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The Give receipt shortcode outputs the donation receipt on the page donors are sent to after completing their donations.
The "Give Receipt" shortcode is used on the Give "Donation Confirmation" page found under Donations > Settings > General > Success Page:
The shortcode outputs the donation information for the donor to print or save once they have completed a donation.
Note: If a donation has failed or is in a pending status the donor will be brought to this page as well.
When Give is first installed, it automatically creates a "Donation Confirmation" page for you, and adds the shortcode to that page. Without this shortcode, your donors will not see a confirmation of their donation or important information about their donation history.
- "company_name"
Options: true/false
Default: true
Outputs a row in the receipt to display the company name that the donor provided during donation. The row will not appear if the value is empty.
- "error"
Options: customized text
Default: "Sorry, it appears the viewing window for this donation receipt has expired or you do not have the permission to view this donation receipt."
Customize the error message if the donation ID cannot be found correctly
- "price"
Options: true/false
Default: true
Enable or Disable displaying the total donation amount on the receipt.
- "date"
Options: true/false
Default: true
Enable or Disable displaying the date the donation was made on the receipt.
- "payment_key"
Options: true/false
Default: false
Displays a unique ID which ties the donation to the specific donor profile
- "payment_method"
Options: true/false
Default: true
Displays which payment gateway was used for that specific donation
- "payment_id"
Options: true/false
Default: true
Displays the unique ID of that specific transaction. This is a helpful reference for both site admins and donors in case there are any questions about specific transactions.
- "status_notice"
Options: true/false
Default: true
Determines whether to display a notice above the donation receipt table highlighting the status of the donation.
- "payment_status"
Options: true/false
Default: true
Determines whether to display a row within the donation receipt highlighting the status of the donation.
The Give Receipt Shortcode Example
[give_receipt error="Oops! That didn't work!" payment_key="true" payment_method="false"]
Moving your Donation Confirmation page
If you would like to move your Donation Confirmation page, you'll need to do two things:
- Move this shortcode to your new page.
- Update the "Success Page" setting in "Donations > Settings" and the "General" tab.
Donation Receipt versus History
A couple notes on the difference between the Donation History page and the Donation Receipt are important.
Donors who are logged-in to your site, or have used Email Access to view their Donation History will be able to see their individual donations via the Donation History page. The Donation Receipt page is where they are redirected after attempting a donation on a form.
If a donor is on the Donation History page and clicks on "View Receipt" the page will refresh and show their their individual receipt via the [give_receipt] shortcode. You do not need — or really want — to have the [give_receipt] shortcode on the same page as the [donation_history] page. Give handles that automatically for you.


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India has no refugee law and has not signed the 1951 Refugee Convention, leaving many of its estimated 250,000 recognized refugees in a legal gray area. Meanwhile, more than 450 million internal migrants form the foundation of the country's economy, yet often have trouble accessing government benefits, identity cards, and other services. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought these shared vulnerabilities into stark relief.
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the effects of the so-called digital divide for U.S. immigrants and other groups with reduced online connectivity. Internet access and the skills to navigate digital environments have become even more critical for work, education, and health care during the public-health crisis, yet immigrants make up a disproportionately large share of U.S. residents unable to take advantage of these tools.
Southeastern Europe is experiencing one of the sharpest depopulations in the world, with countries such as Bulgaria, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Croatia on pace to see their populations shrink by at least 15 percent in coming decades. To counter this trend, governments in the region, NGOs, and the private sector are increasingly, if unevenly, tapping into large diaspora communities to spur economic growth and strengthen cultural ties.
For more than a century, Haiti was considered a prime destination for migrants from the United States and around the world. In the wake of the Haitian Revolution, Haiti marketed itself to freed slaves and others as an island haven where they could break free from the strictures of the United States and a global system of slavery. That changed in the 20th century. Now, there are roughly 1.6 million Haitians living in other countries.
The United States is the top global destination for Haitian migrants, who left Haiti in the wake of political instability and a series of natural disasters, including a 2010 earthquake that devastated the country. Haitian immigrants in the United States contribute an important flow of remittances to their country of origin, which is the second largest in the world as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP). Remittances to Haiti have increased nearly sixfold since 2000.
Los llamados de los activistas a "desbancar a la policía", a raíz de una serie de encuentros mortales para los miembros de la comunidad negra, hacen eco de las demandas anteriores de "abolir el ICE" y reflejar una crítica más amplia de los sistemas de aplicación percibidos como demasiado agresivo.
Whether as migrant-sending or migrant-receiving locations—or both—many countries have rich, complex international and internal migration histories. MPI's online journal, the Migration Information Source, offers profiles of more than 70 nations. Written by leading scholars, these profiles delve into countries' migration histories, demographics, policymaking, and more.
Immigrants from India are the second-largest foreign-born group in the United States, after Mexicans. Indian immigrants tend to be far more highly educated and have greater English proficiency than the foreign-born population overall. This Spotlight article offers the latest data on Indian immigrants, focusing on population size, state- and city-level distribution, occupation, educational attainment, and more.
Long a country of emigration—13 million Italians went abroad between 1880 and 1915—Italy has also experienced significant inflows of Middle Eastern and sub-Saharan African workers in recent decades. Italy has also been on the frontlines of Europe's refugee crisis. This country profile examines Italy's shifting migration patterns, policy responses over time, and debates.
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Turkey has been on the frontlines of the Syrian refugee crisis from the beginning. The vast majority of Turkey's nearly 3.2 million Syrian asylum seekers live in cities, putting pressure on the limited resources and legal authority of local governments to serve them. This article examines Istanbul's creative approaches to meeting the needs of this vulnerable population while balancing the concerns of local citizens.
The number of Haitians in the United States has tripled since 1990, reaching 676,000 in 2015. Most Haitians entered the United States before 2010, the year of a devastating earthquake from which Haiti is still working to recover. This Spotlight article offers the latest data on Haitian immigrants, including the number holding Temporary Protected Status, top states and cities of residence, demographic information, and more.
Global migration has doubled in the past 50 years, with about 214 million people currently living outside their countries of origin. The largest driver for migration is work and economic opportunity, and there is evidence to suggest that foreign-born workers suffer from more job-related injuries and illnesses than do the native-born. Doctor Marc B. Schenker discusses some of the available research on the occupational health risks for immigrant populations and the challenges associated with conducting such research.
The heated debate between supporters and detractors of multiculturalism has been made all the more salient by the recent attacks in Norway carried out by Anders Breivik in the name of cultural conservatism and the political rhetoric that characterizes popular right-wing parties in Europe's north. Irene Bloemraad of the University of California, Berkeley, sheds light on the various meanings of the term "multiculturalism" and provides insights on the effects of multicultural policies on immigrant integration.
Just a fraction of all U.S. employers use E-Verify, a federal system that checks potential employees' immigration status and their eligibility to work. MPI's Marc Rosenblum and Lang Hoyt explore E-Verify's history, how the program works, and the arguments for and against making it mandatory.
Development practitioners have long been aware of the change-making potential of diasporas, but only recently have begun to design programs that convert their latent talent and enthusiasm into results. This article by Tedla W. Giorgis and Aaron Terrazas examines the Ethiopian Diaspora Volunteer Program (EDVP) as a powerful example of how diasporas, donors, and developing countries work together to build from individual strengths and address common challenges facing the developing world.
As interest in maximizing migration's benefits for development grows, so too does the need for impact evaluations that tell us something about what migration and development programs are actually accomplishing. Laura Chappell and Frank Laczko of the International Organization for Migration discuss how increased evaluation research can contribute to evidence-based policymaking, and the challenges of pursuing such a course.
Over half of all Central American foreign born in the United States are from El Salvador and Guatemala. MPI's Megan Davy examines the numbers as well as events and policies that have shaped Central American migration.
The Asian born accounted for more than a quarter of the total U.S. foreign-born population in 2000. MPI's David Dixon looks at the social and economic profiles of the foreign born from Eastern, Southeastern South Central and Western Asia.
About five million students with limited proficiency in English were enrolled in U.S. public schools in the 2003-2004 school year. MPI's Jeanne Batalova examines their characteristics.
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PS&L did a study a few years ago regarding the campus visit experience and how it affected college choice. In addition to learning what they liked, we also learned what they didn't like: talking heads. If you look at a typical agenda for a prospective student visit, the majority of the time is spent listening to other people talk.
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The increasing attacks on social media by the main stream press, fuelled in some respect by David Murray's vague threats of litigation against bloggers, has brought into sharp focus the challenges facing the Blogosphere. It also brings into even sharper focus the prescience of Stuart Cosgrove's assertion that this summer's 'epistemological break' had begun to marginalize the Scottish sporting wing of the MSM.
The reality of that assertion is embedded in the misreporting of the FTT decision as a victory for RFC, falsely alleging that those who operated the EBT scheme had been exonerated, that RFC had 'done nothing wrong', and consequently accusing 'vindictive anti-Rangers bloggers' of playing a part in the downfall of that once great Scottish institution. It is also evident in Tom English's rather bitter and one-dimensional anti-RTC polemic today in the Scotland on Sunday. Had it been entitled "Self Preservation", it may have rung a few more truth bells.
I am not of the belief that the MSM is an instinctively pro-Rangers estate, but I do think that their reportage of the FTT is more geared towards discrediting the newly emergent forces in the social media area than it is towards rehabilitating the public image of RFC or David Murray.
However despite the contempt in which many people here hold the MSM and Murray, English does have a point that we would be foolish to ignore. No-one can deny that we do have a duty to ensure that we are responsible in how we present ourselves to the public. Now that our (and others') success as a real and creative alternative has spurred the MSM into action, we are subject to greater scrutiny than at any time in the past. Our view is that we have to be pro-actively engaged in setting a standard for ourselves that is above those that the MSM have set for themselves.
We have on TSFM an audience exponentially greater than the number of posts. That presents us with a great opportunity to get our message across, but it also burdens us with an increased responsibility not to fall into the trap which has besought the Succulent Lamb Brigade.
We are a very different animal from RTC. RTC him or herself had information and insight to bring to the table that the administrators of this site do not. The founder and former admin of TSFM had the idea that the talent available from posters on the RTC – not just RTC himself – should continue to have a forum in a post-RTC world, and that those talents could be used to challenge the myths regularly represented as facts by lazy journalists in the MSM.
We have at our disposal on this blog forensic analysis of legal, media and corporate matters. We have an abundance of creative minds, all passionate about the game of football AS WELL AS a partisan love for their chosen club. With all that talent and expertise, we can make an impact on the agenda by challenging the misinformation and substandard journalism of the MSM, and our finest moments are when we do that. We lose authority and influence when the debate is impeded by bald accusation or innuendo backed up with little more than an historical view of our country.
Our biggest impact (and largest audience) is to be found when when our experts have collectively torn apart those myths presented as truths by the MSM, and when we have asked the questions that the MSM either can't or won't ask or answer. Those are the things that have driven the traffic to this site, and many of the emails we get congratulate us on that.
Our credibility plummets though when we go down the partisan path. We also get literally hundreds of emails from fans who ask that we cut down on the comments of those who are merely venting outrage at how they see the game being mismanaged (mainly so they can access the important stuff more quickly), and from fans who are just fed up with the constant name-calling – almost exclusively aimed at Ally McCoist and other Rangers figures.
If we claim to be an intellectual and journalistic rung or two above the likes of the Red Tops (not to mention to be decent and respectful of others), we need to refrain from the name calling and accusatory culture. We can ask questions, put items for debate on the public agenda, point out apparent irregularities and anomalies. In rushing to judgement of others from the comfort of the glow of our own laptop screens, we are guilty of the same lazy journalism we see in others. Name calling (all good fun of course on a fan site) is just a lazy thought process and as English says, comes across as "nasty".
We never saw RTC as a fan-site. The original administrator of this blog never saw TSFM as one either, and nor do we. In order to succeed properly, we need sensible fans of ALL clubs to be comfortable and feel secure in our midst. Of course we are not breaking any laws, but can anyone honestly say that we have evolved into a welcoming place for Rangers fans?
TSFM is not about hounding any one club out of existence or into shame or infamy. In the Rangers saga we have sought to ensure that the football authorities play fair with everyone and stick to their own rules. One well kent RTC contributor, and no friend of Rangers, often said that if the FTT found in favour of Rangers we should move along and accept it. Well they did find in favour of Rangers in the majority of cases. That may not suit many of us, but we are the Scottish Football Monitor, not a Judicial Watchdog. We can say why we disagree with the decision, but criticism of the process through which the decision was arrived at is beyond our purview.
Since the accusation is often made in the MSM, we should state, unequivocally and unreservedly, that we are NOT anti-Rangers. Their fans face the same issues as the rest of us and they are welcome here. We are however, equally unequivocally against the gravy train journalism of the Scottish Football Wing of the MSM (with one or two honourable exceptions).
If the Anti-Blogateers in the press are correct, the popularity of the TSFM will recede as the Rangers Tax case reverts to the back pages before disappearing for good. However I do not believe that they are correct. I don't believe that Scottish football fans are only motivated by either hatred – or even dislike – of one club. I believe we are more concerned with the game itself than the pot-stirrers in the MSM would have us believe, because we understand the interdependence of football clubs.
But we also understand that the people who run football clubs do not always run their clubs for the benefit of the fans. In the business world, that may not be out of the ordinary, since businesses are run for the benefit of shareholders.
However football reserves for itself a special place in the hearts of people in this country. If the people who run football clubs want to retain that favourable status, they have to be accountable to the fans.
The difficulty in holding them to account though, is that the cosy relationship cultivated between club directors, managers and players and the press renders the access to information a closed shop, and the information itself is heavily filtered and spun.
As long as we keep asking questions in response to the fruit of that cosy relationship, we will be providing people with an alternative angle and viewpoint, allowing them to come to their own conclusions, and not the one the MSM post-presser huddle delivers to us wrapped up in a bow.
For the SFM specifically, we believe that to have any influence, we need to enable the expertise at our disposal to flourish. It is also vital to our project that Rangers fans are included in our dialogue. We just can't call ourselves the Scottish Football Monitor if they are largely excluded from participation because they feel they are being treated disrespectfully.
We can't tolerate the accusations and name calling. We need to stick to what we have done best; factual analysis, conjecture based on known facts and on-line discourse leading to searching questions being asked.
One of the things we are looking at for the near future is to set up some kind of formal and transparent channel of communication between the SFM and the football authorities. Being truly representative of fans will make that easier to achieve.
The MSM will continue to attack the social media outlets. In one way you can understand it. Their jobs are at stake. The business model of the print media in particular has changed massively over the last five years, manifesting itself mainly in increasingly under-resourced newsrooms. Consequently it is besought by increasingly unreliable and under-researched journalism, even to the point where much of it is no longer journalism at all.
By comparison the Blogosphere has access to greater human and time resources, is able to react to unfolding events in real time, and crucially (because it has been eschewed instead of embraced by print media proprietors) has been occupied by ordinary folk with little or no vested interest.
We are still in position to provide a service in our small niche of the on-line world. We have rights to publish and speak freely about our passion, but we also have to live up to the attendant responsibilities, and thus the appeal for discretion on posting comments.
Where Tom English got it completely wrong (in the uniquely ironic way the MSM have about them), is that his industry has mistaken the rights others have earned for them as entitlement, and ignored almost completely the responsibility they had to act on behalf of those who pay their wages.
doo do, doo do, duppity doo do (countdown theme tune!)
shops shut, lets count the takings
£2.1M (200k from RST) is my guessView Comment
Regarding Greens comments in the record, I find his justification for the timing of the share issue hard to believe. In my opinion they either wanted it to bomb for whatever reason or they are desperate for cash. Happy to indulge in whitabooutery, maybe some other individual or institution was promised money by this years end rather than his excuse that he didnt want to break his promises to the supporters.View Comment
Charles blaming HMRC and the printers for a lack of committment from the bears is quite simply bo**ocks..
Minty managed to squeeze £1 million from the SEVCO fans on the last attempt at a share float….and that was when times were good…no recession…no Christmas on the horizon…not a 1 week shotgun style offer…
He has with all his might tried to sell this share issue and get as much cah he can with as many persuasive comfort blankets as possible…
Operation cash for nowt..
Present as many big investors as possible…(forgetting to mention they all have links in one way or another to Octopus)
Not convinced..
Roll in the cardigan…(tell everyone he is now a director…although legally he isn't and knew he wasn't)…he's one of you guys…big smilie Yorkshire face…
Still not with it…
Arrange an STV interview with staged questions from social media…provide any old cobblers in response to the questions…said cobblers goes unchallenged and left as fact by STV interviewer..
Shares still not shifting…
From way out in left field…a statement suddenly appears from a private members club called ECA…that states despite the legal facts they will still believe its the same club but under Swiss law you need to apply for a new membership? (who else thinks the original was massaged with prefered wording by the time it arrived at the STV?)
Why are these shares not shifting?
Right Traynor get Jangles on the case….cue cover story but try and imply a thought process that calls into question their supremacist beliefs with how only £1.5 million worth of shares sold…and look at Celtic their fans bought £10 million…and if you can add a bit of spice about certain dishonest applications all the better…
In short if only 1200 fans care enough to cough £500 from a worldwide fan base of 500 million why bother?View Comment
By appealing to the baser element has Charles shot himself in the foot?
A societies underclass do not hold its purse strings. They may make a lot of noise about traditions, culture and conspiracies but are financially neutered.
Have the better educated and more moneyed bears simply given this a giant swerve?
If you are planning for £10M but take in 2 or 3, that's a giant hole in the budget.
It will be very interesting what the final figure is and how it breaks down by fans v institutional(ised) investors.View Comment
The SFA does not carry out fit and proper persons tests. SR confirmed this.
Such tests are now explicitly the responsibility of those selling the club. Green's was carried out by D and P (standing in for Whyte) so the fit and proper tests by the SFA has been delegated by them for the purposes of this share issue to Green himself. So when he says the SFA fit and proper persons' test has neen carried out, he is technically correct – for the purposes of the SFA the person conducting thosde tests is CG himself.
Now that's what I call governance!View Comment
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at 12:32
Unreal, how thick can you getView Comment
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From RM … how to quickly double the money you extract from simple bears:
"No biggie . . . but i went through the online payment there to make a £500 payment, when i got to the end it said 'payment was unsuccessful, please return to Rangers website' (or thereabouts)
so i did it again, this time it took me to the final page and payment was accepted, all good.
just checked my bank there and it looks like it took £1000 (fly bassa Charlie) but my email confirmation is just for £500 (confused), don't mind if it ends up being £1000 but i'd like some sort of confirmation."
Maybe explains why Green is uncertain as to the final take…
It's been unsuccesful try again…
It's been unsuccesful try again…
It's been unsuccesful try again…
£2k later…thanks
How many will ask for their cash back?View Comment
Now that the deadline has passed
Shirley we must hear from MBB ???…………been awfy quiet recently
Oh no, just noticed the time. Looks like I've missed the boat on the investment opportunity of the year. Better transfer that £8m back to my bank in Zurich.View Comment
ianagain says:
Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at 13:10
The London stock exchange appear to have the wrong nake for the football club listed?View Comment
Araminta Moonbeam QC says:
Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at 13:22
Oh no, just noticed the time. Looks like I've missed the boat on the investment opportunity of the year. Better transfer that £8m back to my bank in Zurich.
Don't worry yoursell….there are some institutional investors that will happily punt you a few at a reasonable cost…hing oan i'll get Charlie's number fur you!View Comment
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Current position.
London Stock Exchange allowing Chuck to fly his fairy story kite about "world's most successful club, 54 league titles, 1972 ECWC blah blah" under "Description of Business"View Comment
Neepheid says: "Definition of goodwill
2 the established REPUTATION OF A BUSINESS regarded as a quantifiable asset and calculated as part of ITS VALUE WHEN IT IS SOLD."
That is exactly what I remember being taught 40+ years ago (which is a relief!). JUST AS GREEN ACQUIRED THE FIXED ASSETS (property) AT A HUGE DISCOUNT, he also acquired the intangible assets (intellectual property and goodwill) AT A HUGE DISCOUNT.
Green did not purchase a business.
Goodwill can also be the INFLATED difference of a purchase price. Green certainly didn't pay out an inflated price. So it CANNOT be classed as goodwill if it is purchased at a discount. If Duff and Bluff had asked for a tangible inflated price for the goodwill, Chuckles could claim to have purchased it, as it cost £1, whatever Chuckles thinks he bought, it was not and could not in any way be described as goodwill.
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Oh no, just noticed the time. Looks like I've missed the boat on the investment opportunity of the year. Better transfer that £8m back to my bank in Zurich.
you could always give it to the RST, for your £8M you will get 1 vote (along with all the bears who put in £125) to say how it should be run.
They will then buy £8m worth of shares in the open market – which by lunchtime tomorrow should be all the share capital and £7m in change as the price hits the floor
then, with the RST owning the club, mark Dingwall will get to be chairman and mouthpiece for The Rangers…..and that'll be funny as feck!!View Comment
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at 10:36
I still can't get my head round the institutional investors, surely these men/companies, whoever they are, are experienced investors and would not touch this with a barge pole. Unless there's been nothing near to £17m invested and there's no way they've paid over 35p a share.
Because…Capital losses can help cut your tax bill!
There's nothing wrong with losing money on some of your shares. You just set it against gains you make on other deals. If you sell at a loss at the right time you can get quite a reduction in your tax bill.
(David Low hinted at this on Radio Scotland this morning in relation to the RIFC offering).
If that was the case and I'm not saying it isn't, then everyone would intentionally buy shares they know are going to go down in value because they're going to get quite a reduction in their tax bill.
It must mean that the money they lose investing in a failed share issue is less than the money they save on their tax bill? That means basically you can never lose when investing then, it's a win win situation in my eyes. You have your gains and the reduction you get on your tax bill from your Capital losses is more than your losses.
Doesn't make sense.
There's something seriously fishy going on and there's a lot of smart gentlemen on here who'll eventually find out……….View Comment
It must mean that the money they lose investing in a failed share issue is less than the money they save on their tax bill? That means basically you can never lose when investing then, it's a win win situation in my eyes. You have your gains and the reduction you get on your tax bill from your Capital losses is more than your losses.
Doesn't make sense.
This has been put forward as an excuse before, and like you I can't make any sense out of it.
Perhaps we are back to the wishful thinking, no?
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In my previous article, I talked about How you can come to a conclusion about what to choose for your new project Microservice or Monolith?
As an architect may you follow the points what I mentioned in the previous article and come to a conclusion that you will be going to use Microservice Architecture, A big cheers for you, You promoted yourselves as a first-class citizens of the new era of Digital world, but(when but is used it means the previous word is meaningless/no value until you solve the next part of but :)) what's next , you heard about Microservice Architecture demands Componentization of service but what is actually a component in Microservice world?
In this article, I briefly discuss What does it mean by Componentization, and when we need to do Componentization of a Utility module what problems we faced?
Componentization of service:: By the word "Microservice", we can understand it is a suite of small services, so the main objective is breaking a project into multiple services. But what does it mean by services, Which kind of services are those? Are we talking about a Service layer in a layered architecture, or a service wrap into the jar so-called "Library" or publish it through REST API, what is that?
To understand always remember "Microservices means an Independent thing(Component/Service whatever you call it) that can be deployed independently and update independently manage it lifecycle independently".
When you Create a Microservice very clear about that, There should not be any confusion, Maybe many tricky situations come but stick to basics "Microservice mean an independent deployable thing".
One of the best dilemmas is, Suppose you have a utility module, now you are in a confusion what should you do, wrap utility module into a jar and all other Miocroservice use the same as a jar , so that there should not be a code duplication or expose a utility service with API fiction(Separate Microservice) so others can consume it.
One may think, making utility module as a jar seems severely wrong in Microservice workspace as Microservice means several independent small services so Utility module should be published as a service, so Utility module must be a Microservice,
Why is the Utility module as a Jar a bad Idea?
when you import utility module as a jar you limit yourself, Now Your service is dependent on utility module which packaged as jar, If utility modules java version upgrade you have to upgrade your service unless your program not able to use that jar, Now you both should stick in same language java(Although once service is written in one language, I saw rarely that is rewritten in another language), having said that, you should not confined your Microservice to a language(Java), Think your utility module is used by many microservices as a jar, so if you want to upgrade your version it should be backward compatible, say you want to create functions which can easily be achieved by java9 but you can not upgrade your utility as other microservices not upgraded to java9.
Why Utility module as a Jar is a good Idea?
As a counter logic many can argue, To build a Microservice itself, we import jars/Libraries like Sprint boot starter parent, or GSON, Jackson etc, so why we should not package our utility as jar why it is a bad idea , Even let me tell you, many architect think it is a brilliant idea as it solves many purposes.
If we are not using utility module as a jar then we have two options
1. Duplicate the functionality of a utility module in all Microservices.
2. Create a Microservice called Utility service and publish an API to invoke utility methods.
These two options has there it's own demerits.
1. Duplicate the functionality of utility module in all Microservices::Here the objective is duplicate the code to all Microservices who consumes Utility module, so that there is no utility module as such, all are the part of local codebase, but it is against the DRY principle and bad idea, If the utility module is holding some complex code which associates many classes, unnecessary that has been copied to all Microservices and any future changes in that, has to be copied over all Microservices. So there is a problem of maintainability, say we have a utility module which calls an External service and get a complex response then this module parsing the responses apply some business logic on it and create some analytical data which exposes as public methods (Java API), Now if you copied that complex algorithm written in Utility module in to multiple services certainly it is a very bad idea, think how many time duplication has been done, and if now a new analytical data is needed you have to add it in all Microservices , oops what a pain while I am writing this I am getting feared to imagine the scenario. So certainly it does not work unless you have a very small portion of utility code and which is not changeable say a generic code which deals with Date, TimeZone, and Format, ( A single class with multiple static methods), Copying that class in all Microservice is a onetime effort.
2. Create a Microservice called utility service and publish an API to invoke utility methods :
So, you create one Microservice where all utility methods are dumped, as this is a Utility module all Microservice or most of the Microservice Communicate with it, So Every Microservice has a link with this Microservice, So just imagine the picture every Microservice dependent(HAS-A) on it , So If that service is down due to some erroneous code or all instances down due to some major causes, All service will be down Total Microservice architecture is doomed then How it is different than a monolith?
As per Microservice, Partial failure may happen but total Microservice will not down ever, It has 100% uptime.
So certainly creating a Utility Microservice not looking very promising.
As an Architect What should you do now It is like a double-edged sword, whatever the option you choose, You have to deal with demerits.
Taking a decision :: As an architect, we always dealt with Demerits and try to choose in which case, which one to choose so it has least demerits, So, As an architect our favourite answer is "It depends on scenario", and we are hated for that answer, even Juniors are mocking us he does not have direct answer always said it depends.
Here I also giving answer in a same way, It depends :) How your utility method is written, in a one liner if your utilty functions are statless use Jar , If your utility functions are dealing with State use Microservice.
If you observe minutely, you can divide your utility methods into two categories.
One type of utility modules takes and input doing some operation on it and returns a result so there are no side effects and it is independent of any parameter state, every time you pass the same parameter you got the same result, In this case do not publish those as separate Microservice, as this is not dealing with state , so no need to publish as REST resource, because no create, Put ,delete operation done by this, So, you can package this as a jar and use in every microservices, Think about Utility jars like Jackson,Gson thy take request do some operation returns some data structure, But if your utility takes and request fetch some data from database, do some operation and return it or save that state in database, then it would be ideal to publish it as Microservice.
Here also think about the failure, if you make a synchronous operation then your utility module fail means all chain of Microservices is failed, so think can you make utility operation as async, is the utility module require in sync fashion? As an example Event store or store Audit information, Those are cross-cutting concerns and a utility operation so it is not a part of main business flow so we can make that async so that if audit information or even storing operation fails it does not block the business flow and your service should not down for it.
If you have to use utility operation in sync fashion, then implement a circuit breaker and return a default path, so that if the operation fails it does not block all Microservices, at least if show a default path and show the user a message. or users can perform other operations rather that this function (Say your transaction function calling a utility function to check Transaction amount and based on that bank giving you some credit points, now if that function fails we can show a default message "at this time we can't process transaction" but user can do other options like balance check. So any moment of time the service will not totally down.
Conclusion:: There are also different shades of Utility some are mostly read-only but has database operation, some may use in-memory caching so take decision wisely How you want to write your utility one, jars or Microservice.


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Property Assessed Clean Energy financing, most commonly known by its acronym "PACE," is a unique form of home improvement financing that allows homeowners to access a portion of their home equity to pay for various safety and energy efficient related home improvement projects. PACE financing is considered a voluntary property tax assessment and not a home loan for home improvements; therefore, the financed amount is included as a line item on the property tax bill and paid under the same schedule as the property taxes are due (annual or biannual) until the financed amount is repaid full.
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- Energysage.com How much do solar panels cost in Florida in 2019? https://news.energysage.com/florida-solar-energy/
- Solar panel cost and typical prices in California: how to get the best deal https://news.energysage.com/compare-solar-panel-prices-california/
- Homeguide.com HVAC System Cost https://homeguide.com/costs/hvac-cost
- HomeAdvisor.com Roof Replacement Costs https://www.homeadvisor.com/cost/roofing/install-a-roof/
- Using PACE to Finance Impact Windows - January 2, 2020
- PACE Financing v. a Home Equity Loan - December 11, 2019
- Myths and Realities of PACE Financing - November 20, 2019


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| 10.6°C Belfast
It's the best-known road in Northern Ireland and it frequently features in lists of the world's top 10 scenic drives. But the spectacular Antrim Coast Road is still something of a mystery to the thousands of motorists and tourists who use it every day without a second thought about how it got there.
But now the long and winding road from Larne to Cushendall is featured in a new three-part documentary series on BBC Northern Ireland which tells the remarkable story of how that magnificent part of the A2 was built and how it put an entire community in the Glens of Antrim on the road to a brand new life.
And for New Zealander Andrea Bald the journey along the coast really was a momentous and breathtaking one as for the first time she got to see the road that her great-great-great grandfather had pioneered a century-and-a-half earlier.
William Bald, a resourceful and far-sighted Scot, was the civil engineer who designed and oversaw the construction of the road, but who has been largely forgotten in his adopted homeland.
So much so that no portraits or statues of the unsung hero have ever been found - scant reward for an innovator whose project literally was a ground-breaker as he blasted away towering limestone cliffs to use the fallen debris as the bedrock of his new coast-hugging road.
The only tribute is a small and easy-to-miss plaque, which was unveiled at the side of the road in the Seventies, recognising the "blood, sweat and tears" which had been shed by Bald and "the men of the Glynnes" for the convenience of successive generations of local people and visitors.
The TV series called Shaping the Coast tells how Bald drove forward with one of the biggest civil engineering projects ever carried out in Ireland after his plans were initially dismissed as hair-brained.
Rival designers had favoured the construction of a complicated series of inland roads and bridges to bring the people of the Glens in from the Ulster cold after decades when it had been easier for them to sail across the North Channel to the home of their forefathers in Scotland to conduct their trade rather than attempt to do business in Belfast or Ballymena.
The people of the ancient kingdom of Dalriada in east Antrim and the west of Scotland were, and still are, inextricably linked by their birthrights, but in the 1800s they were a people apart and the Glens were a place apart as the paths over the area's mountains leading to and from them were dangerous at the best of times and impassable at the worst.
To make the Glens more accessible to their fellow Ulster folk, the Commissioners of Pub
Works in Ireland came up with a grandiose notion to construct a new route in and out of the remote area, which it had been acknowledged were cut off "from any reasonable communication by the badness of the roads over mountains and steep slopes".
The idea was one thing, but making it a reality was quite another. The challenging geography of the Antrim coast, with its dramatic cliffs, its hills and expansive valleys, didn't exactly lend itself to road-building, which was never easy in the 19th century - even in the more welcoming terrain of other parts of Ireland.
But Bald was undaunted. He'd been working in Ireland since 1809, when he came to Co Mayo to conduct an ordnance survey before becoming an engineer and designing parts of Drogheda harbour and a suspension bridge over Kenmare Sound in Co Kerry.
He confidently told the Commissioners that he would overcome the obstacles presented by Antrim's coastal headlands jutting out into the Irish Sea by blowing them away with explosives and using the fallen limestone as the foundations for his ambitious new road.
The Commissioners gave him a budget of £25,000 for the coast road in 1832 and weren't best pleased when he ran £12,000 over budget, but he completed the massive task in 10 years.
Even modern-day engineers reflect on Bald's achievements with awe.
David Orr, who was a maintenance engineer for east Antrim for many years, told the programme-makers from Paper Owl Films that he had a deep admiration for Bald, who was born in Burntisland in Fife and was apprenticed as a cartographer.
David said that, in 2016, it would take millions of pounds to build a similar road to Bald's bold construction. But David didn't believe a project like it would even be an environmental runner in an area of outstanding beauty like the Antrim coast, where nature-lovers would also be expected to oppose such a road, because of the impact it would have on the cycle of wildlife.
Another expert contributor to Shaping the Coast, Clive Robinson, is currently employed on the upkeep of the road to protect it from everything that nature can throw at it - particularly from the pounding of unrelentingly powerful waves.
He says: "We are custodians of the coast road and we are trying to keep it safe, reliable and enjoyable for everybody who comes from far and near to use it."
He adds that the road and its sturdy defences - called "revetments" - had saved the coastline from the sea. "Can you imagine if this road hadn't been built here, how many acres of land we'd have lost to coastal erosion?"
He adds that the longevity of the 170-year-old road was way beyond the 100-year design life of any structures which would be built nowadays.
"It has stood the test of time," he says, as he surveys the rock faces above the road for any erosion caused by hard winters and heavy rain, which could cause chippings and fragments to fall on cars below, though fine-meshed netting alleviates potential risks.
Clive describes the planning and the construction of the road by Bald and his workers as "mind-boggling".
He adds: "From an engineering perspective, some of the features you see are very, very innovative, whenever you think this was in the mid-1800s."
Andrea Bald, who is an engineer herself, was clearly happy that her 11,000-mile trek from her New Zealand home to Northern Ireland was worth it.
David Orr filled in a few, but only a few, gaps in her family's knowledge about William Bald, whom he called the "brains of the operation", who'd supervised the construction of the coast road from start to finish using only the resources blasted from the Antrim landscape.
However, underlining just how little is still on record about Bald or his Antrim coast mission, no one was able to answer Andrea's questions about how many men were employed on the building of the road.
She also couldn't find out if any workers had been killed, though hand-me-down stories talk of an unspecified number of fatalities. For Andrea, her visit was a voyage of discovery which she said had exceeded her expectations. And she collected pieces of rock from the coast to take home to her father.
She says: "I knew a little of the road's history, such as when it was built. I'd seen some photos on the internet and I knew its reputation as one of the most spectacular driving routes in the world.
"I discovered that photos really don't do it justice in real life, though. It is really stunning - jigsaw-puzzle picturesque villages, lush farmland and rugged sea cliffs.
"The long views, as you come around a headland and look across to the next village, are just gorgeous."
But Andrea returned home disheartened that she hadn't been able to find out more about William Bald himself.
And it was ironic that she said that her research about the road-builder had reached a "dead end".
She adds: "My dad, Peter, has been researching William Bald on and off since about 2002, when he decided to look into whether his father had been telling the truth, decades ago, when he said my grandfather built the Antrim Coast road.
"It was then (in 2002) that dad found Margaret Storrie's 1960-something paper on the internet and learned that a William Bald had, indeed, built the road.
"In 2007, we confirmed the connection to us by getting a birth certificate from the UK that proved that dad's grandfather, Francis Bald, himself a civil engineer, was the son of Charles, another civil engineer, who was William's eldest son.
"Over the years we've been able to find more and more information, as more records are digitised and put online. We've found bridges, railway designs, maps, reports into water supply, harbour improvements - all manner of civil engineering works - plus quite a lot of family records - marriages, births, baptisms and deaths.
Andrea was accompanied on the trip by her 13-year-old son, Levi Hesseling.
"When he's asked, he tends to say it was 'boring', but it was a great experience for him and I think he really got quite a lot out of it and felt a sense of history and connection, which he probably wouldn't be able to articulate.
"He seems to have picked up a sense of being able to achieve great things by putting in effort and he found it interesting to see the history of Ireland.
"European settlement in New Zealand really only began in about 1800, so it's amazing to us to see things built centuries earlier. We just don't have castles and old inns. He's also a big Game of Thrones fan, so he enjoyed seeing some of the places featured in the series."
The film-makers took Andrea and Levi to the island of Islay off Scotland to meet Storrie, who has been equally frustrated by the lack of clarity about the engineer - though she said she had established that he could be stroppy and impetuous.
However, she described Bald as a very important figure who contributed 30 years of work to the infrastructure of Ireland from piers to railways as well as roads.
But the exasperated author adds: "When you look up William Bald on the internet and you find hundreds of thousands of entries about Prince William's bald patch, it isn't terribly helpful."
Over the three programmes which are narrated by Belfast actor Ian McElhinney who has starred in Game of Thrones, the producers take several fascinating detours from the Antrim Coast road to look at the people of the Glens and their heritage.
They interviewed a raft of local people, including the celebrated artist Hector McDonnell, who grew up in Glenarm Castle, the son of the Earl of Antrim.
The documentary-series also examines the colourful and sometimes bloody history of the Glens and follows their inhabitants as they go about their daily lives and as they socialise in singing groups and set dancing get-togethers in their own homes.
In a later episode the producers talks to people like Davy Smith, a third generation Carnlough fisherman, who has started a new tourism venture in the area, and Adrian Morrow, who manages the Glenarm Castle estate and organises the annual Dalriada festival, which regularly leads to traffic jams ... on the Antrim Coast road.
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Bought these culottes (yes, not a skirt!) during my trip to NYC a couple of weeks ago. Once I tried them on, I knew I had to buy them! They also came in two other colors too, which I was tempted to buy at least one of them; but showed some restraint, for once, since I usually have a moment of weakness while shopping and will buy pieces in multiples when I find something I like ("said while patting myself on the back!").
Tank: H&M
Missoni Culottes: Century 21
Shoes: Coach
Sunglasses: Nine West
Necklace: Noir (QVC)
Scarf: Gucci
Earrings: Thrifted
Bracelet: Vintage
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If you are interested in a game that has a sequel (or two), go for the newest version of the game. In general, the newer it is, the more interesting the title will be. Therefore, don't start at the beginning and work your way through. Simply go for the best game at the beginning, especially if you have a limited budget.
Comfort is the key. Nothing hampers a marathon gaming session faster than a cramped hand. The few extra dollars to buy a comfortable mouse (or controller if you game on a console) are worth the investment. Many stores have demo units out that you can try, so take advantage of the chance to find the mouse or controller that molds to your hand perfectly.
If you can't get past a particular level, turn off all noise, whether it is the in-game sounds or music that you have put on. This will help you to really focus on what is happening in front of you and you may have a better chance of progressing in the game.
Check to see if the place you get video games from has a rewards program. You can get extra discounts on games, and even subscriptions to gaming magazines. These may also reward you extra money for trading in used games. It may cost money to sign up, but the rewards add up quickly if you go there often.
It is important that you remain hydrated while playing video games. It's okay to escape for a while with a game–that's what their main purpose is–but some people take it too far and get so involved in gaming that they don't drink water or other drinks regularly. More players than you think suffer from dehydration, but you can prevent this by drinking plenty of water while playing.
Nothing really takes you away from the stress or boredom of life like a virtual world of play! Whatever your favorite game happens to be, hopefully you now know more about playing and paying and can reach new levels in the experience with the tips and tricks you have just learned. Have fun!


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Actress Halle Berry, was spotted with her gorgeous 2-year-old daughter Nahla as they made their way into Barefoot restaurant in Hollywood, CA today (July 8).
Cristiano Ronaldo sister reveals his sons name
Cristiano Ronaldo has revealed the name of his new baby son - Cristiano Jr Ronaldo's baby was born in the USA on June 17 weighing 9 lbs,8 oz and measuring 21 inches long to an American woman, widely reported to be a surrogate mother. The player will bring up the child as a single parent, with the baby already on course to become a 'Mini-me' version of the Real Madrid player, with Ronaldo's sister Katia having told the media that the baby "looks like his father... he has the same eyes". The 25-year-old is currently on holiday in the Algarve with Russian model girlfriend Irina Shayk, and Katia is looking after Cristiano Jr. "The baby is doing very well," Katia added. "We are looking after him while Cristiano is away. He's called Cristiano just like his dad. Cristiano chose the name but we like it."Katia also played down the fact that her brother had chosen to become a single dad. "Some people may think it's strange, but we don't," she said. "We're very happy about what Cristiano has done."
Rachel Dratch is expecting her first child!
SNL star Rachel Dratch is expecting her first child, People magazine reports. The comedian is due on September but no further details have been released the identity of the father is unknown.
Kelly Ripa with her two youngest children the beautiful Lola, 9, and Joaquin, 7 to Starbucks then a walk around New York City on Tuesday (July 6).


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Two lavish new books eye cultural change during World War I.
Chris Bourke has followed his award-winning bestseller Blue Smoke with Good-bye Maoriland: The Songs and Sounds of New Zealand's Great War. Military historian Christopher Pugsley focuses heavily on the war years in The Camera in the Crowd: Filming New Zealand in Peace and War, 1895–1920.
They trade stories, songs and pictures in this illustrated talk.
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