There are days, like today, when I have almost no breath, feeling exhausted, having no energy for nothing, no desire for nothing, even going outside in this beautiful afternoon warming sun with my two granddaughters to celebrate my birthday.
It is the end of winter, I know, and after the snowstorm of last week – a swirly, windy and then flaky one -, I shouldn't wonder why I feel somehow close to the end of my rope. But it's not only that, it was also because since last autumn, I toiled, scrambled with six or seven infections, flu, bronchitis, a virulent viral conjunctivitis – it was not a pink eye anymore, it was a fiery red one – and now I am struggling with a never ending respiratory congestion. And why not, to go with it, a low level of iron and vitamin D. Maybe they are the reasons why I had all those infections in the first place, or maybe there are just side effects of my long term chronic diseases, who knows?
This is my story, but yours may be different, you might be facing a lack of running water, while it is -15°, because your artesian well is empty, a reality of living in the countryside; or your children are having another of their infectious episode as they generously share their microbes between them and the children of the kindergarten; or your partner is working outside town with a two hour commute, which means that he or she has to leave in the morning around 5 am and is back around 7 pm – beside all those times when traffic or snowstorm have made it impossible for him or her to simply come back home – leaving you all alone with all there is to do.
This might be also the story of many who live alone, who struggle with chronic disease, who are disabled, who are single parents, who live abroad far from their loved ones; of those who are committed citizens actively engaged to co-create a better world, who are tackling the delicate issues of gender, class, race, religion, disability, of systemic violence, Indigenous unbearable treatment, climate life threatening changes.
As I am concerned, this is when I know I should look for support, for a caring presence who would shower me with her loving energy. So I could be reminded, in a gentle way, that whatever I am going through I am part of All there is and has a part of the whole I should pay attention to what is keeping me alive, healthy and loving. A resilient organism able to promote and nurture the best within each and everyone. Including our living planet. And me.
This is when I will turn to a mantra like the Sarvesham Svartir Bhavatu mantra, and remind myself that I am also part of the Bhavatu, the "all", to which I am offering this practice to; because too often I forget. As I chant it, over an over, I feel my awareness focusing toward what is essential at the moment, and if sometimes what needs my attention is the other – like the children singing in this version -, sometimes I am the one I should honor, see and take are care of.
Previous facing the unbearable, how can we keep our hearts soft and open?


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Acting now makes tax changes more meaningful and avoids surprises.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - July 16, 2018 // GLOBE NEWSWIRE // - Although most taxpayers saw tax reform change their paychecks earlier this year, many still aren't sure about the new tax bill's impact in the end when they file their tax return. These taxpayers now have one more reason to visit a tax professional during the summer months: H&R Block's (NYSE:HRB) free tax reform checkup service. This service will help taxpayers identify if they are on track for a larger or smaller tax refund, or tax bill, than usual and how changes to their paychecks or financial or family situations can affect that outcome.
"You see the impact of tax reform in two places: your paycheck throughout the year and your refund or tax bill in April. Most people focus on the refund, but you don't want to forget about your paycheck. In some cases, the increases you saw in your paycheck might be eating up all the benefit of tax reform - and then some - so that your refund will be smaller or even turn into a tax bill, along with penalties and interest," said Kathy Pickering, vice president of regulatory affairs and executive director of The Tax Institute at H&R Block.
In February, the IRS updated the tables employers use to calculate how much tax to withhold from an employee's paycheck, which widely resulted in increased paychecks and decreased taxes. Paying less tax than in previous years while tax liability remains the same or increases sets up the possibility for smaller refunds, larger tax bills and potentially penalties and interest.
A single taxpayer with no kids and a $35,000 salary with one withholding allowance would have received a $600 refund when he filed his 2017 tax return. Because of the withholding table changes in late February 2018, his semi-monthly paycheck automatically increased $32 in March. When he files his 2018 tax return next year, he will get a $600 refund, about the same as he received for 2017. Even though his overall tax liability has decreased by over $650, he will not get a larger refund in 2018. If he would like that $650 tax savings as an additional refund rather than in $32 installments over the year, he will need to update his W-4 with his employer to increase his withholding.
On the other hand, not all tax reform surprises are negative. A family of four with a combined salary of $100,000 and five withholding allowances received a $2,000 refund for 2017. Because of the new withholding tables, their semi-monthly paychecks increased $83. However, even though no changes were made to their W-4s, the family's refund increased to over $3,300 because of the higher child tax credit.
To help taxpayers understand the specific impact tax reform has on their personal tax liability and whether their withholdings will get them the outcome they desire next tax season, H&R Block is offering free tax reform checkups at participating offices. Tax filers will need to bring their 2017 tax return and documents, as well as a current paystub, for their checkup.
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I am preprocessing a .c file (compiler wind river mpc ), then the stdout is redirected in the .i file and from the .i file, the .pp file is construcred. After that, I am redirecting the stderr to console (2>&1). Check the redirection at the end of the command line above.
I know there are a lot of question on this topic, but I am doing the correct redirectioning, yet the error appear in the .pp file:
# 4 D:\project\src\hello.c", line 5: error (dcc:1573): Only Debug builds are supported
Is this error actually from the stdout, can't it be splitted?

A: 2>&1 doesn't mean "redirect stderr to console", it means "redirect stderr to the same place as stdout currently goes". If you do the redirections in the other order -- 2>&1 1>hello.i instead of 1>hello.i 2>&1 -- then you will get the effect I believe you are looking for.
You need to think of the redirections happening one at a time. If you say 1>hello.i 2>&1 then this happens:

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*First, stdout is redirected to hello.i.

*Then stderr is redirected to the current destination of stdout, namely hello.i.

But if you say 2>&1 1>hello.i then this happens:

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*First, stderr is redirected to the current destination of stdout, namely the console.

*Then stdout is redirected to hello.i.

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DOD reconsiders the insourcing question
Officials say they are taking a strategic approach, but are contractor jobs safer?
By Matthew Weigelt
As the Defense Department works to build its acquisition workforce, officials are reconsidering the question of just how important it is to fill a given position with a federal employee.
According to a DOD memo issued on March 15, the procedure for making that determination depends on several basic questions:
Does the job fill a critical need?
Does the job include work that only a federal employee should do?
Would there be a cost benefit to filling the job in-house rather than with a contractor?
Officials also have to show that bringing the job in-house would not exceed the current budget, particularly under continuing resolutions.
Officials attempt to allay insourcing fears
Robert Gates and Ashton Carter seek to reform DOD acquisition
Ashton Carter, undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology, and logistics, and Robert Hale, DOD's comptroller and CFO, offered the memo to DOD as a strategy for building the workforce in lean budget times.
When new workers, who are hired through the Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund, become full-time federal employees, those new positions cannot exceed existing caps on the number of civilian employees, and the service branches must also be able to pay for the new employees, Carter and Hale said.
"The strategy requires that the components provide funding for long-term sustainment of the in-sourced positions," they wrote in the memo.
Speaking March 17, Shay Assad, director for defense procurement, acquisition policy, and strategic sourcing, said DOD is not trying to build its workforce through insourcing alone.
"We're stepping back from that a little bit. We want to make sure when we make that decision" it meets the criteria, he said at the Coalition for Government Procurement's Spring Conference.
DOD is ahead of its schedule to boost its acquisition workforce numbers by 10,000 employees by 2015, Assad said.
With this adjustment, he said he expects "a significant lessening" of insourcing but no slowdown on hiring employees through the direct hire authority. DOD will continue to enlarge the acquisition workforce. The authority gives DOD a speedy way to get employees on board, avoiding the slow traditional hiring process.
Defense officials describe the concerns they face regarding the acquisition workforce in the overview of the department's fiscal 2012 budget proposal. In the last decade, defense spending on contracts for weapons and other systems nearly tripled, while DOD's acquisition workforce fell by roughly 10 percent.
"More important, the department lacks sufficient numbers of technically trained personnel to conduct effective oversight. The department needs additional contracting officers, cost estimators, systems engineers and acquisition managers," according to the overview.
Stan Soloway, a former deputy undersecretary of defense for acquisition reform and now president and CEO of the Professional Services Council, said the approach laid out in the memo will help DOD assemble a stronger workforce that suits DOD's needs.
"We have long supported the department's efforts to build critical skills but have become increasingly concerned as those efforts veered off track, as most of the work identified for insourcing falls outside of 'critical skills' and is based on questionable cost-and-savings assumptions," Soloway said in a statement.
Nevertheless, there still is apprehension about what defense officials consider to be the acquisition workforce.
Peter Levine, general counsel for the Senate Armed Services Committee, said he's concerned senior-level defense officials won't recognize the breadth of what the acquisition workforce encompasses, even with the broad definition Congress laid out in the fiscal 2011 National Defense Authorization Act. The workforce includes, along with contracting officers, program and project managers, and contracting officer's representatives.
He said the people working close to acquisition understand who's all involved in the acquisition process. "The concern that we have is that when the secretary comes in and says, 'I'm going to exempt the acquisition workforce,' now you're talking about non-acquisition people trying to understand what's exempt," he said during a panel discussion at the coalition's conference.
Further, the committee has concerns about balancing the growth of the acquisition workforce against hunting for efficiencies throughout DOD.
"We're concerned there will be a temptation to define the acquisition workforce more narrowly, to say people who aren't a part of contract support are not exempt," he said.
Matthew Weigelt is a freelance journalist who writes about acquisition and procurement.

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Alder wood has long been used to imitate special and expensive wood species. In addition, it also has a few other proven applications. What else you should know about alder wood, you can read here.
With regard to the wood, the individual species differ only insignificantly.
The alder is a sapwood tree, which means there is no difference in color between sapwood and heartwood. The gray alder is always slightly lighter and finer than the black alder, this applies to both the color and the grain.
Alder wood has a very fine drawing, with widely dispersed, but very fine pores. Annual rings are only weakly recognizable, the wood rays are very fine and are particularly dense.
Common shades are reddish yellow to pale yellow, with fresh wood, the color can also turn into orange. However, this hue darkens to a brown color during drying. The surface shines matt with alder wood.
Alderwood is rather light and rather soft compared to other native hardwood species. The Weißerle (gray alder) has slightly less strength than the black alder and is considered qualitatively inferior. Accordingly, the black alder is more valued and valued higher and preferably used.
With alder wood one finds only a rather moderate shrinking behavior. Like linden, alders are also very likely to upset. Proper storage during drying is therefore very important. Alder wood should be protected from direct sunlight during drying.
Deteriorated wood can no longer be used and no longer be burned. The wood structure is completely destroyed.
Alder wood can not withstand the weather when used outdoors. Completely under water, however, it is very durable. It is not resistant to fungal and insect infestation, but on the contrary extremely susceptible to it.
Especially in furniture making, and also in chairs, alder wood is often used as a substitute for expensive precious woods (especially walnut). That is also connected with its particularly favorable price. Alderwood is still widely used in musical instrument making today. American alder is increasingly used as a substitute for the also very expensive cherry wood.
Traditionally, alder wood has been used mainly for the tables of sewing machines. Smoke chips were usually made from alder.
As sawn timber, alder wood costs around 500 - 700 EUR per m³, and steamed wood costs between 600 and 750 EUR per m³. American alder is usually offered in wood trade only in very small quantities and therefore at much higher prices.
If you would like to have the look of high-quality walnut wood ("walnut"), you simply need to stain alder wood in the corresponding shade. That's easy and saves a lot of money.
You can easily glue a mirror to wood with liquid glue or adhesive tape. How exactly this works, you will learn here.
What prices you have to expect for robinienholz as sawn timber and as trunk goods, and how it compares to tropical wood, read here.
How to upcycle an old picture frame, and what things can be crafted from it, read here.
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Events open to the public from the University of Cambridge
Touch Tours for Blind and Partially Sighted Adults
Join the Polar Museum team for a touch tour and explore a range of objects from polar history. The tour will also include some of the objects and sculptures outside on the museum lawn.
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Wealth Economy Foundation Workshop – Growing prosperity: sustainable stewardship
Wed 24 November 2021
Society currently faces a range of interconnected challenges. Whether it is recovering from Covid-19, reversing the biodiversity and climate crises, or preparing for automation and an ageing population, it has become clear that previous economic strategies are no longer fit for purpose.
This workshop, run by leading Cambridge economists, Professor Diane Coyle and Dr Matthew Agarwala at the Bennett Institute for Public Policy explores these challenges and looks at practical ways for decision-makers – in government at any level, advisory bodies, civil society organisations, or business – to steer this path.
They will explain in depth the Bennett Institute Wealth Economy approach and how inclusive wealth consists of many interconnected capitals – including human, social, natural, and physical. It is the management of this comprehensive portfolio of assets that determines whether organisations and communities are able to steward and grow organisational and national wealth, resilience and sustainability, rather than depleting the assets required for future prosperity.
You will receive practical inspiration for how the Wealth Economy Framework can be used in the public and private sector and participate in stimulating conversations to better understand how its different components can be applied to your organisation, and what effect this will have in achieving more prosperous, resilient and sustainable growth.
This half-day workshop will give you:
- A theoretical and practical understanding of the Wealth Economy approach and framework
- A clear action plan of how to bring Wealth Economics into your day-to-day decision-making
- Interactive conversations, activities and solution building with fellow participants
- A toolbox including a guide, case studies, resources, useful links and contacts
This workshop is particularly suitable for all decision-makers at any level of government, advisory bodies, civil society organisations, and business. The workshop has a limited number of places to ensure high-quality discussions and interaction. Early booking is advised.
The course leaders, Professor Diane Coyle, Dr Matthew Agarwala, Dimitri Zenghelis and Dr Saite Lu, are experienced in advising public and private organisations, from local and national government in the UK to the World Bank and United Nations.
This workshop will be delivered online via Zoom. Prices available via the University of Cambridge online store.
Cost: Early bird, public/private sector prices available
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Each group of people have customs that are unique to them. However, in all ethnic groups throughout Africa, the family unit is of the utmost importance and it is reflected in the customs of each tribe.
One traditional custom in African culture is that of lobola, where the groom pays the father of the bride in order to compensate for the 'loss' of the man's daughter.
Traditionally, lobola was paid in cattle, a valued commodity in many African cultures, but today many modern couples pay lobola in cash.
Lobola is intended to bring together two families, fostering mutual respect. It also indicates that the groom is financially capable of supporting his wife. The negotiations of lobola can take up to two days.
The wedding is held at night when the moon is full. It is considered bad luck if the wedding takes place when the moon is not bright. The wedding celebrations can last several days but the bride's parents do not attend because it is too sad for them and the event is intended to be a joyous one.
A man can have as many wives as he can afford and the wives share the responsibilities of the daily chores, such as babysitting, pounding corn, preparing meals and washing clothes. The practice of polygamy brings more families together and deepens the interest of the welfare in others. The protection of the family is the core value in most African tribes. Members in the tribe care for one another, share wealth and food and assure that no child is abandoned.
In African culture, a child learns at an early age how to become a good member of his tribe. Each member of the tribe belongs to an age group that has special services within the tribe. Each person is expected to contribute to the tribe by doing his share of the work and obeying its customs.
The rite of passage is a controversial African custom that varies from tribe to tribe. Circumcision, which is usually performed on males is, in some cultures, performed on females as well. The ritual is usually spread over a period of several months and the one being circumcised is forbidden from screaming or crying because doing so is considered cowardly behaviour.
The African customs of tribal circumcision has often caused mutilation and even death. The victim seldom seeks medical care from a hospital because they are often abandoned by their family and their tribe for doing so. It is believed that complications arising from circumcision are the fault of the victim because they are either being punished for having done something wrong or they are too weak to be qualified as men.
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La fotofosforilació és un procés de biosíntesi d'ATP a partir d'ADP+fosfat, dut a terme per les ATP sintases de la membrana tilacoïdal dels cloroplasts de les cèl·lules vegetals. És un procés de la fase llumínica de la fotosíntesi en què s'utilitza l'energia alliberada al transport d'electrons per a bombar protons des de l'estroma vers l'interior del tilacoide amb l'objectiu de crear un gradient electroquímic que, en dissipar-se per la sortida de protons del tilacoide a l'estroma a través de les ATP sintases, acobla aquesta energia protó-motriu a la fosforilació de l'ADP per a formar ATP. L'energia necessària és fornida per la llum captada pels pigments fotosintètics.

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 Fotofosforilació acíclica: Estan implicats ambdós fotosistemes, I i II; el flux d'electrons que produeix no és cíclic, de manera que se sintetitza tant ATP com NADPH.
 Fotofosforilació cíclica: Només està implicat el fotosistema I; es realitza un bombament d'hidrogenions de l'estro a l'espai tilacoïdal, que contribueix a crear un gradient electroquímic d'hidrogenions i per tant a la síntesi de l'ATP, sense que es produeixi NADPH.

Un fotosistema és el conjunt mínim dels compostos necessaris per dur a terme el procés de fotosíntesi. És un centre de reacció que se situa, juntament amb molts altres, a les membranes dels tilacoides. Permet rebre l'energia lluminosa i transmetre-la al llarg d'una cadena de reaccions que la transformen en energia química.

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In case you're wondering why I no longer post on the scamdemic . . . →
What is the Relationship between Mind and Nature?
— especially when we see through a screen?
What would McKenna say now about our screens? It's not just television that is a drug.
Take me, for example. My root addiction is "the news." I thought it was cigarettes — which I finally released at 39 when transit "sudden changes" Uranus opposed its natal degree, thus granting me a new lease on LIFE, a newly won sense of authentic aliveness — until, many years later, I realized that, ever since I heard, on the radio, at two and a half years of age, about the horrror of Hiroshima, I've been addicted to discovering, figuring out, understanding, comprehending, what is going on in the world at large.
At five I was reading running out to get the paper, as soon as the paperboy threw it onto the front porch. Quickly, I scanned the headlines for news. No news was good news. I could go outside and play again. I could pretend to be the child again. Postponing the burden, Death, Death to the whole wide world. Universal extinction. Done. Gone.
Nearly 78 years old now, my "hunger for the news" has run on unabated. Only now I've got cell phone, computer, and ipad, and the only news that's worth absorbing is Breaking News (from the past 24 hours, 12 hours, 6 hours . . .) from "alternative sources" on fast-changing twitter,
Nothing has changed. I'm not truly HERE, and NOW, but there, elsewhere, through a screen. Eyes squinting, fingers flying over the keys, THERE. There I still am.
As a child, it was so that I could brace myself for The (Nuclear) Bomb, that Certain Death, and/or: so I could somehow PREVENT The Bomb. To this end, via the cessation of War, I dedicated myself at an early age.
And then, over the decades, proceeded to get into conflict after conflict, war after war, on a personal level, ego run amuck, wanting to change others, force them to see the world the way I did. Wanting to win! I was desperate. Driven. Obsessed.
I still am. The only difference is that now I'm more aware of the ego's need to be right, correct, living for that "I told you so" moment.
So this is a confession. Mea culpa.
Terrence McKenna noticed the effect of the television screen decades ago. Ludwig Wittgenstein, Benjamin Lee Whorf, and a few others, recognized the effect of language itself; how it seems to shape reality via especially "names" for "things," which we then see and identify as separate from other "things," because the mind has learned to carve out separate shapes by giving them names.
Always: thought/language frames up "reality" inside our minds in one way or another, before we project its contents upon the what William James called the "buzzing booming confusion" of a newborn's perception. This highly creative framing capacity of ours, which we begin to learn as an infant, results in language, and forms our "world-view."
Everyone on Earth has his or her own world-view! We go around the world as if we have cones around our heads (like dog cones, so they won't scratch), assuming that our single, tiny, inescapably "incorrect" simulacrum of "outside" phenomena that keeps changing and we keep trying to make it stop — IS reality.
There is no way to get away from our mind's ravenous desire to seek "truth" — either for the purpose of covering it up with lies, and/or the purpose of thereby manipulating others, or finally, for the purpose of simply having the satisfaction that ah yes, FINALLY, I "get it." But it's an "it" that keeps moving, changing, erupting, rolling, fulminating, swirling. There is no final "it;" there is no "there" there, there is only this one moment, this sacred silent presence, blinking in and out, spreading to infinity, through the breath, the heartbeat, the eternal silence of the one Being . . . . OMMMMMMM
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please read the books by Christina von Dreien a young swiss women of now 20 who sees and knows. English translatioms available from her website.
Wow. Her photo feels like the illuminated version of what Greta might have been, were she not mind-controlled. Unfortunately, most of her stuff is NOT translated into English . . .


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» Higher Education
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Finnish Higher Education Institutions
Universities in Finland
In Finland, there are Multidisciplinary Universities and Specialised Universities.
Multidisciplinary Universities
The Finnish universities are:
Abo Akademi University in Turku
University of Tampere
University of Jyvaskyla
University of Oulu
University of Vaasa
University of Lapland in Rovaniemi
University of Eastern Finland in Joensuu and Kuopio
Specialised Universities
In Finland, there are certain universities specialise in a particular academic fields.
University of the Arts Helsinki
Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki and Vaasa, Swedish-language School of Economics with campuses in Helsinki and Vaasa
Lappeenranta University of Technology
Polytechnics/University of Applied Sciences in Finland
Polytechnics, also known as the University of Applied Sciences (UAS) in Finland. Except for the Aland University of Applied Sciences (Government of Aland) and the Police College of Finland (Ministry of the Interior), all UAS function under the jurisdiction of the Finnish Ministry of Education.
List of Polytechnics in Finland are:
Arcada University of Applied Sciences
Centria University of Applied Sciences
Diaconia University of Applied Sciences
HAAGA-HELIA University of Applied Sciences
HAMK University of Applied Sciences
Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
Humak University of Applied Sciences
JAMK University of Applied Sciences
Kajaani University of Applied Sciences
Karelia University of Applied Sciences
Kymenlaakso University of Applied Sciences
Lahti University of Applied Sciences
Lapland University of Applied Sciences
Laurea University of Applied Sciences
Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences
Novia University of Applied Sciences
Oulu University of Applied Sciences
Police University College^
Saimaa University of Applied Sciences
Satakunta University of Applied Sciences
Savonia University of Applied Sciences
Seinajoki University of Applied Sciences
Tampere University of Applied Sciences
Turku University of Applied Sciences
Vaasa University of Applied Sciences
Aland University of Applied Sciences
Higher Education System of Finland
Higher Education Institutions in Finland
Types of Finnish Degrees


Earlier Malcolm Wong and a few others from Wellington went to the Nelson Open this year and Malcolm kindly filed a report.
Malcolm Wong, with Mark Nalder (Nelson), won the Over 50 and 60 Men's Doubles and they were runner up in the Over 40 Men's Doubles. Malcolm reached the semi finals of the Over 50 and Over 60 Men's Singles. In his Over 50 Men's Singles Group Malcolm beat the Over 50 and Over 60 Men's Singles winner Mark Nalder 3-2 (13-11 11-5 13-15 7-11 11-1). His third win over Mark. The first was in the 2005 Marlborough Open Over 50 Men's Singles final. Malcolm first played in the Nelson Open in 1998 where he won the Over 35 Mixed Doubles with Ulrike Kusche (Canterbury) and the Over 40 Men's Doubles with Joachim Kusche (Canterbury). His sole singles title there was winning the 2011 Nelson Open Over 50 Men's Singles.
Ben Collin's reached the semi finals of the Men's Singles where he lost to the eventual winner Yi Sien Lin (Canterbury) in a tough seven game struggle. Lin won 9-11 11-4 9-11 11-4 11-5 7-11 11-8. Winners and runner ups of events are attached.
There were 39 entries, which was up from last years total of 31. Thanks to the organisers, Robin Knight and Michael Holmes (Tournament Controllers), Paul Op den Buysch (Xpand2play), Kay Hazeldine (Certificates and Finance) and Glenda Ferguson (Finance). Also to the Cafeteria Ladies, Karen Holmes, Katharine Ritchie, Noelene Wells, Debbie Watson and Dianne Watson. Photos are on the TTNZ photo archives.
Malcolm Wong (International Umpire) ran an umpiring course on the Sunday (14 June). Congratulations to Paul Op den Buysch, Katie Roddis and Ashley Windsor who qualified as Regional Umpires.


A £100 million electric car revolution to turn London into the "green driving" capital of the world and clean up its dangerously polluted air will be launched this week.
The ambitious plans involve a massive overhaul of London's network of notoriously unreliable charging points and the start of a city-wide electric car sharing service by early next year, it can be revealed today.
They come as Tory MP Zac Goldsmith, who yesterday took the first step to a mayoral bid, said it was "extraordinary" that there are not more electric vehicles on the capital's streets and called for all new minicabs and delivery vans to be electric-powered.
Responsibility for transforming the use of electric cars in London has been given to French firm Bolloré, behind the successful four-year-old Autolib scheme in Paris — which is used by 220,000 drivers.
A right-hand-drive version of the Autolib cars painted in "double-decker bus red" will be revealed in central London on Friday by Vincent Bolloré, the operator's chairman and chief executive.
He will announce ambitions to have 6,000 charging points across London and as many as 3,000 battery-powered cars on the roads here by 2018.


12/3/01 (WhatTheyThink.com) Sources at Agfa and Enovation confirm that Agfa will not distribute their products through the newly formed distribution giant. Enovation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fuji Photo Film U.S.A. Fuji created the entity by acquiring PrimeSource, Heartland Imaging and Graphic Systems in September. Enovation is the largest distributor of equipment, consumables and technical services to the graphic communications industry, representing more than 300 suppliers, 60 branch locations and $800 million in revenue. The company employs more than 1,000 people. In October, George Tanaka, President of Fuji Photo Film U.S.A said Enovation was an extension of their commitment to the distribution channel. He said Enovation would ensure that customers received products from a wide range of manufacturers. Fuji competes with Agfa and other industry suppliers in several product areas. Agfa did not believe their products would be "well represented" by Enovation because of Fuji's ownership. Jim Mullan, Enovation's President and former CEO of PrimeSource, told WhatTheyThink.com last week that the decision was unfortunate. Mullan declared their commitment to servicing printers in an objective way and is determined to have a diverse and best of class product line. Mullan said other suppliers have been very supportive of Enovation. WhatTheyThink.com will publish a rare and exclusive interview with Jim Mullan on 12/4/01. The interview provides more insight about Agfa's decision and details challenges in the digital printing market, his adjustment to a new culture and strategies for printers when making capital investments.


An excellent, warm and practical sweater. Our only complaint is that it's more prickly than I'd expect from 100% alpaca. Which makes me wonder if it's mixed with sheep wool or is simply with too-coarse hair from adult animals that should have been separated away.
My son wears in anyway, just has to wear a long shirt underneath.


There is no such issue on my miui 10 @ pie devices, you may need to reset your audio output settings to defaults.
I'm still having an irritating bug on the search menu.
When I press the space-bar the cursor will move forward a space and then go back. Meaning I can't type properly. So searching for a song has become a pain.
What PA version, Android version, device, file details, etc?
Have to tried adding anything to it (via long-press on a song file)? Otherwise, yes, it will be empty until you choose to use it.
@maxmp I have a request can you please add an option to disable (completely disappeared) those buttons. Because it interferes with wave seek bar my touch is not registered properly I have to touch on the edges (very left/ very right) every time to register my touch properly.
I found this dual bar option super useful that's why I only use this but because of the touch issue seeking is not that enjoyable like your default waveseek option.
If you disable Pro Buttons mode you will just get a central play/pause button covering the waveseek bar. Track changes can be done by left/right gesture on the cover artwork. You will lose next/prev list control of course, but that's what you were asking for in the first place.
Wow, thanks a lot for your effort! Yes I was specifically requesting that Sort by Album Artist option, and would like the albums view to show Album Artist, but have the tracks list to show Artist. That's how they're shown in v2.
@maxmp are you able to accommodate this please? Many thanks!
I just did as you suggested and there's no improvement, unfortunately. Audio stutters and it didn't before. I wish I could downgrade to Oreo but that's not possible.
I have MIUI 10 stable on Pocophone F1.
It worked , i thought the queue shows everything playing.
No, the queue is simply a way to 'break away' from your normal chosen playback method (albums, folders, artists, all songs, etc) to play a few specific chosen tracks before returning to your normal playback mode afterwards.
I can only choose between OpenSL ES Output and Audiotrack Output. Where is the hi res output?
I also have a feature request. Maybe it is already possible but I don't see it.
Would it be possible to add an option, when the queue list has finished, the songs get removed from that list?
And is it possible, when I shuffle all my songs, to see the whole playlist in the shuffled order they are going to be played with? And also be able to rearrange them if needed.
Switching back to artist tag for the track list was one of the things I didn't care for in V2 but I can see why that is important if you have a compilation album with a Various Artists type tag. I actually really like having the option @maxmp added to V3, being able to see Album Artist tag instead of artist tag when viewing songs because I mostly use album artist tag to view multiple bands grouped by one artist tag. I like that I can see that tag when playing music and looking through playlists.
I think the way we all win is if maxmp leaves that option he added alone and then either made it a standard like V2 to see Album artist tag when viewing albums or added it as an additional option. Maybe he can do a "If Exists". From the responses I've seen, I'm not sure the sorting option is an easy change.
I think when you increase the buffer to 100ms in the direct hd output it improves the voice in the songs. Is realy?
Funny my sound on my laptop started crackling when watching shows on Netflix or Youtube or MSNBC and then i get on my tablet to play something, I think it was on Poweramp and it did the same thing. I was like what the heck. I think a Chrome Browser update for the computer must have did something. It followed me to my tablet. I haven't noticed Poweramp doing that on my phone and i had music playing a lot today. But the bug where the music quits putting out sound happened again on my phone and my tablet. Yesterday i was playing nature sounds on my tablet and then when i woke up it showed it was playing but there was no sound. Today i was listening to music on my phone and when it changed songs the sound went off. The progress bar was still moving. time was still ticking. I had to turn off my bluetooth speaker and back on again. This bug has been around for several versions. I can't believe there's so many bugs on V3. Was V2 this bad?


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Q: by navGraphViewModels creates java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: No destination with ID  is on the NavController's back stack When a configuration change happens and my Activity and Fragment are recreated because of it, my nav Graph scoped ViewModel is unavailable while the Fragments have already been created again.
It seems like the Fragment gets recreated, before the navGraph does.
I am using this code to initialize my navGraph scoped ViewModel from my Fragment:
private val myViewModel: MyViewModel by navGraphViewModels(R.id.nav_graph_id)

If I try to use myViewModel in the Fragments onViewCreated function, I get a IllegalArgumentException after a Configuration change. The Exception:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: No destination with ID <destination id> is on the NavController's back stack

How do I handle this?
I have already checked that my ID isn't used anywhere else.
Edit1:
Here is my activity_main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
        xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
        xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <androidx.fragment.app.FragmentContainerView
            android:id="@+id/main_nav_host"
            android:name="androidx.navigation.fragment.NavHostFragment"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="0dp"
            app:defaultNavHost="true"
            app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
            app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
            app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
            app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
            app:navGraph="@navigation/main_nav_graph" />

</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

And here is my main_nav_graph.xml:
<navigation
        xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
        xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
        android:id="@+id/main_nav_graph"
        app:startDestination="@id/main_nav_graph_1">

    <navigation
            android:id="@+id/main_nav_graph_1"
            android:label="@string/nav_graph_1_label"
            app:startDestination="@id/nav_graph_1_start_fragment">
        <!-- nav graph stuff -->
    </navigation>

    <navigation
            android:id="@+id/main_nav_graph_2"
            android:label="@string/nav_graph_2_label"
            app:startDestination="@id/nav_graph_2_start_fragment">

        <fragment
                android:id="@+id/nav_graph_2_start_fragment"
                android:label="@string/nav_graph_2_start_fragment_label"
                android:name="my.package.ui.NavGraph2StartFragment"
                tools:layout="@layout/fragment_nav_graph_2_start">
        </fragment>
        <!-- In here is where I get the problem -->
    </navigation>

</navigation>

A: My Problem was the following:
After a Configuration change the NavGraph returned to its start destination, but the Fragment that was last active gets loaded anyway. This meant that the Fragment that was actually started and the current destination of the navGraph were out of sync.
When my Fragment then tried to load the navGraph scoped ViewModel, it failed because the navGraph thought it was on a different Fragment then it actually was.
To fix my problem I had to save and restore the state of the navController using the activities savedInstanceState Bundle. (source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/59987336)
override fun onSaveInstanceState(savedInstanceState: Bundle) {
    super.onSaveInstanceState(savedInstanceState)
    savedInstanceState.putBundle("nav_state", fragment.findNavController().saveState())
}

// restore in RestoreInstanceState
override fun onRestoreInstanceState(savedInstanceState: Bundle) {
    super.onRestoreInstanceState(savedInstanceState)
    fragment.findNavController().restoreState(savedInstanceState.getBundle("nav_state"))
}

// or restore in onCreate
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
    if (savedInstanceState?.containsKey("nav_state") == true) {
        fragment.findNavController().restoreState(savedInstanceState.getBundle("nav_state"))
    }
}

A: For anyone else coming here, I experienced this issue when a dialog was currently displayed and I issued a navController.navigate() call to a Fragment which uses by navGraphViewModels() before the dialog was dismissed.
It's as if the Navigation library couldn't understand that there is a destination with that ID available when a dialog is being displayed.
And for more clarity, this dialog is displayed using the <dialog> attribute in my nav graph XML.
My fix (for now) is to ensure the dialog is dismissed before making a further call to navigate elsewhere by way of view.postDelayed({ navController.navigate(elsewhere)}, 300)
This isn't the first time I've experienced issues with the NavController trying to navigate when a dialog is displayed.

A: Solved Easy by change this :
private val myViewModel: MyViewModel by hiltNavGraphViewModels(R.id.nav_graph_id)

To:
private val viewModel: AuthViewModel by activityViewModels{ defaultViewModelProviderFactory }


It took longer than I would've liked, but three weeks and 12-15 hours of assembly/final detailing later the Elyn Hobby Kshatriya is now 2/3 of the way complete.
An overwhelming sense of doom.
That's what I'm feeling right now. While I should be pleased that this build is now officially a third of the way complete and things turned out okay I can't get past the fact that the kit's LEDs are royally fucked.
After a couple weeks of prep and paint the torso is ready for top coat and final assembly.
I think I spent more time prepping the kit for paint than any other I've worked on up until this point. I feel like every piece on this kit has flashing issues. Some of the problem areas I didn't notice until after the first coat of primer. Some I didn't notice until after I had finished painting and started on detailing. Hopefully the ones I wasn't able to fully clean won't be too noticeable when all is said and done.
I didn't do much modification on any components as dry fit issues were more with things staying together than going together at all. I did fill in some awkward gaps on the front of the kit. I sort of messed up the lining on that part in the process because I wasn't paying attention though.


Non-monetized economies are more important than monetized economies. When economists or game theorists ignore this, they make mistakes in their analysis of rationality.
A monetized economy is the sum of the transactions where money is exchanged. The money is a simple, quantified representation of an estimate of value. Person r pays $y for thing x, where statistically there is some association between the price y and the value of thing x. This makes it convenient to track estimated value.
The non-monetized economy includes everything from parent-child interactions to having a dinner party to gazing at the starry sky. In all these cases, there is creation of value, but there isn't as simple a way to quantify an estimate of it. Yet, these non-monetized transactions or activities form the majority of what is valuable in a person's life.
Consider the Ultimatum Game (see here). Part of the tension in the analysis is resolved once one realizes that the non-monetized payoffs can be much more important than the monetized payoff, and so therefore seemingly irrational behaviour can be rational (and, vice versa, seemingly rational behaviour when only looking at the monetized payoffs becomes quite irrational when looking at both monetized and non-monetized payoffs).
The problem with monetized economics is that it is radically incomplete. When people worry about monetized economics, they are worrying about something that is a part of the overall economy.
This entry was posted in Game Theory on July 17, 2010 by admin.
What are the difference between both economies?


This past week I headed out to Birch Bay to photograph Matt & Leanne's engagement photos. We had a little break in the rainy weather to wander around Birch Bay which worked out great! These two rocked it in front of my camera and I can't wait for their wedding next month!
Thanks so much Matt & Leanne! All of the session images are online—click on Proofing above to check them out. Enjoy!
This one below might be my favorite but I'm having a hard time deciding! They look great in all of them!
We even worked in Matt's truck—I think I would have begged them to use it for pictures if even if they didn't want to…it is sooo pretty!


Various mobile operators in India, have recently unveiled their annual recharge plans for prepaid users, which offer them bundled data and other benefits for an annual price ,Which means you just need to recharge once and no more worries for recharging till next 365 days ,users under these plans get the convenience of one time payment,less price along with the same bundled benefits as per the monthly plans, thus creating a lucrative effect, the annual recharge plans are currently available from three of the major operators – Jio ,BSNL and Vodafone,lets have a look at these plans one by one.
Below are various plans available as per the respective operators ,users need to recharge with these plans ,as per their operator,and enjoy the benefits,the table below depicts the price ,benefits and validity for the annual recharge plans offered by various mobile operators in India.
Reliance Jio's annual recharge plan is priced for 1699 ₹ ,this prepaid plan offers users 1.5 GB of daily 4G data,along with unlimited calls and 100 SMS per day,It comes with a validity of 365 days. Under this plan users get a total of 547.5 GB of data, after daily data consumption ,the speed gets reduced to 64 Kbps (FUP),users also get access to Various Jio apps like Jio TV, Jio mags etc ,non prime members need to recharge with an addition 99 Rs prime membership plan in order to avail this plan.
The annual recharge plan from BSNL is priced for 1699 ₹, under this plan users get Unlimited free calling, 100 free daily sms and 2GB of daily internet data,once a user consumes daily data limit,the speed gets reduced to 80 Kbps (FUP),in addition to all these benefits ,BSNL users also get free caller tune service with the option of unlimited song shuffle,users can recharge with this plan and enjoy all these benefits for a year without any limits.
Vodafone's annual recharge plan is priced for 1499 ₹,this plan is currently available for Mumbai circle only,users of other circles cannot currently avail this plan as of now, under this plan users get 1GB of daily 3G/4G data, along with 100 SMS/day and free unlimited calling,this plan comes with a validity of 365 days, Vodafone also offers its users free access to Vodafone play app,which is Fully loaded with Movies,Tv shows ,Live TV and various other entertainment stuffs.


Participate in a livestreaming talk show with Cynthia Wenstrom about Help In Healing Home. Ask questions by voice or chat!
Cynthia and Robert Bruno, Phoenix DJ, will discuss how the Phoenix Metro Chamber of Commerce helps organizations like Help In Healing Home. Be sure to donate to the PMCC Foundation to support Children, Pets, and Veterans!
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Mike Florio is joined by a richer Brent Grimes on PFT Live to discuss his new deal in Miami and if he ever feared that he would have to find a new team this offseason. Grimes also talks the recent dysfunction and why he chose to stay another four years in light of the ongoing saga.
This is great news they resigned grimes.
Giving a penalty is wrong for swearing, just fine them if you want to change behavior.


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Offspring on One
By TV One
9:30pm Sunday, January 22 on TV One
Kiwi Jay Ryan (Go Girls) joins the cast in a brand new series of TV ONE's exuberant drama Offspring. Set in Melbourne's Fitzroy, Offspring centres on obstetrician Nina Proudman and her struggle to deal with her family, her hunt for a decent love life and her tendency to over-think and fly off into fantasy.
In tonight's new season premiere, Nina returns home from her new life in Baltimore to face a family medical emergency, and is quickly engulfed by Proudman family chaos. Sparks fly when she meets a gorgeous new registrar obstetrician (Jay Ryan) and guides him through his first breech birth.
Everwood: Sunday 8 July


I can feel autumn coming. It's not just the fact that I have now been wearing jeans and pumps rather than shorts and sandals for two whole days. Nor is it anything to do with it being dark by half past eight in the evening. It's something less defined than that, something that I think is part of our instinctive understanding of seasonal changes. It's to do with a slight scent in the air, a mulchy, smoky scent which goes so well with the sound of geese flying over the house, and the wood burning smell from outside fires and low, long baas of sheep in fields, long shadows, fruiting trees. Autumn is just around the corner, things are slowing down. I'm slowing down. I have started to think of the hands-on preparatory pleasure of autumn: thick stews, slow cooked and home grown veg, wine made from elderberries, nuts, comforting food and the hunkering down ready for the bleak months of winter that follow. I find myself writing more, reflecting more.
I've been running my 'The Wild Within' month long workshop/course all this month and I can't believe how fast it's gone, or how good the experience has been. We're nearly at the end of it now, but I'll be running it again in a few months. It's pushed me to read poetry for the course, revisiting poets and poems that I was already fond of, but it's caused me to look closer, examine the poems in a way that I perhaps wouldn't have unless pushed to. I've also loved reading the work of the course members who have joined in the chat group and been so brave to post first drafts, there has been some incredible work produced. We've looked at nature poetry from a variety of angles, including politically engaging nature poetry. Often nature poetry is seen as slow, gentle and twee, but nature poetry is a reflection of self, we seek ourselves in animals, in plants, in the natural world. One of the poems that I used this week as an example poem was Gillian Clarke's A Difficult Birth . If you haven't read Gillian Clarke, I would highly recommend her. Her work is incredible and this poem in particular marries several themes into a single metaphor, without losing the visceral bloody nature of birth or of change. It's deftly done, taking the historical and political into the poem, filtering it through this image of the barn, the sheep the 'well intentioned men with their needles and forceps' and the slip of hands, the warm blood and the opened door. It's wonderful writing. I think the course members have enjoyed all the poems we've looked at.
I've not managed to quite carve out any time on the manuscript this week. I was hoping to get some time in tomorrow but I have mentoring duties and I'm planning an eight mile run as training for the Great North Run (sponsor me here), I have two mentees slightly over lapping this week which is challenging, but in a really good way. One of my favourite parts of my work is mentoring. It's good to work with people who are striving to get the best out of their work, who are excited to move it forward. I love the sense of purpose, the feeling of helping to sculpt something. It's another really satisfying experience. I'm also working on an article for a magazine about the use of poetry at times of intense emotion and that is a fascinating research area. I'm loving everything I am doing right now and am not regretting my move to full time poet and freelancer at all. We're managing, I love my work and my work is building. I am happy.
The only dark cloud was a wobble over the PhD I had a week ago, I thought I'd found a way of funding it so that I could restart sooner, but it fell through. Perhaps that was the universe telling me I'm not ready to get back to it, who knows. I was stressed about it, now I'm not. For now I am looking forward to making wine and baking bread and writing. I have a very clear image in my head of pressing the 'send' button on the new manuscript with a glass of something bubbly in my hand. It is nearly, nearly there. I'm hoping next week. And then onto the next project….


Achuff PL. 1991. Non-native plant management in western region national and historic parks: issues analysis and recommendations, phase 2.
Alger D, Donald DB. 1984. Limnological studies in Kootenay National Park. Part 2: Streams. :112.
Andrew H. 2002. 1907 Schaffer Trek.
Angell S. 1997. Kootenay National Park : scope of collections statement. :12.
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Anonymous. 1966. Provisional list of the trees, shrubs and common plants in Banff, Jasper, Kootenay and Yoho National Parks. :6.
For references on the Columbia Valley go to the Columbia Wetlands Stewardship Partners.


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Q: Recommended way of using FastAPI, cx_Oracle and SQLAlchemy for Oracle Stored Procedures? I'm following the FastAPI docs and I'm having a hard time figuring out how can I call a oracle stored procedure.
This is the code I have so far:
main.py
from fastapi import FastAPI, Depends
from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
from ansimarkup import ansiprint as print
import cx_Oracle
import os

from api.utils.dependencies import get_connection
import api.core.database

app = FastAPI()

@app.on_event("startup")
def startup():
  print(f"<cyan>[APP]</cyan>:    Application ready!")

@app.on_event("shutdown")
def shutdown():
  print(f"<cyan>[APP]</cyan>:    Shutting down")

@app.get('/')
def index(conn = Depends(get_connection)):
  cursor = conn.cursor()
  ref_cursor = conn.cursor()
  cursor.callproc("myprocedure", (ref_cursor, 112233))
  for row in ref_cursor:
    print(row)

dependencies.py
from api.core.database import Engine

def get_connection():
  try:
    conn = Engine.raw_connection()
    yield conn
  finally:
    conn.close()

database.py
import os
import cx_Oracle
from dotenv import load_dotenv
from sqlalchemy import create_engine
from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
from ansimarkup import ansiprint as print
from sqlalchemy.pool import NullPool

load_dotenv(verbose=True)

cx_Oracle.init_oracle_client(lib_dir=os.environ.get('ORACLE_CLIENT'))

print(f"<cyan>[APP]</cyan>:    Connecting to database <cyan>.
{os.environ.get('ORACLE_CONNECT_STRING')}</cyan>")

pool = cx_Oracle.SessionPool(
  user=os.environ.get('ORACLE_USER'),
  password=os.environ.get('ORACLE_PASS'),
  dsn=os.environ.get('ORACLE_CONNECT_STRING'),
  min=int(os.environ.get('ORACLE_POOL_SIZE')),
  max=int(os.environ.get('ORACLE_POOL_SIZE')),
  increment=0,
  threaded=True,
  getmode=cx_Oracle.SPOOL_ATTRVAL_WAIT
)

Engine = create_engine("oracle://", creator=pool.acquire, poolclass=NullPool)

I already have the stored procedures from the current version of the project, that is mode using nodejs, how can I call the procedures, get the out cursor and iterate through the results?
EDIT:
On database.py I changed the Engine variable to be public, so I could import it on dependecies.py and get a connection for every request made. Then on main.py I'm using the same Depends function from FastPAI to get the connection and then extracting the cursor from it. Do you think that this is a good approach to follow? Will I need to close the cursor after the loop?

A: Possibly get the raw connection connection = engine.raw_connection() and then use cx_Oracle calls as shown in ref_cursor.py.  For example:
"""

create or replace procedure myrefcursorproc (
    p_startingvalue                     number,
    p_endingvalue                       number,
    p_refcursor                         out sys_refcursor
) as
begin
    open p_refcursor for
        select first_name || ' ' || last_name
        from employees
        where employee_id between p_startingvalue and p_endingvalue;
end;
/
show errors

"""

import cx_Oracle
from sqlalchemy import create_engine
from sqlalchemy.pool import NullPool
import sys
import os

if sys.platform.startswith("darwin"):
    cx_Oracle.init_oracle_client(lib_dir=os.environ.get("HOME")+"/Downloads/instantclient_19_8")

# If using cx_Oracle < 8.2 then add options threaded=True, encoding="UTF-8", nencoding="UTF-8"
pool = cx_Oracle.SessionPool(user="cj", password="secrent", dsn="localhost/orclpdb1",
                             min=4, max=4, increment=0)

engine = create_engine("oracle://", creator=pool.acquire, poolclass=NullPool, max_identifier_length=128)

connection = engine.raw_connection()
cursor = connection.cursor()
ref_cursor = connection.cursor()
cursor.callproc("myrefcursorproc", (102, 105, ref_cursor))
for row in ref_cursor:
    print(row)

I'm not sure how this maps through to FastAPI.


NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- Iona Preparatory kicked off its Centennial Art Exhibit on Monday at the Upper School in New Rochelle. The exhibit will run through Friday.
Drawings, paintings, photographs and sculptures are on display from Iona Prep students at the Upper and Lower Schools, alumni, alumni parents and Christian Brothers.
A special artist meet-and-greet reception will be held on Thursday, from 5 to 7 p.m. in Iona Prep's Upper School lobby. To register, visit www.IonaPrep.org or click here.
Reaccredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools in 2015, Iona Preparatory School K-12 sits on 37 acres of suburban green in New Rochelle, where it educates young men to be moral and ethical leaders. Visit the school's website to learn more.
Iona Preparatory Upper School is at 255 Wilmot Rd., New Rochelle.


Sad news arrived us in January. German veteran Jochen Burnus, one of the last remaining WW2 frogmen, died on 30 December 2017 at the age of 94. We send our condolences to his Family.
Jochen Burnus' personal story as a frogmen was featured in chapter V of our book "History2" with information and documents he provided us during several meetings and interviews between 2010 and 2013.
The chapter on Jochen Burnus described his period of duty as a frogman, from his posting away from Yugoslavia in 1944 and his training in northern Italy to his missions at the Elbe, where he ended up in American captivity in April, 1945. After his release he worked in the Hamburg Harbour as a recovery diver (photo). In 1949 he ended his career as a recovery diver and worked afterwards as a mechanic and boiler maker for the German Railways in Zwickau. In 1951 Jochen Burnus commenced a graphics course at the Robert Schumann Academy in Zwickau, and switched from there to the master school in Berlin in 1952. In 1953, Jochen Burnus resumed his activities as a diver. In the disarmament of Potsdam he was in the Brandenburg on the search for remnants of the Second World War and removed unexploded bombs, weapons and munitions from lakes, rivers and fields, and also helped to defuse them as an explosives assistant. In 1957 he transferred to the main waterways department in East Berlin, where he worked as a diver in facilitating shipping once again, which had collapsed in 1945 in Berlin and the surrounding waterways. Divers carried out works over weeks and months with salvage ships on the Spree. In 1960 Jochen Burnus returned to the shipyards in Hamburg. After around a year of work as a diver in the Hamburg Harbour, which was greatly expanded during this time, He became site supervisor for a Hamburg based company, and worked in many harbours and rivers across Europe in the field of culvert construction (a special procedure to lay pipes below dykes or shipping channels). Until his retirement in 1988, Jochen Burnus worked for two more water construction companies as a site manager. In 1972 he moved from Hamburg to the Cologne for four years, and laid pipes for water, power cables and telephone lines in the rivers Lippe, Main, Danube, Elbe and Rhine, as well as in the North Sea. In 1976 he moved to a company in Munich, where he was active in culvert construction in many rivers, but also in the construction of the 90 km-long Ring Canal, to save the Chiemsee, which was threatened by incoming wastewater. Towards the end of his career, in 1985, Jochen Burnus was involved as site manager in laying an 8 km long gas pipe through the Tegernsee Lake.
The element of water, whether sea or river, has had a special significance in the life of Jochen Burnus. Whether as a ship's boy in the 1930s, as a frogman in the Second World War, a professional diver in the post-war-era – water always had a special role. We are glad that we had the chance to meet Jochen Burnus in person several times, where we listened to his very personal experiences of his time when he was a frogman and from his life as a professional diver in the post-war era. We have lost a great source of information and a good friend.
"Auf Wiedersehen!" – farewell, Jochen – rest in peace!


The Fox River Tours, docked just outside of The Ennis Inn and Pub, offers beautiful, scenic tours along the Fox River. There are three unique tours available, both public and private. First, is a tour from De Pere on the River Tyme riverboat. Second, from Appleton, is the River Tyme Too canal boat. Last but certainly not least, there is also a motor coach land tour!
River Tyme was brought to Wisconsin in 2015. She was then given a make-over for her new job touring the Fox River and De Pere Lock. Most of the time, accompanied by Captain Max, she heads upriver to Little Rapids. She occasionally navigates the De Pere Lock and heads toward Green Bay. Either way, you'll experience a whole new side of De Pere from on the Fox River. These tours are also offered at a variety of price points, allowing anyone to join in on the fun!
Found in Appleton, you can also take a tour on River Tyme Too, the second addition to the Fox River Tour Family. River Tyme Too is a canal boat with a home in front of Collectivo Coffee and RiverHeath, a re-designed paper mill condominium. She'll take you along a breathtaking tour to Little Chute and back. There is no ticket booth in Appleton, so take advantage of a stay at the Ennis Inn and Pub and get your tickets right outside the door!
The Fox River Tours also offers motor coach tours, although you'll need to be pro-active to book one of these for the date you want! These book very quickly for private events!
If you're the adventurous type you might like the package deals that the Fox River Tours offers! Visit their website at foxrivertours.com for more information and online booking!


You're sipping your coffee on the patio, the sun is brightly shining, and the wind that is gently blowing the trees and rustling your Sunday paper. For a moment, you feel like the king of all humanity enjoying the small pleasures in life. As a habit, you take the phone with you not to disturb your serenity. Just as you sit back in your comfy chair and taste the warmth of your morning pick-me-up, the phone rings. You hesitate to pick up the line, but you do anyway as you don't want your karma disturbed. Fifteen minutes later and a headache that is beginning to pound behind your eyes, you're only wish on this beautiful morning was to leave the damn phone in the tub while it was filled to the brim with water.
I have a pal who loves the races. He travels and saves up money to take his one-man-show on the road. He starts announcing his arrival months in advance, and it has the sound of a severe weather alert. You know what is coming, and you can't stop it. The sirens should be blowing to alert the public, but this tornado has your name on it, and it will touch down any minute. You get up and spill your coffee down your robe and run to shave and shower before the big arrival. The hurried act is not for his benefit, but it is so you can use as it as an excuse and explain you have to head into work.
I explain that working at the track takes up most of my time, and I don't have as much spare time to keep up on the horses. He snorts, and takes off his blue-blocker sunglasses; "bull crap, you have all the time in the world." He is right, and we all have the same amount of time in the day. I choose to use my time creating the morning line and making notes about the races for the day. – I have had a secret weapon since 2008, and it has served me well. It saves me time, and allows me to focus my efforts on how I will bet instead of who looks good. My pal loves to take on the world with limited time, and uses the excuse of loving to bet as his calling card. When I asked him the golden question of the morning, he turned his head like a dog and look at me in the most curious manner.
"Dude, how would you like to have a process where the field is broken down into tier levels? How about handy icons to alert you to special works and changes? How about a one-of-a-kind rating system that allows you to see where the runner stacks up against the competition? And last but not least, you won't have to pack around two folders of notes and two Daily Racing Forms?" – " Great, but it doesn't exist on this planet!" – I looked at the clock and saw that I have ten minutes before I hit the door. This should be about 3 minutes longer than I need, but here comes a lesson for the great lender of free advice.
Later that day, he came up and said he was $125 up and it was only the fourth race. For a guy who made his way by dolling out free advice and creating his own handicapping methods, he was winning with professional guidance. I think the next time we speak, I'll look forward to his visit. We'll have some data to discuss, and how we'll plan the day of wagering. Overall, it lasted 9 minutes. It seemed to go quick, and it was even easier to show and use. As I drove home that day, my phone rang with his special ring tone of "the call to the post." He said he has never enjoyed a day at the races like that in a long time. He thanked me for showing him the data, and I think another player has just taken his game to the next level. When you find a data service that puts out their selections in real time as soon as the race is official, charges for only the races used if you are getting a late start, and gives you all of what you were looking for in the click of the mouse look no further. I've never known of a data provider who allows you to change the weather tab if the track comes up muddy, or if they are off the turf. You'll get a brand new set of E-Z Win forms to allow you to adjust to the day. No charge. How about using the easy to read color coded tier levels with handicapping remarks? Or if you're a fan of detailed past performance notes on riders, trainers, and what their specialties are for the year. Look no farther.


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NewsEnvironment
Over Half of British Drivers Want Diesel Cars Banned From Cities
And nearly 80% want them banned from areas around schools and hospitals.
Why Global Citizens Should Care
The UN's Global Goals include action on curbing climate change, and creating cities and communities that are sustainable. This includes paying special attention to air quality. Nevertheless, most urban areas in the UK have had illegally high levels of nitrogen oxide since 2010. You can join us by taking action in support of the Global Goals here.
New figures have been released this week by the UK government that show air pollution can be linked to between 28,000 and 36,000 early deaths in Britain every year.
And rising concern about air pollution is sparking a crackdown on diesel vehicles.
More than half of British motorists now want diesel cars to be banned from cities and urban areas across the UK, according to a new opinion poll. Nearly a third — 29% — think diesel cars should be completely banned from all roads, the poll found, and 23% think they should be banned only in built-up areas.
Take Action: Pledge Your Support for Climate Change Resilience
That rises to 79% when people were asked if they agreed that diesel cars should be banned from areas around schools and hospitals.
The opinion poll also found that 70% of drivers believe exhaust fumes in their neighbourhoods were damaging their health.
"Diesel cars have been fuelling a major air pollution crisis that has made our cities' air toxic and harmful to breathe," said Morten Thayson, clean air campaigner at Greenpeace. "We need a rapid switch to electric by the car industry to help clean up our air and protect our climate."
Some 2,000 people responded to the online poll by Censuswide, commissioned by law firm Slater and Gordon, which is reportedly representing 45,000 motorists in a group-action lawsuit against Volkswagen.
Related Stories July 26, 2017 UK Will Ban All New Petrol and Diesel Cars by 2040
The vehicle manufacturer was embroiled in the "dieselgate" scandal of 2015, when it was found to have been fitting vehicles with "defeat devices" to give inaccurate readings in emissions tests.
While the company has now paid out billions of dollars in compensation around the world, UK motorists have yet to receive any, according to the Guardian.
Since 2010, the majority of urban areas in Britain have had illegally high levels of nitrogen oxide (NOx) — which is emitted in greater amounts by diesel vehicles than by petrol vehicles.
The government announced in July 2017 that it would be banning all new petrol and diesel cars by 2040, as part of a £3 billion plan to tackle air pollution.
Related Stories June 7, 2018 Every Car in London Costs the NHS £8,000 Because Air Pollution Blows
Nevertheless, the UK was threatened with fines and legal action by the European Union in May, prompting the government to release a new plan less than a week later in an effort to reduce pollution throughout the country.
The plans include action like reducing the number of people living in cities with high levels of pollution; cutting out the use of fuels and stoves for household heat; and tackling ammonia pollution by getting farmers to buy efficient equipment.
The plan has faced criticism for failing to meaningfully tackle pollution from transportation. But the escalating national conversation around air pollution has reportedly prompted a fall in sales of diesel vehicles of 30% so far in 2018.
"Motorists wanted cars which were clean, green, and efficient and are now starting to realise they were sold a lie and their cars don't live up to the promise," said Gareth Pope, head of group litigation at Slater and Gordon.
"This survey has shown that the VW emissions scandal, and revelations about what lengths the manufacturer went to cheat clean air tests, has had a hugely negative impact on the entire industry," he said.
Related Stories July 5, 2018 UK Air Pollution Could Be Cited as the Cause of Death in a Historic Case
Doctors and Greenpeace activists launched an anti-diesel campaign stunt in Milton Keynes earlier this month, setting up "sick bays" outside the VW offices and blocking 800 staff from getting to work.
Greenpeace is calling on VW to go 100% electric, and the protest ended on Aug. 20 with VW agreeing to a meeting with the organisation.
A spokesperson for VW told the Guardian at the time of the Greenpeace demonstration that the company "had launched the most comprehensive electrification initiative in the automotive industry, Roadmap E."
The plan, announced in September 2017, would include bringing 80 new electric vehicle models to its range by 2025.
"Roadmap E brings a 20 billion euro investment to electric vehicle technology with the goal of 25% of Volkswagen Group vehicle production comprising electrified vehicles by 2025, and 50% by 2030," the spokesperson added.
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Ideal for use in soundtrack work, but they'll also slot perfectly into your standard compositions.
Dim the lights, fire up the popcorn maker (you know – the one that you got two Christmases ago and never use) and kick the idiot in front of you for talking on his mobile phone. That's right: SampleRadar is going to the movies. More specifically, they're giving you a collection of royalty-free movie soundtrack samples that are ideal for use in soundtrack work, but we think they'll also slot perfectly into your standard compositions, too.
The samples are split into two folders: Sci-fi & Fantasy and Suspense & Horror. Each of these contains further folders that are labelled to indicate the type of sounds featured within them (atmospheres, bass, beats, FX, synths etc). All the samples are supplied as 24-bit WAV files so can be imported directly into your DAW or sampler of choice. Because they're royalty-free, you're welcome to use the samples in your music in any way you like. The movie soundtrack samples are supplied in a zip file, so you'll need to extract them before you can see them. Enjoy!


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Ancient Ireland
Home / Discover / Stories / Themes / Ancient Ireland
On windswept hills, in green fields, or simply at a bend on the road – ancient history is never far away. To find the key that unlocks the past, you could just ask the locals…
Discover the story of Ancient Ireland
One of these damp autumn mornings, you'll follow directions to a coffee shop, where you'll pick up a key, to a remote 5,000-year-old passage tomb.
There's a delicious smell of freshly brewed coffee as you sign out the key, leaving a crisp €50 note to ensure its return. It's a short steep stroll up through the mist: only the grazing sheep will look up, half surprised.
One of you will hold the torch while the other clanks open the cast-iron gate to the cairn's portal. Inside, the torch picks out the sun and leaf patterns on the back wall of the womblike cave.
Loughcrew from a height
Brownshill Dolmen
Knowth from an aerial viewpoint.
Carvings on a stone at Newgrange.
Lakeside view of Rostellan Dolmen.
Newgrange entry circa 1905.
Come the Equinox, the sun's rays at dawn will shine right into the cairn too – for this ancient structure at Loughcrew is perfectly aligned with the heavens.
Aerial view of Loughcrew
When you re-emerge, blinking, the mist should have cleared and a pastoral view of small green fields, sheep-strewn, stretches out before you – on a clear day, across several counties.
Even in this land of ancientness, some parts stand out as especially ancient. To the north and west of Dublin in particular, ancient sites seem to litter the landscape.
Left: Newgrange circa 3200 BC. Right: Pyramids of Egypt circa 2630 BC
Some are older than the Pyramids – built by Ireland's first people, a thousand years before Stonehenge.
Some – like those in the extraordinary Brú na Bóinne valley – are organised heritage sites. Others are in the middle of working farms or simply in a field at a bend in the road.
Whether formal or informal, locals often hold the key – both literally and metaphorically – to the stories behind these networks of passage tombs, standing stones and stone circles.
More often than not, there'll be later history layered onto and around these sites – from the High Kings and early Christians to Viking and Norman invaders, to English rule and the struggle for Irish independence. To a visitor new to the twists and turns of Ireland's past, the multiple layers can be confusing.
Left: Entry way to Loughcrew Passage Tomb. Middle: Loughcrew at sunset. Right: Stone carvings at Loughcrew
And yet ... the secret is to listen to the stories.
Like the one told by the owner of that site where you collected the keys. She's descended from the Normans and an ancestor of hers was one of Ireland's most-famous sons – Oliver Plunkett who led the Irish Confederacy and was put to death for treason by Charles II.
With local stories like these, you'll find past connects to present, and the rich tapestry of Ireland's history comes vividly to life.
Left: The Royal Stone of Tara. Middle: Entrance to Loughcrew Right: Stone at Hill of Uisneach
There's lots to see and do
Start planning your break in Ireland's Ancient East! Get inspired by an itinerary or uncover the stories behind our featured attractions.
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package prepared_query

import (
	"fmt"
	"reflect"
	"testing"

	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/consul/structs"
)

func TestWalk_ServiceQuery(t *testing.T) {
	var actual []string
	fn := func(path string, v reflect.Value) error {
		actual = append(actual, fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", path, v.String()))
		return nil
	}

	service := &structs.ServiceQuery{
		Service: "the-service",
		Failover: structs.QueryDatacenterOptions{
			Datacenters: []string{"dc1", "dc2"},
		},
		Tags: []string{"tag1", "tag2", "tag3"},
	}
	if err := walk(service, fn); err != nil {
		t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
	}

	expected := []string{
		".Service:the-service",
		".Failover.Datacenters[0]:dc1",
		".Failover.Datacenters[1]:dc2",
		".Tags[0]:tag1",
		".Tags[1]:tag2",
		".Tags[2]:tag3",
	}
	if !reflect.DeepEqual(actual, expected) {
		t.Fatalf("bad: %#v", actual)
	}
}

func TestWalk_Visitor_Errors(t *testing.T) {
	fn := func(path string, v reflect.Value) error {
		return fmt.Errorf("bad")
	}

	service := &structs.ServiceQuery{}
	err := walk(service, fn)
	if err == nil || err.Error() != "bad" {
		t.Fatalf("bad: %#v", err)
	}
}

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