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If you read my last post (here) about our recent trip to the Badminton Horse Trials with Joules, you'll know I mentioned we got to spend Saturday pottering around Bath and exploring lots of nooks and crannies at our leisure- something I was only too happy to play tour guide at!
As a child I spent a lot of time popping up to Bath because my Grandparents lived there and it's where my mum grew up. I love that whenever I visit now, I always have a sense of 'coming home', a real warmth surrounds me and I find myself naturally wondering, "what if we get to live here one day!?"- Now that really would be living the dream!
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Q: Error Rendering View - JSF + CDI + Primefaces Boa noite, tenho o seguinte contexto:
Minha aplicacao utiliza JSF2, CDI e PrimeFaces, minha view esta rendenizando normalmente, porem, caso eu venha a acionar um F5 repetidas vezes acaba me retornando o erro de Rendering View com NullPointerException, minha view esta anotada com @ViewScoped caso eu mude para @Request o problema acaba.

com.sun.faces.application.view.FaceletViewHandlingStrategy
  handleRenderException GRAVE: Error Rendering
  View[/pages/restrito/admin/teste.xhtml] java.lang.NullPointerException
  at
  com.sun.faces.application.view.ViewScopeContextManager.destroyBeans(ViewScopeContextManager.java:171)
  at
  com.sun.faces.application.view.ViewScopeContextManager.clear(ViewScopeContextManager.java:122)
  at
  com.sun.faces.application.view.ViewScopeManager.removeEldestViewMap(ViewScopeManager.java:399)
  at
  com.sun.faces.application.view.ViewScopeManager.processPostConstructViewMap(ViewScopeManager.java:298)
  at
  com.sun.faces.application.view.ViewScopeManager.processEvent(ViewScopeManager.java:244)
  at
  com.sun.faces.application.view.ViewScopeEventListener.processEvent(ViewScopeEventListener.java:68)
  at javax.faces.event.SystemEvent.processListener(SystemEvent.java:108)
  at
  javax.faces.event.ComponentSystemEvent.processListener(ComponentSystemEvent.java:118)
  at
  com.sun.faces.application.ApplicationImpl.processListeners(ApplicationImpl.java:2169)
  at
  com.sun.faces.application.ApplicationImpl.invokeListenersFor(ApplicationImpl.java:2142)
  at
  com.sun.faces.application.ApplicationImpl.publishEvent(ApplicationImpl.java:294)
  at
  javax.faces.application.ApplicationWrapper.publishEvent(ApplicationWrapper.java:739)
  at
  javax.faces.application.ApplicationWrapper.publishEvent(ApplicationWrapper.java:739)
  at javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot.getViewMap(UIViewRoot.java:1557)
  at
  com.sun.faces.application.view.ViewScopeContextManager.createBean(ViewScopeContextManager.java:148)
  at
  com.sun.faces.application.view.ViewScopeContext.get(ViewScopeContext.java:137)
  at
  org.jboss.weld.context.PassivatingContextWrapper$AbstractPassivatingContextWrapper.get(PassivatingContextWrapper.java:76)
  at
  org.jboss.weld.manager.BeanManagerImpl.getReference(BeanManagerImpl.java:744)
  at
  org.jboss.weld.el.AbstractWeldELResolver.lookup(AbstractWeldELResolver.java:107)
  at
  org.jboss.weld.el.AbstractWeldELResolver.getValue(AbstractWeldELResolver.java:90)
  at
  org.jboss.weld.environment.servlet.util.ForwardingELResolver.getValue(ForwardingELResolver.java:49)
  at javax.el.CompositeELResolver.getValue(CompositeELResolver.java:62)
  at
  com.sun.faces.el.DemuxCompositeELResolver._getValue(DemuxCompositeELResolver.java:176)
  at
  com.sun.faces.el.DemuxCompositeELResolver.getValue(DemuxCompositeELResolver.java:203)
  at org.apache.el.parser.AstIdentifier.getValue(AstIdentifier.java:94)
  at org.apache.el.parser.AstValue.getValue(AstValue.java:137) at
  org.apache.el.parser.AstEqual.getValue(AstEqual.java:37) at
  org.apache.el.ValueExpressionImpl.getValue(ValueExpressionImpl.java:190)
  at
  org.jboss.weld.el.WeldValueExpression.getValue(WeldValueExpression.java:50)
  at
  com.sun.faces.facelets.el.TagValueExpression.getValue(TagValueExpression.java:109)
  at
  javax.faces.component.ComponentStateHelper.eval(ComponentStateHelper.java:194)
  at
  javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.isRendered(UIComponentBase.java:457)
  at
  org.primefaces.component.panelgrid.PanelGridRenderer.encodeGridBody(PanelGridRenderer.java:219)
  at
  org.primefaces.component.panelgrid.PanelGridRenderer.encodeGridLayout(PanelGridRenderer.java:90)
  at
  org.primefaces.component.panelgrid.PanelGridRenderer.encodeEnd(PanelGridRenderer.java:40)
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  javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeEnd(UIComponentBase.java:919)
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  com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.HtmlBasicRenderer.encodeRecursive(HtmlBasicRenderer.java:312)
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  com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.GroupRenderer.encodeChildren(GroupRenderer.java:114)
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  javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeChildren(UIComponentBase.java:889)
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  org.primefaces.renderkit.CoreRenderer.renderChild(CoreRenderer.java:85)
  at
  org.primefaces.renderkit.CoreRenderer.renderChildren(CoreRenderer.java:72)
  at
  org.primefaces.component.outputpanel.OutputPanelRenderer.encodeMarkup(OutputPanelRenderer.java:65)
  at
  org.primefaces.component.outputpanel.OutputPanelRenderer.encodeEnd(OutputPanelRenderer.java:41)
  at
  javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeEnd(UIComponentBase.java:919)
  at javax.faces.component.UIComponent.encodeAll(UIComponent.java:1863)
  at javax.faces.render.Renderer.encodeChildren(Renderer.java:176) at
  javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeChildren(UIComponentBase.java:889)
  at
  org.primefaces.renderkit.CoreRenderer.renderChild(CoreRenderer.java:85)
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  org.primefaces.renderkit.CoreRenderer.renderChildren(CoreRenderer.java:72)
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  org.primefaces.component.panel.PanelRenderer.encodeContent(PanelRenderer.java:206)
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  org.primefaces.component.panel.PanelRenderer.encodeMarkup(PanelRenderer.java:123)
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  org.primefaces.component.panel.PanelRenderer.encodeEnd(PanelRenderer.java:58)
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  javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeEnd(UIComponentBase.java:919)
  at javax.faces.component.UIComponent.encodeAll(UIComponent.java:1863)
  at javax.faces.component.UIComponent.encodeAll(UIComponent.java:1859)
  at javax.faces.component.UIComponent.encodeAll(UIComponent.java:1859)
  at
  com.sun.faces.application.view.FaceletViewHandlingStrategy.renderView(FaceletViewHandlingStrategy.java:456)
  at
  com.sun.faces.application.view.MultiViewHandler.renderView(MultiViewHandler.java:133)
  at
  javax.faces.application.ViewHandlerWrapper.renderView(ViewHandlerWrapper.java:337)
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  org.ocpsoft.rewrite.faces.RewriteViewHandler.renderView(RewriteViewHandler.java:196)
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  javax.faces.application.ViewHandlerWrapper.renderView(ViewHandlerWrapper.java:337)
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  com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RenderResponsePhase.execute(RenderResponsePhase.java:120)
  at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.Phase.doPhase(Phase.java:101) at
  com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:219)
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  org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:231)
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  org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
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  org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52)
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  org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
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  org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
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  org.ocpsoft.rewrite.servlet.RewriteFilter.doFilter(RewriteFilter.java:226)
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  org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
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  org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
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  org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:96)
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  org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:342)
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  org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.service(Http11Processor.java:800)
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  org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:66)
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  org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:800)
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  org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:49)
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@Named
@ViewScoped
public class TesteController implements Serializable {

/**
*
*/
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
private Vendedor vendedor;

@PostConstruct
public void init() {
getVendedor();
}

public Vendedor getVendedor() {
if(vendedor == null)
vendedor = new Vendedor();
return vendedor;
}

public void setVendedor(Vendedor vendedor) {
this.vendedor = vendedor;
}

}

A: eu estava com o mesmo problema!
Bem provável que esteja usando um ViewScoped do CDI ( javax.faces.view.ViewScoped ) no meu caso eu estava e o problema surgiu devido eu não ter colocado o CDI para fazer os gerenciamentos nos Beans. Resolvi fazendo o seguinte passo:
Solução: Configurar o seguinte gerenciador de Beans no Web.xml (caso não tenha já feito isso):

<resource-env-ref>
    <resource-env-ref-name>BeanManager</resource-env-ref-name>
    <resource-env-ref-type>javax.enterprise.inject.spi.BeanManager</resource-env-ref-type>
</resource-env-ref>

Colocar no arquivo context.xml  o seguinte conteúdo:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
      <Context>
        <Manager pathname=""/>
       <Resource name="BeanManager" auth="Container"
          type="javax.enterprise.inject.spi.BeanManager"
          factory="org.jboss.weld.resources.ManagerObjectFactory"/>
      </Context>

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Ian Anderson Felt Blamed for Metallica Grammys Upset
Martin Kielty Published: April 15, 2021
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Ian Anderson recalled how Alice Cooper made it seem like the 1989 Grammys upset was the Jethro Tull leader's fault.
In one of the most notorious incidents in rock awards history, Tull's 1987 album Crest of a Knave was named Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance, when almost everyone expected Metallica to win for … And Justice For All. Cooper, who presented the Grammy, has told how he also thought there had been a mistake when his envelope revealed Tull as the winner.
"I think people were just so shocked and surprised," Anderson told Planet Rock in a recent interview. "Nobody really said anything [to us] on the grounds that, 'Oh, well, don't worry, they're not going to win!' The fact is that if I'd been there to a crazed full house of boos and hisses and how-dare-theys, it would have been interesting. I've no idea what I would have said when I walked up there."
He recalled that he "subsequently meet Alice Cooper, who was the guy who was pushed on to accept on our behalf the Grammy that we shouldn't have won. I said, 'What did it feel like, Alice, going up there and having to do that?' And he said, 'It was just the worst moment of my life' – as if it was my fault!"
In 2019, Metallica's Lars Ulrich marked the 30th anniversary of the incident, recalling it as "quite a mindfuck."
"First time we were in front of a mainstream TV audience," he explained. "First time mainstream America was exposed to whatever the hell it is we do. First time they had a hard rock/metal category on the Grammys. First time we were Grammy losers. … But all was not lost. The expressions of disgust from most members of the audience (other than Iggy!) is something I will treasure for the rest of my life."
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Q: Can someone explain about detectMultiScale in openCV I've been trying objectDetection in openCV..
Followed a few steps..

*

*Resizing it to 64x64 resolution

*Changing it to gray scale

*Fetching XML for object detection

*Drawing rectangle fringing the pattern

Yet, I couldn't achieve it..
Here's my code :
#include<iostream>
#include "cv.h"
#include "highgui.h"
#include<vector>

using namespace cv;
using namespace std;

int main()
{
    IplImage* img;
    img = cvLoadImage( "hindi3.jpg" );

    vector<cv::Rect> objects;

    // ***Resize image to 64x64 resolution***

    IplImage *resizeImage = cvCreateImage(cvSize(64,64),8,3);

    cvResize(img,resizeImage,CV_INTER_LINEAR);

    cvShowImage("Resize",resizeImage);
    cvWaitKey(0);

    // ***Convert image to grayscale***

    IplImage *grayImage = cvCreateImage(cvGetSize(resizeImage),8,1);

    cvCvtColor(resizeImage,grayImage,CV_BGR2GRAY);

    cvShowImage("gray",grayImage);
    cvWaitKey(0);

    // ***Getting the XML (Cascade xml generated thru haarTraining)***

    CvMemStorage* storage = cvCreateMemStorage(0);
    cout<<"Memory created\n";

    cv::CascadeClassifier cascade;
    cascade.load("cascade.xml");
    //CvHaarClassifierCascade* cascade = (CvHaarClassifierCascade*)cvLoad( "cascade.xml" );
    cout<<"cascade.xml loaded successfully\n";
    double scale = 1.3;

    static CvScalar colors[] = { {{0,0,255}}, {{0,128,255}}, {{0,255,255}},
    {{0,255,0}}, {{255,128,0}}, {{255,255,0}}, {{255,0,0}}, {{255,0,255}} };

    // ***Detect objects***

    cvClearMemStorage( storage );
    objects.clear();
    //CvSeq* objects = cvHaarDetectObjects( grayImage, cascade, storage, 1.1, 4, 0, cvSize( 40, 50 ));
    //cascade.detectMultiScale(grayImage, objects, 1.2, 4, CV_HAAR_DO_CANNY_PRUNING, cvSize(30, 30));
    cascade.detectMultiScale(grayImage, objects, 1.2, 4, CV_HAAR_SCALE_IMAGE, cvSize(30, 30));

    // ***Draw a rectangle outside recognized pattern***

    cout<<"Object size : "<<objects.size();
    for( vector<cv::Rect>::const_iterator r = objects.begin(); r != objects.end(); r++)
    {            //rectangle(img, *r, Scalar(0,0,255), 2, 8, 0);
                 cvRectangle( grayImage, cvPoint( r->x, r->y ), cvPoint( r->x + r->width, r->y + r->height ),Scalar(0,0,255));
                 cout<<"In the loop\n";
    }

    cvNamedWindow( "Output" );
    cvShowImage( "Output", grayImage );
    cvWaitKey(0);

    cvReleaseImage(&resizeImage);
    cvReleaseImage(&grayImage);
    cvReleaseImage( &img );

    return 0;
}

The object size printed by me shows 0 unfortunately :( Hence, it doesn't go to the for loop..  Can anyone help me out..
Thanks in advance
PS : I've commented some lines in the code which were not useful. Please lemme know if I can incorporate the same.

A: Found the answer..! I've missed out the specified arguments for detectMultiScale function.
It's working fine..Rectified code as follows
#include<iostream>
#include "cv.h"
#include "highgui.h"
#include<vector>

using namespace cv;
using namespace std;

int main()
{

    IplImage* img;
    img = cvLoadImage( "test.jpg" );

    vector<cv::Rect> objects;

    /*** Resizing is optional***
    *****************************

    IplImage *resizeImage = cvCreateImage(cvSize(64,64),8,3);

    cvResize(img,resizeImage,CV_INTER_LINEAR);
    cvShowImage("Resize",resizeImage);
    cvWaitKey(0);*/

    /*** Change image into grayscale***
    **********************************/

    IplImage *grayImage = cvCreateImage(cvGetSize(img),8,1);
    cvCvtColor(img,grayImage,CV_BGR2GRAY);

    //cvEqualizeHist(grayImage,grayImage); This is optional

    cvShowImage("gray",grayImage);
    cvWaitKey(0);

    CvMemStorage* storage = cvCreateMemStorage(0);
    cout<<"Memory created\n";

    /*** Load the XML generated through haartraining***
    **************************************************/

    cv::CascadeClassifier cascade;
    cascade.load("cascade.xml");
    //CvHaarClassifierCascade* cascade = (CvHaarClassifierCascade*)cvLoad( "cascade.xml" );
    cout<<"cascade.xml loaded successfully\n";
    double scale = 1.3;

    static CvScalar colors[] = { {{0,0,255}}, {{0,128,255}}, {{0,255,255}},
    {{0,255,0}}, {{255,128,0}}, {{255,255,0}}, {{255,0,0}}, {{255,0,255}} };

    /*** Detect objects***
    **********************/

    cvClearMemStorage( storage );
    objects.clear();
    //CvSeq* objects = cvHaarDetectObjects( grayImage, cascade, storage, 1.1, 4, 0, cvSize( 40, 50 ));
    //cascade.detectMultiScale(grayImage, objects, 1.2, 4, CV_HAAR_DO_CANNY_PRUNING, cvSize(30, 30)); if captured through WebCam
    cascade.detectMultiScale(grayImage, objects, 1.1, 3, CV_HAAR_SCALE_IMAGE | CV_HAAR_DO_CANNY_PRUNING,cvSize(0,0), cvSize(100,100));

    cout<<"Object size : "<<objects.size();

    /***Draw Rectangle outside recognized pattern***
    ***********************************************/

    for( vector<cv::Rect>::const_iterator r = objects.begin(); r != objects.end(); r++)
    {            //rectangle(img, *r, Scalar(0,0,255), 2, 8, 0);
                 cvRectangle( grayImage, cvPoint( r->x, r->y ), cvPoint( r->x + r->width, r->y + r->height ),Scalar(0,0,255));
                 cout<<"In the loop\n";
    }

    cvNamedWindow( "Output" );
    cvShowImage( "Output", grayImage );
    cvWaitKey(0);

    //cvReleaseImage(&resizeImage); If resized
    cvReleaseImage(&grayImage);
    cvReleaseImage( &img );

    return 0;
}

And finally this worked..!
PS: This program holds good only when the input is taken through image unlike WebCam or Video.


Yesterday we were lucky enough to be invited by the Areas Bowl to provide young cricket leaders to the primary world cup cricket festival. We were the only secondary school involved with over 300 primary school children across southampton.
Fantastic effort by the Wildern Philosothon team for 2019! We did not win, however the quality of the philosophical debate and the maturity shown was outstanding. Out of the three dialogues, two of our students won the "Star Philosopher" awards, which was especially significant given that our star philosophers were from Year 7 and 8 and the students competing were from Year 7 to 11!
The Wildern Girls did exceptionally well at the London Olympic Pool against a very high standard of swimming. Schools who specialise in swimming, Millfield and Mount Kelly, had a few Teams entered, and were difficult to beat. But in swimming it's down to 10ths, 100ths of a second, and I am very pleased to report that the girls held their own and gained 5 more places up the rankings from when they were selected for the final.
We have great pleasure in informing you that the ESSA swim event up at St Swithuns was a huge success and great to see.
As we draw to the close of yet another year we would like to begin by extending our sincere thanks to you all for your continued support of all we do at Wildern. Not simply the support of your sons and daughters but our whole school events and information evenings. We frequently talk about our partnership which is critical in securing the best outcomes and support for your youngsters. Parents' attendance at all our events has been overwhelmingly positive and sends a clear message to our students that we are here for them.
During the Spring term, students and staff alike were busy taking photographs that they submitted to the Photography Competition run by the Rotary Club on the theme of A Moment In Time. On the 8th May Ringwood School held a prize-giving ceremony, where students and staff were invited to celebrate their fantastic efforts. In the category Years, 7-10 there were over 500 entries where Ryan Cousins and Toby Dean were shortlisted and received certificates in highly commended. In the adult category, Mr. Rodregez also received a highly commended certificate. Overall, the evening and the competition was a great success and a wonderful opportunity to be creative!
Huge congratulations to the 102 students in the winning Rock Challenge team It was a fantastic result. I am really looking forward to the final on the 27th April. Seeing it at again at the dance showcase, close up, you have such a clear view of the quality. Well done to all involved in the Dance showcase also it was amazing.


Located within a short walk to the Leopold Primary School, Gateway Plaza, sporting grounds and parklands.
Situated on a 660m2 (approx.) allotment this family home has room for all the family offering four great sized bedrooms, main with walk in robe and ensuite, the remaining all with built-in robes and serviced by a large central bathroom and separate toilet. A separate living room located at the front of the home will make an excellent place to wind down and relax after a busy day.
The kitchen meals family room really is the hub of the home. The kitchen provides an electric wall oven, 5 burner gas hot plates, plenty of room for the family cook to cook up a storm whilst being a part of the family action. There is a large corner walk in pantry and dishwasher.
An open plan meals/family room will be a place where the family will come together. Sliding doors lead you outside to the large pergola which you will be able to enjoy all year round.
The double remote garage has internal access which provides security and convenience and drive through access to the rear yard. With a substantial backyard, ideal for entertaining family and friends and with ample lawn space your children will be the envy of their friends. A large shed will provide an extra space for storage and has a separate toilet and shower, a great space for a tradesman after a busy day at work.
This is an easy living family home, just waiting for the next owner to move in and enjoy!


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Q: Missing fields in the transformed JSON output I am performing XML to JSON transformations using Transform Message connector. I have created a mule-plugin for the transformations code and added it as a dependency to my application. When I deploy the application in anypoint studio(4.3.0) it is working as expected i.e. I am getting the full payload transformed to JSON. But, when I deploy the same application to ONPREM some fields of input(XML) are missing in the output(JSON). In case of  the ONPREM application I am sending the message(XML-payload) via JMS(1.7.1)-Publish by publishing it to a JMS queue where my application is listening using JMS-On New Message and using the transformations mule-plugin(added as a dependency) to transform the XML to JSON and publishing via JMS-publish to a queue where another API is listening.
I observed that when I am dividing parts of dwl in modules and importing them in a main dwl and deploying  at ONPREM the fields are missing. But, when I am using all the module's dwl code in same dwl file I am getting all the fields.
Please Help me with this.

A: Issue Resolved. There was a difference between Studio Runtime and ONPREM Runtime. When I patched the ONPREM with latest update. The Issue got Resolved.


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Karabits and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra on top form in Shostakovich at the Anvil
Par David Truslove, 29 novembre 2014
Presiding at the podium last Thursday evening was Ukrainian-born Kirill Karabits. As principal conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra since 2009 and recipient last year of a Royal Philharmonic Society's Conductor of the Year award his star is very much in the ascendant. His recent work with the BSO indicates a passion for Prokofiev and Shostakovich – an interest in the latter's symphonic works that developed in his teens not long after his early obsession with the music of Abba.
Whether the Swedish pop group was an influential presence for Kirill Karabits is unclear, but there is no doubt that Mahler was an important source of inspiration for Shostakovich, no more apparent than in the multi-various chamber sonorities that inhabit the Symphony no. 5 in D minor with which the second half of the concert began. It was Mahler, however, that opened the proceedings in the shape of the serenade-like Blumine. Originally conceived as incidental music to a pageant play Der Trompeter von Säckingen, it had a brief existence as part of Mahler's First Symphony (1889) and re-emerged in 1967 when Benjamin Britten resurrected it as a stand-alone item at the Aldeburgh Festival. It makes a pleasing concert opener although the trumpeter might prefer a few more bars of tremolando strings before beginning his solo. This appeared not to present any fears for Chris Avison who delivered its long-breathed melodic line with calm control and beauty of tone, as did the oboist Edward Kay, in his minor key version of the same theme. Karabits drew some wonderfully controlled string playing, notably in the high altitude closing bars where the harp joins the violins to magical effect.
A slimmed-down BSO then presented Beethoven's Triple Concerto in C major for violin, cello, piano and orchestra. Stepping out from the orchestra to perform as soloists were Amyn Merchant, violin and Jesper Svedberg, cello: joining them on the extended platform was pianist Sunwook Kim, the orchestra's Artist-in-Residence. Beethoven's concerto has not always fared well in performance, nor is it an easy work to programme, so it was particularly gratifying to hear a reading given with such obvious commitment from conductor, orchestra and soloists. If the first movement is rather long-winded, then any structural or dramatic imperfections could be easily overlooked in this performance where the cellist, with many expressive gestures, fully embraced its high ranging solo part. If Merchant didn't always seem quite so at ease on the stage, his sweet-toned violin was a perfect partner to both Jesper Svedberg and Sunwook Kim who, with his back to the other soloists, produced miracles of ensemble playing.
After the interval, and with orchestral forces fully restored, it was Shostakovich who provided a proper workout for the orchestra. This highly polished account from the BSO was helped, in some measure, by their preparation for the same programme given the previous evening at The Lighthouse, Poole. Particularly impressive was Kirill Karabits' pacing of the symphony's four movements and his control over orchestral balance – something other conductors have not always achieved within the moderately sized performance space at the Anvil. But the BSO are no strangers to this venue and have grasped the idea that triple forte passages – such as the dramatic climax in the first movement – can still be powerful without being overblown. Impressive too was the way Karabits steered the orchestra through the first movement's tempo fluctuations, maintaining throughout its 17-minute span a clear sense of its structure. Similarly in the colourful second movement, a prime target for capsizing if the players get carried away, there was total control.
Shostakovich provides numerous solo opportunities which, in the slow movement, produced eloquent contributions from oboe, flute and harp. Equally distinguished was the string ensemble (divided into eight groups) that begin and end this highly charged movement. The finale gave brass and percussion moments of glory and they rose to the occasion magnificently. The work's conclusion was breathless and, even if it didn't prompt a standing ovation as it had for its 1937 première, its performance by this one-time Abba admirer was utterly convincing. Thank you for the Music.
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Critique faite à Anvil, Basingstoke, Basingstoke, le 27 novembre 2014
Mahler, Blumine
Beethoven, Triple Concerto pour violon, violoncelle, et piano en ut majeur, Op. 56
Chostakovitch, Symphonie no. 5 en ré mineur, Op. 47
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Kirill Karabits, Direction
Sunwook Kim, Piano
Amyn Merchant, Violon
Jesper Svedberg, Violoncelle
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After over 20 years of operation, prolific Finnish group Circle have announced that they'll be changing their name to Falcon, leasing the name Circle to a new group of musicians (although all scheduled live shows will be performed by the group's long standing line up). The new Circle are currently working on the next album.
Circle founder Jussi Lehtisalo says: "The need for the sudden name change arises from the Circle brand becoming somewhat of a burden due to the expectations of Ektro Records and audiences. Making music was turning into work and an obligation."
The group's plan is to effectively lease the name to another group of musicians until the end of 2013, at which point the contract expires and Falcon (ex-Circle) will decide whether they want to continue to operate as Falcon or return to their original moniker. Jussi notes jokingly: "If Falcon will be very famous by the end of the year, it'll be very easy to come back to the brand Circle!"
The first Falcon release will be titled "Beer And Ribs", released on 2 August via Ektro, and full length albums by both Falcon (ex-Circle) and the new Circle are pencilled in for release in Autumn. More on the Circle site and Ektro.


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10 Games Releasing in January 2022
2022 has plenty of big games to come but it's kicking off with a bang in January. Here are some of the big releases to look forward to.
Posted By Ravi Sinha | On 16th, Dec. 2021
2021 is over and 2022 is finally here. With all the games that faced delays, the new year is looking incredibly stacked, and though it may seem to be off to a slow start in January, there are still plenty of big releases to look forward to. Let's take a look at 10 of them here.
Weird West is WolfEye Studios' first title but its creators – Raphaël Colantonio and Julien Roby of Dishonored fame – are no stranger to the immersive sim genre. Set in the American Frontier where the Wild West meets the supernatural, it tells the stories of five different characters, each with their own goals, from bounty hunter Jane Bell who seeks her husband to Nell Bitterleaf, a future-seer who wants to change "what's coming." Along with having the freedom to play how one chooses – either honorably or killing everyone they see – the choices made will ripple through future playthroughs since each character is played one after the other. Another twist is that death is permanent – you may encounter a zombified version of a character while playing as another. Weird West is out on January 11th for Xbox One, PS4 and PC, and is shaping up rather well.
Monster Hunter Rise (PC)
Monster Hunter Rise is finally releasing for Steam after almost a year on the Nintendo Switch. Despite the new setting of Kamura Village, new NPCs and new mechanics like the Wirebug, it features many of the same essentials that fans have come to love. The 14 weapon trees are here, this time with new Wirebug moves and skills. Along with various returning monsters like Anjanath, Rathian, and Tobi-Kadachi, it features lots of cool newcomers like Magnamalo, Goss Harag, Somnacanth and many more.
On PC, Monster Hunter Rise supports resolutions up to 4K, an unlocked frame rate and HDR along with ultrawide monitor support. All of the post-launch updates, from new monsters like Crimson Glow Valstrax to collaborations with Sonic the Hedgehog and Street Fighter, will also be available on day one. The jury's still out on multiplayer but if you enjoyed Monster Hunter World and want something new, then Monster Hunter Rise should be perfect when it launches on January 12th for PC.
God of War (PC)
It's taken a lot longer than Monster Hunter Rise but God of War is coming to PC on January 14th. Initially launched for PS4 in 2018, it sees Kratos undertaking a journey with his son Atreus, starting from Midgard. Along the way, they'll battle numerous mythical foes, square up against the Valkyries, converse with the World Serpent, and run into figures like Baldur and Freya. Along with utilizing a more grounded combat system with new weapons like the Leviathan Axe, God of War also features larger environments teeming with secrets to discover. The PC version includes 4K resolution support, unlocked framerates, improved screen space reflections and higher resolution shadows, GTAO and SSDO, Nvidia DLSS and Reflex support and ultrawide monitor support. It also supports DualShock 4 and DualSense with fully customizable key bindings.
Following multiple delays over the years, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction releases on January 20th for Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, PS5, PC and Google Stadia. As a member of REACT, players can choose from 18 different Operators – with pretty much everyone similar to their Rainbow Six Siege versions – and battle the Archaeans in four different regions across 12 maps. Each mission consists of three maps with each having a random objective (out of a pool of 13), whether it's saving a hostage or defending against Archaeans. Upon completing the objective, the team can either extract or venture into the next map which will be more difficult. Along with the Archaeans, there's also the deadly Sprawl which spreads indiscriminately and can spawn new foes if not destroyed. Beat the mission and reap the rewards, like upgrading your Operator's various abilities and tools, and then take on even tougher challenges.
Game Freak's next big Pokemon title is making a number of big changes to the standard formula. Set in the Hisui region, which is akin to 19th century Japan, it's composed of large 3D environments that can be freely explored (though not open world, its various zones are interconnected). You can now capture Pokemon by throwing PokeBalls at them while exploring, or seamlessly unleash your own Pokemon to do battle, which is still turn-based but allows for multiple actions in one turn. Pokemon can also utilize Agile and Strong Styles to prioritize speed and strength accordingly in battles (which the trainer themselves can now take damage in). On top of the new Alpha Pokemon, Wardens, expanded exploration and more, Pokemon Legends: Arceus looks to be the biggest game in the series yet. It's out on January 28th for the Nintendo Switch.
The Uncharted series finally comes to PS5 on January 28th (and later for PC) courtesy of Iron Galaxy Studios. Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection includes Uncharted 4: A Thief's End and Uncharted: The Lost Legacy in one package for $49.99 with three different modes – Fidelity which provides native 4K and targets 30 FPS; Performance for a 60 FPS frame rate; and Performance+ which offers 120 FPS at 1080p resolution. Spatial 3D audio, haptic feedback and adaptive triggers are also supported along with fast load times. But best of all is that current owners of either game, whether physical or digital, can upgrade to the remastered collection for just $10.
If you can't get enough of mech games, especially top-down isometric action titles, Blackwind may be worth a look. Releasing on January 20th for PS4, PS5, PC, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch and Xbox One, it stars James Hawkins who's trapped inside of a prototype Battle Frame. Exploring the surface of Medusa-42, he battles the bug-like Raknos in search of his father. In terms of play-styles, one can engage in long-range shooting or hack and slash melee combat while utilizing finishers to slay the Raknos. Various skills and skins can be equipped to customize one's frame and there's even support for local co-op.
If Big Ant Studios could make a comeback with Cricket 22, then why not Eko Software's Rugby? Announced this past July, Rugby 22 is slated to release in January for Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, PS5 and PC. Very little is currently known aside from having "stacked club rosters" and national teams but the developer promises improvements to the AI along with a new difficulty mode. If nothing else, it should be better than Rugby 20 (hopefully).
There are a number of intriguing horror games that fly under the radar nowadays and Endflame's Ikai is no exception. It's a first person title based on Japanese folklore with various yokai out to make your life miserable. The story centers on Naoko, a priestess in the mountains who quickly comes face to face with all kinds of evil spirits. With no combat and relying on slow realistic movement, your choices are being stealthy or attempting to flee. Bits of puzzle solving and drawing seals arise but for the most part, you're unraveling more about Naoko and the spirits while attempting to survive. Ikai releases in January for PS4, PS5, PC and Nintendo Switch.
Kingdom of the Dead
Another relatively unknown horror title, Kingdom of the Dead is developed by Dirigo Games which contributed to the excellent Dread X Collection. Its newest title is a first person shooter but with a monochromatic pen and ink style while the gameplay is akin to a retro shooter. As Agent Chamberlain, your mission is to defeat Death, venturing across eight different missions and slaying over 22 different types of enemies to do so. Bosses, difficulty settings for each level (which each add unique goals), cheat codes, Endless mode – it's all included and coming to Steam on January 26th.
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Concerns have been expressed regarding the games in question that provide gambling or violence and may be said to overly consume the time and interests of the young.
According to Vietnamnet Bridge, consequently the department has requested that the Ministry review the contents of five online card playing games, which include Baccarat, Seven Poker, Blackjack, Gostop, and Badugi, that are being distributed by the Pacific Company, as well as three games which have violent elements, those being Special Force by FPT Online, Sudden Attack distributed by Vinagame, and Cross Fire by VTC Intercom.
Cross Fire, Sudden Attack, and Special Force, of the above games, have especially lured many of the youth into game shops and Internet cafes, where quote often tens of thousands of people are playing Sudden Attack around the city in addition to approximately 10,000 playing Special Force.
All online gaming accounts in Vietnam are controlled by the Ministry of Information and Communications which only permits users to play on an account for periods of five hour each day, following which user accounts are automatically logged off. In addition to this, for users to get the full value of any bonus points they must play for three hours or less – between 3-5 hours of play, and only 50 percent of obtainable bonus points are being given.
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Olivia S. Hawkins was named to the 2018 fall semester dean's list at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities.
Mia Hermsen was named to the dean's list at Viriginia Polytechnic Institute and State University for the 2018 semester.
Jake Haney, Max Kutsch, Gazang Abdulla and Michael Acciarino were named to Hofstra University's fall 2018 dean's list.
The following Fairfield University students were named to the fall 2018 dean's list: Ali Al Rawendoozi, Dalya Al Rawendoozi, Wilson Alexei, Emilse Almanza, Alzbeta Andrikova, Madeline Baer, Natalia Baeza Carbonell, Enkh Amgalan Batburen, Kayla Beck, Katherine Biardi, Nicolas Black, Mariana Brandao, Lam Bui, Nicole Bus, Jessica Castillo, Chizimuzo Chibuko, James Clemente, Christian Colon, Sean Coyle, Julia Crews, Jose de Bethencourt Fernandez, Rachel Demers, Amira Ebrahim, Luan Fonseca Lamas, Henrique Geraldi Lopes, Ali Haidar, Raqibul Haque, Annie Huber, Ymke Huisman, Nwachukwu Ibekwe, Malen Iglesias, Olivia Kane, Jonathan Kasibabu, Aidas Kavaliauskas, Benjamin Kebbell, Ha Le, Thanh Le, Caroline Mahar, Aina March Razakamanantsoa, Olivia Marcou, Lejla Markovic, Brian Martyn, Eryiel Joyce Mascardo, Emma Matlach, Elisabeth McMahon, Emma McMahon, Matija Milin, Robert Mulderry, Bridgit Murray, Jonathan Myers, Natalia Nawrocka, Quan Nguyen, Trang Nguyen, Trinh Nguyen, Marcus Nordgard, Shea O'Donnell, Barry O'Gorman, Bridget O'Leary, Erin O'Leary, Luzi Leonie Persiehl, Lucie Picard, Sonja Radulovic, Jolanda Richter, Andrew Rodgers, Enaea Sahloul, Nicolle Salazar Munoz, Teresa Sauer, Nathan Schmidt, Christopher Smaldone, Blancamari Somoza, Tobenna Ugwu, James Ulness, Jonas Simon Vergin, Aarushi Vijay, Nhi Vu, Julia Warman, Jianling Wu, Kayla Yaverski, Luka Zedginidze, Alexander Zeko, Paul duToit and Mimi Loughlin.
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Daniel Telper was named to the fall 2018 dean's list at Bates College.
Emma Greenwood, Laura Judd and Neal Mintz were named to the fall 2018 dean's list at Washington University in St. Louis.
Paul Santandrea was named to the fall 2018 dean's list at Western New England University.
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Ella Corcoran, Tighe Jorgensen, Erinn McKenna and Jesse Spears were named to the fall 2018 dean's list at Purchase College.
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Emma Barron was named to the president's list for fall 2018 at Miami University in Ohio.
Melanie Albright, Lauren Dewitt and Isabella Schichter were named to the fall 2018 dean's list at Emmanuel College.
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3 Ups and 1 Down from yesterday's win over the New York Giants
3 "Ups" and 1 "Down" from the game.
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Now THAT is the New Orleans Saints team we were expecting out of the gate.
In what was another roller-coaster of a game with plenty of ups and downs along the way, here are a couple that stood out.
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Up: Alvin Kamara
Let's get this one out of the way.
Alvin Kamara was absolutely incredible this game. He finished the afternoon with 181 yards from scrimmage and all three Saints touchdowns. His biggest run came on a 49 touchdown run to ice the game with two minutes left to go in regulation.
For as much as the Saints rushing attack has faltered through the season's first four weeks, Kamara impressed as a runner in Week 4. With Mark Ingram set to return for Monday Night Football next week, the Saints rushing attack should only get better.
Up: Saints defense
The Saints defense took a big step forward in Week 4, sacking Eli Manning multiple times, causing and recovering two fumbles, and holding the Giants to under 20 points.
Saquon Barkley was held to under 50 rushing yards, Odell Beckham Jr had only 60 receiving yards, and, outside of Sterling Shepard, the New York Giants largely struggled on offense.
PJ Williams, filling in for the injured Patrick Robinson, played well for the Saints, and if New Orleans can expect this level of play out of their defense (I mean, did you see that tackle for a loss by Marcus Davenport?), this Saints team could really end up going on a run.
Up: Taysom Hill
For the third week in a row, Taysom Hill made the "Ups" for the Saints, and this time he provided the spark that helped the entire offense get moving. After what appeared to be a second quick, three-and-out series, Taysom Hill connected with Justin Hardee on a fake punt to extend the Saints drive.
His second pass attempt of the game was a would-be touchdown that was dropped by Alvin Kamara, Kamara's only real blemish on the day. In addition to throwing passes, Taysom also caught a pass as a wide receiver, rushed as a halfback, ran the read-option multiple times as a quarterback, and blocked as a tight end. For the world seeing Taysom for the first time, this was as close to a "coming out party" as you can get for the Saints electrifying #7.
Down: Special Teams
The Saints struggles early in the game in the red zone and on third down almost made the list, but those issues seemed to work themselves out as the game went on. On the other hand, the Saints play on special teams almost appeared to just get worse.
The Saints brought back Brandon Tate before Sunday afternoon's game, and he was back to return a punt for New Orleans early in the game. the punt was a low and short kick that Tate had to run forward to catch - normally, this forward momentum is helpful for a return, but Tate fumbled the ball forward, and only by the grace of the football gods, had the ball take a lucky bounce and end up back in his hands as Tate continued forward.
Then on the Giants final kickoff of the game, late in the fourth quarter, with New York down just one possession, Ted Ginn Jr was back to return the kick. The "hands" team was on the field, in anticipation of a possible onside kick, leaving Ginn as the lone Saint deep. The kickoff went Ginn's way, and Ginn erroneously decided to field the kick at the one instead of letting it roll into the end zone. Ginn had absolutely zero blockers out in front of him, so even if he fielded the kick cleanly, would likely have been dropped well short of the twenty-five yard line. Instead, Ginn botched the catch, stumbled to pick the ball up, and then was dropped inside the five yard line.
You could see Sean Payton fuming on the sidelines, so special teams will surely get some attention before Week 5.
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According to The Overseas Development Institute, a London-based research establishment, whose findings were released in April 2009 in the paper 'Providing aid in insecure environments:2009 Update', the most lethal year in the history of humanitarianism was 2008, in which 122 aid workers were murdered and 260 assaulted. Those countries deemed least safe were Somalia and Afghanistan. In 2012, Humanitarian Outcomes reports that the countries with the highest incidents were: Afghanistan, South Sudan, Syria, Pakistan and Somalia.


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EFRAG has issued a draft endorsement advice letter (with supporting appendices) and a separate Invitation to Comment relating to the endorsement for use in the EU of IFRS 9 Financial Instruments (the Standard). EFRAG is consulting on both its assessment of the Standard against the technical criteria in the EU and on its assessment of whether IFRS 9 is conducive to the European public good (which includes the costs and benefits associated with implementing the Standard).
IFRS 9 replaces most of the requirements of IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement with a principle-based and less complex standard. IFRS 9 changes the classification requirements for financial assets, using a single approach for all types of financial assets. Only basic lending instruments are potentially eligible for measurement at amortised cost and all other financial assets are measured at fair value. Measuring all non-basic lending instruments at fair value has led to the elimination of the multiple impairment models in IAS39 and the design of a single model based on the principle of expected, rather than incurred, credit losses results in earlier recognition of credit losses. The hedge accounting requirements more closely align hedge accounting with risk management practices.
EFRAG's overall preliminary assessment is that IFRS 9 satisfies the criteria for endorsement for use in the EU and therefore recommends its endorsement.
EFRAG emphasises that it has reached its preliminary conclusions relying on limited quantitative assessments, despite its efforts to gather quantitative data, in particular on the impact of the new impairment model. Input received reflects that these quantitative data may not be available on a broad basis before 2017. EFRAG wishes to assess whether its preliminary conclusion that it would be detrimental to European public good to delay IFRS 9 endorsement is supported by European stakeholders.
Finally, EFRAG wishes to gain more insight into the impact on financial reporting by insurance businesses of adopting IFRS 9 before the effective date of the future insurance contracts standard to comfort its view that the IFRS 9 mandatory effective date should be deferred for all insurance businesses until the new insurance contracts standard is implemented or becomes of mandatory application.
The draft endorsement can be found beow.


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Дакия Траяна () е римска имперска провинция в европейска Скития – обширна територия на Балканския полуостров, предимно в дн. Румъния. Провинция Дакия Траяна има за западна граница река Тиса, на север – Карпатските планини, на юг – река Дунав и на изток – река Днестър.

Завладяна е напълно през 107 г. след продължителните Дакийски войни на император Траян. Централната власт стимулирала икономиката и развитието на градския живот. Построени са пътища и укрепителни съоръжения; рудобивът е имперски монопол и насърчава растежът на селищата в западна Дакия, като някои от тях получават общински права през трети век. Ампелум, центърът на добива на злато в Дакия привлича квалифицирани миньори от Далмация.

Предримски период
Дакийците, обитаващи провинцията спадат към групата на тракийските народи, които Херодот през 444 г. пр.н.е. нарича общо скити и гети. Между 326 и 293 г. пр.н.е. гетите от територията на днешна Молдавия създават собствено държавно образувание северно от Дунава. Според Страбон завоевателите-гети възприели езика и културата на населението, което заварили, като върховен жрец, а после почитан и като бог бил Гебелей. Дакийските гети са земеделци и скотовъди, но разработването на златните и сребърни находища в Трансилвания води до оживена търговия със съседните народи. В началото на II век пр.н.е. вожд на гетите е Орол, а през 109 и 74 г. пр.н.е. гетите имат първи стълкновения с бастарните и римляните. При Буребиста, съвременник на Гай Юлий Цезар, държавата укрепва и се разширява, а армията достига до 200 хил. воини. Тази активност прави впечатление в Римската империя и Цезар подготвя експедиция, но смъртта му попречва да я осъществи. Буревиста също е убит и държавата му се разпада на няколко части под управлението на Скорил, Котис и други племенни велможи. Според документите Октавиан Август възнамерявал да се ожени за Юлия, дъщеря на Котис, а самия Котис се сгодява за 5-годишната дъщеря на Октавиан Август. На 1 март 29 г. пр.н.е. Хораций пише ода за цар Котис ("occidi Daci Cotisonis agmen"). Тези данни навеждат на заключението, че дакийските княжества са контролирани с дипломатически средства от Рим. Въпреки че гетите приемат политическото върховенство на Октавиан Август, те често преминават замръзналия Дунав за да плячкосват в Мизия.

Римски период
От 85 до 89 г. при управлението на Драч и Диурпанеус гетите отново предприемат агресивна политика и водят две успешни войни с Рим. При Домициан римляните постигат ответен военен успех, но не успяват да завоюват Дакия и са принудени да сключат стратегически мир поради загубата в битка с маркоманите. Децебал, вожд на гетите, през 80/87 – 107 г. връща на римляните взетото в плячка оръжие и част от пленниците и получава признание на суверенитета си и ежегоден данък от Домициан.

За да приключи с това позорно положение император Траян повежда война и през 107 г. завладява държавата на гетите, а Децебал се самоубива. През 113 г. е издигнат на Траяновия форум в Рим с триумфалната Траянова колона за ознаменуване победата му над дакийските гети. Според някои историци някои от гетите поддържали римляните и поражението на гетската държава отчасти се дължи и на недоволството им от гнета на Децебал. След 107 г. много от победените гетски родове се изтеглят отвъд Трансилванското плато и към северното Причерноморие. Те са запомнени като Свободни даки, като в гръцките източници са наричани и гранични даки (). Съюзени с карпите, а по-късно и с готите даките продължават нападенията над новосформираната провинция. Икономическият потенциал на района е експлоатиран активно и от римските колонисти, като в провинциалната столица Улпия Траяна (дн. Върхели) е настанен екстензивен финасово-административен апарат, начело с мандатен прокуратор. Ресурсите и плодородието на провинцията ѝ печелят прозвището Дакия Щастлива (). Въпреки това тя си остава размирна погранична провинция, в която е постоянно настанен V Македонски легион.

През 117 г. Римската империя достига максималната си експанзия в началото на управлението на император Адриан. Контролът над екстензивните римски граници е скъп и сложен и това принуждава Адриан да се изтегли от югоизточната част на извивката на Дунав. През 129 г. той разделя Траянова Дакия на Горна, включваща Трансилвания и Долна, съставлявана от територията на по късна Влахия. Марк Аврелий от своя страна прекроява стара Дакия в три нови части, но с обща столица в Сармизегетуса – Дакия Поролисенсис, Дакия Апуленсис и Дакия Малвенсис.

През 256 г., по време на управлението на император Галиен гетите, преминават отново Карпатите и изтласкват римляните от почти цялата провинция Дакия с изключение на няколко укрепления между реките Темеш и Дунав. През 272 г. римският император Аврелиан нарежда окончателното изоставяне на провинцията и изтеглянето на легионите южно от Дунавския лимес в новообразуваната провинция Дакия Аврелиана.

При последващото деление на провинциите Улпия Сердика става столица на Вътрешна Дакия, а Рациария – на Крайбрежна Дакия. По-късно от Вътрешна Дакия се отделя провинция Дардания. При император Константин I Велики части от Дакия северно от Дунава са завладявани обратно от Рим на два пъти, но след това бързо са губени.

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….well so said the English author Shirley Conran in her book, 'Superwomen', aimed at busy women in 1975…. but is it?
Lesson 3 included some of the techniques we'd learned in weeks 1 and 2, plus a few more. As has been the case in the past few weeks, Chef added a few more things to impress upon us to be creative when we cook and cut down on waste. Today the lesson covered; Milk batter for Apple Fritters with Chantilly Cream, Crumbed, or breaded, Sole fillets, involving taking four fillets off a whole fish, and Stuffed Mushrooms, which involved first making a Duxelle ( a delicious mushroom mixture) and clarifying butter (known also as ghee). In addition to what was on the syllabus, chef added Caramel Sauce for the Apple Fritters, Tartare Sauce for the fish as well as fish stock from the fish bones (war on waste!) and a heavenly balsamic reduction for the Stuffed Mushroom. The new 'cooking' technique we covered, apart from filleting the fish, was deep frying.
The highlight of the lesson for me was filleting the Sole (also known as Flounder)…. I love the technical stuff (dweeby mature age student that I am). Chef explained that from a flat fish you get four fillets and as it was for the boning of the chicken thigh in lesson 2, once you know the technique, it is not too hard to fillet a fish 😏. First remove the skin; this is done by cutting across the tail, salting your fingers to ensure good grip is achieved, and deftly with some strength, pulling the skin away from the tail toward the head. Next cut along the backbone, and at an angle starting from the thickest section (the head), ensure your knife carefully follows the lines of the bones so as not to leave any fish behind. Viola a fillet emerges! Trim the fillet to make it neat. Repeat to remove the second fillet and turn the fish over & do the exact same on the other side to produce four fillets. Don't forget to reserve the bones for stock (did I say 'war on waste.'?). Now that you have the fillets, prepare the bread crumbs, flour & egg wash with which to crumb your fillets. We made fresh soft bread crumbs and I was wondering if they would stack up against my 'go to' Panko crumbs… the answer was a resounding 'hell yes'. The deep-fried Sole was delicious and very attractive on the plate with the 'additional' tartare sauce, a wedge of lemon and a sprig of dill.
We then moved to the making the Mushroom Duxelle. Using the brunoise precision cut, we cut the onion, button mushrooms and garlic and mixed these together. In a hot pan add the clarified butter and the duxelle mixture … cook it out. If wet, the addition of some fine bread crumbs was recommended. Chef gave us free rein to season the duxelle mixture as we chose and apart from salt and white pepper I added a good pinch of cayenne pepper 🌶. The mixture was left to cool whilst we chopped our parsley (lesson one). Taking our peeled field mushroom, we generously 'stuffed' away, placed the stuffed mushroom on tray and baked it to perfection.
We then started the Apple Fritter. Now, I am not a desert person, preferring cheese at the end of a meal over a sweet, but this little gem was lovely, both on the plate and on the tooth!
Chef first showed us how to make the milk batter we would use, but for a contrast he also made a yeast batter which he used on his fritters. We peeled, cut & battered 5 thick slices of apple. Tips were given re how to place the apples in the hot oil to avoid them sticking to the basket (don't you just love tips!). Once they were golden brown & puffed they were removed from the hot oil and rolled in cinnamon sugar (by now the whole class was excited). At this point I'm thinking, "oh man, they look just like a doughnut " , which just happens to be one of my husband's favourites. The fritters were plated on a bed of caramel sauce, a spoon of Chantilly cream & adorned with sliced strawberry …. very pretty!
Not only was every dish today lovely in it's own way, achievable in a home kitchen, looked great on the plate and made for good eating, it was also a lesson which highlighted to me that class P1182 was now operating as a team.
My personal favourite dish today was the stuffed mushroom with balsamic glaze, so in answer to my question, is "life too short to stuff a mushroom" my answer is when it tastes this good…absolutely not. If you come to my home for dinner, you just might find this on your plate, either as a first course as a side …..and where as I am a busy women I am certainly no Superwomen 😊.
Apple Fritters! Takes me back to my childhood – Yummy.
I obviously had a deprived childhood – this was first time I have tasted an apple fritter!
lol those fritters do look like donuts..i can feel my waistline expanding just looking at them. Very tempted to try the mushrooms they look fabulous. The class covers a lot of things, how long does it go for.
After eating the mushroom and 2 pieces of the fish, I could only manage a bite of the fritter (for research purposes only of course)! The class goes for about 4.5 – 5 hrs…depending if we are on time and can take a break.


OBJECTIVE: Our hope is that we can encourage people to contribute to the club through this program so we can support not only events where members and friends of French Bulldogs can have fun, but also start hosting seminars and health clinics where we can bring Frenchie enthusiasts together with veterinary care professionals and address some of the issues we face in our breed. We believe the health and welfare of the dogs is utmost and would like to be an important facet in educating owners and potential owners about known health problems. Hopefully, this would also give owners a chance to exchange their own experiences with their dogs which would provide another avenue where we can learn from each other.
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