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Q: Are functor categories with triangulated codomains themselves triangulated? I'm fairly confident that the following assertion is true (but I will confess that I did not verify the octahedral axiom yet):

Let $T$ be a triangulated category and $C$ any category (let's say small to avoid alarming my set theorist friends). Then, the category of functors $C \to T$ inherits a natural triangulated structure from T.

By "natural" and "inherits" I mean that the shift map $[1]$ on our functor category sends each $F:C \to T$ to the functor $F[1]$ satisfying $F[1](c) = F(c)[1]$ on each object $c$ of $C$; and similarly, distinguished triangles of functors
$$F \to G \to H \to F[1]$$
are precisely the ones for which over each object $c$ of $C$ we have a distinguished triangle in $T$ of the form $$F(c) \to G(c) \to H(c) \to F[1](c).$$
The main question is whether this has been written up in some standard book or paper (I couldn't find it in Gelfand-Manin for instance). Perhaps it is considered too obvious and relegated to an elementary exercise. Mostly, I am interested in inheriting t-structures and hearts from $T$ to functor categories $C \to T$, and would appreciate any available reference which deals with such matters.

A: The statement is false.
For example, take $C=[1]\times [1]$ to be a square and $\mathcal{T} = h\mathsf{Sp}$ to be the homotopy category of spectra. Now consider the square $X$ with $X(0,0) = S^2$, $X(1,0) = S^1$, and the other values zero, and the other square $Y$ with $Y(1,0) = S^1$ and $Y(1,1) = S^0$. Take the maps $S^2 \to S^1$ and $S^1 \to S^0$ to be $\eta$, and consider the natural transformation $X \to Y$ which is given by multiplication by 2 on $X(1,0)=S^1 \to S^1 = Y(1,0)$.
If this map had a cofiber, then, from the initial to final vertex we would get a map $S^3 \to S^0$. Following the square one direction, we see that we would have some representative for the Toda bracket $\langle \eta, 2, \eta\rangle$. Following the other direction, we factor through zero. But this Toda bracket consists of the classes $2\nu$ and $-2\nu$; in particular, it does not contain zero.
[Of course, this example can be generalized to any nontrivial Toda bracket/Massey product in any triangulated category you're more familiar with.]
Indeed, the Toda bracket is exactly the obstruction to 'filling in the cube' for the natural transformation $X \to Y$.
Anyway- this is one of many reasons to drop triangulated categories in favor of one of the many modern alternatives (e.g. stable $\infty$-categories, derivators, etc.).

As for t-structures and so on, in the land of stable $\infty$-categories these are easy to come by. (See, e.g., Higher Algebra section 1.2.1 and Proposition 1.4.4.11 for various tricks for building these.)

A: I believe I have a simpler counterexample, which I learned from Paul Balmer's course on tensor-triangular geometry last spring:
Claim The arrow category $\mathcal{T}^{\bullet \to \bullet}$ of a triangulated category $\mathcal{T}$ never has any triangulated structure unless $\mathcal{T} = 0$. Actually, we don't even need $\mathcal{T}$ to be triangulated here: if $\mathcal{T}$ is any additive category such that $\mathcal{T}^{\bullet \to \bullet}$ is triangulated, then $\mathcal{T} = 0$.
Proof: Suppose $\mathcal{T}$ is an additive category such that $\mathcal{T}^{\bullet \to \bullet}$ is triangulated. Let $a$ be an arbitrary object in $\mathcal{T}$, with identity morphism $1_a : a \to a$. Let $t$ denote the unique morphism $a \to 0$. Then
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\begin{CD}
a @>1_a>> a\\
@V 1_a V V @VV t V\\
a @>>t> 0
\end{CD}
defines a morphism $\alpha : 1_a \to t$ in $\mathcal{T}^{\bullet \to \bullet}$. Note that $\alpha$ is an epimorphism. In any triangulated category, all epimorphisms are split, so let $\beta : t \to 1_a$ be a splitting of $\alpha$ (that is, $\alpha \circ \beta$ is the identity morphism of $t$). Then $\beta$ is a commutative diagram
\begin{CD}
a @>t>> 0\\
@V f V V @VVs V\\
a @>>1_a> a
\end{CD}
such that $1_a \circ f = 1_a$ (and $t \circ s = 1_0$). From this and the commutativity of the diagram, we see that $1_a = 1_a \circ f = s \circ t$ factors through $0$. Thus, $a = 0$. Since $a$ was arbitrary, $\mathcal{T} = 0$.
Edit: Of course we could make the statement even weaker: we only really needed that $\mathcal{T}$ has a zero object. But if $\mathcal{T}^{\bullet \to \bullet}$ is triangulated, then $\mathcal{T}$ must be additive, because it embeds as an additive subcategory of $\mathcal{T}^{\bullet \to \bullet}$ via $a \mapsto 1_a$.

A: Dylan Wilson's example is excellent. Let me offer another one, with a more algebraic and "finitistic" flavor.
In my opinion, the simplest triangulated category $\mathcal{T}$ is the category of finite-dimensional vector spaces over a field $k$, with identity suspension (a.k.a. translation) functor and $3$-periodic long exact sequences as exact triangles. (This is actually the only triangulated structure carried by $\mathcal{T}$ up to equivalence.)
Let $C_2$ be the cyclic group of order $2$ (regarded as a category with just one object). Then the functor category $\mathcal{T}^{C_2}$ is the category of finitely generated modules over the group algebra $k[C_2]$. This is the same as the category of finitely generated projective modules over the so-called Auslander algebra $B$ of $k[C_2]$. By a result Freyd, if $\mathcal{T}^{C_2}$ were triangulated then $B$ would be self-injective.
If $k$ has characteristic $2$, $k[C_2]\cong k[\epsilon]/(\epsilon^2)$ is the algebra of dual numbers and $B$ is the endomorphism algebra of the $k[\epsilon]/(\epsilon^2)$-module $k\oplus k[\epsilon]/(\epsilon^2)$. This $B$ is not self-injective. Indeed, since $k$ has characteristic $2$, $k[\epsilon]/(\epsilon^2)$ is not semi-simple, so $B$ has global dimension $2$. If $B$ were self-injective it would have global dimension either $0$ or $\infty$.

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Q: Every 1 in 30 connections I get Win32Exception: Unknown location error. Azure web app to AWS SQL DB We have a couple of .NET Core 3.0 Web Apps (UK South) that connect to a MS SQL 2016 database which is running on an Amazon Windows Server 2016 Datacenter (EC2 instance). We connect via an Azure Relay/Hybrid Connection which is installed on the SQL Server.
It has been working fine for over a year with no errors, but recently we've started getting the following error, about 1 in every 30 connections:

An unhandled exception occurred while processing the request.
Win32Exception: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.
Unknown location
SqlException: A connection was successfully established with the server, but
then an error occurred during the pre-login handshake. (provider: TCP Provider,
error: 0 - An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.)

If you try again it usually works.
After reading a lot of posts on this I added transient error handling to the code/resilience using EnableRetryOnFailure() to the DB connection.
I also tried adding Trusted_Connection=False to the connection string.
After this the you could see the connection re-trying multiple times until it worked, sometimes taking 20 seconds or more. Still, maybe 1 in 100 connections it eventually fails with the same error.
We also looked at the TLS_DHE bug https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/identity/apps-forcibly-closed-tls-connection-errors but the TLS_DHE ciphers are not installed on the server at all.
There's nothing in the event logs on the Windows server, or in the database logs at the time of the error.
Recent changes in the infrastructure: Panda antivirus, moved web apps to a different Azure region.
I've been reading posts on this for days now, mostly really old and slightly different. I'm looking for any ideas of things to try to pinpoint the error. Thanks.
edit: I found some event logs in Microsoft/ServiceBus/Client

HybridConnectionManager Trace: Microsoft.Azure.Relay.RelayException: Unable to read data from the transport connection: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host. ---> System.Net.WebSockets.WebSocketException: An internal WebSocket error occurred. Please see the innerException, if present, for more details.  ---> System.IO.IOException: Unable to read data from the transport connection: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host. ---> System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host
at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.EndReceive(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
at System.Net.Sockets.NetworkStream.EndRead(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
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A: Well, this took three months to resolve and it involved our network support team, AWS support, and Azure support.
I've come back three times to edit this answer. The solution returned on a different server so we tried the fixes that worked on one and they didn't work!
In Azure Relay/Hyrbid connections, under the connection in question we saw there were TWO listeners, when there should only be one. Each Hybrid Connection Manager you install and connect shows up there as a listener.
So where was the second listener? Nowhere. It seemed to be a hanging orphan link from a previously deleted connection.
The only way to delete the phantom listener was to

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*uninstall HCM on the database server

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*connect HCM to the new hybrid connection

After this we showed one listener under the connection in Azure, and things worked immediately.
When you have two listeners the data is load balanced between them, so in my case half the time the data was being routed to a non-existent listener and failing. This is why no logs appeared on the database server - it wasn't getting there at all!


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Antique Mandolin Music Box by Samuel Troll, c. 1865
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Met monumentenwet wordt de Nederlandse wetgeving voor behoud van monumenten (in de zin van historisch erfgoed) bedoeld.
De uitvoering van de wet is (sinds 2009) in handen van de Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, vallend onder het Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap.

Geschiedenis
Het besef dat oude gebouwen die typerend zijn voor Nederland beschermd moesten worden tegen sloop, dateert al van de 19e eeuw. De geplande sloop van het Muiderslot in 1825 leverde veel kritiek op. Aan het einde van de 19e eeuw was vooral binnen de elite zorgen over de snelle verandering van de Nederlandse omgeving. Uit die gedachten werden onder meer Vereniging Natuurmonumenten en Erfgoedvereniging Heemschut opgericht. Vooral die laatste vereniging heeft veel voor de bescherming van monumenten betekend. Tot aan de Tweede Wereldoorlog werd meermaals aangedrongen op een landelijke bescherming van monumenten. Zonder noemenswaardig resultaat. Het waren nota bene de Duitse bezetters die in 1940 overgingen op een eerste vorm van landelijke bescherming met het Besluit op de Wederopbouw van 1940.

Na de oorlog werd door de schaal van verwoesting duidelijk dat er breder nagedacht moest worden over monumentenbeheer. Het besluit uit 1940 werd daarom door de Nederlandse regering opgevolgd door het Besluit op de Wederopbouw van 1945 en de Tijdelijke Monumentenwet van 1950.

In 1961 werd de Wet houdende voorzieningen in het belang van monumenten van geschiedenis en kunst aangenomen, met als korte naam (citeertitel) Monumentenwet. Dat was de eerste volwaardige monumentenwet. Nederland was daar relatief laat mee in Europa.

Monumentenwet 1988

De Monumentenwet (van 1961) is vervangen door de Monumentenwet 1988 van 23 december 1988 (Stb. 638). Deze wet trad in werking op 1 januari 1989.  De motivering voor de nieuwe wet was: "dat het wenselijk is nieuwe bepalingen vast te stellen voor het behoud van monumenten van bouwkunst en archeologie en lagere overheden meer bij dat behoud te betrekken".

De hoofddefinitie van monumenten in de nieuwe wet is: vervaardigde zaken welke van algemeen belang zijn wegens hun schoonheid, hun betekenis voor de wetenschap of hun cultuurhistorische waarde (artikel 1.b.1).

De wet heeft op een drietal terreinen van de monumentenzorg een regeling:
 de bescherming van onroerende monumenten (bouwwerken). De onroerende monumenten die op grond van de wet worden beschermd, worden rijksmonumenten genoemd.
 de bescherming van stads- en dorpsgezichten en
 een regeling omtrent archeologische monumentenzorg (planologische bescherming, opgravingsvergunningen, eigendom en depots en informatiesystemen).

De Monumentenwet 1988 werd sinds 1989 herhaaldelijk gewijzigd en aangepast en is in het kader van de modernisering monumentenzorg per 1 januari 2012 weer gewijzigd. Daarbij is onder meer de vereiste ouderdom van 50 jaar vervallen. De wet is per 1 juli 2016 door de erfgoedwet vervangen.

Wet op de archeologische monumentenzorg
Op 4 april 2006 is het wetsvoorstel ter implementering van het Verdrag van Malta (van de Raad van Europa, van 1992) door de Tweede Kamer goedgekeurd en in december van dat jaar gaf de Eerste Kamer ook haar goedkeuring. Op 1 september 2007 trad deze Wet op de archeologische monumentenzorg (WAMZ) in werking, waarbij de Monumentenwet 1988 werd gewijzigd.

Externe links
 tekst van Monumentenwet (1988) op Overheid.nl
 wetstekst WAMZ op Overheid.nl
 Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed over de Monumentenwet

Cultureel erfgoed in Nederland
Historische wet in Nederland
Nederlandse formele wet
Nederlandse wet op het gebied van het cultureel recht
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There are at least 3 artists called Tapes:
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Tapes is about beautiful songs played with an acoustic nylon-strung guitar. The songs are usually quite specific documents about a certain moment or feeling. Most songs are quite short and fragile, and have some kind of photographic content. Tapes is about "shooting Polaroids with a guitar". Tapes released a debut album on January 2006, simply called "Tapes". The album contains 10 songs: 8 1/2 Tapes songs and 1 1/2 cover-songs. 1 1/2 covers because Jukka also plays in a band called Tigerbombs and covers their song "Highway". The other cover is a Metallica song - "Fade to Black". It is a song that reveals Jukka's past as a heavy metal-fan. The song is arranged for an acoustic guitar and is performed as a Tapes song should be performed: quietly and beautifully. The eponymous Tapes album is out now, published by Aisti Records and distributed by Playground Music.
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by Rik Offenberger on June 8, 2019 Jim Starlin talks about AVENGERS: END GAME2019-06-08T00:18:40-07:00 - Interviews, Talking About...
Jim Starlin is a legend in comics, one of his first creations was Thanos the Mad Titan and he has stood the test of time. Growing for a villain in an Iron Man story to the headliner of his own comic and staring in two Avengers films. Jim Starlin has been on the road promoting the latest Avengers film Avengers: End Game. After a busy weekend of red carpet premiere, Jim was nice enough to stop by First Comics News and let our readers in on some of his thoughts on Thanos and the film.
First Comics News: What is Thanatos?
Jim Starlin: Thanatos is the Greek spelling for Thanos.
1st: How does it relate to Thanos himself?
Jim: If you're Greek that is how you would probably pronounce his name, but I wouldn't advise doing so. The Titan clearly leans toward the Romanesque spelling.
1st: When you created Thanos did you see him as being a major new character entering the Marvel Universe or did you see him as a minor villain in an Iron Man story?
Jim: Neither. When I inserted Thanos into a fill-in issue of Ironman I always intended to bring him back in future stories, as I did in Captain Marvel. As for the movies, back in 1972 (when the Titan first appeared) films could just barely do a reasonably believable space ship cutting through the ether (as long as you didn't look too closely), let alone a ray-shooting character like Thanos. Besides, I always figured he was just too weird and esoteric to make it into a mainstream flick.
1st: As bad guys go, Thanos is among the most powerful, what brings him back to the forefront of the Marvel Universe again and again?
Jim: It used to be just me bringing him back into the comics whenever I chose to work with Marvel Editorial. Two exceptions to that are a Thor story by Dan Jurgens and a few Silver-Surfer-related stories by Ron Marz. Now it's the movies which have him popping up wherever you look.
1st: What do you think of Josh Brolin portrayal of Thanos?
Jim: Loved his delivery and the way he moved. He must have really studied the comics to pull it off. He was never on my fantasy casting list for Thanos but now I can't imagine anyone but him portraying the character.
1st: How close is the overall look of Thanos compared to how you originally envisioned him?
Jim: His outfit is more complicated in the movies but overall he's still the character I designed up way back when. My only very minor gripe is the blue eyes. I miss the yellow eyes of the comics that flashed red when Thanos was angered.
1st: Thanos is a big character and in the film, there is a lot of makeup and CGI, do you think Thanos comes across with the right amount of emotion?
Jim: Are you kidding? The subtle range of emotions that Brolin and the filmmakers pull off in the two films is breathtaking. Think about Thanos when he realizes he must sacrifice Gamora to gain the Soul Gem.
1st: Although Thanos is clearly cast as the villain of the movie, does Thanos see himself as a villain?
Jim: No, and neither do I. In his comic stories Thanos has nearly as often proven the universe's savior as he's been a threat to it. The Titan is a sociopath, convinced his way is the right way. It's all a matter of perspective.
1st: No matter how good a movie is, fans always say the book was better. How do you fell the cinematic version of Thanos and the Infinity Gems compares to your version?
Jim: Two different universe and two different projects. Only a fool would expect a film company to do a carbon-copy version of their story for the silver screen. I've worked on other film projects (that never got past the scripting stage) and, so, was prepared for changes. In the past, that was a very jarring experience. But Markus and McFeely did an excellent job of adapting and expanding. They had to veer from the letter but well retained the spirit of the Infinity Gauntlet.
1st: Now that everyone in the world knows who Thanos is, how satisfying is it to share your artistic vision with the world at large?
Jim: Very! But understand that there are several hundred people's' hard work and creativity between what I put down in the comics and what you saw up on the big screen. Marvel Studios, the Russo brothers and everyone else involved in The Infinity War and Endgame have taken my little cult character and turned him into one of the biggest pop icons in recent years. Nice to see your first born do well.
1st: After being the antagonist in two major films do you think Thanos has taken his proper spot in the Marvel Universe?
Jim: No, he and Josh Brolin definitely must return to the movies. Mistress Death is just dying to make her film debut. Maybe they can sneak in Pip the Troll also.
1st: Marvel has been doing a lot of recalls to their past successes for their 80th Anniversary, are there any plans to you to revisit any of you iconic moments with Thanos?
Jim: I'm afraid I won't be doing any future work with Marvel Editorial. They're in my rear view mirror. Most of my future stories, including new Dreadstar tales, will be coming out through Ominous Press.
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NGO wants increased security around schools
A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), the Civil Society Coalition on Sustainable Development (CSCSD) on Friday called for an urgent legislation by the National Assembly in favour of the creation of State Police. The organisation said in a statement issued on Friday that creation of state police would enable governors take effective control of security challenges in […]
A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), the Civil Society Coalition on Sustainable Development (CSCSD) on Friday called for an urgent legislation by the National Assembly in favour of the creation of State Police.
The organisation said in a statement issued on Friday that creation of state police would enable governors take effective control of security challenges in their states, while community policing takes root in each local government area.
The statement was signed by Prof. Olubunmi Ashimolowo, Chair, CSCSD Technical Working Group; Rev Peter Ishaya Kuzaswat, Secretary; and D. Tola Winjobi (PhD), National Coordinator.
It called on governments at all levels to collaborate with security agencies, community leaders and school administrators in securing schools across the nation.
The NGO described the recent spate of kidnapping across the nation and its adverse effects on the school system as worrisome.
It said that as a consequence of the recent school kidnappings, community and parental trust in the education system could shrink significantly.
The coalition said that the problem of access to quality and equitable education according to Goal 4 of the SDGs would be a mirage.
It called for urgent proactive action to curb the trend of kidnapping that was jeopardising the future of youths.
"The attacks on schools have become very worrisome and constitute a threat to the education system and to the future of the country, and particularly the North which is already trailing from behind in education.
"Of the estimated 13 million out-of-school children, 69 per cent come from the North where most of the kidnappings occur.
"In Kaduna State where school kidnapping is prevalent, government must work round the clock to arrest the situation before it overwhelms the citizenry.
"Schools everywhere in this nation must be safe and conducive for learning.''
"There should be the implementation of the Safe School Initiative as was launched after the kidnap of Chibok's girls that will ensure that schools located in relatively high risk areas are transferred to safer schools location instead of outright closure of such schools as has been done by the Kaduna State Government where 13 schools were closed down in one day.''
The NGO urged governments to beef up security around schools, particularly, those in high-risk areas.
It advised governments to do so with such security gadgets that could relay early warning signs of possible intruders.
The NGO called for a robust institutional arrangement of local hunters, local vigilantes, and all security agencies to collaborate to provide security around schools to prevent kidnapping.
"There should be early warning mechanism and response framework serving as a guide for security agencies on the effective handling of kidnapping.
"There should be public awareness campaign to inform citizens about available services like reporting hotlines with intelligence gathering.
"There should be knowledge gap capacity building for security forces and local security outfits aimed at addressing the dominant forms of kidnapping peculiar to each state of the federation,'' it said.
The NGO advised government to deploy modern security apparatus and technological advancement to track down perpetrators of this evil trend.
It urged GSM operators to cooperate with government in communication tracking systems.
The coalition said that government at all levels should implement youth-friendly policies for youth engagement and empowerment in order to take them out of criminal tendencies.
It noted that lately, the school system had been so interrupted with the advent of COVID-19 when schools had to close down nationwide.
It added that even when the schools reopened elsewhere in the country, those in the Northwest region could not because of insecurity challenges and increasing kidnap cases.
"Nigeria is gradually failing in the attainment of the SDGs.
"Goal 4 of the SDGs addresses the issue of quality education, but the activities of the kidnappers and bandits indeed not only threaten education (let alone quality education) but also strengthen the rate of out-of-school children,'' the NGO said.


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Q: Git in WSL2 Ubuntu is super slow with Azure Devops Since a couple of weeks ago I've experienced a very annoying issue with git in Ubuntu on my Windows 10 system (WSL2). When doing a git fetch, pull or clone against a repo on Azure Devops it takes several minutes before something happens. Cloning from github is no problem and git in windows works just fine (including devops), it's only in Ubuntu and with devops this happens.
When searching for information about this the only related issues I've found people having is slow git performance when working from a mounted windows folder, but I'm working from the home folder in Ubuntu.
I'm using Docker devcontainers with WSL2 and the problem occurs there as well.
I have no idea what I did a couple of weeks ago that caused this!
Just look at this:
18:47:32.905545 read-cache.c:2306       performance: 0.000062544 s:  read cache .git/index
18:53:48.594716 trace.c:475             performance: 0.000394139 s: git command: /usr/lib/git-core/git rev-list --objects --stdin --not --all --quiet --alternate-refs
18:53:48.602112 trace.c:475             performance: 0.001176611 s: git command: /usr/lib/git-core/git gc --auto
18:53:48.602259 trace.c:475             performance: 375.702683388 s: git command: git fetch -p
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.gitconfig in Ubuntu (the one in Windows is essentially the identical):
[user]
    name = Anders H*******
    email = anders.h***@*****.eu
[credential]
    helper = /mnt/c/Program\\ Files/Git/mingw64/bin/git-credential-manager.exe
[merge]
    tool = meld
[diff]
    tool = meld
[mergetool "meld"]
    keepBackup = false
    trustExitCode = false
[mergetool]
    prompt = false
[difftool "meld"]
    cmd = Meld.exe "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
[difftool]
    prompt = false
[credential "https://dev.azure.com"]
    useHttpPath = true

I had an idea that it could have something to do credential management. I had both Github CLI and Git for windows (with git-credential-manager) installed and my thought was that there where some conflict. So I uninstalled Github CLI and updated Git for Windows to the latest version. This had no effect.
Another thought is that it has something to do with the fact that I started working with Docker devcontainers in VSCode at about the same time when the issue started to occur. I have however not been able to find anything related to this.
Update
Using SSH I don't experience this issue, so it obviously has something to do with credential management. I do however have no clue to what it could be!


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WHAT THE NEW NORMAL LOOKS LIKE FOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT INDUSTRIES
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the operations of companies under the heavy equipment industries in many ways, from manufacturers having to temporarily stop their operations to others shifting their efforts to the production of medical and cleaning supplies.
To minimize the impact of the standstill status of industrial production and economies, businesses are implementing risk mitigation strategies. Also, self-isolation and social distancing measures, as well as restrictions on travel, have disrupted the global supply chains.
As the world starts rebuilding the global economy, the heavy equipment industry will play a key role in these efforts. But for now, the relative lull of the moment is an ideal time to brainstorm ways to improve production, consider heavy equipment financing, and other strategies to prime the industry's rise again.
Market Realities & Economic Uncertainties
Before you can gauge how the industry will fare after the pandemic, weigh in on the market realities and economic uncertainties at play.
Disruption in the Global Supply Chain
Despite the local application of heavy equipment, the supply and trade chains of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the industry are complex and distributed across the globe. Lockdown measures have restricted the movement of resources and non-essential goods, which has put the brakes on heavy equipment manufacturing.
Fall in Public Demand
As the government prioritizes health and safety during the pandemic, public spending on infrastructure development and construction slowed down. Since government contracts contribute greatly in terms of business for developers, the change in demand could have a debilitating effect on the sector.
On the other hand, the set lockdown measures have crippled small business owners, particularly those in emerging markets, as they struggle with the loss of sales, liquidity crunches, and insolvency. This could translate to a massive drop in demand for OEMs.
Adapting to the New Normal
Given the heavy equipment and industrial sector's role in recovering from the COVID-19 slump, OEMs need to apply measures that ensure the workforce and operations are up to speed in the weeks to come.
Responsive & Flexible Workforce
The health risks associated with COVID-19 changed the structure of the workforce. This, combined with fluctuations in demand, required companies to establish more flexible and responsive workforce structures.
Since lockdown measures have enforced remote working, expect this trend to extend to areas that were considered "sensitive" before the quarantine protocols. For that to be effective, however, businesses must establish robust processes and systems that work for both virtual and physical work environments.
Hedging Global Supply Risks
The industry has recently witnessed an increase in offshore sourcing and production trend to international markets such as China. The pandemic, however, has revealed many risks involved when you concentrate on a country or two. Moving forward, OEMs should hedge potential risks by shifting parts of their industrial base to other emerging markets.
Redesigning the Supply Chain
The globalized nature of this sector's operations, which include sourcing of input and improving lines of communication, have been disrupted due to government-enforced regulatory restrictions. Once manufacturing resumes, OEMs must restructure their global supply chains and optimize them for the "new normal" realities.
From assessing the current equipment designs to evaluating the type and cost of components, your supply chains will need a complete overhaul.
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As the world continues to live with COVID-19 and its impact, OEMs who need to scale up their productions and operations must catch up on lost orders due to the pandemic quarantine measures. Accelerate the financing process by collaborating with experienced partners that have the resources to help your business.
For heavy equipment financing, talk to Regents Capital Corporation representatives. Get in touch with us today.


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Home Entertainment 'Azhar' disappoints with low first week collection of Rs 28.25 crore
'Azhar' disappoints with low first week collection of Rs 28.25 crore
Emraan Hashmi starrer 'Azhar' had opened to some positive and mixed response from the critics as it released on May 13. As the film managed an average opening of Rs 6.25 crore on its opening day, it has failed to generate more business as the film completes a seven day run today at the box office.
According to Box Office India, the collections had a drop on the weekdays after a not so good weekend. This Tony D'souza directorial has collected a total of Rs 28.25 crore nett which could be considered better than the previous films of Emraan Hashmi since 'Raaz 3' and 'Hamari Adhuri Kahani' which had a lifetime collection of Rs 33 crore nett.
The figures in Mumbai territory were around Rs 9 crore nett while in Delhi/ UP centres, it touched Rs 5.75 crore nett and Nizam/ Andhra could just gross under Rs 2 crore nett. It was assumed that it would collect more, but Saturday proved to be a big let down as the film just did not grow and after that it turned more difficult to generate more.
Today, after the release of much anticipated Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Randeep Hooda starrer 'Sarbjit' (another biopic story) a big ticket release, the fate of 'Azhar' to pick up a rise at the front of box office seems to be a bit uncertain.
'Azhar' also stars Prachi Desai and Nargis Fakhri and is based on true events of controversial cricketer Mohammed Azharuddin's professional and personal life.
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Ben 26 Jan 2023 13:33 UTC
in reply to: TAG's comment on: Thatcher's Axiom
Maybe Popper isn't accurate. Their is this thing Popper does where he criticises Plato very heavily, but takes pains to make it clear he is not criticising Socrates, which comes across as really weird because (from what I understand) our modern knowledge of Socrates largely comes from Plato—so splitting hairs between which of the two said what with any precision is not really possible. So that is a flag that something fishy is going on.
I may be mistaken that almost everyone is selectively bred in Plato's ideal city. Wikipeida's summary seems to suggest that it was everyone: "The rulers assemble couples for reproduction, based on breeding criteria." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_(Plato) , but I have only done a low-effort search on this.
The wider narrative of Popper's book is that Fascism and Communism are both enemies of what he calls "The open society" (read: liberal, democratic, pluralist), and in that sense are similar to one another. The "communist" interpretation of Plato's republic makes a lot of sense. Popper's interpretation of it as fascist makes some sense as well though. It was apparently partly modelled of of ancient Sparta (the archetypical fascist state) - which also banned its citizens from owning personal property (especially gold), [the state provided a home, goods and slaves to every citizen], they also had a eugenics thing going on (babies inspected at birth for defects), and to some extent did the Plato thing where all children were raised collectively and not by their parents. (Maybe only males were raised collectively, not sure).
on: Thatcher's Axiom
I am reminded of a great section in "The open Society and its enemies". Most of this book is a criticism of Plato's "fascist" (an anachronistic label) politics. Plato defines "justice" as something like "that which is good for society, IE good for the city."
It is intriguing how strongly Plato's philosophy reckoned that the city should come before the individual, to the point of advocating a society where literally everyone was a selectively bred cog in the nation's machinery and valued exactly according to their effectiveness. The question "but what is the point of an efficiently run city if everyone is miserable" doesn't seem to even occur to Plato. Its like it never crossed his mind that utility was a thing to pursue on the macroscale. The connection is that this post (I think) argues that abstracting the people into "society" too strongly might lead to accidentally "Plato"-ing, that is lead to policies which are net-negative for people but appear net-positive when the people are abstracted into a homogenous whole.
in reply to: cubefox's comment on: [Cross-post] Is the Fermi Paradox due to the Flaw of Averages?
Its not about the objective randomness, to me its about the fact that the frequency is by necessity hypothetical. Yes their will only be one tomorrow, and rain might be pre-determined. But we can make arguments about "in a sample of days like tomorrow we know that some % will see rain." But their can only be one universe, even in principle, so the idea of generalizing to a class of universes and taking our universe as a member of that class I think can cause problems.
in reply to: avturchin's comment on: [Cross-post] Is the Fermi Paradox due to the Flaw of Averages?
I always find anthropic arguments a bit mysterious. I completely agree that if all people live in one of two houses, one with 1 resident and the other with 100, then if we are a randomly chosen person we will most-likely have a lot of people sharing our home.
But when you substitute the word "house" for "universe" something important is different. Only one of the two universes actually exists. The other one is hypothetical. Its in fact more hypothetical than a normal "could have been", because we don't even know if chemistry/star formation or whatever could have been different, even in principle. So when we count frequencies to estimate the probability in the "universe" case we are counting people who are by-definition hypothetical.
In the situation where God flicks a coin, and on heads creates a house with 100 people, and on tails creates a house with 1 person. Then I am not sure either way about an anthropic argument that says "I have just found out I exist, which means I am very likely in the crowded house timeline". But I think that without the guarantee that such a coin toss ever happened, that is without any reason to think the 100 person house was ever a possibility—then my own feeling is that anthropic arguments don't work. Although I find them enough of a logical minefield that I would not put my certainty super high.
in reply to: Yoav Ravid's comment on: Recursive Middle Manager Hell
You are right, probably closer to simulacrum. Although the two do overlap.
in reply to: johnswentworth's comment on: Politics is way too meta
I find it hard to imagine that you are right when you imply that politics hasn't got anything to do with policy. "...has anything at all to do..."
To take a recent US example, pulling out of Afghanistan. No matter how much we focus on the Meta level politics, (eg. "Trump started it but Biden finished it, so who gets the blame?", "Will it embolden the US's enemies my creating an image of weakness?") it is still clear that an actual physical thing really happened, and that it would not have happened had the political landscape looked different in some key ways.
Here in the UK we left the European Union. That was discussed and voted on primarily through the lens of political issues (Typical conversation starters might have been: "will it help Boris unseat Cameron so he can launch his own leadership bid?", "are we the kind of country that is welcoming to foreigners?", "But surely we identify collectively much more on the level of a nation state than some kind of united states of Europe?"). But it happened, we have legally left. And the practicalities are slowly fitting into place.
Politics is not the same as policy, there are steps in between. But the suggestion that they have literally zero causal connection seems to be an obvious nonsense. I think this illusion possibly forms when the actual policy never touches you. The median voter is not a migrant, so migration policy feels fictional, only read about. The median voter is not a soldier (or a foreigner), so foreign wars also feel abstract. Most people have not been accused of a crime, so criminal policy again follows the pattern. Same with so many other things. When the COVID lockdown kicked in and for the first time in my life I actually felt a policy change "hit me" it was a bit of a shock. So, in typical times, it feels like politics doesn't effect policy—because almost all policy is targeted at a minority that probably doesn't include you.
Ben 9 Jan 2023 11:16 UTC
on: Fiber arts, mysterious dodecahedrons, and waiting on "Eureka!"
Very interesting. The lateness of knitting is so strange.
To throw my theory of what they are "actually" for on the heap: gambling.
My first thought was "weird dice", but wikipedia says they never have inscriptions or numbers. But it also says they are often found with coins and the holes are all different sizes. So you could imagine a gambling game along the following lines: I roll the thing, and the size of the circle I roll tells me the size of the coin you owe me. Then its your turn to roll for the coin I owe you. (I would hope this would just be a component of a more interesting game.)
on: Recursive Middle Manager Hell
The "levels of mazedom" is an interesting insight. The cleanest examples I can see are in politics:
Level 1: "Policy X is good. I will try and persuade people to implement policy X, or get elected to do it."
Level 2: "I want to get elected. Policy Y is seen as good. I will advocate policy Y and implement it."
Level 3: "I want to get elected. My supporters don't actually think that policy Z is good or even possible, but advocating for it sends a signal that will help me win." [eg. '… and Mexico will pay for it.']
Level 4: "I want to get elected. I will set a theme—a feeling for my campaign. I will avoid specifics of actual policies to avoid alienating people who might disagree with them."
in reply to: Sinclair Chen's comment on: The Redaction Machine
Yes, you could. That is a clever idea. Weirdly the equivalent thought had occurred to me for murder (redact them back into some kind of pre-fetus or something) but not for this much cleaner-cut case with a hard drive.
Ben 22 Dec 2022 16:03 UTC
in reply to: Bucky's comment on: Google Search loses to ChatGPT fair and square
Oh, thanks for trying it. Its a good effort in a way, it is definitely it trying to put the table in the footnote. So has the right target. Unfortunately from my test it doesn't seem to actually work—no error message, but the table doesn't render. It is so much less frustrating to see it fail at the right goal than provide a lot of information about a distinct goal that happens to share the same keywords.
on: Google Search loses to ChatGPT fair and square
Reading the article, and painting it with my own experiences with Google failing me, it looks like Google is best when you want to understand a specific, named (possibly niche) object, but that chat GPT potentially has an advantage when you want to understand two things with a specific relationship, or if you can't name the specific object you want but can only describe it in relation to other objects.
An example from my own life. I few years ago I wanted to know if it was possible to put a latex table in a footnote. I still don't know if it is possible, because Google buried me in websties telling me how to attach a footnote to a table—a completely different formatting problem that shares the same two key words. I suspect chat GPT would be good for this.
in reply to: JohnGreer's comment on: Next Level Seinfeld
I may be interpreting Zvi's GPT scale incorrectly, but I think it is mostly a measure of novelty and not quality. Higher GPTs will (presumably) take more and more inferential steps away from the training data and have more ability to seem novel. So a GPT that does a specific comedians style exactly, and is hilariously funny, is probably a lower hanging fruit than one that invents its own comedic style that is meh-to-okay.
So, if I understand it right, the 6′s are the comedians who are very weird. For example, back when I was a teenager the UK TV/radio comedy scene I would say Milton Jones would have a very high GPT value. This is because every other comedian told long interconnected stories with all the jokes woven together, while pacing around the stage and trying to interact with the audience. Typical content would be fairly dense in references to sex and overall be a bit rude and dirty. The stories were all calibrated to seem kind-of-beleiveable, like the story would start with the comedian talking about how badly their first gig went and then become harder to credit as it continued. Milton Jones just stood up straight and machine gunned one liners. The topics were always clean, nothing dirty, racial or rude. Nothing remotely intended for you to think was real/true. He wasn't necessarily the funniest (depending on taste), but the fact that he had very deliberately looked at the expected style and intentionally leaned 100% against it is presumably something GPT-X doesn't do for low X.
in reply to: Viliam's comment on: Next Level Seinfeld
Humour is already a powerful weapon of human manipulation. Our ex prime minister Boris Johnson wouldn't have lasted nearly as long as he did (probably would never have got in) if he weren't very good at getting us all to laugh.
on: It Takes Two Paracetamol?
Interesting. I didn't know that anyone ever took just one paraceatamol. In the UK the packets all say that the dosage is two tablets, unless you are a small child. So people just kind of follow the instructions (at least I do). I have migraines infrequently (once a month, slightly less) but when I do realise I am having a migraine their is no way I am taking any paraceatamol less than what the packet stipulates. Firstly because I am in pain, and secondly because migraines seem to fog up by basic cognition in weird ways—I get weirdly stubborn about following instructions. Imagine me there, my vision swimming, can't read because my sight is blury and the room is spinning. But the box says to "Always read the instructions in full before use" so I have to read this tiny text on this little paper before I can have my paracetamols. So when the instructions tell me 2, that is what it shall be. (I now throw the instructions away while sane).
in reply to: Raemon's comment on: The Prototypical Negotiation Game
Last year there was an "Around the World in 80 days" tv series. In that the information booth/clock and grand central station is a plot-relevant meet up point used by the characters more or less as a Schelling point. That is strong data that this is the accepted norm, it is also a push to make it the accepted norm. (Although the Empire State building hadn't been built yet so the characters had no chance to pick it).
Another problem with the empire state building is that I thought I knew what the empire state building looked like because it is famous. But, when I actually went to New York it didn't look like I thought it should—it turns out that (at least for me) the famous image in my head labelled "Empire State building" was actually an image of the Chrysler building. My suspicion is that this is really common.
Ben 8 Dec 2022 17:45 UTC
in reply to: FordO's comment on: Agency in Conway's Game of Life
I don't know if GR or some cosmological thing (inflation) breaks reversibility. But classical and quantum mechanics are both reversible. So I would say that all of the lowest-level processes used by human beings are reversible. (Although of course thermodynamics does the normal counter-intuitive thing where the reversibility of the underlying steps is the reason why the overall process is, for all practical purposes, irreversible.)
This paper looks at mutual information (which I think relates to the cross entropy you mention), and how it connects to reversibility and entropy. https://bayes.wustl.edu/etj/articles/gibbs.vs.boltzmann.pdf
(Aside, their is no way that whoever maintains the website hosting that paper and the LW community don't overlap. The mutual information is too high.)
in reply to: paulfchristiano's comment on: Agency in Conway's Game of Life
The reversibility seems especially important to me. In some fundamental sense our universe doesn't actually allow an AI (or human) no matter how intelligent to bring the universe into a controlled state. The reversibility gives us a thermodynamics such that in order to bring any part of the world from an unknown state to a known state we have to scramble something we did know back to a state of unknowing.
So, in our universe, the AI needs access to fuel (negative entropy) at least up to the task it is set. (Of course it can find fuel out their in its environment, but everything it finds can either be fuel, or can be canvas for its creation. But at least usually it cannot be both. Because the fuel needs to be randomised (essentially serve as a dump for entropy), while the canvas needs to be un-randomised.
Ben 8 Dec 2022 9:03 UTC
in reply to: Gordon Seidoh Worley's comment on: The Categorical Imperative Obscures
Yes, I agree that it doesn't solve all morality and provide the one true moral code. However, at least in my mind, it can be useful for working out which actions are acceptable within a certain narrow-ish group.
on: The Categorical Imperative Obscures
I think the categorical imperative is a nice framework. I don't think your counterexample quite works for me. The babyeater applies the imperative, and is a morally upstanding babyeater who eats lots of its own children. Meanwhile the human applies the imperative and is a morally upstanding human who doesn't kill any humans (baby or otherwise).
Both actors are acting morally, according to the imperative. That they are not acting the same way just shows that they are different agents with different values. Conversely, a babyeater and a human could both fail to live up to this imperative (eg. the babyeater thinks that child eating is good for the wider world, and wants everyone else to eat their own children to ensure the world stays nice, but it makes an exception for itself.). For both humans and babyeaters adopting the imperative might change their policy. It changes it in different ways for the two of them because they are different.
in reply to: Slider's comment on: Law of No Evidence
As a random aside: In Scotland court cases can have 3 possible outcomes, "Guilty", "Not Guilty" and "Not Proven". Where the last one (as I understand it) basically translates to "The jury are confident that you are guilty, but reluctantly admit that their isn't enough legally admissible evidence to get a fair conviction." I think that, legally "Not proven" is equivalent to "Not guilty". Although while "Not guilty" should (ideally) undo any reputational damage from the accusation, "Not proven" will not.
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Ruanda irá participar dos Jogos Paralímpicos de Verão de 2012, que irão acontecer na cidade de Londres, na Grã-Bretanha.

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Things are moving along with the house construction. If this looks a little unusual, you're right. We are not building a traditional stud wall home. This is the beginnings of a pole barn construction home. In a couple of weeks, we will have a house standing, but nothing inside. No load-bearing walls. No rooms. Just a beautiful slab of concrete and the freedom to put walls and rooms how we want them.
Since Stephen grew up helping his father build homes and he himself is an election, we are able to build a larger square foot home without having a mortgage until we're too old to enjoy retirement. These are the poles and steel beams for the roof. Later this week, we will have our concrete foundation. A lot is happening in a short amount of time!
Speaking of time, if you depend on a weird-looking weather predictor, happy Groundhog Day!
Me, I depend on this man. He's legit. Whether it's a tornado polygon or pervasive winter freak-out, James Spann is the weather man.
I got in a couple of quick miles this morning before school. It's been a rough week already and these 2 miles were exactly what I needed.
For dinner, it's another one-pan creation. I had chicken, brussels sprouts and bacon. Sounds like a winner winner chicken dinner. I also think having natural light in the new house might be reason #1 why I'm glad this project is moving along. Our RV is nothing but yellow 'soft white' light. I hate it. The giant double-window in the kitchen/dining area has caused some major headaches, but I know it will be worth it!
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City Power & Light is a sample application that allows citizens to report "incidents" that have occurred in their community. It includes a landing screen, a dashboard, and a form for reporting new incidents with an optional photo. The application is implemented with several components:

* Front end web application contains the user interface and business logic. This component has been implemented three times in .NET, NodeJS, and Java.
* WebAPI is shared across the front ends and exposes the backend CosmosDB.
* CosmosDB is used as the data persistence layer.

This lab represents an optional stretch goal exercise where you add an additional feature to the City Power & Light sample application on your own.

## Objectives
In this hands-on lab, you will be using the knowledge gained in [HOL 3](../03-azuread-office365) and learn about some additional Microsoft Graph features.

## Prerequisites
* Completion of the [HOL 3](../03-azuread-office365).
* A sample solution for this stretch goal is located in the [sample](sample) folder.

## Exercises
This hands-on-lab has the following exercises:
* [Exercise 1: Create an event](#ex1)

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## Exercise 1: Create an event

In [HOL 3](../03-azuread-office365) you learned about Microsoft Graph and used it to send an email when a new incident has been reported. In this stretch goal you will extend your code to also schedule a meeting for an incident. Your work comprises these tasks:

When an incident is reported:
* Use Microsoft Graph to read all the current user's contacts.
* Create a new calendar event.
* The event should be scheduled during regular working hours and at least one day in the future.
* As attendees include 3 entries from the user's contact list.
* As body include the details of the incident.

## Hints
* Read these articles on [List contacts](https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/docs/api-reference/v1.0/api/user_list_contacts) and [Create Event](https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/docs/api-reference/v1.0/api/user_post_events) from the Microsoft Graph API before you start.
* If you have created a new account to work on the hands-on labs add some sample contacts in [Outlook](https://outlook.office365.com/owa/). Note that real invitations will be send to these contacts when you run your code! If you use your real account analyze the response from the `Contacts` API to pick some contacts that you can send test invitations to.
* Add Microsoft Graph Permissions for your app to read contacts, read and write the calendar at [https://apps.dev.microsoft.com](https://apps.dev.microsoft.com).
* Create models for `Contact`, `ContactValue` and `EmailAddress` to receive data in a way similar to the `ProfileController` getting the user profile via the `GraphService`.
* Extend the `GraphService` with methods to get contacts and create events.
* Create a `TimeService` to calculate the event's time.
* In the `IncidentController` add a call to your new methods after the `sendMail` call to create an event when a new incident has been reported.

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## Summary

In this hands-on lab, you learned about some additional Microsoft Graph features and created your own code to extend the City Power & Light sample application.

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Segamat Railway Station
About Segamat Railway Station
Serving as one of the many train stations in Peninsular Malaysia, Segamat Railway Station was built to serve passengers a convenient option of travelling on land other than utilising the bus. The station was named after the town of Segamat in Johor whereby it is situated right within the town providing easy access to the locals who reside around the area. Segamat Railway Station offers KTM Intercity trains running on the East Coast Line and South Main Line whereby each line operates different routes.
Segamat Railway Station is a stop for KTM Intercity train covering selected destinations up to the east coast and down to the southern part of Peninsular Malaysia. The route for the East Coast Line runs between JB Sentral and Tumpat, while another route runs from JB Sentral to Pulau Sebang/Tampin and vice versa for the South Main Line. Daily trains from Segamat Railway Station pass through numerous train stations located specifically in various towns and villages.
How to get to Segamat Railway Station
Getting to Segamat Railway Station is rather easy by boarding KTM Intercity trains via either the East Coast Line or the South Main Line. Passengers can depart from any train station serving a route to Segamat. From JB Sentral, it will take 3.5 hours to reach Segamat Railway Station. Travel duration differs according to the departing station whereby arrival time in Segamat will be longer for departures from a longer distance.
From Kuala Lumpur, passengers can take train services via ETS from KL Sentral heading to Gemas. Upon arrival in Gemas Train Station, a KTM Intercity train interchange must be made. Passengers can use trains running on both east coast and south main lines as the trains running along these routes provide a stop in Segamat. From Gemas Train Station, the train ride will take around 1 hour.
It is also possible to get to Segamat Railway Station by boarding a bus. Express bus heading to Segamat will stop at Terminal Pengangkutan Awam Segamat (Segamat Bus Terminal). Segamat Railway Station is located only 190 metres away which is equivalent to a 2-minute walk from the bus terminal.
Locals usually get to the train station using their cars. No other public transportation options are available in the town other than train, taxi and long-distance express bus services.
Popular Train Operator
Building its name in Malaysia's transportation history, KTM Berhad is a train operator that has long been providing railway services across Peninsular Malaysia. Daily KTM Intercity trains in Segamat Railway Station running on both the East Coast and the South Main Line are operated by KTM Berhad allowing passengers to commute to various destinations with frequent train schedules.
KTM Train Operator
Popular train routes from Segamat Railway Station in Johor
Train from Segamat Railway Station to Kelantan
Train from Segamat Railway Station to Negeri Sembilan
Train from Segamat Railway Station to Pahang
Train from Segamat Railway Station to Bekok
Train from Segamat Railway Station to JB Sentral
Train from Segamat Railway Station to Kluang
Train from Segamat Railway Station to Kulai
Train from Segamat Railway Station to Rengam
Facilities in Segamat Railway Station
As the only train station in Segamat, Segamat Railway Station has been receiving many guests and passengers coming to the station. The facilities provided by the management are enough to accommodate everyone at their convenience. Some of the main facilities include toilets, a sheltered waiting area, a convenient store and restaurants.
Nearby the train station, a shopping mall known as One Segamat Shopping Centre is reachable within a 5-minute walking distance from Segamat Railway Station. Passengers can have a short visit to the mall and spend some time strolling around to fill in the time gap before train departures.
Ticket counter
Nearby shopping mall & bus terminal
Operating KTM Intercity trains via the East Coast and South Main Line, Segamat Railway Station serves distinctive routes taking passengers to Kelantan, Pahang, Seremban in Negeri Sembilan as well as Johor. Train services in Segamat Railway Station run daily providing convenience for passengers to travel to any of the scheduled destinations. Moreover, train operations in the train station are fully managed by KTM Berhad.
At Easybook, a simple online booking platform is provided to purchase train tickets conveniently. With Easybook's friendly and easy-to-navigate website, booking train tickets can be simply done just at the fingertips. Head over to Easybook to review the train schedules and start planning a trip with a train ride to any available destination offered on the website.
Segamat Railway Station Contact Details
Stesen Keretapi Segamat, Jalan Station, 85000 Segamat, Johor Darul Takzim, Malaysia.


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Activists Storm Offices of Maximus, LLC,
by Minimus
Sunday Jun 8th, 2014 8:56 AM
On June 6, 2014, over two dozen activists stormed the offices of Maximus (https://antievictionmap.squarespace.com/maximus/) at 345 Vidal in ParkMerced, San Francisco. A video of the action can be found here: http://vimeo.com/97600545. At the same time, activists in New York arrived at the office of Robert Rosania in New York City, the man behind Maximus. They attached the same letter that we read at ParkMerced to his door (photo attached). The letter is below:
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'Maximus LLC, the developer behind the proposed 16th & Mission Plaza Condo in San Francisco, is poised to profit upwards of $1,000,000 per unit for their 351-unit development, a staggering sum totaling over a third of a billion dollars. This massive, multi-story projet would totally transform the neighborhood around 16th & Mission, including depriving the nearby Marshall Elementary School of sunlight for most of the year. This development would attract and accommodate increasingly richer and whiter populace in the Mission, accelerating the wholesale displacement of those who don't stand to benefit from the on-going tech-industry-led "boom." The ridiculously lowball figure of 12% inclusionary affordable housing units would not be enough to mitigate this, let alone make up for it. The project at 1979 Mission would leave an impact lasting for generations and no amount of short-term bribes and kickbacks, sometimes euphemistically termed "community benefit agreements", comes close to making up for the aggregate total damage on the lives of the most precarious Mission residents.
As part of this development, Maximus LLC has been behind the so-called "Clean Up the Plaza" campaign which has worked with the San Francisco Police Department to increase policing, surveillance, and harassment of the many low-income and homeless people who have nowhere else to go and use the plaza at 16th & Mission as public space. To this end, Maximus has hired notorious San Francisco political operative Jack Davis as a political consultant.
The principal behind Maximus, Robert Rosania, was previously co-founder and CEO of Stellar Management, who extracted millions in profits taking over Parkmerced while letting the property go into default. Rosania, who likes to spend his wealth collecting rare champagne, has made much of his money by leveraging formerly working-class properties and transforming low-income neighborhoods. Stellar Management was also behind the takeover and default of the massive Riverton Homes complex in Harlem, New York. Deals such as these were a major component of the housing market collapse. Now Rosania and former Stellar executives Seth Mallen are at it again with Maximus.
While we are not directly affiliated with the Plaza 16 Coalition, we stand in solidarity with their following demands:
* That the planning commission and the City of San Francisco reject all market rate housing developments in the Mission until housing needs for the poor and working class are fully met. Additionally, we demand that the San Francisco Planning Department abide by the community planning and land-use process outlined in the Plan Popular, specifically the guidelines outlining community planning for "people not profit," for any future developments.
* That the owning partners of 1979 Mission (Maximus Real Estate Partners and the Jang Family Trust) transfer the land to community hands.
* That there be a stop to the harassment and criminalizing of low-income people and people of color that use the Plaza as public space by the SFPD under the guise of "cleaning up the plaza."
We chose to target the local offices of Maximus because we want them to receive a taste of what it feels like for someone to invade your space. The investors and developers behind 1979 Mission, as well as similar gentrifying projects in San Francisco, should feel targeted. We encourage other residents to target the operations
responsible for transforming San Francisco into a playground for the rich.' At the same time, our allies in New York are targeting Robert Rosania's New York office at 156 WILLIAM STREET, 10TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10038.
The development of 16th Street, Park Merced, and Harlem are all rooted in the same conglomerate of money. Together, we will fight back and not allow further displacement of longtime residents.


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Roy Campanella Biography, Life, Interesting Facts
Died On :
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Roy Campanella was born on November 19, 1921. He was an American baseball player. He was also known as 'Campy.' He played the position of a catcher. He played for the Mexican and Negroes League. In 1958, he got paralyzed, and hence his career ended. He died on June 26, 1993, at the age of seventy-one.
Roy Campanella was born on November 19, 1921, in Philadelphia in Pennsylvania. He was born to John and Ida. His mother was African American while his father was born to Sicilian immigrants. When he was sixteen years old, he dropped out of school.
Roy Campanella started his career in 1937 when he began playing for the Washington Elite Giants in the Negro League Baseball. In 1938, he moved with the team to Baltimore.
He became the team's star player. In 1942 and 1943, he played baseball for Monterrey Sultans in the Mexican League. In 1946, he moved into the Brooklyn Dodgers' Minor League system. That season he played with the Montreal Royals.
Roy Campanella later played for the Nashua Dodgers of the New England League. In 1947, he started his Major League career with the Brooklyn Dodgers. He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1948 to 1957 as their catcher.
He wore the uniform numbers, 33, 39 and 56. He later settled for number 39 for the rest of his career. He played in the All-Star Games every year from 1949 to 1956. He received the Most Valuable Player Award in the National League in 1951, 1953 and 1955. In 1955, he assisted the Brooklyn Dodgers in winning their first World Series Championship.
In 1957, the Brooklyn Dodgers moved to Los Angeles where they became the Los Angeles Dodgers. However, Roy never played in Los Angeles because he was paralyzed from a car accident. The accident left him paralyzed from his shoulders down. Physical therapy helped him gain back the use of his hands and arms.
Roy Campanella, however, used a wheelchair for movements for the rest of his life. In 1959, he became the assistant supervisor for the Dodgers for the scouting of players from the Eastern part of the United States. He was also the special coach at the Dodgers' annual spring training camp in Florida.
The same year, the team honored him with the Roy Campanella Night at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. In 1969, he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
He also received the Bronze Medallion from New York City. In 1971, he was elected to the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame. In 1978, he moved to California where he became an assistant to the Dodgers' director of community relations, Don Newcombe.
Roy Campanella s first wife was Bernice Ray with whom he had two daughters, but they divorced in 1939. In 1945, he married Ruthe Willis with whom he had three children, but they separated in 1960 after his accident.
In 1963, Ruthe passed away. In 1964, he married Roxie Doles who survived him. Roy Campanella died on June 26, 1993, of heart failure at his home in California. He died at the age of seventy-one. His remains were cremated at the Hollywood Hills Cemetery, Los Angeles.
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Q: The altitudes of a triangle are 10,12,15 cm each.Find the semiperimeter of the triangle. The altitudes of a triangle are 10,12,15 cm each.Find the semiperimeter of the triangle.
I think this can be easily done by a herons formula equation but i want other easy methods to do this sum.

A: I do not get how the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality can be used to derive a length in explicit terms, but the lenghts of the altitudes give the area of the triangle through Heron's formula:
$$ \Delta = \frac{1}{4}\sqrt{(a+b+c)(-a+b+c)(a-b+c)(a+b-c)} $$
$$ \frac{1}{\Delta} = \sqrt{\left(\tfrac{1}{h_a}+\tfrac{1}{h_b}+\tfrac{1}{h_b}\right)\left(-\tfrac{1}{h_a}+\tfrac{1}{h_b}+\tfrac{1}{h_b}\right)\left(\tfrac{1}{h_a}-\tfrac{1}{h_b}+\tfrac{1}{h_b}\right)\left(\tfrac{1}{h_a}+\tfrac{1}{h_b}-\tfrac{1}{h_c}\right)}$$
hence $\Delta=\frac{240}{\sqrt{7}}$ and $a,b,c\in\left\{\frac{48}{\sqrt{7}},\frac{40}{\sqrt{7}},\frac{32}{\sqrt{7}}\right\}$, from which
$$ s=\frac{a+b+c}{2}=\color{red}{\frac{60}{\sqrt{7}}}.$$

A: Let $Δ$ be the area of triangle. Let $h_a=10, h_b=12, h_c=15$ be lengths of perpendiculars dropped on sides $a, b, c$ respectively.  Hence we have
$$Δ=\frac {1}{2}\cdot 10 \cdot a=\frac {1}{2}\cdot 12 \cdot b=\frac {1}{2}\cdot 15 \cdot c $$
Hence let $$10a=12b=15c=k$$
For some constant k. Hence we have $$a=\frac {k}{10} ; b=\frac {k}{12}; c=\frac {k}{15}; s=\frac {k}{8}$$
By cosine rule we get $\cos A= \frac {1}{8}$
We also know that $$Δ=\frac {1}{2} \cdot bc \sin A = \frac {1}{2} \cdot 12\cdot b$$
$$\Rightarrow \sin A =\frac {180}{k}$$
Using these information we get the equation as $$\frac {\sqrt {63}}{8}= \frac {180}{k}$$
$$\Rightarrow \frac {k}{8}= \frac {60}{\sqrt 7}$$
$$\Rightarrow s=\frac {k}{8}= \frac {60}{\sqrt {7}}$$
Hope it helped.


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Equipment: Exercise Ball, Exercise Mat, Athletic Shoes (optional).
Get onto all fours with wrists under shoulders, and knees under hips. Slide the ball under your abdomen.
Slowly move into a downward plank position and roll the ball under your legs, as shown in Starting Position.
Slowly pull your tailbone upward toward the ceiling, until your body forms a V, as shown in Finish Position.
Return to Start Position and repeat for 10-12 repetitions, or fewer depending on tolerance.
Place the ball under your thighs, instead of your legs. Placing the ball closer to your feet, makes the exercise more difficult.
If you experience discomfort, or pains in your wrists, stop the exercise.
The exercise can be performed with, or without wearing athletic shoes.
Do not perform this exercise if you lack shoulder, abdominal, or forearm strength.
Do not perform this exercise if you are a beginner, if you're in a hurry, or showing off in front of friends. Injuries aren't worth it.
Use the correct size exercise ball.
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Klairs Mightnight Blue Calming Cream doesn't release officially until today, but I was lucky enough to receive a jar for review from Wishtrend ahead of schedule. In all honesty, even before they sent me this cream, I was curious about it. Aside from my current blue obsession (a blue streak? haaa) the advertised ingredients had me like "Ooo interesting, let's see what this can do". First of all, it really is a gorgeous, gorgeous blue, a lovely sight when you're first opening your jar. Don't worry, you're not going to pull a Tobias Funke and Blue yourself, this leaves no colour behind.
"This cream is not a moisturizer for the whole face.
It is a special treatment for spots and repairing & calming cream.
So, you're going to have to get your moisture elsewhere in your routine because that is not what this stuff does. This is meant to be a calming, hydrating, skin comforting step in your line-up. The directions for use state "Apply a small amount on the affected area in the morning and evening after using toner and serum". Well, it's the dead of winter here up north and my "affected area" is my whole weather beaten face, so the entire thing got a light coating. Honestly, I found that worked better for me than trying to spot treat. I mean, when you have irritation from temperatures hovering around -20c, you can't exactly treat irritation like you would a crop of zits.
Now, this WILL pill under makeup if you do not use a light hand when applying and or let it fully sink in before applying bb cream. I had to break my bad habit of over indulging in my cream portion sizes in order to get this to properly sink, and even then,ehhhh not so much. However, keep in mind that I'm testing this while using my usual crazy winter line-up, full of oils, thick essences, and heavier than usual emulsions, so if you have a lighter line-up you will most likely avoid the stick to the degree I experienced.
I think the big star here, and the thing most likely to make the visible difference with your skin is the Centella Asiatic Extract. It's the ingredient that had me hyped as soon as I saw it.
The CA extracts (CAE) have been used traditionally for wound healing and the research has been increasingly supportive for these claims. A preclinical study reported that various formulations (ointment, cream, and gel) of an aqueous CAE applied to open wounds in rats (3 times daily for 24 days) resulted in increased cellular proliferation and collagen synthesis at the wound site, as shown by an increase in collagen content and tensile strength.
The other ingredient that's a big favourite of mine is Ceramide 3, ceramides help your skin retain water and can help beef up that moisture barrier that we all need to be paying the utmost attention to at all times. So between the Centella Asiatica Extract and Ceramide 3, those two ingredients alone are enough to warrant giving this cream a try.
If you're concerned about acne triggers, this scores very low, nothing above a 2 as you can see here. The petite offenders being cetyl alcohol, Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil (Jojoba Oil), and Stearic Acid. I'm pretty sensitive to acne triggers and I'm completely fine with these, of course YMMV.
Like I stated before, I do find this cream to lean toward the sticky side. Again, that can be minimized with a light application, but even after an hour sitting on my skin I still felt it, well, sitting on my skin. Now, that's not such a big deal at night, and I actually quite like it then because I feel like it's setting up a little irritation treatment plus barrier on my skin like a sleep pack, but during the day it's not the most comfortable. It did do a decent job of plumping and soothing the cheek irritation I had going on, so it's a trade off I guess. I found myself using it at night rather than during the day due to the aforementioned pilling issue under makeup and the sticky feel. I keep going on about sticky, so you might assume that it's heavy, it most certainly is not heavy. All in all I'm fairly pleased with this cream. It contains ingredients that could be a big component missing in someone's routine that's looking to soothe, repair, and beef up your skin's defences.


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Why Do Staffers From This Hong Kong Book Store Keep Disappearing?
By Natasha Noman
Tucked away up a flight of stairs, Causeway Bay Books in Hong Kong is surprisingly nondescript, especially given the international speculation surrounding the small store and its employees.
Since October, five of its employees have mysteriously disappeared. And the plot is only thickening, with many of the city's residents believing the employees were abducted by Chinese secret agents as retribution for selling controversial books that criticize the ruling authority.
Formerly a British colony, Hong Kong was handed over to China in 1997 and is now a "special administrative region of China," BBC explains. However, the territory has maintained a high level of autonomy and has its own government. While China technically has political vetoing power, the expectation is that the country won't dramatically interfere with Hong Kong politics.
Most recently, one of the Causeway Bay Books shareholders, Lee Bo, went missing on Wednesday. Lee's wife reported his disappearance, but when she eventually heard from him, the bizarre nature of the call only added fuel to the conspiracists' fire.
"He said he wouldn't be back so soon and he was assisting in an investigation," Lee's wife allegedly told Hong Kong's Cable Television, BBC reported.
Not only did he sound beleaguered, but he also communicated in the official Chinese language, Mandarin, as opposed to his usual Cantonese, his wife also said, according to the Economist.
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"Mrs. Lee said her husband had called from Shenzhen, a mainland city bordering on Hong Kong," the Economist reported. "Yet police in Hong Kong say they have found no record of him having crossed the boundary. Mr. Lee did not take his mainland travel permit, his wife said."
According to a Reuters and Vice News report, the Taiwanese Central News Agency published a handwritten note Lee faxed to his wife.
"Due to some urgent matters that I need to handle and that aren't to be revealed to the public, I have made my own way back to the mainland in order to cooperate with the investigation by relevant parties," the note apparently read. "It might take a bit of time. My current situation is very well. All is normal."
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Four other colleagues affiliated with Causeway Bay Books have also gone missing under mysterious and similar circumstances, except for one of the employees who was vacationing in Thailand upon his disappearance.
Hong Kong's Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, who is widely regarded as a stooge for mainland China's central government, surprised many during a Monday press conference with his open criticism of such practices.
"The freedom of the press, the freedom of publication and the freedom of expression are protected by laws in Hong Kong," Leung said. "It is unacceptable if mainland legal agencies enforced law in Hong Kong as it is against the Basic Law."
Still, Leung's noted there was "no indication" Chinese agents had been abducting Hong Kong residents.


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Rhantus exsoletus är en skalbaggsart som först beskrevs av Forster 1771.  Rhantus exsoletus ingår i släktet Rhantus och familjen dykare. Arten är reproducerande i Sverige. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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The questions have started early this year!
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Yeah, a bit late. We have lives you know!


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Althea Joy Barrett Efunshile  (born 20 August 1956) is a senior British public sector executive.

Education
Efunshile has a bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of Essex, a PGCE from Goldsmiths, University of London and a DMS from Buckinghamshire College.

Career
After various posts in teaching, youth work, and educational administration, Efunshile was executive director, education and culture, of the London Borough of Lewisham from 1996 to 2001. She then worked at the Department for Education and Skills from 2001 to 2006, as head of the Children's and Young People's Unit and then directing its Vulnerable Children Group.

In 2007 she joined Arts Council England as executive director, arts planning and investment, becoming chief operating officer 2009–2012 and then deputy chief executive from 2012. She stepped down from this post in October 2016.

In December 2016, it was reported that Efunshile had been proposed by Ofcom for a position as a non-executive director of Channel 4, but she was the only nominee rejected by the culture secretary Karen Bradley, who appointed four men to an all-white board. The chairman of the board Charles Gurassa and chief executive David Abraham also approved of Efunshile's potential appointment. David Lammy, the Labour MP and former Culture minister, said: "This is an absolutely extraordinary decision that really does beggar belief." In December 2017 it was announced that the Culture Secretary Karen Bradley had appointed Efunshile to the Channel 4 Board.

In 2016 she was the founding chair of the National College Creative Industries and she has served as a Council Member of Goldsmiths, University of London.

 Efunshile is Chair of Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing; a non-Executive Director of University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; a non-Executive Director of Channel 4; and Chair of Ballet Black.

Recognition
Efunshile was included in Power List 2013: Britain's most influential black people.
In April 2016, she was listed as number 43 in the "Top 100 BAME business leaders in the UK", a list compiled for Executive Search firm Green Park and The Sunday Times by a panel of judges comprising Green Park's Raj Tulsiani, Baroness Janet Royall, Baroness Oona King, Lord Victor Adebowale and Lord Chris Holmes. In October 2017 Efunshile was again included in the list of the "100 most influential BAME executives in Britain" compiled by Green Park.

Efunshile was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to arts and culture.

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