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Vietnam: Meeting My New Squad
This is a good shot of the bunkers. I don't remember the names of these two guys, but they were good guys.
An open bunker on the right and our stylish, Marine-made toilet in the back.
Hill 52, about the size of a football field, wasn't exactly a paradise. It was pretty much just a pile of rocks and sand, made into a fortification: with barbwire mesh all around it, and a few bunkers and barricades made of sandbags. I suppose it was typical of all the Marine-made fortifications in Vietnam, made in the early years of the war.
We also were fortunate to have a very stylish toilet (pictured), a bit larger than your typical outhouse. But instead of digging a pit for the excrement, as was the case for your typical outhouse, someone came up with the idea of catching the waste in cut-out metal barrels and then burning it: a process of simply pulling out the barrels full of excrement, adding some kerosene (or gasoline), and then lighting a match to it—a duty that I fortunately missed. Or, now that I think back on it, I believe I did do it one or two times. A nasty job.
Gumbi on top, radio man middle left, Che middle right, Frank lower middle, and Denise lower left with t-shirt. I was taking the picture. We were cooking up something to eat.
Almost right away, after arriving, I was introduced to the squad that I was assigned to. There were about eight of us (pictured). Denise was the squad leader. I can't say enough good things about Denise. He was a natural leader, yet quiet and just an ordinary guy. When we went out on patrol, he always knew just what to do and how to lead us. But if he wasn't sure about something, he would never shy away from getting ideas from Frank or Gumbi—two other great guys. One thing I remember most about Denise—as well as most of the other guys—is that, his top concern was always for our safety. In fact, sometimes I felt a little overprotected. It was my inclination, when we went out on patrol, to want to engage the enemy. Maybe that wouldn't be the case if I had experienced more action, as I think some of the other guys like Denise and Frank experienced. That's probably why they were quite protective of me. They didn't want me to go through what they had to go through.
Frank, a Corporal in rank, like Denise, seemed to be quite combat wise; and, as I noticed, Denise was conferring with him constantly. If we were ever to lose Denise, Frank would unquestionably be his replacement. I liked Frank and so did everyone. He was always upbeat and a natural leader. I found out a few months later, after I had been transferred to another unit and ran into Frank, that he had been promoted to Staff Sergeant. I was surprised, but I should not have been.
Gumbi had no teeth, hence the name Gumbi. He also, like most of the guys, had been in Nam a while and were combat-wise. He was a valuable member of the squad.
Che was usually our point-man. When we went on patrol, he would typically be the one to see danger ahead, either enemy troops or some sort of booby trap or trip wire. Unfortunately, he was also the most likely to step on a booby trap. So, I guess you could say that he was the most trusted and also the most in danger. It was usually hard to get anyone to volunteer to be point man, but Che time and time again was that man.
The tall guy on the left (in the picture) was usually the radio man. You had to have certain talents for that job. When we were in a situation where we needed airstrikes or mortars, the radio man had to know where exactly to call it in. So, he had to be able to accurately read a map and to know precisely where we were and where the enemy was—so that we weren't the ones being bombed by friendly fire! He also had to be willing to carry the radio, which wasn't light. Now, I don't want to be too negative, but I could tell that he was more than ready to go home.
This is me, shooting off a few rounds from my M79.
The M79 with various rounds. I mainly used the round pictured on the top row, second from the left. It exploded upon impact just like a grenade.
The first thing I remember after arriving, even before being introduced to the squad, was being handed the M79 Grenade Launcher. Denise told me that its previous handler had left (transferred or killed) and that I was his replacement. He also pointed out that I might want to clean it up a bit; it had been neglected and was rusty and dirty. Wow! How did that happen? Why? So, I cleaned it up as good as I could. And Denise also took the time to instruct me on how to shoot it—even though I had a little instruction and practice in boot camp. I was also given a 45 Cal. pistol to go with the M79. Now I had three weapons, including my M16 rifle. And they didn't want me to leave my rifle behind when I went on patrol. That didn't make sense to me. You would think that if I got another weapon, they would take the M16 off my hands. But anyway, I didn't ask why. At least now, I thought, I was fully prepared for anything, even though I was quite weighted down, especially since whenever we went on patrol, I had to carry with me many M79 rounds, each being the size of a grenade. And I wanted to carry as many as possible just in case. Sometimes I would carry as many as 65 or 70 rounds (with a total weight of up to about 30 pounds). I guess they knew I was in good shape and could handle it. I never complained.
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Stephen Nielsen on April 26, 2020 at 1:42 pm said:
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JJSJ on April 26, 2020 at 2:57 pm said:
Although I registered for the Vietnam War draft, as a teenager, I was never called into military service, as I was classified as a college student. Not long after I registered, in the early AD1970s, that war was ended. In later years, more than once, I tried to enlist — but was rejected due to my flat feet, which I have had since birth. Apparently the military (including the Air Force) assumed that I would eventually develop foot problems, or back problems, and Uncle Sam did not want to pay for my future medical needs. Of course, nowadays there are many who don't march or hike strenuous distances, carrying lots of equipment weight (as you did), because they sit in a cubicle, somewhere on American soil, guiding drones that strike targets on the other side of the world. But God has a different path for me, with my patriotic "public service" including pro bono publico service as an Texas (or Colorado) attorney, plus part-time service assignments as a trial judge for the State of Texas, in certain non-jury administrative law cases.
I would say that God has guided your path. Thank for reading my post.


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Virginia medical school could not 'conclusively determine' whether Northam depicted in racist photo
Northam refused to resign despite the initial outcry against him.
ByJohn Verhovek andMatt Seyler
Virginia lt. governor denies sexual assault allegations
Embattled Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax described the allegations as "hurtful" and "not true."
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Eastern Virginia Medical School released its report into a photo depicting two individuals -- one wearing blackface and the other a KKK robe -- that appeared on the 1984 yearbook page of Gov. Ralph Northam on Wednesday but said they could not "conclusively determine" the identity of either person shown.
"With respect to the Photograph on Governor Northam's personal page, we could not conclusively determine the identity of either individual depicted in the Photograph. The Governor himself has made inconsistent public statements in this regard. No individual that we interviewed has told us from personal knowledge that the Governor is in the Photograph, and no individual with knowledge has come forward to us to report that the Governor is in the Photograph," according to the report, released to reporters Wednesday morning.
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The photo, which came to light in early February, sparked a range of outcry and widespread calls for Northam, a Democrat, to resign his office.
At a press conference the day after the photo controversy erupted, Northam said that he did not believe he is either person in the racist photo, but admitted that he did once darken his face to resemble Michael Jackson during a dance contest in 1984.
"Yesterday I took responsibility for content that appeared on my page that was clearly racist and offensive. I will not excuse the content of the photo. It was offensive, racist and despicable. I was seeing it for the first time. I was unaware of what was on my page. I was appalled that they appeared on my page," Northam said at a lengthy press conference at Virginia's Executive Mansion on Feb. 2.
"I believe now I am not either of the people in that photo. It is disgusting, offensive, racist," Northam said.
In a statement released Wednesday afternoon, Northam again denied that he is in the racist photo, but apologized for both the incident and his response to the explosive revelation.
"I am not in the racist and offensive photo that appears under my name in the 1984 Eastern Virginia Medical School yearbook," wrote Northam, whose term ends in 2021. "That being said, I know and understand the events of early February and my response to them have caused hurt for many Virginians and for that, I am sorry. I felt it was important to take accountability for the photo's presence on my page, but rather than providing clarity, I instead deepened pain and confusion."
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This image shows Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's page in his 1984 Eastern Virginia Medical School yearbook. The page shows a picture, at right, of a person in blackface and another wearing a Ku Klux Klan hood next to different pictures of the governor. It's unclear who the people in the picture are, but the rest of the page is filled with pictures of Northam and lists his undergraduate alma mater and other information about him.
At a press conference on Wednesday, Richard V. Homan, the medical school's president and provost, said that the school hired an outside law firm, McGuireWoods, to conduct the investigation in order to "maintain the public's trust and ensure an independent and objective assessment of the past."
"Their publication was hurtful, particularly to the African-American community and to our campus community," Homan said. "It should never have happened."
"Unless we face this fact head-on, this bias and racism will not abate. Uncomfortable silence only perpetuates these problems. We must engage in direct conversations, even if they are uncomfortable, even if they are difficult. Notwithstanding, talking is not enough," Homan added.
(MORE: Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam mulls future amid yearbook photo controversy, widespread calls for his resignation)
The report, headed by Richard Cullen, a senior partner at McGuireWoods and a former Virginia attorney general and former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, found that no one "with first-hand knowledge of an actual mistake on any page, including any personal page, within the 1984 yearbook" and no evidence that the photo was placed in error. The report also identified 10 photographs depicting individuals in blackface based on the law firm's review of all the school's yearbooks, according to investigators.

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. Duke Energy Florida today filed a proposed new Clean Energy Connection Program with the Florida Public Service Commission.
The announcement is the latest advancement in Duke Energys commitment to solar energy.
If approved by the commission, the program will provide Duke Energy Florida customers with about 750 megawatts of new, cost-effective solar power offering more options for qualified residential, business and local government customers to share in a slice of the companys solar energy production on a voluntary basis.
Duke Energy plans to invest an estimated $1 billion in its new solar power plants across Florida in the next three years. The first plants will go online in 2022 and more will follow through 2024.
The Clean Energy Connection Program is delivering on what our customers want affordable clean energy options. It will be a measurable way for customers to share in reducing carbon emissions, said Catherine Stempien, Duke Energy Florida state president. We know that larger-scale solar is the most cost-effective way to get the benefits of solar on our entire system and this program gives customers, especially those who may not have the ability to install solar at home, a compelling alternative to rooftop panels.
The program directly supports the development and construction of new cost-effective, utility-owned, solar power plants interconnected to the Florida power grid.
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Unclear Path Forward For Incentives
But theres a complication to working out these issues, Ledford said. The settlement agreement between Duke and parties including NC Sustainable Energy Association relies on state regulators approving the incentives for solar adopters along with the changes in how net metering is compensated. And in recent months, developments in both North Carolina and South Carolina have cast doubt on whether those incentives can be put into effect as designed.
South Carolinas Public Service Commission approved the Duke net-metering settlement in May 2020. But in January, the commission the incentive portion of the plan, Ledford said. The commission did not state why it chose to reject that portion of the plan, but it is set to release a full order explaining its reasoning in the coming weeks, he said.
A similar wrinkle emerged in a filing last week from the North Carolina Utilities Commission Public Staff, an independent agency that represents the interests of the states utility customers. In that filing, the agency states that Dukes settlement agreement made an error by classifying its proposed net-metering incentives as energy efficiency rather than solar incentives. As a result, it recommended that the commission should opt not to enact the settlement agreement.
Its a bit of a mess, Ledford said of the current status of the net-metering effort. But I dont know of a net-metering decision thats been easy anywhere in the country.
Does The Clean Energy Connection Program Save You Money
Whether the Clean Energy Program will provide financial returns for subscribers is difficult to determine. In order to see whether its worth it, well compare the $100.20 annual cost for a one-kilowatt subscription to the expected savings based on how much electricity those panels can make in a year.
We used PVWatts to determine how much electricity one kW of premium solar panels in a large-scale solar farm can make in Hardee county over one year. We wanted to be thorough, so we compared three kinds of utility-scale installations:
Rack mount, in which panels are mounted on racks that are attached to concrete pilings in the ground
Single axis tracking, in which the ground-mounted racks are tilted vertically based on the height of the sun in the sky
Dual axis tracking, in which panels are mounted in groups on pivoting poles that track the sun both vertically and horizontally
To be clear, we fully expect the Duke installations to use standard rack ground mounts, but because the savings per year are so small with this type of installation, we wanted to include the two other mounting methods to see whether the savings justify the cost in any way. We came up with the following numbers:
The numbers in the table above indicate that even with extremely expensive dual axis tracking that Duke is likely not going to pay for, the savings generated by 1 kW of solar panels dont come close to the cost of subscribing to a block.
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Solar power is power from the sunlight, as well as its one of the most plentiful energy resource in the world. It can be converted from radiant power from the sun to electrical or thermal energy in order to be made use of for numerous objectives including powering homes, cars and various other tools. Duke Energy Solar Program Florida
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Customers subscribe to invest in 10 new solar sites and earn bill credits for clean energy generation
The 200,000 solar panels at Bay Trail Renewable Energy Center in Crystal River, Florida, will generate enough electricity to power roughly 23,000 homes with renewable energy. Theyll also help Duke Energy customers save money.
Bay Trail is the first of 10 solar sites that are part of a new Duke Energy program in Florida called Clean Energy Connection. Customers from large businesses to local governments and residents can subscribe to the program for a monthly fee based on how much electricity their home or business uses.
Their fees will help build $1 billion of solar in Florida. Customers will earn credit toward their bill for the electricity generated by the solar plants, and the credits will eventually exceed their monthly subscription fee, resulting in a lower electric bill.
Program manager Derick Farfan said income-qualified customers will see savings immediately while they estimate others will begin saving in around four years with a break-even point in roughly seven years.
Once customers see those economics, Farfan said, they love the idea of it.
While the program lasts for 30 years, its flexible. Customers can choose to un-enroll after as little as one month. If they move, the subscription will transfer to a new address in Duke Energys Florida service area. This program also allows renters to participate.
Enroll in Clean Energy Connection
Ending The Feeding Frenzy
The Sustainable Energy Association was little impressed with Dukes effort. Duke has not provided us with an explanation of what went wrong or responded to our request for more information about the status of rebate applicants, Peter Ledford, general counsel for the group, said by email.
To Ledfords knowledge, no customers had heard Wheelesss message that rebate promises wouldnt be rescinded. Now, almost a month later, the most important thing is for the approximately 3,000 customers involved to get clarity on the thousands of dollars that are at stake because of Duke Energys website problems, he said. Then hopefully Duke can focus on ensuring this doesnt happen again and we have a better process moving forward.
Theres a chance the Public Staff or other customers will file formal complaints with the North Carolina Utilities Commission, which could require a revised system in 2021.
Duke on its own merit may want to make an informational filing to let the commission know the status of this, said Tim Dodge, an attorney with Public Staff. The commission has already heard some of this, and may direct Duke to make a filing. It could come from a number of different places, he added.
Laird Hepburn of Cary, who said he submitted his rebate application for close to $6,000 around 9:05 and was waitlisted, criticized the current feeding frenzy process.
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The Economics Of Duke Energy Net Metering
We mentioned above that the average Duke Energy Florida customer buys 1,450 kWh per month and has a bill of around $200. Of that $200, about $10.63 is the monthly customer charge, and the rest is the cost of the energy. Using solar energy, a Duke customer can eliminate energy charges down to a minimum bill of $30 per month.
In order to generate an average of 1,450 kWh per month, the homeowner would need an 11.84 kW solar system, which would cost about $35,000 if they paid cash. The savings generated by this system would be about $2,100 in the first year. Combined with the federal solar tax credit that eliminates 30% of the cost of installing a solar system, it would pay back its cost in just under 10 years.
Annual energy consumption and solar production for a Duke Energy Florida home with 11.84 kW of solar.
The image above shows estimated solar production and home energy usage according to our solar panel cost calculator. The total net savings of this sized solar system would be about $48,700 after 25 years, with an annual investment return of 10.3%. Of course, every home is unique, and you can use the calculator to determine the specific size, cost, and savings of a solar system that will meet your exact needs.
Find out how much you can save annually by switching to solar
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Duke Energy increases minimum fee, solar panel users upset
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. Duke Energy Florida today announced the locations of its four newest solar power plants the latest move in the companys program to expand its renewable generation portfolio.
We continue investing in utility-scale solar in Florida because our customers deserve a cleaner energy future, said Duke Energy Florida state president Melissa Seixas. These solar plants are the latest milestones in our strategy to deliver reliable, cost-effective, clean energy to our customers.
Duke Energy Florida plans to invest an estimated $1 billion in 10 new solar power plants across Florida, including the four sites announced today.
Construction on the four sites will begin in early 2022 and will take approximately 9 to 12 months to complete. Construction of all 10 sites is projected to be finished by late 2024.
Combined, the plants will produce about 750 megawatts of new, cost-effective solar power.
One of the new sites will be built in Suwannee County in north Florida.
Suwannee County welcomes Duke Energys latest solar project. It promotes green energy and brings jobs and capital investment into our community, said Suwannee County economic development director Jimmy Norris. We invite more opportunities that protect the environment while helping the future growth of our community.
The four new sites:
The company currently has more than 900-MW of solar generation under construction or in operation in Florida.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. Duke Energy Floridas Duette Solar Power Plant is now operational, delivering on the companys commitment to expand its clean energy portfolio statewide.
With a combined investment of over $2 billion, Duke Energy Floridas solar generation portfolio will include 25 grid-tied solar power plants that will benefit all of the companys 1.9 million Florida customers. These projects will provide about 1,500 MW of emission-free generation using approximately 5 million solar panels by 2024.
Customers want us to provide more renewable and cleaner energy. As another solar site goes into operation, were delivering on that promise, said Duke Energy Florida state president Melissa Seixas. These investments will allow Florida customers to enjoy an energy system that is increasingly resilient and provides cleaner energy to everyone in our service area.
The Duette facility was built on approximately 520 acres in Manatee County, Fla., and was placed in service on Oct. 25 more than seven weeks ahead of its scheduled completion date. It is part of Duke Energy Floridas $1 billion investment to provide customers with 700 MW of clean energy by 2022.
The project team performed more than 175,000 safe work hours to complete the Duette Solar Power Plant. The 74.5-MW facility consists of approximately 227,000 single-axis tracking solar panels, capable of producing enough electricity to power approximately 23,000 homes at peak production annually.
Guide To Duke Energy Solar Programs In Florida
If youre a Florida homeowner and a customer of Duke Energy, you should know that the utility offers a few programs that allow you to take advantage of solar power. However, not all of Dukes solar programs are created equal. Below, well break down whats available, and which is the best choice for the majority of homeowners in the Sunshine State.
The average homeowner in Florida spends about $200 per month on their Duke Energy bill, using over 17,600 kilowatt-hours per year. Thats a lot of money, and many homeowners have installed solar panels on their roofs to help reduce their electricity bills.
The best way to save money with solar is a program called net metering, which well discuss below. But Duke Energy also offers two other programs to support solar energy. Believe it or not, one of them actually costs you extra each month, but the other could show some promising long-term savings.
Find out if going solar is worth it where you live
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Duke Power Web Metering
The ultimate program well cowl on this article is the perfect and its known as web metering.
Floridas net metering law has been on the books since 2008, and provides kWh credits for people who install solar panels on their roofs and are customers of Duke Energy Florida, Florida Power & Light, Florida Public Utilities Company, Gulf Power, and Tampa Electric Company .
The Shared Photo Voltaic Program
Should youre interested by paying Duke Power extra cash each month to help the event of latest utility-scale photo voltaic farms, that is the plan for you .
Underneath the Shared Photo voltaic program, you buy a block of fifty kilowatt-hours in solar energy for $7.75 each per month, then get a credit back on your bill of $1.04 per month. This means that the Shared Solar program will cost you a net amount of $6.71 per block.
The average homeowner uses about 1,450 kWh per month, and if they chose to offset all of that, theyd need 29 blocks. At $6.71 per block, the Shared Solar program would cost that person $194.59 extra, every month. In our opinion, thats a terrible deal.
If youre a Florida Duke Energy customer and a masochist, you can learn more about the Shared Solar program here. You can too check out this example bill to see how the Shared Photo voltaic program expenses would seem in your invoice, if, yknow, you hated having cash.
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In Settlement With Installers Duke Energy Concedes Ground In Plot To Hobble States Rooftop Solar Program
DURHAM, N.C. Duke Energy and three rooftop solar installers have reached a settlement in a fight over the monopoly utilitys proposal to hobble North Carolinas net metering program, with opponents of Dukes plan calling the settlement a partial win even as they vow to keep fighting for rules that reflect the full value of rooftop solar for all North Carolinians.
Based on an initial review of the settlement, which was released just today, NC WARN and EWG say Duke was apparently required to make a number of concessions from its original proposal, which would have cut the value to rooftop solar households by 35% or more.
But the groups say the settlement if approved would leave Dukes net metering plan extremely complicated, reduce value to customers, and be a step backward for rooftop solar instead of the forward progress needed to meet North Carolinas climate protection goals.
The settlement is but one step in the fight at the North Carolina Utilities Commission . NC WARN and EWG say they and allies will continue to insist that the NCUC follow a 2017 state law that firmly prohibits any change to net metering rules until the NCUC conducts a cost-benefit analysis of its value to non-solar power users a step that state Attorney General Josh Stein says is required.
Duke Energy Seeks Changes In How Solar Owners Are Paid For Electricity
Duke Energy has proposed new rules for how owners of rooftop solar panels are paid for electricity they send to the electric grid. It could mean more complexity and lower payments, but the utility says rates would be fairer.
State legislators have called for changes in the payment rules known as "net metering."
Right now, solar panel owners who produce more electricity than they need get credits on their bills, equal to whatever they pay for electricity. Under the proposed changes, the credit would be lower and would vary according to electricity demand, said Duke spokesperson Randy Wheeless.
"So in a cold winter morning, like now, you would get more, but maybe in a mild spring day, you would get less," Wheeless said Tuesday. "So, it better reflects what the price of electricity is."
Besides setting rates by time of use, solar owners also would have to pay a minimum of $10 a month for electricity, even if they don't use any from the grid. That's on top of Duke's $14 basic charge. Duke said it needs the extra revenue to pay for infrastructure to serve solar customers.
The proposal is the result of an agreement between Duke and solar industry groups the North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association the Southern Environmental Law Center, which represented Vote Solar and the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy solar panel maker Sunrun Inc. and the Solar Energy Industries Association.
The deal is similar to one approved by regulators in South Carolina last year.
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So, what's new with our User Interface?
KBMax Cloud is no stranger to modern web design. Since the beginning, our user interface has been based on Responsive Design, which lets you create one design for both desktop and mobile screens. In this release, we've taken our commitment to deliver the best possible user experience even deeper: we've implemented Material Design.
What is Material Design? In a nutshell, Material Design is a new standard for presenting data that makes it easier to use. From mobile devices to touch screens, Material Design gets you the information you need, and then gets out of the way.
Starting now, our customers have the choice to remain in our "classic" skin, or change to the new material design. All the features listed here work in both skins. And you can always change from one to the other and back.
Previously, the flow of your configurator fields was simple: fields were always read from the top to the bottom, one field at a time, in a tall strip. This is ideal for smaller screens and simple questions, but you asked for more: the ability to build complex forms. You now have a broad set of tools to create your user interface.
The new Tab control helps you group your fields so your users see them as equal options. You can even have nested tabs (as seen in the "Windows" tab in the example below).
If the new Tab control expands and collapses information horizontally, the new Expander and Accordion controls do the same vertically. The Expander and Accordion are both great tools for mobile-device audiences, as it gives those small-screen visitors easy control with large tap targets.
The Expander can express hierarchical information: users can "drill down" into a specific group of details in a single expander with just a click, and click again to collapse that section.
Group a number of expanders together into an Accordion: only one expander can be open at any time in an accordion group, with the others closing automatically.
A single Button, ideal for use on its own. This is the same button you've worked with before.
A new Toolbar of buttons, which can present buttons side-by-side into a menu.
Regardless of type, any of these buttons can include a custom icon. You can also now set the color of any button, to guide your user's attention.
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We hope you enjoy these new additions to our configurators, scenes, logic, and infrastructure! Visit our online documentation for details on these features at any time by clicking the help bubble always shown in the lower-left corner of your Administration Interface.


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16 Δεκεμβρίου 2021: Απονομή Βραβείων Αργώ 2021 υπό την αιγίδα της Προέδρου της Δημοκρατίας
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2-3 March 2021: ARGO supports a SEV's initiative on Innovative Greeks: https://www.innovativegreeks.gr
Thank you for your invaluable support in the Innovative Greeks' launch event. Your contribution has been of tremendous importance for the final success of the event. During the preparation period we joined forces and managed to organise a Conference that raised public awareness beyond expectations.
Thanks to our supporters, the conference attracted more than 14.000 unique viewers on various channels and had a significant impact on our social media channels. Our Innovative Greeks' community also made a great start with over 10,000 registered attendees. Innovative Greeks participated from across the globe, including global innovation hubs like the USA (San Francisco, New York, Boston), many European countries (UK, Germany, Netherlands etc.), Canada and even Japan. All the conference panels are available here and (02/03/2021) and here (03/03/2021), for further viewing or sharing with your network.
The Innovative Greeks' conference marked the beginning of our common endeavor and we will continue striving to lead the effort to create new, Greek, success stories of innovation and high-tech entrepreneurship. Our progress, future initiatives, and all pertinent information can be followed from here. Please stay tuned to our effort to scale up Greece's innovation ecosystem.
"Breaking new ground for our common future" is more than a conference slogan. It is a call to action to the entire community of innovative Greeks worldwide to participate and help speed up our young innovation ecosystem.
We feel blessed to have you on board.
Marcos Veremis
Co-Chair of SEV Innovation Committee
Τα Βραβεία των Ελλήνων του Εξωτερικού Αργώ 2021 ενεχείρισε η Πρόεδρος της Δημοκρατίας Κυρία Κατερίνα Σακελλαροπούλου, κα
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Kirkland & Ellis LLP represented Insignia Capital Group on its acquisition of Tillamook Country Smoker (TCS), a third-generation, family-owned provider of branded meat snacks based in Bay City, Oregon. Several family shareholders participated in the transaction alongside Insignia. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The full release is available here.
The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Sanford Perl and Robert Wilson and associates Melanie Harmon and David Birnbaum; and debt finance partner Jim Anderson and associate Mary Liz Brady.


Afrojack, Rae Sremmurd & Stanaj – 'Sober' – Throughout his illustrious career, Grammy-winning dance music icon Afrojack has often showcased an unparalleled mastery of the full musical spectrum, and his latest release on his Wall Recordings label sees him push it to an even higher. Made in collaboration with American hip-hop duo Rae Sremmurd and singer-songwriter Stanaj, 'Sober' is a super-enjoyable cross-genre track that shows once again why the Dutchman is one of dance music's most esteemed acts.
Afrojack is without a doubt one of the most popular dance music acts of today's scene. A producer sought after by many of the industry's top names, he won a Grammy for his and David Guetta's remix of Madonna's 'Revolver' and worked with everyone from Pitbull to Sting and Chris Brown. Add to that the gamut of top-tier festivals he wrecks the mainstages of on a continual basis and you know Afrojack will remain one of dance music's most esteemed acts for a long time to come.


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Q: b-table cell cliked event missing I have to pass cell value to the function clicking on the cell. It can be done easily on good table, but I am trying to find the way do it on bootstrap-vue b-table.
table:
<b-table
    striped
    responsive
    class="mb-0"
    :items="permissionsData"
  >
    <template #cell(module)="data">
      {{ data.value }}
    </template>
    <template
      #cell()="data"
    >
      <b-form-checkbox
        :checked="data.value"
      />
    </template>
  </b-table>

and the method:
methods: {
    onPermissionClick(value) {
        console.log("column name, row name and the value")
    }
},

Is anyone know good way how to do that please?

A: <b-table
    striped
    responsive
    class="mb-0"
    :items="permissionsData"
  >
    <template #cell(module)="data">
       <div @click="onPermissionClick">
            {{ data.value }}
       </div>
    </template>
  </b-table>

You will get all property in the data. but here I am mentioning cell, row, and column as per your question. other property you can see by console.log(data)
methods: {
    onPermissionClick(data) {
       console.log(data.value)   // cell value
        console.log(data.item)   // row
        console.log(data.field) // column
    }
},

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Most of you are probably wondering why Two Weeks of Easter Fun, when there is only one week until Easter. Those of you who have read " About me " already know that I'm coming from Bulgaria, and we - Bulgarians are Orthodox Christians and as such we use the Julian calendar instead of the Gregorian for our religious holidays. That's why there is a difference in the dates we celebrate Easter, not always, but most of the time...like this year.
The Catholic Easter is on April 8 and the Orthodox is on April 15. And because most of my readers and myself included, we will celebrate on April 15, and I'll be posting Easter related recipes, crafts and ideas a little bit longer. I don't promise but I'll do my best, and try to post everyday until Easter.
My first post in the "Two Weeks of Easter Fun" project is about something we all do this time of year, no matter what religion and nationality we have - Spring Cleaning.
There are few different theories about it. Some suggest that the origins of spring cleaning date back to the Persian new year which falls on the first day of spring, and the week before the holiday, Iranians practice "khooneh tekouni" which literally means "shaking the house".
Another theory is that Spring cleaning comes from the ancient Jewish practice of thoroughly cleansing the home before one of the major Jewish holidays - Passover ( Pesach ), which is also a spring - time feast. On Passover, Jews are not only strictly forbidden to eat or drink anything that may have been leavened or fermented with yeast, but also keeping leavened food ( chametz ) in the house during the holiday is considered as a big affront in Jewish culture. The fact that even overlooked crumbs count make observant Jews conduct a thorough "spring cleaning" of their homes.
Another suggestion points Chinese culture as an originator of spring cleaning. Just before their new year, Chinese people clean their homes, believing that by doing so, they are getting rid of the bad luck and misfortune that may have accumulated during the previous year.
For me, and may be most of the Bulgarians, spring cleaning is a ritual closely related to Easter. That's why I found it to be a very appropriate start of my Easter project.
In my opinion, it is very difficult to give people advice about spring cleaning, because every household is different, just like the cleaning habits. So instead of sharing with you how I do my spring cleaning I'll show you the products I use for it ( and for my every day cleaning as well).
As you can see my cleaning products are all homemade. It's been almost two years, since I started gradually removing store bought chemical cleaning products from my house. It was the next logical step, after we started recycling, re-purposing and reusing everything that we can in our every day life. Not only as a gesture to the planet, but also as gesture to our own health. I don't want my post to be too serious, so I won't write about the damages of the cleaning products over the human health. Everyone has the right to choose how to live their life and I don't want to point fingers, but just share with you my choice.
White vinegar is my best cleaning friend. Because of its levels of acidity, it is effective for killing most mold, bacteria, and germs. It is very economical, environmentally friendly and most important it's not toxic. I use the all - purpose cleaner for almost everything. For those of you afraid of the smell, don't worry it dissipates very quickly. If you want to read more about cleaning properties of vinegar, check here.
Hydrogen Peroxide, again inexpensive, non - toxic and very practical. It is anti-bacterial and anti-fungal. Helps a lot when cleaning mold and mildew. Mix just the amount you are going to use right away, or keep your mix in dark bottle, because hydrogen peroxide breaks down quickly when exposed to light.
Like the all - purpose cleaner it uses white vinegar and works wonders with windows.
Last but not least - the good old baking soda. Same as white vinegar it is a multifunctional cleaner. I like having a box of baking soda in my cleaning basket. I use it mostly to clean the oven and the stove top, as well as for scrubbing the bottoms of my pots ( for me it's not rare to forget that I 'm cooking, you can imagine the rest).
Pretty much that's all I use to clean our little home. By using just those three simple products I have a clean, free of toxins and harmful chemical house, and save a lot of space and money. I'm trying to keep the house clean by doing little things every day and that helps me a lot when I do my spring cleaning.
For those of you who had the nerve to read the whole post I have a little gift. If you want to give a try to the homemade cleaning recipes and like my labels I have them here, waiting for you to print them.
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Monsanto's latest farmwashing ad campaign debuts
By Kerry Trueman on Jan 22, 2011
Marlsanto: A persuasive combine-nation?Photos: Monsanto, Marlboro
Now that the Supreme Court has declared that corporations are people, too (happy birthday, Citizens United!), Monsanto is apparently out to put a friendly, slightly weather-beaten, gently grizzled face on industrial agriculture. The above ad (the lefthand one) is part of a campaign currently appearing in bus shelters in D.C., including just outside USDA headquarters, among other places. The link, Americasfarmers.com, forwards to a Monsanto page.
This guy looks an awful lot like Henry Fonda playing Tom Joad in The Grapes of Wrath, which seems only fitting since Agribiz may be helping to create a 21st century Dust Bowl.
After decades of boasting about how fossil-fuel-intensive industrial agriculture has made it possible for far fewer farmers to produce way more food, Monsanto is now championing the power of farming to create jobs and preserve land. Does this attempt by a biotechnology behemoth to wrap itself in a populist plaid flannel shirt give you the warm and fuzzies, or just burn you up?
I checked in with Marion Nestle, NYU professor of nutrition and author of the good-food handbooks What to Eat and Food Politics, and most recently Safe Food: The Politics of Food Safety (University of California Press, 2010), for her take on the campaign.
Nestle: This is not a new strategy for Monsanto. Half of my book Safe Food is devoted to the politics of food biotechnology. I illustrated it with a Monsanto advertisement (Figure 17, page 182). The caption may amuse you:
In 2001, the biotechnology industry's public relations campaign featured the equivalent of the Marlboro Man. Rather than cigarettes, however, this advertisement promotes the industry's view of the ecological advantages of transgenic crops (reduced pesticide use, soil conservation), and consequent benefits to society (farm preservation). In 2002, a series of elegant photographs promoted the benefits of genetically modified corn, soybeans, cotton, and papaya.
Last year, Monsanto placed ads that took its "we're for farmers" stance to another level:
9 billion people to feed. A changing climate. NOW WHAT? Producing more. Conserving more. Improving farmers' lives. That's sustainable agriculture. And that's what Monsanto is all about.
That's sustainable agriculture? I'll bet you didn't know that. Now take a look at the Monsanto website — really, you can't make this stuff up:
If there were one word to explain what Monsanto is about, it would have to be farmers.
Billions of people depend upon what farmers do. And so will billions more. In the next few decades, farmers will have to grow as much food as they have in the past 10,000 years — combined.
It is our purpose to work alongside farmers to do exactly that.
To produce more food.
To produce more with less, conserving resources like soil and water.
And to improve lives.
We do this by selling seeds, traits developed through biotechnology, and crop protection chemicals.
Face it. We have two agricultural systems in this country, both claiming to be good for farmers and both claiming to be sustainable. One focuses on local, seasonal, organic, and sustainable in the sense of replenishing what gets taken out of the soil. The other is Monsanto's, for which "sustainable" means selling seeds (and not letting farmers save them), patenting traits developed through biotechnology, and selling crop protection chemicals.
This is about who gets to control the food supply and who gets to choose. Too bad the Monsanto ads don't explain that.
A version of this appeared on Huffington Post
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In November, the USPTO awarded printing and digital copying appliances manufacturer Xerox a patent for a blockchain-driven auditing system for electronic files. The technology offered by Xerox can supposedly detect whether a file has been altered and tracks the history of changes to documents. Owing to the decentralized verification mechanism, the system thus becomes resistant to tampering, the filing states.
Also that month, financial services giant American Express (Amex) filed a patent for a blockchain-based system to capture and transmit the image of a receipt. The filing describes how the system lets a user with a mobile device capture the image of a receipt. The system then, via "optical character recognition," deciphers the image and matches it with "related records," namely transaction history.
Will blockchain revolutionize the way we vote?


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May 01 ➡ the latest Eurovision headlines from Host City, Finland, Russia and many more…
EUROVISION 2019 🇮🇱
The Shmueli team, a family group composed of a father and four of his sons, developed a special system allowing to monitor the results of the contest for spectators with visual impairments.
Alongside the festive air force flight in the sky, this year, in honour of the 71st anniversary of the State of Israel, a special flotilla from the Herzliya beaches to Tel Aviv will connect Independence Day celebrations with the Eurovision Song Contest. The traditional flotilla departs from the Herzliya Marina to the shores of Tel Aviv and attracts thousands of spectators, hosting the delegations and participants of the Eurovision Song Contest this year. Herzliya will also be the only city alongside Tel Aviv to take part officially in the 64th Eurovision Song Contest.
GEORGIA 🇬🇪
Nodiko Tatishvilli has been announced by GPB as the third commentator who will be guiding Georgian viewers through the Grand Final of Eurovision 2019. Nodiko will be known to fans for representing Georgia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with Sopho Gelovani, they finished 15th with the song "Waterfall".
AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺
Australian broadcaster SBS has revealed in a press release that Electric Fields will be revealing the points from the Australian jury in Tel Aviv. Electric Fields were runners up in Australia's selection show Eurovision – Australia Decides this year with their song "2000 and Whatever". Kate Miller-Heidke has revealed in an interview with Aussievision that she will be working with Israeli backing singers for her Eurovision performance. Speaking to the site she explained that she will be arriving in Israel this Friday, and then start rehearsing with the vocalists before her first rehearsal on the Eurovision stage.
SWITZERLAND 🇨🇭
Luca Hänni will be performing at the Eurovision with former Lady Gaga's dancer David Lei Brandt, reports Blick. As revealed earlier, the performance of Hänni was designed by creative director Sacha Jean-Baptiste and assistant choreographer/dance coach India Rischko. Stage team of Luca Hänni: dancers/backing vocalists David Lei Brandt (USA/Germany), Daniel Asamoah (Germany), dancers Hannah Levitt-Collins (UK), Keisha von Arnold (Sweden), backing vocalist Greg G. Curtis (USA/Sweden).
SAN MARINO 🇸🇲
Television presenter Monica Fabbri has been revealed as the spokesperson for San Marino at the Eurovision Song Contestb 2019. Monica works at the San Marinese broadcaster as a presenter and journalist.
GERMANY 🇩🇪
For a third year running Deutsche Welle will be broadcasting the Eurovision Song Contest to viewers internationally. Deutsche Welle is Germany's public international broadcaster providing German language content across the globe, as well as in thirty languages both online and via television. The Eurovision Song Contest 2019 is set to be broadcast internationally by a number of this years competing broadcasters. Among the confirmed international broadcasts are: Greece – ERT World and Portugal – RTP Internacional.
POLAND 🇵🇱
The annual tradition of the Eurovision Song Contest is an interview on stage with the Junior winner. There were rumors that this time the young star would also sing on the stage. It turns out that nothing changes. This was confirmed by Roksana Węgiel in an interview for the Eska.pl portal:
"I was supposed to perform as a guest, but the plans changed and I will only have an interview. It does not depend on us, the plans have changed in Israel."
RUSSIA 🇷🇺
Yesterday evening it was revealed that Alsou would return to the Eurovision Song Contest to reveal the points from the Russian jury. However, it has now been reported that pianist and winner of Eurovision Young Musicians 2018, Ivan Bessonov, will take over this role.
It has been confirmed that Artur Orzech will once again guide Polish viewers through the Eurovision Song Contest this year. Artur has been providing commentary at the contest every year that Poland has participated since 1994, excluding 1996 and 1997, as well as Junior Eurovision commentary since their return to the contest in 2016.
FINLAND 🇫🇮
Darude who will represent Finland at Eurovision 2019 alongside Sebastian Rejman has revealed he is working with the Finnish UNICEF committe. The famous DJ and Producer is raising funds as part of the Jano campaign, with the funds going towards providing emergency aid to Children. The Producer said in an interview with YLE that:
"If our actions, or our music, can somehow influence and help, it would be great. I am honored to be able to do this cooperation."
🇪🇺 EUROPE
🇬🇷 Helena Paparizou comments Tamta & Katerine Duska
🇺🇸 'Anchorman' star is working on a Netflix satire about the international song contest.


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Vitamin B12 – also known as cobalamin – is an essential micronutrient that has many uses throughout the body. These include the manufacture of red blood cells, and ensuring proper nerve and brain function. It assists with the uptake of folate, and is involved in DNA synthesis. Like the rest of the B group vitamins it is water-soluble, and thus unable to be stored in the body long term – though most healthy people will have enough stored in the liver to last several years. This means it is essential to consume enough via the diet to prevent deficiency arising, and take supplements if adequate dietary intake isn't possible, or other factors mean adequate levels are unable to be sustained.
As we cannot produce our own vitamin B12, we need to consume adequate levels through our diet in order to stay well. The only living organisms capable of producing vitamin B12 are bacteria, and thus there are no proven plant-based sources of the vitamin, though certain mushrooms, seaweeds and organic foods have been argued as possible sources due to bacterial presence within them. Dietary sources are limited to animal products, including meat, dairy, eggs, and organ meats.
Vitamin B12 deficiency can cause a number of problems throughout the body, which may begin as mild or unnoticeable but can progress into debilitating problems that affect the whole body. These may include numbness, tingling and weakness of the limbs and extremities, heart palpitations, weakness and fatigue, depression, confusion, anxiety, memory loss, breathlessness, pallor, lightheadedness, and gastrointestinal tract problems such as bloating, constipation or diarrhoea.
There are a number of people at risk of vitamin B12 deficiency. The most well-known group are those who follow a vegan or strict vegetarian diet, as the only source of vitamin B12 in the diet is animal products. Whilst those who have recently become vegan are usually fine, their body stores will deplete over the course of several years and eventually most will become symptomatic, and need to take supplements if they aren't already consuming fortified foods. Pregnant vegans are particularly at risk of deficiency, as are their children, unless supplementation is undertaken during pregnancy.
People who suffer inflammatory gastrointestinal conditions, including Crohn's disease, Coeliac disease, gastritis and other related disorders may be at increased risk of a B12 deficiency due to an impaired ability to absorb nutrients, as well as having potentially impaired levels of Intrinsic Factor (IF). Intrinsic Factor is a glycoprotein produced in the stomach and required for the absorption of vitamin B12 – thus any injury to the stomach itself, whether from surgery, pharmaceuticals or disease, can reduce the ability of the body to produce enough IF. Similarly, sufferers of the autoimmune condition pernicious anaemia lack intrinsic factor due to the body attacking its production (note that 'pernicious anaemia' is a term also used to refer to B12 deficiency from any cause). Vitamin B12 is absorbed in the small intestine, so any disease affecting this portion of the gastrointestinal tract can also impair absorption.
Those with the MTFHR gene mutation, which is linked to myriad serious health complaints, are also at risk of deficiency. Those affected should take care to ensure they are getting enough in their diet, and if supplementing, should ideally take an activated form (methyl-, adenosyl- or hydroxy- cobalamin rather than cyanocobalamin), alongside activated folate. The ideal form will vary from person to person and change depending on which mutation is present and whether or not the person is heterozygous, homozygous, or another combination.
What do I do if I think I'm deficient?
Vitamin B12 deficiency is easily detected by blood test and/or complete blood count. If you are found to be low, it may be recommended that you have a B12 injection, but generally speaking supplementation should be enough to bolster stores, though investigation should be undertaken to ascertain why deficiency has occurred if there is no obvious cause.
HealthPost carries a wide range of vitamin B12 products in numerous forms. These include products both on their own and in complexes such as BioBalance Liposomal BioActive B Complex, as well as in sublingual, chewable, liquid or capsule forms.
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Intel Embracing Digital Transformation Podcasts
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Embracing Digital Transformation
Darren Pulsipher
Darren Pulsipher, Chief Solution Architect for Public Sector at Intel, investigates effective change leveraging people, process, and technology. Which digital trends are a flash in the pan—and which will form the foundations of lasting change? With in-depth discussion and expert interviews, Embracing Digital Transformation finds the signal in the noise of the digital revolution. People Workers are at the heart of many of today's biggest digital transformation projects. Learn how to transform ...
#120 An Argument for Global Data Network 34:02
On this episode Darren interviews Alan Evan, principal technologist at MacroMeta, about distributed data management and the impact of global distribution of data in the cloud to edge ecosystem.Website: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/government/podcasts/embracing-digital-transformation-episode120.html Vidoe: https://youtu.be/H0tDfaGDscQBlog…
#119 Moore's Law is not Dead! 37:25
In this episode, Darren talks with Jason Dunn-Potter, solution architect for the public sector at Intel, about Moore's law and how it continues to drive innovations across the public sector.Video: https://youtu.be/4s90TQSpdKABlog: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/government/podcasts/embracing-digital-transformation-episode119.html…
#118 What's ahead in 2023? 27:54
In this episode Darren talks about what's in store for 2023 where he reviews his predictions on the critical elements of digital transformation in the year ahead.Video:Blog: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/government/podcasts/embracing-digital-transformation-episode118.htmlBy Darren Pulsipher
#117 2022 in Review 21:19
In this episode, Darren reviews 2022. He identifies the most talked about topics on the podcast in 2022, including Data Management, Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, Edge Computing, Multi-Cloud, and Hybrid WorkspacesBlog: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/government/podcasts/embracing-digital-transformation-episode117.html Video:…
#116 An Argument for a Holistic Approach to Critical Infrastructure Security 38:43
In this episode, Darren talks about the convergence of OT and IT cybersecurity with security expert Steve Orrin (CTO of Intel Federal) and Industrial OT expert Dr. Anna Scott (Chief Edge Architect for Intel Public Sector). Blog: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/government/podcasts/embracing-digital-transformation-episode116.html Video: https…
#115 Blocking and Tackling of Cyber Security 31:06
In this episode, Darren talks about cybersecurity with returning guest John Evans, Chief Technology Advisor at World Wide Technology (WWT).Blog: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/government/podcasts/embracing-digital-transformation-episode115.html Video: https://youtu.be/SPmsH6Ia6pMBy Darren Pulsipher
#114 Automating Business Process Management 22:30
Darren Pulsipher, Chief Solutions Architect, Public Sector, Intel, and Max Young, CEO of Capital BPM, discuss operationalizing business process management with modeling programs.Blog: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/government/podcasts/embracing-digital-transformation-episode114.html Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/embracingdigital/edt114…
#113 Operationalizing Business Process Management 23:50
In this episode, Darren discusses business process management and automation with Max Young, CEO of Capital BPMBlog: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/government/podcasts/embracing-digital-transformation-episode113.html Video:By Darren Pulsipher
#112 Myths of Lift and Shift Cloud Migration 36:29
On this episode, Darren discusses the myths of lift and shift cloud migration with John Evans, Chief Technology Advisor at World Wide Technology (WWT).Blog: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/government/podcasts/embracing-digital-transformation-episode112.html Video: https://youtu.be/7pQKyV45ay4…
#111 Realizing Smart City Potential 28:49
In this episode, Darren talks with Eric Hornsby, CEO of SmartPoint.io, about technology for realizing smart city potential through infrastructure and financial resiliency.Blog: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/government/podcasts/embracing-digital-transformation-episode111.html Video: https://youtu.be/lanaZk9q0dI…
#110 Securing the Supply Chain 31:59
Intel's Darren Pulsipher and Ret. Lt. General Thomas Horlander talk about national security, the CHIPS Act, and how securing our microelectronics supply chain is critical for everyday life and our national security.Blog: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/government/podcasts/embracing-digital-transformation-episode110.htmlVideo: https://youtu.…
#109 Advancing Operations with 5G 22:51
Intel's Darren Pulsipher, Chief Solutions Architect, Leland Brown, Principal Engineer: Technical Director of Advanced Communications, and Dr. Anna Scott, Chief Edge Architect for Public Sector, talk about the history of advanced comms and future use cases with 5G. Part two of two.Video: https://youtu.be/ZHyeXrkxQhABlog: intel.com/content/www/us/en/…
#108 History of Advanced Communications 21:41
Intel's Darren Pulsipher, Chief Solutions Architect, Leland Brown, Principal Engineer: Technical Director of Advanced Communications, and Dr. Anna Scott, Chief Edge Architect for Public Sector, talk about the history of advanced comms. Part one of two.Video: https://youtu.be/XllHSDenC9gBlog: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/government/podcas…
#107 Basics of OT Security 26:55
Intel's Darren Pulsipher, Chief Solutions Architect, Public Sector, and Carla Trevino, Solutions Architect, Irdeto, talk about the importance of security in critical infrastructure.Blog: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/government/podcasts/embracing-digital-transformation-episode107.html Video:…
#106 Birth of the Graph Intelligent Platform 26:24
Intel's Darren Pulsipher, Chief Solutions Architect, Public Sector and Greg Steck, Senior Director of Industry Solutions, Katana Graph, talk about the benefits of Katana's graph intelligence platform.Blog: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/government/podcasts/embracing-digital-transformation-episode.html Video: https://youtu.be/Bx7yeMhnBJg…
#105 Information-driven Leadership 21:19
Darren Pulsipher, Chief Solutions Architect, Public Sector, Intel continues his talk with Betsy Freeman, CEO of Radius Advisory Group, about her experience as an information-driven leader in the public and private sectors. Part two of two.Blog: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/government/podcasts/embracing-digital-transformation-episode105.h…
Darren Pulsipher, Chief Solutions Architect, Public Sector, Intel talks with Betsy Freeman, CEO of Radius Advisory Group, about her experience as an information-driven leader in the public and private sectors. Part one of two.Blog: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/government/podcasts/embracing-digital-transformation-episode104.html Video: ht…
#103 Operationalizing your AI Projects 29:49
Intel's Darren Pulsipher, Chief Solutions Architect, Public Sector, and Gretchen Stewart, Chief Data Scientist, Public Sector, discuss operationalizing AI projectsBlog: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/government/podcasts/embracing-digital-transformation-episode103.htmlVideo: https://youtu.be/HbXNLtGkD5E…
#102 Identity-based Micro-segmentation 25:22
In part 2 of Security with Elisity, Darren discusses identity-based micro-segmentation solutions with Dana Yanch, Director of Technical Marketing, and Dan Demers, Technical Architect.Blog: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/government/podcasts/embracing-digital-transformation-episode102.html Video: https://youtu.be/L2g_PjWTlWI…
#101 Network Controller Security with Elisity 17:43
On today's episode, Darren discusses network controller security with Elisity's Dana Yanch, Director of Technical Marketing, and Dan Demers, Technical ArchitectBlog: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/government/podcasts/embracing-digital-transformation-episode101.htmlVideo: https://youtu.be/st0HrHNmEUI…
#100 Intel's Superhero's of Public Sector 27:58
On this episode, Darren and Cameron Chehreh, Vice President and General Manager of Public Sector, Intel, talk about Intel's superpowers: ubiquitous compute, pervasive connectivity, edge to cloud, and artificial intelligence.Blog: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/government/podcasts/embracing-digital-transformation-episode100.html Video:…
#99 Pre-Cog Cyber Attack Path with XM Cyber 34:10
Intel's Darren Pulsipher, Chief Solutions Architect, and Paul Giorgi, Director of Sales Engineering, XM Cyber, discuss how XM Cyber technology can help organizations uncover attack paths and reduce risk.Blog: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/government/podcasts/embracing-digital-transformation-episode99.html Video: #EDT99 #EmbracingDigital #…
#98 The Emergence of Global Data Networks 35:13
In this episode, Darren reminisces with Chetan Venkatesh, CEO of MacroMeta. Venkatesh has a long history of data management from the beginning days of Grid Computing and has started MacroMeta to tackle data management across the globally dispersed edge, data centers, and clouds.Blog: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/government/podcasts/embra…
#97 The Benefits of Graph Databases 32:49
Darren Pulsipher, Chief Solutions Architect, Intel, and Dr. Hadi Ahmadi, Director of Solutions Architecture, Katana Graph discuss the benefits of graph databases. Blog: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/government/podcasts/embracing-digital-transformation-episode97.html Video: https://youtu.be/h06tRFkeK-E…
#96 Leveraging Virtual Data Centers with Verge.io 27:18
Intel's Darren Pulsipher, Chief Solutions Architect, and Verge.io's Aaron Reid, Principal Systems Engineer, and Chris Lehman, Senior VP of Sales, discuss use cases for Verge.io's virtual data center software.By Darren Pulsipher
#95 Essential Requirements for Edge-to-Cloud Service Architectures 35:10
Intel's Darren Pulsipher, Chief Solutions Architect, and Dr. Anna Scott, Chief Edge Architect, Public Sector, discuss essential requirements for edge-to-cloud service architectures. Blog: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/government/podcasts/embracing-digital-transformation-episode95.htmlVideo: https://youtu.be/wBPm1KcrhWg…
#94 The Rebirth of the Private Cloud 31:58
Darren Pulsipher, Chief Solutions Architect, Intel, discusses Verge.io's software-defined data centers that simplify IT and make private cloud easy and efficient with Verge.io's CTO, Greg Campbell.Video:Blog: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/government/podcasts/embracing-digital-transformation-episode94.html…
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Darren Pulsipher, Chief Solutions Architect, Intel, discusses the barriers to adopting new technologies in the public sector and what is coming in the future with Glenn Kurowski, CTO of CACI.Blog: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/government/podcasts/embracing-digital-transformation-episode90.html Video:…
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On this episode, Darren discusses advances in memory architecture with Charles Fan, CEO of MemVerge, winner of the 2022 Bio-IT World Best in Show and People's Choice Award. Blog: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/government/podcasts/embracing-digital-transformation-episode89.htmlVideo: https://youtu.be/1TUCZjI4yns…
#88 Collaborative DevSecOps with Sophos Factory 39:59
On this episode, Darren talks with Sophos' Callen Sapien, Director of Product Management, Sophos Factory, and Mike Fraser, VP of DevSecOps about their product that allows for truly collaborative SecDevOps.Blog: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/government/podcasts/embracing-digital-transformation-episode88.htmlVideo: https://youtu.be/4wm1mLse…
#87 Confidential Computing in the DevSecOps 28:17
In this episode, Darren Pulsipher, Chief Solutions Architect, Intel, and Ofir Azoulay-Rozanes, Director of Product Management, Anjuna, discuss Anjuna's solutions for confidential computing in the DevOps lifecycle.Blog: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/government/podcasts/embracing-digital-transformation-episode87.html Video: https://youtu.be…
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#85 Securing AI 25:08
On this episode, Darren discusses the data aspects of artificial intelligence (AI) and the importance of securing that data.Blog: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/government/podcasts/embracing-digital-transformation-episode85.html Video:By Darren Pulsipher
#84 Securing Your Castle with Zero-Trust 23:46
On this episode, Darren discusses zero trust security with Intel's Steve Orrin, CTO Public Sector, and Cameron Chehreh, VP-GM Public Sector.The old model of security could be compared to a castle, with guards along the road and a moat surrounding the castle. All of the crown jewels, in this case, data, would be centrally located and managed inside …
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Shifting from Infrastructure to Workloads #82 21:31
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Heterogeneous Programming with OneAPI #81 30:29
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Darren Pulsipher, Chief Solution Architect, Intel, talks with Intel's top cloud solution architects Stephen Holt, Kiran Agrahara, Sarah Musick, and Todd Christ about how they can help organizations, at no charge, migrate to the cloud and optimize their workloads.Blog: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/government/podcasts/embracing-digital-tra…
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Darren Pulsipher, Chief Solution Architect, Intel, Denis O'Shea, founder of Mobile Mentor about his experience, research, and advice in onboarding remote workers, especially Gen Z workers.Blog: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/government/podcasts/embracing-digital-transformation-episode79.html Video: https://youtu.be/Ysrwx9JVpJg…
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Darren Pulsipher, Chief Solution Architect, Intel, explains shared responsibility security models. Who is responsible for security can become murky in the cloud; responsibility depends on cloud service delivery models and other factors.Blog: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/government/podcasts/embracing-digital-transformation-episode78.html …
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Last month we said 2013 wouldn't disappoint in the battle of the top three browsers, and boy were we right. February was the fourth full month of IE10 availability as well as when new versions of competing browsers launched in the same week: Firefox 19 and Chrome 25. The latest market share numbers from Net Applications show that Chrome is so far still the only loser in 2013.
Between January and February, Internet Explorer gained 0.68 percentage points (from 55.14 percent to 55.82 percent) and Firefox was up 0.18 percentage points (from 19.94 percent to 20.12 percent). Chrome meanwhile fell a huge 1.21 percentage points (from 17.48 percent to 16.27 percent). Safari was up 0.18 percentage points to 5.42 percent and Opera picked up 0.10 percentage points to grab 1.82 percent.
At 55.82 percent, Internet Explorer is still growing. January was the first time the browser went back above the 55 mark in a long time, and February showed it won't be losing that crown just yet. Despite Windows 8's release and gains, however, IE10 continues to have a hard time pushing things forward.
At 1.58 percent in January, the browser gained just 0.29 percentage points last month while IE9 recovered after its first loss in January, propelling to 21.67 percent (down by 0.74 percent percentage points). There is some good news for IE10 though, it's available for Windows 7 now, so we should see some accelerated growth in the coming months.
IE8 lost 0.16 percentage points, but it's still the world's most popular browser at 23.38 percent. IE7 was down 0.12 percentage points and IE6 fell a nice 0.36 percentage points. Everyone can't wait for it to fall below the 5 percent mark, but that won't happen till sometime later this year (and China is delaying things).
At 20.12 percent, Firefox continues to hover at the one-fifth-of-the-market mark. Firefox 19 managed to grab 3.32 percentage points, which naturally would have been higher if the browser was available for a full month. Firefox 18 grabbed 2.77 percentage points, while all the older versions lost share: Firefox 17 fell 5.00 percentage points, Firefox 16 was down 0.26 percentage points, and Firefox 15 lost 0.07 percentage points.
At 16.27 percent, Chrome took a serious beating in February. We haven't seen the browser at the 16 percent mark since September 2011. Late last year, it saw three months of losses in a row, and now it's two for three again after its losses in January. Nevertheless, Chrome 25 grabbed 3.14 percentage points, while Chrome 24 grabbed 2.18 percentage points. Chrome 23 was down 6.13 percentage points and Chrome 22 fell 0.12 percentage points.
As we already mentioned, new versions of Firefox and Chrome were released two days apart this month. Thanks to Mozilla's and Google's automatic updating systems, the majority of their respective users will be on Firefox 19 and Chrome 25 by the end of March.
While we've been waiting for Chrome to pass Firefox for a while now, it's becoming less and less likely. February seems to be just a blip, though this is just speculation right now. IE9 will soon pass IE8, taking the crown as the world's most popular browser version, and hopefully IE10 will pass IE7 and IE6.
Nevertheless, for February 2013, StatCounter listed Chrome as first with 37.09 percent market share, IE in second with 29.82 percent, Firefox in third with 21.34 percent, Safari with 8.60 percent, and Opera with 1.22 percent. The only part everyone agrees on is that Safari and Opera are not in the top three.


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New Al Gosaibi debt deal offer 25 per cent higher than previous proposal
Frank Kane May 18, 2015
The heavily indebted Al Gosaibi family of Saudi Arabia is preparing to increase its offer to creditors owed US$6.4 billion.
The new terms will be put to creditors at a meeting in Dubai on June 2. It will increase the amount the family will guarantee to creditors to about 28 cents in the dollar on the total of US$6.4 billion of claims against it by about 90 banks and financial institutions, an increase of 25 per cent over its previous offer.
The new deal has already been agreed by a steering committee of five creditors, representing about 60 per cent of the overall debt. The final level of settlement with creditors could rise to as much as 50 cents if a string of legal actions are resolved satisfactorily.
The Al Gosaibis, once one of the most prestigious of Saudi Arabia's merchant families, will be left with some operating businesses in the kingdom, but its wealth has been greatly reduced.
Ahmad Hamad Al Ghosaibi & Brothers (Ahab), the family partnership, under the chief executive Simon Charlton, has begun talks with 11 Saudi-controlled banks that have so far stayed outside the negotiating process, and which account for the rest of the debt, preferring to take legal action against the family in Saudi courts.
"The revised terms of our proposal were reached after a long and intense period of negotiations with the Steering Committee and we believe this is the best possible deal for all parties," Mr Charlton said. "We are hopeful that all claimants will participate and, after recent discussions with certain banks in Saudi Arabia, I am increasingly confident that additional parties will indeed join the process."
He repeated his offer of an overall "peace deal" with other parties in the long-running dispute, specifically Maan Al Sanea, the businessman related to the Al Gosaibis by marriage.
Ahab accused Mr Al Sanea of theft, fraud and forgery in legal actions on three continents after firms owned by them were unable to pay debts. Mr Al Sanea has denied all of the allegations.
There are also legal actions in the Cayman Islands involving Grant Thornton, liquidator to Mr Al Sanea's businesses there.
"We hope that the June 2 meeting will end six years of deadlock and also serve as a catalyst for settlement discussions with Maan Al Sanea and the defendants of litigation in the Cayman Islands," Mr Charlton added.
"This whole affair has persisted for too long and at too great a cost. There are finite pools of assets, which are being diminished both by the time value of money and huge fees for a cadre of advisers on all sides. It is in everyone's best interests to bring this matter to a close."
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Q: how do i keep taking choices in switch case until exit choice is entered in java
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*I want to keep taking choices from the user until he gives an exit statement.

*How can I come out of the while loop if I use it in this code?

*Is there any other way to take choice from the user than switch case:

*And if I try to use while loop for this then it is going in an infinite loop:

Code:
import java.util.Scanner;
class lib
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
    Scanner in=new Scanner(System.in);
    String c;
    int j=5,a=5,s=5,cg=5;
    int d=0;
    System.out.println("Available Copies :");
    System.out.println("java=5,ada=5,sp=5,cg=5");
    System.out.println("enter book title");
    //System.out.println("enter exit for exit if don't want to search");
    c=in.nextLine();
    while(d==0)
    {
        switch(c)
       {
        case "java":
            System.out.println("author is herbert");
            System.out.println("price :500");
            j--;
            break;

        case "ada":

            System.out.println("author is corman");
            System.out.println("price :600");
            a--;
            break;

        case "sp":

            System.out.println("author is dhamdhire");
            System.out.println("price :550");
            s--;
            break;

        case "cg":

            System.out.println("author is pearson");
            System.out.println("price :700");
            cg--;
            break;
        case "exit":
            d++;
            break;

        default:
            System.out.println("book not available");
    }
    }
    if(j!=0)
    System.out.println("number of available copies is"+j);

 }

A: I think what your looking for is moving your nextLine inside the while loop.
This part of the code:
//System.out.println("enter exit for exit if don't want to search");
    c=in.nextLine();
    while(d==0)
    {
        .....

To this:
//System.out.println("enter exit for exit if don't want to search");

    while(d==0)
    {
        c=in.nextLine();
        .....

A: If you want to keep taking input from the user until they give the exit command then you need to keep taking input inside the while loop. Move c=in.nextLine() into the while loop right before the switch statement.
If you want to prompt the user as well then add a print statement at the end of the loop right after the switch statement ends, and instead move c=in.nextLine() to the end of the while loop right after the print statement. Something like:
System.out.print("Enter the title of another book: ");
c=in.nextLine();


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British pianist Paul Lewis delivered a silken, stormy and violent performance of the colossal Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-minor Op. 15 Thursday evening (Dec. 3), joined by the Orchestre Nationale Bordeaux Aquitaine in the city's new Auditorium.
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Pianist Arcadi Volodos, one of the most impressive virtuosos to emerge from the Russian School in the past few decades, captivated a Bordeaux audience last night (Wednesday, Nov. 25) with a program of Brahms and Schubert. The program climaxed with four sparkling encores and a standing ovation.
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The Chinese piano sensation Lang Lang left his Bordeaux audience somewhat nonplussed Tuesday night (Nov. 17) by opening his recital with 45 minutes of shallow salon music, Tchaikovsky's "The Seasons".
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At what point did Pierre Boulez say his teacher's music made him want to vomit? The teacher, of course, was the great French composer Olivier Messiaen, and Boulez was his ex-student. Scholars have been trying to track down that unkind cut for decades but details remain clouded.
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Hagen emerges as the heroic agent of change in Castorf's "Götterdämmerung"
Frank Castorf's maintained his anti-romantic stance with his production of "Götterdämmerung" at Bayreuth on Wednesday, August 26th, and went further by giving the heroic music of Siegfried's Funeral March and the final measures of the opera to Hagen.
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Google's AI Took Me Through a Trippy VR Dream
By Sherri L. Smith 2016-04-19T16:52:02Z
The latest version of Google's Deep Dream artificial intelligence allows you to experience surreal, AI-powered "dreams" in virtual reality.
NEW YORK CITY - "Now the river runs above the moon," spoke an wizened robotic voice as I floated through the psychedelic ether while using Google's Deep Dream VR program. The latest version of Google's image-interpreting AI can now "dream" using the company's neural networks -- often in wild, startling ways.
My demo during the TFI Interactive showcase at the Tribeca Film Festival was both enlightening and a bit disturbing. Although the program is still in beta, the Google rep I spoke with confirmed that Google Cardboard fans would soon be able to take their own journeys through the virtual dreamscape.
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As I started my demo, colors undulated around me quickly, forming and dissolving shapes as fast as I could make them out. The colorful cavalcade continued for a few seconds more before a man suddenly took form out of the madness. He was a construction worker seated in a cable car being transported upward. A pensive look crossed his face as the voice narrating this digital fevered dream spouted lines that would feel right at home in a Jefferson Airplane lyric.
As I spun around in my chair, the scene became more and more curious as the dream world filled with rainbow-colored eyes. The man disappeared and I was once again floating in a multicolored cloud. The next time I reappeared in the "real world" I was still in the cable car with the construction worker, but this time I was face to face with a woman in a window. This woman looked somewhat forlorn (apparently this AI has a lot on its artificial mind). The staring contest only lasted a few minutes before the world receded back into the colored nothingness.
For now, Deep Dream is an interesting novelty that gives a glimpse into the possibilities of what artificial intelligence can "imagine." However, I'm hoping Google will show off some real-world benefit in the near future.
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