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The installation of the original pipe organ at the Cape Town Metropolitan Methodist Church (the current Central Methodist Mission – CMM) was started in 1899 by the English organ building firm, J.J. Binns. James Jepson Binns (1855 – 1929) established his company in Bramley, Leeds in 1880 and soon gained a reputation for fine craftsmanship and durability of his instruments. These were so well built that they soon earned the nickname of "Battleship Binns" as they were virtually indestructible. After his death, the company was run by a partnership and managed to survive the difficult depression and war years by doing cleaning and renovations as well as organ tuning, but they eventually were taken over in 1953 by another famous English firm, Rushworth & Dreaper of Liverpool.
In 1897 Mr William Charles Cooper (1875 – 1953), an employee of the English organ building firm, J.J. Binns, travelled to South Africa with a new organ for the Worcester Dutch Reformed Church. After installing the organ at Worcester, Cooper decided to remain in South Africa to see if he could obtain more orders for new organs, as there was an obvious demand throughout the Cape of Good Hope. He succeeded by obtaining four orders initially: Cape Town Metropolitan Methodist Church (as CMM was known at the time), Wynberg Methodist Church, Rosebank Methodist Church as well as the Kimberley Baptist Church.
When these four organs were completed in England, Cooper together with another J.J. Binns employee, Harold Gill (died 1964), returned to South Africa to install the organ at the Cape Town Metropolitan Methodist Church on Greenmarket Square. This was completed in July 1902 and gave sterling service to the Church for almost 60 years.
Once Cooper and Gill had finished installing these four organs, they decided to establish their own business, initially known as Cooper and Gill. Alfred Fellows Tomkins joined the partnership in January 1912 and the company grew into one of the largest organ building firms in the country.
The founding partners of Cooper, Gill & Tomkins.
From the left: H. Gill, W.C. Cooper, A.F. Tomkins.
Picture (circa 1913) courtesy of http://web.alignafrica.com/edgyhart/history.htm
In late 1960 the organist at the time, Leslie Arnold, had the organ modernised and some tonal changes were also made to enhance the organ's versatility. In 1961 the mechanism of the organ was electrified (previously it had used its own air pressure to operate on a pneumatic system) using parts as well as a brand new console from Aug. Laukhuff in Germany. The new pipework was supplied by Alfred Palmer of London.
The following original stops were discarded:
Great Organ (middle keyboard) – Trumpet
(to be replaced by Open Diapason II)
Swell Organ (top keyboard –Cornopean
(to be replaced by Salicetina)
In addition to the abovementioned, the following stops were added:
Swell Organ: Contra Fagotto 16' • Cornopean 8' • Clarion 4'
Choir Organ (bottom keyboard): Tuba 8' • Tuba Clarion 4'
Pedal Organ: Ophicleide 16' • Clarion 8'
All of the existing pedal stops had two new extra pipes added at the top of their compass to cater for the pedal board of the console which was extended from 30 notes to 32.
This work was finally completed in August 1961.
The organ had a routine cleaning in 1977 and since the maintenance of the organ was taken over in 2001 by Mr Richard Moth of Durbanville Pipe Organ Builders, a part of the original pneumatic mechanism (retained after the organ was electrified) as well as one of the bellows was re-leathered.
Finally, for the statistically minded, the organ has three keyboards as well as a set of foot pedals, 54 stops on the console and 1 801 pipes.
Information supplied by Mr Richard Moth of Durbanville Pipe Organ Builders.


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Norfolk Island Airport (NLK) banks, ATMs and currency exchange
Location: , Norfolk Island Currency: AUD AU$ Australian Dollar
A list of currency exchange, ATMs and banks' branches in Norfolk Island Airport (NLK). See locations, phone numbers, working hours and services.
Commonwealth Bank ATM
– located outside of the Commonwealth Bank
Westpac and Commonwealth Bank
Located in the middle Burnt Pine shopping area
Phone: +6723 22144 (Commonwealth Bank) +6723 22120 (Westpac)
Hours: Monday-Thursday 9AM–4PM / Friday 9AM–5PM / Saturday-Sunday Closed
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Once again my season in Belize has come and gone. The best part of my work at Half Moon Caye is the last: a group of Biology students from various Ontario universities, led by University of Western Ontario Professor Graeme Taylor, spend 11 days in camp doing a course in Field Studies.
The students have a variety of tasks to complete, starting before they even leave home. Their first task is to learn to identify a wide range of commonly-seen marine life, ranging from sponges and corals to fishes.
An aside: the plural "fish" refers to individual fish. The plural "fishes" refers to types or species of fish.
With a head start on species identification, the students were ready to go right into the water, so they spent the next few days familiarising themselves with the various snorkel sites. A part of their course was to keep a field journal, where they could record observations, keep track of species, and generally organise their thoughts. The ultimate goal was to explore and nourish their curiosity. Unstructured, unguided observation leads to questions. Questions and further observation lead to hypotheses. Further thinking leads to ideas about how to test these hypotheses, or to determine whether they are testable, in practice or in principle. Then the real work begins.
Once the students, working in pairs, had developed a question, hypothesis, and means to test it experimentally, they began to do their data collection. They were by no means restricted to the reefs; many of the students developed projects with terrestrial, semi-terrestrial or inter-tidal organisms. Nothing on or near the island was safe from their sharp eyes and simple measuring instruments. Everything was either passively observed or measured and put back as found.
The students worked hard and were serious in their application to this course. This was no spring break, but it was fun and the students learned a few things about the nature of field work, and got a taste of the difficulties of doing science in the field.
Best of luck to you all, and thanks to Graeme and Carli for your hard work in making this happen.
I am a Biologist, a Naturalist, and a Sea Kayak Guide. I live in a beach town on the coast of the Sea of Cortez, with my lovely wife, Lorena.


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According to the report of Tradelite, a licensed investment company incorporated in Panama, during the past few months they have seen a healthy growth in membership count that allowed the company to develop further despite the common slowdown during the summer months. The active accounts (those with at least one active investment contract) represent 73.12% of all investment accounts. The accounts in Tradelite are obligation-free, which means that there is no time limit for users to participation actively in any company programs and Investment Contracts.
44.91% of all new accounts were created using the invitation link of an already existing account. The increase of this figure has once again proven that the word of mouth is the strongest and most reliable marketing campaign. However, the company official notes that once they reach a satisfactory level of membership, they would have to gradually decrease the commission rates paid by their Invitation Program. According to the company projections this should happen in January or February at latest, 2009.
According to Martin Mitchell, Project Coordinator for Tradelite Finance Corp. the average investment figure has soared to $712.98 from $108.65 back in May. 22.76% of all portfolios consist of 20D contracts in comparison to 36.50% for 40D and 40.74% for 60D contracts. These figures are a clear sign that most of our members have shifted to larger investments in contracts with longer investment terms. The re-investment rate has been 66.83% on average, which is a slight decrease from our previous figure, mainly due to our current maximum investment limits, which do not allow most of our members with larger investments to re-invest part of their Investment Income, said Martin Mitchell.
Among other achievement company marks the addition of new payment processor. Earlier in May the company worked with Liberty Reserve (USD) only, and today it accepts StrictPay, Perfect Money and AlterGold., and provides Direct Bank Wire Transfers for both investments and withdrawals based on our free-of-fee guarantee. In addition, all the operations are carried out in us using two major currencies ? US Dollars and Euro. I taw said that the company also plans to introduce direct Visa/MasterCard credit card transactions. We are already in discussions with two major credit card processing companies and we hope to be able to close a deal in the near future, ? says the official statement.
Since June 2008, the company has been offering Free Tradelite Debit Cards to its platform members. They initially started with Visa-based debit cards, however due to privacy and mainly due to tax related reasons; most of their members have opted for an anonymous debit card with lower fees. Nevertheless, the new card can also be used at 98% of the cash machines and stores where Visa cards are normally accepted. The company marks that besides the free delivery to the clienss door, withdrawals from the Tradelite account to the debit card are free of charge and are processed within 1-2 business days. The cards come with a separate online card management account, where one will be able to track the card transactions.
Also Tradelit draws that users attention to a liquidity problem in the world economy and says that each Investment Contract is an obligation of Tradelite Finance Corp. to the clients as an investor. We have dedicated a whole offshore portfolio to Sell-Short positions which become profitable once the prices start falling. Most of the time, our returns exceed by far the returns we pay out. In addition, we allocate a portion of our earnings to a reserve portfolio consisting of less volatile instruments. These reserves are used to pay out part of our obligations to our investors in case of a trading period with smaller returns. Your returns are fixed, so you should not be worried about our trading performance. Our in-house Value-At-Risk hedging strategy has allowed to us to make very wise investment decisions a priori to market downturns. Risk mitigation has been one of the strongest sides of Tradelite Finance Corp, commented Martin Mitchell.
At the moment the company works on two minor and one major upgrades of Tradelite Online Investment Platform.
Minor Upgrades will enable the users to make instant exchanges between different available balances, so one can minimize his or her fees by dealing with only one payment processor. And another feature will give the users the option to receive an SMS to their mobile phone each time there has been a change in their Tradelite account balance.
As for the major ones the company tells about the multi-language platform which is to be launched by the end of the year, and will be the introduction of a multi-language platform in 5 languages. This upgrade will also include multi-language support. The company has already completed the French and the German versions and is working on the Spanish, Hindi and Mandarin.
All those changes will surely turn the company around and will make the company a success. The main feature of development is a constant progress and openness of the company is only the prove of honesty and trustworthiness.


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Since being listed eleven months ago, the price of a room on this itinerary has ranged between $483 and $1,053 inclusive of $84 in taxes and port fees. The accompanying graph shows the cost over time for the various classes of cabin.


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Zanu PF MP cries for the revival of Zisco Steel
by Stephen Jakes
21 Mar 2017 at 06:02hrs | Views
Zanu PF MP for Mpopoma Pelanda Joseph Tshuma has cried out for the revival of the Zisco Steel with the view that the company used to employ huge number of people and promoted the operations of the National Railways of Zimbabwe which also employed thousands of people in the southern part of the country.
Tshuma made the remarks in Parliament last week saying the President (Robert Mugabe) has been trying to put across to them as a nation of Zimbabwe.
"I want to speak in particular reference to the issue of industries, in particular one industry called ZISCO Steel. The President is on record talking about issues of corruption and people doing a disservice to the nation. I was looking very much and soberly at the issue of ZISCO Steel with the perspective of the chain reaction that ZISCO Steel can actually bring if it can be opened to start working today. Why I say so, I have interests in companies like NRZ, which was headquartered in Bulawayo and used to employ so many people in Bulawayo. I have got interests in Hwange Colliery Company where I grew up, which used to be a vibrant company offering superb services to its people but today everything is gone," he said.
"I was saying to myself here is a company called ZISCO Steel. If we all had to put our efforts into resuscitating that company, without even looking for foreign help because that is a very pivotal company; if ZISCO Steel starts functioning today, guess what happens? We have got Sable Chemicals which used to supply oxygen to ZISCO Steel. For Sable Chemicals to actually get that oxygen, they were using what we call the water electrolysis plant which requires so much electricity. It is on record that Sable Chemicals used to pay ZESA in advance for its electricity, which made ZESA to be liquid enough to be able to service its importation of electricity from the other regional partners like South Africa and Namibia."
He said now, because ZISCO Steel is no longer working, Sable Chemicals no longer has to produce that oxygen, which means that they no longer require much power from ZESA.
"Therefore, there is a crippling effect to ZESA as well as to the manufacturer of our fertilisers. Let us go away from Sable Chemicals in Kwekwe and go to Hwange Colliery Company. There used to be two express trains that used to leave Hwange coming to Kwekwe. Those trains, I remember passenger trains would actually give way to them. They were taking coke from Hwange everyday to ZISCO Steel. That also guaranteed that Hwange Colliery Company would be functional and have its people well employed and paid on time," Tshuma said.
"While we are at it, for Hwange to transport that coke from Hwange to Kwekwe, NRZ was playing a pivotal role, which means that NRZ was being well paid. So, it was easy to maintain its fleet and pay its workers. Therefore, there was not going to be any need for retrenchment whatsoever. Alas, here we came with our greedy mindsets and started appointing boards that do not even know what they are doing. The whole rot started there. You have a board that does not even have a technical person who knows about locomotives and mining at Hwange Colliery Company. You have a board that is so unclear about what we call corporate governance and then you expect that board to actually hire competent people. How does that happen?"
He said therefore, the people that will be hired in management positions also become useless as much as the board is useless.
"By the way, we are talking about the Presidential Speech whereby the President is saying let us stop corruption. Let us stop shooting ourselves on our own feet. When we have all these perspectives , you begin to wonder if we are all for building this nation or some of us are for filling our pockets but at the expense of who - the nation? We cannot allow that as this august House because the problem is that if you want to build your own pocket, I do not benefit from that. So, do not expect me to come here and defend you in your unscrupulous activities that you do that benefit you and your family. That is why I am saying that as a nation, we need to start moving in a direction whereby we say, let us put Zimbabwe first, as the President wants us to do. We should not want to just feed our own pockets and families at the expense of the whole nation," he said.
"So, as I was speaking about the ZESA issue, you will now realise that – I remember there was one time when there was a ceremony in Kwekwe. A budget was made, tents, food and drinks were put aside and we were told that ZISCO is coming to life. But suddenly - I remember that was during the GNU period and Mr. Welshman Ncube was the Minister of Industry. What then happened – nothing. So, what I am saying is that for us as a nation and Members of Parliament here, we should be lobbying for Government to put aside money so that we can go and resuscitate ZISCO Steel on our own, as the Zimbabwean |Government."
He said this can be done without any outside partnership because that is a component with side effects that will change the scope of industry in Zimbabwe.
"I will give you another example, there was Lancashire Steel which used to get by-products from ZISCO Steel and manufactured our harrows, ploughs, axes etcetera. That was going to feed even into our command agriculture scheme instead of us going to Belarus or Brazil to import those things, we could be doing them here, meaning that we would be creating jobs for our own people. That is our purpose and why we are here. We should make sure that we safeguard our people and defend them from unruly elements amongst our society," Tshuma said.
"When you look at that, then you will know that we are playing who is fooling who here. So, I want to stand up and implore our fellow comrades, brothers and sisters to follow the footsteps of our President. He wants us to stop corruption and alleviate the suffering of our ordinary people that we represent here. How do we do that? We can only do it if we are honest with each other. Let us tell each other the truth and let us not promote people who want to fatten their pockets at the expense of the whole nation. That is very treasonous and we cannot allow that. I want to say that the President did so well but now the question is; what are you and me doing about it? It should begin from there."
"We cannot say we want to build yet we want to turn a blind eye to evil deeds. That is not building but destroying."
Source - Byo24News
More on: #Zanu_PF, #ZiscoSteel
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Q: Incorrect output from Service Fabric build in Azure DevOps Currently, I am creating an Azure DevOps build for my service fabric application. On my local machine the build, package and publish steps work like expected.
But when I run the template Azure service fabric build on Azure DevOps the output generated is incorrect. The service package does not contain my .exe in the code folder instead the folder contains the root folder of my .sfproj.
In the build and package step of the .sfproj output I can see the service getting build.
The current build looks like this:
- Use NuGet
- NuGet restore
- Build .sln
- Build .sfproj
- copy files pdbs
- Delete files *.pdbs
- Update service fabric manifest
- Copy build files
- Publish artifact
The things I already tried:
- Implement the service fabric template build on DevOps.
- Tried following a few tutorials on the internet.
- Tried to make sense of what is happening and how it is happening.
- Tried running a local PowerShell build (maybe something was wrong with my files), this build succeeded with the correct output.
The output I expect from the build:
>D:\TEMP\MYAPPLICATIONTYPE
>>ApplicationManifest.xml
>>>MyServiceManifest
>>>>ServiceManifest.xml
>>>MyCode
>>>> - MyServiceHost.exe
>>>MyConfig
>>>> - Settings.xml
>>>MyData
>>>> - init.dat'

The output I get from the build:
>D:\TEMP\MYAPPLICATIONTYPE
>>ApplicationManifest.xml
>>>MyServiceManifest
>>>>ServiceManifest.xml
>>>MyCode
>>>> - ApplicationPackageRoot
    - ApplicationParameters
    - obj
   - PublishProfiles
   - Scripts
    - Packages.config
    - ServiceFabricApplication.sfproj
    - ServiceFabricApplication.sfproj.log
>>>MyConfig
>>>> - Settings.xml
>>>MyData
>>>> - init.dat'

In the release step the following error occurs that does not occur in a local publish:
`2019-04-08T14:31:51.9203463Z Service fabric SDK version: 2.4.164.9494.
2019-04-08T14:31:52.4143574Z ##[debug]INPUT_USEDIFFPACKAGE: 'false'
2019-04-08T14:31:52.5363270Z ##[debug]MAILPROCESSINGSERVICE_INSTANCECOUNT (empty)
2019-04-08T14:31:52.5383524Z ##[debug]INPUT_OVERWRITEBEHAVIOR: 'SameAppTypeAndVersion'
2019-04-08T14:31:53.5679860Z ##[debug]Join-Path "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Service Fabric\bin\fabric\fabric.code" "ServiceFabricServiceModel.xsd"
2019-04-08T14:31:53.5726035Z ##[debug]C:\Program Files\Microsoft Service Fabric\bin\fabric\fabric.code\ServiceFabricServiceModel.xsd
2019-04-08T14:31:53.5738046Z ##[debug]Length: 94
2019-04-08T14:31:53.5757439Z ##[debug]
2019-04-08T14:31:53.5780120Z ##[debug]Test-Path "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Service Fabric\bin\fabric\fabric.code\ServiceFabricServiceModel.xsd"
2019-04-08T14:31:53.5819217Z ##[debug]True
2019-04-08T14:31:53.5832941Z ##[debug]
2019-04-08T14:31:55.9628794Z ##[debug]System.Fabric.Management.ImageBuilder.FabricImageBuilderValidationException: Exception while parsing XML file: C:\Users\VssAdministrator\AppData\Local\Temp\TestApplicationPackage_31174153637\r5wofi1j.xyh\applicationpackage\ApplicationManifest.xml
2019-04-08T14:31:55.9641825Z ##[debug]FileName: C:\Users\VssAdministrator\AppData\Local\Temp\TestApplicationPackage_31174153637\r5wofi1j.xyh\applicationpackage\ApplicationManifest.xml ---> System.InvalidOperationException: There is an error in XML document (2, 254). ---> System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaValidationException: The 'ManifestId' attribute is not declared.
2019-04-08T14:31:55.9655413Z ##[debug]   at System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaValidator.SendValidationEvent(XmlSchemaValidationException e, XmlSeverityType severity)
2019-04-08T14:31:55.9668097Z ##[debug]   at System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaValidator.SendValidationEvent(String code, String arg)
2019-04-08T14:31:55.9680818Z ##[debug]   at System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaValidator.ValidateAttribute(String lName, String ns, XmlValueGetter attributeValueGetter, String attributeStringValue, XmlSchemaInfo schemaInfo)
2019-04-08T14:31:55.9694803Z ##[debug]   at System.Xml.XsdValidatingReader.ValidateAttributes()
2019-04-08T14:31:55.9707640Z ##[debug]   at System.Xml.XsdValidatingReader.ProcessElementEvent()
2019-04-08T14:31:55.9846731Z ##[debug]   at System.Xml.XsdValidatingReader.Read()
2019-04-08T14:31:55.9860420Z ##[debug]   at System.Xml.XmlReader.MoveToContent()
2019-04-08T14:31:55.9876589Z ##[debug]   at Microsoft.Xml.Serialization.GeneratedAssembly.XmlSerializationReader1.Read395_ApplicationManifest()
2019-04-08T14:31:55.9889383Z ##[debug]   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
2019-04-08T14:31:55.9903452Z ##[debug]   at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.Deserialize(XmlReader xmlReader, String encodingStyle, XmlDeserializationEvents events)
2019-04-08T14:31:55.9919035Z ##[debug]   at System.Fabric.Management.ImageBuilder.ImageBuilderUtility.ReadXml[T](String fileName, XmlReader reader)
2019-04-08T14:31:55.9936054Z ##[debug]   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
2019-04-08T14:31:55.9945480Z ##[debug]   at System.Fabric.Management.ImageBuilder.ImageBuilderUtility.TraceAndThrowValidationErrorWithFileName(Exception innerException, String type, String fileName, String format, Object[] args)
2019-04-08T14:31:55.9958172Z ##[debug]   at System.Fabric.Management.ImageBuilder.ImageBuilderUtility.ReadXml[T](String fileName, XmlReader reader)
2019-04-08T14:31:55.9971320Z ##[debug]   at System.Fabric.Management.ImageBuilder.ImageBuilderUtility.ReadXml[T](String fileName, XmlReaderSettings validatingXmlReaderSettings)
2019-04-08T14:31:55.9984222Z ##[debug]   at System.Fabric.Management.ImageBuilder.ApplicationProvisionOperation.<ParseApplicationPackageAsync>d__8.MoveNext()
2019-04-08T14:31:55.9996678Z ##[debug]--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
2019-04-08T14:31:56.0009376Z ##[debug]   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
2019-04-08T14:31:56.0022409Z ##[debug]   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
2019-04-08T14:31:56.0035985Z ##[debug]   at System.Fabric.Management.ImageBuilder.ApplicationProvisionOperation.<ProvisionApplicationAsync>d__0.MoveNext()
2019-04-08T14:31:57.8717259Z ##[debug]SYSTEM_JOBID: '7541fd7f-879e-4baf-a7a6-9e527906c514'
2019-04-08T14:31:58.3025935Z ##[debug]Processed: ##vso[telemetry.publish area=TaskHub;feature=ServiceFabricDeploy]{"OperationId":"TestApplicationPackage","ExceptionData":"System.Fabric.Management.ImageBuilder.FabricImageBuilderValidationException;System.InvalidOperationException;System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaValidationException;|D:\\a\\_tasks\\ServiceFabricDeploy_c6650aa0-185b-11e6-a47d-df93e7a34c64\\1.7.31\\ServiceFabricSDK\\Publish-NewServiceFabricApplication.ps1|243","JobId":"7541fd7f-879e-4baf-a7a6-9e527906c514","SDKVersion":"2.4.164.9494"}
2019-04-08T14:31:58.8521847Z ##[debug]Leaving D:\a\_tasks\ServiceFabricDeploy_c6650aa0-185b-11e6-a47d-df93e7a34c64\1.7.31\deploy.ps1.
2019-04-08T14:31:58.8569063Z ##[debug]Caught exception from task script.
2019-04-08T14:31:58.8613132Z ##[debug]Error record:
2019-04-08T14:31:58.9458146Z ##[debug]Test-ServiceFabricApplicationPackage : Exception while parsing XML file: C:\Users\VssAdministrator\AppData\Local\Temp\TestApplicationPackage_31174153637\r5wofi1j.xyh\applicationpackage\ApplicationManifest.xml
2019-04-08T14:31:58.9475003Z ##[debug]FileName: C:\Users\VssAdministrator\AppData\Local\Temp\TestApplicationPackage_31174153637\r5wofi1j.xyh\applicationpackage\ApplicationManifest.xml
2019-04-08T14:31:58.9487449Z ##[debug]At D:\a\_tasks\ServiceFabricDeploy_c6650aa0-185b-11e6-a47d-df93e7a34c64\1.7.31\ServiceFabricSDK\Publish-NewServiceFabricApplication.ps1:243 char:46
2019-04-08T14:31:58.9501612Z ##[debug]+ ... tionSuccess = (Test-ServiceFabricApplicationPackage $AppPkgPathToUse)
2019-04-08T14:31:58.9516184Z ##[debug]+                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2019-04-08T14:31:58.9544781Z ##[debug]    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [Test-ServiceFabricApplica    tionPackage], FabricImageBuilderValidationException
2019-04-08T14:31:58.9559184Z ##[debug]    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : TestApplicationPackageErrorId,Microsoft.ServiceF    abric.Powershell.TestApplicationPackage
2019-04-08T14:31:58.9575586Z ##[debug]
2019-04-08T14:31:58.9596675Z ##[debug]Script stack trace:
2019-04-08T14:31:58.9642005Z ##[debug]at Publish-NewServiceFabricApplication, D:\a\_tasks\ServiceFabricDeploy_c6650aa0-185b-11e6-a47d-df93e7a34c64\1.7.31\ServiceFabricSDK\Publish-NewServiceFabricApplication.ps1: line 243
2019-04-08T14:31:58.9655696Z ##[debug]at <ScriptBlock>, D:\a\_tasks\ServiceFabricDeploy_c6650aa0-185b-11e6-a47d-df93e7a34c64\1.7.31\deploy.ps1: line 194
2019-04-08T14:31:58.9674225Z ##[debug]at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 1
2019-04-08T14:31:58.9687438Z ##[debug]at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 22
2019-04-08T14:31:58.9713344Z ##[debug]at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 18
2019-04-08T14:31:58.9723271Z ##[debug]at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 1
2019-04-08T14:31:58.9745709Z ##[debug]Exception:
2019-04-08T14:31:58.9793977Z ##[debug]System.Fabric.Management.ImageBuilder.FabricImageBuilderValidationException: Exception while parsing XML file: C:\Users\VssAdministrator\AppData\Local\Temp\TestApplicationPackage_31174153637\r5wofi1j.xyh\applicationpackage\ApplicationManifest.xml
2019-04-08T14:31:58.9805388Z ##[debug]FileName: C:\Users\VssAdministrator\AppData\Local\Temp\TestApplicationPackage_31174153637\r5wofi1j.xyh\applicationpackage\ApplicationManifest.xml ---> System.InvalidOperationException: There is an error in XML document (2, 254). ---> System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaValidationException: The 'ManifestId' attribute is not declared.
2019-04-08T14:31:58.9818107Z ##[debug]   at System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaValidator.SendValidationEvent(XmlSchemaValidationException e, XmlSeverityType severity)
2019-04-08T14:31:58.9829274Z ##[debug]   at System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaValidator.SendValidationEvent(String code, String arg)
2019-04-08T14:31:58.9840639Z ##[debug]   at System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaValidator.ValidateAttribute(String lName, String ns, XmlValueGetter attributeValueGetter, String attributeStringValue, XmlSchemaInfo schemaInfo)
2019-04-08T14:31:58.9851940Z ##[debug]   at System.Xml.XsdValidatingReader.ValidateAttributes()
2019-04-08T14:31:58.9863424Z ##[debug]   at System.Xml.XsdValidatingReader.ProcessElementEvent()
2019-04-08T14:31:58.9877769Z ##[debug]   at System.Xml.XsdValidatingReader.Read()
2019-04-08T14:31:58.9891850Z ##[debug]   at System.Xml.XmlReader.MoveToContent()
2019-04-08T14:31:58.9906079Z ##[debug]   at Microsoft.Xml.Serialization.GeneratedAssembly.XmlSerializationReader1.Read395_ApplicationManifest()
2019-04-08T14:31:58.9917176Z ##[debug]   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
2019-04-08T14:31:58.9928302Z ##[debug]   at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.Deserialize(XmlReader xmlReader, String encodingStyle, XmlDeserializationEvents events)
2019-04-08T14:31:58.9939501Z ##[debug]   at System.Fabric.Management.ImageBuilder.ImageBuilderUtility.ReadXml[T](String fileName, XmlReader reader)
2019-04-08T14:31:58.9950819Z ##[debug]   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
2019-04-08T14:31:58.9962116Z ##[debug]   at System.Fabric.Management.ImageBuilder.ImageBuilderUtility.TraceAndThrowValidationErrorWithFileName(Exception innerException, String type, String fileName, String format, Object[] args)
2019-04-08T14:31:58.9973510Z ##[debug]   at System.Fabric.Management.ImageBuilder.ImageBuilderUtility.ReadXml[T](String fileName, XmlReader reader)
2019-04-08T14:31:58.9984837Z ##[debug]   at System.Fabric.Management.ImageBuilder.ImageBuilderUtility.ReadXml[T](String fileName, XmlReaderSettings validatingXmlReaderSettings)
2019-04-08T14:31:58.9998358Z ##[debug]   at System.Fabric.Management.ImageBuilder.ApplicationProvisionOperation.<ParseApplicationPackageAsync>d__8.MoveNext()
2019-04-08T14:31:59.0007662Z ##[debug]--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
2019-04-08T14:31:59.0020745Z ##[debug]   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
2019-04-08T14:31:59.0032029Z ##[debug]   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
2019-04-08T14:31:59.0045270Z ##[debug]   at System.Fabric.Management.ImageBuilder.ApplicationProvisionOperation.<ProvisionApplicationAsync>d__0.MoveNext()
2019-04-08T14:31:59.0363118Z ##[error]Exception while parsing XML file: C:\Users\VssAdministrator\AppData\Local\Temp\TestApplicationPackage_31174153637\r5wofi1j.xyh\applicationpackage\ApplicationManifest.xml
FileName: C:\Users\VssAdministrator\AppData\Local\Temp\TestApplicationPackage_31174153637\r5wofi1j.xyh\applicationpackage\ApplicationManifest.xml
2019-04-08T14:31:59.0371868Z ##[debug]Processed: ##vso[task.logissue type=error]Exception while parsing XML file: C:\Users\VssAdministrator\AppData\Local\Temp\TestApplicationPackage_31174153637\r5wofi1j.xyh\applicationpackage\ApplicationManifest.xml%0D%0AFileName: C:\Users\VssAdministrator\AppData\Local\Temp\TestApplicationPackage_31174153637\r5wofi1j.xyh\applicationpackage\ApplicationManifest.xml
2019-04-08T14:31:59.0373492Z ##[debug]Processed: ##vso[task.complete result=Failed]`

A: If you have BuildPlatform set to Any CPU or x32 change it to x64 on Azure DevOps for both .sln and .sfproj and it should work.

A: Okay, the build issue is kind of fixed.
It was impossible to rewrite the whole solution to x64 or build the service against x64. The thing I did was the following:

*

*Build the .sfproj

*Copy the project artifacts to the staging dir.

*Delete all the items from the application/code folder in the staged artifact.

*Build the service separate from the '.sfproj'.

*Copy the service build output into the .sfproj code package.

Next, for the release issues, the problem was that the other .csproj used the hosted agent. A .sfproj for some reason needs the hosted vs2017 agent. By just adding a second agent phase that uses this agent fixes the release.
I hope that this can help people that are running into the same issues as me.

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Hey! I am glad I am here today and I am especially glad you are here today (whichever day that happens to be) because I need to say something and well I could keep saying it to myself – I am a wonderful listener and I think all my ideas are totally brilliant – HAH!, but that isn't getting me anywhere. I think I should invite you in. Are you cool with that?
So, you know I work in Social Media, right? I mean. I LOVE Social Media and in some ways it loves me back, but through a series of recent events I have come to realize I enjoy getting paid in actual dollars and so I want to use the powers I possess to (maybe) make a bit more of a living wage.
I have two kids (Thing 1; 16 and Thing 2; 12) and there are braces and University degrees to pay for and I have a crazy dream that one day I will own a house (small) with a yard (BIG) and I want to do what I can in the time I am on this planet to live my life to the fullest and make a happy home for my family (and friends, too!). The rapidly aging car is also serving as a constant reminder these days that death is imminent and well, we have to hope for the best and plan for the worst and cars do not last forever, nor do they pay for their own replacements, so I need to dig deep and get my hustle on way more than I have been.
I have been keeping the "social" in Social Media for as long as I have been using Social Media. I do not want that to change. People love to say that things are "not the same" and that it was "better before when people were chatty" and "actual conversations were happening". Here's the thing. If I am there, it is chatty. If I am there, there will always be conversation.
I guess what I am saying is this, if you want Social Media to be a certain way then you must forge that path. Forge, as opposed to follow. I mean, that's what a path is, y'all. You make it. So, do the thing that makes it enjoyable for you.
If you enjoy chatting with a certain person or love following a celebrity or hamburger conglomerate, so be it. You do you!
It comes down to that saying about if you cant find a nice person BE one. You have to be that thing. Seek the good. See the good. BE the good. There are so many ways that Social Media can have a positive impact on the world. Stop looking at the things that drive you bonkers and make you want to toss your devices into the sea. Start focussing on the good stuff.
I want to be your good stuff, you guys.
I can only do so much all alone. I can keep writing and sprinkling kindness around like confetti – and I will – but it would be immensely helpful if more actual people could see me. Read my words, see my silliness, like my photos, and maybe, just maybe, feel a teensy bit more hopeful than before they did.
So, I am asking for your help. Please. Will you help me?
If you use Twitter (still my favourite!) please follow me – and tell me you have by saying hello or starting a conversation – and I will come see you and we can actually connect. I have met so many fun, smart, kind, and interesting people through Twitter. I love hashtags and have come up with several through the years. One of my favourites is #tweepstopeeps which I use for friends I have made via Twitter who have become friends IRL (in real life!). So, come to Twitter and say hello to @Peady and let's show the Twitterverse the power of positivity and kindness because we are #connectingnotcollecting. Don't get me wrong. It's not all sunshine and roses. I am a parent of a teenager and tween – we are all about #keepinitreal – there are plenty of sarcastic comments and a multitude of "ARGH!" moments. It's life! Come vent.
Instagram is a really big platform. Everyone is using it! Teens, pets, GINORMOUS brands, your Orthodontist, your favourite gluten free snack. I mean, it is really easy to feel lost in it all. It's not exactly all about the numbers (remember: connecting not collecting), but to some degree they do matter. I am SO stuck in Instagram. I engage. I share. I tell little stories about my day or photos. I am me – as I always am – yet I cannot seem to get eyes on my posts. Again, just like Facebook (they are owned by the same people) if you like something or want to jump in and chat, please actually take a second and double tap (even from way back… you know… where the trouble's at?) so I can see you and so you can see me.
I never want engaging with me to feel like a task. I want to greet you the same way I would if I bumped into you at the library or grocery store. Maybe seeing each other would require a put-down-all-the-things BIG hug, maybe we'd chat a while, maybe someone would have a baseball cap pulled low to avoid eye contact because Moms are TIRED, yo! It's all good. I just want you to know I am here for a reason and so are you and should our reasons align on any given day, it'd be cool to connect. Wouldn't you agree?
My hope, here, there, and everywhere, is to be able to continue spreading kindness, sharing the good, pointing out injustices in places we can help (because I need hopefulness in my life!), and connecting like-minded individuals for good.
It will help me to get my message out if more people can see it, read it, connect with it.
So, please come and find me in all the places and say hello. Seek the good. See the good. Share the good. BE the good.
Thanks for listening and for helping me to work towards my goals.
Make it a great day! I hope to see a lot more of you soon.
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love when we can #connectnotcollect. I'll continue to work on connecting on my lunchbreaks or days off now that I have to go out into the people.
I think that is the key to so much of life. I am the person in the grocery store happily having a conversation with a staff member about the cool coupon apps (you know the ones) I happen to be using. Word of mouth matters and more importantly, kindness matters. I know you know my philosophy. 🙂 I wish you could come here so we could people together! ALSO!! BlogJam! Can you go?!?!
I got you, girl! Where you lead, I will folloowwww. Any any where!
Aww. You're the sweetest! 😀 Thank you!
I hope you are healing well!


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APIN Marks Success Of Fight Against HIV/AIDS Scourge With Book Launch
Dr. Prosper Okonkwo, CEO of APIN Public Health Initiatives, Prof. Isaac Adewole, Minister of Health, Dr. Jay Osi Samuels, Director of Laboratory Services of APIN, and other management staff of the organisation during a visit to the Minister in build-up to the presentation of the book, Turning the Tide: AIDS in Nigeria.
Since its first reported case in 1999, the Human Immuno Deficiency Virus, the causative agent of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), remained a major public health concern for both government and Nigerians. The scourge which attacks the natural immune systems, living the body at risk of all sorts of life-threatening diseases, has claimed many lives and left many children orphan.
At the forefront of fighting the scourge in the country is a non-governmental organisation, the AIDS Prevention Initiative for Nigeria (APIN). APIN began in Nigeria in 2001 as a project of the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, the United States of America.
As Dr. Prosper Okonkwo, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of APIN explained, "We saw the need to become an indigenous organisation on our own. In 2007, APIN became registered in Nigeria as a local entity with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and we had a Board of Directors. As a project, we have been here for 18 years, but as an independent Nigerian organisation, we have been here for 12 years."
He said that APIN became a wholly Nigerian international NGO with diplomatic status in 2008, but due to the US government policy to transfer ownership to its implementing partners, Harvard began the transition from 2010 and completed it in 2012 and thus APIN became the first indigenous entity to accomplish the objective of the US government.
With wholly Nigerian board, management and staff and working in eight states of the Federation, the organisation currently provides HIV care to more than 250,000 patients, representing about 25 percent of patients receiving Anti-Retroviral Therapy in Nigeria.
In 2005 APIN published "AIDS in Nigeria: A nation on the Threshold," the first ever documented intervention efforts in HIV/AIDS in Nigeria,Dr. Okonkwo said.
Thirteen years after, the CEO said the organisation is again coming up with documented evidence of improvements from the massive scale-up of intervention in the national response in a new book entitled, "Turning the Tide: AIDS in Nigeria."
According to him, the public presentation of the book will take place tomorrow, Thursday, at the International Conference Centre in Abuja, at the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo as Special Guest of Honour.
At a pre-event media briefing, Dr. Okonkwo, said the book presentation is not just a major milestone in the history of the organisation, but a demonstration of its success in its mandate to stem the tide of HIV/AIDS scourge in the country.
The book, he said, documents its successes in the fight against the HIV/ AIDS epidemic in Nigeria in the last 13 years. He explained that the book presentation was coming after the release of the National AIDS Indicator and Impact Survey (NAIIS) by President Muhammadu Buhari last month. The report showed that the AIDS prevalence index had dropped from 3.1 in 100 to 1.4 in 100.
"The HIV/AIDS response in Nigeria has evolved from a stage of denial and complacency, through the establishment and implementation of multi-sectoral response, to the current state of scale-up of quality comprehensive prevention, care and treatment programmes for infected and affected persons in Nigeria," Dr. Okonkwo said.
He added that the gains of this enhanced and focused HIV/AIDS programming were evidenced in the recently released reports of NAIIS, which showed marked reduction in both prevalence and burden of HIV/AIDS in the country.
On the significance of the event vis-à-vis the recent achievement from the survey, Dr. Okonkwo said, "One of the things APIN has done which we have not taken credit for is that from the beginning we have been associated with the academic community and most of our works have been directed at that direction. When we started, we tagged our work: 'AIDS in Nigeria: A Nation at Threshold. Thirteen years after, we say, 'Turning the Tide: AIDS in Nigeria.'
"It would have been indicting on us if the result of this survey had come and there was no indication that the tide was indeed turning. We are very happy that this book, which is 551 pages, is coming at this time because it documents what the national response has been which led to this reduction. It has been widely received and the launch would be tomorrow, Thursday and we are expecting a huge government presence.
"Ironically, we started the book three years ago and the survey was from July to December last year. So there was no connection, but the result of the survey has shown that we have indeed made some impact in HIV/AIDS reduction in the country. We knew that on the field, things are happening, but the figures we are getting were not congruent with our efforts."
"In support and total endorsement of this new book, the Federal Ministry of Health is pleased in partnership with APIN, Public Health Initiatives and the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, to invite you to the public presentation of this new book titled, 'Turning The Tide: AIDS in Nigeria.'


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Q: Convert pyspark string to date format I have a date pyspark dataframe with a string column in the format of MM-dd-yyyy and I am attempting to convert this into a date column.
I tried:
df.select(to_date(df.STRING_COLUMN).alias('new_date')).show()

And I get a string of nulls. Can anyone help?

A: from datetime import datetime
from pyspark.sql.functions import col, udf
from pyspark.sql.types import DateType

# Creation of a dummy dataframe:
df1 = sqlContext.createDataFrame([("11/25/1991","11/24/1991","11/30/1991"),
                            ("11/25/1391","11/24/1992","11/30/1992")], schema=['first', 'second', 'third'])

# Setting an user define function:
# This function converts the string cell into a date:
func =  udf (lambda x: datetime.strptime(x, '%m/%d/%Y'), DateType())

df = df1.withColumn('test', func(col('first')))

df.show()

df.printSchema()

Here is the output:
+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|     first|    second|     third|      test|
+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|11/25/1991|11/24/1991|11/30/1991|1991-01-25|
|11/25/1391|11/24/1992|11/30/1992|1391-01-17|
+----------+----------+----------+----------+

root
 |-- first: string (nullable = true)
 |-- second: string (nullable = true)
 |-- third: string (nullable = true)
 |-- test: date (nullable = true)

A: The strptime() approach does not work for me. I get another cleaner solution, using cast:
from pyspark.sql.types import DateType
spark_df1 = spark_df.withColumn("record_date",spark_df['order_submitted_date'].cast(DateType()))
#below is the result
spark_df1.select('order_submitted_date','record_date').show(10,False)

+---------------------+-----------+
|order_submitted_date |record_date|
+---------------------+-----------+
|2015-08-19 12:54:16.0|2015-08-19 |
|2016-04-14 13:55:50.0|2016-04-14 |
|2013-10-11 18:23:36.0|2013-10-11 |
|2015-08-19 20:18:55.0|2015-08-19 |
|2015-08-20 12:07:40.0|2015-08-20 |
|2013-10-11 21:24:12.0|2013-10-11 |
|2013-10-11 23:29:28.0|2013-10-11 |
|2015-08-20 16:59:35.0|2015-08-20 |
|2015-08-20 17:32:03.0|2015-08-20 |
|2016-04-13 16:56:21.0|2016-04-13 |

A: Update (1/10/2018):
For Spark 2.2+ the best way to do this is probably using the to_date or to_timestamp functions, which both support the format argument. From the docs:
>>> from pyspark.sql.functions import to_timestamp
>>> df = spark.createDataFrame([('1997-02-28 10:30:00',)], ['t'])
>>> df.select(to_timestamp(df.t, 'yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss').alias('dt')).collect()
[Row(dt=datetime.datetime(1997, 2, 28, 10, 30))]

Original Answer (for Spark < 2.2)
It is possible (preferrable?) to do this without a udf:
from pyspark.sql.functions import unix_timestamp, from_unixtime

df = spark.createDataFrame(
    [("11/25/1991",), ("11/24/1991",), ("11/30/1991",)],
    ['date_str']
)

df2 = df.select(
    'date_str',
    from_unixtime(unix_timestamp('date_str', 'MM/dd/yyy')).alias('date')
)

print(df2)
#DataFrame[date_str: string, date: timestamp]

df2.show(truncate=False)
#+----------+-------------------+
#|date_str  |date               |
#+----------+-------------------+
#|11/25/1991|1991-11-25 00:00:00|
#|11/24/1991|1991-11-24 00:00:00|
#|11/30/1991|1991-11-30 00:00:00|
#+----------+-------------------+

A: In the accepted answer's update you don't see the example for the to_date function, so another solution using it would be:
from pyspark.sql import functions as F

df = df.withColumn(
            'new_date',
                F.to_date(
                    F.unix_timestamp('STRINGCOLUMN', 'MM-dd-yyyy').cast('timestamp')))

A: possibly not so many answers so thinking to share my code which can help someone
from pyspark.sql import SparkSession
from pyspark.sql.functions import to_date

spark = SparkSession.builder.appName("Python Spark SQL basic example")\
    .config("spark.some.config.option", "some-value").getOrCreate()

df = spark.createDataFrame([('2019-06-22',)], ['t'])
df1 = df.select(to_date(df.t, 'yyyy-MM-dd').alias('dt'))
print df1
print df1.show()

output
DataFrame[dt: date]
+----------+
|        dt|
+----------+
|2019-06-22|
+----------+

the above code to convert to date if you want to convert datetime then use to_timestamp.
let me know if you have any doubt.

A: Try this:
df = spark.createDataFrame([('2018-07-27 10:30:00',)], ['Date_col'])
df.select(from_unixtime(unix_timestamp(df.Date_col, 'yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss')).alias('dt_col'))
df.show()
+-------------------+
|           Date_col|
+-------------------+
|2018-07-27 10:30:00|
+-------------------+


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The morning of "the big day" the crew was running late, and after Friday's debacles on the feeder race course I honestly didn't care if we started on time, just that we got to Nantucket without any mishaps. Catching the very last launch to leave the HYC dock that morning might have stressed out some crews, but we were surprisingly not worried. Coming out of the harbor and witnessing 200 boats eagerly awaiting their time to cross the same starting line is always a sight to be seen. They gave us one of the longer courses, at 25.6 nm so this meant we had a slightly later start around 10:58.
We were very lucky to have an awesomely talented crew of 9; including 4 Catamounts, and an Irishman. Adam Ceely was calling tactics/wind and he did a phenomenal job throughout the nearly 7 hours of racing.Once again it was a predominantly downwind race. We started with the 155% genoa up, less than one boat length from Lyric who was OCS and had to return to the line to restart. We gybed as soon as we had a lane of clear air, and in the process we happened to squat on Dark n Stormy's air.
They were forced to gybe back towards the West where all of the cruisers were sailing slowly wing-on-wing. We on the other hand headed wayyyyyy out to the East as the northerly breeze slowly died. Once firmly on the far left side of the leg, we did a couple gybes to avoid sailing into dead zones and did a great job of connecting the dots, linking up puffs and keeping the boat rolling. We had several close interactions with much bigger boats who started ahead of us, and were able to maneuver around them with relative confidence in the light wind.


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Lai Châu ist eine Provinz von Vietnam. Sie liegt im Nordwesten des Landes in der Region Nordwesten. Die Provinz grenzt an die Volksrepublik China. Hauptstadt der Provinz ist Lai Châu.

Distrikte

Lai Châu gliedert sich in 5 Distrikte:

 Mường Tè
 Phong Thổ
 Sìn Hồ
 Tam Đường
 Than Uyên

Die Provinzhauptstadt Lai Châu ist eine eigene Gemeinde.

Verlegung der Provinzhauptstadt
Der Hauptort Lai Châu befindet sich erst seit 2004/05 an seiner heutigen Stelle: Da die alte Hauptstadt Lai Châu durch die Aufstauung des Schwarzen Flusses größtenteils überflutet wurde, beschloss die Regierung die Verlegung der Provinzverwaltung, verbunden mit einer umfangreichen Ortsumbenennung: Neue Hauptstadt wurde Tam Đường, das aus dem gleichnamigen Bezirk ausgegliedert wurde und den Namen Lai Châu erhielt. Das bisherige Lai Châu wurde nach dem nächstgrößeren Ort in der Umgebung als Mường Lay benannt. Das bisherige Mường Lay erhielt daraufhin wieder den neuen Namen Mường Chà. Neues Tam Đường wurde das bisherige Bình Lư.

Da gleichzeitig auch der West- und Südteil der Provinz als neue Provinz Điện Biên abgespalten wurden, liegt die alte Provinzhauptstadt nicht mehr in der Provinz Lai Châu.

Bevölkerung
Gemäß der Bevölkerungsstatistik von 2009 hatte Lai Châu 370.502 Einwohner, davon lebten 52.512 (14,2 %) in Städten. 161.283 (43,5 %) waren jünger als 18 Jahre, 17.150 (4,6 %) 60 Jahre und älter.

119.805 (32,3 %) Bewohner gehörten der Thái-Nationalität an, 83.324 (22,5 %) der Hmong, 56.630 (15,3 %) waren ethnische Vietnamesen (Kinh), 48.745 (13,2 %) Yao (Dao), 13.752 (3,7 %) Hani, 11.334 (3,1 %) Giáy und 9.600 (2,6 %) Lahu. Dabei lebten die Vietnamesen mehrheitlich in Städten (wo sie auch die Mehrheit der Bevölkerung stellten), alle anderen Volksgruppen überwiegend auf dem Land.

Einzelnachweise

Provinz in Vietnam

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Serbian Royal Portraiture
The House of Jevrem Grujic
12.11.2019. to 29.03.2020.
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The name itself of the exhibition presently held at the House of Jevrem Grujić is magnificent. During the 19th century, Serbian dynasties Karadjordjevic and Obrenovic put Serbia on the map among the great states of the European civilization. As the dynasties changed, Serbia developed and made dazzling progress.
Following many centuries during which Serbia had no dynasty, glorious Serbian revolutionary leader Karadjordje, who started the historical struggle for the national liberation of Serbia, became the founder of our first national dynasty. The genius of Prince Milos Obrenovic and his son Prince Mihailo Obrenovic are praiseworthy for crowning this magnificent endeavor with the national independence of the country, thus leaving their indelible mark in the Serbian history.
Against the background of Serbian history, the symbiosis of these two dynasties is a fascinating story. As if there were an ingenious artist who directed that change of dynasties during those one hundred years, which was a period of great significance for Serbia. Both dynasties were fortunate enough to lead and to guide a nation, which may be small in numbers, but stands out for its integrity, intelligence, tradition and the spirit of freedom.


HEATH – A five-run third inning proved to be too much for Beckville to overcome Thursday at Rockwall-Heath High School.
After falling behind by as many as five runs, Beckville rallied late and came up short. Whitesboro took a series lead in the best-of-three Class 3A Region II championship round with a 7-5 win.
The series resumes at 5 p.m. today in Heath. Game 3, should Beckville win Game 2, will follow in the evening hours.
Whitesboro led 6-1 heading into the bottom of the fifth inning before Beckville plated four runs through the fifth and sixth innings. Whitesboro (27-9) added an insurance run in the top of the sixth.
Whitesboro's Cayden Cobb picked up the win with a 5 and 2/3 innings outing, giving way to reliever Christian Godecke, who notched the save. Cobb did damage at the plate as well, finishing 2-for-4 with two RBIs.
Brooks Barker led the way for Whitesboro with a 2-for-4, three-RBI night.
Trey Lindsay, Zach Collins, Ethan Harris and Ty Jones all finished with multi-hit games for Beckville (27-8). Lindsay finished with three singles while Collins, Harris and Ben Bridges all finished with RBIs.
Harris struck out seven in the loss, pitching into the fifth before hitting the UIL-mandated pitch count.
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Vincy Premier League News
Fantasy cricket news about the Vincy Premier League
Jeremy Layne
Claims two wickets
All RounderSalt Pond Breakers
Layne registered the figures of two for 12 in his two overs for Salt Pond Breakers in a 19-run victory over La Soufriere Hikers in the Vincy Premier League Final match.
Kenson Dalzell
BowlerLa Soufriere Hikers
Dalzell registered the figures of two for 21 in his two overs for La Soufriere Hikers in a 19-run defeat against Salt Pond Breakers in the Vincy Premier League Final match.
Dillon Douglas
BatsmanLa Soufriere Hikers
Douglas registered the figures of two for 15 in his two overs for La Soufriere Hikers in an 19-run defeat against Salt Pond Breakers in the final of Vincy Premier League.
Donwell Hector
BatsmanSalt Pond Breakers
Hector scored 28 off 17 balls, including one four and two sixes for Salt Pond Breakers in a 19-run victory over La Soufriere Hikers in the final of Vincy Premier League.
Asif Hopper
Scores unbeaten 67
All RounderGrenadines Divers
Hopper scored unbeaten 67 off 33 balls, including four fours and six sixes for Grenadines Divers in an seven-wicket victory over Botanic Gardens Rangers in the Vincy Premier League play-off match.
Hyron Shallow
BatsmanBotanic Gardens Rangers
Shallow scored 66 off 36 balls, including six fours and five sixes for Botanic Gardens Rangers in a seven-wicket defeat against Grenadine Divers in the paly-off match of Vincy Premier League.
Wesrick Strough
BowlerSalt Pond Breakers
Strough registered the figures of two for eight in his two overs for Salt Pond Lakers in a 20-run victory against Dark View Explorers in the 24th match of Vincy Premier League.
Kadir Nedd
Nedd scored 21 off 16 balls, including two fours and a six for Salt Pond Breakers in a 20-run victory over Dark View Explorers in the 24th match of Vincy Premier League.
Scores 21 and picks two wickets
Ambris scored 21 off 13 balls, including four fours, and picked two wickets for Salt Pond Breakers in a 20-run victory over Dark View Explorers in the 24th match of Vincry Premier League.
Kenneth Dember
All RounderBotanic Gardens Rangers
Dember scored unbeaten 45 off 27 balls, including one four and four sixes for Botanic Gardens Rangers in an four-wicket victory over Grenadine Divers in the 23rd match of Vincy Premier League.
Shem Browne
BatsmanGrenadines Divers
Browne scored 29 off 20 balls, including two fours and two sixes for Grenadines Divers in an four-wicket defeat against Botanic Gardens Rangers in the 23rd match of Vincy Premier League.
Scores 18 while chasing 82
Douglas scored 18 off six balls, including three fours and a six for La Soufriere Hikers in an nine-wicket victory over Fort Charlotte Strikers in the 22nd match of Vincy Premier League.
BatsmanFort Charlotte Strikers
Scott scored 27 off 16 balls, including two fours and a six for Fort charlotte Strikers in a nine-wicket (D/L method) defeat against La Soufriere Hikers in the 22nd match of Vincy Premier League.
Kimson Dalzell
Claims three wickets
Dalzell registered the figures of three for 12 in his two overs for La Soufriere Hikers in an eight-wicket victory over Botanic Gardens Rangers in the 21st match of Vincy Premier League.
Hopper scored 24 off 15 balls, including one four and two sixes for Grenadine Divers in an 5-run defeat against Salt Pond Breakers in the 20th match of Vincy Premier League.
Urnel Thomas
Thomas scored 32 off 21 balls, including three fours and two sixes for Salt Pond Breakers in a 5-run victory over Grenadine Divers in the 20th match of Vincy Premier League.
Chelson Stowe
All RounderFort Charlotte Strikers
Stowe registered the figures of three for 24 in his two overs for Dark View Explorers in an 17-run victory over Fort Charlotte Strikers in the 19th match of Vincy Premier League.
Olanzo Bellingy
Bellingy scored 32 off 18 balls, including two fours and three sixes for Fort Charlotte Strikers in a 17-run victory over Dark View Explorers in the 19th match of Vincy Premier League.
Salvan Browne
Browne scored unbeaten 68 off 32 balls, including 10 fours and two sixes for La Soufriere Hikers in an eight-wicket victory over Salt Pond Breakers in the 18th match of Vincy Premier League.
Nedd scored 46 off 31 balls, including one four and four sixes for Salt Pond Lakers in an eight-wicket defeat against La Soufriere Hikers in the 18th match of Vincy Premier League.
Shallow scored 35 off 21 balls, including six fours for Botanic Gardens Rangers in an eight-wicket victory over Dark View Explorers in the 17th match of Vincy Premier League.
Shammon Hooper
All RounderDark View Explorers
Hooper scored 31 off 27 balls, including four fours for Dark View Explorers in an eight-wicket defeat against Botanic Gardens Rangers in the 17th match of Vincy Premier League.
Richie Richards
Richards registered the figures of two for 11 in his two overs for Grenadines Divers in a 31-run victory over Fort Charlotte Strikers in the 16th match of Vincy Premier League.
Hopper scored 29 off 20 balls, including four fours and a six for Grenadines Divers in a 31-run victory over Fort Charlotte Strikers in the 16th match of Vincy Premier League.
Sealroy Williams
Williams scored 35 off 22 balls, including three fours and two sixes for Fort Charlotte Strikers in a six-run defeat against Botanic Gardens Rangers in the 15th match of Vincy Premier League.


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Elo Viiding (ur. 20 marca 1974 w Tallinnie) – poetka estońska

Pochodzi z rodziny o bogatych tradycjach literackich. Jej dziadkiem był Paul Viiding, poeta należący do grupy Arbujad, a ojcem Juhan Viiding, poeta, aktor i reżyser teatralny. Uczyła się gry na skrzypcach, ukończyła szkołę aktorską w Estońskim Instytucie Humanistycznym. Pierwszy tomik wierszy Telg (Osie) opublikowała w 1990 roku pod pseudonimem Elo Vee. Pseudonimem posługiwała się do śmierci ojca w 1995 roku. Pierwszą książką wydaną pod jej własnym nazwiskiem był zbiór wierszy zatytułowany V, wydany w 1998 roku.

Wybrana twórczość
 Telg (zbiór wierszy, 1990)
 Laeka lähedus (zbiór wierszy, 1993)
 Võlavalgel (zbiór wierszy, 1995)
 Ingelheim (opowiadania, 1995)
 V (zbiór wierszy, 1998)
 Esimene tahe (zbiór wierszy, 2002)
 Teatud erandid (zbiór wierszy, 2003)
 Selge jälg (zbiór wierszy, 2005)
 Püha Maama (opowiadania, 2008)
  Meie paremas maailmas (zbiór wierszy, 2009)

Źródła
 Biogram w Estonian Literature Center

Urodzeni w 1974
Ludzie urodzeni w Tallinnie
Estońscy poeci


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Q: How can I match the parenthesis and number inside it through regular expression I want to match the number decimal place and parenthesis which may or may not there .
For example different pattern may be :
233.44
264.00
23456.345
(2678.200)

I want the out put as its without removing the optional parenthesis. I wrote regex which checks only number and decimal place but not the brackets .My regex is below
\d+(\.\d{1,2})?

Any clue how to include the parenthesis will help here.I want to do this in java

A: Assuming I understand your question, and want to add ( and ) as optional in your pattern. Something like,
String re = "\\(*\\d+(\\.\\d+)?\\)*";
String[] arr = { "233.44", "264.00", "23456.345", "(2678.200)" };
for (String s : arr) {
    System.out.println(s.matches(re));
}

Which outputs
true
true
true
true


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Eurovision Asia Song Contest
Eurovision Asia: Full membership in the ABU is NOT required to participate in the song contest
On August 18 the organisers behind Eurovision Asia launched their official web site, announcing that "the Asia-Pacific region will be able to compete in their own version of the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time."
And ever since then Eurovision fans have been wondering aloud which members of the Asian-Pacific Broadcasting Union — the region's counterpart to the European Broadcasting Union — will be invited to compete. The Philippines, Japan, Australia, Singapore, Samoa — the potential names just roll off the tongue.
Well it's time to expand your guesses and widen your dreams.
On Monday Blink TV — the esteemed production company that's making Eurovision Asia a reality — confirmed to wiwibloggs that it wants to involve countries from across the Asia-Pacific region regardless of whether they have a state-run channel that has full membership in the ABU.
Eurovision Asia: Should Son Tung M-TP sing for Vietnam?
"We are keen to engage and involve countries from across the Asian region, and their content platforms, be they commercial or government organisations," a spokesperson told wiwibloggs. "All are welcome."
You'll note that full members of the ABU "are national free-to-air broadcasters in the Asia-Pacific region."
Eurovision Asia's willingness to involve commercial organisations shows a spirit of inclusivity that could well encourage countries from outside the ABU, or with only associate membership, to participate.
While the ABU's full members will no doubt be important — they include some of the biggest and most-watched broadcasters in the world — there's leeway for others. #CelebrateDiversity, right?
Potential Eurovision Asia participants
Given that criteria, what other countries might participate?
The United Arab Emirates, which is home to pan-Arab broadcasters like the Orbit Showtime Network and the Middle East Broadcasting Centre, springs to mind. Orbit is the home of X Factor Middle East, which produced the region's most popular boy band The5.
The UAE — whose most populous city is Dubai — does not currently have ABU membership.
Another region that springs to mind is Hong Kong. According to ABU jargon, Hong Kong has four members that enjoy "Additional Full Member" status, which covers areas "where there are already two full members and members in non-independent areas."
These four broadcasters in Hong Kong are: Digital Broadcasting Corporation Hong Kong Limited (DBC); Metro Broadcast Corporation Limited (METRO); Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK); and Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB).
Hong Kong — officially "a special administration region of the People's Republic of China" — competes in a number of international events in its own name. Among these are the Olympic Games, the international Athletics circuit and Miss International. Given the depth and talent in Cantopop, including artists like Paula Tsui, pictured at top, their independent participation here would make sense.
Eurovision Asia: Television New Zealand confirms interest in contest…so who should sing?
The topic of autonomous or semi-autonomous overseas territories leads us to Tahiti, the largest and most populous island in French Polynesia, which is itself an "overseas collectivity" of France. It does not have a member network in the ABU.
French Polynesians, who are spread out over Tahiti, the Society Islands, the Tuamotu Archipelago, the Gambier Islands, the Marquesas Islands and the Austral Islands, frequently compete in international competition under the name of Tahiti. Examples include basketball and, at various points in their history, Miss World, Miss Earth and Miss International.
Another country that springs to mind is Taiwan, whose hostile relations with the People's Republic of China may make its participation a thorny issue. But Eurovision — and indeed Eurovision Asia — is about bringing people together, so perhaps they too will receive an invitation and accept. Taiwan currently competes as "Chinese Tapei" at the Olympic Games.
In any case, are you excited that Eurovision Asia could involve broadcasters outside of those with full ABU membership? Let us know in the comments box below.
Read more Eurovision Asia news
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Michelle Visage says Sweden should have won Eurovision 2017 — and confirms 2018 LOGO commentary gig with Ross Matthews
Eurovision America? Jon Ola Sand confirms the EBU is exploring the possibility in wide-ranging interview
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Don't know if I'm right, but without Australia, Eurovision Asia would have not existed. Australia was the LINK, and this is why it was EBU's baby. It seems fair to participate in both ESC and EASC in the same year, and afterwards will choose just one. It is what it is, and if EASC will be a succes, everybody will be happy.
Hong Kong already expressed interest
Jerz
Taiwan, North Korea, Australia, UAE and Hong Kong should not considered.
SebastienXavier
TAIWAN IS NOT A COUNTRY YO.
Reply to SebastienXavier
Taiwan is a country. No matter what deluded Chinese people thinks.
Not a country my ass! The only country that should just leave is China!
Reply to hh
Taiwan Is a Country , I'm proud that I coming from Taiwan!!
Proud to be Oceanian
I'm from New Caledonia and many of my friends are from French Polynesia. And our broadcasters, NC1ère or Polynésie 1ère, aren't even members of ABU (full or additional or associate or institutional or affiliate). Don't be so optimistic about our likely participations. Currently, we can't participate. Even if I really would like 😉
Reply to Proud to be Oceanian
Oooooh really ?? 😀 It would be nice to meet you ! ^^ But I have to tell you that my english is very basic, if we have to tchat together I won't be so talkative, my vocabulary is so poor 😛 I'm really fond of New Zealand ! Of its unique welcome, the awesome state of mind of its inhabitants, the maori culture and the fact that maoris, europeans and other people from other parts of the world are living together in peace. For me, New Zealand is the best country in the world 😀 (does anyone says "Norway"… Read more »
*don't think it would "work"
As a French Eurovision fan, I hope Tahiti will participate, haha
Makes sense – as full membership of the EBU is apparently not required to compete at the Eurovision Song Contest anymore. #Australia
That said, the substantial organization that is the European Broadcasting Union is what made the Eurovision what it is, giving it structure, funds & a large network of support – I'm not sure a private television company has the same gravitas or know-how.
What makes this different from the atrocious World Idol from years back?
Reply to Jonas
Australia is an associate member of the EBU so them participating depends when they are invited to take part each year.
I know. They're not full members, so unless they want to step up and pay the same as everybody else – why do they get the same privilege?
Right, but the rules up to recently that a broadcaster must be a member of the EBU. It seems they were changed purely to facilitate Australia's "one-off" entry. In my opinion, there are already too many countries in the contest, and full membership of the EBU seems like a logical cut-off point. If the entry fee is adjusted to reflect the financial ability of each country (or broadcaster?), is it not reasonable to assume that SBS actually pay a smaller fee due to their small scale? It is my understanding that Sony Australia in fact actually covers the fee, essentially… Read more »
Australia's two public broadcasters pay a fee to be Associate Members. Not sure if it is the same amount or a little lower. Essentially the EBU only guarantees Active (Full) Members the right to participate but an Associate Member can participate if an invitation is extended to them (i.e. Australia). I highly doubt the EBU would ever extend an invite to every Associate Member country. Australia is special because the ESC actually has a good following down under. The only countries/territory that I see with a slight possible chance of being invited is Greenland, New Zealand or China. I 100%… Read more »
Reply to Josh
Well I doubt Greenland would be allowed enter since they are Danish territory, and not independent. I'm still murky on who actually extends these "invitations" to Australia, and why we were told it was only a one-off occurence only for it now to be an annual thing.
In any case, whatever my doubts about Australia, at least they play fair…so I will still take ten Australias over one Azerbaijan. 🙂
Welcome France, Germany, Norway, UK and USA? All of which who have associate membership?
Reply to Magpie
Hope not, it should be JUST ASIA.
The United States could take part in Eurovision Asia. The United States has two overseas territories (American Samoa, Guam) and 1 state (Hawaii) in the Asia-Pacific region. Each area has their own local free-to-air stations that they could air the contest on. If one or all of those areas wanted to enter and air the contest locally they have the right. They would just have to set aside arrangements with national networks like NBC to air their primietime shows in a "make-good" timeslot.
Mike Roosevelt
What's next… Tibet?
NO HONG KONG, MACAU, TAIWAN, NORFOLK ISLAND AND FRENCH POLYNESIA ETC. PLEASE! JUST CHINA AND AUSTRALIA PLEASE!
Reply to Mike Roosevelt
ONLY INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES PLEASE!
IN THE END WE ARE GONNA HAVE OUR HANDS ALREADY FULL WITH THE INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES (OF ASIA AND OCEANIA), LET ALONE THE NON-INDEPENDENT AREAS!
Frisian ESC (jr)
Taiwan is independent, everybody saying otherwise is being plain ignorant/douchebag
Reply to Frisian ESC (jr)
Taiwan is not independent
Deluded Chinese spotted!
Bora Bora 2019.
Nancy G
Reply to Jo
Would love that to happen. What a name! haha
Reply to Nancy G
La Coco Dance!!!!!!
How can Hong Kong compete when it's not recognised as a country? That's not going to go down well with China, who wouldn't compete (think along the lines of Lebanon's non participation in ESC due to the Israeli presence). However, while Eurovision can go on without Lebanon, Eurovision Asia will need China to survive. The idea of any country from the Gulf, or wider Middle East (save for Jordan and Lebanon) is ludicrous. The political drama that would ensue would make the Russia vs. Ukraine feud in ESC look downright friendly. This contest, like the original ESC, has to start… Read more »
Owing to its history Hong Kong is afforded special status in a number of areas. And it already competes (against China) in international athletics, at the Olympics, etc. The more difficult issue for China will be Taiwan.
Hey guys can you tell us which countries have shown intent to participate?? You wrote in the article on India that they wish to participate but I couldn't find an article for that info
Reply to Kris
Just go to the wiki.
And no semi-finals?
That's the initial plan…. They assumed not more than 20 countries will intend to participate but if more than 30 end up applying we might see Semi-finals too!!
South Pacific is getting very interested in participating.
goprake
This means North Korea can participate 😀 They have a quite good music scene actually, including a K-pop band.
One of the most famous North Korean bands: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ODboZQ8qkgg
Reply to goprake
And before anyone says it, no, North Korea wouldn't have any problem with competing along South Korea, they actually have some sort of a good relationship, they have played together in sports several times and North Koreans really cheered and supported South Korea, and same goes the other way around. I hope we see someday a reunification <3
Claus Michael
To be honest, North Korea will never be seen, because their broadcaster only broadcasts media about their own Supreme Leader, even their news covers anything about their Supreme Leader, nothing else…
I actually think it would be quite cool if by some miracle North Korea did participate! Maybe if they start joining in one some fun they'll loosen up and be a more friendly country. Then again, I've always been ridiculously optimistic! 😀
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I agree about North Korea might not have a problem competing. They have participated in sporting competitions such as the Olympics and Asian Games for years (even when it was hosted by South Korea, its true that the south korean crowd cheered for their northern neighbours which was touching to see). SO, why not participating in music?
If they participate, they might come up with a choir singing about their supreme leader. I won't hate that! it's called diversity!
Jesse K.
North Koreans don't have a problem competing in most sports, because rules of sport competitions generally are not in conflict with North Korean law. But if Eurovsion Asia has the same rules as in ESC (that the participating countries must broadcast all entries and the complete voting), it will make it impossible for North Korea to compete because of the heavy censorship.


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Hamas's Al Qassam Brigades uses Twitter to promote anti-Israel incitement among the people of Gaza, where it rules. Photo: Screenshot / Twitter @qassambrigade.
The main Twitter account operated by the military wing of Hamas, the Al Qassam Brigade, was suspended from the online messaging platform, Al Arabiya News reported late Sunday.
While Hamas was elected to power in 2006 to rule Gaza, the European Union and the U. S. have blacklisted the group as a terrorist organization, because it refuses to relinquish violence.
Although its primary Twitter handle "@alqassamBrigade" was closed, a second account "@qassambrigade" is still operating.
Twitter's policy allows users to suggest suspensions of users who break its rules. Punishable offenses include hate speech and online harassment.
On its website, the Al Qassam Brigades blamed Israel and the U.S., and claimed that it had done nothing to warrant the suspension.
"The Qassam Brigades strongly condemned the act and asserted on right to freedom of speech and expression and media," the group said.