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The IHCI Conference presents the best of current HCI research and practice, emphasizing innovation and quantified experience. IHCI has emerged as the foremost world-wide gathering of academic researchers, Ph.D. and graduate students, top research think tanks and industry technology developers.
The complete details are available on the conference website: https://ihci.cs.kent.edu/
This 13TH International conference on Intelligent Human Computer Interaction (IHCI) will be held with the Kent Student Center (Tentative) in Kent, Ohio, USA from the 20th to 22th December 2021 . The conference will include keynote speakers who work both in industry and academia and expects to attract more than 100 participants. And accepted papers will be published in the Springer-LNCS proceedings volume.
Prospective authors are invited to submit papers on any of the topics listed below:
Advanced Interface
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- Language and speech interfaces
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- Agent based Intelligent User Assistance
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- Social media analysis
- User adaptation and Personalization
- Recommender systems
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- Cloud computing in HCI
- Human-Sensor Interaction
- Assisted and Enhanced Living Host
- Telehealth in HCI
- Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality/Extended Reality
Security & Education
- Blockchain in HCI
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- Pedagogical technologies
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The desert city of India, Rajasthan has numerous majestic imperial forts and palaces built by Rajas And Maharajas in the past. The walls of forts confine within them every tale. The tale of the greatest victories and the worst failures. The tales of exuberance and sorrows. The stories of Love, sacrifice, pride, and more. These forts are the real manifestations of everything that occurred or existed in the ancient period. Factually, these forts have gone through many battles and ambushes but because of their rigorous architecture style and pattern, they still stand as strong and magnificent as before.
Every story has an unbelievable historical past. All the forts spread across Rajasthan, built by different-different rulers share one common thing, the legacy, and traditions of the ruler and the jaw-dropping grandeur they possess. For this reason, this heritage-rich city acquires a major fraction of India's tourism. Rajasthan is a treasure of ancient archives and lineage.
Here is the list of some famous mysterious forts of Rajasthan. So while you are planning your trip and being busy managing other chores you don't have to stress about digging into the internet about which heritage site you should pick.
Built in 18 century. Mandawa Fort is a renowned heritage site near Shekhawati. Mandawa has a countable number of forts. In that essence, it is also acknowledged as the Fort Town of Shekhawati. Howbeit, Mandawa Fort stands apart among all because of the individualism it showcases through its paintings, murals, mirror works on the wall, and the extremely incredible Panoramic view it has.
Mandawa Fort has now been transformed into a luxurious hotel with the availability of the best affordable accommodation options. You can experience the beauty of Rajasthan from the rooftop of the hotel. Rooms are decked up in the arts of Lord Krishna. This fort captures most of the tourists with its best sightseeing views.
Also, Aangan Resort near Mandawa fort is worth a visit. With its structural finesse, It flaunts the exquisite charm of nature. The resort is situated on the outskirts of Mandawa which is away from the hassle of the city, offering peace and serenity. Believe me, it has the most picturesque surroundings. The resort has all the lavishness one needs. Furthermore, the resort has a garden, pool, and private parking. It makes a perfect place for little rendezvous, trysts, get together and destination weddings too. I suggest you check out and know for yourself. Tap on the link for details and pictures.
Attached to the Amber Palace, is a popular fort in Rajasthan. Amber Fort is made up of red sandstone and marbles. The folk music, finely crafted walls, and the stones make this place no lesser than a gem. The mesmerizing beauty of Amber Fort is as grand as one can imagine. Markedly, it has been mentioned in UNESCO's world heritage site. Some major attractions here are Elephant ride, Diwan-e-aam, Diwan-e-Khas, Sukh Niwas, and Sheesh Mahal. The heavenly view of sunrise and sunset can be glimpsed from here. At dusk when lightings are made on Amber Fort bestows the most eye-pleasing view. The best nearby place is Hawa Mahal.
Mehrangarh, the blue city of Jodhpur has the most iconic fort, Mehrangarh Fort. It is located on the hilltop. The carvings, artifacts, and interior enticingly boast Rajasthani culture. Fort has seven massive gateways. Jaya Pol, Fatteh Pol, Loha Pol are major ones. The Museum of the fort has weaponry, furniture, and palanquins of Royal families. Mehrangarh possesses a special place in history books.
Regarded as one of the largest Fort in India, Jaisalmer Fort was constructed back in 1165 AD by King Rawal Jaiswal. It is also referred to as Sonar Quila or Golden Fort. Jaisalmer fort can be spotted from every part of the city as it is located on the Trikuta hill surrounded by the Thar Desert. Fort has four huge grand entrances. It has temples, houses, palaces. Some attention-grabbing palaces are Royal Palace, ShreeNath Palace, Vyas Haveli. The fort's museum exhibits armories and paintings. Once you step on into this Fort you won't be able to stop admiring it.
This fort is located on the premises of Ranthambore National Park. It was built in the 10th century and still stands strong and wonderful. Ranthambore Fort gives a scenic view of the National Park. Ganesha Temple, Shiva Temple, Hammir's court, and Jogi Mahal are some of the major attractions.
Chittorgarh's Fort is the biggest in Rajasthan. It was built in the 7 century, consuming 700 acres of land. Crucial highlights are Meera Temple, Padmini's Palace, Bada Mahal, Rana Kumbha, Gaumukh reservoir, and more. Temples such as Adbudhnath Temple and Kalika Mata Temple are marvelous and provoke faith in deities among visitors. This Water Fort has 22 water bodies within it. Chittorgarh's fort signifies courage and sacrifice. This fort promises a memorable time to its guests.
Taragarh Fort in Ajmer illustrates Rajasthani signature style. During the Mughal era, this fort served as a center of military activities. The fort has escaping subways and water reservoirs. The history of the place is intriguing and spectacular. The three main gateways of the Fort are Gagudi ki Phatak, Lakshmi Pol, and Phuta Darwaza. Rani Mahal is a major appeal. If there was any competition of opting out the best forts of India this fort definitely would have been a tough one.
Apart from all these forts Kumbhalgarh Fort in Rajasthan is also a must-visit place. It has the most realistic craftsmanship and the second largest wall in the world.
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It's been well over a year since life first started to look a little different. In the West in late 2019, it seemed like the coronavirus was a distant problem, but by March 2020, it was here to stay. Once the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus, now known as COVID-19, a global pandemic, everyone was forced to make difficult adjustments to life in lockdown. After so many months of social distancing, isolation, masking and fear, it's natural that people are feeling anxious about post-COVID life and returning to normal.
But will normal ever be the same again? What will weddings, parties and hanging out with friends be like after people are vaccinated? How can people ease back into a rich social schedule after so much time alone? It's all about balance and being patient with yourself.
What Will Life Look Like After COVID-19 Pandemic?
As talk continues about "getting back to normal," it can be hard to picture what normal even looks like anymore. The reality is that while widespread vaccination will eventually make it possible to return to a semblance of life before COVID-19, mass global events like the pandemic leave a lasting impact on society. The changes that are likely to stick around even after everyone is vaccinated are workplace-related, healthcare-based and social.
The need for people to stay home has proven that many jobs can be performed remotely. While some bosses still subscribe to the idea that office facetime is necessary for productivity, the majority of companies are realizing they can save money on office space by having their employees continue to work remotely. This is a positive change that will allow working people to spend more time with their families and less time commuting, and even give them the freedom to work abroad.
The return to "normal" might be the most worrying part for many people. Masks are likely to stick around even as people are still receiving vaccines. But the emphasis on hand hygiene over the last year could be life-changing for many people who never gave it much thought prior to the pandemic.
There was speculation in 2020 from news outlets like the BBC that the virus would be the death of the handshake. However, it's human nature to seek the physical connection that a handshake symbolizes, so it seems unlikely it's gone for good.
The pandemic has also exposed cracks in the healthcare system that were overlooked prior to 2020, with nurses being hailed as front-line heroes for their efforts. The trials of COVID-19 have made it obvious that proper access to mental and physical health care shouldn't be a privilege just for the rich but a human right for everyone. The health of individuals affects society as a whole.
Why People Are Anxious About Post-COVID Life
Many people are anxious about post-COVID life in some capacity. At this point, that's a normal feeling to experience because we've been away from that lifestyle for so long that it's become unfamiliar. One of the major concerns affecting individuals is the expected socialization after being fully vaccinated.
For introverts especially, time alone at home has become a comfortable way to spend free hours rather than packing each day full of activities, meetings, gatherings and outings.
After adjusting to a slower-paced way of life, the thought of returning to pre-pandemic levels of in-person socialization can feel overwhelming and exhausting. Be kind to yourself and continue to put your own mental health first, even after it's safe to make social plans. Just because you can, it doesn't mean you're obligated to pack your social calendar to capacity.
Some people are understandably anxious about returning to work in person after spending over a year working remotely. This might be because of social anxiety after so much isolation or anxiety about being in large crowds again when commuting in a metropolitan area. Unfortunately, if your employer requires you to return to full-time, in-person work, there's little you can do but try to make the experience as easy as possible for yourself in other ways.
Listen to a podcast you enjoy on the commute to take your mind off the nerves you're experiencing. Refrain from making too many plans outside of work right off the bat so you have time to rest your mind and body in the evenings. It takes time to become accustomed to the increase in activity and socialization again, which can be draining.
If you have a good relationship with your boss or a more flexible position that enables remote work, consider easing the anxiety you're experiencing by talking to your employer about alternative arrangements even after it's safe to return to work. If the work you've been producing from home has been top-quality, you might be able to ask to work one or two days a week from home permanently. At the very least, your employer might be open to a phased approach for returning to the office, starting with one or two days a week.
Post-COVID life will be anxiety-inducing for those who've been significantly impacted by the health scares associated with the virus. After months of excessive handwashing and distancing, individuals may develop hypochondria, anxiety about being in a crowd or anxiety about the potential for future pandemics. If these thoughts are all-consuming and affecting your daily life, consider seeking help from a health professional at FHE.
The Pandemic, Mental Health and Cave Syndrome
The pandemic has undoubtedly affected the mental health of Americans over the past year, and some symptoms may be ongoing even after life returns to a semi-normal state. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, roughly four out of 10 adults in the United States experienced symptoms of depression or anxiety during the pandemic.
In addition to stress about health, work and socialization, many individuals have experienced weight gain as a result of inactivity throughout lockdown, resulting in stress about weight loss. According to a recent study, the average American gained two pounds per month throughout the pandemic. A lack of confidence in your body can make the idea of socialization more intimidating.
Some people might be experiencing symptoms of cave syndrome following the COVID-19 lockdowns, which is exactly what it sounds like. People with cave syndrome are reluctant to return to normal life because they've become accustomed to isolation and now enjoy it.
Seek Support If You're Struggling
If you or a family member is struggling with your mental health as a result of COVID-19 isolation or experiencing anxiety about returning to a normal pace of life, know that you're not alone. The experienced, compassionate team at FHE can help you with solutions for managing anxiety or depression. Counselors are available to take your call 24/7 at (833) 596-3502.


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Gregory Dennis: When gay love blooms later in life
Dan and I met during a draft counseling session at Middlebury College. We were both freshmen — first-year pups — and at that point he hadn't even turned 18.
As with every young American man of that time, we were facing the prospect of being drafted and sent off to kill people. Individuals and families whom we had never met and who lived thousands of miles away on the other side of the planet.
I came to draft counseling sessions because I had been deeply influenced by my own antipathy to the Vietnamese War and war in general. Through the Society of Friends (Quakers), I had also found a more formalized expression of my beliefs, and I knew I wouldn't ever be wearing a military uniform. Even if it meant I had to go to jail.
By comparison, Dan was there on a fact-finding mission. We knew that college would keep us out of the draft for awhile (a grossly unfair situation, but that's another column). He wanted to know what might come next.
Unlike the rest of us there that night, Dan was a Republican. Coming to hear about resisting the draft was just his way to get educated.
Dan and I soon became such good friends that I found his puzzling political affiliation to be just a minor annoyance. As if he insisted on parting his hair on the wrong side. He was from a Wall Street family, I reasoned. A genetic Republican.
A couple of years after college, he and I were having one of those whimsical conversations, about what we would do if we knew the world would end in 24 hours.
I knew right away what my answer was. "I'd want to spend 24 hours making love with my girlfriend," I said.
Dan thought about it for moment, and then announced that he would want to spend those last hours "reading a good book."
Which, if our conversation had occurred within a novel, would be called foreshadowing.
Many years later, Dan realized he was gay.
But in the mid-1970s, we barely knew anybody who was gay. We barely knew what it meant to be gay. And it almost never occurred to young men like Dan — who was raised in a large Catholic family — that they themselves might be gay.
A few years after the "we might be dead in 24 hours" talk, Dan married a woman from this hometown in New Jersey. They lived the Manhattan high life and had two wonderful daughters. They moved to North Carolina so he could work at Outward Bound, then to Northern California so he could help run the company that his wife's father had founded.
Soon after the move to California, however, his once-happy marriage cratered.
It took several years after the divorce for Dan to see a deeper truth about himself: He wanted to live on a different point of the romantic compass. As he told me during a long walk when I was visiting him in San Francisco, "I've figured out that I want to start dating men."
Even in the gay-friendly Bay Area, that's the start of a long, lonely journey at age 45.
Dan was temporarily unemployed, his wife had left him, his young daughters were in danger of being crushed in the divorce, and he was trying to figure out his new sexual identity. He knew about as much of the gay world as he did about Mars.
Dan "came out" to just a few of us ahead of our 25th college reunion, in 1999. But he told classmates who knew about his transition that he wasn't yet ready to say anything publicly.
Nonetheless, he was put on the spot by a classmate, who was not in the know, during a public panel at reunion weekend. Why, our classmate wanted to know, had Dan just said he would never get married again?
Dan demurred. But those of us who knew his circumstances understood what was going on. We recognized that gay men would never be able to marry. We were certain that we would never see same-sex marriage in our lifetimes.
Nonetheless, there would always be love. And a few years later, along came Geoff.
He and Dan had met on Match.com. They'd only been dating for a few weeks when I was in town and joined them for a hike in the Marin Headlands north of San Francisco.
I could see right away that Geoff was a keeper: cute, smart, feet on the ground. A native Vermonter who lived in Silicon Valley, a father of boys and a man who had himself come out of the closet in midlife.
Their relationship soon blossomed into love, the kind of big actions and small kindnesses that one provides for a life partner. A slow uniting of their families, Dan's and Geoff's children.
Somewhere in there, too, the tide turned on how our society perceived gay people: We saw them not as unnatural, but as the ordinary people they are. Not as unworthy of legal protections, but as entitled as straight people are to the safe harbor of love relationships that are publicly honored.
Forced by a far-seeing decision of its Supreme Court, Vermont became the first state to honor civil unions on a par with marriage, in 2000. Then we were the first to legalize same-sex marriage through legislative action — when Democrats, Progressives and even a few Republicans formed a two-thirds majority to repudiate then-Gov. Jim Douglas's veto of marriage equality.
A ceremony last week on the State House lawn in Montpelier marked the unveiling of a historic marker to commemorate these milestones.
Last week also saw the marriage of Dan and Geoff.
In a ceremony in the Marin Headlands overlooking a Pacific Ocean that reflected the cloudless blue sky above, 120 of their best friends watched as Dan and Geoff were joined in matrimony.
One of the groom's mothers, who lives in Vermont and is in her mid-80's, was wheeled uphill to the ceremony in something that looked like the go-carts that astronauts used on the surface of the moon. A bagpiper played, and a couple of drones, cameras on board, circled overhead.
One of the officiants read a portion of the historic U.S. Supreme Court decision, written by Justice Anthony Kennedy, that made marriage equality the law of our land:
"No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice and family. In forming a marital union, two people become something greater than once they were. As some of the petitioners in these cases demonstrate, marriage embodies a love that may endure even past death. It would misunderstand these men and women to say they disrespect the idea of marriage. Their plea is that they do respect it, respect it so deeply that they seek to find its fulfillment for themselves. Their hope is not to be condemned to live in loneliness, excluded from one of civilization's oldest institutions. They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right."
It is true that our country faces many challenges, and that bigotry is one of them. But it also part of the abiding hope of the American experiment that tolerance — and love — can win the day.
Gregory Dennis's column appears here every other Thursday and is archived on his blog at www.gregdennis.wordpress.com. Email: [email protected]. Twitter: @greengregdennis.
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Come join us for the 46th annual Medical Guild-sponsored graduate student research competition on Wednesday, April 14 from 1:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. on Zoom. Each advanced concentration of Biomedical Science nominates one graduate student to give a 15-minute oral presentation, followed by a 5-minute Q & A session. Presentations will be judged by a panel of faculty judges. All eight students will be recognized at the Research Day reception which will follow immediately after the competition.
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The country's basic requirements for accounting, financial reporting and auditing were set out in 2002 with the Law of Commercial Enterprises and the Law on Corporate Accounts, their Audit and the Accounting Profession. The latter, also known as the Accounting Law, mandates the use of an accounting system based on international accounting standards for all enterprises.
In 2009, Cambodia became one of the earlier adopters of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and IFRS for SMEs, beating a number of major global leaders to it. The standards were thereby renamed Cambodian International Financial Reporting Standards (CIFRS) and CIFRS for SMEs.
A system both simple and complex
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the Kingdom, which number over half a million, operate within a legal and tax system that is still relatively lax. On their Annual Profit Tax Return, for example, companies are only required to provide basic financial statements. "Regulations regarding the burden of financial reporting are pretty light for SMEs," says Anthony Galliano, CEO of Cambodian Investment Management. Galliano also believes that, compared to that of other countries, the Tax Code in Cambodia is relatively simple: "SMEs don't really have it all that bad," he argues.
While our contributors point out there isn't really a need for simpler accounting standards, they believe there is a need for simpler reporting and tax filing requirements. IFRS, adopted some seven years ago, can be too complex for many of Cambodia's SMEs. "With under 200 qualified accountants in the entire country, businesses that must follow these rules can find it difficult," says David Benaim, Chartered Accountant and Founder of consulting firm Xlconsulting.
Ronald Almera, CEO and Partner at Grant Thornton Cambodia, notes that the General Department of Taxation (GDT) is already working to streamline this process. The push to bring all businesses under the Real (taxation) Regime (an element of the Law on Financial Management 2016), and the creation of an online tax registration system are good examples of this, he says.
Improvement versus enforcement
The Accounting Law requires all enterprises to keep books and accounts and to prepare financial statements on a yearly basis. However, many businesses in Cambodia do not comply with this law or bother to keep proper accounting records because of unawareness of the law or apathy towards it.
Being conscientious in your accounting and reporting practices is important: not only is it necessary for taxation reporting purposes, it also helps you understand how your business is performing. "[Maintaining] proper accounting and financial records should not be seen as a necessary way to tick the boxes for legal requirement; it should be seen as the main tool that businesses use to decide how to grow and expand their business," explains Benaim.
"The issue is not improvement but enforcement," adds Galliano. According to him, the GDT could do more to enforce the requirement to maintain basic financials set out in the Law on Taxation. "In the absence of this the country will never truly broaden its tax base and instill international financial record-keeping standards which mitigate tax avoidance," he asserts.
According to Almera, one of the things that the GDT could do to help ensure taxpayer's compliance is to organise more training sessions for businesses. "This will help disseminate the new regulations currently issued," he says.
Simplifying accounting and getting everyone on board
Keeping up with IFRS standards can present a problem for SMEs, who may have limited resources available and no access to a certified accountant. Benaim recommends that companies keep it simple by working on a cash basis of accounting instead of accruals, as this should provide more accurate solutions. A cash accounting basis is where transactions are recorded only as cash changes hands, rather than when the transaction happens.
Benaim has other tips to facilitate accounting and administrative processes for SMEs. He recommends that business owners make full use of recent technological advances. There are free or cheap accounting systems on the market that, according to Benaim, can reduce data entry by 70 percent and provide analytic insights that were previously only available to data scientists.
"One such tool is Receipt Bank," says Benaim. This is an application that removes the hassle of receipts and invoices. It extracts the information from your invoices and enters it directly into your accounting software. The only thing the user has to do is take pictures of the receipts with a smart phone and set some parameters. "No data entry, plus all your receipts are instantly searchable by amount," Benaim comments.
The local talent: a growing pool
The accounting profession has developed in spectacular fashion in the Kingdom in recent years. Major international accounting firms have been present in Cambodia for decades, endeavouring to train Cambodians who want to become accountants and tax professionals. Many of them have gone on to establish their own successful legal and accounting firms.
Benaim tells us that accounting is a popular major in Cambodian universities, with a good number of students that get jobs and eventually becoming extremely competent in the profession. However, in terms of professional certified accountants, Benaim reminds us that the country currently counts no more than 200 qualified professionals. "This is an issue," he says.
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) is well-established within the country, but there is no Cambodian-specific accounting qualification. In other words, accountants can only become "qualified" by passing the ACCA exam. This is an issue because the test can be too expensive for the average Cambodian student; additionally, the exam can only be taken in English. "Establishing a local qualification in Khmer would be a great way to improve the reputation and competency of the local talent," remarks Benaim.
This notwithstanding, accounting firms registered with the National Accounting Council and the Kampuchea Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Auditors are very capable in helping ensure that business entities fairly comply with IFRS, as Almera points out.
Almera, however, does see a need to bolster training for private sector accounting professionals to ensure that they are well versed in identifying accounting issues and in resolving them using CIFRS and CIFRS for SMEs. He suggests that private sector accountants and bookkeepers tap on the resources and experience presented by accounting firms by seeking training with them, or, in the very least, by reaching out to them to consult any accounting issues that may come their way. "When properly trained, and if they receive the appropriate consultation, the accountants will technically be better equipped to identify and resolve accounting issues in every business transaction," he says.
As suggested by our contributors, the accounting profession enjoys a very competitive environment in the Kingdom. The number of schools that offer quality education in Cambodia is growing quickly, and we can only expect future generations of Khmer accountants and tax professionals to be increasingly well-prepared.


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'Journey to the Tower of Omens' was an eye opening episode of the all new 'ThunderCats' series from Cartoon Network. They keep doing flashbacks to the past of Thundara, it's kind of like Lost in that way. In the latest episode, we finally get a look see at Mumm-ra in his Ever Living glory. Even better though, we see him working with ThunderCats to retrieve the "War Stone"… or as you may know it, the "Eye of Thundara".
This episode started with a nice bit of humor as Lion-O was attempting to access his "Sight Beyond Sight" with the Sword of Omens to find the location of the mythical Tower of Omens, and failing miserably. The rest of Team Lion-O were rightfully concerned with his lack of "vision".
Little did our heroes know, Mumm-ra was using his all-seeing pool to spy on their progress, and was amused by the lack there of. We are then treated to a mind-blowing flashback, where Lord Mumm-ra is commanding his army of ThunderCats as they wage war on an alien planet to retrieve the War Stone.
Let me type that again… "Lord" Mumm-ra was commanding an army of ThunderCats. He had a Tiger on the battlefront and a Lion as his right hand Cat in his command center. This was eye opening to see the Cat and the Ever Living Mumm-ra working together. The other big reveal, the Cats were using technology. Now we get some ideas as to how Mumm-ra ended up in the prison before he was freed by Grune.
Meanwhile back with the ThunderCats, Lion-O and Cheetara are sharing another moment only to have it spoiled by the ThunderKittens (who know exactly what is going on). Of course it just so happens the the doorway was right in front of the Cats and took a little help from Snarf to see the forest through the tress as the case was. I like Snarf in this series, he's not the annoying nursemaid like the original version. This Snarf actually pulls his weight with Team Lion-O, he found the Sand Sea, he pointed out the Lizard Army and this time he discovered the door to the Temple of Omens… very helpful little pet.
Finding the door is only the first step to the journey into the temple, mainly because it is full of Indiana Jones style traps to keep anyone and everyone out. Luckily for the ThunderCats Cheetara is a cleric and knows her way around the trapped temple. Even the ThunderKittens were able to lend a hand here helping get past one of the traps saving them all from a pointy end.
Sure enough as the ThunderCats were able to find the Temple, Mumm-ra was able to find it as well. When Panthro steps up to dish out a little nun-chuck justice, they all learn why Mumm-ra is so dangers as he shakes off his decayed form and becomes… Mumm-ra the EVER LIVING!!! At this point the race is on to the top of the tower and while this Mumm-ra has wings and can fly, Lion-O has a head start and the rest of his team to help slow Mumm-ra down.
The Lord of the ThunderCats is finally able to come face to face with the villain who took his father's life. Mumm-ra quickly takes the advantage in the battle over the young king, but the tide quickly turns as Jaga (still trapped in the lantern) "brightens everybody's day", and in doing so chases Mumm-ra off. The episode ends with the Cats finally getting their paws on the mythical Book of Omens, but there is one problem… the pages of the book are blank (dun dun duhhhh).


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It is an everyday issue now. Trouble syncing cloud files. And files that were in cloud are showing Online only file and wont open no matter what. Tried to access these files via web. yet no response. It just says Sorry cant open these or it keeps loading forever. In this case you have no option but to force quit XD.
This has really caused a huge time loss and frustration and I am unable to download these files from the web version too. There are no copies of these files and I have tried everything like signing out of creative cloud, Stopping the core sync via activity monitor and restarting system etc. This concerns me as all of my older files from 2019 are not accessible even though they were perfectly saved to cloud. This grey online only icon on these files needs to be addressed and pls help me with a solution. Attached is the screenshot of these multiple cloud issues happening now since about few weeks.
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Thank for reaching to us , Would you mind trying the steps mentioned in this article: https://helpx.adobe.com/xd/kb/issue-saving-xd-file-creative-cloud.html and see if that helps? Hope it helps.
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Thank you for reaching out and sorry for the trouble. We would like to follow up on the issue. Are you able to resolve the issue by following the steps shared in the article?
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Hi @HARSHIKA_VERMA @Madhumati chitapur
I have tried each and every step from the article even before I created this post. The issue is with the older files that show the grey cloud icons. They have to be opened. And they keep loading until I have to do a force quit. But once clicked, The grey cloud Icon changes and blue syncing process gets initiated. It takes about 1 hour sometimes to get these files fully synced- showing the green icon. Now I have files from about last two years. I have been clicking each of these, waiting them to open. Then quitting and restarting. After about half an hour or few hours I have to click on them again to be able to open them. I have attached screenshots in previos post. I have been wasting hours to recover these files. They are recoverable but I am assuming, with subsequent updates, older files never synced even though they are in cloud. When I am trying to open them now, they initiate a new sync process. This is harrowing and should not have happened. I have still about 30 files with the online only grey cloud icon. I would appreciate someone to come up with a solution for this. Thank you for reaching out.
Attaching a screen shot again of the grey non synced files. These wont open at first go as explained. SOmetimes not even at 2nd or third attempt. While they are loading I am unable to access home menu. that way I have no option but to hit force quit so I can start again. I have now force quit XD atleast 20 times in the day. Thoroughly fed up.
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Sorry for the delay in response, Jagz@Work
We will make sure to highlight the issue to our product team but we would need few details in order to log a bug for this serious issue.
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Much of the information left out during MP3 compression is at the very high and low ends, which is why some MP3s sound flat. Without enough low end, 'you don't get the punch anymore. It decreases the punch of the kick drum and how the speaker gets pushed when the guitarist plays a power chord.' The inner ear automatically compresses blasts of high volume to protect itself, so we associate compression with loudness. After a few minutes, constant loudness grows fatiguing to the brain. Though few listeners realize this consciously, many feel an urge to skip to another song.
Your audio files are driving you away from music
It would appear that maybe MP3s ARE the reason for lower music sales, just not in the way you think… Are your compressed audio files driving you away from music???


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Dr Jose Luis Manzano
José Luis Manzano is an Argentine businessman with a deep understanding of Latin American public policy and global emerging markets. He possesses significant experience in investments, media, energy, and distress industries. He is a frequent speaker across the world on these issues.
Dr. Manzano has been a Visiting Professor at Georgetown University and the University of California, San Diego, and received certificates from Georgetown University in International Finance and International Business. He holds a diploma in Leadership from Oxford University and has lectured at prestigious universities in Argentina, Japan, Europe and the United States.
Dr. Manzano donates to several educational and charitable organizations. He is the president of the Universidad de Congreso (University of Congress), where he is actively involved in academic and research activities. He has been active with Nobel Prize winner Al Gore's climate change organization and the Clinton Global Initiative Foundation.
He also has an active participation in the British-Argentine Chamber of Commerce and the Argentine-North American Chamber of Commerce. He is a sponsor of the Casa de la Cultura China (House of Chinese Culture) in Buenos Aires and was a member of the B20, the business group that supports Argentina's presidency of the G20. Dr. Manzano regularly participates in the activities of the Council of the Americas and the Americas Society, and advises and cooperates with IPS Latin America and IPS Consortium.
In addition, he is a member of the Energy Steering Committee of the Institute of the Americas and is also a member of the board of directors of the Institute of the Americas at the University of California, San Diego.
Since 2019, Dr. Manzano has been President of the Eisenhower Global Fellowship Program


text: A study of trade exchanges this year between Iran and members of the European Union shows exports to the bloc surged in July to compensate for the losses suffered during the initial months of the pandemic although the total size and value of shipments remained largely low because of US sanctions on Tehran. An excerpt of the study conducted by Tehrans chamber of commerce (TCCIM) published on Thursday showed that total exports from Iran to the EU countries in eight months to August had increased by eight percent to reach nearly $500 million. The report, covered by ILNA news agency, said that exports thrived especially in July when the monthly value of Iranian shipments topped $92 million. It said imports into Iran from the EU declined by 15 percent year on year in August to stand at 2.5 billion euros ($2.95 billion). Germany remained Irans top trading partner in the EU as the country took delivery of 184 million euros ($217.48 million) worth of Iranian shipments while exporting nearly $1 billion worth of cargoes to Iran, said the TCCIM. The Netherlands was second top buyer of Iranian goods in the EU with an eight-fold increase in imports from Iran, it said, adding that Italy, Spain, Belgium, Romani and Bulgaria were Irans other major export destinations in the first eight months of 2018. The growing trend in Irans trade ties with the EU come despite sanctions imposed by the US which hamper normal banking transactions involving Iranian businesses. The eight-percent increase in exports this year also comes despite closures that took place across the borders from February onwards due to the spread of the coronavirus both in Iran and in Europe. Source: Press TV


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Harold strands his apathetic son on the other side of the country. The challenge: make yourself interesting - find your way home and don't do it quickly. He then alienates his self-hating daughter and pushes away his bored wife to setup this blunt, multi-generational black comedy/drama.
Told from an Asian American perspective by writer|director X. Dean Lim with a script that scored in the top 5% on The Black List, First World Problems is set to premiere at the 2018 SXSW Film Festival.
Featuring Stephen Park (Fargo), Tamlyn Tomita (Berlin Station), Brandon Soo-Hoo (Tropic Thunder) and Nikki Soohoo (The Lovely Bones) and shot by the ethereal lens of Chris Saul (Nike, Lenovo), First World Problems asks just how bad is your shit, really?
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Great bands from London in the 60's and 70's formed because they met in a talent rich city. That's what it's like in Hollywood - there is so much ability here, waiting to connect with other artists. Those who do well are the ones who are proactive enough to hone ancillary skills and go out to meet with equally proactive people. And that's how I found myself painting of this guy - because a writer needed it and because I was expanding my creative abilities into the digital art world. I even sharpened my filmmaking technique. And now I can say, I picked up the digital painting skill.


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Payments by debtor following sequestration
Section 4 – Debtor contribution order
9.This section inserts 8 new sections to create a 'debtor contribution order', a single method for fixing the payments of a debtor's contribution. A debtor contribution will be set in each case, even if the contribution payable is assessed at nil. This will allow the trustee to make a variation to the contribution if the debtor's circumstances change within the 48 month period. Section 32B introduces a standard period of 48 months for most contributions taken from a debtor's income following sequestration, subject to the ability to seek a variation to reduce or increase the amount of contributions in section 32E ('variation and removal of debtor contribution order by trustee'). As at present, contributions from income can continue past the discharge of the debtor. There is provision for the contribution period to be shortened or ended if the debtor is able to pay all creditors, fees and statutory interest or if assets are sold to add funds to the sequestration bank account.
10.Section 32C provides for direct review and appeal of a debtor contribution order, including timescales and expiry periods in relation to this process. The debtor, trustee or any interested party can request that the Accountant and Bankruptcy review their decision. If dissatisfied with the result of the review then a trustee or the debtor can appeal to the sheriff. Section 32D orders the debtor to pay to the trustee any contribution which is more than zero and has been fixed by the Accountant in Bankruptcy or varied by the trustee.
11.Section 32E makes provision for a mechanism as in the DAS scheme for contributions to be deducted directly from earnings by way of employers and third parties, by the debtor giving the employer or third party an instruction, or by the trustee giving a direct instruction to the employer or third party if the debtor fails to pay contributions in respect of 2 payment intervals. Under 32E(7), the Scottish Ministers may by regulations make provision for the form to be used, how that instruction affects the recipient and the consequences of failing to comply with the instruction(7).
12.As at present, a review of the contribution amount can be sought, e.g. on a change in the debtor's circumstances. Under the Act this can be sought from, or made by, the trustee, with provision for review by AiB and appeal to the sheriff. Provisions on application, variation and the consequences of a debtor contribution order are set out here. The procedure in these sections replaces income payment orders under section 32(2) of the 1985 Act (and income payment agreements). As at present for income payment orders, a debtor contribution order can be made irrespective of the statutory protection on bankruptcy for pension rights under sections 11 and 12 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999.
13.The new section 32G (payment break), introduces the possibility of a debtor paying income in sequestration to seek a payment break of up to 6 months. Regulation 37(1)(h), (3) and (4) of the DAS Regulations provide for a payment break for individual debtors who have a debt payment programme in place. The Act will provide for a similar payment break which could be for up to 6 months, with the period of the contribution extended accordingly.
Provision has been made in regulation 8 of the Bankruptcy (Money Advice and Deduction from Income etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 (S.S.I. 2014/296).


text: They call the days from July 3rd to August 11th the "dog days of summer" and I love them. The name comes from the ancient belief that when Sirius, also called the Dog Star (thought that was me!), moves closest to the sun, it is responsible for hot weather. I can get a bit warm in my fur coat in the summer, and I drink lots and lots of water, but mostly I love being outside this time of year.


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Chicago Triathalon The Chicago Triathlon is the fifth stop of the Life Time Fitness Triathlon Series Race to the Toyota Cup. This eight race series kicks off in Miami in April and wraps up at the Toyota US Open Triathlon. |
Race To The Toyota Cup The Life Time Fitness Triathlon Series Race to the Toyota Cup is the premier triathlon series for non-drafting International distance racing. Open to professionals and amateurs alike, the Life Time Fitness Triathlon Series Race to the Toyota Cup has arguably done more to elevate the sport of Triathlon for both professionals and amateurs than any other race or series before it. |
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Sarah Haskins Sarah competed in her first triathlon in St. Louis, MO in June of 2003 upon college graduation and became a professional triathlete less than a year later in May, 2004. While in college, Sarah competed in cross-country and track at the University of Tulsa. She has a degree in Elementary Education and a minor in Mathematics. Sarah grew up in St. Louis, MO and began swimming at a very young age. She swam on the Parkway Swim Club for nine years and ran cross country and track in high school. Sarah was a Missouri high school state champion in cross country and swimming, while attending Parkway South High School. From 2000-2004, Sarah coached 150 swimmers ages 4-18 during the summer months. She thoroughly enjoys teaching and coaching children and adults of all ages about the benefits of health and exercise, as well as teaching the skills of swimming, biking and running. From 2003 through 2004, Sarah taught students in grades K-5th health education at Hanna Woods Elementary School. In December of 2006, Sarah married Nathan Kortuem, who is now her current coach and training partner. Sarah and Nathan reside in Colorado Springs, Colorado, but spend many weeks of the year traveling around the world racing and training. Sarah enjoys spending her free time with family and friends, many of whom live in Missouri and Minnesota. She enjoys watching movies and reading books, especially while traveling. Sarah and Nate have five nieces and two nephews all five and under and love to spend time with them. Notable accomplishments
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Verne Lundquist Born in Duluth, Minnesota, on July 17, 1940, sportscasting legend Verne Lundquist was named Texas Sportscaster of the Year seven consecutive times, from 1977-1983. His other accolades include being enshrined in the Texas Hall of Fame, the Texas Radio Hall of Fame, and the Sun Bowl Hall of Fame. Lundquist began his career in Texas, where he was Sports director of WFAA-TV for 16 years and became the radio voice of the Dallas Cowboys for 12 years. In addition to his work on radio for the Cowboys, Lundquist also broadcast for ABC from 1974-1981. After finishing with the Cowboys in 1984, he moved to CBS where he announced a variety of sports including the Olympics and Masters Golf. In 1995, he moved to TNT briefly to do play-by-play of the NFL, NBA, golf, and figure skating for the network. After three years he returned to CBS, where he continues to cover golf, including the Masters, and is the lead play-by-play announcer of CBSs coverage of college football and basketball. In all, during his tenure at CBS he has covered more than 20 different sports. In recognition of these outstanding achievements, Lunquist was enshrined in the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Hall of Fame on April 30, 2007. More About Verne at CBS Sports |
Mike McCormick Mike played for the New York Giants from 1956 to 1958, then the San Francisco Giants from 1958 to 1970. He played for the New York Yankees in 1970 and then the Kansas City Royals in 1971. In 1956 he became one of the most hyped rookies in history after posting a 49-4 American Legion record at age 17, including four no hitters and a 26 strikeout game. Though he struggled with his control for the first few years of his career, he later became one of the best pitchers in baseball. He led the league in ERA in 1960 and won the Cy Young Award and The Sporting News Pitcher of the Year in 1967 with the San Francisco Giants. He also hit the 500th home run by a pitcher in baseball history (and also gave up Hank Aaron's 500th career home run in 1968). McCormick was a member of the National League All Star Team in 1960 and 1961. McCormick currently conducts fantasy camps for the San Francisco Giants, with other former Giants. He married Carolyn Koehler in 1956. They have four children, Susan, Michael Jr., Matthew and Stacy. He married Dierdre Hodge in January 1986. They have one daughter, Tara. Mike's Career Stats |


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Honey bees as eggs
The honey bee metamorphosis begins when the queen lays an egg. You should know how to spot eggs, because that is one of the most basic and important skills you need to develop as a beekeeper. It isn't an easy task, because the eggs are mighty tiny (only about 1.7 millimeters long). But finding eggs is one of the surest ways to confirm that your queen is alive and well. It's a skill you'll use just about every time you visit your hive.
The queen lays a single egg in each cell that has been cleaned and prepared by the workers to raise new brood. The cell must be spotless, or she moves on to another one.The queen positions the egg in an upright position (standing on end) at the bottom of a cell. That's why they're so hard to see. When you look straight down into the cell, you're looking at the miniscule diameter of the egg, which is only 0.4 of a millimeter wide.
Eggs are much easier to spot on a bright sunny day. Hold the comb at a slight angle, and with the sun behind you and shining over your shoulder, illuminate the deep recesses of the cell. The eggs are translucent white, and resemble a miniature grain of rice.
Larva stage of a honey bee's life
Three days after the queen lays the egg, it hatches into a larva (the plural is larvae). Healthy larvae are snowy white and resemble small grubs curled up in the cells (see the image below). Tiny at first, the larvae grow quickly, shedding their skin five times.These helpless little creatures have voracious appetites, consuming 1,300 meals a day. The nurse bees first feed the larvae royal jelly, and later they're weaned to a mixture of honey and pollen (sometimes referred to as bee bread). Within just five days, they are 1,570 times larger than their original size. At this time the worker bees seal the larvae in the cell with a porous capping of tan beeswax. Once sealed in, the larvae spin a cocoon around their bodies.


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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of an African University of Aerospace and Aviation to be located in Abuja with a one billion naira take-off grant.
Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika made this known when he led the management team of the Aviation Ministry to a working visit to the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission in Abuja.
He disclosed that N1 billion has been budgeted for the take-off of the specialised university which will be dedicated to research and development in civil aviation and aerospace technology.
He explained that the University is unique as Nigeria is the first country in the African continent to establish such an institution which motivated the name ''African University of Aerospace and Aviation."
The minister noted that Aerospace and Civil aviation has been expanded with new frontiers that need the attention of experts that Nigeria will begin to play a role and participate effectively.
''An example is the development of drones or unmanned vehicles that are now taken over the space delivering cargo, delivering mails, delivering things and very soon delivering human beings.
This is a new frontier in civil aviation that needs to be developed, we started with Brazil in the area of civil aviation, today Brazil is producing aircraft, and we aren't producing a pin. So I think we should be able to have this University that is dedicated to aerospace and aviation in addition also the production of high-level manpower,'' Sirika said
The minister affirmed that graduates of the University will venture into all aspects of civil aviation and aerospace.
Speaking on the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology in Zaria, Kaduna, viz a viz the new University, Senator Sirika said the College is a skill acquisition centre, to acquire skills to become an air traffic controller, a pilot, or an aircraft engineer and stressed that aviation has gone beyond just skill acquisition.
He noted that the University will be a research centre primarily on aerospace and civil aviation matters.


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Rockets hit a base housing U.S. troops in Iraq on Saturday, wounding three American and two Iraqi forces in an attack that is likely to intensify tensions between the United States and Iran.
Col. Myles Caggins, a U.S. military spokesman, said at least 65 mm rockets hit Camp Taji, a base north of Baghdad, on Saturday morning.
A US official, who like others spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to address the issue publicly, said the three Americans were injured. It was not immediately clear how severely they were wounded.
The Iraqi military said in a statement that the "blatant attack" had struck Iraqi air defense units and warned the perpetrators and those who may have enabled them. It said seven rocket launchers had been found in a garage near the base, along with two dozen rockets that had not been fired.
"Those who conducted this attack must declare themselves to be dealt with by the law, "the statement said. The government Joint Operations Command "considers any party that mobilizes and legitimizes these actions as a potential partner," it added.
The attack followed a rocket barrage on Taji on Wednesday that killed two American troops and a British service member. In response, the U.S. military launched a strikes Friday on targets associated with Kataib Hezbollah, the Iranian-linked militia that Washington blamed for those deaths.
The US retaliation prompted protest from the Iraqi government, which called it a "violation of national sovereignty." Iraqi officials said the attack killed five members of local security forces.
The government on Saturday repeated its appeal against unilateral U.S. military action targeting actors in Iraq.
"We also refuse that the American forces or others take any action without the approval of the Iraqi government and the commander in chief of the armed forces, as they did on the morning of 3 / 21 / , "it said. "In doing so, it does not limit these actions, but rather nurtures them, weakens the Iraqi state's ability to provide its own security, and expects more losses for Iraqis. This necessitates the speedy implementation of the parliament's decision on the issue of the coalition's withdrawal. "
Iraqi politicians have made public calls for the departure of foreign forces following the Trump administration's decision in January to launch a strike outside the Baghdad airport that killed Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani , a senior Iranian military figure known for his ties to militia groups across the Middle East, and a senior Iraqi militia leader.
Those killings, and a ballistic missile attack that Iran launched on US Forces in Iraq in response, marked a peak in already heightened tensions between Washington and Tehran. The Trump administration has identified Iran as the primary U.S. adversary in the Middle East, imposing sanctions on the country's economy and taking steps to highlight its support of armed proxies in the region.
In the past year, the Pentagon has placed new military assets in the Middle East in response to a perceived increase in the threat from Iran.
A European official in Baghdad said additional rocket attacks on coalition bases in Iraq were expected in the wake of the American strikes on Friday.
Abu Ali al-Askari, a de facto spokesman for Kataib Hezbollah, has warned Iraqi security forces to distance themselves from coalition forces and facilities by Sunday, suggesting the group's intent to conduct further attacks.
Iraqi Shiite militias, which have varying levels of links to Iran, have taken on an expanded role in the country security and politics since they began assisting the government response to an onslaught of Islamic State contribute in 2020. The U.S. government blames the militias for killing at least 823 Americans in the war that followed the 2019 invasion.
About 5, US Forces are in Iraq, assisting the country in hunting down remnants of the Islamic State. Despite the calls for the departure of American forces in the wake of Soleimani's death, Pentagon leaders have said they hope to find a way for them to stay.
Harakat al-Nujaba, another Iraqi militia , on Friday repeated a demand for the departure of US forces. It said in a statement that the voices of Iraqis acting under the influence of the United States should be "snaffled shut" and called for "obligatory resistance for all the mujahideen whom America has experienced before, and will do so again in a way that will make it hard to forget so quickly. "
An Iraqi official said" the only solution for the US is to implement the parliament decision and leave "because militias were likely to attack again, triggering additional American responses.
" If the U.S. leaves, then Iraq will be able to deal with these groups, but with this situation, it's chaos and undermines the state, "the official said.
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Virtualmin.. Holy Shit!
If you already know what Virtualmin is, you will probably want to skip straight to the tips. If not, do read on..
Enter Virtualmin..
And Webmin, of course. They come as a package. And wow! What a package!
I remember Webmin from days of yore. Handy. This Virtualmin/Webmin thing is a whole other level, literally. You to run as many web sites as your hardware can handle. Think hosting panel on steroids. It basically enables complete control of your box, from the intricacies of domain management, right down to the basic system hardware and software setup. And all from a nice blue, mobile-friendly web interface (yes, there are themes).
Once you have your chosen OS installed (your VPS company will have a control panel where you can select and install an OS, or their tech guys will do it for you), you can ssh into your box and install Virtualmin with one single command, well, two, if you include the download..
wget https://software.virtualmin.com/gpl/scripts/install.sh
/bin/sh install.sh
If you aren't logged in as root, prepend the install command with sudo
I'm not going to go into details about setting up a VPS, because that has already been done excellently elsewhere.* Most big VPS hosting companies have tutorials, too. Nor am I going to run through a complete Virtualmin setup, for the same reason.
Suffice to say, you run the command, Virtualmin does a heap of installs (most of the real work is done by the individual installers), your console scrolls and at the end of it all, you have a feature-rich, open source hosting control panel that wipes the floor with commercial offerings.
The first time you open it, your mind will be blown, but after a while you get familiar with its many many tabs and features and as you realise the huge amount of work and thought that went into it, it starts to make sense. Incredible stuff. And all free. They also do commercial packages which will work out cheaper than a "managed" server would. You can do it yourself.
Okay, it's not for absolute beginners, but if you are comfortable enough in a console (and with Virtualmin, you rarely, if ever need to use an actual console** if you don't want to) and don't mind doing a bit of research and fiddling, it's certainly within your capabilities. Whatever happens, you will learn loads.
So, to summarise... VPS + Virtualmin = Hosting Nirvana. Doo eeeet.
icon. THOUGH NOTE: This is NOT an "interactive" shell, so you can't do stuff that requires ncurses, etc., e.g. top
. It's basically the same as "Command Shell" module. Useful, but you would be better in a real console.
Virtualmin Tips
Google will provide most of the answers you seek. The Virtualmin "community" is pretty large. Here are some things you might not find easily, or at all, but which might prove useful..
Remote Backups
One of the first things you need to setup, is backups. Ideally daily, and off-site.
Virtualmin offers multiple backup "modules". Each offers a variety of destinations, one being SSH; so if you have another fast server kicking around, or even a Linux rig in your home network, you can easily get scheduled automatic off-site backups. The main Virtualmin backup modules are..
Webmin > Backup Configuration Files
This makes a backup of all your configuration files and the SSH facility works well. You can do strftime
substitutions in file names and a destination might look something like this..
This being the path on the remote server. In this module there is no facility to delete old backups. That is up to you (they aren't even a MB, so no biggie).
The destination file would look something like: firstname.lastname@example.com
Curiously, you can ignorantly do $(
and Virtualmin will strip off the unnecessary "date
" part for you.
So far so good. However..
Webmin > System > Filesystem Backup
This makes good old file system backups using dump
, and the SSH does not work, well, maybe. This backup appears to require a quite specific set of unlikely circumstances; for starters, your remote host needs to have rmt
installed. Or some fiddling. Hmm.
At any rate, I gave up on this malarkey fairly quickly and instead used a simple post-backup scp
command to achieve the same effect. This one is for my /etc
filesystem backup..
And that's it. Fully automated filesystem backups to an off-site server.
Hold On! I hear you say. What about the password? Can't be having scripts running in the background asking for passwords!
The answer, of course, is keys*. Login to your VPS box as whichever user you want doing the backups, make a key..
-t rsa -C "USER"Accept the defaults ("USER" is just a comment, but will help you differentiate the key later - use something that will make the key easy to differentiate in a file of many keys, like "your-name@your-PC-name
"), no password (which would defeat the purpose), then copy and paste the new key out of ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
and into the end of this file..
That's a file named "authorized_keys
" (which you may need to create) inside a directory named ".ssh
" (which again, you may need to first create) inside your home folder on the remote server, wherever that may be (whichever user you will login as), probably not /home/USER/
So now there's a copy of your VPS-server-published user key in the authorized_keys
file on the remote host.
Ensure the remote machine's permissions are set to 0700
for ~./ssh
folder and 0600
for the ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
file (in case "StrictModes
" is set in the sshd_config
). That's it.
Now the two servers are best friends and your scripts and cron
jobs (and you) can happily scp
and ssh to the remote server all day long without passwords.
More fun with keys..
I should add that once you have keys installed, it's much easier to (do so many things including) setup the above Filesystem Backups using the built-in SSH facility. The only thing that will likely get in your way is the port allocation.
There is no way, from within Webmin, to change the port used by the built-in tar-over-ssh. And who uses port 22 for SSH these days? The devs on the Webmin forum say it cannot be switched from the default. But it can.
A simple work-around (thanks to dev Jamie Cameron at the Webmin bug tracker)..
Create a /root/.ssh/config
file containing :
Host backup-destination.IP.address Port 7777
Boom! It works instantly. You would think they would make a button.
NOTE: You can also put host names in this file, so if you had a second VPS, as well as a regular entry, you could fake a nice short entry in /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain
::1 localhost localhost.localdomain
REAL-IP-OF-OTHER-VPS vps2
Then add that fake host to your /root/.ssh/config
Host vps2 Port 7777
And then when you need to ssh into your other box you simply do..
With no need to specify port number or long domain names or hard-to-remember IP addresses. Do the same thing on both boxes.
Sure, you could make an alias in your ~/.bashrc
or ~/.bash_aliases
files and reduce any length of command to a few simple keystrokes, but this method works everywhere; in scripts, in your shell, wherever ssh
or scp
are used.
Virtualmin > Backup and Restore
The backup third option is an entire section enabling backups to Amazon S3, Cloud storage and more. Here you can backup entire virtual servers and their configuration, or restore the same. The Scheduled Backups sub-section is the one most people will probably want, at least initially.
These backups are in a format that is designed for Virtualmin to easily restore, but almost completely useless for humans as the backup is in a zillion numerically-named folders. You will want to setup a schedule for this, of course; in case of need; but for usable backups that you can pluck files from later, the first two backup options (above) are definitely the way to go. So set this, test it, and forget it.
Note: if you are using separate files for each domain (seems smart) what you enter into the "file" input will be used as the backup directory, so no extension required here, simply do..
And your remote backup will be..
Or whatever.
With this backup module, put your ssh port directly after the IP address in the usual format: 220.127.116.11:21098
Keys are superior to passwords and switching over leap-frogs a half-dozen half-arsed "accepted" security measures in one stroke, and makes communication between your PC and VPS effortless. Just do it. It literally takes less than a minute. Then disable password access altogether and say goodbye to so-called "hacking" attempts.
If you are on Windows, see here. Once you have created your ssh_private_key.ppk
file, you can simply point any program that wants to access your VPS (PuTTY, Kitty, WinSCP, Filezilla, etc.) to that file and never have to think about passwords again.
A quick and obvious note about remote backup security..
It perhaps doesn't go without saying that if you are using a second server for backups, you should NOT be using the root account for these backup operations.
Create a separate user just for backups with permission to only do backups, and create backup directories on the target machine owned by that user. The same username on both VPS seems sensible.
Migrating from Cpanel
This is surprisingly painless. So long as you don't mind having your sites in the same user sub-directory structure as before (and you can change this afterwards).
Virtualmin > Add Servers > Migrate Virtual Server
Then you simply pick your FULL backup file and click. Done.
The downside is how long it might take to upload your full CPanel backup to your new VPS in the first place. We are probably talking many GB. Even if you have super-fast fibre, why tie up your own connexion with this chore? Once again, scp
comes to the rescue..
This example copies a backup directly from the old web server (namecheap, where I have been living this last year) to the root of my shiny new VPS. And it happens in seconds instead of far, far longer. So long as you have SSH access to your old server, this is the way.
Note: you will be prompted for the password to your old server. Don't make keys for that server; you won't be back!
Note: I specified the port with "-P 21098
", because that's what namecheap uses. If your old server uses the default port (22), you don't need to specify the port.
Note: For obvious reasons, you want to do this before your old hosting plan runs out. If you are migrating from namecheap, this is a surprisingly long time after your plan elapses! (10 days)
Free SSL, for mail, too..
Virtualmin makes it a doddle to get a free SSL certificate from Let's Encrypt. This is another thing hosting companies would prefer you paid for.
What isn't immediately apparent is how easy it is to have this certificate copied over to other servers, like postfix; your mail server. There is, in fact, a button for it!
Virtualmin > SSL Certificates [tab] Service Certificates.
So now you can send and receive mail with a valid SSL certificate. At least for one domain.
Currently there is no working SNI in Virtualmin postfix; it's on it's way mid 2021. In the meantime, when you copy over your certificate, remember THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE! Like Highlander. Whichever certificate you copy over (last!) covers all your domains.
It might be best to use your main domain as a single MX for all your domains until SLI arrives.
Where is my Inbox?
This was a weird one. Logging into Usermin, checking mail, I have no inbox. I migrated from CPanel and have been using Thunderbird; everything works fine, but just wanted to check the webmail was working, as I sometimes need it. Hmm.
Turns out the email was set to use a file rather than a folder (IMAP style). I changed it to folder, restart Usermin and bingo! All my emails appear.
Being a few levels deep in the prefs, I of course made a bookmark..
Webmin >> Usermin Configuration >> Usermin Module Configuration >> Read Mail :: Mail storage format for Inbox
Secure Remote Backups..
The built-in backup functions are fine for local backups or remote backups to servers you control. But if you want to backup to a server where there is a chance others might get to your backups (like a shared server), you will want to at least use a password protected archive. This is fairly simple to achieve..
Install 7z
, if you haven't already..
#Debian/Ubuntu apt-get install p7zip-full p7zip-rar #Centos/Redhat yum install p7zip p7zip-plugins
Then make a script, perhaps /usr/local/bin/secure_backup.sh
#!/bin/bash # prefs pass="MyBackupPassword" #end prefs # Grab it once NOW and re-use.. filex="$(date +%Y-%m-%d@%-I.%M%P)" # enter directory to backup.. (I prefer doing it this way) cd /etc # create a 7zip archive, max strength, using our password from above. 7z a -mx=9 -mhe -t7z -r /backup/etc_$filex.7z * -p$pass # transfer to insecure host.. scp /backup/etc_$filex.7z firstname.lastname@example.com:/home/ME/backup/settings/etc_$filex.7z && rm -rf /backup/etc_$filex.7z # repeat for other directories.. cd /root 7z a -mx=9 -mhe -t7z -r /backup/root_$filex.7z * -p$pass scp /backup/root_$filex.7z email@example.com:/home/ME/backup/NY_VPS/homes/root_$filex.7z && rm -rf /backup/root_$filex.7z
For the scp
commands to work, you will need to have keys setup. See above. And use your own details, of course.
NOTE: before setting this script loose, test a single scp
command in the shell. For sure, if your
job fails to login eight times in a row, you will most likely find your IP permanently banned from the target server. *sigh*
As more sh*t happens, I'll add stuff here..


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Karthik Sundaram, Program Manager-The Industrial Internet of Things, Frost & Sullivan – an excerpt from SPS IPC Drives 2018 presentation to be delivered 27th of November 2018, 16:00-16:30 CET, Room Kiew, NCC Ost, Ebene 2
Situated in a mountain village of Japan is FANUC's widely reported lights out factory. This one of a kind, unmanned factory works autonomously 24/7 and is well known for robots that can assemble, test, and monitor themselves. A few decades ago, such a scenario would have existed only in the pages of Isaac Asimov's science fiction. Today, the FANUC use case is a proof of the dawn of cognitive factories and how far artificial intelligence (AI) has been able to penetrate into the walls of these factories.
More than four decades ago, the programmable logic controller (PLC) automated many of the manual tasks in factories. The question is, can we automate further? Siemens' vision of the Future of Automation recently showcased this precisely.
Defined as the science behind developing intelligent machines, AI is an advanced form of computer technology that empowers machines to perform tasks that are normally workable only by humans. Also known as cognitive intelligence, AI is the umbrella term used for several underlying technologies like machine learning, computer vision, speech recognition, robotics, natural language processing, deep learning, and so forth.
Cognitive intelligence is not just giving manufacturers the ability to gain answers to known questions; it is also empowering the industry to find new answers to emerging questions. Similar to how earlier revolutions in manufacturing have seen several benefits from lean manufacturing, automation and IT, AI looks very promising as the next lynchpin for Industry 4.0.
AI will become increasingly important over the next decade
As a result of the growing number of machines being connected to the internet, manufacturers are being hit with a huge tsunami of data. Several advancements in data processing and predictive analytics have helped utilize this data to generate insights for effective decision-making. The voluminous nature of manufacturing data further facilitates cognitive technologies to produce artificially intelligent systems that can correlate information, recognize patterns, and identify solutions or opportunities in manufacturing. Currently, most machines are embedded with low-level logical processors that demand a considerable amount of human intervention for making logical decisions. Cognitive manufacturing is the next evolutionary step, in which machines would autonomously begin to detect changes in the manufacturing process and would know how to respond real-time to the constantly changing manufacturing scenario with minimal human intervention.
Further, in addition to helping to automate tasks, AI will become a critical driver for improving current processes in manufacturing right from design and engineering to product development, sales, and after-sales. Mundane factory equipment will evolve into intelligent and thinking machines. As machines are able to think more, they will help us free our attention for other creative and thinking activities. Therefore, the next milestone for the manufacturing sector will be in identifying workable applications of AI in a smart manufacturing setting.
Potential applications of AI in manufacturing
Despite all the advancements, AI continues to be a controversial topic of discussion due to the social, ethical and philosophical strings attached. A conservative manufacturing mindset, security concerns, and lagging government initiatives will slow down cognitive growth in the short term, while classifying and grouping raw machine data will likely also remain challenging in the short term. Human resources will be needed for knowledge-based jobs, while low-skilled jobs will transferred to robots. Challenges aside, the rising benefits that businesses could tap from AI, will make this technology too hard to be ignored across all manufacturing verticals.
Closing notes
There appears to be no limit to what manufacturing can achieve with AI. This technology will be increasingly used for production, quality control, design time and material waste reduction, and predictive maintenance performance. Factories of the future will continue to learn, develop, and perform better. We have now arrived at such a point of time where it is not very difficult to envision factories as utopian hives of automation. As cognitive technologies mature and costs drop, manufacturers will start discovering new applications of AI that will help them make complex business decisions. Even though there will be some displacement of jobs at the bottom level of automation, businesses will begin to focus on re-training these workers to perform higher levels of design, programming, or maintenance tasks.
Undoubtedly, AI will emerge to be a technology that will be instrumental in steering the 4th industrial revolution by delivering better products through efficient processes. However, even AI cannot match the ingenious approach of human minds in making decisions that arise out of creative innovation. For manufacturers, being AI capable will just be the beginning; building on the expertise is what will drive the industry towards the well-intended goals of AI.
Join Mr Karthik Sundaram on the 27th of November 2018, 16:00-16:30 CET, at SPS IPC Drives 2018 in NCC Ost, Ebene 2, Room Kiew, where he will deliver an in-depth presentation on the subject of "The Dawn of Cognitive Factories: Artificial Intelligence in the Shop Floor".


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SpreadR: NodeJS CLI crypto order distributor
Lightweight NodeJS tool to distribute crypto orders on multiple exchanges into many small pieces.
Distribute your orders
Trading crypto frequently I noticed that sometimes my orders barely did not went of. In order to combat this unwanted result I created a very lightweight CLI tool that allows you to spread orders into many small pieces. While it is still in development I have released the code so you guys can go and check it out 👍
SpreadR: GitHub repository
It is a NodeJs application withouth a database. However some packages are being used, the most interesting of which is the CCXT library that allows us to communicate with many exchanges through one code interface.


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Orvieto Italy Tourist Information and Travel Guide
The most famous city landmark in Orvieto is its beautiful cathedral called the Duomo. It incorporates a variety of architectural styles including Gothic and Romanesque.
The cathedral has a stunning facade and an interior that contains some amazing frescos, statues and paintings by artists including Cortona and Luca Signorelli.
Watch out for the beautiful mosaics on the facade as well as biblical scenes including a scene from Hell.


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The PAWssibilities are endless as it's true, every dog will have its day in Gatlinburg. A dog is a man's best friend and the best furry travel companion. So, from lodging and accommodation to the best places to chow down, it is important to have the paw seal of approval for your travel itinerary. Gatlinburg is the perfect place to let the dogs out and enjoy a mountain getaway. Instead of chasing your tail trying to plan the perfect pet-friendly vacation, use this guide to plan a trip that you and your pet can both enjoy. For more information about Pet-friendly environments in Gatlinburg, explore the official Pet-friendly Guide to the city.
Start your trip by checking into one of Gatlinburg's many pet-friendly cabins, chalets, and hotels. When booking, just make sure to let your place of lodging know you are bringing your fur-baby along. With planning in advance, both you and your pooch can rest easy.
Don't get on the short leash with your canine, take them along for the fun! Get some energy out while enjoying the scenic surroundings that Gatlinburg and the Smokies have to offer. Your pup will love taking a walk along the Gatlinburg Trail, one of two places in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park that allows visitors to bring their pets along. Spanning from downtown Gatlinburg to the Sugarland's Visitor Center, this 1.9 one-way trail is full of pet-friendly terrain, lush greenery, and rolling cascades found along the West Prong of the Little Pigeon River.
After that walk, it's impossible not to work up an appetite. With so many amazing restaurants and eateries in Gatlinburg, it's not hard to sniff out a wonderful place to grab lunch or have a sit-down dinner. Throw your dog a bone and choose one of the pet-friendly restaurants in town. Grab a quick bite at Fannie Farkle's while walking along the iconic Parkway. Breathe in the mountain air (and the mouthwatering smells of steak) on the porch at Howard's Steakhouse. There will be a whole new meaning behind "let sleeping dogs lie" after you and your pup relax on the deck of Tom & Earl's Back Alley Grille. Your English bulldog will love the vibes at Fox and Parrott as you dine on authentic British cuisine.
Partake in the many activities you can enjoy with your canine. You and your pet will feel like you are soaring with the birds on the Gatlinburg SkyLift. Stop by Bone Diggity Barkery to pick up some treats to reward your good boy or girl. Your pet will be one lucky dog after a visit to Holly & Willow's Pet Barn in the Great Smoky Arts and Crafts Community. While your there, make sure to get your dog's glamour shot taken, they may end up the next celebrity on the company's Facebook page.
Gatlinburg's many city parks for a game of fetch or make it a whole afternoon! Pack lunch, bring the kiddos, and enjoy a day at scenic Mynatt Park, fish in the streams at Herbert Holt Park, or play a round of disc golf at Mills Park.


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Enjoy Cider, Food Trucks and More at Hudson Valley Cider Fest
Cider Week is almost here and there is not better way to celebrate than checking out Hudson Valley Cider Festival.
It's one of my favorite events of the year when some of the most popular cideries come out with their most popular adult beverages. This years event is at an awesome location at Barton Orchards in Poughquag, which is fitting considering during apple picking season Barton is the place to be. Angry Orchard, Bad Seed, Docs, McKenzie's and my personal favorite Nine Pin will be some of the ciders on hand and many more.
You'll work up and appetite enjoying all that deliciousness, but have no fear there will be food trucks set up and ready to curve your cravings. Gourmet Meatballs? They'll be there thanks to Enjoy-a-Ball truck. French Fries? We'll have those too, courtesy of Ei's Fries and Flying Food Truck. And if your sweet tooth kicks into overload Sweet Central Express and Whipped Cupcakes will be there too.
If you'd like a unique view of the Hudson Valley Cider Festival you can take a helicopter ride thanks to Independent Helicopter Company. If you're looking for an exciting event to check out next weekend, stop by Barton Orchard for the Hudson Valley Cider Festival June 24th 2pm until 6pm.


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Eating Like Jessie James Decker for a Week [VIDEO]
This video is a long time coming. I started filming this at the end of January and it has been sitting on my computer for a few months now. So without further ado, here is what Jessie James Decker eats on a daily basis.
Jessie James Decker is known for having a killer bod, which of course takes a lot of work to get. You may have seen her in a few South Beach Diet commercials, but when I decided to eat like the country singer turned reality star I wanted to base it on food that didn't come with a mapped out plan. Using her book Just Jessie: My Guide to Love, Life, Family, and Food and many internet searches, I created a plan to eat just like Jessie.
Jessie usually begins the day with one of three things: whole wheat toast with grass fed organic butter, a smoothie, or a breakfast burrito with eggs and turkey bacon. I chose to switch between the toast and the smoothie. Her smoothies are delicious. To make the breakfast smoothie I used a cup of almond milk, a tablespoon of almond butter, half of a banana, ice, and a dash of cinnamon. I highly recommend a dash of cinnamon in every smoothie you make.
Honestly, I usually just ate left overs.
I followed a bunch of different recipes from Just Jessie: My Guide to Love, Life, Family, and Food. The recipes in her book are so good!
I got to eat a chocolate chip cookie everyday, I used Jessie's recipe. They were delicious. I also made a salad with strawberries, feta, and honey. It may sound weird, but it was amazingly good.
Overall, her diet was pretty easy to follow. I didn't find a problem with eating around 1,000 calories a day. I know it's not recommended to eat that little, but for video purposes I did it. Having a cookie to look forward to every night was a perk.
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From this week you'll find another popular local producer on the Hubs, with pasties from Over The Top Cornish Pasties available now!
Based in Callington, Over The Top Cornish Pasties are a family run business making premium pasties defiantly crimped over the top as generations of their family and friends have done before them. Lovingly made with the finest local produce, there are vegetarian and vegan options as well as traditional favourites.