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by Prof. Mordochai ben-Tziyyon, Universitah Ha'ivrit, Y'rushalayim
None of the prophets in the Scriptures ever foretold the coming of a "messiah". But they did prophesy that one day God will give back to Yisraél what He took away from us in the year 586BCE: our Temple, our sovereignty and independence, and our Monarchy. There are numerous prophecies about the king who will reign in the happy days when this comes about. According to the prophets, he will be a deeply religious man, one of great humility (so humble in fact that he will shun all publicity and won't even make speeches in public—Y'shayahu 42:2, "he will not shout, and he will not raise his voice nor let it be heard outdoors"). He will reunite Yisraél, bringing back all those who are scattered in exile all over the World, and he will reign over us in justice and righteousness, encouraging the full observance of the Torah's laws and ensuring that those laws are kept. All other nations on Earth and their rulers will recognise his authority, and all strife and fighting in the World will end: "The Temple Mount will be the chief of all hills and all the nations will stream to it… many nations will set out saying 'Come, let's go up to Adonai's mountain, to the Temple of Yisraél's God; He will teach us His ways and we will follow His paths'—because then teaching will emanate from Tziyyon [and] Adonai's words from Y'rushalayim… [the king-messiah] will arbitrate between the nations and settle all their disputes, and they will beat their swords into scythes and their spears into shears—never again will any nation take up arms against another and no-one will even study military tactics any more" (Y'shayahu 2:2-4, Michah 4:1-3).
That king, we are assured, will satisfy all the requirements of Torah Law, one of which is that he must be the son of a man who is the son of a man who was the son of a man who was… who was the son of King David's son Sh'lomoh. At his coronation he will doubtless be "crowned" in the same manner as the ancient Hebrew kings, that is, the shemen mish'hat kodesh (the oil of anointment of holiness, which Mosheh was commanded to make personally according to the formula given in Sh'mot 30:22-33) will be smeared on him, so he will be a מָשִׁיחַ (a mashiyaḥ or "messiah") in the most literal sense, and because of this he has come to be known as the "king-messiah" in Hebrew parlance and literature.
The great 12th century Hebrew scholar R' Mosheh ben Maimon, who produced the first systematic and structured encyclopædia of Hebrew Law (the Mishneh Torah) devotes the last two chapters of the volume dealing with "Kings and their Wars" to this future king, the "king-messiah". The translation that follows is mostly the work of my late cousin, Dr B'tzalel Barzillai, although I have made a few minor corrections to it and added a few additional comments of my own; the Hebrew text may be accessed by clicking the chapter and paragraph numbers.
1. In the future the King-Messiah will come to power: he will revive the Davidic Dynasty and restore it to its former sovereignty, and he will rebuild the Temple and gather in all the scattered ones of Yisraél. In his time, all the Laws will be reinstated as they were in ancient times—the sacrificial ceremonials will be restored, and the cycles of "fallow" (sh'mittah) years and yovél years will again be observed as they are written in the Torah.
2. Anyone who does not believe in him and does not anticipate his coming rejects the whole of the Torah and also our Teacher Mosheh, not just the remainder of the Prophets, for the Torah itself testifies to his coming, in these verses: "Then, Adonai your God will reverse your captivity and have mercy on you; He will gather you back in…. even if your scattered ones will be at the ends of the heavens, Adonai your God will gather you back in from there too…. Adonai your God will bring you back to the land that your ancestors possessed…." (D'varim 30:3-5). These things that are written explicitly in the Torah encapsulate everything that the Prophets said on this topic.
3. There is also reference to the King-Messiah in the Bil'am passage, where Bil'am prophesies about two "Messiahs"—the first Messiah he speaks about is David who rescuedYisraél from their enemies, and the other is the one who will arise from among David's descendants and who will rescue Yisraél in the Last Times.
4. In that passage, Bil'am says: "I see him, but not now; I look upon him, but he is not close; a star is stepping out from Ya'akov and a sceptre is arising from Yisraél… he will crush the nobles of Mo'av and he will undermine all of Shet's descendants; Edom will be his conquest, and his enemy, Sé'ir, will be crushed…" (B'midbar 24:17-18).
- "I see him, but not now"—this is David…
- "I look upon him, but he is not close"—this is the King-Messiah;
- "a star is stepping out from Ya'akov"—this is David…
- "and a sceptre is arising from Yisraél"—this is the King-Messiah;
- "he will crush the nobles of Mo'av"—this refers to David, about whom it is written "…when he conquered Mo'av, he counted the prisoners-of-war by measuring them with a rope" (Sh'muél Beit 8:2)…
- "and he will undermine all of Shet's descendants"—this is the King-Messiah, about whom it is written "…his dominion will extend from Sea to Sea" (Z'charyah 9:10);
- "Edom will be his conquest"—this is David, about whom it is written "…all of Edom became servants to David" (Sh'muél Beit 8:14)…
- "and his enemy, Se'ir, will be crushed"—this is the King-Messiah, about whom it is written "…the deliverers will ascend Mount Tziyyon to judge Mount Ésav…" (Ovad'yah1:21… note: Mount Se'ir was where Ésav's descendants settled: see D'varim 2:4,8,22,29).
5. Furthermore, in connection with the "Refuge Cities", the Torah says: "…when God will widen your borders… you will add to these six an additional three cities…" (D'varim19:8-9), but this never actually occurred at any time in our history; however, we can be sure that God did not give us this commandment for nothing, so we anticipate that it will be implemented in the time of the King-Messiah. There is no need to cite proof for this from the writings of the Prophets because all of their Books are full of references to it.
6. You should not think that the King-Messiah will have to perform miracles and wondrous acts, or cause new phenomena to occur in the World such as bringing the dead back to life or other similar things. We can see that this is not so, because R' Akiva, who was one of the greatest scholars of the Mishnah period became King ben Kuziva's armour-bearer and used to say that he was the King-Messiah. Indeed, he and all the other Rabbis of his generation thought that ben Kuziva was the King-Messiah, but when he was killed because of his sinfulness, they realised that he had not been the King-Messiah; however, they had never expected him to perform miracles or wondrous acts.
7. The central principle is that the Torah, with all its Laws and Decrees, is permanent and eternal, and we may neither add to them nor subtract from them: anyone who tries to add anything to the Torah or remove anything from it, or to interpret any of its Laws in a manner that is not consistent with the written text—such a person is truly wicked and a heretic.
8. If one day a king arises from the House of David, who is learned in the Torah and observes all the commandments in the same way that his ancestor David did, just as they are commanded in the Torah (Written and Oral), who inspires all Yisraél to follow the Torah and takes steps to prevent violations of it, and who wages Adonai's Wars—this will be a strong indication that he is the King-Messiah; and if he succeeds in all of this and also rebuilds the Temple on its ancient site and gathers all the scattered ones of Yisraél together again, then we will know that he really is the King-Messiah. This one will bring harmony to the World and cause all to serve Adonai together, as it is written: "…for then I shall turn all the nations back to speaking the 'pure language' [i.e. Hebrew], so that they will all proclaim Adonai's Fame and serve Him with a single purpose" (Tz'fanyah 3:9).
9. But if he does not succeed in accomplishing all these things, or if he is killed, then for sure he is not the one promised by the Torah and he should just be considered like any of the other legitimate kings of the Davidic dynasty who lived and died; and we may conclude that God caused him to arise only to test people's faith, as it is written: "…even some of the wise will err in their attempts to clarify the predictions, to explain them and to interpret them… until the End, because its time is yet to be fixed" (Daniyyél 11:35).
10. As for Yéshu the Notz'ri ["man from Notzrat"], who claimed to be the King-Messiah and was sentenced to death by the Sanhedrin [Hebrew Supreme Court] and executed—Daniyyél had already prophesied about him: "…sons of rebels among your own people will raise themselves and try to establish a 'vision'—but they will stumble"(Daniyyél 11:14). Could there be any greater deception than christianity? All the Prophets foretold that the King-Messiah will redeem and rehabilitate Yisraél, will gather together again the scattered ones and strengthen their observance of the commandments—but that one brought about only the slaughter of Yisraél by the sword and the dispersal and persecution of the remnant, tried to alter the Torah, and caused most of the World to be lured into the service of an idol instead of Adonai.
11. A human being is not able to comprehend the Creator of the World's intentions, for our ways are not like His ways and our thoughts are not like His thoughts (compare Y'shayahu55:8). In the event, though, all the words of Yéshu the Notz'ri and of that Yishma'elite who arose after him [Muhammad] have only served to prepare the way for the arrival of the King-Messiah, leading the whole World to serve Adonai together, as it is written: "…for then I shall turn all the nations back to speaking the 'pure language' [i.e. Hebrew], so that they will all proclaim Adonai's Fame and serve Him with a single purpose" (Tz'fanyah 3:9).
12. How can that be?—Consider this: the whole World is already filled with talk about a "Messiah", and about the Torah, and about the Commandments. So it has come about that these concepts have been spread to the furthest parts of the World and among even the pagan, idolatrous nations, who right now are discussing these topics and the Torah's commandments. Some of them [i.e. christians] say that the commandments were true, but have now been abolished and were never intended to remain in force for ever, while others [i.e. Muslims] say that they contain hidden mysteries and are not to be interpreted literally, but that a "messiah" [i.e. Muhammad] already came and revealed these secrets.
13. However, when the true King-Messiah arises, and he succeeds in becoming exalted and uplifted, right away they will all realise their mistake and they will then understand that the teaching passed down to them from their ancestors was false, and that their prophets and their ancestors misled them (compare Yirm'yahu 16:19).
1. One should not think that any aspect of Nature will change in the Era of King-Messiah, or that there will be any new features in the behaviour of the physical Universe. The World will continue to function just as it does now. Although Y'shayahu states "The wolf will live at peace with the lamb and the leopard will lie down with the young goat"(Y'shayahu 11:6), these words are just metaphors and allegories: they mean that Yisraél will live in safety among the wicked gentiles who are compared to wolves and leopards, as for example in the verse "A wolf of the deserts attacks them, a leopard prowls through their cities" (Yirm'yahu 5:6). When those times come, all will return to the true faith and will no longer pillage or destroy; instead, they will eat only that which is permitted, at peace with Yisraél, as it is written "…lions will eat straw like oxen" (Y'shayahu 11:7).
2. In the same way, the other prophecies about the King-Messiah of a similar nature are also analogies: in the Era of the King-Messiah, everyone will realize what was meant by these metaphors and what they were intended to convey. The Rabbis taught: "There will be no difference between the present time and the Era of the King-Messiah except only that the supremacy of the gentile kingdoms will be ended" [B'rachot 34b; Shabbat 63a, 151b; P'saḥim 68a; San'hed'rin 91b, 99a]….
3. It appears from the plain meaning of the Prophets' words that the War of Gog and Magog (Y'ḥezkel, ch. 38) will take place at the beginning of the Messianic Era and, before this War, a Prophet will arise to correct Yisraél's behaviour and to prepare their hearts for the final redemption, as it is written: "See, I am sending the Prophet Éliyyahu back to you before the arrival of Adonai's great and awesome Day" (Mal'achi 3:23). He will not come to declare the pure impure or to declare the impure pure; neither will he come to disqualify the lineage of those thought to be of flawless descent, or to validate lineage which is thought to be imperfect. He will come to bring harmony to the World; as the prophecy just stated continues "…he will turn the hearts of fathers with their children back [to God]" (ibid., 3:24).
4. Some of the Rabbis said that Éliyyahu will appear even before the arrival of the King-Messiah; but no-one can know how these or any other similar matters will occur until they actually happen because they are are not specified explicitly in the words of the Prophets, and even the Rabbis had no established tradition regarding these matters, other than what the verses hint—this is why there are differences of opinion about these issues. In any case, the sequence of these events and their precise details are not part of the basic principles of our faith.
5. A person should not devote too much time to the study of the haggadot and the midrashim that deal with these and similar topics, or consider them of any great importance, because they will not bring him to the respect or the love of God. For the same reason, one should not waste his time trying to calculate the appointed time of the King-Messiah's coming: the Rabbis said "…the souls of those who attempt to calculate the time of King-Messiah's coming deserve to perish!" [Sanhedrin 97b]. Instead, one should simply await his coming, believing only in the general principles of the topic, as just explained.
6. In the time of the King-Messiah, when his kingdom has been secured and all of Yisraél has gathered around him, every person's pedigree will be established by him through the prophetic insight that he will be imbued with, as it is written "…he will sit refining and purifying [silver]…" (Mal'achi 3:3). He will purify the pedigree of the L'viyim first, stating "this one is a Kohén by pedigree" or "this one is a Lévi by pedigree", and any who are not designated in this way will be allocated the status of ordinary Yisraélite. This is what is meant by the verse "The Tir'shata [i.e. N'ḥemyah] decreed that [none of them should eat any of the kod'shei kodashim] until such time as a Chief Kohén arises who wears the Urim v'Tummim" (Ez'ra 2:63)—from this we can see that the pedigrees of those who can only be presumed at present will be determined and made known through prophetic insight in his time. He will define the lineage of the other Yisraélites according to their tribe alone [not by individual families], that is, he will declare "this one is from such-and-such tribe" and "that one is from such-and-such tribe". But he will not declare that a person who is presumed to be legitimate is a mamzer or a slave, following the legal principle that, once a family has been emancipated, it remains so [even if it is later found that it was emancipated in error].
7. The Rabbis and the Prophets did not long for the Messianic Age in order for Yisraél to rule over the whole World, or to dominate all the gentiles, or so that the other nations should honour them, or so they would be able to to feast, to drink and to celebrate. Their only desire was for Yisraél to be free to devote themselves to the Torah and its wisdom, without anyone to persecute or disturb them, so they would become worthy of life in the World to Come, as I explained in the volume dealing with T'shuvah.
8. In that time there will be neither famine nor war, envy nor competition: goodness will flow in abundance and all delights will be as widespread as dust. The occupation of the entire World will be solely given over to knowing Adonai, and Yisraél will become great sages, understanding all the great mysteries. They will attain a knowledge of their Creator to the greatest extent possible for a human being; as it is written: "…for the World will be as full of the knowledge of Adonai as the water covering the sea-bed." (Y'shayahu 11:9).


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Bono thinks U2 are becoming irrelevant as they age.
The 'Invisible' rocker admitted that it has become harder for his band to remain significant in the music industry as they grow older, because the personal experiences they depict in their songs may no longer connect with a mainstream audience.
Speaking during an interview on BBC Radio 1, frontman Bono told Zane Lowe: "We're on the verge of irrelevance. You have to make stuff relevant to you and where you're at, make an honest account of what you're going through. If that's relevant to other people, great. But we don't know."
The singer also spoke about the inspiration behind the band's as-yet-untitled 13th studio album, which he claims harks back to when the group – including The Edge, 52, Adam Clayton, 53, and Larry Mullen Jr, 52, - first got together in 1976.
Bono, 53, explained: "We went back to why we wanted to be in a band in the first place. We were listening to the Ramones and Kraftwerk - you can hear both on 'Invisible'. It opened up a whole valve for me writing, it was like a damburst of sorts. "
Bono says the record won't be finished for another two months, but once it's complete the group are looking forward to playing the new tracks in smaller venues.
He explained: "For this album, we're going to start indoors. We'd like to play the O2 [arena]. Sometimes it's nice to play intimate things like that."

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My boots had a very itchy way about them, slipping off their designated resting point on my shoulder in a most repeated fashion, where they were put they simply would not remain. Having dumped it all off i headed back to the hotel Birkenhof.
It wasn't the finest preparation and cleanliness, gathering up some fresh clothing i headed into the toilets by reception, i had a sink for water and old used clothing to dry myself down with, something of the sparrow having a dust bath about this effort at cleaning up.
I'd become familiar with such limited efforts during my two cycling breaks, first during my trip away with Oscar (https://journaloftrips.wordpress.com/the-holiday-chapter-1-setting-off/arrival-day/) and then ever more so during my time cycling around in Europe as i took a mini career break. It may have made me a little to accepting of limited levels of clean and being somewhat minging in a public forum.
There was no sign of Damon and well over an hour of time to fill in, i sat myself in one of the breakfast rooms with a mind to backup and sort through some holiday photos and videos. I had only gotten a few moments into this when an alternative thought occurred to me, food.. Between here and home there was only the limited options of Innsbruck airport and quite a number of hours, making dinner a distant and uncertain concept, so food, there should be about time if i was to get up and go now. More than this the nearest and most opportune restaurant was the one we'd visited on the first night, the one that had arguably been the best of the weeks restaurants…I packed everything back away and headed out.
Yesterday i'd thought about ordering Kaiser Spaetzle, both during the day and as i studied the menu.. Opting eventually against and there was rational for this dating back to a night out in Isghl many years ago, I'd never been one for believing that cheese at night could or would amount to nightmares during sleep but that was one thick cheesy affair and went on to find myself tormented by the sight of mettle spiders busying themselves throughout one point of what was roundly a poor nights sleep. Plus as the years past one cant necessarily consume ones own weight in cheese or even pursue the lofty challenge of doing so.
But a thought once had such as this turned out to be a thought only delayed and with no particular care required for the Sunday, it was a thought that had found its moment.
There had also been no orange Fanta on this trip, all that time spent on Jägertee and cider, Fanta Orange that was the original ski drink of choice, St Anton back in the 90s and actually i really rather preferred it. Okay not all the time, not every day but the need to drink alcoholic beverages is really quite unnecessary and no less tedious than anything else done with rigorous repetition.
This was a not such a Kaiser Spartzle, it was relatively light by the standard of such things and came with a salad, that had a most suitably strong Italian style vinegar sauce which worked as a most suitable counterpart to the cheese rich main course. Though I'd been slightly concerned about time there had been no need, it was all cleared down and gone in very good time, to allow me to pay and meander my way once more back, those none too many steps, to the hotel. There was even time for a little checking and backing up of photos on my return.
Damon turned up in good time for us to head outside and await our coach, a coach which surprised up when it didn't stop off to pick up the others. We caught up with them at the airport after we had already managed to deposit our baggage, their coach had been accompanied by the same crystal rep who had impressed us so a week ago on our inbound journey and had told them that the flight was expected to be quite delayed. Something that the airport seemed to be unaware off, given the departure screens and the pilot had also gone unapprised off as it later transpired the flight was actually expected to head off early. Milton gave this some thought and came up with a theory predicated largely on the observed genius of this Crystal ski chappy and secondarily on a little bit of mathematics.. he deduced that if one was to not fully appreciate the grand complexities of the 24 hour clock then one could come up with precisely the delayed departure time that crystal man marvel had advised.
I was looking for a place to store my passport and paperwork and only realised half way into the drop deposit that this plastic sleeve did not represent a solid choice being far too deep, narrow and solid to allow subsequently for something of passport size to be successfully retrieved. This could be a real problem, i had one last finger clamped against the corner of the passport as i realised this, brilliant contemplating there with the plan, and tried to edge it back up the way without loosing that critical clamping traction which prevented its decent to the problematic narrow depth.
Ultimately by using the spare of my hands to empty out all the other contents, magazines, safety card, vomit capture paper bag (which never quite seems like the ideal material for something a little bit liquidity in the majority of instances & arguably thankfully so) i was able to free up sufficient space to get a better hold and finally drag it back out. Still on this occasion at least the lesson went learnt, not forgotten within some absentminded couple of moments, so that was something..
Rating the Zillertal ski areas:
Lots of space, good and cold providing a higher quality of snow – but very few pistes, little more than enough for a half day or one day with quite a bit of repetition.
Mayrhofen Penkenbahn Side:
It has lots of little areas to explore and a variety of pistes. Like most of the areas it suffered from over congestion of pistes, it also has a limited sense of travel about it with a lack of taxing runs.
Mayrhofen Ahorn Side:
Again – very few pistes, little more than enough for a half day or one day with quite a bit of repetition – smaller than Hinterux and without the quality of snow.. An additional sort of distraction but little to offer in its own right other than the very long good run from top to bottom.
Zell Am Ziller:
The best area in the Zillertal – a real sense of travel and variety in the skiing stakes, it also has two lifts from the valley which limits the queues and efficiently moves people up the mountain. It doesn't have much in the way of challenging pistes but its reliably fun.
A place with night skiing and like Mayrhofen around enough KMs and runs to fill two days of skiing without too much repetition.
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So after all the public thrashing about I did about why and why you shouldn't get an iPhone just yet and despite the fact that I already own a 16GB iPod touch, I ended up deciding late yesterday that I would be getting one after all. My reasons for the about face were:
- I hardly use the phone lately period
- I want to experience the app store and all it has to offer "connected everywhere"
I took my iPod touch on a recent trip and while it helped me stay away from email and such, without readily available wifi it just wasn't the same. Having an iphone would mean enjoying the social networks in real-time, everywhere. I thought it would be cool. After doing some math, I figured if I got rid of my datacard and switched carriers, my monthly bills wouldn't change much. Of course, I could save $30 on an already tight budget but oh well.
Having decided to get an iPhone the day before it goes on sale, in a country like Japan, where the iPhone would be offered for the first time, I knew my chances were slim. The line in front of the Omotesando store was already 650 deep on Thursday night when I decided I would buy one. So I came up with a strategy.
First I checked shipping volumes worldwide. Turns out the UK was a good precedent. I learned that the country as a whole was allotted 50,000 units in the first shipment divided amongst outlets and typical outlets carried 20-35 units with major branch stores carrying around 1000 units. I figured Omotesando was the last place I'd get one.
In Japan, Softbank is the sole distributor of iphones. You can't buy it at the Apple Store. But they do have shops in all major electronics outlets. After some more research, I found out that Yodobashi was going to hand out purchase tickets starting 8:30 AM at their major branches and even instituted a "no queuing overnight policy". This was just my ticket.
So I arrived on the scene at 7AM, got my queue ticket for a queue ticket and waited an hour and a half while watching a movie. The 16GB black was already sold out but they still had the 16GB in White, which quickly sold out after I arrived. I must say, 90% of the crowd was mid 30s and over so I don't think the iPhone has quite as much "cool factor" as other countries. My pickup time is this evening. I wonder if it's as cool as they say. To be honest, I feel more drained than excited now that the ordeal is over but kind of happy with how my strategy played out.


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IoT Automation Solution device is a very effective in performing the simplest of tasks of turning a machine on or off as well as collecting other data like fuel level, call alert and so on remotely. This device has the potential to completely replace the PLC by enabling display of the machine status on virtual Dashboards and APPS.
- Genset ON/OFF remotely (By SMS)
- Time based Genset ON/OFF
- Intimate the current status of Genset - ON/OFF
- Fuel pilferage
- Fuel monitor
- Location of Genset
- Speed of the vehicle when the Genset is on mobile
- Alerts: Genset Status, Mains Status, Fuel Pilferage, Fuel Refill


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By: Chris Borrego, Program Director Three of our players made it into the Pure Insurance Championship in 2018 – Skyler May and William Bensch, sophomores at St. Mary's High, and Christopher Khan, a junior at Lincoln High. They played in late September at Poppy Hills and Pebble Beach. All three p...Read More


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Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) by definition is the instrumentation installed in a facility for the purpose of taking the process or specific piece of equipment in the process to a safe state. The SIS is designed to respond to plant emergency situations and generate the correct output before a hazardous event takes place.
The SIS requires planning and is designed to the particular characteristics of the facility. SIS is designed to integrate plant shutdown systems such as the Emergency Shutdown Devices (ESD) and Plant Shutdown Devices (PSD) systems. Once the SIS requirements are determined, the appropriate technology is chosen and the SIS is installed and tested for functionality and operability. Once the facility is operating, the SIS must be maintained and checked at regular intervals.
This course has been designed to introduce participants to the design considerations and expose them to relevant information needed to properly select an SIS. Participants will also an understanding of the process involve in choosing the technology that best fits to the plant as well as installation, testing and managing of the SIS.
Day 1
Safety Instrumented Systems
On day one, participants will learn about the fundamentals of the SIS. They will be exposed to the design considerations which involve life cycle and hazard and risk analysis. They will gain knowledge in determining the protection layers which give the overall protection available from operating the process to emergency response. Discussions on this day also include safety integrity and the level needed to meet the possible risks in the operating environment.
Day 2
Safety Instrumented System Technology
The focus of this day starts with the types of SIS that are available and which one best suits specific operations. The participants will learn about the initial evaluation of the SIS once the technology has been selected and they will gain knowledge on the importance of selecting the proper hardware for the selected technology. Discussions include precautions that must be considered in the integration of the control and safety systems.
Day 3
ESD and PSD Systems
On day three, participants will be made aware of the relationship between the SIS and the ESD & PSD system. They will gain knowledge in permissives and interlocks which are the logic used in ensuring the safe shutdown of a plant. They will also be made aware of the characteristics of the ESD & PSD alarms and their difference compared to non-critical alarms. The participants will gain knowledge in maintaining reliability through redundancy and procedures relating to testing, resetting and bypassing the ESD & PSD system.
Day 4
Safety Instrumented System Testing and Installation
The course concludes with discussions on the requirements for installing the SIS. Participants will gain knowledge in the initial factory and site testing as well as functional testing once the SIS is installed. Participants will also learn what is involved in managing the SIS during normal operation.
This course is mainly targeted to instrumentation technicians working in the field as an introduction or refresher. The course can be applicable to technicians working in other disciplines, equipment purchasers, procurement and storage personnel, job planners and immediate supervisors
Anyone taking this course should have some exposure to an oil and gas facility terminology.


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Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi is undergoing heart surgery at a Milan hospital.
The 79-year-old media mogul was admitted to San Raffaele hospital on June 5 suffering from what his doctors said was a potentially fatal heart-valve problem.
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Sunday, 26 January 2014
Time to Start Simplifying
I thought that, to start my quest to simplify things that I do, I would get started with some easy wins that can be done from the comfort of my sofa - yep, still feeling a bit rubbish after the dental surgery.
So, what can I do to make my Internet time more productive? Or at least less time consuming...
Blogs - I follow quite a few blogs, but they come to me from a couple of different places. Some come to me via Blogger when I go to my home page there, whereas others (some by people who post a lot) come to me via email. I really need to get these out of my inbox and add them to my reading list as I am finding that I am getting overwhelmed by the number of emails arriving into my inbox each day.
Facebook - Reduce the amount of posts I can see from various people. Some people post a lot of things that are funny, motivational, cute, informative, etc. and some of these are lovely or even useful. However, they take up a lot of time when it comes to checking out what's going on, especially when you're like me and if the post interests you, you end up reading all the comments on the post, and possible following links to other posts - it's like a rabbit warren that you can never come out of... In theory I could also stop checking on the groups that I am a member of so often, but if I can't sort that out then I will step out of some of these groups. In fact - some of them I should probably just step out of anyway...
Emails - Once I have moved the blogs to my reading list my inbox will be a much more manageable place. However, my other big influx comes from these health/wellbeing/ development subscriptions. They may be great for some people, but for me, realistically I know I will never read them, but I keep them in case I find something really useful in there for me when I finally have time to read them. I need to use that unsubscribe link at the bottom of each one as they come in so that I don't get any more from them. I also need to sort my inbox (which is a total state, mainly due to the subscriptions), file the ones that I need to keep, delete the others, and archive some of the mails that are already filed.
Any suggestions that you may have of other tips that could help me in this area would be greatly appreciated.
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I'm very behind on this post but I use a feed reader (Feedly) for all of my blogs. I find it's way easier to check everything in one place. I can save items to read later or email them to myself if I choose. I don't subscribe to blogs via Facebook because there's no way for me email it to myself or save it for future use. If you use Gmail, there is a way to set up filters and a priority inbox. I have found that this helps keep my inbox very organized. Good luck!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks for your comments kanalt :-) I've now moved all the blogs I follow to Blogger, my inbox is now much healthier, and I've now killed all the junk mail that was already in my email, unsubscribed from all the recurring junk, and am deleting things that I don't need to keep as soon as they are read - it makes such a difference. :-)Delete


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Getting Started
The NeverBounce API is a common RESTful API. All requests are performed via an HTTPS connection and responses are returned as JSON. This widely-accepted format allows for easy use with the most common programming languages and development kits while remaining portable, expandable, and secure.
Below you will find a description of the various endpoints, the parameters they accept, and the responses they send.
Use in the browser
API keys are sensitive and give access to the data in your account as well as access to verify emails. Only trusted sources should be given access to these keys to protect your account. If you suspect a key has been compromised reset the key immediately from the corresponding app's dashboard page.
Version 4 of our API simplifies the authentication schema by using static API keys that look like this:
secret_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. To get an API key log into your account and create a new Custom Integration App. After creation, you'll be taken to the overview page where you'll find you're newly created API key.
Custom Integration overview page
If for some reason you need to revoke or change the key, click "reset the API Key" in the the API key section.
You can authenticate your requests by including this API key as the
key parameter in the request's query string. See the below samples for examples doing this.
The API username and secret key used to authenticate V3 API requests will not work to authenticate V4 API requests. If you are attempting to authenticate your request with the 8 character username or 12-16 character secret key the request will return an
auth_failure error. The API key used for the V4 API will look like the following:
secret_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. To create new V4 API credentials please go here.
# Key present in request URI
curl -X GET 'https://api.neverbounce.com/v4/account/info?key=secret_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
# Key in body of application/x-www-form-urlencoded request
curl -X POST https://api.neverbounce.com/v4/account/info \
-d key=secret_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
# Key in body of application/json request
curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json"\
https://api.neverbounce.com/v4/account/info \
-d '{"key":"secret_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"}'
// Specify API key and wrapper handles
// query string constrcution
// Initialize NeverBounce client with API key
const client = new NeverBounce({apiKey: 'secret_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'});
import neverbounce_sdk
# Create sdk client with API key
client = neverbounce_sdk.client(api_key='secret_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx')
// Instantiate wrapper with API key
client := neverbounce.New("secret_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx")
# Instantiate API client
client = NeverBounce::API::Client.new(api_key: "secret_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx")
// Create new NeverBounceSdk instance using api key
var sdk = new NeverBounceSdk("secret_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx");
// Instantiate NeverbounceClient
NeverbounceClient neverbounceClient = NeverbounceClientFactory.create("secret_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx");
Error Handling
As with any web service, our API will return
4xx and
5xx level errors when appropriate. Always check the status code to ensure the request was successfully received and successfully handled.
4xx level error code indicates that something is wrong with the request. Our recommendation is to double check the request for any typos.
5xx level error code indicates that something went wrong on our end. Our recommendation is to attempt the request again and check our API's status. If the request is still failing let us know at [email protected].
2xx level responses will contain a
status property. This property will indicate whether the requested operation was successfully completed or if an error was encountered.
When an error does occur a
message property will be included with a detailed message about why it failed. These error messages will be returned with a 200 level status code.
"message":"Missing required parameter 'key'",
The request was successful
Something went wrong with the request; check the
message property for further details
The request couldn't be authenticated; ensure your API key has been typed correctly and that you're using a V4 API key (See authentication for more info)
An internal error has occurred; typically this indicates a partial service interruption
The request was rejected due to rate limiting; try again shortly
The referrer for this request is not trusted
try {
// Call wrapper method here
} catch (\NeverBounce\Errors\AuthException $e) {
// The API credentials used are bad, have you reset them recently?
} catch (\NeverBounce\Errors\BadReferrerException $e) {
// The script is being used from an unauthorized source, you may need to
// adjust your app's settings to allow it to be used from here
} catch (\NeverBounce\Errors\ThrottleException $e) {
// Too many requests in a short amount of time, try again shortly or adjust
// your rate limit settings for this application in the dashboard
} catch (\NeverBounce\Errors\HttpClientException $e) {
// An error occurred processing the request, something may be wrong with
// the Curl PHP extension or your network
} catch (\NeverBounce\Errors\GeneralException $e) {
// A non recoverable API error occurred check the message for details
} catch (Exception $e) {
// An error occurred unrelated to the API
// The Node.JS wrapper does not throw exceptions. Instead it utilizes
// asynchronous promises to handle successful and erroneous responses.
// A rejected promise will contain the error object as the argument. The error
// object itself will contain both a `type` and `message`. See the example below.
resp => console.log(resp), // Successful response fulfilled
err => { // Erroneous response rejected
switch(err.type) {
case 'AuthError':
// The API credentials used are bad, have you reset them recently?
case 'BadReferrerException':
// The script is being used from an unauthorized source, you may need to
// adjust your app's settings to allow it to be used from here
case 'ThrottleError':
// Too many requests in a short amount of time, try again shortly or adjust
// your rate limit settings for this application in the dashboard
case 'GeneralError':
// A non recoverable API error occurred check the message for details
// Other non specific errors
# Call wrapper method here
except neverbounce_sdk.AuthFailure as e:
# The API credentials are bade, have you reset them recently?
except neverbounce_sdk.BadReferrer as e:
# The script is being used from an unauthorized source, you may need to
# adjust your app's settings to allow it to be used from here
except neverbounce_sdk.ThrottleTriggered as e:
# Too many requests in a short amount of time, try again shortly or adjust
# your rate limit settings for this application in the dashboard
except neverbounce_sdk.GeneralException as e:
# A non recoverable API error occurred check the message for details
resp, err := // call client method
if err != nil {
// Attempt to cast the error into a neverbounce.Error to
// handle-able error objects
if nbError, ok := err.(*neverbounce.Error); ok {
// Check Error types
if nbError.Type == neverbounce.ErrorTypeAuthFailure {
// The API credentials used are bad, have you reset them recently?
} else if (nbError.Type == neverbounce.ErrorTypeBadReferrer) {
// The script is being used from an unauthorized source, you may need to
// adjust your app's settings to allow it to be used from here
} else if (nbError.Type == neverbounce.ErrorTypeThrottleTriggered) {
// Too many requests in a short amount of time, try again shortly or adjust
// your rate limit settings for this application in the dashboard
} else {
// A non recoverable API error occurred check the message for details
} else {
// Handle non NeverBounce errors
client = NeverBounce::API::Client.new(...)
resp = # Call client method
rescue => e
# Log the error with full backtrace.
// Call SDK method (use await)
// e.g: var resp = await sdk.Account.Info();
catch (AuthException e)
// The API credentials used are bad, have you reset them recently?
catch (BadReferrerException e)
// The script is being used from an unauthorized source, you may need to
// adjust your app's settings to allow it to be used from here
catch (ThrottleException e)
// Too many requests in a short amount of time, try again shortly or adjust
// your rate limit settings for this application in the dashboard
catch (GeneralException e)
// A non recoverable API error occurred check the message for details
catch (Exception e)
// An error occurred unrelated to the API
Errors pertaining to a
Cross-Origin Request or a missing
Access-Control-Allow-Origin header indicate that our standard API is being called from within a web browser. Doing so is not supported, as it exposes private API credentials in your client-side application. These private API credentials are able to be used to access any data you've uploaded to your account, so they should never be used in a public context like a web browser. Instead you should create a server side component to make the request to our API to conceal your private API credentials.
If you're looking for a quick and easy way to add email verification to your website or web-application (Angular, React, Vue, jQuery, or other Javascript library) you can use our Javascript Widget.
Encoding Requests
Version 4 of the API allows the
POST and
GET HTTP verbs to be used interchangeably. Endpoints listed in this document have recommended HTTP verbs listed however these are not strictly enforced. The API does not support other HTTP verb methods (e.g.
DELETE, etc..) at this time.
In addition to the HTTP verbs, the API also accepts both
application/x-www-form-urlencoded and
application/json content-types. Below you will see several examples of correct and incorrect usage.
# GET request with querystring in URI
curl -X GET 'https://api.neverbounce.com/v4/account/info?key=secret_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
# GET request with application/json encoded body
curl -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/json"\
https://api.neverbounce.com/v4/account/info \
-d '{"key":"secret_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"}'
# POST request with querystring in URI
curl -X POST 'https://api.neverbounce.com/v4/account/info?key=secret_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
# POST request with application/x-www-form-urlencoded encoded body
curl -X POST https://api.neverbounce.com/v4/account/info \
-d key=secret_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
# POST request with application/json encoded body
curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json"\
https://api.neverbounce.com/v4/account/info \
-d '{"key":"secret_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"}'
# POST request with mismatched Content-Type and data encoding
curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json"\
https://api.neverbounce.com/v4/account/info \
-d key=secret_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
# POST request with application/json encoded body with no Content-Type specified
# (request libraries typically set x-www-form-urlencoded as default)
curl -X POST https://api.neverbounce.com/v4/account/info \
-d '{"key":"secret_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"}'
# PUT requests are not supported
curl -X PUT -H "Content-Type: application/json"\
https://api.neverbounce.com/v4/account/info \
-d key=secret_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Boolean Values
When working with our API you will encounter several parameters that accept boolean values. The acceptable representation of these values depends on requests encoding. With
application/json we accept both boolean (
false) and integer (
0) representations.
application/x-www-form-urlencoded on the other hand only accepts integer (
0) representations.
Usage Guidelines
Our API is designed to accept both one-off verification requests as well as bulk verification requests. To ensure the most accurate results and efficiency of the verification, it's important to know when each option should be used and the respective limits of both.
Single Verification
- Should be used in response to an action, like a form submission or button click
- Do NOT use single verification for verifying emails in an existing list or database one-by-one. Your account may be locked and API access disabled if used for this purpose. Use the bulk verification for this purpose.
Bulk Verification
- Should be used to verify databases or lists of several emails
- You should submit all the data you have for verification in a single job rather than multiple jobs. It is better to submit a single list of 10k emails rather than 10 lists of 1k emails each. This allows the verification system to properly deduplicate the emails and allows a more efficient verification.
- If you're collecting data from external sources like a CRM or ERP, you should buffer the data locally and submit it as a single job rather than submitting each chunk of data separately.
- Do NOT create more than 10 jobs for every 100k items per hour. Sending too many small jobs in a short amount of time can result in your account being locked and API access disabled. Exceptions can be made for some use cases, please contact us with your scenario if you'd like this exception to be made.
Account endpoints allow to programmatically check your account's balance and how many jobs are currently running on your account.
The Timeout Parameter
The timeout parameter tells the API how long it should try to verify an email before giving up and returning an
unknown result code. The total request time can exceed this timeout, as network latency is not taken into consideration. This can be helpful when verifying emails at the point of entry to prevent long wait times for your users.
Usage Guidelines
Please be sure to review our usage guidelines for the API here.
Handling Aliases
When verifying emails that contain aliases that use a
+ character extra consideration needs to be taken when encoding these for
x-www-form-urlencoded content-types. Make sure this character is being encoded as
%2B, as the
+ character is treated as a non-breaking space when the string is decoded.
Result Codes
result property contains a string that correlates to a result codes listed int the table below. For detailed information about result codes visit our help docs or click the "Learn More" links next to the result codes below.
Verified as real address. Learn More
Verified as not valid. Learn More
A temporary, disposable address. Learn More
A domain wide-setting, also known as Accept-all (Unverifiable). Learn More
The server cannot be reached. Learn More
The flags will give you additional information that we discovered about the domain during verification. Below is a list of common flags you may encounter.
The input has one or more DNS records associated with the hostname.
The input has mail exchanger DNS records configured.
The input given doesn't appear to be an email.
This email is registered on a free-mail host. (e.g: yahoo.com, hotmail.com)
This email is a role-based email address (e.g: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected])
The input given is a disposable email.
The input given is a government email.
The input given is a acedemic email.
The input given is a military email.
INT designated domain names.
Host likely intended to look like a big-time provider (type of spam trap).
The input was misspelled
Unable to connect to remote host.
Remote host accepts mail at any address.
The email address supplied contains an address part and an alias part.
The host in the address contained a subdomain.
We were able to connect to the remote mail server.
Host is affiliated with a known spam trap network.
single/check endpoint can be used as a webhook by adding the properties to the end of URI as a query string. This lets you easily add verification to your CRM and existing tools without any complex programming or development time.
To create a webhook follow this link. Once you've created the webhook you'll be giving a URL that looks something like the one below:
In order to use this webhook simply replace the
{email} placeholder with the email you want to verify. Because this is the same endpoint as described in the previous section you can still use the
address_info and
credits_info parameters here as well.
Webhooks are not safe to use in client-side scripts (e.g. jQuery, Javascript). The URL contains a sensitive API key that should be treated just like a regular API key.
The bulk endpoint provides high-speed validation on a list of email addresses. You can use the status endpoint to retrieve real-time statistics about a bulk job in progress. Once the job has finished, the results can be retrieved with our download endpoint.
You will only be charged for the billable amount of emails found in your list. The billable amount of emails is the number of unique syntactically valid emails.
Credits will be charged from your account when a full verification is started. Starting a job as with the run_sample parameter does not cost any credits.
Usage Guidelines
Please be sure to review our usage guidelines for the bulk API here.
The jobs create endpoint allows you create verify multiple emails together, the same way you would verify lists in the dashboard. This endpoint will create a job and process the emails in the list (if
auto_start is enabled) asynchronously. Verification results are not returned in the response. Read more about how to verify lists of emails here.
Auto Parse
This will enable or disable the indexing process from automatically starting as soon as you create a job. If set to
0 or
false you will need to call the
/parse endpoint after the job has been created to begin indexing. Defaults to 0
Auto Start
This will enable or disable the job from automatically beginning the verification process once it has been parsed. If this is set to
0 or
false you will need to call the
/start endpoint to begin verification. Setting this to
1 or
true will start the job and deduct the credits. Defaults to 0
Run Sample
This endpoint has the ability to run a sample on the list and provide you with an estimated bounce rate without costing you. Based on the estimated bounce rate you can decide whether or not to perform the full validation or not. You can start validation by calling the
/start endpoint. Read more about running a sample here. Defaults to 0
Input & Input Location
This endpoint can receive input in multiple ways. The
input_location parameter describes the contents of the
input parameter. The
input parameter may be an array of objects containing emails or a file hosted at a remote URI.
Remote URL
Using a remote URL allows you to host the file and provide us with a direct link to it. The file should be a list of emails separated by line breaks or a standard CSV file. We support most common file transfer protocols and their authentication mechanisms. When using a URL that requires authentication be sure to pass the username and password in the URI string.
# Basic url
# HTTP Basic Auth
http://name:[email protected]/full/path/to/file.csv
# FTP with authentication
ftp://name:[email protected]:21/full/path/to/file.csv
"12345","[email protected]","Fred McValid"
"12346","[email protected]","Bob McInvalid"
Supplied Data
Supplying the data directly gives you the option to dynamically create email lists on the fly rather than having to write to a file.
input will accept an array of objects or arrays that contain the email, as well as any ancillary data you wish to associate with the email (e.g. user IDs, names, contact information).
If the data is supplied as an object, the key names will be used for the column headers. If the data is supplied as an array, column headers will be ommitted. Below is a sample of what each looks like in JSON.
"id": 12345,
"email": "[email protected]",
"name": "Fred McValid"
"id": 12346,
"email": "[email protected]",
"name": "Bob McInvalid"
"[email protected]",
"Fred McValid"
"[email protected]",
"Bob McInvalid"
This endpoint allows you to parse a job created with
auto_parse disabled. You cannot reparse a list once it's been parsed.
This endpoint allows you to start a job created or parsed with
auto_start disabled. Once the list has been started the credits will be deducted and the process cannot be stopped or restarted.
Job Status
Job status will indicate what stage the job is currently in. This will be the primary property you'll want to check to determine what can be done with the job.
The job has fallen into our Q/A review and requires action on our end. Read more...
The job has been queued, this is because we're either too busy or you have too many active jobs.
The job failed, typically this is due to poorly formatted data.
The job has completed verification and the results are ready for download.
The job is currently either running a sample or full verification.
The job has been received and we are parsing the data for emails and duplicate records.
The job has not yet run and is waiting to be started.
The job has completed analysis and is waiting for further action.
The job is currently being uploaded to the system.
There are several items in the
total object that give you an overview of verification results. These numbers are updated periodically during the verification process. Most of these properties correspond directly with the verification result codes; the other properties are explained below.
The number of rows we found in your file. This may include whitespace, empty rows, and other rows that don't contain syntactically correct emails.
The number of rows we found syntactically correct emails in. This is number of credits processing this job will consume.
The total number of emails that have been processed so far.
The number of rows that contain duplicated emails. This is not the number of unique duplicates but the total of every instance.
The number of records that do not contain data that looks like an email. This may include whitespace and empty rows as well as bad data.
Bounce Estimate
This property indicates the bounce rate we estimate the list to bounce at if sent to in its entirety. The value of this property will be a float between
0.0 and
Percent Complete
This property indicates the overall progress of this job's verification. The value of this property will be a float between
0.0 and
The data object will contain the original data submitted for this row. If the source data was submitted via the API the data will have the same keys as when it was originally submitted. If submitted as a CSV in the dashboard the data will use the header row to determine the keys for the data when available.
The verification object contains the verification results for the email being verified. This object contains the same information that the single/check endpoint returns.
This endpoint returns an
application/octet-stream containing the job data as a CSV file. Because of this, the API explorer is not available.
There are several options that allow you download additional information about each string as well as several segmentation options available. The only required parameters for this endpoint are the API key and id of the job to download results from. Below is an example of a basic request that will return all five result codes.
curl -X GET\
--url 'https://api.neverbounce.com/v4/jobs/download?key={api_key}&job_id={job_id}'
# The same request with explicitly defined parameters
curl -X GET\
--url 'https://api.neverbounce.com/v4/jobs/download?key={api_key}&job_id={job_id}&valids=1&invalids=1&catchalls=1&unknowns=1&disposables=1&include_duplicates=0&email_status=1'
# The same request as POST with explicitly defined parameters
curl -X POST\
--url 'https://api.neverbounce.com/v4/jobs/download'\
--data key={api_key}\
--data job_id={job_id}
# The same request as POST with explicitly defined parameters
curl -X POST\
--url 'https://api.neverbounce.com/v4/jobs/download'\
--data key={api_key}\
--data job_id={job_id}\
--data valids=1\
--data invalids=1\
--data catchalls=1\
--data unknowns=1\
--data disposables=1\
--data include_duplicates=0\
--data email_status=1
// Set API key
$query = [
// Download the job data as a CSV
$job = \NeverBounce\Jobs::download($job_id, $query);
// Initialize NeverBounce client
const client = new NeverBounce({apiKey: myApiKey});
// Create download query
const query = {};
// Download the results as a CSV
client.jobs.download(jobId, query).then(
resp => // Handle successful response,
err => // Handle error response
import neverbounce_sdk
# Create sdk client
client = neverbounce_sdk.client(api_key='api_key')
# Open file to write to
f = open('results.csv', mode='wb')
# Jobs download
resp = client.jobs_download(job_id=289022, fd=f)
// Instantiate wrapper
client := neverbounce.New("api_key")
// Download the jobs results as a CSV and save to file
err := client.Jobs.Download(&nbModels.JobsDownloadRequestModel{
JobID: 296050,
// ...See JobsDownloadRequestModel for additional options
}, "test.csv")
# Instantiate API client
client = NeverBounce::API::Client.new(api_key: "api_key")
# Download job as CSV
resp = client.jobs_download(job_id: 123)
# Parse CSV data
emails = CSV.parse(resp.raw)
// Create SDK object
var sdk = new NeverBounceSdk("api_key");
// Create job download model
var model = new JobDownloadRequestModel();
model.job_id = 290561;
// See model for additional options
// Download jobs' data
String resp = await sdk.Jobs.Download(model);
"12345","[email protected]","Fred McValid",valid
"12346","[email protected]","Bob McInvalid",invalid
Includes or excludes valid emails
Includes or excludes invalid emails
Includes or excludes catchall (accept all / unverifiable) emails
Includes or excludes unknown emails
Includes or excludes disposable emails
If true then all instances of duplicated items will appear.
If set this property overrides other segmentation options and the download will only return the duplicated items.
If set this property overrides other segmentation options and the download will only return bad syntax records.
Appends a yes/no column indicating if the record is bad syntax
Appends a yes/no column indicating if the email is a freemail address (e.g. gmail.com, hotmail.com, yahoo.com)
Appends a yes/no column indicating if the email is a role account (e.g. [email protected], [email protected], [email protected])
Appends a column indicating the address portion of the email. Generally, this is anything before the @ sign. If this address includes an email alias, the alias will not be returned as part of this field.
Appends a column showing the alias portion of an email address. If an address contains an alias such as "[email protected]" the alias portion is returned, otherwise this column is empty.
Appends a column showing the host portion of the email address. Generally this is everything after the @ sign.
Appends a column to show the email host's subdomain if applicable. For example, if the host was site.example.com, the subdomain would show a response of "site".
Appends a column to show the email host's domain name. This does not include any subdomain, if applicable, and does not include the TLD or top level domain portion. If the host was site.example.com, the domain would be "example".
Appends a column to show the TLD or top level domain of the email host. If the host was "site.example.com", the TLD is "com".
Appends a column to show the FQDN or "Fully Qualified Domain Name". This is the portion of the host that you use to query DNS information. In most cases, this will be the same as the host; however, if a subdomain was included this will be removed from the FQDN. For example, if the host was "zone-1.zone-2.site.example.com", the FQDN would be "example.com".
Appends a column to show the FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name) of the primary MX record. This is an attempt to determine the ISP hosting the email at a particular address and is useful for grouping addresses together by provider.
Appends a column to show whether one or more DNS records exists for this host.
Appends a column to show whether this host has one or more MX records defined in its DNS records.
Appends a column to show whether NeverBounce was able to connect to a remote mail server identified by the host's MX records.
Appends the verification result code as an integer (0, 1, 2, 3, 4).
Appends the verification result code as a string (valid, invalid, disposable, catchall, unknown).
Determines how Yes/No columns are represented. Available settings are:
BIN_1_0 = 1/0 (default)
BIN_y_n = y/n
BIN_yes_no = yes/no
BIN_Yes_No = Yes/No
BIN_true_false = true/false
Determines the type of linefeed character used to represent line breaks in the CSV. Available settings are:
LINEFEED_0A0D = \n\r (default)
LINEFEED_0D0A = \r\n
LINEFEED_0A = \n
LINEFEED_0D = \r
Deleting a job is permanent!
The job and its results cannot be recovered once the job has been deleted. If the results are needed after a job has been deleted you will need to resubmit and reverify the data.
For installation instructions visit the widget's installation instructions here.
By default, the widget offers a quick and easy way to add our verification to your forms with minimal coding knowledge. However, in some cases, you may need additional functionality or need a more advanced integration with your existing application. This will likely be the case for many single page applications or web pages that load forms dynamically.
Below you will find the complete reference for the public methods, objects, and events the widget makes use of.
It should be noted that the authentication mechanism used for the widget differs from the standard API. The widget will only work with keys that start with
public_; all other keys will result in authentication failures. Likewise, keys starting with
public_ cannot be used for the standard API.
There are several objects that you'll come across when working with the widget programmatically. This includes the widget's public API which is accessible in the browser as the
_nb object.
This object is what handles the requests to the NeverBounce API. It can be accessed in the browser at
getValidatePublic(email, successCallback, errorCallback)
This method performs a verification request directly. It accepts a single email as well as two callbacks. The first callback is called on a successful request and contains a Result Object as the first argument. The second callback is called when an error is encountered and will contain the error message as a string.
_nb.api.getValidatePublic('[email protected]',
function(result) {
// Returns a Result object
function(err) {
// Returns error message as string
This method can be used to report back to the API what the status of the form is. These events are used to create the reports available on the widget's overview page.
The only events currently supported are
form.load and
form.completion. Abandoned forms are calculated from the difference between
form.load and
form.completion events.
// Send form load event
// Send form completion event
Every time a field is registered with the widget a new
FieldListener object is created. This object is what sets up the DOM for the field as well as holding the field's state. It contains several properties and methods that can be used for very low-level access to the field.
This property will be set to
false when no errors are present or it will be set to a string containing a relevant error message.
This property is used to prevent reverifying an email that has just been verified. Every time an API request is made the value that's being verified is set in this property. The next time the field is changed we'll verify the contents of the field is different than the value of this property.
When an API request is currently being transmitted the request object will live here. To cancel an active request this property can be called as a function.
// Cancel an active request if it exists
if (obj._request)
Initially, this property will be set to
false. After a request to the API is attempted it will contain a
Result object.
This property contains the timeout used to defer the API requests until the user has stopped typing. If a timeout isn't currently active the property will be set to
The deferment time is set by the
inputLatency option during setup.
The id is a universally unique identifier generated for this particular field. It can be used to find the DOM node for the field or the form containing the field.
// Get the field
let field = document.querySelector('[data-nb-id="' + event.detail.id + '"]');
// Get the form
var form = document.querySelector('form[data-nb-form="' + id + '"]');
This method allows you to programmatically invoke the
onChange handler attached to the field. This will skip any
inputLatency checks that the
onChange handler typically performs. Below is an excerpt containing the private method that
forceUpdate invokes.
* Handles the actual event actions
* Typically called after doing some input filtering from the onChange
* event emitted by the field, but can also be called by forceUpdate()
* @param app The instance of FieldListener for the field
* @param ele The DOM node for the field were working with
function onChangeHandler(app, ele) {
const value = ele.value;
// Perform soft regex test before attempting api call
const rgx = /[a-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+(?:\.[a-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+)*@(?:[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?\.)+[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?/;
if (rgx.test(value)) {
// If this is the same email as the last request, lets skip the check
if (app._response( === false || app._lastValue !== value) {
ele.dispatchEvent(nbEvent('loading', app));
app._lastValue = value;
app._request = api.getValidatePublic(value,
function (result) {
app._response = result;
app._error = false;
ele.dispatchEvent(nbEvent('result', app));
function (err) {
app._response = new Result({result: 'error'});
app._error = err;
ele.dispatchEvent(nbEvent'clear', app));
} else {
ele.dispatchEvent(nbEvent('result', app));
} else {
ele.dispatchEvent(nbEvent('soft-result', app));
This method will remove the event listeners the widget attached to the field and form as well as remove changes it made to the DOM.
This method is called by
The field store manages all the registered fields and contains the
FieldListener objects. It can be accessed in the browser from
This method will return an array containing all the registered fields as
FieldListener objects.
// [FieldListener, ...]
This method will return an array containing
FieldListener objects for a specific element node.
var ele = document.querySelector('#my-field');
// [FieldListener]
This method is called after the page is loaded to register fields when
autoFieldHookup is enabled. It will look for any fields using the
data-nb attribute or contain the selector specified in
selector option.
registerListener(ele [, broadcastRegisration])
This method will register the specified element with the widget. It accepts two arguments, the first being the node to register and the second being an optional boolean. When set to
false, the second argument allows you to silently register a node without it broadcasting the
nb:registered event. This argument defaults to
// Second argument is optional, it defaults to true
var ele = document.querySelector('#my-field', true)
This method will unregister all the fields from the widget. (See unregisterListener)
This method will unregister the specified field. It will call the destroy method in the FieldListener object.
var ele = document.querySelector('#my-field', true)
This object offers several helper methods for working with the response from the API. Every time an API request is completed (successfully or erroneously) a new
Result object is created.
This property contains the object returned by the API.
This method returns the text based result code returned by the API. The same as doing
This method returns the integer code for the result returned by the API.
This will return the transaction id for this request. It can be used to confirm the data was verified with the confirm endpoint.
This will return the confirmation token for this request. It can be used to confirm the data was verified with the confirm endpoint.
This will return the array of flags contained in the API response.
This will return true if the given flag is present in the API response.
This method will return true if the request failed or if the API returned an error. Otherwise, this method will return false.
This method will return true if the verification request was throttled.
This will return true if the free_email_host flag is present
This will return if the role_account flag is present
This method will return true if the verification result is equal to the specified code(s). It accepts both text and numeric result codes either as a single code or as an array of codes.
result.is('valid'); // Returns true if the result is 'valid'
result.is(0); // Returns true if the result is 'valid'
result.is(['valid','catchall']); // Returns true if the result is either 'valid' or 'catchall'
result.is([0,3]); // Returns true if the result is either 'valid' or 'catchall'
This method will return true if the verification result differs than the specified code(s). It accepts both text and numeric result codes either as a single code or as an array of codes.
result.not('invalid'); // Returns true if result anything but 'invalid'
result.not(1); // Returns true if result anything but 'invalid'
result.not(['invalid','disposable']); // Returns true if result anything other than 'invalid' or 'disposable'
result.not([1,2]); // Returns true if result anything other than 'invalid' or 'disposable'
The settings object controls the widget's settings. It's created during the initialization of the widget with the
_NBSettings object. Modifying the settings after initialization may break some functionality.
Events emitted from the widget are prefixed with the
nb: namespace. Each event will contain additional relevant information in the
details property of the event object.
Fired from the fields when they're registered with the widget when the
autoHookup configuration is enabled or if the registration argument for registerField is true. Used to register the feedback events on automatically registration.
field.addEventListener('nb:registration', function(e) {
// Get the ID for this field
var id = e.detail.id;
Fired from the field when a verification request is completed. This event will contain the field id, a readable error message (if an error occurred), as well as the result object.
field.addEventListener('nb:result', function(e) {
// Get the ID for this field
var id = e.detail.id;
// Get error message
var error = e.detail.error;
// Get result object
var result = e.detail.result;
Fired from the field when its input isn't a syntactically valid email (e.g. a missing @ character or incomplete domain name). This is useful to prompt the user for a properly formatted email.
field.addEventListener('nb:soft-result', function(e) {
// Get the ID for this field
var id = e.detail.id;
Fired from the field when its input is being manipulated. This can be useful for hiding the feedback while the user is typing into the field. This event is also fired when an error is returned by the API.
field.addEventListener('nb:clear', function(e) {
// Get the ID for this field
var id = e.detail.id;
// Check for an API error
if (e.detail.result && e.detail.result.isError()) {
// Get error message
var error = e.detail.error;
Fired from the field when the verification request starts. Can be used to display a loading indicator to the user. A
nb:result event will be fired once the verification request has been completed.
field.addEventListener('nb:loading', function(e) {
// Get the ID for this field
var id = e.detail.id;
Fired from the form when
ajaxMode is enabled. This event is to be used for submitting ajax style forms. It's important to use this event to process the sending of your form rather than the native
submit event.
field.addEventListener('nb:submit', function(e) {
// Get the ID for this field
var id = e.detail.id;
// Get error message
var error = e.detail.error;
// Get result object
var result = e.detail.result;
Widget Errors
Timeouts will occur from time to time due to the nature of real-time verification. These are only an issue if they occur frequently or with larger email providers such as Gmail, Yahoo and the like. You can adjust the timeout with the timeout setting if this is happening too frequently or if the default timeout is too long.
Insufficient Credits
This will occur when you no longer have credits in your account. You can purchase additional credits within the dashboard or switch to monthly billing to avoid the issue altogether.
Bad Referrer
A bad referrer means the domain in which the widget is being used on is not authorized to use it. This is controlled from the "Trusted Domains" section within the widgets settings through the dashboard.
Throttling is a protection method to curb and prevent abuse of your forms. This can be adjusted in the "Throttling" section of the widgets settings within the dashboard.
This endpoint uses the same authentication scheme as the rest of our API. The public API key used by the widget will not work for this endpoint.
This endpoint provides an extra layer of protection by confirming that the email you received was verified by NeverBounce. In most use cases the widget on its own provides enough protection against bad emails. However, an advanced user can disable or modify the script, as is the case with any client-side script. If you have control over the server-side script that processes the form request you can use this endpoint to confirm that the email supplied was verified.
Every verification performed by the widget is accompanied by a "transaction id" and "confirmation token". These are both accessible from the Result Object and in the form as the
nb-transaction-id and
nb-confirmation-token fields. These two parameters can be passed to this endpoint alongside the email that was submitted to confirm if this is the same email we verified or not.


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December 24 2010
Hadley Heath
Is the word "compromise" a bad word in public policy?
In his recent biographical segment on 60 minutes, soon-to-be Speaker of the House John Boehner (besides crying a lot) discussed the word "compromise." Boehner said he "refuse[d] to compromise," but would look for "common ground," indentifying the difference in connotation between those phrases. Compromise, to him, communicates a failure of one's principles. Looking for common ground... is different.
The word "compromise" has gotten a lot of use since President Obama made a deal with GOP lawmakers to extend Bush tax cuts for two years and to extend unemployment benefits for 18 months.
And even more recently, Republicans and Democrats agreed to a compromise on the 9/11 Health Bill that will provide aid to police and fire fighters suffering from health problems related to September 11.
So, the word "compromise" is having a good month in December.
But come January, we'll have an even more polarized Congress than we have now. Tea Partiers have purged their vocabularies of the dirty word "compromise." President Obama took a lot of heat from those in his own party over the tax deal.
Don't forget that America has had a lot of famous compromises, some better than others: The Connecticut Compromise, or the Great Compromise (1787) split the legislature into two houses, one determined by population and one with equal representation for each state. The Three-Fifths Compromise (1787) allowed slave states to count each slave as three-fifths of a person for apportionment of representation in Congress. The Missouri Compromise (1820) prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory north of a certain latitude. The Compromise of 1850 diffused tension between the North and the South over slavery (well, at least until the Civil War broke out).
In a way, even the U.S. Constitution itself was a compromise. The patriots who fought off the Redcoats had known tyranny first-hand, but their attempt at a weak design for federal government gave us the Articles of Confederation. We see how that turned out. But with the next constitution, the Constitution, came with a Bill of Rights - the Massachusetts Compromise.
Personally, I like this quote from Rep. Paul Ryan: "Compromise is a good word. I'll take an inch, where I wanted a mile. But I don't go an inch in the wrong direction."
I hope that in 2011, even with very divided leadership at the federal level, that the United States will move in the right direction, and that our leaders will stay committed to what is right and rational over party politics. This Christmastime we've seen a few compromises. Some people like them; some people don't. But in the New Year, there are a couple things our leaders shouldn't compromise on: their commitment to us, the people, and their commitment to our American legacy of finding the best solution through meaningful debate, free speech, and innovative ideas.
Merry Christmas and/or Happy Holidays to all!


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Owning a car is one of the rites of passage into adult meaning that, at last, you are a fully-fledged adult. One way to feel even more refined is to look into owning a classic car, which can make even the worst driver look flashy.
Owning a classic car is not as easy it may seem; it is not all driving amiably down country lanes and turning up to classic car shows. Classic cars are high coveted items and buying one is often a tricky business. First of all, you need to consider those that you live with. If you are single, then you can choose what you want but if you have family to consider, they may not be as accepting. Once this decision is made, you can begin browsing classic car magazines and websites. Look at the condition of the car carefully; if you know you are not amazing at welding, then do not attempt a full on construction venture. If a car is listed as an 'unfinished project,' the likelihood is you will be building the majority of it yourself. Decide what you can realistically make up to your standards, taking financial and logistical factors into consideration. You could potentially spend an extortionate amount of money renovating a vehicle and end up selling it for less money than it cost you, which is not advisable even if you had the time of your life doing it. Spatial factors also need to be taken into consideration, so measure up your garage and buy a car that fits in it.
There are a vast number of cars on the market, all vying for your attention. There are a multitude of magazines and websites all dedicated to the genre. Magazines such as Practical Classics and Classics are useful for those of us that do not have an awful lot of money at the ready to splurge. If you feel like taking a risk, there are also online auction sites that deal in classic vehicles. Before you go and view any of the classics which take your fancy, compile a list of questions before you see the owners. Sensible queries include asking why they are selling the car, how long they have owned it and whether it comes with any history, such as MOTs and receipts. If you research the model you are going to view thoroughly beforehand, you will be able to come up with a much more comprehensive list. Try to arrange a viewing during the day, that way any flaws which be much more obvious. It could also be a good idea to take an expert along with you; they can examine the vehicle extensively and hopefully spot any current issues. Undertake an extremely good examination of the car before deciding whether or not it is for you.
When you have made your purchase, you will want to ensure that it remains in top condition. Make regular engine checks a priority, as well as checking the tyre pressure and oil pressure over on a regular basis. Regularly polishing the interior and exterior is a must, with rust treatment for cars also available to help guard against the elements. In the winter, salt on the roads can cause the rusting process to begin and in the summer, ultra-violet light can also have a damaging effect. Therefore, a clinical level of cleanliness is vital in order to keep the vehicle in good condition. When you are washing the vehicle, keep an eye out for any scratches or chips and use a polish regularly to keep the trim looking good. When you have undertaken these tasks, alongside all the other possible maintenance jobs, then all that is left to do it take your new purchase out for a spin.
Calvin Ford is a classic car enthusiast who understands the importance of applying a rust treatment for cars to keep them sparkling, ship-shape and shining.


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The Argentines may be known for their meat, but when the first waves of reverse culture shock hit after I returned to Denver from Buenos Aires, I didn't track down an asado — which is what the natives call a big barbecue gathering. Instead, I went looking for other dishes I'd come to love: empanadas, sweets, pastas — the gnocchi, in particular — and pizza.
Yes, pizza. A huge Italian migration near the turn of the twentieth century heavily influenced Argentine cooking. As a result, spaghetti Bolognese is on just about every neighborhood restaurant's menu. Argentine ice cream is like a sweeter, richer gelato, and it's nearly impossible to walk a block without passing a shop. Pizza joints are everywhere, too, usually serving up dozens of varieties of empanadas in addition to pies.
So I was delighted when I found Buenos Aires Pizzeria, which opened in the Ballpark neighborhood in 2003. The owners are two generations of the Carrera family, natives of San Isidro, a rich, charming town with cobblestone streets in the northern part of Buenos Aires province (though far removed from the city center). And they've re-created a little piece of their home country here in the Mile High City, in a storefront space filled with colorful Argentine flags and soccer posters. The first time I looked at the menu, I wanted to weep with joy. It listed a slew of pizzas, topped with everything from hard-boiled egg to salsa golf, a disgusting combination of tomato and mayonnaise that my Buenos Aires roommates had put on everything. There were also empanadas, every kind I'd eaten in Argentina, as well as tostados — ham and cheese on thin slices of white bread pressed flat and grilled crispy — and housemade, dulce de leche-focused ice creams. And on the 29th of every month, gnocchi.
Buenos Aires Pizzeria
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Six years later, I haven't tired of that menu. And so I recently returned with my boyfriend, ready to regale him with tales of my travels while turning him on to the food at the same time. But once the dishes started hitting the table — which took a while, since, like every other Argentine restaurant in existence, Buenos Aires Pizzeria runs on its own time — I was too busy eating to talk. We started with a round of empanadas, stuffed with sweet corn and spicy beef and gooey mozzarella, tomato and basil. I'd insisted on a tostado, too (which should have been pressed a little longer to thoroughly melt the cheese), as well as the medialuna, a popular snack that consists of a cold, sweet croissant with a couple of cold slices of ham and cheese shoved in the middle. The combination is completely mediocre, but I still sighed happily as I shoved chunks of the medialuna into my mouth.
Over considerable debate, we'd also ordered a pizza. The Buenos Aires Pizzeria menu actually has two sections for its pies; half feature a classic tomato sauce, the other half start with a crust swiped with olive oil. I'd waxed rhapsodic about the fugazza, which is just that crust topped with sautéed onion and oregano. But since Rob wasn't really into eating just bread for dinner, we'd turned to the tomato-sauce section, eventually agreeing on the rucula — a combination of arugula, red onion and mozzarella — with bacon added. When the pie finally hit our table, the dense, chewy crust was topped with plenty of tangy sauce and cheese, both of which played well with the peppery, piquant and smoky flavors of our toppings.
We finished up with a scoop of sweet dulce de leche banana ice cream and a cortadito, or shot of espresso. (We skipped the submarino, an Argentine delicacy that calls for you melting your own chocolate bar in hot milk. It sounds wonderful, but it's actually always terrible, mostly because the chocolate turns into weird little particles in the milk.) And then, just as I would have had to in Argentina, I waved our server over for the check.
Buenos Aires Pizzeria doesn't make the best Argentine food I've ever had, but from the slow service to the massive menu, it gives you an authentic taste of everyday eating in Argentina.


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1. Planning
Bosham is a beautiful place with ancient origins. It has changed over the centuries and will continue to do so. The Bosham Association's Committee endeavours to assist in maintaining its character by welcoming sympathetic development and objecting to inappropriate development. It is guided in this by reference to the emerging Bosham Neighbourhood Plan, the Bosham Village Design Statement, the Bosham Conservation Area Character Appraisal and the Chichester Harbour Conservancy Design Guidelines.
2. Flooding and Sewerage
The BA committee has amassed detailed knowledge of the Bosham drainage system over the years and has played a key role in persuading the authorities to make certain changes whilst providing practical assistance to riparian owners. The Parish Council took the lead from the BA in 2010, but we continue to maintain a watch on drainage issues and are available to advise if required.
Bosham is prone to flooding both from the sea, during storms and exceptional high tides, and from the land due to run-off of rainwater from surrounding fields and streams, as well as from the Downs. Serious flooding of some roads and properties resulted from exceptional rainfall in June, 2012 and again more recently. As a result of climate change, severe weather conditions are expected to become more frequent.
The village's drains are in many cases antiquated and are liable to become blocked but the fluvial flooding risk can be minimised provided regular maintenance is carried out. Sea flooding will always be a problem but can be mitigated by providing and maintaining the sea walls, as far as possible. This work has been spearheaded by the Association in the past.
3. Roads and Transportation
The Association maintains contact with the West Sussex County Council, Chichester District Council, and Southern Rail to try to influence action on parking issues and public transport services.
Some roads have a problem with the volume and speed of traffic which needs to be attended to. These include the Bosham section of the A259, Delling Lane, Walton Lane, Bosham Lane and Taylors Lane.
4. Other Matters Relevant to Bosham
We believe it is important to have an active organisation concerned with the environment of our village and surrounding areas which is separate from the Parish and District Councils who are sometimes constrained by their statutory responsibilities. The Association has been able to initiate action on a number of important issues. Examples include:
1. The improvement achieved to reduce flooding following the publication of a comprehensive BA report in 2001.
2. Taking the lead in raising funding, both official and private, to improve the surface of Shore Road to reduce the 'Bosham pong' caused by rotting algae.
3. Enabling construction of the Trippett wall. The Association submitted a planning application to replace the unsightly gabions along the eastern end of the Trippett with a matching continuation of the existing wall. This was permitted by Chichester District Council and was built from July to September 2014 (see the Recent News page on this website).
4. The BA's ability to mobilise substantial opposition from members and other residents to undesirable planning applications. These included:
With its large membership the Association is able to alert its members on issues of importance to the village and to act quickly when a problem is highlighted.