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DWAITAS: What's in the Box
The Eleventh Doctor Edition of Doctor Who Adventures in Time and Space is a boxed set. So what's inside the box? The short answer is a lot of stuff! Whilst we can't quite claim it's bigger on the inside it certainly has that feeling.
So here's the box itself. It's made of heavy duty card stock, and printed on both sides: As well as the characters we know and love on the outside there's also the image of the time vortex printed on the inside. Slick!
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When you open your box the first thing you'll find is the "read this first" pamphlet. This is a four-sided guide on how and where to start your Doctor Who Adventures in Time and Space (DWAITAS for short) journey. If you've never played a role playing game before this will get you started in no time. If you're a more experienced gamer then it will give you a brief introduction to the basics of the rules system and a quick look at the character sheet.
The centre of the "Read me first" pamphlet
Next out of the box are the three books that make up the core of Doctor Who Adventures in Time and Space: The Player's Guide, which everyone reads, the Gamemaster's Guide which only the Gamemaster (or GM) reads, and the Adventures Book which is also just for the Gamemaster. The Adventures Book is filled with all new adventures and is entirely different to the one that came with the Tenth Doctor Set.
These softcover books are full colour throughout and feature loads of images from the Doctor Who TV show as well as telling you everything you need to know to play the game, whether you're a complete roleplaying games novice or an experienced gamer looking for a fast, fun game system set in the world of Doctor Who. The Player's Guide comes in at 94 pages long, The Gamemaster's Guide is 160, and The Adventures Book is 44 pages.
Underneath these sit a variety of character sheets. First up are sheets for the cast of characters from the show itself - The Doctor, Amy, Rory, River and Craig.
If you've played Doctor Who Adventures in Time and Space using the 10th Doctor Edition you'll notice some differences in the look of the character sheet. The all new character sheets are laid out in a landscape format. They have all the info you need about your character on the front of the sheet, and on the back there's a summary of the rules you'll need in play as a reminder.
Also provided are a range of pre-generated characters that will let you play a new character right out of the box, and give you lots of ideas for new characters of your own once you feel confident enough to start creating them. Then we have a load of blank character sheets that you can fill in yourself: There's plenty provided so you won't run short. So when it comes to character sheets the box has loads! The characters from the show, the pre-generated characters and blank sheets. This gives you a good idea of the range of options available when you play the game: You and your group can chose to play the characters from the show, use the new characters we've provided, or make up your own completely new characters from scratch. The joy of roleplaying games is that the choice is yours!
Underneath the character sheets are gadget cards. Gadgets are a big part of Doctor Who, and they are a big part of the game, be it the Doctor's trusty sonic screwdriver, River's hallucinogenic lipstick, a vortex manipulator or 51st Century blaster.
Each card handily gives you all the information you'll need to make use of gadgets in play. Also provided are blank gadget cards so that you can create your own gadgets specific to your own Doctor Who adventures.
There are three more things in the box. The dice: Doctor Who Adventures in Time and Space comes with six dice, and this is all you need to play. These are regular six sided dice, so if you want everyone to have their own set they are easy to come by. No other dice are needed. Also included is a sheet of dozens of Story Point Counters which you will use as part of the game. The very last thing (not pictured) is the special sheet of timey-wimey space cardboard. This looks exactly like a regular piece of brown corrugated card, but in fact once removed from the box this creates a little extra space inside perfect for allowing all your counters, character sheets, gadget cards and books to sit inside very neatly. Very clever.
So you can see the box is stuffed full of great stuff. Everything you need to embark on a great adventure!
If you're brand new to roleplaying games here's a little primer from the Player's Guide to explain what it's all about. Click the image to download a 5 page PDF introduction to roleplaying with Doctor Who:Adventures in Time and Space:
And the adventure doesn't stop with the boxed set. You can expand your gaming options with our supplements. "Aliens and Creatures" is a further boxed set that brings even more Whoverse adversaries to your games. "Defending the Earth: The UNIT Sourcebook" is a beautiful hardcover book that gives you all the inside information on UNIT, whether they appear as allies to your characters or if you chose to play characters from UNIT itself. "The Time Traveller's Companion" is a gorgeous 240 page book filled with extra information on Time Lords, time travel, the Tardis and so much more. With 2013 being the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who stay tuned for more exciting developments in the world of Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space, the Doctor Who Roleplaying Game!
You can get all of the these boxed sets and books through your local specialist games store. We love games stores and encourage you to give them your support. If you're unfortunate enough not to have a local store then you can order direct from us at our webstore here.
Doctor Who Adventures in Time and Space
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The Time Traveller's Companion
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Nerd Nite SF #84: SciComm, GG Bridge, Water Infrastructure
Wednesday, 5/17/2017
Attention! You've just been drafted to fight in the war on science! Bring your best facts, sharpest mechanical pencils, and plenty of terabytes to our nerdy boot camp, where an award-winning journalist will make us do drills on science communication, a historian and rogu(ish) ex-park ranger will march us over the Golden Gate Bridge, and a drinking water delivery expert will keep us hydrated with submersible robots. With the usual aides-de-camp–Rickshaw bartenders, Grilled Cheese Guy, SFPL, and Alpha Bravo on the airwaves–we cannot lose. Be there and be square!
"Winning the War on Science" by Erika Check Hayden
Is there really a war on science? What are the rules of engagement for those who communicate about science in an age when facts seem to be under attack? Award-winning science journalist Erika Check Hayden will draw on her experience covering events–from the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks to the 2014 Ebola outbreak–to answer these questions. Come prepared to share your examples of good and bad science communication and to engage in a thoughtful discussion about how to move forward in engaging the public on science.
Erika is director of the Science Communication Program at UC Santa Cruz and was a reporter at Nature for 15 years, where she focused on covering infectious diseases and genetics and won multiple awards from the Association of Health Care Journalists.
"Golden Gate Bridge: A Most Misunderstood Landmark" by John Martini
Why isn't the Golden Gate Bridge painted gold? Is there really a dead body buried in the concrete? Why does it take seven years to paint it from one end to the other? You mean it's cheaper to cross the bridge now than when it opened? The Golden Gate Bridge is San Francisco's most iconic landmark, except perhaps for Alcatraz, but, just like the Rock, it's surrounded by myths and misconceptions. In this talk commemorating the Bridge's 80th birthday, historian John Martini will share little-known stories of its construction and operations, and possibly explain how a 25¢ toll ballooned into $7.50.
John is a native San Franciscan and lifelong researcher into the history of California and the American West. He worked as a ranger for more than 25 years at national parks around the country and is now an independent consultant specializing in historical research. He appears regularly on PBS, History Channel, A&E Network, and National Geographic Channel.
"Waterworld: The Hunt for What Lies Beneath" by Adam Tank
Many pipes delivering drinking water were installed in the late 1800s. They are now well beyond their remaining useful life, and many are cracking, breaking, and leaking trillions of gallons of water underground. In fact, 30% of all clean water is lost in distribution before it reaches our homes. Fortunately, historical pipeline data, coupled with advanced acoustic, satellite, and robotic technology, is emerging that enables us to find & fix these problem pipes without digging up streets.
Adam is the founder of a Bay Area startup building submersible robots for the repair of buried water pipes. He previously ran General Electric's Digital Water division, focused on creating software solutions for water utilities all over the world. He tweets about things water and non-water related @artank.
With: Alpha Bravo, who'll be spinning tunes specially selected to match the presenters' themes. Follow the setlist on Twitter @djalphabravo.
Food: Delicious hot goop between crispy slices of bread, brought to you by the scientist of the sammie, Grilled Cheese Guy.
Plus: The San Francisco Public Library will be on hand to dole out library cards, reading lists, and the hottest branch gossip.
Nerd Nite SF #83: Scientist Senators, Forensics, and the Interwebs! Nerd Nite SF #85: Shipping Wars, Accidents, and Parole!

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Hounds from the Warwickshire Hunt running out of control in Oxhill near Banbury. Pic credit: West Midlands Hunt Saboteurs
Last week we met a woman who had a foxhunt invade her property. She was still raw from the experience and visibly upset when telling us about it.
The local hunt was in the area and had let their hounds run loose on the scent of a fox. The fox ran into private woodlands with the hounds in hot pursuit. A herd of deer in the woods distracted the hounds and they split up to chase the deer in all directions, then cats, a dog and a goat. The woman and her friends were minding their own business just getting on with their day. Then this bedlam descended, literally, upon them. There weren't enough broom handles or people to cope and anyway, the hounds were only interested in hunting.
This was no fleeting stampede. It took over an hour for the Huntsman to gather and remove his dogs. By then the police had turned up and were also helping. Two weeks later and six cats are still missing, presumed dead. The others are nervous, shy, frightened. It will take time and tlc to recover their confidence.
The woman was traumatised. She shook as she talked. Her eyes welled up when she described how the peace and tranquillity of her sanctuary exploded with animals running left, right and centre when about twenty-five foxhounds in full cry descended the valley with no warning. She expressed surprise at how big the dogs were and shock at seeing a fox flash past at great pace, running for its life. We explained that, actually, hunts across the land are breaking the law. All the hunters have to do is claim it was an "accident" and they get away with it. She now knows first hand the reality of #TrailHuntLies.
Hunt trespass can have a profound effect on people. It traps some in their homes, fearful to go out on certain days of the week in autumn and winter because they never know if the hunt is going to come crashing through their place. That is no way to live.
Imagine stepping out of your back door and being almost knocked over by rampaging hounds, then having someone sat high up on a horse shouting down at you and gesturing to open your gate so they can come in and fetch them. This actually happened in Dorset and now we keep in close contact with the woman and local police. She is clear and so are we – there must never be a repeat of this.
A young mother who had foxhounds come into her kitchen told her local newspaper, "I am shaken and beyond furious. I can't bear to even speak to the hunt master who obviously thinks that my home, a haven for my children, is fair hunting ground for their hounds to come and go freely with complete disregard for the safety of my children."
We watched with interest the evidence of terriermen following a hunt in Devon digging out a fox which hounds had run to ground on Saturday. To most right-minded people it's an open and shut case but we've noted the terriermen's excuse that they did not intend to kill the fox and were merely rescuing their dog. Without doubt they'll lay that on as thick as possible and trust in the police to do less than a proper job. It grieves us to write that Devon & Cornwall Police have form. Despite this we've helped a number of disgruntled locals who have reported trespass and intimidation by the self-same hunt this last fortnight. We always advise involving the police at the outset, firstly by reporting anything which makes you feel concerned or unsafe and secondly, by cc-ing them in to all correspondence. We always live in hope to be pleasantly surprised.
We've been having a conversation with woodland owners in Somerset since December. They're fed up to the back teeth of having the local hunt ripping through their land and terrorising its human and non-human inhabitants. We've arranged to meet later this week. So it was wonderful to receive an email from our contact this morning with details of three neighbouring farms who want to keep hounds off their vast acreages too.
January is always a busy month. We believe this is because it's the fox mating season. Dog foxes are on the move in search of love. Their wanderings frequently take them far away from of their familiar, home patches. A hunted fox will instinctively bolt down a hole but hunts block all underground refuges and so the fox is forced, against its natural instincts, to keep running. Hunts deny this, of course, but we know the truth.
The above is just a snapshot of what we have going on right now. If you're affected by hunt trespass or know someone who is then please, contact us. Hounds Off will support you. You are not alone.
You can support our work by making a donation or buying some Hounds Off merch. Please consider it. We are all volunteers and cannot survive on goodwill and fresh air alone!
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Bethesda has released a brand new story trailer for The Evil Within 2. The trailer introduces the character Father Theodore a human "monster" who has made his way into STEM.
Father Theodore has his own reasons for being in STEM and feels that Mobias' goals are misguided. You can view the full trailer below.


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Clash of the Warlords (1985) -- In this sequel to director Willie Milan's W (aka: W IS WAR - 1983), warrior Rex (Willy Williams) is forced to fight his best friend gladiator style in an arena by evil warlord Malsam (Robert Marios), who is holding Rex's young son prisoner and will only free him if Rex kills his friend. When Rex kills his friend and Malsam renegs on his deal, he and his son escape with the help of a friendly female. Malsam orders his men to recapture Rex and his son (He says, Find them and don't come back until you find them! What!?!), but the trigger-happy henchmen kill Rex's son and the helpful female when warrior Maria (Gabby Parro) comes out of nowhere to help Rex fight the bad guys. As Rex and Maria walk through the post-nuked terrain, they are captured by a group of people and led to the town of Opulus, where Maria is reunited with her long-lost father Zeus, a scientist who is working on a cure for radiation poisoning. We also find out that Malsam is afflicted with a strange disease where he begins to mutate every time he looks at the moon (When he sees the moon one night, he tells his men, Take it away and I'll cover it in blood! Double what!?! Some of his men turn to each other and say, He has a devil inside him! and He's not just crazy. He's a lunatic!). Malsam will not rest until Rex is dead, so he hires a band of beefy warriors to capture Rex and bring him back, which they do (without very much trouble at all). Rex must fight a series of battles in the arena, each one more dangerous than the last. Just when things begin looking grim for Rex, Maria shows up with a Liquidation Squad, an army of rocket launcher and machine gun-carrying men who help Rex defeat Malsam's men.
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Girls Aloud initial struggle captured in new documentary
A new documentary on the London-based British-Irish pop girl-band Girls Aloud reveals the desperate and difficult times that the group faced in their formative years. The documentary called 'Girls Aloud: Ten Years at the Top' showcases how the girls used to persuade strangers at traffic signals to buy their albums.
The five girls began their journey back in the day from the talent show Popstars. They faced several hardships, worked like crazy, were dramatic, fought with each other, made up, but still consider their time spent with each other and with the band as the best time of their lives.
The group claimed in the interviews that they are still proud to be a part of Girls Aloud, while reflecting on their success after having such an humble start. Presently, the band is preparing for their reunion tour in February 2013.
The members of the girl gang are Cheryl Cole, Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh. The girls had always been together in spite of their differences and they are still rocking together.
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In our "Train Smarter" workshops, we discuss some of the secrets used by elite athletes and CrossFitters.
However, it's less often a single aspect of training and more commonly a shared mindset: establish today's purpose and eliminate the fluff.
The most successful people in athletics, business or life often have this in common. They are masters at eliminating the unnecessary from their lives.
Having purpose establishes the goal for that day while focus directs your energy towards achieving that goal.
The more focused you are, the more energy goes toward what you're working on. Eliminating what's unnecessary allows us to work harder on the things that are most important.
But here's the issue that people face. How do we decide what's necessary and important?
There's a reason why coaches, advisers or counselors exist and sadly, they're often underutilized.
If you're interested in this idea of "eliminating the fluff" and truly making some improvements, let us know. We'd love to chat.


I just don't hit them well. Impulse buy at a good price and they never could beat out my forged tours.
With the possible exception of lofts - which I don't know what you consider to be jacked - the Apex 19s meet all of your requirements. Feel off the face is superb. Distance is great. Forgiveness is very good. Looks are subjective but most say they look fabulous. They are just really really good irons. I have called them special. Jman is on the cusp of saying they are the best irons he's ever played. Virtually nobody that has tried them has disliked them. Maybe you find something you like better, but I think you'd be making a mistake if you didn't at least give them a look /try.
Hit the Srixon Z785's! They're fantastic!!!
Recently I've played the 765's, 718 AP2's, and Cobra King CB/MB's. I prefer the 785's to all of them, they're a little smaller than the 765's and AP2's, but a little bigger than the Cobras. Definitely the softest feel out of the lot of them. Srixon took everything that was great about the 745's and 765's and put them into the 785's, they really knocked them out of the park.
The sole of the Srixon irons is also second to none and helps more than one would think.
Awesome! another vote for the Srixon moves them up the list.
I'm still trying to get a handle on what you want. Your OP had four criteria and the first three I'd categorize as a specific look. The fourth was standard lofts, which you later defined as "not jacked". Then you eliminated one make/model saying it didn't have a good feel. Then in another post, you suggested appearance wasn't all that important if the dispersion was great, which was the case on a past set you owned. So, I still don't feel like I've got a good handle on what is important to you.
Just curious @Chisag... What caused you to leave behind the P790s? I thought you loved those irons.
... I have played almost every day the last 3 months in Phoenix and I have been rotating 2 different sets and also played some P760's a couple times but need to adjust the lies when I get back to Chicago. Otherwise I have rotated P790's and the Forged Tours. While the 790's are just awesome on the soft greens and lush rough back in the midwest, I find the Forged Tours more accurate from basically hard pan and extremely firm greens where the extra spin of the FT's helps quite a bit. But I have not left them behind and imagine they will be my primary set again when I go back home in May.
Here is a review I am doing on them. Went from a GI iron to the Wilson V6 irons. They are a great feeling, usable club that I think most skill levels could handle. Not sure I could sell you on them, rather give you a very nice option.
Wedge: MD3 56 & 60.
I kind of love this thread... Mostly because it introduces the passion golfers have for their equipment.
It's been a really fun read.
Good to hear you are playing some of your best golf these days, Peter! You should combo up a set of irons like the Srixons - blades through the 7i and 765s from there. You could do the same with Bridgestone as well. These would fit your requirements perfectly.
Get down to TX so I can see this golf game first hand!!!!!! I will buy the drinks.
No love for the Wilson V6?
This!! What an underrated set of irons!


An antique quilt I discovered at the Stagecoach Inn museum in Newbury Park, California while researching The Quilter's Homecoming inspired "Arboles Valley Star, which Elizabeth names in honor of her new home in Southern California. The pattern for "Arboles Valley Star" appears in my third pattern book, More Elm Creek Quilts (C&T Publishing, 2008).
Machine pieced and quilted by Pat Morris, 2007. Fabrics: "Elm Creek Quilts: Elizabeth's Collection" from Red Rooster Fabrics.


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A simple project to test/demonstrate running antlr grammars from a gradle build.

## Usage

> ./gradlew calc -Pargs="test.expr"

This will generate the antlr files, compile them, and then run the named test.expr against the grammar.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Chanatphol Sikkamonthol (, born January 2, 1989) is a Thai professional footballer who currently plays for Phrae United in the Thai League 2.

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1989 births
Living people
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4/09/2017 · Step-by-step guide for setting up LDAPS (LDAP over SSL) The guide is split into 3 sections : Create a Windows Server VM in Azure; Setup LDAP using AD LDS (Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services)... 19/11/2012 · Enabling LDAP SSL in Windows 2012 (Self-Signed Certificates) As expected in the world of Microsoft Windows Server 2012 and Active Directory, the interface and methods of managing certain functions changed.
Hello, I have a developer that is testing some software that connects to MS AD using LDAP, and I want create a group that has READ-ONLY rights to do so.... On Windows Server 2008 member servers, Windows 7 machines, or Windows Vista machines, you must install Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) to obtain access to LDP. To open LDP, click Start and type ldp in the Search box.
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4/07/2013 · En este vídeo se configura lo que es el servicio de LDAP en Windows Server 2003.
For Microsoft Active Directory LDAP on a Windows Server 2008/2008R2 instructions, see Microsoft Active Directory LDAP (2008): SSL Certificate Installation. If you have not yet created a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) and ordered your certificate, see Microsoft Active Directory LDAP (2012): SSL Certificate CSR Creation .
Creating a New User in an LDAP-based Authentication Database. When you add user entries to an LDAP-based directory service, the services of an underlying LDAP-based directory server are used to authenticate and authorize users.
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import { Widget, startAppLoop, Url, History } from 'cx/ui';
import { Timing, Debug } from 'cx/util';
import { Store } from 'cx/data';
import Routes from './routes';

import 'whatwg-fetch';

import "./index.scss";

let stop;

const store = new Store();

if(module.hot) {
  // accept itself
  module.hot.accept();

  // remember data on dispose
  module.hot.dispose(function (data) {
    data.state = store.getData();
    if (stop)
      stop();
  });

  //apply data on hot replace
  if (module.hot.data)
    store.load(module.hot.data.state);
}

Url.setBaseFromScript('app.js');
History.connect(store, 'url');
Widget.resetCounter();
Timing.enable('app-loop');
Debug.enable('app-data');

stop = startAppLoop(document.getElementById('app'), store, Routes);


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Bill would allow lottery winners in Wisconsin to remain anonymous
Posted: Apr 23, 2019 1:26 PM CDT
NOW: Bill would allow lottery winners in Wisconsin to remain anonymous
"I just had that lucky feeling:" 24-year-old West Allis man claims $768.4M Powerball Jackpot
MADISON, Wis. (AP/CBS 58) -- Two Republican lawmakers are introducing a bill that would allow lottery winners in Wisconsin to stay anonymous.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Rep. Gary Tauchen announced the bill Tuesday, about 40 minutes after Manuel Franco of West Allis appeared in a Madison news conference to reveal he had won a $768 million Powerball jackpot, the third largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history.
Current state law doesn't allow lottery winners to remain anonymous. Tauchen said in a news release announcing the bill that lottery winners often become targets of fraud, abuse, and harassment.
Franco said at his news conference that he felt a sense of paranoia after he realized he won. He says he thought somebody was behind him every day and he kept the winning ticket in a safe.
The proposed legislation prohibits the Department of Revenue, lottery administrators and the retailer who sold the ticket from disclosing the lottery prize winner's name, address or social security number if the individual requests anonymity. More than a handful of states have similar privacy laws for lottery winners.
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God Manuel Franco hi!!! Can you please give me a call or come see me. I would be so thankful if you could make me financially secure and everyone else in immediate family. I will never be able to do anything in life myself.lol. You want to make the world a better place. Let's start with me. I can help you brainstorm. I'm far from perfect but I am a
very caring and loving person. I love to laugh and be outside in woods and lakes. Just can't afford to go anywhere fun. It sucks. You have to have money to make money! And another is look good feel good. I would love to get myself that way.
Manuel Franco call me email me contact me. How to I give you my information without everyone seeing my information. There are some really bad people out there. It's scary and I pray that you are carful!! I'm sure you've heard all the stories of past winners lives ruined!
Money is a evil thing and will make people do anything for it. I can't believe you just came forward. I want to talk to you. Manuel where are you. Send me a message on my phone. I can give you my contact I info. I need help. Manuel Franco God bless you keep you safe from dangerous situations. I am in Connecticut a little state on east coast. How can iget to you!! I am not a bad person. I've missed out so much all I do with my life has been caring for people and children. I rather give then receive. I don't expect anything from you. I'm just curious and saw him speaking on tv and there was something special about you it's weird and I'm not into anything like that. Can you contact me!!! Please please.
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Telecommunications giant O2 has launched a new app for iOS, Android, and Windows 7 (desktop) that will allow people to make and receive calls and texts via VOIP from up to five devices on their own number. This means that O2 subscribers will be able to use their phones for calling and texting when they have WiFi but no 2G/3G signal, and when someone calls them they can answer it on a number of different devices.
O2 claims the aim of the app is to free people from a single device, and to be able to start using all their devices in unison for communication – a useful change when more and more of us now switch between our smartphones, tablets, and laptops all day.
The company aren't just releasing this out of the goodness of their hearts though, the telecommunications industry is having to find new and ingenious ways to replace dwindling revenues in the face of growth of companies like Skype which offer free user-to-user calls over WiFi or 3G. With phone networks generating the majority of their profits by charging people for minutes and texts rather than just the data bandwidth of that communication – creating a a link between people's phones and a VOIP connection for all devices is a clever move. And the minutes and texts subscribers use up through the Tu Go app are counted as part of their monthly tariff.


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package tokencmd

import (
	"bytes"
	"encoding/json"
	"errors"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"

	"github.com/RangelReale/osincli"
	"github.com/golang/glog"

	kclient "github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/client"

	"github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/client"
	"github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/oauth/server/osinserver"
)

// RequestToken uses the cmd arguments to locate an openshift oauth server and attempts to authenticate
// it returns the access token if it gets one.  An error if it does not
func RequestToken(clientCfg *kclient.Config, reader io.Reader, defaultUsername string, defaultPassword string) (string, error) {
	tokenGetter := &tokenGetterInfo{}

	osClient, err := client.New(clientCfg)
	if err != nil {
		return "", err
	}

	// get the transport, so that we can use it to build our own client that wraps it
	// our client understands certain challenges and can respond to them
	clientTransport, err := kclient.TransportFor(clientCfg)
	if err != nil {
		return "", err
	}

	httpClient := &http.Client{
		Transport:     clientTransport,
		CheckRedirect: tokenGetter.checkRedirect,
	}

	osClient.Client = &challengingClient{httpClient, reader, defaultUsername, defaultPassword}

	result := osClient.Get().AbsPath("/oauth", osinserver.AuthorizePath).
		Param("response_type", "token").
		Param("client_id", "openshift-challenging-client").
		Do()
	if err := result.Error(); err != nil && !isRedirectError(err) {
		return "", err
	}

	if len(tokenGetter.accessToken) == 0 {
		r, _ := result.Raw()
		if description, ok := rawOAuthJSONErrorDescription(r); ok {
			return "", fmt.Errorf("cannot retrieve a token: %s", description)
		}
		glog.V(4).Infof("A request token could not be created, server returned: %s", string(r))
		return "", fmt.Errorf("the server did not return a token (possible server error)")
	}

	return tokenGetter.accessToken, nil
}

func rawOAuthJSONErrorDescription(data []byte) (string, bool) {
	output := osincli.ResponseData{}
	decoder := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewBuffer(data))
	if err := decoder.Decode(&output); err != nil {
		return "", false
	}
	if _, ok := output["error"]; !ok {
		return "", false
	}
	desc, ok := output["error_description"]
	if !ok {
		return "", false
	}
	s, ok := desc.(string)
	if !ok || len(s) == 0 {
		return "", false
	}
	return s, true
}

const accessTokenKey = "access_token"

var errRedirectComplete = errors.New("found access token")

type tokenGetterInfo struct {
	accessToken string
}

// checkRedirect watches the redirects to see if any contain the access_token anchor.  It then stores the value of the access token for later retrieval
func (tokenGetter *tokenGetterInfo) checkRedirect(req *http.Request, via []*http.Request) error {
	fragment := req.URL.Fragment
	if values, err := url.ParseQuery(fragment); err == nil {
		if v, ok := values[accessTokenKey]; ok {
			if len(v) > 0 {
				tokenGetter.accessToken = v[0]
			}
			return errRedirectComplete
		}
	}

	if len(via) >= 10 {
		return errors.New("stopped after 10 redirects")
	}

	return nil
}

func isRedirectError(err error) bool {
	if err == errRedirectComplete {
		return true
	}
	switch t := err.(type) {
	case *url.Error:
		return t.Err == errRedirectComplete
	}
	return false
}


Photo by DeclanTMIntroducing the newest LED TV from Samsung. It's cabinet framework is absolutely thin, and it happens to be the slimmest variation yet. It is obtainable in size models from 40 to 55 inches.
This tv has the clearest pic standard thus far. Since it has many positive light getting attributes, the best performance distance is 15 feet.
The light and dark hues watched found on the panel are recognised as the brightness of the tv. The light hues are extremely bright, while the darker hues are a concentrated black and pretty deep.
Although it is actually just 3 inches in width, it supports qualities like a PC, LAN Cat 5, and 4 HDMI slots. These slots allow you to see aspects like videos or images from your digital camera. You are able to additionally hear to music too, all right there on your Samsung LED TV. It also offers 2 USB ports along with a movie component slot. This signifies you are moreover capable to have and see items requiring an web connection.
Along with all the tv is a sleek, thick, and sturdy, 2.0 degree table top stand. It has the ability to be rotated and comes in 2 hues, silver and black. The silver stand provides the slim black tv a very good refined look.
In spite of getting new and improved attributes, this really is the smallest vitality consuming of the LED TV's. Additionally, the pic, light, and color standard of the device is amazing. Additionally, the sound and sound output of the devise is especially well-defined and crisp. These attributes can be changed by pressing the menu switch found on the remote control.
The Samsung LED TV comes with 2 remote controls. The initially 1 is the scale of the palm of the hand, while the additional is a considerable size. The small 1 has a small wheel that is chosen for going through the menu, and is a small harder to handle than the normal remote.


AOL has so far premiered 13 of the 16 original series that were announced at this year's NewFronts in May.
AOL premiered the first 5 episodes of its new AOL Originals docu-series Win/Win on Friday.
The short-form series brings together sports stars and business leaders to discuss their journeys, challenges and victories in their respective industries.
Win/Win is executive produced by Mike Tollin and Jon Weinbach for Mandalay Sports Media.
So far, 13 of AOL's 16 originals announced at this year's NewFronts have premiered. The 3 that have yet to come are Inspired, That's Racist, and the long-from series Connected.


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FOX Nixes "24" Day 7 Plot, "Drive" Burnoff
The relentless network axe has swung again. FOX has decided to scrap the entire storyline for season 7 of its fading thriller "24" which was supposed to go into production in a couple of weeks. At the same time, the network quietly announced it would never air the final two installments of "Drive" they first promised to air July 4 and then July 13.
Just as the former NBC chief Kevin Reilly (that's the good guy who stood by 'Friday Night Lights' all season long) assumed his new position as President of Entertainment at FOX, the network took some drastic measures that indicate trouble behind the scenes of its Emmy-winning drama "24" that once ruled the ratings and generated critical accolades.
In its sixth season "24" and its tired storytelling failed to generate any excitement and following a decent 15 million+ opener, the drama fizzled out barely crossing the 10 million mark at the end of the season. The producers promised to toss out the entire CTU and refresh the aging series with a completely new concept come January 2008 when Day 7 premieres.
Unfortunately, as TV Guide reports, the network made an 11th-hour move yesterday and tossed out the plan to shoot a number of episodes in Africa. The plan was to take Kiefer Sutherland's invincible Jack Bauer and put him into a completely new setting. Albeit, that won't be Africa, as FOX finds the idea too expensive. That means the writers have to go back to the drawing board and start from scratch.
Production on the seventh season of "24" has therefore been delayed and it won't start before mid August. But can the writers come up with a compelling (yet not too expensive to produce) plot to save the dying series in only 5 weeks ahead? I smell a disaster. Boy those networks sure know how to screw up their own shows, don' they?
Finally, FOX has quietly announced (in a press release for "5th grader") that they won't be airing the final two episodes of "Drive," starring Nathan Fillion, which they originally promised to air back-to-back on July 4 and then, July 13. No word if the episode will make it to its My Space page either. Instead, FOX will air repeats of "Bones" and the final 2 episodes of "Standoff" on July 13 and 20.
Labels: 24, Drive, FOX
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I say, bring Nina back (from the grave)!
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Autocratic denial of the potential for individual human flourishing
From David Harvey's Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism, which I'm currently reading:
Marx's position is that capitalism can probably continue to function indefinitely but in a manner that will provide progressive degradation of the land and mass impoverishment, dramatically increasing social inequality, along with the dehumanization of most of humanity, which will be held down by an increasingly repressive and autocratic denial of the potential for individual human flourishing (in other words, an intensification of the totalitarian police-state surveillance and militarized control system and the totalitarian democracy we are currently experiencing).
Tagged as capitalism, fascism
Bleak, but not unexpected, news: capitalism is destroying the planet
Bleak, but not unexpected, news today. According to a new report published in Nature, sea level rise over the last two decades has taken place at a significantly faster rate than previously reported. To be specific, the acceleration is 25% higher than so far assumed. Coasts from Florida to Bangladesh are threatened.
In a not-unrelated report, scientists also announced that 2014 was the hottest year ever recorded. The graphic to the right makes this point in quite stark terms.
Finally, two studies by international teams of researchers have concluded that humans "are eating away at our own life support systems" at a rate not seen in the last 10,000 years. According to a summary article in The Guardian,
Of nine worldwide processes that underpin life on Earth, four have exceeded "safe" levels – human-driven climate change, loss of biosphere integrity, land system change and the high level of phosphorus and nitrogen flowing into the oceans due to fertiliser use.
Near the conclusion of the article, the articles' lead author, Professor Will Steffen of the Australian National University and the Stockholm Resilience Centre, is quoted as saying,
"It's clear the economic system is driving us towards an unsustainable future and people of my daughter's generation will find it increasingly hard to survive. History has shown that civilisations have risen, stuck to their core values and then collapsed because they didn't change. That's where we are today.
A surprisingly direct indictment of capitalism, although the word is never directly mentioned by Steffen or by The Guardian.
Tagged as capitalism, climate change, global warming, sea level rise
Regulate Synthetic Biology Now!
In a triumph for the fight against the commodification of the global commons, the United Nation's Convention on Biological Diversity has voted to formally recommend nation states to regulate Synthetic Biology (SynBio).
SynBio is a powerful new form of genetic engineering through which biologists are capable of turning living organisms into man-made factories through the manipulation of their genomes. Organisms created using SynBio are increasingly looked at as private property, since they have supposedly been created through human ingenuity. The result is a potentially sweeping privatization of existing life forms, as well as the creation of all sorts of new creatures who will be the hapless property of global agribusiness and pharmaceutical companies.
The vote by the UN Convention on Biological Diversity is an important step in signalling that such Frankenstein-like acts must be regulated and subjected to strict ethical standards.
As this report by SynBio Watch notes, the vote at the UN meeting was resisted fiercely by nations with significant SynBio industries. This is, no doubt, one of many battles to come in the effort to challenge SynBio's enclosure of the global genetic commons.
Tagged as Convention on Biological Diversity, GMOs, Synthetic Biology, United Nations
An entire island nation is preparing to evacuate to Fiji before they sink into the Pacific
The Liquidation of Cetacea
Whales, it turns out, play a key role in mitigating climate change.
A recent article by Philip Hoare discusses the key role played by whale faeces in supporting rich communities of phytoplankton throughout the world's oceans. These phytoplankton in turn absorb huge quantities of carbon dioxide.
Hoare's article challenges the longstanding perception among humans that whales are their enemies – takers of their catch, scourges of the deep, embodiments of the devil. Instead, Hoare alludes to a recent study that shows that cetaceans immensely enrich the oceans on many levels, including by fertilizing them with their faeces.
Hoare challenges humanity's hubris in scathing terms:
Such propositions speak to our own species' arrogance. As demonstrated in the fantastical geoengineering projects dreamed up to address climate change, the human race's belief that the world revolves around it knows no bounds. What if whales were nature's ultimate geoengineers? The new report only underlines what has been suspected for some time: that cetaceans, both living and dead, are ecosystems in their own right. But it also raises a hitherto unexplored prospect, that climate change may have been accelerated by the terrible whale culls of the 20th century, which removed hundreds of thousands of these ultimate facilitators of CO2 absorption. As Greg Gatenby, the acclaimed Canadian writer on whales told me in response to the Vermont report, "about 300,000 blue whales were taken in the 20th century. If you average each whale at 100 tons, that makes for the removal from the ocean of approximately 30m tons of biomass. And that's just for one species".
These statistics concerning humanity's genocidal war against order cetacea are chilling. The best accounts I've found of the war on whales are in John Richards' recently published The World Hunt and Callum Roberts' Unnatural History of the Sea.
Pressure from environmental campaigners led to the suspension (with the exception of a few nations) of whale slaughter in the 1980s. Indeed, Hoare notes with satisfaction that cetaceans are on the rebound around the world. This increase, he suggests, might allow whales to once again play a significant role in mitigating climate change.
This optimistic prognosis unfortunately ignores the acidification of the oceans, one of the corollary effects of anthropogenic carbon emissions. As a result of the industrialized nations' carbon emissions, the oceans are 30% more acidic than they were in 1800. If we continue with business-as-usual emissions, the oceans will be 150% more acidic by 2100 than they were at the start of the industrial revolution.
Ocean acidification impacts organisms that rely on calcium shells most dramatically. These include the krill and other microorganisms that whales feed on. As the oceans acidify, their numbers are likely to plummet, as Elizabeth Kolbert details in the "Sea Around Us" chapter of The Sixth Extinction.
Ocean acidification might be thought of as a form of violence that is both slow and microscopic, unfolding not simply across centuries but also on a scale so small that most humans are completely oblivious. Yet this microscopic violence is capable of devastating the lives of the largest and most majestic animals ever to have lived on Earth: the whales.
The planet's cetaceans are on the rebound today. But in order for this new lease on life to be sustainable, the industrialized nations need to end their feckless policies of burning fossil fuels more or less immediately.
Reflections on Professor Elizabeth DeLoughrey's visit to York
Great account of talk by Elizabeth DeLoughrey on the topic of rising seas.
Resources of Resistance: Production, Consumption, Transformation
We were delighted to welcome Professor Elizabeth DeLoughrey (UCLA) to York earlier this week for what was a hugely enjoyable day of productive conversations on maritime and oceanic themes.
Professor DeLoughrey led a workshop based on a selection of readings, before giving a talk, entitled 'The Sea is Rising: Visualizing Climate Change in the Pacific', for which you can read an abstract here. What follows is an attempt to draw together some common themes from the day, which we hope to build on during the conference later in the month.
With the help of Professor DeLoughrey, we chose readings for the workshop which we thought reflected some of the most interesting scholarship taking place on the sea today. You can read the selections here.
The sea provides an underpinning element for many, if not most, of the resources we will be discussing at Resources of Resistance, given its fundamental role in systems of world…


What GRA means to Georgia from Georgia Research Alliance on Vimeo.
What motivates Georgia's top leaders to get involved in GRA?
How has the historic collaboration of business, government and academia influenced Georgia's economy through GRA – and what might this partnership achieve in the future?
What does GRA mean to Georgia?
In 2015 — GRA's 25th anniversary year — nine of the Alliance's 2015 trustees explore these questions and discuss GRA's unique role and impact.


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Events highlights
to change the world
Financing for sustainable development
4 February 2015 09:30 - 12:30 GMT+00
Streamed live online
PowerPoint Presentation, Romilly Greenhill
Documentppsx2.95M
Chair
Kevin Watkins - Executive Director, ODI
Professor Jeffrey Sachs - Director of The Earth Institute, Columbia University and key architect of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
Romilly Greenhill - Team Leader Development Finance, lead author of forthcoming ODI flagship report on the role of international public finance in meeting the SDGs (to be published spring 2015)
Ambassador Geir O. Pedersen - Permanent Representative of Norway to the United Nations and Co-Chair, Third International Conference on Financing for Development
Aggrey Tisa Sabuni - Economic Adviser to the President and former Minister of Finance, South Sudan
2015 is a key year in the fight against global poverty. Governments will adopt a new set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the period to 2030. Prospects for achieving those goals will be greatly enhanced by a successful outcome at the United Nations' Financing for Development summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The year will close with the Paris climate change summit. To mark this crucial year, ODI is launching #GlobalChallenges – a new debate series bringing together the world's most influential thinkers, decision makers, business leaders and opinion makers to discuss both the opportunity and challenge that this year presents. The aim is to share ideas, debate and highlight practical action on these major global issues that often don't get air-time in the domestically focussed public agenda.
The first of these events, Financing for sustainable development, will focus on the critical role of international public finance as a driver for poverty eradication and sustainable development.
Speakers will include Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Director of Earth Institute, Columbia University, Special Advisor to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and Director of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
This will be followed by a panel discussion and public debate. The discussion will focus on some of the key challenges facing policy makers in areas ranging from the role of public finance in advancing the SDGs, country allocation of aid, and approaches to aid delivery and coordination, and the role of development assistance in leveraging private finance.
Financing for sustainable development will be livestreamed to a global audience - register now.
Places are limited: to register your interest in attending in person, please email [email protected]. You will be contacted by the ODI events team if a place becomes available.
Given the changing nature and the proliferation of new sources and mechanisms of development finance, how can international public finance meet the challenges of our new era? To take these discussions further and explore how international public finance can best contribute to accelerating progress in development from 2015, identify specific contributions to the Financing for Development process and influence key decision-makers ahead of the July summit, ODI are also hosting 'Financing the future: fresh perspectives on global development' in Accra, Ghana from 17 – 18 March to convene international stakeholders and dig deep into these critical issues.
Visit the conference website | Register your interest in attending | #FtF2015
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Working through the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC) and the Global eSustainability Initiative (GeSI), the high-tech sector has pioneered the Conflict-Free Smelter Program to drive clean minerals sourcing across global supply chains. Several tech companies and suppliers have also partnered to launch the Solutions for Hope Project to source conflict-free tantalum from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and provide economic support and jobs.
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Q: firebase messaging api php subscribe to topic 411 error I am trying to implement notifications into my web app. I have this php file in which I send notifications:
<?php
  function sendGCM($title,$message, $id) {
    $url = 'https://fcm.googleapis.com/fcm/send';

    $fields = array (
        'registration_ids' => array (
                $id
        ),
        "notification" => array(
            "title" => $title,
            "body" => $message,
            "click_action" => "https://google.com"
        )
    );
    $fields = json_encode ( $fields );

    $headers = array (
        'Authorization: key=' . $MY_KEY,
        'Content-Type: application/json'
    );

    $ch = curl_init ();
    curl_setopt ( $ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url );
    curl_setopt ( $ch, CURLOPT_POST, true );
    curl_setopt ( $ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers );
    curl_setopt ( $ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true );
    curl_setopt ( $ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $fields );

    $result = curl_exec ( $ch );
    echo $result;
    curl_close ( $ch );
  }
?>

Now what I want to do is to send a notification to a topic instead of individual ids. On this page it shows how you can subscribe an id to a topic. Here is the function I created to do that:
function createTopic($topic,$id) {
  $url = 'https://iid.googleapis.com/iid/v1/' . $id . '/rel/topics/' . $topic;
  $headers = array (
    'Authorization: key=MY_KEY'
  );
  $ch = curl_init ();
  curl_setopt ( $ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url );
  curl_setopt ( $ch, CURLOPT_POST, true );
  curl_setopt ( $ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers );
  curl_setopt ( $ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true );

  $result = curl_exec ( $ch );
  echo $result;
  curl_close ( $ch );
}

I am getting this error from Google and I can't figure out what is going wrong:

*That's an error.

POST requests require a Content-length header. That's all we know.

Any help?

A: The example in the documentation shows use of a Content-Length header:
https://iid.googleapis.com/iid/v1/nKctODamlM4:CKrh_PC8kIb7O...clJONHoA/rel/topics/movies
Content-Type:application/json
Content-Length: 0
Authorization:key=AIzaSyZ-1u...0GBYzPu7Udno5aA

Add that to your request:
$headers = array (
    'Authorization: key=' . $MY_KEY,
    'Content-Length: 0'
);

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