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Family Star™
One of several Outcomes Stars for parents
Triangle have developed four variants of the Outcomes Star for parents – the Family Star, Family Star Plus, Family Star (Early Years) and Family Star (Relationships).
They are widely used to support parents and their families by local authorities and voluntary sector services across the UK. Where any version of the Family Stars are used with a family, My Star can also be used to capture the voice of the child, their needs, their perspective on the changes they are experiencing, and to check that the changes made by parents are enabling their children to thrive. For example, in the pilot there was strong feedback that My Star helped to 'bring the child into the room' in multi-agency discussions.
This page includes brief guidance on which version is best for your service (see Resources on the right hand side of this page) but please contact us and we can provide you with more advice.
Family Star™ Plus
Copyright: Triangle Consulting Social Enterprise Limited
The Family Star Plus is an improved variant of the Family Star and is designed to support effective parenting
The Family Star Plus has two additional scales to give greater focus on the parent themselves as well as their parenting abilities. It is in part a direct response to the UK Government's Troubled Families initiative, and provides evidence within the key Phase 1 areas of employability, anti-social behaviour and school attendance.
Family Star Plus was developed with Leicestershire County Council. In addition Triangle would like to thank to Camden Council Children's Schools and Families (CSF) Directorate, and to Family Action, Hampshire local authority parenting services and the collective of Camden family services and consultant-parents, for making the original Family Star possible.
The Family Star Plus covers ten areas of parenting essential to enabling children to thrive and in line with the UK Government's Troubled Families initiative:
Your well-being
Meeting emotional needs
Keeping your children safe
Boundaries and behaviour
Family routine
Home and money
Progress to work
Full resources are available for organisations with a Star Licence and training for all workers and managers using the Star. See free previews here.
Family Star (Early Years)™
The Family Star (Early Years) is specifically designed for use with young children (0 to 5 years) and in lighter-touch interventions (ie often called Level 2 in a continuum of needs). It is a variant of the Family Star
Ideally suited for Children's Centres, it has fewer and shorter scales for ease of use, as well as a specific scale for early years – Child Development.
It was developed by Triangle with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Early Help and Children's Centres Services. In addition Triangle would also like to thank Camden Council Children's Schools and Families (CSF) Directorate, and to Family Action, Hampshire local authority parenting services and the collective of Camden family services and consultant-parents, for making the original Family Star possible.
The Family Star (Early Years) covers seven outcome areas:
Boundaries and routines
Home, money and work
NEW: Family Star (Relationships)™
Family Star (Relationships) is a new variant focused on protecting children from conflict between parents
It has been specifically designed for services focusing on resolving conflict between parents (inter-parental conflict). This can include mediation and counselling services but only where there is a focus on the well-being of the children and the role of effective parenting. Although it is more focused it is in itself a holistic tool. This means it should only be used instead of another Family Star, not as well as.
The Family Star (Relationships) was developed by Triangle with Essex County Council and Hertfordshire County Council as part of their Local Family Offer work around parental conflict, funded by the Department of Work and Pensions.
The Family Star (Relationships) covers eight areas of parenting essential to enabling children to thrive:
Routines and stability
Relationship skills
Managing strong feelings
The Family Star was the first Star for families to be created by Triangle. Unless your service is based in Scotland, we recommend choosing the later variant, Family Star Plus, instead.
For services in Scotland, specific guidance is available for the Family Star which supports you to use it in the context of the GIRFEC framework and SHANARRI well-being indicators.
The Family Star was developed by Triangle with Camden Council CSF and Camden service providers including Hopscotch, Coram, Elfrida Rathbone, Families In Focus, Agar Grove Children's Centre and the YOS, plus Family Action and additional piloting and feedback from Hampshire Family Services.
The Family Star covers eight areas of parenting essential to enabling children to thrive:
Family Stars in other languages
We are working on and welcome enquiries regarding using any of the Family Stars internationally and in other languages. Currently we have resources available in
Romanian (a short version of Family Star Plus)
Czech (Family Star Plus)
French (resources from the Family Star, Family Star Plus)
Welsh (resources from Family Star, Family Star Plus and Family Star Early Years)
Please contact us for more information on translations and using the Star in another language.
Star development collaborators
Example of Star data: Evaluation of Essex County Council Early Help Programme
Outcome Star Case Study; Family Star Plus with Staffordshire County Council
Outcome Star Case Study; Putting the family at the centre
Outcome Star Case Study; Using the Star with children and young people
Family Star (early years) Psychometric factsheet
Family Star Psychometric factsheet
Family Star (Relationships) development report
How to use the Star in a trauma informed apprach
Meitheal and Child and Family Support Networks Process and Outcomes Pilot Study – Family Star plus


Steve works in finance as an accountant for Presidium, a company that helps prevent child abuse. His wife Tena is the senior development director for Presbyterian Communities & Services.
Steve and Tena have three adult children: Laura who lives in Oklahoma City, and Jake and Kyle who both live in Dallas.
I remember my first visit. It was right before the Sanctuary closed for renovation and I can honestly say I had never been in such a beautiful worship space. My wife and I loved the sermon and were particularly impressed by the impact the church had—and still has—on the surrounding community.
One night last year I was lying in bed struggling to breathe—like someone was sitting on my chest. Afraid that I was having a heart attack, we got up and drove to the doctor. After performing some tests, the doctor came in to tell us that while I hadn't had a heart attack, I did have a mass the size of a lime growing next to my heart and lungs. It was a rare, slow-growing cancer: stage three thymoma.
The medical team met and suggested I undergo chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation.
Steve and his wife Tena.
After the first of five rounds of chemo, one of my kidneys started to fail. On top of that, the surgery to remove the mass was supposed to be a get-in-get-out 2-hour ordeal. It ended up taking ten hours, with the surgical team removing the tumor and everything it has spread to touch: half of my left lung and the nerve that controls the diaphragm. Two days in the hospital turned into three weeks.
Over the past year, I have been in the hospital four times. In my mind, my wife has been affected equally if not more than me because she has had to care for me on top of keeping everything in the household moving. Throughout that time though, the church took care of both of us, each with our own unique needs.
About two weeks after telling our Bible study group about my cancer, Bonnie brought a prayer shawl to me during the Sunday school hour. It's hard to put into words how it felt to have that warmth put into my hands right before going through chemo.
After my surgery, the first face I remember seeing in the ICU was that of Joe Williams from the hospital visitation ministry at the church. I didn't expect it—I didn't even know Joe at the time. He came in and said "You don't know me, but I'm from your church and I'm here to pray with you." And he wasn't the only one. Many people came to visit after that.
A few weeks later, my sister was in town on a Sunday. After we had watched the service online, two ladies from the church took time out of their day to bring us communion, serving it to us right in our living room. It was beautiful.
There's nothing more important than having a family when you go through something like this, whether it's the family you grew up with, the family you have currently, or your church family. At the end of the day, having someone there for you—to take care of you, to love you—when you go through what I've gone through, it's everything. I don't know what we would have done without our family at First Presbyterian Church of Dallas.


Food Secure Canada and our members are pleased to see Minister MacAulay commit to including First Nations, Métis and Inuit (FNMI) peoples in the development of a national food policy. We have been advocating for this since the release of Resetting the Table: A People's Food Policy for Canada in 2011!
"Our Minister's mandate letter includes many important commitments, including the development of a national food policy," Minister Lawrence MacAulay's office stated in an email. "Canada has a solid reputation for producing safe and healthy food, and the Minister intends to build on that reputation, and consider the perspectives of a wide range of stakeholders, including aboriginal groups, in determining the potential shape and direction of the food policy."
FNMI peoples are disproportionately affected by food insecurity (up to 70% of children in Nunavut experience hunger!) so they must be a part of shaping the solutions. We know that the problems are complex ( poverty, high cost of food, remoteness, climate change impacts on traditional foods) and so we need complex solutions that FNMI people are best placed to identify.
Nunavut created an anti-poverty strategy that includes food security and that reflects Inuit food systems and values and proposes a diversity of actions. Their process included an inspiring model where community members, government and academics are engaged in an ongoing conversation that is now being carried forward by the Nunavut Food Security Coalition.
Food Secure Canada and the Arctic Institute of Community Based Research (AICBR) are collaboratingwith different levels of community, government and FNMI governance to develop a Northern Food Strategy, a crucial component of a National Food Policy.
Check out some of FSC resources on Northern food issues.


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This is the design document for the sophia package manager for the Emily programming language (emilylang.org). This will be written in Python and will be as modular as possible.

## Storage
Packages would be stored in a central git repository. This repository would essentially be a list of metadata json files that would contain the following information
  * name
  * source
    * version-key (tag that method uses for version)
    * url (url to use with method)
    * method (git or similar)
  * list of dependencies
  * version (for Sophia's purposes)

## Naming
Packages can be named anything, however there are two rules for naming packages
  1. The "first element" in the package name, should be controlled by a specific person or organization who registers it
  2. nobody should ever check in a package whose path corresponds to a file in another repo

For example, it's ok for there to be a package emily.ffi.cpp, and a package emily.ffi.cpp.clang as long there's no clang file in emily.ffi.cpp

These rules are not enforced by Sophia! They are social rules and not adhering to them is bad practice.

## Dependency Installation
Dependencies will install to one of two places. If they are local dependencies they will install to \_emilylocallibs in the project folder. If they are global dependencies then they will install to ~/.emilylibs. They will also install with a metadata file called \_package.json which will be a clone of the metadata file in the central repo

## Sophia dependency file
This file declared as name.sophia where name is a variable will describe the dependencies of the project. It will a json file that stores the names of dependencies, their versions, and whether they are local or global.

## Sophia Commands

* install - Installs a single package based on a name (takes --local or --global)
* installAll - Installs the packages specified in the .sophia file (takes --local or --global)
* build - builds a sophia projects dependencies installing them all locally (in .lib) so you can zip up your project and give it to an end-user and they don't need to run ```sophia getAll```
* update - This will update your installation of Sophia with the current version of the main repo
* upgrade - Update/Upgrade a specific dependency
* upgradeAll - Updates/Upgrades packages specified in the .sophia file

## Usage in Programs

@mcclure if you could look at this for implementing into Emily that would be appreciated

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Il picchio del Giappone (Picus awokera ) è un uccello piciforme della famiglia dei Picidi.

Descrizione

Dimensioni
Misura 29-30 cm di lunghezza per 120-138 g di peso.

Aspetto
Nel maschio adulto, la base della fronte, le redini e la zona sotto all'occhio sono nerastre. La zona che va dalla metà della fronte fino alla nuca è rossa, ma con un'infiltrazione variabile di grigio e di nero, soprattutto a livello della nuca. Il sopracciglio, le copritrici auricolari e i lati della nuca sono grigiastri, spesso con una sfumatura verdastra quando il piumaggio è fresco di muta. Il «mustacchio» è nero, ma presenta una cospicua macchia rossa nella parte centrale. Il mento è bianco. Il retro del collo è verde-grigiastro. La mantellina, le scapolari e il dorso hanno una colorazione che varia dal grigio-verde al verde oliva, con piume che presentano grandi terminazioni gialle sul codrione e sulla parte centrale delle sotto-caudali. Le sotto-caudali esterne sono di colore verde uniforme. Le copritrici alari e le terziarie sono verdi con terminazioni e bordi giallo-bronzei, le remiganti sono bruno-nerastre con ornamenti verdi e barre bianche sul bordo delle primarie e delle secondarie. La coda è marrone con deboli barre giallastre. La colorazione della gola è bianca, ma diviene bianco-grigiastra o camoscio-verdastra chiara sul petto e molto chiara sul ventre. La parte bassa del petto, il ventre e i fianchi presentano numerose macchie scure di grandi dimensioni. Le sotto-caudali camoscio sono barrate di scuro. Il sotto delle ali è biancastro con barre marroni. La parte inferiore della coda è come quella superiore, ma più chiara.

La femina adulta è simile al maschio, ma è più piccola ed ha il becco più corto. Il cappuccio non è rosso, bensì interamente grigio con macchie nere. Sulla nuca è presente tuttavia una piccola macchia rossa. La macchia rossa al centro del mustacchio è molto più discreta. I giovani hanno un piumaggio più scuro di quello degli adulti. Presentano parti superiori più grigiastre e macchie sulle parti inferiori più grossolane.

Gli adulti hanno il becco giallastro con culmen e punta nerastri. Le zampe e i piedi sono grigiastri con una sfumatura verde o bluastra. L'iride è rossa.

Voce
Il picchio del Giappone è una specie particolarmente vocale poco prima e durante la stagione di nidificazione. Emette un potente piyo che si distingue da quello del picchio cenerino per il fatto di risuonare più come un colpo di frusta. Può anche emettere un ket ket del quale si ignora esattamente la funzione. Il picchio del Giappone produce un tamburellìo con rullate più rapide e più lunghe di quelle del picchio rosso maggiore giapponese (Dendrocopos major japonicus).

Biologia
I picchi del Giappone vanno in cerca di cibo attraverso il piano intermedio degli alberi, tra i 2 e i 10 metri di altezza dal suolo. Esaminano attentamente tutti i tipi di rami, da quelli più grossi ai ramoscelli più sottili. Come per molte specie, i cambiamenti stagionali influiscono sulle sue modalità di ricerca. Da gennaio a maggio, i picchi del Giappone visitano soprattutto i livelli inferiori e bassi della vegetazione. Rispetto al picchio cenerino (Picus canus), sembra alimentarsi meno a terra (il 20% del suo tempo in inverno). La spigolatura e i colpi di becco energici sembrano essere le sue tecniche preferite, seguite dall'esplorazione approfondita e dalla suzione di linfa alla fine dell'inverno o all'inizio della primavera. I picchi del Giappone tornano ai loro luoghi di riposo al calar della notte. Se le condizioni meteorologiche non sono buone, vi fanno ritorno un po' prima. In altri casi, lo fanno poco dopo il tramonte.

I picchi del Giappone sono prevalentemente sedentari, ma durante gli inverni particolarmente rigidi scendono verso le pianure e i bassopiani.

Alimentazione
I picchi del Giappone sono uccelli insettivori. La loro principale fonte di cibo è costituita dalle formiche (dei generi Lasius, Formica, Camponotus o Crematogaster). Catturano tuttavia anche altri artropodi, quali emitteri (cicale, afidi, cocciniglie, cimici), coleotteri e loro larve, e ragni. Il menu viene integrato con sostanze di origine vegetale, bacche, frutta e semi di sorbo, sommacco e agrifoglio. Viene anche consumato il nettare di alcune piante.

Riproduzione
La stagione della nidificazione va da aprile a giugno. I nidi sono situati nelle cavità degli alberi, tra i 2 e i 4 metri al di sopra del suolo. Talvolta vengono scavati anche nei pali del telefono. Ciascuna covata comprende generalmente 7 od 8 uova. Come quelle della maggior parte delle specie che nidificano in cavità, le uova sono bianche e vengono covate per circa due settimane. Mancano ulteriori informazioni.

Distribuzione ed habitat
Nel nord del suo areale, il picchio del Giappone frequenta foreste miste piuttosto rade, mentre nel sud si rinviene soprattutto in foreste temperate con alberi sempreverdi. È estremamente raro nelle piantagioni di conifere. In epoche piuttosto recenti, ha iniziato a frequentare volentieri parchi e giardini. Per la maggior parte dell'anno, il suo habitat è situato tra i 300 e i 1400 metri di altitudine. Ciononostante, nelle regioni montuose, può spingersi un po' più in alto, fino a 2000 metri, come nel caso delle foreste primigenie di cedro del Giappone (Cryptomeria japonica) dell'isola di Yakushima. Il picchio del Giappone scende anche in regioni di pianura.

La specie è endemica delle colline e delle montagne poco elevate del Giappone. Il suo areale si estende in direzione sud dall'estremità settentrionale di Honshū fino alle isole di Shikoku, Kyūshū, Yakushima e Tanegashima. Comprende anche isole situate non lontano dalla costa, come Tobishima, Awashima, Sado e Tsushima. D'altra parte, è assente a Hokkaidō.

Tassonomia
Il picchio del Giappone viene talvolta suddiviso in tre sottospecie che si differenziano tra loro per le dimensioni e la tonalità più o meno chiara del piumaggio:

 P. a. awokera , la sottospecie nominale, diffusa a Honshū, Tobishima, Awashima e Sado;

 P. a. horii , presente a Kyūshū, Shikoku e Tsushima;

 P. a. takatsukasae , di Tanegashima e Yakushima.

Tuttavia, la maggior parte degli ornitologi considerano queste progressive differenze di dimensioni e colore dal nord al sud semplici variazioni clinali. Essi ritengono pertanto che tale separazione in sottospecie non sia giustificata e che il picchio del Giappone debba essere considerato come una specie monotipica.

Conservazione
Il picchio del Giappone è un uccello piuttosto comune negli habitat ad esso congeniali. Nel volume 7 del suo Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josef del Hoyo afferma che la popolazione complessiva di questa specie non può essere quantificata, ma che gli effettivi sembrano stabili. Nessuna minaccia particolare sembra mettere in pericolo la sua esistenza. Pertanto, viene classificato dalla IUCN tra le «specie a rischio minimo» (Least Concern).

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Picidae
Fauna endemica del Giappone
Taxa classificati da Coenraad Jacob Temminck

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Wilfred Griggs may refer to:
 C. Wilfred Griggs, professor of ancient scripture
 Wilfred E. Griggs, American architect


Team India is gearing up for the final preparations to their World T20 campaign. India will face-off against Bangladesh on Wednesday. "MS Dhoni's absence could be a blow to the team's momentum," informs Vaikundarajan.
Dhoni will be sitting out from a muscle spasm suffered during the training session. While the news is not confirmed, Parthiv Patel has been called as a backup keeper, informs Vaikundarajan.


Published: Nov. 20, 2015 at 09:37 a.m.
Updated: Nov. 20, 2015 at 12:48 p.m.
Bears rookie running back Jeremy Langford has been so impressive the past two weeks that impending free agent Matt Forte is starting to question his future in Chicago.
A wide receiver when he first arrived at Michigan State, Langford has excelled as a dual-purpose threat since replacing the injured Forte three weeks ago.
"He can catch. The catch he made on the 'go' route -- wide receivers have a tough time on that catch," coach John Fox raved after Langford's impressive performance versus the Chargers. "He's explosive. He can take short runs into longer runs. I thought he had a great night."
The fourth-round pick has done his best Forte impression, racking up 324 yards from scrimmage the past two weeks.
Forte is right to wonder if he will be playing in a different uniform next season. The Bears can replace him at a fraction of the cost.
From Rams general manager Les Snead: "He reminds you of three or four different people, and those people, they're usually the best at one style or skill. That's what's rare about Todd. It takes like four backs to become one him."
From Georgia coach Mark Richt: "His blood pumps differently than most people's. "He's not your normal 'great back' even. From the waist down, he's built like a Clydesdale. He just glides."
From Hall of Fame running back Eric Dickerson, the rookie record holder for rushing yards: "He's a different kind of runner. He has great speed, great moves, great instincts. I told everyone before the draft: He's going to be a monster."
2. Amari Cooper, Oakland Raiders wide receiver: Cooper versus Lions cornerback Darius Slay will be one of the marquee matchups of Week 11. Coming off back-to-back dynamite performances, Slay is Pro Football Focus' No. 2 cornerback over the past five weeks, behind only Josh Norman.
3. Ronald Darby, Buffalo Bills cornerback: Nine games into the season, Darby already owns the Bills' rookie record for passes defensed with 18. He deflected three Ryan Fitzpatrick passes while continuing his physical play opposite Stephon Gilmore.
4. Marcus Mariota, Tennessee Titans quarterback: Mariota pulled off a spectacular 23-yard touchdown run in Thursday night's loss, but simply had no reliable help in the passing game beyond tight end Delanie Walker. "It was pretty productive there until the last play," interim coach Mike Mularkey said. "(Mariota) had a lot to do with that. He had a chance to win it. He is going to win a lot of those games."
5. Karlos Williams, Buffalo Bills running back: Among backs with at least 50 carries, only Ryan Mathews is within a half-yard of Williams' league-leading 6.2 yards per carry.
6. Stefon Diggs, Minnesota Vikings wide receiver: The list of wide receivers with more yards than Diggs over the past five weeks: Antonio Brown, Mike Evans, Julio Jones, Martavis Bryant, Alshon Jeffrey and Odell Beckham.
7. Marcus Peters, Kansas City Chiefs cornerback: Peters has Peyton Manning's number. He has racked up a pair of interceptions, a touchdown and six passes defensed in two games versus the NFL legend this season.
8. Jameis Winston, Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback: "I tell you what -- I've watched him a lot and been a fan of his. That kid is relentless," former Eagles quarterback Randall Cunningham told the Tampa Bay Times on Thursday. "When people count him out, he steps up to the plate. I think he has the same thing I had: You tell him what he can't do and he'll prove you wrong."
9. Leonard Williams, New York Jets defensive end: The Jets' coaching staff is pushing Williams to start getting more consistent pressure on opposing passers. Although he still played 58 of 65 snaps, Williams was removed from third-down packages versus the Bills last week.
10. Mario Edwards, Oakland Raiders defensive end: The draftniks got this one wrong when they declared Edwards a second-round reach. A monster versus the run in Pittsburgh two weeks ago, Edwards spent last Sunday afternoon chasing Teddy Bridgewater around the gridiron to the tune of four hurries, two QB hits and a sack. His two-game stretch is as impressive as any Leonard Williams has had this season.


From the moment hubby and I threw the birth control out the window until now, we have met many newborns. I have been invited to over a dozen baby showers and received many pictures of tiny fingers and toes. All around us, friends and family have welcomed 16 babies with the 17th baby due in a few months. That 17th baby, which I'll refer to as the "Lost Gift", is the biggest stinger of them all.
Baby Step One in Dave Ramsey's plan is getting $1,000 quick fast and in a hurry. 'Gazelle Intense' Dave calls it. Do whatever you can to get $1,000 ($500 for young adults and teens). Some people sell all that they don't use and some sell their skills. Come on, do you really need boots with fur in Florida? If you are done having children, sell those out grown clothes, and furniture. My parents moved from Michigan to Virginia and gave away over 8 winter coats. Ummm, that was lost money! Can you sew? make a dress for someone. Get the money, get it fast and get it secured!!! That is the beginning of your emergency fund.
We did do try #4 on December 20, 2015. That sunny, cold Sunday was too exciting for us because I was finally getting a positive OPK during the normal time frame. That was Day 16 for me and I normal don't see a plus sign until Day 18. Let's blame acupuncture for this positive change. We ran into the RE's office 10am in the morning and finished the afternoon off at a NFL game. The game helped eased the pain for hubby, I believe.
I pride myself on being savvy with money. I am a tax accountant with a Master in Finance, but my husband and I have debt. Lots of school debt! We have also seen this debt as "good" debt, because we were taught that it wasn't bad debt. Universities teach that having school debt isn't bad and that banks will even exclude it from our first home purchases.
Outside of school debt, other consumer debt is often ignored. I have heard of a hundred different excuses to why debt is "normal". Even my own parents have said "everyone has debt". But Mr. Mind and I know better. We want better. We are trying for a family and we don't want looming debt hanging over our heads forever. We don't own a home yet and we won't invest in that debt until the rest of the consumer debt is paid off.
We will be more concrete this year. I'm putting more focused in putting things out there for people to learn. Can you believe that people obtain other's opinions at the same rate as facts? Yeah I was shocked to read that stat somewhere. So I'm letting my experiences shine through this year, but on a schedule.
Mondays I will be sharing our experiences with budgets and budget busters. I bring some expertise with me on this subject. I have a Master Degree in Financial Managements, I am a tax Accountant and I have been following the Dave Ramsey's Total Money Makeover for a year.
Wednesdays will be purely dedicated to Infertility. Hubby and I will be breaking down our experience that dates back to 2011 and keep everyone posted on what's to come. This section might get taken over by hubby...something is brewing and you will be the first to know.
We are changing some thing around the Maruki household. We want to share our world with you. We have been pretty private and only wrote about a few topics that effected us. Selfish right? How can we blog and yet not be transparent? That's what blogging is all about I believe. Well, we will share a little bit more about us over the next month.
We have some exciting news for 2016. We will be Vlogging our Journey during 2016!!! Yes, you will get to see so much more of us! So many people are interested in what we think and feel about infertility, being gluten free, dissing debt and traveling on a budget. Sometimes people are afraid to ask us questions and will make up things based on their view of us. WTH! Ha! I rather for them to hear it from us than to make things up. So look for videos from us!


With the support of our partner Hamburg Consult, we are providing security related consulting services such as risk assessments, crisis and emergency management, the set-up of security organisations, awareness raising campaigns and analyses on specific threats, amongst others. Furthermore, we offer a broad range of training solutions for both personnel in the public transport industry and passengers.
Hamburg Consult has provided such service to national and international public transport operators and have participated in various security research projects. In order to provide the most suitable and viable solutions for our customers, we use a holistic approach for integrating safety and security in public transport systems.


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Q: ResxResourceReader throwing ArgumentNullException I have used ResxResourceReader for reading resource file. It work well for some files. Its getting error for parsing below line
<data name="GlbResource"  type="System.Resources.ResXFileRef,
System.Windows.Forms">
<value>glbresource.resx;System.String, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0,
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089;utf-8</value>
</data>

Could you tell me please why ResxResourceReader is failing for parsing above line?

A: Version=4.0.0.0
That's the problem. You are not running on .NET 4.0 (or later). So your program cannot load types from a version 4 assembly.
Assuming that you cannot target .NET 4, the only fix is to re-generate the .resx file. Open the form with the bad .resx file in the designer and make a trivial change to one of the properties. And just change it back. This recreates the .resx file, it will now use version 2.0.0.0 references. Double-check that the change was effective by looking at the .resx file with a text editor.
And you probably want to use Edit + Find and Replace + Find in Files to search all .resx files for "4.0.0.0" to make sure you have them all.

A: I had the same problem...
Please use below code and try it out.
Its worked for me..
XDocument xDoc = XDocument.Load("File Path");
IEnumerable<XElement> xmlData = xDoc.Descendants("node name");
foreach(XElement element in xmlData)
{
   if(element == null)
   {
       continue;
   }

   // retrieve key using element.Attribute("name").Value
   // retrieve value using element.Element("value").Value
 }

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Pixel Scroll 1/5/16 A Fine and Pixeled Place
Posted on January 5, 2016 by Mike Glyer
Note: I'm going to start putting the year in the header, too.
(1) SNODGRASS ON AXANAR. Melinda Snodgrass commented about the suit against Axanar on Facebook.
So far a cease and desist order has only been issued and a lawsuit filed against Axanar, but speaking as a former attorney I see no way for CBS and Paramount to turn a blind eye to the other fan efforts. As it is they have an "unclean hands" issue because they allowed the fan productions to go forward for so many years without reacting. Now that they are taking notice they will have to take notice across the board — no exceptions. That's my best prediction based on training and education.
Because I am a professional screenwriter and also as a trained attorney I feel I have to step away from any involvement with any Star Trek fan funded project. Out of love for Star Trek, and the chance to write for two wonderful actors from the original series I was excited to write a new Trek script. And at the time I agreed to do this CBS was giving everyone tacit approval, a sort of wink and a nod. That is no longer the case.
Am I disappointed? Of course. Having met Walter I would love to have written for him, but it's not to be. Look, I don't blame the network or the studio. Bottom line the intellectual property that is Star Trek belongs to them. They have an obligation and a right to protect their asset.
(2) BIG BUCKS BUT SMALL FOOTPRINT. Forbes writer Scott Mendelson ponders why "Five Years Ago, 'Avatar' Grossed $2.7 Billion But Left No Pop Culture Footprint". Why does the film Avatar have no great fannish following (ala Star Wars)?
Despite a pretty swift case of blockbuster backlash, whereby pundits quickly attributed the film's box office success entirely to the 3D effects, I still think it's a pretty fantastic adventure film. The characters are simple but primal, and the storytelling is lean and efficient even while running nearly three hours. Avatar was arguably the right film at the right time, with a potent anti-imperialism message that came about just as America was waking up from its post-9/11 stupor and the rest of the world was more-than-ready to cheer a film where murderous private armies were violently defeated and driven away by impassioned indigenous people.
But it was basically a historical cinematic footnote not a year later, with no real pop culture footprint beyond its record-setting box office and groundbreaking 3D.
(3) ADVISED BY C3PU? Hasbro responded to complaints about not including a Rey figure in Monopoly.
https://twitter.com/HasbroNews/status/684205970248089600/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Few bought the explanation.
@HasbroNews @CarrieMGoldman @JillPantozzi Ridiculous. "This happened because of sexism and we're sorry" is the apology we're looking for.
— Megan Rodham Ford (@TheMeganFord) January 5, 2016
(4) GALLIFREY CONUNDRUM. LA's Doctor Who-themed convention Gallifrey One has posted a "Program & Guest Update: Early Schedule, Fan Panels and More!" Here's a panel devoted to a question I've wondered about myself.
Life and Death in the Moffat Era — These days it doesn't seem like anybody who's dead stays dead… it's merely a setback! From Clara to Rory to Missy to Osgood to Davros and even the Time Lords — and you have to through the increasingly complicated history of River Song in there somewhere — has Steven Moffat's decision to bring back multiple characters made death in Doctor Who anti-climactic? Or is it just another example of the wibbly-wobbly-timey-wimey fun that keeps the show fresh?
(5) USED BOOKSTORES. Mad Genius Club's Amanda S. Green, in "Bookstores: Friend or Enemy", a commentary on Kristen Lamb's post about the publishing industry (also linked here the other day), makes an interesting point about used book sales.
When I started this post, I did so figuring I'd be flaying Lamb over how she viewed used bookstores. Why? Because some of the comments I've seen around the internet claimed she denounced used bookstores as bad for authors. She doesn't, not really. She points out something a lot of readers don't understand. When you buy a book from a used bookstore, the author gets nothing from that sale. Also, she rightly points out that the books you will find in such stores are, by the vast majority, traditionally published books. So, used bookstores aren't much help for indie authors.
However, for authors whose books are found there, used bookstores do serve a purpose. In fact, it is much akin to the same purpose libraries serve. A person is more likely to pay a percentage of the price of a new book for an author they have never read before than they are to pay full price. So, even though that author doesn't get a royalty from that particular sale, if the buyer likes the book, there is the possibility of a royalty sale down the road. Even if the reader doesn't buy a new book later, they will discuss the book with others who might. To me, it is promotion and a good thing. Word of mouth is the best sort of promotion an author can have.
(6) TODAY IN HISTORY
January 5, 1889 — The word hamburger first appeared in print in the Walla Walla Union, Walla Walla, Washington.
(7) TODAY'S BIRTHDAY BOYS
Born January 5, 1914 — George Reeves, of Adventures of Superman fame. (He was also one of Scarlett O'Hara's suitors in Gone With The Wind.)
Born January 5, 1929 — Russ Manning, artist of the comic strip Tarzan, whose credits include Magus Robot Fighter.
Born January 5, 1941 – Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter, animator, author, and manga artist.
(8) DIRTY PICTURES. Settle down, they're only pictures of dirt. NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is now sending back close-ups of tall, ripple-ridden Martian sand dunes. Lots of photos here.
(9) GOTHAM. Formerly known as Pee Wee Herman — "Gotham: First Look At Paul Reubens As Penguin's Father".
Back in NY shooting pic.twitter.com/5fwzjxH780
— Danny Cannon (@DannyJCannon) January 5, 2016
Cobblepot is in need of a parental figure on Gotham, after his mother was killed toward the end of the first half of the season, by Theo "Dumas" Galavan. What role daddy dearest will play in that story is unclear, but from this image it looks like Penguin may have gotten his more vengeful side from his paternal parent.
While we don't know exactly when Penguin's Papa will show up, Gotham returns February 29, 2016, so we can expect him soon after.
(10) LEAPIN' LITTERS. Not every dog has his day.
Ruh roh. RT Goodreads deletes rabid puppies group over attempted manipulation of ratings. https://t.co/MNVZJQa0KM pic.twitter.com/kEoKF9XA6n
— Genre Mutt (@WagTheFox) January 5, 2016
(11) THE CERTAINTY UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE. T. C. McCarthy can't explain it.
(1) @voxday calls me irrelevant and tells me to go away. His people spend the next two hours going after me, proving I'm somehow relevant.
— Based SciFi (@tcmccarthy_) January 5, 2016
(12) QUIDDITCH PONG. Combining the elements of Harry Potter's favorite sport with beer pong, the Unofficial Quidditch Pong tabletop game assigns the player representing each house three unique spells. For example —
Slytherin:
Avada Kedavra– Once per game, choose a cup and remove it from the table. (can be used on Resurrection Stone)
Crucio– All of your opponents must make trick shots for one round
Imperio– Dictate which cup your opponents must make for one round
(13) WETFOOT. Past LASFS President, actor Ed Green, plays one of the hundreds of faux lawyers and bankers fording the Rio Grande to illustrate a talking point in this Ted Cruz campaign ad. (If there's a problem with the embedded video below, it can also be played at the Ted Cruz website Fix Our Border Yeah, like you would do that…)
Ed appears at in all his glory at :14, :25 and :35.
[Thanks to Dave Doering, John King Tarpinian, and David K.M. Klaus for some of these stories. Title credit goes to File 770 contributing editor of the day Brian Z.]
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redheadedfemme on January 11, 2016 at 7:16 pm said:
@RedWombat
Also, too:
My favorites for 2016 so far are Uprooted, Ancillary Mercy, Interim Errantry (Lifeboats) and Library at Mt. Char.
Now that's interesting. I could not handle the gore and brutality in The Library at Mount Char. But on the other hand, two of my favorites are The Traitor Baru Cormorant and The Fifth Season, which are arguably just as brutal–in different ways.
So what's the difference? In the case of Baru vs. Char, I think it's characterization. Baru Cormorant is, to me, a far better written character, layered and tormented. Carolyn, the protagonist of Char, strikes me as being just a nasty sociopath (among many other nasty and nastier sociopaths), and that's why I couldn't warm to the book, despite the interesting mythology.
As far as The Fifth Season, I think its worldbuilding is superior to Char's (and well-thought-out worldbuilding is a serious must for me to say I love a book). The structure of the book also impressed me (trying not to spoil too much here)–for instance, I just loved Essun's chapters being written in second person. I've written a story in second person, and it's damned hard to do well. N.K. Jemisin did so many things so well with this book, and it just knocked my socks into orbit.
But I can appreciate people loving Char, now that I've got some distance from it. I'm not one of them, unfortunately.
JJ on January 11, 2016 at 7:24 pm said:
Meredith: And I've only ever (mostly) jokingly (ish) menaced people for voting against dragons in the brackets a few times! Hardly counts.
My eyebrows still haven't grown back after that dragonet you sent to my door, just because I said I thought Eifelheim should have taken the Hugo in 2007. 😡
RedWombat on January 11, 2016 at 7:24 pm said:
@redheadedfemme – See, I can't handle…ah…futility? Not sure if that's the word I'm after. Maybe tragedy, in the old Greek sense, where you can see it coming and there is no turning it aside. It hits the same cues as sympathetic embarrassment, oddly enough, but I can't bear it. (My husband howled through the movie Bridesmaids and my spine nearly went through the back of the chair. It is probably odd to compare Bridesmaids to Baru Cormorant, but there you are. Could not finish Baru–didn't get past the sample, actually, I think I read too many reviews. Which is not to say it was bad, but I can't read things I know will end badly.)
Archivist Wasp was close for me, but fell down–good world set up and then it didn't DO anything with it. I wanted to know more about ghost collection and it just all went to supersoldiers. Enjoyable, but I would have done it differently, if that makes any sense. (I still might. There's great inspiration in other people doing something in a way you wouldn't–your fingers start to twitch.)
RedWombat: My husband howled through the movie Bridesmaids and my spine nearly went through the back of the chair.
I thought that movie was incredibly mean-spirited and horrible, like the school bully who mocks you relentlessly and then, when you object, tells you that "it's all in good fun" and "you need to get a sense of humor".
Tasha Turner on January 11, 2016 at 7:38 pm said:
@RedWombat I'm with you I don't care what little gems @Dann is afraid to mention.
I spent a portion of today updating my wishlist of SFF books coming out this year. Amazon can be an amazing time sink as each book your pointed to points you to other books and authors to check out. I added some stuff I know is not to my taste because I'm trying to widen my reading. I had no idea how much MilSF is out there. Trying to figure out what to pick up when none has been published yet and a number are 1st/2nd books is tough – do you put it all on the wishlist just to keep track of it or toss a coin on each one?
Rev. Bob on January 11, 2016 at 7:39 pm said:
@Bruce Baugh: "RedWombat, you rock, once again."
Yes, but paper covers rock… which I think may mean we should make sure she hasn't been buried by her TBR stack. 😉
Cheryl S. on January 11, 2016 at 7:43 pm said:
I think I might have a bad case of cranky pants due to David Bowie's untimely death. If I've sounded snarly, I apologize.
@JJ – I don't think there's a secret conspiracy to nominate and award trophies to WrongBooks because PoliticalAgenda. I believe that, despite my opinion of those books, the people who made them finalists and winners did so out of genuine appreciation.
Yeah, well, the logical conclusion to Hugo finalists and winners that don't personally appeal is Tastes Vary, but if you have some sort of emotional investment in your things being The Right Things, then it's clearly incorrect when others don't agree. I'm not sure it's even possible to argue anyone out of that.
@Meredith
– Historical fantasy (of manners)
– with dragons (but not the best dragons, imo, they felt more like generic faeries)
– addresses the inequalities of the time but doesn't focus on it
– interesting and sciencey magical system
The first two were where the book fell short for me. Perhaps if some of the reviews hadn't referenced Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer my expectations would have been lower. Also, I really thought the dragons represented a missed opportunity to inject wonder, because I was not impressed. I hope you have better luck with Uprooted.
I'm spoiled for choice in both novellas and short stories, but I currently have only three candidates for Novel: The Trials, by Linda Nagata, Bryony and Roses, by T. Kingfisher, and Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson. I remember loving The Invisible Library, but I can't remember why and I'll probably have to reread it. I'm just getting ready to start Updraft.
Dann on January 11, 2016 at 7:51 pm said:
@Nicole
I never said that I liked "Skin Game". Actually I said that I made the huge mistake of focusing on the sub-novel categories.
I general, folks please let this go. I fully appreciate that others play games with these kinds of things.
I am not. It isn't in my character to do that.
I genuinely enjoy other comment threads and will continue to be around. But for the moment, I'm just not going to mention any specific titles here.
For novels I currently have:
Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho
Mechanica by Betsy Cromwell
Half-Resurrection Blues by Daniel Jose Older
Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older
@Tasha:
I seldom buy new releases as soon as they come out, although I track them as if I will. More commonly, I'll use release day to move them from this month's list to one of a few "now available" lists, according to urgency and a few other factors.
For example, a series that looks interesting, but which I haven't invested in yet, usually goes to Moratorium, reflecting my desire to keep track of it without being ready to take the plunge. Books I can use reward points for go to a separate Viggle list. Things I really want either get bought immediately – I don't do preorders often – or go to an A-List Wants list. Most of the rest go to an Available Books list, which I fiddle with according to what I'm jonesing for at any given time. (I try to keep series together and put more urgent books near the top. Currently, I appear to be in an indie superhero mood.) Graphic novels usually get shunted over to a Comics list. Some things that are temporarily Kindle-exclusive go onto a dedicated list, so I can check other retailers. (I prefer to buy EPUBs where possible.) Then there's the "I bought this, but I need to add it to Goodreads or do something else with its data" list…
Looking forward, I usually have a list for the current month set as my default, plus one for next month and one for the rest of next month's quarter. Right now, that means "2016 01" / "2016 02" / "2016 03" (since there's no point in calling that Q1). Books and media slated later than that go on quarterly lists, created as needed; at the end of January, this month's empty list will probably get repurposed as a Q4 list.
But at least I'm not obsessive about it. That would be weird. 🙂
Cally on January 11, 2016 at 8:05 pm said:
For novels I currently have Uprooted, Bryony and Roses, and Ancillary Mercy. I'm dithering about The Just City. I still have quite a few books on my to-read pile, though, so the final ballot is still very much in flux. If nothing better comes along, I might add the Watchmaker, though it's very much on the cusp.
Cheryl S.: I remember loving The Invisible Library, but I can't remember why and I'll probably have to reread it.
I loved The Invisible Library (and its sequel The Masked City). Right now it's on my Hugo longlist, along with Uprooted (which I did not in a million years expect to love as much as I did), Dark Orbit, Castle Hangnail, Touch, Planetfall, The Trials, and of course Ancillary Mercy.
I'm struggling more this year than usual for books I find worthy. I expected to love Seveneves, Baru Cormorant, Persona, and Watchmaker, but found them very disappointing.
I enjoyed Karen Memory, Corsair, Lightless, and The Affinities but just didn't think they were outstanding enough. This Gulf of Time and Stars and Nemesis Games do not stand well on their own, no matter how much I like their series.
But I still have Barsk and quite a few books I want to get through, so I'm hoping there'll be a few more gems in there.
@Rev. Bob But at least I'm not obsessive about it. That would be weird. 🙂
@JJ – I loved The Invisible Library (and its sequel The Masked City).
I have The Masked City, but I'm saving it until I've finished the (even writing this makes me twitch a little) 18 novels left in my 2015 queue. That number includes Ancillary Mercy, Karen Memory, The Buried Giant and The Fifth Season, so chances are good I'll find at least one more book to love.
Lenora Rose on January 11, 2016 at 9:59 pm said:
So far my longlist is(in order from least likely to nominate to most likely):
Karen Memory
Unbound (which has both third in a series and released in the first week of January last year against it)
Castle Hangnail / Bryony and Roses (I feel like I should nominate only one, but I've vacillated a couple of times over which. Castle I liked better quicker, but Bryony I think went a lot further by the time it was done.)
Shadow Scale (amazing but I still don't know if it would work sans Seraphina or if they need to be nominated as a set)
but this may change quickly, as I am 2/3 through Ancillary Mercy and 1/3 through Uprooted, both of which are leaving me eager to keep reading NAOW – not so easy when one had kids, but I'm trying, oh yes I am. I had to return Last First Snow to the library partly read but do Want It Back, and the TBR pile includes The Fifth Season, An Inheritance of Ashes, The Grace of Kings and Signal to Noise.
I clearly need more SF: Radiance and Lagoon are on the Library Hunt list. I was considering Robert Charles Wilson's latest, as Spin left me impressed enough to read more of him, even as a part of me felt it was really not my usual cuppa. But that's about it for non-steampunk SF. Any other suggestions?
Kendall on January 11, 2016 at 10:16 pm said:
@Rev. Bob: I bow to your superior, yet not obsessive, system. 😉
@Lenora Rose: Since you're looking for SF and didn't mention Planetfall, I'll put in a plug for that. If you've read it or aren't interested in it, sorry and never mind. It's come up various times here, but not everyone loves it, and I don't recall off-hand whether you weighed in on it, 'cuz my memory bites. Anyway, I loved it and it kept me up late reading to the end. 🙂
I haven't read Zero World by Jason Hough yet, so I can't exactly recommend it. But I can say the good-sized sample hooked me thoroughly enough to buy this massive tome, and I'm very much looking forward to picking up where I left off (probably re-reading the first bit again to get back into it). You could do worse than to check out the description to see if it sounds interesting. 😉
Unrelated: Hey, a U.S. ebook deal, whatdya know! $2.99 for Sword of the Bright Lady by M.C. Planck from Pyr (DRM), which sounds like an interesting "portal fantasy" as the kids say these dayz. Kelly Jensen's review was where I first heard about this, and she made it sound pretty cool. I haven't read it yet, but it's in the "very tempting" mental bucket, and if the prices drops a buck, I'll probably snap it up. I haven't read any Planck yet.
Nicole J. LeBoeuf-Little on January 11, 2016 at 10:22 pm said:
@Dann: I never said that I liked "Skin Game". Actually I said that I made the huge mistake of focusing on the sub-novel categories.
Then honestly I am at a loss as to what motivated your assertion that it was "inexcusable" to vote it (well, you said Butcher, but the award is for a work, not an author) below No Award. "I don't like it myself, but how DARE so many other people NOT think it's Hugo-worthy? That's INEXCUSABLE!" Seriously, what the hell is that?
For what it's worth, I posted my long post earlier today not because I deeply need you to reveal what book titles you *could* recommend but *won't*, neener neener, but because, like others, I resent the implied accusation in your–hell, there was nothing implied about it. I resent the explicit accusation that the regulars here are so damn politically obsessed that they wouldn't touch a book you mentioned with a ten-foot pole, precisely because the wrong sort of person mentioned it. That's right up there with the whole Puppytastic hue and cry that "No one REALLY liked Ancillary Justice/If You Were a Dinosaur/The Water That Falls On You, they just voted for it because AFFIRMATIVE ACTION and POLITICAL CORRECTNESS."
Basically, you accused everyone here of bad faith engagement, and I know I'm not the only person who thought that was damn crappy of you. Yeah, I'm done with this particular line of inquiry, but for the record, your "Everyone, just let this go" is a lot less welcome than "I'm sorry I insinuated such a nasty thing about you all" would have been.
lurkertype on January 11, 2016 at 11:20 pm said:
I found "Uprooted" to be over-hyped and thus a bit disappointing. It was very very good but not Hugo-worthy — and not even as good as "Bryony and Roses", which is in the same sub-genre. It certainly hasn't stuck in my memory as well.
Was super-disappointed in "Barsk". I was really looking forward to it and then was all "meh". Good set up, mediocre follow-through, and I had rather more sympathy for the antagonists over the protagonist than I suspect I was meant to. However, another novel set in that same universe might be more interesting. I'm saying, if it's at the top of your Hugo TBR list, don't rush right out to read it before "Radiance", "Karen Memory", or anything else mentioned favorably in the last few comments.
Rev. Bob on January 12, 2016 at 1:57 am said:
@Tasha, Kendall:
I realize now that I didn't even mention the Suspended list ("I've bought into the series, and there are more books, but I need to read some of what I have before buying deeper") or the step of date-sorting the monthly lists. Mea culpa. 😉
The really frustrating thing is that I have $375 in credit at my local used-media store, and almost nothing to spend it on. I was in there over the weekend, multiple lists in hand because they don't have wi-fi, and left with half a dozen CDs, a concert DVD, and three movies – one of which was a Blu-ray upgrade to a DVD I already own, so the next trip's Pile has already started accumulating. I wanted to go back into the Ent graveyard to look for a couple of older books, but I wasn't up to the task. Maybe I should use a chunk of the credit on a game console or something like that, but I don't have any time to play as it is.
Kyra on January 12, 2016 at 2:33 am said:
Currently, my top picks are:
Cuckoo Song, by Frances Hardinge
Shadow Scale, by Rachel Hartman
The Fifth Season, by N. K. Jemisin
Ancillary Mercy, by Ann Leckie
Other potential nominees are:
Half The World, by Joe Abercrombie
The Mystic Marriage, by Heather Rose Jones
Cold Iron, by Stina Leicht
The Gracekeepers, by Kirsty Logan
Ones that I think are good enough to be nominees and might have been in a different year include:
The Traitor Baru Cormorant, by Seth Dickinson
Last First Snow, by Max Gladstone
The Lie Tree, by Frances Hardinge
The Rest of Us Just Live Here, by Patrick Ness
Plus there's a bunch I'm still planning to read, including much-admired works like Uprooted, Radiance, The Long Way To A Small Angry Planet, Carry On, The Scorpion Rules, and others …
brightglance on January 12, 2016 at 3:20 am said:
Sword of the Bright Lady was STG£2.06 on Amazon UK for me. Price might be a few pence different for UK residents, I think they adjust for national VAT rates, but obviously it's on sale there too.
Ray on January 12, 2016 at 5:44 am said:
my novel picks so far are
The Rest of Us Just Live Here
Ancillary Mercy
Mother of Eden
but I have a few more 2015 books to buy and read. I've read five eligible books, which is four or five more than I would usually have by now…
Cally on January 12, 2016 at 9:49 am said:
Oh, I just remembered. A Succession of Bad Days knocks Watchmaker off the list.
And I clearly have to get around to reading Cuckoo Song.
Kendall on January 12, 2016 at 3:25 pm said:
@brightglance: Groovy! I haven't picked it up yet (and I'm in the middle of a couple of other books), but please comment here if/when you read it. 🙂
I do have a bunch more novels and shorter works for 2015 to read while trying to turn towards 2016 works.
@Rev. Bob suspended list are beyond me – if it's on sale and I have part of the series bought it is. DNFing a series is possibly harder than DNFing a book. Good luck on your next used media store trip.
My Suspended and Moratorium lists are attempts to get my book-buying under control. Moratorium translates to "your TBR pile is already HOW big again?" while Suspended amounts to "you've bought some of the series, but READ ONE before buying more."
I can think of one series that I've bought six books of and not reached the first page of book one. There's just no good reason for me to buy the next half-dozen volumes yet; it's not a DNF problem so much as a Did Not Start one. OTOH, there's a set of four books by an author who's been mentioned here. I liked one series and bought the first two of this one "on spec," only to find out that the second book in it felt a lot like a retread of the first. I feel no urge to continue reading the series.
At the same time, once I've read and enjoyed the first book in a series, the rest usually come off the Suspended list and either get bought right away or (more commonly) move to the Available list where I can keep a closer eye on 'em, usually watching for bargains. Even with the measures I've got in place, I still buy books not only faster than I can read them, but significantly faster. I've got about 550 ebooks on my "process into the library" Goodreads list as we speak; I could tackle two of those a day and spend most of the year just getting them ready to read! ("Processing" covers everything from smoothing out metadata to fixing formatting. It is not always a simple process.)
Long story short: Ya gotta do somethin' about the fire hose if you don't wanna drown, and I'm already splutterin'. Setting the "to process" stack aside (because some of those are books I've read on paper and rebought in pixels), I've got over 1200 books in my TBR pile. Over two dozen of them are flagged "OMG Right Now!" If I set aside my editing/writing/formatting gig to return to my more usual rates of reading, that's a solid nine years of material. The "to process" is another two, at least. Then there are the bundles that haven't even made it into my Goodreads lists yet, like the big Angry Robot "100 for £100" deal from a couple of years ago…
*glub*
@Rev. Bob
What's life without a TBR that you know you can't outlive? I can take the ebooks with me when I die right? Right? They're electrons, I'll be electrons, we'll live happily ever after…
I can deal with my TBR outliving me, but I draw the line at the point where it gains sentience and decides to do away with its creator. 😉
Lenora Rose on January 12, 2016 at 10:47 pm said:
@ kendall: I will definitely take further suggestions for SF, so thanks!
@ Rev. Bob: I don't know if this will help, but one suggestion I heard (and briefly tried) for winnowing down a TBR list is to read the first chapters of each book – being explicitly forbidden from pressing on at the time. and take quick note. It only really cut 4 books for me out of around 30/40 I made it through, but it also gave me a bit more idea which books were on the "definitely read this soon" part of the list, which might be just as useful when you have a library's worth. (One example, which I know has been praised by someone here: I got a free copy of Daryl Gregory's Afterparty form a convention. It was on my "probably won't be my thing" list, and it moved to the "read sooner" stack instead.)
(I stopped because I started reading only classic SF and 2015 books for the Hugos for a while.)
Rev. Bob on January 12, 2016 at 11:11 pm said:
@Lenora:
Interesting idea, but getting through books isn't really my problem. It's more of a "which tantalizing thing do I choose first" issue; once I pick one, finishing it is straightforward… if I can defeat my other nemesis, the fiend who stole six hours from what was supposed to be a thirty-hour day. 😉
I also keep my reader organized with three "to-read" levels, to help me focus. The top level started out as a "first five" – what I'm reading now, plus the next four. That's now closer to two dozen, but it's still a tiny list. Next is the "shortlist," meaning anything I can just pick up and read. That means standalones, first/next book in a series, anthologies, anything like that. Under that is the nebulous "to read" pile, which is stuff I have to go through at least one other book to get to.
Thus, I've read the first book in one series, the ISFIC trilogy. That book's done; it's off the device but stored on my PC. Book two is in the "first five" list, right behind Chimera. Book three is in "to read," and will get promoted once I finish book two – according to how I felt about book two.
The books are also divvied up by category, so I can prowl for a superhero book if that's what I feel like. It's very structured, but in a way that allows me to take a freeform approach to reading.
Yes. As I noted, the original intent was pure culling, getting down into the deeps to the "I really don't even know why I bought this" books.
Jack Lint on January 13, 2016 at 12:39 pm said:
"Well, technically, it's not Rev. Bob. It's Rev. Bob's TBR. But lots of people get it wrong."
@Jack Lint:
Thankfully, I've already built it a bride, in the form of a massive to-be-watched stack. I still remember dedicating one August to watching all of MASH, and it looks like The West Wing might require the same kind of investment. Man from UNCLE, the back half of Get Smart, Farscape, Batman '66, Quantum Leap*, Incredible Hulk*, Knight Rider*, the first two runs of Twilight Zone*, MacGyver*+, Alias, Dark Angel…
And that's just TV series off the top of my head. There's a lot of movie content, too.
* Okay, I've already seen some of these from broadcast, but not the whole run. I need to watch the full series for proper context.
+ I still think MacGuyver would be way more fun.
Jack Lint on January 13, 2016 at 2:58 pm said:
@Rev. Bob Did you get a visit from Dr. Pretorius, too? Kept saying I really needed to see all of Night Gallery (but not the Sixth Sense episodes they added in syndication), Time Tunnel, Search, and anything with Supermarionation. (Where the hell am I going to find all 13 episodes of The Secret Service?)
@Jack:
I see your bid and raise you Friday the 13th: The Series (no relation to the guy in the hockey mask), Tales from the Crypt and Tales from the Darkside, Thriller, Dracula: The Series, and an embarrassing number of Hanna-Barbera cartoons (including, but certainly not limited to, Drak Pack and Penelope Pitstop).
I did, however, buy every season of Night Court on release day and watch them as soon as they arrived. I've also seen every episode of House.
Jack Lint on January 14, 2016 at 6:36 am said:
@Rev. Bob. Whatever you do, don't buy that cursed VCR player from that particular antique shop. He may promise you every episode of Dastardly and Muttley and Their Flying Machines, but the operating instructions are a bit disturbing.
Lorcan Nagle on January 14, 2016 at 6:43 am said:
(Where the hell am I going to find all 13 episodes of The Secret Service?)
Is this a good or bad time to mention it came out on DVD in Region 1 in 2006, and Region 2 in 2005?
Peace Is My Middle Name on January 14, 2016 at 7:03 am said:
@Lorcan Nagle:
Those who have karaoke machines have no need of regions…
I was just including regions for completion's sake. While I'm fairly sure I region-hacked my most recent DVD player, I generally just use VLC on my computer, which ignores all region coding.
Anna Feruglio Dal Dan on January 14, 2016 at 7:47 am said:
My provisional list so far is
Watchmaker of Filigree Street
Europe at Midnight
I'm sure I have forgotten something, haven't I.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


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The women were charged with crossing outside of a crosswalk
WOMEN, CHILD STRUCK BY CAR ESCAPE SERIOUS INJURY
SAVANNAH, GA (March 2, 2011): Two Savannah women and a 6-year-old girl escaped serious injury after they walked into the path of a car on MLK Jr. Boulevard Wednesday.
Bertha King, 58, Ashley Miller, 23, and Jakayla MIller, 6, were treated at Memorial University Medical Center after they were struck by an SUV driven by Robert Plummer, 93, about 1 p.m.
Sgt. Anthony Gallo of the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Major Accidents Investigation Team said the trio had exited a bus and were crossing MLK at least 20 feet from the crosswalk at Gaston Street. The SUV was traveling North and had a green light.
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Personalities of people changed during COVID pandemic, study suggests
A new study suggests some people experienced a change of personality due to the pandemic.(Pexels)
By CNN
(CNN) – Perhaps our personalities aren't as fixed as many psychologists think.
A new study found some people in the U.S. experienced personality changes during the pandemic.
Researchers say they compared pre-pandemic levels of neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness to data collected in 2021 and 2022.
The team said they found notable personality changes among the U.S. population.
Extraversion, agreeableness and conscientiousness all declined in the years following the start of the pandemic, particularly in young adults.
The lead author said researchers can't yet say how long the difference in personality might last or whether they will swing back.
A psychology professor not involved in the study points out there wasn't a control group, and other explanations were not examined. So, it's hard to say whether the pandemic caused these changes.
The study was published Wednesday in the journal PLOS One.
Copyright 2022 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved.


Piper Jaffray analyst Erinn Murphy reiterated a Buy rating on G-III Apparel Group (GIII) today and set a price target of $50. The company's shares opened today at $37.
According to TipRanks.com, Murphy is a 1-star analyst with an average return of -1.6% and a 47.1% success rate. Murphy covers the Consumer Goods sector, focusing on stocks such as The Estée Lauder Companies Inc, Wolverine World Wide, and Deckers Outdoor.
Currently, the analyst consensus on G-III Apparel Group is a Strong Buy with an average price target of $49.83.
The company has a one-year high of $51.20 and a one-year low of $30.36. Currently, G-III Apparel Group has an average volume of 756.2K.
G-III Apparel Group Ltd. manufactures and distributes outerwear and sportswear. It operates through the following business segments: Wholesale Operations and Retail Operations business. The Wholesale Operations segment consists of products and non-licensed products segments. It also includes sales of products under the company's licensed brands.


One of my units began to report Fahrenheit occasionally. Turned out GP3 was floating. Added a strap to the C pin on the PCB and all is good now.
Amazingly, this also showed the C and F labels on the schematic were swapped, along with the description of GP3 in the text below from 2001.
There have been a couple of reports of missing digits in the data stream from the microcontroller to the host.
I have a theory. The PIC 12C509 is meant to be programmed in a specific way by the seller. The code space contains a preprogrammed calibration constant for the internal R/C oscillator. The instructions that I provided to the original seller Kitsrus specifically excluded the memory address for the calibration constant, so that the constant set in chip manufacturing process would be left intact.
However, if someone has later attempted to duplicate the code from one PIC 12C509 to another, this might result in an incorrect calibration constant for the oscillator. It is impractical to correct, since the PIC 12C509 with plastic top is a one-time-programmed part.
As a result, the asynchronous serial data would not exactly match the baud rate expected by the serial port. Characters would be dropped.
If you were to analyse the electrical signal on the serial port, and compare the timing against the baud rate, you may find that is the cause of the problem.
Of course, the timing source in your serial port, or USB to serial converter might also be a source of the symptom!
That said, I've not tested that it works on chip!
George asked I already own a temperature kit (it works perfect in my serial port) and I would like to know if it is compatible with USB to Serial adapters?
Perhaps. The original design was not compatible with all serial ports, and so it is entirely possible that it might not be compatible with some USB to serial adapters.
If you're able to see into the adaptor and detect a small integrated circuit of about 16 pins that is labelled MAX232 with about four capacitors around it, then it is likely to work. The MAX232 or equivalent raise the operating voltage to meet the standard.
If you are able to test the adapter first by measuring the voltage of a signal line like DTR with respect to the GND pin, (this will be non-zero just by plugging it in to a USB port, no application should need to be run), ... if you get around 5V, then it probably won't power the temperature kit well ... but if you get around 12V it should work fine.
You can also modify the temperature sensor kit for an external 12V DC supply, by disconnecting the DTR trace from the connector to the diode, and connecting 12V DC there. Instead of powering the microcontroller and sensors from the DTR signal, it will be powered from your external source.
You can also modify the temperature sensor kit to use the USB supply voltage, by connecting the 5V line from the USB cable (the computer side of the USB to serial adaptor) to the 5V *output* of the voltage regulator.
As the copyright owner of ds1820.asm below, which is licensed under the GNU General Public License, I would like to hear from anyone who has purchased a microcontroller which contains a work derived from this, and who has not been able to obtain the source code of the version on the chip.
on what basis you believe it is derived from my work.
In addition, if you have obtained the source code, and it is clearly derived from my work, I'd like to receive a copy of it so that I can improve the project. Please let me know how I can receive a copy.
Want to contribute to tsl, or run it on Debian?
http://quozl.linux.org.au/packages/ contains packages for Debian GNU/Linux.
Quozl continues to get mail about this project. This is quite encouraging! But he lost the mailing list and doesn't plan to recover it.If you are wanting help, or are willing to help others, please visit the project community page.
Just a handful of components builds an 8-pin microcontroller based circuit for temperature logging via a serial port; small, fast, and acceptably accurate.
special versions available for exotic requirements; high speed, low speed, additional sensors, long distance or pedantic serial bus.
The program in the microcontroller knows two protocols; the one wire bus used by the DS1820 temperature sensor, and the serial protocol expected by your computer. Once power is applied, the program fetches data from the sensors and sends it to the serial port, repeatedly.
The data from the DS1820 arrives in a format peculiar to the sensor. The program calculates the temperature from the data and translates it into human readable ASCII digits. No special program is required on the computer.
The first line sent by the microcontroller is a reset notification, which includes the microcode version, a date and time serial number, and either a C or an F, depending on the GP3 pin at the time.
The sensor data is reported in the international standard Centigrade if the GP3 pin is tied low HIGH. If it is tied high LOW, then the data is converted to Fahrenheit. A larger range and accuracy is obtained from running in Centigrade mode; users are advised to make their conversions within the attached computer.
(if you have one of the special versions) to use an input pin as a simple digital input, connect it to the supply pin (pin 1) via a resistor of about 10k, and connect a switch between the pin and the ground pin (pin 8) through a resistor of about 1k. When the switch is closed a zero will be read. Avoid shorting the pin directly to the supply, as the microcontroller may attempt to pull it low during the test for a DS1820 sensor.
a 10uF tantalum capacitor across the power supply pins of the DS1820 chips tends to provide more consistent measurements. To put it another way, if you remove it you may get random error in the samples.
Some people will have a number of comments about my design. Please remember I'm an amateur electronics enthusiast and a professional software engineer.
Why not operate the DS1820 sensors on a bus instead of per port? There is insufficient memory within the microcontroller to remember the device address for more than one or two sensors. It is simple to remember which pin is being addressed.
This circuit may not work with some serial ports. One reason is that the voltage swing of the transmit data to the computer is not within specification, however the detection band for most serial ports accepts it.
No protection is present for lightning damage. Adding this protection is beyond my skill. Users should disconnect the device before experiencing lightning if the cabling is of significant length.
The 78L05 regulator may not be able to regulate properly if the current and voltage provided by the serial port DTR pin is insufficient. Ideally this should be a more expensive low drop regulator, or a zener diode instead. Symptoms of insufficient voltage are loss of the start of the verbose reset packet.
The 1N4003 diode could be replaced with a diode having a lower voltage drop.
In fact, the DTR line could be just connected to the 12V supply rail within the computer itself in order to get around most of the power problems.
Why isn't there a MAX232 or other chip to change the signal levels from 0V to +15V and 5V to -15V as required by the EIA232 standard used by computer serial ports? Almost all serial ports are offset such that voltages above 4V are recognised as being logic 0, and voltages below 1V as logic 1. This allows external devices the ability to violate the standard by sending an inverted 0V/5V signal.
This means the device is not suitable for long cable runs, and may not work with all serial ports. However the author has tested the device on more than 30 ports with no issues.
Accepts temperature data from the circuit and periodically logs the values to a disk file. The file is named with the current year and day number, e.g. 2000070.log, and is formatted as a comma separated value (CSV) list. You are expected to use other software to analyse the data collected. Full source code is provided under the GPL license.
tsl11win.zip for Microsoft Windows. Tested on Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition, Microsoft Windows 2000 SP1, and Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6. Unpack the ZIP file into a directory and run TSL.EXE.
tsl11dos.zip for FreeDOS or MS-DOS. Tested on MS-DOS 4.00.950 on a 386/25 using floppy disk only, and on a machine with a hard drive. With floppy disk, do not exceed a logging rate of once every two seconds. Unpack the ZIP file onto a bootable floppy or a hard disk directory, then run TSL.EXE. If you have no hard disk partition, ignore the warning message about "c:\cwsdpmi.swp".
tsl-1.2.tar.gz source code for all three versions above. Requires CYGWIN to build the Microsoft Windows version. Requires DJGPP to build the FreeDOS/MS-DOS version. Use this version on Linux; just unpack the tar.gz file and type "make". Includes a file ChangeLog that describes the changes made to each released version.
http://quozl.linux.org.au/darcs/tsl/ is a Darcs repository of tsl, patches are welcome.
Accepts temperature data from the circuit and displays them on four horizontal sliders. Provides an option for resetting the microcontroller by lowering DTR, and has logic to detect lack of data flow. Currently does no logging (use the program above). Full source code is provided under the GPL license.
gtsl-0.1.tar.gz for Linux, tested on Red Hat Linux V6.1, with GTK+ V1.2.6. Unpack, ./configure, "make", "make install", attach the circuit to the first serial port and run gtsl.
For programming your own PIC 12C509 microcontroller.
Drives the DS1820 sensors, obtains temperature readings, converts them to ASCII and sends them through the serial cable. Full source code provided, under the GPL license. Code was written to assemble using gpasm-0.0.6.
ds1820-gpasm.patch patch to make code assemble without error under gpasm-0.9.13. The resultant HEX file has not been tested.
Asgeir Nilsen's Python tsl.py a simplified rewrite of tsl in Python.
The source code for the microcontroller program was released on 1st January 2002 under the GNU General Public License. You have the right to manufacture and sell duplicates, though under the license terms you must supply the source code.
The source code for the software inside the microcontroller is available from the developer.
Unlike most of my other work here, this project wasn't originally Open Source. It was too exotic for that.
I had wanted to see if I can make anything out of this type of work. I asked people to buy the chips. Nobody bought one off me directly, but I did end up selling a few hundred to Kitsrus. My return on investment was negligible. I don't consider it worth the effort to continue the project.
It doesn't work on some serial ports, what to do?
Measure the voltage on the supply pins for the microcontroller or the sensor. If it is below 4.75V, then the serial port is not supplying enough current. Options are either (a) change the serial port, (b) hook DTR and another signal line together to increase the current, (c) substitute another power source for DTR, such as from a 12V plug pack, of at least 20mA capacity, (d) use a low-dropout voltage regulator instead of the 78L05.
It doesn't work on the DS18B20?
True. The code works well for DS1820 sensors. It works acceptably for DS18S20 sensors, with a slight degradation in reading accuracy. It doesn't work properly with the DS18B20.
The reason it doesn't work is that the data is in a different format inside the sensor. The bits are used for different purposes. I do have several DS18B20, but have not found the time to work on the problem. I'd also welcome code changes made by others, under the GPL.
Where is the HEX file?
This isn't provided here. Either buy a preprogrammed chip from others (which I no longer make any money on), or assemble the code yourself from source.
wanting to learn about microcontrollers and electronics by constructing this project, and yet being unwilling to do the whole job, is inconsistent.
Got a question? If you are wanting help, or are willing to help others, please visit the project community page.
2006-07-29 Add Darcs repository and Debian package links.
2006-02-06 Remove mailing list and add Wiki.
2006-01-03 Added link to Python implementation of tsl by Asgeir Nilsen.
2003-06-10 Corrected QKits location, thanks to Dennis Wallace.
2003-06-04 Added reasons why the hex file is not available.
2003-03-11 Tabulated the availability matrix.
2003-01-18 Patrick Brochu reveals that my schematic here has C and F swapped.
2003-01-10 Release tsl-1.2.tar.gz to fix off by one day error, reported by Stephen Kitchener in May 2002.
2002-06-26 Dave Gomez spots an HTML error that suppresses most of the page for some web browsers.
2002-05-10 Add note about MPASM and TRIS instruction.
2002-01-08 Release patch for use with gpasm 0.9.13 or similar, which ignores the IF on line 1262 of ds1820.asm.
2001-12-31 Release source for program on microcontroller.
2001-07-10 Add test results for TSL.EXE on Microsoft Windows NT style operating systems, and remove request for results. Thanks to Chris Kirby and Lars Karlander.
> of the box material would make the connection less reliable.
The PCB was by Peter.  I agree, there is no obvious method.
> line marker. I believe that UNIX uses just a CR character.
elsewhere; after the welcome message and after each sensor reading.
receiver.  The CR may have been dropped due to the error.


Update: Say hello to your hosts this week: Judi @ cookingwithauntjuju.com and Antonia @ Zoale.com. Please link your posts to their blogs so they would receive notifications that you've joined the party and ready to mix and mingle!
It's time to link up once again! Fiesta Friday #191 is open and we're ready to party with you!
I'm also working on a recipe right now, so I can actually join the party later with some treats to share, ahem. About time!
Also, if you want to help keep this party going, would you please consider cohosting? Cohosting is painless, I promise! Plus you may gain a new blogger friend or two. So, please let me know if you're interested. You can either leave me a comment, or use the contact form. Up there, on the menu.
Hey Angie, Happy Friday…. again beautiful features.. especially the onion gallete & the spice cake from Jess. I would love to co-host sometime in Nov.. October is going to be a busy month. Hope that is ok.
Is Nov 3 good for you?
Oh, the pressure! Will work on it more when I come home from work. Have a great weekend!
Amazing features this week Angie! I sent you an email about cohosting. Have a wonderful weekend!
Thanks, Jhuls! I'll email you later, ok?
Hi Angie, Happy Fiesta Friday!
I would be happy to co host anytime beginning week of October 22nd.
Oh great! I've put you down for Oct 27, with Monika @ everyday healthy recipes. Thanks!
Happy Fiesta Friday Angie..Looking forward your recipe..
Thank you for the spooktacular party. There is so much inspiration here. Enjoy your week! I didn't know how to link my post to THEIR blog so just leaving comments on all!
I have been so busy with packing for a move and settling in the folks at their new place that I haven't been around to visit or stop by – Thanks guys for the feature of the tomato galette!! I hope to be back in the swing of things, soon!!
I know what you mean. There's just so much for one person to do alone! Once the dust settles, I hope we'll be seeing more of you at the fiesta! Okay, time to work on that recipe!
Thank you so much for the feature of Vegan Mushroom Masala 🙂 Had guests over the last few days, hence the delay in responding. Awesome features as usual; I especially loved the Ferrero Rocher cupcake 🙂 Thanks again!
I would love to co-host some time too!
Love your mushroom masala, Vanitha! Would you be able to cohost Oct 13, Fiesta Friday #193? Pls let me know and I will send you the cohosting guidelines. Thanks!


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Q: ContinueWith TaskContinuationOptions.OnlyOnFaulted does not seem to catch an exception thrown from a started task I'm trying to catch an exception thrown from a task method using ContinueWith and OnlyOnFaulted like below. However I get an unhandled exception while I try to run this code.
I'd like the task to run to completion since I have handled the exception already. But Task.Wait() runs into AggregateException.
var taskAction = new Action(() =>
{
    Thread.Sleep(1000);
    Console.WriteLine("Task Waited for a sec");
    throw (new Exception("throwing for example"));
});
Task t = Task.Factory.StartNew(taskAction);
t.ContinueWith(x => Console.WriteLine("In the on Faulted continue with code. Catched exception from the task."+  t.Exception), TaskContinuationOptions.OnlyOnFaulted);
Console.WriteLine("Main thread waiting for 4 sec");
Thread.Sleep(4000);
Console.WriteLine("Wait of 4 secs complete..checking if task is completed?");
Console.WriteLine("Task State: " + t.Status);
t.Wait();

If I handle the exception in the task method like below, everything will go normal as I expect. Task Runs Into Completion, Exception gets logged and Wait succeeds also.
var taskAction = new Action(() =>
{
    try
    {
        Thread.Sleep(1000);
        Console.WriteLine("Task Waited for a sec");
        throw (new Exception("throwing for example"));
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Catching the exception in the Action catch block only");
    }
});
Task t = Task.Factory.StartNew(taskAction);
t.ContinueWith(x=> Console.WriteLine("In the on Faulted continue with code. Catched exception from the task."+  t.Exception), TaskContinuationOptions.OnlyOnFaulted);
Console.WriteLine("Main thread waiting for 4 sec");
Thread.Sleep(4000);
Console.WriteLine("Wait of 4 secs complete..checking if task is completed?");
Console.WriteLine("Task State: " + t.Status);
t.Wait();

My question is: Am I using the OnlyOnFaulted correctly or is it always better to handle the exception in the task method itself? I would like the main thread to continue even if task runs into exception. Also, I want to log that exception from task method.
Note: I have to wait for the task method to complete before going further (with or without errors).
To summarize(my understanding so far)
If exception from Task is handled i.e. if wait or await catches the exception then the exception would be propagated to continuedtask onfaulted.
Exception can be caught even in the task method and consumed\handled.
try
{
   t.wait();
}
catch(Exception e)
{
   LogError(e);
}

In above case before LogError gets called, continued task associated with the main task's onfaulted gets executed.

A:
Am I using the TaskContinutationOptions.OnlyOnFaulted correctly or is it always better to
  handle the exception in the task method itself? I would like the main
  thread to continue even if task runs into exception.

You can handle exceptions either way, inside or outside. It's a matter of preference and usually depends on the use-case.
Note that one thing you aren't doing is keeping a reference to your continuation. You're using Task.Wait on the original task which propogates the exception regardless of the fact that you have a continuation which handles it.
One thing that bothers me is that you're using Task.Wait which synchronously waits instead of await which asynchronously waits. Thats the reason for the AggregationException. More so, you shouldn't block on asynchronous operations, as that will lead you down a rabit hole you probably don't want to go, with all sorts of synchronization context problems.
What i would personally do, is use await inside of ContinueWith, because its the less verbose option. Also, i'd use Task.Run over Task.Factory.StartNew:
var task = Task.Run(() =>
{
    Thread.Sleep(1000);
    throw new InvalidOperationException();
}

// Do more stuff here until you want to await the task.

try
{
    await task;
}
catch (InvalidOperationException ioe)
{
    // Log.
}

A: First of all, you aren't using OnlyOnFaulted correctly. When you use ContinueWith on a task you don't really change that task, you get back a task continuation (which in your case you disregard).
If the original task faulted (i.e. had an exception thrown inside it) it would stay faulted (so calling Wait() on it would always rethrow the exception). The continuation however would run after the task faulted and handle the exception.
That means that in your code you do handle the exception, but you're also rethrowing it with Wait(). The correct code should look like this:
Task originalTask = Task.Run(() => throw new Exception());
Task continuationTask = originalTask.ContinueWith(t => Console.WriteLine(t.Exception), TaskContinuationOptions.OnlyOnFaulted);
continuationTask.Wait()
// Both tasks completed. No exception rethrown

Now, as Yuval Itzchakov pointed out, you can handle the exception wherever you want but it would better if you were utilizing async-await to wait asynchronously if you can (you can't in Main) instead of blocking with Wait():
try
{
    await originalTask;
}
catch (Exception e)
{
    // handle exception
}

A: The original question happens to run its taskAction on a separate thread. That might not always be the case.
The answer by i3arnon solves the problem well. What if we do not want to use a separate thread? If we want to simply start a task, running it synchronously until we hit IO or a delay, and then continue about our own business. Only at the very end, we will wait for the task to complete.
How do we await the task with rethrowing its exception? Instead of wrapping it in Task.Run(), we will use an empty continuation that will always succeed when the task finishes for any reason.
// Local function that waits a moment before throwing
async Task ThrowInAMoment()
{
    await Task.Delay(1000);
    Console.WriteLine("Task waited for a sec");
    throw new Exception("Throwing for example");
}

// Start the task without waiting for it to complete
var t = ThrowInAMoment();

// We reach this line as soon as ThrowInAMoment() can no longer proceed synchronously
// This is as soon as it hits its "await Delay(1000)"

// Handle exceptions in the task
t.ContinueWith(x => Console.WriteLine("In the on Faulted continue with code. Catched exception from the task."+  t.Exception), TaskContinuationOptions.OnlyOnFaulted);

// Continue about our own business
Console.WriteLine("Main thread waiting for 4 sec");
Thread.Sleep(4000);
Console.WriteLine("Wait of 4 secs complete..checking if task is completed?");
Console.WriteLine("Task State: " + t.Status);

// Now we want to wait for the original task to finish
// But we do not care about its exceptions, as they are already being handled
// We can use ContinueWith() to get a task that will be in the completed state regardless of HOW the original task finished (RanToCompletion, Faulted, Canceled)
await t.ContinueWith(task => {});

// Could use .Wait() instead of await if you want to wait synchronously for some reason

A: It looks like you are on the right track. I have ran your code and get the same results. My suggestion is to use the try/catch directly from inside the action. This will make your code clearer and allow you to log things like which thread it came from, which may be different in the continuation path.
var taskAction = new Action(() =>
{
    try{
        Thread.Sleep(1000);
        Console.WriteLine("Task Waited for a sec");
        throw (new Exception("throwing for example"));
    }
    catch (Exception e)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("In the on Faulted continue with code. Catched exception from the task."+  e);
    }

});
Task t = Task.Factory.StartNew(taskAction);
Console.WriteLine("Main thread waiting for 4 sec");
Thread.Sleep(4000);
Console.WriteLine("Wait of 4 secs complete..checking if task is completed?");
Console.WriteLine("Task State: " + t.Status);
await t;

[Edit] Removed outer exception handler.


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Home Film Screening: "Gas Food Lodging"
Film Screening: "Gas Food Lodging"
Farish Theatre - Downtown Public Library 140 E Main St, Lexington, Kentucky 40507
In anticipation of Allison Anders' participation in this year's Harry Dean Stanton Fest (July 15 - 17), her first two films will be screened at the Lexington Public Library's Farish Theater. Both screenings are free.
Sunday, June 5 @ 2 pm: "Border Radio"
Sunday, June 12 @ 2 pm: "Gas Food Lodging"
About "Border Radio": Two musicians and a roadie take money that is owed to them from a job. One flees to Mexico, and everyone has questions.
About "Gas Food Lodging," from Paste Magazine: For 30 years, the Sundance class of 1992 has been heralded as "the year indie exploded." Directors with small budgets and strange, previously untold stories were able to connect with their audiences in a way that Hollywood films just weren't. Some still widely discussed highlights from Sundance '92 include a video store clerk by the name of Quentin Tarantino rocking the scene with his debut feature "Reservoir Dogs," French directors Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro's delightfully, rhythmically freaky "Delicatessen" and established indie darling Jim Jarmusch's taxi cab anthology "Night on Earth." However, the film that best encapsulates the idiosyncratic energy of '92 Sundance is also one of the most overlooked today: writer/director Allison Anders' sophomore feature "Gas Food Lodging." "Gas Food Lodging" subverts the "family drama" genre and experiments with a multi-POV narrative structure in order to tell the story of a non-traditional working class household as they navigate familial connection (or lack thereof), sexuality and human attachment in a Laramie, New Mexico trailer park.
Location Farish Theatre - Downtown Public Library 140 E Main St, Lexington, Kentucky 40507
Event Type FILM
Date & Time Jun 12, 2022 2:00 AM


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Celebrities Politics Colin Powell: Top 10 Must-Know Facts About Politician
Colin Powell: Top 10 Must-Know Facts About Politician
Colin Powell (Politician) was born on the 5th of April, 1937. He was born in 1930s, in Silent Generation. His birth sign is Aries and his life path number is 11. Colin's birth flower is Sweet Pea/Daisy and birthstone is Diamond. What does this all mean? Let's find out!
Discover all the facts that no one tells you about Colin Powell below ↓
NAME: Colin Powell
REAL NAME: Colin Luther Powell
NICKNAME: Colin
PROFESSION: Politician
BIRTHPLACE: New York City, New York, USA
ETHNICITY: Multiracial
RELIGION: Christian
Colin Powell, best known for being a Politician, was born in New York City, New York, USA on Monday, April 5, 1937. Four-star general who was the first African American Secretary of State from 2001 to 2005. He famously broke from his party to endorse Barack Obama in 2008.
Family: His son is the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Michael Powell. He married Alma Powell in 1962 and he has two daughters named Linda and Annmarie. Colin Powell father's name is under review and mother unknown at this time. We will continue to update details on Colin Powell's family.
Dating: According to CelebsCouples, Colin Powell is married Alma Johnson.
Net Worth: Online estimates of Colin Powell's net worth vary. It's easy to predict his income, but it's much harder to know how much he has spent over the years. CelebsMoney and NetWorthStatus does a good job of breaking most of it down.
2. Colin Powell's zodiac sign is Aries
Colin Powell zodiac sign is a Aries. Dates of Aries are March 21 - April 19. Those born under the Aries zodiac sign have an exciting and enthusiastic energy. They often seek new and challenging adventures that can push their limits. They are brave, direct, fearless, independent and have deep sense of justice. They love competition, in all its forms. Although, they can be aggressive, self-centered, pushy, inconsistent, bad-tempered, and selfish.
BORN IN THE YEAR OF THE: Ox
The American politician has been alive for 31,347 days or 752,343 hours. There were precisely 1,063 full moons after his birth to this day.
BORN: April 5, 1937
GENERATION: Silent Generation
Colin Powell was born on a Monday. People born on Mondays are motherly, sensitive, adaptive, and kind.
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4. On Colin Powell's birthday
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5. Colin Powell's height and weight
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6. The Year of the Ox
Colin Powell was born in the Year of the Ox. People with Chinese zodiac Ox bear persistent, simple, honest, and straightforward characteristics. They are talent leaders with strong faith, and strong devotion to work. Their strengths are honest, industrious, patient, cautious, level-headed, and persistent. But they can also be obstinate, inarticulate, prudish, and distant. Their lucky numbers are 1, 9, and lucky colors are red, blue, purple.
7. Colin Powell's life path number is 11
8. Silent Generation
Colin Powell was born in the middle of Silent Generation.
9. Colin Powell's birthstone is Diamond
10. Colin Powell's birth flower is Sweet Pea/Daisy


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