciate the 'None' transaction isolation level. */
        None,

        /** Used to indiciate the 'ReadUncommitted' transaction isolation level. */
        ReadUncommitted,

        /** Used to indiciate the 'ReadCommitted' transaction isolation level. */
        ReadCommitted,

        /** Used to indiciate the 'RepeatableRead' transaction isolation level. */
        RepeatableRead,

        /** Used to indiciate the 'Serializable' transaction isolation level. */
        Serializable;
    }

    /** Defines the different transaction persistence modes. */
    enum PersistenceMode
    {
        /** Used to indicate that soft persistence is used; the transactional resource is in-memory only. */
        Soft,

        /** Used to indicate that hard persistence is used; real i/o is needed to write changes to the resource. */
        Hard;
    }

    /** Applies pending operations. */
    void commit();

    /** Forgets pending operations. */
    void rollback();
}

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If you are not in America the chances are you didn't see yesterday's broadcast of the US version of The Voice. So, sit back and take in one of the series' great performance. 50 Cent performed his latest single, My Life, with Adam Levine.
"My life, my life makes me wanna run away, but there's no place to go," Adam sings on the track – you might say over and over again (and you would be right).
"My Life" is off 50's forthcoming album Street King Immortal and a video for the song has already been recorded and is in the can! Watch this space.
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450 cases of oesophageal cancer in Ireland every year, data shows
By Digital Desk staff
Sunday, February 24, 2019 - 07:36 PM
There are 450 new cases of oesophageal cancer are diagnosed in Ireland each year.
New data has revealed that early diagnosis may have spared 254 patients major surgery for the disease.
Noelle Ryan, Chief Executive of the Oesophageal Cancer Fund, says go to your GP if you have any concerns.
"We actually have one of the highest instances of oesophageal cancer in Europe. We have about 450 new cases diagnosed in Ireland every year," she said.
"Our advice is for people to go and visit their GP. Don't ignore the symptoms.
"Your GP is the best person to advise the next steps
"Early diagnosis is really the key to successful outcomes."
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Hedge Fund Rout Continues
August 17, 2016 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy
Back in May I highlighted the analysis of Dan Loeb of Third Point LLC who, in April, said "There is no doubt that we are in the first innings of a washout in hedge funds." He was right, and hedge fund prospects are dropping like dominoes around the world. Today The Wall Street Journal ran a big cover story on the withdrawals plaguing previously anointed hedge funds Brevan Howard and Tudor Investment Corp. Laurence Fletcher and Gregory Zuckerman, writing in the WSJ, get right to the point, "The funds' problem is clear: They just aren't performing."
Hedge funds offer clients great rewards based on the willingness and ability to take on risk. When things are going well, clients are happy to pay hedge funds' extortionate fees of 2% of assets and 20% of profits (or more!). But when performance flags, clients rush for the exits.
Hedge funds and actively managed mutual funds have been underperforming since financial markets began their rebound in early 2009. The average hedge fund is up 3% this year through the end of July, according to researcher HFR Inc., less than half the S&P 500's rise, including dividends.
Funds in the $2.9 trillion hedge-fund sector have now experienced three consecutive quarters of withdrawals for the first time since 2009, according to HFR.
Brevan Howard's master fund was one of the star performers during the credit crisis, but is now on pace for its third straight calendar year of losses. Investors withdrew more than $3 billion from its flagship fund in the first half of this year, according to letters sent to investors and calculations by The Wall Street Journal based on the fund's asset levels and performance.
For the year through August, two key Tudor hedge funds were down about 3%, according to investors, well below the overall market. On Tuesday, the firm reduced its workforce by about 15%, or about 60 employees, including money managers as well as other staff, according to people familiar with the matter.
Rather than riding the risk roller coaster, retired and soon to be retired investors should focus on a policy of risk reduction and compound interest. Even a small decline in portfolio value requires time to recover from. Take a look at my chart of The Arithmetic of Portfolio Losses below. The blue bars represent possible declines in portfolio value, and the gold bars are the necessary increases in portfolio value to return to even. The gold bars represent the necessary return that must be generated to recover. As you can see, the demands on return are even higher after a big loss, meaning investors will have to take on even more risk to achieve their retirement goals. Exorbitant risk taking simply isn't recommended for retired and soon to be retired investors who are depending on their portfolios to take them through their golden years.
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A man who admitted to robbing a 72-year-old using force has had his case sent to Peterborough Crown Court.
David Edge, of Grenfell Road, in Bury, appeared at Cambridge Magistrates' Court on Tuesday (February 9) facing charges of robbery and theft, which he pleaded guilty to during the appearance.
The court heard that Edge had stolen hundreds of pounds worth of cash from an elderly gentleman at a cash machine in Ramsey on February 6.
Magistrate Patrick Sweeney was told that after the incident Edge handed himself in at the local police station and admitted to the crime.
According to Mr Brown, Edge had carried out the attack to fund his drug addiction and used all of the money to buy drugs on the same day.
In a unrelated incident on December 13 last year Edge broke into a van in Ramsey and took two sat navs worth £150 each and a mobile phone from the glove box of the vehicle.
It was discovered that Edge had carried out the theft after his finger prints were found by police.
When questioned by police Edge admitted that he had no recollection of carrying out the theft but agreed he must have as his fingerprints were on the vehicle.
The 29-year-old was also in breach of a current community order.
Edge will remain in custody until his appearance at Peterborough Crown Court to face sentencing on March 8.


The 2018 NBA Playoffs have arrived!
Starting April 14, sixteen teams — eight from each the Eastern and Western conferences — will begin their route for the NBA championship and the coveted Larry O'Brien trophy, to be rewarded in June.
While most observers predict a Golden State Warriors-Cleveland Cavaliers NBA Finals for the fourth consecutive year, there are several obstacles that could hamper that projection. Both the Warriors and Cavaliers have been beset by major injuries to their star players (e.g. Warriors' Steph Curry will miss the first round due to a sprained MCL) and have experienced significant stretches of game losses throughout the regular season, preventing each from finishing atop their respective conferences — those honors went to the Houston Rockets in the West and Toronto Raptors in the East.
Also of note this postseason: after several years languishing near or at the bottom of the NBA standings, the Philadelphia 76ers and the Minnesota Timberwolves both achieved playoff berths this year. It's Philadelphia's first postseason since 2012; Minnesota's first since 2004.
ABC, TNT, ESPN, ESPN2 and NBA TV are the national television outlets for the NBA playoffs.


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Laughter in Middle-earth
Foreword by Tom Shippey
Editor Thomas Honegger and Maureen F. Mann
Publisher Walking Tree Publishers
Released 24 November 2016
Series Cormarë Series
Preceded by Representations of Nature in Middle-earth
Followed by J.R.R. Tolkien: Romanticist and Poet
Laughter in Middle-earth: Humour in and around the Works of JRR Tolkien is a collection of essays edited by Thomas Honegger and Maureen F. Mann examining humour in J.R.R. Tolkien's works and in artwork and parodies. It was published as No. 35 in the Cormarë Series.
"'Certainly not our sense': Tolkien and Nonsense" by Maureen F. Mann
"A Fountain of Mirth: Laughter in Arda" by Alastair Whyte
"Mirth's Might: The Tenacity of Humour in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien" by Jennifer Raimundo
"Plain Ignorance in the Vulgar Form: Tolkien's Onomastic Humour in Farmer Giles of Ham" by Łukasz Neubauer
"'This of course is the way to talk to dragons': Etiquette-Based Humour in The Hobbit" by Laura Lee Smith
"Parodies of the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien" by Evelyn Koch
"Strategies of Humour in The Stupid Ring Parody" by Sherrylyn Branchaw
"Humour in Art Depicting Middle-earth" by Davide Martini
"Humour, Comedy, the Comic, Comicality, Puns, Wordplay, 'Fantastication', and 'English Humour' in and around Tolkien and His Work, and among the Inklings" by Jared Lobdell
"It is precisely against the darkness of the world that comedy arises, and it is best when that is not hidden."
With these words Tolkien replied to Rayner Unwin's comments upon first reading Book 1 of Lord of the Rings. Rayner had not commented on the comedy of Book 1 but on the overpowering effect of "the struggle between darkness and light", as he put it, and that omission disappointed Tolkien. If this was the response of Tolkien's famous first reviewer, it is not surprising that academic studies have also tended to overlook or disregard both the presence of humour in Tolkien's work and the effect of his work to inspire humour in readers' and artists' responses.
Laughter in Middle-earth: Humour in and around the Works of JRR Tolkien more than compensates for this critical oversight. From onomastic studies and parody, to historical, literary, and social contexts, a history of illustrations, textual interpretations, heroic forms of defiant laughter, and then to a reminiscence of the Inklings' tastes in humour, these scholarly articles analyse the broad range of comedy which arises against the darkness of the world in Tolkien's narratives. As well, interspersed between these studies are numerous comic illustrations, some of which appear in print for the first time, from well-known Tolkien illustrators.
As Eru is reported saying, in a typically egregious internet appropriation of Tolkien, "There is no joke that hath not its uttermost source in me." This book demonstrates that humour is truly a significant aspect of Middle-earth and its influences. Eru, like Tolkien himself, could, indeed, laugh.
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Q: cassandra on Raspberry pi 3 The package seems to be unavailable for this version.

A: Although this question is two years old, I just wanted to add an answer here because I was hitting the same problem on Raspbian Stretch.
Yes, the official Cassandra Debian package does not support "armhf" that is used in Raspberry Pi 3. But you can install Cassandra by using its tarball. For example:

*

*download the tarball from here (for VERSION 3.11.4).

*run tar zxvf apache-cassandra-$VERSION.tar.gz

*run cd apache-cassandra-$VERSION

*bring up locally: bin/cassandra -f
As Cassandra is written in Java (1.8), it will just run as long as you have Java 8 and Python 2.7 installed.
Btw, if you hit an "insufficient memory" problem, you can create additional swap file (as in linux) and then re-run.

A: Since there is no armhf package provided by officials, the best way is to install Cassandra tar.gz file from scratch.
An alternative is to bring up C* in a docker container in rpi board. I have built a C* docker image for arm based device and is available on docker hub.
Please note that the base image is based on ARM architecture. You may build the image on raspberry pi or simulate an arm based OS in VM


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Dietetic Internship (DI)
Program in International Nutrition
Welcome to the Program in International Nutrition at Cornell
Research in PIN
Welcome to the Cornell Program in International Nutrition (PIN) in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell. PIN is a network of researchers, graduate students, and alumni connected by their engagement in discovery, implementation, and evaluation of strategies to improve nutrition globally. This website aims to inform and connect people interested in and participating in PIN by highlighting activities of PIN faculty and students, and updates from our network. Please let us know if you have something to share.
If you would like information on graduate study in nutrition at Cornell, please visit the Division of Nutritional Sciences graduate studies page.
Overview of PIN
The Program in International Nutrition (PIN) at Cornell University focuses on research, policy and action to improve nutrition and health in low and middle-income countries. The PIN network of research faculty and staff, graduate students, and alumni is connected by engagement in efforts to discover, implement, and evaluate strategies to address immediate and underlying causes of poor nutrition.
PIN research and graduate study activities encompass multiple nutrition-relevant disciplines and range from the molecular to the population level. We collaborate with international agencies, governments, research and academic institutions, non-government organizations and donors around the world.
Graduate study in the Field of Nutrition at Cornell offers a concentration in international nutrition within the doctoral program in the Division of Nutritional Sciences (DNS).
Many PIN activities are designed to support and connect nutrition graduate students with each other, and with faculty in nutrition and across campus. One example is NS6980, a weekly Seminar in International Nutrition on topics of interest to students and faculty in a range of disciplines related to nutrition and international development.
Beyond Cornell, the PIN network includes over 270 alumni with graduate, masters and PhD degrees focused on international nutrition research. Alumni of the program work all over the world with governments, international agencies, donors, non-governmental organizations, academic and research institutes to create and translate nutrition evidence into effective practice. If you are an alum, we'd love to hear from you! Please email us and let us know what you're up to these days!
Follow us on Twitter @Cornell_PIN
Contact us at intl_nutrition@cornell.edu
Kate Dickin, PhD; Associate Research Professor, Director of Cornell PIN
More about the Program in International Nutrition
PIN Faculty
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It's Week 21 of 52 Weeks of Reefing, and this week we are premiering the highly anticipated LED lighting video. This is the week you have been waiting for: LEDs. We are going to start with the general pros and cons including why so many reefers have gravitated to LED's over the years, evaluate LED in general based on the same criteria we used on T5 and halides, discuss what you should look for in a LED option, and breakdown of some of the most popular options and finish with how to tune your LED's PAR, spectrum and shimmer.
So follow along, and be sure to let us know about your favorite lighting in the comments area down below! Thanks for watching, and stay tuned for next week's video where we uncover which lighting system we chose for the BRS160.


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Wallpapers tagged with "mixed-use"
Overlooking Beijing Changan Street
Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center, New York City, New York
Central Park, New York City, USA
Tokyo cityscape at sunset, Japan
Fort Goryokaku, Hakodate, Japan
Baltimore skyline and the Inner Harbor, Maryland
Singapore's business district
Las Vegas, USA, the entire Las Vegas Strip landscape belt
View from the Frauenkirche to the old town and the Elbe, Dresden, Saxony
Engineering College Plaza, East Campus, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou
The Shanghai World Financial Center in China
Aerial view of Christmas lights along Regent Street in London
Chapel Bridge over the river Reuss in Lucerne, Switzerland
Night view of Minatomirai, Kanagawa Yokohama
Tokyo Tower, Minato City, Tokyo, Japan
Dinan, Brittany, France
Mann Island buildings, Canning Dock, Liverpool
Old Lyon and Saint-Jean Cathedral illuminated for the Festival of Lights
"Tokyo Sky Tree" Sumida-ku, Tokyo
Moscow International Business Centre in Russia
Annecy, Haute-Savoie, France
Asian Games Village at night, Beijing
Aerial view of Wall Street, New York City
Part of the building of Beijing Capital Airport Terminal T3
Colourful cottages, fishing boats and yachts around the harbour in Weymouth, Dorset
Illuminations of Roppongi Keyakizaka, Tokyo
Riquewihr, Haut-Rhin, France
Aerial view of allotments, Kamp-Lintfort, North Rhine-Westphalia,
Christmas Lights, Ludlow, Shropshire
Otaru Snow Light Path, Otaru, Hokkaido
Atomic Bomb Dome and Motoyasu River, Hiroshima
View of Paris, France, with the Eiffel Tower
Vancouver Christmas Market, Jack Poole Plaza, Vancouver
View of the city from the Setas de Sevilla (Metropol Parasol) in Seville, Spain


Among other speakers, Oliver Gajda, ECN Executive Director, took part to EVPA's sixth EU webinar which was held in Brussels on the 16th of March 2016.
Since the launch of the first online platforms in the late 90's, the crowdfunding industry has grown steadily and today represents a market of 30 billion EUR, doubling or more every year. Increasingly popular as a means of raising finance from a diverse pool of potential backers, crowdfunding provides an alternative source of financing for any kind of businesses that may otherwise struggle to secure financing from more traditional sources.
And this is also the case of a growing number of traditional charities and social entrepreneurs, who can now resort to crowdfunding platforms that are exclusively catering for social purposes.
How easy is crowdfunding to use and how can it meet the needs of social purpose organisations? Is it worth the time and effort? What are the different funding models available? And what are the regulatory issues to consider?
These were among other questions tackled by the EU experts and VP/SI practitioners during EVPA's last EU Webinar.


that one uid may be hosting several unrelated activities.
activity instance, please, so that I (we) see the bigger picture than the processes?
Or is there wiki on that already that I missed?
going to be a vector.
with network access. (or for the underlying system as a whole).
And this is something still under development and scrutiny. We (I) should probably start testing this (on closed networks, at first) to see how bad things are in the current builds. I know that this stuff has limited implementation so far ? eg /etc/rainbow ?
actually deploy a security patch to, say, avahi or the presence service?
Woot! Someone with a clue has called me down and gotten discussion moving forward again! Success? Later, 0830: Although I do seem to have derailed some of the noise back onto the topic (yay), I may have accidentally pissed off some of the real hackers (f---) at the same time, so I apologized in this post, and more directly in person to another in email.


I'm now the proud owner of an 8 week old Lab/Collie mix!
I have had many dogs. But this is my first true puppy. I had worked around animals for a long time. How it all changes when you have your own little guy.
He is doing very well so far with potty training. Granted his feeding schedule is very strict, and I wake up every 3-4 hours at night to take him out and he goes everywhere with me. He has had an accident here and there. But overall I'm very impressed.
He has learned to sit on command already too. I got lucky to say the least!!
This is my first time ever owning a dog like this. Any pointers? He goes in next week to get his first set of shots. However he is itching a little bit. I've checked him for fleas, but he is a black dog. So I could be missing some. Putting any chemicals on him until he goes to the vet really makes me nervous because he is so young. And his skin is very dry and he has a lot of dandruff. If I were to use Dawn dish soap, could I use a small amount of tea tree conditioner to help relieve some of the dryness? Someone also said Head and Shoulders works to kill fleas, but this again is a "medicated" shampoo. Is it safe for an 8 week old puppy?
NeonGrape, welcome to the forum! I'd love to see you post a picture of your new puppy. What is his name? At 8 weeks, I'd wait and let the vet recommend what is best. You may want to buy a 99 cent plastic flea comb at the pet store. If any black specks come out, then he probably has fleas. Welcome again! We have a ton of really nice people on this Forum.
Just some more information for all the helpful advise possible. I'm becoming obsessive with this dogs care and well being lol.
The previous owners had him on "Ol' Roy." I switched him to Natural Choice L/B puppy. He seems to like it, however pukes up any type of wet food. Is the wet food necessary? I really never was big on giving my dogs or cats wet food often, maybe seldomly as an extra.
This dog is going to be pretty big. I want him on a food that he will benefit from when it comes to his hips, joints and obviously overall health. The real high end foods like Blue Buffalo, Wellness, Evo, etc etc have me having mixed feelings to say the least. Years ago when these food werent available, dogs were living 15+ years outdoors on Pedigree and Dog Chow. Now it seems as if many of these dogs that eat these high end natural foods seem to be more susceptable to common allergies? Am I thinking too much about this?
Congrats on the new pup! Dawn or head and shoulders is way too harsh for such a young puppy. It's not a good idea to use human shampoos on a dog as their ph is completely different from ours. I'd suggest using a shampoo from a pet store that is guaranteed to be safe for puppies.
I'm not quite sure how to upload photos on this thing? I know about getting the properties and such. How can I make his photo my avatar?
And there is my love, his name is JJ.
Welcome NeonGrape (and JJ too!), great to have you join us :-) I see you have figured out how to upload pictures; if you have any other questions just click on the link in my signature for the Newbies Guide and it will help you to navigate the forum.
Thank you very much. I'm excited to be apart of this site. Excited to learn new things for the wellbeing of my pet (and myself) lol!!


what ? 4 months without a post !!!
Time flies when we are busy.
Looking at the latest blog post I see that it is only January 2014 and we are in May !
I have been busy with contracting and going to conference and community event over the past months.
In April I was privileged to meet the Belux Information Worker User Group (http://www.biwug.be) in Brussels during SharePoint Saturday Brussels where I was presenting PowerQuery, PowerView, PowerMap and PowerBI.
Slides of the presentations are here, although very much Live demo so slides do not reflect that much.
In May I attended the European SharePoint Conference in Barcelona and spend a great time with the very international SharePoint community members, a great networking and learning event.
I am currently very busy developing automated processes with Nintex Forms and Nintex Workflow which means that I spend more time on the Nintex Community sites than my own blog, but I should remedy this soon.


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Calling for Dignity for All Immigrants, Families Separated by Obama Administration Demand Apology From Biden
"We cannot sit back and allow Biden to defend the three million deportations and the unprecedented expansion of detention that happened under his watch. We need more from the party that claims to support us."
Julia Conley, staff writer
President Donald Trump's openly xenophobic hardline anti-immigration agenda has brought the United States to a "moment of reckoning" on immigration policies that have been in place for decades, a New Jersey-based advocacy group said Wednesday as it led families whose loved ones were deported in a protest at Joe Biden's campaign headquarters.
The former vice president, the Cosecha Movement said, must apologize for his part in the Obama administration's separation of thousands of families as it deported more people than ever before in U.S. history. Biden must also commit to ending the detention and deportation of immigrants, the group added.
In a press release, the group noted that the Trump administration's separation of thousands of families, violent ICE raids, and reports of abuse and neglect in the detention centers where thousands of immigrants are in custody, have called attention to the U.S. government's treatment of migrants and asylum seekers—but stressed that the Obama administration also separated and detained thousands of families and was complicit in the country's broken immigration system.
"While Republicans scapegoated immigrants and fanned the flames of white supremacy," the group wrote, "the Obama administration failed to deliver on the promise of legalization, and instead chose to deport three million immigrants."
This "false strategy of appeasement to anti-immigrant forces," the group continued, "resulted in the meteoric expansion of detention and more deportations than ever before in our nation's history."
At least six people were arrested for occupying Biden's headquarters in Philadelphia as the Cosecha Movement held the first public action of its newly-unveiled Dignity 2020 campaign.
Arrests were just made as immigrants and allies continue to demand that @JoeBiden, and all presidential candidates, commit to an immigration platform that ensures dignity for all undocumented people.
https://t.co/zPLLKiP3Yi pic.twitter.com/llSsvIRWpE
— Movimiento Cosecha (@CosechaMovement) July 10, 2019
Six protestors are taking into custody and are expected to be processed, cited and released soon after briefly occupying the lobby of what's believed to be Biden's campaign headquarters, during pro-immigration and anti-deportation protest. pic.twitter.com/AGIdWtqvPz
— Bastiaan Slabbers (@BasSlabbers) July 10, 2019
‼ 6 people arrested today at @JoeBiden's campaign office in Philadelphia as immigrant families confronted the Dem frontrunner over the 3 mil deportations that took place while he was VP. They are demanding an apology and commitment to end all detention & deportation on day 1. pic.twitter.com/vdIPisycom
The campaign is calling on all Democratic presidential candidates to commit, should they win the presidency in 2020, to ending all detentions and deportations; reunifying all families separated by the Trump, Obama, and other administrations, either through unjust deportations, family separations under Trump's so-called "zero tolerance" law, or the lies of immigration officials who told parents that they would see their children if they agreed to return to their home country; and granting legal status to 11 million undocumented immigrants.
The group began the campaign by addressing Biden, who last month defended the Obama administration's record three million deportations by saying President Barack Obama had done "a heck of a job" in implementing immigration policy.
"We cannot sit back and allow Biden to defend the three million deportations and the unprecedented expansion of detention that happened under his watch," said Cata Santiago, a leader of the Cosecha Movement. "We need more from the party that claims to support us. It is time [for] Biden to recognize the impact that these policies had on our families and commit to the vision put forth by the immigrant community for what dignity looks like."
The national grassroots organization CREDO Mobile expressed support for the Cosecha Movement's public action, tweeting that the Democratic Party owes immigrant families "a moral reckoning."
There must be a moral reckoning from the Democratic party, which deported 3 million people under Trump and wrote a blank check to Trump's deportation machine. #DignityNotDeportation
— CREDO Mobile (@CREDOMobile) July 10, 2019
Trump threatened in June to deport "millions" of immigrants in pre-dawn ICE raids across the country, but backed down after criticism. Despite the president's threats, the administration has not yet surpassed Obama in the number of deportations in a single year: in 2012, Obama deported more than 419,000 people.
Trump's treatment of immigrants and asylum seekers has opened many Americans' eyes to the broken system, the Cosecha Movement wrote, and Democrats must use the current moment to demand a humane immigration system.
"Our country has reached a moment of reckoning on the issue of immigration," wrote the group. "During this primary election, it is time for the public to push the Democratic party to recognize dignity for all, and finally commit to solving the daily crisis our immigrant families have been facing for more than two decades."
Guantánamo's Indelible Legacy
Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Immigration, Children


This is the perfect tote for any book lover! "Adventure is out There" A perfect quote to go with any book tote to carry your favorite reads. Or make a library tote! Sharing how I made this adorable DIY Adventure Quote Tote using my Cricut Explore.
Add the gold iron on material to your cutting mat. Choose the appropriate setting on the dial.
In design space, pull up the "Adventure is out There". Load the cutting mat and cut. Make sure you select "mirror image" before you cut.
Iron over your tote…get it really hot. Place your image on top of the bag. Iron over the plastic. Be sure to get the tiny details with your iron. Gradually and slowly peel off your plastic top. I also like to place a thin towel on top of the image and iron once again.
Now you can enjoy your fabulous new book tote! Or gift one to a friend.


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'use strict';

const test = require('blue-tape');
const keycloakAdminClient = require('../index');

const settings = {
  baseUrl: 'http://127.0.0.1:8080/auth',
  username: 'admin',
  password: 'admin',
  grant_type: 'password',
  client_id: 'admin-cli'
};

test('Test getting the list of groups for a Realm', (t) => {
  const kca = keycloakAdminClient(settings);

  return kca.then((client) => {
    t.equal(typeof client.groups.find, 'function', 'The client object returned should have a groups function');

    // Use the master realm
    const realmName = 'master';

    return client.groups.find(realmName).then((listOfGroups) => {
      // The listOfUsers should be an Array
      t.equal(listOfGroups instanceof Array, true, 'the list of groups should be an array');

      // The list of groups in the master realm should have 2
      t.equal(listOfGroups.length, 2, 'There should be 2 groups in master');

      // List is returned in random order, so we sort to it make tests stable
      listOfGroups.sort((group1, group2) => {
        return group1.name - group2.name;
      });

      t.equal(listOfGroups[0].name, 'Test group 1', 'The name of the first group should be Test group 1');
      t.equal(listOfGroups[1].path, '/Test group 2', 'The path of the second group should be /Test group 2');
    });
  });
});

test('Test getting the list of group members from Test group 1 for a Realm', (t) => {
  const kca = keycloakAdminClient(settings);

  return kca.then((client) => {
    t.equal(typeof client.groups.members.find, 'function', 'The client object returned should have a groups.members function');

    // Use the master realm
    const realmName = 'master';
    // First groups id
    const groupId = '5a54a050-1b9d-4cfa-bf7f-048dd0ba7135';

    return client.groups.members.find(realmName, groupId).then((listOfMembers) => {
      // The listOfUsers should be an Array
      t.equal(listOfMembers instanceof Array, true, 'the list of groups should be an array');

      // The list of groups in the master realm should have 2
      t.equal(listOfMembers.length, 1, 'There should be 1 member in the group');
      t.equal(listOfMembers[0].username, 'admin', 'The username of the member should be admin');
    });
  });
});


Hard work plus good dress sense equals, accolades, recognition and sometimes more money. One of such accolades came from vogue.com as they confirm the ingenuity of Wizkid when it comes to dressing.
"Wizkid, who at 25 years old already adorns Pepsi ads in his native country, has become almost as known for his trendsetting style as his sound, and his is a thoughtful and fun approach to wardrobe: clean lines and minimalism; a mix of fresh streetwear with traditional Nigerian clothes; and bold, bright accessories. When we Skype, he has paired a tunic tailored in his hometown of Lagos with a loose sweatshirt and big, bulky sneakers, an outfit that epitomizes his blend of the local and universal. In Lagos, he is so famous he can hardly walk around without being mobbed by fans, but in London, where he is currently finishing an EP, he enjoys the relative anonymity the city affords him, particularly because it allows him to partake in one of his favorite hobbies: shopping", Alex Frank says in his report.


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Jobs are changing – and fast. Here's what trainers and employers must do to keep up
Finance Work Jobs are changing – and fast. Here's what trainers and employers must do to keep up 4:32pm, Sep 20, 2019 Updated: 8:57am, Sep 12
Pi-Shen Seet, Ann-Louise Hordacre, Janice Jones and John Spoehr
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Technological developments are expected to majorly, and rapidly, disrupt or change the nature of employment. The multiplier effect of these disruptions interacting with each other has led to what has been termed the fourth industrial revolution.
The first industrial revolution took us from agrarian to industrial economies and the second used resources like electricity and steel to create mass production. The third refers to technology advancing from analog and mechanical devices to the digital technology available today.
The fourth industrial revolution represents ways technology has become embedded in societies by the fusion of technologies, or what is known as cyber-physical systems. For example, 3D printing needs advanced materials with printers linked to the internet, which are increasingly intelligent and autonomous.
The consensus among experts is that our training providers and employers aren't adapting fast enough to meet the skill needs of the fourth industrial revolution. This is reflected in a growing technological and digital skills gap. But there are some things the sector can do to catch up.
Doom or opportunity?
Commentators have polarising views on the possible effects of the fourth industrial revolution. Some see technologies offering limitless new opportunities while others see major economic disruptions – the so-called dark side of technological change.
The pessimistic perspective is provided in an often cited 2013 study by labour researchers Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael A. Osborne, who argue 47 per cent of total employment in developed economies is at risk of automation. This figure also underlies eye-catching headline such as: "Could a robot do your job" and "Artificial intelligence and automation are coming, so what will we all do for work?".
In Australia, the Productivity Commission estimates 40 per cent of employment is at risk of being digitally disrupted by automation over the next 10-15 years. The Australian Industrial Transformation Institute estimates the level of disruption to be between 5-10 per cent.
But an important point often overlooked in these and related studies based on Frey and Osborne's modelling, is that they investigate the potential for existing jobs to be automated. They don't take into account the net effect of automation on jobs and that new jobs may be created as a consequence of automation.
More recent reports address this issue and point to a less pessimistic future. The World Economic Forum recently projected that while 75 million jobs will likely be displaced by robots, 133 million new jobs will be created. This means a net gain of more than 50 million jobs globally.
This suggests by 2022, some established roles such as data analysts and software developers – as well as so-called emerging roles such as machine learning specialists and robotics engineers, together with existing roles based on distinctively human traits such as customer service workers and people and culture specialists – will rise from 16 per cent of the labour force to 27 per cent.
On the flip side, as algorithms replace workers, declining roles such as accountants and telemarketers, currently representing about a third of the labour force, will fall to one in five workers.
In Australia, Deloitte Access Economics estimates more than 80 per cent of jobs will be created between now and 2030 for knowledge workers.
Robots will take some jobs but others will be created. Photo: Getty
Should we be worried?
The suggested net employment gains are not a foregone conclusion. There is growing consensus developed economies like Australia must take urgent steps to mitigate the negative effects of technological disruption and take advantage of opportunities.
The fourth industrial revolution is predicted to be as, if not more, disruptive than the preceding three, in part as a consequence of the pace of change and magnitude of skill shifts. Australian workers are growing increasingly worried they will be displaced by technology because of irrelevant skills.
More than half expect they will need skills they currently lack within five years and that they will need to upskill, reskill and retrain.
Skills are a Darwinian, survival issue, not only for workers, but for the organisations that employ them. Two-thirds of employers say technology-related skills shortages are affecting them now (not in five years) and have noted their biggest challenge is to re-skill employees.
Recent research shows that while disruptive technology has reduced the need for some jobs, the main issue facing Australian employers is the changing nature of existing jobs.
This is particularly the case for the expanded range of tasks workers are expected to do. Employers seeking external training report difficulties finding VET providers delivering training in disruptive technologies.
Accordingly, larger companies will likely resort to in-house training, while smaller businesses with fewer resources look to hire skilled workers.
Employers also often view university graduates with technology-related skills as more valuable than employees with VET qualifications. The result is a decline in confidence in the ability of the VET sector to deliver training that meets the challenges of technological disruption.
What kind of skills will future jobs need?
Much of the recent debate related to digital disruption has focused on the dichotomy between the importance of hard or technical skills (such as industry 4.0 programming, software engineering and data science) and soft or non-technical skills (such as creativity, design and teamwork).
For example, about half of chief information officers favour hard skills while the other half prefer soft skills among future employees.
This divide is driven by modelling based on a technology-centred (automation) scenario. But it ignores two other important scenarios, as reported by German researchers, into the fourth industrial revolution: the hybrid and specialisation scenarios.
Under the hybrid scenario, the distribution of tasks between people and technologies is based on the relative strengths and weaknesses of workers versus machines, and employees will face increased demand to be highly flexible. Control tasks will still need to be performed through technologies that require people for monitoring and directing.
Under the specialisation scenario, people use cyber-physical systems to aid decision-making. Cyber-physical systems are technologies that enable bringing the virtual and material dimensions together to produce a fully networked domain in which intelligent objects interact with each other.
For example, in new smart production systems, there will be less need for employees with administrative, production and monitoring competencies. But there will be a growing need for qualified and ultra-specialised employees with IT competencies, in particular those who can integrate them with production – technical competencies.
Applying this to the Australian context, disruptive technologies are influencing the demand for both hard and soft skills in many occupations, with some skills in decline and others in demand. Industry needs both technical and non-technical skills to "future-proof" Australian workers.
Employers want graduates with soft skills and hard skills –and training must reflect this. Photo: Getty
What needs to be done?
The VET sector requires increased collaboration between industry, educators and governments. It also needs responsiveness and flexibility in delivering skills, from formal qualifications to micro-credentials or non-formal education to reflect the needs of rapidly changing technologies.
A good example of this is the first nationally recognised qualification in automation, launched in Perth in June. This came out of a collaboration led by Rio Tinto, South Metropolitan TAFE and the WA government.
Employers should also take a lead with experimenting and testing new methods to meet future skill needs. A South Australian electronics firm, REDARC, is preparing employees to become ready for the fourth industrial revolution by engaging experts to run dedicated sessions on the application of an overarching i4.0 lens across the core competencies of mechanical, chemical and electronic engineering.
The VET sector can play a complementary and reinforcing role. Besides catering for current students and apprentices, VET providers need to work with industry to build systems to facilitate continual learning (such as through flexible micro-courses) to ensure the skills of VET graduates or alumni are upgraded responsively.
Federal and state governments need to work to restore the confidence of employers and students in the VET sector. An important first step is to implement the early recommendations of the Joyce Review on VET.
Recent initiatives indicate the VET sector, industry and government have recognised these issues. They will need to pick up the pace to ensure vocational education provides students – and businesses that employ them – with the future-ready skills needed to succeed in the fourth industrial revolution.
– Pi-Shen Seet, professor of entrepreneurship and innovation, Edith Cowan University; Ann-Louise Hordacre, senior research fellow, College of Business, Government and Law, Flinders University; Janice Jones, associate professor, College of Business, Government and Law, Flinders University; John Spoehr, director, Australian Industrial Transformation Institute, Flinders University
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Q: Apns php error "Failed to connect to APNS: 110 Connection timed out." I have done apns code for php and objective c from this Apns code
and setup certificate from this link
Sandbox and production apns for sending notification to ios devices is working perfectly on my server.I moved code and same certificate to client server then sending notification is not working.
I debug all php code and found that it stops at this line of code
private function _connectSSLSocket($development) {
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apns.log file shows the error "Failed to connect to APNS: 110 Connection timed out."
Not getting the mistake. Why this error am i getting and not sending notification to ios devices ? Can anyone guide me for this ?

A: Finally i took vps instead of shared hosting.
Lucabro's comments helped me to solve. Thanks Lucabro.

A: A good solution is to use a cloud function like firebase to run the actual apns connection and expose an API for your other backend in the shared hosting.
This is what I used when I run in this problem.
Firebase cloud functions are convenient easy to develop and virtually free.
https://firebase.google.com/docs/functions
I'll post my solution to sometimes next week.


Friends: What's The Reason Monica's Apartment Was Purple?
Friends: What's The Reason Monica's Apartment Was Purple?
Well we have many questions about our favorite Friends that we still don't know the answers to. However, we have not wondered much about the color of Monica Gellers apartment. Have you?
But now, when the designer of Friends set, John Shaffner, has talked why he opted for that look of the New York apartment, we got intrigued. He also explained why he decided to go for a purple color for the walls.
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Apparently the reason why John opted for the bold lilac hue is because it stood out. And the color helped to differentiate the show from other sitcoms, for sure. Without a doubt, it was a risk that paid off.
And yes, they didn't forget to ask the set designer why he chose to include the mysterious door in Monica's apartment from the very beginning. And if you haven't forgot it wasn't opened until the eight season.
He said: "One of the responsibilities of a production designer is to look into the future." When the show first started, he didn't know of Monica's secret habits.


Happy belated Mother's day to all moms and moms to be.
This seems like the perfect post Mother's day post. This first picture really captures the true essence of this little girl. Her favorite thing to do now is to say Hi....! to every stranger she sees. She does it in a way that it's kind of hard to miss because she's waving and screaming hi at the same time. Not everyone is that friendly I guess and It breaks my heart, just a little, when some certain people chose to ignore her , although they can clearly hear her screaming hi.
Like I mentioned in my last post, I co-hosted a Mother's day brunch. It's always a fun time when the ladies get together. It was filled with lots of yummy food, fun games and good laughs. Looking forward to the next gathering with the ladies.
I simply love this black dress that has been in my closet since my last year in college. I love the different texture especially on skirt part. It's a simple but statement black dress, that I hope will stay in closet even longer.
Hope your day is off to a great start.
Hi Eliana!!! She is so adorable. Sounds like you had a lovely Mother's day. Have a blessed week.
Thanks hun. yes, it was lovely.
Blessed week to you too.
Aaaawwwww! There you both go again!!! Looking gorgeous and Eliana stealing the show. Super cute!
Yap, Eliana is definitely the star in these pictures.


The HR Generalist is a member of the human resources team and is primarily responsible for all payroll functions such as data entry, processing and auditing location payrolls, reporting, withholding, extensions, deductions and reconciliations for Arconic Engines Savannah Operations. The HR Generalist will have other human resources involvement to include new hire orientation, policy development, coordinating employee functions, and general employee communications.
This is a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities and is not all inclusive. Incumbent(s) may and may be required to perform additional, position-specific tasks.
Responsible for developing end-user training for supervisors and employees; maintain training through refresher programs, etc.


As part of the Community Adoption Programme (CAP), Sathya Sai members in New Zealand have helped refugee children with school homework for the past 15 years. The programme, called Study Care, was started in the Glen Innes area in response to Bhagawan's call to offer free tuition classes for underprivileged children. The Study Care programme presently serves children, youth, and a few adults in the Burmese refugee community by helping them learn English and basic mathematics. The volunteers also assist indigent families with buying furniture and groceries, resettlement, and medical treatment. Ten volunteers provide tuition, including SSEHV, to 26 children currently. On a heart-warming note, a student from the initial group of children served in 2000 has now entered the prestigious Otago University to study neuroscience. In observance of Avatar Declaration Day in 2014, some of the children produced beautiful artwork illustrating the motto, Help Ever – Hurt Never.