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What are CFCs?
Chlorofluorocarbons, of CFCs, are chemical compounds developed as an alternative to more dangerous chemicals for a variety of applications. They were developed in the 1930s for use mainly in refrigeration and as a substance for propellants in products such as aerosol cans. However, while they pose less of a direct threat to individuals, they can provide an indirect threat to the global environment.
CFCs contain several organic compounds and formulas may vary. However, the most common organic compounds used are carbon, fluorine, chlorine and hydrogen. These compounds are not toxic and not flammable, which made them ideally suited for use as propellants and other home uses. One of the trade names of CFCs is freon, which is used as a coolant not only for refrigerators but for air conditioning units, both in vehicles and in homes.
CFCs, after their creation in the 1930s, quickly became the product of choice for many manufacturers. However, as CFCs increased their market presence, many did not realize how harmful they were on certain parts of the environment. Therefore, the unabated use of the chemicals over the years started to take their toll, especially on the ozone layer, a layer of the Earth's atmosphere that helps deflect ultraviolet (UV) rays. Further, CFCs also contribute to global warming. Due to these issues, some countries, such as the United States, have largely banned the use of CFCs.
The ozone layer is a very vulnerable, yet vital part of the Earth's protection against the harmful UV rays from the sun. Many people refer to a "hole" in the ozone that has developed over parts of the southern hemisphere, most notably near and over Antarctica. Those who live at the southern tip of South America, southern Australia and similar latitudes have noticed an increase in the harmful effects of stronger UV rays, including more cases of skin cancer and eyesight issues.
The reason why CFCs are so harmful to the ozone layer is due to the presence of chlorine that is part of the compound. The suns rays work to break down CFCs that are released into the atmosphere and the chlorine, which is normally not present in the atmosphere in very high concentrations, begins to break down the ozone layer. CFCs have a life in the atmosphere of anywhere from 20 to 100 years, meaning the harmful effects can be felt for decades.
The harmful element that works regarding global warming is carbon. Carbon helps keep heat in the atmosphere, refusing to allow it to be reflected back into space. As the carbon is broken in CFCs, the effects of global warming are intensified.
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Great article today at Physorg about a study claiming CFC's are primarily responsible for any GW and not carbon dioxide, which this article seems to take for granted.
This is a great article. It really got the point across. It could've listed some more examples of house hold uses for CFCs. And it would've been helpful if it mentioned the cycle of how CFC's hurt the ozone by releasing chlorine molecule when subjected to sunlight.
One of the problems, looking back at CFCs and ozone, is that even then people were gathering a lot of evidence of the risk of climate change. However, even though people like Rachel Carson were pointing out the damages to the larger environment as well as to animals more directly, people refused to take notice; this sort of selective hearing has just gotten worse and worse in some segments of society.
These days most aerosol products are not really sources of CFCs, though they still have their own problems.
In addition to the problems they caused for the climate, many CFCs also had disastrous effects on the animals living in the places where they were most often used; the increase of these chemicals was the cause. However, this was at least more easily fixed after the limiting of CFC use than some other effects of CFCs, such as ozone depletion.


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I was/he is/she is 'In The Zone'.
We've all heard the term – used most often in an athletic context – but what exactly is 'The Zone'? And how does one get there- and stay there? All three questions are addressed in this second installment of Disc Golf in a Vacuum.
If you haven't read Part 1 of Disc Golf in a Vacuum yet, it recounts how I discovered (or maybe re-discovered is more accurate) the primal essence of what is most compelling about disc golf: controlling the path of a flying disc. More importantly it explains why that realization also enlightened me to the fact that true enjoyment and contentment playing disc golf can and does exist in a 'vacuum' totally void of things like score, player rating and luck.
For some, that alone is enough reason to embrace Disc Golf in a Vacuum. But others – myself included – enjoy competing against others and the course, and have a genetically coded need to measure performance and results. To this group I'm happy to say that playing Disc Golf in a Vacuum most likely will also generate better scores in addition to a better experience. That, friends, is what is know as having your cake and eating it too. Or maybe in disc golf terms, having your collectible first run night shift Destroyer and throwing it too. And that brings us back to being In The Zone.
First of all, I think everyone understands that being in the zone is a good thing. Someone who is in the zone while playing disc golf is throwing all her shots exactly as intended, and nailing all her putts. She is playing at the absolute peak of her abilities, and intensely focusing on each shot seemingly without any conscious effort.
When I did a Google search using the phrase 'definition of being in the zone' the most relevant result was a Wikipedia entry for a psychological term called flow. The concept was originally proposed by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, who said "Flow is completely focused motivation. It is a single-minded immersion and represents perhaps the ultimate experience in harnessing the emotions in the service of performing and learning." Sounds like being in the zone to me. Japanese martial artists are said to sometimes achieve 'mushin', translated in English as "no mind", which sounds like much the same thing.
Reading descriptions of both flow and mushin made me realize that those terms as well as 'in the zone' are all pretty accurate (and similar) descriptions of what I experienced during that round described in Part 1 of this series. There was the pure joy in what I was doing, the lack of anxiety connected to expectation or results, and most relevant to Part 2, heightened performance (despite the lack of emphasis on score). So – no big surprise – what I termed Disc Golf in a Vacuum is nothing new. But it was good to see that there is agreement on the best ways to get In The Zone and stay there as much as possible.
Getting In the Zone
Achieving the state of flow/In The Zone is desirous for many reasons (again, see Part 1), but right now we're focusing on only one; improved performance. However, there is a paradoxical relationship at play that mades this a hard concept to grasp. Optimal performance levels are attained when one is In The Zone, but to get in The Zone one cannot be focusing on or even thinking about performance as it is typically measured.
That is the reason Csíkszentmihályi chose the term flow and it's why the word vacuum seemed most apt to me. It represents the state of total immersion in the moment, which in disc golf means thinking of nothing but the upcoming shot. Reduced to that throw and only that throw, all value in terms of scoring is stripped away and what is left is the simple desire to make the disc do exactly what you want it to do. And the focus can't even be on the hoped-for flight, because that is also a form of measuring performance. Instead, conscious thought must be reduced to what needs to be done to achieve the desired outcome. Thoughts of the outcome itself – and this is really the key – can't possibly exist In the Zone.
Ideally we can get to the point where we have no conscious thoughts in this state at all ("no mind", and in the Japanese mushin), but that is easier said than done. It's practically impossible while playing a game as social as golf. However, I've discovered a few tactics that at least give me a better shot, and get me back on track when my mind wanders in the wrong direction.
The most specific of these is to not keep track of score- or at least remain as much as possible in ignorance of the current total score during a round. It was hard for me at first, but whenever that thought came up I'd just try to think about something else. Now I'm at a point where towards the end of a round I won't have any idea of my exact score- even though I use UDisc to record all my scores. I'll enter the score for the hole but not look at the total (which thankfully in UDisc is in a smaller font).
By the end of the round I'll usually have an idea of how I'm doing within a couple strokes, but not knowing the exact total makes a big difference in keeping my mind on just the shot at hand. I think more than anything else it provides a specific framework (objective: be uncertain of total score by the end of the round) for the more important goal of not thinking about score during the round. And even before using UDisc, I never had trouble recounting my score on each hole after the round. By focusing intently on each shot, every one was clearly imprinted on my memory. That hasn't always been the case.
Another exercise that was difficult for me at first but came to be fairly natural (most of the time) is controlling emotional reactions to the results of throws. At first this meant not letting any kind of emotion show outwardly, regardless of whether I was seething inside over a bad shot or bad luck, or pumped up about something good. Even though I wanted badly to let it out, I'd just take deep breathes until it passed, and remind myself that the next shot was all that mattered now. After awhile, I noticed that the 'zen-like' non-reaction became natural, and my thoughts would be more reflective, detached and inquisitive (as in, 'hmmm, what just happened there, and why?') rather than reactionary and emotional.
Finally, I just keep reminding myself that when it's my turn to throw any thoughts other than those required to properly execute the shot need to be expelled. If I'm lining up a putt and start thinking of how much I need this birdie, or standing on the tee and focusing on the tree I sometimes hit – and am able to recognize those thoughts as the impediments to proper execution that they are – I will step back and use a visualization technique to remove that thought and get back on the proper track. The key of course is realizing the presence and harmfulness of that wrong thought before taking the shot, and doing something about it. Seems like we always recognize those after the shot, right? Nabbing and removing them beforehand takes practice, but stick with it and it'll become more natural. My favorite visualization technique for removing those rogue thoughts, by the way, is a squeegee that wipes the slate clean, enabling me to start fresh.
Ideally I'm in that state of flow or mushin where my disc golf game is on autopilot and I'm not conscious of any thoughts. But in reality Disc Golf in a Vacuum is more of an objective- a place to steer back towards when I get off track. Being In the Zone for any prolonged period of time is pretty rare. But I see it as a target, with The Zone being the bullseye. Most of the time the best I can do is make sure I stay close to the center of the target by using the tactics listed above. At the end of the round, I gauge my performance more on how well I played Disc Golf in a Vacuum than how I scored- but there is usually a close correlation between the two.

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NOVI, Mich., May 29, 2014 — ITC Holdings Corp. (NYSE: ITC) today announced that The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSCW) has approved its applications to become an authorized public utility holding company in the state and for its operating subsidiary ITC Midwest LLC to become a Wisconsin public utility.
The approvals issued by the PSCW on May 7 represent ITC Midwest's first step toward developing its portion of a regional transmission project in Wisconsin and Iowa called multi-value project (MVP) #5 by MISO – the Midcontinent Independent System Operator. This project, a new 345 kV line from the Dubuque, Iowa area to the Madison, Wisconsin area, was identified because it is expected to improve service reliability, reduce system congestion and facilitate the interconnection of lower-cost generation resources in the region. The project is a reflection of ITC's continuing efforts to facilitate the development of regional transmission projects.
"We are grateful to the Wisconsin commission and staff for their prompt and thoughtful attention to our applications," said Doug Collins, president of ITC Midwest. "We look forward to bringing our track record of success and corporate citizenship in other Midwest states to customers in Wisconsin."
About ITC Holdings Corp.
ITC Holdings Corp. (NYSE: ITC) is the nation's largest independent electric transmission company. Based in Novi, Michigan, ITC invests in the electric transmission grid to improve reliability, expand access to markets, lower the overall cost of delivered energy and allow new generating resources to interconnect to its transmission systems. ITC's regulated operating subsidiaries include ITCTransmission, Michigan Electric Transmission Company, ITC Midwest and ITC Great Plains. Through these subsidiaries, ITC owns and operates high-voltage transmission facilities in Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma, serving a combined peak load exceeding 26,000 megawatts along 15,000 circuit miles of transmission line. Through ITC Grid Development and its subsidiaries, the company also focuses on expansion in areas where significant transmission system improvements are needed. For more information, please visit ITC's website at www.itc-holdings.com. (ITCitc- F)
About ITC Midwest
ITC Midwest LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ITC Holdings Corp., the nation's only fully independent electric transmission company. Headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, ITC Midwest acquired the electric transmission assets of Alliant Energy's Interstate Power & Light Co. subsidiary in December 2007. The company owns and operates transmission lines in Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois and Missouri, and maintains operating locations at Dubuque, Iowa City and Perry, Iowa; and Albert Lea and Lakefield, Minnesota. For more information, please visit: http://www.itctransco.com.
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Hartney is in the southwestern corner of the province along the Souris River. Hartney is approximately 80 km southwest of Brandon in the Rural Municipality of Grassland.
Named after the James Hartney, a merchant, farmer and political figure in Manitoba, Hartney was founded in 1882.
Hartney offers services to the surrounding agricultural area, which include an arena, a school, a 9-hole golf course, and a swimming pool. The community celebrates the annual Hopper Days every August, drawing slo-pitch softball teams from across southwestern Manitoba.
Several movies have filmed in Hartney, including The Lookout starring Jeff Daniels and Joseph Gordon-Levitt and the 2006 adaptation of Margaret Laurence's The Stone Angel.
Sunrise Credit Union has been a part of the Hartney community since 1942, operating as The Deleau Credit Union Society Ltd and then as Hartney Credit Union Society Ltd.
On October 1, 2008, after 66 years of operation, Hartney Credit Union became part of a new entity, Sunrise Credit Union.
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I think that people concern themselves too much with the differences of other's opinion. ESPECIALLY in politics. We all know that our rants about how right we are and how wrong they are aren't going to change anyone's mind. All it does is make most people uncomfortable and dislike those with different opinions. America was founded on the idea of freedom to practice religion and the right to your own opinion, but now, sharing your political opinion is a quick way to lose friends. Someone could be the most charitable person in the world, and if their opinion varies in the slightest from yours? all of a sudden they're a villain.
We care too much if this person shares the same opinion as us; instead we should embrace our differences in what we think is right! One of us has to come up with the best, most efficient way to run a country? But even if someone DID find the "most efficient way to run a country," someone else would disagree with them and start threatening. It is a viscous cycle of opinion and everyone becomes an economy major as soon as you ask, "So, what do you think of President Obama?"
So, IN MY OPINION, I agree with Voltaire when he said, "I don't agree with a word you say. But I will fight to the death for your right to say it."
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Luxembourg-based digital asset investment platform VNX Exchange successfully completed the first VC deal in Europe utilizing blockchain technology.
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Any consideration of the countryside in the 1940s will tend to fall into two parts. On the one hand there is the War, and on the other there is what happened – in the way of a new beginning - immediately following. To represent the Second World War, we have purchased an original signed poster dating from 1942 by Abram Games (1914-1996).
Games was one of the most influential graphic designers of the twentieth century with a gallery of iconic images, including the emblem for the 1951 Festival of Britain, to his credit. He was officially appointed War Office Poster Designer and came up with 100 designs, among them a couple of Grow Your Own Food examples. Posters and slogans were a vital means of communication and encouragement at the time.
1942 was a critical year in the War for food supplies. The Battle of the Atlantic in the spring threatened to throttle imports with 275 merchant ships being lost in March alone. The national food production strategy demanded that a further 1.75 million acres of land be ploughed to help make up the shortfall whilst in the same year conscription of farm workers was lowered to the age of 18 and drained a further 100,000 men from the land. Recruitment of Land Girls was accelerated and the nation at large was enjoined to do its bit.
Games' poster, with its bottom line of 'supply your own cookhouse' was directed at the military as an encouragement for service personnel to turn available parts of their bases into allotments for food production.
Eric Newton, writing about posters in the journal Art and Industry in July 1943 said: 'Suddenly with the outbreak of war, the poster trebled its importance. From being a commercial luxury it became a national necessity. Yesterday it was a frivolous temptation. Today it is a weapon to be reckoned with.'
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It was such a happy time until I sat down to do my first read through. The first three chapters were fast paced and really got me into the story, but when I came to the forth chapter, I was jerked, like whip lash, from the fast paced, interesting plot, into details about historical facts that were as boring as any college level text could get. My heart sank as I removed line after line, still wanting to keep in enough text in to show what a "smart" writer I was, all to the detriment of the flow of the story. I battled with my insides, my head saying, You put in a lot of time, this is interesting and important history while my gut screamed at me, you idiot, any intelligent reader will see through this. People don't want to read about your efforts they want to read a good story. Get that shit out of there. And, so I did get the crap out of it, every single thing that was about me showing off, about me in the way of the story, about how I wanted the attention, and I let the characters guide me in their voices for what to keep and what to let go of. I hated letting go, knew I had to do it, like exercising—don't want to do it but when I do I feel better.
When the rewrite was finished and I sat down with the manuscript before me to do another read through. I went from chapter one through twelve, then stopped, not because I was bored or pulled off the story, but rather I was tired and it was late. There were no big chunks left to cut. That was my last creative rewrite. After that it was line editing and tightening up grammar, the structure so that the house of the story didn't look unprofessional, which again would act as a distraction.
I learned that when I got out of the way, and let the story flow, when I gave up the struggle to want to show off, it bettered the story, and the characters came alive, as if to say it's our story, not yours. Next time, stay out of the way!
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From the cover of Green Thoughts.
I'm terrified by the concept of the green thumb. Your proverbial green thumb combines all the factors for maximum intimidation: he or she has the worthy ability to interest herself in something really boring, a general competence and practicality, and a quality that's something like mystical virtue—like being able to horse whisper or something. (I think The Secret Garden's Dickon is partially responsible for this stereotype.) When someone loves to garden, he or she immediately becomes an alien species to me, just as do people who love to run.
And in an urban setting, any kind of gardening feels rich. It implies the wealth required for space and leisure, or at least for ample sunlight. It used to be that the notion of a garden conjured a lady of the manor walking around with a flat basket of flowers, a la Rebecca de Winter. But nowadays, a "Valencia"-tinted, sun-filled space restfully endowed with a few flourishing ferns feels almost as aspirational.
On the other end of the spectrum, there's a certain louche glamour to the urbanite who simply can't keep a houseplant alive—who doesn't even try to water it, really. It's like someone who can only conceive of the oven as a shoe closet.
As for me, I'm the worst of all worlds: I try, and I fail. Some of my plants wither from neglect but others from overwatering. Even with diligent trimming and water rotation, the cut-flower life expectancy in my apartment is alarmingly low. Flowers are always a reminder of death. For some of us, they're also a memento of failure.
Which perhaps makes it curious that I've been on a kick of gardening books. It started with Eleanor Perenyi's Green Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden. I'd loved the bracing, crisp voice in her memoir of 1930s Eastern Europe, More Was Lost, and didn't want to say good-bye. I'd seen Green Thoughts described as a "classic of gardening literature," but if, like me, you find those the least enticing words in English, don't worry: it's a good book on any terms. Perenyi's a tough person, not always "likable." She makes no apology for her competence. Her love of growing things is clearly wrapped up with conjuring a life and a world that's lost—in her case, the prewar years detailed in More Was Lost. The book is … gorgeous. It's not about flowers—or not solely—it's about an animating passion.
After that I picked up Elizabeth von Arnim's Elizabeth and Her German Garden, from 1898. Nominally a novel, this also proved to be a tough, personal but fundamentally unsentimental work. It's been called a feminist book, although it's not overtly polemical, but light and wry. Elizabeth is opinionated, independent-minded, curious, tough. Both books deal with a seemingly frivolous hobby, but in each case the work of growing things creates a natural framework for talking about life, physical and otherwise.
There's no sense in either case that building a garden is at odds with a fundamental seriousness—about politics, the world, life. On the contrary. (Perenyi complains about the government's refusal to let her grow weed, for one thing.) A garden provides a refuge, a release, yes, but not a place to hide so much as a way to make sense of the world. It is a strange fact that both women had failed marriages to aristocrats, and later had to make it on their own in new countries and very different worlds.
The gardening memoir is a vast field, and I'm sure as it's well larded with self-absorbed duds as any other. A couple I picked up were too lyrical by half, and too on the nose—but that's memoir for you. What I can say is that I've learned, if not a new enthusiasm for gardening, a renewed appreciation. We don't all have gardens; we all need a metaphorical one. As Von Arnim wrote to a friend, "I'm so glad I didn't die on the various occasions I have earnestly wished I might, for I would have missed a lot of lovely weather."
Sadie Stein is contributing editor of The Paris Review, and the Daily's correspondent.
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Time & Attendance – It's Not a Payroll System
One of the more common expectations new time clock buyer s have is that the time and attendance system is also a payroll system.
While there are rare exceptions to the rule it is generally the case that Time & Attendance systems are not payroll systems and similarly Payroll systems are not time and attendance systems.
Expanding this further the payroll preparation process has three main elements.
The first is a time collection system. This can be manual or web based time sheets, a mechanical Sprinter clock or a more advanced electronic time clock. Some companies have no system in place at all which of course not so desirable,
The second stage is an award interpretation process which can be manual calculations referring to an award or alternatively it can be an electronic time clock. If you have a time sheet system you will be calculating payroll hours manually. If your pay rules are simple enough the very best time clocks will calculate payroll hours in various different time categories often including allowances which are based on hours worked. Most time clocks however require the addition of software to calculate payroll hours.
The third and last stage is the payroll system which converts units of time in various payroll categories onto actual dollar amounts. It also handles PAYG tax rates, superannuation contributions allowances, leave, weekly pay slips and group certificates.
Those rare software packages that perform all three functions rarely do it well and that is why there are specialised products to cater for these very different components of the payroll preparation process.
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Johns Hopkins launches new one-year biomedical design program for med students
The Johns Hopkins Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design, which specializes in medical device design, has launched a one-year gap program with funding for medical students studying at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
The program builds on the success of CBID's David E. Swirnow Master of Science program and provides a stipend, partial tuition support, and research fund allowance specifically for medical students. The new gap year program is open to qualifying medical students from The Johns Hopkins Hospital for the 2017-2018 academic year, and is expected to expand to applicants from other schools in future.
"This is the first program of its kind, offering a gap-year research training experience for medical students to learn how the tools they will be using to help patients are designed and developed," said Youseph Yazdi, executive director of CBID, part of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, which is located in Whiting School of Engineering and School of Medicine. "These students will gain hands-on experience designing health care solutions for both advanced and low-resource healthcare systems. They will also enrich the program for our other students, providing insights from their medical school training."
The program is offered in partnership with the Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational Research. Funding is provided in part by the institute through the TL1 grant Predoctoral Clinical Research Training Program, which provides medical students with additional training and mentorship in clinical and translational research.
The program had a trial run this year, when medical student David Gullotti joined the CBID MSE gap year program between his third and fourth years of medical school. His experiences working with other CBID students, and their experiences working with him, were so successful that a decision was made to expand and formalize the initiative. In the past, two medical doctors, both plastic surgery residents, graduated from the program.
Gullotti praised the program's condensed timeframe, and says he gained "incredibly valuable" knowledge and experience.
"As demanding as medicine is, I expect it would be challenging down the line to learn how to bring a medical device from the conception of an idea to market," he sayid. "Entering residency with the knowledge gained from this program will put a great deal of wind to my sails in order to more quickly and effectively impact patients through the design of medical devices.
"Many of my peers with technical backgrounds and an interest in having a wider impact on health care will find the CBID MSE to be a good complement to the MD curriculum."


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History Of Dress Code Cultural Studies Essay
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The UAE is the fast changing counties across the world. The UAE has dress code based on respect for the culture and religion. As globalization increases the UAE has been addressing its apparels more than ever. UAE dress code is based on the traditional cultural ethics. The UAE have varying degrees of forbearance to clothing styles from around the world. There are some legal guidelines for which dress code is acceptable perhaps in today's globalized world restrictions for clothing has been removed to some extent. Western expatriates, visitors and tourist have strong influenced the dress codes in the UAE, had diversified the clothing styles of people rather than conventionally dress code. Traditional clothing in UAE for men is a white Kandura (Dishdasha) and Black abaya for women (Dress code in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, UAE).
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Dress code plays an important role to understanding the customs and traditions of the country. The roots of culture prevails the religion of Islam which is more than belief. It considered as the aesthetic part of the living as per the cultural values and customs. The UAE apparels represent the importance of culture and tradition. Dubai is more advanced than the Abu Dhabi and other emirates.
The provision for the dress code has been inspired by the real life story of Asma al-Muhairi has become worried about the increasingly number of foreigners and western attire. She often saw the inappropriate attire of the foreigners which distract the cultural values of the UAE. These incidents inspire her to take action regarding the apparels and enforcing the law against the western culture.
History of Dress code:
The UAE Federal National Council (FNC) has been set up for the law on the dress code in the Emirates to ensure and respect the customs and sensibilities. Residents and tourists should implement the dress modestly conveying the cultural values. The campaign appealed to set the dress code by proposing the federal law enforcing the dress code against the inappropriate dress code in the UAE. The agenda behind the implementing the dress code is to aware the residents and localities supporting to the Muslim culture and foreigners should respect the traditions and culture of the country. This law strengthens the nation's atmosphere of tolerance. The campaign not only lies the clothing also stated the fearing the loss of the regional, social and cultural values due to the immigrants of other countries across the world. They stated that resident have to respect their local culture for transit the values to the next generation of Emirates.
The UAE dress code has initiated by the two emirates women- Hanan Al Rayes and Asma AL Muhairi started the campaign at the prospect of foreigners dress in appropriate apparel. This campaign started in the Gulf countries of UAE and Qatar intended to spread awareness in the emigrant communities for appropriate dressing attire opposes to the western culture and supports to the Islam culture on apparels. The campaign aims to educating the people rather than the enforceable by law. The Qatari campaign initiated by the Najla Al Mahmud (Dress code in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, UAE).
Importance of the dress code in the UAE:
The UAE residents and expatriates need to implement the law of dress code in the context of conventional beliefs. The application of dress code in the country has strong influence on the people to transit the cultural values and Muslim religion. There are significant role of the code of dress code are as follows-
Dress code represents the Ethical and cultural orientation.
To maintain the discipline at the workplace.
Helps to understand the conventional beliefs and values.
The dress code is a matter of respect for the residents.
Source: http://www.themuslimtimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/UAE-Dress-Code.jpg
The UAE can be resembled its dress code to represent the country in disciplined manner, to make significant as per the cultural prospective. The dress code in the country that outlines the local traditions and supported the federal law by effectively enforce the law for tourist and residents against the wearing the non ethical attire. Some examples of dress code are as follows-
Work place dress code-
At the work place means are expected to wear the attire a smart shirt with trousers with a neck tie. Suits are suitable for the professionals of high profile. While women expected to wear knee length skirts or full length trousers and shirts with sleeves covers the upper arms should be dressed conventionally in moderate fashion to gain the attention at their respective workplace.
An appropriate dress code in Muslim country is an important aspect and recommended to dress conservatively. In Bahrain men restricted to wear shirts and for women tops without sleeves are restricted (Ameri, 2012).
Dubai male dishdasha
Source: (Dress Code and Conduct in Dubai)
Traditional dress code-
Traditional clothing for the men is white Kandura (Dishdasha) and black abaya for the women. Different colors also accepted in Oman.
Source: (Kipp Report)
Dress code during the Ramadan-
During the Ramadan men and women should wear the clothes covers knees and shoulders. The attire should be dressed respectful in the context of the cultural values.
Dress code benefited for the people:
The proper dress code resembled UAE diverse form other countries across the world and represent the country in disciplined manner. The dress code transits the conventional and cultural values for next generation. The aims of applying the dress code to aware the people with traditions and cultural values. If the dress code will be followed by the residents at the workplace in appropriate manner as per the professional prospective such as board meetings and professional tours of the company. Same attire will reflect the higher professionalism in disciplined manner.
Opinions of people and Recommendation with respect of dress code:
The UAE dress code has attracted several peoples in the supports the idea to implement the dress code. Some followers support the ideas and stated that dress code is the matter of respect to attire adequately in the UAE.
Some followers state the religious prospective to expatriates to respect the culture of Islamic country in UAE.
Some focused on the changing the traditions in the UAE asserting themselves not wearing the traditional dress code anymore.
Some social media users against the restrictions and expatriate community.
Adoption of the new laws makes facilitating the effective solution as per the diversified cultures in the country.
Freedom of expression is an important aspect and freedom should also be given to the people not strictly enforced by the law.
The dress code in the UAE has demonstrated the cultural values and beliefs in the UAE. The code of ethics in the context of the dress code ensures the tourist to adhere the local rules and regulations in respect of the regional values but the globalized scenario has been changing the traditional and conventional beliefs in Middle East in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Though as per the analysis it can be concluded that the dress code implementation has strong influence against the increasing western culture and supports to the cultural values and traditions.
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NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – A United Airlines Boeing 757 was forced to make an emergency landing at Newark Liberty International Airport on Wednesday, due to an engine problem. The flight landed safely and passengers deplaned normally. There were no injuries.
United Flight UA1871 from Newark to Los Angeles returned to Newark on January 15th, due to a mechanical issue. According to FlightAware, the Boeing 757-200 departed after a 2 hour delay from Newark Liberty International Airport at 9:13 PM local time, and took off at 9:30 PM. The aircraft then landed safely at 10:07 PM, about half an hour later after the engine caught fire.
The calm atmosphere in the cabin turned into chaos instantly, when passengers saw flames coming out of the right engine. People were screaming, according to passengers on the aircraft. Passengers shared their frightening experience on Twitter. Others shared footage of the incident, like Gabrielle Guzy from California:
It was the most terrifying experience in her life for Nicole Adamo:
Many people on the ground also saw the passenger aircraft flying over with the engine spitting flames; "I witnessed this from the ground. The noises from the plane sounded like 5 or 6 explosions. That combined with the flashes of fire from the engine was frightening," eyewitness Dean Smithwick said on Twitter.
Just one month ago – on December 19, 2019 – another flight had to return to the airport for an emergency landing, due to engine fire – ANA Flight 246 to Tokyo just took off from Fukuoka Airport in Japan and also had one engine spitting flames. The aircraft also landed safely and there were no injuries.
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25-Year-Old In Stable Condition After Being Shot
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Conservative and courteous social behavior and dress are highly valued by the Thais. The Thai pronouns for "I" are different for male and female speakers. Men will use 'phom' and women 'dee-chan' in formal settings. However, it is common to drop these formal pronouns in face-to-face conversations or to use kin terms (e.g., elder/younger sibling ; aunt uncle) or first names instead. .
Men will also show deference by ending their questions and statements with 'khrap', a "polite particle" to show respect and refinement. Women end their questions and statements with 'kha'. In greeting, the Thais normally "wai" rather than shake hands. To make the "wai," place your hands together, bringing them up just under the nose and bow the head slightly. Because it is a sign of respect as well, the younger person initiates the gesture, but not the reverse


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Progress In Colorectal Cancer
I remember the days when the only treatment for colorectal cancer was 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin, and it was not that long ago. On average, a patient with stage IV disease had between 1-2 years survival.
Then, the "new" chemotherapeutic agents started appearing. Irinotecan was FDA approved in 2000; oxaliplatin in 2004, xeloda was approved in 2004 as well. The beauty of xeloda is that it is an oral fluoropirimidine, which means that it can substitute continuous infusion 5fu making patient's lives a lot easier.
Oxaliplatin and xeloda are now part of adjuvant regimens for Duke C colon cancer, which confers a 38% improvement in survival.
What has been really exciting is the increasing knowledge of the biology of colorectal cancer and the discovery that certain receptors and growth factors are overexpressed contributing to the cancer growth that could now be used as the therapeutic targets. The overexpression of the EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor) lead to the development of monoclonal antibodies that inhibit the receptor down regulating tumor cell growth. Erbitux was FDA approved in 2004 and vectibix in 2006 for metastatic colorectal cancer.
It is also well known that in order for tumors to grow and metastasize need an increased vascular supply and in order to do so they over express VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor). VEGF has therefore become the target of new classes of agents called antiangiogenic therapies and avastin was FDA approved for stage IV colorectal cancer in 2004. Therefore, we are able to battle this disease with a variety of options including chemotherapy, monoclonal antibodies, and antiangiogenic treatments. This means that stage IV colorectal cancer patients live a lot longer than they used to and have the option of having therapeutic regimens that do not include chemotherapy agents avoiding nausea, vomiting and hair loss.
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The St. Louis Rams announced on Monday that they have pulled out of their obligation to play in London in the 2013 and 2014 NFL season's so they can "focus on the First Tier Process with the Edward Jones Dome." The league will now need to fill that void and it's likely the Jacksonville Jaguars will volunteer to step up to the plate.
"We've expressed an interest to the NFL in hopefully being one of those teams," Jaguars team president Mark Lamping told the Florida Times-Union about London back in June. "We think it will increase the profile of the franchise, and Jacksonville can use it to market the city. What's good for Jacksonville is good for the Jaguars."
Jaguars owner Shad Khan has put an emphasis on branding the Jaguars internationally and feels like playing a home game or two in London would go really far, often asking "Why not us?" in regards to bearing the NFL's international flag.


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genkan™ Shop – Tour Desk
The genkan Shop and Tour Desk style functionality as designed to allow genkan users the ability to increase the style of types of additional products that they can sell.
No one in the business of property management worldwide would disagree that much of the future of the business resides with property managers finding new income streams whether it be a box of supermarket items, golf clubs, ski, boots and poles, rental car, ski lift passes, gift vouchers, bus trips, ticketing events and more.
Increase and develop new business opportunities
genkan Shop has been built to fill that void and encourage users to build new business opportunities.
The genkan functionality includes;
- Create Multiple Shops within a Shop
- Create Seasonal Shops with Calendar
- The ability to create "infinite" shop items
- Categorise Shop items
- Shops for guests and visitors
- Payments by credit card
- Voucher creation
- Manage the relationship between Shop owner and Supplier
- Communication and Notifications.
- Disbursement to suppliers
Examples of genkan Shop in operation
1. The best opportunity is to visit www.thredbo.com and go through the booking process
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text: The folks over at Fork in the Road recently took a tour of Brooklyn's Kings County Distillery (getting supplies for that possibly upcoming strike, perhaps?) and discovered that the Meadow Street digs currently housing the operation just aren't big enough anymore. (That bourbon we told you about the other week is evidently selling quite well!) So they're looking for somewhere new to go. Co-owner Colin Spoelman told Fork that they're "definitely moving," though no specific location has been found yet — hopefully somewhere in Williamsburg or Bushwick — but the group would "consider" Greenpoint, too. [Fork in the Road/VV]


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Assorted historical stuff:
Today is 10th anniversary of deadly bombing at Wall and Broad Streets; bomb exploded 12:01PM, closing Stock Exchange and almost all financial operations.
German elections result in National Socialist (Fascist) party gaining sharply to 107 seats vs. 12 formerly, and Communists 76 vs. 54 (total seats in Reichstag are about 576, and largest party is Social Democrats with 143). German observers were pleased Communist gains relatively modest. Gain in radical parties seen as result of depression. Communist party is affiliated with Moscow, while National Socialists are "anti-Republican, anti-Parliament, anti-Young Plan, ... anti-League of Nations, anti-Semitic, and anti-capital," advocating establishment of "extreme dictatorship with socialist features."
Editorial: Result of German election is hopeful. Two radical parties have made gains; if they took power, parliamentary rule could end, as well as reparations; this would create worldwide business unsettlement. However, radical parties are still in minority, and strongly oppose each other. There are several moderate parties that could form a coalition to continue the present govt.; this would ensure business has no cause for fear.
W. Graham, Pres. British Bd. of Trade, warns League of Nations Britain may withdraw from tariff truce in March; blames current economic crisis on US.
American Motorists Assoc. estimates car accident deaths for 1930 at 36,000, vs. 33,060 in 1929.
First Japanese sound film being made in Hollywood; to be shown in Japan and in the many Japanese areas in California.
623-year old lawsuit between Romanian cities of Feldioara and Sorkutza over possession of grazing land adjourned for new testimony.
Market commentary:
Market wrap: Weakness in wheat market translated to pressure on farm-related stocks including J.I. Case, Sears, Woolworth. Weakness spread to the leading industrials including US Steel, Westinghouse. Volume again dried up on declines, and liquidation wasn't apparent. Banks weak, insurance stocks firmer. Technicolor and Diamond Match hit new yearly lows. Some late rallying took place off the day's lows. Bond market very dull; US govt. higher, foreign govts. firm except for substantial declines in German issues; convertibles weak.
Aside from commodity price weakness, business outlook continues encouraging; recent merchandising and transportation conditions point to further improvement in coming weeks, and steel industry reportedly will make a concerted effort to raise product prices. Aside from technical setbacks, market recovery is seen continuing at least another month, until it's apparent how strong the seasonal recovery is.
A large number of market students are "watching the trading for a sign that a turn has come."
Reports of depression are difficult to square with ever-increasing numbers of stockholders, strong bond prices, and last but not least "the unabated rush in the subway. ... Business has fallen off, but the country is now so rich that 1930 will probably go down in history as a 'good bad year.'"
Recent renewed confidence in market outlook has brought back some of the operators who sponsored stocks during the Coolidge (1920's) bull market; among the stocks they have been quietly accumulating are Radio, Vanadium, Montgomery Ward, National Cash Register.
A. Robertson, Westinghouse Chair., sees slow, orderly return to normal conditions in business.
Economic news and individual company reports:
Fed. Reserve member banks weekly report Sept. 10 shows "all other" (commercial) loans up $16M to $8.462B, loans on securities down $32M to $8.351B.
Call money dropped back to 2% from 2 1/2%; prime commercial paper is at 3%; bankers' acceptances are at 2 - 2 3/8%.
Bond market showed strength in all classes in August; Dow Jones combined bond index closed Aug. at 82.93, highest since Nov. 1928. Low point for the past several years of 77.23 was reached in Sept. 1929.
New life insurance purchases in Aug. were down 8.7% vs. 1929; first 8 months were up 0.3%. Number of $1M policies was 357, up 45 from 1929.
Automotive exports in July were $19.0M, down 17% from June and 62% from 1929; first 7 months were $215.1M, down 46% from 1929.
Companies reporting decent earnings: General Foods, Jewel Tea (careful buying of coffee inventory).
Company reports since July 1: 221 companies reported higher earnings vs. 1929 and 477 lower; 1044 dividends unchanged, 50 increased, 89 cut.
Storm over Asia, directed by Pudovkin. "Another striking example of the Russian film producers' brilliant knowledge of the peculiar art of the cinema." Sweeping film with beautiful photography"; story concerns Mongolian revolt against army of intervention; "the bourgeoisie are again bitterly lampooned"; film closes with wave of revolt symbolized by storm sweeping over Asia.
+ The Boring Stuff:
Berlin market opened sharply lower, with some recovery during the day; other European markets were generally lower. However, there was no panic selling and marks held up well - seen as signs of belief in German stability in informed circles.
W. Graham of Graham Engineering accuses British oil interests of overthrowing Pres. Legula of Peru to prevent granting of oil concession to 3 US companies.
B. Delgass, former VP Amtorg Trading, charges Amtorg with diverting Russian trade from US to force recognition of Soviet govt.
Editorial: United Textile Workers proposal of a 30-hour workweek to combat unemployment would increase production costs and ultimately reduce employment.
State Farmers Convention in North Carolina attended by 1,200, of which 70% were women.
"Never before in history has the country emerged from a period of depression with its banking resources not only showing no signs of impairment, but in a position of impressive strength. For this reason, experienced economists are gradually veering around to the view that the recovery in stock prices may set a more rapid pace in the autumn and winter than the revival in trade."
Col. L. Ayres of Cleveland Trust says low point of depression so far seems to have been reached at end of July. There have been gains since in most important industrial activities, including freight loadings, construction, and steel output. This advance may ultimately be "disappointing, like that of last spring, but there are reasons for believing that it is not likely to"; other economic indicators are also signalling recovery, including the stock and bond markets.
Conservative observers continue to advise staying out of the market and using rallies to take profits.
Commodities weak. Grains generally down; wheat touches 16-year low below 80 cents/bushel, closes about 80. Cotton little changed. Some copper sales at 10 1/2 cents, major producers asking 10 3/4 cents, but with no takers.
Production of wheat in 1930 in 27 countries was 2.778B bushels, up 6.6% from 1929; corn in 9 countries was 2.306B bushels, down 24.6%.
Canadian news: July imports were $84.5M vs. 114.2M in 1929, and exports $77.9M vs. $98.3M. July average daily output of central electric stations was 45.630 GWHr vs. 47.481 in June and 45.506 in July 1929. Total net debt Aug. 31 was $2.145B, down $4M from 1929. Royal Bank of Canada, in Sept. letter, says Canadian business is generally down as a result of the depression, but "there are few countries which have come through this trade reaction as well as Canada."
International Steel Cartel extended to end of year with further production decrease of 15%, making total of 25% for the last quarter.
Gasoline in Chicago wholesale market was 6 3/8 - 6 1/2 cents, up from 6 1/4 - 6 3/8.
California expected to cut allowable oil production to 550,000 barrels/day from current 608,800.
Shell Oil matches 1-cent/gallon increase by Standard of Calif.; Union Oil and Rio Grande Oil will also match the increase.
Nelson, Hunt, & Co. report new realty financing in first 8 months was $144.7M vs. $428.6M in 1929, decrease of 66%.
Exports of machinery in July were $38.0M vs. $56.8M in 1929; first 7 months were $352.0M vs. $361.6M. Largest category is agricultural machinery.
Conferences are ongoing concerning merging NY City transit lines with the BMT; valuation is a problem, with a wide range of suggested offers. Recently a BMT-affiliated group has gained some seats on the IRT board; this has raised hopes for IRT joining unification, and stimulated traction (mass transit) shares generally.


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Welcome to MongoDb
MongoDb is no-sql database.
The simplest course is to run this script:
Before getting started, there are two facts you should know:
At this time, the latest LTS version of Ubuntu that is targeted by MongoDb is 16.04.
This means the official Ubuntu release of MongoDb is 2.6, which is from April 2014. Why is the Ubuntu version of MongoDb so old? Because Ubuntu releases LTS versions every two years, and at the time of this writing it has been about two years since the last LTS release for which there is a MongoDb release. (More specifically, the last LTS version was 14.04. The new 16.04 release is out, but the MongoDb apt install script has still not been updated.)
To get a new version of MongoDb on Ubuntu, there needs to be:
Right now those three things have not come into alignment. Hopefully they will soon. But for now, we have to live with our current situation.
Despite the annoyance, if all you are trying to do is learn MongoDb, it really doesn't matter that you have an older release. The commands are identical or very similar to those on the new release. Furthermore, you don't really need the latest unless you are trying to serve data to a huge number of users on a busy site. That is unlikely to be the case if you are just learning MongoDb. As a result, I don't advise wasting time trying to install the latest. Just live with the older version until the APT script is updated. In the meantime you can simply install MongoDb with this command:
sudo apt-get install mongodb
Some additional information:
On Ubuntu 16.04 use these techniques
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv 0C49F3730359A14518585931BC711F9BA15703C6
echo "deb [ arch=amd64,arm64 ] http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu xenial/mongodb-org/3.4 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-3.4.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y mongodb-org
The above is soured here:
Then create a file called /etc/systemd/system/mongodb.service. This file will likely need to be replaced when official 16.04 MongoDb binaries are released. One way to create the file is with your favorite text editor, such as geany or nano. To create the file, you will need to be in sudo mode. You should therefore issue a command like this:
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/mongodb.service
And here is the text that should be pasted into the file:
[Unit] Description=High-performance, schema-free document-oriented database After=network.target Documentation=https://docs.mongodb.org/manual [Service] User=mongodb Group=mongodb ExecStart=/usr/bin/mongod --quiet --config /etc/mongod.conf [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target
Now start the service and ensure that is restarted each time you boot up:
sudo systemctl start mongodb sudo systemctl enable mongodb
Again, the simplest way to do all this is with the script mentioned at the start of this section. See also this script, to eliminate warnings:
When you start the mongo cli, you might get a warning about security. If you want better security, there are three steps you must take.
In the database, create two users. Type mongo to start the shell. Then do something like this:
use admin
user: "administrator",
pwd: "foobar",
roles: [ { role: "userAdminAnyDatabase", db: "admin" } ]
user: "charlie",
pwd: "foobar",
roles: [ { role: "userAdminAnyDatabase", db: "admin" } ]
Type exit to quit the shell.
Edit /etc/mongod.conf. To do this, you probably want to use one of these commands, where the first is simplest:
sudo nano /etc/mongod.conf
sudo vim /etc/mongod.conf
Add authorization: enabled, by first uncommenting the security section (remove the # symbol). It looks like this:
authorization: enabled
Now restart and check the status:
sudo service mongod restart
sudo service mongod status
Example connection strings, where the second involves connecting remotely as explained further down:
mongo -u "charlie" -p "foobar" --authenticationDatabase "admin"
mongo 192.168.2.18:27017 -u "charlie" -p "foobar" --authenticationDatabase "admin"
You probably need to explicitly allow connections from machines other than local host. The syntax to add to /etc/mongod.conf for letting in one other machine:
# network interfaces
port: 27017
bindIp: [127.0.0.1, 192.168.2.5]
Some preliminary testing shows that wildcards might work: 192.168.2.*
For letting in them all use this IP: 0.0.0.0. Don't ever do that on a public server. It's a form of financial suicide.
If you are working in Pristine Lubuntu, you may get an error starting MongoDb due to a lack of space. One possible solution would be to use the cloud 9 commands with a variation on the --bind_ip in the third line:
mkdir data
echo 'mongod --bind_ip=127.0.0.1 --dbpath=data --nojournal --rest "$@"' > ~/mongod
chmod a+x ~/mongod
On Cloud 9, we set the bind_ip to $IP, but here we set it to local host.
The following commands should remove mongodb from your system:
sudo apt-get purge mongodb-org <= TRY THIS sudo apt-get purge mongodb <= OR TRY THIS sudo apt-get autoremove
You should also remove mongodb.list if it exists:
sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb.list
Older install script for previous versions of ubuntu such as 15.04:
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv 7F0CEB10
echo 'deb http://downloads-distro.mongodb.org/repo/ubuntu-upstart dist 10gen' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mongodb-org
The second line above should be typed as one line, so just run JsObjects script or block copy the above and paste it into the command line. Note, however, that the second line has two parts:
PART01: 'deb http://downloads-distro.mongodb.org/repo/ubuntu-upstart dist 10gen'
PART02: sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb.list
When you paste in the whole line, you are, in effect, running two commands separated by the pipe symbol. In pseudo code, it looks like this:
echo PART01 | PART02 // Don't actually run this
But don't try to paste that in, paste in the line from the script. The above pseudo command is just an attempt to explain what the second line in the script does. It is not a valid method of running the second line.
There is an alternative method, but it is not recommended, as it probably won't install the latest MongoDb. Nevertheless, it could work. So if the above fails, you could try:
sudo apt-get install mongodb // Only do this if the above fails
MongoDb is preinstalled on Cloud 9. To set it up do this:
cd mkdir data echo 'mongod --bind_ip=$IP --dbpath=data --nojournal --rest "$@"' > ~/mongod chmod a+x ~/mongod mongod
I got the above here:
Then to view the database:
Here is a typical URL for accessing a database:
And here is what a MongoTalk.json configuration file might look like:
"urls": [
"selectedUrl": 0
If the package.json file for your project does not already include mongodb, use npm to install the Node mongodb driver into your local project:
sudo npm install mongodb
I believe these are the commands for the recent versions of Ubuntu:
sudo systemctl start mongodb sudo systemctl stop mongodb sudo systemctl enable mongodb
Use these commands to stop, to start and restart MongoDb on older versions of Ubuntu:
sudo service mongodb start sudo service mongodb stop sudo service mongodb restart
To see if MongoDb is running, or to learn a bit about your instance, go to this address:
The key is that it is a port 1000 above the port you use to query the database. The page you find will reveal at least a few minimal facts about your running instance of MongoDb.
On recent versions of MongoDb http://localhost:28017/ won't work unless you add this to /etc/mongod.conf and then restart mongodb:
# network interfaces
port: 27017
bindIp: 127.0.0.1
http.enabled: true
http.RESTInterfaceEnabled: true
You can view the content on your MongoDb server without writing any code. First you need to start the mongo client:
$ mongo
MongoDB shell version: 2.6.1
connecting to: test
To quit the shell, you type exit and press return. But let's not do that quite yet. Instead you might want to see the databases on your instance of MongoDb:
> show dbs
admin (empty)
bar (empty)
local 0.078GB
test 0.078GB
Select or create one of the databases:
> use test
switched to db test
NOTE: The command use foo will switch the user to the foo database. If foo does not exist, it will create it and then switch to it.
Instead of tables, MongoDb has collections. Show the collections in the database.
> show collections
Insert data into a collection called test01. The collection will be created if it does not exist:
db.test01.insert({firstName: "Susan"}) WriteResult({ "nInserted" : 1 })
A somewhat more complex example is shown here:
db.test02.insert({ "firstName": "Abe10001", "lastName": "Lincoln10001", "address": "10001 Green Street", "city": "Bellevue", "state": "WA", "zip": 98002 })
Note that we are inserting into a collection called test02. When you paste in the above, the output should look like this:
> db.test02.insert({ ... "firstName": "Abe10001", ... "lastName": "Lincoln10001", ... "address": "10001 Green Street", ... "city": "Bellevue", ... "state": "WA", ... "zip": 98002 ... })
Use find to see the contents of test02:
> db.test02.find()
"_id": ObjectId("537a6ba7ceccfa98291d56dd"),
"firstName": "Abe10001",
"lastName": "Lincoln10001",
"address": "10001 Green Street",
"city": "Bellevue",
"state": "WA",
"zip": 98002
By default, you can can insert nearly any valid JSON into your tables. This means we could insert the data we inserted into test01 into test02 or vice versa. Though the JSON has a different structure, it will not cause problems. For instance:
db.test02.insert({longshot: "RubyFind"}) > db.test02.find() { "\_id" : ObjectId("5754550586f9d37ae11eb9cd"), "firstName" : "Abe10001", "lastName" : "Lincoln10001", "address" : "10001 Green Street", "city" : "Bellevue", "state" : "WA", "zip" : 98002 } { "\_id" : ObjectId("5754568286f9d37ae11eb9ce"), "longshot" : "RubyFind" }
As you can see, the first and second objects have very different structures, yet they both co-exist in the collection. This behavior is, of course, very different from what we see in a SQL database.
You can ask to project only certain fields. The following projection asks not to see the _id field, which is displayed by default, and to see the firstName and lastName fields. (What you see here assumes that additional rows have been inserted):
> db.test02.find({}, {"\_id": 0, firstName: 1, "lastName": 1});
{ "firstName" : "Abe10000", "lastName" : "Lincoln10000" }
{ "firstName" : "Abe10001", "lastName" : "Lincoln10001" }
{ "firstName" : "Abe10002", "lastName" : "Lincoln10002" }
{ "firstName" : "Abe10003", "lastName" : "Lincoln10003" }
{ "firstName" : "Abe10004", "lastName" : "Lincoln10004" }
This query asks to only the rows where firstName is equal to Abe0001.
> db.test02.find({firstName: "Abe10001"}, {"\_id": 0, firstName: 1, "lastName": 1});
{ "firstName" : "Abe10001", "lastName" : "Lincoln10001" }
Now let's delete all the records:
> db.test02.remove({})
WriteResult({ "nRemoved" : 5 })
You can use the similar rules to those you used for find if you want to remove only specific records.
> db.test_insert.remove({firstName: "Abe10003"})
WriteResult({ "nRemoved" : 1 })
Mongo is the command line utility you can use to query your MongoDB collections and to maintain your database. Start mongo by typing mongo at the command line.
When in mongo, type help to get a list of things you can do:
db.help() help on db methods
db.mycoll.help() help on collection methods
sh.help() sharding helpers
rs.help() replica set helpers
help admin administrative help
help connect connecting to a db help
help keys key shortcuts
help misc misc things to know
help mr mapreduce
show dbs show database names
show collections show collections in current database
show users show users in current database
show profile show most recent system.profile entries with time >= 1ms
show logs show the accessible logger names
show log [name] prints out the last segment of log in memory, 'global' is default
use <db_name> set current database
db.foo.find() list objects in collection foo
db.foo.find( { a : 1 } ) list objects in foo where a == 1
it result of the last line evaluated; use to further iterate
DBQuery.shellBatchSize = x set default number of items to display on shell
exit quit the mongo shell
Try, for instance, db.help():
DB methods:
db.adminCommand(nameOrDocument) - switches to 'admin' db, and runs command [ just calls db.runCommand(...) ]
db.auth(username, password)
db.commandHelp(name) returns the help for the command
db.copyDatabase(fromdb, todb, fromhost)
db.createCollection(name, { size : ..., capped : ..., max : ... } )
db.currentOp() displays currently executing operations in the db
db.eval(func, args) run code server-side
db.fsyncLock() flush data to disk and lock server for backups
db.fsyncUnlock() unlocks server following a db.fsyncLock()
db.getCollection(cname) same as db['cname'] or db.cname
db.getLastError() - just returns the err msg string
db.getLastErrorObj() - return full status object
db.getMongo() get the server connection object
db.getMongo().setSlaveOk() allow queries on a replication slave server
db.getProfilingLevel() - deprecated
db.getProfilingStatus() - returns if profiling is on and slow threshold
db.getSiblingDB(name) get the db at the same server as this one
db.hostInfo() get details about the server's host
db.isMaster() check replica primary status
db.killOp(opid) kills the current operation in the db
db.listCommands() lists all the db commands
db.loadServerScripts() loads all the scripts in db.system.js
db.runCommand(cmdObj) run a database command. if cmdObj is a string, turns it into { cmdObj : 1 }
db.setProfilingLevel(level,<slowms>) 0=off 1=slow 2=all
db.setVerboseShell(flag) display extra information in shell output
db.version() current version of the server
When you want to connect to MongoLab from your program, you need to compose the URL that let's you in.
Near the top of the page, on the left, you will see something like this:
To connect using the shell:
mongo dsXXXXXX.mongolab.com:XXXXX/Databasename -u <dbuser> -p <dbpassword>
To connect using a driver via the standard URI (what's this?):
It is the second URL that you need.
NOTE: The dbuser and dbpassword are not the user name and password that you use when you sign on to MongoLab. Instead, these are the database users and passwords for your database. It is an entirely separate user name and password that has nothing to do with your MongoLab account. It is the user for your MongoDb database, not for the site.
To create a database user, click on the USER tab and press Add database user.
Here is the connect.js file that handles the connection from mongoose to a MongoDb database. It supports both a local and remote mLab instance of MongoDb:
* Created by charlie on 6/6/16.
var mongoose = require('mongoose');
var connect = {
connected: false,
simpleConnect: function() {
'use strict';
console.log('Connecting with simple.');
var url = 'mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/renew';
connect.connected = true;
var db = mongoose.connection;
db.on('error', console.error.bind(console, 'connection error:'));
db.once('open', function(callback) {
connect.connected = true;
console.log('Opened connection to mongo');
// mongodb://<dbuser>:<dbpassword>@ds049848.mlab.com:49848/elvenlab01
mlabConnect: function() {
'use strict';
console.log('Connecting with mlab.');
connect.connected = true;
var userName = 'foobar';
var password = 'foo';
var siteAndPort = 'ds049848.mongolab.com:49848';
var databaseName = 'elvenlab01';
var url = 'mongodb://' + userName + ':' + password + '@' + siteAndPort + '/' + databaseName;
// This part is optional
var db = mongoose.connection;
db.on('error', console.error.bind(console, 'connection error:'));
db.once('open', function(callback) {
connect.connected = true;
console.log('Opened connection to mongo');
doConnection: function(useSimple) {
'use strict';
var connectType = useSimple || false;
if (connectType) {
} else {
module.exports = connect;
This code defaults to using mLab (MongoLab) unless you specify otherwise:
var connectType = useSimple || false;
It also breaks out the various pieces of the mLab connection string into discreet variables so that you can more easily see how to create a valid URL:
var userName = 'foobar';
var password = 'foo';
var siteAndPort = 'ds049848.mongolab.com:49848';
var databaseName = 'elvenlab01';
Note that the goal is to create a URL of this type:
: @ds049848.mlab.com:49848/
Ultimately, you want to change nearly the entire URL, including the number in the siteAndPort portion. The following is not a valid URL, but it should help you see what you are trying to create:
Remember, you can use the example on the main page for your mLab database to see what the URL you want to create should look like. Earlier in this text I provide a sample screen shot of that page.
We need to understand updating and deleting records in the database.
A general review of mongo DB.
Look at PeopleManager in CreateCharactor02
pkozlowski-opensource on github.
It is interesting to note that this a REST API, so you can simply paste URLs into the address bar of your browser, or use them as links on web pages:
More info in the MongoDriver docs:
That's not a solution for a shipping app, but it is a good tool to use when you are experimenting with a new technology.
I should add that posting your API key as a link on a public web page is a very bad idea, but you can use it on private sites.
The best way to experiement with this technology is just to take the URL and paste it into a the address field of the browser.
Here is a simple node program that uses the modular pattern. It will open up a MongoDb database and inserting a row of data into it:
var MongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient;
var format = require('util').format;
var QueryMongo = (function() {
var url01 = 'mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/test';
var url02 = 'mongodb://192.168.2.19:27017/test';
function QueryMongo() {
// Open the test database that comes with MongoDb
MongoClient.connect(url02, function(err, database) {
if (err) {
throw err;
insertCollection(database, 'test_insert', { f : 7 });
var getCollection = function(database) {
var collection = database.collection('test_insert');
// Count documents in the collection
collection.count(function(err, count) {
console.log(format("count = %s", count));
// View the collection
collection.find().toArray(function(err, results) {
// Will create collection if it does not exist
var insertIntoCollection = function(db, collectionName, objectToInsert) {
var collection = db.collection(collectionName);
collection.insert(objectToInsert, function(err, docs) {
return QueryMongo;
var q = new QueryMongo();
Some useful commands.
Backup, first with and then without a password:
mongodump --collection scientists --db test --username mongodevdb --password YourSecretPwd --out /dbbackup mongodump --collection scientists --db test --out $HOME/Documents/Mongo
Restore a specific collection:
mongorestore --db elven --collection scientists /home/charlie/Documents/Mongo/test/scientists.bson
Rename a collection. First switch to the admin database:
use admin db.runCommand( { renameCollection: "elven.scientiests", to: "elven.scientists" } )
If you try to start MongoDB, and find that it won't start, or at least won't stay running after it starts, the problem could be that you are out of disk space. MongoDB wants lots of diskspace, something like 3.5 GB. You can, however, request that it use less disk space by putting smallfiles = true at the end of /etc/mongodb.conf. Now your database will be limited in size in half a gig, but that should be plenty for our needs.
One of the most powerful features of Mongoose is the ability to work with sub-documents.
You may get a message about C++ BSON not being installed and so the system is falling back on the "pure javascript version". Please note this is not an error. There is nothing wrong with the pure javascript version other than it being perhaps a bit slower. That will not matter on a development machine in most cases. So I suggest simply living with the messages on your development machine, and fix them only on your production machine.
If you want to fix them, there are two issues here:
In this discussion, we will assume that our production environment is an EC2 Ubuntu server. In this scenario, on Windows, we will are only doing development and testing.
By default, our Ubuntu server does not have a C++ compiler installed. You can test if it does by typing:
gcc -v
To install the gcc C++ compiler, first connect to your EC2 instance and ensure your it is up to date:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Then install gcc:
sudo apt-get install build-essential
More details and a reference are here
Now when you type npm install or npm install mongoose --save at the linux command prompt all will go smoothly.
On Windows, there is nothing I can see that is wrong with using the "Pure JavaScript version" of bson. It's going to be slower, but this is only our development environment.
So I would just live with the Bson messages, unless you have VS installed already. I don't really like to install Visual Studio except on a dedicated development machine or in a VM. If, however, you have it installed already, then you should only need to worry about your Python version. I have two versions installed, set up like this:
I can just change my path to point to the one I want to use at any particular time. One way to do this would be to:
Now you can just use setx to change the environment variable and then restart your windows command line session:
setx PYTHON_HOME C:\Python\Python33
You can read about setx here:


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palanpur, gujarat; 2013
As part of our practice, we study the buildings we design after they have been occupied. This allows us to learn what works as we expect, what doesn't, and how people have transformed and adapted aspects of our designs as their needs change over time. The tulsi villa twin bungalow project gave us the oppportunity to study not just one scenario, but sixty, and to look at trends and variations among the responses to the architecture.
This first study has been carried out three years after the completion of construction. Certain changes, like the removal of a skylight, shift to outdoor staircase, or the ninety degree rotation of a once south facing entrance, were given as design alternatives during construction, to satisfy the requirements of families who had purchased houses in advance. Others, like the insertion of a steel beam to remove verandah columns, or the expansion of the first floor, were residents' self-designed innovations, implemented after the completion of the project.