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A few years ago, people were overexcited about Full-Definition resolution, and even before the dust had settled, we were introduced to 4K resolution also referred to as Ultra High definition (UHD). It is up to 4 times clearer than the full-definition resolution meaning the pictures are much crispier and the colors more vibrant. Not to be left behind, monitor manufacturers introduced the 4K Monitor, which is taking the market by storm. In fact, it is the standard when it comes to the best viewing experience. And to meet the demands, manufacturers including LG, Asus, Samsung, and Benq have released many products. However, which is the best? By the time you have completed this article, you will have discovered the 9 best 4K monitors in 2020.
List of Top Best 4K Monitor in 2020
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#9 Samsung U28E590D 4K Monitor, 28-inch
By: Samsung
The Samsung U28E590D 4K Monitor has revolutionized the computer monitor. It's revered for its excellent color and vibrancy that relays exceptional images. Unlike the traditional Monitor that offers 16.7 million colors, this Monitor can deliver more than one billion Coors. It is also a popular choice thanks to its 8 million pixels that ensure the images are crystal clear and look as real can be. The Monitor is lightweight and comes will the essential ports, USB, HDMI, to work with day-to-day devices including computers, tablets, gaming consoles, and phones.
- Also See: Reviews of Best 50-Inch TVs
#8 ASUS PB287Q 4K/ UHD LED Back-Lit Monitor, 28-inch
By: ASUS
ASUS has released several best 4K monitors on the market. This one is deemed as among the best from the firm and in the market. It comes in a decent size of 28 inches and is suited for most computing applications. With a resolution of 3840×2160, this backlit LED Monitor provides exceptional picture quality. The colors are very vibrant, the contrast is impressive, and it isn't prone to flickering. The 4K Monitor does not run hot even when used extensively for hours and is less affected by lag. It is also well-constructed and should deliver excellent service for many years.
#7 Dell UHD 4K Monitor P2415Q LED Monitor, 24-Inch
By: Dell
If you desire to enjoy exceptionally rich colors and vibrant images, then the Dell P2415Q LED-lit monitor is what you need. The 24-inch Inch 4K Monitor is renowned for its ultra-detailed resolution that relays clear images. It also provides quick connectivity and has minimal lag for a seamless experience. By coming with USB and HDMI ports, the Monitor allows you to connect it to the devices we use every day. This includes smartphones, game consoles, tablets, netbook, speakers and much more. Thanks to not containing any lead, PFC, or BVR in its structure, the Monitor is rated as among the safest.
#6 BenQ BL2711U IPS 4K Monitor, 27-Inch
By: BenQ
If you want the best Ultra HD without breaking the bank account, then this 27-inch 4K Monitor from BenQ will suit you fine. Together with the 20, 000,000: 1 Dynamic Contrast ratio, the ultra-high definition will improve the computing experience. It comes with advanced graphics display that is suitable for professional graphics work. It also can serve as good gaming monitor thanks to the high graphics, fast refresh rate, and minimal lag. Last but not least, It is height adjustable for extra convenience, comes with Eye Protector Sensor to prevent too much light from harming your eyes, and produces low blue light.
- See More: Best Portable TV Stands | Top Best 32-Inch TVs Reviews
#5 ASUS MG28UQ 4K/UHD Free Sync Gaming Monitor, 28-inch
By: ASUS
With this best 4K monitor, you will no longer worry about a flickering screen. It comes with a superior display and technology that prevents flicker and a reasonable refresh rate for minimizing audio and video lag. The Monitor is relatively wide for the best viewing but is also fairly light. Moving it should, therefore, be easy. Adjusting the angle of view or height is also easy, and it remains steady throughout courtesy if the ergonomically designed stand. It features 2 USB, 2 HDMI, and 1 display port for easy connectivity.
#4 LG Electronics UM95 34UM95 4K LED-Lit Monitor, 34-Inch
By: LG
Other than its ultra-wide size, this 4K Monitor from LG is also respected for being among the most interactive. The unit although wide is very light and can be placed almost anywhere. The widescreen improves the view and performance and makes it a good option for gaming. It comes with a smooth split-screen surface that can support up to four programs at the same time. This comes handy for people who run several things at the same time or want to improve efficiency. One thing that sets it aside from other 4K monitors is the fact that it is compatible with several Apple software.
- Check Out: Top Best 75-Inch TVs | Top Best Computer Desks Reviews
#3 ASUS Designo MX27UC 4K UHD Monitor
By: ASUS
Many people agree that this is one of the sleekest and stylish 4K monitors in the market. In addition, just like its looks, it offers very smooth performance. The 27-inch Monitor is great for regular computing, browsing the internet, and gaming. It comes with a wide viewing angle of 178 degrees and produces quality sound courtesy of the two 3-watt built-in speakers. The screen does not flicker and produces minimal blue light for keeping your eyes and sight safe. It also features USB and HDMI ports for easy connectivity with other devices.
#2 LG 34UC79G-B Curved 4K Gaming Monitor, 34-inch
By: LG
Coming with a curved screen, this 4K Monitor will undoubtedly make computing very immersive and also productive. The Monitor is also known for the good gaming experience that it provides thanks to the Ultra Widescreen and ultra-high definition. It has the best refresh rate of 144 Hz, which minimizes lag or delay. The one-millisecond motion blur reduction further improves this. It does not emit too much blue light that is known to affect the eyes and is super silent. And as part of ensuring gamers have an awesome time, the Monitor features Crosshair and Free Sync for improved accuracy.
#1 Samsung S34E790C Curved 4K Monitor, 34-Inch
By: Samsung
Just like its advanced curved screen, this best 4K monitor by Samsung also features advanced technologies. In fact, it's considered as a pacesetter in regards to monitoring technology. A good example is the Advanced Picture-by-Picture technology that supports different tasks simultaneously. It also features stunning high resolution that will keep the user glued to the screen thanks to the realistic images. To further enhance the experience, it comes with topnotch built-in speakers that produce super quality sound. The Monitor doesn't suffer from flicker, and this keeps your senses safe while the USB and HDMI ports make connecting to other devices easy.
- Related Articles: Best Android TV Boxes | Reviews of Best 80-Inch TVs
Owning a 4K monitor isn't the same as acquiring the best UHD monitor. You need to pay attention to some critical aspects, as they will greatly influence the experience you will have. It is important to confirm that it actually has a True 4K resolution, the image quality is exceptionally high, the price is competitive, and the size of the Monitor suits your needs, and it is portable. Also important is selecting a device that comes with a range of ports to work with modern devices. USB and HDMI are among the most essential. There are many monitors that deserve the title of Best. Nonetheless, in our view, the above items are indeed the best 4K monitors in 2020. Therefore, I expect to have the ultimate viewing experience with any of them.


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Saturday Ride: 12th May 2018
Four of us headed out to Charlwood via Reigate, Maggie, Miles, Roger and Pete.
At Reigate Roger took a short cut down a road which turned into a path and an off road scenic route where shorts and stinging nettles didn't mix well.
The tea stop at Charlwood was very pleasant and quiet, now that Addiscombe don't go there. We returned via Bletchingly and Hextalls lane which avoids the steep and narrow part of Whitehill road.
42 miles at 13 mph

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In attempting to install WinFax 10.03, I continually am faced with a display notice which says that I cannot access Message Manager as WFXllF32.dll is not installed. When I try to instal WFXllF32.dll, I am told that I am missing MFXUT32l.dll. I am a novice computer user and am unable to utilize my Winfax program. Any help would be appreciated.
I would suggest you uninstall using Add/Remove Programs first, then reinstall WinFax PRO 10.03


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Benefits of bitcoins
Bitcoins are widely known by most people but most of the lack the proper understanding of this form of cryptocurrency. See here for more information about the bitcoins. It is important to note that a bitcoin is a virtual online currency system that allows people to transact online. The bitcoin system was created in the year 2009 and has since gained popularity as a trusted online form of storing value and making payment. The use of bitcoins has a number of advantages, as discussed below.
No tax is imposed on the system
You are not required to pay any extra fee to the government when using the bitcoins to trade. This makes the bitcoin more advantageous than the conventional system which will require you to pay tax on any transaction. You can use the bitcoins to buy very expensive items from another country since there will be no tax imposed on the sale. This advantage is regarded by some people as a legal way to evade tax.
It is very flexible
You will find the bitcoin system to be very flexible as it will allow you to make payments on goods from any part of the world connected to the internet. This allows you the comfort of making purchases and trading from wherever you wish to by using your phone or computer. It is also easy to pay using bitcoins because you are not required to provide a lot of personal details like when using a bank to make a payment.
Low transaction charges
The bitcoin has no intermediaries monitoring it hence there are lower costs charged in transacting with it compared to conventional forms of payment. You will use lesser tie when using bitcoins since you do not need any prior authorization from anywhere.
Your identity is hidden
You should note that all bitcoin transactions are discrete, giving you the chance to stay anonymous when trading. This means that a given purchase cannot be traced back to you.


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When you have a remote computer or server and want to transfer files from one to the other, normally, you will need to use an ftp client to communicate with the machine over the Internet to either upload or download files. While there are tons of free and feature-rich ftp clients you can download and use, Filezilla is considered the literal Godzilla of them all. Now, you have to do two things in order for Filezilla to be compatible with your machines. You will first need to install the Filezilla server application on the main computer and the client on the other computer. Once this is done, you can now transfer files seamlessly without too much hassle. Now the great thing about Filezilla is that you can use it by simply working through its graphical user interface making even a newbie seem like a networking expert. However, like similar ftp applications, you can actually execute custom commands manually using certain scripts and codes. Here are some steps on how to create and setup custom commands on Filezilla.
To ensure proper connection, the server you will be connecting too
should have a static IP address provided by the Internet Service
Provider or ISP. If the server is using a dynamic IP address hidden
behind a real static IP address, then you will need to effect certain
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Following the Catholic victory in the Great Confessional War and flush with their new formal assimilation into the Imperial system the Burgundians looked to reestablish their maritime prowess. Kuhlfrosi and Kiravian merchants had no intention of letting the upstart duchy claim any of their hard earned maritime trade routes and refused to finance the trade expeditions. Instead Jarl I turned to the long time allies of the Burgundians, Kistan. Kistan supplied a large one time fee, but fearing reprisals from Kuhlfros declined any further aid. With this capital, Jarl I ordered the establishment of the Burgundian North Levantine Trading Company (BNLC). This was followed by the establishment of the South Levantine Company whose purview was trade in Dericania, Urcea, the countries of Southern Levantia and the northern coast of Ixnay, particularly the rich ports of Hekuvia. With the establishment of these Trade Companies, the merchants and noble investors in Burgundie became incredibly rich, but the precedent was set the the government had no direct control over the activities of the companies.


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OKAST allows you to play a live feed if you have generated the source on your side, and it is in hls format.
1 – Click on the button then "Live Content"
2 – In source URL copy the link of your feed:
3 – Fill in the information about your live stream
4- There you go! Now all you have to do is promote your event to your audience!


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'Daddy, where is my mummy?' Titi asked her dad for the umpteenth time. 'She is dead, I've told you this before', her dad replied, exasperated and perplexed. 'Yes, I know she died. But if death took her, there must be a place where he must have kept her?' Titi tried to assert her point of view stoically. Her dad looked at her incredulously. She was only ten years old and she was more handful than his job as a computer security expert. He found it extremely weird to discuss the philosophy of death in the detail that she demands and his resolve was wearing thin as each new dawn rears its head. He wondered how he was going to direct this conversation and it was quite disenchanting to him that his daughter had grasped the concept of death at such a tender age.
'Why are you smiling?' his daughter interrupted his reverie. He pondered on her question and couldn't immediately conclude why. 'Haaa', the thought invaded him all of a sudden, 'you referred to death as a 'he', why not a 'she?'. He was aware now that he must have been the one that encouraged his daughter to think the way she does. For God do love the world, she should be playing with dolls and sand, but his daughter doesn't like cartoons or games she only loved to talk. He watched his daughter switch on her introspective personae.
She mulled over the thought, mumbling and chewing on words that were quite fascinating to observe. He expected her to mull over it for the next few days because one of her interesting attitude is to complete a thought process. He was about to stand up when she smiled at him wildly, and he knew he was in trouble. 'Death cannot be a 'she' because women give birth to life', she paused trying to gauge her father's reaction before she let out the rest of her conclusion. 'Death must be a 'He' because like men, it takes what he wants when it wants it like a man can take a woman's heart and marry her and enforce his name upon her and decide where she lives and surrender her to death without fighting back.' Her dad's jaw dropped so much that a train of saliva was almost trailing its way out of the corners of his mouth.
Before he could muster a response to her lopsided logic, Titi stood up from the chair she was seated, took three strides towards her dad who had his tablet on his lap and peered deep into her father's eyes. 'I'll probably end up like mum', she suggested as a matter of fact. Her dad was lost for words. Tears welled up in his eye; he sniffled to hold it back. Titi looked at him pitifully, took away his tab and hugged him whispering in his right ear at the same time, 'You are such a cry baby! Why did you try to evade my last question by asking me a question?' she stroked her dad's head and combed his beards with her tiny hands. 'I was thinking you and I could launch a rescue mission to save her, that's all! Considering you are too much of a coward to do what men know how to do best; to find another wife that will take care of us.'
Titi's dad never felt embarrassed in his daughter's presence. He understood what she was asking him to do but his wife's death took immeasurable toll on him. He was an orphan, the only child and his wife's families were all abroad. They tried in futility to take Titi off his hands so that he could rekindle his life, but that was the most impossible thing to require of him. He composed himself and pecked his daughter on her forehead and she smiled with a hint of shyness for her dad's show of affection. 'So who do you have in mind?' Titi's dad enquired with a twinkle in his eye. He gave his daughter a wink and she blushed magnanimously knowing she couldn't catch her dad off guard on this topic.
If her dad had come in another life, he would have been a successful actor and this was what she enjoyed the most about him. She was visibly excited now since her dad rarely entertained this topic for conversation. 'I've racked my head dad, did meta-analysis and trust me, it is the best'. Titi spewed the words out rapidly with a few stumbling across her lips. She was holding her breath and trying to preempt her father's reaction. 'Spit it out already', he encouraged her harshly. 'Aunty Riri', she blurted out while she mesh her eyes together anticipating any form of unexpected reaction. 'What?' her father sat up, serious and disturbed. 'Who in the world seeded that thought into your bedazzling mind?' he stared at her intently intensely clueless on how to really react.
'Well', Titi tried to choose her words carefully knowing she had to sell her idea maturely, 'since aunt Riri is mummy's twin, identical for that matter, meaning one egg split into two, and she is single, and she has all mum's specificat…i…o…n', she trailed off as she saw her father's brow tighten with disbelief. There was a pregnant silence between them, each peering intently at the other trying to find how to steer the conversation. Titi took the initiative and blurted out the rest of the most brilliant idea she thought she had ever had. 'I just feel Aunty Riri must be a BOGOF package for you from God. For God so loved the world, she is a perfect spare'. She pouted petulantly exasperated at why her proposition was quite challenging to understand.


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Belize 50-CENTS (KM50) Magnificent Frigatebird
The Magnificent Frigatebird was once known as the 'Man o' War' due to its great speed and aerial piracy of other birds' meals. This bird has been clocked doing a 400 km/h dive! The Magnificent Frigate is a bird of the air. It cannot walk or swim, but can stay in the air for more than a week at a time. When it lands, it must do so on cliffs or high trees, since it cannot take off from the ground. With a wingspan up to 2.5 m, they have the highest wingspan to weight ratio of any bird.
This version of the coin was issued from 1975 to 1981. Like all of these Belize bird coins it is a non-circulating issue that made it into the Coin Zoo before I realized it did not circulate.
- Diameter: 27.7 mm
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5 Things You Have to Know About VoIP Before Making the Switch
There's plenty to learn about a voice over IP phone system such as how VoIP works, the amazing features voice over IP has to offer and where it all began. It is important for you to know as much as possible about the VoIP systems, so you can really take advantage of their benefits. If you are looking for the bare basics, though, here are the five most important things you need to know about a VoIP system before making your decision to switch.
1. Cost-savings Comparison: Everyone talks about how you can save money with VoIP , but few actually give you numbers to compare.
Well, in a recent study, TechTarget showed that not only are there savings, but they are significant. For local calls, businesses can potentially save up to 40% on their monthly phone bills. International calls, on the other hand, delivered a dizzying 90% savings when compared to traditional PSTN plans.
2. Efficiency: You can't have a conversation about a voice over IP phone system without stumbling upon the word efficiency. The reason everyone talks about this is simple: VoIP systems give you loads of tools that really do maximize efficiency from any standpoint. Whether you are a businessman who is always on the go or a work from home parent of three trying to reduce the phone traffic, voice over IP phone systems allow you to organize, integrate and optimize every situation that comes up. With convenient features such as free call-forwarding, customized call responses, email and voice transcription and, cost-efficient local and long distance dialing, anyone can appreciate the flexibility and management potential inherent within this system.
3. Cloud-based Phone System: Another attractive aspect of VoIP is the fact that it can be (but is not limited to being) a cloud based phone system. This means that all your contacts, your phone records, your messages and auto-responses are all logged and stored conveniently on the cloud for instant access from wherever you are and whenever you need them.
4. Security: Security is a new threat that was not as prevalent on the conventional phone systems primarily due to the fact that VoIP's are run through the Internet, and that automatically opens them up to cybercrimes such as hacking, fraud and service attacks. Reliable providers will, of course, have proper precautions in place to prevent a security breach, but it is the responsibility of the consumer to ensure that their chosen service provider includes firewalls, VPN's, encryption technology, and constantly up to date security features.
5. Connectivity: We all want to bring the world together, and with the help of a good VoIP provider, businesses are getting closer and closer. You can bring entire offices, individual team members, supervisors, CEO's, clients and suppliers all together with the ease of a few keystrokes. Video conferencing is a wave that is carrying businesses to new heights, and you are invited to come along for the ride.
There's so much more to get excited about when it comes to VoIP, so dig in, and start learning about all of the advantages available with VoIP.
Visit our expert reviews to find out more information about some of the best VoIP providers out there, and then get on board today!
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After living at home with parents for years, most college students transition to living on their own. Though most students receive some financial support from parents, many students often take part-time jobs or even full-time jobs to support themselves. This article offers advice on how to save money as a student.
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Many students turn eighteen and are drawn to credit card offers. While it can be tempting to pay for expenses with plastic, this is usually not a good idea, especially if you don't have a full-time job. Instead, pay for your expenses in cash as you go. This could mean making sacrifices, such as waiting a few months to buy new clothes, or keeping the same smartphone for a couple of years.
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You need housing and food, which are often provided for you on campus. If a scholarship or federal loan pays for food and shelter, then you can use the money from your job to pay for basic necessities, such as toiletry items or a new winter coat. However, some students go into debt because they want to pay for extras, like road trips with friends or concert tickets. While it is good to splurge on extras now and again, you should not splurge every semester. Instead, go to free events on campus. Most colleges invite musical guests or screen films for free.
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Today we are going to build some microservices communicating with each other asynchronously through Apache Kafka topics. We use Micronaut Framework, which provides dedicated library for integration with Kafka. Let's take a brief look at the architecture of our sample system. We have 4 microservices: order-service, trip-service, driver-service and passenger-service. The implementation of these applications is very simple. All of them have in-memory storage and connect to the same Kafka instance.
A primary goal of our system is to arrange a trip for customers. The order-service application also acts as a gateway. It is receiving requests from customers, saving history and sending events to
orders topic. All the other microservices are listening on this topic and processing orders sent by order-service. Each microservice has its own dedicated topic, where it sends events with information about changes. Such events are received by some of other microservices. The architecture is presented on the picture below.
Before reading this article it is worth familiarize yourself with Micronaut Framework. You may read one of my previous articles describing a process of building microservices communicating via REST API: Quick Guide to Microservices with Micronaut Framework
1. Running Kafka
To run Apache Kafka on the local machine we may use its Docker image. It seems that the most up-to-date image is shared by https://hub.docker.com/u/wurstmeister. Before starting Kafka containers we have to start ZooKeeper server, which is used by Kafka. If you run Docker on Windows the default address of its virtual machine is 192.168.99.100. It also have to be set as an environment for Kafka container.
Both Zookeeper and Kafka containers will be started in the same network
kafka. Zookeeper is available under the name
zookeeper, and is exposed on port
2181. Kafka container requires that address under env variable KAFKA_ZOOKEEPER_CONNECT.
$ docker network create kafka $ docker run -d --name zookeeper --network kafka -p 2181:2181 wurstmeister/zookeeper $ docker run -d --name kafka -p 9092:9092 --network kafka --env KAFKA_ADVERTISED_HOST_NAME=192.168.99.100 --env KAFKA_ZOOKEEPER_CONNECT=zookeeper:2181 wurstmeister/kafka
2. Including Micronaut Kafka
Micronaut applications built with Kafka can be started with or without the presence of an HTTP server. To enable Micronaut Kafka you need to include
micronaut-kafka library to your dependencies. In case you would like to expose HTTP API you should also include
<dependency> <groupId>io.micronaut.configuration</groupId> <artifactId>micronaut-kafka</artifactId> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>io.micronaut</groupId> <artifactId>micronaut-http-server-netty</artifactId> </dependency>
3. Building microservice order-service
The application order-service as the only one starts embedded HTTP server and exposes REST API. That's why we may enable built-in Micronaut health check for Kafka. To do that we should first include
micronaut-management dependency:
<dependency> <groupId>io.micronaut</groupId> <artifactId>micronaut-management</artifactId> </dependency>
For convenience, we will enable all management endpoints and disable HTTP authentication for them by defining the following configuration inside
endpoints: all: enabled: true sensitive: false
Now, health check is available under address http://localhost:8080/health. Our sample application will also expose simple REST API for adding new orders and listing all previously created orders. Here's the Micronaut controller implementation responsible for exposing those endpoints:
@Controller("orders") public class OrderController { @Inject OrderInMemoryRepository repository; @Inject OrderClient client; @Post public Order add(@Body Order order) { order = repository.add(order); client.send(order); return order; } @Get public Set<Order> findAll() { return repository.findAll(); } }
Each microservice uses an in-memory repository implementation. Here's repository implementation inside order-service:
@Singleton public class OrderInMemoryRepository { private Set<Order> orders = new HashSet<>(); public Order add(Order order) { order.setId((long) (orders.size() + 1)); orders.add(order); return order; } public void update(Order order) { orders.remove(order); orders.add(order); } public Optional<Order> findByTripIdAndType(Long tripId, OrderType type) { return orders.stream().filter(order -> order.getTripId().equals(tripId) && order.getType() == type).findAny(); } public Optional<Order> findNewestByUserIdAndType(Long userId, OrderType type) { return orders.stream().filter(order -> order.getUserId().equals(userId) && order.getType() == type) .max(Comparator.comparing(Order::getId)); } public Set<Order> findAll() { return orders; } }
In-memory repository stores
Order object instances.
Order object is also sent to Kafka topic named
orders. Here's an implementation of
Order class:
public class Order { private Long id; private LocalDateTime createdAt; private OrderType type; private Long userId; private Long tripId; private float currentLocationX; private float currentLocationY; private OrderStatus status; // ... GETTERS AND SETTERS }
4. Asynchronous communication with Kafka
Now, let's consider one of the use cases possible to realize by our sample system – adding new trip. In the first step (1) we are adding new order of type
OrderType.NEW_TRIP. After that order-service creates an order and send it to the
orders topic. The order is received by three microservices:
passenger-service and
order-service (2). A new order is processed by all these applications. The passenger-service application checks if there are sufficient funds on the passenger account. If no it cancels the trip, otherwise it does not do anything. The driver-service is looking for the nearest available driver, while trip-service creates and stores new trip. Both driver-service and trip-service sends events to their topics (
trips) with information about changes (3) Every event can be accessed by other microservices, for example trip-service listen for event from driver-service in order to assign a new driver to the trip (4). The following picture illustrate the communication between our microservices when adding a new trip.
Now, let's proceed to the implementation details.
Step 1: Sending order
First we need to create Kafka client responsible for sending messages to a topic. To achieve that we should create interface annotated with
@KafkaClient and declare one or more methods for sending messages. Every method should have target topic name set through
@Topic annotation. For method parameters we may use three annotations
@Body or
@KafkaKey is used for partitioning, which is required by our sample applications. In the client implementation visible below we just use
@Body annotation.
@KafkaClient public interface OrderClient { @Topic("orders") void send(@Body Order order); }
Step 2: Receiving order
Once an order has been sent by the client it is received by all other microservices listening on the
orders topic. Here's a listener implementation in the driver-service. A listener class should be annotated with
@KafkaListener. We may declare
groupId as a annotation field to prevent from receiving the same message by more than one instance of a single application. Then we are declaring method for processing incoming messages. The same as a client method it should be annotated with
@Topic, to set the name of a target topic. Because we are listening for
Order objects it should be annotated with
@Body – the same as corresponding client method.
@KafkaListener(groupId = "driver") public class OrderListener { private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(OrderListener.class); private DriverService service; public OrderListener(DriverService service) { this.service = service; } @Topic("orders") public void receive(@Body Order order) { LOGGER.info("Received: {}", order); switch (order.getType()) { case NEW_TRIP -> service.processNewTripOrder(order); } } }
Step 3: Sending to other topic
Now, let's take a look on the
processNewTripOrder method inside driver-service.
DriverService injects two different Kafka client beans:
OrderClient and
DriverClient. When processing a new order it tries to find the available driver, which is the closest to the customer who sent the order. After finding him it changes the status to
UNAVAILABLE and sends the message with
Driver object to the
drivers topic.
@Singleton public class DriverService { private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(DriverService.class); private DriverClient client; private OrderClient orderClient; private DriverInMemoryRepository repository; public DriverService(DriverClient client, OrderClient orderClient, DriverInMemoryRepository repository) { this.client = client; this.orderClient = orderClient; this.repository = repository; } public void processNewTripOrder(Order order) { LOGGER.info("Processing: {}", order); Optional<Driver> driver = repository.findNearestDriver(order.getCurrentLocationX(), order.getCurrentLocationY()); driver.ifPresent(driverLocal -> { driverLocal.setStatus(DriverStatus.UNAVAILABLE); repository.updateDriver(driverLocal); client.send(driverLocal, String.valueOf(order.getId())); LOGGER.info("Message sent: {}", driverLocal); }); } // ... }
Here's an implementation of Kafka client inside driver-service used for sending messages to the
drivers topic. Because we need to link instance of
Driver with order we annotate
orderId parameter with
@Header. There is no sense to include it to
Driver class just to assign it to the right trip on the listener side.
@KafkaClient public interface DriverClient { @Topic("drivers") void send(@Body Driver driver, @Header("Order-Id") String orderId); }
Step 4: Inter-service communication
The message sent by
DriverClient is received by
@Listener declared inside trip-service. It listens for messages incoming to the
trips topic. The signature of receiving method is pretty similar to the client sending method as shown below:
@KafkaListener(groupId = "trip") public class DriverListener { private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(OrderListener.class); private TripService service; public DriverListener(TripService service) { this.service = service; } @Topic("drivers") public void receive(@Body Driver driver, @Header("Order-Id") String orderId) { LOGGER.info("Received: driver->{}, header->{}", driver, orderId); service.processNewDriver(driver); } }
A new driver with given
id is being assigned to the trip searched by
orderId. That's a final step of our communication process when adding a new trip.
@Singleton public class TripService { private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TripService.class); private TripInMemoryRepository repository; private TripClient client; public TripService(TripInMemoryRepository repository, TripClient client) { this.repository = repository; this.client = client; } public void processNewDriver(Driver driver, String orderId) { LOGGER.info("Processing: {}", driver); Optional<Trip> trip = repository.findByOrderId(Long.valueOf(orderId)); trip.ifPresent(tripLocal -> { tripLocal.setDriverId(driver.getId()); repository.update(tripLocal); }); } // ... OTHER METHODS }
5. Tracing
We may easily enable distributed tracing with Micronaut Kafka. First we need to enable and configure Micronaut Tracing. To do that you should first add some dependencies:
<dependency> <groupId>io.micronaut</groupId> <artifactId>micronaut-tracing</artifactId> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>io.zipkin.brave</groupId> <artifactId>brave-instrumentation-http</artifactId> <scope>runtime</scope> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>io.zipkin.reporter2</groupId> <artifactId>zipkin-reporter</artifactId> <scope>runtime</scope> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>io.opentracing.brave</groupId> <artifactId>brave-opentracing</artifactId> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>io.opentracing.contrib</groupId> <artifactId>opentracing-kafka-client</artifactId> <version>0.0.16</version> <scope>runtime</scope> </dependency>
We also need to configure some application settings inside
application.yml including an address of our tracing tool. In that case it is Zipkin.
tracing: zipkin: enabled: true http: url: http://192.168.99.100:9411 sampler: probability: 1
Before starting our application we have to run Zipkin container:
$ docker run -d --name zipkin -p 9411:9411 openzipkin/zipkin
In this article you were guided through the process of building microservice architecture using asynchronous communication via Apache Kafka. I have shown you the most important features of Micronaut Kafka library that allows you to easily declare producer and consumer of Kafka topics, enable health checks and distributed tracing for your microservices. I have described an implementation of a single scenario for our system, that covers adding a new trip at the customer's request. In order to see the full implementation of the sample system described in this article please check out the source code available on GitHub: https://github.com/piomin/sample-kafka-micronaut-microservices.git.


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Khan could defend his title against any number of opponents, though it is believed Ricky Hatton and former world champion Erik Morales, of Mexico, could be in the frame.
There were inherent risks moving up in weight — and class — and although it might appear critical to say that Khan is still 'a work in progress', he is exactly that. This was the Ukrainian's fifth world title fight; Khan's first.
Khan's speed told from the opening round as, light on his feet and circling, Kotelnik was forced to eat the British fighter's jabs and left-right combinations. The pattern held throughout the 12 rounds, Khan winning a landslide unanimous decision on the judges' scorecards 120-108, 118-111, 118-111.
It was a thrilling display, full of wit and movement, characterised by Khan's gift of hand speed, but both his promoter Frank Warren, and American trainer Freddie Roach want greater defensive improvements from the young tyro in every future contest.
The Bolton fighter's attack and athleticism have always been world class, but his defence found wanting, as witnessed when he was knocked out last September in under a minute by Colombian Breidis Prescott. Khan deserves great credit for coming back within a year.
Under master tactician Roach, at the Hollywood Wild Card Gym, Khan's style is changing. When Khan won the Olympic silver medal aged 17, it became a millstone around his neck. His every move was analysed in the full glare of the media searchlight.
He clamoured for success; his impatience was legendary, and that impetuousity saw him pole axed by Prescott.
Roach explained after Khan was crowned, that they had talked of the featherweight legend Willie Pep, whose defence was so clever he once won a round — the third, against Jack Graves in 1946 - on the judges' cards without throwing a punch.
Still vulnerable at times, Khan slipped punches from the obdurate, determined champion, and in round eight, delighted the crowd by pirouetting, weaving and bobbing out of trouble and countering Kotelnik.
So, what next for Khan? There are several names out there, including Morales, Juan Manuel Marquez, and of course, Hatton. Khan insisted he will leave the decisions up to his promoter and trainer.
Roach believes Hatton would be taken apart by Khan. "After the Pacquiao fight I said Hatton should retire. He's a multi-world champion and has nothing left to prove. To get knocked out like he did against Pacquiao was devastating. If he decides to fight again and continue his career, he is made for my guy (Khan) and I would take that fight in a heartbeat." Warren takes another view. "From a personal point of view, Ricky Hatton shouldn't be fighting," said the veteran promoter. "Financially it is a great fight and I think Ricky would get stopped again by Amir. I don't think Ricky could cope with that pace.
But Warren warned: "You know what happens? The fight happens and then down the road, God forbid anything happens to Ricky Hatton, everybody blames boxing, instead of greed. But if he wants to put himself in there then that is his decision."


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Every week (just about) the contributors to The Irrelevant will share the one thing we've been into this week. It can be a movie, a book, a song, an album, some youtube video, a random meme, or twitter user, anything that's been taking up more space in our mind than it should. We want to share this with you because we like sharing things we're into. Also these are perfect things that you can consume over the weekend, so here they are:
Baseball's Back!
It has been a long, dark winter exacerbated by mounting labor relations that may put the sport in peril but baseball is finally back. Pitchers and catchers reported to spring training on the 13th and first workouts started on the 14th. Spring training has become somewhat of a frivolous ceremony as baseball players these days, like all athletes, are constantly training in order to stay at their elite level. Nevertheless, it is the first milestone on the road back to baseball. The next two weeks are going to be chocked full of "best shape of my life" and reworked mechanic reports that offer fans the exact type of hope they need at this time of year. There will be a few unflattering photos of players that drive bloglines about whether so and so is fat or not. There will be bunting drills. Normally I hate bunting with an unbridled passion, but not in spring training. During spring I love these drills because they mean more baseball is on the way. There will be awesome pictures coming out of camps like the one below, from a few years back, that can make any fan smile.
This year the most intriguing storyline is the MLB Players Association having to set up its own training facility for the 100+ free agents that have yet to be signed because teams decided they longer want to win. We will also get to see the Japanese Babe Ruth Shohei Otani for the first time in action against the best talent in the world. The young and intriguing Brewers will be fun to keep tabs on and we'll get our first glimpse at the revitalized "murderers row" lineup from the Bronx. One Timothy Leeroy Lincecum will be having a showcase trying to attempt to get back to the majors and baseball is ALWAYS better with Tim Lincecum. I apologize this derailed to a 3 year old sugar rush of stating fun spring things but baseball is back and the world is a little bit better when it is being played.
GRAND PRIX Driver
I love Formula 1. I feel like more people should be into it because there's something in it for everyone. Whether it's marvelling at the engineering displayed with each machine, the personality of the drivers, the amazing tracks and world locations. It's just great.
If you have no idea what Formula 1 is all about GRAND PRIX Driver on Amazon Prime is a great intro to what makes this sport so compelling. The four episode series gives the viewer an inside look into the McLaren-Honda's start to last year's season. We get to see everything that it takes to put together a Formula 1 car. The biggest difference between Formula 1 and every other racing series is that each team has to build a car from scratch every year, and they all have the most cutting edge technology in them.
Also of note is the team that is featured in this series. McLaren is one of the traditional powerhouses of the sport and last year was their absolute worst year. Formula 1 is super secretive so a top team allowing a documentary crew to film them at their absolute bottom is pretty exceptional. It'd be like the Yankees allowing a documentary crew in when they're at their worst, or the Pittsburgh Steelers, THAT level.
It's on Amazon Prime and you should check it out!
Stassi's Birthday
If you love indulging in garbage reality TV, but you also have some high standards then you probably watch Vanderpump Rules. You read that correctly, high standards because even the New York Times wants you to watch this show. It is that magical time of the season where we get to celebrate everyone's favorite problematic (at the very least if you follow her social media accounts) cast member, Stassi Schroeder's birthday. Its an annual tradition that this garbage show would produce a mess of a celebratory episode and everyone loves it! There are West Hollywood Tour Spots that are inspired by the show and many people celebrate their own birthdays based off of the bratty starlet's trips. This special time of the year happens to air around my own birthday this season and yes I have unapologetically forced my friends to do my bidding on my special day while we were in Las Vegas as a call back to the first season. Fortunately the night did not end with my husband shirtless trying to fight another dude in the parking lot after his best friend spilled beer on my head. That actually did happen in the first season and would set the tone for many birthdays to come.
When Stassi celebrated her 25th birthday in Mexico it was a golden episode where we, the viewers, were actually gifted with so many memorable moments including one of Tom Schwartz dumping beer on a girl's head again except this time it was on his girlfriend which also reveals another dark side to Vanderpump Rules. Meanwhile Stassi is whining that it's her birthday and what she says go and we should be so lucky she was born to be experiencing such a trip. With every high though there is a low we have to endure like the time Stassi returned from New York City recently matured and having a low key dinner with friends sipping wine. Yawn.
This year her birthday is back with a vengeance! This season of Vanderpump Rules has gotten back to its roots that loyal viewers have missed since having to suffer through 2 wedding storylines and not because we hate love. We would just rather not have to be subjected to contrived plots when we could have organic temper tantrums that a 29 year old should most certainly not be having just to feel better about ourselves. Or maybe to vicariously live as a slutty murder victim at a theme party based around serial killers and haunted houses. Yes, it is a joyous time of year and has personally served as a kick off for my birthday celebrations this time around, but I will try and restrain myself as to not offend my closest friends too much and there will most likely not be any skinny dipping.


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Throw away the colors from your life and look at the world in its rawest form. In all the shades of grey and well black and white. Imagine if we could not see color and everything in the world looked black and white? These photographs show that it would still look pretty damn amazing!
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As it stands right now I haven't had a perm since sometime in early May. For the last month or so, I haven't been putting any heat on my hair either. Since my last perm I have about 4 inches of new growth. Instead of cutting all of my hair off and sporting the short Afro, I'm going to do what my mom did a couple of years ago, and just get my ends clipped each month until the relaxer is gone. I figure at this rate it will take about a year to transition.
Here's my hair now, no perm since May, that's a lot of new growth
I've been getting perms since the 3rd grade, and I remember one time when the lady that did my perm left it on too long and ended up burning off a lot of my hair. Since then I've gone from short to medium to short on the top and long in the back to medium to kind of long (it's starting to go down my back now), to attempting to get back to my roots. I think it's going to be a fun process. BTW, for me it was never about wanting to look white, it was about manageability. I got a perm because I hated getting my hair pressed (and I think my mom was tired of doing it). A lot of my friends have transitioned in the last couple of years, and I think their hair is gorgeous. I can't wait for the day when I can sport a nice full Afro. I don't even think it's a matter of "to be a professional you have to have straight hair" I know LOTS of Professional Black Women who have natural hair, be it short and curly or dreds.
Parts of my hair has broken off in the middle (it's always the same spot), but I think that was more from stress than anything, so all that's there is "new growth" and like a centimeter of permed hair. So no more chemicals for me, time to get back to juices and berries ~lol~
So I'll keep you all posted via this blog.


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From A Wiki of Ice and Fire
Greenshield is one of the Shield Islands in the Reach. The northernmost of the isles, it lies near the mouth of the river Mander. It is the seat of House Chester.[1]
In 89 AC, Princess Rhaenys Targaryen informed her grandfather, King Jaehaerys I Targaryen, her intention to marry Lord Corlys Velaryon while the two were in Lord Chester's hall on Greenshield.[2]
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Greenshield is conquered by the ironborn during the Battle of the Shield Islands. After the battle, King Euron Greyjoy raises Lord Maron Volmark to its lordship.[1]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 29, The Reaver.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain.


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Sunday, June 6, 2010
The Words And The Bees.
The winner of the class Bee would compete at the grade level, the winner of that would get up on stage in front of the whole school to compete.
I was one of the final few in my class. I knew I'd never spell a word wrong. I never did on any spelling test. Once I saw a word written, my spongy little brain absorbed it and held onto those letters for good.
There was no way I was getting up in front of the whole school. I wasn't afraid of losing, I was afraid of winning and having to go on to an even bigger stage. I wasn't that kind of kid. The spotlight was not something I was comfortable in.
So I flubbed a word on purpose.
Fourth and fifth grade, down to the final three and again I'd toss out a misspelling and get the hell out of there.
My sixth grade teacher saw right through me. I picked a stupid word to screw up; RIFLE. He raised an eyebrow at me as I spelled; "Rifle, R-I-F-E-L, Rifle".
He dragged my ass out into the hall and wanted to know what I was up to. He was a cool guy, he got me, and got my reason for bailing on the Bee.
There were no Spelling Bees in junior high or high school, thank goodness. But during those years I came to realize this ability I had that made spelling so easy for me.
I'd always tested very well, despite not being particularly smart, and only crash studying for tests the night before. I'd write out an outline of the material, with headings and subheadings and numbers and letters and bullet points. I only had to write it out and read it once. The structure of the outline was important, because during the test, I could look at it.
In my head.
Yep. Little bit of photographic memory action going on. Maybe a lot. It really looked like a page in my head that I could read. It felt like cheating.
This little parlor trick served me well throughout high school making acing tests a breeze and producing impressive report cards. Though I tested well, I retained not a whole lot.
College years found me ingesting vast quantities of brain cell erasers thus greatly diminishing my super powers. Tests required more effort, but I could still spell any of my friends under the table. I was usually consulted before a dictionary was opened.
And I still like words. I love seeing an unfamiliar medical term and trying to figure out its meaning. I try to figure out its origins. Pick it apart piece by piece. If I hear a new word, I'll always try to spell it on my own before looking it up.
But I'll ALWAYS confirm spelling before writing the word down anywhere. I shudder at the thought of putting a misspelling in a chart.
Also? If I ever go back to an old blog post and see a misspelled word that somehow slipped past spellcheck, I die a little inside. Even if I know it was only a typo, I am mortally embarassed by it.
So how happy was I Friday night, after settling down with the remote and a glass of wine, to find the Scripps National Spelling Bee on TV? Wicked happy.
On the edge of my seat I was, my fingers flying on the keyboard after hearing the word.
"Definition please?"
And I'd adjust my spelling accordingly.
"Language of origin."
More adjustments if necessary.
"Can you use it in a sentence please?"
And me, jumping up and down, pointing at the computer screen when I got a word right.
I only got a few right. But coming close even made me giddy.
And when that girl won?
Clapping and cheering. That was me.
She totally would have kicked my ass.
I love the fact that I found the best video of the Bee on ESPN. I couldn't embed it, so here's the link .
In case you actually clicked over; aren't these the coolest kids ever? My favorite is the girl who when given the definition to her word replied; "That's boring." What a hot shit.
And here, the proud winner.
I wonder if she's read Bee Season yet. It is one of my favorites. And now I'm off to dig it out of a box, as I find myself wanting to read it again.
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i remember reading Bee Season and was reminded how much i loved words. i almost went to a spelling bee, but the teachers thought i wasn't good enough because i wasn't part of the honor roll. they sent THAT kid and he lost *smirk*ReplyDelete
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Ah....that's it!ReplyDelete
I have been wondering why I identify with you so strongly...and that's it. I was that spelling freak, too. I thought there had to be more drawing me to your blog than your humor and your uncanny ability to effectively use the word fuck without it being gratuitous!
On a related note~ I married a spelling idiot. I love him but the man can't spell 'dog'. We're forever fucked trying to spell things to keep them from our son b/c I am basically spelling while hubby sounds it out. The school years will be interesting b/c once our boys can spell and read, I have to find a new way to communicate with the hubs.
I am also mortified when I read my typos. I am too lazy to do spellcheck each time and I type crazy fast so I really should use it. I love words, too.ReplyDelete
I used to be a good speller. When I was in the first grade I was up against all the kids in my school. (Grades 1st-3rd) I was given the word 'once' as in once upon a time, I never stopped to ask for a definition or for them to use it in a sentence. I just knew that I wanted to win the spelling bee so bad that the answer was 'wants'. I spelled "WANTS" not "once". I was mortified and I landed 4th place. Not a trophy, ribbon or anything. I was sad.ReplyDelete
Then, when I was in the 6th grade I was up against grades 6, 7, and 8. I was given the word "knuckle". I left off the first 'k'. I came in 9th place on that one. Sad, sad, sad.
I freak and shudder when I notice a typo on one of my old posts, or worse comments I've left. ACK.ReplyDelete
Bee Seson is in my top ten.
The Boy has confirmed for me that he has a photographic memory. I betcha Owen has one too.
See? Missing a comma up there. Fuck a duck.ReplyDelete
Manufacturer. That word sunk me in the 6th grade spelling bee. Total mind-fart, left out the "ur" somehow. I was a shy kid, so I'll blame the spotlight. I.Was.Pissed. Still stings a little, since I too was always an excellent speller and voracious reader, and could easily derive meanings to unfamiliar words just by seeing them in context.ReplyDelete
The important thing is knowing that you COULD have won!ReplyDelete
have you ever see the documentaryReplyDelete
Spell Bound?
I am only ok at spelling so I am sure you could out spell me anyday.ReplyDelete
PS have you seen Bad Mommy around lately? Shouldn't Radio be home by now?
Oh, exactly. Except I always had to win. Always. no one got me down.ReplyDelete
oh, yeah, go me...
I love spelling! I could totally recognise what you were saying. I do worry that my spelling is not always as good in English - but I try to look up words I'm not sure about.ReplyDelete
this just pushed you to the top of the 'nerd herd' of people i know.ReplyDelete
just sayin'
being a nerd is HOT.
THAT'S why I love kids so much! Especially the smart nerdy ones. Last year we watched Scripps and my kids were mesmerized and cheering them on.ReplyDelete
You've seen Akeelah and the Bee? Right?
I may have misspelled that...
Do you cringe when you read all the misspelled words on my blog? GAH.. I suck, and sometimes blogger spell check DOES NOT SHOW UP.ReplyDelete
Love this post... shows a little more of you ;)
Watch Spellbound. I loved it. Those kids are amazing and the degree of work and commitment they put in to it floored me.ReplyDelete
I won my 3rd grade bee. Flubbed my 4th grade one on "spaghetti", the sight of the popular kids in the front row, whispering as I spelled or attempted to so threw me that I could not function. I cried so hard after it was over, and completely threw every subsequent written qualifier for the sake of my sanity. All those eyes on me, gah. I couldn't handle it.
If you get the chance, you should absolutely see the 25th Putnam County Spelling Bee! I was one of those kids that made it to the regional spelling bee and the characters will both crack you up and jog memories. Maybe a flash or two of your own reflection. The original run had Jesse Tyler Ferguson, of Modern Family fame, inhabiting the best role.ReplyDelete
Great Blog by the way, you are a moving author and an entertaining person!


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The best thing about starting out early in the winter is that you can catch the Sunrise. The sky was glowing by the time I was heading past Bishop Auckland on the way to my first planned outing of 2012.
I arrived at the free carpark in Kirkby Stephen at 09:00 and into what looked like a scene from David Attenborough's Frozen Planet. I geared up and found the news agent and stocked up on a couple of munchies and checked to map over for some vague idea of were I was heading.
I've never ridden in this neck of the woods known as the Upper Eden Valley which is neither in the Yorkshire Dales National park or the Lake District but that space before the Howgill Fells just off the A66. So I figured it was long overdue. Of course this time of year one would be wise to choose a route that didn't swallow you whole in a muddy quagmire but one that had plenty of stoney tracks.
Setting off then away from Kirkby Stephen climbing towards Smardale in a -3° face biting temperature I donned a balaclava to block the chill. My fingers were numb before I even got going. I was wondering if I would get cold to the core or worse still trampled by Alaskan buffalo. The scene was quite spectacular though, like a Christmas card. A robin perched in a frost covered bramble, and sheep being ushered across the field to pasture. Poor things, I hope they have gloves. But I was warming up as the climb stiffened past Waitby onto Smardale Fell offering up some fantastic panoramic views back towards the North York Dales, and over to the west the Howgills Fells. The Howgills are a very distinctive collection of hills immediately identifiable by their rounded layered appearance. Alfred Wainwright accurately described them as looking like a heard of sleeping elephants. Today they were lit perfect by the low winter sun and fronting a crisp blue sky.
Click here: I dropped down using a choice of lines that crossed and joined again, rising and bending down to Smardale Bridge where I found signs of what was clearly a Limestone Plateaux shared with Scandal Beck flowing over it. From here on the tracks were hard from the stone and very dry, so a good choice of route for sure. Of course any grassy or bog sections were solid due to the subzero temperatures that even after about 8 miles there wasn't a spit of mud to be seen on me or the bike. Bonus!
This part of the route makes up the C2C. I was taking it only as far as Browber were I climbed again to Bent Hill but not before scoffing a refrigerated Snickers and mending a rear puncture. Normally this would have dampened the spirit but the sun shone so intensely it just made stopping for a bit a pleasure, a chance to take in the atmosphere . I remember thinking this is the most enjoyable winter ride and in terms of the conditions and quality of the trails, perfect. Just the kind of day I've been longing for.
Passing through Bent Farm I was amused by the sheep being hearded into feed by the Farmer on his quad bike and two tireless black and white collies doing a stirling job of keeping them in a tight pack. Though at one point the farmer shouted some sheep dog type abuse at one who had what looked like it had deliberately left 2 sheep separated at the back of the pack. The dog ran back and got behind the two sheep and harrassed them up towards the farm with the rest. Once they were clear of the trail I cracked on climbing up to Bent Hill where I passed the farmers son giving it the beans on his quad bike, chucking in some jumps and doing doughnuts. He was having blast, you could tell. Must be great to have all that space to play on and an engine. I wanted a go!
Click here: This descent was the second and last of the short ride into Crosby Garrett. Starting on a broad short grass track leading onto a fine stone double track that had some nice stone kickers and drops. Hopping and skipping over the frozen puddles I swerved under the viaduct and into the small hamlet of Crosby Garrett to catch my breath and check the map. One last quick climb up to the church and pick up the return lane back down to Kirkby Stephen at around 12:30.


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An updated version of Microsoft's Surface 2 tablet will land in Microsoft and Best Buy retail stores in the US on 18 March. What's the difference with this model, you ask? It'll have built-in 4G LTE wireless networking.
Microsoft promised in October, when the Wi-Fi-only Surface 2 debuted, that it was developing a 4G LTE-capable variant - so an updated Surface 2 shouldn't come as too much of a surprise to most Windows RT 8.1 lovers. The 4G LTE Surface 2 offers 64GB of storage and will cost $679, which is $130 more than the non-LTE 64GB Surface 2, but it is still $150 less than Apple's 64GB iPad Air with 4G LTE.
Although it's unlocked, the 4G LTE Surface 2 is built for use with AT&T and supported by the US carrier's pre-paid and post-paid plans. That means Americans can pay $15 a month for 250MB of data or simply add the device to their AT&T smartphone's Mobile Share plan for an extra $10 a month. Microsoft hasn't revealed whether an unlocked 4G LTE version of the Surface Pro 2 is in the works.
Apart from a new GSM micro-SIM card slot next to the volume toggle on the left edge, the 4G LTE Surface 2 will sport the same internal and external specs as the Wi-Fi-only version, including a NVIDIA Tegra 4 processor and 2GB of RAM. The Windows RT 8.1 tablet will also feature Microsoft Office 2013, which makes it an ideal productivity gadget with cellular on-the-go connectivity for students and business people.
READ: Microsoft Surface 2 review
Check out Pocket-lint's full review of the Microsoft Surface 2 review for more information, where we described the tablet as "thinner, lighter and faster" than the first Surface but still a "confusing prospect". The hardware itself wasn't the problem, we thought, but rather Window 8.1 RT. We called it the "lite" app-based version of Windows 8.1 and said it lacked the elegance of Android or iOS.
We've contacted Microsoft to see if the 4G LTE Surface 2 is landing outside of the US, as well as whether a new Surface Pro 2 is coming, and we'll update when more information is known.


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Regarding the first article below (Joanna Wright, Mirandizing Terrorists), it turns out that the SSRN page contains only the abstract but not the article itself. My apologies for not spotting that earlier. Fortunately, the article itself is available on Columbia's website, here.
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"Mirandizing Terrorists? An Empirical Analysis of the Public Safety Exception"
Columbia Law Review, Vol. 111, No. 1, 2011
JOANNA WRIGHT, Columbia Law Review
Email: joanna.wright
The Quarles Public Safety Exception ("PSE") exempts testimony from Miranda's exclusionary rule and admits un-Mirandized statements made in response to questions intended to secure public safety. Recently, legislators, advocates, and academics have questioned the PSE's ability to accommodate the unique challenges of terrorist interrogations, calling for legislative modification to or the elimination of suspected terrorists' constitutional right to Miranda warnings. Before concluding that such drastic measures are necessary, this Note advocates for a logical, grounded assessment of the judiciary's actual application of the PSE, learning as much as possible from the past case law to gauge exactly how courts utilize the PSE. This analysis examines whether or not the PSE is, in fact, capable of handling the unique challenges of terrorist interrogations. This Note conducts an empirical study of the PSE, systematically categorizing every state and federal court opinion that definitively asserts the appropriate application of the PSE, filtering the opinions through different metrics and variables relevant to terrorist interrogations. Ultimately, this Note concludes that the PSE is a fact-sensitive, capacious device equipped to properly handle the unique nature of terrorist interrogations, due largely to its malleability in the hands of the courts. Part I tracks the doctrinal evolution of confessions law leading up to the PSE. Part II presents the results of an empirical examination of the entire universe of Quarles case law. Part III pinpoints individual opinions that showcase features of the PSE particularly relevant to the debate. The data and analysis show, in conclusion, that Miranda warnings coupled with the PSE empower law enforcement to adequately interrogate suspected terrorists.
"Use It and Lose It": An Exploration of Unused Counterterrorism Laws and Implications for Future Counterterrorism Policies
Department of Homeland Security ; Michigan State University
Lewis & Clark Law Review, Forthcoming 2012
This Article explores why the Executive Branch has declined to use three counterterrorism laws–the Alien Terrorist Removal Court, Section 412 of the Patriot Act, and the lone-wolf amendment to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act–and suggests that the reason may be fear that the laws are unconstitutional and, paradoxically, that in some cases they provide too many rights to suspected alien terrorists. The Article also offers three insights from the non-use of counterterrorism laws: (1) that Congress may be passing political responses instead of needed counterterrorism protection; (2) that the judicial branch is using these laws to narrow the scope of other counterterrorism measures, and (3) that we may have a potential gap in security. In this way, the study of unused counterterrorism laws can prove just as insightful and helpful an exercise as the more traditional analysis of frequently-used counterterrorism measures
"Self Defense Targeting: Conflict Classification or Willful Blindness?"
GEOFFREY S. CORN, South Texas College of Law
Email: gcorn
Willful blindness is a criminal law evidentiary concept used when knowledge of a particular fact or result is at issue. It allows the finder of fact to impute such knowledge to a criminal defendant when the evidence indicates the defendant willfully avoided learning true facts in the face of obvious indicators. In essence, it transforms a reckless failure to verify critical facts into knowledge of those facts. This doctrine seems to almost perfectly characterize the apparent effort to avoid the jus in bello classification of counter-terror military operations by relying on the overarching jus ad bellum legal justification for these operations. This so called 'self-defense targeting' concept, or what Professor Kenneth Anderson calls 'naked self-defense,' appears to provide the U.S. legal framework for employing combat power to destroy or disrupt the capabilities of transnational terrorist operatives. This essay will address why reliance on this self-defense targeting concept is in essence an exercise in international legal willful blindness, and why as a result the jus in bello classification of such operations should be imputed by the invocation of jus ad bellum self-defense.
The recent attack on Osama Bin Laden's compound in Pakistan has exposed in stark relief the importance of defining the legal framework applicable to the use of military force as a counter-terrorism tool. The initial focus of the public debate generated by the attack was the relative legitimacy of the U.S. invocation of the inherent right of self-defense to launch a non-consensual operation within the sovereign territory of Pakistan. However, that focus soon shifted to another critical legal question: even assuming the legitimacy of this invocation, what law regulated the execution of the operation? By virtue of his role as the leader of al Qaeda, was Bin Laden a lawful military objective within the meaning of the law of armed conflict, and thereby subject to attack with deadly force as a measure of first resort? Or was he merely an international criminal, subject to a much more limited law enforcement use of force authority? The duality of the jus belli issues implicated by the attack generated a two prong legal critique: first, did the mission violate the international legal prohibition against use of force (jus ad bellum)? Second, did the mission trigger the law of armed conflict, or was the amount of force employed during the mission resulting in Bin Laden's death excessive to that which was necessary to apprehend him? The self-defense targeting theory failed to sufficiently address this duality.
"Bin Laden and Awlaki: Lawful Targets"
Major Shane Reeves and Lieutenant Colonel Jeremy Marsh
Harvard International Review (Oct. 2011)
[From the introduction:] Many have challenged the legality of the 2011 United States' operations that resulted in the deaths of Osama Bin Laden and Anwar al-Awlaki. Pakistan condemned the Bin Laden operation as a violation of international law; human rights advocates asserted that each man should have been captured instead of killed; and others claimed the operations were unlawful "assassinations" or, in the case of Awlaki, a violation of his constitutional rights as an American citizen. These criticisms are all without merit. ….
"After "Top Gun": How Drone Strikes Impact the Law of War"
University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law, Vol. 33, 2012
LAURIE R. BLANK, Emory University School of Law
Email: lblank
The U.S. drone program has sparked extensive and intense public commentary –academic, policy-oriented, and media – regarding targeted killing of terrorist operatives using armed drones. However, such attacks are only a small portion of how drones are used and how they can be used. Drones are used extensively for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), including identification of targets, and to support troops on the ground. This article focuses on contemporary jus in bello questions posed by the use of drones and will analyze drones as a weapons system within the law of armed conflict, leaving the jus ad bellum questions aside.The first section will address foundational questions regarding the application of the law of armed conflict to drones, including the legality of armed drones as a weapons system and their use in accordance with the key law of armed conflict requirements of distinction, proportionality and precautions in attack. Although many argue that the "joystick mentality" of remotely piloted aircraft and weapons can lead to desensitization and a decreased likelihood of adherence to international norms, the examination here demonstrates that drones indeed offer extensive and enhanced opportunities for compliance with the law of armed conflict. In the second section, this article will explore how the burgeoning use of armed drones raises new questions for some traditional concepts and categories within the law of armed conflict, such as the status of persons and the geographical locus of attacks and hostilities and potentially new challenges in the implementation of distinction and proportionality. Notwithstanding significant hue and cry regarding their use over the past several years, the use of armed drones offers the potential for improved law of armed conflict compliance and protection of civilians during armed conflict.
"Prosecuting Terrorism in International Tribunals"
Emory International Law Review, Vol. 24, No. 2, 2010
JOHAN VAN DER VYVER, Emory University School of Law
Email: jvand02
Terrorism can be defined as acts of violence directed against a civilian population or civilian objects for the purpose of spreading terror among civilians and with a view to intimidating persons in authority to submit to the demands of the perpetrators. Terrorism has been condemned by the international community and has indeed been recognized as a crime under customary international law. However, there are still those who believe that persons engaged in a war of liberation — that is, an armed struggle against colonial rule, foreign domination, or a racist regime — are entitled to resort to acts of terror in order to achieve their "noble objectives", but following September 11th, that view has been discredited in several resolutions of the General Assembly on the United Nations and of the Security Council.
Terrorism is not included in the subject-matter jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC) but can be prosecuted in the ICC as an added component of war crimes such as directing an attack against individual civilians not taking a direct part in hostilities. Terrorism is also not expressly included in the subject-matter jurisdiction of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) but has been prosecuted in the ICTY under provisions in the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 which prohibit acts of violence directed against civilians for the purpose of spreading terror in the civilian population. It should be noted, though, that terrorism does not only require the special intent to spread terror among the civilian population but also the further special intent of intimidating persons in authority to give in to the demands of the terrorists.
"Direct Versus Indirect is Not the Question: Assessing the Legality of In-Person and Drone Targeted Strikes"
NATASHA MARUSJA SAPUTO, affiliation not provided to SSRN
Email: natashenkah
The use of drones to carry out targeted strikes against alleged members of al-Qaeda and the Pakistani and Afghan Taliban in States – such as Pakistan and Yemen – outside the direct theater of combat where armed conflict is occurring for Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan is extraordinarily controversial. Much of the controversy stems from the fact that there is no consensus as to the applicable legal framework to evaluate the legality of such strikes. Conversely, the use of in-person strike teams purportedly commissioned by Israel to carry out targeted strikes against alleged members of hostile organizations and foreign governments deemed to be a threat to Israel in States in which no armed conflict is occurring is roundly condemned by the vast majority of the international community. This divergence is notable because upon closer examination the two types of strikes may not be meaningfully dissimilar from a legal standpoint.


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Happy Labor Day! Thanks for spending a few minutes of your day off with me at SmartSavvyStyle! To celebrate, I have a few funny pictures lined up for you.
Now, before we get started you should know that SmartSavvyStyle is a series of blogs about my personal style, office style, and food. For some reason, my food never has as many bloopers as I do, so for the blooper series, I am only sharing fashion pictures that didn't quite make the cut.
The photos you see below are bloopers from last week's SmartSavvyStyle posts from around the web. You can click on the picture to see the original post, along with the blogger-approved photo. 🙂
{sneaky, sneaky}
{oh, you know, just picking a wedgie}
{fashion is serious. oh, so serious.}
{Ugh! I said I wanted an iced mocha, not a hot one!}
{okay fine. let's just do the robot.}
Which is your favorite blooper?
I've written my captions. What are yours? Head on over to my facebook page to write your own caption for one of these photos!
Plus, I have a really cool feature lined up for you this week! Come back Tuesday through Thursday to learn more about an adorable online boutique that you are sure to love!
Linking up with Molly from Still Being [Molly] and Carly from Lipgloss and Crayons for YOLO {You Only Live Once} Monday!


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pass from (something)
To disappear gradually from some place or state of being. Eventually, the memory of the horrible event passed from the memory of the town, and everyone just kind of got on with their lives. Most of the wildlife has passed from this place over the last 50 years. About the only wild animals you see anymore are rats.
See also: pass
pass from something
to fade away from something; to go away gradually. The larger trees had passed from the scene years ago. The exact details passed from Harry's memory some time ago.
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In a major reshuffle by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's government, seven IAS officers and 12 IPS officers were transferred along with DG. IPS officer Sulkan Singh from the 1980 batch, who was a DG (Training), has now become the new DGP of UP.
Are UP CM Yogi Adityanath's 'anti-Romeo squads' turning into 'moral policing squads'?
He took charge of the office on April 22. While addressing the press, the new DGP vowed to look into several raging issues that hamper the law and security situation of UP.
Here are the five vows he made:
- Singh has vowed to end "gundagardi" and said that his force will work with total impartiality. "Anybody indulging in criminal activities will not be spared, whether from ruling party or not, we have strict orders from UP CM (Yogi Adityanath)", the new UP DGP said.
- Talking about the recent constitution of anti-Romeo squads by Adityanath, he has said that he will issue standing orders, and that will clear up all doubts about the anti-Romeo squads and their functioning.
- Keeping in mind the fact that many times couples are unnecessarily harassed, Singh has clarified that the personnel in the anti-Romeo squads, who are in plain clothing, will act and take action only against people with objectionable behaviour.
- With a rise in the number of incidents of alleged cow smugglers being assaulted in the country, Singh has said that action will be taken against such vigilantes in Uttar Pradesh. He added that no tolerance will be showed against people who assault others in the name of Gau Raksha. In September 2015, Mohammed Akhlaq of the Bisada village in Dadri tehsil of Gautam Buddh Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh, was lynched by a mob who accused him of stealing, killing and consuming the meat of a calf.
- While he said that action will be taken against any illegal cow meat trading and selling and also assured that the informers' names will be kept secret, he has discouraged the forceful intervention of people who try to take up matters in their own hands.


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PINOLE – A two-alarm fire Saturday afternoon in an apartment building caused no major injuries but left five residents homeless.
The blaze at the 500 block of Sunnyview Drive started around 4:40 p.m. and was extinguished in 20 minutes. At least three units were damaged in the three-story building.
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