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Building a bond over a shared love of food and farms in Western North Carolina
PHOTOS BY ERIN ADAMS
Mary Noble Braden lives in a two-story farmhouse on a hilly 20 acres in Black Mountain, with a long driveway leading up to the house that's often occupied with goats, chickens, and at least one of her three Springer Spaniels. When her friend and colleague, Shayne Hollifield, comes to visit—often with a pie or cake or some other sweet treat baked earlier that day—Mary Noble's children can spot her on the driveway and announce her arrival with a vibrant "Shayne is here! Shayne is here!"
In addition to being Mary Noble's friend, neighbor, and business partner in the Black Mountain-based real estate agency Noble & Company Realty, Shayne is known for making desserts that rarely fall short of decadent and divine. In the spring and summer, it'll be pies bursting with fresh and local fruit; in the fall, it'll be Shayne's famous "gooey butter cake," made with local pumpkin, butter, cream cheese, and sugar. The women's mutual love of local food, including the sweet variety, has helped form a friendship that both of them describe as "meant to be."
Mary Noble and Shayne founded Noble & Company Realty in 2020, renovating a block building in Black Mountain's bustling downtown for their headquarters. The women were already well established in Western North Carolina's real estate market at the time, with decades of experience between them, but they wanted to strike out on their own and carve out a special focus on real estate deals that held a special place in their hearts: farm sales. From five-acre mini farms, with just enough space to keep chickens and bees, to 250-acre gentlemen farms, Mary Noble and Shayne wanted to specialize in the type of transactions where the land meant just as much to the buyers and sellers as the buildings on it.
Both women have roots in farm living. Born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Mary Noble spent weekends of her childhood on her grandparents' 7,000-acre farm, where cows and cotton sprawled across the land, and hunting and fishing were favorite pastimes. In between riding bareback through the woods and picking blackberries in the summer, Mary Noble and her brother navigated a John Deere tractor along dirt roads, giving them their first practice behind a wheel.
Less than 400 miles to the east, in Laurens, SC, Shayne also enjoyed a childhood on a grandparents' farm, a beloved patch of 75 acres surrounded by cattle close to the mill where both of her grandfathers worked. Accompanied by a bevy of playful cousins, Shayne explored the land on small zippy go-carts that inevitably prompted squeals and laughter.
"The thing is, we understand farms," Mary Noble says. "If I'm selling a beautiful horse farm in Tryon, I know the difference between a quarter horse and a thoroughbred. Because of our own way of living, I feel like we're in a unique spot to sell farms."
Both Mary Noble and Shayne settled in Black Mountain decades ago, drawn to the striking beauty of Western North Carolina and strong bonds of community. Central to their love of the region is their shared love of food. With the arrival of spring, both women look forward to the opening of the Black Mountain Tailgate Market, which can feature the plentiful harvest of Red Scout Farms and the sought-after offerings of Lee's One Fortune Farm, which grows everything from locally grown rice to hearty Asian vegetables. The women support the Black Mountain Tailgate Market as annual sponsors.
Mary Noble seeks out the fresh snaps of spring asparagus for a bacon-wrapped asparagus dish that has become a family favorite. She'll round out meals with eggs from her own chickens, mostly ameraucana and copper marans, used for deviled eggs and egg salad. Her husband, John, meanwhile, forages mushrooms from the property to bake and saute in just about anything. In cooler months, Mary Noble will use local kale for a menu of soups—a white bean and kale soup top the list of favorites, as does a simmering pot of sweet potatoes, kale and wild rice. "We do a lot of vegetarian meals," she says.
Even then, Mary Noble admits that the real magic takes place at Shayne's house up the road. The Hollifield's 1923 home is a cozy home, said to be one of the first houses built in the area. She cooks and bakes for joy and relaxation, an inventor behind the stove who rarely follows recipes.
The spring season's asparagus will also find a place on Shayne's table, but in a beautifully fresh salad with chunks of cantaloupe, thin slices of red onion, fresh mozzarella, and granola, tossed with a light vinaigrette. By the time summer arrives, Shayne is hunting for greasy beans, which she lets shine in a simple dish with shallots and butter.
Shayne doesn't think twice about commuting for the best local produce, and ripe tomatoes are her prize. "I go to Irma's Produce in McDowell County for tomatoes," she says. "She has the best tomatoes." Many of them end up in Shayne's famous tomato pie, made with fresh basil, green onions, and cheddar.
Mary Noble and her family bought their farm in 2017, learning later that locals called the property "Foster's Farm." Perched on a hill, facing south, the wide front porch offers expansive views of the mountains and beckons visitors with a row of wooden rocking chairs. Inside, the walls are covered with still life oil paintings done by her grandmother, and a stone hearth behind the wood-burning stove was built by Shayne's husband, a local stonemason. A long wooden dining table, purchased from the Antique Tobacco Barn in Asheville, accommodates her kids and their friends, who like to enjoy a warm bowl of chili before heading outside to the fire pit.
After living for nearly a decade in a 1925 log cabin in downtown Black Mountain, Mary Noble and her family could no longer resist the urge to get back to rural living. "I like to take my dogs for a hike up the hill, unleashed, and have the space." The goats are slowly clearing the land for what will eventually be a garden.
Meanwhile, their real estate business is booming. While Noble & Company Realty works in all types of residential transactions— spanning all of Western North Carolina and South Carolina's upcountry—the pair have found a special bond with local farms and the unique ability to market these properties to the right buyer. Sellers find a shared respect for the land and insight into how people are going to use and enjoy the region's farms.
"It really is a way of life," Mary Noble says. "We live it, and we help others find it." ◊◊
Shayne Hollifield (left) and Mary Noble Braden of Noble & Co Realty
Ties That Bind Always Time For Pie


When you walk into a beautiful bathroom with a wide entrance, large shower with multiple shower heads, wall mirrors extending all the way to the sinks and adjustable cabinetry, I'm willing to bet that "universal design" is not the description that pops into your head. Most people seem to equate universal design with accommodation for physical disabilities, which, unfortunately, often seems to mean an institutional look to many people.
Myth #1: Universal Design is just for people with physical disabilities or for aging in place.
Universal design is the art of creating environments that are usable by all people without the need for adaptation or specialized design.
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Posted by Reuters | Jun 27, 2018
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German chemicals group BASF has shut down production of ibuprofen at its plant in Bishop, Texas because of a technical problem, a spokesman for BASF said on Wednesday.
The spokesman said it could take until early September to fix the problem at the plant, where ibuprofen production has been shut down since June 3.
He gave no further details of the nature of the technical issue, but said a more detailed analysis should be available next month.
BASF last year announced plans to invest around 200 million euros ($232.74 million) in a new ibuprofen plant at its headquarters in Ludwigshafen in Germany and to expand the Bishop site's production capacity.
It said at the time that the investment would make it the only company worldwide making ibuprofen at more than one plant. The new facility in Germany is scheduled to come online in 2021.
Trade publication Apotheke Adhoc, which first reported the shut-down, said the Bishop site has a capacity of 5,000 tonnes per year, accounting for around a sixth of the world's ibuprofen supply.
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One of the "benefits" of saying kaddish is getting to know people you wouldn't have otherwise met. There's a bond that exists among kaddish sayers. You might not have much in common with them, but there is one thing you do have in common, and that one thing is what defines your life at present. When you say kaddish, you notice who else around the room is saying it. When you look at or speak to that person, there is an unspoken understanding of shared pain and sorrow.
When you are a man and there are women saying kaddish, the connection is not quite so automatic. First of all, in an Orthodox shul such as where I pray, the women are on the other side of the Mechitza (divider between the men's and women's section), so you are not sharing the same physical space. Depending on the layout of the shul, unless you are standing near the women's section, you may not even be aware of the presence of female mourners. In addition, only the men are being called up to lead prayers and part of the connection between (male) mourners is being in the rotation for leading prayers.
I have gotten to know some of the women saying kaddish, and I am moved to write about one in particular. She stood out because she was obviously pregnant. I thought to myself: how strange to be both a mourner and an expectant mother. How strange to be simultaneously inhabiting the worlds of death and life. To be pulled between the lost connection to your parent and toward the creation of a child. I suppose that if my wife had given birth to a child during my year of mourning, I may have experienced similar emotions. But there is something qualitatively different about having one's body literally fill up with life and feeling the emptiness of loss that a man could never experience in the same way.
A few months ago she gave birth to a boy. She named him Binyamin after her father for whom she was saying kaddish. In her D'var Torah (which she was kind enough to share with me) delivered at her son's Brit Milah (circumcision), she spoke about her newborn's name. Binyamin was also the name of the child born to the biblical Rachel who died in childbirth. Rachel named him "Ben Oni", usually translated as "son of my pain" or "son of my affliction." Her husband Jacob then changed the boy's name to Benyamin, which literally means "son of my right," the word "right" connoting strength. However, the word "oni" can also mean strength. Rachel calls him the "Son of my Strength" and Jacob affirms the name, removing the latent ambiguity of "oni" by calling him Binyamin.
These words affirmed both the sorrow of mourning her father and the hope represented by her newborn as well as the real yet never to be actualized connection between grandfather and child.
The recitation of kaddish itself, with its message of the future sanctification of God's name and realization of peace, presents a similar ambiguity between pain and hope. As I move toward the first Yahrzeit of my mother and beyond, I pray that her legacy will continue to live on in her children, grandchildren and beyond.


On the famed Sunset Strip, this 1929 Mediterranean-inspired hotel is a landmark that's close to hip nightlife and restaurants like Saddle Ranch Chop House, just across the street.
Restaurants and clubs line Sunset Boulevard, including legendary Whisky A Go-Go, less than 1 mile away. For brand name boutique shopping, Melrose Avenue is 1.6 miles south. Hollywood & Highland Center, home of Dolby Theatre, is 2.3 miles east.
Guests enjoy healthy poolside dining at The Terrace and chic nightcaps at The Tower Bar. The ground-level outdoor pool draws a trendy crowd, and you can enjoy well-deserved pampering at the onsite spa. The 24-hour fitness center is equipped with earphones and personal TVs.
Polished guestrooms at Sunset Tower Hotel feature floor-to-ceiling windows, bright bathrooms, and beds covered in Egyptian linens. There's free WiFi and iPod docking stations for your devices. A minibar and Nespresso coffee machine help you feel right at home.
Historic hotel on Sunset offers amazing Deco architecture and so much history. If these walls could talk! David Bowie and Iggy Pop stayed here. The hotel is run well with excellent service. We had a small corner room overlooking the city, which was nice. Room size was on the smaller side, but we had a standard room, so maybe the other rooms are larger. It's an older building, so that may also come into play. Rooms were just smaller back then. Bed was comfortable and soft, nice bedding. Built-in USB chargers. Quality toiletries. Well-stocked mini bar, snacks, and coffee maker. The pool area was below the restaurant and overlooked the city. The pool wasn't super deep, but deep enough to swim and cool off. Water wasn't too cold. Overall a very pleasant stay in a great location. Would recommend. It's definitely a place to stay at least once while you're in LA.
Sunset Tower, Would Stay Again & Again & Again!
Super helpful, friendly staff. Great restaurant. Love the historical feel of the place.
West Hollywood is a good place to stay: not far from what passes as "glamour" spots in the movie capital - and this hotel is a great place to relax. Restaurants are nearby and the hotel is a tribute to the way things were in the Hollywood of the past - with a little booklet outlining that presented to every guest. It was once described as the place where everything that happens, happens. For us, the happenings were all good, with nice in-room dinner and very comfortable bathroom.


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Q: custom validation messages in grails I have a domain constraint which I am validating like
userName(blank:false, nullable:false, Size: 5..50,matches:'^[A-Za-z\\d]*$',validator:{chkUser,user->if(user.loginService.getUser(user.organizationId,user.userName)!=null){
                                                                                return[propertyName="userName"]}
                                                                                })

So what I am trying to do is call login service and see if username exists. IF the username exists I have to return message USerName already exists. I have modified my message.properties as:
BuildUserNameCommand.userName.matches= Username Should have alphanumeric characters only
BuildUserNameCommand.userName.invalid.userName=Username already exists
BuildUserNameCommand.userName.validator.error= Username already exists

buildusernamecommand is my class name. I have also tried return['invalid.userName'] in the constraint. But still its not displaying the custom message.
Help me out please....

A: Are you seeing any of the other custom messages for the command object like the matches one ?
Are usernames uniquely global or just unique within the scope of the organisation. If globally unique validation is easy with
    unique:true
If just unique within scope of the organisation you could try return the string "alreadyExists" from  your validator, then define the message in the form:
buildUserNameCommand.userName.alreadyExists = 'Username already exists'

If that is not working, another option would be to return false from the validator. That might then pull in the message
buildUserNameCommand.userName.validator.error= Username already exists

Note the lowercase b on the class name. Not sure if the class needs to start with a lowercase letter but in my code they do, and it would seem to be more in keeping with Grails patterns.

A: If you only have Users as a domain objects, it's easier to use unique constraint:
username unique: true

Then, in your case, the message code to define would be buildUserNameCommand.userName.unique - and the constraint does it all for you. It will also generate DB schema uniqueness constraint.

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John Yau has published books of poetry, fiction, and criticism. His latest poetry publications include a book of poems, Further Adventures in Monochrome (Copper Canyon Press, 2012), and the chapbook, Egyptian Sonnets (Rain Taxi, 2012). His most recent monographs are Catherine Murphy (Rizzoli, 2016), the first book on the artist, and Richard Artschwager: Into the Desert (Black Dog Publishing, 2015). He has also written monographs on A. R. Penck, Jasper Johns, and Andy Warhol. In 1999, he started Black Square Editions, a small press devoted to poetry, fiction, translation, and criticism. He was the Arts Editor for the Brooklyn Rail (2007–2011) before he began writing regularly for Hyperallergic Weekend. He is a Professor of Critical Studies at Mason Gross School of the Arts (Rutgers University). Source
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Charles Worth, known as the 'father of haute culture' was originally from Bourne
By Chloe Butler
chloe.butler@iliffepublishing.co.uk
It is approaching 200 years since the birth of one of England's most influencial fashion designers - and examples of his work remain on display to this day in his home town of Bourne.
Born in the autumn of 1825, Charles Frederick Worth was one of five children whose father, William, was a wealthy attorney.
Aged just 12, Charles Worth went to London to work for a major silk and fabric business, and at 21 moved to Paris to work for a silk garment firm.
Charles Worth was among the first to use a sewing machine for his work (52699104)
Some of Worth's designs were shown at London's Great Exhibition of 1851. During the 1860s his House of Worth fashion house found success.
Worth died in France, aged 69, and his wife, Marie, died three years later.
A blue plaque on the front of Wake House in North Street, Bourne, marks his birthplace, describing him as the 'father of haute couture', the French expression which roughly translates as 'high dressmaking'.
Charles Worth was known as the 'father of haute culture'
Bourne Heritage Centre at Baldocks Mill in South Street, Bourne, is run by volunteers as a museum. It features the 'Charles Worth Gallery' a display that includes replicas of Worth's dresses.
Baldock's Mill is also home to an exhibition on another of Bourne's famous sons, the motor-racing driver Raymond Mays, as well as a gallery on the history of Bourne.
Bourne Heritage Centre is open on Saturdays and Sundays from 2pm to 4pm. Admission is free.
Bourne Heritage Centre owns a number of replica Worth dresses and items
Charles designed dresses for the most prestigious people of France, including Empress Eugénie of France
Charles was born and lived at what is now known as the Wake House for the early years of his life
Bourne Human Interest Chloe Butler


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package ec2

import (
	"bosun.org/_third_party/github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
	"bosun.org/_third_party/github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/defaults"
	"bosun.org/_third_party/github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/request"
	"bosun.org/_third_party/github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/service"
	"bosun.org/_third_party/github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/service/serviceinfo"
	"bosun.org/_third_party/github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/internal/protocol/ec2query"
	"bosun.org/_third_party/github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/internal/signer/v4"
)

// Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) provides resizable computing capacity
// in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud. Using Amazon EC2 eliminates your
// need to invest in hardware up front, so you can develop and deploy applications
// faster.
type EC2 struct {
	*service.Service
}

// Used for custom service initialization logic
var initService func(*service.Service)

// Used for custom request initialization logic
var initRequest func(*request.Request)

// New returns a new EC2 client.
func New(config *aws.Config) *EC2 {
	service := &service.Service{
		ServiceInfo: serviceinfo.ServiceInfo{
			Config:      defaults.DefaultConfig.Merge(config),
			ServiceName: "ec2",
			APIVersion:  "2015-04-15",
		},
	}
	service.Initialize()

	// Handlers
	service.Handlers.Sign.PushBack(v4.Sign)
	service.Handlers.Build.PushBack(ec2query.Build)
	service.Handlers.Unmarshal.PushBack(ec2query.Unmarshal)
	service.Handlers.UnmarshalMeta.PushBack(ec2query.UnmarshalMeta)
	service.Handlers.UnmarshalError.PushBack(ec2query.UnmarshalError)

	// Run custom service initialization if present
	if initService != nil {
		initService(service)
	}

	return &EC2{service}
}

// newRequest creates a new request for a EC2 operation and runs any
// custom request initialization.
func (c *EC2) newRequest(op *request.Operation, params, data interface{}) *request.Request {
	req := c.NewRequest(op, params, data)

	// Run custom request initialization if present
	if initRequest != nil {
		initRequest(req)
	}

	return req
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const { join, resolve } = require('path');
const { env } = require('process');
const { safeLoad } = require('js-yaml');
const { readFileSync } = require('fs');

const configPath = resolve('config', 'webpack');
const loadersDir = join(__dirname, 'loaders');
const paths = safeLoad(readFileSync(join(configPath, 'paths.yml'), 'utf8'))[
  env.NODE_ENV
];
const devServer = safeLoad(
  readFileSync(join(configPath, 'development.server.yml'), 'utf8'),
)[env.NODE_ENV];

// Compute public path based on environment and ASSET_HOST in production
const ifHasCDN = env.ASSET_HOST !== undefined && env.NODE_ENV === 'production';
const devServerUrl = `http://${devServer.host}:${devServer.port}/${
  paths.entry
}/`;
const publicUrl = ifHasCDN
  ? `${env.ASSET_HOST}/${paths.entry}/`
  : `/${paths.entry}/`;
const publicPath = env.NODE_ENV !== 'production' ? devServerUrl : publicUrl;

module.exports = {
  devServer,
  env,
  paths,
  loadersDir,
  publicUrl,
  publicPath,
};


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Left Bank of the Charles: Re: Obama Not Black Enough for Ralph Nader?
Turnabout is fair play. Ralph Nader's parents were Arabs, Maronites from Lebanon, and taught him Arab as well as English. That's the same heritage as Jerusalem-born Sirhan Sirhan, who assassinated Robert Kennedy in 1968 for RFK's support of Israel and who Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz recently described as giving the United States our first taste of Middle Eastern terrorism. So by Nader's logic, Nader should stop talking about protecting American consumers and spend his campaign candidly talking about the plight of the downtrodden in the Middle East.
But if Ralph Nader is right, the Obama campaign might reconsider the limits of a strategy of appealing just to whites in the power class and liberal intelligentsia. That leaves out a large section of white middle America that doesn't feel any personal guilt to the past sins of a power structure from which they are not descended, and who may be living in socio-economic circumstances that suggest no special racial advantage. That may well explain why Barack Obama has spent this past month clinging in the polls to a narrow lead and having the same sort of trouble breaking though to majority numbers that was predicted for Hillary Clinton.


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package org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.integration;

import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
import org.elasticsearch.action.bulk.BulkRequestBuilder;
import org.elasticsearch.action.bulk.BulkResponse;
import org.elasticsearch.action.index.IndexRequest;
import org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchResponse;
import org.elasticsearch.action.support.WriteRequest;
import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
import org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryBuilders;
import org.elasticsearch.search.SearchHit;
import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.datafeed.DatafeedConfig;
import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.job.config.AnalysisConfig;
import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.job.config.DataDescription;
import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.job.config.Detector;
import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.job.config.Job;
import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.job.persistence.AnomalyDetectorsIndex;
import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.job.process.autodetect.state.CategorizerState;
import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.job.results.CategoryDefinition;
import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.MachineLearning;
import org.junit.After;
import org.junit.Before;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.arrayWithSize;
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasKey;
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasSize;
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;

/**
 * A fast integration test for categorization
 */
public class CategorizationIT extends MlNativeAutodetectIntegTestCase {

    private static final String DATA_INDEX = "log-data";

    private long nowMillis;

    @Before
    public void setUpData() {
        client().admin().indices().prepareCreate(DATA_INDEX)
                .setMapping("time", "type=date,format=epoch_millis",
                        "msg", "type=text")
                .get();

        nowMillis = System.currentTimeMillis();

        BulkRequestBuilder bulkRequestBuilder = client().prepareBulk();
        IndexRequest indexRequest = new IndexRequest(DATA_INDEX);
        indexRequest.source("time", nowMillis - TimeValue.timeValueHours(2).millis(),
                "msg", "Node 1 started");
        bulkRequestBuilder.add(indexRequest);
        indexRequest = new IndexRequest(DATA_INDEX);
        indexRequest.source("time", nowMillis - TimeValue.timeValueHours(2).millis() + 1,
                "msg", "Failed to shutdown [error org.aaaa.bbbb.Cccc line 54 caused " +
                        "by foo exception]");
        bulkRequestBuilder.add(indexRequest);
        indexRequest = new IndexRequest(DATA_INDEX);
        indexRequest.source("time", nowMillis - TimeValue.timeValueHours(1).millis(),
                "msg", "Node 2 started");
        bulkRequestBuilder.add(indexRequest);
        indexRequest = new IndexRequest(DATA_INDEX);
        indexRequest.source("time", nowMillis - TimeValue.timeValueHours(1).millis() + 1,
                "msg", "Failed to shutdown [error but this time completely different]");
        bulkRequestBuilder.add(indexRequest);
        indexRequest = new IndexRequest(DATA_INDEX);
        indexRequest.source("time", nowMillis, "msg", "Node 3 started");
        bulkRequestBuilder.add(indexRequest);

        BulkResponse bulkResponse = bulkRequestBuilder
                .setRefreshPolicy(WriteRequest.RefreshPolicy.WAIT_UNTIL)
                .get();
        assertThat(bulkResponse.hasFailures(), is(false));
    }

    @After
    public void tearDownData() {
        cleanUp();
        client().admin().indices().prepareDelete(DATA_INDEX).get();
        refresh("*");
    }

    public void testBasicCategorization() throws Exception {
        Job.Builder job = newJobBuilder("categorization", Collections.emptyList());
        registerJob(job);
        putJob(job);
        openJob(job.getId());

        String datafeedId = job.getId() + "-feed";
        DatafeedConfig.Builder datafeedConfig = new DatafeedConfig.Builder(datafeedId, job.getId());
        datafeedConfig.setIndices(Collections.singletonList(DATA_INDEX));
        DatafeedConfig datafeed = datafeedConfig.build();
        registerDatafeed(datafeed);
        putDatafeed(datafeed);
        startDatafeed(datafeedId, 0, nowMillis);
        waitUntilJobIsClosed(job.getId());

        List<CategoryDefinition> categories = getCategories(job.getId());
        assertThat(categories.size(), equalTo(3));

        CategoryDefinition category1 = categories.get(0);
        assertThat(category1.getRegex(), equalTo(".*?Node.+?started.*"));
        assertThat(category1.getExamples(),
                equalTo(Arrays.asList("Node 1 started", "Node 2 started")));

        CategoryDefinition category2 = categories.get(1);
        assertThat(category2.getRegex(), equalTo(".*?Failed.+?to.+?shutdown.+?error.+?" +
                "org\\.aaaa\\.bbbb\\.Cccc.+?line.+?caused.+?by.+?foo.+?exception.*"));
        assertThat(category2.getExamples(), equalTo(Collections.singletonList(
                "Failed to shutdown [error org.aaaa.bbbb.Cccc line 54 caused by foo exception]")));

        CategoryDefinition category3 = categories.get(2);
        assertThat(category3.getRegex(), equalTo(".*?Failed.+?to.+?shutdown.+?error.+?but.+?" +
                "this.+?time.+?completely.+?different.*"));
        assertThat(category3.getExamples(), equalTo(Collections.singletonList(
                "Failed to shutdown [error but this time completely different]")));

        openJob("categorization");
        startDatafeed(datafeedId, 0, nowMillis + 1);
        waitUntilJobIsClosed(job.getId());

        categories = getCategories(job.getId());
        assertThat(categories.size(), equalTo(3));
        assertThat(categories.get(0).getExamples(),
                equalTo(Arrays.asList("Node 1 started", "Node 2 started", "Node 3 started")));
    }

    public void testCategorizationWithFilters() throws Exception {
        Job.Builder job = newJobBuilder("categorization-with-filters", Collections.singletonList("\\[.*\\]"));
        registerJob(job);
        putJob(job);
        openJob(job.getId());

        String datafeedId = job.getId() + "-feed";
        DatafeedConfig.Builder datafeedConfig = new DatafeedConfig.Builder(datafeedId, job.getId());
        datafeedConfig.setIndices(Collections.singletonList(DATA_INDEX));
        DatafeedConfig datafeed = datafeedConfig.build();
        registerDatafeed(datafeed);
        putDatafeed(datafeed);
        startDatafeed(datafeedId, 0, nowMillis);
        waitUntilJobIsClosed(job.getId());

        List<CategoryDefinition> categories = getCategories(job.getId());
        assertThat(categories.size(), equalTo(2));

        CategoryDefinition category1 = categories.get(0);
        assertThat(category1.getRegex(), equalTo(".*?Node.+?started.*"));
        assertThat(category1.getExamples(),
                equalTo(Arrays.asList("Node 1 started", "Node 2 started")));

        CategoryDefinition category2 = categories.get(1);
        assertThat(category2.getRegex(), equalTo(".*?Failed.+?to.+?shutdown.*"));
        assertThat(category2.getExamples(), equalTo(Arrays.asList(
                "Failed to shutdown [error but this time completely different]",
                "Failed to shutdown [error org.aaaa.bbbb.Cccc line 54 caused by foo exception]")));
    }

    public void testCategorizationStatePersistedOnSwitchToRealtime() throws Exception {
        Job.Builder job = newJobBuilder("categorization-swtich-to-realtime", Collections.emptyList());
        registerJob(job);
        putJob(job);
        openJob(job.getId());

        String datafeedId = job.getId() + "-feed";
        DatafeedConfig.Builder datafeedConfig = new DatafeedConfig.Builder(datafeedId, job.getId());
        datafeedConfig.setIndices(Collections.singletonList(DATA_INDEX));
        DatafeedConfig datafeed = datafeedConfig.build();
        registerDatafeed(datafeed);
        putDatafeed(datafeed);
        startDatafeed(datafeedId, 0, null);

        // When the datafeed switches to realtime the C++ process will be told to persist
        // state, and this should include the categorizer state.  We assert that this exists
        // before closing the job to prove that it was persisted in the background at the
        // end of lookback rather than when the job was closed.
        assertBusy(() -> {
            SearchResponse stateDocsResponse = client().prepareSearch(AnomalyDetectorsIndex.jobStateIndexPattern())
                .setQuery(QueryBuilders.idsQuery().addIds(CategorizerState.documentId(job.getId(), 1)))
                .get();

            SearchHit[] hits = stateDocsResponse.getHits().getHits();
            assertThat(hits, arrayWithSize(1));
            assertThat(hits[0].getSourceAsMap(), hasKey("compressed"));
        }, 30, TimeUnit.SECONDS);

        stopDatafeed(datafeedId);
        closeJob(job.getId());

        List<CategoryDefinition> categories = getCategories(job.getId());
        assertThat(categories.size(), equalTo(3));

        CategoryDefinition category1 = categories.get(0);
        assertThat(category1.getRegex(), equalTo(".*?Node.+?started.*"));
        assertThat(category1.getExamples(),
            equalTo(Arrays.asList("Node 1 started", "Node 2 started")));

        CategoryDefinition category2 = categories.get(1);
        assertThat(category2.getRegex(), equalTo(".*?Failed.+?to.+?shutdown.+?error.+?" +
            "org\\.aaaa\\.bbbb\\.Cccc.+?line.+?caused.+?by.+?foo.+?exception.*"));
        assertThat(category2.getExamples(), equalTo(Collections.singletonList(
            "Failed to shutdown [error org.aaaa.bbbb.Cccc line 54 caused by foo exception]")));

        CategoryDefinition category3 = categories.get(2);
        assertThat(category3.getRegex(), equalTo(".*?Failed.+?to.+?shutdown.+?error.+?but.+?" +
            "this.+?time.+?completely.+?different.*"));
        assertThat(category3.getExamples(), equalTo(Collections.singletonList(
            "Failed to shutdown [error but this time completely different]")));
    }

    public void testCategorizationPerformance() {
        // To compare Java/C++ tokenization performance:
        // 1. Change false to true in this assumption
        // 2. Run the test several times
        // 3. Change MachineLearning.CATEGORIZATION_TOKENIZATION_IN_JAVA to false
        // 4. Run the test several more times
        // 5. Check the timings that get logged
        // 6. Revert the changes to this assumption and MachineLearning.CATEGORIZATION_TOKENIZATION_IN_JAVA
        assumeTrue("This is time consuming to run on every build - it should be run manually when comparing Java/C++ tokenization",
                false);

        int testBatchSize = 1000;
        int testNumBatches = 1000;
        String[] possibleMessages = new String[] {
                "<sol13m-9402.1.p2ps: Info: Tue Apr 06  19:00:16 2010> Source LOTS on 33080:817 has shut down.<END>",
                "<lnl00m-8601.1.p2ps: Alert: Tue Apr 06  18:57:24 2010> P2PS failed to connect to the hrm server. "
                        + "Reason: Failed to connect to hrm server - No ACK from SIPC<END>",
                "<sol00m-8607.1.p2ps: Debug: Tue Apr 06  18:56:43 2010>  Did not receive an image data for IDN_SELECTFEED:7630.T on 493. "
                        + "Recalling item. <END>",
                "<lnl13m-8602.1.p2ps.rrcpTransport.0.sinkSide.rrcp.transmissionBus: Warning: Tue Apr 06  18:36:32 2010> "
                        + "RRCP STATUS MSG: RRCP_REBOOT: node 33191 has rebooted<END>",
                "<sol00m-8608.1.p2ps: Info: Tue Apr 06  18:30:02 2010> Source PRISM_VOBr on 33069:757 has shut down.<END>",
                "<lnl06m-9402.1.p2ps: Info: Thu Mar 25  18:30:01 2010> Service PRISM_VOB has shut down.<END>"
        };

        String jobId = "categorization-performance";
        Job.Builder job = newJobBuilder(jobId, Collections.emptyList());
        registerJob(job);
        putJob(job);
        openJob(job.getId());

        long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();

        for (int batchNum = 0; batchNum < testNumBatches; ++batchNum) {
            StringBuilder json = new StringBuilder(testBatchSize * 100);
            for (int docNum = 0; docNum < testBatchSize; ++docNum) {
                json.append(String.format(Locale.ROOT, "{\"time\":1000000,\"msg\":\"%s\"}\n",
                        possibleMessages[docNum % possibleMessages.length]));
            }
            postData(jobId, json.toString());
        }
        flushJob(jobId, false);

        long duration = System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime;
        LogManager.getLogger(CategorizationIT.class).info("Performance test with tokenization in " +
                (MachineLearning.CATEGORIZATION_TOKENIZATION_IN_JAVA ? "Java" : "C++") + " took " + duration + "ms");
    }

    public void testNumMatchesAndCategoryPreference() throws Exception {
        String index = "hadoop_logs";
        client().admin().indices().prepareCreate(index)
            .setMapping("time", "type=date,format=epoch_millis",
                "msg", "type=text")
            .get();

        nowMillis = System.currentTimeMillis();

        BulkRequestBuilder bulkRequestBuilder = client().prepareBulk();
        IndexRequest indexRequest = new IndexRequest(index);
        indexRequest.source("time", nowMillis - TimeValue.timeValueHours(8).millis(),
            "msg", "2015-10-18 18:01:51,963 INFO [main] org.mortbay.log: jetty-6.1.26");
        bulkRequestBuilder.add(indexRequest);
        indexRequest = new IndexRequest(index);
        indexRequest.source("time", nowMillis - TimeValue.timeValueHours(7).millis(),
            "msg",
            "2015-10-18 18:01:52,728 INFO [main] org.mortbay.log: Started HttpServer2$SelectChannelConnectorWithSafeStartup@0.0.0.0:62267");
        bulkRequestBuilder.add(indexRequest);
        indexRequest = new IndexRequest(index);
        indexRequest.source("time", nowMillis - TimeValue.timeValueHours(6).millis(),
            "msg", "2015-10-18 18:01:53,400 INFO [main] org.apache.hadoop.yarn.webapp.WebApps: Registered webapp guice modules");
        bulkRequestBuilder.add(indexRequest);
        indexRequest = new IndexRequest(index);
        indexRequest.source("time", nowMillis - TimeValue.timeValueHours(5).millis(),
            "msg",
            "2015-10-18 18:01:53,447 INFO [main] org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.v2.app.rm.RMContainerRequestor: nodeBlacklistingEnabled:true");
        bulkRequestBuilder.add(indexRequest);
        indexRequest = new IndexRequest(index);
        indexRequest.source("time", nowMillis - TimeValue.timeValueHours(4).millis(),
            "msg",
            "2015-10-18 18:01:52,728 INFO [main] org.apache.hadoop.yarn.webapp.WebApps: Web app /mapreduce started at 62267");
        bulkRequestBuilder.add(indexRequest);
        indexRequest = new IndexRequest(index);
        indexRequest.source("time", nowMillis - TimeValue.timeValueHours(2).millis(),
            "msg",
            "2015-10-18 18:01:53,557 INFO [main] org.apache.hadoop.yarn.client.RMProxy: " +
                "Connecting to ResourceManager at msra-sa-41/10.190.173.170:8030");
        bulkRequestBuilder.add(indexRequest);

        indexRequest = new IndexRequest(index);
        indexRequest.source("time", nowMillis - TimeValue.timeValueHours(1).millis(),
            "msg",
            "2015-10-18 18:01:53,713 INFO [main] org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.v2.app.rm.RMContainerAllocator: " +
                "maxContainerCapability: <memory:8192, vCores:32>");
        bulkRequestBuilder.add(indexRequest);

        indexRequest = new IndexRequest(index);
        indexRequest.source("time", nowMillis,
            "msg",
            "2015-10-18 18:01:53,713 INFO [main] org.apache.hadoop.yarn.client.api.impl.ContainerManagementProtocolProxy: " +
                "yarn.client.max-cached-nodemanagers-proxies : 0");
        bulkRequestBuilder.add(indexRequest);

        BulkResponse bulkResponse = bulkRequestBuilder
            .setRefreshPolicy(WriteRequest.RefreshPolicy.IMMEDIATE)
            .get();
        assertThat(bulkResponse.hasFailures(), is(false));

        Job.Builder job = newJobBuilder("categorization-with-preferred-categories", Collections.emptyList());
        registerJob(job);
        putJob(job);
        openJob(job.getId());

        String datafeedId = job.getId() + "-feed";
        DatafeedConfig.Builder datafeedConfig = new DatafeedConfig.Builder(datafeedId, job.getId());
        datafeedConfig.setIndices(Collections.singletonList(index));
        DatafeedConfig datafeed = datafeedConfig.build();
        registerDatafeed(datafeed);
        putDatafeed(datafeed);
        startDatafeed(datafeedId, 0, nowMillis + 1);
        waitUntilJobIsClosed(job.getId());

        List<CategoryDefinition> categories = getCategories(job.getId());
        assertThat(categories, hasSize(7));

        CategoryDefinition category1 = categories.get(0);
        assertThat(category1.getNumMatches(), equalTo(2L));
        long[] expectedPreferenceTo = new long[]{2L, 3L, 4L, 5L, 6L, 7L};
        assertThat(category1.getPreferredToCategories(), equalTo(expectedPreferenceTo));
        client().admin().indices().prepareDelete(index).get();
    }

    private static Job.Builder newJobBuilder(String id, List<String> categorizationFilters) {
        Detector.Builder detector = new Detector.Builder();
        detector.setFunction("count");
        detector.setByFieldName("mlcategory");
        AnalysisConfig.Builder analysisConfig = new AnalysisConfig.Builder(
                Collections.singletonList(detector.build()));
        analysisConfig.setBucketSpan(TimeValue.timeValueHours(1));
        analysisConfig.setCategorizationFieldName("msg");
        analysisConfig.setCategorizationFilters(categorizationFilters);
        DataDescription.Builder dataDescription = new DataDescription.Builder();
        dataDescription.setTimeField("time");
        Job.Builder jobBuilder = new Job.Builder(id);
        jobBuilder.setAnalysisConfig(analysisConfig);
        jobBuilder.setDataDescription(dataDescription);
        return jobBuilder;
    }
}


Thirteen's investment plans are set to transform a supported housing scheme for homeless families in Middlesbrough.
Working in partnership with Esh Property Services, the £600,000 plans will see the flats at Penrith Road in Middlesbrough benefit from new kitchens and bathrooms. The work will also see the communal areas fully refurbished, new windows and doors fitted throughout, flooring, an electrical re-wire and fire system upgrade.
Thirteen's design and delivery team held a consultation event, where they took along choices of kitchens, bathrooms and options for the communal area, to allow staff members and residents to give their views, ahead of the work beginning at the end of the month.
Project manager Stuart Poulter said: "It's important that we meet the staff and customers before we carry out investment work, so that we can involve them, talk to them and offer them the choices available.


This volume brings together twenty-one original essays by international scholars from the fields of gender studies, cultural theory, and music studies. Covering a wide range of music genres and theoretical perspectives, the shared concern of all contributions is the underlying concept of gender and sexuality pervading music production and performance as well as its consumption. At the end of the first decade of the new millennium, at a time when once abolished gender boundaries seem to be re-established under the guise of postfeminism, there is a discernible and renewed interest in rekindling the debate about the de- and reconstruction of dichotomies with regard to gender and music as well as with regard to its academic intersections in sociology, literary and cultural studies, musicology, and music theory. Through the shared focus on the interrelation of music and gender in theory and performance, the volume comprises such seemingly disparate categories as Classical and Pop music, Gangsta Rap and Liederspiel and thus contributes to the unsettling of established boundaries and points towards the continuity of important dialogues.


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Chaoyangsaurus youngi ("lagarto de Chaoyang de Yang Zhongjian") es la única especie conocida del género extinto Chaoyangsaurus dinosaurio ornitisquio chaoyangsáurido, que vivió a  finales del período Jurásico Superior, hace aproximadamente 150,8 y 145,5  millones de años, en el Titoniense, en lo que hoy es Asia.

Descripción
Chaoyangsaurus fue un dinosaurio pequeño, con piernas y patas ligeras, volante óseo muy corto y aún no desarrollado, pico pequeño, sin de cuernos y cuerpo grácil y delgado. Chaoyangsaurus, como todos los ceratópsidos, era herbívoro, por lo que se alimentaba de las plantas predominantes de la era, como helechos, cicádeas y coníferas. Considerado en un principio anterior a la separación de ceratópsidos y paquicefalosaurios, este animal es conocido por un cráneo, mandíbula, de siete vértebras cervicales, de un húmero, y un omóplato.

Descubrimiento e investigación
Los primeros fósiles de Chaoyangsaurus fueron descubiertos en Chaoyang, una ciudad de la provincia de Liaoning, China. Debido a que se han encontrados escasos huesos de este dinosaurio, se desconoce su longitud, altura y peso. Fue nombrado en 1999 y el nombre específico se le da en honor al paleontólogo chino Yang Zhongjian conocido como C. C. Young.

A diferencia de la mayoría de los dinosaurios, Chaoyangsaurus ha sido parte de numerosas discusiones antes de su publicación oficial. Como resultado de esto, varias diversas formas de su nombre se han conocido y son consideradas como nomina nuda. El primero de estos nombres, Chaoyoungosaurus, aparecía en la guía turística en la exposición de un museo japonés, y era el resultado de una transcripción incorrecta. Zhao en 1983 también utilizó esta forma cuando se discutió la especie, así que es técnico un nomen nudum. Dos años más adelante, Zhao en 1985 utilizó otra vez esta forma temprana cuando él asignó un tipo espécimen y nombre de la especie, Chaoyoungosaurus liaosiensis.

De acuerdo con Dong en 1992, el nombre Chaoyoungosaurus ha sido oficialmente descrito en un trabajo de Zhao y Cheng en 1983, pero no hay ninguna cita sobre este trabajo. Dong, en su trabajo de 1992 en un documento sobre el tema, también a enmendado el nombre a la forma "correcta" de Chaoyangosaurus. No fue sino hasta 1999 que el dinosaurio finalmente recibió un nombre oficial. Sereno en 1999 utilizó el nombre Chaoyangsaurus en una descripción general de la taxonomía ceratopsiana. Una vez más, ese nombre era un nomen nudum ya que no incluía una descripción. Sin embargo, en diciembre de ese año, Cheng, Zhao, y Xu publicaron una descripción oficial usando el nombre Chaoyangsaurus youngi, y como es el primer nombre para este género que no es nomen nudum, tiene prioridad oficial sobre el resto de las formas que se han utilizado.

Clasificación
Chaoyangsaurus fue uno de los primeros miembros de Ceratopsia, un grupo de dinosaurios herbívoros con picos de como loro el que durante el Cretácico vivían en lo que hoy es América del Norte y Asia. Chaoyangsaurus vivió antes que Protoceratops y Psittacosaurus, que se consideran algunos de los primeros miembros de la familia Ceratopsia. Fua asignado a Chaoyoungosauroidea por Zhao en 1983, a Psittacosauridae por Zhao en 1985, y a Chaoyangosauridae por Dong en 1992. y confirmado por Zhao et al. en 2006, Han et al. y Zheng et al. en 2015,

Referencias

Véase también
 Anexo: Géneros válidos de dinosaurios

Enlaces externos

 Chaoyangsaurus dentro de Ceratopia en The Thescelsosaurus (en inglés)
 Significado y pronunciación del nombre (en inglés)

Ceratopsia
Dinosaurios del Cretácico
Dinosaurios de Asia

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For those of you that take pleasure in cooking around the campfire there are a variety of dishes that you can delight in. Campfire cooking recipes consist of those that are for poultry. Poultry is a staple in the American diet regimen and there is no reason it can not be appreciated in a campfire setting. I will consist of some preferred choices of poultry dishes in this write-up. I will certainly include a few guidelines and also variations on them. Among the prominent options is a Hawaiian hen recipe that includes onion soup mix to taste, along with pineapple, chicken, strips of bell pepper prepared with a chicken breast in light weight aluminum foil. This dish is readily available on various sites that manage campfire poultry recipes. I assume such poultry is such a functional meat there are a wide range of dishes offered to prepare it. Campfire food preparation dishes are very easy to find online a There are lots of great sites for these dishes.
There are other recipes for campfire cooking preparation that consist of food preparation in a Dutch stove as well as making use of numerous components including salt and pepper as well as carrots and celery.There are some scrumptious casserole dishes that can be made in a Dutch Stove. Numerous recipes likewise include utilizing corn as a side dish. this is a functional enhancement to any campfire meal as it can be made by moistening the husks as well as wrapping the corn in light weight aluminum foil and placing in hot coals. You could remove it whenever the corn is cooked depending on exactly how hot you like it. Some dishes likewise include utilizing a skillet making your dish. This is an alternate to positioning straight in the fire. or placing on a camp range.
Various other recipes and methods.
Most recipes appear to consist of using light weight aluminum foil. You must make certain you have plenty accessible when trying these dishes. There are some dishes that have an Italian style that are chicken breast combined with using pepperoni as well as cheese to flavor your recipe. Fire cooking has the tendency to be the favored way to earn these meals however there are other choices as well.The use of a camp range numbers plainly in many of the recipes. Celery and Carrots appear to be a popular additive to much of the poultry meals, particularly those that are stew based.
Cast Iron cooking is another prominent means to make campfire cooking preparation meals. Individuals that make use of the actors iron may utilize either a Dutch stove or various other forms of heavy frying pans making their meals. Of course when utilizing cast iron for cooking correct care and also seasoning of the frying pan, and going along with utensils are required to ensure that you could prepare your dish with a minimum of sticking as well as associated trauma to your dinner. I assume the variants in food preparation dishes and prep work methods will keep you delighted on your next cookout.


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Q: Where does target_link_libraries look for the required files? I am building a project from source and am trying to understand what is happening in the CMakeLists.txt files.
Where exactly is target_link_libraries looking for the required library files?
The specific CMakeLists.txt file I have has:
target_link_libraries(MyApplication PRIVATE
Magnum::Application
Magnum::GL
Magnum::Magnum
Magnum::Shaders)

I found folders that have the names GL and Shaders in a directory called Magnum in the project, and they have a collection of header files in them. I believed that target_link_libraries is telling CMake to include the libraries in the GL and Shaders folder.
However, I cannot seem to find a corresponding folder for Application, hence my line of reasoning must be flawed.
I do know target_link_libraries is doing something related to allowing the finally-put-together program to be able to use a set of libraries.
What exactly does target_link_libraries do? Where does it look for the required files in order to be able to use the libraries it needs to?

A: target_link_libraries doesn't link anything automatically. You should have a target previously created via add_library (or add_executable), where all files are listed.
The way these targets added into your CMake project may differ. E.g. you may have a library source files with CMakeLists.txt configuration (where the said add_library command is) under some folder libs/mylib. Then in your CMakeLists.txt you may have the library added with add_subdirectory(libs/mylib). Another option is to add the library with find_package.

A: In your specific case, you pass targets to target_link_libraries(). Targets with a shape like Magnum::Application etc are either imported targets or ALIAS targets.
From what you say, it seems than Magnum is vendored into your project, so I guess your are linking ALIAS targets, like the one defined here https://github.com/mosra/magnum/blob/cfc02599e54e02337dd56bb61f70b2e61eb9ce8d/src/Magnum/CMakeLists.txt#L295
Targets defined by add_library() or add_executable() in CMake are an abstraction carrying several informations, including location of files.


 Does the Demo license limit use of VR/360 export?
Topic: Does the Demo license limit use of VR/360 export?
Does the Demo license limit use of VR/360 export?
Does the demo license include the 360 export? I'm trying to gauge the programs ease of use, etc...but when I look up tutorials....there are icons/buttons that I do not see in my demo.
It appears that underneath the movie icon there is a 360/pano icon that is missing from my demo.
Is this a limitation of the demo and if so, why would Lumion do that? How else can I demonstrate to my boss that this software is worth buying?
Re: Does the Demo license limit use of VR/360 export?
There are in fact two different versions for evaluation purposes. As you've noticed, you're using the oldest version, i.e. Lumion Demo 5.3 without the latest Panorama/VR functionality.
Please see this Knowledge Base article if you're interested in testing the very latest version (which also includes gyroscope support in the MyLumion viewer).


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Q: Count certain record in database How can I count the number of certain records in database using classic asp? For example, I want to count how many record are there for Car..I'm using ms access. need help. thank you.

A: Yes.
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM Table WHERE Field = 'Car'

A: Is car a table?
select count(1) from car

Just like any other query.


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// This file is part of Eigen, a lightweight C++ template library
// for linear algebra.
//
// Copyright (C) 2010 Vincent Lejeune
// Copyright (C) 2010 Gael Guennebaud <gael.guennebaud@inria.fr>
//
// This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla
// Public License v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed
// with this file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.

#ifndef EIGEN_BLOCK_HOUSEHOLDER_H
#define EIGEN_BLOCK_HOUSEHOLDER_H

// This file contains some helper function to deal with block householder reflectors

namespace Eigen {

namespace internal {

/** \internal */
template<typename TriangularFactorType,typename VectorsType,typename CoeffsType>
void make_block_householder_triangular_factor(TriangularFactorType& triFactor, const VectorsType& vectors, const CoeffsType& hCoeffs)
{
  typedef typename TriangularFactorType::Index Index;
  typedef typename VectorsType::Scalar Scalar;
  const Index nbVecs = vectors.cols();
  eigen_assert(triFactor.rows() == nbVecs && triFactor.cols() == nbVecs && vectors.rows()>=nbVecs);

  for(Index i = 0; i < nbVecs; i++)
  {
    Index rs = vectors.rows() - i;
    Scalar Vii = vectors(i,i);
    vectors.const_cast_derived().coeffRef(i,i) = Scalar(1);
    triFactor.col(i).head(i).noalias() = -hCoeffs(i) * vectors.block(i, 0, rs, i).adjoint()
                                       * vectors.col(i).tail(rs);
    vectors.const_cast_derived().coeffRef(i, i) = Vii;
    // FIXME add .noalias() once the triangular product can work inplace
    triFactor.col(i).head(i) = triFactor.block(0,0,i,i).template triangularView<Upper>()
                             * triFactor.col(i).head(i);
    triFactor(i,i) = hCoeffs(i);
  }
}

/** \internal */
template<typename MatrixType,typename VectorsType,typename CoeffsType>
void apply_block_householder_on_the_left(MatrixType& mat, const VectorsType& vectors, const CoeffsType& hCoeffs)
{
  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
  enum { TFactorSize = MatrixType::ColsAtCompileTime };
  Index nbVecs = vectors.cols();
  Matrix<typename MatrixType::Scalar, TFactorSize, TFactorSize, ColMajor> T(nbVecs,nbVecs);
  make_block_householder_triangular_factor(T, vectors, hCoeffs);

  const TriangularView<const VectorsType, UnitLower>& V(vectors);

  // A -= V T V^* A
  Matrix<typename MatrixType::Scalar,VectorsType::ColsAtCompileTime,MatrixType::ColsAtCompileTime,0,
         VectorsType::MaxColsAtCompileTime,MatrixType::MaxColsAtCompileTime> tmp = V.adjoint() * mat;
  // FIXME add .noalias() once the triangular product can work inplace
  tmp = T.template triangularView<Upper>().adjoint() * tmp;
  mat.noalias() -= V * tmp;
}

} // end namespace internal

} // end namespace Eigen

#endif // EIGEN_BLOCK_HOUSEHOLDER_H


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This video also comes with the announcement that Marvel Studios' Black Panther will be arriving at home digitally on May 8th and on Blu-Ray on May 15, 2018. This release will include never seen before extra features that will take viewers into the world of Wakanda and what it took to create it.
Are you excited for Avengers: Infinity War to come to theaters and Black Panther to be available to watch at home? What is your favorite Marvel Cinematic Universe moment over the course of the last 10 years? Let us know in the comments below!


Put sewage pipes in the inhabitant areas under all major and arterial roads.
Collect sewage from houses and streets and transfer it to sewage treatment plants.
Time to time cleaning and maintenance of sewage pipelines such that no issues like sewage-clogging and sewage pipe breakage could cause insanitation in its municipal area.


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A little anecdotal story that caught my eye. The Puyallup Fair is the largest fair in Washington State. Over the past decade the problem this fair has had is that they cannot hire enough workers! Of course it's just a temporary minimum wage job, but they went from can't get enough workers to this:
Puyallup Fair says job applicants overwhelming
Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)
Officials at the Puyallup Fair say 4,000 people came out on Wednesday to sign up for temporary jobs at the event, and many were turned away and asked to come back again. That number of job seekers was 3,500 more than officials had ever experienced on the first day of hiring of the fair.
On Thursday, the first 600 people in line will be given numbers and others will be asked to come back on Friday and Monday.
"Due to the inability to process that many applicants in one day, many of those people who showed up were asked to return tomorrow," Fair officials said in a statement.
They said they cut off the line at a place where WorkSource Employment Office staffers could process those applicants.
Fair officials said they're looking to fill 3,000 jobs for the fair set for Sept. 11-27, with wages starting at the state's minimum wage of $8.55 an hour. Some jobs pay more than that, officials said, depending on duties and skills required.
So, on the first day they received EIGHT TIMES AS MANY APPLICANTS AS NORMAL!
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Effingham Equity, Upland Bird Hunt | Sandy Run Hunt Co.
Brock Murray set up an upland bird hunt for some of his customers and suppliers for Effingham Equity. Jeff Powell took out half the group to the Clubhouse Field, after the quail coveys, pheasant and chukar. Colton Wilkins took his group and pair of dogs over to the Cabin Field. Three nice covey rises on Colton's portion of this video.
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Life of an Anarchist: The Alexander Berkman Reader
Edited by Gene Fellner
372 pages | Seven Stories Press
Alexander Berkman was a twentieth-century American revolutionary. Like the abolitionist John Brown before him, Berkman was hugely idealistic, ready to go to the furthest extreme of self-sacrifice and violence on behalf of justice and civil rights. He decided to assassinate industrialist Henry Clay Frick after reading in the newspaper that Pinkertons hired by Frick had opened fire on the Homestead strikers, killing men, women, and children. Berkman's bungled attempt cost him fifteen years in a federal penitentiary. Upon his release, he became an effective agitator against conscription and was again imprisoned and eventually deported to Russia, where he saw at first hand the early days of Bolshevism. Berkman's writings remain a lasting and impassioned record of intense political transformation.
Featuring a new introduction by Howard Zinn, Life of an Anarchist contains Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist, Berkman's account of his years in prison; The Bolshevik Myth, his eyewitness account of the early days of the Russian Revolution; and The ABC of Anarchism, the classic text on the nature of anarchism in the twentieth century. Also included are a selection of letters between Berkman and his lifelong companion Emma Goldman, and a generous sampling from Berkman's other publications.
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I am excited to be Guest Designing at the Shimmerz Blog for the month of December. I have used tonnes Shimmerz Products in this my second project, which is a Mixed Media Canvas using a photograph from my Wedding day over 18 years ago.
This is my canvas which I had a fabulous time creating.
I used symbols that speak of the Eternal bond Quentin and I share. The day we married wasn't necessarily the start of our life together, however it was the day we pronounced our Love for each other to the world and made our eternal commitment in the sight of God. We were young when we married and I am grateful for this, as our Love has grown as we have too. I am also glad that we had years of time before and after our Wedding together as a couple before starting our family. This time together helped to make our marriage solid and stable. The nest symbolises our little family that has bloomed from our love.
I have used Golden Absorbent Ground randomly over the papers so that all of the yummy Shimmerz products wouldn't be resisted by Gesso if I had used it. There are quite a few layers of paper (including a doily) on the base, most of which has eventually been hidden as the piece grew with a life and purpose of its own.
I love to use the Shimmerz on my finger to add touches of colour and sparkle to flowers, leaves and embellishments. I have also used some Rub'n'Buff for the same purpose.
I misted the photograph with Shimmeringz Baby's Breath before masking our faces and flicking dots of the Vibez Jeni B Bleu and Pop Art Pink over the photograph. The edges have also been swiped randomly with the Shimmerz in both the Tickle Me Turquoise and Angel Wings – along with a touch of the Rub'n'Buff. I did all of this to keep the photograph as the star of the canvas without it looking like a last minute add-on.
I love how I can do dots of all sizes with the Dimensionz nozzle, adding additional shimmer and texture to my background.
I thoroughly enjoyed creating this canvas and remembering how wonderful our Wedding day was, all those years ago. It all came together quite quickly once I started, gaining a momentum of its own. I find that happens a lot when I get a chance to get down to some serious creating.
Thank you for checking out my second project Guest Designing for the Shimmerz Blog for December, and a huge thank you to Stacey and the team for inviting me.
My project from last week, which was a Christmas Card using loads of Shimmerz goodies can be viewed —– here.


'Yokoten – Lean Management and Automation in Production. Good Industry Practices Upland 2018' is a business forum organised by the Automotive & Machinery Upland Cluster Organisation – a unique event during which the latest technological solutions will be presented in the context of the challenges related to the development and optimisation of industrial production.
The 8th edition of the European Congress of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises will be held on 17-19 October 2018 at the International Congress Centre in Katowice. The motto of this year's Congress is "Science - Business - Self-Government TOGETHER FOR ECONOMY".
This year's 7th edition of the Eastern Europe Initiatives Congress will be devoted to building of lasting relations within the regional cooperation of Central and Eastern European countries in the context of the hundred-year tradition of independence, liberty and civil rights.
The third edition of the Polish-Eastern PUIG Lub-Invest Conference will be held on 14-15 June 2018 in Lublin. This event is one of the most important international events devoted to Poland's economic cooperation with its eastern partners, with particular emphasis on Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova and Kazakhstan.
The City of Lublin - the coordinator of Lublin Medicine Cluster - invites entrepreneurs and institutions interested in the development of inbound medical tourism in Eastern Europe to take part in the Conference "Health and Medical Tourism Summit 2018" that will take place on 12 June 2018 in Lublin.
We are pleased to invite you to attend the conference 'Integrating international students: perspectives from cities, civil society and academia 2.0' which concerns integration of international students.
The 'Cities 2050' Conference aims to present solutions from Poland and Europe that have allowed cities to enter a higher level of sustainable development, becoming modern and close to residents, open to their diversity. The conference will take place in Lublin Conference Centre on March 20, 2018, and participation is free of charge.
'miasto.to' (the city.is) is a continuation of "The Creatives" project, which has explored the potential of Lublin creative sector over the last four years. This year, we will uncover the unknown Lublin and the special guest will be Dimitri Roussopoulos, who will highlight the idea of 'the right to the city'.
"Lublin Subzone - 10 years of striving for innovative economy of the city"
The Polish-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce, The City of Lublin, and the Marshal Office of the Lubelskie Voivodeship invite to one of the most important business events concerning international business relations of Poland with its eastern neighbours.
The BSS Forum is an international conference focusing on BSS sector, organised by the Pro Progressio Foundation. The Forum is directly connected with The Outsourcing Stars Gala - the only one non-commercial outsourcing industry event organized in Poland.
This year, the Lub-Invest Eastern Business Forum and the Polish-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce's Conference were joined to form one big event on October 26, 2016.
Polish Entrepreneurship Congress is one of the largest business and economy events in Poland, organized this year in Lublin. Over a thousand participants from all over the country will meet on October 27-28, 2016.
We are pleased to invite you to attend the conference organized by the Department of Strategy and Investor Relations which concerns integration of international students on the 3rd and the 4th of November in Lublin (Poland).
The Creative Ones are pleased to invite you to the vernissage of the 4th edition of the event dedicated to the creative class of Lublin and to the lecture of Charles Landry - the world-renown expert, who combines cities and the creativity; the author of the iconic book The Creative City.


The company, which sold $2 billion worth of shares in May, says it intends to seek additional liquidity to cover its ambitious agenda and support acquisition-target SolarCity.
Tesla Motors (TSLA - Get Report) said Wednesday it intends to tap debt or equity markets for fresh funding before year's end, seeking additional capital to fund its ambitious production schedule.
The disclosure, contained in a regulatory filing discussing the company's pending $2.6 billion acquisition of SolarCity (SCTY , said that while Tesla expects its current balance sheet and cash flow projections "will provide it with adequate liquidity based on its current plans through at least the end of the current fiscal year," the company will seek additional funds to pay for tooling and equipment for the upcoming Model 3 sedan, as well as continued development of its battery factory and a build out of its retail and charging network.
Tesla also said that should the merger with SolarCity be completed, the additional funds "would also be used to support the additional capital needs of the combined company." As of June 30, Tesla had $3.25 billion in cash and cash equivalents.
The deal for SolarCity, which like Tesla counts Elon Musk as a major shareholder, has been criticized by bears because of the extra burden the money-losing solar panel installer would place on Tesla's balance sheet. SolarCity earlier this month said it would sell $100 million in bonds to Musk and SolarCity execs Lyndon Rive and Peter Rive, a potential sign that SolarCity is having trouble attracting outside interest in its bonds.
There are some indications that bond investors are growing wary of Tesla as well. The company is seeking to raise funds in part because in the current quarter it has received notice of conversion from holders of about $422 million in senior notes due 2018. Those conversions were an unanticipated further cash drain on the company.
Equity markets to date have been more forgiving. Tesla was able to sell $2 billion in shares in a May secondary stock offering, and shares of the company have held up well in the months since despite a flood of bad news concerning missed delivery estimates, regulatory investigations and a fatality linked to Tesla's Autopilot driver-assist technology.
But given the substantial risks to Tesla as it tries to ramp up production from 50,000 annual units to 500,000 and bring a new vehicle to market, there is no guarantee how long the window to raise new equity will remain open to the company.
Shares of Tesla traded down 1.79% on Tuesday and were off slightly in premarket trading on Wednesday.
Though Tesla has massive funding needs in the quarters to come and will soon face additional competition in the electric-vehicle market, it also has deposits for more than 300,000 Model 3 vehicles, a sign that there will be solid demand for the new car assuming the company is able to find the cash needed to bring it to market.


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require_relative 'spec_helper'

module Selenium
  module WebDriver
    describe SearchContext do
      class TestSearchContext
        attr_reader :bridge, :ref

        include Selenium::WebDriver::SearchContext

        def initialize(bridge)
          @bridge = bridge
        end
      end

      let(:element)        { double(:Element) }
      let(:bridge)         { double(:Bridge).as_null_object }
      let(:search_context) { TestSearchContext.new(bridge) }

      context 'finding a single element' do
        it 'accepts a hash' do
          expect(bridge).to receive(:find_element_by).with('id', 'bar', nil).and_return(element)
          expect(search_context.find_element(id: 'bar')).to eq(element)
        end

        it 'accepts two arguments' do
          expect(bridge).to receive(:find_element_by).with('id', 'bar', nil).and_return(element)
          expect(search_context.find_element(id: 'bar')).to eq(element)
        end

        it "raises an error if given an invalid 'by'" do
          expect do
            search_context.find_element(foo: 'bar')
          end.to raise_error(ArgumentError, 'cannot find element by :foo')
        end

        it 'does not modify the hash given' do
          selector = {id: 'foo'}

          search_context.find_element(selector)

          expect(selector).to eq(id: 'foo')
        end
      end

      context 'finding multiple elements' do
        it 'accepts a hash' do
          expect(bridge).to receive(:find_elements_by).with('id', 'bar', nil).and_return([])
          expect(search_context.find_elements(id: 'bar')).to eq([])
        end

        it 'accepts two arguments' do
          expect(bridge).to receive(:find_elements_by).with('id', 'bar', nil).and_return([])
          expect(search_context.find_elements(id: 'bar')).to eq([])
        end

        it "raises an error if given an invalid 'by'" do
          expect do
            search_context.find_elements(foo: 'bar')
          end.to raise_error(ArgumentError, 'cannot find elements by :foo')
        end
      end
    end
  end # WebDriver
end # Selenium


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Three Easy Tips to Upgrade Your Vision Statement
Shelley A. Kirkpatrick
Has your company's vision statement lost its steam? Is it gathering dust? Do employees even know you have a vision statement?
A good vision statement helps employees understand why the company is in business and focus attention on the desired future. There are over 50 studies that show the positive impact of a vision statement on company, business unit and individual employee performance as well as employee attitudes.
For example, a study by University of Maryland Professors J. Robert Baum and Edwin Locke found that companies with vision statements that were communicated to employees had higher revenue growth over a 6-year period than those without vision statements. Other studies have found that business units with a leader who communicates a vision have higher productivity and lower project costs than units with leader who did not communicate a vision.
Upgrading your vision statement doesn't mean that you have to change the idea behind your vision, but you can change the wording to fine tune it. Zenoss helps companies manage their large scale IT systems, and its original vision statement was Changing the game in systems management. The original concept behind its vision remains constant but was changed a few years ago. Changing the game was reworded as Transforming, and system management became IT Operations to reflect terms used by its customers, who are information technology professionals. Zenoss' new vision statement is Transforming IT Operations.
Tip 1: Describe Your Impact
Avoid the generic vision statement of "to be the best in our industry." Instead, find a way to truly inspire employees by describing the impact that you want to have. Sporting goods maker Giro's vision is described below:
The best riders in the world will be using our products in world-class competition. Winners of the Tour de France, the World Championships and the Olympic Gold Medal will win while wearing Giro helmets. We will receive unsolicited phone calls and letters from customers who say,"Thank you for being in business; one of your helmets saved my life." Our employees will feel that this is the best place they've ever worked. When you ask people to name the top company in the cycling business, the vast majority will say, "Giro."
REI's vision statement goes beyond simply stating its mission of selling outdoor gear:
We inspire, educate and outfit for a lifetime of outdoor adventure and stewardship.
Tip 2: Make Employees Part of Your Vision
Build employees' confidence by incorporating into your vision statement of how the company will help employees grow and develop.
A woodworking company expanded a mundane vision of "to be a leader in the industry" by explaining how employees would benefit from the company's continued industry leadership:
To continue to be a leader in the woodworking industry using creative and innovative ideas. To provide a high-quality product at a fair price backed with dependable service. To create an atmosphere in which all employees can develop to their greatest potential and where willingness to accept change will ensure continuous improvement.
Avoid using us-versus-them terms. Instead, use "we" to refer to everyone in the company—management and employees—to draw employees in.
We are achievers – intelligent and efficient – in the way we spend our business resources of time, talent, and dollars, to bring about a successful, planned and expected business result or profitability…
Tip 3: Make It Unique
If your company's name is omitted from your vision statement, it should still be obvious that it refers to your company and not your competitor. Refer to specific markets that you serve:
To be the company that best understands and satisfies the product, service and self-fulfillment needs of women – globally. (Avon)
Or, reference your strategy for achieving the vision:
To provide access to the world's information in one click. (Google)
Saving people money so they can live better. (Walmart)
Technology services company ACF Solutions modified its vision statement to reflect an additional market—higher education–that its founders wanted to serve:
To be a recognized leader and trusted advisor to the world's most impactful non-profit and higher education organizations.
The higher education market now represents about half of ACF Solutions' revenues.
When you upgrade your vision statement by making it unique, impactful and relevant to your employees, your company will outperform the competition!
Shelley A. Kirkpatrick is the co-founder and CEO of Visiontelligence LLC (www.visiontelligence.com) where she helps leaders build better vision statements. A former professor at Carnegie Mellon University and The American University, her Ph.D. is in organizational behavior from the Smith School of Business, University of Maryland at College Park.
Read: http://www.visiontelligence.com/news.htm
Read:http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkotter/2013/10/14/the-reason-most-company-vision-statements-arent-effective/


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Mortgage rates hit 6.3%—the real cost to buy a house has officially spiked over 50% in just 6 months
BYLance Lambert
June 15, 2022, 10:05 AM UTC
Photo illustration by Fortune; original photo by Getty Images
Heading into the year, Fannie Mae predicted that the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate would climb from 3.1% to 3.3% by the end of 2022. The Mortgage Bankers Association was a bit more bullish for mortgage rates, predicting the average rate would rise to 4% by the end of 2022.
At the time, Ali Wolf, chief economist of Zonda, told Fortune that "the impact of rising interest rates depends on where they land. If [mortgage] rates approach 4% before the end of the year, there will be a notable downshift in housing demand…If mortgage interest rates gradually rise throughout the year, allowing home sellers to price their homes accordingly, then the shock to the system will be less noticeable."
Fast-forward to today, and it's clear that neither Fannie Mae's forecast nor the Mortgage Bankers Association's prediction was anywhere close to reality. Instead, we've tipped over into what Wolf deems the "shock to the system" category.
As of Tuesday, the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate has jumped to 6.28%—up from 5.3% just a month ago. That marks the highest mortgage rate since 2008. The 3.2 percentage point jump in mortgage rates over the past year also marks the biggest upward swing since 1981.
Soaring mortgage rates means many would-be borrowers, who must meet banks' required debt-to-income ratios, have lost their mortgage eligibility. While buyers who are undeterred will simply have to pay more—a lot more.
If a homebuyer took out a $400,000 mortgage in June 2021 at the then average fixed rate of 3.1%, they'd owe $1,708 per month. At a 6.28% rate, that principal and interest payment comes out to $2,471. However, that's assuming the home didn't change in value. Now let's say that home jumped 20%—the latest reading for year-over-year home price growth—in value. That ups the mortgage to $480,000. At a 6.28% rate, a $480,000 mortgage comes out to a $2,965 principal and interest payment. That's quite a jump.
In America's 100 largest regional housing markets, the typical new mortgage payment has spiked 52% over the past six months. That's according to data that Zonda, a real estate research company, provided to Fortune this week. During that six-month window, the typical new payment for someone buying in San Jose—the nation's most expensive housing market—jumped from $5,304 to $8,185. That upward swing, in such a short time frame, explains why more buyers are finally backing off.
The swift move up in mortgage rates coupled with record home price appreciation is also why the housing market has begun to cool down—fast. Over the past few months, both home sales and mortgage applications have fallen sharply as more buyers remain on the sidelines.
Since April, Moody's Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi has been telling Fortune this would happen. What we've entered into isn't just a housing slowdown. Instead, Zandi says, it's a full-blown "housing correction." Over the coming 12 months, Moody's Analytics forecasts the year-over-year rate of home price growth will plummet from 20% to 0%, while significantly "overvalued" housing markets like Boise and Atlanta could see home prices drop 5% to 10%. (Moody's Analytics estimates 183 regional housing markets are "overvalued" by more than 25% relative to what local economic fundamentals would historically support.)
If a recession comes—something Zandi gives a 1-in-3 chance over the coming year—he expects U.S. home prices to fall 5%. Historically speaking, year-over-year home price declines are incredibly rare. Over the past 100 years, Zandi says, we've only seen it happen during the Great Depression and following the 2008 housing bust. If a recession does come to pass, he also expects significantly "overvalued" housing markets to see 15% to 20% home price declines.
Why did mortgage rates jump to 6%?
Not only did Fannie Mae and the Mortgage Bankers Association miss on their mortgage rate forecasts, they weren't even close. How did that happen? Well, heading into the year there was a consensus among economists that the rate of inflation would begin to come down. It didn't happen. In fact, we've seen the consumer price index rise from 7.0% in December 2021 to the 8.6% rate announced last week.
In its push to counter this stubbornly high inflation, the Federal Reserve has put immense upward pressure on mortgage rates—and that has hit home shoppers incredibly hard.
So why did economists get both the inflation picture and mortgage rate outlooks so wrong? In the eyes of Zandi, the game changers were the supply-chain and energy shocks caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. According to his analysis, he estimates 3.5 percentage points of the 8.6% inflation rate is a direct result of Putin's ground war in Eastern Europe.
If the invasion hadn't occurred, Zandi tells Fortune, the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate would likely be around 3.8% right now.
Looking for the latest housing market info? Follow me on Twitter at @NewsLambert.


Here are the top five methods that usually work for me when working on a variety of Zebra label printers – from the GK420 and GX420 series to the bigger 110xi and M4 printers.
Switch the printer off using the switch at the back near the power socket. Give it two seconds, then switch it back on.
Hold down the single round button on the front panel. The indicator light will start a flash sequence: 1, 1-2, 1-2-3, and so on. When it flashes four times, release it. This resets the printer to factory defaults. See my other post for detailed information about factory resetting.
Hold down the button until the light flashes five times, then release it. This will make the printer enter label width calibration. It will print a series of widths, getting wider each time, on a label. When the printed width matches the label width (or your preferred setting), tap the button once to lock it in.
Here is how to factory reset a Zebra GK420t Label Printer by using using the form feed button and holding it in for 4 sequences of flashing numbers.
Press and hold the Form Feed until the 4th sequence of blinks has completed. Each sequence is separated by a 1 second pause.
Resets the printer to the factory default settings (equivalent to ZPL command^JUN). Some configuration settings are not returned to their initial 'out of box' settings. Other settings are exclusively set, viewed and controlled by programming are also reset. The performs a standard media calibration and then a memory defragmentation routine.


Enjoy the trip of a lifetime AND help save most endangered cat in Africa? Yes.
Celebrating their new partnership with the Cheetah Conservation Fund, where research, conservation and education efforts are helping to save the endangered cheetah, Baobab Expeditions helps turn travelers into explorers who make a difference with an extraordinary safari adventure through Namibia.
HOW: Baobab will make a donation to the Fund for each participant on the safari.
TRIP DETAILS: Arriving in Windhoek, Namibia's capital, guests are met by Baobab's excellent guides and driven north to the Frans Indongo Lodge, a charming farmhouse modeled on traditional Ovambo homesteads. A highlight of the journey comes on the second day with a full-day visit to the Fund's International Research and Education Centre in Otjiwarongo where visitors are shown the value of sustainable practices to save the cheetah and where they are able to view this elusive animal.
The next day, the group journeys northward toward Etosha National Park, one of Africa's largest game reserves and a great animal sanctuary with a wide diversity of wildlife and bird species. The Park is a complex of salt pans left from a lake 3 million years ago with many watering holes where game gather. Visitors have extensive game viewing here on days four and five. Accommodations for the two nights are at Andersson's Camp and at Mushara Bush Camp.
From Etosha, the travelers make their way to the Kavango Region on the border of Angola. The broad flood plains of the Kavango River make the area considerably greener than the rest of Namibia. Five tribes live along this river, each with a traditional chief. Tonight, the travelers stay at the Hakusembe Lodge, consisting of ten spacious chalets in an eclectic blend of traditional African and modern art work. Arrival at the Lodge will be in time for a late afternoon boat cruise on the River.
The Mhango Game Park on the Okavango River is one of Namibia's most diverse and interesting conservation areas. Two nights are spent at the Nunda Safari Lodge with plenty of time to enjoy game drives in the Game Park and a boat cruise on the river.
Moving closer to Zambia, the next stop is the Bwabwata National Park, soon to be part of the world's largest Trans-Frontier Conservation Area that will include Namibia, Botswana, Angola and Zambia and will rehabilitate wildlife populations virtually destroyed by poaching in the past. The itinerary includes two days in Bwabwata with more game drives, guided walks, boat trips and birding. Accommodation is at the Mazambala Island Lodge, a bungalow lodge built with bricks, reeds and thatched roofs.
On Day 11, the group makes its way to Katima Mulilo, the regional capital of eastern Caprivi and from there, they cross the bridge into Zambia and the town of Livingstone and Victoria Falls on the Zambezi River. The Falls is one of the natural wonders of the world and there are other activities nearby such as bungee-jumping, white river rafting, and helicopter rides over the Falls. Accommodations are at the Zambezi Waterfront Lodge.