The three models are the Disk Station DS508, a 5-bay desktop SATA NAS with hot-swappable drives and up to 4TB capacity using 1TB drives, the Rack Station RS408 and Rack Station RS408RP, 4-bay rack-mounted SATA NASes with 1U form factor, hot-swappable drives, and up to 3TB capacity using 1TB drives. The RP has a redundant power supply.
All three products feature "green" designs with 8W CPU power consumption (hard drive power consumption is not included in this figure). The NASes support JBOD and RAID 0, 1 and 5 modes and use Synology’s recently-released Disk Station Manager 2.0 NAS management software, which includes video surveillance recording and playback with IP cameras.
The DS508 will ship in June with an MSRP of $1,029.95. The RS408 and RS408RP will ship in July at MSRPs of $1,499.95 and $1,799.95, respectively.


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American newspaper and magazine publisher. Beginning with the San Francisco Examiner in 1887, he built the world's largest publishing empire, comprising 28 major newspapers.
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We finally got around to buying a pumpkin this past weekend. If it gets carved, it will happen on Friday night .... but I don't think anyone here is holding her breath.
Really, for Keith and me, it was about the experience of going to the farmer's market to pick out a pumpkin and enjoy a beautiful fall day. We really wanted to go back to the same place we had gone last year: Szalay's Sweet Corn Farm in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. The farm sits immediately next to the Towpath Trail, so last year we wandered around the market, bought a pumpkin and a few other fresh produce items and baked goods, and wandered up the trail a bit. It had felt like a moment out of time, with nothing to worry about . We just enjoyed the fall weather, each other's company, and counted our blessings.
We definitely wanted to go back there. And this year, Eleanor was going to be so much more excited! Last year, we tried taking a picture of her with the pumpkins and she started crying. But this year, pumpkins are her very favorite thing. A neighbor a few doors down decided to grow a few pumpkins in her front flower garden, and Eleanor is constantly heading in that direction on walks. She likes to pat the pumpkins, marveling at their size and thickness. (At least, I assume that's what she's doing.)
And, on Sunday, she did not disappoint. That expression in the photograph? That's the expression of excitement and wonder that she wore most of the day, combined with a triumphant laugh as she looked around at Keith, me, and anyone else passing by. She would stare at all of us, as if challenging us to admit that THIS is the best life can be. Did anyone know it could be so good?!?
I was afraid that we would be at the farm for hours, because it appeared that she just might need to touch every single pumpkin on display. Eventually, though, we did purchase one large pumpkin for potential carving, a small pumpkin and gourd perfectly-sized for grasping baby hands, and some pretzel bread that was delicious. We dropped everything off at the car and headed over to the Towpath for a short walk.
In this, as in everything else, Eleanor was absolutely delighted. Look at all the people! And the leaves! And the puppies!! She was like the ambassador of the trail; as runners or walkers approached, she would plant herself in the middle of the trail and wait for them to notice her. Once they did, she would smile and pretend to be shy, but then wave enthusiastically. She loved the crunch of the dry leaves under her feet, and spent many moments stopping in place on them.
I have always enjoyed the Fall, and Halloween. But they have never been this exciting or filled with wonder before. Eleanor just makes everything better!

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Add a royal touch to your medieval costume with this amazing themed Robe. This Robe comes in dark green with faux brown fur trim. For additional elegance the hem and the sleeve seam are trimmed with a golden detail. Perfect to over your sexy or medieval costume.

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Do red herrings swim in circles? Controlling for the endogeneity of time to death
Studies on the effect of ageing on health care expenditure (HCE) have revealed the importance of controlling for time-to-death (TTD). These studies, however, are subject to possible endogeneity if HCE influences the remaining life expectancy. This paper introduces a 10-year observation period on monthly HCE, socioeconomic characteristics and survivor status to first predict TTD and then use the predicted values as an instrument in the regression for HCE. While exogeneity of TTD has to be rejected, core results concerning the role of TTD rather than age as a determinant of HCE (the 'red herring' hypothesis) are confirmed.
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- Felder, Stefan & Meier, Markus & Schmitt, Horst, 2000. "Health care expenditure in the last months of life," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 19(5), pages 679-695, September.
- Robert E. Hall & Charles I. Jones, 2007.
"The Value of Life and the Rise in Health Spending,"
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- Robert E. Hall & Charles I. Jones, 2005. "The value of life and the rise in health spending," Proceedings, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
- Robert E. Hall & Charles I. Jones, 2004. "The Value of Life and the Rise in Health Spending," NBER Working Papers 10737, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Christian Salas & James P. Raftery, 2001. "Econometric issues in testing the age neutrality of health care expenditure," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 10(7), pages 669-671.
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- Peter Zweifel & Stefan Felder & Markus Meiers, 1999. "Ageing of population and health care expenditure: a red herring?," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 8(6), pages 485-496.
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Leather basques and accessories for the waist from the Ukrainian brand HINKELMAN are about stylish, sexy, mysterious and self-confident women, and most importantly - different women who give free rein to their natural attractiveness. "The world revolves around the waist - this is the main idea of our brand," emphasizes its founder Margarita Hinkelman and tells the story of the brand specially for TOP.UA
What exactly inspired you to create this accessory?
Inspiration appeared during one of the trips to Columbia. Bright Colombian girls and their mesmerizing silhouettes became the muses of the HINKELMAN brand. The figures of Julián and Monique, who passed by, literally made them turn around and guide them with their gaze to look at these exquisite curves once more.
The brand is very young, but it is already known all over the world!
Yes, we are expanding collaborations with other clothing brands, we are starting to work with fashion bloggers-influencers. Accessories from HINKELMAN are chosen by stylists from many corners of the world, and this inspires us not to stop.
The world revolves around the waist. Leather basques for the waist of the HINKELMAN brand are framed, made of dense leather, so they keep their shape, allowing you to correct any type of figure. Exclusively handmade. The excellent quality of the material (Italy) and the exclusivity of each batch of products, confidence, a stylish silhouette - this is exactly what you get by purchasing our accessories. The brand was created for those who can afford the best, understanding that it is worth it; who appreciates details, he knows that everything in this world consists of small things.


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Juniors Jasmine Whitfield and Mary Dye lead a talented class as the South Oldham High School Lady Dragons return to contend for the regional title again this year. The Lady Dragons will battle with defending champ Anderson County, Walton-Verona and Simon Kenton for a trip to the Sweet 16. LAST YEAR: 19-8, beat Oldham County 77-58 to win 29th District, lost to Shelby County 42-41 in overtime in the first round of the region tourney. KEY LOSSES: Regional player of the year in guard Jordann McGuffin and Vicki Bray.
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Adam Moore's photograph looks straight out of any Spanish magical-realist novel. Garcia Marquez visualizing Cartagena or Allende bringing Caracas to life. Nobody does it better. It's actually just San Francisco, magical in it's own way! (Never been)
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Go, go, go. SF is amazing. I was worried all the people saying it's awesome would ruin it for me, but it didn't. Really beautiful city- people, architecture, nature, food, style. In love.
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HERDS of cattle are without water and cattle herders in the Ombalakadhila Village in the Omusati Region are in panic after a large herd of thirsty elephants moved into their area last night and occupied a number of boreholes and destroyed water tanks.
Nature conservationists are currently on their way to the area to investigate and see what can be done to prevent human-wildlife conflict.
Speaking to Informanté this afternoon, the Deputy Director for North-Central region in the directorate of Wildlife and National Parks, Rehabeam Erkki said that his office was notified about the presence of the elephants at the Ombalakadhila area and has already dispatched a team of officials to go and assess the situation and take appropriate action.
Andreas Onguwo, one of the farmers who cattle posts in the area have said that his animals and those of his neighbors have no access to water because their boreholes were occupied by elephants overnight and the giants appear to have no intention to leave.
“We have instructed our herders to stay away from the boreholes while awaiting the arrival of nature conservation officials,” he said.
According to him the elephants’ first appearance in the area was about two weeks ago. “They destroyed some of our water tanks and we reported their presence to nature conservation officials, but the moment the officials arrived the elephants were gone, only to come back again last night long after the officials had left the area,” he said.
Erkki said that elephants are roaming the area because of the current drought.
He pointed out that the elephants are not from the Etosha National Park but are “original residents” of the western parts of Omusati and the eastern parts of Kunene region.
“Elephants are territorial. They might move out of an area because of food, but they would come back even many decades later and find their former territory now occupied by humans. However, the bottom line is that it is our responsibility to avoid human-wildlife conflict,” said Erkki.

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From its high population growth to good consumer spending, you have plenty of reasons to set up shop in Queensland. You may be new to expanding a business, though, so you are not sure what to do. For example, should you look for a commercial space for lease or buy one?
Use this as your guide when deciding:
1. What Kind of Business Do You Have?
People tend to use the terms “commercial” and “industrial” interchangeably when they do not have the same meaning.
- Commercial business is usually involved in trading. A good example is a retail shop.
- An industrial company is one that manufactures goods. It may be part of a complex that includes warehouses, assembly plants, and fulfillment centers.
Both can demand large spaces, but commercial businesses may need something smaller than an industrial factory. The extra space will be necessary to accommodate machinery and equipment, trucks and other vehicles, and hundreds of workers. Check Rivermakers for more details.
Either way, you may benefit from finding a commercial lease in a mixed-use area. In Queensland, you have River Maker. A former historic district, it is now about to become a business center for both industrial and commercial companies.
It can help reduce transport or logistics costs and avoid common supply-chain issues such as timely delivery.
2. How Much Money Can You Spend?
Rent is not cheap in Australia, more so if it is an industrial or commercial space. On average, an office in the country is $1,000 per square meter.
Fortunately, you can search for a commercial space for lease that is more affordable away from New South Wales. In Brisbane, for example, it can be half the cost of the same building in Sydney.
At some point, though, you may have to consider looking for a commercial or industrial land for sale. This is especially necessary if you are thinking of staying in the area long-term or permanently.
When you own the land or space, you do not have to deal with the rising rental fees. You have more freedom on land use, as well as earn more money by perhaps leasing available land to start-ups.
3. What Size Do You Need?
You can’t pick a size according to your whim. The Building Code of Australia says that you need to allocate 10 square meters for every worker if you choose a commercial space for lease, such as an office.
You may also have to consider:
- Number of present and future employees
- Future business plans (e.g., Are you staying for good? Do you plan to expand further?)
- Best work environment, especially when your industry has standards
For instance, if you are setting up an industrial facility, you need sufficient space for a vehicle to maneuver without harming a worker.
Now is one of the excellent times to bring your business or start one in Queensland, but you also need to be strategic, especially in renting a commercial or industrial space.
The questions above will hopefully guide you on whether to choose an industrial space for sale or lease one.


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When George Osborne stands up on Thursday to deliver his Autumn Statement, there will be many claims on any spare cash he has managed to scrape together. But one of his top priorities should be a very simple issue: the inexorable rise of business rates.
Writing on the Telegraph website, Simon Danczuk – the Labour MP for Rochdale – told the story of an unemployed constituent of his, from one of the poorest estates in the country. Rather than staying on the dole, he cashed in his pension to set up a fish and chip shop in the city centre. But despite a loyal customer base, his firm was forced to close – not because of the rents charged by the landlord, but because of business rates that were twice as high, at almost £2,000 a month.
Next year, the rates are set to go up again: in fact, during the course of the parliament, it is projected that £6.5 billion will have been added on. The Chancellor has hinted that he may freeze them, in part to help ailing high streets. If so, it can’t come soon enough.
At the moment, business rates rake in some £25 billion a year – roughly the cost of the police, the Ministry of Justice and the Home Office. This is simply too high. The average bill has now reached roughly £14,000, compared with council tax of around £1,400. Obviously, business premises tend to be larger than homes – but not 10 times the size.
To make matters worse, business rates are linked to the retail price index. This is meant to ensure fairness – but if costs such as electricity rise rapidly, it pushes up inflation. That means retailers are hit twice, first by rising utility bills and second by higher rates. On top of this, those rates are calculated using increasingly out-of-date valuations, meaning that struggling firms are seeing them rise from figures set before the recession even began.
Equally difficult is the demand for up-front payment. Imagine if you told someone starting a business that they would have to pay income tax according to a government calculation of what their annual profit would be, regardless of what they actually made. It would be seen as monstrously unfair. Yet this is what business rates do by relying on rateable value. Rather than looking at companies’ ability to pay, in terms of their profits or even their turnover, rates are set based on rents. This is particularly unfair to new companies, such as that chip shop in Simon Danczuk’s constituency, meaning that these rates constitute a serious barrier to entry for start-ups.
So there is clearly a strong case for freezing business rates. But there is an equally strong case, as the Telegraph has argued, for taking a serious look at how the entire area operates. It might be that the problem could be solved by a few years of frozen rates and a fairer way of calculating increases. Or it might be that rates need to be replaced with a tax on turnover or a similar measure of ability to pay.
In the short term, freezing the rates while reforms are considered is clearly the right thing to do. The politics are also appealing: although the freeze would apply to all businesses, it would help small firms more than large, as rates can be especially onerous for small and sole traders. It would not distort the market, or pick winners, but encourage competition, making it easier for new firms and ideas.
This is not to say that freezing or reforming business rates will, or even should, preserve every high street or company. The truth is that British business is in the midst of a revolution: 80 per cent of households are now online, and it is likely that by 2020, internet use will be near-universal. The pressure on traditional bricks-and-mortar retailers, in particular, will be immense.
Some people, surveying the thousands of empty shop fronts that fill our high streets, have suggested that as well as freezing business rates, we should impose taxes to deter people from shopping online. That would be harmful and counter-productive: one of the strengths of the British economy is that it accepts that experimentation, failure, and change are the necessary precursors for greater success.
We shouldn’t tilt the playing field against online firms – but nor should we discriminate, as we currently do, against those whose companies are based around offices or shops rather than websites. What is most frustrating and demoralising for an entrepreneur – especially in those first few uncertain years – is to be driven under not by inefficient management, or poor business planning, but relentless increases in taxation, such as our ever-rising business rates. They are the silent equivalent of government saying that it does not care about risk-taking and hard work – and in the long run, we will all suffer, as innovation is driven out of the economy.
That is why George Osborne should say clearly that he supports and celebrates those who dedicate themselves to serving the consumer, whatever the size of the company they run. And he can best do that by putting the money where his mouth is – and freezing business rates.
This blog originally appeared on the Daily Telegraph website.

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Ashley Crowther, VP Engineering, Wind Romax U.S.
A case study shows how condition-monitoring data and engineering analysis can identify the root cause of trouble in wind-turbine drivetrains, and then give design teams information to solve the problems.
Maintaining profitability is one of the biggest challenges facing offshore wind-farm operators and owners. Innovative technology and logistics mean reliability issues and traditional reactive-maintenance practises lessen viability of equipment mounted offshore.
To meet these challenges, wind-farm owners and operators are turning to “asset management” companies along with operations-and-maintenance (O&M) suppliers to reduce the cost of running the turbine fleet. As with any fledgling industry, offshore wind is bound to suffer from teething problems. Drivetrain failures are responsible for a significant amount of turbine downtime, particularly in the gearbox and main bearings.
Why repairs fail
There are many reasons these major components suffer. Most of their performance shortcomings stem from extreme weather conditions, manufacturing errors, and sometimes fundamental design flaws. Surface fixes, such as bearing or gearbox replacements, often prove to be short-term fixes and fail to find a root cause. Superficial repairs lead to repeat failures and additional cost.
Mitigating such risk requires an in-depth understanding of the complex drivetrain system and environmental interactions, something which only experienced wind-energy providers and technical experts can provide. Drivetrain assessments, component-life predictions, and end-of-warranty inspections form part of an O&M program that can reduce cost and increase reliability.
A good example of how these services can improve turbine reliability and safeguard future wind farm profitability is a recent project conducted by colleagues at an offshore wind farm. The project set out to identify the cause of an unusual number of identical failures in the turbine fleet. The operator also wanted to understand the nature of the vibration characteristics uncovered by their condition-monitoring data, and whether those signatures were indicative of a wider reliability issue.
A failure distribution analysis found that 80% of the particular failures were due to bearings, and nearly 10% due to gears. The bearing-failure ratio was much higher than other farms in the fleet, especially for the high-speed shaft bearing which was a problem for the turbines in that series. The engineering analysis team had to establish the root cause of the high-speed shaft bearing failure.
An assessment of vibration data showed that the high-speed gear mesh’s 3rd harmonic and oil pump’s 6th harmonic had high amplitudes near the machine’s rated speed and power.
When the machine speed decreased, these vibration amplitudes reduced markedly, but the high-speed gear mesh 4th harmonic grew in magnitude. Field data showed that at rated speed and power the two vibration sources (high-speed gear mesh and oil pump) where contributing 40% of the RMS vibration level of the gearbox. Assessing data from other turbines in the fleet showed the vibration issue in all gearboxes of the same make and pointed to a serial design problem.
To carry the investigation further, the team built a simulation model of the gearbox in RomaxWIND software to predict the structural vibration response from the gear transmission error and its multiple harmonics. The software is a simulation tool with capability to model an entire gearbox (gears, carriers, bearings, lubricant, and housing) and predict dynamic behaviour under particular operating conditions –certain torques and speeds. It is applied to wind farm, drivetrain-issues in combination with practical engineering design and field work.
The software’s dynamic analysis demonstrated that subsystem resonance at rated condition was the likely cause. The Waterfall graph shows a predicted housing response for the first three harmonics of the high-speed gear mesh. The resonant behavior of the system with the 3rd harmonic from 1,600 to 2,000 rpm is also evident. Correlating to the vibration characteristics from field data helps then to use the model to understand the source. In this case, many local structural modes are excited by the HS gear and oil pump higher harmonics. The illustration Bending Mode shows an example bending mode that will respond to the excitation.
The analysis uncovered several issues contributing to the poor bearing reliability, one of which is a serial issue of resonance of gear excitation frequencies with the structure. By simulation and field work, the analysis team demonstrated that the gearbox had not been designed for good vibration characteristics at operating torque and speeds. In addition, the technical team was able to explain how design improvements could overcome these issues.
For a gearbox retrofit, it is not practical to change the structure and shift the resonances. Hence, practical engineering solutions include investigating the surface waviness of the oil-pump gear from manufacturing processes to ensure it is not related to the 6th harmonic, changing the number of gear teeth on the pump, or improving the microgeometry design.
For the high-speed gear, a good avenue for improvement would be microgeometry optimization to reduce source excitation; the third harmonic of the gear transmission error. Microgeometry optimization could include parameters such as tip relief, root relief, and involute crowning and would need to be engineered so modifications do not reduce gear durability.
By redesigning the component, the turbines would be able to run more effectively. Of course, gearbox rebuilds must be kept within design and cost constraints and they certainly should not go back to the field with the same problems.
The analysis team showed that by understanding faults and the ability to predict the lifespan of components through simulation, wind-farm operators can greatly improve their knowledge and ability to schedule maintenance for their fleet of wind turbines. Much of Romax’s field engineering focuses on this issue because a reasonable bottom line for the fleet depends on improving reliability and controlling costs.
A proactive approach to turbine fleet management can have a significant impact on the running costs and fleet uptime. The ability to feedback potential design issues through the manufacturing cycle also significantly aids in the design of new machines and helps ensure the next generation of turbines is installed without the problems of the past.
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Chains of Love (Ahmet Ertegun song)
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"Chains Of Love", a 12-bar blues, was actually written by Doc Pomus (a.k.a. Jerome Solon Felder) who sold the copyright to Ahmet Ertegun in 1950 for $50.00 (referencing Doc Pomus and his family). Since Mr. Ertegun owned the copyright from that point forward, he had every right to claim the song as his own which he did using the pseudonym "A. Nugetre". The song has charted numerous times in the US and abroad the first by 'Big' Joe Turner (as Joe Turner) in 1951 reaching number 2 on the Billboard R&B chart (see the Billboard Chart Archives Database).
Turner's version was his first success on the Atlantic label established by Ertegun. In 1956, the song was covered by Pat Boone, whose version made no. 10 on the Billboard Top 100. Another commercially successful version was by Bobby Bland, whose recording reached no. 9 on the R&B chart and no. 60 on the pop chart in 1969.
The Hollywood Flames released a version of the song as a single in 1958. Other covers include: Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'N' Roll Trio (1957); Sam Cooke (1962); B. B. King (1962); Bobby 'Blue' Bland (1969); Little Richard (1973); Lou Rawls (1992); and Irma Thomas (1992).
- Gilliland, John (1969). "Show 3 - The Tribal Drum: The rise of rhythm and blues. [Part 1]" (audio). Pop Chronicles. University of North Texas Libraries.
- Whitburn, Joel (2003). Top Pop Singles 1955-2002 (1st ed.). Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 72. ISBN 0-89820-155-1.
- Whitburn, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-1995, p.35
- The Hollywood Flames, "Chains of Love" single release Retrieved February 4, 2016.
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Not far from Cambodia’s famed Angkor Wat temples, the towering stilts keeping wooden houses at safe levels above water have been rendered useless — the land below is dry.
It’s September, the height of rainy season, and these floating villages on the upper edge of the Tonle Sap lake should be flooded. But something has gone wrong. The eponymous river that pushes billions of gallons of water into the lake each rainy season has gone still. The lake, which expands and contracts like a beating heart twice each year for millennia has barely spilled past its dry season borders.
“We don’t see the water rising up like before,” said Kheav Cheam, a 50-year-old fisherman. “In the past, the water rose higher and spilled into the lake, so we could catch fish. But now, the water doesn’t go into the lake and the fish don’t grow bigger.”


Network Security Services (NSS) is a set of libraries designed to support cross-platform development of security-enabled client and server applications. NSS supports SSL v3-TLS 1.2 (experimental TLS 1.3), PKCS #5, PKCS#7, PKCS #11, PKCS #12, S/MIME, X.509 v3 certificates, and other security standards.
In order to get started create a new directory on that you will be uses as your local work area, and check out NSS and NSPR. (Note that there's no git mirror of NSPR and you require mercurial to get the latest NSPR source.)
git clone https://github.com/nss-dev/nss.git hg clone https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nspr
NSS can also be cloned with mercurial
hg clone https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nss
This build system is under development. It does not yet support all the features or platforms that NSS supports. To build on anything other than Mac or Linux please use the legacy build system as described below.
After changing into the NSS directory a typical build is done as follows
Once the build is done the build output is found in the directory
../dist/Debug for debug builds and
../dist/Release for opt builds. Exported header files can be found in the
include directory, library files in directory
lib, and tools in directory
bin. In order to run the tools, set your system environment to use the libraries of your build from the "lib" directory, e.g., using the
Usage: build.sh [-hcv] [-j <n>] [--nspr] [--gyp|-g] [--opt|-o] [-m32] [--test] [--fuzz] [--pprof] [--scan-build[=output]] [--asan] [--ubsan] [--msan] [--sancov[=edge|bb|func|...]] [--ct-verif] [--disable-tests] This script builds NSS with gyp and ninja. This build system is still under development. It does not yet support all the features or platforms that NSS supports. NSS build tool options: -h display this help and exit -c clean before build -v verbose build -j <n> run at most <n> concurrent jobs --nspr force a rebuild of NSPR --gyp|-g force a rerun of gyp --opt|-o do an opt build -m32 do a 32-bit build on a 64-bit system --test ignore map files and export everything we have --fuzz enable fuzzing mode. this always enables test builds --pprof build with gperftool support --ct-verif build with valgrind for ct-verif --scan-build run the build with scan-build (scan-build has to be in the path) --scan-build=/out/path sets the output path for scan-build --asan do an asan build --ubsan do an ubsan build --ubsan=bool,shift,... sets specific UB sanitizers --msan do an msan build --sancov do sanitize coverage builds --sancov=func sets coverage to function level for example --disable-tests don't build tests and corresponding cmdline utils
After changing into the NSS directory a typical build of 32-bit NSS is done as follows:
The following environment variables might be useful:
BUILD_OPT=1 to get an optimised build
USE_64=1 to get a 64-bit build (recommended)
The complete list of environment variables can be found here.
To clean the build directory run:
Make sure that the address
$HOST.$DOMSUF on your computer is available. This is necessary because NSS tests generate certificates and establish TLS connections, which requires a fully qualified domain name. You can test this by calling
ping $HOST.$DOMSUF. If this is working, you're all set. If it's not, set or export:
Note that you might have to add
/etc/hosts if it's not there. The entry should look something like
127.0.0.1 nss.local nss.
If you get name resolution errors, try to ensure that you are using an IPv4 address; IPv6 is the default on many systems for the loopback device which doesn't work.
Runnning all tests will take a while!
cd tests ./all.sh
Make sure that all environment variables set for the build are set while running the tests as well. Test results are published in the folder
Individual tests can be run with the
NSS_TESTS environment variable, e.g.
NSS_TESTS=ssl_gtests ./all.sh or by changing into the according directory and running the bash script there
cd ssl_gtests && ./ssl_gtests.sh. The following tests are available:
cipher lowhash libpkix cert dbtests tools fips sdr crmf smime ssl ocsp merge pkits chains ec gtests ssl_gtests bogo
To make tests run faster it's recommended to set
NSS_CYCLES=standard to run only the standard cycle.
NSS releases can be found at Mozilla's download server. Because NSS depends on the base library NSPR you should download the archive that combines both NSS and NSPR.
Bugzilla is used to track NSS development and bugs. File new bugs in the NSS product.
A list with good first bugs to start with are listed here.
The nss directory contains the following important subdirectories:
coreconf contains the build logic.
lib contains all library code that is used to create the runtime libraries.
cmd contains a set of various tool programs that are built with NSS. Several tools are general purpose and can be used to inspect and manipulate the storage files that software using the NSS library creates and modifies. Other tools are only used for testing purposes.
gtests contain the NSS test suite. While
test contains shell scripts to drive test programs in
gtests holds a set of gtests.
A more comprehensible overview of the NSS folder structure and API guidelines can be found here.


We present the energy minimization of atomic clusters as a promising problem class for continuous black box optimization benchmarks. Finding the arrangement of atoms that minimizes a given potential energy is a specific instance of the more general class of geometry optimization or packing problems, which are generally NP-complete. Atomic clusters are a well-studied subject in physics and chemistry. From the large set of available cluster optimization problems, we propose two specific instances: Cohn-Kumar clusters and Lennard-Jones clusters. The potential energies of these clusters are governed by distance-dependent pairwise interaction potentials. The resulting collection of landscapes is composed of smooth and rugged single-funnel topologies, as well as tunable double-funnel topologies. In addition, all problems possess a feature that is not covered by the synthetic functions in current black box optimization test suites: isospectral symmetry. This property implies that any atomic arrangement is uniquely defined by the pairwise distance spectrum, rather than the absolute atomic positions. We hence suggest that the presented problem instances should be included in black box optimization benchmark suites.


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Exercise Two: First and Last.
This is an easy one. Below is what we accumulated as potential first and/or last lines of a story. If anyone has other ideas please continue to submit them as a reply to this post. There are no hard and fast rules; if the line reads like a last line, use it that way and vice versa. Word count should be no more than 500 words. Let's say, next Thursday for your results. (I will actually attempt to post something this time, instead of being lame and not finishing mine. LOL)
Bonus if you use two; one at the beginning and one at the end. :)
(Hooligan, I will sure to get to giving your post a read through and make comments.)
1. Woke up in a strange room again and it took me a while to remember it wasn't mine.
2. The tapping on the window grew louder, then stopped altogether.
3. It started out like any other day. The dreary dirt of the cobblestone caked to his shoes and the black coal colored coat hung over his thin and bony shoulders. He had his pick in hand and was racing to the lorry, wouldn't do to be late yet again.
4. Matilde closed her eyes. Yes, it was an end.
5. "See you later," she said, but what I heard was the damning finality of "goodbye".
6. "Damn.", he said, and died.
7. "Mary knew she should have worn underwear that day."
8. "What a moment to realize your parents really weren't your parents."
9. "He could not help but stare. She seemed perfect, absolutely perfect, sipping on her iced tea in the neighborhood café. Her hair, a tuft of which was expertly tucked behind her right ear, was perfect. Everything about her looked like an Italian painter had created her image for that moment, including the early evening light, highlighting her beauty.
10. "He looked at his watch. 6:30. With disgust, he exhaled audibly. He had missed the train."
11. As "Skinny" Kenny McAdams hauled his corpulent body to the top the stairs, the pain raced through his left arm like a shot of boiling heroin. Stumbling forward, he barely made it inside his apartment before he fell over and died. It was only when the paramedics rolled his corpse over that the true tragedy was revealed: Underneath lay the lifeless body of Vienna, the lovable star of the SouperPup dog food commercials.

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Ali Deloof will compete for gold in tonight’s 50 back final.
Kosuke Hagino will hit the water in the men’s 200 back prelims on day 5 in Taipei.
Ryan Hoffer is the most valuable NCAA prospect since Caeleb Dressel, and he’s not alone in a powerhouse #1 class for 2017.
USA Swimming has announced its 44-swimmer squad for the 2017 World University Games, with only two of the eligible pool swimming World Champs team members electing to take part in both meets.
Despite a controversial DQ in the 400 IM that kept her off the World Champs team, Ella Eastin will lead the World University Games team in the 200 IM and 200 fly.
Jacob Pebley will look to qualify for his first LC World Championship team tonight in the men’s 200 back.
Teammates Ryan Murphy and Jacob Pebley are the frontrunners in the 200 back, but Texas’ John Shebat could come out of nowhere after his explosive NCAA season.
Vlad Morozov will compete in a 3-way 100 free swim-off today in Santa Clara.
Ross Dant put on a show in the distance events at the 2017 YMCA Short Course Nationals
Sarasota’s Austin Katz continues his dominance at the 2017 YMCA Short Course Nationals.
Courtney Harnish erased Meghan Small’s 200 free Y-Nat record tonight.
Grant House is the top seed in the 200 freestyle entering night three of YMCA Nationals.
2017 YMCA SHORT COURSE NATIONALS Monday April 3 – Friday, April 7, 2017 Greensboro Aquatic Center Greensboro, NC Mon: 5:30PM…
Max McHugh, Caitlyn Tycz and Austin Katz are all primed to chase their own YMCA National records following day 2 prelims of YMCA Short Course Nationals.
Gonzalez, a member of the Spanish National Team, was a 2016 Rio Olympic semifinalist and a 2015 Junior World Champion.


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Here’s what’s happening this Thursday evening at the Auckland Uni Economics Group:
Competition is one of the most important ideas in economics. But what is competition? And how have economists defined it? Is it a certain state of a market or is it the behaviour of people within a market?
This week, we bring you a presentation by one of New Zealand's leading thinkers, Dr. Oliver Hartwich, the Executive Director of The New Zealand Initiative, on the fundamental economic concept of competition – and how so many economists get it so wrong.
Date: Thursday, October 9
Location: Case Room Two, Level Zero, Business School (OGGB)
(plenty of parking under the Business School, entrance off Grafton Rd)
We look forward to seeing you there.
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About Dr Hartwich:
Dr Oliver Hartwich is the Executive Director of The New Zealand Initiative, an independent public policy think tank supported by chief executives of major New Zealand businesses. Before joining the Initiative, he was a Research Fellow at the Centre for Independent Studies in Sydney
When left the UK to take up his new job in Sydney, then Conservative MP David Cameron said “the sooner he gets on the ship the better.” At the time he was the Chief Economist at Policy Exchange (London), and an advisor to the UK House of Lords.
Dr Hartwich is a frequent media commentator and writes a popular Business Spectator column. His articles have been published by major newspapers in Britain, Germany, Switzerland, Australia and New Zealand.


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A federal magistrate judge denied bail yesterday for the man charged with supplying weapons to three alleged terrorists accused of planning an attack on Fort Dix.
Judge Joel Schneider described Agron Abdullahu, 24, as "an important conduit" for helping the others to carry out their plan and said he should be held without bail pending trial.
Schneider issued his ruling following a three-hour hearing in U.S. District Court in Camden that included testimony from three of Abdullahu's family members and an impassioned plea from the defendant.
"I'm not really a bad guy," Abdullahu said in a brief statement in which he appeared to be choking back tears. "If I could go home, I would go back to my old life. . . . I would never do harm to this country that saved my life."
Abdullahu, his parents, two younger brothers and a younger sister were airlifted to the United States in 1999, part of a group of Muslim ethnic Albanians fleeing a genocidal war in Kosovo.
Both his parents and his 21-year-old sister took the stand during the hearing and described him as hardworking, nonviolent and grateful to the United States for what it had done for them.
Sejdulla Abdullahu said his son was "the second father" in the family who provided financial support and guidance to the others.
"He pays the bills. . . . He registers his brothers and sister at school. . . . He was our translator," he said.
Vaxhide Abdullahu said her son worked 60 to 70 hours a week at a bakery in the ShopRite supermarket in Williamstown and was co-owner with her of the family home.
She described the hardships the family suffered in making its way to the United States after the war broke out in their native Kosovo and said that her son knew that "this country saved my family" and he would never do anything to harm it.
But federal prosecutor William E. Fitzpatrick painted a different picture in arguing that there were no circumstances that would warrant Agron Abdullahu's release pending trial.
He said the defendant posed a danger to the community and was a risk of flight.
While acknowledging that Abdullahu was not charged with taking part in the alleged plot to attack Fort Dix, Fitzpatrick said he was aware of it and willingly supplied guns to, and took part in firearms training with, the five men who did plan the assault.
Abdullahu was one of six men arrested on May 7 following a 16-month investigation by the FBI and the Joint Terrorism Task Force into the alleged plot.
Five of those arrested, the brothers Dritan, Shain and Eljvir Duka, and Serdar Tatar and Mohamad Shnewer, have been charged with planning to kill American military personnel.
Abdullahu faces a lesser offense of supplying weapons to illegal immigrants. The Duka brothers, all of Cherry Hill, were living in this country illegally and under federal law could not possess firearms.
When he was arrested at his home in the Collings Lakes section of Buena Vista Township, Atlantic County, Abdullahu gave a statement to the FBI in which he admitted providing the guns for the Dukas, authorities said. He also provided details about two trips to the Poconos - in January 2006 and February 2007 - in which the suspects and others practiced shooting at a state park firearms range and watched videos that authorities allege were "jihadist training films."
At the time of the arrest, the FBI confiscated four weapons in the Abdullahu home, authorities said, including a Beretta handgun, a Mossberg 12-gauge shotgun, a Beretta Storm rifle and a semiautomatic Yugoslavian rifle.
Abdullahu had a license to possess weapons. Two of the guns were his, authorities said, and the other two he was storing for the Dukas. All four weapons, prosecutors said, were brought to the Poconos for the training sessions.

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Frequenty Asked Questions
We've provided the answers to our most frequently asked questions. If you can't find your answer here, one of our mortgage professionals will be able to help.
The short answer is, it depends. Some loan programs, like VA loans, have approvals with no down payment at all. There is also the very popular conventional loan program that offers a mortgage approval with only a three percent down payment. The lowest rates come with the lowest risk, as you contribute more of your money to the purchase, you will have more of a vested interest in repaying the loan.
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The process varies depending on the loan option chosen but the majority of our loans close between 14 and 30 days time after origination.
Your loan expert will communicate the deails of your loan approval as soon as it is obtained in some cases the approval is generated in just minutes.

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At Westward Ford, we believe that a successful business should also be a responsible corporate citizen, actively contributing to the welfare of the community it serves. That’s why we take great pride in being a proud sponsor of The Dakota Ojibway Child & Family Services Golf Tournament.
The Dakota Ojibway Child & Family Services Golf Tournament holds a special place in our hearts. It’s not just a gathering of avid golfers; it’s an extraordinary event that raises crucial funds to support the children and families in need within the Dakota Ojibway community. As a family-owned dealership deeply rooted in the community, we understand the significance of nurturing a safe, caring, and supportive environment for our children to grow and thrive.
Our sponsorship of this remarkable tournament is our way of giving back to the community that has supported us for years. It’s an opportunity for us to join forces with like-minded individuals, businesses, and organizations who share a common goal – to make a positive impact on the lives of others.
The Dakota Ojibway Child & Family Services has been doing incredible work, providing vital support, counseling, and resources to families in difficult circumstances. We are truly honored to play a part in supporting their tireless efforts to bring hope and healing to those in need.
At Westward Ford, community involvement is ingrained in our core values. We believe that we can achieve more when we come together, and it is our responsibility to uplift and empower those around us. Our commitment to social responsibility extends beyond sponsorship; it’s a promise to remain actively engaged in making a difference.
Westward Ford takes great pride in being a long-time and dedicated partner of the Portage Terriers MJHL hockey organization. Our collaboration reflects our deep commitment to the community and our shared passion for local sports.
Westward Ford is not only a proud partner of the Arrowhead Games but also deeply committed to supporting indigenous communities. We celebrate the rich cultural heritage of indigenous peoples through our partnership with the Arrowhead Games. Which helps create opportunities for indigenous athletes to showcase their talents and inspire future generations.
Westward Ford and The Salvation Army joined forces to host an Indigenous Days Food Drive, a community-driven initiative focused on combating food insecurity and celebrating Indigenous heritage. Together, they aimed to make a meaningful impact by collecting essential food items.

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The predictions before the season were consistent, but they might not have been too accurate.
Most District 13-5A preseason picks had Boca Raton finishing last in the competitive four-team district and Olympic Heights finishing first. But after Boca Raton's 11-8 victory over host Olympic Heights in extra innings Saturday night, it's clear predictions don't always come true.
With its second win of the season over Olympic Heights, Boca (8-2) improved to 4-0 in the district, and the Lions (7-8) fell to 0-4.
"I told these guys when I first saw them that they were steak, and they needed to stop thinking they're hamburger," Bobcats first-year coach Jack McDonald said. "At the beginning of the season, everybody picked them for last place. And I kept on telling them that they are not a last-place team. They believe in themselves now and they are steak."
With the score tied 8-8 in the top of the eighth inning, Boca pitcher Bob Santom reached on third baseman Kevin Berry's error, advanced to second on James Coulter's (1-1) wild pitch and advanced to third on Jay Black's sacrifice.
With Rob Matteis at the plate, Santom scored the go-ahead run on another Coulter wild pitch. But the trouble was not over.
After Matteis reached on an error and Frank Guagenti was intentionally walked, left fielder Guy Barth, who had one previous hit this season, yanked a single to center scoring Matteis and pinch runner Sean Bowe for the 11-8 advantage. All three runs were unearned as the Lions committed three errors in the inning.
Santom (4-1), who relieved starter Pat Herrera in the seventh, retired the Lions easily in the bottom of the inning for the victory, his second against Olympic Heights this season.
Olympic Heights took a 1-0 lead in the first on Jansen Ingle's RBI single, but Boca tied the score in the top of the second when Guagenti scored before the Lions executed a double play.
With the score tied 1-1, Olympic Heights scored four in the bottom of the third on Mike Orrico's two-run double, Brian Burlone's RBI single and Mike Mamo's RBI double.
The Bobcats cut the Lions' lead to 5-2 in the fourth on Chris Ramsey's RBI single and in the top of the fifth, Boca Raton sent 11 batters to the plate in a six-run, four-hit inning to take an 8-5 lead.
Phil Bonadonna led off the inning with a single and after Santom's single, runners were at the corners for Herrera. Herrera knocked a single into left scoring Bonadonna and after Matteis was hit by a Casey McCarthy pitch, the bases were loaded.
McCarthy then walked in three runs and Norberto Labrador hit a two-run single down the left-field line, before Coulter came on and retired the next two batters to get out of the inning.
"This win shows a lot of character in these kids," McDonald said. "You have to win games like this if you're going to do anything; 1-0 and 2-1 games are one thing, but when you are down like that and you come back, it shows a lot of character in the kids. They kept right on plugging."
The Lions battled back to tie the score with a run in the bottom of the fifth on Berry's groundout and two in the sixth on Orrico's sacrifice fly and a Labrador fielding error.
"It's tough for a team to beat another three times in a row or three times in one season, so I can't wait until the district tournament because I know we'll face them," Olympic Heights coach Brent Pearce said.


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Users must provide site details before they can enter data into the NRMM register.
This can be done on the My Site page.
You should record the basic contract information of a Contact Email, Contact Name, Contact Company and Contact Phone, which should be a direct dial or mobile if possible.
We also record some basic information about the site, including the Primary Borough it is in, whether it is in the Central Activity Zone or Canary Warf, and if known the planning application Year and Number. If you do not know the planning application number you should try to find this out from the developer or site owner, or contact the local council planning department who should be able to assist.
If a Site Spans Borough Boundaries then the box should be ticked, and then you can record a second or even third local Borough. We also allow you to record the Site Postcode to help us locate the site. It is ok to use the nearest one if the site does not yet have one.
You can also record the start and end dates of your development.

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Virtually unheard of in wealthier nations, obstetric fistula (Latin for hole) is an affliction of the very poor, and is predominantly caused by neglected, obstructed labor. If the obstruction is unrelieved, the baby usually dies. The prolonged impaction of its head against the mother’s internal tissue results in a severe medical condition in which a hole (fistula) develops between either the rectum and vagina or between the bladder and vagina. The loss of the baby, the persistent incontinence and rank odor that follows, along with many other possible complications such as infertility and chronic infection, often conspire to isolate the woman from family, society, and employment. Though a simple surgical repair can mend most cases of obstetric fistula, most women go untreated, afraid to admit to the condition or too poor to afford the repair.
Obstetric fistula is particularly prevalent in Sub-Saharan Africa, and Uganda has been reported to have the third-highest rate of fistula in the world.
Education for Prevention
Through our outreach to traditional birth attendants and other healthcare workers in the Iganga District, we have learned that there are widespread misconceptions about obstetric fistula — for instance, that it is incurable, and that it is caused by a sexually transmitted infection. We working to combat these misconceptions through birth attendant education, through community educational outreaches, and through community drama group performances about fistula. Drama groups are a natural source for education on health issues, and are commonly utilized by Ugandan village communities.
In order to repair women with fistula, we partner with a UK-based organization called Uganda Childbirth Injuries Fund. We first identify women with obstetric fistula though a number of avenues – village outreaches, health center referrals, radio shows, and simple word-of-mouth between women. We then transport women three times a year to “repair camps” at Kamuli Mission Hospital, where they are repaired by surgeons from Uganda Childbirth Injuries Fund. In Uganda, all hospital patients must arrive with a friend to feed, attend and nurse them, and so we also transport one attendant for each patient. After surgery, we transport the women home (an important step, because if they go home by motorcycle taxi, or walk long distances, they risk re-opening their healing fistula). Our Fistula Coordinator follows up with the women after the surgery to check on her healing and social integration.

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French hotel giant Accor saw half-year operating profits improve on the back of a 5.1% rise in revenues.
The company reported “robust” business in the UK, Germany, Poland and the Benelux countries, as well as strong operational efficiency.
But earnings were down by 7.5% in France and 48.5% in the Americas region mainly due to challenging economic conditions in Brazil compared to last summer when the World Cup was held in the country.
Group operating profits were up to €239 million from €185 million in the first six months of 2014 as revenue grew to €2.72 billion.
Group earnings [EBIT] were up by 23.8% to €263 million from €212 million a year earlier.
Chairman and chief executive, Sebastien Bazin, said: “Once again, AccorHotels has undertaken numerous initiatives to secure its lead and improve its performance.
“Our teams have united around our strategic priorities – restructuring of the property portfolio at HotelInvest, swift rollout of the digital plan, selective hotel development, revamping of the food and beverage offering and cultural transformation.
“The benefits from these initiatives have contributed to our good results in the first half, which include a significant increase in revenue and EBIT, strong cash flow generation, more robust positions in the fastest-growing markets and an improvement in the value of our hotel assets.
“These conditions enable us to set an objective for the full year of significantly improving our performance while at the same time ramping up our digital investment, despite persistently mixed environments in Brazil and France.
“All of this encourages us to proactively pursue our goal of transforming AccorHotels through our boldness, vision and pioneering spirit, with the same single objective in mind – better serving our customers.”


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Smith Farms is excited to announce that one of our custom furniture pieces will be included in an upcoming edition of Mountain Living, a bi-monthly home design magazine dedicated to the architecture and interior design of homes in the Mountain West region of the United States. Mountain Living is a leader in the western home luxury market. Their audience of more than a quarter of a million readers is largely made up of affluent homeowners looking for unique décor, furnishings, and design ideas for their homes. In the magazine, you’ll find features on luxury cabins, stunning vacation homes, as well as high-end custom homes with the natural and rustic flair that is unique to the Mountain West region.
If you’re not familiar with what constitutes “mountain style” in homes, picture a home with a strong connection to nature—one that has a lot of natural elements such as natural wood, stone, and even animal products such as leather, hides, antlers, etc. Another feature of many high-end mountain homes is large windows that highlight the beautiful views found in the area.
The opportunity to be included in Mountain Living came about because the magazine works closely with the Western Design Conference, an exclusive event at which our custom furniture company will be featured later this year. Smith Farms will be one of only a select few furniture builders to be included in a feature on the Wester Design Conference.
In the magazine, we will be showcasing a specially designed side table—a modern piece that would fit nicely in just about any mountain home—even those with more rustic design features. It won’t be seen anywhere until it appears in the upcoming edition of Mountain Living.
We are confident that this unique table will appeal to homeowners who are looking to make a statement with an unexpected piece in their mountain homes. We are also hopeful that its inclusion in Mountain Living will provide us with the opportunity to connect with homeowners looking to commission custom furniture pieces. While our style tends to be a bit more modern than a lot of the furniture seen in the magazine, we believe that is part of what sets us apart from the crowd. Owners of high-end custom homes (and the interior designers who work with them) are often looking for furniture and décor items that will make their home a showpiece, which is difficult to do with the typical, mass-produced pieces you find in furniture stores.
Once our table has been showcased in Mountain Living, we will add it to our Featured Projects section, so be sure to stay tuned! In the meantime, if you are interested in commissioning a custom furniture piece for your home, we’d love to hear from you!


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Category: UX advice / Ecommerce guides
For a long time the listings page within ecommerce has remained a functional thing, where users sort through a database of options. It’s traditionally not been the most visual or inspiring place to spend time, despite the importance of great images for selling products.
However more recently I’ve noticed from the research I’ve done for clients (particularly in the fashion and travel space) that companies seem to be moving away from the small thumbnail image of products to more exciting approaches. By exciting I mean both bigger images and more of them, such as on rollover or scroll.
I had no idea if this was just something that smaller, newer sites or ones in certain sectors were doing. What about the big, leading ecommerce websites where most users spend their time?
I decided to do some research! To find out the state of play I studied 50 of the biggest ecommerce websites in the world (full methodology and list of sites here) on both desktop and mobile. After gathering and data crunching I got the results below, where I was surprised by how old-fashioned most of these big players are.
I’ve accompanied this with some inspiration, via examples of some of the more interesting approaches amongst the studied websites, as of late 2018.
On desktop the majority of big sites are using square images on their listings pages with 46% of them going this route. This is perhaps not surprising as square images allow for balanced grid layouts. It also means that within this square bounding box the image can be whatever dimensions are required, so it works for a broad range of products.
After this more of them prefer a landscape rectangle design at 32%, while the remaining 22% have images that are portrait. Generally the landscape images are for row-based listings and portrait images are in the fashion sector where torso and body length images are shown.
This preference for square dimensions extends to mobile where 50% of the websites have them. 80% of the time websites have the same dimension images on mobile as they do on desktop, generally because they’re using responsive designs where elements are kept the same.
There’s a slightly different preference for rectangular images on mobile with 28% of them having portrait images compared to 22% using landscape images. This tends to be to squeeze more in and enable two listings per row.
When it comes to the actual pixel sizes that are being used, this is best explained in the graphic below. The average listings image size on desktop is 225 x 203 pixels, which typically allows for three to four images per row (for this, desktop is 1280px wide). On mobile the average size is 153 x 161 pixels, which enables designs of a single image accompanied by text to the right or two images with text below.
Otherwise the graphs show a fairly normal distribution of sizes with them clustering around the average, other than when it comes to the mobile width where there is a gap representing the jump between images that are about half a screen wide to those that are full screen width. For the purposes of this study mobile width is 375 pixels wide.
Home Depot are a fairly typical example of fitting four listings images to a page with filters running down the left side. They also show a site using swatch icons to represent different colours, which the user can click on to see the image change.
Gumtree use the smallest images of the websites studied at just 118 x 90 pixels, which is probably due to it being a site where not all the listings have images. This size is really too small to be of much use, particular when it is also covered in banners and icons.
H&M use the largest images of the websites researched – at 321 x 486 pixels. This is similar to other sites in the fashion industry, who seem to have realised that people make decisions about buying clothing almost entirely on how it looks.
Surprisingly the smallest images in use were on Expedia’s website at just 75 x 75 pixels. The travel space is one where a user needs to see several images to get a sense of a property, location, room, etc and is where there has been some innovation in listings design as shown in the next section. However Expedia are giving users very little to go on.
Groupon are an example of one of the biggest mobile listings images, with them going full screen width, and pretty much half screen height. This allows lots of information and multiple shots to be placed in a single image.
Booking.com are an example of a site doing something that not many do in the image space: having different sizes of images on their listings. This is true on desktop too where the images can vary from almost square to tall and thin. It seems to be to allow different amounts of text information to be shown next to them so they can promote certain properties.
Every listing features at least one image but how many sites are going beyond this? Well not many, as 66% of the websites studied feature just one image per listing.
12% feature a single image with another (or more) appearing when the user hovers over it. Forever21 and Shutterfly had up to five extra images appearing on rollover, though in both cases no way of controlling how fast they changed.
10% had a single image with colour or variant swatches underneath, which when clicked would change the image to show the different colour (see the Home Depot example above). I was surprised by how low this was, with it being an important feature in fashion and clothing—there were more sites that had non-clickable swatches.
6% of sites allowed the user to scroll through many different images—often all the images available—and all of them were sites in the travel space. An example of this is Trip Advisor below, where it could go up to as many as 70 images to scroll through. Strangely on mobile they go the opposite direct with a single very small square image.
4% had a single main image with several smaller thumbnails below it. Both handled this quite differently, as shown in the Auto Trader and Agoda examples below.
Auto Trader show six very small thumbnails under the main image, which aren’t clickable but do make it clear there are more photos available.
Agoda feature a single main image with 10 other thumbnail images underneath. When hovered over this image would enlarge to be bigger than the default listings image.
Finally, only 2% (or one website) featured two equally sized images alongside each other. This can be seen on Rightmove and is a slightly odd pattern but one that shows how hard it is to pick a single image of a property to sell it.
When it comes to how many images per listing appear on mobile the story is a clear one: 94% just use a single image. This is no surprise as the page weight is important on mobile devices, especially when users have to pay for data. However with most ecommerce sites now seeing the majority of their traffic coming from mobile, users will soon expect just as impressive an experience as on desktop.
The remaining 6% of websites are made up of one site using a single image and two tiny thumbnails, and two sites allowing the user to scroll through multiple images.
The site with a single image and two small thumbnail ones is Auto Trader, showing a condensed version of their desktop website. This style is something they are able to ‘own’ across different devices with the tiny images unlikely to be too harsh on loading times.
Airbnb are an example of a mobile site allowing users to scroll through many images, in this case it shows all of the pictures available for that property (even though the indicator only suggests seven).
In terms of how many individual listings are being shown on a mobile screen at once, 62% of the top 50 are just showing one per row. This is whether it’s a small image like Expedia or a large one like Groupon.
36% of the sites studied showed two listings per row (or a 2-up design), a typical example being the Sephora website below, where the user can see four products per screen. However their images are a bit on the small side, making some of the products look pretty similar.
Just one website uses a pattern of three listings in a row and that was Zappos. It would be interesting to know why they went down this route as it does make things look pretty squashed, particularly when it comes to product titles.
I was expecting more variety and cutting edge from the biggest ecommerce websites out there and was surprised at how small the images are on average. There are practical reasons for this with websites selling large product ranges where decent photography can’t be guaranteed but in a world of rapid fast computing, along with Instagram showcasing stunning photography, users are likely to soon expect more to seduce them into tapping.
I think what’s most useful from research like this is not to see what the standard is so you can follow it, but instead to see where the gaps in the market are and opportunities to innovate. Some of the examples above highlight options for how do something more interesting with your listings page image presentation but there’s plenty of room to go further. If you’re a brand looking to offer an enhanced ecommerce experience, it doesn’t take a lot to stand out.
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By Landon Manning
After frequent calls from mainstream press agencies worldwide that Bitcoin (BTC) was “finished” because of the recent price drawdown, data shows that a committed core of maximalists are confident in the success of the world’s first decentralized internet currency as it stands apart from various altcoins.
Throughout the first half of 2022, the valuation of bitcoin took some substantial hits, arguably the greatest in its entire history. The collapse of certain shaky stablecoins led to a domino effect, taking out exchanges, crunching liquidity everywhere and eventually leading to a generalized market downturn. Even as rapid rises and subsequent crashes are quite familiar to veterans in the industry, and we have certainly seen worse in terms of percentage values, the fact remains that bitcoin occupied a very public spot as it reached the highest price in its history, and now sits at around a third of that exchange rate. This contraction has led to a slew of bad press and naysaying, with a wide variety of actors proclaiming the end of Bitcoin.
Yet, now that things have stabilized, and we can all but confirm that this new bottom is in fact higher than the highs of 2017, it seems that the dedication and conviction of the Bitcoin Maximalists is getting some real attention. Essentially, Bitcoin Maximalists are those who disregard almost every cryptocurrency and digital token, and instead, focus on the one coin they see as better than the gold standard. Finally, the world is taking notice of the differentiation between bitcoin and cryptocurrency as a whole.
This has all started with certain data collected by Reuters the further we got from the crash, showing that July was a good month for bitcoin: The price either stabilized or increased the entire time. Research collected to poll industry confidence has revealed a definite new trend: As buyers are showing new support for bitcoin, they are beginning to shun many altcoins, which many see as responsible for the crash. The New York Times ran an interview with Cory Klippsten, CEO of Swan Bitcoin, where he outlined his correct suspicions for Luna being a massive fraud, and proclaimed that “crypto is dead.” While making the case that Bitcoin Maximalism is on the rise after some of these altcoins caused this crash, he noted that “multiple customers made bitcoin buys of $5 million in June, as the market fell.” In this analysis of bitcoin as opposed to crypto, he’s not alone.
Forbes also ran coverage on the confidence and increasing prevalence of Bitcoin Maximalism. In Pete Rizzo’s article, “Bitcoin Maximalism Is Dead, Long Live Bitcoin Maximalism,” he analyzed the self-serving nature of many arguments in favor of other cryptocurrencies, interrogating them at face value.
“Why would you choose to build or support the continued growth of Bitcoin? Develop or extend Bitcoin's technology? Or build a Bitcoin service or company? Especially when it's profitable to externalize failure to retail investors? Moreover, why would you use bitcoin as money, when there are 30,000 other cryptos that may go boom or bust overnight, turning your dollars into millions for nothing?”
The answer, of course, lies in the fundamental rule in economics that fraud never works in the long term. And even as this is only one journalist’s view on the subject, the fact that Forbes, the Times, Reuters and other outlets are willing to meaningfully engage with this content is telling, as the overall tone in the past has been overwhelmingly negative.
Still, despite the ironclad confidence of the Bitcoin Maximalists, it is possible that this position will face further setbacks in the future. Although MicroStrategy is by no means a Bitcoin firm, the fact that their CEO Michael Saylor stepped down over controversies from his militant support of a bitcoin-only strategy is somewhat dismaying. His name is often brought up as one of the more prominent maximalists in the public light, if less famous than giants like Twitter founder Jack Dorsey or Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele. As far as concrete setbacks for the wider community go, this is fairly irrelevant. Mainly, it highlights the reality that the path forward for Bitcoin, even if ultimately successful, will undoubtedly be a winding one. Despite this and so many other setbacks, it seems as if the core of Bitcoin’s true believers remain completely undaunted, and it's that kind of energy that makes the long-term economic revolution of a decentralized currency possible.
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How secure is my data in the Cloud?
That's the main question Carson Sweet must face on the panel on cyber security. As co-founder and CEO of CloudPassage, Carson Sweet knows about the biggest problem consumers have with the cloud. "Cloud users are not sure what they have control over and how to secure their data” Therefore companies like CloudPassage are founded. To solve the problem and take consumers fears away.
CloudPassage technology is built from the ground up to provide elastic security and it's specifically designed to provide server vulnerability and firewall protection in highly virtualized, dynamic elastic cloud computing environments. Once security is set up on one server, all copies of that server created later will automatically adopt those security controls. CloudPassage customers benefit from automated security controls, but Sweet contends that in order to be secure, customers must do their research before handing their data to a cloud vendor. "You wouldn't give your money to a bank that always has open windows," Sweet says.
What must be done? - Customers of cloud vendors must know what their security responsibilities are and make decisions accordingly. - If corporations choose to use cloud resources, they must make the cloud based solutions a part of their operating model, with the same security and transparency expected of traditional IT.


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Rekha, the name itself has the strength to shift every Indian male into a dream like state. Born as Bhanurekha on 10th October 1954 to veteran Tamil actor Gemini Ganesan and actress Pushpavalli, she started her acting career at a young age. In her entire career besides giving numerous hits at the box office, Rekha was also hurdled with many controversies related to her personal as well as professional life. Besides her historic alleged linkup with Amitabh Bachchan, let’s find out about the other controversies in this beautiful diva’s journey so far-
Rekha faced the ruthless nature of Hindi film industry when she was forced into a kissing scene in her debut movie ‘Anjaana Safar’, when she was just 14-year of age. It is said that the makers without giving any prior intimation, asked the lead actor Biswajit to kiss the then debutant actress without her consent. Though she felt humiliated at the time, the kiss also created controversy and made her the first actress in the 70’s who had no qualms about kissing on-screen.
A self made actress, Rekha always created buzz due to her choice of roles. She raised quite a few eyebrows when she did bold roles like ‘Vasantsena’ in ‘Utsav’, a common housewife who turns prostitute in ‘Aastha’ and a Kama Sutra teacher in internationally acclaimed ‘Kama Sutra’. With elegance and controlled acting skills, Rekha has turned each role into an landmark.
Known for her bold and bindaas attitude, Rekha never cared about the other people’s views. She was caught in middle of controversy for a steamy photo shoot for a film glossy. In the photo Rekha and Kajol are together seen wearing a single sweater.
The biggest controversy that marred Rekha’s life is death of her industrialist husband Mukesh Aggarwal in 1990. Though it was assumed that Rekha was in relationship with her co-stars like Vinod Mehra, Kiran Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, legally Rekha married only once to Mukesh Aggarwal. However, it ended suddenly when he committed suicide in 1991. Rekha was abroad when he killed himself. The reason behind his sudden sucide has still remained a mystery.
Rekha gave shutterbugs a field day, when she tried greeting Big B during 54th Filmfare Awards in 2009, but instead he walked away. In order to mend her relationship with the Bachchans, Rekha made an effort to greet them during the award functions. She greeted Bachchan Jr. And Aishwarya who returned her greetings warmly. But when she moved towards Amitabh, he refused to greet her but simply walked away. Media captured this embarrassing moment which made headlines in most of the dailies after the event.
Even surrounded by so much mystery and controversies, Rekha is undoubtedly the ultimate diva of Hindi film industry and we wish her the most glamorous and glorious years on her Birthday!

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Development of self-driving cars in Malaysia is getting a huge boost as authorities have approved what appears to be Malaysia’s first autonomous vehicle testing route in Cyberjaya. This enables autonomous vehicles to be tested on public roads instead of being confined to private grounds.
The latest development was revealed by Futurise, a subsidiary of Cyberview Sdn Bhd under the Ministry of Finance. As shown below, there are signages which indicate the permitted route for autonomous vehicle testing.
The Malaysian Reserve has reported several months ago that Cyberview was targeting to get approval for the test route from the Ministry of Transportation and the Sepang Municipal Council by the end of this year. The approval is expected to attract more high-technology mobility firms to invest their expertise in providing advanced technology to the vicinity.
According to Cyberview Head of Business, City and Communications, Roni Shah Mustapha, these type of mobility can serve as the first and last-mile connectivity in Cyberjaya. He added that they are also talking to several players on having autonomous buses to be tested in the area as well as provisioning electric buses that can be operated cheaply. These modes of mobility could help connect more people to the Cyberjaya City Centre MRT station that’s expected to open in 2022.
The report also mentioned that a centre of excellence for future technology, which includes a testing facility for autonomous vehicles will be set up by the Malaysia Automotive, Robotics and IoT Institute (MARii), a unit under the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI). Roni said any autonomous vehicle that will be introduced or produced by a manufacturer in Malaysia must be tested and certified by MARii.


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Prague, a new favorite
Made it by 6:pm Monday after a long day of water taxi to Venice airport , a long wait for Czech air, and a hopping flight to Prague via Balognia (much longer than the original booking indicated. ……ugh!
On the upside this hotel , Prague Linder, is very nice with view of castle. It’ raining and actually a nice relief from the Italian heat (at least for the moment).
Venice was uber busy and we had a good rushed time but it could have been better.
Will send some photos later as we just got up and are a little : disorientated, fatigued, and bewildered etc.
We now know two words in the Czech language and have forgotten one!
Will go into the old town after breakfast.
Was very cold & windy in Prague. Hotel was perfect, clean, comfortable & cool. Short walk to St Vitus cathedral from our hotel. It was breathtaking. Found some wonderful quaint restaurants, food excellent, wine pretty good.Hope all is well in the Canadian hinterlands and of course at home.
Will send photos later.
We have just discovered our new favourite European city. This city is just wonderful. It is CLEAN and orderly and beautiful. It is packed with history and the architecture is unique and inspiring.
We had heard that Czech food was a little on the blah side but we have found it perhaps a step above German in flavor and quality. Perhaps we just lucked out but a couple of restaurants close to our hotel gave served outstanding goulash soup, schnitzel, and traditional soup topped off with strudel. The beer is outstanding and the red wines are fine.
Our hotel, Lindner, is superior perched high above the town. The bkfast is great and the room very nice.
We have seen the main sights…arches, astronomical clock, Charles Bridge, and St Vitis Cathedral. King Wenceslas of Xmas Carol fame is buried in St Vitus a beautiful Gothic church high on the valley side.
The only fault we have is that the city is very busy with non Canadian barbarians. No worse than in Italy, but no better either. As our hotel is way up on the hill we have had no trouble getting dinner as the barbarians are top lazy to walk up!
So very glad we came!”


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Oct. 13, 2004 — A Senate Rules Committee hearing scheduled for Thursday to take testimony on the Carnival Accountability Act has been "postponed until further notice," Sen. Roosevelt David, committee chairman, announced Wednesday.
The hearing had been set to consider the Carnival Accountability Act, sponsored by Sen. Adlah "Foncie" Donastorg.
The act seeks to create a Carnival Promotions Office within the Tourism Department. The Promotions Office director would control all carnival and festival activities.
"The Commissioner of Tourism and the Director of Internal Revenue are both unavailable to testify before the committee due to previous commitments," David said in a release explaining the postponement.
In September, the Rules Committee had separated the act portion from a budget bill handed down by the Finance Department appropriating $1.9 million from the Tourism Advertising Revolving Fund to the Police, Public Works and Housing, Parks and Recreation departments.
The Carnival Accountability Act was held in committee for further review while the committee approved the appropriation portion of the bill. The appropriation has since been approved by the full Senate and is currently before the governor for his signature.
"I'm extremely disappointed," Donastorg said Wednesday after hearing the committee meeting was postponed. "I think it was irresponsible of both Sen. Russell and Sen. Hill who decided to keep the bill in committee."
Russell had made the motion to separate the act from the appropriation and Hill had seconded the motion.
"There's a concerted effort to kill this bill," Donastorg said.
He said the V.I. Carnival Committee, which he has been pressing to open its books up for an audit, has recently filed income tax returns for five or six years.
The Carnival Committee has denied the legislature access to its books, despite being subpoenaed, saying they were a nonprofit agency and had no reason to show the government its books.
Donastorg claimed the government had a right to audit the committee's books because a large part of its funding came from the government. Donastorg's Carnival Accountability Act would have allowed for any agency receiving funding from the government to be audited retroactively to 1999.
"Now they're going to receive the money carte blanche again," Donastorg said of the Carnival Committee.
Donastorg said he believes the committee will not take testimony on the bill until after the November elections.
However, David said Wednesday night, the hearing could very well be before the November election or not. "It all depends on when we could meet with the Tourism commissioner and the IRB director and have enough senators for a quorum."
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