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<?php namespace Lubos\Wedos\Shell; use Cake\Filesystem\File; use Cake\Filesystem\Folder; use Cake\Utility\Xml; class DnsShell extends WedosShell { /** * Gets the option parser instance and configures it. * * @return \Cake\Console\ConsoleOptionParser */ public function getOptionParser() { $parser = parent::getOptionParser(); $parser->addSubcommand('rowsList'); $parser->addSubcommand('domainInfo'); $parser->addSubcommand('rowAdd', [ 'help' => 'DNS row add', 'parser' => [ 'description' => implode(PHP_EOL, [ 'Example:', '', 'wedos rowAdd domain.cz 1.2.3.4 --name mail', '# Adds A record mail.domain.cz with IP 1.2.3.4', '', 'wedos rowAdd domain.cz "10 mail.domain.cz" --type MX', '# Adds MX record' ]), 'arguments' => [ 'domain' => [ 'help' => 'Domain name', 'required' => true ], 'rdata' => [ 'help' => 'Record data (e.g. IP address)', 'required' => true ] ], 'options' => [ 'name' => [ 'help' => 'Record name (default empty)' ], 'ttl' => [ 'help' => 'TTL (default 1800)' ], 'type' => [ 'help' => 'Record type (default A)' ], ] ] ]); $parser->addSubcommand('rowAddBatch', [ 'help' => 'DNS row add batch', 'parser' => [ 'description' => 'Batch DNS row add via passed json file.', 'arguments' => [ 'config' => [ 'requred' => true ] ] ] ]); $parser->addSubcommand('rowDelete', [ 'help' => 'DNS row delete', 'parser' => [ 'arguments' => [ 'domain' => [ 'help' => 'Domain name', 'required' => true ], 'row_id' => [ 'help' => 'Record ID', 'required' => true ] ] ] ]); $parser->addSubcommand('rowDeleteAll', [ 'help' => 'DNS delete all rows', 'parser' => [ 'arguments' => [ 'domain' => [ 'help' => 'Domain name', 'required' => true ] ] ] ]); return $parser; } /** * Getting domain DNS info * * @param string $domain Domain to check. * @return \Cake\Network\Http\Response */ public function domainInfo($domain) { $this->request['request']['command'] = 'dns-domain-info'; $this->request['request']['data'] = [ 'name' => $domain ]; $request = Xml::fromArray($this->request)->asXml(); $response = $this->client->post( $this->url, ['request' => $request], ['type' => 'xml'] ); if ($response->isOk()) { $results = Xml::toArray($response->xml); $this->out(pr($results['response'])); } else { debug($response); } return $response; } /** * Getting domain DNS list * * @param string $domain Domain to check. * @return \Cake\Network\Http\Response */ public function rowsList($domain) { $this->request['request']['command'] = 'dns-rows-list'; $this->request['request']['data'] = [ 'domain' => $domain ]; $request = Xml::fromArray($this->request)->asXml(); $response = $this->client->post( $this->url, ['request' => $request], ['type' => 'xml'] ); if ($response->isOk()) { $results = Xml::toArray($response->xml); $this->out(pr($results['response'])); } else { debug($response); } return $response; } /** * DNS row add * * Example: * wedos dnsRowAdd domain.cz 1.2.3.4 --name mail # Adds A record mail.domain.cz with IP 1.2.3.4 * wedos dnsRowAdd domain.cz "10 mail.domain.cz" --type MX # Adds MX record * * options via parser * - name Record name (default empty). * - ttl TTL (default 1800). * - type Record type (default A). * * @param string $domain Domain name. * @param string $rdata Record data (e.g. IP address). * @return \Cake\Network\Http\Response */ public function rowAdd($domain, $rdata) { $data = [ 'domain' => $domain, 'rdata' => $rdata, ]; unset($this->params['help']); unset($this->params['verbose']); unset($this->params['quiet']); if (!empty($this->params)) { $data = array_merge($data, $this->params); } if (!isset($data['name'])) { $data['name'] = ' '; } if (!isset($data['ttl'])) { $data['ttl'] = '1800'; } if (!isset($data['type'])) { $data['type'] = 'A'; } $this->request['request']['command'] = 'dns-row-add'; $this->request['request']['data'] = $data; $request = Xml::fromArray($this->request)->asXml(); $response = $this->client->post( $this->url, ['request' => $request], ['type' => 'xml'] ); if ($response->isOk()) { $results = Xml::toArray($response->xml); $this->out(pr($results['response'])); } else { debug($response); } return $response; } /** * Reads json config and add DNS records * * @param string $config Path to json file. * @return bool */ public function rowAddBatch($config) { $timeStart = microtime(true); if (!is_array($config)) { $file = new File($config); if (!$file->exists()) { $this->err('<error>Error</error>: config file does not exist.'); $this->hr(); return false; } $json = $file->read(); $config = json_decode($json, true); if (!$config) { $this->err('<error>Error</error>: file is not in valid json format.'); $this->hr(); return false; } } $this->out(sprintf('%s DNS records to add', count($config))); foreach ($config as $item) { $domain = $item['domain']; $rdata = $item['rdata']; unset( $item['domain'], $item['rdata'] ); $this->params = $item; $this->rowAdd($domain, $rdata); } $this->out(sprintf( '<success>rowAddBatch finished in %ss</success>', round(microtime(true) - $timeStart, 2) )); $this->hr(); return true; } /** * DNS row delete * * @param string $domain Domain name. * @param string $rowID Record ID (dnsRowsList to see IDs). * @return \Cake\Network\Http\Response */ public function rowDelete($domain, $rowID) { $this->request['request']['command'] = 'dns-row-delete'; $this->request['request']['data'] = [ 'domain' => $domain, 'row_id' => $rowID ]; $request = Xml::fromArray($this->request)->asXml(); $response = $this->client->post( $this->url, ['request' => $request], ['type' => 'xml'] ); if ($response->isOk()) { $results = Xml::toArray($response->xml); $this->out(pr($results['response'])); } else { debug($response); } return $response; } /** * DNS delete all rows * * @param string $domain Domain name. * @return bool */ public function rowDeleteAll($domain) { $response = $this->rowsList($domain); $records = Xml::toArray($response->xml); foreach ($records['response']['data']['row'] as $row) { $this->rowDelete($domain, $row['ID']); } return true; } }

icon-instagram icon-twitter icon-menu icon-arrow-right icon-dots-triple icon-facebook icon-youtube Donate 日本語 2022 September Graduate Program Report Responding to the request of two third-year university students who are actively utilizing Mirai no Mori's network and are currently job hunting, we held another session on finding one's strengths with the cooperation of Morgan Stanley. In addition, one of the graduates who is about to change jobs also participated, and we talked about their concerns and questions in a friendly atmosphere. We also had a special opportunity to meet the president of Morgan Stanley, Mr. Tamura, so show our deepest gratitude for their continued support. All three of the graduates were very nervous when they shared their comments about Mirai no Mori experiences, but he was very friendly. "What I learned from my Mirai no Mori experience is the leadership I gained from the Leader in Training (LIT) program that I participated for three years. In my third year of high school, I stepped up to take on the role of a leader. At first I tried to follow the leadership style of the previous leaders, but it was difficult, and through the program I realized that it was important to take on leadership that suited me. I am also grateful that through the graduate program, I am able to get together with other Mirai no Mori members and supporters even after leaving the care and receive advice from various role models to help me think about things from different perspectives. The Mirai no Mori space has also become one of the places where we feel at home." "I really learned a lot by joining outdoors activities with a diverse group of people at Mirai no Mori. The opportunity to learn about teamwork, communication, and my own strengths and weaknesses with the members of the Leader in Training program was an experience that I could not have had without Mirai no Mori. Through the outdoor experience, I also realized that being in nature is a stress reliever that allows me to reflect on myself and be positive, and even after graduation I still make time to spend time in nature on a personal basis. Mirai no Mori has always been there to watch over me. I would like to continue to participate in Mirai no Mori activities, work with children from care homes, and help them in many other ways!" "I used to not take much initiative on my own, but through my experience at Mirai-no-Mori, I learned that nothing starts or makes sense unless "I" take action. Also, through the Leader in Training and graduates program, I have learned that people are connected through relationships." Then we also had a session with one of the graduates who wanted to know more about bank. Thanks to the support from Morgan Stanley, she was able to meet 5 volunteers who shared their experiences and advices. Voices of Graduates "After talking to the volunteers and answering their questions, I realized that I actually have something that I care about, and that I am interested in pursuing. I could not have realized this on my own, so I would like to use this as a basis for finding my strengths and interests for job hunting." "When I asked the volunteers what they thought was important to be a trustworthy person, they all said "a person who keeps his/her word," which struck me as someone who is often late. I realized that even though it is something obvious, it is still very important. I was also nervous to talk with the president of such a large and trusted company, but it was a very special opportunity, and it was a very valuable experience!" Voices of Volunteer "I see growth in graduates every time I meet them. It's amazing to see how capable they are now to ask questions, and share their opinions." Also with another graduate who is considering a career change, in addition to checking in via ZOOM, we also spoke in person over lunch. He is searching for ideas and methods to rebuild his life back after leaving the school and job. We hope he will continue to utilize Mirai no Mori as a network where he can reach out any time. Summer Camp Winter Camp Back to Nature Leader in Training Graduate Program Upcoming Event Blog Uncategorized KIWL IMPERIAL PALACE WALK/JOG 2023 Leader in Training program report: LIT Project #2 – Hiroshima Visit 2022 Leader in Training program report: December 2022 December Back to Nature: Christmas Report vol.2 2022 COTT Christmas Charity Event Report Whether you donate, volunteer, or become a corporate sponsor, you can make a difference! Children We Support Issues Faced by the Children Essential Life Skills Program Concept Support by Donating Otakara-Aid Mirai no Mori Team Approved Specified Nonprofit Corporation Website designed by Custom Media Copyright © mirainomori 2017 All Rights Reserved.

Government should solve the health crisis now THE fact that the strike by medical doctors has continued after they rejected President Emmerson Mnangagwa's order to return to their workstations while their demands were being addressed, should push the authorities to urgently engage the medical fraternity to save lives. There is no doubt that since the strike started the majority of Zimbabweans have been inconvenienced, and many lives lost due to lack of attention by the medical personnel. We believe any serious government of the people by the people should move swiftly to curb further loss of lives, given the Mnangagwa regime is working hard to get a renewed mandate. If indeed, according to Mnangagwa's mantra of the voice of the people is the voice of God, then he should listen to those among us crying for government's intervention. While we feel for the patients who are bearing the brunt of the industrial action, we believe that the government needs to demonstrate a real commitment to addressing the challenges faced by doctors, nurses, in particular the medical fraternity. There is need for Mnangagwa to go beyond cheap talk, which was former President Robert Mugabe's hallmark. To simply follow the same culture sends fears that the government is more comfortable with following the same tradition — and is probably as clueless as its predecessor on how to tackle this very critical matter. This attitude in many ways shows that Mnangagwa is probably endorsing Health minister David Parirenyatwa's laisser-faire approach, chicanery and doublespeak, as the doctors have argued, negotiating in "bad faith". The least the government can do is to be honest in its dealings with the medical practitioners. Perhaps the biggest mistake the Health ministry made was to threaten the doctors in an attempt to coerce them back to work. This kind of attitude will never produce the desired results. What is needed is a win-win solution, because while the bickering goes on, patients in public health facilities continue to suffer. It is because of the insincerity on the part of the government that this strike would likely continue, claiming more casualties in the process. One is tempted to believe that government's approach to this problem is not as serious as it should be, because powerful politicians always easily access health services from the private sector and in foreign lands. Who will fight for the ordinary man on the streets? Clearly, the Health ministry has no sense of urgency concerning this critical issue at all, and that creates the impression that they do not care what becomes of the sick in our hospitals — probably dying from easily treatable conditions. Something needs to be done urgently! Dynamics of the rural vote We told you so! How long oh Lord, how long? Enter 2019: Reviving the 'New Zimbabwe' dream Bond notes and their possible long-term legacy Women have choice to change the world Previous article Motor drives GPW for short term insurers Next article Evelyn High wins talent search show STOKONONZI I don"t know how much Dr.s earn but it must be very little if life styles are any indicator. This is a basis of brain drain soon or later we will be missing them. These guys are not asking for too much after all in an hour he can raise that from the number of patients that he assists. Enough of empty rhetoric over the health crisis.The present leadership have their own priorities like garnering electoral support in the forthcoming elections. Buying chiefs 4×4 Isuzu D/Cabs is more important than addressing the health crisis in the country. Recruiting more personnel in the military is more important than the health crisis.Vasazvinetsa zvavo , makakonewa kubva kare and we have no hope in you.Zimbos have hope in a new gvt and not them.Vasatinyaudza. Eskom treasurer quits in latest high-profile departure Related posts: Forced Religious Conversions Bring Human Rights Violations into FocusChamisa is on the right trackPeople react to Mnangagwa MDC-T amnestyAMHVoices: Khupe ... Related posts: Dynamos to restore PeaceCourt dismisses case of U.S. woman charged with insulting MugabeOlomide, Charly Black promoters in a fixRioZim closes ...

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Tuesday, January 12, 2021 About Us Subscription Contact Us Privacy Policy Timera Media website A Heil Of A Laugh: Jokes And Humor In The Third Reich May 11, 2019 Jay Hemmings, Guest Author A column of German forces in Paris. Erichvoned - CC BY-SA 4.0 Sometimes, in the worst of situations, all you can do is laugh. Humor and laughter are two things that are central to being human. Even in the most inhuman of places, where darkness reigns supreme and the world seems to have been turned upside down (places like Nazi Germany during WWII, for example), people didn't lose their capacity to appreciate laughter and jokes. Indeed, sometimes laughter was the only thing that allowed people to cope with the reality of living through such a time in history. Despite long-standing stereotypes about Germans being serious, humorless people, humor has occupied an important position in German culture for centuries. German Corporal with armored destruction badge. Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-300-1897-10A / CC BY-SA 3.0 de The Nazi Party coming to power in 1933 may have darkened the national mood, but it didn't stop people making jokes and laughing. It did, however, change what they joked and laughed about – or, put another way, what they were and weren't allowed to joke about. Because of the severely authoritarian and strict nature of the Nazi Party, it's easy to assume that all forms of mockery or caricatures of Nazis and prominent Nazi Party members were immediately banned in Nazi-era Germany. This wasn't the case – not initially, anyway – and in the early part of the 1930s, a number of German publications openly mocked Hitler and the Nazis. Hitler, at the window of the Reich Chancellery, receives an ovation on the evening of his inauguration as chancellor, 30 January 1933.Photo: Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1972-026-11 / Sennecke, Robert / CC-BY-SA 3.0 In fact, weirdly enough, in 1933, Hitler's personal secretary, Ernst "Putzi" Hanfstaengl, published a book of Hitler caricatures consisting of mocking images of Hitler taken from various publications around the world. The purpose of this book of Hitler caricatures was, however, to show how "wrong" the rest of the world was in their mockery of the Führer. Ernst Hanfstaengl with Hitler and Göring, 1932. Bundesarchiv, Bild 102-14080 / CC-BY-SA 3.0 de Various jokes about Hitler and the Nazis did the rounds among the German populace in the first half of the 1930s too, often portraying Hitler and his Nazis as thick-headed goons and loudmouth buffoons. In 1934, however, a year after Hitler took power, his regime started to crack down on mockery of the Nazi Party and its leaders. This was the case in published formats, at least; verbal jokes still circulated among the general populace about the party members. One which was quite popular described Hitler visiting a lunatic asylum, in which each patient salutes him with a "Heil Hitler!" except for one, who refuses to do so. Hitler asks him why, and the man replies, "I'm the doctor here, I'm the only one who isn't crazy!" Hitler Salutes soldiers. Bundesarchiv – CC-BY SA 3.0 In another case, a circus owner in the city of Paderborn trained his chimpanzees to do the Nazi salute every time they saw someone in a military uniform. While many people found this hilarious, when the Nazis found out they ordered him to make the chimps stop at once or they would be dispatched. Even though openly mocking the Nazi Party and its leaders was banned after 1934, many people continued to do so. One of them, German comedian Werner Finck, would go so far as calling out Gestapo informers in his audience and asking them if he was speaking slowly enough for them to write down everything he said. Finck in a comedy cabaret, 1937. Photo: Willy Pragher / CC BY 3.0 As a consequence, in 1935, Finck was interned in Esterwegen concentration camp for six weeks as punishment for continually mocking the Nazi regime. But that didn't stop him. Even at the camp, he continued to tell jokes, telling his fellow camp members not to be afraid of laughing – after all, they were already in the camp, what else could be done to them? Finck was freed after a couple of weeks, but he continued to joke about the Nazis. When he was arrested again, he was given the choice of joining the Wehrmacht or going to prison. He chose to join the army, and ended up being awarded an Iron Cross for his actions on the Eastern Front. Werner Finck As the war dragged on, the Nazis themselves tried to use humor to lift the mood of the public. The regime sponsored a number of comedy shows, humorous films, and comedy cabarets to try to keep people's spirits up. Many people though, found little to laugh about in Nazi Germany, and some of those who made a profession out of laughter ended up paying the ultimate price for crossing lines that the Nazi Party decreed could not be crossed. German artist Erich Ohser got into a lot of trouble over his anti-Nazi drawings. After being banned from working, he began (on the surface, at least) to toe the party line by drawing caricatures that mocked the British and the Soviets. But in his private life, he continued to mock the Nazis. Erich Ohser. Photo: Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-2003-0037 / CC-BY-SA 3.0 de Unfortunately, a neighbor overheard one of his anti-Nazi conversations with a friend and reported him to the Gestapo. Ohser took his own life before the trial started, and his friend was executed in 1944. Read another story from us: The Rise of the Third Reich Details the Life of German Citizens Humor and jokes were in short supply during the last, terrible years of the war. After it was finally over, laughter returned … slowly. After a few years, though, comedy and jokes had found their place in German society once again, and people were once more able to laugh and joke openly, despite the darkness of the recent past. Good Question: Did Flamethrowers From WW2 Explode When Shot? 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Athens, 13.01.2014: EMTech's new venture in Germany (EMTech UG) was accepted by the European Space Agency Business Incubation Center in Darmstadt. EMTech UG will initiate operations within the first quarter of 2014. The mission of the new business entity is to focus on simulations for electrical smart-grids. The main innovation point of the new entiry is the utilization of the Spacecraft Operational Simulators Software Infrastructure to facilitate parallel execution of multiple smart-grid simulation threads. EMTech UG is a startup company, having as principal objective to offer sophisticated services in smart-grid applications. The differeantiating point of the new entiry is the ownership of a simulation framework that provides, on-line and in real-time, consulting information in smart-grid operations. EMTech UG underpins this simulation framework on an innovative concept, called the "Smart-Grid Parallel Universe". This includes the simultaneous execution of simulations of "identical" smart-grid topologies under investigation, fused with historical datasets, real-time measurements, and contingency events. A centralized intelligent component processes the information and performs iterative calculations, in order to spawn smart-grids' "Big-Bangs", creating instances of new parallel universes, or terminating parallel universe instances that are improbable to happen in the future. EMTECH UG will acquire technology and know-how from EMTech established in Greece. Since 2009 EMTech has been working in ESA/ESOC research and development projects and in 2011 has been accepted as a Qualified Partner for Ground Segment Software Development Frame Contract. Recently, EMTech has introduced an innovative Parallel Discrete Event Simulation scheduler for the SIMSAT kernel (the simulation engine of ESA Operational Simulators), supporting synchronized multi-threaded execution of simulation models. The latter effort provides a key feature supporting large-scale simulation applications, requiring clusters of multicore-multiprocessor workstations. This innovative PDES scheduler shall be the heart of the smart-grid Prognosis services offered by EMTech UG. ESA's Business Incubation Centres (BICs), initiated by ESA's Technology Transfer Programme Office (TTPO), work to inspire entrepreneurs to turn space-connected business ideas into commercial companies, and provide technical expertise and business-development support. Business Incubation Centres across European countries support selected entrepreneurs with comprehensive commercial and technical assistance to help them startup businesses that apply space technology to non-space industrial, scientific and commercial fields.

Spensa's Cloud-Based Technology Helps Farmers Automate Pest Control Flatiron Taps Vasoncelles of Unum Therapeutics for Chief Medical Officer Brad Bernthal Director, Silicon Flatirons Centers' Entrepreneurship Initiative CEO and Founder, Techstars Anne Swift Founder, Young Inventors Alan Saltiel Director, Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan Money, Mergers & Expansions For Booktrack, Other SF Startups Bernadette Tansey @Tansey_Xconomy While big tech companies like Google filed their quarterly reports this week, a number of their smaller brethren in San Francisco caught my eye as they recorded their own benchmarks of progress. —Booktrack, which enhances the allure of e-books by adding music and sound effects, said it had closed a Series B financing round that netted $5 million from investors including COENT Venture Partners and Sparkbox Ventures. Booktrack, whose backers also include Peter Thiel, will use the money to try to grow the market for its suite of offerings. They include e-books called Premium Booktracks, which have soundtracks created by the company's own engineers. Booktrack also operates a service that allows authors to add a score to their own books, and the Booktrack marketplace, an e-book store where all these audio-enhanced books can be sold. "Booktrack is creating a new marketplace for authors, publishers and musicians to create soundtracks for their eBooks and reach a new audience of more than 2.5 million readers while earning new revenue streams," CEO Paul Cameron said in the funding announcement. "Booktrack will continue to help schools, parents and people looking to re-engage with reading in a modern, immersive and fun way while also increasing comprehension and retention." Two other San Francisco consumer-tech companies are growing their markets:. —Luxe is expanding its online valet service to Seattle. Luxe is an Uber-like service for people who have their own cars, but sometimes want a driver on-demand to park it while they rush to a meeting, or to drive them home from a party. Luxe already operates in San Francisco, Boston, Los Angeles, and Chicago. With its latest expansion, Luxe will now serve downtown Seattle and other city neighborhoods including Pioneer Square, South Lake Union, Belltown, and Capitol Hill. —Weddington Way, an online wedding commerce site that started by helping brides collaborate with their distant bridesmaids to choose dresses for the big event, has opened a new Gent Shop for tuxedo and suit rentals. Now the groom and groomsmen can also be totally color coordinated with the rest of the wedding party, the company says, because the rented suits include the coat, pants, shirt, vest, tie, cufflinks, and studs. As Weddington Way puts it, "everything but the boxers." Lastly, two San Francisco companies have teamed up with other startups to augment their services: —Edtech company Handsfree Learning is merging with a Philadelphia-based startup, ApprenNet, which has similar goals and methods. Both have been expanding the scope of online learning to hands-on skills through the use of voice-controlled videos and other media. Handsfree Learning's system has been used to teach cooking, dentistry, and cosmetology. The merged company will continue to operate in both San Francisco and Philadelphia under the name ApprenNet. Handsfree Learning co-founder and CEO Paul Freedman will be the chief executive of ApprenNet. Sadly, former ApprenNet CEO Rachel Jacobs, 39, died in an Amtrak train derailment outside of Philadelphia in May. —Zendrive, whose smartphone sensors track driver behavior, is teaming up with Urgent.ly, an on-demand roadside service company whose free app is challenging the venerable subscription-based leviathan AAA. The partnership will take advantage of synergies between the ability of Zendrive's sensors to tell when a car has been involved in an accident, and Vienna, VA-based Urgent.ly's communication features. Urgent.ly detects the accident location, allows the customer to request a tow truck or other help, and also notifies a family member or other contact person. Bernadette Tansey is Xconomy's San Francisco Editor. You can reach her at btansey@xconomy.com. Follow @Tansey_Xconomy Educational Play Kit Company Osmo Sold to India's Edtech Firm Byju's for $120M Soundtrap Lands $6M for Collaborative Music & Audio Creation App Degreed Scores $42M to Grow Worker Training and Skills Platform

A well designed business class area. Good, friendly staff. Comfortable seating, with full reclining bed a real bonus. Entertainment system OK, although routing on handheld device a bit quirky. Choice of films and music reasonable. although more under "classic" heading would have been welcome. Food and beverages very good. Good selection of wines, but from a personal standpoint would have welcomed a slightly larger range of whiskies (my own preference is for Islay malts). Only main issue on this flight (and not on the return journey from Doha to London on 2 April) was a group of passengers mingling in the open area behind row 5 who were drinking more than other business class passengers and were becoming louder as the flight progressed. Fortunately it was a daytime flight (2.00pm departure from Gatwick) and the noise reducing headphones proved a real blessing in diminishing the sense of intrusion, but some passengers were trying to sleep and the noise was detrimental to this. Staff tried their best to mitigate the intrusion but the group seemed determined to be noisy. Procedures for both boarding and disembarking were very smooth and we were able to transfer to our ongoing flight with ease. Economy. Seats are very cramped (width wise, as well as leg-room wise). I am not tall 5-7, and even I had problem. It is also very uncomfortable when the passenger in front of you reclines their seat. Thankfully the flight attendants made sure every one had their seat in upright position when meals were served. Even with that, it was hard to eat. Also it was a struggle to get the seats to a reclining position, and even harder to get them back to upright (it may just have been me). The service was good: flight attendants were cheerful and attentive. The food was excellent (at par with and sometimes exceeding that of Emirates). The entertainment system was also good (not as many choices that you get in Emirates, but varied enough). However the cramped seat made me wish I had availed myself of their business class upgrade offer for this leg of the journey (12.5 hours). This flight was the most cramped I have ever been on. I'm 5'11", not overly tall but had bruised knees after the flight. The seat pitch is not as advertised, in addition the seat width is thinner than anything I have experienced before, i had to sit an an angle to fit shoulders with the passenger next to me. Food was delicious, but eating it was a struggle in the seats, even though the seat in from hadn't reclined! Service was poor, on several occasions I asked crew for water and they forgot to come back. Rubbish took 2 hours to be collected after the meal. Excellent seat, but on the other hand it was business class. Very nice for solo travelers. There are two small compartments on both hand sides that are very convenient for storing small items. Power supply it is also cleverer placed, and the cable is not easily trapped. Window blinds are automatically controlled but unfortunately they don't get fully dark. Finally, there is a hidden drawer, I suppose for shoes, just at the floor level towards the aisle. Aisle seat as usual. Very nice facility. Except for the head rest which can only be shifted up or down unlike its 777. Leg room is bad and narrow. I am not big but have longer legs (stand at 175) so an unintentional stretch may reach the front passenger. I was used to their 777 and almost will not recommend. Choosing row 10 and 26 probably helps a fair bit. Very good seat like most other seats in business class. The A and K seats are good for solo travelers, E and F is better for people travelling together (unless a window is important). but have TOTAL CONTROL of my baggage. yet hope to bring a carload of cases. Show me an hourly rate per 100kilos - maybe on selected flights,and I would be Most Interested.. Comfortable seating. However the view outside is blocked due to wings of the aircraft.

Pepero (빼빼로) é um biscoito doce em forma de palito coberto de chocolate produzido pela Lotte na Coreia do Sul desde 1983. É similar ao biscoito japonês Pocky. Pepero Day Pepero Day é uma iniciativa de marketing para impulsionar a venda do produto. Neste dia as pessoas devem comprar o biscoito para presentear aqueles que lhe são queridos. Ver também Pocky Ligações externas Pepero Site (Coreano) Culinária da Coreia do Sul Biscoitos

<!-- .slide: data-background="/img/ferneyhough-deforce-screenshot.png" --> <div class="overlay-title"> <h2>Brian Ferneyhough</h1> <h1>*Time and Motion Study II*</h2> <h3>1973–76</h3> </div> -- <!-- .slide: class="image-right" --> <div> &nbsp; &nbsp; ### Brian Ferneyhough b. 1943, Coventry, UK </div> <figure>  </figure> Note: - '60s: Birmingham School of Music, RAM (Lennox Berkeley) - '68: Ton de Leeuw in Amsterdam - '69–71: Klaus Huber in Basel - '73–86: Teacher in Freiburg - '70s see rise in recognition, teaches at Darmstadt - '87 —> UCSD Photo: August 1988, Betty Freeman -- ### *Time and Motion Study* series 1. for solo bass clarinet (1971–77) 2. for cello and electronics (1973–76) 3. for 16 solo voices with percussion & electronics (1974) <!-- .element: type="I" class="roman" --> --  Note: - 2 looping tapes (14" & 9") - 2 contact mics, 1 throat, 1 "air" - 2 foot pedals - ring modulator - ≥ 2 assistants - "electronic environment" (*CW*, p.13) - relate to Berio Modern performances use Max/MSP -- <video controls> <source data-src="https://github.com/delucis/generals-presentation/blob/master/video/bf-rendering-deceptive.mp4?raw=true" type="video/mp4"> Brian Ferneyhough saying, "The cellist is, erm, encompassed and enveloped, by this envelope: different speakers speaking back to him things he's spoken already, distorting, rendering untrue, rendering deceptive like walking on very thin ice." </video> Note: from: *Electric Chair Music*, 2005 directed by Colin Still "The cellist is, erm, encompassed and enveloped, by this envelope: different speakers speaking back to him things he's spoken already, distorting, rendering untrue, rendering deceptive like walking on very thin ice." -- ### Time and Motion Study <video controls> <source data-src="https://github.com/delucis/generals-presentation/blob/master/video/gilbreth-stamping.mp4?raw=true" type="video/mp4"> <source data-src="https://github.com/delucis/generals-presentation/blob/master/video/gilbreth-stamping.webm?raw=true" type="video/webm"> Sorry, old browser, no video for you. </video><!-- .element: class="fragment grow" data-fragment-index="1" --> Note: - Frank Bunker & Lillian M. Gilbreth - video: 1910–1924 -- Ferneyhough, *Collected Writings*: > "…the 'memory of a production process', the place of performance as the point > of confrontation for **objectively measurable systems** and **subjective > obscuration, erosion and eradication**" (107) &nbsp; > "…between **objectively measurable systems** and their nemesis, **subjective > criteria of retention**." (114) Note: - efficiency - W. Benjamin - tape as memory --  <audio controls> <source src="../../audio/ferneyhough-tms-ii-p5.ogg" type="audio/ogg"> <source src="../../audio/ferneyhough-tms-ii-p5.mp3" type="audio/mpeg"> Sorry, old browser, no audio for you. </audio> Note: - Inefficiency/excess of instrumental gesture - arguable relation to L's _Pression_ (1969) - such inefficiency exacerbated by electronic swamping later -- Ferneyhough, _Collected Writings_: > …the **'raw'** elements were forced to generate new offshoots by being passed, > under pressure, through an **alien** formal grid. (113) Artaud, _Le Pèse-Nerfs_: <!-- .element: class="fragment" data-fragment-index="1" --> > The grid is a terrible moment for sensitivity and substance. <!-- .element: class="fragment" data-fragment-index="1" --> Note: - Introduce quote 1 with _TMS I_ revision process information - Quote 2 from same text used for cellist in _TMS II_ - Used twice by F. in his other writings -- Ferneyhough, *Collected Writings*: > "…the electronic 'cage'…" (108) &nbsp; > "…encounter between the sort of self-expression demarcating the individual and a sometimes uncooperatively febrile array of sonic 'distorting mirrors' of collectivity…" (108) -- <video controls> <source data-src="https://github.com/delucis/generals-presentation/blob/master/video/bf-rendering-deceptive.mp4?raw=true#t=9.5,16.4" type="video/mp4"> Brian Ferneyhough saying, "… distorting, rendering untrue, rendering deceptive …" </video> Note: "… distorting, rendering untrue, rendering deceptive …" -- #### Ferneyhough's Binaries  -- <!-- .slide: data-background="#000000" --> <video controls> <source data-src="https://github.com/delucis/generals-presentation/blob/master/video/bf-scream.mp4?raw=true" type="video/mp4"> Sorry, old browser, no video for you. </video> Note: - The "violence" is very clear in how F. speaks of the exhaustion/death of the musician at the end of the work. - "switching off" / electric chair - discuss form/dramaturgy --  Note: - s.24–28: 11 pitch class expanding pitch field (starts G, ends C#) - s.30–41: self-implication/mutilation in ring modulation - s.44: entrance of scream prepared by high wavering B -- # But! > A cyborg is a cybernetic organism, a hybrid of machine and organism, a > creature of social reality as well as a creature of fiction. > > […] > > This chapter is an argument for _pleasure_ in the confusion of boundaries and > for _responsibility_ in their construction. <!-- .element: class="fragment" data-fragment-index="1" --> — Haraway, _Simians, Cyborgs, and Women_, 149–50 <!-- .element: class="fragment" data-fragment-index="1" --> Note: - credit Iddon - more positive spin - deconstructing binaries - "organism/machine, self/other, culture/nature, reality/appearance, whole/part, agent/resource, truth/illusion" - is cello technology? -- > A cyborg body is not innocent, it was not born in a garden; it does not seek > unitary identity and so generate antagonistic dualisms without end (or until > the world ends); it takes irony for granted. __One is too few, and two is > only one possibility.__ — Haraway, _Simians, Cyborgs, and Women_, 180 Note: - "electronic environment" as cyborg-subject - space of experience expanded from the unitary subject - Counter-argument to F.'s pessimism --  Note: - local vs. distributed - the cyborg agency is not unitary/local - this dilutes the fear that the subject is being imprisoned oppressed

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DNotes Pay DNotes 2015 Year in Review By admin January 7, 2016 February 22nd, 2017 Blog 2015 was a busy year for DNotes. The company saw to the creation of multiple savings plans to help either retired persons or attending university students. It is also seeking to create a new business entity that fully integrates the blockchain, and DCEBrief has set out on a mission to provide solid, no-nonsense stories regarding DNotes and the world of digital currency in general. When all is said and done, DNotes clearly has a lot on its plate, and this is JUST THE BEGINNING… December – DNotes Announces Company Launch and Book for Small Business Owners for 2016 DNotes today announced the early 2016 release of a book for small business owners. The announcement comes on the heels of October's revelations about the company's plans for the launch of a new for-profit enterprise next year. DNotes officials have confirmed that the new company launch and the planned book release are part of an ongoing strategy to differentiate the DNotes ecosystem and better serve partners and customers throughout the cryptocurrency industry and beyond. http://dcebrief.com/bitcoin-alternative-dnotes-announces-company-launch-and-book-for-small-business-owners-in-2016/ November – Cryptopia Starts Adding DNotes & DNotes Video Series Launched Based in New Zealand, Cryptopia is setting out to create the simplest and most effective uses for cryptocurrency users. In November, the company offered DNotes a pleasant surprise when they started adding the DNotes cryptocurrency to its platform, thereby helping to solidify DNotes' reputation as the digital money of the future. https://www.cryptopia.co.nz/Exchange?market=NOTE_BTC Timothy Goggin, director of CRISP for Students, launched the first of a series of DNotes videos. The DNotes video series provides an introduction to digital currency, its advantages, DNotes projects and services, and our plans to harness the potential of payment protocol to become a prominent and competitive money transfer processor in the near future. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsXO8ttmSxw October – DNotes will Launch New Company in 2016 that Integrates the Blockchain, the DNotes Currency and a New Payments Systems The DNotes team will create a new company that will focus on the DNotes cryptocurrency, blockchain technology, and the payment system in 2016. DNotes the currency will have 25 percent ownership in the company to start, subject to dilution, as the company is expected to grow heavily over time. Company founder Alan Yong believes that the new structure is likely to bring about more social benefits than even the Internet itself. http://dcebrief.com/bitcoin-alternative-dnotes-announces-new-company-launch-in-2016-to-integrate-the-currency-payment-system-and-blockchain/ September – DNotes Launches DCEBrief News Site & DNotes Listed on Cryptsy Exchange DNotes launches DCEBrief, allowing readers the opportunity to learn more about what's happening in the world of DNotes and cryptocurrency. The site is designed to give business owners, decision-makers, and others who have a say in the world of finance and digital currency unbiased, to-the-point information regarding today's most important cryptocurrency-related stories without any "fluff or filler." http://thebitcoinnews.com/bitcoin-alternative-dnotes-launches-dcebrief-com-digital-currency-executive-brief-news-portal-3/ After some time the DNotes team and supporters made a push to have DNotes listed on Cryptsy, and finally got listed in September. This was a win for the DNotes community demonstrating their strength. https://www.cryptsy.com/markets/view/NOTE_BTC August – DNotes Offers Free Bitcoin Education App In an attempt to show the general public that one doesn't need to be fully "tech savvy" to understand digital currency, DNotes launched an education app via Google that features how-to guides, definitions, links and even a quiz to assure everyone is learning about the money of the future. Cryptocurrency is looked at as something that will likely affect how business is done all over the world, and DNotes wants to make sure everyone is familiar with how it will work. http://bitcoinprbuzz.com/free-bitcoin-education-google-play-app-launched-by-dnotes/ June – DNotes Presents at Nasdaq in New York & Alan Yong is Interviewed by CoinTelegraph The Silicon Dragon Event, which took place at the Nasdaq in New York, featured Alan Yong and DNotes making an appearance on the panel alongside Francesco Rulli of bitLanders and Sarah Martin of the Digital Currency Council. Yong is a cryptocurrency and technology entrepreneur that has been innovating in the technology field for over three decades. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/digital-currency-dnotes-to-present-at-nasdaq-in-new-york—builds-on-bitcoins-shortfalls-300098845.html Yong was also interviewed by cryptocurrency news platform CoinTelegraph. During the talk, Yong spoke on a number of topics, including what it was about bitcoin that influenced him to create DNotes and how cryptocurrency could potentially solve the country's debt crisis. Yong refers to DNotes as a "currency with a purpose." http://cointelegraph.com/news/114557/dnotes-will-be-known-as-the-currency-with-a-purpose May – DNotes Launches World's First Cryptocurrency Employee Incentive Plan DNotes has launched an employee incentive benefits plan. Employees must register for the program using a single form. From there, they are issued a dashboard that provides information regarding their specific and unique activity. Their employer is then able to send them DNotes accordingly. The program is built to help employees build long-term goals for before and after retirement. https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/bitcoin-alternative-dnotes-launches-worlds-first-digital-currency-employee-incentive-benefits-plan/ March – DNotes Offers Help with Student Debt through Cryptocurrency DNotes launches CRISP for Students, a new savings plan designed to help university attendees alleviate some of the debt and financial ailments they're likely to experience after graduation. Schools, students and clubs alike will be eligible to join in on the action. They'll be apportioned specific and unique codes, which they can use to get their hands on special gifts of up to 500 DNotes, the cryptocurrency that is slated to grow beyond measure in the next five years. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/digital-currency-student-debt-solutions-094800790.html;_ylt=AwrBJR9uShlVcxQAZ_zQtDMD February – DNotes Launches New Retirement Plan Set to Help the Underfunded and Unbanked The plan is set to offer up to 12 percent annual returns for participants. In today's economy, many are underserved by the traditional methods of modern-day banks, and it's becoming harder to save for retirement. DNotes is aiming to change all this through its own digital currency, which is not only completely secure, but is slated to grow heavily in value. http://bitcoinprbuzz.com/bitcoin-alternative-dnotes-digital-currency-retirement-savings-plans-provide-12-annual-interest-relief-for-underfunded-retirement-accounts-and-the-unbanked-worldwide/ Bitcoin Alternative DNotes Announces Company Launch and Book for Small Business Owners in 2016 Website: DNotesCoin.com Company Website: DNotesGlobal.com Stocks.Exchange BiteBTC DCEBrief DNotesVault NextGenHERo 4 Pillars of Success © 2020 DNotes. DNotes Newsletter Receive DNotes updates in your email.

Using Claim Based Authentication for Identity and Access Management By Kirit Parmar See more articles by Kirit In this multi-part blog series for Identity and Access Management (IAM), we take a look at IAM capabilities, complexity and challenges organizations face today. We also address why assessing your IAM environment is more critical now than ever before. Identity and Access Management Series Part 2 In this part of the blog series for Identity and Access Management (IAM), we explore Claim Based Authentication (CBA) in more detail. CBA is more complicated by implementation but is more secure than authentication mechanisms of the past. Claim Based Authentication Claim based identity helps us understand the federation concept we discussed earlier. Applications often referred to as the "relying party" must trust the Identity Provider and often refer to as Security Token Services (STS) (Azure AD, ADFS, Ping Identity, octa, and more) to: Identity provider verifies the identity of the users Create claims with appropriate attributes Sign the token with a signature which issues the credential to keep it secure When a signed token comes back to the relying party or application, the application needs to verify if the token is intact and not tampered with, before allowing a user to access the application. The diagram below shows the basic components involved when a user starts signing into an application. It also shows how the identity provider crafts the token, which is digitally signed, for that application, and how it grants access. In the above diagram, we introduced "Identity protocols and tokens." Identity providers used to support federation. Fiddler is a popular and free tool that an IAM professional can use to inspect tokens and claims over the wire. Types of Identity Protocols and Tokens They Support Traditionally, the federation in and across enterprises uses WS-Federation and SAML-P. These protocols use tokens to store claims. Claims are attributes about the user, such as name, email, and more. These token types also vary based on the protocols used. Usually, in Identity and Access Management topics, we refer to such diagrams of identity flow on the wire as "token flow diagram." See the image below. WS-Federation Protocol An industry consortium developed and released this protocol in Dec of 2006 as part of the larger WS-Security framework, which they built on the work of WS-Trust. This protocol defines two profiles. Active requestor profile Passive requestor profile As our blog series continues, we will talk about these profiles in detail. Token support: WS-Federation is a token agnostic protocol, and it can support SAML and JWT token. SAML 2.0 Protocol SAML stands for "Security Assertion Markup Language." It is a mature protocol used in identity since 2002. The disadvantage of SAML 2.0 protocol is that it is XML based and very descriptive, so it is heavy on a wire. We mostly use SAML with SOAP, XML, and SaaS applications. It can be difficult and unsuitable for bandwidth conscious mobile users. Token support: SAML-P issues SAML tokens. OAuth 2.0 Protocol OAuth 2.0 (Open Authorization Framework) is a delegation of an access protocol for authorization. In OAuth 2.0, a client accesses a protected resource (Web Service or Web API) on behalf of a user. Clients can be a public client or private client. It provides delegated authorization to API (Application programing Interfaces). OAuth 2.0, preceded by OAuth 1.0, published in April 2010. OAuth 1.0 required message signatures, which made it incredibly complex. With the release of OAuth 2.0, they removed the need for a signature and developed it with dependency on communications security. Let us briefly talk about OAuth 2.0 protocol in detail. In the modern identity world, if you are building a new application, you should consider OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect protocols where possible. See the simple diagram below with two applications – App1 and App2. OAuth 2.0 allows a user to consent to App1 having access to their resources on App2, where App2 is a Web API. As part of the consent process, App1 will declare the type of access required. The user can approve or deny access. (We see pop-ups for the consent screen many times.) If the user approves access, OAuth 2.0 issues App1 an access token. The access token proves to App2 that App1 is authorized to access a resource. Along with access-token, there is a refresh token. OAuth 2.0 has the following four flows: Authorization Code Grant flow Implicit Grant flow Resource Owner Password flow Client credential grant flow Token support: Code redemption for Access Token, plus Refresh Token in authorization grant flow. OpenID Connect Protocol OAuth 2.0 is not intended for authentication. OpenID Connect defines an Identity layer on top of OAuth 2.0, used for Authentication. The application validates the user and provides an id_token as proof of the user's authentication. OpenID Connect mandates a JSON web token (JWT) for the id_token. Token support: Code redemption for Access Token, plus Refresh Token in authorization grant flow and an ID_Token. Types of Application Now we have talked about different types of protocols, identity providers, web apps and web APIs, and token protocol support. If we combine all components, the process looks something like the diagram below. The diagram shows how applications talk to each other irrespective of application code language. I want us to focus on the complexity involved when we migrate an on-premise application. An architect must follow all these complexities very carefully. A few of today's competitive Identity providers include: Microsoft Azure Active Directory Oracle Identity Management Amazon Cloud Directory Apache Directory Social Identity providers (Google, Facebook, Twitter, Amazon) On-Premise: Microsoft ADFS (Active Directory Federation Services) Site Minder Note: On-premise IDPs listed above can be in any cloud with IaaS implementation. In this blog, we discussed CBA and how hybrid identity, different protocols, and tokens play such an important role in authentication and authorization for different types of applications. In our next blog, we will introduce Microsoft's Identity stack, take a deep dive into different identity components, and understand its complexity even further. Kirit Parmar is a Microsoft Certified Azure Architect for our Modern Software Delivery practice. He has lead and architected several Azure Identity and Access Management (IAM) based solutions for Cloud and Hybrid infrastructure. Kirit also works on modern cloud and edge computing-related projects for the Internet of Things (IoT) with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), within MSD. Kirit has a Master's degree from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and nearly twenty years of technology experience. He enjoys diving deep into the technology at hand. Along with securing and protecting Web Apps/Web API using ADFS or Azure AD, Kirit is highly skilled at Azure AD B2B, B2C, MFA, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Graph API plus Office 365 and all of its workloads. Follow Kirit on Twitter. 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Michael Daly Memorial Scholarship Fund The City of Jackson mourns the loss of former city manager, Mike Daly who passed away on Wednesday, October 25, 2017, at the age of 57. Mike was City Manager of Jackson, CA, from 1999 until he retired in April of this year. Mike's true passion in life was his family. Whether it was coaching his girls through softball and tennis, chaperoning field trips, or attending every band concert and tennis match, Mike always put his family first. Mike was a shining example of integrity, character, and compassion. Mike's wife, Linda has established the Michael Daly Memorial Scholarship Fund. Contributions may be made payable to the Michael Daly Memorial Scholarship Fund at PO Box 1154, Jackson, CA, 95642. Donations can also be made online CLICK HERE (select the Micheal Daly Memorial Scholarship Fund in the drop down menu). Read full Obituary | Daneri Mortuary

My name is Phill McManus. I'm the 8 year old programming in BASIC on a Commodore Pet in the picture in the top right. This site is simply my presence on the web outside social media. Mainly a collection of projects I've worked on or have in progress, some hardware and some software.

'Royal Pains' season 5, episode 7 review: Jeremiah and Divya's house of horrors Royal Pains July 31, 2013 Last week on "Royal Pains," we like to think that we saw some pretty substantial progress when it comes to a few of the stories that we have been following on the show all season long. Hank was getting closer to allowing the hospital to be the new home of the business, Evan pressed along with his campaign, and Divya made the move to live with Jeremiah. Ironically, our favorite moment this week was actually seeing something that felt at first almost inconsequential: Divya and the exploding candy kitchen. This of course was something that made Jeremiah extremely uncomfortable, mostly because nobody wants to come home and see their entire room become an explosion of chocolate and other sorts of assorted candy pieces. In the end, though, we saw the two come together over this, and Dr. Sacani did something very sweet. In the drama department, Evan and Paige squared off over a … painting. This story was nice, but also very predictable. There was an issue of Evan not liking a piece of art, she lashed back, and the two were at odds until a compromise was reached. At this point, we'd prefer to see him doing more with the campaign and Paige having something more exciting to do. The major long-term story this week was the negotiations between Hank's attorney (ironically also the center of a medical mystery this time around) and also the representatives from the hospital. Hank demanded that they all work to get a deal done, and they did! Shelby is taken with more than just Hank's business seemingly, but we'll find out more on that soon. What we did learn here is that a certain patient of his in Hungary is sniffing around, and that means trouble far worse than some chocolate all over the kitchen. Overall, this was a fun "Royal Pains" episode, and there's nothing more that we would really ask of the show than to provide breezy summer entertainment. So long as it does that (and potentially give us Jeremiah and Divya someday), we'll be thrilled. What did you think about this week's "Royal Pains" episode? If you want to take a look at just some of what is going to be coming up ahead on the USA show, be sure to just head on over to the link here. Photo: USA 1923 season 1 episode 5 return date: Who could die next? La Brea season 3 renewal confirmed early at NBC! AGT: All-Stars finale: What to expect moving forward

Sadly, David Cameron isn't about to don his trainers, pop on his Lycra and start an actual boot camp (well, not to our knowledge) but DC and his cabinet have recently decided that they have to do something about our ever-expanding waistlines here in the UK. The government's new programme will offer adults who are at risk of type-2 diabetes a new 'healthy lifestyle' programme, supported by the NHS. The national programme is launching this year, and its aim is to help people to avoid developing the disease by focusing upon prevention rather than cure. The so-called government 'boot camp' will consist of 13 sessions focusing on exercise, education and lifestyle changes, following a referral from a GP for pre-diabetic patients. According to recent online polls, there are 2.6 million people in England with type-2 diabetes, and surveys tell us there are over 200,000 new diagnoses in the UK every year. Although there are other factors, being overweight and inactive are the most significant risk factors for type-2 diabetes – a serious disease which affects many major organs, including the heart, blood vessels, nerves, eyes and kidneys. NHS England's chief executive, Simon Stevens, said the new government-led scheme would reduce hospital admissions, prevent strokes and other complications of diabetes, such as amputations. Following a recent survey by Public Health England, it was revealed that 61.7% of adults in the UK were overweight or obese (65.3% of men and 58.1% of women). Polls on our nation's weight showed a rapid increase in obesity over the last 10 years in men, women and children. So, why are we becoming increasingly over-weight as a nation? Experts blame desk jobs with long hours, fast food and hidden salts and sugars in our food, as well as less emphasis on activity and exercise in our busy modern lives. According to the Chief medical Officer, adults should aim to be active daily. Over a week, activity should add up to at least 150 minutes (2½ hours) of moderate intensity activity in bouts of 10 minutes or more – which amounts to approx. 30 minutes per day at least 5 days a week. According to recent online surveys, 63.3% of UK adults do not meet these recommended amounts of activity. Our nation's health is a serious concern. Type-2 diabetes alone costs the NHS over £10bn per year. Our poor choices of food and lack of exercise are crippling both the NHS and us. So, perhaps it is essential that the government are getting involved in what has been dubbed our 'health timebomb'. Who knows – maybe we will see the Prime Minister in Lycra after all. At Opinion Outpost, we love opinions. In fact, we reward our members with cash or vouchers when they share their views in paid online surveys. Got things on your mind? What do you think about the government getting involved in our health? Join the discussion on our Facebook page and join us to take part in paid online surveys in your spare time.

This article describes iLearner, which is the interface for trained models that is used in Azure Machine Learning Studio. The ILearner interface provides methods and properties that are used to configure and interact with machine learning models. A learner is defined as a set of instructions that perform standardized machine learning tasks. Learners include classification algorithms, clustering algorithms, and regression algorithms. You can interact with iLearner only in Studio, or in one of the supported APIs. Determines whether a model has the correct format. Gets the capabilities of the learner. These are any general properties of the learner that are not captured by the type signature of the specific learner. Gets or sets the settings of the learner.The settings are unique to each learner and must be configured once before any query methods can be called on the learner. For a list of learners provided by Azure Machine Learning Studio, see Initialize Model. The ICluster interface is also available, for clustering models only.

The 8 closed transactions in Wallingford during February fell 1 home short of last year's activity for the second month of the year. The average selling price was substantially higher at $350,444 – an increase of 18.8% over last year. Eight single family homes sold for an average price of $382,375 during the month and averaged 70 Days On Market. Last February also saw 8 homes selling for an average price of $292,363 and spending an average of 129 Days On Market. One condo also sold during the month which when combined with the 8 single homes sold account for $3,059,000 of real estate changing hands during the month. 700 Pine Ridge Road had the highest selling price at $575,000. Fourteen listings went under contract during the month – 10 single family homes , 2 condos, 1 twin, and 1 townhouse – with an average asking price of $415,143 and an average of 77 Days On Market. There are 19 future settlements – 12 in March, 6 in April, and 1 in May. Comparing year to date with last year the average selling price at $370,282 represents a 11.2% increase over the first two months of 2017. Closed transactions are running short of last year's pace – 23 in 2018 vs 25 in 2017. August 2017 finished with 22 closed translations vs 19 last year. The average sales price increased 4.2% over last year coming in at $356,207. August's 22 sales consisted of 19 single family homes, 2 condos, and 1 twin. The 19 single family homes sold for an average price of $397,329 and averaged 55 days on the market. Last August single family homes sold for an average price of $432,407 and were on the market an average of 48 days. 220 Turner Road had the highest selling price for the month at $830,000. Fourteen listings went under contract during the month – 5 single family homes, 3 twins, 2 townhouses, and 1 condo with an average asking price of $282,255 and were on the market an average of 76 days. There are are 24 future settlements scheduled with 16 in September, 3 in October, 2 in November, 1 in December, and 1 in January 2018. There were no distressed sales reported for the month. The month of April 2017 finished with 13 closed sales in Wallingford falling 1 homes short of last April. The average sales price soared 28% to $377,228. Buyers grabbed homes quickly during the month with the average days on market coming in at only 32, with 6 homes selling in less than 2 weeks. The 13 sales consisted of 8 single family homes, 3 townhouses, 1 condo, and 1 twin. Single family homes sold for an average price of $478,269 and averaged 21 days on the market. Last April 10 single family homes sold for an average price of $345,550. The highest selling price for the month was $727,000 for 404 Dewey Lane. There were 28 listings that went under contract during the month – 24 single family homes and 2 townhouses, and 2 condos. The average asking price was $367,339 and they were on the market an average of 60 days.. There are 47 future settlements scheduled with 26 on the books for May, 19 in June, and 2 in July. 832B Putnam Blvd was a Bank Owned Forclosure. December home sales in Wallingford PA were very active with 22 closed transactions versus 17 last year. The 22 transactions represent the 3rd busiest month of the year ranking behind only June and May. The average selling price decreased by 17.0% compared to December 2015 coming in at $246,332. Sales consisted of 17 single family homes, 2 twin homes, and 2 townhomes, and 1 condo. A total of $5,419,300 in real estate changed hands during the month. December's 17 single family homes sold for an average price of $279,612 and averaged 83 days on the market. December 2015 recorded 12 single family home sales that sold for an average price of $375,190 and spent an average of 83 days on the market. 915 Winding Lane had the highest selling price for the month at $500,000. The year 2016 ends with the number of closed transactions standing at 213 vs 214 for 2015. The average selling price for Wallingford homes in 2016 fell by 2.0% to $302,019, decreasing $6,314 from last year. Eleven listings went under contract during the month – 9 single family homes, 1 townhouse, and 1 condo – with an average asking price of $366,064 and an average of 179 Days On Market. There are 16 settlements scheduled in January, 3 in February, and 1 in March. 622 Georgetown Road was a Short Sale.

using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Globalization; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Threading.Tasks; namespace CSharpCanvas { public partial class CanvasRenderingContext2d { protected Cairo.Color ParseColor(string value) { var idxRgb = value.IndexOf("rgb("); var idxRgba = value.IndexOf("rgba("); if (idxRgb < 0 && idxRgba < 0) throw new NotSupportedException("Fillstyle syntax is not supported"); var idxStart = Math.Max(idxRgba, idxRgb); idxStart += idxRgb < 0 ? 5 : 4; var fctEnd = value.IndexOf(")", idxStart); var fctArgs = value.Substring(idxStart, fctEnd - idxStart); var args = fctArgs.Split(',').Select(c => c.Trim()).ToList(); Func<string, double> dInvParse = (s) => double.Parse(s, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture.NumberFormat); var color = new Cairo.Color(dInvParse(args[0]) / 255.0, dInvParse(args[1]) / 255.0, dInvParse(args[2]) / 255.0); if (args.Count == 4) color.A = dInvParse(args[3]); return color; } public string patternQuality { get { switch (state.patternQuality) { case Cairo.Filter.Best: return "best"; case Cairo.Filter.Fast: return "fast"; case Cairo.Filter.Good: return "good"; } return null; } set { switch (value) { case "best": state.patternQuality = Cairo.Filter.Best; break; case "fast": state.patternQuality = Cairo.Filter.Fast; break; case "good": state.patternQuality = Cairo.Filter.Good; break; } } } public string globalCompositeOperation { get { switch (this.canvas.Context.Operator) { case Cairo.Operator.Atop: return "source-atop"; case Cairo.Operator.In: return "source-in"; case Cairo.Operator.Out: return "source-out"; case Cairo.Operator.Xor: return "xor"; case Cairo.Operator.DestAtop: return "destination-atop"; case Cairo.Operator.DestIn: return "destination-in"; case Cairo.Operator.DestOut: return "destination-out"; case Cairo.Operator.DestOver: return "destination-over"; case Cairo.Operator.Add: return "lighter"; case Cairo.Operator.Clear: return "clear"; case Cairo.Operator.Source: return "source"; case Cairo.Operator.Dest: return "dest"; case Cairo.Operator.Over: return "over"; case Cairo.Operator.Saturate: return "saturate"; } return null; } set { switch (value) { case "source-atop": canvas.Context.Operator = Cairo.Operator.Atop; break; case "source-in": canvas.Context.Operator = Cairo.Operator.In; break; case "source-out": canvas.Context.Operator = Cairo.Operator.Out; break; case "xor": canvas.Context.Operator = Cairo.Operator.Xor; break; case "destination-atop": canvas.Context.Operator = Cairo.Operator.DestAtop; break; case "destination-in": canvas.Context.Operator = Cairo.Operator.DestIn; break; case "destination-out": canvas.Context.Operator = Cairo.Operator.DestOut; break; case "destination-over": canvas.Context.Operator = Cairo.Operator.DestOver; break; case "lighter": canvas.Context.Operator = Cairo.Operator.Add; break; case "clear": canvas.Context.Operator = Cairo.Operator.Clear; break; case "source": canvas.Context.Operator = Cairo.Operator.Source; break; case "dest": canvas.Context.Operator = Cairo.Operator.Dest; break; case "over": canvas.Context.Operator = Cairo.Operator.Over; break; case "saturate": canvas.Context.Operator = Cairo.Operator.Saturate; break; } } } public double globalAlpha { get { return state.globalAlpha; } set { state.globalAlpha = value; } } public string shadowColor { get { throw new NotImplementedException(); } set { throw new NotImplementedException(); } } public string fillStyle { get { return "rgba(" + state.fillColor.R + "," + state.fillColor.G + "," + state.fillColor.B + "," + state.fillColor.A + ")"; } set { this.state.fillColor = ParseColor(value); } } public string strokeStyle { get { return "rgba(" + state.strokeColor.R + "," + state.strokeColor.G + "," + state.strokeColor.B + "," + state.strokeColor.A + ")"; } set { this.state.strokeColor = ParseColor(value); } } public double miterLimit { get { return this.canvas.Context.MiterLimit; } set { this.canvas.Context.MiterLimit = value; } } public double lineWidth { get { return this.canvas.Context.LineWidth; } set { this.canvas.Context.LineWidth = value; } } public string lineCap { get { switch (this.canvas.Context.LineCap) { case Cairo.LineCap.Butt: return "butt"; case Cairo.LineCap.Round: return "round"; case Cairo.LineCap.Square: return "square"; } return "butt"; } set { switch (value) { case "round": this.canvas.Context.LineCap = Cairo.LineCap.Round; break; case "square": this.canvas.Context.LineCap = Cairo.LineCap.Square; break; default: this.canvas.Context.LineCap = Cairo.LineCap.Butt; break; } } } public string lineJoin { get { switch (this.canvas.Context.LineJoin) { case Cairo.LineJoin.Bevel: return "bevel"; case Cairo.LineJoin.Miter: return "miter"; case Cairo.LineJoin.Round: return "round"; } return "miter"; } set { switch (value) { case "bevel": this.canvas.Context.LineJoin = Cairo.LineJoin.Bevel; break; case "round": this.canvas.Context.LineJoin = Cairo.LineJoin.Round; break; default: this.canvas.Context.LineJoin = Cairo.LineJoin.Miter; break; } } } public int shadowOffsetX { get { return state.shadowOffsetX; } set { state.shadowOffsetX = value; } } public int shadowOffsetY { get { return state.shadowOffsetY; } set { state.shadowOffsetY = value; } } public int shadowBlur { get { return state.shadowBlur; } set { state.shadowBlur = value; } } public string antialias { get { switch (this.canvas.Context.Antialias) { case Cairo.Antialias.None: return "none"; case Cairo.Antialias.Gray: return "gray"; case Cairo.Antialias.Subpixel: return "subpixel"; default: return "default"; } } set { switch (value) { case "none": this.canvas.Context.Antialias = Cairo.Antialias.None; break; case "gray": this.canvas.Context.Antialias = Cairo.Antialias.Gray; break; case "subpixel": this.canvas.Context.Antialias = Cairo.Antialias.Subpixel; break; default: this.canvas.Context.Antialias = Cairo.Antialias.Default; break; } } } public string textDrawingMode { get { return state.textDrawingMode; } set { state.textDrawingMode = value; } } } }

Q: Allowing Wildcards in Access Query I was wondering if someone could help me with this. I have a form in Access that has a combo box to look up an item number. Right now the Row Source is something like Select ItemCode, ItemDescription From MyTable Where ItemType = 'G' I would like to change it to allow a wild card. So right now if you type in C* it will not work. How do I make that work? Do I just update it to say Select ItemCode From MyTable Where ItemType = 'G' or is there more to it? It's calling a query which is calling a SQL database. It's passing parameters like the date and itemcode. It's calling a pass-through query to the database That looks like this... pt_JobAnalysis '12/26/2017' , '01/26/2018' , '' , '10516' , '' sSQL = sProcedureName & " '" & Me.txtFrom & "' , '" & Me.txtTo & "'" Thank you so much. A: Something like this should do it: "Like '*'" OR . . . If IsNull(Me.txtFirstName.Value) Then strFirstName = "Like '*'" Else SelectCase Me.fraFirstName.Value Case 1 strFirstName = "Like '" & Me.txtFirstName.Value & "*'" Case 2 strFirstName = "Like '*" & Me.txtFirstName.Value & "*'" Case 3 strFirstName = "Like '*" & Me.txtFirstName.Value & "'" Case 4 strFirstName = "= '" & Me.txtFirstName.Value & "'" End Select End If FINALLY . . . The link below should help you a lot! https://www.fontstuff.com/access/acctut19.htm

U.S. hospitals have made little progress in eliminating health care-associated infections, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's annual National Healthcare Quality Report, Modern Healthcare reports. The report concludes that infection prevention and patient safety efforts deserve attention (McKinney, Modern Healthcare , 4/13). The congressionally mandated analysis tracked trends in the U.S. health care system's performance in 2007 on more than 200 measures across four areas of quality: effectiveness, safety, timeliness and patient focus of care. The study found that overall health care quality improved by 2.3%. Selected infections due to medical care increased by 1.6%. However, the report found that rates of postoperative pneumonia improved by 12% and found no change in the number of bloodstream infections associated with central venous catheter placements (Preidt, Health Day , 4/13). Carolyn Clancy, AHRQ's director, said the findings show that the health care system is not achieving the "more substantial strides" needed to address quality shortfalls. However, Clancy highlighted proven strategies that have shown success in reducing infection rates, including using basic standards for hand hygiene, disinfecting patients, handling equipment and proper use of antibiotics (Sack, New York Times , 3/13). Meanwhile, a separate AHRQ report examining national health care access gaps found major disparities between minorities and whites, as well as between uninsured and insured populations ( New York Times , 4/13). Black, Hispanic, Asian and American Indian patients were less likely than white patients to receive preventive antibiotics prior to surgery in a "timely manner." Further, uninsured patients were less likely to receive routine health screenings and vaccinations compared with insured patients. Overall, the report concluded that lack of insurance is the "single strongest predictor of poor quality care," exceeding race, ethnicity, income or education (AHRQ release, 4/13).

Brian was the lead psychologist to the England golf team for 16 years (1997-2013) delivering high performance strategies with European and World Championship winning teams and individuals at men's, youth and junior level. During this time he helped develop the mental skills of the best young emerging English golfers including the likes of Danny Willett, Chris Wood, Ross Fisher, Tom Lewis, Paul Waring, Eddie Pepperell, Tommy Fleetwood, David Horsey and Andrew Johnston, along with many Walker Cup players such as R&A World No. 1 Jamie Moul and Seniors Tour winner and amateur legend Gary Wolstenhome, MBE. Brian has continued to work with many of these players into their professional careers on the various European tours. He was also the performance psychologist to the English Women's Golf Association (1998-2001 & 2006-2010) and still works with several current LET players. Brian is the author of the CD 'In the Zone: Simple Mental Skills to Improve Your Golf' and three books, including the best-seller 'Mental Toughness for Golf: The Minds of Winners'. He has presented extensively within the UK to golfers, coaches and students, and at PGA National Conferences in Great Britain, Holland, Germany and Denmark. Brian's profile has also seen him present in Australia, USA, South Korea, Hong Kong, India and widely in mainland European countries. He has also worked for the PGAs of Europe as a development consultant on the R&A 'Working For Golf' worldwide programme. As well as hosting four successful UK golf psychology conferences since 2002, Brian regularly runs UK Masterclasses in Golf Psychology for psychologists and golf coaches. Brian has a wealth of experience in other sports, having worked with championship winning individuals and teams in professional cricket, 12 medallists in Olympic and Commonwealth Games boxing, and podium winners in single seat motor racing including Formula 3, GP2 & Formula 1. Whilst golf consultancy takes up most of his time, Brian is still actively working in professional cricket. Brian gained his PhD in sport psychology from the University of Southampton in 1998; and has trained and mentored many golf psychology practitioners over the last decade. He is also trained in hypnosis and bereavement conselling. In 2010 he was awarded a Fellowship by the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences in recognition of 'esteemed personal achievement, skills, knowledge and service to BASES and the sport and exercise science community'. Brian has an active Christian faith, enjoys Quentin Tarantino films, and is a lifelong Chelsea supporter.

10 awesome pies for Pi Day by Colin Joliat 6 years ago Use your ← → keys to navigate We're not big on math here at Guyism, but we do love pie. That's why when people say it's Pi Day, we immediately want to add the letter "e." Here are 10 great options, and we're not talking about apple, pumpkin, etc. TheKitchn Whoopie Pies are to Oreos what Ruth's Chris is to Steak n Shake. I'd gladly take either, but the quality of one is far superior. Had he not been a Chicago Cub, I wouldn't know that Felix Pie was a baseball player. When you're sitting at a game though it's impossible not to notice a mediocre player with an awesome name. Oatmeal Cream Pies were a staple of my formative fat years. We didn't have much junk food in the house, but these could always be found in the pantry. How long has it been since you listened to "30 Days in the Hole?" No matter what you said, it's been too long. Pi Day is second only to Friday as an excuse to throw on a little Humble Pie. eckrich KFC's is the least healthy item on their menu, but that's because pot pies are delicious. They are big baked bread buckets of goodness, and whether it's fast food or homemade, it's always a good time for pot pie. Mmiki- DeviantArt I had a meat pie for the first time last year in London. It was life changing. OK, not really, but it was damn good. I can only hope it wasn't made with humans. Times are tough, after all. Mad Betty There are plenty of more delicious looking pizzas than this, but I associate the term pie with NY. No one in Chicago calls it a pie. They taste great regardless of semantics though, so go home and order one to celebrate. VeronicasCornucopia Cow pies have been making kids snicker since their invention in some year in the past. Everyone has that friend whose mom made them though, and they were always a hit. It only takes one bite to get past the dung connotation, and then it's nothing but chocolate coated goodness. CandyCarrollton I don't know which came first, the Moon Pie or the S'More, but they're essentially the same thing. It's the same ingredients in a different order and temperature, which makes the Moon Pie perfect for an urban camper. Visual.ly There has never been a more accurate pie chart than this one, which is probably why it's circulated the internet for years. It's literal, it's honest, and it's still downright delicious. Continue › View Single Page TAGSPi Daypiewhoopie pie

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Alexander Friedmann (Redirected from Alexander Friedman) This article is about the Russian cosmologist. For the Russian astrophysicist, see Alexei Fridman. This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Alexandrovich and the family name is Friedmann. Alexander Alexandrovich Friedmann (also spelled Friedman or Fridman /ˈfriːdmən/; Russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Фри́дман) (June 16 [O.S. 4], 1888 – September 16, 1925) was a Russian and Soviet physicist and mathematician. He is best known for his pioneering theory that the universe was expanding, governed by a set of equations he developed now known as the Friedmann equations. Alexander Alexandrovich Friedmann (1888-06-16)June 16, 1888 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire Leningrad, USSR St. Petersburg State University Friedmann equations Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker metric Natalia Malinina Petrograd Polytechnical Institute Main Geophysical Observatory Vladimir Steklov George Gamow Nikolai Kochin Pelageya Polubarinova-Kochina Alexander Friedmann was born to the composer and ballet dancer Alexander Friedmann (who was a son of a baptized Jewish cantonist) and the pianist Ludmila Ignatievna Voyachek.[1] Friedmann was baptized into the Russian Orthodox Church as an infant, and lived much of his life in Saint Petersburg. Friedmann obtained his degree from St. Petersburg State University in 1910, and became a lecturer at Saint Petersburg Mining Institute. From his school days, Friedmann found an inseparable companion in Jacob Tamarkin, who at the end of his career was one of Brown University's most distinguished mathematicians.[2] World War IEdit Friedmann fought in World War I on behalf of Imperial Russia, as an army aviator, an instructor and eventually, under the revolutionary regime, as the head of an airplane factory.[3] ProfessorshipEdit Friedmann in 1922 introduced the idea of an expanding universe that contained moving matter; Belgian astronomer Georges Lemaître would later independently reach the same conclusion in 1927.[4] In June 1925 he was given the job of the director of Main Geophysical Observatory in Leningrad. In July 1925 he participated in a record-setting balloon flight, reaching the elevation of 7,400 m (24,300 ft).[5] WorkEdit RelativityEdit Friedmann's 1924 papers, including "Über die Möglichkeit einer Welt mit konstanter negativer Krümmung des Raumes" ("On the possibility of a world with constant negative curvature of space") published by the German physics journal Zeitschrift für Physik (Vol. 21, pp. 326–332), demonstrated that he had command of all three Friedmann models describing positive, zero and negative curvature respectively, a decade before Robertson and Walker published their analysis. This dynamic cosmological model of general relativity would come to form the standard for both the Big Bang and Steady State theories. Friedmann's work supports both theories equally, so it was not until the detection of the cosmic microwave background radiation that the Steady State theory was abandoned in favor of the current favorite Big Bang paradigm. The classic solution of the Einstein field equations that describes a homogeneous and isotropic universe is called the Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker metric, or FLRW, after Friedmann, Georges Lemaître, Howard P. Robertson and Arthur Geoffrey Walker, who worked on the problem in 1920s and 30s independently of Friedmann. Hydrodynamics and meteorologyEdit In addition to general relativity, Friedmann's interests included hydrodynamics and meteorology. StudentsEdit Physicists George Gamow, Vladimir Fock and Lev Vasilievich Keller[5] were among his students. In 1911, he married Ekaterina Dorofeeva, though he later divorced her. He married Natalia Malinina in 1923. They had a religious wedding ceremony, though both were far from religious.[6] Friedmann died on September 16, 1925 from misdiagnosed typhoid fever. He had allegedly contracted the bacteria on his way back from his honeymoon in Crimea when he ate an unwashed pear he bought from a railway station.[7] Named after FriedmannEdit The moon crater Fridman is named after him. Alexander Friedmann International SeminarEdit Alexander Friedmann International Seminar is a periodical scientific event. The objective of the meeting is to promote contacts between scientists working in the field of Relativity, Gravitation and Cosmology and related fields. The First Alexander Friedmann International Seminar on Gravitation and Cosmology devoted to the centenary of his birth took place in 1988. Selected publicationsEdit Friedman, A. (1922). "Über die Krümmung des Raumes". Zeitschrift für Physik. 10 (1): 377–386. Bibcode:1922ZPhy...10..377F. doi:10.1007/BF01332580. . English translation in: Friedman, A. (1999). "On the curvature of space". General Relativity and Gravitation. 31 (12): 1991–2000. Bibcode:1999GReGr..31.1991F. doi:10.1023/A:1026751225741. The original Russian manuscript of this paper is preserved in the Ehrenfest archive, together with some letters and unpublished work. Friedman, A. (1924). "Über die Möglichkeit einer Welt mit konstanter negativer Krümmung des Raumes". Zeitschrift für Physik. 21 (1): 326–332. Bibcode:1924ZPhy...21..326F. doi:10.1007/BF01328280. . English translation in: Friedmann, A. (1999). "On the Possibility of a World with Constant Negative Curvature of Space". General Relativity and Gravitation. 31 (12): 2001–2008. Bibcode:1999GReGr..31.2001F. doi:10.1023/A:1026755309811. ^ Hockey, Thomas (2009). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer Publishing. ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0. Retrieved August 22, 2012. ^ Pyenson L. Book review. Physics Today [serial online]. September 1994; 47(9):93. Available from: MasterFILE Premier, Ipswich, MA. Accessed October 18, 2012. ^ Pyenson L. Book review. Physics Today [serial online]. September 1994;47(9):93. Available from: MasterFILE Premier, Ipswich, MA. Accessed October 18, 2012. ^ Daintith J. Dictionary Of Scientists [e-book]. Oxford University Press; 1999. Available from: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost), Ipswich, MA. Accessed October 18, 2012. ^ a b Davidson et al., A Voyage Through Turbulence, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9780521149310, September 2011 (for a partial and legal excerpt of the book, see: [1]) ^ Eduard A. Tropp; Viktor Ya. Frenkel; Artur D. Chernin (2006). "The final year". Alexander A Friedmann: The Man who Made the Universe Expand. Cambridge University Press. p. 209. ISBN 9780521025881. [Alexander Friedmann and Natalia Malinina] even had a religious wedding ceremony in the Crimea, though both were far from religious. "Just to make it stronger," Friedmann said to his wife (she told this to her sister Sofia). ^ http://ufn.ru/ru/articles/1988/7/d/ Poluboyarinova-Kochina, P. Ya. (January–February 1964). "Aleksandr Fridman" (PDF). Soviet Physics Uspekhi (English edition): 467–472. Ferguson, Kitty (1991). Stephen Hawking: Quest For A Theory of Everything. New York: Bantam Books. ISBN 0-553-29895-X. Frenkel', V.Ya. (1988). "Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Fridman (Friedmann): a biographical essay". Soviet Physics Uspekhi. 31 (7): 645–665. Bibcode:1988SvPhU..31..645F. doi:10.1070/PU1988v031n07ABEH003574. Alexander A Friedmann: The Man who Made the Universe Expand – Biography written by Eduard A. Tropp, Viktor Ya. Frenkel and Artur D. Chernin O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Alexander Friedmann", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews . How Do We Know the Age of the Universe – Mary Lynn Germadnik Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alexander_Friedmann&oldid=893358775"

Tilly Losch was an established dancer and actress, she was titled the 'Countess of Carnarvon.' Danced in many children's parts in all repertory ballets and Operas. She studied her dancing at the Vienna Imperial Opera ballet school at the age of six. Tilly became a full member of the ballet corps at the unusually young age of fifteen. She also studied modern dance with Grete Wiesenthal and Mary Wigman. Tilly made her professional debut in Vienna Waltzes and her first dramatic role was in 'Leonce and Lena' at Vienna's Burg theater. Her first solo appearance was at the Opern Theatre in Vienna in the 5/9/1924 ballet 'Schlagobers,' and by the time she was twenty was one of Vienna's most popular dancers. Made her London debut with 'This Year of Grace' in 1928. Plays and movies. Also danced with Fred Astaire but she was never the exhibitionist, she was always shy, on-stage and off. Tilly's first marriage ended in divorce due to numerous infidelities on her part. Following a bout of depression, Tilly discontinued her dancing career, but soon felt the need for expression in another artistic medium. Having first tried her hand at watercolors, she began to paint seriously. The first one-person exhibition of her paintings, held at New York's Bignou Gallery in the spring of 1944. Tilly's second marriage was to the son of the world famous discoverer of King Tutankhamen's tomb, Earl of Carnarvon and almost overnight became Lady Carnarvon, an English Countess. While in New York in 1975 She died from cancer.

1 minute ago, Human10 said: Good it doesn't scan their asses... Would be funny to watch Don't give them ideas otherwise they will be installing the smart toilets in schools. 12 minutes ago, EnigmaticWorld said: We might not be seeing Soviet style purges yet Duncan Garner: Farmers have had a gutsful of Jacinda Ardern playing to her favourites, here comes the revolt Another fiery 'interview' around beginning of August, then.... Garner has been off-air since August 10, with no explanation. Magic Talk host Ryan Bridge has been filling in for Garner, alongside Amanda Gillies and Mark Richardson. The trio had, notably, not discussed Garner's absence during the weeks of Bridge filling in for the host, leading to numerous unanswered queries from viewers. Three today confirmed Bridge would continue hosting The AM Show this week, with an announcement regarding Garner's replacement to be made "in due course". They're dropping like flies at Magic Talk. Leah Panapa opened what had been Peter William's show this morning with the news that he'd retired – just like that. There Friday – gone Monday. The media are describing it as something about to happen. It's happened. Without a whisper of warning. I've listened to Williams fairly regularly since he started out in early 2019. He was getting slicker and more energetic in my view. He didn't sound jaded, tired or unenthusiastic. So I am naturally sceptical about the reason given for his sudden disappearance from the airwaves. And one could hardly be forgiven for being slightly suspicious when his departure has quickly followed Duncan Garner (August), Tony Amos (July), Sean Plunket (February) and part-timer John Banks (January). Williams steadfastedly rejected man-made climate change and interviewed qualified experts like Willie Soon. He gave airtime to lock down questioners like epidemiologist Simon Thornley. He talked with doctors who have questions about the covid vaccine. He gave airtime to The Taxpayer's Union and Bob McCoskrie from Family First. He didn't leave listeners in any doubt about his political preference and it wasn't National. He appeared to me to be socially conservative and economically liberal. He was no friend of the government. I repeat, if anything, he was getting more focussed and outspoken. He certainly didn't sound like a man who'd grown bored or disinterested in his work (or maybe he'd simply given himself licence to be more candid knowing he was going to shortly pull the plug?) Phil Gifford also recently departed NewstalkZB as afternoon co-host. I'm clueless as to whether so many departures are mere coincidence or otherwise. Update: I was reminded by a comment on Kiwiblog that Chris Lynch, NewstalkZB Christchurch host was another recent 'casualty' in May this year. So there is a workforce of at least half a dozen highly experienced broadcasters on the loose… I think Duncan broke his silence in September, but yeah, people getting cancelled is definitely becoming the norm. Check this Bowden talk at the 15 minute mark for what I mean: https://www.bitchute.com/video/gPzMofwsJLwY/ 1 hour ago, skitzorat said: it just f's me off they're contributing to our enslavement and imprisonment with them, either in the 'camps' or society at large. Next up Chinese-style Social Credit Scores linked to the cloud as endless mRNA codes transform us molecularly into Human2.0; eventually merging with 'the internet of things' with an A.I Overlord facilitating all our thoughts, feelings & behaviours. I hope all the gene-jab enthusiasts want this for their children and grandchildren? By accepting the juice, besides the potential destruction of their own biology, they're shamefully contributing to the downfall of all that our ancestors fought & died for; tell me, who are the selfish ones? Saw this trailer recently - Digital ID/Social credit system/Internet of bodies predictive programming? You need a digital device to make friends. And they even have the 666 in there (end of trailer 1, 6 is projected on the road). And 6ft rule. Edited October 17, 2021 by BossCrow "I've got some real issues with this vote," said Patrick Moore, a virologist at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, after voting in favor of Moderna's boosters. "Nonetheless, I want to explain why I voted yes on this. It's more based on gut-feeling than real serious data." https://www.popsci.com/science/covid-vaccine-booster-data-unanswered-questions/ 8 minutes ago, BossCrow said: Saw this trailer recently - Digital ID/Social credit system/Internet of bodies predictive programming? You need a digital device to make friends. And they even have the 666 in there (end of trailer 1). And 6ft rule. Ron's Gone Wrong (2021 film) "Twentieth Century Studios and Locksmith Animation's "Ron's Gone Wrong" is the story of Barney, a socially awkward middle-schooler and Ron, his new walking, talking, digitally-connected device, which is supposed to be his 'Best Friend out of the Box.' Ron's hilarious malfunctions set against the backdrop of the social media age, launch them into an action-packed journey in which boy and robot come to terms with the wonderful messiness of true friendship. " (source) According to the film's trailer, there will only be two kinds of people, those that have the new walking, talking, digitally-connected device, and those that don't. We're being presented with serious choices all the time now. How critical they are to ultimate soul survival is still debatable. One choice already on offer is obviously whether to have the jab, or not to have the jab. All part of the AI transhumanism agenda, in little creeping steps. Nemuri Kyoshiro 6 hours ago, SimonTV said: He needs to be in a padded cell and not allowed near any sharp objects. If this is kosher, this poor bastard hasn't just taken the kool aid, he's giving himself enemas with it. I am always amazed a people's capacity for self-delusion. 2 minutes ago, campanar said: "Nonetheless, I want to explain why I voted yes on this. It's more based on gut-feeling than real serious data." Well, that and the fact that voting no would have cost you your job. You need a digital device to make friends. The Japanese invented a virtual friend some years back. Tamagotchi, or something. The fucking thing turned up its toes if you didn't feed it. zarkov 1 hour ago, Anti Facts Sir said: Motive right there. Inside job. The sentiment of rebellion will fester and grow because logically most people favour life :) despite appearances. 5 minutes ago, Nemuri Kyoshiro said: He's not just any random climate change nutter. Most of his tweets are extinction rebellion BS, and other CC content. It amazes me how 20 months later (and after 20+ years, pretty much since 9/11) people cant see the blatant corruption coming through their TV We kind of do.. so many "oh we seem to have lost the line" or obvious mic cuts when someone drops a covid truth on the tele now; BBC etc HA.. case in point "Let's go Brandan!" Just another fraud making a living out of lies. There's a lot of it about. You just have to look at his face to see he's not playing with a full deck. Just now, Nemuri Kyoshiro said: Yeah, either a genuine loon, or someone with a dog in this fight. It's hard to tell these days. - TZC - I'm trying something out as much as responding can you see these files, it would be great imo if people could sing that on their marches. This is a doctored version if it works two files mp3 one vocals, one song up above. https://easyupload.io/m/7u4mao 31 minutes ago, Golden Retriever said: It's hard to tell whether that's a satire pic or not /s 1 hour ago, RobSS said: to ultimate soul survival Our soul is 100% God and eternal, I don't believe it won't 'survive' - however I am fearful people will no longer be able to speak to God and their higher-self leading to perhaps enormous amounts of spirits trapped between dimensions when their physical vehicle expires (like battlefields/traumatic accidents).. either way people cut their beliefs around this, the future sounds spiritually problematic for humanity as a whole. Ziggy Sawdust 39 minutes ago, Nemuri Kyoshiro said: You just have to look at his face to see he's not playing with a full deck. Athenry04 Huge twat. Just now, skitzorat said: Our soul is our interface, the working area between our spirit and God, and from there, it can go either way, but we have to choose, either we go with the AI, human augmentation, transhumanist agenda, or we reject it. It's going to be more and more difficult to sit in the middle and not make an ultimate choice and this is going to be increasingly problematic for a lot of people going forwards. Rudolf Steiner, for example, said it's possible for vaccines to be used to disconnect humanity from God: "I have told you that the spirits of darkness are going to inspire their human hosts, in whom they will be dwelling, to find a vaccine that will drive all inclination towards spirituality out of people's souls when they are still very young, and this will happen in a roundabout way through the living body. Today, bodies are vaccinated against one thing and another; in future, children will be vaccinated with a substance which it will certainly be possible to produce, and this will make them immune, so that they do not develop foolish inclinations connected with spiritual life — 'foolish' here, of course, in the eyes of materialists." (Rudolf Steiner, Lecture 13: The Fallen Spirit's Influence in the World, 27th October, 1917)

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"...Like No Other Picture Since "Scarface" and "Little Caesar"!" The Killing is a crime thriller that was released in 1956. The film centers on a thief who is planning his next heist after getting out of prison. The current mark is a race track where the thieves will be able to make off with a huge sum of money. The thief enlists an interesting collection of people to help him with the robbery. This includes his wife, and also the boyfriend of his wife. He even decides to take a small dog with him. This of course complicates the robbery, but they decide to go forward with it anyway. The Killing is currently available to watch and stream, download, buy on demand at Amazon Prime, Amazon, Google Play, iTunes, YouTube VOD online.

Meet the Candidates: Series of Mayoral Forums Held at CALS Who: Central Arkansas Library System (CALS), KUAR public radio, the League of Women Voters of Pulaski County, and the American Association of University Women, Little Rock What: A group of community, civic, and nonprofit organizations will sponsor a series of Little Rock mayoral candidate forums designed to encourage civic engagement and educate voters on pertinent city issues, including economics, crime, infrastructure, and education. The forums will be moderated by a neutral party and questions will be submitted by the sponsoring organizations and from audience members. The forums are free and open the public. Where and When: The forums will be hosted at Little Rock area CALS locations from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. View Forum Schedule » For more information, please contact Carol Young or Tameka Lee. Devoted to the Curious CALS and Arkansas Symphony Call for Spoken Word Submissions

Hash And Manga On Love In Sri Lanka Posted by Pooja Nair Posted on May 2 2018 Leave a comment By being there for each other & loving each other the way we do, I don't think we have to prove it to anyone. We are stronger together and people see that. [Editor's Note: This piece is a part of the ongoing series on the Lesbian Day of Visibility for the month of April 2018. The series is an attempt to create discourse on topics that often do not appear in mainstream conversation. To visit all pieces under this theme, visit : http://gaysifamily.com/tag/lesbian/.] Hash and Manga are a lesbian couple based in Sri Lanka. Both designers and mural artists, they are also the founders of Kings_Co that focuses on mural art, photography, videography, content creation, fashion design and branding. Most recently, they have started Sri Lanka's first Skateboarding brand, 'Push Skateboards', in an attempt to promote the skateboarding culture in Sri Lanka. Pooja Nair talks to them about their journey being two artists in love, and painting the town rainbow through their work. Q. How was your individual experience coming out? H: I came out to my dad first. Few days later, to my mom. That's when whole hell broke loose. I ran away to my friend's place. The same evening, I found my mom at my friend's door and she said "Come back home.We don't care about who you get married to" And that was it. It was quite an experience.I'm blessed to have parents who understand and love me for who I am. And as for society, I have always been quite open about my sexuality. M: Who comes out? Why do we have to come out? If heterosexual people don't come out, why do we have to? So I never came out. But I took my family to pride events and through my work I conveyed the message to them & everyone else. Since I started dating my girlfriend & she was always open about her sexuality, I automatically came out to everyone else. Q. How does Sri Lankan society view women who love women? H: I would say that there's a small percentage of people who supports Lesbian relationships. Our friends and family do belong to this small number of people. But the mass seems to be uneducated about any form of sexuality. And believes that LGBT relationships are uncultured. Some may believe that it's sin or it's abnormal. Mostly, these people don't understand the fact that there are emotions involved in our relationship. In their minds, we are together just to have sex and not because we love each other. M: For me, I think Lesbian relationships are more accepted than other queer relationships by the masses not because they understand the relationship.But only because they feel that it's fun & hot. Q. How do you negotiate who you are in open society? Do you care? H: I DON'T care. Some people think I'm a guy. Some think I'm a girl. That doesn't matter either. I don't have to explain myself to anyone. M: No. It doesn't matter. I don't go out as a queer person. I go out Umanga the designer/artist. My sexuality doesn't and shouldn't define me. Q. How long have you both been together? H: 11 years for this November. (We did have rough patches in the beginning. Took a break once.) M: Almost 11 years. Q. Society's idea of commitment remains to be 'marriage' . In a country where you do not have the choice to marry, how do you two choose to express your commitment to each other? H & M: By being there for each other & loving each other the way we do, I don't think we have to prove it to anyone. We are stronger together and people see that. Q. Relationships are considered to be 'fragile' when it comes to queer people. What are your thoughts on that? H: Well… We have been together for almost 11 years and our relationship is getting stronger each day. I think it's a shallow to consider it to be fragile. In today's world every relationship seems fragile. Not many people believe in love. M: I think every relationship is fragile. It depends from person to person. Q. What are some of your experiences with those who do not know anything about women who love women? H: Most of them see me as a guy & think that we are a straight couple. But if they figure out that I'm a girl we get the stares, occasional chit chats. But with people who genuinely want to know about lesbian relationships, those conversations usually go like this- The person: What? Girls can date girls? Why don't you want to get married to a guy? Me: Because I'm not interested in guys. The person: Why? Women are supposed to be married to men? Don't you wanna grow your hair, wear make up and dress like a girl. Me: How do you dress like a girl? Which law says that girls have to dress a certain way? The person: Awkwardly changes the topic to "Can you guys make babies?" M: Some think that there's always a butch and a femme girl in a lesbian relationship. And they want to know who's top and who's bottom. Or think it's a phase, or it's a choice. Mostly, they don't even know that it's a criminal offence to be in a same sex relationship in Sri Lanka. Q. You have been out and part of Sri Lankan society for a while now. How have views on homosexuality changed, or have they? H: From 10 years ago to now, it has definitely changed among the youth. But it's again a small percentage compared to the masses. And we see a lot of Sinhala clickbait music videos being created lately using same sex couples/stories. Some of these singers speak about equality simply to be apart of the conversation and not because they genuinely support this cause. M: The youth is more open towards homosexuality. The government and the masses of the country speak about this topic more than before. But none of them seem to have a clear understanding about homosexuality (the Minister of Health openly mentioned at a press conference that Homosexuality is a mental illness). Sexuality isn't a subject which is openly taught in the government schools in Sri Lanka and this seems to be the problem. The Sri Lankan government has rejected decriminializing homosexuality last year but they did ban workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation. Q. Do the changes taking place on LGBT rights in India have an effect on policy in Sri Lanka? H: I don't think so. M: I don't think so. Also in India it's civil societies speak more on this matter more than the government, and in that case, I think the Sri Lankan LGBTIQ community is less active compared to India. Q. How do you see the future of LGBT rights in Sri Lanka? H & M: It would take us a long time to change the perception of people towards homosexuality. In order to achieve this goal, we do have to thoroughly educate the young generation on homosexuality. And include it in the school syllabi. That's all for now, folks! Follow Hash and Manga on their instagram. 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How did a community-based not-for-profit become the premier weed control organisation across one-third of Queensland? Three years of research, development and innovation, that's how. This has enabled us to revolutionise weed control, particularly Prickly Acacia eradication, and recast how landholders and local governments engage in the process. Our multi-pronged initiative delivers cost-effective, state of the art weed control, genuine hope, and unambiguous results. Weed PACT program contracts groups of landholders, driven by peer support, commitments to action by specific dates, and assistance incentives. 5 year weed plans divide labour and cost (DCQ handles 'high public benefit' infestations; landholders deal with the balance). Pioneering satellite weed mapping that builds a landscape scale picture to guide focussed control efforts. Research and development of Drone application and other new control techniques. Matching control techniques to weed density and land type to dramatically reduce costs to landholders and funding agencies. Development of a State-approved Area Management Plan to enable weed control around native vegetation. Negotiation of an Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority permit to allow chemical application in sensitive areas – enables efficient treatment of critical, ultra-dense infestations associated with watercourses. Development of a smartphone app, social data collection system and automated, web-based, real-time mapping. Use of YouTube news stories and field days to share the vision and successes of the Weed PACT program. DCQ is fuelling the enthusiasm of graziers, researchers, and governments to tackle what was once assumed an insurmountable problem for grazing enterprises and the environment.

The Ventures é uma banda instrumental estadunidense formada inicialmente como The Versatones em 1958 por Bob Bogle e Don Wilson, em Tacoma, Washington. É conhecida por seus clássicos Walk Don't Run, Surf Rider, Journey To The Star, Driving Guitars, Yellow Jacket e Bumble Bee Twist. A banda começou de maneira independente, tocando em pequenos bares. Em 1959, Nokie Edwards (guitarra baixo) e Skip Moore (bateria) entraram para a banda. Na época, compuseram e gravaram "Walk Don't Run", um de seus maiores sucessos, mas nenhuma gravadora se interessou pelo som. A solução encontrada foi fundar uma pequena gravadora, a "Blue Horizon Records", patrocinados pela mãe de Don Wilson. Trabalhando como seus próprios produtores, gravaram a música em formato single em vinil de 45 rpm e começaram a se auto-promover. Ainda em 1959, um DJ de Seattle usou "Walk Don't Run" como vinheta de abertura de um programa de rádio. Foi então que o empresário Bob Reisdorf, dono da Dolton Records, escutou, quis conhecer e acabou contratando os Ventures. Em 1960, a música ocupou durante uma semana o segundo lugar na Billboard Top 100. Em 1968, outra música dos Ventures ficou famosa: "Hawaii 5-0". Ela foi usada como trilha de abertura de um seriado policial com o mesmo nome. Na virada dos anos 70 para os anos 80, a banda foi redescoberta pelo público punk e new wave interessado na surf music. A banda Go-Go's até gravou uma música - "Surfin and Spying" - em sua homenagem. Nos anos 90, The Ventures ganharam outra grande publicidade, quando Quentin Tarantino incluiu a música "Surf Rider" na trilha sonora do filme de violência "Pulp Fiction". Na segunda ida do o grupo ao Japão, em 1965, época em que houve também a ida da banda The Astronauts, e apresentação conjunta com as bandas locais Jannys e Terauchi Takeshi and Blue Jeans, houve o "boom" da música instrumental de guitarra, com aumento da venda de discos e de guitarras elétricas. Foram vendidas 50.000 guitarras elétricas em 2 anos, levando à abertura de 120 fábricas para atender a demanda, e até fábricantes de máquinas de costura começaram a produzir guitarras. Foram abertos vários concursos e torneios de guitarras em programas de TV (FujiTV, NTV, NET) e por fabricantes de guitarras. A partir daí, The Ventures sempre associou a venda de discos com a venda de guitarras elétricas. A banda sempre fez muito sucesso fora dos Estados Unidos, na Europa e principalmente no Japão. Dezenas de discos foram produzidos especialmente para o mercado japonês e, desde 1960 até hoje, The Ventures, anualmente, fica 3 meses e faz mais de 50 shows de auditório, em turnê pelo país oriental. Já fizeram mais de 2000 shows no Japão, onde têm um público fiel. Os Ventures nunca cancelaram seus shows programados, mesmo na indisponibilidade de algum integrante. Em 1996, tiveram as suas mãos eternizadas no "Rock Walk of Fame" de Hollywood. Em 10 de março de 2008, The Ventures entraram para "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame" com a música Walk Don't Run e Hawaii 5-0. Ano que comemorou os 50 Anos da Banda. A Banda produziu mais de 200 álbuns em CD, 250 álbuns em formato LP e 150 (45rpm) compactos. Mais de 110.000.000 de unidades vendidas. 40.000.000 somente no Japão. Ligações externas Site oficial Bandas de rock Bandas de surf rock Bandas de Washington Bandas formadas em 1958 Bandas e músicos de rock instrumental Artistas incluídos no Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Shackleford's offerings at the May 23-24 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in Training Sale were led by a $250,000 colt, with Ben McElroy placing the winning bid for the Casse Sales consignment. Listed as hip No. 6, the chestnut is the second foal out of International Cry, an unraced daughter of Street Cry (IRE). International Cry is a daughter of $1.5 million earner and multiple graded winner Gold Mover. Shackleford, whose first crop are 2-year-olds of 2016, already has three winners to date, including the TDN Rising Star Shackin Up, leading all freshman sires.

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Q: TSQL get the previous and any proceeding records based on recordset provided I have the following query: SELECT fs.FILOID currentfilo, ISNULL(LEAD(af.FILOID) OVER (ORDER BY StartTransactionTimeUTC), fs.Next_FILOID) Nextfilo, ISNULL(LAG(af.FILOID) OVER (ORDER BY StartTransactionTimeUTC), fs.Previous_FILOID) lf FROM [DataWarehouseCore].[DWC_FILOSummary] fs JOIN [AttendanceCore].[AC_FILO] af ON af.FILOID = fs.FILOID WHERE fs.Employee_ID = 15049 AND Client_ID = 306 Which returns the following results: currentfilo Nextfilo lf ---------------------------- 5 2 NULL 2 3 5 3 6 2 6 7 3 7 1 6 1 NULL 7 I only want to have to see currentfilo 3, 6, 7 , 1 if ID 6 was passed in. So instead of returning what I have in my result set just the previous and next records which are actually based on a date field. Here is some examples of data and what I expect to see this is the parent table: AC_FILO FILOID ClientID EmployeeID StartTransactionTimeUTC ----------------------------------------------------------- 5 306 15049 2021-08-29 02:53:00.0000000 2 306 15049 2021-09-01 06:46:00.0000000 3 306 15049 2021-09-02 07:50:00.0000000 6 306 15049 2021-09-06 08:56:00.0000000 7 306 15049 2021-09-10 07:58:00.0000000 1 306 15049 2021-09-15 07:45:00.0000000 What I want in my new table is an ordered list of the current FILOID, the next FILOID and previous FILOID is based on the StartTransactionTimeUTC For example when FILOID 6 was inserted I would want to see the previous FILOID to FILOID 6 followed by all proceeding FILOID's based on the date! For example I would want to see CurrentFilo NextFilo LastFilo ----------------------------- 3 6 2 6 7 3 7 1 6 1 NULL 7 A: It's not totally clear what you're after, but given the final desired results and input value of 6, I take it to mean you want the (CurrentFilo, NextFilo,LastFilo) sets ordered by StartTransactionTimeUTC starting with the point where a given NextFilo occurs, since the 6 input matches the 6 in that place in the expected result. As a first step, start with not caring about anything passed in and only create the next/last result for the entire table. We can use the LAG() and LEAD() window functions to do this. You've done most of this work already in the question's first code listing, but let's also include the StartTransactionTimeUTC field for now, so we will be able to reproduce the correct order in later steps. I'm also using a simplified schema right now so I can reproduce this on SQL Fiddle: SELECT FILOID as CurrentFILO, LEAD(FILOID) OVER (ORDER BY StartTransactionTimeUTC) as NextFILO, LAG(FILOID) OVER (ORDER BY StartTransactionTimeUTC) as LastFILO, StartTransactionTimeUTC FROM AC_FILO Now for a given NextFILO value like 6 we can find the desired StartTransactionTimeUTC time of that record by using a Common Table Expression (CTE), like this: WITH FILOTree AS ( SELECT FILOID as CurrentFILO, LEAD(FILOID) OVER (ORDER BY StartTransactionTimeUTC) as NextFILO, LAG(FILOID) OVER (ORDER BY StartTransactionTimeUTC) as LastFILO, StartTransactionTimeUTC FROM AC_FILO ) SELECT StartTransactionTimeUTC FROM FILOTree WHERE NextFILO = 6 We could also use a nested inner SELECT instead of the CTE. The important thing is we need a layer of indirection around the initial query in order to use a WHERE clause with a window function like LAG() or LEAD(). But I prefer the CTE in this case for reasons that will become clear later. Once we know the correct StartTransactionTimeUTC we can get the final results using the same technique: WITH FILOTree AS ( SELECT FILOID as CurrentFILO, LEAD(FILOID) OVER (ORDER BY StartTransactionTimeUTC) as NextFILO, LAG(FILOID) OVER (ORDER BY StartTransactionTimeUTC) as LastFILO, StartTransactionTimeUTC FROM AC_FILO ) SELECT CurrentFILO, NextFILO, LastFILO FROM FILOTree WHERE StartTransactionTimeUTC >= '2021-09-02 07:50:00' ORDER BY StartTransactionTimeUTC This produces the correct results, but from the wrong input. However, now we can use the same CTE (aha!) to put the two pieces together into the same query without repeating code for the initial current/next/last projection, like this: WITH FILOTree As ( SELECT FILOID as CurrentFILO, LEAD(FILOID) OVER (ORDER BY StartTransactionTimeUTC) as NextFILO, LAG(FILOID) OVER (ORDER BY StartTransactionTimeUTC) as LastFILO, StartTransactionTimeUTC FROM AC_FILO ) SELECT CurrentFILO, NextFILO, LastFILO FROM FILOTree WHERE StartTransactionTimeUTC >= ( SELECT StartTransactionTimeUTC FROM FILOTree WHERE NextFILO = 6 ) ORDER BY StartTransactionTimeUTC See it work here: http://sqlfiddle.com/#!18/24979/2 Finally, as I said before, these examples use a simplified schema from the actual production system. So let's plug the original query into the CTE: WITH FILOTree As ( SELECT fs.FILOID currentfilo , ISNULL(LEAD(af.FILOID) over (order by StartTransactionTimeUTC), fs.Next_FILOID) Nextfilo , ISNULL(LAG(af.FILOID) over (order by StartTransactionTimeUTC), fs.Previous_FILOID) LastFILO , StartTransactionTimeUTC FROM [DataWarehouseCore].[DWC_FILOSummary] fs JOIN [AttendanceCore].[AC_FILO] af ON af.FILOID = fs.FILOID WHERE fs.Employee_ID = 15049 AND Client_ID = 306 ) SELECT CurrentFILO, NextFILO, LastFILO FROM FILOTree WHERE StartTransactionTimeUTC >= ( SELECT StartTransactionTimeUTC FROM FILOTree WHERE NextFILO = 6 ) ORDER BY StartTransactionTimeUTC The only things I had to change from that initial SQL command were adding StartTransactionTimeUTC to the SELECT list and the alias name for the LastFILO column. Note this will run the CTE twice and it will not cache any results between the two runs, so be aware of that as a performance concern.

Input sought on vacant area in Fifth Avenue district Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaff December 3, 2015 The property where the Seminary Lane Apartments once stood has been vacant since 2009. And the Gainesville Community Redevelopment Agency is seeking ideas from residents as to what they want to see on the 6.25-acre site in the historic Northwest Fifth Avenue area. Sarit Sela, CRA project manager, is asking residents to voice their opinions… 'Shop small' catching on in Volusia, Flagler downtown districts Downtowns were bustling from Flagler Avenue in New Smyrna Beach, northward to Flagler Beach and west to Woodland Boulevard in DeLand as shoppers packed the sidewalks for a yearly shopping tradition. And the weather — a sunny and breezy 76 degrees — was perfect to welcome the crowds. Small Business Saturday, a yearly event that… Detroit tries unconventional approach to restoring its housing market DETROIT — For Jazley Trouser, a 25-year-old Home Depot worker who has endured her share of hard times, the opportunity to become a homeowner was too good to pass up. With a $1,000 bid on the city's online auction site, Trouser bought a four-bedroom Tudor plundered by thieves. A $25,000 grant from a community bank… Developer wins right to restore historic former YMCA in downtown St. Petersburg ST. PETERSBURG — The battle over the sale of the historic former YMCA building is over and developer Nick Ekonomou, who bought it more than a year ago, is ready to begin restoration. "The project now moves forward full steam ahead," he said Wednesday. 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This month, Vivian Brooks, the CRA executive director,… At one year, Harbourside continues to delight, divide Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaff November 30, 2015 Harbourside Place, the $150 million waterfront entertainment center, is the best thing to happen to Jupiter since the lighthouse was first illuminated in 1860. Or, it's a concrete sore thumb. "There are so many choices. Restaurants, retail, shops. You're on the water. Outdoor music. There's even a public dock. We love this place," said Erin… Angry Harbourside owner: Nothing satisfies Jupiter council Saying he has gone "above and beyond" meeting town requirements, Harbourside developer Nick Mastroianni blasted Jupiter officials for suspending the up to $350,000 annual payments to his $150 million waterfront entertainment center. 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Q: AI Chess Valid Moves I am trying to write AI Chess and I have a problem. I am ready with pieces movement rules, and I'm trying to remove moves that are not valid (leave the king in check etc). I Wrote something like this: ValidateMove(board); { for(i=0;i<64;i++) if(board[i]==king.opposite) kingpos=board[i]; createmoves(board); if (moves.contains(kingpos)) return false; } However, I'm using minimax + alpha beta and that validation is making my search really slow. A: Instead of checking for 'check' every move, just set losing your king to give a score of -infinity and end the game then the algorithm will never choose a move that allows the king to be lost unless there is no option. Just watch out for stalemate which will need special treatment because according to the above algorithm it will result in a loss, but according to standard chess rules, it is called as a draw. A: My understanding is that finding valid moves usually takes the most time in most chess algorithms. You may be able to improve your overall performance by improving your move generation by using the clever Bitboard techniques found in computer chess theory. http://www.frayn.net/beowulf/theory.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_representation_%28chess%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitboard

Q: How to select a list of distinct values based on some values using linq or entity I want to get all the Pre_Number where all Reconcile_Status related to that Pre_Number=null. In this case there should not be any item in list.If there would be some other Pre_number for eg. 7/2018 and it has two records and Reconcile_Status for those records is NULL then i should get one item in list that is 7/2018. I tried var NoNReconciled = context.tbl_prerelease_invoice .Where(x => x.Reconcile_Status==null) .Select(y => new { y.Pre_number }).Distinct().ToList(); But i got 6/2018 A: Well, your current attempt only checks that there is at least one record where Reconcile_Status is null, but it doesn't check that there are no records with the same Pre_number where Reconcile_Status is not null. This should do the trick: var NoNReconciled = context.tbl_prerelease_invoice .Where(x => x.Reconcile_Status == null && !context.tbl_prerelease_invoice .Any(y => y.Pre_number == x.Pre_number && y.Reconcile_Status != null) ).Select(y => new { y.Pre_number }) .Distinct().ToList(); A: No need to create anonymous object for Pre_Number. Try below code var NoNReconciled = context.tbl_prerelease_invoice .Where(x => x.Reconcile_Status==null) .Select(y => y.Pre_number).Distinct().ToList(); A: Try this- context.tbl_prerelease_invoice.GroupBy(r => r.Pre_number).Where(kv => kv.All(r => r.Reconcile_Status==null)).Select(kv => kv.Key).ToList();

The Katrina top is even more eyecatching in our new fave fabric, Wild West Paisley Sheen! She is kind of like the Baby Spice tee except a little longer and edgier. She ties up in the front and we can't get enough of her! Pair her with Mumu blues, Bam Bam Bells, or any Mumu bottom. She is loved by everyone and everything!

I love going through my images from past years. I always find new fun stuff! This is from the 2012 US Olympic Trials during the rain at Hayward Field. 400m , Natasha Hastings, 2x Olympic gold medalist. World Champion.

I did a little research into what Shepherds were like in the Time of Jesus. It was a very lonely, dirty, dangerous job – that could not be managed from a distance. Shepherds lived among the sheep in the filth and stench – the lives of the sheep were their primary concern. A sheep sometimes wandered far off from the others – when it got lost and could not find it's way back, it would simply lie down where it was and refuse to budge – the shepherd would search out for the lost sheep – carefully pick it up and carry it home. There was a personal relationship between the Shepherd and each individual sheep. They were not just numbers. I believe this image of the Shepherd points us to God. God is not squeamish; God will not run away when things get messy in our lives; – God's hands are dirty (not lily white); God's clothes are stained with waste, mud and blood – the waste, mud and blood of our roller coaster lives. This God gets in the middle of the mess with us. Does the mess magically disappear? Not most of the time; but there is a sense we are not alone and that helps us get through it. A key question for us; Are we afraid to share our messes with God? I believe most of the time thru people – we are called to be shepherds for each other. We are responsible to pick each other up when we are down. "Don't we need special skill and talents – training to do this? No! We need a caring heart, a little common sense and a few less excuses. "What about when you don't have the answers or solutions to people's problems? You don't know what to say or do. Just listen and just be there for them. A man dreamed he died and went to heaven and there was met by Jesus. The man had lived a long Christian life, but it had not been without some time of great trial and tribulation as well as those times of joy and victory. As he met with Christ, the man was given a panoramic review of his life – all the highlights and low periods. In the review of his life one of the things that continued throughout were his footsteps along the sands of time. This entry was posted on Sunday, April 22nd, 2018 at 4:50 pm and is filed under 4th Sunday, Cycle B, Easter. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

'I don't think the residents of Mississauga think I'm whining," Crombie tells Premier Mississauga | Community | Latest News | Politics | Published January 12, 2023 at 11:10 am Mayor Bonnie Crombie says she's confident Mississauga residents believe she's standing up for them and not "whining" when she voices opposition to the provincial government's controversial new housing legislation. In an Instagram interview with insauga.com publisher Khaled Iwamura this week, the mayor of Canada's seventh-largest city dismissed Premier Doug Ford's earlier publicly-offered suggestion that she and other municipal leaders "stop whining" and "get on board" with Bill 23. Crombie and other mayors across Ontario have said that the new housing law that eliminates and freezes some developer fees to municipalities will force them to raise property taxes in order to pay for infrastructure that supports new housing. "I don't think the residents of Mississauga think I'm whining. I think they believe I'm standing up for their interests. In fact, I'm doing my job by revealing issues that have a negative impact on our city and that's my job to do that," said Crombie, who's also incoming chair of the Ontario Big City Mayors. "Much of the legislation that is being proposed will have a significant detrimental effect to the finances of municipalities…so it's not just Mississauga, it's all of us at risk." In voicing her and Mississauga city council's opposition to the housing bill and its anticipated impact, Crombie said she's speaking on behalf of Mississauga taxpayers, "because it's their taxes that could increase. Massive 3,000 unit development proposed in Mississauga, community meeting this month Peel board approves first anti-Islamophobia education strategy in Canada for Mississauga and Brampton schools Mississauga spreads the word that bar patios are hot spots when warm weather arrives "I think Mississauga residents appreciate when I stand up and speak out when there is legislation being proposed that would detrimentally impact our city, our quality of life and particularly our property tax rates." A post shared by insauga – Mississauga (@insauga)

Replacing Rasputin: A Subtext of the Election Contest for San Diego City Attorney by Doug Porter on April 19, 2016 · 1 comment in Election, History, Labor, Media, Politics, San Diego By Doug Porter Termed-out City Attorney Jan Goldsmith felt free to drop the pretense of serving all the public last week during his introduction of Texas Senator Ted Cruz at a campaign rally in Mission Valley. "We believe in jobs, freedom and security. You know something? The Democrats don't believe in these values," Goldsmith said. So much for my theory that he wasn't an ideologue. There are four Democrats and one Republican running for the City Attorney slot. I emailed them all late last week, asking their reaction to Goldsmith's comments. The responses are listed in the order I received them. Democrat Bryan Pease, activist attorney who Feels the Bern: Funny–if you switch the word "Democrats" with "Republicans" in his quote, it would be objectively accurate based on measurable criteria and outcomes of their policies. Democrat Gil Cabrera, attorney & former chairman of the San Diego Ethics Commission (Not reappointed by former Mayor Jerry Sanders): "I'm disappointed that Mr. Goldsmith would make such highly partisan statements — Democrats obviously believe in and fight for jobs, freedom and security. More importantly though, I strongly believe it is best for the City Attorney to avoid partisan statements given his or her critical role of advising both sides of the aisle at City Hall." Democrat Mara Elliot, deputy City Attorney: "I'm proud to be a Democrat and the choice of Democratic leaders like Council President Pro Tem Marti Emerald and former State Senators Christine Kehoe and Lucy Killea. I've spent my career improving city services, strengthening our schools, and holding polluters and contractors accountable. As City Attorney, I'll work every day to deliver results on the issues that matter to ordinary people in all San Diego neighborhoods." Republican Robert Hickey, a prosecutor with the county District Attorney's Office: "Personally, I'm focused on finding ways for the Office of City Attorney to better serve our community, like improving our response to domestic violence" Democrat Rafael Castellanos, attorney & Port Commissioner: San Diego's City Attorney Jan Goldsmith was wrong on two counts when he introduced Ted Cruz in San Diego last week by saying that Democrats don't believe in jobs, freedom and security. First, he harmed the Office of City Attorney and by extension our City by engaging in partisan politics of the worst kind – the kind peddled by national politicians and media pundits who care only about exploiting our differences for personal gain and power. Second, he was just flat wrong on the substance. It's utter nonsense to categorically state that Democrats don't believe in jobs, freedom and security. Jan's comments reflect the kind of politics that San Diego leaders do not easily tolerate and for that I have always been grateful. His enthusiastic embrace of such lame rhetoric is therefore especially disappointing. And I'm disappointed not just because I am a proud San Diegan who believes that our city is above the moronic national partisan debate that crowds the airwaves without mercy, but because I am also a candidate to become our next City Attorney. On the campaign trail I regularly assure skeptical and cynical San Diegans that if elected City Attorney I will represent the City without a political agenda, and that professional integrity and zealous advocacy of what is in the best interest of the taxpayer is my number one concern. This of course is the same thing that Jan Goldsmith has been telling all of us for years, yet the political fangs he just bared show us something different. No wonder people can't stand politics and politicians. As far as jobs, freedom, and security go, tens of millions of Democrats have throughout this country's history built businesses, created jobs, worked jobs, created profits for businesses by working those jobs, served in our armed forces, and otherwise ensured the freedom and security of all Americans by contributing to and defending our way of life – a way of life that is envied and dreamt about around the world and one that people risk their lives and families to have a shot at one day. The American Dream. Thanks Jan. Just when I thought that our local San Diego leadership was, for all its challenges, at least better than the national circus invading every TV and smartphone screen this election cycle, you somehow managed to prove me wrong. San Diego will, however, always prove you wrong. Having let the cat out of the bag, it seems like a good time to take a look back at how those Goldsmith values –apparently exclusive to Republicans– have manifested themselves over the past eight years. Think of this as a list of things you don't really want in a City Attorney, realizing there are more such incidents not reported here. The Man Behind the Screen Grigory Rasputin wielded a disproportionate amount of power in the waning years of Tsarist Russia. His influence extended to matters large and small as an advisor to the crown. He was the central figure in Petersburg's scandal news and at the same time ruled over the Tsar in some strange way. Rasputin's power derived from his devotion to sex and relationships with the women of the aristocracy. Goldsmith's power derives from his devotion to capital and his relationships with the local plutocracy. He was also fortunate enough to be the right man in the right place at the right time. The City Attorney's office became a bigger player in the last decade due to two factors: the transition by San Diego into a strong-mayor form of governance, and former CA Mike Aguirre's "wild-card" tenure from 2004-2008. Aguire's notion that his job was to represent what he perceived as the best interests of the electorate clashed with San Diego's vested interests. The local daily took up the cause of "Mike is out of control" and this assertion soon became 'truth.' Goldsmith, who at the time was a judge and whose background included terms as Mayor of Poway and as a State Assemblyman, stepped down from the bench to run against Aguirre. With the backing of local Republicans (Democrats supported Scott Peters in the primary), he ended up winning a run-off against Aguirre in the November 2008 general election. Thou Shall Not… My first awareness of Goldsmith came in 2010, when his office decided to threaten the Linkery restaurant (my employer at the time) with fines and jail for charging a fixed service charge instead of tipping. The idea of not tipping and paying a better wage was, at the time, pretty radical. Now, with movements for higher minimum wages winning in cities coast-to-coast, it does seem so out there. But you can perhaps see why a certain industry that contributes heavily to political contests in San Diego might not like the idea. The threat was a stupid idea, right up there with his prosecution of Jeff Olson for daring to exercise his First Amendment Rights in sidewalk chalk outside Bank of America branches. Chalking against abortion: Ok. Against BofA: Not so much Both efforts failed, though Olson had to go up against Superior Court Judge Howard Shore, who prohibited the defense attorney from mentioning the First Amendment, free speech, freedom of expression or political speech in his arguments. The jury saw the truth, anyway. Prior incidents of chalked Nazi graffiti around McKinley Elementary School were brought to the attention of the City Attorney's office, but not prosecuted because they considered it protected free speech under the First Amendment. Anti-abortion protesters chalking up the sidewalk in front of a Planned Parenthood office and publicizing it on Facebook also got a pass. A Tax/Not-A-Tax for Tourism It's a "certified truth" in some activist circles around San Diego that Goldsmith and others plotted to undermine the agenda of the Filner administration before the inauguration took place. What is known for sure is that Goldsmith decided that the city's hoteliers were more worthy of representation than its chief elected official. The falderal around the fate of the Tourism Occupancy Tax/Not-a-Tax/It's-a-Fee continues to haunt San Diego to this day. Bob Filner didn't want to distribute funding he believed wasn't legal. The impending implosion of that program at the hands of the courts should come later this year, leaving taxpayers on the hook (monies that could be used on potholes has been set aside for this possibility) and hoteliers with a dry well for advertising dollars. Two Truths (At the Same Time) He's almost, but not quite, gone…. Filner was a disaster for the local Democratic party that continues to haunt local politics to this day. Having said that two things are true: Bob Filner was screwed up & treated women like they weren't human beings There was an active effort to neuter him from Day One, and Goldsmith was part of that effort. Here's Reader columnist Don Bauder: Long before any sexual harassment allegations surfaced, Goldsmith and Filner sparred publicly over several issues. To curry favor, Goldsmith turned to the media. He communicated with reporters on his private email account. His office produced transcripts from closed-session meetings in order to show Filner's erratic behavior and mistreatment of Goldsmith's assistant city attorney at the time, Andrew Jones. and (different article)… San Diegans have a misconception that progressives Marco Gonzalez, Cory Briggs, and Donna Frye launched the movement to oust Mayor Filner for his treatment of women. Right after the negotiations that led to Filner's decision to resign, on August 29, city attorney Jan Goldsmith, bursting with pride and self-gratification that he had gotten rid of his enemy, told a local TV station (KUSI) that he had been working on this ouster foreight months. He said he went the forced-resignation route because recalls require the gathering of so many signatures in just a short period of time. Thus, the city attorney worked for eight months in an ouster did that not permit the mayor due process. He said he knew on January 2 that Filner had to go, and on February really began strategizing in earnest. His office hired a psychologist. It certainly appears that during those eight months, Goldsmith — who is closely allied with the downtown corporate welfare crowd — settled on sexual harassment as the vehicle for forcing the mayor out. Slut Shaming Writ Large The lawsuits against the City of San Diego following revelations of sexual misconduct by former police officer Anthony Arevalos and others provided insight into the importance of Goldsmith's role as protector of the status quo. Much of this information came to light thanks to the perseverance of victim Jane Doe, who refused to settle out of court with the City of San Diego. City Attorney Jan Goldsmith waged a media campaign seeking to deflect her demands for a court-empowered monitor of SDPD practices, trying to paint the victim as a gold digger. Here's an excerpt of what we learned thanks to Ms. Doe's perseverance, (not for the faint of heart), from a 10 News story: Lawyers for Arevalos' 13th victim, who is only known as Jane Doe, address a 1997 incident where Arevalos detained a mentally unstable woman and took pictures as she performed sex acts on herself with his police baton. Arevalos' former partner alerted police supervisors of the incident. However, court records show it was never reported to internal affairs. Arevalos would go on to assault 13 women while on duty until his conviction in 2011. "This all could have been stopped years ago," Arevalos' former partner Francisco Torres said under oath in 2012. "He has his Polaroid out and when I got there the female was in the backseat again naked with her handcuffs in front of her and she had the baton." As a reward for her intransigence, Goldsmith's office hired a private detective to follow Ms Doe around for a month. From a CBS8 story: They're also accusing the city attorney of misconduct by hiring a private investigator to follow and secretly film Doe for a month in an effort to attack her credibility. "Their person that they had that they knew was a sexual predator, they chose not to surveil. But go ahead and surveil the victim so they can find something maybe to smear her," attorney Browne Greene said. On Tuesday, City Attorney Jan Goldsmith defended the surveillance as standard practice in preparing for a trial. A Helping Hand to Industry People in Barrio Logan worked long and hard to craft a community plan. Companies with facilities in the area objected to its provisions, agreed with Councilman David Alvarez to a compromise and then backed out. They took their concerns to voters via a city-wide referendum to overturn the plan. Their tactics in selling this referendum amounted to a deliberate and well-documented subversion of the democratic process by corporate interests. It was about lying, fraud and deceit. The City Attorney's office invoked the ghost of George Orwell in refusing to intervene, with Goldsmith penning a UT op-ed: "Although our office will always defend council actions against legal attack, we won't undermine direct democracy" People in La Jolla and Rancho Bernardo, swayed by demonstrably untrue claims about job loss and the Navy's presence moving elsewhere, voted to overturn the community plan. I could go on, but what's the point? I should note that's it's probably unfair to say that most people working in the City Attorney's office are culpable for Goldsmith's actions. The point here is that the current occupant of that office has utilized the resources available to him to protect political allies, namely the ones who believe that a plurality of the electorate owes its allegiance to a political party in the city engaged in undermining "jobs, freedom and security." Now, go back and read those responses from the people who say they'd like you to vote them into the City Attorney's office. Disclosure: This article contains snippets of other articles about Goldsmith I have written at San Diego Free Press. Credit + h/t to Voice of San Diego's podcast for bringing Goldsmith's words to my attention. This is an excerpt from Doug Porter's column at our associated San Diego Free Press. La Playa Heritage April 19, 2016 at 10:32 pm The ongoing corruption of the City Attorney's office includes failure to require Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports (CAFR) for the Successor Agency (SA) to the former Redevelopment Agency (RDA) for FY-2011 to FY-2015. RDA CAFR end in FY-2010. https://www.sandiego.gov/comptroller/reports The City of San Diego's FY-2017 Budget only reference 4 of the 5 City Agencies. Shady. See Page 191. http://tinyurl.com/20160415b The worst legal advice is the 2010 Legal Opinion where City Attorney Goldsmith outlawed the use of RDA Tax Increment for Emergency Shelter and Wrap Around Social Services. Goldsmith declared Homelessness is NOT a form of blight. Death and despair are the result. http://sandiegofreepress.org/2016/04/is-affordable-housing-in-the-city-of-san-diego-an-oxymoron-part-1/ Older Article: Experience and Explosive Situations Newer Article: A Democratic Spring: Thousands March on Washington Demanding Fixes to a Broken Political System

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When debugging Spark Streaming applications it is necessary to monitor certain metrics that are not shown in the Spark application UI. For example, what is average processing time of batches? What is the scheduling delay? Is the system able to process as fast as it is receiving data? How many records I am receiving through my receivers? While the StreamingListener interface introduced in the 0.9 provided some of this information, it could only be accessed programmatically. A UI that shows information specific to the streaming applications is necessary for easier debugging.

Designed by post-war architect Constantin Brodzki for cement company CBR in the late 1960s, the awkward allure of this building with a façade made from 756 prefab convex oval concrete modules is today home to "Belgium's finest office"—Fosbury & Sons founders Stijn Geeraets, Maarten Van Gool, and Serge Hannecart having acquired the brutalist beauty for their first foray into Brussels having (as is easily the case) fallen in love with the emotive structure at first sight. "The character of the building, its history, its exceptional architecture, the spirit of the age in which it was built … It just fit," explains Stijn Geeraets. Following the success of the trio's first outpost in the WATT Tower, Antwerp, Fosbury & Sons' second coworking venue is just 10 minutes away from Avenue Louise—close to the 10,920-acre Sonian Forest—and is split over seven of the icon's nine floors, occupying an impressive 7,000 square metres of a building that kicked off a whole new wave in Belgian architecture; earning Brodzki an inclusion in the Transformations in Modern Architecture 1960-1980 exhibition at New York's Museum of Modern Art. With capacity for 600 people, 250 companies, and a vision to revive the concept of 'work'—whilst encouraging and fostering collaborations between its coworkers—Fosbury & Sons Boitsfort seeks to meet the needs of today's employees, freelancers and entrepreneurs, providing them with inspired, innovative surroundings, and oodles of drop-dead design eye candy. Design agency Going East have created a mature and warm aesthetic that tempers the stark internal brutalism with some seriously luxury interiors; whilst care has been given to ensure that existing structures and the overall identity of the building remain dominant. Members can access a range of vibrant, homemade healthy plates prepared with love by Antwerp coffee aficionados Coffeelabs, who'll also be serving their own house blend coffee and fresh juices to keep the creative minds fed and the ideas flowing. The office is dead, long live the office.

Kenneth Andrews Music Director & Conductor ONNY ONLINE Support ONNY About ONNY Contact ONNY James Madeja Principal Trumpet (2020-21) JAMES MADEJA is Professor Emeritus at The Crane School of Music, State University of New York at Potsdam where he taught courses in instrumental music education and studio trumpet and conducted the Crane Concert Band and Crane Brass Ensemble. Dr. Madeja received his EdD in Music Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is a charter member of the Orchestra of Northern New York and Northern Symphonic Winds and has been a member of the Potsdam Brass Quintet since 1985. He has toured as cornetist with Keith Brion's New Sousa Band and held the position of conductor of Skyline Brass, a professional large brass ensemble based in Harrisonburg, VA. Prior to joining the faculty of The Crane School of Music in 1985, he developed two successful high school wind band programs in the state of Illinois and directed the Judson College Wind Ensemble. His ensembles have performed for both Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush. From 1990 to 2002, Dr. Madeja was Associate Editor of The Journal of the International Trumpet Guild. His research interests include the history of the American wind band and in particular the contribution of Herbert L. Clarke. His written work has appeared in the Journal of Band Research, College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA) Journal, The Journal of the International Trumpet Guild, The Instrumentalist, The Brass Player, New York State School Music News, Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) Journal, and Music Educators Journal (MEJ). He is recipient of the SUNY Potsdam President's Award for Excellence in Academic Advising, the MENC Excellence in Teaching Award, and most recently, the 2019 SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching. About the Orchestra of Northern NY Crane Student Apprentices Adirondack Advisory Committee Watertown Advisory Committee Ticketing Information & Policies Concert Etiquette Open Rehearsals Arts in the North Country NYSCA Logo.png ONNY is supported in part by NYSCA, a state agency, with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the NYS Legislature. NNYCFboldhorizontal10.png crane.png ncac.jpg wdt_banner.png SLC-logoRvsd_600x154.png potsdam_coc_sm.jpg canton_chamber.png cropped-cropped-massena_chamber_logo_small.png Proud member of the: league_title_dark.png Ticketing Prices & Policies Public Safety Plan Beyond the Competition Tuesday Talks with the Maestro ONNY Beyond the Stage Behind the Scenes of ONNY Improv Sessions with ONNY Musicians Mini Music Lessons with ONNY Musicians The ONNY Family Online Cookbook Former YAC Winners Ways to Support ONNY Music Purchase/Rental Giving Levels and Benefits Season Patrons Friends of the Orchestra Business, Foundation & Government Supporters ONNY Golf Classic Sponsorship Orchestra of Northern New York P.O. Box 488 · Potsdam, NY 13676 Office: 315-267-3251 · Cell: 315-212-3440 · Email: info@onny.org Copyright ©2021 The Orchestra of Northern New York.

The Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) and construction firm AlloyMTD signed today a Php9.5 billion loan agreement for the development of the National Government Administrative Center (NGAC) at the New Clark City (NCC) located in the municipalities of Capas and Bamban in Tarlac. DBP Chairman Alberto Romulo, DBP President and Chief Executive Officer Cecilia Borromeo, AlloyMTD Chairman Isaac David, and AlloyMTD President Patrick Nicholas David led the signing ceremonies held at the DBP Head Office in Makati City. According to MTD Philippines President Nicholas David, the Php9.5 billion loan represents 75 percent of the Php13 billion budget to build the first phase of NGAC. The rest will be the equity counterpart of MTD. The project is a joint venture between State-owned Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) and MTD. The DBP Board approved the loan agreement on March 21, 2018 shortly after the Philippine Competition Commission approved on March 13 the joint venture between BCDA and MTD. NGAC broke ground in New Clark City on January 23, 2018. The 40-hectare Phase 1A of the project involves the development of disaster-resilient back-up offices of various government agencies, world-class Sports Stadium with 20,000 seating capacity, Aquatic Center, village for athletes competing in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, government housing, and support service facilities. Upon satisfactory completion of the project's Phase 1A, work for the project's Phase 1B will commence for the construction of more government offices and residential units on a 20-hectare land. MTD is targeting to complete Phase 1A by Oct. 15, 2019.

Life in the age of internet addiction "The vast majority of the American population is mildly addicted to technology" byNed Hepburn Anyone who spends their day staring at screens can speak to the modern-day epidemic of eye fatigue. But what is our digital obsession doing to our brains? Researchers have noted a rise in something called Digital Attention Disorder — the addiction to social networks and computers in general. How does it work? More than 50 years ago, psychologist B.F. Skinner was experimenting on rats and pigeons, and noticed that the unpredictability of reward was a major motivator for animals. If a reward arrives either predictably or too infrequently, the animal eventually loses interest. But when there was anticipation of a reward that comes with just enough frequency, the animals' brains would consistently release dopamine, a neurotransmitter in the brain that (basically) regulates pleasure. What does this have to do with the internet? Some researchers believe that intermittent reinforcement — in the form of texts, tweets, and various other social media — may be working on our brains the same way rewards did on Skinner's rats. "Internet addiction is the same as any other addiction — excessive release of dopamine," says Hilarie Cash, executive director of the reStart program for internet addiction and recovery, a Seattle-area rehab program that helps wean people off the internet. "Addiction is addiction. Whether it's gambling, cocaine, alcohol, or Facebook." "The vast majority of the American population is mildly addicted to technology, and our clinic treats only very serious cases," she told me in a phone interview. "Most of the people that come are young adult males around the ages of 18 to 30 who spend a lot of time on the internet. Their health is poor, their social relationships have turned to crap, they have no social confidence or real-world friends. They don't date. They don't work." Cash continued: Internet and video game addiction starts young. Most young men are given computer or video games when they are five or six years old and therefore their childhood development is profoundly wired for these activities. It's quite different to drug addicts and alcoholics who are usually exposed to drugs or alcohol closer to the age of 15. Internet addicts usually have 15 to 20 years of addiction on them due to starting younger. The problem isn't just young men, either. "Women are getting addicted, too," Cash told me. "Although women usually become addicted later in life and, more often than not, directly to social media, while men are more adept to becoming addicted to multiplayer games. Women seem to juggle addiction and life better than men." So how does Cash's program work? According to the website: "Our professionally trained clinicians understand technology related process addictions, and the impact problematic use has on life. We work with individuals, couples and families to promote a better understanding of problematic technology use; assist users in discovering the underlying issues (e.g., depression, anxiety, ADHD, learning differences, stress, family relationship issues, and addictions) that may be co-occurring with excessive use patterns; and work together to design an individualized plan to promote a healthy, balanced lifestyle." Now, at "just under $20,000" for a minimum 45-day internet rehab (60- and 90- day options are available), the reStart program may not be for everyone. Indeed, you could always just... turn off your phone and computer. Still, the new wave of young internet addicts that Cash describes might be heralding something sinister for future generations: We've all seen the ease at which a toddler can operate an iPhone or iPad. These days, maybe kids are just born addicted to the internet. Microsoft's Activision Blizzard bailout Every U.S. Netflix plan just got more expensive Thieves raid rail cars for packages, L.A. news crew reports Train Heist Florida advances ban on making white people feel 'discomfort' over past racism California deputy DA opposed to vaccine mandates dies of COVID-19 Ukraine, Russia, and the problem of the Cold War lens W. James Antle III

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You are at: Home - > MCC-SK 50th -> Material Resources Material Resources 50 Year Celebration On December 4, 2014, MCCS celebrated its last 50th anniversary event with an evening to celebrate the Material Resources department. It was held at Mount Royal Church in Saskatoon. 39 people were present and enjoyed a lively time of remincing about this vital service. The cake shown here, was cleverly decorated to show items from a typical School Kit. The dove on the black background is the MCC logo on the humanitarian aid shipped out by MCC, giving us a name as "the People of the Bird." Del Lennea shared the following report and history. . . . Material Resources Material Resources are the items Mennonite Central Committee sends overseas as humanitarian aid to those in need. Doreen Epp and Darlene Wahl, as well as myself, Del Lennea, helped build MR into what it is today. Doreen was a kind, gentle entrepreneur married to a hard-working farmer. She was an excellent resource to be part of MCC. She had the knowledge and support it took to get a donor base established. Doreen also began the logistics of putting together a plan of how to get items here in Saskatchewan to faraway places overseas to those people who needed them. One of Doreen's highlights, working for MCCS, was the opportunity to travel to Ukraine. On this trip she was able to see where MCC had its first ever shipment of food delivered and dispersed. As earlier mentioned Darlene Wahl was also part of MR at the MCCS location. After talking with Darlene I realized her major highlight was bringing the MR resources room from the dark, windowless, second-floor corner down to where it is now. She advocated with her volunteers, that it be more front and centre - where the room was well-lit and the room would be more inviting and warm. This also would help MCCS in the promotion of MR to the public. People would notice the noisy, busy room as soon as they entered the building. This leads us to where we are today. The Baler Transition The material donations that piled up here in Saskatchewan were boxed up, banded shut and sent to the MCCBC warehouse in Abbotsford. This would involve about eight or nine people to take a half day to load the semi-trailer by hand with all these cardboard boxes. There was plenty of joyous noise as those involved realized the difference these donations were going to make in someone's life. Upon the arrival of the donations in BC, they would all have to be unloaded by hand, hauled into the warehouse, reopened and baled appropriately for the container. Soon after my arrival here at MCCS, I questioned why we were creating work for the people in the BC warehouse, when we could do it at our own location, and increases the efficiency of our own warehouse. The introduction of the second-hand, refurbished tobacco-baler from Kansas was the start of MCCS's move to become more efficient. This baler made its way up to our warehouse with God's blessing. When it arrived, a newly-assembled team was invited in to put it back together and see how it would operate. This team consisted of Ed Feick, Ben Thiessen, and Del Lennea. In fine fashion, the response from the team was enthusiastic. With a little physical cranking and chains connecting all the moving parts, we had ourselves a baler. This was significant because the containers used to move the material overseas could be packed more efficiently using 5.0 cubic foot balers. The calculations of cubic feet were made and the baler was marked accordingly, then just a few more supplies were needed, and we were ready to step into the future. Wrap, strapping, tape, labels, and cardboard for extra support were brought in and the first bale at the MCCS warehouse existed. Since the team was now working with larger, heavier weight, a pallet jack was needed to simplify operations. Let the fund-raising begin. A very short while later we had our jack, and now pallets were filled and wrapped so MCCS could ship out the Material Resources when they were needed. However, as time waits for nobody, the team found the physical nature needed for baling was getting to be a bit much. When the idea of a hydraulic, electric baler was being thrown around, Del decided to follow up on it. He found one available for a cost of approximately $3500. The fund-raising began and a few generous donors later, the current baler was ordered. With the new baler in place, and less physical effort needed, MCCS was now working with maximum efficiency, in line with all the rest of the larger MCC network across the US and Canada. This is still where we are today, baling and shipping, all in the name of Christ. Not only was the location and aesthetics of the MR room important, but also the direction MCCS was lead, was also modified slightly. MCCS now had more people becoming involved in MR and the need to find more opportunities became more important. One of the areas MCCS started working towards was the education of the public on what was happening here, as well as what we stood for, and were about. We called this global education as the staff at MCCS would take turns leading groups throughout our building and giving them hands-on activity to do, or introducing them to programs that were happening here. All of the tours and activities were geared towards sharing the MCCS's philosophy and knowledge of how, and why, we helped the internationally oppressed in the "Name of Christ." On October 25th, 2013, MCCS made it's first locally prepared direct shipment to a country Rep in Jordan. This shipment went to provide aid for the displaced people of Syria in Jordan. The shipping documentation and photos are provided with this report. I mention this because it is one of my highlights in being part of MCCS at this time. We will see if our first direct shipment will gather any energy from our surrounding constituents, and who knows where that may lead in touching the lives of many with a little ray of hope or having a mustard seed of faith. Currently the MR network is noticing a slight shift in how the larger MCC responds to natural disasters, or misplaced people. There seems to be more of a focus on sustaining the economy, where we can, and purchasing locally to help boost the local economy, and provide aid as well. This approach works well in some countries, but not all of them. So there will always continue to be a need for helping oppressed people in countries where natural, or man-made disasters are taking place with shipments of humanitarian aid. See a photo story of Saskatchewan Blankets from their start with the Eigenheim Church ladies, to their destination in Syria. Then read also a Thank You Note from Syria. 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Submissions for variant NM_020631.5(PLEKHG5):c.274G>A (p.Val92Ile) (rs371516662) GeneDx RCV000236807 SCV000293040 uncertain significance not provided 2015-07-23 criteria provided, single submitter clinical testing The V92I variant has not been published as pathogenic, nor has it been reported as a benign polymorphism to our knowledge. The V92I variant was not observed with any significant frequency in approximately 6,500 individuals of European and African American ancestry in the NHLBI Exome Sequencing Project. The V92I variant is a conservative amino acid substitution, which is not likely to impact secondary protein structure as these residues share similar properties. However, this substitution occurs at a position that is conserved across species. In silico analysis is inconsistent in its predictions as to whether or not the variant is damaging to the protein structure/function. Therefore, based on the currently available information, it is unclear whether this variant is a pathogenic or a rare benign variant. Invitae RCV000645436 SCV000767181 uncertain significance Distal spinal muscular atrophy, autosomal recessive 4; Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, recessive intermediate c 2018-09-28 criteria provided, single submitter clinical testing This sequence change replaces valine with isoleucine at codon 92 of the PLEKHG5 protein (p.Val92Ile). The valine residue is moderately conserved and there is a small physicochemical difference between valine and isoleucine. This variant is present in population databases (rs371516662, ExAC 0.009%). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals with PLEKHG5-related disease. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 245867). Algorithms developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function do not agree on the potential impact of this missense change (SIFT: "Deleterious"; PolyPhen-2: "Benign"; Align-GVGD: "Class C0"). In summary, the available evidence is currently insufficient to determine the role of this variant in disease. Therefore, it has been classified as a Variant of Uncertain Significance.

William "Billy" C. Roberts, age 47, of Gosport, passed away at 12:58 P.M. on Thursday, January 24, 2019, at his residence. He was born in Greencastle, on August 12, 1971, the son of Bill & Rosetta (Surber) Roberts. Billy was a 1990 graduate of Owen Valley High School. He attended Olney Central College in Illinois, majoring in baseball. He was the owner of Livewire Electrical Services for over fifteen years. He was recently elected and sworn in as an Owen County Commissioner. Billy's favorite pastime was spending time with his kids and being a Grampy. He was a baseball coach for twenty-five years, spending most the years with Owen Valley High School. He also coached boys and girls soccer, and basketball. He was involved in many community projects, he served on the Owen Valley Sports Complex Board as President, the Owen County Fair Board for many years, he was the voice of the Patriots, announcing volleyball and basketball. He and his daughter showed pigs on the National Circuit. He founded the Valley Stars Baseball team, coaching his boys while traveling to many World Series tournaments. He enjoyed spending time being a mentor to young children and making a difference in their lives. He was an avid Cardinals fan, enjoyed running the Owen County demolition derbies, and vacationing. He attended the Owen Valley Christian Fellowship in Spencer. He is survived by his wife who had been part of his life since age twelve, together thirty-five years, and married for twenty-seven years, Becky (Arnold) Roberts of Gosport. He is also survived by his parents, his children, Craig Roberts, Shelby Roberts (Jason Mosson), and Brandon "Casey" Roberts, his grandson, Trey, a brother, Jimmy Roberts (Stephanie Sparks) of Spencer, a sister, Debbie (Steve) Ison of Spencer, his maternal grandmother, Shirley Staley of Cloverdale, his mother-in-law, Lois Arnold, and former sister-in-law, Shelly (Mike) Roofe. He was preceded by his paternal grandparents, Bill & Stella Roberts, and his maternal grandfather, Frank Surber. Funeral service will be held at the Christian Life Center in Spencer at 11:00 A.M. on Monday, January 28, 2019, with Pastor Bill Grandi officiating. Burial will follow at Hudson Hill Cemetery in Spencer. Visitation will be held at the Christian Life Center on Sunday from 2-8 P.M., and Monday from 9 A.M. until the time of service. Billy's request is for friends and family to wear their favorite sports team attire.

Recently Dita von Teese visited Moscow and told about it on her page on Instagram. The 44-year-old star of Burlesque decided not to tell why she decided to visit the Russian capital, but she shared her impressions of Moscow's cultural attractions. "Hello from Moscow! Thanks @frolburimskiy for being next to me on this beautiful day, filled with the scent of flowering trees. I've been to Moscow many times, but I can not remember a more beautiful day. I really enjoyed visiting the Gorky Museum. And as usual, I went to the Diamond Fund to admire the impressive exhibits, - Dita told her followers, sharing a picture taken in the former mansion of S. P. Ryabushinsky, where the museum-apartment of A. M. Gorky is now located. Frol Burimsky, mentioned by the American model in his post, also shared an image on his Instagram-diary - in the picture shared to Instagram Dita von Teese is seen on Red Square.

Home Leisure & Sports Kamaiu Johnson Victorious in Second Straight APGA Tour TPC Las Vegas Tourney Kamaiu Johnson Victorious in Second Straight APGA Tour TPC Las Vegas Tourney by PRIDE Newsdesk April 15, 2022 written by PRIDE Newsdesk April 15, 2022 APGA Tour Executive Director Cole Smith (left) presents the winner's check to APGA Tour at TPC Las Vegas repeat champion Kamaiu Johnson. (Photo credit – APGA Tour photo) LAS VEGAS, NV. – APGA Tour shining star Kamaiu Johnson moved back into the winner's circle Tuesday, conquering difficult conditions to win the APGA Tour at TPC Las Vegas for the second year in a row. The victory, his third career win on the APGA Tour, came in a single-day competition after Monday's first-round was called off as winds gusting to 70 MPH made competition unsustainable. One of the APGA Tour's most recognizable players, Johnson became a prominent story in 2021 when his PGA TOUR debut at the Farmers Insurance Open was scuttled by a positive COVID-19 test. The golf world rallied in support of Johnson and the APGA Tour and he was invited to three PGA TOUR events in the ensuing months, fulfilling his dream of competing at the highest level. "It was quite a journey last year, for sure," said Johnson, the Tallahassee native now residing in Orlando. "Then my daughter was born in October and that was amazing. Now, I'm more relaxed, patient. I know she's going to love me whether I shoot 82 or 62." Last year, Johnson fired a final-round 70 to win at TPC Las Vegas by a single stroke. This year, he was two strokes better than Aaron Beverly of Fairfield, California, Joseph Hooks of Farmington Hills, Michigan, and Willie Mack III of Grand Blanc, Michigan, who tied for second with 2-over-par 73s. Johnson won the tournament on the 591-yard par-5 15th hole. He drove into the rough, punched out up the fairway, and then holed out for eagle from 133 yards with a gap wedge. "It bounced a couple of times and then rolled in," Johnson added. "I saw it the whole way." His winning 71 was even par on the 6,699-yard layout with two birdies and two bogeys on the front nine. On the back, he carded the eagle plus two bogeys, good enough as the rest of the field battled the windy conditions. Johnson's other credentials include winning the APGA Tour season-end championship in 2020 plus one start on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2021 and a start this past January at the Farmers Insurance Open. Johnson won $7,500 from the $25,000 purse. The APGA Tour is back in action on April 18-19 with APGA Tour at TPC Scottsdale in Scottsdale, Arizona. The APGA Tour was established in 2010 with the mission to bring greater diversity to the game of golf by hosting and operating professional golf tournaments, player development programs, mentoring programs, and introducing the game to inner-city young people. The tour has grown from seven events with $200,000 in prize money in 2020 and 14 events with over $400,000 in prize money in 2021, and now 18 events with over $700,000 in prize money in 2022. APGAAPGA Tour TPCKamaiu JohnsonLas Vegas Tourneyvictory Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 54 years later Movie Reviews: Missing Inaugural Frist Arts Fest Weekend features new art... Black History Month Programming on PBS Titans hire Ran Carthon as team's new general... NMAAM honors Dr. Bobby Jones with Living Legends...

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10-year old among three killed as India, Pak troops pound Kashmir LoC Three people including a ten-year old boy were killed as Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged gunfire along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, reports said. A 10-year-old boy and a teenage girl were killed while nine other civilians injured as Pakistani troops opened fire and lobbed mortars at dozens of villages and posts along the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday morning., news agency PTI reported. The deceased have been identified as Asrar Ahmad of Mohallha Qasba and Yasmeen Akhtar of Kerma village of Dighwar. Indian troops shelled border villages across the Line of Control (LoC) in Pakistan-administered Kashmir's Haveli district on Monday morning, leaving an elderly man dead and five others ─ including a woman and her son ─ injured, Pakistani media reported. "They [Indian troops] resorted to shelling at about 6am in Nezapir and Digwar sectors, using both small and heavy arms," Chaudhry Kashif Hussain, Haveli's deputy commissioner, was quoted as saying by Dawn. Hussain said shelling had so far left a 70-year-old man identified as Muhammad Deen dead and his 25-year-old son Muhammad Jamil injured in Digwar village. In the same village, Tasneem Bibi, 34, her 12-year-old son Aqib, and Muhammad Javed, 35, were also injured, he added. He said one Wali Mohammad was injured in the village Keirni in Nezapir sector. ( Representative image)

The current world has a lot of technology, with more being created every year. There are always new innovations or upgrades to current technology making older versions obsolete. Most of the modern technology is smart phone/smart technology related, usually with updates to current technology. This means that certain devices can be controlled via smartphone through an Internet connection or Wi-Fi enabling. Such devices are speakers, radios, banking platforms, and even security systems. This technology allows the user to control the device from anywhere, as long as there is a connection. For example, some security systems allow the user to see inside his house from miles away with just a click of a button. That is just one example. A newer device I find interesting is the smart thermostat. This thermostat is connected to Wi-Fi, and via Wi-Fi, can be controlled from anywhere; you just need your phone. This is desirable as the temperature of the house can be manipulated from anywhere. Too hot, turn the thermostat down. Too cold, turn it up. This guarantees your house is the perfect temperature as soon as you walk in it. I think this would be nice to have as it practically guarantees comfort, all without you having to do much at all. Another good point is how it can control your energy bill. Keeping a constant temperature combats too much energy usage contributing in a higher electric bill. No one wants a high electric bill. There are too many good reasons to have a smart thermostat, and it is no more challenging to use than any other app.

Can you microwave an undercooked steak? Pat the steak down gently with paper towels. Then, season both sides with salt, pepper, or whatever other spices you prefer. Place the steak in a microwave safe dish for five to seven minutes on HIGH, flipping the steak once halfway through. What should a medium rare steak feel like? If you'd like your steak medium-rare, it should feel like your cheek: tender and soft but still fleshy (as opposed to raw, which would be just soft). If you want a medium steak, touch your chin: The steak should still be tender, but with some resistance. How can I defrost a steak quickly? The best way to defrost steak in a hurry Simply fill a large bowl with cold water, place your steak in a resealable and leak-proof plastic bag, and submerge it in the water. If your steak has been frozen individually in a vacuum-sealed bag, it's okay to leave the steak in the bag when you submerge it.. Is Steak OK to eat if it smells a little? 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Complaint of 'racism' against Wexford shop whose owner painted his face black for advert upheld Smyths Homevalue shared the video on Facebook to promote Black Friday last year. By Stephen McDermott Wednesday 26 Jun 2019, 9:31 AM Jun 26th 2019, 9:31 AM 40,422 Views 83 Comments Share29 Tweet Email Smyths Homevalue in Enniscorthy Image: Google Streetview A COMPLAINT AGAINST a Wexford DIY store whose owner painted his face black for a Black Friday promotional video has been upheld by the advertising watchdog. The Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland (ASAI) received a complaint about the video, posted by Enniscorthy-based Smyths Homevalue on Facebook last year, after a member of the public deemed it was "racist" and attempted to sell goods using racism. The video featured the shop's owner discussing the discounts on a number of items for sale in the shop, while dressed completely in black clothing and with his face and his hands painted black. It began with the shop owner flicking his tongue at the camera, before he explained the products offered on sale and flicked his tongue again at the end of the video. The video was subsequently removed from the store's Facebook page after a number of commenters complained that it was racist, due to its connotations to 19th-century minstrel shows. The shows featured white actors dressing up as black characters and often saw discriminatory depictions of African-Americans. In a subsequent social media post, Smyths apologised for any offence or upset caused by the video, adding that its creation was naive on the part of the store and that it did not intend to offend anyone based on their race. Historic rugby win Responding to the complaint made to the ASAI, Smyths said the premise of the video was to celebrate Ireland's recent historic win over the New Zealand rugby team, known as the All Blacks, while linking it to Black Friday. They said this was portrayed by the store owner dressing entirely in a New Zealand All Blacks kit and painting his body with black body paint. The store also said the idea was brought to life by the store owner attempting an element of New Zealand's ceremonial dance, the Haka, specifically the 'whetero' routine, which is where the participant exposes their tongue. Smyths told the ASAI that the video was positively received by an "overwhelming majority of people", but that they removed it almost immediately after receiving complaints on social media. They added that their subsequent apology was very well received, which was proven by the positive and supportive responses they received afterwards. The DIY store also said that while they appreciated that the video's execution was ill-advised, they regretted that it had been misinterpreted, and said they did not intend to impersonate or insult anyone based on race. Smyths rejected the assertion that the video was intended as a racial slur, but acknowledged the misunderstanding it had caused. They also told the ASAI that they committed to ensuring that those in the store were more aware of societal sensitivities in the future. 'Concerns of racism' In its conclusions, the ASAI's committee upheld the complaint against Smyths Homevalue. The authority's committee said that it had considered the detail of the complaint, Smyths' response and the fact that the advertisement had been withdrawn. The commttee also noted that the store had not intended to impersonate nor insult anyone. However, it considered that the application of face paint to change the owner's complexion without context "could give rise to concerns of racism". The committee added that the advertisement had breached several sections of the advertising code, including the use of humour, offensiveness, and respecting the diversity of Irish society. However, as the video in question had been withdrawn, the ASAI ruled that no further action on the part of Smyths was required. Stephen McDermott @Ste_McDermott stephen.mcdermott@thejournal.ie See more articles by Stephen McDermott <iframe width="600" height="460" frameborder="0" style="border:0px;" src="https://www.thejournal.ie/https://www.thejournal.ie/complaint-asai-wexford-hardware-store-black-paint-4697725-Jun2019/?embedpost=4697725&width=600&height=460" ></iframe> Email "Complaint of 'racism' against Wexford shop whose owner painted his face black for advert upheld". Feedback on "Complaint of 'racism' against Wexford shop whose owner painted his face black for advert upheld". Complaint of 'racism' against Wexford shop whose owner painted his face black for advert upheld Comments

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Google has begun integrating Google+ into search results with public Google+ posts now appearing in Social Search. Whenever a user publicly shares a link on Google+, an annotation will show up under that link when it appears in a friend's search results. For example, if I share a My Blogs article about Google+ eliminating pseudonyms publicly on my Google+ page, users who have added me to their circles will see a note that I shared that link if they stumble upon it in Google Search. Google+ now joins Flickr, Twitter, Quora and Google Buzz as other inputs for Google's Social Search product. Social Search debuted in 2009 at the Web 2.0 Summit, partly as a response to Bing's integration with Facebook and Twitter. Social Search highlights what links your friends are sharing on the web and returns results it believes are relevant based on your friends' interests. Social Search integration is only the beginning for Google's plans for combining its search engine and social network. Google intends to revive real-time search with Google+ data and will launch a search engine for Google+ posts. Of course, the tech giant did the same thing with Google Buzz, and we all know what happened to that product. Do you think Google+ makes Google Search a better product? Let us know what you think in the comments.

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Acting Programs Home>Our Blog Why Actors Need to Study Theatre History byElliot Quick 07-08-2015 ♥55 It is a constant frustration to me that I will never experience the first performance of Oedipus Rex. I will never know what it feels like to gather in the Theater of Dionysus with my entire city and watch an ancient king sacrifice himself for his people, with the civic structures and rocky landscape of my homeland sprawling out from all sides of the open stage. I will never stand among the groundlings of Shakespeare's Globe, smelling the roasted nuts or feeling a pickpocket slit my purse strings as I hear the words "To be or not to be." I will never gasp in shock at the chorus of crickets that Stanislavsky, to Chekhov's horror, piped into the Moscow Art Theater for the first production of The Seagull. Every time I step into the classroom to teach these great dramatic texts, I am reminded of what insufficient evidence they are of the ephemeral live events they first proposed. Plays are not like other forms of literature. I can pick up my tattered copy of The Great Gatsby, brew up a mug of tea, curl up in my favorite chair, and have something close to the experience that Fitzgerald originally imagined when he wrote the text: an individual encountering words on a page. The work was meant to be read. Aristotle tells us that a great tragedy can achieve its effect without the benefit of public performance or actors, but I am not so sure. In the theater, our tools are space and time. The spoken word is just one way we shape these media. An important tool, no doubt. Perhaps the most enduring. But a performance also shapes space and time with the actors' bodies, with gesture, with costume, and with music. Its contours are affected by the time of day, the arrangement of the theater space, the unique individuals who are gathered in the audience, and its relationship to the space and time outside the theater. A play operates on the full bodies and lives of its audience. It springs into being anew with each performance, and it takes the shape of the culture that creates it. "An actor without insight into the history and context of the art form is limited, an incomplete artist whose work is ultimately diminished." A study of theater history is full of uncertain evidence. Even the things known about something like Greek Tragedy are, at best, an educated guess, cobbled together from fragmentary allusions in history, philosophy, and the visual arts. And the list of things we think we know is dwarfed by what we know we never will—melodies that were never noted down, movement that defied description, countless performances that were never recorded in written form or whose manuscripts have been lost to time. But if I were deterred by the prospect of never-knowing, then I would not be in the theater. For all their uncertainties, the dramatic texts that have survived are great texts, full of vivid clues to these lost moments in space and time. For any serious actor, learning to listen to these clues is a skill just as important as technique and craft—this takes practice, presence, and a vast imagination. An actor without insight into the history and context of the art form is limited, an incomplete artist whose work is ultimately diminished. Without the certainty to know, we are left with the freedom to imagine, and this is where great theater begins. Elliot B. Quick teaches theatre history classes for actors at the Maggie Flanigan studio in New York, NY. 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San Jose moves ahead with troubled sewer project By John Woolfolk | jwoolfolk@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group After its first foray left a tunneling machine stuck in muck and the city mired in lawsuits, it'll be a while before San Jose takes another shot at putting a sewer line under the Guadalupe River. The City Council this month unanimously approved a solution to what's become a multimillion-dollar mess. San Jose will use the $4.2 million remaining from $7 million the California Department of Transportation had committed to build a new sewer line beneath Highway 87. But the line for now will tie into existing pipes under the river; new pipes will be laid later at the city's expense. The project began with the 1998 upgrade of Highway 87 to a six-lane freeway between Julian Street and Highway 101. City officials asked Caltrans to pay for relocating the sewer line, fearful that the expanded highway would damage the existing pipes below. City officials say those pipes seem to be holding up fine for now, but the new agreement will let the city get at least part of the project completed to provide backup in case the old sewer line fails. "It's most critical because we are so close to the largest river in the county," said Michael O'Connell, a division manager in the city's Public Works Department. "Our goal is to eliminate any possibility of sanitary sewer overflow." Caltrans agreed to pay to replace the sewer line under the highway between Hedding Street and Interstate 880, at a cost originally estimated at less than $5 million. But three days after tunneling began in November 2005, river water flooded the digging equipment, trapping an 11-ton boring machine under the east bank. General contractor McGuire & Hester and subcontractor Nada Pacific sued the city, which sued back. The contractors, who were seeking more than $6 million in damages, claimed the city contract misrepresented soil and groundwater conditions. San Jose agreed in early 2008 to pay the contractors $3 million to settle the case. The city will share in any settlement or damages McGuire & Hester might recover in its ongoing lawsuit against the project design firm, RMC Water and Environment. With $2.8 million of the Caltrans money already wasted on the false start, city officials needed to decide how to proceed with — and pay for — the project. But with the state budget chronically short billions of dollars, Caltrans officials insisted they had no more money to give San Jose. Under the approved agreement, Caltrans will hand over the remaining millions it had committed toward the sewer project, and the city won't have to repay the state for the money already spent. City officials say the remaining Caltrans funding should largely cover the estimated cost of $3.8 million to $4.8 million for designing and building a new sewer under the highway. Caltrans spokeswoman Lauren Wonder said the state is in the process of cutting a check and that "once the city accepts the money, we are out of the picture." Replacing the line under the river would cost an additional $4 million to $4.5 million, city officials say, noting it would be in a different location than where the machine was stuck for more than two years. Public works officials plan to include funding for that in their capital improvement plan for 2012 through 2016. The existing lines under both the highway and river would remain to provide extra capacity and backup, O'Connell said. Contact John Woolfolk at 408-975-9346. John Woolfolk John Woolfolk is a reporter for the Bay Area News Group, based at The Mercury News. A native of New Orleans, he grew up near San Jose. He is a graduate of the UC Berkeley School of Journalism and has been a journalist since 1990, covering cities, counties, law enforcement, courts and other general news. He also has worked as an editor since 2013. Follow John Woolfolk @JohnWoolfolk1 More questions on REAL ID and a driver's license renewal: Roadshow Q: I got my new REAL ID driver's license in October and figured since my renewal was due in May, it would be good to get a new photo and fingerprint. I was wrong. My REAL ID came with my new picture yet had the same expiration date as my old license. Then a few days later, I got a... The National Archives said Saturday it made a mistake when it blurred images of anti-Trump signs used in an exhibit on women's suffrage.

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On May 8 this month, the world celebrated the 70th anniversary of V-E Day, the ending of World War II in Europe. On September 2, 2015 we will remember that final ending of the war that brutally dragged on a few more months in the Far East. Since I am going to be in Normandy, France next week for the 71st anniversary of D-Day, my thoughts drift to those brave souls who never came home to their families. And also those who left the Normandy shores with scars that would last a lifetime. My son and I will be there in proxy for my father-in-law who died four years at age 89. He came home blind, and would cheerfully, purposefully live the next almost seventy years in darkness. Although our world passed through unspeakable pain, death, and loss during the World War II years, I believe people rose to the occasion to do very difficult feats in those times. In many countries, they showed their mettle and courage--their strength of character. Maybe they did things they did not think they could ever do, but with sheer grit and dogged determination, they did it anyways. I salute them. But may it never happen again. May we remember those who have battled for us--by aspiring and living for peace. In the internationally acclaimed book about WW2 in Germany, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, the narrator, who happens to be Death, states at the end: "I wanted to tell the book thief many things, about beauty and brutality. But what could I tell her about those things that she didn't already know? I wanted to explain that I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race--that rarely do I ever simply estimate it. I wanted to ask her how the same thing could be so ugly and so glorious, and its words so damning and brilliant. ...I am haunted by humans." Yes, humans constantly evade my predictions and estimations too. We humans are remarkable in our power to do inestimable good, and unfortunately, immense evil too. This next week when I am in Normandy, I will remember the fallen (the average age of the soldiers who landed on D-Day was 22), and all those who battled for what they believed in. As individuals and as a group, I am grateful for their service 71 years ago. However, in 1996 when I walked the beach of Normandy beach with my father-in-law on a breezy springtime day in May, he pointed up to the cliffs, and said, "It is so quiet here now, just listening to the seagulls and the ocean. I remember when I climbed to the top of those cliffs. As I mounted to the top of the cliff and looked back at the sea with all the ships, planes, jeeps, and parachutes, I thought to myself, 'If only Roosevelt, Churchill, and Hitler could have seen this view with me below, they never would have asked us to do it. '" As he gazed down the cliffs at the death that surrounded him, my father-in-law did not cower and cave to his responsibilities. He trudged on, like he would do for the rest of his life. Grandpa, I will be thinking of you--not only how you lived your life in battle, but how you tried to heal yourself and others after the war too. After spending two years in rehabilitation, and nurses saying they had never seen so much shrapnel in a body or being told you would never see again, you, instead, choose to live not only with dignity and independence, but with compassion and cheer. I can still see you with a twinkle of playfulness in your glass eyes when you would say, "I might not have sight, but I have insight." Love you, Grandpa--all the way to heaven and back! Grandpa is on the stand behind President Obama with the other Normandy veterans. He has his red cap on that has a patch with the Big Red One patch on it. Smith with his sister before he was blinded--just before he went to war. He aimed to be a doctor, but when he was blinded he got a master's degree in counseling. He would later became a national figure for the blind , advocating for inclusion in the classroom--long before it was an accepted norm. His aim to contribute and help never left him. When he left his parents to go to war, some of his last words to them were: "I will come home swinging both my arms and legs." It did not occur to him that he would never see their faces again. He married his college sweetheart, Sarah, after proving to her parents that he could support her as a counselor for the blind. On the Jersey shore with Sarah--always sharing a joke or a laugh. His beloved Sarah passed away from cancer not long after this picture. He lived the next 19 years without her. Again, with profound loss, he continued to live with humor and cheer. He could out pun anyone on the planet. Grandpa Shumway, as everyone called him, lived with our family for almost seven years when our kids were growing up. Living with a blind grandpa has lots of bonuses: wrestling on the floor with a University of Wyoming wrestling champ, accompanying him as he played the violin and harmonica, getting him to speak for World War II Days at school in the community, having him show you his glass and plastic eyes, giving "professional like" magic shows for birthday parties and Cub Scout events, playing a competitive game of Rook, and being your cheerleader. He would always say when given a choice to do something fun or go home (and a few people were tired and it was late), "Don't be a party pooper." Sometimes he told me, "With your voice, you should be on the radio." How could you not love him? A picture at the last family reunion. He had 41 grandchildren, and the ability to make everyone of them feel significant and important. They all knew he was one of their biggest fans. On top of Mt. Nebo, with Jerusalem, the Dead Sea, and the Jordan Valley behind us. As I stood alone on the mountain with my family, I felt like I knew Moses a little better, a would be Egyptian prince who reluctantly, meekly took on the challenge of bringing his people across the Red Sea to the Promised Land. He unknowingly began a journey that would last 40 years in remote, arid deserts. Mt. Nebo would be his final steps, before he would bid farewell to the people he had mentored and led across innumerable deserts and valleys. Despite the seemingly impossible, Moses tackled the job anyways. And for this reason, three major religions of the world esteem and revere him as a mighty prophet who performed miracles and brought about much good and deliverance--in a barren, forsaken place. Although he never entered the Promised Land, he rescued and shepherded many peoples so they could flourish someday. He nourished the belief that he was making others' lives better--even though he would never come down Mt. Nebo to cross the River Jordan. Coming to Jordan reminded me of a favorite scripture from Psalms 122:6, "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee." It is interesting that Jerusalem means a place of peace, 'Shalom' means peace in Hebrew, and 'Salam' also means peace in Arabic. I do not think it is any coincidence. As I looked out on the windy crest of the mountain, I felt "the geography of hope," a term that Wallace Stegner, the American author, coined--meaning that a terrain of land can inspire hope and promise. I believe that eventually all the cousins will live in peace. I am sure Moses, the great prophet of the three main religions in Jerusalem, loved them all. 1) Take the first step into the unknown, and keep walking. Miracles will happen, and people, known and unknown, will come to your rescue. But just keep walking, even if the waters get deep. You will get to the other side of the shore. 2) As individuals, we are unique, and therefore, can never be duplicated. However, our jobs and purposes are not indispensable. Other people can be delegated to do the things we cannot do. There will be people like Joshua, who will come after us. We are all born into a story, a cast of characters, and the story will continue, going forward. We must prepare for the people in our story who are ahead of us--making their lives more enriched, safe, and happy. 3) Moses overcame his feelings of inadequacy and disbelief that he could accomplish difficult feats. He remembered his faith, the people who had mentored and taught him, and then trudged on. I took this picture of my three boys last October in the Red Sea. You could faintly see the Sinai in the background that day as they walked, swam toward it. The wide expansiveness of the Red Sea on that day reminded us of Moses' great miracle of separating the waters so the Israelites could get to safety. On the shores of the Egyptian side of the Red Sea. The valley that is located near Madaba, Jordan--before ascending to Mt. Nebo. A scene from behind the mountain, where Bedouin shepherds herded their sheep in Jordan. Peter having a reflective moment on top of Mt. Nebo, looking out from Hebron to the Jordan Valley. Some pilgrims from India on top of Mt. Nebo who are about to begin mass. I just had my first Mother's Day in Qatar, and I have to admit it's been wonderful to hear the Mother's Day wishes from around the world. One young man from Cameroon sweetly said to me, "Happy Mothering Day." I don't think he meant a play on words, but the phrase caught my attention. I know I am inordinately blessed to have birthed some amazing children who have given me more joy than I thought possible. I have loved my children completely, unabashedly, fiercely, and each has brought me on a unique journey of love--learning how to give and love in all different ways and emotions. But I have also found joy in loving others who may have another mother. I believe that we as humans underestimate how much we need a community--even if we are not related. I have been "mothered" or taken care of by so many people who have stepped up to welcome, invite, and love me--in many stages and ages of my life. I am sure sometimes it was inconvenient for them, but their words, notes, embraces still live on with me. One of the many "mothers" who I remember growing up was Josephine Kirkman, an elderly woman in our church. We even called her Grandma. She was a captivating storyteller and could laugh and joke with a child. But she imprinted herself on my young heart forever at my grandfather's funeral. Everyone else seemed to be engaged or disconsolate. Yet she spotted me with a tear dripping to the ground, and picked me up, hugging me to her bosom. I felt her big heart beat next to mine. I smelled her faint lavender perfume as I sobbed into her enveloping dress. She pulled me in tighter, and just held me until the tears did not flow anymore. If I close my eyes for a minute, I can still feel all that love she spilled on me that day. Being a mother and "mothering" others, meaning being another layer of kindness and attentiveness to another person, is "that kind of love that de-centers the self, and learning that your true riches are in another," says David Brooks, the NYT columnist. Although you may have never birthed a child, we can all reach down and scoop some love that is spilling over--waiting to be lapped up by someone who needs some cheer, comfort, and community. I know because I have raised six children, and I could have never have done it alone-ever. The villages I have lived in with my children in New York City, Beijing, Los Angeles, Baltimore, St. Louis, and now Doha have been more wonderful because there were people who cared and spilled the love. Sure, sometimes it got lonely a few times, but I had grown up in a loving community as a child, and I knew with some plotting and effort, it could work anywhere. I have loved being a mother to my children, but I have taken immense joy in loving and cheering others' children too. I miss all the children, many who are now adults, who were in my villages. This time of year when there are graduations, I think of them. I am proud of their achievements and who they are becoming. I may not be their mother, but I have loved being a part of their village--wherever that is in the world. Here is a youtube from my son's friends three years ago when we went on a one day trip. Making this video was how they amused themselves on the trip. Watching it makes me remember the good times we had together, and all the kids who have taught me so much. Being a part of this new Doha village has affirmed to me once again that it is possible to create and build a village anywhere--even in a compound with expats from all over the world living together. Anjoli Joshi, a new mother, wrote this about finding a community: "I refuse to shed tears in solitude. I will find a shoulder. I refuse to settle with smiles and looks. I will strike up a conversation, and learn about you and your children. I refuse to raise my son alone. I will be your eyes and ears, and you'll be mine. I refuse to experience the greatest joy of my life without another mother to share it with. I will rejoice in the sound of your baby's laughter and take pride in her accomplishments. I refuse to collapse in exhaustion each night. I will be more than a helping hand. I will be a voice of reassurance in moments of uncertainty, and a warm embrace in moments of loneliness. I refuse to walk alone. I will rediscover that lost village." I believe there is always enough love to spill, an ample supply in all of us--to nurture, affirm, and support our other fellow villagers. Maybe sometimes we have to excavate and dig deeper to get more love, but it will always be there if we look for it. "I close my eyes in order to see," said Paul Gaugin, the French Impressionist painter. Sometimes preconceived opinions and judgments need to be just closed, erased--making them completely disappear--never again to lift their ugly, monster heads. As a mother with a child with autism, I have to constantly check and monitor myself. Are there any biases I need to reconstruct or change as I try to view my son with more clarity and light? Can he do more than I am think he can? Am I "opening my sky" and perspective--so he can "open his sky"? My dear friend, Annagreth Bailey, who has a daughter with Down's Syndrome expresses it best: "I catch myself sometimes thinking that she can't do something, but then I have to tell myself, of course, she CAN!" She then continues, "As a mother, I have to work on that. I can only imagine how others limit her after looking at her.... I admit, it is hard work; it is so much easier to say 'you poor little thing,' and then sit back and please them at every corner. It takes a lot of effort and dedication to help them reach their potential." When Elias's art teacher asked early in the year if he could meet with him once a week after school for an hour, I never would have imagined the affect it would have on my son. His teacher wrote to me about his enthusiasm for Elias's work,"I am officially blown away by Elias's compete immersion in the moment and uninhibited creativity. He could really do something with his approach to abstraction, and who knows what else? Today in class he was calmer and more self-reliant than I have ever seen him." His art teacher sees exactly the way Gaugin described; Mr. Deerman closes his eyes so that he can see better visions of what his paintings and students can become. Now Elias also imagines himself as an artist who can produce beautiful paintings. There are people who even want to buy some of them. Last weekend we went to the student exhibition (which was ironically named Looking In) at the museum where many children were celebrated from different schools around Doha, Qatar. To see all of their bright eyes and lit up countenances was worth the trip alone. Being able to creatively express oneself is one of life's most stirring joys. It makes us feel more alive, more connected with the world. I take Gaugin's admonition very seriously of "closing our eyes in order to see" or "looking in," the name of the exhibition this year. I know because my blind father-in-law lived with us for almost seven years. After being blinded at age 22 a few weeks after D-Day in France, he said at the end of his life (almost 70 years in darkness), "I might not have sight, but I have insight." He would then smile, with that characteristic twinkle in his glass eyes, and I knew he really saw me--maybe not the color of my eyes or hair. But he saw me and everybody else he knew. Therefore, I too will close my eyes more frequently to really see and "look in"--to the person, the process, the view in front of me. Having a child with autism is like a window, I tell people. He has helped me to wash my windows more frequently so that I can view others with more clarity and compassion. Who would have ever known he would be featured in an art exhibition, let alone in Doha, Qatar? Sometimes we all just need to close our eyes so we can imagine and see things as they really are--casting away all those labels and assessments most everyone automatically presumes. Go make the world more beautiful, Elias! This is what Elias said about the preparation of his paintings, "When I was making the prints, I was pressing the design hard with my fingers. I wanted to make something beautiful. I saw cold and warm colors mixed together. Some of the colors were spicy, like Indian food." This is summary of what he saw in his print, "There were mountains and a forest. It was like a world map. with green grass and brown trees--even a desert, some snow, and an ocean. It reminded me of the Mississippi River where I used to go boating and see the cliffs. It looks like when you look down from an airplane, and see the world. I felt like I was THE best painter ever."

/** * Copyright (C) 2016 Hurence (support@hurence.com) * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package com.hurence.logisland.stream.spark.structured.provider import java.sql.Timestamp import java.util import java.util.Collections import com.hurence.logisland.annotation.documentation.CapabilityDescription import com.hurence.logisland.annotation.lifecycle.OnEnabled import com.hurence.logisland.component.{InitializationException, PropertyDescriptor} import com.hurence.logisland.controller.{AbstractControllerService, ControllerServiceInitializationContext} import com.hurence.logisland.record.{FieldDictionary, FieldType, Record, StandardRecord} import com.hurence.logisland.stream.StreamContext import com.hurence.logisland.stream.StreamProperties._ import com.hurence.logisland.util.spark.ControllerServiceLookupSink import org.apache.spark.broadcast.Broadcast import org.apache.spark.sql.streaming.DataStreamWriter import org.apache.spark.sql.{Dataset, SparkSession} @CapabilityDescription("Provide a ways to use Mqtt a input or output in StructuredStream streams") class MQTTStructuredStreamProviderService extends AbstractControllerService with StructuredStreamProviderService { var brokerUrl = "" var persistence = "" var clientId = "" var QoS = 0 var username = "" var password = "" var cleanSession = true var connectionTimeout = 5000 var keepAlive = 30000 var mqttVersion = "3.1.1" var topic = "" @OnEnabled @throws[InitializationException] override def init(context: ControllerServiceInitializationContext): Unit = { super.init(context) this.synchronized { try { // Define the MQTT parameters, broker list must be specified brokerUrl = context.getPropertyValue(MQTT_BROKER_URL).asString persistence = context.getPropertyValue(MQTT_PERSISTENCE).asString clientId = context.getPropertyValue(MQTT_CLIENTID).asString QoS = context.getPropertyValue(MQTT_QOS).asInteger().intValue() username = context.getPropertyValue(MQTT_USERNAME).asString password = context.getPropertyValue(MQTT_PASSWORD).asString cleanSession = context.getPropertyValue(MQTT_CLEAN_SESSION).asBoolean().booleanValue() connectionTimeout = context.getPropertyValue(MQTT_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT).asInteger().intValue() keepAlive = context.getPropertyValue(MQTT_KEEP_ALIVE).asInteger().intValue() mqttVersion = context.getPropertyValue(MQTT_VERSION).asString topic = context.getPropertyValue(MQTT_TOPIC).asString } catch { case e: Exception => throw new InitializationException(e) } } } /** * Allows subclasses to register which property descriptor objects are * supported. * * @return PropertyDescriptor objects this processor currently supports */ override def getSupportedPropertyDescriptors() = { val descriptors: util.List[PropertyDescriptor] = new util.ArrayList[PropertyDescriptor] descriptors.add(MQTT_BROKER_URL) descriptors.add(MQTT_CLEAN_SESSION) descriptors.add(MQTT_CLIENTID) descriptors.add(MQTT_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT) descriptors.add(MQTT_KEEP_ALIVE) descriptors.add(MQTT_PASSWORD) descriptors.add(MQTT_PERSISTENCE) descriptors.add(MQTT_VERSION) descriptors.add(MQTT_USERNAME) descriptors.add(MQTT_QOS) descriptors.add(MQTT_TOPIC) Collections.unmodifiableList(descriptors) } /** * create a streaming DataFrame that represents data received * * @param spark * @param streamContext * @return DataFrame currently loaded */ override def read(spark: SparkSession, streamContext: StreamContext) = { import spark.implicits._ implicit val recordEncoder = org.apache.spark.sql.Encoders.kryo[Record] getLogger.info("connecting to MQTT") spark.readStream .format("com.hurence.logisland.util.mqtt.MQTTStreamSourceProvider") .option("topic", topic) .option("persistence", persistence) .option("clientId", clientId) .option("QoS", QoS) .option("username", username) .option("password", password) .option("cleanSession", cleanSession) .option("connectionTimeout", connectionTimeout) .option("keepAlive", keepAlive) .option("mqttVersion", mqttVersion) .load(brokerUrl) .as[(String, Array[Byte], Timestamp)] .map(r => { new StandardRecord("kura_metric") .setTime(r._3) .setField(FieldDictionary.RECORD_VALUE, FieldType.BYTES, r._2) .setField(FieldDictionary.RECORD_NAME, FieldType.STRING, r._1) }) } /** * create a streaming DataFrame that represents data received * * @param streamContext * @return DataFrame currently loaded */ override def write(df: Dataset[Record], controllerServiceLookupSink: Broadcast[ControllerServiceLookupSink], streamContext: StreamContext): DataStreamWriter[_] = { // Create DataFrame representing the stream of input lines from connection to mqtt server df.writeStream .format("org.apache.bahir.sql.streaming.mqtt.MQTTStreamSourceProvider") .option("topic", topic) .option("persistence", persistence) .option("clientId", clientId) .option("QoS", QoS) .option("username", username) .option("password", password) .option("cleanSession", cleanSession) .option("connectionTimeout", connectionTimeout) .option("keepAlive", keepAlive) .option("mqttVersion", mqttVersion) } }

Areas of action Smart City Darmstadt Portrait of the city BITKOM COMPETITION INTRODUCING THE CITY OF DARMSTADT This is where science, culture, entrepreneurial spirit and diverse industries meet cosmopolitan and tech-savvy people. Innovation is something of an institution in Darmstadt, and digitalisation for the benefit of citizens started long ago. With the development of electrical engineering, Darmstadt is the cradle of digitalisation. THE CITY WITH MANY SIDES Hier treffen Wissenschaft, Kultur, Gründergeist und vielseitige Industrien auf weltoffene und technikaffine Menschen. Innovation hat in Darmstadt Tradition und die Digitalisierung zum Nutzen der Bürger:innen schon lange begonnen. Mit der Entwicklung der Elektrotechnik steht in Darmstadt die Wiege der Digitalisierung. A proud heritage that is constantly being developed by a unique IT cluster. Germany and Europe are just a 'click' away from the Frankfurt airport hub. In Darmstadt, the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) and the EUMETSAT satellite control centre (EUMETSAT) open the door to space travel and satellite control – technology that enables a multitude of digital developments for the present and the future. THE INNOVATIVE SWARM CITY Darmstadt is growing and is remaining young: almost 162,000 people live on 12,200 hectares. Their average age is 40.5 years, with 42.4 per cent of Darmstadt residents aged between 18 and 45. There are more births than deaths and the migration balance is positive. 11,000 new citizens move to Darmstadt every year, and the trend continues to rise. The high proportion of young people classifies Darmstadt in the jargon of urban planners as one of the few swarm cities (German: Schwarmstadt) in Germany. The population is tech-savvy, international and multicultural and particularly open to the application of IT innovations. Darmstadt is equipped with an advanced IT infrastructure. Every household has at least DSL, and 97 per cent also has coax cable network connections. The infrastructure in the vicinity of the city has also been well developed. Free 'DA-WIFI' is available throughout the city centre for citizens, visitors and tourists, as well as at the main railway station and already in the districts of Arheilgen, Eberstadt and Wixhausen. The DARZ data centre in Darmstadt is energy-efficient and modernly connected directly to the world's largest internet node, De-CIX. In 2015, it won the Deutsche Rechenzentrumspreis and offers many companies the opportunity to provide cloud services. Darmstadt's universities are connected via their own fibre-optic network, and schools have been using a shared infrastructure for many years. Darmstadt is Germany's first science city. With the award ceremony in 1997, the Hessian Ministry of the Interior honoured the national and international importance of scientific institutions. Around 44,000 students are studying at the Technical University, Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences and the Evangelische Hochschule. The city's most important research institutions include three Fraunhofer Institutes, ATHENE, the leading centre for digital security, the Institute for Applied Ecology, and the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research, where the chemical element 'darmstadtium' was discovered. The centre is being expanded to become the FAIR international particle accelerator centre. Nine EU member states are involved. The facility promises insights into the structure of matter and the evolution of the universe. More than 30 other research and development institutions are world-renowned. THE OPEN-MINDED CITY OF CULTURE Darmstadt has many green spaces, easy access to recreational areas, the Odenwald and the Bergstraße are right on your doorstep. The world-famous centre and world cultural heritage of Jugendstil at the Mathildenhöhe, the diverse cultural offerings of a renowned three-speciality state theatre, the Hessische Landesmuseum, the largest inner-city music festival in Germany and a diverse music and art scene all provide a good feeling for life. Darmstadt residents are active, cosmopolitan people with a distinct welcoming culture. THE ECONOMIC CITY Around 8,000 companies are based in Darmstadt, the largest of which are: Merck, Deutsche Telekom, Evonik Industries, Entega and Döhler. The leading industries are chemicals, pharmaceuticals, biotech, hair cosmetics, information and communication technology, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, mechatronics and space technology. Darmstadt benefits from the close integration of research, development, industry and the entire Rhine-Main-Neckar economic region. Ideally accessible transport routes, the proximity to the international airport and the financial metropolis of Frankfurt round off the numerous advantages of this location.

Reports, results and presentations We are the largest gas and oil producer in the Dutch sector of the North Sea. We have interests and capabilities in the gas pipeline business. Who we are What we do Where we operate Investors Media Careers Supply ChainContact us Who we areOur visionOur leadershipGovernanceResponsibility Our investors What we doExploreDevelopProduce Where we operateNorwayUKThe NetherlandsGermanyNorth AfricaAsia Pacific InvestorsReports, results and presentationsFinancial calendar MediaNews and press releasesPublications CareersAvailable jobs ResponsibilityEnvironmentEthics and complianceHealth and safetyCommunity relations 0.0kboepd Daily average production of total production 0mmboe 2P reserves Operations in the Netherlands Active in the region since 1964, Neptune is the largest offshore oil and gas producer on the Dutch continental shelf. In 2018, our fields in the Netherlands made up six per cent of the Group's total 2P reserves. Neptune operates 26 production licences and maintains a large infrastructure of 32 offshore facilities including four major treatment hubs. Our numerous projects span the entire value chain, from near-field exploration, HPHT development, maintenance to decommissioning. We engage in significant drilling and well activity: two jack-up drilling units are planned for 2019. Pipeline design, installation and operations are key areas of expertise. The company's pipeline services include offshore installation, inspections and maintenance of platform-based and subsea installations. Neptune Energy Netherlands has minority shareholdings in Noordgastransport B.V. (18.57%) and NOGAT B.V. (15%). The Netherlands operated production portfolio is classified into four main areas, each of them linked to a main treatment and/or compression complex. Neptune Energy Netherlands December 2018 (period 15 February to 31 December) 12 months to December 2018 12 months to December 2017 Total production (mmboe) 9.1 10.3 11.8 Dry gas production (kboepd) 26.1 26.0 29.0 Liquid production (kbpd) Total production (kboepd) 28.3 28.3 32.3 Explore our assets Partner-operated Assets in The Netherlands Pipeline assets in the Netherlands Development project assets in the Netherlands Operated assets in the Netherlands Partner-operated assets in the Netherlands L10 Area The L10-A complex manages a large amount of the gas produced by the Dutch continental shelf. G Blocks Our gas-producing operations on the eastern side of the Dutch continental shelf focus on optimising production and exploration. DEK Area Field development, exploration and cross-border third-party opportunities on the western side of the Dutch North Sea sector. FLQ Cluster A diverse, extended area in the eastern part of the Dutch North Sea sector including oil production, HPHT development, and infill drilling. K6-D A gas-producing satellite platform in the K6 Block central complex. D12-A A satellite gas platform in the D Block in the Dutch sector of the North Sea. F16-A A seven-storey gas and condensate production platform on the Dutch continental shelf. The 264 km NOGAT pipeline system transports gas to an onshore processing plant at Den Helder. Noordgastransport The 470 km NGT network transports natural gas onshore from the Dutch continental shelf to the Uithuizen processing station. Abandonment and decommissioning Disused oil and gas installations are decommissioned in line with national and international regulations. There is a strong emphasis on reuse and recycling. REMIT is an EU regulation on wholesale energy market integrity and transparency. It has been in force since 2011 and is an important mechanism for preventing market abuse. Under REMIT, all market participants are required to provide effective and timely public disclosure of any inside information in their possession. REMIT disclosures are available here: Lex de Groot Managing Director, Netherlands Lex de Groot has 30 years' experience in the upstream oil and gas sector in various roles, focusing mainly on the Dutch continental shelf. Lex has a proven track record of identifying and pursuing opportunities that enable growth and value creation. He sees it as his task to continue to optimise business efficiencies within a culture where safety is the top priority. Neptune Energy Nederland B.V. Neptune Energy is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company with a regional focus on the North Sea, Europe, North Africa and Asia Pacific. It aims to develop its operational capability, international reach and scale to become the world's leading independent E&P company. Joep Sweyen Head of Communication and Public Affairs © Copyright Neptune Energy 2020

Use of WP All Import, the WordPress Importer, and similar plugins to import XML files, CSV files, WXR files, and images is a common task for developers and sites with content that changes frequently. However, it is also common for timeouts and website performance issues to occur while these imports are being processed. In this article, we'll discuss steps you can take to work your way through a challenging import process. Please note that we cannot guarantee that every import process will run successfully on our platform. If the import cannot be run successfully at Kinsta we recommend performing the import in a local development environment and then importing the updated database or table to your website database. Why Do Imports Cause Timeouts and Performance Issues? PHP timeouts occur if a single PHP process runs for longer than the max_execution_time or max_input_time set in the PHP configuration. When this happens a 502 server error is usually displayed. HTTP timeouts occur when the connection between your browser and the web server is held open for too long. When this happens a 504 gateway timeout error is usually displayed. It is common for website performance to also be slower when a large import is running. This is because PHP and MySQL are busy handling the import process. This causes regular traffic to the site to have to wait until PHP and MySQL are available to generate the page requested. If you run into a PHP timeout the max_execution_time and max_input_time may need to be elevated. On our platform, these values are set to 300 seconds (5 minutes) by default. The maximum PHP timeout values available on our platform are based on your current hosting plan. Starter and Pro plans: 300 seconds is the highest value we can support. Business plans: We can temporarily elevate the timeout to 600 seconds (10 minutes). Enterprise plans: We can elevate the value to 600 seconds (10 minutes) permanently or temporarily to 1800 seconds (30 minutes). A temporary increase in the timeout duration would be appropriate if you need the timeout duration elevated for less than 4 hours in order to complete a one-time import process. If you expect to need the elevated timeout value for a longer period of time or on a recurring basis you will need to upgrade to an Enterprise plan. We do not allow timeouts to be set to longer than 600 seconds on any plan on a permanent basis. Our experience has been that sites that require longer timeout durations on a permanent basis will experience significant stability issues during these long-running processes. Rather than sacrificing website stability, if you have recurring processes that require longer timeouts the best solution is to work with a developer to adjust the long-running process rather than to keep increasing the timeout duration. 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\section*{\label{sec:intro}Introduction} "Logic-In-Memory" (LIM) architectures have recently emerged as an alternative to Von Neumann architectures, where the constant shuttle of data between logic and memory units leads to a critical rise in energy consumption and delay when downscaling. This has led to the search for novel technologies that combine memory and logic functionalities. Recently, magnetic skyrmions have been proposed as the building block of such logic-in-memory technologies. Magnetic skyrmions are local chiral whirling of the magnetization. Their small lateral dimensions, down to the nanometer size and topological stability grant them particle-like properties, which, combined with the possibility to be manipulated via electrical currents, can be exploited to code data and achieve computation at the nanoscale. These textures appear promising for logic-in-memory applications since they intrinsically merge high density non-volatile storage and logic capabilities. However, while a number of memory and logic concepts have been proposed based on skyrmions~\cite{song2021logic,gnoli2021skyrmion,zhang2020stochastic,chauwin2019skyrmion,zhang2019skyrmion,he2017current,xing2016skyrmion,zhang2015magnetic,luo2018reconfigurable,yan2021logic16,mankalale2019skylogic,Fattouhi2021PhysRevApplied}, several major issues have hindered their technological advancement. In the first concepts of the skyrmion racetrack~\cite{fert_skyrmions_2013}, data was encoded through the distance between neighboring skyrmions and the memory operation relies on the synchronous shift of skyrmion trains, where the skyrmion interdistance remains constant. However, the latter can be easily perturbed by thermal activation or small variation in the skyrmion velocities, induced for instance by local changes in the magnetic properties in the material or process variations. Different pathways have been proposed to solve this issue such as double lanes~\cite{muller_magnetic_2017} or local gate control~\cite{kang2016complementary}. However, these solutions appear difficult to implement. For instance, local gate control requires numerous gate contacts leading to increased periphery area, limited density and increasing complexity. Regarding skyrmion based logic, the fundamental building blocks need to fulfill a set of criteria, including cascading, fan-out, logic level restoration, immunity to noise, mitigation of potential loss of information, and input-to-output isolation. However, concepts proposed so far required complex operations and faced serious limitations. These include skyrmion-charge inter-conversion which limits the advantage of a full skyrmionic signal~\cite{mankalale2019skylogic,xing2016skyrmion,he2017current,yan2021logic16}, large skyrmion circuits requiring complex synchronization of data~\cite{chauwin2019skyrmion}, multiple gate voltages with complex implementation~\cite{zhang2020stochastic,zhang2019skyrmion}, etc. In addition, several proposals do not fulfill the aforementioned basic requirements of logic, namely cascading, input and clock synchronization, etc \dots Thus, there is currently no concept for a full skyrmionic computer, incorporating logic, memory and interconnects using exclusively magnetic signals without the need for intermediate conversion to charge signals. \begin{figure*}[!htb] \includegraphics[width=0.9\linewidth]{Fig1_nucleatev8.pdf \caption{\label{fig:nucleate}(a) Schematic of a skyrmion generator with regions of different anisotropy values. Current can be sent in-between $C_1-C_2$ or $C_2-C_3$. (b) Energy as the skyrmion moves between two bit cells $R_2$ and $R_3$. $E_{\rm 0}$ is the energy of the skyrmions inside the bit cell. The anisotropy fields are indicated in the different regions. (c) Protocol for data encoding: a skyrmion is first nucleated in the low anisotropy region (row 1) by sending current between $C_1-C_2$ (J=15 MA/m$^2$ for 0.3 ns) and then pushed ("fired") to the 80nm cells (row 2) which work as memory bits ($J=35\rm ~MA/cm^{2}$ for $0.55\rm~ns$). A shift operation is carried out by sending current between $C_2-C_3$ (row 3) ($J=15\rm~MA/cm^{2}$ for $0.9\rm~ns$). We show only the top layer magnetization of the SAF as the bottom layer is magnetized symmetrically opposite to the top layer due to strong RKKY coupling. (d) Full 8-bit skyrmion data encoding of an 8-bit binary number ``10001011" using operations given in (c). Note that the data is encoded starting first from the least significant digit.} \end{figure*} Besides the aforementioned limitations, moving skyrmions are subject to the skyrmion Hall effect (skHE), namely a motion transverse to the driving force. To address this problem, topological spin textures with vanishing topological charges and thus skHE have been proposed as alternatives of skyrmions~\cite{zhang2016antiferromagnetic,jin2016dynamics,2018_SciRep_KolesnikovSamardakOgnev,sisodia_droplet_PRB_2021,dohi2019formation,legrand2020room,juge_skyrmions_2021,saf_zhang2016magnetic}. Of particular interest are skyrmions in synthetic antiferromagnets (SAF), which have been recently demonstrated to be stable at room temperature~\cite{dohi2019formation,legrand2020room,juge_skyrmions_2021}. These skyrmions are resilient against external stray magnetic fields and possess velocities which are much higher than their ferromagnetic counterparts, making them good candidates for elementary building blocks in storage and logic. In addition to using magnetic configurations with zero topological charge, skHE can also be suppressed with different confinement techniques~\cite{indent3d_pathak,albisetti2016NatNano_nanopatterning,albisetti2017AIPnanopatterning,guang2020creating,juge2021helium,domainwallconfinement}. In particular, we have shown that skyrmion channels can be defined by a local modification of the magnetic properties using light ion irradiation. This can be exploited to guide the skyrmion dynamics and suppress the skyrmion Hall effect~\cite{juge2021helium}. This technique can also be leveraged for a reliable control of the skyrmion position in racetracks as well as guide their motion in complex geometries to achieve logic operations. In this work, using micromagnetic simulations, we propose a Logic-In-Memory (LIM) device based on SAF skyrmions which leverages skyrmion confinement using local variation of the anisotropy. It combines two main innovations: Firstly, a novel concept of racetrack shift register where the skyrmion position is defined by low anisotropy dots and moved reliably using current induced spin-orbit torques. This provides an elegant solution to the longstanding issue of reliability of data retention and shift operation in racetracks. We develop elementary protocols for basic ``nucleate" and ``shift" operations on a train of skyrmions. Secondly, a compact Full Adder logic gate extendable to n-bit FA by cascading is designed. The designed FA can be re-programmed to perform different logic operations (e.g. NOT, BUFFER, AND, OR, XOR, NXOR, NAND). Our proposal allows a simple and intuitive synchronization scheme which in turn enables us to seamlessly cascade logic design to implement large-scale networks without any additional electronic circuitry. The designed logic architecture can also tolerate deviations in the amplitude or width of the current pulses which may arise from the electrical part of the design. \section*{\label{sec:nucleation}Skyrmion Nucleation and Confinement} As shown in our previous work~\cite{juge2021helium}, it is possible to artificially create an energy barrier for a skyrmion using focused He$^+$ ion-irradiation which locally modifies the material properties (anisotropy and Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI)) of the ferromagnet. Using this feature, we can engineer regions of different anisotropy values specifically tuned for two different tasks, namely nucleation and confinement of skyrmions. For the micromagnetic simulations, a SAF structure is assumed composed of two Co layers with a thickness of 0.9nm antiferromagnetically coupled by RKKY interaction and separated by a thin spacer [see Appendix.~\ref{sec:methods} for details regarding the micromagnetic model and parameters]. The magnetic parameters for the irradiated and non-irradiated areas are close to the ones of the Pt/Co/MgO stacks measured experimentally in Ref.~\cite{juge2021helium}. The He$^+$ ion irradiation leads to a decrease of the perpendicular magnetic anisotropy as well as the DMI. In Fig.~\ref{fig:nucleate}(a), we show the schematic of a skyrmion generator device coupled with a memory (bit) cell which can physically confine and hold a skyrmion inside of it. There are three different regions of anisotropy. The larger $\rm150 nm$ square-shaped cell ($R_1$) with a very small effective anisotropy of $B_{\rm K,eff}=5\rm mT$ is used to nucleate the skyrmion. The anisotropy of this region is intentionally kept smaller to reduce the current density required to nucleate the skyrmion. The second region is composed of the $\rm80 nm$ bit cells ($R_2$ and $R_3$) with $B_{\rm K,eff}=100\rm mT$, which are surrounded by high anisotropy regions of $B_{\rm K,eff}=165\rm mT$. These act as a barrier for the skyrmion, effectively trapping the skyrmion inside the bit cells. In Fig.~\ref{fig:nucleate}(b), we show the energy of the skyrmion as a function of its position $x$ as it passes from region $R_2$ to $R_3$. The energy is highest in the middle of regions $R_2$ and $R_3$. The energy barrier is $\sim33k_BT$ providing reasonable stability to the device against thermal noise. More information on the calculation and optimization of the energy barrier is given in Appendix.~\ref{sec:barrier}. To nucleate and shift the skyrmions, three separate contacts $C_1$, $C_2$ and $C_3$ are used (Fig.~\ref{fig:nucleate}(a)). To nucleate a skyrmion in $R_1$ (first panel of Fig.~\ref{fig:nucleate}(c)), a short ($0.3\rm~ns$) current pulse ($J=15\rm ~MA/cm^{2}$) is first injected in between contacts $C_1-C_2$. A second current pulse with a higher current density ($J=35\rm ~MA/cm^{2}$ for $0.55\rm~ns$) allows the skyrmion to overcome the barrier and move from $R_1$ towards $R_2$. Simultaneously, due to the high current density, another skyrmion nucleates in the region $R_1$. This whole operation can thus be dubbed as ``fire+nucleate" as one skyrmion is nucleated and another skyrmion is simultaneously fired (panel 2 of Fig.~\ref{fig:nucleate}(c)). Once nucleated, the shift operation is performed by injecting a current between contacts $C_2$ and $C_3$ such that the skyrmions move between $R_2-R_3$ without influencing the nucleation region $R_1$ (third row panel in Fig.~\ref{fig:nucleate}(c)). Overall, to encode a full data stream, the following protocol is adopted: 1.) Nucleate in region $R_1$, 2.) If Bit 1 is required, use ``fire+nucleate" followed by ``shift" 3.) If Bit 0 is required, use only ``shift". We show in Fig.~\ref{fig:nucleate}(d) and in video SV1 the encoding of an 8-bit binary number ``10001011" in a racetrack composed of 9 cells using this protocol. After nucleation, the skyrmion train shifts synchronously along the cell track when injecting the current pulses. Thus, our proposed racetrack design based on confinement cells and current induced tunneling provides large bit stability and natural synchronization of the bit train, solving an important issue of initial skyrmion racetrack design. \begin{figure*}[!htb] \includegraphics[width=0.7\linewidth]{Fig2_onebit_figure_v4.pdf \caption{\label{fig:1bit}Design and operation of a 1-bit Full-Adder (FA) based on irradiated SAF. (a) shows the schematic of the FA and the current pulses which are designed to move the skyrmions from their respective bits on the left to the middle region where the operation takes place and then to the output bits on the right. The current pulses $J_1$ and $J_2$ have an amplitude and duration of $J_1=15\rm~MA/cm^{2}$ and $t_1=0.8\rm~ns$ and $J_2=5\rm~MA/cm^{2}$ and $t_2=0.9\rm~ns$. (b)-(f) show the micromagnetic simulation of the 1-bit FA gate for various test cases. Snapshot of the magnetization at different times are overlayed to show the complete trajectories of the skyrmions (black solid curves). (g) Serial FA operation on a stream of $C_{in}$, $A$ and $B$ inputs. } \end{figure*} \section*{\label{sec:1BitFA}Full Adder Design} A Compact full Adder (FA) logic gate can also be designed using anisotropy energy barriers in irradiated SAF stacks. A Full Adder is considered as the basic unit in Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALUs) performing bitwise addition of two binary numbers. It has three inputs, $A$, $B$ and $carry-in~(C_{\rm in})$ and produces two outputs, $Sum$ and $carry-out~(C_{\rm out})$. The logic gate is divided into three parts (see Figure.~\ref{fig:1bit}(a)). The left part of the device is made of three bit cells, which are the inputs $A$, $B$ and $C_{\rm in}$. Similarly, at the right-hand side of the logic gate, three other bit cells hold the two outputs $Sum$ and $C_{\rm out}$ of the FA. The middle region of the design represents the part of the device which performs the logic operation. All three regions and the individual bit cells are separated from each other by anisotropy energy barriers. We show the operation of the designed Full Adder gate in Figs.~\ref{fig:1bit}(b)-(f) and in video SV2: The skyrmions which are present inside the bit cells inputs $A$, $B$ and $C_{\rm in}$ on the left region are pushed inside the middle region after passing over the energy barrier by sending a current pulse uniformly through the device ($J_1=15\rm~MA/cm^{2}$). When skyrmions are inside the middle region, different possibilities arise depending on the total number of skyrmions inside the middle region. For only one skyrmion [Figs.~\ref{fig:1bit}(b)-(c)], the most stable state for the skyrmion is to stay at the center of the middle region. However, when there are two skyrmions [Figs.~\ref{fig:1bit}(d)-(e)], they repel each other and would stay near the top and bottom edge of the middle region to minimize their mutual interaction. When the total number of skyrmions in the middle region is three [Figs.~\ref{fig:1bit}(f)], the skyrmions will maximize the individual distances between them and will acquire a position at the top, middle and bottom parts. To achieve the relaxation of the interacting skyrmions in the middle part, two pulses with smaller amplitude $J_2=5\rm~MA.cm^{-2}$ are then injected. The skyrmions are then pushed into the rightmost region by sending a current pulse with a larger amplitude $J_1$. At the output end, the middle cell will only have a skyrmion if the total number of skyrmions on the input side is either one or three. This represents the $Sum$ output of the Full Adder. Similarly, the top and bottom outputs will only have a skyrmion if the total number of input skyrmions is either two or three. This is the same as the $C_{\rm out}$ (carry-out) output of the Full Adder. We thus achieve an entire full adder operation with a single logic gate. We have specifically designed our FA logic gate in Fig.~\ref{fig:1bit}(a) keeping in mind an easy integration with racetrack storage such as the one in Fig.~\ref{fig:nucleate}(a). Using this architecture, the FA logic gate can be easily extended to perform logic operations with a continuous stream of data to serially compute $Sum$ and $C_{\rm out}$ outputs for each input set of data bits. Such an operation is shown in Fig.~\ref{fig:1bit}(g), where we show serial 1-bit FA calculation on streams of input $A$, $B$ and $C_{\rm in}$ [see also video SV3]. The current pulses, in general, follow the same protocol and can be easily extended to perform $n$ operations, where $n$ is the total number of bits in the bit-stream.\footnote{The only modification needed in the current pulses is the merging of $J_1$ pulse of outgoing operation with the $J_1$ pulse of incoming operation as both of these operations can be carried out simultaneously without affecting the logic operation.} \begin{figure*} \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{Fig3_full_3bit_v10.pdf \caption{\label{fig:3bit}(a) Design of a 3-bit Full-Adder (FA) by cascading three 1-bit FAs. Additional components have been added to synchronize inputs application and the entire operation (b) shows the micromagnetic simulation for the case of (101+111=1100). The current pulses used to perform the logic operation are exactly the same as the 1-bit FA operation repeated 3-times. (c) and (d) show the design and operation of an FA where the carry-bit can be sent back using current of negative polarity with density $J=-10\rm~MA/cm^{2}$ for $t=3.2\rm~ns$ followed by an off-pulse ($J=0\rm~MA/cm^{2}$) of $1\rm ~ns$. (e) Operation of a 3-bits FA using the modified FA shown in (c). The operation corresponds to the case (011+111=1010). (f)-(h) shows the comparison of both approaches for 3-bits addition in terms of device area, energy consumption and operation time, respectively. } \end{figure*} \section*{\label{sec:3bitFA}Full Adder Multi-bit operation} One limitation of the FA gate is that it only operates on 1-bit inputs. For instance, the actual operation on the bitstreams shown in Fig.~\ref{fig:1bit}(g) is a 1-bit FA operation done serially on each arriving set of input bits, since the carry-bit ($C_{\rm out}$) is not taken forward in each successive computation. We show here that $N$-bit FA gates can be easily designed by properly cascading 1-bit FA gates. As an example, we present in Fig.~\ref{fig:3bit}(a) the design of a 3-bit FA gate composed of three cascaded FA gates where the carry bit from each computation is used in the next computation. The bottom $C_{\rm out}$ from the FA1 is connected to the top bit cell of FA2, such that the output $C_{\rm out}$ from FA1 operation is used as one of the inputs of FA2 operation. To ensure that the two other inputs of FA2 reach at the same time as the output $C_{\rm out}$ of FA1, we add some delay gates Sync-In (green boxes) before FA2. These synchronization gates can be cascaded to vary the delay time and provide on-demand synchronization between various segments of logic operations. Similar gates are also added to synchronize the outputs (Sync-Out, black). In Fig.~\ref{fig:3bit}(b) and video SV4, we show the operation of a 3-bit FA using cascaded 1-bit FAs. The calculation performed is ($a_3~a_2~a_1$) + ($b_3~b_2~b_1$) = ($c_4~c_3~c_2~c_1$), where ($a_3~a_2~a_1$)=(101) and ($b_3~b_2~b_1$)=(111). The expected output is ($c_4~c_3~c_2~c_1$)=(1100) which is correctly obtained by bit cells $c_4$, $c_3$, $c_2$ and $c_1$ shown by dotted yellow boxes. The design of Fig.~\ref{fig:3bit}(a) is very promising for fast n-bit FA operation and for further modifications using cascading and synchronization. However, a more compact and low power design can be implemented by directly computing the n-bits FA operation using streams of skyrmions in two racetracks and a single FA gate. This would be similar to the operation of FA shown in Fig.~\ref{fig:1bit}(g), however, with bit-streams replaced with $N$-bit numbers. For this purpose, we modify our FA design to include another region of different anisotropy value as shown in Fig.~\ref{fig:3bit}(c). This new region (light blue) which covers the area joining the input bits to middle region and the area to the left of top $C_{\rm out}$ bit has an anisotropy in-between the anisotropy of the regular bit cells and the barrier region. This enables us to send a negative polarity current pulse which is enough to move only the $C_{\rm out}$ bit while keeping the other skyrmions at their respective places. This pulse is shown alongside in Fig.~\ref{fig:3bit}(c) [highlighted part]. In Fig.~\ref{fig:3bit}(d), we show how the $C_{\rm out}$ bit is moved back to the input end by this current pulse of negative polarity. During the entire operation, none of the other skyrmions are affected. Using this, we can now compute the addition operation of two $N$-bit numbers by successively sending them through the top and bottom inputs of the FA (middle input is left empty). The design and operation for a 3-bit FA using this strategy is shown in Fig.~\ref{fig:3bit}(e) and video SV5. It may be noted that we need to add an empty bit between each successive bit as no operation can take place during the movement of $C_{\rm out}$ bit using negative polarity current. The snapshots in Fig.~\ref{fig:3bit}(e) correspond to the initial and final stage of the addition operation ($a_3~a_2~a_1$) + ($b_3~b_2~b_1$) = ($c_4~c_3~c_2~c_1$), where, ($a_3~a_2~a_1$)=(011), ($b_3~b_2~b_1$)=(111) and the expected output is ($c_4~c_3~c_2~c_1$)=(1010) which is correctly computed with our implementation. The inputs and outputs are shown in dotted yellow boxes. \begin{figure*}[!htb] \includegraphics[width=0.7\linewidth]{Fig4_nand_v2.pdf \caption{\label{fig:nand}Different logic gate designs derived from the FA. (a) shows a NOT/COPY gate design. Some input bits have been fixed to either "0" or "1". Similarly, (b) and (c) show XOR/AND and NXOR/OR gates derived from FA. (d) shows a universal NAND gate designed by cascading AND and NOT gates, both of which are modified versions of FA. (e) shows the operation of NAND for both inputs as 1. } \end{figure*} The performance of the two methods for $N$-bit FA computation described above can be compared on the basis of three important characteristic metrics: (i) Device Area, (ii) Energy consumption and (iii) Operation time. In Fig.~\ref{fig:3bit}(f), we show the variation of the device area with the number of bits ($N$). For the cascaded FA shown in Fig.~\ref{fig:3bit}(a), both dimensions in the $x-y$ plane increase linearly with $N$ leading to an `$\mathcal{O}\rm~(N^2)$ variation of device area. However, since only one FA gate is needed for the alternative approach (without cascading) shown in Figs.~\ref{fig:3bit}(c)-(e), the device area remains the same as `$N$' increases. Note that in Fig.~\ref{fig:3bit}(e), the increase in the length along x-axis is not included in the calculation as the extended regions are considered as a part of the racetrack storage rather than logic. In Fig.~\ref{fig:3bit}(g), we show the total energy consumption of the FA logic gate as a function of number of bits. For a 1-bit operation, the energy of the operation is $9\rm~fJ$. In the case of cascaded FA operation, the energy dramatically increases with the number of bits as $\mathcal{O}\rm~(N^3)$ due to linear increase in operation time and quadratic increase in the device area. However, when using the FA design shown in Fig.~\ref{fig:3bit}(c)-(e), the total energy only increases linearly with the number of bits. For a 32-bit operation, the total energy consumption is $\sim0.8~\rm pJ$ which is more than two orders lower than the cascaded FA operation. However, this design suffers from a larger operation time compared to cascaded FA gate since each operation is delayed by $4.2\rm~ns$ to move the carry-out bit back to the input position [Fig.~\ref{fig:3bit}(h)]. Due to the Joule dissipation in the metallic conductors, the proposed device consumes 1-2 orders of magnitude more energy for individual logic operations compared to state-of-art CMOS full adder~\cite{energycomp}. However, owing to its intrinsic logic-in-memory approach, a large gain in energy and delay is expected at the device level, since it minimizes the energy dissipated in interconnects and the stand-by power. Note that the speed of both designs can be further increased by using skyrmions with higher velocity ($>1000\rm m/s$ is expected for SAF~\cite{tomasello2017performance} which is 6 times the maximum velocity of skyrmions in this work). \section*{\label{sec:derivative}Re-programming FA logic} Full adder logic gates can be easily modified in order to build a number of basic logic functions, which in turn can be combined to perform complex logic operations. The output of the full adder gate is given as: \(Sum=C_{\rm in}\oplus (A \oplus B)\) ; \(C_{\rm out}= AB+BC_{\rm in}+AC_{\rm in}\). By fixing one or more of the inputs, different logic gates can be achieved. Note that the inputs of a FA logic gate are all interchangeable, so it does not matter which of the inputs are fixed. Figures~\ref{fig:nand}(a)-(c) show the modified FA gates which can perform COPY, NOT, AND, XOR, OR and XNOR operations. The universal NAND gate can also be designed by cascading two modified FA gates [Fig.~\ref{fig:nand}(d)]. The first gate is modified by setting one of the inputs to ``0" such that the $C_{\rm out}$ represents the output of an AND gate. The second FA gate is modified to perform an inversion operation by setting two of the inputs to ``0'' and ``1''. The operation of this gate for a test case of $A=1$ and $B=1$ is shown in Fig.~\ref{fig:nand}(e). The output $\overline{A.B}=0$ corresponding to the NAND gate is highlighted. It may be noted that we also obtain AND and XOR outputs along with the NAND output. \section*{\label{sec:FAtolerance}Electrical Tolerances and failure mechanisms} \begin{figure}[!htb] \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{Fig5_tolerance_figv4.pdf \caption{\label{fig:tolerance}(a) Current pulses used for FA operation in Fig.~\ref{fig:1bit}. (b) Acceptable change (\%) in different parameter values in the current pulse. (c) Test case with inputs (0,1,1) for FA operation with random anisotropy grains.} \end{figure} For practical application of our design, it is important to probe its tolerance against variations in the current amplitude or pulse width. In Fig.~\ref{fig:tolerance}(a), we show the set of pulses used for the 1-bit Full Adder operation. There are two different current density values used in the circuit : $J_1=15\rm~MA/ cm^{2}$ and $J_2=5\rm~MA /cm^{2}$ with pulse widths of $t_1=0.8\rm~ns$ and $t_2=0.9\rm~ns$, respectively. There is also an off-pulse of width $t_0=0.5\rm~ns$. We individually vary each of these parameters by fixing other parameters at their reference values. We also try to vary $J_1$, $J_2$ or $t_0$, $t_1$ and $t_2$, simultaneously. The results are shown in Fig.~\ref{fig:tolerance}(b) depicting the acceptable level of variation for each case for which the logic operations are executed without any errors. Note that these results are also valid for the NAND as well as other derived logic gates. These tolerance values provide valuable input for further modeling with large-scale electrical circuit designing tools. We also performed simulations to check the robustness of device against variations in anisotropy. We varied the effective anisotropy field of the barrier region and found that the Full Adder works correctly for the range of values $\rm 155mT-167mT$. Further, we also perform simulations by adding grains of size $\rm 15nm$ with random $0.5\%$ variation of anisotropy constant (equivalent to $\sim5\%-8\%$ change in effective anisotropy field), similar to previous works~\cite{juge2018magnetic,gross_skyrmion_2018} and show that the Full Adder works correctly. The motion of skyrmions for a test case with inputs (0,1,1) is shown in Fig.~\ref{fig:tolerance}(c). However, we note that a stronger anisotropy variation may lead to incorrect operations. In our device, this happens as the skyrmions are stabilized for the parameter values which are close to in-plane to out-of-plane transition regime. Therefore, a small change in the anisotropy constant rapidly changes the skyrmion energy and hence its trajectory. A possible strategy to mitigate this is to use higher anisotropy thin films as the pristine sample and then irradiating them to obtain the tracks/barriers with the same anisotropy difference as used in this work. An important part of the logic gate design involves device testing against a possible failure during operation. To investigate this point, we include thermal noise corresponding to $\rm T=350~K$ in our simulations \footnote{As we are already doing simulations with experimental parameters extracted at T=300K, we only include thermal noise corresponding to T=50K to avoid overestimating the effect of temperature}. We simulate 20 instances for each of the possible 8 test cases for the Full Adder (total 160 attempts). Despite high thermal noise, the Full Adder worked correctly for $\sim85\%$ of the total attempts. For the cases in which it failed, three different failure mechanisms were found. The first one is caused by the annihilation of input skyrmions during the operation. We predict that a stronger RKKY coupling could counter the thermal noise and improve the overall stability of the SAF skyrmions. The second failure mechanism is due to the presence of skyrmions at the wrong output after the operation has ended. This happens when the skyrmion diffusion due to thermal noise significantly perturbs the intended trajectory of the skyrmions. Higher Gilbert damping is expected to minimize this effect. However, the trade-off will be an increased energy consumption as higher current densities will be required to move the skyrmions. The third possibility is a skyrmion getting stuck in between two bit cells. This occurs when the skyrmion finds a local minima in between two memory bits. Our barrier has already been optimized to avoid this situation [see Appendix.~\ref{sec:barrier}], however, further optimization is needed to comply with high-temperature conditions. This will involve increasing the difference of anisotropy between the low and high anisotropy regions which will increase the barrier height. \section*{\label{sec:future}Conclusion} To conclude, we proposed a logic-in-memory device based on skyrmion confinement and channeling by anisotropy energy barriers in synthetic antiferromagnets. We first designed a racetrack shift register memory based on skyrmions confined by anisotropy energy barriers as memory bits, allowing reliable data storage with large stability and robust synchronous shift operations on skyrmion train. This design naturally solves the stability and synchronization issues of the initial racetrack concept without introducing additional gates or complex geometries. We then combine our racetrack storage with a newly designed 1-bit Full Adder (FA) gate extendable to $N$-bits FA by cascading. The designed FA is reprogrammable and can also be used to perform AND/OR/NOT/NAND/XOR/NXOR operations. The device is expected to perform well even with some fluctuations in the amplitude/width of the injected current pulses and in presence of thermal noise. The simplicity and compactness of the design combined with the minimal use of electrical circuitry brings the proposed device to the same level as the current technological capabilities of fabrication/manufacturing processes, thus providing an important advance for the development of skyrmion-based logic-in-memory technology. \begin{acknowledgments} The authors acknowledge financial support from the French national research agency (ANR) (Grant Nos. ANR-15-CE24-0015-01 and ANR-17-CE24-0045) and the American defense advanced research project agency (DARPA) TEE program (Grant No. MIPR HR0011831554). This work has been partially supported by MIAI@Grenoble Alpes, (ANR-19-P3IA-0003). \end{acknowledgments}

Truthdiggers of the Week: Anonymous Our picks for this week's Truthdiggers are a little unusual in that we don't really know who they are — at least not specifically. But we do know them by their collective, if faceless, alias: Anonymous. And more important, we know them by the artful and provocative acts of cyberpunkery they keep pulling off despite crackdowns and arrests. Anonymous is composed of a team of skilled hackers who are clearly also quite publicity savvy, able to perform feats of culture-jamming both online and off without tipping into silly territory or taking cheap shots at symbols of authority just for the sake of a good prank. (All the same, their pranks tend to be good.) But this week, the highly coveted Truthdigger honor goes to the members of this rogue network — the ranks of which were at least temporarily thinned earlier in the week by a coordinated Interpol sting — for their work in "exposing the global trade in intelligence," as The Guardian put it. More to the point, Anonymous teamed up with WikiLeaks to pass along some 5.5 million emails, news of which began hitting the wires last Sunday, lifted from the servers of the Texas-based private intelligence firm Stratfor. Here's more on that hack-and-leak operation. WikiLeaks said the documents contained details of the inner workings of the private intelligence agency, links between government and private intelligence, and commentary on WikiLeaks itself. "The material contains privileged information about the US government's attacks against Julian Assange and WikiLeaks and Stratfor's own attempts to subvert WikiLeaks," the whistleblower website said. "There are more than 4,000 emails mentioning WikiLeaks or Julian Assange. The emails also expose the revolving door that operates in private intelligence companies in the United States." The email cache is said to contain information on measures taken to track activist and NGO activity for large companies, through media monitoring, and information on the financial sector. The hacking attack on Stratfor is subject to an FBI investigation. Several alleged members of Anonymous have been arrested by authorities in the US and UK as part of investigations. Although some disagree, such as The Christian Science Monitor's Dan Murphy, WikiLeaks' Julian Assange broke down the significance of the Stratfor project thusly. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange told Reuters: "Here we have a private intelligence firm, relying on informants from the U.S. government, foreign intelligence agencies with questionable reputations and journalists." "What is of grave concern is that the targets of this scrutiny are, among others, activist organizations fighting for a just cause." Good thing there's this group to act as a countervailing force. We'll look forward to further meddling by Anonymous in the international corporate arena in the future. Meanwhile, read and watch more about its other campaigns here, here and here. #anonymous#hack#hacktivism#julian assange#occupy wall street#scientology#spying#stratfor#wikileaks Arizona Secretary of State Confirms Election Fraud During Primary Vote Emma Niles / Truthdig 2015 in Review: Truthdig's Books of the Year VIDEO: News of Anonymous' Online Campaign Against the KKK Takes a Turn (Updated) Befriending the Saudis Highlights U.S. Hypocrisy on Human Rights Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy Peter Richardson / Truthdig 'Sabu' Tells Charlie Rose How He Went From Anonymous Hactivist to FBI Informant Donald Kaufman / Truthdig

The handful of Marines who share their stories from Iraq and Afghanistan are haunted by what they saw and participated in. For one veteran of the Baghdad invasion, torment over the deaths of Iraqi civilians leads him to seek out their surviving relatives. Another, suffering from survivor's guilt, recalls watching a friend burn to death. Lives turn inward; marriages falter. The compulsory extension of tours of duty has exposed contemporary soldiers to unprecedented levels of combat, but the film shows too that mental health problems for returning troops are nothing new. With a snippet from John Huston's long-suppressed 1946 documentary "Let There Be Light," Donahue nods to a short-lived psychiatric treatment program for returning World War II soldiers, one that attempted to break through the stigma against seeking help. The film argues for a dedicated Behavioral Health Corps for the armed forces, and highlights private programs whose healing solutions aren't based on prescription pads. With the same clarity and fluency he brought to far sunnier material in "Casting By," Donahue pinpoints the devastating intersection of personal trauma and institutional neglect in an age of perpetual war.

*please make your reservation by all means until the day before the arrival date if you want to leave your luggage here from 11:00 to 16:00 because the entrance door is closed this period. Also, you have to pay an additional 200 yen when you want to leave your luggage before 16:00. ●There's no cancellation fee up to 8 days before arrival. ●The dormitory room may have the movement of the room by a day when there are the reservations of all dormitory room. A newly-built guest house opened on August 1, 2011. The first guesthouse with a bar space in Sendai. Conveniently located 15 minutes from the JR Sendai station by taxi, and 5 minutes from the Nigatake Station on the Senseki Line by foot. JR Tohoku Main Line, Higashi Sendai Station Get on the Tohoku Main line, and get off at the Higashi Sendai station (1 station, about 5 minutes). This is a wonderful hostel. The people are very friendly and the place is nice and clean. They offer a set meal dinner every night for ¥700 that focuses on fresh and local foods and is always delicious. They also have beer and liquor for sale, but let you bring in your own if you prefer. I definitely recommend this hostel to anyone staying in Sendai. I had so much fun staying at Umebachi! Every night pretty much all the guests and the staff gathered in the common area and just hanged out. The dinner they offer is also very delicious! Thank you! Staff are just lovely! They serve dinner for 700 yen with all the guests and friends of the staff which allows for great cultural exchanges. Be warned that most guests staying here are japanese (as is the staff) so it can be a bit difficult if you don't know some basic japanese phrases. The staff are really friendly and make the effort to talk to you in English. They make dinner every night which you can have for the good price of 700 yen, and if you do not want what they are making do not let that stop you from joining them with the chatter and laughter of the place. We loved our time there and real want to go back. It can be tricky to find if you use GPS google maps as it will take you in circles away from the location. It was pretty laid back I was only here a single night to crash but staff was really nice. Not far from the Rakuten Baseball Stadium if you're looking to watch a game. Very friendly staff, free breakfast and available dinner were very good. Slightly difficult to find, but got there eventually! Unfortunately, some of the other guests were a tad noisy, which slightly spoiled my stay. Be warned, most of the guests are Japanese, so if you don't speak the language you may have a hard time. Uncomfortable bedding situation, also overpriced for what you get. Breakfast is a couple pieces of bread, and after not sleeping all night because of guests waking up early and the hard beds, I was refused to be given breakfast after being 45 mins late to it. You can stay for free in Sendai with Kodo, much better stay, find him on Couchsurfer!

A much requested topic, and one that can be quite challenging....even for the fashion obsessed like me, is how to build a stylish yet appropriate work wardrobe. This is certainly a topic that will become a weekly installment. It is simply too much to cover in one post. So, let's get started! I think the basis for a great work wardrobe starts with a few staples. The first of which is a fabulous black sheath dress. (Or, if you're anything like me, a few different classic black sheaths.) It's always great to have these basic to fall back on when you just don't feel like pulling it all together. I am not, however, suggesting that you throw on that black dress with black pumps and a cardigan. That is not eye-catching enough for you, lovely reader! Instead merely use it as a base on which to layer something with a little flair. If your dress is the appropriate length (to the knee if you are on the taller side or right above the knee if you're on the petite side), then you have creative license to add some excitement! Start out with a great motorcycle jacket, statement necklace and some not-so-basic black pumps. Contrasting the classic with something unexpected is the first key to keeping your work wardrobe exciting!

The beautiful fall weather is quickly fading here, but it is much warmer than Boston was, and for that I am grateful. The semester is coming to an end, five weeks left if you're counting, which means the holidays are hot on our trail! Miraculously, each month this year has brought more and more epic adventure and awesomeness than the previous, making 2011 quite a doozy. I honestly have no idea where the semester disappeared to but I registered for Spring 2012 classes this morning… must be about that time. Mid July we submitted a paper topic to present at a national technology conference for NASPA, with the goal of getting practice with presentation writing and shooting to have a presentation accepted in 2012 or 2013. Needless to say, I honestly didn't think it would get accepted and much to my surprise, I got an email a month later saying we were going to be one of the presentations to be featured throughout the three day conference. What an awesome opportunity to share what we're doing with technology on our campus! Once the shock had passed, it was time to gear up and crank out a rocking presentation. There's no sense doing something if it isn't going to be done correctly. Go with the flow – As the worrier of the group, I found plenty of ways to nitpick about things that were beyond my control, so it was nice once we arrived at the conference to just go with it. I was confident that I had done my homework, and who knows better about our tech projects than me? I was the expert and this was my arena so why not relax and take it all in? Embrace the learning – I'll admit it, I was slightly disappointed that only seven people showed up for our presentation; however, the positive responses and great questions convinced me that we are doing something amazing at the University of Nevada. It was pretty awesome to be presenting three unique ways in which we were using technology to impact our student's engagement! Incorporate changes – There were many great speakers during the conference, and one of them placed a heavy emphasis on the pursuit of community. It's our job to drive student engagement by utilizing the "cool stuff" to pique their interest. It's almost not even fair having a job that awesome, but additionally it provides a wonderful opportunity to improve our method of creating agency and buy-in from our students. What better way to impact their time here than to have them involved and active on campus? Create a true sense of community and the rest will take care of itself! Make the most of the opportunity – I'm sorry but anytime I get flown 2000 miles across the country for work, I'm going to cash in on some sweet vacation time. Having never been to Boston, it seemed like a very appropriate decision. Three days spent in one of the most historical cities in America was freaking awesome, even more so because I'm a Revolutionary War history buff. It was quite the opportunity to both present at a conference AND explore New England. Icing on the cake – The real crowning moment of the entire adventure was finding out that not only did we kill our presentation but that the same one was accepted to the NASPA National Convention in Phoenix for March 2012!! Talk about exciting! It's one thing to present at a conference of 170 people, it's another to present at a conference with over 1000 presentation submissions, and ours was one of only a few selected. Never in a million years did I dream we'd be presenting in Phoenix, and now we'll be heading down there to again rock the NASPA conference and show the U.S. what is going on in Nevada. It's just been a year full of ridiculous adventures, and this is another layer in the cake. Going to be awesome! Baby steps? I think not… – In what seems to be an usual occurrence of events, we have gone from being presentation noobs to presenting at the national convention in one fell swoop. Seems like kind of a big deal. It's quite overwhelming, really, and I don't know what we've gotten ourselves into, but I know it's going to be fantastic. Thinking back on my racing experiences, this is not that dissimilar to my shift from a half marathon to a full, or from an Olympic triathlon to a half Iron. I ran 13 miles to get my feet wet and prepare for 26.2, and I've spent years racing 30 miles so that I could bump it up to 70.3 and compete with the bad-asses. Our Rhode Island presentation was just the warm up round for the big leagues, and our initiation into a new and exciting realm. And so October has failed to disappoint or be boring, and in turn resulted in many new experiences, a wonderful break from the Reno Reality, and has setup the last two months of the year to be equally awesome. What was your first professional breakthrough? My first professional breakthrough was when I presented a paper at an inter-national convention of about 1200 people. I presented a paper on how to organize and run a regional conference (Seven Steps for Sponsoring Successful Seminars and Symposiums. The presentation was packed with useful OTJ tips on how to organize and run such a conference and had a 40-page handout of checklists (which I still have today). I not only won the Outstanding Paper Award out of 5-6 dozen, but it the first-ever Outstanding Paper Award granted by that association. You can bet that this honor is STILL listed on my resume. I don't take credit for it because it wasn't that terrific; I give glory to God for the grace shown me. It sure taught me to get and stay involved in my profession which I did that for 30 years or so. The business connections have been great especially when I needed a job—many people knew my name and some of what I was capable of doing. The other advantage was making friends with many people from all over the world and learning much about people, what it means to be on a Board of Directors and all kinds of other lessons. So, young man, I urge you to get involved with some local professional association that has national- or international- connections. It will pay off many-fold. Awesome story! What a success, especially to get the first of an award :-) What a great way to spread your name and make a place for yourself in your industry.

Q: Save data as text file from spark to hdfs I processed data using pySpark and sqlContext using the following query: (sqlContext.sql("select LastUpdate,Count(1) as Count" from temp_t) .rdd.coalesce(1).saveAsTextFile("/apps/hive/warehouse/Count")) It is stored in the following format: Row(LastUpdate=u'2016-03-14 12:27:55.01', Count=1) Row(LastUpdate=u'2016-02-18 11:56:54.613', Count=1) Row(LastUpdate=u'2016-04-13 13:53:32.697', Count=1) Row(LastUpdate=u'2016-02-22 17:43:37.257', Count=5) But I want to store the data in a Hive table as LastUpdate Count 2016-03-14 12:27:55.01 1 . . . . Here is how I create the table in Hive: CREATE TABLE Data_Count(LastUpdate string, Count int ) ROW FORMAT DELIMITED fields terminated by '|'; I tried many options but was not successful. Please help me on this. A: Why not load the data into Hive itself, without going through the process of saving the file and then loading it to hive. from datetime import datetime, date, time, timedelta hiveCtx = HiveContext(sc) #Create sample data currTime = datetime.now() currRow = Row(LastUpdate=currTime) delta = timedelta(days=1) futureTime = currTime + delta futureRow = Row(LastUpdate=futureTime) lst = [currRow, currRow, futureRow, futureRow, futureRow] #parallelize the list and convert to dataframe myRdd = sc.parallelize(lst) df = myRdd.toDF() df.registerTempTable("temp_t") aggRDD = hiveCtx.sql("select LastUpdate,Count(1) as Count from temp_t group by LastUpdate") aggRDD.saveAsTable("Data_Count") A: You created a table, now you need to fill it with the data you generated. This could be ran from a Spark HiveContext, I believe LOAD DATA INPATH '/apps/hive/warehouse/Count' INTO TABLE Data_Count Alternatively, you may want to build a table over the data CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE IF NOT Exists Data_Count( LastUpdate DATE, Count INT ) ROW FORMAT DELIMITED FIELDS TERMINATED BY '|' STORED AS TEXTFILE LOCATION '/apps/hive/warehouse/Count';

The kind of books I like Click here to read my reviews of Sleeping Dogs by Ed Gorman, Somebody Owes Me Money by Donald Westlake, Dirty Money by Richard Stark (Westlake) and Zero Cool by John Lange (Michael Crichton). Lessons learned from trenches: Part 11 Writing Again In 2002 I also started writing again, and the first thing I worked on after this 5-year break was a short crime story, More Than a Scam. This could be the first and only Nigerian-email scam story, and the way it came about was after getting yet another scam email, I posted on a yahoo hardboiled writers group that it would be an interesting topic for people in the group to write stories about. No one took me up on that, so I decided to do it. At first I was planning to do the same as my fictional writer in the story---trade emails with these scam artist and write up the exchange as a story. Instead, I went a different direction and wrote a noirish crime story with my protagonist having his own ulterior motives for participating in this scam. I knew it was a good story when I was done, and it ended up making honorable mention in the 2003 Best American Mystery Stories anthology, with Otto Penzler mentioning to my agent at the time that he was disappointed the story wasn't selected by his editor for that volume as one of the top 20. By nature I'm driven to create things. That's the reason I spent over 20 years as a software developer, why I started Hardluck Stories, and why I write. Back in 2002 one of the things I tried creating was a Yahoo group to match short crime fiction to publications. The way this would work is writers would post a one-paragraph description of the story they were trying to sell, as well as a bio, and editors would contact them off-list. I think I called this group the Short Mystery Fiction Warehouse. It seemed like a good idea, but none of the paying magazines participated, only non-paying web-zines. Some stories ended up being placed through this, but it didn't work out the way I had hoped and after a short time I shut it down. At the time I knew More Than a Scam would have a good shot with both AHMM and EQMM, two magazines I wanted to break in to, but I wanted to support this fiction warehouse concept so I made the story available through it, and a web-zine Mysterical-E ended up asking for it. The people I dealt with at Mysterical-E were professional and treated my story well, but it was a mistake not trying for the higher markets first. These days if a web-zine or low-paying market that I respect asks me for a story, I'll provide one to help support them, but whenever you have a story that's a good fit for a top market, always submit to them first. Always. With the reaction More Than a Scam was receiving I thought I hit upon a formula for success—choose a topical theme. Well, maybe for short stories, but it doesn't quite work out well for novels, as I'll be discussing in a future lessons from the trenches. taking this week off I sent off my third book (Killer) to Serpent's Tail yesterday, and am celebrating by taking off today to get a Maine lobster roll up in Kennebunkport, among other things. Lessons learned in the trenches will be back next week. In the meantime, feel free to leave any questions that I can answer about running a web-zine, breaking into publishing with dark crime fiction, or anything else writing-related, and I'll see what I can come up with. 11,000 gallons of gasoline on fire This happened a few miles from my home last Saturday. Posted by Dave Zeltserman at 5:50 PM 1 comment: Lessons learned from the trenches: Part 10 Hardluck In the early 90s I was working for Digital Equipment Corporation (once over 130,000 employees, now no longer exists), and during a trip to Palo Alto a friend of mine working for their Western Research Lab showed me a demo of an early Internet browser (xmosaic) when at that point the Wide World Web consisted of six demo web sites. I'd like to say that I thought of then someday starting a crime fiction web-site, but my thoughts were more business oriented—I considered at that time buying a Cisco router, a workstation, and starting what would've been one of the first ISPs and dedicating it to field service personnel, something that would allow them to access technical manuals anywhere they had access to the Internet. If I had done that I'd be very wealthy right now, but I chickened out. But a few years later as the web became more popular I started thinking of building a crime fiction web-site, and in 2002 I started Hardluck Stories. The name originated from my novel, Fast Lane, where early on I have a street pimp named Rude complaining to celebrity detective, Johnny Lane, about his newspaper column which details his PI exploits: "Maybe I should talk to your editor. If he's going to publish crap like 'Fast Lane', maybe he'd be interested in something good. Something real. The Rude Streets, stories of the Hardluck." Originally Hardluck was a site to promote hardboiled and noir books. Each book on the site had links to an author-written essay about the book—why the writer wrote it, what inspired it, etc., and a short story by the author. This concept would allow readers to discover new writers by reading these essays and short stories. I had a dozen or so authors participating in this, but it didn't take off the way I had hoped, and eventually the site mutated to a quarterly hardboiled/noir fiction web-zine whose six-year run has just ended. My reasons for starting Hardluck were varied—it was partly to help me promote my self-published book, partly to give myself a creative outlet since I wasn't having much luck at that time finding a publisher for my books, and partly to help out newer writers like myself. What differentiated Hardluck from the other web-zines and publications, at least at that time, was that I was going to be using a different guest editor for each issue. I had several reasons I wanted to do this: 1) so that the web-zine wouldn't become cliquish, which I was noticing with some of the crime fiction web-zines back then—I wanted to make sure mine would be fair and not just me publishing friends 2) I wanted to keep the web-zine fresh and introduce ideas that I might not have thought of myself 3) I had gotten to know Vicki Hendricks through her guest-editing an issue of PlotsWithGuns and picking one of my stories, and I wanted to create the same type of situation for other guest editors and newer writers. I think it was due to this constant injection of new ideas from my guest editors and fairness in selecting submissions that caused Hardluck to increasingly get better submissions, to where in my opinion Hardluck was consistently putting out one of the highest quality short crime collections I've seen either on the web or in print. In some ways starting Hardluck contributed to my first book escaping the stench of self-publishing and ending up with Point Blank Press. In a lot of ways this is one of those space-time continuum thingies that they'd have on Star Trek and other sci-fi shows. While I was doing this I got to know another frustrated noir writer—Allan Guthrie, and I ended up publishing his first short story, as well as the two of us showing each other our unsold novels and other works and trading ideas about them. That first publication of Al's story triggered others, and the next thing I knew he was starting up what became Point Blank Press with JT Lindroos, and the first book Al commissioned was In His Shadow, which wisely had it's name changed to Fast Lane. So I published Al's first story and he published my first book—while I had sold the Italian rights to In His Shadow first to Meridiano Zero, Point Blank beat them to the punch by publishing their version several months before the Italian version was out. Lessons learned from the trenches: Part 9 In 2001 the computer networking startup I was working at was bought by Lucent Corporation, and it looked like I was going to make a lot of money. It didn't happen—by the time we could sell our options Lucent stock had tanked and I wasn't thinking clearly enough to buy call options to lock in my gains, but the experience did make me think about what I wanted to do with the rest of my life, and it came back to writing. I had two books, In His Shadow (Fast Lane) and Bad Thoughts stored away, both of which I thought could be published. Around this time iUniverse and MWA had set up an arrangement where MWA members could have there books self-published free with iUniverse under their Mystery and Suspense Press imprint. I had convinced myself that the publishing world was a private club closed to me, that it was pointless sending my books out again, but if I sacrificed one of my books to self-publishing, I'd be able to get enough positive blurbs and comments on it that I would be able to find interest for my other book. This was wrong thinking on my part—once again the publishing world had changed from '97 to '01. There were more legitimate small presses I could've considered, plus some excellent UK houses like Serpent's Tail and No Exit Press which I had never tried, as well as some of the NY houses being more open to darker material than they were a few years earlier. I decided that of my two books, Bad Thoughts was the better of the two, so I joined MWA as a full member since I was eligible from my New Mystery and Hardboiled sales, and I had In His Shadow self-published with iUniverse under the MWA program. I had no expectation of sales—my sole reason was to use the book as a kind of resume to get Bad Thoughts sold, and while some good things came out of it, it was a mistake. I don't want this to become a debate over self-publishing, I know with some people it's pretty much like debating religion. I'm simply going to state my observations after having gone through it, as well as my sentiment that no serious writer should ever take this step, but beyond that I'm not going to enter into any debate over self-publishing. Here are a few general observations before going into more specifics: Most bookstores obviously won't sell these books except possibly under consignment basis. The reason for this—outside of the general opinion that most self-published books are crap—because of the no return policy PODs typically have, as well as the low discounting. Major newspapers will not review self-published books. All you do is open yourself up to frustration trying—I had a reviewer at the Rocky Mountain News who liked In His Shadow and submitted a good review for it, only to have her editor pull it because of their policies on self-published books. The reason major papers won't review self-published books, outside of the general opinion that they're all crap—they're not going to be in bookstores, so why review them? Most legitimately published writers look at self-published books as crap, as well as most of the industry, and you're going to be looked at as a joke or pathetic going this route. A first-time writer only has a chance to be a first-time writer once. The industry treats first-time writers specially—both with reviews, awards and attention, and I can't think of a bigger waste for a writer than to throw away this opportunity by self-publishing. I self-published In His Shadow in '02, and have no complaints with iUniverse—they did everything that they were supposed to, in fact, they even did a little more by getting the book reviewed by Publishers Weekly. Again, I never looked at this book as published, just as a 263-page resume, and I started sending out letters to see if I could get some people to take a look at it, and found a few very generous people in the industry who were willing to—Gary Lovisi, who published my second story, Next Time, in Hardboiled, Bill Crider, who I appeared with in New Mystery #2, and Vicki Hendricks, who selected a noir story of mine when she guest-edited an issue of PlotsWitGuns. All three of them ended up liking the book and writing me very generous blurbs. With those blurbs in hand, I bought a small ad in Mystery Scene, which ended up getting Jeff Gelb contacting me, asking if I could send him a copy, which got me an invite to his Hot Blood 12 anthology, and my first anthology sale. Jeff also ended up recommending the book to Joe Hartlaub at BookReporter.com, where I ended up with a very nice review. I actually ended up with a lot of good reviews on the web and in a couple of small newspapers—as well as a mixed review from PW. All this led to my book being discussed on the Rara Avis hardboiled/noir fiction discussion list, which led to Luca Conti, who was translating for the Italian publishing house, Meridiano Zero, buying a copy, recommending it to his publisher, and me selling the rights to them. So there you have it, that's how I ended up selling to the Italian rights of my first book before ever selling the English. This led to more stuff which I'll talk about in future lessons learned, but it was still a mistake self-publishing, and I would've been much better served either finding a small press for In His Shadow or writing more books until I could break into a NY house. In my general observations above, I used the word crap a lot—that is not necessarily my view on self-published books—I've been there, I under the frustration and temptation to do it, but you're kidding yourself if you think that's not the way most people (authors, editors, reviewers, bookstores) view self-published books. Shortly after I started getting blurbs and reviews for In His Shadow I had someone from iUniverse call me about a program he was trying to start up to get the worthwhile books they print (can't call it publishing!) into chain bookstores, as well as more attention. He was calling me to let me know that he was trying to get In His Shadow in this new program, and that I should be patient and not try to find a legitimate publisher for it. During our phone call, he mentioned out of the 1000s of books that they print, maybe 100 of them deserved to be published. This alone should tell you how small the odds are on having any self-published book looked at seriously. With the small buzz I was getting for In His Shadows--over a dozen positive reviews, print ads, blurbs, discussions on Rara Avis, PW Weekly review, how many copies of In His Shadow did I end up selling? Maybe 200. And the book still haunts me like a bad case of herpes--after canceling the contract once I sold it to Point Blank Press in 2003 (published under the new name, Fast Lane), the book still shows up on amazon.com.

Frances Sternhagen This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. Find sources: "Frances Sternhagen" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (March 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Sternhagen in 1962 (1930-01-13) January 13, 1930 (age 92) Washington, D.C., U.S. Actress, former teacher Thomas Carlin Frances Hussey Sternhagen (born January 13, 1930[1]) is an American actress; she has appeared on- and off-Broadway, in movies, and on TV since the 1950s.[2] 2 Stage career 3 Film roles 4 Television roles 5 Voice acting Sternhagen was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter and only child of John M. Sternhagen, a U.S. Tax Court judge, and Gertrude (née Hussey) Sternhagen.[citation needed] Sternhagen was educated at the Madeira and Potomac schools in McLean, Virginia. At Vassar College, she was elected head of the Drama Club "after silencing a giggling college crowd at a campus dining hall with her interpretation of a scene from Richard II, playing none other than Richard himself". She attended the Catholic University of America as a grad student, where she met Thomas Carlin, her future husband, to whom she was married from 1956 until his death in 1991; the couple had six children.[3] She also studied at the Perry Mansfield School of the Theatre, and at New York City's Neighborhood Playhouse.[2] Stage career[edit] Sternhagen started her career teaching acting, singing, and dancing to school children at the Milton Academy in Massachusetts, and she first performed in 1948 at a Bryn Mawr summer theater in The Glass Menagerie and Angel Street.[2] She went on to work at Washington's Arena Stage from 1953–54, then made her Broadway debut in 1955 as Miss T. Muse in The Skin of Our Teeth.[4] The same year, she had her off-Broadway debut in Thieves' Carnival, and her TV debut in The Great Bank Robbery on Omnibus (CBS). By the following year, she had won her first Obie Award for "Distinguished Performance (Actress)" in The Admirable Bashville (1955–56).[5] She has won two Tony Awards, for Best Supporting Actress (Dramatic): in 1974 for the original Broadway production of Neil Simon's The Good Doctor[6] (which also won her a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play);[citation needed] and in 1995 for the revival of The Heiress. She has been nominated for Tony Awards five other times, including for her roles in the original Broadway casts of Equus (1975) and On Golden Pond (1979), as well as for Lorraine Hansberry's The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window (1972), the musical Angel (1978), which was based on Thomas Wolfe's Look Homeward, Angel, and the 2002 revival of Paul Osborn's Morning's at Seven.[6] She portrayed the title character in 1988's Pulitzer prize-winning drama Driving Miss Daisy, which was originated by Dana Ivey at Playwrights Horizons in New York. Sternhagen took over the role after the show moved to the John Houseman Theatre and played it for more than two years. Her off-Broadway awards include two nominations for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play in 1998, for a revival of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night (which starred her own son, Paul Carlin, as her character's son, Jamie Tyrone) for the Irish Repertory Theatre[7] and in 2005, for the World War I drama Echoes of the War.[2] She also won Distinguished Performance Obie Awards for The Room and A Slight Ache (1964–65). In 1998, she won the Dramatists Guild Fund's Madge Evans & Sidney Kingsley Award for Excellence in Theater.[citation needed] Sternhagen appeared as the Daughter in the original 1971 Broadway production of Edward Albee's All Over with Colleen Dewhurst and Jessica Tandy. In the summer of 2005, she starred in the Broadway production of Steel Magnolias along with Marsha Mason, Delta Burke, Christine Ebersole, Lily Rabe, and Rebecca Gayheart. She also starred in the 2005 revival of Edward Albee's Seascape, produced by Lincoln Center Theater at the Booth Theater on Broadway. In 2013, Sternhagen was awarded the Obie Award for Lifetime Achievement.[8] She is included in the New Rochelle Walk of Fame. Film roles[edit] Sternhagen made her film debut in Up the Down Staircase (1967), which starred Sandy Dennis.[9] She has worked periodically in Hollywood since then. She had character roles in the 1971 Paddy Chayefsky's The Hospital, in Two People (1973), and Billy Wilder's Fedora (1978). She appeared in Starting Over (1979); opposite Sean Connery in Outland (1981); and in Michael J. Fox's Bright Lights, Big City (1988). She played Farrah Fawcett's mother in See You in the Morning (1989), Richard Farnsworth's wife in Misery (1990), Lillian in Doc Hollywood (1991) and John Lithgow's psychiatrist in Raising Cain (1992). Sternhagen starred in Frank Darabont's 2007 science-fiction horror film The Mist. She also appeared in the family films Dolphin Tale (2011) and And So It Goes (2014) (her last acting appearance to date). Television roles[edit] She may be best known to TV audiences as Esther Clavin, mother of John Ratzenberger's Boston postman character Cliff Clavin, on the long-running series Cheers, for which she received two Emmy Award nominations. She also played Millicent Carter on ER; Bunny MacDougal, mother of Trey, Charlotte's first husband on Sex and the City (another Emmy Award nomination); Willie Rae Johnson (mother of Brenda Leigh Johnson (played by Kyra Sedgwick) on The Closer; and Law & Order, among other network dramas and sitcoms. She worked for many years in soap operas such as Another World, The Secret Storm, Love of Life and played two roles on One Life to Live. She recorded a voice-over for a May 2002 episode of The Simpsons ("The Frying Game"). She is also recognized as Mrs. Marsh from a series of television commercials for Colgate toothpaste that aired in the 1970s. In summer 2006, she finished her 24th Broadway role.[10] Sternhagen appeared in 12 episodes of the program. Voice acting[edit] She read as the title character in the Stephen King novel Dolores Claiborne in a 1995 audiobook recording. She also voiced characters in 13 episodes of CBS Radio Mystery Theater in the 1970s and 1980s.[citation needed] Filmography[edit] 1967 Up the Down Staircase Charlotte Wolf 1967 The Tiger Makes Out Lady On Bus 1971 The Hospital Mrs. Cushing 1973 Two People Mrs. McCluskey 1978 Fedora Miss Balfour 1979 Starting Over Marva Potter 1981 Outland Dr. Marian Lazarus Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress 1983 Independence Day Carla Taylor 1983 Romantic Comedy Blanche Dailey 1986 Resting Place Eudora McCallister 1988 Bright Lights, Big City Clara Tillinghast 1989 Communion Dr. Janet Duffy 1989 See You in the Morning Neenie 1990 Sibling Rivalry Rose Turner 1990 Misery Deputy Virginia Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress 1991 Doc Hollywood Lillian 1991 Walking the Dog Antique Dealer Short film 1992 Raising Cain Dr. Lynn Waldheim Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress 1998 It All Came True Amy 2000 Midnight Gospel Ruth Short film 2001 Landfall Emily Thornton 2001 The Rising Place Ruth Wilder 2002 Highway Mrs. Murray 2007 The Mist Irene Reppler 2009 Julie & Julia Irma Rombauer 2011 Dolphin Tale Gloria Forrest 2014 And So It Goes Claire 1956 Westinghouse Studio One Betty Episode: "The Arena" 1957 Westinghouse Studio One Mary Episode: "My Mother and How She Undid Me" 1957 Goodyear Television Playhouse Elizabeth Barnes Episode: "The House" 1959 Play of the Week Eva Episode: "Thieves Carnival" 1961 Play of the Week Unknown Episode: "In a Garden" 1962 The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe Theatre-Goer TV movie 1962 The Nurses Mrs. Harris Episode: "The Lady Made of Stone" 1964 The Defenders Louise Kiley Episode: "May Day! May Day!" 1964 Profiles in Courage Miss Koeller Episode: "Mary S. McDowell" 1967 NET Playhouse Unknown Episode: "Infancy and Childhood" 1967 Hallmark Hall of Fame Abigail Episode: "Soldier in Love" 1967–1968 Love of Life Toni Prentiss Davis TV series 1970 The Doctors Phyllis Corrigan TV series 1971 NET Playhouse Unknown Segment: "Foul!" 1971 Another World Jane Overstreet TV series 1972 Great Performances Wilma Atkins Episode: "The Rimers of Eldritch" 1974 The Secret Storm Jessie Reddin TV series 1974 Great Performances Paulina Episode: "Enemies" 1977 The Andros Targets Mrs. Mason Episode: "In the Event of My Death" 1978 Who'll Save Our Children? Nellie Henderson TV movie 1980 Mother and Daughter: The Loving War Mrs. Lloyd TV movie 1980 The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg Mary Richards TV short 1983 Prototype Dorothy Forrester TV movie 1984 The Dining Room Various TV movie 1985 Spencer Millie Sprague 7 episodes 1986–1993 Cheers Esther Clavin 7 episodes Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series 1987 At Mother's Request Berenice Bradshaw TV movie 1987 Once Again Unknown TV movie 1990 Follow Your Heart Cloe Sixbury TV movie 1991 American Experience (voice) Episode: "Coney Island" 1991 The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd Dora Episode: "Here's a High Dive Into a Shallow Pool" 1991 Golden Years Gina Williams 7 episodes 1991 Law & Order Margaret Langdon Episode: "The Serpent's Tooth" 1992 She Woke Up Noelle TV movie 1992 Tales from the Crypt Effie Gluckman Episode: "None But the Lonely Heart" 1993 Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story Mary Rafferty TV movie 1994 Vault of Horror I Unknown TV movie 1994 The Road Home Charlotte Babineaux 6 episodes 1994 Reunion Tobie Yates TV movie 1995 The Outer Limits Jean Anderson Episode: "The Choice" 1997 Law & Order Estelle Muller Episode: "Legacy" 1997–2003 ER Millicent Carter 19 episodes 1998 The Con Hadabelle TV movie 1998 To Live Again Constance Holmes TV movie 2000–2002 Sex and the City Bunny MacDougal 10 episodes 2002 The Laramie Project Marge Murray TV movie Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film 2002 The Simpsons Mrs. Bellamy (voice) Episode: "The Frying Game" 2004 Becker Naomi Episode: "Subway Story" 2006–2012 The Closer Willie Ray Johnson 15 episodes 2012 Parenthood Blanche Braverman Episode: "Road Trip" 1955 The Skin of Our Teeth Miss T. Muse 1955 The Carefree Tree Widow Yang 1960 Viva Madison Avenue! Dee Jones 1962 Great Day in the Morning Alice McAnany 1965–1966 The Right Honourable Gentleman Mrs. Ashton Dilke 1967 A Doll's House Nora 1967–1969 You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running Harriet / Edith / Muriel (standby) 1968–1969 The Cocktail Party Lavinia Chamberlayne 1969 Cock-A-Doodle Dandy Loreleen 1970 Blood Red Roses Various (standby) 1971 The Playboy of the Western World Widow Quin 1971 All Over The Daughter / The Mistress (standby) 1971 Mary Stuart Mary Stuart / Queen Elizabeth (understudy) 1972 The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window Mavis Parodus Bryson 1972 Enemies Paulina 1973–1974 The Good Doctor Performer 1974–1977 Equus Dora Strang 1978 Angel Eliza Gant 1979–1980 On Golden Pond Ethel Thayer 1981 The Father Laura 1981–1982 Grown Ups Helen 1983–1984 You Can't Take It with You Unknown 1985 Home Front Maurine 1993 A Perfect Ganesh Margaret 1995 The Heiress Lavinia Penniman 1999 The Exact Center of the Universe Unknown 2002 Morning's at Seven Ida Bolton 2005 Steel Magnolias Clairee 2005–2006 Seascape Nancy 2013 The Madrid Rose ^ "UPI Almanac for Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021". United Press International. January 13, 2021. Archived from the original on February 27, 2021. Retrieved February 27, 2021. …actor Frances Sternhagen in 1930 (age 91)… ^ a b c d Joy, Cara."Frances Sternhagen in Talks to Join Company of Broadway Magnolias", Broadway.com, November 22, 2004. ^ Profile, mcall.com; accessed October 6, 2021. ^ "Frances Sternhagen". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on May 28, 2019. Retrieved May 28, 2019. ^ "1950s". Obie Awards. Village Voice and American Theatre Wing. Retrieved May 28, 2019. ^ a b "("Frances Sternhagen" search results)". Tony Awards. Tony Award Productions. Retrieved May 28, 2019. ^ Lefkowitz, David."Brian Murray & Frances Sternhagen Take Irish Journey, Mar. 22" Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine Playbill.com, March 22, 1998 ^ "2013 Obie Awards". Obie Awards. Village Voice and American Theatre Wing. Archived from the original on May 28, 2019. 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