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Peter Capaldi to appear in BBC Nativity
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The Thick Of It star Peter Capaldi will appear in a BBC One retelling of the nativity story this Christmas.
Capaldi will appear as Balthazar, one of the three wise men, alongside True Lies star Art Malik and Cranford's Andrew Buchan.
Newcomer Tatiana Maslany will play Mary to Buchan's Joseph.
Nativity, which will be broadcast in four half-hour episodes over four nights, is being scripted by Life On Mars writer Tony Jordan.
Filming will begin on location in Morocco next month.
The production will focus on the love story between Mary and Joseph and their "emotional turmoil" over her pregnancy.
Ben Stephenson, controller of BBC Drama Commissioning, hailed Jordan as "a master storyteller".
"We hope our version of the Nativity will give audiences all the wonder, magic and inspiration of the original whilst also telling a less familiar tale," he added.

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Schwerin visiting relatives
After landing in Poland we drove to Schwerin, which is in the north east part of Germany to visit relatives.
The drive was relatively uneventful and arrived around 5pm to visit Christel. It was great seeing her, and in all of our excitement to see each other with hugs and kisses, the door slams shut. The look on her face was priceless as it was one of the doors which automatically locks. To boot, she had just changed her locks and hadn't had time to give the extra set of keys to her son. Christel quickly headed up to her neighbours to see if he could help. After a few minutes, he manages to open the door using a credit card. Luckily we were able to get in, on the other hand, it may not be that good someone could easily enter her place.
Christel ensured there was beer for Mark and it was nice to settle in, and catch up with her life, since she left Canada about 6 months previously. She had adjusted back to Germany nicely.
The next day we woke up, and had Christel give us a tour of Schwerin. This was the first time I have been to this city since Communism fell in the late 80's, so to see the changes it was quite astonishing. It was a beautiful sunny day with us visiting the downtown core, the Castle and Christel pointing out places where dad apprenticed, the church where he was confirmed, Opa's first place of work after the war, his initial apartment, and the apartment we had visited over the years.
Schwerin Castle
Because of the fall of communism, the restaurants, shops, and just overall updates on the city are quite remarkable. The train station however looks much smaller than I recall.
Schwerin Train Station
In between touring the town, we managed to sit back and relax in the city square enjoying the weekly market, and a cooking show which was being televised.
View of the Schwerin Dom, the Church
Late in the afternoon, we headed back home, where Christel's daughter Ina and her friend came by to visit. It was a great way to spend the evening, reminiscing and catching up with everyone's lives.
Downtown Schwerin
It was a short trip as we were headed to Poland to visit the country and her sites, along with stopping at villages where my family on my father's side lived in the late 19th century up until the end of WW2.
What's left of the site where dad apprenticed
We will be back and thank Christel for her hospitality and great seeing her again.


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While all of us see her each early morning, bubbly and alert, discussing the day's problems with Ryan Seacrest on her early morning talk program, we can't assist however question how Kelly Ripa keeps such high levels of energy and handles to remain in such terrific shape. She's been rather singing about her assistance of the alkaline diet plan in the last couple of years, particularly on a current episode of LiveWith Kelly and Ryan."It has changed my life… I swear I think it's responsible for me not being in pain."
The alkaline diet plan is rather questionable amongst specialists. While it does not ask dieters to avoid meals or eliminate food groups in its whole, it presses foods that apparently work to keep your body's pH levels low (foods that aren't acidic or filled with sugar are focused on over others). The diet plan's protectors state some foods– meat, fine-tuned or sugarcoated, processed foods– can lead your body to produce more acid. Most alkaline diet plan prepares wind up looking like a vegan diet plan, however the science behind why the alkaline diet plan is really healthy isn't clear. "Whole, real, unprocessed foods are quite beneficial to the body, but no reliable evidence suggests it has much to do with pH levels," states StefaniSassos, the signed up dietitian for the Good HousekeepingInstitute "Eating more vegetables, cutting back on sugar, reducing your consumption of processed foods, and drinking more water are just general recommendations that are good for your health."
Ripa's renowned body isn't all due to this confusing diet plan, nevertheless– she can typically be discovered in the fitness center, and she's just recently made an individual choice that might have absolutely changed her health. Read on to find out more about Kelly Ripa's diet plan.
She consumes tidy.
The49- year-old talk program host chooses to keep her home consuming right. She informed Shape that she stays with basic meals, like a sliced up chicken breast with sautéed spinach, lemon, and olive oil.
"I eat a very clean diet. I have lots of vegetables, I eat protein, but I really don't put a ton of thought into it. It's everything you've read about or heard about in any diet book – don't eat too much crap, and I don't," she informed ABC News"If that's the secret, then that's the secret!"
She seldom consumes breakfast prior to going live
While the mother of 3 constantly cooks her kids breakfast in the early mornings, she's formerly shared that she will not consume till after her LiveWith Kelly and Ryan taping has actually concluded. "I never eat breakfast until after the show. I can't seem to focus my mind if my stomach is digesting," Ripa informed BonAppetit "At the host chat desk, I'll have a triple shot skim latte … I discover that if I consume in advance, I'm simply making absorbing noises."
When she does consume breakfast, nevertheless, Ripa selects to prevent sweet staples like pastries or blended coffee beverages and takes part in a "chocolate" chia seed pudding that's mixed together with simply a couple of active ingredients. Coconut water, pit-less dates, a little bit of cacao, cashews, and coconut oil (plus a dash of salt!) come together to produce a thick pudding, which is cleaned with chia seeds. "If you're constipated or just not feeling regular, this is the answer to your prayers," Ripa stated while sharing the dish on a current episode of her talk program.
She loosely stays with the alkaline diet plan.
Ripa is among the lots of celebrities that have actually sworn by the alkaline diet plan, where you just consume foods that are low in acid. While she declares this diet strategy as "changed her life," there are still specific foods that she can't bring herself to get rid of totally from her diet plan.
"I like to drink coffee. I occasionally will have fish. The alkaline diet is primarily a vegan diet, but I like cream in my coffee,"Ripa informed People "So I don't adhere to it strictly, but when I do a cleanse, it will be seven days, and then I go back to my normal life. But my normal life is not that different than the alkaline cleanse."
And what's consisted of in her "normal life" meals?
"At dinner, I eat a ton of vegetables — and a salad, soup, or a light piece of fish. I try not to have too much cheese or too many high-fat foods, even though I love them," she formerly informed GoodHousekeeping"I would love nothing more than to have pizza and french fries every day, but I try to limit those treats to once a week."
She has actually chosen to stop drinking.
In an episode of LiveWith Kelly and Ryan that aired in January 2020, Ripa exposed that she quietly stopped drinking completely in late 2017, Delish reports While the alkaline diet plan enables a percentage of alcohol and alcohol to be delighted in sparsely, Ripa states she's chosen to bypass drinking completely
"They're saying that Americans bought less wine last year,"Ripa stated on the program, talking about current sales patterns while joking withSeacrest "It's the first drop in a quarter of a century. Now, I believe this is because I quit drinking, that I caused this dip. I have influenced the market."
She tends to treat healthy– unless there's Goldfish crackers.
WhileRipa takes her exercises seriously, she too often can't withstand a midday treat break. "After work, I'll have a protein bar and some flaxseed snacks," she informed GoodHousekeeping"I always have Pepperidge Farm Goldfish. I cannot give them up."
She constantly keeps a couple of staples on hand.
There are a couple of other essential food products she constantly keeps equipped in her cooking area, such as Greek yogurt, blueberries, broccoli, and spinach.
"Non-fat Greek yogurt. Even though my children don't enjoy it the way I do — unless I put honey and granola and make it look like some parfait — it's a must. Also: half-and-half. For the most part, Mark and I have very clean diets. But we love cream in our coffee," she informed BonAppetit "We also always have leeks in the fridge. My kids love leeks. It's that vegetable that you would be surprised children would like, but they love it."
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Roasted Soy-Ginger Salmon and Broccoli
Up the flavor and the health benefits of your weeknight meals with this quick and nutritious one-pan salmon and broccoli bake.
20 mins
About 20 minutes to prep and cook
301 cal
301 calories per serving*
Serves 2
Makes about 2 servings (doubles easily)
Simply steamed, we'll admit broccoli can get a little boring. But spiked with a mixture of soy sauce, grated ginger, and sesame oil, and roasted in a hot oven, it's sensational. Add some salmon, and you've got a quick, healthy dinner, all baked in the same pan. Pairing foods like these boosts the nutrients you get and is an easy and delicious way to improve your diet and health, says Joan Salge Blake, a registered dietitian and assistant clinical professor of nutrition at Boston University.
To make this recipe you will need a small bowl, a grater, a whisk and a small heavy baking pan or pie dish.
Nutrition information (per serving)*: Total Fat (13.4g); Carbohydrates (7g); Sodium (616mg); Sugar (2g); Fiber (3g); Cholesterol (94mg); Protein (38g)
3/4-pound salmon (about 1-inch to 1 1/2-inch thick, cut into 2 roughly equal pieces)
2 cups big broccoli florets (the bagged kind works well)
2 Tbsp. low-sodium soy sauce
1 tsp. sesame oil
1 tsp. freshly grated ginger
Preheat the oven to 425 F.
Place the salmon (skin side down) and broccoli in a small, heavy baking pan or pie dish, snuggling all the pieces close together but not quite touching.
Whisk the remaining ingredients to blend in a small bowl and drizzle evenly over the broccoli and salmon.
Bake for 10 to 15 minutes, or until the broccoli is tinged with brown and small white beads of fat (that's the good stuff!) begin to appear on the surface of the fish. Serve immediately.
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- Research shows that people who eat fish high in omega-3s (like salmon) are less likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In people who already have the disease, marine omega-3s may help reduce joint swelling and pain. Nutrition experts recommend a 3- to 6-ounce serving of fish like salmon two to four times a week to help lower inflammation and protect the heart.
- Pairing the right ingredients, like salmon and broccoli is a great way to enjoy the benefits of combined nutrients. When these ingredients are roasted together to help the body build strong bones.
- Ask your fishmonger to cut your salmon from the head end of the fish; it's usually more uniformly thick there, so all your pieces will cook at the same rate.
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A quick, insanely flavorful beef stew with tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, and spices. Warm and fragrant rice with tumeric and cumin. A delicious and easy dinner on the table in 45 minutes! Makes 5 servings.
One thing that all picadillos have in common are the classic and comforting combination of ground meat, tomatoes, and potatoes. Many cultures have their own takes on picadillo; this one is a combination of three: Mexican, Cuban, and Filipino. With an American shortcut to beat!
For the picadillo:
1lb ground beef
1 small yellow onion, diced
4 garlic cloves, mince
2 small tomatoes, roughly diced
1 bell pepper, roughly diced
1 jalapeno, roughly diced (more if you're a spicy baby)
3 oz tomato paste (about 1/2 can)
1 large russet potato, diced into 1-inch cubes
2 oz pimento stuffed olives
1 pouch taco seasoning (yeehaw!)
1 teaspoon oregano
2 teaspoons fish sauce, plus more to taste*
1/2 cup water
*If you don't have fish sauce or have an allergy, you can substitute kosher salt. But I am sorry for you and your umami loss.
For the golden rice:
1 1/2 cups uncooked long grain rice
2 teaspoon butter
1 clove garlic, smashed
1/2 teaspoon turmeric
1/2 teaspoon cumin
3 cups chicken broth (or sub 3 cups water with 2 teaspoons chicken bouillon)
Cook the rice. In a medium pot, melt the butter over medium heat. Add in the rice, and toast the rice until the grains become more opaque and sliiightly browned. Add the garlic, cumin, and turmeric and stir. Add the broth and bring to a boil. Lower to a simmer and cover, leaving a tiny vent to steam for about 17 minutes.
In a large pot, brown the beef in olive oil over medium high heat. When the beef is almost completely browned, add the onion, garlic, peppers, and tomatoes. Cook the beef and veggies until the onions become translucent, about 4 minutes.
Add in the potatoes and olives.
Stir in the tomato paste, oregano, taco seasoning, fish sauce, and water. Once everything is incorporated, lower the heat to a simmer and cover for 15 minutes or until the potatoes are fork tender.
Taste and add fish sauce to your taste.
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transaction-tracer is an extremely lightweight transaction tracing tool for helping you trace things that cross the event loop without having to use wrappers ("monkeypatching").
It provides you with three events you can emit and listen to --
continue, and
end. When you
start a transaction, you are provided with an id for that transaction.
This id then needs to be provided to
continue or
end events in order to later match up these events to tie the traces together.
It is designed to be as lightweight as possible, such that you can leave the tracing code in even if nothing is listening to the events with very little overhead. If there are no listeners, the overhead for a tracing event is:
If there are listeners for the tracing events, the overhead will likely be dominated by the code to track the tracing.
function call (e.g. tx.start())
(for start only) function call & one integer increment & one bitwise integer operation
function call (object constructor)
function call (noop if no listeners)
The purpose of this library is as a straw-man proposal for a unified transaction tracing interface that is easy for transaction tracing libraries to use in common that can be easily mirrored by other tracing interfaces (provided by core?) for a more cohesive experience.
Ideally this would enable module authors to add custom instrumentation to their code with minimal overhead that would be vendor non-specific for how any tracing is measured.
There are still some TBDs here, such as what metadata could be sent to provide a consistent and useful interface from module-to-module.
Usage Example
// to enable transactions, simply require transaction-tracer
// if it is re-required in separate flies, the same tracer will be provided.
var tx = require("transaction-tracer")
var id = tx.start("foo") // {id: 1234, metadata: "foo"}
tx.continue(id, "123") // {id: 1234, metadata: "123"}
tx.continue(id, "456") // {id: 1234, metadata: "456"}
setTimeout(function () {
tx.end(id, "bar") // {id: 1234, metadata: "bar"}
}, 500)
A more complicated example of a very simple tracer is in the examples/ folder.
This example traces two types of "transactions" --
http.request() calls, and a
setTimeout with the same tracing code.
The timing and logging is all neatly handled inside the tracing listeners, and the asynchronous transactions simply need to let it know when it is
starting or
Notice the tracer in examples/ is not a production-quality tracer and has a few issues (e.g. it leaks transactions) and contrivances (intentionally overcomplicated) that shouldn't be emulated in production code.
Instantiates or returns the already instantiated transaction tracer object.
var tx = require("transaction-tracer")
Start a transaction, with a transaction
var id = tx.start([metadata])
id returned.
Mark a continuation point for a transaction.
tx.continue(id[, metadata])
Mark the endpoint for a transaction.
tx.end(id[, metadata])
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"The concept of the drink is taken from a Bee's Knees, just with our spin on it," says Brian McDougall, bartender at Envoy Hotel's Lookout Rooftop bar, in reference to his creation, the Bees Nest.
It certainly isn't the first cocktail to build off the classic gin-honey-lemon juice formulation, but it stands out thanks to a few specific ingredients and a house-made infusion.
The Glendalough Wild Botanical Gin adds potent floral notes with a touch of juniper at the end, and Tangerine Fruitations—a locally made cocktail mixer—adds big, juicy citrus flavors without becoming cloying. Lastly, a simple infusion made by combining hibiscus water with honey provides sweetness, while boosting the gin's wildflower notes. The drink is garnished with a daylily and snapdragon petals.
The Bees Nest manages to be fruity without being saccharine, and gin-forward without being a juniper bomb. It's precisely the sort of thing that goes down almost too quickly on a rooftop in summertime—or wherever you happen to make it for yourself.
Bees Nest
2 ounces Glendalough Wild Botanical Gin
½ ounce Tangerine Fruitations
¼ ounce lemon juice
¼ ounce honey hibiscus infusion*
Daylily and snapdragon petals (or other edible flowers), to garnish
Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake until well chilled, then strain into a double rocks glass over ice. Garnish with flowers and serve.
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The National Federation for High Schools on Tuesday released guidelines for resuming sports, advising its 51 member associations to prepare for seasons delayed or interrupted by COVID-19 and a new normal of social distancing.
The NFHS labeled football as "higher risk" for COVID-19 transmission and categorized game spectators as "non-essential" if states still have guidelines restricting mass gatherings, as Georgia currently does.
The report, called "Guidance for Opening Up High School Athletics and Activities," was produced by the NFHS Sports Medicine Advisory Committee. Its recommendations are influential but not mandatory for the Georgia High School Association and other members.
The NFHS guidance divided sports into categories of risk for spreading COVID-19.
Football, along with wrestling, boys lacrosse and competitive cheer, was judged as "higher risk," which the NFHS defined as "sports that involve close, sustained contact between participants, lack of significant protective barriers, and high probability that respiratory particles will be transmitted between participants."
The NFHS laid out a three-stage approach to a return to activities, which include preseason conditioning, using guidelines released by the White House last month. The recommendations address COVID-19 screening, face coverings, group sizes, showering and dressing, equipment sanitization and sharing of towels and clothes.
"Until a cure, vaccine or very effective treatment is readily available, or so-called 'herd immunity' is confidently reached, social distancing and other preventive measures such as face covering will be a 'new normal' if workouts, practices and contests are to continue," the NHSF stated in its Points of Emphasis.
The NFHS also laid out various scenarios that each association must consider in an unpredictable return to games and contests.
"Due to the near certainty of recurrent outbreaks this coming fall and winter in some locales, state associations must be prepared for periodic school closures and the possibility of some teams having to isolate for two to three weeks while in-season," the NFHS stated.
The NFHS didn't take an immediate position on handling a student athlete, coach or other team personnel who tests positive for COVID-19 after workouts or practices begin. Within a day of the March 11 revelation that NBA player Rudy Gobert had tested positive, the NBA, NHL, NCAA and major league baseball had shut down.
"Testing regimens, specific guidelines regarding mass gatherings, and response to a student or team member testing positive for COVID-19 (including contact tracing) are all currently under review and guidance will come from CDC and state and local health departments," the NFHS stated.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention currently advises a two-week quarantine for anyone coming into contact with an infected person.
Other recommendations covered the contesting of games. The NFHS recommended grouping attendees to sports contests into three tiers — essential (athletes, coaches, officials, etc.), preferred (media) and non-essential (spectators, vendors)."Only Tier 1 and 2 personnel will be allowed to attend events until state/local health departments lift restrictions on mass gatherings," the NFHS stated as a recommendation.
The NFHS guidance also noted the need for social distancing while traveling to contests. "Thus, multiple buses/vans and/or parental/guardian transportation will likely be needed."
The GHSA put its spring sports on hold March 12, eventually canceling the remainder of their seasons.
GHSA executive director Robins Hines said last week that he was hoping Georgia could resume sports activities such as football conditioning and fall-sports tryouts in June.
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The Cypriot woman who broke the World Guinness Record 3 times
All of us, at some point in our lives, happened to hold a Guiness World Record Book. We all dreamt that our name is / will be written on it.
Well Maria Kalimera did exactly that. She holds, not 1, not 2 but 3, yes 3 world records in her name.
We had a small chat with Maria a few days ago were she talked to us about her amazing feats and her feelings along with the difficulties she faced during her training sessions.
The records she holds as of today May 2017 are,
- The Longest time in an abdominal plank position (female) is 3 hours, 31 minutes and 0 seconds
- The Longest time in an abdominal plank position (female) with 60pounds on her back is 23 minutes and 20 seconds
- Most handstand pushups in 1 minute is 35 pushups in 31 seconds
The tips she gave to all potential record breakers out there are
- Find a person who inspires you and would love to walk along you on this hard road as a coach, a trainer and above all, an understanding friend
- It's all in your head, if you believe you will succeed. Push yourself to your limits via your mental and will power and not by sheer body strength
Her coach Michalis said "I knew from the first minute she told me that she wanted to break a Guiness World Record that she could and would do it. I could see it in her eyes and face. All I had to do was make sure I would guide her the right way and not let her stray off her course"
Even though Maria did break 3 Guiness World Records and 2 of them was on the same day, she told us that she wants to break 2 more. Only when her name's written down 5 times, will she finally be able to "rest" as she stated.
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) Dwayne Cohill took the inbounds pass with 6.2 seconds left, dribbled the length of the court through the middle of the defense and laid it in at the horn and Youngstown State beat Wright State 91-89 in triple overtime Thursday night.
Adrian Nelson tied a career high with 27 points, 15 rebounds and a career-high six steals for the Penguins (18-6, 10-3 Horizon League). Malek Green added 24 points shooting 12 for 24 and grabbed 12 rebounds. Cohill struggled shooting from the field (4 of 17) but made all 10 of his foul shots to finish with 19 points.
Trey Calvin led the way for the Raiders (13-11, 6-7) with a career-high 44 points, AJ Braun scored and Brandon Noel grabbed 15 rebounds.
Both teams next play Saturday. Youngstown State hosts Northern Kentucky while Wright State visits Robert Morris.
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text: Digital Influencers Who Buy Followers Blacklisted Share Big Ideas {item.Post.Title} View More July 3 2018 Marketing News Influencers who purchase followers are now being blacklisted by the marketing community. As the importance of transparency increases, giants such as Unilever have been announcing that they will no longer work with social media influencers who buy followers. Unilever Chief Marketing Officer Keith Weed called for more transparency from influencers in a speech at Cannes. "At best it's misleading, at worst it's corrupt," Weed told The Wall Street Journal ahead of his announcement. "For the sake of a few bad apples in the barrel, I believe there is risk in the area of influencers." P&G pulled more than $140 million in digital advertising in response to frustrations over transparency and brand safety, in what turned out to be a mostly symbolic move in that the company barely missed a beat in meeting its revenue goals. While influencer marketing can be a powerful tool, it is important for companies to validated who they are partnering with. Here is a 3 basic point checklist you should ensure every influencer can pass. 1. Organic Comments Any organic influencer will create conversation and have their followers interacting with them. Browse through the comments on various content pieces and see the types of conversations taking place. If there are too many that seem fake, for example comments with only emojis or saying something along the lines of "Very cool", you may want to look at different influences. Now every content piece will likely contain these types of comments, though make sure there are some organic conversations happening as well. 2. Like to Follower Ratio Arguably one of the most important stats to look at, seeing how many Likes a content piece receives, in relation to the accounts followers. This would be the number one point to look at, though Likes, similar to followers, can be purchased as well. There is no baseline ratio number that validates an influencer in this area, though use your own discretion and best judgement. Generally, if something does seem or feel right, it likely isn't. 3. Number of Accounts Following Related specifically to Twitter and Instagram, look at the amount of accounts the influencer is following. No strong influencer will be following more accounts then their own followers or simply following thousands of accounts. If you'd like to see the full article on Unilever's decision, check out the article at Marketing Land. ______________________________________________________________ Thanks for reading! Enjoyed this article? Sign up for The Summit - our monthly Newsletter. Say Hello On: Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn | YouTube


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The future of any technology in a company is directly tied to how current that technology is. Using outdated technology not only puts users at risk of security breaches but also ensures that the company cannot deal with more current developments in the field. With the IoT becoming a route many companies want to take, the software that that company has needs to be able to handle the vast volumes of data the IoT devices generate. SAP has made this a lot easier for companies going this route in their latest updates and modernizing to be at the cutting edge of the field is encouraged. However, because of how complex SAP is as a system, there are always pitfalls that are lurking right under the surface. Luckily, SAP has partnered with Cisco to provide solutions to the most common pitfalls that users may encounter when modernizing their SAP install. The combination of the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS), Cisco's HyperFlex, and Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) offers a robust framework for computing, storage and network practices that is second to none. The main issues that Cisco has handled through its partnership with SAP include:
Data Management in a Modernized SAP Environment
The data management module of SAP is now based on a Cisco HyperFlex with a contained Cisco Container Platform (CCP). This enables the analyzing of data stores on site alongside fresh data being received from IoT devices. Being aware of this is essential to companies since it allows them to leverage the power of the incoming IoT data alongside existing sources to generate insights into the market. It is easy for a company to overlook the importance of existing data when something as extensive as the IoT data enters the system, but these systems work well together and can provide insights that either one or the other may not have seen.
Data Automation and Transitioning
Thanks to the integration of Cisco systems, the system to be deployed in a record amount of time. In the past deployments could take weeks, but now the simplification makes implementation a matter of days and in the case of less sophisticated systems, even hours. The smart control system allows for the programming of policies and access profiles for different employee classes. The benefit to the company is inherent compliance as well as permitting for increased security since only the things that are allowed to happen in a particular space can happen within that space.
Security Strategies
Data security is a concern on any SAP deployment, but the Cisco integration aims to ensure that there is never a moment in time that the data is at risk of being intercepted or copied. As mentioned above, only the things that can happen in a particular area are allowed to happen there, and similar to this, the security system limits what actions can be taken by which individuals according to the policies defined in the access profiles. Integrated systems like Cisco Tetration and Cisco AppDynamics help to control the data flow and access to data are among the 5 high income skills that you can learn online. Before this sort of integration, it was difficult to allow administrators such a comprehensive overview of how the system operates.
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Technology will never stop marking in its quest to be more efficient and perform better than previous iterations. The inherent nature of technology to improve upon systems and make them more useful and usable benefits us, the users. Thanks to the integration between Cisco and SAP, administrators have tools that can help them perform the duties that a mere two years ago would have required specialized scripting and development to achieve. This collaboration with SAP and Cisco is a boon to all that utilize the system and can bring about a lot of new features and quality of life improvements moving forward.


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Stray Dogs Attack People in Mexico City
Mexico City is home to 22 million people. It is also believed to be the home of between one and five million stray dogs. Many are abandoned without being spayed or neutered, which leads to breeding and creating more stray dogs, therefore increasing the problem at an exponential rate. The situation has become so severe that packs of strays have gone feral and are known to attack humans. Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera has said that his government is looking into launching a spaying and neutering program that would offer free sterilization for people's pets. Mobile surgical units would travel to the most problematic neighbourhoods and offer their services to residents free of charge. In the meantime though, the streets are filled with animals in need of shelter and food. Many have been abused, some have been tortured, and almost all are malnourished.
Enter Patricia Ruizo and her shelter Milagros Caninos, which roughly translates to Canine Miracle. When Ms. Ruizo's dachshund Clavo passed away several years ago she struggled with his loss. Ultimately she found a new passion when she saved a stray dog. Since then she has worked to build her sanctuary. Unlike an ordinary animal control facility, her residents are the unadoptable, the sick, abused, elderly, and disabled dogs that would normally be euthanized at a shelter. Although Milagros Caninos does occasionally adopt a dog out, the majority are lifers and they like it that way.
Located just outside the city, on Ms. Ruizo's country home, the sanctuary is home to 128 dogs. There is a full time staff devoted to their care and the doors are opened to the public once a month for visits from animal lovers. Some of the dogs are famous for the circumstances from which they were rescued. There's Bobi, who was found nailed to a tree by his ears, dehydrated, malnourished and in tremendous pain. Saving him was the beginning of Ruiz's mission and Bobi was the first resident of Milagros Caninos. There's also Almendro, who was addicted to drugs, and Menta, who gets around in his buggy (his rear end is paralyzed after being hit by a car). The most famous though is likely Pay de Limon, whose name means lemon pie. Pay de Limon was found in a trash dumpster with his two front legs missing. They had been cut off with almost surgical precision and then the dog was left to die. It is rumoured that drug cartels have new recruits "practise" dismemberment and other techniques on dogs in preparation for their job. Pay de Limon is believed to have been a victim of these training sessions. After serious fundraising efforts, Ms. Ruizo was able to have a pair of prosthetic front legs made for him. With the assistance of his artificial legs, Pay de Limon can be found running, jumping, and playing with abandon these days.
While Mexico City and its dogs are very lucky to have Ms. Ruizo and Milagros Caninos, the problem will continue to escalate until something is done about the booming canine population on its streets.


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The new "millennial" 26-30 railcard went on sale on 2 January 2019. A trial in the spring of 2018 saw the ticket website crash as tens of thousands of people attempted to grab one of the 20,000 available cards.
The digital-only railcard will allow rail-users in their late twenties to receive a 1/3 discount on fares for 12 months upon purchasing the ticket, however, you will need a Smartphone to be able to use it. The card will mean some rather extensive savings for people who often make use of the railways.
How much is the 26-30 Railcard?
The 26-30 railcard is on offer for £30 and will grant one-third off the majority of rail travel for 12 months.
Can I use the 26-30 Railcard for commuting?
If you are travelling before 10 am on a weekday you will need to pay a minimum fare of £12, the same restriction that can be found on the 16-25 railcard.
These restrictions will apply on fares through July and August unlike the 16-25 railcard, and you won't be able to get fare reductions on sleeper trains, first-class tickets, season tickets or Eurostar tickets.
Buying a season ticket has traditionally been the cheapest way to travel if you're commuting, but with the introduction of this card, buying a ticket every day will almost certainly be cheaper.
When will the 26-30 Railcard be available?
The new 26-30 Railcard will be available at 12pm on 2 January here on the official website.


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That's a lot of tags!!
With the help of acts_as_taggable_on_steroids I now have taggable blog posts!
It was really dead simple, just followed the instructions on their page.
What good is collecting tagging information if you don't display it, so of course, I want to add it to the partial used for the blog posts. I thought to myself, well, this is a list, so wouldn't it make sense to be a

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ul.links li { display: inline; }
ul.links li:after { content: ","; }
ul.links li:last-child:after { content: ""; }
I wanted it to be a bit more generic, so I called the class 'comma-separated'. I thought a little more about it, and realized I was doing pipe-separated lists without using

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ul.comma-separated, ul.pipe-separated { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
ul.comma-separated li, ul.pipe-separated li { display: inline; }
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<%= link_to tag_name, :action => 'tags', :id => tag_name %>

<% end %>
As the code suggests, I also added a new action, for displaying all items matching a particular tag. It looks a little bit like:
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render :action => 'all'
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The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) may be best known for its delicious tubers, but it has also given rise to many ornamental varieties grown for their colorful foliage. You may even have one in your own container garden without knowing it. It is, by nature, a creeping plant, and can be used as a summer groundcover, but it's most popular as a trailing plant for containers and hanging baskets, as the stems drip gracefully downward when it's grown in a pot.
There is a wide variety of cultivars with leaves in varying shades of chartreuse, orange, pink and purple and some are bicolored. Also, the leaves come in a variety of shapes: heart-shaped, star-shaped or deeply cut. Sometimes, when the summer is especially hot, ornamental sweet potatoes do produce edible tubers, but, if so, they won't be as tasty, as large or productive as commercially grown sweet potato varieties.
Although the ornamental sweet potato is sold as an annual, it's actually a tropical perennial and that means it's possible to keep alive over the winter. Only gardeners living in the tropics, hardiness zones 9 to 12, can consider growing it outdoors all year though. Most of us will have to grow it indoors, as a houseplant.
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In the fall, before nights become too cool (sweet potatoes are very intolerant of cold!), harvest a few stem cuttings about 6 to 10 inches (15 to 25 cm) long. Rinse them well under a tap to get rid of any insects that may be hiding there. Now, remove the lowest leaves on the stem to uncover a length of bare stem about 3 to 4 inches (7 to 10 cm) long. You now have two choices: you can your cuttings in water or in potting soil.
Rooting cuttings in water is visually very interesting because you'll see the roots forming. Also, some people do manage to keep them alive in water all winter. Water, though, is not the normal environment for sweet potato roots and the success rate is lower than with the cuttings growing in potting soil. Also, the risk of rot is much greater with plants grown in water. Still, rooting sweet potato cuttings is certainly easy enough. Just insert the lower end of the cutting into a large glass of water or other transparent container and add water whenever the level begins to drop.
Cuttings made in potting mix give more robust plants. Simply fill a pot that has one or more drainage holes (no need for a "drainage layer" of gravel on the bottom), make a hole in the mix with a pencil and slip the lower part of the stem into the hole that so that at least one node (point where a leaf was once attached) is covered. There is no need to apply a rooting hormone. Firm the mix down a bit, then water well. Mother Nature will take care of the rest!
Of course, there is a third possibility: that of starting the cuttings in water, then, when you see the first roots, potting them up. Don't wait too long, though! When the roots are too long, the plant will have a harder time adapting to a terrestrial environment.
Care Over Winter
The sweet potato loves warmth and sunshine. It will need a sunny window and, above all, one where it never becomes very cool. Ideally, you should maintain a temperature of at least 68?F (20?C) while roots are forming. However, it can tolerate night temperatures down to 50?F (10?C) once it is rooted. But that's "tolerate". You'll find that sweet potatoes do best when temperatures remain above 68?F (20?C) at all times.
If you don't have enough sun, you can also grow your sweet potato under fluorescent or LED lights. That will ensure more constant lighting and steadier temperatures, much to the delight of this highly tropical plant.
During the fall and winter, keep the glass filled with water (water-grown cuttings) or the potting mix at least slightly moist (soil-grown cuttings). Pinching the ends of the stems occasionally to stimulate branching will help stimulate a more attractive appearance. Good air humidity is also welcome.
It's best not to fertilize your cuttings right after bringing them indoors. Under the short days of fall and winter, you'll want your plants to grow slowly. Excess growth at that season will tend to be stretchy (etiolated) and unattractive. By winter's end, though, that is from late February to mid-March on, days will be long enough that you'll want to stimulate growth again. From then on, apply a fertilizer according to the instructions on the label. The sweet potato is not at all picky about the fertilizer's formulation, so just use the fertilizer of your choice.
When Spring Has Sprung
Simply keep up the same care in the spring as you did all winter: watering, fertilizing, pinching, etc. But it's also the season to "take cuttings of your cuttings" if you need more plants for your summer container gardens. This time, though, do root them in potting mix. Plants rooted in water will not acclimatize well to planting outdoors.
When outdoor temperatures warm up, gradually acclimatize (harden off) the plants to outdoor conditions, especially the sun's ultraviolet rays. Remember that the sweet potato is very tropical: do not try to move it outdoors permanently until night temperatures regularly rise to more than 50?F (10?C). Depending on your local climate, that might well not be before the end of May or even in June.
Sweet potato rarely bloom at the best of times and ornamental varieties are even less likely to bloom than agricultural varieties. However, if the summer is long and hot, some cultivars occasionally produce a few pink to purple trumpets with a darker eye. If you think they look a lot like morning glories (Ipomoea nil and others), you're correct. Both plants belong to the genus Ipomoea.
All that's left is to let your ornamental sweet potato decorate your container gardens and hanging baskets in either sun or partial shade for the rest of the summer. Then, in the fall, bring in a few cuttings and start the cycle anew.


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We'll focus on the extensibility points of the C# compiler to customize the behavior of async methods and task-like types. As result, we will be able to write linear, concise, and composable code with the possibility to have control over task scheduling. 🤓
C# 💜 patterns
Numerous C# features are based on duck-typing and patterns inferred by the compiler. Basically, it means that a developer doesn't need to implement interfaces or inherit classes explicitly to achieve some pluggable behavior. Instead, we could follow some well-known conventions inferred by the compiler to plug or glue some functionality together. Duck-typing is great when strongly-typed approach impedes too many limitations or you want to keep your code clean and tidy. So if you've got a pattern right, than, the compiler will do its magic and generate some code for you. Let's see examples of such patterns in C#.
|How to use
GetEnumerator method to make you custom type work with
|LINQ Queries
Join. C# compiler creates a series of method calls. As long as these methods are found, you are good.
|Implement the
Deconstruct method with a bunch out parameters. The result of deconstruction could be consumed as
ValueTuple or as separately initialized variables.
|The C# compiler invokes a whole reflection machinery which by default can invoke methods, properties, and fields. As soon as the object implements
IDynamicMetaObjectProvider the object gets runtime control on what is invoked.
|The only thing required is a
GetAwaiter method which returns an object having an
IsComplete and
GetResult() method and implementing the INotifyCompletion interface.
Before we delve into the main part, I would like to warm you up and provide some examples of how C# compiler infers patterns in various cases.
Usually, we implement
IEnumerable to support collection-like behavior. As result, it is possible to use
foreach over user-defined types. But, in order for type to be consumed by
foreach you just need to implement
GetEnumerator method. Beside that, C# 9 introduces nice little feature. You can iterate over
System.Range by implementing extension method. This enables a bunch of new opportunities, e.g.:
public static IEnumerator<T> GetEnumerator<T>(this System.Range range) => enumerator;
// Usage
foreach (var i in 1..10) {}
LINQ Queries
Generate permutations for a list of words and write LINQ quires over it. See full version on Github: PermutationsSource.cs.
// Implementation
public class PermutationsSource
public IEnumerable<T> SelectMany<T>(
Func<PermutationsSource, IEnumerable<string>> selector, Func<PermutationsSource, string, T> resultSelector) =>
selector(this).Select(i => resultSelector(this, i));
public PermutationsSource Select(Func<PermutationsSource, PermutationsSource> selection) => selection(this);
// Usage
var q = from ps in new PermutationsSource("test", "test", "new")
from perm in ps.Permute()
where perm.Length < 4
select perm;
Debug.Assert(q.Count() == 6);
Besides tuples, you can deconstruct custom types that have
Deconstruct method implement as class member or extension method.
public class Person
public string FirstName { get; }
public string LastName { get; }
public int Age { get; }
public Person(string fName, string lName, int age) =>
(FirstName, LastName, Age) = (fName, lName, age);
public void Deconstruct(out string fName, out string lName) =>
(fName, lName) = (FirstName, LastName);
public void Deconstruct(out string fName, out string lName, out int age) =>
(fName, lName, age) = (FirstName, LastName, Age);
// Usage
var p = new Person("John", "Doe", 42);
(string firstName, _) = p;
var (x,_, z) = p;
You can implement simplistic awaitable/awaiter pattern based on extension methods. Like this:
public static TaskAwaiter GetAwaiter(this IEnumerable<Task> tasks) =>
// Usage
await from url in urls select DownloadAsync(url);
🚀 Let's see how we can use this in something, that I call logical micro-threading.
Problem: Largest series product
Occasionally, I use coding platforms to practice my craft. I really like the idea of doing Katas to hone coding skills, because you truly know something when you've implemented it and get hands-on experience. Katas is part of the thing. 🐱👤
A code kata is an exercise in programming which helps programmers hone their skills through practice and repetition.
Let's solve this one: exercism.io/tracks/csharp/exercises/largest-series-product.
Given a string of digits, calculate the largest product for a contiguous substring of digits of length n.
The problem itself is really straightforward and we could solve it by iterating over the input array and calculating the local maximum every time the window has a length of a given value (span).
Here is my first take on it: largest-series-product/solution.
var max = 0;
var curr = 1;
var array = ToDigits(digits);
var length = array.Count;
int start = 0, end = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < length; i++)
end = i;
if (array[i] == 0)
start = i + 1;
end = start;
curr = 1;
var full = end - start >= span;
if (full)
curr /= array[start];
curr *= array[i];
curr *= array[end];
max = curr > max && (end - start + 1 == span) ? curr : max;
return max;
I hate to read code like this 🤮. It takes you quite some time and effort to really figure out what is going on. With great confidence, we can describe this code as write-only.
Write-only code code is source code so arcane, complex, or ill-structured that it cannot be reliably modified or even comprehended by anyone with the possible exception of the author.
Let's formulate how we could tackle the complexity of a relatively simple problems in utterly hyperbolical manner.
My goal is to share with you the technique. I deliberately chose a simple problem so we could try to understand the micro-threading approach without delving into details.
C# 5 language made a huge step forward by introducing async/await. Async/await helps to compose tasks and gives the user an ability to use well-known constructs like try/catch, using etc. A regular method has just one entry point and one exit point. But async methods and iterators are different. In the case of async method, a method caller get the (e.g. Task-like type or
Task) result immediately and then "await" the actual result of the method via the resulting task-like type.
Async machinery
Methods marked by async are undergoing subtle transformations performed by the compiler. To make everything work together, the compiler makes use of:
- Generated state machine that acts like a stack frame for an asynchronous method and contains all the logic from the original async method
- AsyncTaskMethodBuilder<T> that keeps the completed task (very similar to TaskCompletionSource<T> type) and manages the state transition of the state machine.
- TaskAwaiter<T> that wraps a task and schedules continuations of it if needed.
- MoveNextRunner that calls IAsyncStateMachine.MoveNextmethod in the correct execution context.
The fascinating part is you use extensibility points the C# compiler provides for customizing the behavior of async methods:
- Provide your own default async method builder in the
System.Runtime.CompilerServices namespace.
- Use custom task awaiters.
- Define your own task-like types. Starting from C# 7.2.
Later, we will see how the last two options could be used in more detail.
Let's get back to kata problem, shall we?
If we take a look from the different angle we can spot different states in which the sliding window can be: "reduced", "expanded", and "shifted".
So, the idea is to move the window from left to right and calculate local product every time the window is "expanded" or "shifted".
Solution of the largest series product with awaitable/awaiter patten
My goal is to come up with the solution write highly composable and linear code and at the same time have control of how building blocks are executed and scheduled.
The solution consists of next building blocks:
$ tree -L 2 lib
├── Core
│ ├── AsyncTicker.cs
│ ├── IStrategy.cs
│ ├── StrategyAwaiter.cs
│ ├── StrategyBuilder.cs
│ ├── Strategy.cs
│ ├── StrategyExtensions.cs
│ ├── StrategyResult.cs
│ ├── StrategyStatus.cs
│ └── StrategyTask.cs
├── LargestSeriesProductV2.cs
├── lib.csproj
└── StrategyImplementations
├── ChaosWindowStrategy.cs
├── ExpandStrategy.cs
├── MultipleSlidingWindowsStrategy.cs
├── ShiftStrategy.cs
├── SkipStrategy.cs
├── SlideStrategy.cs
├── SlidingWindowStrategy.cs
└── Solver.cs
2 directories, 19 files
Full source code: /exercism-playground/csharp/largest-series-product
In order to use async/await for task-like types we need to introduce a bunch of extensibility points.
A strategy represents a discrete and composable algorithm:
public interface IStrategy
StrategyStatus Status { get; }
IStrategy[] Tick();
public class StrategyResult
public StrategyStatus Status { get; set; }
public IStrategy[] Strategies { get; set; }
public enum StrategyStatus { InProgress, Done, Failed }
We want to make it awaitable and you do it like this
await myAwesomeStrategy
public static class AwaitableExtensions
public static StrategyAwaiter GetAwaiter(this IStrategy strategy) =>
new StrategyAwaiter(new[] { strategy });
As mentioned before, C# compiler could do its magic if we implement awaitable/awaiter patter.
public class StrategyAwaiter : INotifyCompletion
public StrategyAwaiter(IStrategy[] strategies)
Strategies = strategies;
public IStrategy[] Strategies { get; }
public bool IsCompleted { get; private set; }
public bool GetResult() =>
Strategies == null || Strategies.All(x => x.Status == StrategyStatus.Done);
public void OnCompleted(Action continuation)
IsCompleted = true;
public class StrategyTask
private readonly IStrategy[] strategies;
public StrategyAwaiter GetAwaiter() =>
return new StrategyAwaiter(strategies);
public class StrategyTask<T>
public IStrategy[] Strategies { get; set; }
public T Result { get; set; }
public bool IsComplete { get; set; }
public Action Continue { get; set; }
public class StrategyTaskBuilder<T>
// skipped for brevity
That's a lot, I know. But, bare with me, I will show how it works:
- Driver do the
AsyncTickerruns a fresh strategy/task. (
- Code executes normally until first
GetAwaiterunwraps task-like type
AsyncMethodBuilderinitializes state machine
AsyncTickerruns continuation (
stateMachine.MoveNext()is invoked
- If
StrategyTaskis completed, the result is returned and control flow is resumed
I suggest you to spin up the debugger and investigate on your own 😉.
Let's say we want to define a top-level strategy that is based on sliding windows giving us a valid span for every type we await a sub-strategy to slide:
// SlidingWindowStrategy.cs
protected override async StrategyTask<long> Run()
bool success;
long max = long.MinValue;
Range scan = ..;
var mem = Digits;
var slide = new SlideStrategy(mem, scan, span);
success = await slide && slide.Scanned.End.Value != 0;
if (success)
var mul = MultiplyDigits(mem[slide.Scanned]);
max = Math.Max(max, mul);
scan = slide.Scanned;
mem = mem[scan.Start.Value..];
} while (success);
Result = max;
return max;
A valid slide could look something like this:
// SlideStrategy.cs
protected override async StrategyTask<bool> Run()
var skipped = false;
var newSource = Scanned;
if (source.Span[0] == 0)
var skip = new SkipStrategy(source);
skipped = await skip;
Scanned = skip.Scanned;
if (skipped && newSource.End.Value == 0 && !newSource.End.IsFromEnd)
return false;
if (Scanned.End.Value - Scanned.Start.Value != span)
var expand = new ExpandStrategy(source[newSource.Start.Value..], span);
var expanded = await expand;
Scanned = expand.Scanned;
return expanded;
var shift = new ShiftStrategy(source, span);
var shifted = await shift;
Scanned = shift.Scanned;
return shifted;
And the building blocks:
// ExpandStrategy.cs
protected override async StrategyTask<bool> Run()
var end = 0;
var start = 0;
while (end < source.Length && (end - start) < span)
if (source.Span[end] == 0)
var skip = new SkipStrategy(source);
var skipped = await skip;
start = skip.Scanned.Start.Value;
if (!skipped)
return false;
Scanned = start..(end + 1);
return true;
// ShiftStrategy.cs
protected override async StrategyTask<bool> Run()
if (span >= source.Length)
Scanned = default;
return false;
if (source.Span[span] == 0)
var expand = new ExpandStrategy(source[(span + 1)..], span);
var expanded = await expand;
var shiftedRange = (expand.Scanned.Start.Value + span)..(expand.Scanned.End.Value + span);
Scanned = shiftedRange;
return expanded;
Scanned = 1..(span + 1);
return true;
// SkipStrategy.cs
protected override async StrategyTask<bool> Run()
var cnt = 0;
var wasSkipped = false;
while (source.Span[cnt] == 0)
wasSkipped = true;
Scanned = ++cnt..;
return wasSkipped;
And now, when we have the solution assembled, we can write a "Driver" code to trigger task machinery. Control flow is returned to the driver every time we
await something. This means, that we can change the way strategies are scheduled without modification of the actual algorithm. We may say that scheduling is moved out to a separate layer and adheres Open-Closed Principle (OCP) in this regard.
Having this layer we can enhance the solution with:
- Interception logic
- Fine-grained control over strategy scheduling
- Cancellation logic without the necessity to throw an
public class Solver
private void SequentialScheduling<T, K>(T strategy) where T : Strategy<K>
RecursiveTick(strategy: strategy, indentation: 0);
// The simplest approach is to make use of thread pool to introduce concurrency, but if we wanted to
// we would implement a scheduler that has complete supervision over control flow
private void ThreadpoolScheduling<T, K>(params T[] strategies) where T : Strategy<K>
var tasks = strategies.Select(t => Task.Run(() => RecursiveTick(t, 0)));
public bool RunDriver<T, K>(params T[] strategies) where T : Strategy<K>
SequentialScheduling<T, K>(strategies[0]);
return new StrategyTask(strategies).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
If we run we can see the output based on simple interceptor logic:
//entry point
var input = "290010345";
Solution.GetLargestProduct<SlideStrategy>(input, span: 2, Console.Out);
// GetLargestProduct
var strategy = new SlidingWindowStrategy(input, span);
solver.RunDriver<SlidingWindowStrategy, long>(strategy);
return strategy.Result;
Let's parallelize our solution by adding new strategy that will make use of existing building blocks:
//entry point
var input = "290010345";
Solution.GetLargestProduct<MultipleSlidingWindowsStrategy>(input, span: 2, Console.Out);
// GetLargestProduct
var strategy = new MultipleSlidingWindowsStrategy(input, span);
solver.RunDriver<MultipleSlidingWindowsStrategy, long>(strategy);
return strategy.Result;
// MultipleSlidingWindowsStrategy.cs
protected override async StrategyTask<long> Run()
var mid = Digits.Length / 2;
var strat1 = new SlidingWindowStrategy(Digits[..(mid + span)], 2);
var start2 = new SlidingWindowStrategy(Digits[(mid - span)..], 2);
await WhenAll(strat1, start2);
var res = Math.Max(strat1.Result, start2.Result);
Result = res;
return res;
protected StrategyTask WhenAll(params IStrategy[] strategies)
return new StrategyTask(strategies);
We could take another route and parallelize based on "Driver"
//entry point
var input = "290010345";
Solution.GetLargestProduct<ChaosWindowStrategy>(input, span: 2, Console.Out);
// GetLargestProduct
var mid = source.Length / 2;
var strategies = new SlidingWindowStrategy[]{
new SlidingWindowStrategy(source[..(mid + span)], span),
new SlidingWindowStrategy(source[(mid - span)..], span),
solver.RunDriver<ChaosWindowStrategy, long>(strategies);
return strategies.Select(s => s.Result).Max();
The beautiful thing is that we don't need to change the actual implementation of the algorithm to have control over execution and scheduling. Which you may or may not find useful, but I find the approach interesting.
This is a tremendous over-engineering for such a simple problem. But I hope you've got this idea and how it could used to build custom async machinery.


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How To Spend Quality Time With Your Family During Summer (8 Ways)
How To Spend Quality Time With Your Family During Summer
How To Spend Quality Time With Your Family During Summer – Summer vacation is truly a time to take rest and relax. Also, it is the right time to spend some memorable moments with your family. With the arrival of the summer season, most people start planning trips with family or friends.
This is the time when there is no pressure from schools. The arrival of the summer season may be a welcoming change for families with a hectic schedule. Some of the tips to spend quality time with your family are described below:
1. Take Break From Scheduled Activities
If you want to spend summer breaks easy-breezy, then the best thing to do is taking a break from the scheduled activities. Most people start filling their calendar by planning various things for summer breaks such as summer camp for kids, etc.
We recommend you refrain from your calendar from filling the obligations. I bet you that your whole family will be benefitted from the concept of spending time together with no schedules.
2. Create A Family Hot Spot
We recommend you set up a family hot spot inside your home where you can various activities with your family. For the whole year, we spend a hectic schedule and we do not have much time to spend with our family members.
Summer vacations provide a chance to sit, relax and have a chit-chat with your family. You will have peace of mind and memorable moments when you sit and have fun with your family. Make sure that your cooling devices are working properly and efficiently.
Maintenance of AC is important so that you do not have to spend a bad day during summer due to AC breakdown. Call professionals like air conditioning Sydney contractors for the maintenance work of AC before starting of summer.
Read Also: How To Check Your Bank Account Balance Free Without Charges (All Banks)
3. Start Home Improvement Project
While setting up a family hot spot inside the house, you should look for unique decoration ideas. You can start a home improvement project in which your whole family will be involved. Instead of doing a makeover of the entire house, you can also simply choose one room. For instance, you can start doing a makeover of the master bedroom.
4. Rediscover Your Town
If you do not want to indulge in household chores, then it is recommended to go for an outing with your family. It is not necessary to choose a distant location for vacation. You can simply explore your town with your family. Rather than spending money on expensive airline tickets, you should choose the budget-friendly option for vacation. Every place has small hidden gems and you should explore them with your family. Trust me! It is going to be a memorable experience for you and your family.
5. Cook Together
Summertime is the best time to teach your kids how to prepare a delicious and healthy meal. During the summer vacation, your kids are free and they do not have tight schedules. Thus, it is the perfect time to spend some good time with your kids inside the kitchen.
Make sure that your kids enjoying the same and want to try new recipes with you. Every time, you should try to cook something new and healthy. Preparing healthy meals with your kids will not just help you to spend quality time with family, but also your kids will learn to make healthy food choices.
6. Help Others
You should teach your kid the meaning of helping others. During the summer vacation, you can teach something good to your kids. You can prepare healthy dishes and ask your kid to give them to those who need them. When you help others, then you feel good and amazing. You kids will feel the same when they will start helping others.
How To Spend Quality Time With Your Family During Summer
7. Indoor Games
During the summer season, outside temperature and humidity levels keep increasing with every passing day. Therefore, during the hot summer days, you may not be able to play outdoor games.
But it is the perfect time for indoor games. How about carrom board, chess, table tennis and many more. You should dedicate one corner of the house for the indoor games and start playing with your family.
There could be nothing more enjoyable than this amazing summer vacation with family. Well, the summer season also affects the indoor ambiance. Thus, it is important to make sure that your cooling devices are working properly.
If you have installed a ducted air conditioner, then call the professionals like ducted air conditioning Sydney contractors before starting the summer season.
8. Take A Break From Technology
Though it is not possible to live without technology, it is a good idea to take a break from your technology gadgets and get back to the basics. I am sure that it is going to be an amazing experience for you and your kids. You just need to set one day away from the technology gadgets and spend your entire time with family.
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The Egyptian company Arab Contractors has won the contract to build the 2,100 MW Stiegler's Gorge hydroelectric dam. It will carry out the mega project in partnership with Elsewedy Electric Company, another Egyptian company.
The Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi will travel to Tanzania in person. Invited by his counterpart John Magufuli, he is expected to help lay the foundation stone for the Stiegler's Gorge hydroelectric dam in the eastern part of the country. The journey desired by Dodoma is not insignificant. Arab Contractors, an Egyptian company, was chosen to build this infrastructure. She decided to honour the contract through a joint venture with her compatriot Elsewedy Electric Company.
The Egyptian president suggested that the construction would be carried out in such a way that the Stiegler's Gorge dam would be the pride of Egypt and Tanzania. "The Stiegler's Gorge hydroelectric project will end the country's electricity problems, support local industries by providing them with electricity and enable the surplus to be sold abroad," said Medard Kalemani, Tanzania's Minister of Energy.
Tanzania's largest dam
With a capacity of 2,100 MW, the Stiegler's Gorge hydroelectric dam will be one of the largest in the East African sub-region, or even in Africa. It will be built on the Rufiji River. Its water reservoir will be 100 km long and cover an area of 1,350 km2. The height of the dam will be approximately 134 m. The government will invest more than $3.6 billion to build the large dam. The cost is widely criticised by Tanzanian politicians, given that the government's budget for 2018-2019 is only $14 billion.
The other sticking point about the project is its geographical location. But this time, the criticism comes from environmental advocates. The dam will be built in the heart of the Selous Game Reserve. It covers an area of 20,000 km2. During the preparation of the dam site, 2.6 million trees will be cut down. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) believes that the Stiegler's Gorge Dam project is likely to have a potentially negative impact on the region's wildlife, particularly the critically endangered black rhino, whose species is attempting to perpetuate in vain. Criticisms neglected by the government, which has chosen to focus on Tanzania's industrial development, to the detriment of flora and fauna.
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Sunday, August 26, 2012
Scrapbooking with Duetica.com Lettering Arts Studio
I'm scrapbooking again with duetica.com's Lettering Arts Studio.
This layout is of my daughter's Senior Prom this past spring. I stayed with lime green accents because she is wearing a lime green vest.
Duetica.com Font: DT Mandolyn A00, 72 pt bold.
Other Supplies:
Tag Art made previously for Altered Arts Magazine, see the directions here.
Background paper by Colorbok, Lime green paper by Robin's Nest, fine art glitter (yellow and green mixed), fabric flower, black fabric covered button, heart brad embossed with silver blue embossing powder,
1. Enter the Lettering Arts Studio and create your design.
2. Click "Create Image Copy", select "Outline" and save the file to your PC.
3. You can open the file and print or insert the file into another document, as I did to play around with placement.
4. Print the text directly onto background paper.
5. apply glue within the lines of the printed text
6. Cover the glue with glitter (I mixed green and yellow together)
7. Dump off excess glitter and let dry
8. The lime green rectangle along the bottom is 10"x 3"
9. The tag behind the photo for journaling is 7" x 2" with an embossed heart brad centered at the top and the corners rounded.
10. Attach the tag and fabric flower with the button in the center of the flower.
Thanks for stopping by the blog today! Summer is over, today is a BIG day, my baby in this layout is moving into her new college dorm!. Meanwhile, please be sure to check out the duetica.com Lettering Arts Studio.
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You've probably been too busy biting your nails over the results of the presidential election to notice that last night was a pretty decisive win on the road toward nationwide weed legalization. Every state measure regarding weed on this year's ballot passed — further proof that America, by and large, is finally ready to admit it's down with smoking weed.
Vox reports that four states, Arizona, Montana, New Jersey, and South Dakota voted to legalize recreational marijuana, bringing the total number of weed legal states in the U.S. to 15 plus Washington D.C, and voters in Mississippi and South Dakota voted overwhelmingly to legalize medical marijuana, bringing the total number of states that have legalized medicinal marijuana to 35.
Last night wasn't just a huge win for weed though. The night also served as a rejection of the decades-long war on drugs, as Washington D.C. voted to decriminalize psychedelic plants and Oregon became the first state in modern history to decriminalize all drugs — including cocaine and heroin.
According to statistics gathered by the Center for American Progress, one-fifth of the entire population of incarcerated individuals — which are disproportionately Black Americans — are serving time for a drug charge with 1.15 million people on probation or parole for drug related-offenses, with the overall number of Americans arrested for possession tripling since 1980, resulting in 1.3 million arrests per year in 2015. So this is a huge win on the side of drugs and a repudiation of Nixon's costly and discriminatory war on drugs.


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100 Great Business Ideas eBook
100 Great Business Ideas eBook- This is a book about some of the best ideas used in business. Some are simple—sometimes almost embarrassingly so—while others are based on detailed research and brilliant intellect. Most are perennial, as their logic, simplicity, or value will help them endure; while others are, to be honest, rather faddy. What unites these business ideas is their proven power and potency. They are not only insightful and useful, they have worked: often in a brilliant way or despite great adversity. The ability of the people who conceived and applied these ideas should be applauded.
100 Great Business Ideas eBook- One word of warning: while these ideas have worked for the companies mentioned at the time they applied them, it is not to say that these businesses will always get everything else right, forever more. They produced a result at the time, but if this book has any general lessons it is that new ideas and energy are needed constantly— in many ways and at varying times—to ensure success.
20 of the ideas:
1. Building customer trust and loyalty
2. Scenario planning
3. Making your employees proud
4. Using customer information
5. The rule of 150
6. Information orientation
7. Franchising
8. Eliminating waste (muda)
9. Customer bonding
10. Psychographic profiling
11. Understanding demography
12. Mass customization
13. Leading "top-down" innovation
14. Social networking and transmitting company values
15. Achieving breakthrough growth
16. Deep-dive prototyping
17. Market testing
18. Empowering your customers
19. Cannibalizing
20. Increasing competitiveness
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