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Demonstration Android/iOS app with embedded server
I've been meaning for a while now to write a quick post about a work-related side project I did over much of last year. At work, we have an Android app and an iOS app, both native. I work on the Android app. We have test servers that we use in development, but sometimes it's useful to demonstrate the app without having to worry about network connectivity and setting up data. I made a demonstration version of the app for both platforms by embedding a server in the app.
I wanted to create a very simple demo that I could open source to illustrate the concept. I started one for both Android and iOS that would retrieve and display jokes (for want of anything better). Then I got distracted by other stuff. I might yet return to it, though - maybe I can use Kotlin native so learn that at the same time. Anyway, for the moment I'll just try to describe what it is and how it works.
Version One - Proxy
The first version was a standalone Android app which acted as a proxy between our app and the test environment. Our app would send a request to the proxy, which would pass it through to the test environment, then record the result to a SQLite database on the way back. The proxy app could then 'play back' the recorded data. This worked ok - but only as long as actions are repeated in the same order that they were recorded. If server requests were repeated out of order, behaviour was unrealistic. The proxy app just matched a particular request to a response; it had no concept of state. For the server, I used NanoHttpd, and for the client I used OkHttp.
Version Two - Stateful
This evolved into a second Android version, where the server was embedded in the main Android app. Imported into the Android project as a jar, the server starts when the app does. Now instead of replaying canned data, the server actually maintains state. It's all in-memory though - no database. When the app is stopped and restarted everything goes back to the default. The NanoHttpd server part is loosely based on this example.
Configuration page
The server can be configured via a web form. The form gives very coarse-grained control, mostly via checkboxes. The data itself is all randomly-generated. On a side note, to generate vaguely realistic-looking names of companies/people I used the random adjective/surname pairing system that Docker uses to name containers.
One issue with configuring the embedded server via a web interface is that the server has to remain running long enough in the background for you to access it in a browser. For Android this isn't really a problem - the server runs in a background service. For iOS it was a bit more complicated, more on that below.
I got the embedded server to work for our iOS app using j2ObjC, a Google project for transpiling Java to Objective C. All the business logic code is written once in Java, then it all gets turned into Objective C for the iOS app. It's still all Java 7, though I think j2ObjC actually supports Java 8 now.
Other than that, the principal remains the same for the iOS app - the server starts when the app starts and takes the place of the 'real' back end. In order to allow the server to run in the background long enough to close the main app and access the configuration page, I had to add the following hack, borrowed from Ray Wenderlich.
func registerBackgroundTask() { backgroundTask = UIApplication.shared.beginBackgroundTask { [weak self] in self?.endBackgroundTask() } assert(backgroundTask != UIBackgroundTaskInvalid) } func endBackgroundTask() { UIApplication.shared.endBackgroundTask(backgroundTask) backgroundTask = UIBackgroundTaskInvalid } func applicationDidBecomeActive(_ application: UIApplication) { endBackgroundTask() registerBackgroundTask() ... }
Standalone Server
There are actually two ways of running the app - as an embedded server in the main app as described, but also as a standalone server. In this standalone mode, the server is started as a runnable jar. The main app then just needs a minor properties change to send requests to this server instead of the test environment. The main app then doesn't need to run the demo server internally, so doesn't need to be bundled with that jar.
In any case I thought this was worth a post even though I've put my example demo project on hold. This remains one of the biggest projects I've actually completed. I would like to think it's more or less original too - I haven't heard of it being done anywhere else, especially the cross-platform part.


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Since 9/11, millions of Americans have been kept in the dark about the collection of personal data by our own government in the name of national security, without any evidence that such intrusive actions were effective in preventing attacks on our country. In 2013, the sweeping collection of innocent Americans' personal data by the National Security Agency was exposed. This blatant disregard for the protection of our civil liberties and privacy rooted in the Fourth Amendment of our Constitution, flies in the face of those from generations past and present who have given their lives to protect the freedoms that make our country great. We must always remember and honor the principles of freedom that they sacrificed for.
A strong national defense and the protection of our civil liberties are equally important and compatible. We can strike the necessary balance between freedom and security by reforming our surveillance practices and directing the resources we have toward proven methods of eliminating threats to the safety and security of the American people.
Tulsi has continued to support legislation that better meets the balanced responsibility of protecting our civil liberties and ensuring a strong national defense. She has introduced legislation like the Strengthening Privacy, Oversight, and Transparency (SPOT) Act to expand the functions of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB). The SPOT Act would give the PCLOB greater ability to carry out its function of balancing the government's national security and counterterrorism activities with the need to protect the privacy and civil liberties of law-abiding Americans. In addition, the bill would make all five board members full-time and help prevent a lingering vacancy from impeding the PCLOB's important work.
Our laws regarding freedom, privacy, and civil liberties have not kept up with the rapid expansion of technology in today's digital age. Tulsi recently helped launch the bipartisan Fourth Amendment Caucus to protect the privacy and security of Americans in the digital age and to ensure that the Fourth Amendment rights granted to each and every American under our Constitution are protected and strengthened. Tulsi has also strongly supported legislation like the Email Privacy Act and Electronic Communications Privacy Amendments Act to make much needed and long overdue updates our online privacy laws.
In the 115th Congress, Tulsi voted against legislation to reauthorize the warrantless collection of Americans' calls, emails, texts and other communications under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. She joined a bipartisan coalition in introducing the USA RIGHTS amendment to protect the privacy of Americans' communications and end warrantless backdoor searches of Americans' communications. She also introduced the Preventing Unconstitutional Collection Act (H.R.2588) to permanently codify protections on Americans' privacy.
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Honolulu, HI—Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02) today brought together community stakeholders at a comprehensive immigration reform forum to discuss Hawai'i's unique needs. Local representatives from the Hawai'i Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, Catholic Charities Hawai'i and Gabriela Andrade, a young woman with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status, contributed to the discussion. Faith Action for Community Equity, who provided outreach and assistance to qualify DACA youth, were also in attendance.
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TAXI DRIVERS in Reading have been warned not to discuss terrorism with passengers after a Muslim driver was left paralysed from the neck down in an attack in Twickenham.
The 28-year-old Afghan was allegedly assaulted and racially abused on September 16 in what police say may have been a retaliatory incident following the attacks on America.
Azam Janjua, who chairs the Reading Taxi Drivers' Association, said drivers should not discuss military action with customers.
He said: "We have asked our members to be extra vigilant and not talk about America.
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Mr Janjua will hand out formal guidelines to association members during a meeting later this month.


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Few words about me
I am a geographer with specific focus on
Human-Environmental Geography, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Remote Sensing, Physical Geography, Fluvial Geomorphology and Ecology.
I have been involved in research on the 'age-old dance between humans and rivers' for over two decades on topics such as 'Human transformation of the fluvial landscape into a hybrid landscape', 'Human perception of and adjustment in the riverine sand bars or char lands,', and 'Preparing river catchments for large-scale change'. My book titled "The Lower Damodar River, India: Understanding the human role in changing fluvial environment" was published by Springer-Verlag in 2011.
Recently published book by Kumkum Bhattacharyya
The Lower Damodar River, IndiaUnderstanding the Human Role in Changing Fluvial Environment Series: Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research, Vol. 3
In the foreword for the book, Professor Michael J. Wiley from the University of Michigan wrote "This is a time when the global impacts of human society are pushing governments around the world to actively search for new strategies to protect their social and economic assets from the threat of rapid climate change and its ecological and geomorphic consequences. Nowhere is this more apparent than in South and East Asia. It is appropriate then, that we find ways now to step back, and carefully review our experiences and history with regard to that age-old dance between humans and rivers, a relationship that spawned the earliest civilizations of man. A relationship where man often masters river, but not infrequently river masters man. K. Bhattacharyya's study of the Damodar River provides us with just this opportunity. Set in a lower tributary of the mighty Ganga (Ganges) this is a story of human ecology, river geomorphology, and hydrologic engineering. Adaptation by both the riparian communities and the river itself to a trajectory of mutually induced change make it also a fascinating ecological study in the truest sense of the word. In this drama of riparian ecology man is not a bystander nor a reference point for determining "ecosystem values", but an actor and participant.
A review of my book has been published in the Journal of Hydrologic Engineering in 2014 Book Review By Singh, V.P and Khedun, C. P, Texas A and M University
Dams, Riparian Settlement and the Threat of Climate ChangeIn a Dynamic Fluvial Environment Series: Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research, Vol. 2 .
I have co-authored a chapter with Professor Michael J. Wiley (University of Michigan) in a recently published book "Large Dams in Asia: Contested Environments Between Hydro-Power and Resistance".
Few more about me
There is an urgent need for integrating watershed science and management.
Policymakers working in the domain of flood and water resource management are faced with the enormously challenging task of parsing vast amounts of data and, perhaps more importantly, understanding the complex dynamics of physical, biological and social subsystems related to the riverine environment. To arrive at rational decisions that will affect the lives and livelihoods of millions requires a truly "ecological" understanding in the most general sense of the word. The scope and scale of these problems put a premium on developing accessible decision support systems that can link scientific databases, modeling analyses and geographic information systems (GIS) processing. Collaborative exploration of alternate management scenarios using GIS-based frameworks can be an essential component of the link between government policy and action on the one hand and academic expertise and local stakeholder interests on the other.
I have had the opportunity to work professionally at the Washington State Department of Ecology with a group of ecologists and GIS professionals to analyze environmental and cleanup site information in prioritizing cleanup work as well as at Oregon State University on a "Wetland" project where I helped classify and develop a statewide coverage for wetlands . I have also contributed to the projects "Geomorphic Fisheries Interactions" and "Remote inundation mapping and satellite gauging link monsoonal flooding to conveyance constraints on the lower Ganges" with Professor Michael J. Wiley at the University of Michigan.
My teaching and research interests have been fostered by several years of undergraduate and graduate teaching in several types of courses, including Physical/Environmental Geography, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Remote Sensing, Water Resource Management, and coupled Human-Environmental System in changing riparian landscape to hybrid landscape and sustainable environmental development in order to sustaining vital ecosystem services. I obtained my PhD degree in Environmental Geography (2000) from The University of Burdwan, India; followed by Post-Doctoral research at the University of California Berkeley (2002-2003) where I worked mainly on sediment management in aging reservoirs.
My PhD research presents a comprehensive evaluation of the Damodar River control project, modeled on the line of the Tennessee Valley Authority, using an approach that interweaves human aspects of river control with analysis of hydro-physical data including historical data over the last few centuries. Embankments, canals, sluices, weirs, barrages, dams, and reservoirs are now significant physiognomic components of the Lower Damodar landscape. The river started losing its identity as a natural river in the latter half of the eighteenth century with the construction of embankments. The river was disturbed in different phases by artificial base levels created by weirs, barrages and dams. A chain of sandbars locally known as 'char lands' or 'mana' has emerged within the riverbed below the control structures and most of the 'char lands' have subsequently been settled primarily by migrated communities. My supervisor, M. Basu, Ex-Reader in Geography of The University of Burdwan, was instrumental in sparking my interest in the way people interacted with their fluvial environment and responded as a community at both micro and macro levels. According to M. Basu, "Colonization on the riverbed with semi-permanent alluvial sandbars was actually due to the chance discovery of the fertility of the water-bound landmass". We were fascinated by the complex, sophisticated interrelationships between the riverbed settlers and the natural environment in the presence of floods and dams.
The natural resources of the charlands are now mostly controlled by anthropogenic forces. A cultural landscape resulted from human intervention with the physical landscape through specific culture and, ultimately, components of the inherited physical landscape become inseparable from the superposed components of cultural landscape. The Damodar River landscape that has emerged is, thus, quasi-natural and human-modified i.e., hybrid in character (Bhattacharyya, 1998, 2000, 2011).
My research elucidates the remarkable way in which immigrants unfamiliar with the riverine environment have adapted to the altered hydrologic regime of the river, demonstrating sophisticated understanding of the flood regime and the vagaries of an unpromising environment in their land use, cropping and settlement patterns. Riparian communities have developed adaptation strategies to live in such a marginal environment. Spurred by restricted social and economic mobility and sometimes political constraints, they have learned to adapt to their vulnerable environment. Valuable long-term data from multiple sources, some dating back to more than a century, has been used to track flow and sediment regime and the occurrence of floods for pre-dam and post-dam periods. Data from topographical maps, cadastral or mouza maps, satellite images and geocoded imagery has been consolidated in order to study channel characteristics and formation and evolution of charlands. Detailed field surveys of local land users of 32 "charlands" have been presented in order to assess human perception, adaptation, resource management, and gradual alteration of fluvial landscape into hybrid landscape.
In commenting on this study, Harvard educated Professor. M. Gordon Wolman, Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins University wrote- "Bhattacharyya's superb study describes and analyzes the interrelationship of geomorphic setting, resource base, perceived environment and social space as well as the role of legal structures, economic geography and infrastructure in accounting for the way society has adapted to, altered and utilized a once natural dynamic environment. Through historical reconstruction of the riverine scene along with marshalling of data on river behavior and social change, including the presentation of detailed studies of settlements within the alluvial bottomland brought to life with excellent maps, the author makes clear how people, ranging from refugees to local settlers have transformed the landscape driven by diverse cultural, economic, religious, and political forces. The author's description of the sophisticated way in which environment, social status, and culture are interwoven in the distribution of crops and associated microtopography is masterful".
In the Memorandum, dated 24 April, 2000, sent to Dr. M.K. Chatterjee, Registrar, The University of Burdwan , Professor Wolman said "If cum laude can be awarded for a dissertation, I would so vote---I would hope that the dissertation could be published as a monograph---I believe the University would be well advised to seek its publication at its cost---" Professor Wolman kept his correspondence with us in a variety of ways. Subseries 1.3 in National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir, contains correspondence with friends and colleagues through personal letters dated between 1990 and 2009 and which are filed alphabetically. Please see page 4, Kumkum Bhattacharyya's correspondence with Professor Wolman which is preserved at Johns Hopkins library.


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The successful candidate will develop the infrastructure and processes for customized web-based LIMS systems. As part of this role the candidate will collaborate with staff from clinical laboratory, research & development and IT/Engineering. The LIMS scientist will collect user requirements from various groups, build UI/UX designs/mockups and develop LIMS solutions in a web framework. Candidate will be called upon to analyze problems, and develop software that appropriately models laboratory and variant curation workflows. Scientist will assist with integration of laboratory instrumentation with the LIMS environment. Candidate will have experience in good software documentation practices, included the process of developing documentation to execute installation qualifications, performance qualifications, and operational qualifications. This position will be responsible for training laboratory staff in the use of LIMS systems, and in maintaining the system in the production environment. Position will report to the Director of Bioinformatics.
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By Dr. John L. Reizer
Editor at NoFakeNews.net
People have known for a long time that governments around the world have created devastating weapons of mass destruction. It is common knowledge that such weapons can annihilate society and its infrastructure in a matter of minutes. Nuclear bombs, EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse) technologies, biological warfare, HAARP weather modification, chemtrail aerosol programs and many other sinister products have been designed by scientists or borrowed from off world cultures that the general public is unaware of at this time.
Weapons of mass destruction are very real and regularly affect countless lives either directly, through their application on members of society, or indirectly, through the threat of their application on members of society. As bad as this list of weapons might be, they're probably not the most dangerous weapons in existence.
The most dangerous weapons in the world, in my opinion, are innocuous looking instruments that reside inside the confines of most modern homes in virtually every country on the planet. The instruments (most dangerous weapons) I am referring to are – televisions. You read that correctly. A television could quite possibly be the most dangerous weapon in the history of modern civilization.
A seemingly harmless television set is usually positioned in the corner of a homeowner's living room, bedroom or kitchen. It can be affordably purchased in a number of sizes. It is routinely turned on for our enjoyment on any given day. Whether it is providing entertainment, news information, babysitting services for a child, or background music to keep us company, it relentlessly broadcasts content that most definitely influences our understanding of what is or is not taking place in the world.
What comes through a television set, in the way of media programming, is carefully controlled and operated by a select number of very powerful networks that are absolutely designing and selling an understanding of reality that is quite far removed from actual reality.
A television set is also extremely dangerous because it is not perceived by most people as a weapon. This makes the device even more dangerous than the other weapons mentioned herein.
Television, or more appropriately written "tell – a – vision" tells us about a continuous vision that is promoted by media companies that are owned and operated by very powerful corporations that have a genuine desire to deceive a gullible public.
While it might be accurate to write that a bomb or genetically modified virus can certainly harm many people, it is also truthful to write that a television and its associated media programming are far more dangerous weapons because they can influence human beings to think it appropriate to detonate a bomb; release a genetically modified virus, or activate other weapons of mass destruction. A television may not be able to kill people in another country, but it can go a long way in influencing a country's population base to believe it is morally correct to wage war on another sovereign territory while at the same time crafting the clever illusion that the process is being done to bring about world peace.
Movies, news programs, sitcoms, talk shows, sporting events, commercials, and other media products viewed on a television screen can absolutely hypnotize the masses into believing a false reality; a reality paid for and distributed by a corporate structure that has a definite agenda to promote war and death.
It is more important than ever before to be mindful about the fact that the "idiot boxes" situated throughout your home are a lot more dangerous than they appear. They are, in fact, the most dangerous weapons in existence!


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Keto coconut porridge
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- 1 pinch 1 pinch (0.2 g) ground psyllium husk powder
- 1 pinch 1 pinch salt
- 1 oz. 30 g butter or coconut oil
- 4 tbsp 4 tbsp coconut cream
- In a small bowl, combine the egg, coconut flour, psyllium husk powder and salt.
- Over low heat, melt the butter and coconut cream. Slowly whisk in the egg mixture, combining until you achieve a creamy, thick texture.
- Serve with coconut milk or cream. Top your porridge with a few fresh or frozen berries and enjoy!
Serve together with two hard-boiled eggs to add some more protein.
If you find yourself with leftover coconut milk, put some into your next smoothie. It will thicken it up a bit and make it richer and more filling.
This is a breakfast idea from Fanny Lindkvist, who runs a popular Swedish blog and the Instagram account LessCarbs.


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Prof Terry Aveling
|Associate Professor
Plant and Soil Sciences
|Full CV
Member of:
My Students
|Primary Supervisor
|Renaan Thompson
|Primary Supervisor
|Annah Zanele Mahlangu
I am a seed scientist and conduct research on micro-organisms, especially fungi, associated with diseases of seeds and transmitted by seed. This involves the detection and identification of seed-borne and seed-transmitted diseases, the characterization of the causal agents, their transmission, effect on seed germination and vigour and their control.
Current research projects that I lead include studies on the identification of seed-borne pathogens on Brassica spp. and herbs and the evaluation of fungicide and alternative seed treatments to control these pathogens. This also includes the efficacy of biological agents as seed treatments or soil amendments. New or re-emerging seed-borne diseases of maize and sunflower of economic significance due to export regulations are studied and seed treatments to control them are evaluated for registration in South Africa.
I am part of the EU FP7 TESTA (Development of seed treatment methods, evidence for seed transmission and assessment of seed health - EU FP7 KBBE.2012.1.2-05) project and leader of the work package: Dissemination. I am also responsible for establishing the comprehensive electronic database of seed transmitted diseases and pests. TESTA aims to develop a range of novel methods to underpin the control of seed-borne diseases and pests, including faster, more accurate methods to assess the mode of seed transmission, economic and practical sampling approaches for the detection of low levels in large seed lots, novel and efficient generic detection methodologies, non-destructive testing methods and improved, effective and sustainable disinfection methods. The consortium is managed by FERA and comprises experienced researchers including representatives of EPPO, ISTA seed health committee and ISHI working groups as well as seed testing laboratories and SMEs involved in seed production.
International Society of Plant Pathology Seed Pathology Committee
My Book Chapters
|Book Chapters
|Aveling TAS. 2014. Global Standards in Seed Health Testing. In: Global Perspectives on the Health of Seeds and Plant Propagation Material. Springer, Netherlands, pp 17-28.
My Journal Articles
|Godfrey, Aveling, B. Flett, M. Truter. (2020) Control of Alternaria leaf blight caused by Alternaria alternata on sunflower using fungicides and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens. Crop Protection 132:1-7.
|T.A.S. Aveling , Chirwa P, Edgar Mangwende. (2020) Evaluation of seed treatments against Colletotrichum kahawae subsp. cigarro on Eucalyptus spp.. Crop Protection
|Zelda, Zelda, Terry, D.A. Cowan, A. Jacobs. (2020) Diversity and seasonality of fungal communities in soil from the SucculentKaroo biodiversity hotspot, South Africa. Journal of Arid Environments 172:1-7.
|Mangwende E, Kritzinger Q, Aveling TAS. (2019) Control of Alternaria leaf spot of coriander in organic farming. European Journal of Plant Pathology
|Mandiriza G, Kritzinger Q, Aveling TAS. (2018) The evaluation of plant extracts, biocontrol agents and hot water as seed treatments to control black rot of rape in South Africa. Crop Protection 114:129-136.
|Mandiriza G, Kritzinger Q, Aveling TAS. (2018) Seed health and germination of Brassica spp. from seed companies in South Africa. Acta horticulturae :171-176.
|Pieterse E, Aveling TAS, Jacobs A, Cowan DA. (2018) Seasonal variability in fungal endophytes from Aizoaceae plants in the Succulent Karoo biodiversity hotspot, South Africa. Journal of Arid Environments 156:19–26.
|Mangwende E, Aveling TAS, Kritzinger Q, Truter M. (2018) Alternaria alternata: A new seed-transmitted disease of coriander in South Africa. European Journal of Plant Pathology 152(2):409-416.
|van den Berg N, Christie JB, Engelbrecht J, Aveling TAS. (2018) Callose and β-1,3-glucanase inhibit Phytophthora cinnamomi in a resistant avocado rootstock. Plant Pathology 67(5):1150-1160.
|Terry Aveling, Truter M, Ramusi TM, Flett B, Godfrey Kgatle. (2018) Alternaria alternata, the causal agent of leaf blight of sunflower in South Africa. European Journal of Plant Pathology (151):677 – 688.
|Appolinaire A., Thierry R., Theresa A.S. Aveling. (2017) Phenolic content as an indicator of resistance of cowpea seedlings to Sclerotium rolfsii.. European Journal of Plant Pathology 149(2):245-251.
|Ramusi TM, Van Der Waals JE, Labuschagne N, Aveling TAS. (2017) Evaluation of mefenoxam and fludioxonil for control of Rhizoctonia solani, Pythium ultimum and Fusarium solani on cowpea.. South African Journal of Plant and Soil 34(1):27-33.
|Masangwa J, Kritzinger Q, Aveling TAS. (2017) Germination and seedling emergence responses of common bean and cowpea to plant extract seed treatments.. The Journal of Agricultural Science 155(1):18-31.
|Kandolo SD, Thompson AH, Calitz FJ, Laurie SM, Truter M, Van Der Waals JE, Aveling TAS. (2016) Field tolerance of selected varieties to and fungicide efficacy against Alternaria blight of sweet potato.. African Crop Science Journal 24(3):331-339.
|Ndunguru J, Ascencio-Ibáñez JT, Aveling TAS, Tohme J, Thompson G, Legg JP, Plata G, Sseruwagi P, Doyle CD, De León L, Hanley-Bowdoin L. (2016) Two Novel DNAs That Enhance Symptoms and Overcome CMD2 Resistance to Cassava Mosaic Disease. Journal of virology 90(8):4160-4173.
|Mandiriza G, Kritzinger Q, Aveling TAS. (2016) A survey of brassica vegetable smallholder farmers in the Gauteng and Limpopo provinces of South Africa.. Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics 117(1):35-44.
|Rudolph N, Aveling TAS, Labuschagne N. (2015) The effect of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria on seed germination, vigour and seedling growth of maize. Seed Science and Technology 43(3):507-518.
|Mangwende E, Kabengele JBK, Truter M, Aveling TAS. (2015) First Report of White Rust of Rocket (Eruca sativa) Caused by Albugo candida in South Africa. Plant Disease 99(2):290.
|Bekker TF, Aveling T, Labuschagne N, Regnier T, Kaiser C. (2014) Effects of soil drenching of water-soluble potassium silicate on commercial avocado (Persea americana Mill.) orchard trees infected with Phytophthora cinnamomi Rands on root density, canopy health, induction and concentration of phenolic compounds. South African Journal of Plant and Soil 31(2):101-107.
|Aveling TAS, Govender V, Kandolo DS, Kritzinger Q. (2013) The effects of treatments with selected pesticides on viability and vigour of maize (Zea mays) seeds and seedling emergence in the presence of Fusarium graminearum. Journal of Agricultural Science 151:474-481.
|Govender V, Kandolo DS, Kritzinger Q., Aveling TAS. (2013) The effects of treatments with selected pesticides on viability and vigour of maize (Zea mays) seeds and seedling emergence in the presence of Fusarium graminearum. Journal of Agricultural Science 151(4):474-481.
|Masangwa JIG, Aveling TAS, Kritzinger Q. (2013) Screening of plant extracts for antifungal activities against Colletotrichum species of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp). Journal of Agricultural Science 151:482-491.
|Thompson RS, Aveling TAS, Prieto RB. (2013) A new semi-selective medium for Fusarium graminearum, F. proliferatum, F. subglutinans and F. verticillioides in maize seed. South African Journal of Botany 84:94-101.
|Domola MJ, Thompson GJ, Aveling TAS. (2008) Sweet potato viruses in South Africa and the effect of viral infection on storage root yield. African Plant Protection 14:15-23.
|Govender V, Aveling TAS, Kritzinger Q. (2008) The effect of traditional storage methods on germination and vigor of maize (Zea mays.) from northern Kwazulu-Natal and southern Mozambique. South African Journal of Botany 74:190-196.
|Adandonon A, Aveling TAS, Labuschagne N, Tamo M. (2006) Biocontrol agents in combination with Moringa oleifera extract for integrated control of Sclerotium caused cowpea damping-off and stem rot. European Journal of Plant Pathology
|Kritzinger Q, Aveling TAS, van der Merwe CF. (2006) Phytotoxic Effects of Fumonisin B1 on Cowpea Seed. Phytopathological/Mycology 34(2):178-186.
|Ndunguru J, Legg JP, Fofana IBF, Aveling TAS, Thompson G, Fauquet CM. (2006) Identification of a detective molecule derived from DNA-A of the bipartite begomovirus of East African cassava. Plant Pathology 55:2-10.
|Adandonon A, Aveling TAS, Labuschagne N, Ahohuendo BC. (2005) Etiology of and effect of environmental factors on damping-off and stem rot of cowpea in Benin. Phytopathological/Mycology 33(1):65-72.
|Adandonon A, Aveling TAS, van der Merwe NA, Sanders G. (2005) Genetic variation among Sclerotium isolates from Benin and South Africa, determined using mycelial compatibility and ITS rDNA sequence data. Australian Plant PAthology 34:19-25.
|Aveling TAS, Powell AA. (2005) Effect of seed storage and seed coat pigmentation on susceptibility of cowpeas to pre-emergence damping-off. Seed Science and Technology 33:461-470.
|Kritzinger Q, Lall N, Aveling TAS. (2005) Antimicrobial activity of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) leaf extracts. South African Journal of Botany 71(1):45-48.
|Ndunguru J, Taylor NJ, Yadav J, Aly H, Legg JP, Aveling TAS, Thompson G, Fauquet CM. (2005) Application of FTA technology for sampling, recovery and molecular characterisation of viral pathogens and virus-derived transgenes from plant tissues. Virology Journal 2:45-57.
|Ndunguru J, Legg JP, Aveling TAS, Thompson G, Fauquet CM. (2005) Molecular biodiversity of cassava begomovirus in Tanzania: evolution of cassava geminiviruses in Africa and evidence for East Africa being a center of diversity of cassava geminiviruses. Virology Journal 2(21):1-23.
|Adandonon A, Aveling TAS, Tamo M. (2004) Occurence and distribution of cowpea damping-off and stem rot and associated fungi in Benin. Journal of Agricultural Science 142:561-566.
|Kritzinger Q, Aveling TAS, Marasas WFO, Rheeder JP, Van Der Westhuizen L, Shephard GS. (2003) Mycoflora and Fumonisin Mycotoxins Associated with cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp] seeds. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 51(8):2188-2192.
|van der Waals JE, Korsten L, Aveling TAS, Denner FDN. (2003) Influence of Environmental Factors on Field Concentrations of Alternaria solani Conidia above a South African Potato Crop. Phytopathological/Mycology 31(4):353-364.
|van den Berg N, Venter SL, Aveling TAS . (2003) Infection studies of Alternaria cassiae on cowpea. Australasian Plant Pathology 32
|Kritzinger Q, Aveling TAS, Marasas WFO. (2002) Effect of essential plant oils on storage fungi, germination and emergence of cowpeas. Seed Science and Technology 30:609-619.
|Pakela YP, Aveling TAS, Coutinho TA. (2002) Effect of plant age, temperature and dew period on the severity of anthracnose of cowpea caused by Colletotrichum dematium. African Plant Protection 1
|van den Berg N, Aveling TAS, Venter SL. (2002) The evaluation of six fungicides for reducing Alternaria cassiae on cowpea seed. Crop Protection 21:501-505.
|van den Berg N, Aveling TAS, van der Merwe CF. (2002) Conidial morphology and development of Alternaria cassiae from cowpea. African Plant Protection 8(1):69-74.
|Adandonon A, Aveling TAS, Labuschagne N, Ahohuendo BC. (2001) Pythium/Rhizoctonia complex causing damping-off of cowpea in South Africa. African Plant Protection 7(2):111-113.
|Henning BJ, Snyman HG, Aveling TAS. (2001) Plant soil interactions of sludge-borne heavy metals and the effect on maize (Zea mays L.) seedling growth. Water SA 27(1):71-78.
|van der Waals JE, Aveling TAS, Korsten L. (2001) A review of early blight of potato. African Plant Protection 7(2):1-12.
|Smith JE, Korsten L, Aveling TAS. (1999) Infection process of Colletotrichum dematium on cowpea stems. Mycological Research 103(2):230-234.


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WordZap Computer Game
WordZap is a game where you can construct words from the selected letters on the panel. If you have always been interested in playing word games, then WordZap is the game for you. You'll have a choice of playing offline and playing online. When you play offline, your opponent is the WordZap system (i.e., your computer). When you play online, you can have real opponents (i.e., your friends). So, whether you are a solitary person who loves playing alone or a sociable person who loves playing with friends, you can still choose to play WordZap.
Rules of the Game
Classic WordZap
As a player, you have to construct 7 unique words first. You can construct a minimum of 3 letter words and a maximum of 5 letter words. Your opponent is the computer. You have to be fast in choosing the letters and creating words. The words will be zapped when you and the computer use the same words. There are two categories in the game; the EasyZap and the WordZap.
In EasyZap, there are 8 letters to choose from the panel. You'll have to put those letters onto the tiles to create words. You can choose the letters randomly. To end a word, press the end button or double click your mouse at the end of the letter. If you finish first, you win.
In WordZap, there are 15 letters to choose from the panel. Random selection is only accepted on the first letter of your choice. You'll have to choose the next letter only beside or below the first letter you have chosen. And all the consecutive letters you choose should only be beside or below the last letter you chose. To end a word, press the end button or double click your mouse at the end of the letter. If you finish first, you win.
WordZap Deluxe
In this version of the game, you can play the EasyZap and WordZap. You'll have an additional game with MatchZap. In MatchZap, you can play online with your friends or with the WordZap community.
Add-ons for WordZap Deluxe
You will have access to WordWeb. This is a free dictionary program where word definitions will be displayed. You can get synonyms and antonyms of a word. Only registered users of WordZap will have access to this package. You will get full length definitions of any word. When you or the computer makes an obscure word, an instant definition of the word is displayed.
Foreign Word List
You will have a choice of 8 foreign languages to add on your wordzap game. The 8 foreign languages you can add are French, German, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, Swedish, Norwegian, and Portuguese. You can use a minimum of 3 letter words and a maximum of 7 letter words.
Other Add-ons to the Game
- You can chat with your friends or make new friends while you play.
- You can choose three different 'motifs' or background design for your game.
- If you like to play on a team, you can join the wordzap league. It is possible for a player to play in wordzap tournaments and win prizes.
- You can look up definitions translated into other languages.
- You can kill your human opponent with 'sudden death' option. In this option, you need to use just one 7 letter word.
- This is a great game to help improve your vocabulary and spelling. And learn the translations in other languages.
Word Games
Word games are fun to play with, whether its crossword puzzle, scrabble, or other word games. They can be amusing, fun, and even help improve your vocabulary. The rules of each game might be different from one another, but a few things they have in common, they are all fun to play along with and help sharpen your brain in terms of vocabulary and spelling.
- Classic WordZap - Free software downloads and reviews - CNET Download.com
Come to CNET Download.com for free and safe Classic WordZap downloads. Construct seven words from the letters provided.
Thanks to the technology
Thanks to Michael F. C. Crick who invent this games
I use this as an English learning media, in enhancing the student's vocabularies and words recognition.
We still use the free download for now, but I pursue them to use a full version now.
it is very superb game i have seen before.
want to play
last time i played this game 3 years before. But unfortunately it was deleted from computer. i love this game.
The Game of WordZap keeps the mind thinking a I do love to play it sometimes all night. I am 61 years young. However, I have either broke the game or something Strange is going on with my version. Seems the letters become blackout some times. Thus making my version worthless. Sure would like to get a new version an play the game again.
Beats me, great post, I play computer chess, try going to the lowest level, you may find you win more games, then gradually build up. I have had several "chess" real life friends, unfortunately they have all passed on, one especially very prematurely, life can be so sad at times, but these games do put a sparkle on things.
I love word games, I will definitely try this out. Do you play Scrabble in Facebook? They used to have Scrabulous now it has a different name. :)
oops sorry! I meant to say "it was chess" or "it was a game of chess" ... fortunately I came back to check
The last time I played a game on the computer was around 10 years ago. Started after dinner and went on till dawn. It was a chess. I actually beat the computer!
Later my sister suggested that the system is programed to lose occasionally! Probably she was right!


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8 Great Apps to Monitor Your Health
According to the folks at Mobile Learning, more than 80% of doctors use smartphone and medical apps in their own practices. Eighty-eight percent of doctors would like their patients to monitor their health at home. So-called mobile health or "mHealth" apps use smartphone technology to do everything from monitoring your diet, to examining your eyes, to showing you how to stretch and exercise. With more than 320 million mobile phones in the U.S. alone, a growing number of consumers are utilizing to mHealth technology for the convenience and cheaper cost. Here are eight health apps with good reviews that are currently available for your smartphone.
1. Lose It!
Lose It! is a free app for your iPhone, iPad, or Android that allows you to record everything you eat during the course of a day. For each food item you record, the app provides you with a calorie count as well as the food's carbohydrate, fiber, sugar, and protein content. If you have a weight-loss goal, Lose It! will calculate your daily caloric allowance accordingly. You can share the progress of your weight-loss by creating and sharing daily reports, or keep that data private for your own reference.
2. Asthma Tracker
If you suffer from asthma, keeping track of when and where attacks occur, as well as how you treat each attack, can help you and your physician determine the best course for managing and treating your condition. Asthma Tracker, a free app for Android, tracks your attacks and peak flow meter readings. There are default choices available for the location of and what triggered your attack, but you can edit this data however you like. Asthma MD, a free app for iPhone, iPod, and iPad, does the same thing and allows you to send your data from your device to your physician.
3. Nike+ Fuelband
This app works in tandem with a PVC free, battery-powered wristband that monitors your physical activity throughout the course of a day and tells you how many calories you've burned as a result. The band syncs constantly with your iPhone or iPod, providing you with more detail related to your activity levels. Nike's Fuelband hit the market shortly after the failure of a similar device and app combo called Up, created by the company Jawbone. Reviews for Fuelband are mixed, but generally positive. We predict more wearable device and app combination mHealth products like Fuelband will hit the market in the near future.
4. Fooducate
This free app for your iPhone or Android allows you to scan the barcode of any food item in a grocery store. With each scan, the app tells you exactly what's in the product and, if you're disgusted by the amount of sugar contained in a box of Fruit Loops, will recommend a healthier alternative. By educating yourself and making better food choices, you can train yourself over time to eat a little healthier. The Fooducate websitealso has a lot of good information about food and nutrition.
P90X is a 90-day home workout regimen that promises a "beach body" once you've completed the program. The website features intensely lit, beautifully Photoshopped images of buff men and women putting themselves through the agony of exercise. So if the two-minute-a-day stretch just doesn't cut it for you, download P90X's $4.99 app for iPhone to track your own 90-day workout schedule, view photos and videos for recommended exercises, and record your progress toward your goal of getting ripped.
6. iBiomed
This free app for iPhone and Android (it's also available as a mobile and desktop website) was created by Florence and Kwame Iwegbue (a physician at Roper Hospital) who are parents of a child with autism, seizure disorder, and several other medical issues. The app allows you to log and organize prescriptions, therapies, and treatment and refill reminders. It's ideal if you have medical issues that require constant, and perhaps complicated, forms of treatment. The app also allows its users to ask advice from and share stories with other patients or caregivers on an online forum.
7. HeartWise Blood Pressure Tracker
This $1.99 app for iPhone and iPad tracks your blood pressure, resting heart rate, and your weight. Doing so over an extended period of time outside of the doctor's office can help you see fluctuations and trends in your body's health. The app also allows you to send this data to your doctor in the form of a spreadsheet. Although the app doesn't replace an actual visit to your doctor, as we stated earlier, more and more doctors are hoping people will track and monitor their health at home with apps like this one.
8. Lastics Office Stretch
Anyone who sits and stares at a computer the majority of their workday should check out this 99 cent app for your iPhone, Android, and Netbooks. Download this app to view half a dozen healthy stretches that can be easily done in an office and at your desk. The app also provides step-by-step videos of each stretch, each lasting between two to four minutes. A DVD of a full workout of stretches is also available from the Lastics website.
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Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen Wearing Spring Scarves in NYC
Which Olsen Wore Her Spring Scarf Better?
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen don't need to be in the same apartment to feel the same fashion vibes. Through the power of twin synergy, both sisters were spotted leaving their own separate cribs wearing fresh Spring scarves. Mary-Kate paired her red houndstooth print scarf — check out that cool European loop — with cuffed leather trousers, oxfords, cat-eye sunnies, and a wool coat. Ashley kept it casual and donned a green scarf with a pair of cuffed boyfriend jeans, leopard flats, an olive tee, round sunnies, and a navy cardi. So tell me: which Olsen wore her Spring scarf better?


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Expedited Funds Availability Act (EFAA)
Law enacted by Congress in 1987 to regulate holding periods for checking accounts. The Act stipulates the number of days that funds from a check deposit can be withheld from being transferred or withdrawn. The period varies depending on the check amount and the location of the originating bank. Also called Regulation CC.


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Fifteen minutes.
That's only…what, nine hundred seconds – right?
Nine hundred seconds late feels so much better than quarter of an hour late. Doesn't it?
Okay, so no. I'm fifteen minutes late.
And what that makes me is screwed.
My umbrella turns itself inside out thanks to the March mini-hurricane blowing round the corner of the building. Funnelled between the long, low warehouses of the industrial estate, the gusts are even stronger here than they were on the main road. At least back there the rain just fell downwards; now it's going every possible kind of sideways…and I swear some of it's actually coming back up at me. I ditch the umbrella. It's blatantly not helping.
Unit thirty-two, unit thirty-two…
Come on, come on, come on…
Unit eighty-seven.
And a dead end.
You have got to be kidding me.
I turn around and swim back up the road to the sign that lists all the businesses and companies on the estate with their unit numbers, looking for anything that even remotely resembles Earl's Theatre Rehearsal Room. Or Theatre. Or even Room.
Basically, at this point I'll take anything that's legible.
Five minutes later, I shove open a battered metal door in a red, two-storey unit – the mythical unit thirty-two, which turned out to be on a completely different road and in between unit number forty-one and unit number ninety-three (although perhaps that's only on Thursdays – maybe on Wednesdays and alternate Sundays it's next to unit thirty-three, just for fun). I peel off my soaked coat. Inside is…not quite what I was expecting. The front section of the unit has been divided off to make an entrance space; there's an empty clothes rack nailed to the side wall, so I hang my coat on one of the pegs, where it drips gently. The reception area is deserted, and the only furniture is a sagging, slightly grubby sofa and a little glass table next to it, piled with crumpled back-issues of The Stage and an old dog-eared copy of the Spotlight Contacts book.
This is not even close to how I imagined the entrance to the rehearsal room of a theatre like the Earl's would look. I think I'd pictured…I don't know, maybe something a little cleaner? A plush velvet sofa, maybe. Gleaming floor-to-ceiling windows with natural light streaming in and a waxed wooden floor.
Wrong on all counts.
My voice bounces off the dingy grey walls, coming straight back to me. This is how horror films start, says a small voice that belongs to a bit of me I almost certainly don't want to listen to. It really is.
Beyond the sofa is another door – a blue one this time, with a small, neatly-printed card taped to it.
(Knock & enter.)
I wonder whether whoever typed it meant to make it as passive-aggressive as they have by adding the full stops. Who adds punctuation to a sign like that?
I squeeze as much rainwater out of my hair as I can, and I knock. Full stops or not.
The room on the other side is much, much larger – it's actually kind of like my school's gym hall. It even has the same floor tiles, but with dozens of little black-and-yellow taped crosses and Ls stuck to them. The main difference, though, is the back wall – the whole thing here is taken up by a huge pinboard, where hundreds of sketches, colour printouts and pages of notes flutter in a draught. And in front of it all, smack in the middle of the hall, is a table where three men and one woman are sitting – looking incredibly bored and not a little annoyed.
"Uh, hi?" I raise a hand, hoping they didn't spot the water that just dripped off my elbow. "Hope Parker. I'm here for the internship interview? I'm really sorry, I got…"
"Drowned?" says one of the line-up, barely glancing up from the book he's reading. He smirks at his own joke, then arches an eyebrow at me and drops the paperback – the novel about magicians that everyone seems to be reading lately, dog-eared and thick with Post-it notes poking out – on the floor with a bang. I recognize him almost immediately and want to curl myself into a ball in the middle of the floor and never speak or move or do anything again. Because it's Rick Hillier. I finally get to meet Rick Hillier, my favourite actor, my favourite director, my favourite everything…and I'm late and approximately ninety-seven per cent rain. Excellent.
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Hope dreams of working backstage in a theatre, and she's determined to make it without the help of her famous costume-designer mum. So when she lands an internship on a major production, she tells no one. But with a stroppy Hollywood star and his hot young understudy upstaging Hope's focus, she's soon struggling to keep her cool...and her secret.
Maggie Harcourt was born and raised in Wales, where she grew up telling stories. She now lives just outside Bath, and spends most of her time trying to convince her family that she knows what she's doing - but she's still telling stories.
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"This book is so friggin' cute you guys, I can't even. I'm well out of the target age range for young adult novels but I swooned hard over protagonist's Hope's crush Luke, let me tell you that. And Hope herself was such a great main character...If you're already a very stagey person you'll also love the insight you'll get into the inner workings of putting on a play. And if not, you'll be converted to a theatre geek by the end of it."
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"This pacey novel romps through the highs and lows of essential-but-shadowy back stage support and front of stage theatrics and personality dramas. The story arc moves well and different plot strands peak and trough with a pleasing narrative pace and resolution."
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