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From 1st January 2008 the wealth tax disappeared, both for residents and non residents, although it has been re-established with temporary effects for the years 2011 to 2017. It is a tax over assets in Spain, and there is a minimum exemption (for 2016 the first 700.000 euros are not taxed). The habitual home of Spanish tax residents is also exempt from being declared.
Foreign residents with income, arising from inside or outside Spain, are liable to declare it yearly within the period 1st May to 30th June of the following year, through Form 100.
There are some limits below for which it is not necessary to submit the declaration. Those limits are subjects to changes, for this reason is convenient to check it yearly.
It is a complicated tax refund where you have to declare separately each category of income classified by its source:
- Income from work - wages, pensions, …
- Income from investments - interest, dividends, …
- Income from property: property owner's imputed income tax, rental incomes, …
- Professional income : income coming from economic activities.
- Gains and losses: capital gains
Each category has its own regulation to calculate the taxable base and, some of them, its particular tax rate.
Except for the capital gains, the tax is the result of applying the percentage of the tax scale to the taxable base. The scale could change yearly and final tax could also be different depending on the particular regulation of each autonomous region. In consequence it is important to check it every year (as a general reference the tax scale could be from 18% up to 45%).
Regarding capital gains, the tax rate is 19 % for income or profit up to 6.000,00 euros, 21 % from 6.000,00 euros up to 50.000,00 euros, and 23% above that. ( for 2015: 19,50 % - 21,50 % - 23,50 % ).
The Income Tax Law regulates different allowances and deductions that could also change depending on the year and the autonomous region, the most important (figures for 2016):
- The personal minimum exemption ( depending on age, from 5.550,00 euros up to 8.100,00 euros – older than 75 - ).
- The family minimum exemption ( depending on the family members, starts at 2.400,00 euros for the first child ).
- Others: disability conditions, elderly parents and grand-parents over 65 living in the family unit, one-parent families, … ).
- Spouses joint declaration ( 3.400,00 euros ).
- The wage earner's deduction ( valid for salaries and pensions, from 2.000 euros, depending on the amount received ).
- No imputed income tax on principal residence ( the habitual one )
- Special deductions for annuities, depending on the age at which the payment starts ( the amount exempt could be from 60 % up to the 92 % ).
- Mortgage interest & capital deduction ( habitual home bought before 01-01-2013 ).
- Exemption of capital gains arising from the sale of the habitual home made for people aged over 65.
- Foreign tax deduction
In order to avoid the double taxation, depending on the country where you come from, there are different forms to be filled out, copies of which must to be submitted both in the Spanish Tax Agency and in the foreign one.
Inheritance will & tax
If a will, Spanish or foreign, is not made, the Spanish estate will be distributed applying the rules of Spanish law, which may mean you can freely dispose of only one-third of your assets in Spain (children are compulsory heirs of the rest two-thirds). If a foreign will is made, it is not absolutely necessary to make a Spanish one to dispose of assets in Spain, but it is convenient in order to save time and money to the heirs.
Since 2015, Inheritance taxes over Spanish estate will not depend any more on whether the deceased, or the heir, is, or not, resident. The regional rules will be also applied for residents in the European Union, so better tax breaks can be found, even the exemption.
Property Tax – IBI
This is a tax charged by local Councils and paid by property owners.
All property within the Council's area is included on a tax register (Catastro) and is assigned a value (Rateable Value – Valor catastral ). The amount of tax to be paid is calculated by applying the tax rate set by the Council to this Rateable Value.
A bill is sent out for payment of this tax every year for every property on the tax register. Usually, Councils accept payment of the tax by direct debit from a bank account, which facilitates payment within the time period set and thus avoids any possible surcharges.
The payment deadline depends on the Council, although it is normally around the months of September, October or November each year.
ASSETS ABROAD DECLARATION
NEW OUTSIDE ASSETS REPORTING LAW FOR SPANISH RESIDENTS
Ley 7/2012, on 29th October for the prevention and fight against fraud
Through the anti-fraud law, Ley 7/2012, on 29th October, the Spanish Government introduced the new obligation for Spanish tax residents to report assets located outside Spain.
WHO IS REQUIRED TO REPORT:
Both individuals and legal entities living in Spain for more than 183 days in the previous calendar year.
It is obliged to report assets, not only by the owner but also a beneficiary, an authorized signatory, or any one with the authority to dispose of the asset. This includes assets held in a trust.
TERM AND PROCEDURE:
From February 1st 2012 , anyone who is tax resident in Spain is liable to submit yearly the new 720 official tax form.
The reporting must be done each year, from 1st January to 31st March. Exceptionally, for 2012, the deadline was extended to 30th April 2013, and reports might be submitted from 1st February.
It will be mandatory to file it online with an electronic certificate. If you do not have the facility yourself, an accountant can do it for you.
ASSETS OUTSIDE SPAIN CATEGORIES & INFORMATION TO BE REPORTED:
ACCOUNTS HELD WITH FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS (all types of bank accounts and deposits, including credit accounts, in all currencies, regardless of whether you have the right to withdraw the funds or not).
It is obliged to report: the bank account identification, the country where the financial institution is located, the end of year value and the average balance over the last three months of the year. It is mandatory to include the date the account was opened and, if closed, that date too.
POLICIES, ANNUITY INCOME, INCOMES GENERATED FROM LOANS, RIGHTS OR OTHER ASSETS TO FOREIGN ENTITIES.
It is obliged to report: the entity full identification and the end of year value.
FIXED ASSETS/PROPERTY AND RIGHTS OVER SUCH PROPERTY
It is obliged to report: the asset location, the cost and date of acquisition, and the current value as per the wealth tax rules. If the asset has been sold during the year, it is also obliged to provide the sale price.
- Assets in a particular category if the value of the total assets in that category amounts to over € 50.000,00.
- After filing of the first report, when the set of assets in each particular category increased by less than € 20.000,00 of the declared value on the last report, it will not be obliged to report this category until the value exceeds this limit.
- If no asset category exceeds this limit, there is no obligation to submit any report until it is exceeded.
- In any case, independent of the referred limits, when a previously declared asset is sold ( property, shares ... ) or a previously declared bank account is closed, it is obliged to report its value at the date of disposal.
PENALTIES AND FINES:
Any unreported asset, even accidental, may be treated as an "unjustified increase in wealth" and taxed as general income at the scale rates ( which could be up to 52% ).
In addition to the above, the failure to report the asset would result in a fine with penalties of up 150 % of the tax payable plus late payment interest for the last four years.
Besides this, you would have to be fined for non-compliance, which is € 5.000,00 for each reportable asset, with a minimum fine of € 10.000,00.
The entitlement of the Tax Agency to look back over past years to assess the unpaid tax on the unreported asset, never expires.
If the tax defrauded exceeds € 120.000,00 it would be considered a criminal offence.
Currently, there is a great deal of exchange of information between countries, that will increase in the following years, so it is very likely that the Tax Agency will find out the unreported assets, or any mistake on the report, with the heavy consequences exposed.
As Spanish tax experts, we are fully qualified to advise you on this matter.


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Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT)
Moral Reconation Therapy is a systematic treatment strategy that seeks to decrease recidivism among juvenile and adult criminal and substance abuse offenders by increasing moral reasoning. Its cognitive-behavioral approach combines elements from a variety of psychological traditions to progressively address ego, social, moral, and positive behavioral growth. Traditionally, Moral Reconation Therapy takes the form of group and individual counseling using structured group exercises and prescribed homework assignments. The Moral Reconation Therapy workbook is structured around 16 objectively defined steps focusing on seven basic treatment issues: confrontation of beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors; assessment of current relationships; reinforcement of positive behavior and habits; positive identity formation; enhancement of self-concept; decrease in hedonism and development of frustration tolerance; and development of higher stages of moral reasoning. Under normal outpatient MRT, participants meet in groups once or twice weekly and can complete all steps of the MRT program in a minimum of 3 to 6 months. The group is open ended and will have members at several different steps in the group at any given time.

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Dictionary mapping operation names to bytecodes.
dis.cmp_op
Sequence of all compare operation names.
dis.hasconst
Sequence of bytecodes that have a constant parameter.
dis.hasfree
Sequence of bytecodes that access a free variable (note that 'free' in this context refers to names in the current scope that are referenced by inner scopes or names in outer scopes that are referenced from this scope. It does not include references to global or builtin scopes).
dis.hasname
Sequence of bytecodes that access an attribute by name.
dis.hasjrel
Sequence of bytecodes that have a relative jump target.
dis.hasjabs
Sequence of bytecodes that have an absolute jump target.
dis.haslocal
Sequence of bytecodes that access a local variable.
dis.hascompare
Sequence of bytecodes of Boolean operations.


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1 in 10 Brits are treated by GP for depression
DEPRESSION is Britain's most common illness — affecting one adult in ten, a poll of GPs reveals.
Family doctors treated 5.1million patients for bouts of the blues in the past year. The figure is up from 4.9million cases in the previous year, The illness was once suffered in silence — but in the past five years increasing numbers of adults are being diagnosed.
Experts have warned that financial pressures caused by the economic downturn can intensify feelings of depression and anxiety.
Beth Murphy of charity Mind said: "Many people are struggling to cope, with job insecurity, unemployment and financial worries all having a negative impact on mental health."
Celebrity sufferers include Loose Women star Denise Welch, 54. Treatments include anti-depressant pills and counselling.
The figures — gathered from 8,000 GP practices — were published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre.
They showed that the most prevalent condition, as opposed to a disease, was high blood pressure which is suffered by 7.6million people — mainly over-45s.

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Validation of the Mental Illness Sexual Stigma Questionnaire (MISS-Q) in a sample of Brazilian adults in psychiatric care
Objective: We evaluated the psychometric properties of a new instrument "Mental Illness Sexual Stigma Questionnaire" (MISS-Q).
Methods: We interviewed 641 sexually active adults (ages 18-80) attending public outpatient psychiatric clinics in Rio de Janeiro about their stigma experiences.
Results: Nine factors were extracted through exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and labeled: 'individual discrimination by others';'staff willingness to talk about sexuality';'staff and family prohibitions';'sexual devaluation of self'; 'perceived attractiveness';'mental illness concealment'; 'perceived sexual role competence'; 'withdrawal'; and 'locus of social-sexual control'. 'Withdrawal' and 'locus of social-sexual control' showed poor psychometric properties and were excluded from further analysis. The remaining seven factors had high factorial loadings (.39 to.86), varying from sufficient to optimal reliability (Ordinal α ranged from.57 to.88), and good convergent and discriminant validity.
Conclusions: The resulting MISS-Q is the first instrument assessing mental illness sexual stigma with demonstrated psychometric properties. It may prove useful in reducing stigma, protecting sexual health, and promoting recovery.
Keywords: Stigma; psychometric assessment; severe mental illness; sexual and romantic relationships.
- Validation of the Mental Illness Sexual Stigma Questionnaire (MISS-Q) in a sample of Brazilian adults in psychiatric care.pdf application/pdf 262 KB Download File
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- Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria
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- May 20, 2021


Harambee Social Projects and the Beatification
Harambee Africa International, in conjunction with the organizing committee for the beatification of Alvaro del Portillo, is inviting people to assist four African social and educational initiatives begun by Bishop Alvaro del Portillo.
For the the beatification of Bishop Alvaro del Portillo, Harambee Africa International is inviting people to contribute to four social initiatives begun under the direct impetus of the first successor to Saint Joseamaria at the head of Opus Dei.
Both those attending the beatification and all those who want to help out are being invited to give a donation to assist the following projects:
1. The creation of a new wing for mothers and children at the Niger Foundation Hospital and Diagnostic Centre (Enugu, Nigeria);
2. The expansion and improvement of three medical clinics and the training of new nurses at the Monkole Hospital and the Institut Superieur en Sciences Infirmières (Kinshasa, Congo);
3. The development of a program to fight infant malnutrition by the Ilomba Rural Centre (Bingerville, Ivory Coast);
4. Raising scholarships for African priests and seminarians who study at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (Rome, Italy).


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The EEOC has published a new Q&A to clarify when requiring a high school diploma violates the ADA.
In November 2011, the EEOC issued a discussion letter on this topic. The Q&A is in response to "significant commentary and conjecture about the meaning and scope of the letter."
The letter stated that if a diploma requirement screens out a candidate who was unable to graduate because of a learning disability, the employer is required to demonstrate that the requirement is "job-related and consistent with business necessity." The EEOC added that an employer can't make that showing if "the functions in question can easily be performed by someone who does not have a diploma."
The Q&A clarifies that "nothing in the letter prohibits employers from adopting a job requirement that a job applicant have a high school diploma." The EEOC says that employers won't have to make an exception in "the vast majority of the cases."
However, if an applicant claims that a learning disability prevented him/her from getting a diploma, the employer may be required to "demonstrate qualification for the job in some other way." Examples offered by the EEOC include considering experience in similar jobs or allowing the applicant to demonstrate performance of the job's essential functions.
The Q&A also states that an employer "does not have to prefer the applicant with a disability over someone who can perform the job better."


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Oracle fusion application security mechanism is designed on the base of role-based access control (RBAC). Oracle recommend to implement roles with functional security and data security and then assign roles to user, which bring benefits from maintenance and reusability. We should not directly assign functional security and data security to user, even though it looks ok from technical perspective.
First, let's have a look at the Oracle recommended security setup process with a real business scenario, and then have a review of Oracle fusion security architecture and concept for further understanding.
Oracle recommended Security Setup Process, which is the most safe for your implementation.
Considering you have a financial manager called Ning Yun, who is responsible for all financial modules as a manager role in business unit A, B, C, Ledger X, Y, and asset book Z.
1. Create a user ning with person information (generally employee information). A person will auto created in HCM. Or you can create person in HCM and user will be auto created.
2. You should have had job roles, like general ledger manager, payables manager, receivables manager, etc. in your system, generally they are predefined by oracle.
3. Create data roles for above job roles through data role template. Or the data role can be generated automatically when you create BU, asset book, GL data access set.
4. Assign the necessary data role to user.
I recommend that you always generate data role by data role template or generate automatically and NOT try to generate your own data security, because it is not completed. If you try to research the Oracle-predefined data role template, it is very complex. You can duplicate it by data security easily. So, always use data template or auto generation.
Oracle fusion security architecture and concepts
1. Resource: Very technical concept that the technical components used by privilege.
2. Entitlement (Privilege): A task/action of duty role. An entitlement is one or more allowable actions applied to a set of database resources.
3. Application Role (Duty/Duty role): Duty roles cannot be provisioned directly to users, but are inherited by enterprise roles to control access to applications. Duty roles may carry both function and data security grants.
4. External Role (Job/Job role): Specific to a job, and controls access to functions through inherited duty roles that carry the entitlement necessary for performing specific tasks associated with the duties of the job, such as access for a procurement manager.
5. User: application user registered in system.
6. Database resource: A database resource specifies access to a table, view, or flexfield that is secured by a data security policy.
7. HCM Security Profile: HCM data roles are generated using the Manage Data Roles and Security Profiles task, which uses HCM security profiles, not data role templates, to define the data security condition.
8. Data role template: You use data role templates to generate data roles. You generate such data roles, and create and maintain data role templates in the Authorization Policy Manager (APM).
Data Role (Also external role in APM): Specific to a job within a dimension of data, and augments the inherited abstract, duty, or job roles with entitlement to access specific data, such as access for a procurement manager in a particular business unit. Job role with data security.
External Role/Job Role: Accounts Payable Manager (which is mapping to real AP manager in business)
Duties assigned directly and indirectly to the job role Accounts Payable Manager
Application Role/Duty Role
Accounts Payable Managerial Analysis Duty: Analyzes Invoices and related documents along with Payments, Holds Discounts, and Payables Balances
Accounts Payable Period Status Management Duty: Manages Oracle Fusion Payables period status.
Accounts Payable Period Status Review Duty: Reviews Oracle Fusion Payables period status.
Actual Procurement Cost Collection Duty: Subscribes to costing service for interfacing invoice transactions to receipt accounting.
The relationship between external role (data role) and job role: (first page for functional hierarchy, second page for data security)
The relationship between job role and application rule:
The relationship between application role and entitlement:
The relationship between entitlement and resource:
(From my own opinion, the security mechanism, especially data security is very complex in current version of Fusion Application, so please always use data role template or auto-generation. That's enough)


in html views for translation like this
<%= Html.T("products") %>
If you want params in translated values you can use second T implementation like string.Format. First helper CurrentCulture is used in language select user control to determine current culture.
Create BaseController class
Create BaseController class that extends Controller and put it in "Infrastructure" folder of your MVC project. You should extend all your controller classes from this class. Create simple property for current selected culture (locale)
public string CurrentCulture
{
 get
 {
 return Translator.Instance.Locale;
 }
}
You will use this in your controller when you initialize your model, for example.
In the following code I will explain language detection and saving with cookie.
private void initCulture(RequestContext requestContext)
{
 string cultureCode = getCulture(requestContext.HttpContext);
 requestContext.HttpContext.Response.Cookies.Add(
 new HttpCookie("Culture", cultureCode)
 {
 Expires = DateTime.Now.AddYears(1),
 HttpOnly = true,
 }
 );
 Translator.Instance.Locale = cultureCode;
 CultureInfo culture = new CultureInfo(cultureCode);
 System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = culture;
 System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = culture;
}
private string getCulture(HttpContextBase context)
{
 string code = getCookieCulture(context);
 if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(code))
 {
 code = getCountryCulture(context);
 }
 return code;
}
private string getCookieCulture(HttpContextBase context)
{
 HttpCookie cookie = context.Request.Cookies["Culture"];
 if (cookie == null || string.IsNullOrEmpty(cookie.Value) ||
 !Translator.Cultures.Contains(cookie.Value))
 {
 return string.Empty;
 }
 return cookie.Value;
}
private string getCountryCulture(HttpContextBase context)
{
 // some GeoIp magic here
 return "en-US";
}
First I try to get language cookie if there is any (if this is not first time visit). If there is no cookie you can detect browser language, make GeoIP IP address lookup and so on. After finding some valid locale/culture I set response cookie for next page visits. After this I change current thread culture. This is useful if you want to format some date or currency values.
You should call initCulture in overridden Initialize method.
Changes in HomeController
Don't forget to change parent class of all your controller to BaseController. Add following code to your HomeController, so you can change current culture. When you open specified URL, a cookie is set and user is redirected to index page. This URL is like example.com/home/culture/en-US. Clear cache method is for deleting current cache without restarting application pool. Access it with example.com/home/ClearLanguageCache.
public ActionResult Culture(string id)
{
 HttpCookie cookie = Request.Cookies["Culture"];
 cookie.Value = id;
 cookie.Expires = DateTime.Now.AddYears(1);
 Response.SetCookie(cookie);
 return Redirect("/");
}
public ActionResult ClearLanguageCache(string id)
{
 Translator.ClearCache();
 return Redirect("/");
}
To change current language I will create special user control which will be included in may Master.Site layout. Create CultureUserControl.ascx and put it in Views/Shared/ folder of your MVC project. Here is the code:
<%@ Control Language="C#" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl" %>
<% if (Html.CurrentCulture() == "bg-BG") { %>
 en
<% } else { %>
 bg
<% } %>
In my layout I use <% Html.RenderPartial("CultureUserControl"); %> to include it.
Conclusion
In this simple tutorial I've created localization infrastructure for ASP.NET MVC web application. Translations of different languages are stored in XML files. Then I use Translator class to load them. Current user culture is kept in cookie. You can access Translator class in html views using some helpers. Also all the translation data i cached so it will not be loaded form XML every request.
Hope this tutorial helps.
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text: VBASE comes with a flexible database interface that can be configured menu-driven. The interface works across the modules and can be linked to the VBASE modules recipe, message system, log and logging. These modules can write, read and modify process data via the database interface. To display the captured data, the line recorder and scale fields can also be connected directly to the database. The graphical processing of complex data is thus easily possible.


hamming Distance Metric Learning
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This paper tries to propose a method to learn mappings from high dimensional data to binary codes. One of the main advantages of using binary space is one can do exact KNN classification in sublinear time. Like other metric learning method this paper also tries to optimize some cost function which is based one a similarity measure between data points. One choice of similarity measure in binary space is Euclidean distance which produces unsatisfactory results. Another choice is Hamming distance, which is the total number of positions at which the corresponding bits are different.
The task is to learn a mapping from b(x) that project p-dimensional real valued input x onto a q dimensional binary code while preserving some notion of similarity. This mapping, which is called hash function is parameterized by a matrix w such that:
[math]b(x,w)=sign(f(w,x))[/math]
In a previous paper, the authors tried to used a loss function which bears some similarity to the hinge function used in SVM. It includes a hyper-parameter which is a threshold in Hamming space that differentiates neighbors from non-neighbors. such that similar points are mapped to binary codes that do differ in more than P bits and disimilar points should map to points closer no more than P bits. For two binary codes [math]h[/math] and [math]g[/math] with hamming distance [math]||h-g||_H[/math] and a similarity label [math]s \in {0,1}[/math] the pairwise hinge loss function is defined as:
However in practice finding value of P is not easy


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Iranian researchers from Yazd University produced a biosensor that is able to determine fetus sex in a short period of time.
The sensor has high selectivity and sensitivity and can be produced at a low cost. Efforts were made in the designing of the sensor to use high performance nanoparticle and preferably an appropriate production method.
Common old methods for sex determination such as anatomic methods require high-tech devices, and errors are sometimes observed in the results. PCR molecular determination methods do not have appropriate sensitivity, and moreover, these methods are very time consuming and expensive. The researchers have presented a method in this research, which can determine the fetus sex at early stages of the fetus formation at very low concentrations of DNA (even at picomolar scale).
The electrochemical method was used in this research to produce gold nanoparticle. The reason for this choice can be explained by the advantages of this method such as the simplicity of the method in comparison with chemical method, high rate in the production of nanoparticle, the lack of contamination of the nanoparticle with chemicals, and the ability to control the size of nanoparticle only by controlling the current and potential.
Carbon paste electrode was firstly produced for the production of the sensor. The surface of the electrode was next coated with gold nanoparticles through cyclic voltammetry method. Then, DNA chain was connected to the nanoparticles. To this end, a solution of thiolated DNA was prepared with optimum concentration, and the electrodes were put in the solution for a determined period of time. The production of DNA chain in the solution was carried out by using specific enzyme in order not to use the time-consuming PCR method.
Results of the research have been published in Analytical Biochemistry, vol. 443, issue 2, December 2013, pp. 132-138.


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- Is Shinko Shin Chan's daughter?
- When was Shin Chan born and died?
- In which countries Shin Chan is banned?
- Why is Shin Chan banned?
- Is Doraemon died?
- Which is better Doraemon or Shin Chan?
- Who is Boo Chan parents?
- Which country made Hagemaru cartoon?
- How did Shin Chan die?
- How old is Shinchan now?
- How popular is Shin Chan?
- Why do we like Shin Chan?
- Which country does Shinchan belong to?
- At what age Shinchan died?
- Is Shin Chan a children's show?
- Is Shin Chan in real life?
- Is Doraemon banned in India?
- When Shin Chan was born?
Is Shinko Shin Chan's daughter?
Shinko-chan (しんこちゃん Shinko-chan) is a strange girl from the future with the same facial features as Shin-chan.
Another possibility is that, based on her wealth and appearance, she is the daughter of Ai Suotome and Shin-chan.
Her coming is always heralded by dark clouds in the shape of coiled feces..
When was Shin Chan born and died?
Yoshito Usui (臼井 儀人, Usui Yoshito, April 21, 1958 – September 11, 2009) was a Japanese manga artist known for the popular Crayon Shin-chan series. He was born in Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
In which countries Shin Chan is banned?
IndiaThe use of inappropriate language and promoting mischievous behavior are some of the reasons why Shin-Chan was banned in the India. The show has been dubbed in many languages. The show aired in India in 2006, but soon the character's behavior, attitude became a matter of controversy.
Why is Shin Chan banned?
A lot of parents complained about Shin-Chan's behavior and the treatment of adult characters on the show, due to which the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting banned it in 2008. Nudity also was a reason, as it featured Shin-Chan doing weird things during the show and in the ending song.
Is Doraemon died?
There are many episodes of this amazing cartoon series but most of us don't know that there is an episode in which Doraemon dies and it's the last episode of the series. … To take revenge on him, Nobita runs home to ask a gadget from Doraemon. But when he enters his room, he finds Doraemon lying unconscious on the floor.
Which is better Doraemon or Shin Chan?
Reasons for why Shinchan is better than Doraemon: 1. Shinchan is very cute. … Shinchan makes everyone laugh on his activities but not doraemon.
Who is Boo Chan parents?
Ms Suzuki (ボのママ / ボーちゃんのママ) has appeared only once in the manga. She is the mother of Bo and Nizu. Shin-chan, Kazama-kun, Nene-chan, and Masao-kun have tried to imagine what she looked like. Nothing is known about her husband except that she lives with her son in Kasukabe.
Which country made Hagemaru cartoon?
Tsurupika Hagemaru (つるピカハゲ丸, lit. "Little Baldy Hagemaru"), or simply Hagemaru, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shinbo Nomura. The series was published in the Shogakukan magazine CoroCoro Comic from 1985 to 1995.
How did Shin Chan die?
3. How did Shin Chan Die ? As a manga comic character that came to the world when Yoshito Usui created Shin Chan in 1992, the anime series and its character had to come to an end when Usui died on September 11, 2009 after plunging to his death from atop of Mount Arafune.
How old is Shinchan now?
Shinnosuke Nohara (野原しんのすけ), also known as Shin-chan or Shin, is the protagonist of Crayon Shin-chan. He is 5 years old and yet acts overtly mature. In general, he is brutally honest, highly curious, and has no shame whatsoever.
How popular is Shin Chan?
However, the show has gained even more popularity and love because it really entertains a lot. The show has much to offer: comedy,parody,values of family and friendship,jokes,hilarious situations and most importantly,UNPREDICTABILITY. Shinchan is a very unpredictable child.
Why do we like Shin Chan?
Shin Chan is Very Cute and Sweet . Well Shin Chan And his activities are so sweet that no one can resist himself by seeing him once . If you see him once you would like to see him again and again. … The Activities of Shin Chan makes you Laugh .
Which country does Shinchan belong to?
JapanThis follows the adventures of the five-year-old Shinnosuke "Shin" Nohara and his parents, baby sister, dog, neighbours, and friends and is set in Kasukabe, Saitama Prefecture of Japan. Crayon Shin-chan first appeared in 1990 in a Japanese weekly magazine called Weekly Manga Action, which was published by Futabasha.
At what age Shinchan died?
Chiang Tu-hui left us this morning, and we will always miss you." As soon as the post was uploaded, many netizens expressed shock and condolences. The Taipei Dubbing Union confirmed to CNA that Chiang passed away at 7:13 a.m. at the age of 49.
Is Shin Chan a children's show?
"Crayon Shin-chan" was one of the movies and TV series that were singled out by the commission as being improper for children to watch on the country's television networks. … The series has been dubbed into nearly 30 foreign languages, including Indonesian, and is popular in many countries, especially in East Asia.
Is Shin Chan in real life?
Shinchan is inspired by the real life kid "Shinnosuke Nohara" who faced death in a car accident. His mother "Misae" went in misery and gloom after the son's death, Misae started sketching Shinchan in his remembrance. … The crayons of her mother embraced the emergence of the cartoon series "Crayon Shinchan."
Is Doraemon banned in India?
Politicians and activists in India and Pakistan are campaigning to ban the popular Japanese cartoon cat Doraemon from television screens because they say it corrupts children. … The assembly in the most populous province was due to discuss the resolution later this month, Japan's Nikkei business paper said.
When Shin Chan was born?
May 5thHappy Birthday Crayon Shin-chan! Today, May 5th, is the classic character Shin-chan's birthday. The manga series, written and illustrated by Yoshito Usui, ran from 1990 to 2010. The anime began in 1992 and is still ongoing with currently 880 episodes.


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CHICAGO ROCKS! Geology in the City
ESCI 109, Section 02
Daily Objectives #10 (October 1, 2009)
w Today's class will meet at Bohemian National Cemetery! Do not come to the classroom first; meet us at the cemetery at regular class time!
Directions to the cemetery from the Science Building at NEIU:
A study session is in the process of being
scheduled for Monday to help prepare you for next Tuesday's exam. Stay
tuned for more information.
By the end of today's class, you should be able to do the following:
w Review: Identify signs of weathering processes on rocks.
w Review: Describe characteristics of rocks that suggest the rocks' origins.
w After collecting data from cemetery markers, draw conclusions about the resistance of various types of rocks to weathering.

source: HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu


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National Assocation of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Archives
The National Association of Teachers of Singing was established in 1944 as an educational and collaborative resource for the profession. Through workshops, conferences, events, and publications such as the Journal of Singing, NATS supports the teaching of singing worldwide. The NATS Archives contains documents, publications, recordings and memorabilia representing the history of the Association since the idea for the organization came into being in 1943.
Important Information for Users of the Collection
There are no restricted files in this collection.
National Assocation of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Archives, Special Collections, University of Maryland Libraries.
This collection is PROCESSED.A full finding aid is available.


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Individual differences |
Methods | Statistics | Clinical | Educational | Industrial | Professional items | World psychology |
Syntagmatic structure (structure of syntax) is "the mode of time-awareness which listeners are placed" such as 'narrative', 'epic', or 'lyrical'. Narrative structures feature a realistic temporal flow guided by tension and relaxation, privilege difference, and "as diegesis, songs speak to or address us by organizing a particular stretch of time into a conscious experience, and an experience of consciousness" (Cubitt 1984, p.216). Epic structures tend to the opposite, privileging repetition, creating a mythic state of recurrence, and "emptying out" the subject (ibid, p.216-17). Lyrical structures lie in between and feature symmetrical open/closed and binary forms. (Middleton 1990, p.251 and 217)
- Middleton, Richard (1990/2002). Studying Popular Music. Philadelphia: Open University Press. ISBN _PHONE_.
- Cubitt, Sean (1984).
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When Will You Need This?
When there is both and Inbound and outbound inspection of tractor trailers, and to tie into other port simulation model objects.
Truck In and Out Gate model image
Model Object
The following model object can be found in the model objects directory: Flow Control \ Truck In and Out Gate.
Ease of Use: Moderate
Ease of Modification: Moderate
How to Use the Model Object
1. Open Your Model
Open your model or create a new blank model.
2. Insert the Model Object into Your Model
1. Locate the model object Truck In and Out Gate and select the insert button.
3. Connect to Your Model
1. Connect an arrival route or a percentage route from the part of your model where you would like the entities to enter the Stagging.
connect to Truck In and Out Gate
2. Connect exit routes from Inspection Station #, or Enter Facility to the rest of your model.
from Truck In and Out Gate to the rest of your model
3. Connect a percentage route from your model to Outbound Staging.
from yourmodel to Truck In and Out Gate
Change the time defined on exit route(s) from staging to Inspection Queue(s).
4. Define Values
1. Define the values for scenario parameters s_Security_Level, s_Mix, s_Station_Queue_Size, s_Level#_Type#, s_TEU, s_Destination based on the information provided under the heading Scenario Parameters below. The values for these Scenario Parameters must be provided before the simulation start.
define scenarios in Truck In and Out Gate
5. Completion
Attributes, Variables, Scenario Parameters and Scenarios Usage
1. a_Inspection_Time: Do not change. The inspection time each entity (Truck) will take.
2. a_Type: Do not change. Used to carry the descriptive values for Type1, Type2, & Type3.
3. a_Dir_Number: Do not change. Used to tell entities to which inspection lane they will go.
1. v_Sta_Open#: User input required. The number of inbound inspection stations that are at each hour of the day.
2. v_CntSt#: Do not change. WIP in Line #.
3. v_IQS: Do not change. Size of the queue in front of each inspection station. This is set by the scenario parameter s_Station_Queue_Size.
Scenario Parameters:
1. s_Security_Level: User input required. The level of security the Type1, Type2, or Type3 is working in.
2. s_Mix: User input required. Is used create a mix (distribution) of what type of entities (Type3, Type2s, Type1s, etc) arrive at the inspection queue. Type can be used for a variety of reasons. For example: Type1 could be a semi without intermodal container; Type 2 could be a semi with an intermodal and Type 3 could be a bulk load inspection time. The three different levels shown below would be a change in inspection time based on the level of security for all three type of loads.
3. s_Station_Queue_Size: User input required. How large the queue may allowed to be in front of the inspection station.
4. s_Level#_Type#: User input required. Time required by level # Type# to pass the inspection.
5. s_TEU: User input required. Twenty foot equivalent unit. Used to tell how many TEU are in each load.
6. s_Destination: User input required. A numeric destination code. Set up a conversion table in spreadsheet which provides the meaning for each numeric entry.


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Daniel Martinez Molina
Daniel Martinez Molina obtained his PhD in Structural Biology from Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm in 2009. During his PhD project he developed methods for optimizing membrane protein expression and stability for structural investigations using X-ray crystallography, subsequently he also solved the first high resolution structure of a human membrane protein (LTC4S).
After a post doc period at Stockholm University, Daniel was recruited back to Karolinska Institutet specifically to develop the Cellular thermal shift assay (CETSA) for patenting and basic science research. In connection to the publication of the CETSA proof of concept paper in Science 2013, the company Pelago Bioscience was founded to commercialize the method for the use in preclinical drug discovery. Apart from being CSO of Pelage Bioscience, Daniel is still associated to Karolinska Institutet where focus lies on developing clinical applications of the CETSA method.


40.4. Sort Messages by Operation Name
The operationName header
When the WS endpoint parses an incoming operation invocation in PROVIDER mode, it automatically sets the operationName header to the name of the invoked operation. You can then use this header to sort messages by operation name.
Sorting by operation name
For example, the customer-ws-camel-cxf-provider demonstration defines the following route, which uses the content-based router pattern to sort incoming messages, based on the operation name. The when predicates check the value of the operationName header using simple language expressions, sorting messages into invocations on the updateCustomer operation, the lookupCustomer operation, or the getCustomerStatus operation.
<beans ...>
 ...
 <camelContext id="camel" xmlns="_URL_
 <route>
 <from uri="cxf:bean:customer-ws"/>
 <choice>
 <when>
 <simple>${in.header.operationName} == 'updateCustomer'</simple>
 ...
 </when>
 <when>
 <simple>${in.header.operationName} == 'lookupCustomer'</simple>
 ...
 </when>
 <when>
 <simple>${in.header.operationName} == 'getCustomerStatus'</simple>
 ...
 </when>
 </choice>
 </route>
 </camelContext>
 ...
</beans>


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18th Century Desk Design (The Antiques Dictionary) Taken from Antiques directory By Judith & Martin Miller
A structural change occurred during the early 18th century in the design of bureau. It had been customary for the fall front to open to a concealed document compartment or well, which can be seen as a blank space on the front of the desk between the top edge of the fall (seen examples 1 &2). Sometimes decorated as a dummy drawer, this space was soon utilized as a fourth drawer at the expense of the wall.
Another change concerned the feet, which became either ogee brackets, of cabriole legs with claw and ball feet, or chunky square edged brackets, though by the end of the 18th century the splay French foot had gained considerable popularity (see example 3).
American desks of Queen Anne and Chippendale periods resemble very closely their English counterparts in design if not in materials though there is one important exception—the block front. This was from Dutch origin. See examples 4 &5
Example 1: William and Mary slant front 1710,
Example 2: A curly maple slant front 1720 Example
3: Federal mahogany veneer 1790
Example 4 Queen Anne inlaid walnut 1740 Example 5 Chippendale walnut slate front desk 1780


is the original IRC message hash like it is returned by parse_irc_msg.
error => $code, $message, $ircmsg
Emitted when any error occurs. $code is the 3 digit error id string from RFC 1459 or the string 'ERROR'. $message is a description of the error. $ircmsg is the complete error irc message.
You may use AnyEvent::IRC::Util::rfc_code_to_name to convert $code to the error name from the RFC 2812. eg.:
 rfc_code_to_name ('471') => 'ERR_CHANNELISFULL'
NOTE: This event is also emitted when a 'ERROR' message is received.
debug_send => $command, _USER_
Is emitted everytime some command is sent.
debug_recv => $ircmsg
Is emitted everytime some command was received.
$cl = AnyEvent::IRC::Client->new (%args)
This is the constructor of a AnyEvent::IRC::Client object, which stands logically for a client connected to ONE IRC server. You can reuse it and call connect once it disconnected.
NOTE: You are free to use the hash member heap to store any associated data with this object. For example retry timers or anything else.
%args may contain these options:
send_initial_whois => $bool
If this option is enabled an initial WHOIS command is sent to your own NICKNAME to determine your own ident. See also the method nick_ident. This is necessary to ensure that the information about your own nickname is available as early as possible for the send_long_message method.
$bool is false by default.
$cl->connect ($host, $port)
$cl->connect ($host, $port, $info)
This method does the same as the connect method of AnyEvent::Connection, but if the $info parameter is passed it will automatically register with the IRC server upon connect for you, and you won't have to call the register method yourself. If $info only contains the timeout value it will not automatically connect, this way you can pass a custom connect timeout value without having to register.
The keys of the hash reference you can pass in $info are:
 nick - the nickname you want to register as
 user - your username
 real - your realname
 password - the server password
 timeout - the TCP connect timeout
All keys, except nick are optional.
$cl->register ($nick, $user, $real, $server_pass)
Sends the IRC registration commands NICK and USER. If $server_pass is passed also a PASS command is generated.
NOTE: If you passed the nick, user, etc. already to the connect method you won't need to call this method, as AnyEvent::IRC::Client will do that for you.
$cl->set_nick_change_cb ($callback)
This method lets you modify the nickname renaming mechanism when registering the connection. $callback is called with the current nickname as first argument when a ERR_NICKNAMEINUSE or ERR_UNAVAILRESOURCE error occurs on login. The return value of $callback will then be used to change the nickname.
If $callback is not defined the default nick change callback will be used again.
The default callback appends '_' to the end of the nickname supplied in the register routine.
If the callback returns the same nickname that was given it the connection will be terminated.
$cl->nick ()
Returns the current nickname, under which this connection is registered at the IRC server. It might be different from the one that was passed to register as a nick-collision might happened on login.
$cl->is_my_nick ($string)
This returns true if $string is the nick of ourself.
$cl->registered ()
Returns a true value when the connection has been registered successful and you can send commands.
$cl->channel_list ()
$cl->channel_list ($channel)
Without $channel parameter: This returns a hash reference. The keys are the currently joined channels in lower case. The values are hash references which contain the joined nicks as key (NOT in lower case!) and the nick modes as values (as returned from nick_modes ()).
If the $channel parameter is given it returns the hash reference of the channel occupants or undef if the channel does not exist.
$cl->nick_modes ($channel, $nick)
This returns the mode map of the $nick on $channel. Returns undef if the channel isn't joined or the user is not on it. Returns a hash reference with the modes the user has as keys and 1's as values.
$cl->send_msg (...)
See also AnyEvent::IRC::Connection.
$cl->send_srv ($command, _USER_)
This function sends an IRC message that is constructed by mk_msg (undef, $command, _USER_) (see AnyEvent::IRC::Util). If the registered event has NOT yet been emitted the messages are queued until that event is emitted, and then sent to the server.
NOTE: If you stop the registered event (with stop_event, see Object::Event) in a callback registered to the before_registered event, the send_srv queue will NOT be flushed and NOT sent to the server!
This allows you to simply write this:
 my $cl = AnyEvent::IRC::Client->new;
 $cl->connect ('', 6667, { nick => 'testbot' });
 $cl->send_srv (PRIVMSG => 'elmex', 'Hi there!');
Instead of:
 $cl->reg_cb (
 registered => sub {
 $cl->send_msg (PRIVMSG => 'elmex', 'Hi there!');
$cl->clear_srv_queue ()
Clears the server send queue.
$cl->send_chan ($channel, $command, _USER_)
This function sends a message (constructed by mk_msg (undef, $command, _USER_) to the server, like send_srv only that it will queue the messages if it hasn't joined the channel $channel yet. The queued messages will be send once the connection successfully JOINed the $channel.
$channel will be lowercased so that any case that comes from the server matches. (Yes, IRC handles upper and lower case as equal :-(
Be careful with this, there are chances you might not join the channel you wanted to join. You may wanted to join _TAG_ and the server redirects that and sends you that you joined _TAG_. You may use clear_chan_queue to remove the queue after some timeout after joining, so that you don't end up with a memory leak.
$cl->clear_chan_queue ($channel)
Clears the channel queue of the channel $channel.
my (_USER_) = $cl->send_long_message ($encoding, $overhead, $cmd, _USER_, $msg)
As IRC only allows 512 byte blocks of messages and sometimes your messages might get longer, you have a problem. This method will solve your problem:
This method can be used to split up long messages into multiple commands.
$cmd and _USER_ are the IRC command and it's first parameters, except the last one: the $msg. $msg can be a Unicode string, which will be encoded in $encoding before sending.
If you want to send a CTCP message you can encode it in the $cmd by appending the CTCP command with a "\001". For example if you want to send a CTCP ACTION you have to give this $cmd:
 $cl->send_long_message (undef, 0, "PRIVMSG\001ACTION", "_TAG_", "rofls");
$encoding can be undef if you don't need any recoding of $msg. But in case you want to send Unicode it is necessary to determine where to split a message exactly, to not break the encoding.
Please also note that the nick_ident for your own nick is necessary to compute this. To ensure best performance as possible use the send_initial_whois option if you want to use this method.
But note that this method might not work 100% correct and you might still get at least partially chopped off lines if you use send_long_message before the WHOIS reply to send_initial_whois arrived.
To be on the safest side you might want to wait until that initial WHOIS reply arrived.
The return value of this method is the list of the actually sent lines (but without encoding applied).
$cl->enable_ping ($interval, $cb)
This method enables a periodical ping to the server with an interval of $interval seconds. If no PONG was received from the server until the next interval the connection will be terminated or the callback in $cb will be called.
($cb will have the connection object as it's first argument.)
Make sure you call this method after the connection has been established. (eg. in the callback for the registered event).
$cl->lower_case ($str)
Converts the given string to lowercase according to CASEMAPPING setting given by the IRC server. If none was sent, the default - rfc1459 - will be used.
$cl->eq_str ($str1, $str2)
This function compares two strings, whether they are describing the same IRC entity. They are lower cased by the networks case rules and compared then.
$cl->isupport ()
$cl->isupport ($key)
Provides access to the ISUPPORT variables sent by the IRC server. If $key is given this method will return its value only, otherwise a hashref with all values is returned
$cl->split_nick_mode ($prefixed_nick)
This method splits the $prefix_nick (eg. '+elmex') up into the mode of the user and the nickname.
This method returns 2 values: the mode map and the nickname.
The mode map


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Description of the Chicago City Council Proceedings Files Inventory
This database is an inventory of the Chicago City Council's proceedings files from the city's first incorporation as a town in 1833 through the year of the Great Fire of 1871. These files were maintained by the city clerk and served as the council's working papers, the primary documents written by or presented to the council. Its formal minutes were written from them and abstracts from the proceedings were published in politically-designated newspapers. These files thus form the most complete surviving record of the considerations and actions of Chicago's government for the period; no other source offers comparable details of the day-to-day public business of a town which grew into a city and then a metropolis of over 300,000 inhabitants in a little more than thirty-eight years.
There are 35,650 of these files, comprising 157 cubic feet of material. A file can consist of a single scrap of paper or several hundred pages. Each entry in the database represents one file. The following is a sample file title.
The file title can consist of up to 220 characters. The files' titles describe the principal documents in them, but additional papers relating to those documents are often found with them. In the above example, a remonstrance of H. Stevens, et al., against the assessment and a report of the Committee on Local Assessments on that remonstrance were also included in the file.
Care was taken in editing the file titles to preserve their original wording. Exceptions were made for the purposes of clarity and accuracy. Personal names found in the titles were often difficult to decipher; in those cases contemporary city directories were consulted for the assistance they could offer. Abbreviations were used extensively. Uncommon ones used include:
Each file has its own unique control number which is composed of three elements assigned by the nineteenth century clerks who first arranged this record series:
 1. Filing calendar or fiscal year,
 2. Sequential file number, and
 3. Filing month and day.
Level two is subordinate to level one and level three is subordinate to level two. This sample control number explains each of its parts.
The first level is chronological by calendar year for the period August 1833–March 1851; thereafter it is chronological by filing year. To conform to constraints of the database design, calendar filing years repeat the last two digits of the calendar year (ex. 1838/38). Filing fiscal years indicate the beginning and ending calendar years which they comprise (ex. 1861/62). Fiscal years are twelve months periods in which financial accounts are settled. For the period March 1851–December 1871 months comprising fiscal years vary as dictated by the clerks who first arranged this series.
The control number's second level is the sequential file number assigned it. For the period August 1833–March 1851 one sequential file numbering system was used. When Archives staff arranged and described these records it was discovered that clerks improperly assigned numbers to files 6759–6988. Rough chronological order was restored by returning folders to the years for which they were filed. Original file numbers were maintained in these instances and consequently the file number sequence was disrupted for the years 1846–1851. Bold entries in the File Arrangement table indicate disrupted file number sequence. Beginning in March 1851 each fiscal year has its own file number sequence.
Archivists added an alphabetical character to each file number to allow for irregularities in the filing system. This variable character was used for three types of errors. Occasionally at the end of a fiscal year clerks bundled piles of documents which had not been filed or acted upon, labeled them as miscellaneous papers, and assigned those packets file numbers. In these instances artificial files were created by Archives staff using the alphabetical character of the file number. The alphabetical character was also used by archivists when more than one file was assigned the same number within a file number sequence.
Originally files 1–144 were found at the beginning of this series. These files had been numbered arbitrarily because those with dates had no corresponding chronological arrangement and there was no relationship among files. Sixty-eight of these files could be dated and they were interpolated into the chronological listing, again using the alphabetical character of the file number. The remaining seventy-five files could not be dated and they were left at the beginning of the file structure.
The third level of the control number, filing month and day, is chronologically ordered. For control numbers with fiscal year filing dates as the first level, the calendar year of the filing month and day is not always apparent. In these cases the File Arrangement table should be consulted. For example, for the control number 1863/64 0539 A 12/07, December 7 can be linked to the calendar year 1863 by locating the fiscal year in the left-hand column under Filing Calendar or Fiscal Year and then following the entry across to the right-hand column under Filing Period to determine the calendar months comprising the fiscal year.
When filing dates are significantly different from the actual dates of documents in files, file titles add actual document dates as in the following example.
Although the filing structure of these records appears complex, it is clarified by the File Arrangement table.


Create Log When A Window Gets Focus in Windows
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Window Focus Logger GUI is a free software to create a log when a window gets focus in Windows. That means whenever an application/window/program becomes an active application, its log is created which you can save for later use. The log contains different items like process name of window, date and time when the window gets focus, if keyboard focus was enabled for that application, if application UI was visible, and title of the window. You can create the record of all such items and then save these details as TXT file.
As its name indicates, it is the graphical version of its command line tool "Windows Focus Logger". This software lets you set a custom time (in minutes) for log creation and then you can minimize it to system tray. After that, whenever the focus is removed from some active application to another application, it creates the log each time including keyboard focus, user interface mode (true or false), the application which replaced the first application was off screen or on screen, etc.
Window Focus Loggerinterface
In the screenshot visible above, you can see its interface where it shows the list of all windows which got focus, its time and date, and other information. You can also select all the items, copy them to clipboard, and paste in Notepad like I did in the screenshot below. Once you get the list, you can save it as TXT file for later analysis.
information copied to notepad
How To Create Log When A Window Gets Focus In Windows?
Step 1: Download its zip file. You can do that using the link that I have added at the end of this review.
Step 2: Open the software interface by double-clicking its "WindowFocusLoggerGUI" application. Its interface will show a blank page unless you set the time to log windows. So, add Runtime (in minutes) by adding some value and then press Start button.
set runtime and start log creation process
Step 3: Now you can minimize it to the system tray and it will work silently. Whenever you move from one application to another or some background process/service will try to steal focus mode from the current application, the software will create a log for that.
You can stop the Runtime anytime or let it stop automatically when the timer is completed. After that, you can open its interface and you will see the record. In the record, you can see which application was running as the active window, which application came as next application window, if the application was visible on screen or it was off screen, if keyboard focus enabled for that application, date and time when the application became active application.
log created
To save all the details, copy them using Ctrl+A hotkey and paste it in Notepad++, Notepad, or somewhere else and create a text file.
You can also create log file for each process launched on PC.
The Conclusion:
This is helpful in case there is some hidden process or malicious application runs in the background without your knowledge which usually steals the focus from a particular window. Once you have the log, you can identify the application and then try to remove it from PC or take other actions.
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SysML, UAF, UML, and UPDM Profiles > SysML profile > Allocate relationships, matrices and tables > Allocation tables > Opening an allocation table (SysML)

Opening an allocation table (SysML)
1. By default, a model is set up so that Modeler generates an Allocation Table as HTML for viewing in your internet browser. If you want to set up a model so that Modeler generates tables and matrices as an Microsoft Excel spreadsheet for viewing in Excel:
a. In the Packages pane, right-click the Model, point to Options, and then click Matrix/Table Generation Format
b. In the dialog, form the Matrix/Table Generation Format list, select Excel_XLS, and then click OK.
2. In an appropriate pane, locate the Allocation Table you want to open.
3. Right-click the Allocation Table you want to open, and then click Open.
Alternatively, you can double-click the Allocation Table you want to open.
Modeler opens the Allocation Table in your internet browser or Microsoft Excel.
The Allocation Table is populated with allocated items that are in the Analyzed Packages. If no Analyzed Packages are selected then the Allocation Table is populated with all allocated items in the model.


Making Sounds and Music
Espruino isn't fast enough to play MP3 or WAV music files, but it can output beeps of different frequencies using its pulse width moduled outputs. In this tutorial we'll show you how to make sound using a speaker from an old PC.
You'll Need
Wiring Up
Connect the two wires of the speaker to the Espruino board - one wire to ground, and the other wire to a Signal Pin that is capable of PWM (you can get a list of pins that are capable by typing analogWrite()).
Note: This is probably really bad for your Espruino board. Ideally you'd add a transistor to amplify the signal - or at the very least you'd put a resistor in series to limit the current. Given the boards don't cost that much, we decided that it was worth taking a chance though.
First off, let's define the pin that our buzzer is on. On the F3 board I've used pin A9:
var BUZZER=A9;
Now, we can try using the PWM output to see what happens:
analogWrite(BUZZER, 0.5);
This should create a beep, but to control the frequency you need to supply an extra argument:
analogWrite(BUZZER, 0.5, { freq: 1000 } );
This will create a 1kHz beep. You can stop the beeping by setting the output to 0:
Next, we'll create a function that plays whatever frequency we give it. If we give it 0, it will stop the buzzing.
function freq(f) {
 if (f===0) digitalWrite(BUZZER,0);
 else analogWrite(BUZZER, 0.5, { freq: f } );
We can test it:
But now, we want to play some music! We'll need the following 2 websites:
The second website uses the letters a-g for lower pitch notes, and A-G for higher-pitch notes. We'll make a function which goes through a string of characters, one at a time, and plays the corresponding pitch note:
var pitches = {
function step() {
 var ch = tune[pos];
 if (ch!== undefined) pos++;
 if (ch in pitches) freq(pitches[ch]);
 else freq(0); // off
Now we just have to define the tune, and pos - which is the position in the tune:
var tune = "c c c d e e d e f g C C C g g g e e e c c c g f e d c";
var pos = 0;
And we can start playing the music:
setInterval(step, 100);
To restart the song, just type:
You can load another song:
var tune = "g e g g e g A A g f e d e f";
And if you want to restart the song when the button is pressed, just type:
setWatch("pos=0", BTN, true);


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Vernon business classes observe Week of Respect
In conjunction with the mandate by the State of New Jersey to observe a Week of Respect during the first week in October, Mrs. Kathie Belli's classes at Vernon Township High School completed related activities on their class wikis and glogster accounts.
Students responded each day to a different prompt, including providing individual feedback about a simple quote, interpreting a fable to find the moral of the story, extolling the virtues of someone they admire, viewing and reacting to a bullying video, and creating an online Respect glog.
School districts are directed to observe the week by providing age-appropriate instruction focusing on preventing harassment, intimidation, or bullying. Throughout the school year, districts are expected to provide similar instruction in accordance with the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards.


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- What color tattoo looks best on pale skin?
- Why do black ink tattoos turn green?
- What hair color makes you look whiter?
- What color makes you look darker?
- How do you make Zoom look less pale?
- Does black or white make you look slimmer?
- How can I tell what my skin undertones are?
- What colors should I wear if I'm pale?
- What colors make pale skin look tan?
- What hair Colour goes best with pale skin?
- Can pale skin ever tan?
- What tattoo color fades the most?
- Is pale skin attractive?
- What color makes you look less pale?
- What color makes you look taller if your pale?
- Do tattoos look bad on pale skin?
- What color should a light skin girl dye her hair?
What color tattoo looks best on pale skin?
Light/Fair Skin: White, or other light colors like pale blue, usually works well on people with fair skin.
Medium Skin: Red, green, orange, and blues look great on tan or olive-toned skin.
Dark Skin: The darkest colors on the color spectrum work best.
Crimson, black, and dark blue look great on darker skin tones..
Why do black ink tattoos turn green?
But what about tattoos that turn blue or green? It's simply the black ink being both absorbed by the body and fading over time, so there's less densely packed deposits of ink. … Age of the tattoo, sun exposure, location and ink brand all are factors in this.
What hair color makes you look whiter?
Tip #1: Choose Darker Shades Going by the rule of light absorbance, darker colors absorb more light than they reflect and vice versa. So if you pick a dark color for your hair, your skin will look whiter.
What color makes you look darker?
White is the most common color worn to accentuate a tan. It is the best color to make your skin appear darker than it really is. Bright white is best for cool skin tones.
How do you make Zoom look less pale?
He suggests, as we have several times, to avoid sitting with your back to the window, as the camera will expose for the light and make you into a silhouette. Instead, flip it, and face the window, which will give you soft, people-pleasing light. You want people focusing on your face, not on what's behind you.
Does black or white make you look slimmer?
Wearing black makes you look slimmer, science says. Neuroscientists say it's in the way our eyes see the colors.
How can I tell what my skin undertones are?
If you can see your veins, you may be able to use their color to identify your undertone. For example, if your veins look greenish, then you may have warm undertones. People with blue or purplish-looking veins usually have cooler undertones.
What colors should I wear if I'm pale?
Pale, soft colors look best. Colors like ivory, peach, true reds, clear blues, camel, light pink, coral, golden yellow, golden brown, aqua and bright greens are flattering.
What colors make pale skin look tan?
Citrusy Colors All shades of orange, from peach to carrot, will make your tan especially noticeable. You'll want to stick with the shades of bright yellow, as they will do your skin the most favors. WIth red, you'll want to try to find a balance somewhere between pink and orange.
What hair Colour goes best with pale skin?
You can choose a light, medium, or dark ashy brown hue to rock, but fair skin often looks best paired with a light ash brown hue. Another way to choose how dark to go is to consider your natural hair color. If you were born with darker hair, a dark ash brown may actually be more flattering than a super light one!
Can pale skin ever tan?
We often get asked if very fair-skinned people can get a real tan. Yes!
What tattoo color fades the most?
Black and grey are the hardiest tattoo colours. They are dense and bold and their appearance lasts longer than colours. In contrast, the most vibrant colours such as hot pink, yellow, light green tend to fade faster. Darker colours, such as deep reds, are more fade resistant.
Is pale skin attractive?
Researchers from the University of Toronto say that lighter-skinned women in all races are seen as the ideal because of a subconscious association with innocence, purity, modesty, virginity, vulnerability and goodness.
What color makes you look less pale?
If you have neutral undertones, opt for colors like red and white. If you're a redhead, stay away from colors similar to your hair on the color wheel (i.e. red, pink, orange). Instead, look for colors opposite of your hair, such as green, blue and purple. Pastels typically look gorgeous against light skin.
What color makes you look taller if your pale?
Go Monochromatic For men, darker shades of black, blue and brown make them appear taller. This is why many men wear lighter shirts with dark dress pants and a coat. If you want to look taller, then kick the norm and wear a dark top inside; like Tom Cruise, the guy with a 5'7 height, does.
Do tattoos look bad on pale skin?
Great Color Tattoos, Rule 2: Lighter Skin Tones — Get Creative! The lighter your skin tone, the more choices you have — think crayons on white paper." People with lighter skin tones often opt for the boldest colors like bright red, orange, green, purple, and of course blue or black.
What color should a light skin girl dye her hair?
The general rule is – the lighter your skin tone, the lighter your hair can be. If you have warm undertones, you will look best with shades like butterscotch, honey or strawberry blonde. You'll see your skin radiate against the soft glow of these colors.


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The Victorian Energy Upgrades program (VEU program) is an initiative to slash energy bills by providing energy-efficient products. The program is devoted to the diminishment of greenhouse gas emissions. The program encourages people to install energy-efficient products such as LED bulbs and tubes as they consume less energy.
Modernization of the electric industry is one of the federal government's main initiatives and we should embrace this with open arms.
The upgrade process is done by Accredited Provider (AP) and their representatives in residential and commercial premises to reduce power consumption. APs create Victorian Energy Efficiency Certificates (VEECs) for each upgrade. Market activity determines the price of certificates and the amount of incentive or discount a business or household will receive on an energy upgrade.
The VEU program is administrated by the Essential Services Commission (ESC), which is an independent regulator of retail energy.
Victorian Government Energy Efficiency Targets
Why upgrade to LEDs under the VEU program?
- Free and discounted LED products are installed under the program
- The program helps in greenhouse gas emission reduction
- All the upgrades are done by A-Grade electricians across the state
- Get high quality LED products installed for free
- Get away from future power price hikes
How does the Victorian Energy Upgrades program work?
- Installer assess your premises and suggest LED products for the installation
- Installation is done by an A-grade electrician/installer
- Once the upgrade process is complete, the Accredited Provider (AP) generates Victorian Energy Efficiency Certificates (VEECs) for the LED upgrade
- Old lighting bulbs/products are collected and safely disposed of
- You start saving
What do we offer under the VEU program?
We are Accredited Provider (AP) under the Victorian Energy Upgrades program. The program provides energy upgrades for every eligible household and business in Victoria. We help Victorian households and businesses switch to LEDs and save thousands of dollars per year on their lighting cost. We replace old lights such as globes/incandescent bulbs, CFLs, and halogen downlights with LED lights for free in households. If you are a resident of Victoria and using old lights, you are certainly eligible for the upgrade.


Average Weather Data for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Monthly Averages
January February March April May June July August September October November December
Average Monthly high in °F: 40° 44° 53° 64° 74° 83° 87° 85° 78° 67° 56° 45°
Average Monthly low in °F: 26° 28° 34° 44° 54° 64° 69° 68° 60° 48° 39° 30°
Yearly Averages
What's The Average High Temp in Philadelphia? 64.7 °F
What's the Average Low in Philadelphia? 47 °F
What's the Average Temperature in Philadelphia? 55.85 °F
How Many Inches of Rain per year does Philadelphia get? 41.45 inches
How Many Rainy Days a year are there in Philadelphia? N/A
How Much Sunshine each year is there in Philadelphia (in hours)? N/A
How much, if any, snow falls each year in Philadelphia? 23 inches
Philadelphia Temperature and Rain Graphs
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Situated between the forests of the Rennsteig and the castles alongside the River Saale, the Thuringian Slate Mountains/Upper Saale River Nature Park provides a picture-perfect setting for an unforgettable holiday.
Small towns and villages dotted with blue slate houses and visitor mines are testament to the local mining tradition. Several themed routes and guided hikes allow visitors to explore the nature park with its dense wooded areas and mountains reaching heights of almost 800 metres. Some are even lucky enough to spot a rare dipper and other wildlife along the way. The "Thuringian Sea" boasting huge reservoirs in the Saale Valley is a popular destination for active holidaymakers and day-trippers, whilst the "Land of a Thousand Ponds" provides a resting point for migratory birds and a habitat for many species of aquatic birds, fish and other creatures.
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Extended Common Events
This script replaces the way common events are created and managed. Instead of using the database to set up common events, you create a special "common event map" and all events on that map will be loaded as common events.
The advantage of using these extended common events include having multiple pages for a single common event and setting up complex common events using conditions.
These extended common events will replace the database common events, but you can still use the database common events to set the names so that you can reference them throughout your project.
Script: download here
In the script editor, place this script below Materials and above Main.
You should place this above other custom scripts.
Create a map for your common events, and then in the configuration set up
the filename of this common event map. Note that you don't have to use an
actual map in your current project: you can choose any name you want as long
as it is a map file. This means you can create the common event map in a
separate project.
By default, each event created on the map will be loaded as a common event
based on its ID. So for example, if the event's ID is 12, then it will replace
common event 12 in the database.
You can choose which common event an event will replace manually by writing
the following as its name:
Where x is the common event ID. This allows you to replace specific common
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 1. Mahnermahner says:
 Is this not compatible with the scene interpreter? 🙁
 2. KanaX says:
 A compatibility patch with your scene interpreter script, perhaps?
 3. orathan says:
 Items can call common events. Is it also possible to use map-made common events the same manner as a regular common event?
 For an easier explanation: When I use an item 1 that calls common event 1, can I also set item 2 to call a map-made common event? If possible, how will it be set up?
 - Hime says:
 The same way you would set up any other common event. Basically, you can imagine that whichever common event you have in your database is being replaced by the event's data.
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UL, which owns 3DMark, has issued its own statement on Huawei's benchmarking practices after the company was discovered to be artificially inflating its benchmark performance by pushing its SoCs out of thermal bounds when benchmarks were added to a whitelist that allowed the SoC to run at clocks that actually match those listed on a phone's packaging. In all other cases, devices run far below their listed clocks to stay within thermal limits.
Huawei may have come up with this idea as a means to avoid being accused of overclocking its hardware -- you can't argue something is overclocked if it's only hitting its specified frequencies -- but the larger problem is that the company's hardware tweaks completely blow the power budget and only apply to whitelisted benchmarks.Data by
Huawei and UL have had several conversations on this topic in which Huawei attempted to explain that this wasn't cheating, but reflected new AI optimizations being used to ensure maximum performance. At the same time, however, these AI optimizations are only being used when the handset is benchmarked in specific tests as opposed to in games -- and they're pushing the devices so far out of bounds, they're overheating in some cases. Since the entire point of a benchmark is to capture useful information about the performance of a device, a benchmark mode that only runs when the device is being tested is the exact opposite of helpful.UL writes(Opens in a new window):
UL understands the intent of Huawei's approach, but is opposed to forcing the use of a "Performance Mode" by default when a benchmarking application is detected by the device. UL rules require a device to run the benchmark as if it were any other application.
Huawei respects consumers' right to choose what to do with their devices. Therefore, Huawei will provide users with open access to "Performance Mode" in EMUI 9.0, so that the user can choose when to use the maximum power of their device...To prevent confusion around current benchmarking results, after discussion, UL and Huawei have temporarily delisted the benchmark scores of a range of Huawei devices, and will reinstate them after Huawei grants all users of Huawei handsets access to the Performance Mode.
This kind of problem is far from new in mobile benchmarking, and while there's evidence that Huawei is indeed trying to develop a new approach to improving its GPU performance through the use of AI, what the company did here appears far more like a standard whitelist trick to boost performance in the apps people use to test phones by blowing the SoC's power curve. The device can't practically operate for any length of time while drawing 8W of power, and that's what matters -- far more than any question of AI optimization or feature usefulness.Now Read: Samsung Goes Legit, Stops Cheating on Android Benchmarks, Tests Appear to Show the OnePlus Five Cheating on Tests, and Lies, Damned Lies, and Benchmarks


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Laws governing local ballot measures in Colorado
This article sets out the laws governing local ballot measures in Colorado. It explains:
- Which local units of government make the initiative process available to residents.
- How and whether local units of government, including school districts, can refer local ballot measures (such as school bond propositions) to the ballot.
- An overview of laws governing local recall elections.
Types of local government
The U.S. Census Bureau's 2012 study of local governments shows that, as of September of 2012, local government in Colorado consists of:
333 General Purpose units, including:
- 64 Counties (including the consolidated city-counties of Denver and Broomfield which are listed by the U.S. Census Bureau as city governments)
- 271 Cities and towns
2485 Special Purpose units, including:
- 2305 Special Districts
- 180 Independent School Districts
Counties may be:
- General law: of which there are 60
- Home rule charter: of which there are 2 (Weld and Pitkin County)
Cities and towns may be:
- General law: of which there are 172
- Home rule charter (if over 2,000 in population): of which there are 96
- Consolidated City and County: 2 (Denver and Broomfield)
- There is also 1 remaining territorial charter municipality (Georgetown)
Colorado has two different types of ballot measures that are required under two different laws. The first is the Taxpayer Bill of Rights from 1992, which became Section 20 of Article 10 of the Colorado Constitution. Under TABOR, local voter approval is required if the school district wants to exceed its tax levy above the normal rate of inflation set by the consumer price index. The second law is the School Finance Act of 1994. Under the act, voter approval is required when a school district wants to exceed the limit for raising its Total Program Budget. The Total Program Budget is a combined budget that includes the district's general fund, special education and other costs. A school district that wants to exceed the previous year's Total Program Budget by more than 125% must put a plan before the voters. This type of ballot measure has rarely been used; it is considered to be a last resort option. Colorado law imposes limits on when school districts can hold special elections. Colorado only allows special elections in even numbered years on pre-established general and primary election days in May and November. In odd-numbered years, special school district elections can only occur on the first Tuesday in November. School districts that want to exceed their TABOR limit can sometimes combine this request with a city TABOR request.
Local recall rules
| Ballot Law Portal|
|Laws Governing Ballot Measures|
- For additional detail, see: Laws governing recall in Colorado
Campaign finance rules
Initiative process availability
|A guide to local ballot initiatives|
An initiative process is available in all cities and towns. In charter cities, initiative is also available for charter amendments.
In charter counties (Weld and Pitkin) initiative is available for county measures and charter amendments.
Citizens in general law counties do not have broad initiative authority to propose county measures. However, specific state statutes grant a petition process for limited subject matters. For example:
- Recall of county elected officials, C.R.S. §1-12-103 & 104; Formation of a home rule charter committee, C.R.S. §30-11-502(1) et seq.; Increasing the number of county commissioners from three to five (in counties having a population greater than 70,000), C.R.S. §30-10-306.5(3)(a); Decreasing the number of county commissioners from five to three (in counties having a population greater than 70,000), C.R.S. §30-10-306.7 (2)(b); Enacting a countywide sales tax ordinance, C.R.S. §29-2-104; Establishment of a county library, C.R.S. §24-90-107(1),(3); Establishment of public improvement district (PID) or a local improvement district (LID), C.R.S. §30-20-501 et seq. and C.R.S. §30-20-601 et seq., respectively; Establishment of various districts, C.R.S. §30-20-801 et seq.
Colorado Constitution, Article V, Section 1(9) reserves the initiative and referendum powers to the registered electors of every city, town and municipality.
|"||(9) The initiative and referendum powers reserved to the people by this section are hereby further reserved to the registered electors of every city, town, and municipality as to all local, special, and municipal legislation of every character in or for their respective municipalities. The manner of exercising said powers shall be prescribed by general laws; except that cities, towns, and municipalities may provide for the manner of exercising the initiative and referendum powers as to their municipal legislation. Not more than ten percent of the registered electors may be required to order the referendum, nor more than fifteen per cent to propose any measure by the initiative in any city, town, or municipality.||"|
Colorado Constitution, Article XX authorizes cities and towns over 2,000 in population to adopt a home rule charter and grants initiative for charter amendments.
Cities and towns: Colorado Revised Statutes Title 31, Art. 11, prescribes the initiative process, but cities are allowed to alter certain requirements such as different filing deadlines and signature percentages, subject to the Constitutional signature percentage limits.
C.R.S. 31-2-212 states that home rule charters must have provisions for initiative. Charter cities often reference or mirror the process in the state statues, but may alter some requirements. C.R.S. 31-2-210 governs the process for charter amendments.
Counties C.R.S. 30-11-103.5 governs petitions in general law counties for matters authorized by law.
C.R.S. 30-11-506 mandates a process for initiative for charter county charter amendments.
C.R.S. 30-11-508 mandates that charter counties (Weld and Pitkin) have an initiative process for county measures.
Initiative process features
|Local I&R Laws in the 50 States|
|Source:Local Ballot Initiatives: How citizens change laws with |
clipboards, conversations, and campaigns
General law cities
Initiative in the top 10 most populated cities
|List of Most Populated Cities in Colorado|
|City||Population||City Type||Next election|
|Denver||619,968||Charter as consolidated city-county||May 7, 2013|
|Colorado Springs||426,388||Charter||Special Election|
|Fort Collins||146,762||Charter||April 2, 2013|
|Thornton||121,435||Charter||November 5, 2013|
|Westminster||107,967||Charter||November 5, 2013|
|Pueblo||107,577||Charter||November 5, 2013|
|Arvada||107,541||Charter||November 5, 2013|
|Centennial||102,603||Charter||November 5, 2013|
The top 10 most populated cities in Colorado are all governed under a home rule charter. Initiative is available for charter amendments under state law as detailed above. Charter cities must also allow initiative for ordinances under state law, but may differ from the general law requirements and set their own signature percentages, filing deadlines or additional requirements by charter. The provisions below come from the specific city charter or code. Click on the citation links to read the full requirements for the initiative process.
- ↑ The U.S. Census Bureau's 2012 study of local governments
- ↑ Ballotpedia: Types and #'s of local governments by state
- ↑ US Census Bureau "City and Town Totals: Vintage 2011 (Population figures as of 2011 Census estimates)
- ↑ Denver Elections Division
- ↑ Colorado Springs City Elections
- ↑ Aurora Colorado Elections Schedule
- ↑ Fort Collins Elections
- ↑ Lakewood Elections
- ↑ Thornton Elections
- ↑ Thornton Elections
- ↑ Pueblo Elections
- ↑ Arvada Elections
- ↑ Centennial Elections
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 14.8 14.9 US Census, Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places in Colorado: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011
- Research document of Colorado local I&R laws
- Colorado Municipal League
- Colorado Division of Local Government


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The rise of the Red Mafia in China: a case study of organised crime and corruption in Chongqing
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- Wang, P. Trends Organ Crim (2013) 16: 49. doi:10.1007/s12117-_PHONE_-8
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'Red Mafia' is the collective term for corrupt public officials in mainland China, mainly from the criminal justice system, who attempt to monopolise the protection business in the criminal underworld by abusing power. In contemporary mainland China, the Red Mafia has developed into an alternative system of governance that can control organised crime groups, enable them to flourish, and protect them where strong government and effective self-protection associations are absent. The author examines organised crime and corruption by analysing the Wen Qiang case, one of the most famous and widely publicised cases in Chongqing's latest crime crackdown campaign. Drawing on interview data and extensive published materials, this paper offers a tentative definition of 'Red Mafia', develops a typology of organised crime, describes the emergence of the Red Mafia in China, explores how gangsters developed relationships with public officials, suggests why organised crime groups chose the Red Mafia as their preferred protection and enforcement mechanism, examines patterns of services provided, and explores the differences between the Red Mafia and other Mafia groups.