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The fight over control of California's medical marijuana industry continued this week when Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a measure that would prevent medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles and elsewhere from operating within 600 feet of homes.
The Los Angeles Times reported the governor cited the rights of cities and counties to regulate the measure in rejecting the statewide law. Our Los Angeles marijuana defense lawyers continue to watch as government at all levels — city, county, state and federal — makes a mockery of the will of the voters.
The deservedly maligned Los Angeles medical marijuana ordinance mandates a 1,000-foot buffer from schools, public parks, churches or other protected areas and prohibits dispensaries from being located next to or across the street from homes.
Despite voter approval of medical marijuana in 1996 — 15 years ago now — seemingly every politician in the state of California wants a hand in creating regulation instead of tackling the real problems facing their communities. Dispensaries and patients should lawyer up. The industry has won a number of major court battles. Those who stand and fight have the best chance of being around when the rights of medical marijuana patients and collectives are ultimately upheld.
For now, the patchwork of measures are coming fast and furious from every level of government. In rejecting the measure, Brown cited his support for AB1300; the governor recently signed the measure, which gives cities and counties "clear authority" to regulate the location and operation of medical marijuana dispensaries.
Excuse us? NOTHING gives counties any such rights. It's amazing to us that millions (perhaps billions by the time it's said and done) of tax dollars are being spent to thwart the will of the majority of California voters and taxpayers. Voters who very nearly legalized recreational marijuana.
Brown has very clearly carried into the governor's office the anti-marijuana agenda he pushed as the state's attorney general.
"This bill goes in the opposite direction by preempting local control and prescribing the precise locations where dispensaries may not be located," Brown wrote in his veto message. "Decisions of this kind are best made in cities and counties, not the state Capitol."
The bill's sponsor, Sen. Lou Correa, D- Santa Ana, said he was disappointed. Correa said he introduced the legislation at the request of officials in Anaheim, where a dispensary opened on the ground floor of an apartment building. Correa said the bill would have permitted cities to choose their own buffer if not satisfied by the 600 foot.
"I'm disappointed for the community," Correa said. "All we were talking about is taking a buffer zone already in the law to keep second-hand pot smoke away from children at schools and extending it to keeping it away from residences."
We're not sure what second-hand pot smoke at schools has to do with anything. But then again we often find ourselves confused when watching politicians at work on the medical marijuana issue.
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From UiB to the UN
Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi from Kenya is the new secretary-general of UNCTAD. In 1989, Kituyi received his doctorate in anthropology at UiB.
PROMOTING FAIRER TRADE: Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi from Kenya was educated at UiB in the 1980s and was recently appointed to secretary-general of UNCTAD, who deal with trade, investment and development issues.
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Since 1 September 2013, Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi from Kenya has been the secretary-general of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). He is a familiar face to many in Bergen and at the University of Bergen (UiB), where he successfully defended his doctorate in anthropology in 1989, supervised by the now Professor Emeritus Ørnulf Gulbrandsen.
Out of Kenya
Professor Leif Manger at UiB's Department of Social Anthropology was the one who brought Dr. Kituyi to Bergen. Manger remembers the ambitious Kenyan fondly. The two first met when Manger was a consultant for the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) on a water-use study in Kenya.
"We hired a local consultancy and he worked there as a researcher, and ended up being my assistant in the water use study," Manger says. "He was very promising and had a good head on his shoulders. So when I returned to Norway, I suggested that he study in Bergen."
His first taste of student life was a diploma programme on 'Comparative Production Systems' at the anthropology department, a programme tailored for people with direct development experience.
"Kituyi did well, and he continued into an M.Phil in anthropology, thus changing from his basic background in political science", Manger says. "And, having entered the field of anthropology he continued into PhD studies here in Bergen."
From Bergen to politics
It was also in Bergen that the young Kenyan met his future wife, Ling Merete Kituyi, which was another reason for him to stay in Bergen.
"His dissertation led to a book about the Masai people of Kenya and how this nomadic people has been marginalised," says Manger. "Then he moved back to Nairobi and got engaged in politics."
His political career in Kenya peaked when he became Minister for Trade and Industry from 2002 to 2007.
"And now he has suddenly emerged as the head of UNCTAD," Manger smiles before pointing out that from a Bergen and UiB point of view this is great news. "He has always maintained his relations to Norway and Bergen."
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"Although the job at UNCTAD may seem far removed from his studies in anthropology, I do believe that the basic anthropological insights, such as holistic and comparative thinking, is still very much a part of him. His rich work on the Masai and understanding of marginalised people can serve as a background for thinking also on more overall issues such as the situation of ethnic violence in Kenyan politics and the growing inequality in his country," Manger believes.
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Q: Limit comparison Test for series 1/(n^2 * log n ) converge or diverge
Doubt  - used inequality, $1/(n^2 \log n) < 1/ n^2$ will be true only for $n > 10$ as $\log n < 1$ for $1 < n < 10 $. but here summation is running from $n=  2$ to infinite
 please check whether the solution which is arrived is correct with the correct procedure.

A: Your idea is right, we have that
$$\frac{\frac1{n^2 \log n}}{\frac1{n^2}}=\frac1{\log n} \to 0$$
and therefore by LCT the given series converges.
Note that the initial values are not relevant here since we are interested to the behaviour for $n$ larg and also the inequality $1/(n^2 \log n) < 1/ n^2$ is not an issue when we use LCT.

A: When testing for convergence,
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since it does not
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In your case,
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(or 100 or $10^{10}$)
can be ignored.

A: My guess is that, here, $\log$ is the natural logarithm. Anyway, it follows from the comparison test that the series $\displaystyle\sum_{n=3}^\infty\frac1{n^2\log n}$. Therefore, the series $\displaystyle\sum_{n=2}^\infty\frac1{n^2\log n}$ converges too.

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Named assistant coach of the University of Pittsburgh gymnastics program July 1, 2017
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Yvette Nicole Brown Will At Least Temporarily Replace Chris Hardwick On 'Talking Dead'
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Not surprisingly, AMC has announced that fan favorite Yvette Nicole Brown will step in as the host of 'The Walking Dead Season 9 Preview Special' and the after-show chatfest, 'Talking Dead'. This follows the accusations that the previous host Chris Hardwick was emotionally and sexually abusive to his ex-girlfriend Chloe Dykstra. Brown was announced last week as the moderator of 'The Walking Dead' and 'Fear the Walking Dead' panels at Hall H at SDCC and before that, she appeared on 'Talking Dead' 15 times and impressed fans with her passion for the series and her thorough notebooks filled with insights. She also hosted the first season of Syfy's 'Cosplay Melee' and has served as a guest host on 'The View', 'The Talk', 'The Chew', 'The Real' and is a frequent guest on various talk and game shows, including 'The Gong Show' and 'The $100,000 Pyramid'. When Dykstra went public with her accusations, fans almost immediately rallied behind super fan Brown to replace Hardwick.
AMC released the following statement:
"Yvette Nicole Brown will step in as an interim guest host of The Walking Dead Season 9 Preview Special on August 5 and Talking Dead when it returns following the premiere of Fear the Walking Dead on August 12, as we work to complete our assessment related to Chris Hardwick."
In the meantime, San Diego Comic-Con will take place this weekend and Brown will be there, along with Andrew Lincoln, Danai Gurira, Melissa McBride, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Norman Reedus. As for Hardwick, he may appear unofficially, as his wife, Lydia Hearst will be present for the 'Z Nation' panel on Thursday, July 19, at 5pm.
The 'Fear the Walking Dead' panel takes place on Friday, July 20 at 10:15am.
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Traces of Chemical Weapons Found at Undeclared Site in Syria
By David Gerstman
Late Friday afternoon Reuters had a huge scoop. Inspectors found traces of prohibited chemical weapons at a previously undeclared site in Syria.
Samples taken by experts from the Organisation for the Prohibition and Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in December and January tested positive for chemical precursors needed to make the toxic agents, the sources told Reuters on the condition of anonymity because the information is confidential.
"This is a pretty strong indication they have been lying about what they did with sarin," one diplomatic source said. "They have so far been unable to give a satisfactory explanation about this finding." …
The diplomatic sources said the sarin and VX nerve samples were taken from the Scientific Studies and Research Centre, a government agency where Western intelligence agencies say Syria developed biological and chemical weapons.
After it was established that Syria had used chemical weapons against civilians in a Damascus suburb, President Barack Obama said that he would seek Congressional authorization to use force. But in the end chose the path of diplomacy to deal with Syria's breach of international conventions by using chemical weapons. The deal, agreed to with Russia, a patron of Syria, called for Syria to declare all of its chemical weapons sites, destroy their chemical stores and destroy their means for making them.
At the very least, Friday's news means that Syria did not fully comply with its obligations under the deal. At the worst it suggests that despite the hoopla about Syria destroying thousands of tons of chemical agents, Syria has an active chemical weapons program still remaining. (This is in addition to Syria's use of chlorine, which is prohibited for use as a weapon, even if chlorine is not prohibited to possess.)
This wouldn't be the first time Syria has been caught cheating. In October of last year Syria admitted to having four chemical weapons facilities that it had not previously declared. Worse than that, The New York Times reported in January that the administration had informed Assad that the United States will train rebels to fight ISIS, not Syria.
So how did Obama announce the deal?
I welcome the progress made between the United States and Russia through our talks in Geneva, which represents an important, concrete step toward the goal of moving Syria's chemical weapons under international control so that they may ultimately be destroyed. This framework provides the opportunity for the elimination of Syrian chemical weapons in a transparent, expeditious, and verifiable manner, which could end the threat these weapons pose not only to the Syrian people but to the region and the world. The international community expects the Assad regime to live up to its public commitments.
While we have made important progress, much more work remains to be done. The United States will continue working with Russia, the United Kingdom, France, the United Nations and others to ensure that this process is verifiable, and that there are consequences should the Assad regime not comply with the framework agreed today. And, if diplomacy fails, the United States remains prepared to act.
Following the Assad regime's use of chemical weapons to kill more than 1,000 men, women, and children on August 21, I decided that the United States must take action to deter the Syrian regime from using chemical weapons, degrade their ability to use them, and make clear to the world that we will not tolerate their use. In part because of the credible threat of U.S. military force, we now have the opportunity to achieve our objectives through diplomacy. I spoke to Secretary Kerry earlier today and thanked him for his tireless and effective efforts on behalf of our nation. I also spoke to Ambassador Samantha Power who will ably lead our follow-on negotiations at the UN Security Council in New York.
Sentiments similar to those in the two phrases bolded above are regularly said by the President and the administration official regarding the nuclear deal with Iran. The president insists that the deal with Iran will be verifiable, and that Iran will be subjected to unprecedented inspections and that any violations will be met with a snap back of the sanctions regime.
But when we see that there are no consequences to Syria for violating a verifiable deal to get rid of its chemical weapons, what lesson should we draw about future violations by Iran of any deal that it agrees to regarding its illicit nuclear program?
After Obama failed to react to Syria's deadly use of chemical weapons, crossing a "red line" as the president put it, I wrote, "the only people whose interpretation of the 'red line' comment matter are Bashar Assad and Ali Khamenei."
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sykes.1 said...
You must be a committed believer in the Progressive R2P cult. Have you not heard of ISIS? The removals of Hussein and Kaddafi, both evil men, only produced infinitely worse violence for the Iraqi and Libyan peoples. The best possible scenario for the removal of Assad is the utter chaos of Libya. The worst is the establishment of the ISIS Caliphate.
If you really want to do something, why don't you push for an invasion of North Korea. The Kim's are as bad as Assad. Or even better, round up what troops we have and try to push the Russians back to the Urals.
louielouie said...
as there are at least three sides to every coin in the ME. i can't take sides.
i do wonder if next week we don't learn of this OPCW being funded by the clinton foundation.
and just to bastardize a now famous, or infamous if you please, quote, at this point, how can we believe any of this? what is and isn't a false flag operation. maybe the UN should investigate. we can believe them. they are an international organization for good.
this is all happening, at this point, for what reason, for what agenda, being pushed by who?
give each side, and with islamists there are multiples, all the sarin they want and have at it. they will no doubt attack innocents first. not their perceived enemies.


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GOP Billionaires Who Never Donated to Democrats Are Funding Manchin and Sinema
Sen. Joe Manchin leaves the Senate Chamber with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema following a vote in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol Building on November 3, 2021, in Washington, D.C.
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This article was produced by Sludge, an independent, ad-free investigative news site covering money in politics. Click here to support Sludge.
In May, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) told Politico that he wasn't in any rush to advance the Biden White House's priorities and pass a Democratic budget reconciliation bill, saying, "there's no magic date and there's no magic time, there's no magic number." As the bill has been developed, Manchin, along with conservative Arizona Democrat Kyrsten Sinema, has worked to undermine it, pushing its 10-year spending total down to around $1.75 trillion and stripping out major programs in areas like clean energy and paid family leave.
In October, Manchin shot down a proposal from Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) to increase taxes on individuals with more than $1 billion in assets or who earn more than $100 million in three consecutive years, telling reporters that he didn't like the idea of targeting people who create a lot of jobs and make a lot of philanthropic contributions.
Also last month, President Biden told a town hall audience, on Sinema's inscrutable position on tax rates in the budget: "Where she's not supportive is, she says she will not raise a single penny in taxes on the corporate side and/or on wealthy people, period." The White House later clarified that other types of revenue raisers, including a corporate minimum tax, were on the table in negotiations with Sinema.
While Manchin and Sinema worked to delay and reduce the Democrats' budget bill, they were raising campaign money from wealthy Republican donors, according to a Sludge review of campaign finance data from Code for Democracy. For many of these donors, their contributions to Manchin or Sinema this year have been only their first or second donations to any Democrats in recent election cycles.
It's uncertain whether Manchin or Sinema will vote for the package when it comes before the Senate. If either of them sides with the Republicans against the bill, it will likely be defeated, dealing Biden and congressional Democrats a high-profile legislative failure that could boost Republicans in the midterms and in 2024.
Republican megadonor Timothy Mellon and his spouse Patricia made their first recent donations to a Democrat by contributing $4,900 to Manchin on May 13. The transportation magnate donated over $66.2 million to conservative groups in the 2020 election cycle according to a tally from OpenSecrets, making him the fourth-largest donor on the right. Mellon's donations last year included $20 million apiece to pro-Trump super PAC America First Action, the Mitch McConnell-aligned Senate Leadership Fund, and the Kevin McCarthy-aligned Congressional Leadership Fund. Mellon gave just $2,800 to a Democrat at the federal level last cycle: the presidential campaign of former representative Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii. In September, Timothy Mellon gave $2,900 to the campaign of Republican Senate candidate J.D. Vance, among other GOP office seekers.
Private equity billionaire John W. Childs made a rare donation to a Democrat on Sept. 19, around the time Sinema was holding fundraisers with business lobbying groups that opposed the reconciliation bill, when he donated $1,000 to her campaign committee. Last cycle, the GOP megadonor gave over $3.1 million to conservative outside spending groups, including the pro-Trump America First Action, and he contributed over $2.3 million to federal candidates, with only $2,626 going to Democrats.
So far this year, in his wide-ranging GOP support, Childs has contributed $266,300 to the Scalise Leadership Fund, led by House Minority Whip Steve Scalise. The Boston-based Childs donated $80,400 to the conservative House Freedom Fund in the first quarter of this year and $11,600 to Lauren Boebert's campaign on Feb. 23, among donations to other House Republicans like Andy Biggs and Jim Jordan who voted against certifying the 2020 presidential election results. Childs donated $100,000 to the conservative Club for Growth's super PAC in April, $500,000 to Republican joint fundraising committee Take Back the House 2022 in July, and $125,000 to the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) in September.
Take Back the House, the committee affiliated with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and dozens more Republican groups, has been a popular recipient of donations from the Republican donors who have contributed to Manchin or Sinema this year. Dozens of Manchin and Sinema's donors this year have contributed a combined $1.6 million to Take Back the House 2022, according to Sludge's review of data from Code for Democracy. In January, McCarthy joined about 57% of his caucus in objecting to the certification of the 2020 presidential election.
Billionaire Jeffery Hildebrand, founder of the Houston-based oil exploration company Hilcorp Energy, donated $250,000 to Take Back the House in May, then gave $10,800 to Manchin's campaign committee and leadership PAC in August. In Hildebrand's nearly 200 donations to Republican groups and candidates since 2017, Manchin appears to be the only Democratic beneficiary.
Billionaire media company executive Stan Hubbard donated $2,900 to Sinema in September, his first donation to a Democrat since 2019. In the 2020 cycle, Hubbard donated to Mo Brooks, Kelly Loeffler, and many more Republican congressional candidates, in addition to donations to the pro-Trump Make America Great Again Committee and Senate Leadership Fund.
W. Randall Fowler, a co-CEO of pipeline company Enterprise Products, donated $50,000 to Take Back the House in March, then gave $10,000 to Manchin's committees in August. All of Fowler's other political donations have been to GOP groups like the National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican candidates like Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy, and a joint fundraising committee of Texas Sen. John Cornyn.
The PAC and employees of Enterprise Products donated more than $113,000 to Manchin in the third quarter alone, about one-fourth of his fossil fuel industry contributions in that period, as Manchin was stripping out climate provisions like a methane fee on oil and gas wells. The company has employed Manchin's son-in-law since last year.
Jimmy Haslam, the billionaire chairman of the Pilot Flying J truck stop chain, has been a frequent donor to Republican party groups over the past three cycles. Haslam gave a total of $100,000 to the NRSC in March and April before donating a combined $8,700 to Manchin and Sinema in several contributions starting in June. His spouse Susan Haslam, with him a co-owner of the Cleveland Browns, gave $125,000 this year to Take Back the House and has donated $36,500 to each of the NRSC and the Republican National Committee (RNC), among other GOP recipients. The Haslams donated $5,600 last year to Democratic Rep. Richard Neal, chair of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, but otherwise have given almost exclusively to GOP groups and candidates.
Dallas real estate billionaire Harlan Crow donated $2,800 to Manchin on March 1 and $2,900 to Sinema on June 30. Crow's hundreds of donations in the past three election cycles have overwhelmingly been to Republicans, including $2,900 this past July to Vance's campaign and donations to more than a dozen Republicans in the third quarter. Crow has donated more than $1 million to the Senate Leadership Fund and Congressional Leadership Fund, super PACs dedicated to electing more Republicans to the Senate and House respectively.
Marc Lipschultz, co-founder and co-president of asset manager Blue Owl Capital, donated $2,000 to Manchin in June. Previously a partner and the head of energy investments at private equity firm KKR, Lipschultz's contributions appear to otherwise have gone exclusively to Republicans, including a $90,000 donation to the Senate Leadership Fund in December 2020 and $50,000 to a Cornyn joint fundraising committee in July.
Houston real estate businessman Richard W. Weekley has donated to more than a dozen Republican senators this year, and donated $5,800 to Manchin in July, his only donation to a Democrat this year.
Anthony De Nicola, chair of private equity firm WCAS, is a Republican donor who gave to Steve Scalise's reelection and J.D. Vance's Senate campaign this year before contributing $2,900 to Manchin in June and the same amount to Sinema on Sept. 30. Shortly after the November election, De Nicola donated $150,000 to the Senate Leadership Fund. De Nicola, a prolific political donor, has given nearly exclusively to Republicans besides his donations to Sinema and Manchin.
Barry Volpert, co-founder and CEO of private equity firm Crestview Partners, gave $35,500 to the NRSC in January and contributed to several more Republican candidates before donating $2,900 to Manchin's campaign on June 9. Volpert then gave $36,500 to Take Back the House in September. His over 100 contributions in the past three cycles have far and away gone to Republican politicians and party groups.
Courtney Pendergrass of Cleveland, Tennessee sometimes reports her occupation to the FEC as homemaker, and other times as being employed by business consultant Jones Management, whose companies include several payday loan operators. Pendergrass, a prolific political donor, contributed $2,500 to Sinema's campaign in June, her first donation to a Democrat since 2015. Pendergrass has donated to dozens of Republicans including Marsha Blackburn, Kevin McCarthy, and Donald Trump.
David Moore is a co-founder of Sludge. David previously worked as director of the nonprofit Participatory Politics Foundation, creating free and open-source technology for civic engagement. The Foundation's flagship website, the congressional transparency resource OpenCongress, received 70 million page views between 2007-2013, with hundreds of thousands of users tracking bills, campaign contributions and votes to follow the money.
Democrats Add Weaker Paid Leave and Drug Pricing Plans Back Into Reconciliation
Paid leave may not make it into the final bill, as the measure still faces staunch opposition from Sen. Joe Manchin.
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Manchin Headlined Invite-Only Coal Forum While Negotiating Reconciliation Bill
The event was held weeks before Sen. Joe Manchin gutted the climate portion of the Build Back Better Act.
Sinema Is "Obstacle to Progress," Say 5 Vets Who Quit Her Advisory Panel
The veterans accused the Arizona senator of answering to big donors rather than her own constituents.


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'Late River With River Guy ' Is Conner O'Malley's Wildest, Wettest Comedic Fever Dream Yet!
If you're not familiar with O'Malley from TV or his legendary Vines, you should know that he has really written for a late night show. If anyone deserves their own show (in a river), it's this guy.


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Cast uniface barila with arms of Manila stamped in center. VERY RARE. According to the Central Bank of the Philippines Quarterly Vol. II #1, this type was unknown until 1948 when the first specimen was found in the ruins of an old building in Sto. Tomas.


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Q: Line plot for multiple columns My dataframe looks like the image below

It wanted to plot a line plot for each month. i tried plotting the line graph following some tutorial
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
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but i got the graph like this

isn't it supposed to have a line for each month. I cannot understand what is wrong with this.


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Get your giggle on this week, with the freshest new comedies streaming right now on Telstra TV. Whether you're in the mood for a movie night in, a weekend... Whether you're in the mood for a movie night in, a weekend... how to change the chronological order of citations in endnote Quite possibly you'd be issued with a new cable modem and have to make new arrangements with your provider (under the NBN, all ISPs will be able to use the cables to provide broadband, rather than just Telstra and Optus as it is today).
Standard Star Track or shall we call them Star Rubbish, I believe they are doing all the 3PL for Samsung Australia. Samsung if you're reading this, please change to a different 3PL company - everyone knows Star Track is rubbish.
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Q: How can I include common strings (regexes) in several projects written in different languages? I have a simple Go library (~300 lines, mostly type declarations and nice methods and compatibility methods for gomobile etc., also pretty-printing scripts). The heart of the whole project are two regexes, placed in a separate file in my Go repository.
Now I want to port that simple library to Python, Java (Android), maybe Javascript. I want the regexes to rest in a single Git repository (maybe even the Golang one).
What is the best way to include the regexes at compile/build time as string constants? In case of Golang, it seems that the only way is to use go generate, which generates source code files and could include those regexes from a plain text file. So I decided to make a separate Go source code file for easy parsing by other build tools in case of Python, Java, Javascript. I would appreciate any advice how to do it efficiently that way. I could also make a separate repository for two regexes and use git submodules (or even treat it as a sepratate Go package in Go project).
But I've lost my hope for a pretty solution, and that's why I'm asking here and not on SO; how do you solve such problems? The simplest way would be to manually "cherry-pick" commits from each repository, setting author field manually.

A: It is a simple solution, but you could always put the regexes into a properties file, and then have the various code bases load their regexes as text values and compile them at runtime.

A: Here is one such project:

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Deaf Children Australia and Queensland Health Statewide Consultation Service Deafness & Mental Health are pleased to present a workshop providing insights into mental health and deafness for deaf sector, legal, health and allied professionals, along with deaf community members.
Delegates will have the opportunity to enhance their knowledge of the communication issues and deprivation that many deaf people encounter, and the forensic aspects of mental health and deafness.
They will also learn about the difficulties deaf people face in the Criminal Justice System and the use of Sign Language Interpreters in mental health and court settings.


Eagle Rare was originally a 101-proof ten-year-old Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey (not single-barrel) from Seagram created by master distiller Charles L. Beam. Introduced in 1975, Eagle Rare was among the last new bourbon brands introduced prior to the current era of 'small-batch bourbons'. Eagle Rare has been distilled, bottled and/or marketed by a number of companies, including the Old Prentice Distillery of Frankfort, KY.
The Sazerac Company, an American family owned producer and importer based in New Orleans, Louisiana, and the parent company of five distilleries, acquired Eagle Rare from Seagram in March 1989. Sazerac's Kentucky distillery was then known as the George T. Stagg Distillery. Today the distillery is known as the Buffalo Trace Distillery.


Conditions over Field Day weekend turned out to be not bad at all.
index for the June 27 and 28 was 45 and 60, really bad conditions.
mid-latitude A index was 8 and 12, nice moderate numbers.
declined from 71.6 to 35.9.
August 1, then flux values rise to 130 after August 6.
2 to 4 and 8 on August 5 and 6.
Seattle area with K7EK in CM97.
and VE auroral Es was 5x9!
well.  Just before midnight, signals started to appear on 144 MHz.
constantly turning the beam to peak signals.
to it being a late week night.  Chicago peaked at 308 degrees.
later.  UT1FG/MM was worked in yet another new grid, GM03, at 1913Z.
the first Bahamas to Svalbard 50 MHz contact.
Svalbard is near the North Pole and not in the mid-latitude Es zone.
and will not be affected.
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Alina had a car loan with HSBC that was at 18.26% which we refinanced for her at the credit union at 8.25% after she made on time payments for one year.
"Basically what institutions like our CU does for 'underserved' people like me, is to put a little faith and trust in our financial life. And that is all we need in order to get out of our broken situation. Believing in the human ability to overcome any situation just by supporting them is enough.
We human beings have an extraordinary capacity or resilience to move on to the next level and then aim for a better future.
I am a true example of that ... A woman with such a bleak financial broken history and here there is a bank in a city where I never imagined myself living someday who put a little bit of that 'faith' in me. What a miracle!"


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San Jose State vs. Alabama State: How to watch online, live stream info, game time, TV channel
How to watch San Jose State vs. Alabama State basketball game
Nov 15, 2022 at 3:50 pm ET • 1 min read
Alabama State @ San Jose State
Current Records: Alabama State 0-3; San Jose State 2-0
The Alabama State Hornets will square off against the San Jose State Spartans on the road at 10 p.m. ET Tuesday at Provident Credit Union Event Center. SJSU will be strutting in after a victory while the Hornets will be stumbling in from a defeat.
Alabama State has to be hurting after a devastating 91-62 loss at the hands of the Pepperdine Waves on Sunday. Guard Isaiah Range had a pretty forgettable game, finishing with 11 points on 4-for-13 shooting in his 33 minutes on the court.
Meanwhile, everything went SJSU's way against the Bethesda Flames this past Saturday as they made off with a 90-68 win.
Alabama State have to know they'll be fighting an uphill battle given the 14.5-point spread they are up against. They have failed bettors playing the spread in all their past three games, so buyers beware.
Alabama State is now 0-3 while the Spartans sit at 2-0. A couple last-season defensive stats to keep in the back of your head while watching: The Hornets are stumbling into the game with the 362nd most points allowed per game in college basketball, having given up 75.2 on average. SJSU experienced some struggles of their own as they have been holding their opponents to a field goal percentage of 30%, which places them 10th in college basketball. So the cards are definitely stacked in their favor.
When: Tuesday at 10 p.m. ET
Where: Provident Credit Union Event Center -- San Jose, California
The Spartans are a big 14.5-point favorite against the Hornets, according to the latest college basketball odds.
The line has drifted a bit towards the Spartans, as the game opened with the Spartans as a 13-point favorite.
This is the first time these teams have played each other within the last seven years.
San Jose State vs. Alabama State live stream
Winners & Losers: Big 12 flexes muscle vs. SEC


Workplace pension scheme Nest has received a bronze award in F&TRC's 2018 Workplace Pensions and Auto-Enrolment Provider Ratings, the lowest rating of responding providers.
Nest were the only provider of those surveyed to receive a bronze rating, with all the other responding participants receiving a gold or silver rating.
However, there were two providers who asked not to be rated: Standard Life and True Potential, and two who failed to respond: Legal & General and Now:Pensions.
Nest believes that due to the way the organisation is designed, it is unlikely it will get the highest awards. It said prioritises offering a service for millions of savers, giving them a flat and simple charge system, while offering five fund choices in addition to its default retirement date funds.
This misses some of the criteria that some advisers will want, such as variation in cost and a wide range of default options, although there is other criteria desirable for employers and advisers that Nest could be performing better in.
In addition to the overall rating, F&TRC assessed providers on nine sub-categories in both overall categories, which reflect the features selected and prioritised by advisers.
Aegon, Aviva, Royal London and Scottish Widows obtained gold ratings in the workplace pensions and auto-enrolment categories, while Salvus Master Trust received a gold rating in auto-enrolment but a silver in workplace pensions.
The ratings are designed to assist advisers and employers in their decision-making process by showing which providers have greatest strengths in different areas of their propositions.
Workplace pensions ratings looks into providers' entire pension offering, including the auto-enrolment process and functionality. In comparison with the auto-enrolment ratings which focus solely on the quality and functionality of the providers offering.


In the era where interior and exterior decorations are proved to be one of the best ways to make any place overwhelming, artificial plants are desired the most. There are different types of artificial plants which make your landscape look better than ever. However, one of the most used types of artificial plants is artificial vines. The faux vines are one of the best elements to make any landscape look just the way you want, simple yet gorgeous. Moreover, the vines are easily available on this site, making it very easy for you to reach for one of the best artificial plants for decorative purpose. Let's check out some of the important points about how artificial plants can bloom your world up, in a beautiful way.
Artificial vines are one of the best well fabricated fake leaves which are designed in a beautiful way so that they look natural and brings a right amount of charm to the overall landscape. The artificial yet natural looking vines are available in different patterns and sizes which are designed keeping the various utilities in mind. The vines are available in different shades also, making the whole design, a bit more realistic. The faux vines are maintenance free which gives you the liberty to use them without the fear of untidiness.
How can artificial vines be used?
These can be used to break the monotony of a simple shaded wall, by adding some natural charm.
These can be used as the interior decorating element to bloom up the beautification of the sitting arrangement of a restaurant.
These can be used to brighten up the aesthetic values of the reception or a hotel, making it the center of attraction.
These can intensify the overall look of any banquet or hall if used to decorate the entrances or the walls.
Where can these faux vines be used?
Corporate offices: to break the silence and the seriousness of a corporate office, artificial vines can be used to decorate a lonely wall, which makes the overall surrounding a bit more friendly. Moreover, while selecting a designing element for corporate offices, official decorum should be kept in mind, and vines are the best of its kind when it comes to blending creativeness with the line of work.
Retailer malls: malls nowadays are one of the most wanted places for casual hangouts and shopping purposes, attracting a large crowd. The multipurpose malls can use artificial vines to decorate their landscape to make the place a better place to associate with. The natural looking fabrics make it very easier for the coordinator to use them instead of natural plants, which is good news when it comes to the purpose of decoration.
Hospitals: one of the main thing to keep in mind while decorating a hospital is that the decorating element should not invite any insect or germs and should make the overall area, clean and hygienic. Artificial vines can be used to retain the natural aura of the hospitals, helping the visitors to relax and doctors to work in a better environment. Moreover, these artificial greeneries don't leave any residue to worry upon, making it the safest deal for the hospital to keep the surrounding clean.
Restaurants and hotels: the artificial vines can be used to enhance the visual appeal of any restaurant or hotel, making it easier for them to win the first impression. The receptions of any luxury hotels can be decorated to keep the attractive appearance while the sitting space or the pathway which combines the central meeting area to the of any restaurant can be decorated with pretty artificial, fabricated vines to make it useful for the guests to be in and help them savor the natural feel of it.
Maintenance free: one of the main reason why artificial vines are preferred over the natural ones is that of the fact that these don't involve big steps regarding maintaining them on a regular basis. Once in a while, these fake foliages can be washed off to retain their natural beauty. Moreover, there is no need of trimming and shaping them, which makes them the ultimate designing element to keep the overall look intact.
Wallet-friendly: being available online and wallet friendly, the artificial vine proves to be one of the most searched artificial plants on the internet. The materials used to design them are of high quality which allows them to be intact for years, making it the ultimate deal for you. One of the easiest ways to buy artificial vines is by surfing this site, which makes it easier for you to buy the appropriate one.


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Clark aims to grow Blue Coat's innovations in Web security and WAN optimisation areas.
Blue Coat Systems, a provider of Web security and WAN optimisation solutions, has named Gregory S. Clark as the new president and chief executive officer, and member of the board of directors, effective September 15, 2011.
Clark will succeed Michael J. Borman, who has departed as president and chief executive officer and as a director.
Clark most recently was president and chief executive officer of Mincom, an enterprise software company that was acquired in July by the ABB Group, a provider of automation and power technologies. Under his leadership, Mincom successfully enhanced its enterprise software offerings with cloud-based solutions, and improved its financial results and shareholder value.
"Greg is a proven leader with a track record of driving growth and shareholder value," said David W. Hanna, chairman of the board of Blue Coat. "Greg has the right combination of technical depth, market insight and managerial skills to enable Blue Coat to capitalise on its strong franchise in Web security and WAN optimisation."
"I am looking forward to joining Blue Coat and leading the team to expand Blue Coat's market leadership," said Clark. "It is a great company with a long heritage of innovation, a terrific portfolio of assets and an impressive customer base."
Prior to joining Mincom, Clark was chief executive officer of E2open, a developer of cloud-based supply chain applications. Earlier in this career he founded the security software firm, Dascom, Inc., which was acquired by IBM in 1999. Following that acquisition the Dascom software became the basis of its Tivoli security product line, and Clark served as the IBM distinguished engineer responsible for security technology and a vice president at Tivoli Systems. He has also held senior technical and management positions at AT&T UNIX System Laboratories and Stallion Technologies.


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Learn everything about Particl's on-chain voting system and how it ties into community CCS proposals!
If you have been paying attention to Particl News and the chatter in the community chatrooms as of late, then you probably already know by now that Particl is transitioning into an exciting new phase.
Indeed, we have already announced that, in the days to come, there would be two major proposals published on the CCS that require community consensus to be set in motion. These are the output claim management proposal and the one to enable a brand new, powerful treasury model.
That's directly in line with our recent efforts to put more focus on community governance and improve the degree of decentralization of the project. This now puts you in a much more influential position.
Today, we are thrilled to reveal all the details and parameters of this on-chain and entirely decentralized voting mechanism.
On-Chain Voting
Approval Rates, Quorum, Duration, and Consensus
Potential Voting Outcomes
Proposal Lifecycle
First Proposal Coming in on Wednesday
As explained, in detail, in the introductory blog post of the CCS, anyone can submit proposals on the CCS to request donations for initiatives from the community. The introduction of the CCS was the first step in improving the level of decentralization and put in place a solid governance mechanism. The on-chain voting system, which is now integrated into the CCS, is the next step to that mission.
The on-chain network voting system is an additional governance tool that you can now use to let your voice be heard. Any CCS proposal can now request a network vote to determine consensus. The most common use for network votes will be for proposals requesting initiatives to be funded from the Community Fund, but can be used for other purposes as well. That's all up to the proposal owner!
The voting system works using staking weight, meaning that you register a vote every time you stake a block on the network. This ensures that only those with a stake or interest in the project can vote, preventing outside influence from affecting the votes unjustly. It also encourages more people to stake their coins to vote, which increases the network's security and performance at the same time.
The main benefit of on-chain voting compared to the legacy, SMSG-based voting system that was present in Particl Desktop is auditability and provability. With this system, all votes, and their tallied results, are permanently written on the blockchain, and results can provably be observed at any later time without any risk of tampering.
It's important to mention that staking pools, whose staking weight is made up of all the coins staked on the pool, also possess the power to vote. The more coins a pool contains, the more voting power it has.
Note: For a vote to be counted, you need to successfully stake a block within the voting period. If you own a small balance of PART (< 1,000 PART), it is likely that you don't stake a block every week and thus, won't register a vote.
For a proposal's voting process to be considered valid, there are three requirements to fill. They are the quorum requirement, the approval rate, and the minimum duration of the voting process. The quorum requirement is determined by what percentage of the blocks within a given voting process cast a vote. The approval rate is defined by the percentage of the votes cast being in favor of a proposal.
Proposals that require a vote are separated into two different categories, each one with its own value requirements.
Non Protocol Consensus Votes
Quorum: 20% of blocks during the voting period
Approval rate: >= 60% in favor
Duration: 5,040 blocks minimum
Non protocol consensus votes are proposals that do not require a major change in the protocol to be made. Typically, they would be proposals claiming funds from the Community Fund, for example, or determining the direction of a particular initiative.
For a non protocol consensus vote to be considered valid, its voting period must be a minimum of 5,040 blocks (roughly one week). Within that period, 20% of the blocks staked need to cast a vote for one of the available voting options. That means the quorum has to be at least 20%. Finally, to be considered as approved by the community, it needs to reach an approval rate of at least 60%, meaning at least 60% of all the votes cast for the proposal are in favor of the proposed idea.
Protocol Consensus Votes
Duration: 10,080 blocks minimum
Protocol consensus votes are a bit more important in scope and can have a more significant impact on the ecosystem. They are any proposal that requires a specific change in the protocol, such as, for example, integrating a decentralized treasury model, modifying the inflation rate of the blockchain, introducing a new privacy technology, etc.
Just like non protocol consensus votes, their quorum requirement stands at 20%. But because of their increased level of importance and ramifications, they require a higher level of approval from the community. In fact, the required approval rate has to be at least 75%. Finally, the duration of any protocol consensus vote has to be a minimum of 10,080 blocks (roughly two weeks) to give ample time to anyone to be able to cast their vote.
There are a few possible scenarios to a vote. Here they are with their respective outcome.
If quorum is not met, the proposal is REJECTED ❌
If the quorum is met but the votes fail to meet the target approval rate, the proposal is REJECTED ❌
If the quorum is met and the votes reach the approval rate ("Yes"), the proposal is APPROVED ✅
If a voting round reaches its expiration before reaching quorum or the target approval rate, the proposal expires and is REJECTED ❌
Below is the basic process for submitting and evaluating proposals that require a vote.
A proposal is submitted on the CCS. Click here to see how to submit your own proposal.
The proposal owner indicates, in the header, whether the proposal requires a vote or not.
The proposal is reviewed by the CCS administrators and then published.
Valid proposals are open for discussion for a minimum of one week but voting does not begin immediately. The proposal can be edited by its owner in response to community feedback.
If a proposal becomes clearly inactive (proposal owner stops commenting on the proposal or does not authorize the start of voting), a CCS administrator may mark the proposal as "Abandoned". Abandoned proposals are publicly viewable, but cannot be edited, commented on, or be authorized to vote. A CCS administrator can mark a proposal as abandoned at any time before the proposal owner authorizes voting. Once the proposal owner authorizes voting on a proposal, it cannot be abandoned unless the proposal owner revokes voting on the proposal.
The proposal owner authorizes voting to start. A CCS administrator will then assign a voting block interval to it (duration of the voting period).
The voting period begins for the number of blocks assigned by the administrator. For example, one week is around 5,040 blocks.
When the voting period ends, the proposal is formally approved or rejected. This depends on if the quorum and the approval rate are met.
When a proposal with a budget and deliverables is approved, work can begin. The proposal owner can submit claims for funds upon completion of the milestone deliverables that are pre-defined within the proposal.
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If you have a great project or business you wish to build on Particl, or if there's a service you want to provide to the ecosystem, you may require funds to make it happen. Ever since the initial release of the CCS, the only way to get that funding was through community donations.
With the on-chain voting system, you will soon be able to claim funds from the Community Fund to help you realize your initiative. And because this Community Fund belongs to all PART holders, it needs their approval to draw funds from it.
Indeed, to incentivize more use of the CCS system by the community, the team is going to open up the Community Fund. All you'll need to do to claim the funds is craft a clear proposal that requires a vote and explains your initiative in detail as well as why you need the funds. Then, you need to convince the Particl community to vote in favor of your proposal and approve the claim of funds.
First Proposal Coming in on Wednesday!
You won't have to wait for too long to put on your first vote! As soon as this Wednesday (28th of April, 2021), we will publish the first-ever proposal to require the use of the on-chain voting system.
This proposal, which was widely requested by the community, seeks to nominate the Particl team as managers of the manual claim process required to unfreeze all legitimate anon and blind coins. These coins are currently frozen as part of the emergency hardfork deployed by the team weeks ago and they need to be re-enabled as smoothly as possible. Keep an eye out on Particl News and the CCS on Wednesday for all the details on the proposal!
With the support of the on-chain voting system as well as the upcoming few proposals, the Particl project is entering a brand new phase that emphasizes the power of the community much more. If you've ever had a great idea for a project, business, or service you think would benefit the Particl ecosystem, you'll have all the tools you need to make it happen, if you can convince the community!
This addition to the CCS marks a significant milestone for the project and should lead to many more community contributions than we've ever seen. Don't forget, if the decentralized treasury model proposal is approved, the Community Fund is also going to grow in value and, if the price of PART increases, will grow exponentially in value, opening even more doors. This has tremendous potential and we can't wait to see what you, the community, will create with these resources!
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Q: WAL files are not copied I'm using postgres 9.3 on Ubuntu 14.04 and I'm currently setting up a WAL backup. These are my changes to the postgresql.conf:
[as described here: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/continuous-archiving.html ]
# - Settings -
wal_level = archive                     # minimal, archive, or hot_standby
                                        # (change requires restart)
# - Archiving -
archive_mode = on               # allows archiving to be done
archive_command = 'cp %p /home/userName/Documents/WALS'

I did a 'sudo service postgresql restart' after changing the config and there are wal files generated:
root@control:/var/lib/postgresql/9.3/main/pg_xlog# ls -hlrt
total 49M
-rw------- 1 postgres postgres  16M Dez  2 14:24 000000010000000000000002
-rw------- 1 postgres postgres  16M Dez  2 14:24 000000010000000000000003
drwx------ 2 postgres postgres 4,0K Dez  2 14:24 archive_status
-rw------- 1 postgres postgres  16M Dez  2 14:25 000000010000000000000004

root@control:/var/lib/postgresql/9.3/main/pg_xlog# ls archive_status/
000000010000000000000002.ready  000000010000000000000003.ready

I assume that the archive_status means that WAL segments 2 and 3 are ready to be archived. But I don't find anything in the Documents/WALS (which exists).
Could someone give me a hint?

A: The wal files are archived when they are no longer needed in the pg_xlog directory (usually when there are 16 segments and another one is needed - the one that is rolled over and reused is first archived).  You can force the system to archive some files to verify manually if you want - to do this run the following:
select pg_start_backup('testing_archiving');
select pg_stop_backup();

Once pg_stop_backup() is finished, you should see a few files in the archive directory.
Postgres uses the archive status folder to record "notes" about archiving attempts and so on with regard to the WAL files.


The increasing frequency with which the name of Milnerton had figured in the news in the period while the Turf Club was being established had beneficial effects in other directions. On April 5, 1906, sightseers, to the number of no fewer than 200, were taken by special train and, we learnt, "expressed themselves as surprised at both the development that has taken place and the natural beauty and charm of the Estate". Besides the Rugby Field, now approaching completion, there were several additions to the facilities for amusement, including, curiously enough, a Maze, which came into operation on Wiener's Day* 1907, to the mystification of appreciative crowds.
Independently of the Cape Automobile Club, the Cape Town Motor Cycle Club asked leave on February 8, 1907, "to use our road from the Main Road to the Bridge and thence parallel to the Railway to the Central Station for sports to be held on March 2 next". One condition was made that the Motor Cycle Club be responsible for the attendance of the necessary police to regulate the traffic and do any repairs to the road.
Only a short while previously the well-known Van Riebeeck Mineral Water Spring had been located in the Tygerberg, for whose product a market, still existent today, was soon to develop. Hopes rose in Mi1nerton in July 1907, when there were reports of something similar within the bounds of the estate, samples being submitted to a Dr. Petersen, who however, as far as can be determined, gave a non-committal verdict, with the result that nothing more happened.
The Alfred Rowing Club agreed to hold its Regatta at Mi1nerton in November 1906, with the Company guaranteeing the organisers against loss. A Shooting Club asked for a piece of ground on which to set up a range, while an organisation calling itself "The Suburban Social Club" also manifested interest.
Among the less cheering events were the occasional incursion of the sea, of which a particularly bad instance was reported in October 1905 after a great storm. "The water," reported the Secretary, "rose to an unprecedented height, 2 feet 6 inches above the level of ordinary Spring Tides. The water dashed like a sea against the bank, which I am glad to say stood the severe strain to which it was put." Nonetheless, "in view of the immense volume of water in the river in flood time and the evident strain on the bank", a report was secured from the engineer as to whether a new channel should not perhaps be provided.
Despite the unmistakable goodwill with which a large section of the public regarded the new suburb, the continuance of the Slump could not be ignored and led during 1906 to the introduction of a new sales technique which, the management hoped, would help to neutralise the prevailing financial stagnation. This was described as "Sales of Land by means of Travellers", who today would be described as itinerant salesmen. According to the instructions given, these emissaries were allowed to travel round Cape Colony, quoting for inside lots £100, for corner and shop lots, £130 and for corner shop lots, £150.
The first travelling salesman appointed was a Mr. Udall, who received a bonus of £5 for each plot disposed of and was granted the sole right for the ensuing six months to market these properties. By the end of June, 13 plots had been thus disposed of, with several other possibles pending, while during the following month a further refinement was introduced when the New York Life Insurance Company, one of several big American concerns then still permitted to operate outside the boundaries of the U.S.A., agreed that a Mr. Westmacott should combine the sale of its policies with that of plots at Milnerton. Considerable success seems to have attended this experiment, even if only tantalisingly little was recorded of the details and terms under which he operated. Obviously, however, Westmacott was granted several privileges as long as he managed to dispose of land. Hence, on November 2, 1906, he successfully submitted an application to dispose of no fewer than 25 residential plots and to set up, for the first time, an agency for Milnerton Estates in East London. In Mr. Westmacott's wake there reappeared Mr. Udall, who wanted also to sell plots in other townships on the instalment system, but, notwithstanding the times, Milnerton Estates were in no mood for such new-fangled ideas and turned down his proposal.
Boating, Sea and River Bathing.
Roads Made, Water Laid On.
with every Plot of Land.


The cupboard was getting bare yesterday, so we headed out to the supermarket to restock.
As well as being wet, it was cold and I was wrapped up with plenty of warm clothes. Comfort won over glamour - unlike this lady in the rain in Siena last year!


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Fujitsu tackles Tassie radio network rollout
The upgrade project saw Fujitsu deploy 18 of its FRX-3 long haul microwave radio links across the state
Leon Spencer (ARN) 05 December, 2017 14:34
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Fujitsu has wrapped up a major upgrade to the Tasmanian microwave radio network operated by the state's energy distribution provider, TasNetworks.
TasNetworks, which came into being after the merger of Aurora Energy's distribution network and Transend Networks, is a Tasmanian state-owned corporation that supplies power to homes and businesses through a network of transmission towers, substations and powerlines.
The company handed the upgrade deal to Fujitsu following a competitive tender process for the overhaul of its communications infrastructure after it decided that its 10-year-old radio backbone network was no longer fit for purpose.
The upgrade project saw Fujitsu deploy 18 of its FRX-3 long haul microwave radio links throughout the power infrastructure operator's telecommunications network, which traverses mountainous, inhospitable terrain, with the radios units themselves largely in remote locations exposed to challenging weather conditions.
"It's no small feat to embark on upgrading a major state-wide system," Fujitsu Australia CEO, Mike Foster, said. "The team's determination and grit, even in challenging weather and terrain, has resulted in TasNetworks being able to offer a robust network platform for its customers across Tasmania."
Fujitsu Australia said it called on expertise from its counterparts in Japan and North America to implement the project from design, manufacture, testing, to execution.
On the back of the network upgrade deal, TasNetworks has also awarded Fujitsu a five-year support contract to help reduce risk and ensure the upgraded network's reliability is maintained.
"This network implementation was a large investment for TasNetworks", the company's senior telecommunications engineer, Robert Clerk, said. "Our partnership with Fujitsu facilitated innovation. Their solutions-focused attitude helped in bringing our ideas into completion and demonstrated why opportunities to innovate should continue to be explored at every step of a project's lifecycle.
"Together, we worked with unknowns, managed risk and completed the project efficiently while upholding proper processes and standards," he said.
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