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Best Affirms QBE's Key Operating Subsidiaries 'A' Ratings
A.M. Best Co. announced that it has affirmed the financial strength rating of "A" (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of "a+" of the following subsidiaries of Australian insurer QBE: QBE Insurance (International) Limited (QIL) (Australia) and QBE Reinsurance (Europe) Limited (QBE Re) (Ireland).
"These companies are regarded as key operating subsidiaries of QBE Insurance Group Limited (QBE) (Australia), the non-operating holding company of the QBE group of companies," said Best. It also affirmed the ICR of "bbb+" of QBE.
Concerning QBE's debt, Best said it has "affirmed the rating of "bbb" on the $ 250 million 5.65 percent subordinated notes due 2023 and the rating of "bbb+" on the GBP 175 million 5.625 percent senior notes due 2009, both issued by QBE Insurance Group Limited." It also "affirmed the rating of "bbb+" on the $ 375 million 20-year zero coupon senior convertible securities due 2024 issued by QBE Funding Trust III Ltd. and guaranteed by QBE. The outlook for all ratings is stable."
Best said it "considers QBE's consolidated risk-adjusted capitalization to be excellent and likely to remain supportive (through solid retained earnings) of anticipated net premium growth of approximately 10 percent-15 percent between 2004 and 2006."
The rating agency also indicated that it "believes consolidated earnings will remain strong with a return on capital and surplus likely to be in the region of 15 percent at year-end 2005 (compared with 24.1 percent in 2004 [restated]). Overall profitability is likely to be supported by strong underwriting performance in each of its main operating divisions with a combined ratio likely to be marginally below 100 percent after allowing for U.S. hurricane losses and stable investment returns of 3.5 percent in 2005 and 2006.
"QBE is a well diversified commercial lines insurer (accounting for two-thirds of overall premium income) operating on a global basis across its five main markets: the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, Lloyd's and the United Kingdom. The company is a market leader for the majority of classes written, with projected gross premium growth into 2006 to approximately AUD 10.5 billion ($7.9 billion) (up from AUD 8.8 billion [$6.6 billion] in 2004) likely to emanate largely through acquisitions rather than rating conditions, which remain favorable despite weakening for certain lines of business."
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Joshua reflects on a wheelie memorable year with Bridgestone
A supremely talented motocross rider from Gloucestershire is reflecting on a year to remember, after winning a prestigious national title just days after becoming a dad for the first time.
Josh Waterman, aged 24, won the AMCA MX2 championship with one round to spare, which has never been done before, in what was one of the most competitive fields in the sport.
And with the title in the bag – thanks to nine race wins from 16 – he missed the last round to be with his partner who was giving birth to his first child Freya.
Josh, who secured a sponsorship with Bridgestone for the season, said: "I couldn't have won the title without the Bridgestone X20s getting me out the start every race. I was thrilled to win it a round early because the pressure was building, knowing the baby was coming so close to the last round!
"It was my second year in this championship after finishing 2nd last year. It was really competitive with everyone wanting to beat each other, so I am proud to be able to call myself a champion – and a dad for the first time!"
Bridgestone's sales and training development manager Mark Fereday said Josh was a 'perfect' ambassador for the company.
"We couldn't be more thrilled for Josh. He is a class act both on and off the track. We couldn't have asked for a more perfect competitor to ride on our products and provide feedback on their performance thereafter. And to see him become a father for the first time is the icing on the cake for him.
"We have always believed that our Battlecross range is up there amongst the very best in the sport and to obtain the confidence of a rider like Josh means a lot."
Joshua first rode on the product at Brookethorpe in 2015, winning the Bridgestone Cup thereafter.
Both parties were so impressed with one another that discussions immediately took place and have been ongoing up until the present day, where an agreement is now in place.
Josh added: "The performance has been insane and the tyres have played a big part in my successes. I have been really impressed with the grip and durability. I was actually surprised at how much control they gave me."
And despite being deaf from birth, Josh has never felt that his chances have been hampered in any way in such an unforgiving sport.
"Yes, I am profoundly deaf and have been from birth. It was a hurdle I've had to overcome. I've been British champion a few times and now the AMCA MX2 champion, so I'd like to think it has acted as an advantage.
"It has definitely given me an extra drive to want to win. Hopefully I can keep on winning with Bridgestone after such a memorable year."
For more information about Bridgestone's motocross tyre range, visit http://www.bridgestone.co.uk/moto/

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Why would it be a good thing for the cornerstone to be rejected? Why did the Psalmist say that the Messiah would be cast aside by the leaders of Israel, and that would be something to marvel at?
This is one of the few (if not the only) Messianic Prophecy that Jesus addresses directly at the Jewish leadership of His day. What an amazing, and mysterious passage.


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Last week QAD DynaSys attended the Richmond Supply Chain Forum held at the Belfry Hotel & Resort in Sutton Coldfield, UK. We attend the event twice a year and it's a good opportunity for us to talk to organisations who are interested in learning more about our Demand & Supply Chain Planning solution.
The schedule for the day is certainly full on, with meetings from breakfast at 8am right through to the evening meal that finishes around 930pm. This 'speed dating' concept works well for both us and the people we are meeting to quickly decide if there is a mutual benefit of having further, more detailed discussions about how our solution can help to address their business challenges within the supply chain.
For this event we also took the opportunity to run a 1 hour workshop which everyone had the option to attend. It was titled "Is forecasting really dead? Let's talk about the future of Demand Planning" and it obviously struck a chord with many people as it was standing room only at the back! The choice of topic is always difficult but Demand Planning is clearly still very 'hot' and there was fantastic interaction from the audience who shared their experience and expertise in the area. I was in the Demand Planning role myself for 10 years so it's an area still very close to my heart. From the organisations I meet with and the developments I see in our planning solution such as DDMRP and Machine Learning, it's clear that the role of the Demand Planner will continue to evolve as technology and planning processes develop. They are clearly still a key integral part of the organisation as they help to bridge the gap between Commercial and Operations, who we know sometimes struggle to communicate in the same language! Demand Planner's need to continue to drive the collaboration and consensus across the business to ensure that plans are aligned for demand and supply.
Several organisations we met are at the early stages of trying to improve their planning maturity. These are typically doing well in terms of revenue growth but they are starting to struggle to continue to meet the growth and have either very high inventory, capacity issues or both. For these types of companies, we discussed the need to address the fundamentals of people, processes & systems in order to build the level of capability in supply chain planning. For this we have developed a concept called 'Quickstart Integrated Business Planning' that provides companies with a package of education, process design and the planning software solution. This packaged solution enables a more rapid improvement in planning processes and therefore delivers a quicker Return On Investment. We recently held an event with Delos Partnership on this topic at our UK head office in Birmingham and if you'd like to know more about this approach then please do get in touch with us.
The Richmond Event finished off with a dinner and evening entertainment provided by a magician, Katherine Mills, who managed to read people's minds and guess what they were thinking. I'm sure many of the Planners in the audience could see a use for that skill in the next Demand Planning meeting…..


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Although I'm skeptical, this story keeps coming.
Italian researchers Focardi and Rossi claim to have crossed break-even fusion with a LENR (low energy nuclear reactions)(not cold fusion) heat source.
If this is real it's more exciting than the Bussard Reactor. Let's be honest.
I would love to try and build one. Totally simple.
Although the details of the experiment are starting to emerge, the secret sauce has not been revealed.
What if we could re-discover that secret and open-source it?
owni.fr just published a nice profile on Prometheus Fusion.
I've been seeing renewed interest in the project post Fukushima.


Curves to Kill...: City Chic ready to Rock the Runway!
City Chic ready to Rock the Runway!
If you are in Melbourne on Wednesday the 16th of March and want to see some amazing curvy women walk the runway come down to Federation Square at 12pm and watch City Chic on the runway for L'Oreal Fashion Festival!
Here is a sneak peak at the new items in this behind the scenes video. On my wishlist already is the Zip Up Faux Leather Biker Jacket and the Floral Blazer! I will wear these all the way until spring!
I can't wait to see these models and the other curvy ladies strut their stuff on the runway. I hear Laura Wells is also down for the show and I have to admit she is my inspiration!
Damn You Alexis will also be premiering their collaboration with City Chic ! They have designed 5 dresses that will be available in April and on their blog you can see a small preview of a design - leatherette and jersey maxi dress!
I will be attending alone so if you see me don't be shy, come up and say hello!
I wish I could get there! I would love to see it & cover it on my blog! I love the same two items you pointed out! I have a feeling there shall be lots of laybys coming up!
Lay-buy craziness coming up. I think I will get around 6 jackets this winter!
I'm going to do my best to cover it!
Ooh, sounds like a lot of fun!! I would love to be able to get there! Thanks for sharing!!


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Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy Corp. sells long-lived producing assets in the Anadarko and Arkoma Basins for $412 million or $4.20 per million cubic feet equivalent.
The assets include proved reserves of approximately 98 billion of cubic feet equivalent and current net production of about 60 million of cubic feet equivalent per day.
Chesapeake retains drilling rights on the properties below currently producing intervals.
The purchase is financed by GS Loan Partners, an affiliate of The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.


Bankers who controlled the Franklin company during the Depression pushed for the production of V-12 Franklins.
Franklin couldn't survive and ceased production in 1934.
Only an estimated 200 V-12 Franklins were built and it was difficult to sell even that small number in the early 1930s. The Franklin Automobile Company ceased production in April 1934.


Yamaha to build its 250cc bike in India itself.
Yamaha, the company who always have the good intent and the vision to follow the right trends at the right time is all set to introduce its 250 cc motor bike this year itself, realizing the ongoing trend of premium bike segment in Indian two wheeler market .
But the most important and interesting factor about this product is that, they are producing this product here in India. There are many advantages for the customers if the product is produced in India itself instead of just assembling the product in their plant.
The management decided to produce the motorcycle locally, as the assembling will attract 30% import duty. Earlier Yamaha wanted to launch 250cc motorcycle last year. However, the management decided to see the response of Honda CBR250R before launching its 250cc motorcycle.
That means, Yamaha will be able to give the product a price tag, which is very much competitive and reasonable when compared to the products of the other companies working in the same segment. If the Yamaha product will keep the usual standards of Yamaha, with this price tag, the product will be a sure hit.


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Q: Python Sphinx autodoc and decorated members I am attempting to use Sphinx to document my Python class. I do so using autodoc:
.. autoclass:: Bus
   :members:

While it correctly fetches the docstrings for my methods, those that are decorated:
    @checkStale
    def open(self):
        """
        Some docs.
        """
        # Code

with @checkStale being
def checkStale(f):
    @wraps(f)
    def newf(self, *args, **kwargs):
        if self._stale:
            raise Exception
        return f(self, *args, **kwargs)
    return newf

have an incorrect prototype, such as open(*args, **kwargs).
How can I fix this? I was under the impression that using @wraps would fix up this kind of thing.

A: Added in version 1.1 you can now override the method signature by providing a custom value in the first line of your docstring.
http://sphinx-doc.org/ext/autodoc.html#confval-autodoc_docstring_signature
@checkStale
def open(self):
    """
    open()
    Some docs.
    """
    # Code

A: I just found an easy solution which works for me, but don't ask me why. If you know why add it in the comments.
from functools import wraps

def a_decorator(f):
    """A decorator

    Args:
        f (function): the function to wrap
    """
    @wraps(f) # use this annotation on the wrapper works like a charm
    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
        some code
        return ret

return wrapper

The doc of the decorated function and of the decorator are both kept

A: Add '.__ doc __':
def checkStale(f):
    @wraps(f)
    def newf(self, *args, **kwargs):
       if self._stale:
          raise Exception
       return f(self, *args, **kwargs)
    newf.__doc__ = f.__doc__
    return newf

And on decorated function add:
@checkStale
def open(self):
    """
    open()
    Some docs.
    """
    # Code

A: I had the same problem with the celery @task decorator.
You can also fix this in your case by adding the correct function signature to your rst file, like this:
.. autoclass:: Bus
    :members:

    .. automethod:: open(self)
    .. automethod:: some_other_method(self, param1, param2)

It will still document the non-decorator members automatically.
This is mentioned in the sphinx documentation at http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/ext/autodoc.html#directive-automodule -- search for "This is useful if the signature from the method is hidden by a decorator."
In my case, I had to use autofunction to specify the signature of my celery tasks in the tasks.py module of a django app:
.. automodule:: django_app.tasks
    :members:
    :undoc-members:
    :show-inheritance:

    .. autofunction:: funct1(user_id)
    .. autofunction:: func2(iterations)

A: To expand on my comment:

Have you tried using the decorator package and putting @decorator on checkStale? I had
  a similar issue using epydoc with a decorated function.

As you asked in your comment, the decorator package is not part of the standard library.
You can fall back using code something like the following (untested):
try:
    from decorator import decorator
except ImportError:
    # No decorator package available. Create a no-op "decorator".
    def decorator(f):
        return f

A: If you're particularly adamant about not adding another dependency here's a code snippet that works with the regular inspector by injecting into the docstring. It's quite hackey and not really recommended unless there are good reasons to not add another module, but here it is.
# inject the wrapped functions signature at the top of a docstring
args, varargs, varkw, defaults = inspect.getargspec(method)
defaults = () if defaults is None else defaults
defaults = ["\"{}\"".format(a) if type(a) == str else a for a in defaults]
l = ["{}={}".format(arg, defaults[(idx+1)*-1]) if len(defaults)-1 >= idx else arg for idx, arg in enumerate(reversed(list(args)))]
if varargs: allargs.append('*' + varargs)
if varkw: allargs.append('**' + varkw)
doc = "{}({})\n{}".format(method.__name__, ', '.join(reversed(l)), method.__doc__)
wrapper.__doc__ = doc

A: UPDATE: this may be "impossible" to do cleanly because sphinx uses the function's code object to generate its function signature.  But, since you're using sphinx, there is a hacky workaround that does works.
It's hacky because it effectively disables the decorator while sphinx is running, but it does work, so it's a practical solution.
At first I went down the route of constructing a new types.CodeType object, to replace the wrapper's func_code code object member, which is what sphinx uses when generating the signatures.
I was able to segfault python by going down the route or trying to swap in the co_varnames, co_nlocals, etc. members of the code object from the original function, and while appealing, it was too complicated.
The following solution, while it is a hacky heavy hammer, is also very simple =)
The approach is as follows: when running inside sphinx, set an environment variable that the decorator can check.  inside the decorator, when sphinx is detected, don't do any decorating at all, and instead return the original function.
Inside your sphinx conf.py:
import os
os.environ['SPHINX_BUILD'] = '1'

And then here is an example module with a test case that shows what it might look like:
import functools
import os
import types
import unittest

SPHINX_BUILD = bool(os.environ.get('SPHINX_BUILD', ''))

class StaleError(StandardError):
    """Custom exception for staleness"""
    pass

def check_stale(f):
    """Raise StaleError when the object has gone stale"""

    if SPHINX_BUILD:
        # sphinx hack: use the original function when sphinx is running so that the
        # documentation ends up with the correct function signatures.
        # See 'SPHINX_BUILD' in conf.py.
        return f

    @functools.wraps(f)
    def wrapper(self, *args, **kwargs):
        if self.stale:
            raise StaleError('stale')

        return f(self, *args, **kwargs)
    return wrapper

class Example(object):

    def __init__(self):
        self.stale = False
        self.value = 0

    @check_stale
    def get(self):
        """docstring"""
        return self.value

    @check_stale
    def calculate(self, a, b, c):
        """docstring"""
        return self.value + a + b + c

class TestCase(unittest.TestCase):

    def test_example(self):

        example = Example()
        self.assertEqual(example.get(), 0)

        example.value = 1
        example.stale = True
        self.assertRaises(StaleError, example.get)

        example.stale = False
        self.assertEqual(example.calculate(1, 1, 1), 4)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    unittest.main()

A: the answer to this is quite simple, but none of the threads I've seen have mentioned it. Have a look at functools.update_wrapper()
import functools

def schema_in(orig_func):
    schema = Schema()
    def validate_args(*args, **kwargs):
        clean_kwargs = schema.load(**kwargs)
        return orig_func(**clean_kwargs)

    functools.update_wrapper(validate_args, orig_func)
    return validate_args

I'm not sure this will run, but it illustrates the concept. If your wrapper is injecting validated_args between the caller and the callee, the example shows how to update the wrapper (validated_args) method with the metadata of orig_method. Ultimately, this will allow Sphinx and other type analysis tools such as mypy (I'm assuming!) to see the data needed to behave as expected. I have just finished testing this and can confirm it works as described, Sphinx autodoc is behaving as desired.

A: In recent versions of python, you can update the signature of the decorated function from the decorator itself. For example:
import inspect

def my_decorator(f):
    def new_f(*args, **kwargs):
        # Decorate function
        pass

    new_f.__doc__ = f.__doc__
    new_f.__module__ = f.__module__
    new_f.__signature__ = inspect.signature(f)
    return new_f

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Computer Questions: How Ide Controllers Work
Learn how an IDE controller works with other computer components to ensure quick and reliable data transfer. Discover other standards that have evolved from IDE.
Integrated Device Electronics (IDE) is one of the existing standards that define how hard drives interface with other components on the PC motherboard. IDE was first developed and implemented by Compaq in 1986 for its Deskpro 386 computer, and further refined by Western Digital. IDE is a spin-off of the AT-Attachment (ATA) standard originated by IBM for its AT computer. At a much lower cost, IDE combines the motherboard and controller card on a single device for transparency and ease of use.
Before IDE was created, hard drives were connected to the motherboard via a disk controller in the computer. The hard drive's geometry, i.e. physical features, such as the number of tracks, sectors, and platters, had to match one of the pre-existing hard drive configurations in the CMOS, software that defined system parameters. The BIOS (basic input output software) would then use the information in the CMOS to drive data transfer between the hard drive and the CPU (central processing unit - i.e., the brains of the computer) via the controller. Problems often arose if a hard drive made by a particular manufacturer was connected to a disk controller made by another manufacturer. The proprietary nature of either component could result in the hard drive not being recognized in the CMOS. Using a non-proprietary controller and hard drive could cause erosions in the signal quality driving data transfers and poor performance.
The invention of IDE essentially eliminated the need for separate controllers and hard drives. The controller was now integrated onto the hard disk drive. The CMOS no longer had to worry about signal translation for each hard drive type. The integrated controller was able to translate the signals so that it worked correctly with the physical features of the drive. IDE also simplified firmware implementations.
Motherboards today come with two IDE connectors: a primary and a secondary connector, also known as primary and secondary host adaptors respectively. Each host adapter can interact with two drives. Therefore, a PC can have a maximum of four drives attached to the motherboard. For each connector combination, there can be a master (primary hard disk) drive and a slave (secondary hard disk) drive.
A 40-pin ribbon cable connects the hard disk drive to the host adapter on the motherboard. A connector at one end, usually labeled blue, is connected to the motherboard. Two-thirds of the way down the cable another two connectors attach to the hard drives: the grey connector attaches to the slave device, while the black connector attaches to the primary master drive. Each cable contains wires laid side by side to each other. The wires act as a conduit by which information travels from the CPU to the disk drive, and vice versa. Each wire, called pins, is responsible for a particular function. Pins interspersed across the cable ground the components, while read/write pins direct the read/write activities of the hard drive. The pins also control input and output between the CPU and hard disk drive, data transfers, and addressing signals.
Communication between the motherboard components and the hard drive is accomplished using this cable. When the hard disk drive needs to communicate with the CPU, the operating system issues a command to the IDE controller on the hard disk drive, sending signals down the pins of the cable to the CPU. When the CPU needs to communicate with the hard drive, it again sends signals down the pins to the controller, which handles the read and write functions of the hard disk drive. This process is known as PIO (processor I/O). The drives are able to access the resources on the motherboard directly through the controller, supporting direct memory access (DMA).
The IDE format is known as the ATA-1 standard. Because of the increasing capacity requirements that software programs demanded and the relatively limited capacity in the original IDE interface (IDE supports hard drive geometries of 1024 cylinders, 255 heads, and 63 sectors per track in its cylinder-head-sector (CHS) format, thus equaling 528 megabytes (MB)), several standards have evolved from the IDE legacy to support larger drive formats.
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The next standard to emerge was the ATA-3 format. Adding to the EIDE standard, Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) drives were created to increase security and reliability on hard drives. Power management capabilities were also added to ATA-3.
Prior standards supported the connection only of hard drives to the motherboard bus. Subsequently, the ATA-4 standard arose with support for Ultra DMA (UDMA) features and the AT Attachment Program Interface (ATAPI). ATAPI provided an interface for the attachment of CD-ROM drives, tape backup drives, and other removable storage drives. Transfer rates for UDMA hard disk drives increased from 16.67 to 33.33 MBps.
Finally, the most current standard to derive from IDE is the ATA-5 standard. These hard drives are now built with auto-detection features by the PC's CMOS. The hard drive transfer rates have been increased as well, improving to 66.67 megabytes per second. Further refinements on this technology have produced hard disk drives that improve transfer rates to as much as 133 megabytes per second.
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The Shape of Copyright Infringement Claims: Coming in 2020 to a Circuit Near You. Maybe.
By Laura W. Brill
Hollywood and other creative centers in California make the Ninth Circuit one of the most important centers for the copyright law. One might imagine, therefore, that if the basic principles governing the substantive and procedural rules for handling infringement claims relating to music and movies were well settled anywhere, it would be here.
A flurry of recent amended opinions, grants of rehearing en banc, and gaps noted by oral argument panels, suggest the Circuit is grappling with questions at the core of how such claims will be decided and managed. Published and unpublished opinions both reveal uncertainty about where the court will be heading as we head into 2020.
In Hall v. Swift, 782 F. App'x 639 (9th Cir.), opinion amended and superseded, 786 F. App'x 711 (9th Cir. 2019), a Ninth Circuit panel in October 2019 reversed a district court's Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal of a claim asserting that Taylor Swift's lyrics about players and haters infringed the band 3LW's lyrics about the same generic groups – players and haters.
The plaintiffs song lyrics went like this.
Playas, they gonna play
And haters, they gonna hate
Ballers, they gonna ball
Shot callers, they gonna call
That ain't got nothin' to do
With me and you
That's the way it is.
Ms. Swift's lyrics added some repetition and changed the shot callers and ballers to heartbreakers and fakers, among other differences.
Her accused song, Shake It Off, goes like this.
Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play
And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate
Baby I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
Shake it off / Shake it off
Heartbreakers gonna break, break, break, break, break
And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake
Shake it off / Shake it off.
The district court explained that 3LW's lines about players and haters were brief phrases that simply restated the behaviors of groups defined by these same traits. It also observed that players and haters were widely known concepts and terms at the time. These lines were too unoriginal to create an issue of substantial similarity of protected expression in comparing the two works. Expert testimony was unnecessary, in the district court's view, because the case did not involve rhythmic, melodic, harmonic, or other musical similarities, but instead required only analyzing similarities between snippets of lyrics, a matter within the court's purview.
In an unpublished opinion, the Ninth Circuit panel reversed. While this opinion was not lengthy, it explained that the basis for reversal was the panel's conclusion that originality is normally a question of fact, and that it is inappropriate in the context of deciding a Rule 12(b)(6) motion for a district court to "constitute[] itself as the final judge of the worth of an expressive work."
Just a few weeks later, the panel amended its opinion. The panel maintained the reversal but deleted virtually all analysis from the opinion. The amendment deleted the statement that originality is normally a question of fact. It also deleted the critique that a district court ought not constitute itself as the final judge of the worth of an expressive work. As amended, the opinion now says little more than that reversal is warranted because even taking into account prior lyrics about players and haters, "Hall's complaint still plausibly alleged originality."
What is the court to do on remand? What facts are needed, and is expert testimony now required? Once the expert reports are prepared and submitted and the experts are deposed, will summary judgment then be available, or will a jury trial be necessary? The Ninth Circuit's standard civil jury instructions are not much help here, as they suggest jurors might be asked to determine as a factual matter whether the plaintiff "use[d] at least some minimal creativity." Manual of Model Civil Jury Instructions for the District Courts of the Ninth Circuit § 17.14(2) (Ninth Circuit Jury Instructions Comm. 2019). The commentary to those instructions is also unhelpful, noting that "[o]riginality is often a fact question for the jury," suggesting that sometime the opposite is true. Id. § 17.14 cmt.
Another recent unpublished opinion, this one relating to the TV series "Empire," raises similar questions. Astor-White v. Strong, 733 F. App'x 407 (9th Cir. 2018). The district court had noted that the plaintiff's treatment for a TV show entitled "King Solomon," about a wealthy African-American music mogul, was in the record, along with copies of the entire first season of "Empire," which had a similar theme. With both works before it, the district court concluded that it was capable of determining in the context of a motion to dismiss that the elements of the plaintiff's work that could also be found in "Empire" were too generic to give rise to a claim of copyright infringement. The district court went on to note that because no amount of discovery could change this fact, leave to file a second amended complaint was unnecessary.
A divided panel of the Ninth Circuit disagreed, finding that an amendment could cure the deficiencies by focusing on the similarities that are "particularly important where the author of a treatment alleges infringement by a now full season-long series." A concurrence by Judge Wardlaw observed that "judges have no particular expertise in determining what is and is not generic in cases like these, where the judge could not have seen a similar show at the time it was written" and that the plaintiff's treatment was "revolutionary" at the time it was written. Judge Nguyen, concurring in part and dissenting in part, cited numerous Ninth Circuit decisions approving of district court rulings disposing of copyright claims as a matter of law where similarities were overly generic and based on ideas, rather than expression.[1]
These unpublished decisions are in tension with a 2018 published opinion, which affirmed a Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal that was based on lack of substantial similarity. Rentmeester v. Nike, Inc., 883 F.3d 1111 (9th Cir. 2018), cert. denied, 139 S. Ct. 1375 (2019) (considering similarities in visual works containing images of Michael Jordan). There, the Ninth Circuit panel agreed with the district court's conclusion that with the accused and allegedly infringed works both before the court, it was possible to determine as a matter of law that similarities between the two works were not derived from protected expression.
Following Rentmeester, an unpublished opinion in April 2019 affirmed a ruling granting a motion to dismiss claims of infringement concerning the movie Zootopia, suggesting at least some panels believe that the ability to decide these matters at the pleading stage is not controversial. Esplanade Prods., Inc. v. Walt Disney Co., 768 F. App'x 732 (9th Cir. 2019) (affirming the same district court judge who was reversed in Hall v. Swift).
Whether and under what circumstances a Rule 12(b)(6) motion relating to lack of substantial similarity can successfully dispose of a copyright infringement claim may be put to rest in 2020 when the Ninth Circuit will likely decide Zindel v. Fox Searchlight Pictures, No. 18-56087 (9th Cir. argued Dec. 9, 2019). The appeal arises from a district court's 12(b)(6) dismissal of a complaint alleging that the hit movie The Shape of Water infringed elements of Paul Zindel's play, Let Me Hear You Whisper.
As in the cases discussed above, the district court had concluded that with the relevant works before it, the court could analyze in the context of a motion to dismiss whether protected elements of the play were substantially similar to corresponding elements in the movie.
At oral argument, at least some members of the Ninth Circuit panel appeared not to be so sure. The panel's questions included the suggestion that Rentmeester may be distinguished because it relates to a visual work. Also up for discussion was what rule might help the district courts distinguish substantial from insubstantial similarities at the pleading stage? Does expert testimony (outside the context of music cases) really help judges make comparisons between literary works? If a published opinion is needed to clarify how copyright cases are handled how can the panel avoid a situation in which parties are forced to a year of discovery only to have a judge focus on the same basic issues that would have been presented at the motion to dismiss stage?
Another doctrine that the Ninth Circuit may help to clarify in 2020 relates to the so-called "inverse ratio rule." The term is imprecise. Some Ninth Circuit opinions state that this "rule" provides that access and substantial similarity are inextricably linked and that where a high degree of access is shown, a lower standard of proof of substantial similarity is required. Swirksy v. Carey, 376 F.3d 841, 844 (9th Cir. 2004); Rice v. Fox Broad. Co., 330 F.3d 1170, 1178 (9th Cir. 2003); Three Boys Music Corp. v. Bolton, 212 F.3d 477, 485 (9th Cir. 2000).
In its better application, however, the term means little more than when striking similarity is present, access need not be proven in order to show that the defendant copied the plaintiff's work. Melville B. Nimmer & David Nimmer, Nimmer on Copyright § 13.03[D] (2017) ("Thus, the stronger the proof of similarity, the less the proof of access that is required. It should be obvious that the converse proposition is not equally valid.").
Rentmeester (cited above) recently sought to provide clarity on this issue, stating in that the rule assists only in proving copying, not in proving unlawful appropriation. 883 F.3d at 1124.
Less than one month later, a different panel in Williams v. Gaye, 885 F.3d 1150 (9th Cir. 2018) (affirming a jury verdict that "Blurred Lines" infringed "Got To Give It Up"), retreated to the prior formulation. The original panel decision in Williams announced that access and substantial similarity are "inextricably linked," and according to that panel, the doctrine "operates like a sliding scale."
As with the standards governing substantial similarity, the doctrine is in flux. In July 2018, the same panel amended its order, deleting the discussion of the inverse ratio rule in its entirety. 895 F.3d 1106 (9th Cir. 2018).
Again, 2020 may bring more clarity. The Ninth Circuit panel decision in Skidmore v. Led Zeppelin, 905 F.3d 1116, 1130 (9th Cir. 2018) (the "Stairway to Heaven" case) adopted Rentmeester's description of the inverse ratio rule, and because the case was remanded for further proceedings on other issues, invited the district court also to consider whether a jury instruction on the inverse ratio rule would be appropriate.
That decision, however, was vacated when the appeal was accepted for en banc review to address whether the copyright in musical works would be limited to the deposit copy. 925 F.3d 999 (9th Cir. 2019). At the recent en banc oral argument, the questioning included discussion of the inverse ratio rule, suggesting at least some possibility of a decisive ruling on the applicability of this "rule" in the Ninth Circuit.
While one many wonder why this pseudo-scientific concept ever found its way into Ninth Circuit cases in the first place, a decisive ruling on how, if at all, it is to be used, should be helpful.
Counsel for artists, studios, and record companies will all be watching closely to see how the Ninth Circuit's 2020 copyright docket plays out. With the rights regarding works of creative expression hanging in the balance, we can hope that the new year will bring greater certainty regarding standards governing substantial similarity and copying – two issues at the core of copyright litigation.
[1] On remand, the district court again dismissed the plaintiff's second and third amended complaints, concluding that plaintiff had not amended the complaint to state a plausible cause of action for copyright infringement. Judgment was entered for defendants in June 2019, Astor-White v. Strong, 2019 WL 3017684 (C.D. Cal. June 14, 2019), and a new appeal is pending. No. 19-55735 (9th Cir. appeal docketed June 25, 2019).
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Cement kiln - Wikipedia. The hot clinker next falls into a cooler which recovers most of its heat, and cools the clinker to around 100 °C, at which temperature it can be conveniently conveyed to storage. The cement kiln system is designed to accomplish these processes .
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A supervisory fuzzy control of back-end temperature of rotary cement kilns Abstract: Rotary Kiln is the central and the most complex components of cement production process. The first point at the beginning of the process, which is called back-end, is the calcining zone of the kiln and has a significant role on the quality of the clinker.
In this paper a fuzzy logic controller (FLC) is developed for real-time control of a dry rotary cement kiln. The FLC receives 4 inputs that are the main variables of the kiln and the output consists of 5 parameters that are the controls of the kiln.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. A fuzzy control system is a control system based on fuzzy logic—a mathematical system that analyzes analog input values in terms of logical variables that take on continuous values between 0 and 1, in contrast to classical or digital logic, which operates on discrete values of either 0 or 1 (true or false).
This paper presents the design and application of fuzzy neural network control system for the rotary cement kiln system. Due to the dynamic characteristics and reaction process parameters are with features of large inertia, pure hysteresis, nonlinearity and strong coupling, the fuzzy neural network controller combining both the advantages of neural network and fuzzy control was applied.
as a solution to control a cement kiln in (Jing et al, 1997). The purpose of this paper is to outline a structure for a fuzzy logic controller designed for practical rotary cement kilns based on the real behavior of a cement kiln. Initially, a summary of the cement production process is discussed.
fuzzy control cement kiln wikipedia rcpl. Combustion System Model of a Wet Process Clinker Kiln Research on the fuzzy predictive control for calcining temperature of the rotary cement kiln. Control System Architecture for a Cement Mill Based on.
Automatic control belongs to the application areas of fuzzy set theory that have attracted most attention.In 1974, the first successful application of fuzzy logic to the control of a laboratory-scale process was reported (Mamdani and Assilian 1975). Control of cement kilns was an early industrial application (Holmblad and Ostergaard 1982).
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Rich, expressive flavor, clarity and perfect balance—these are the characteristics of sakes from Sohomare, established by the Kono family in 1872. To achieve these qualities fifth-generation owner Jun Kono settled on the kimoto method, developed in the 17th century, as offering the most promise. This process, which takes 15 days longer than modern brewing methods, produces sakes with depth and integrity.
Sohomare uses only "Designation A" Yamadanishiki rice for its junmai and daiginjo labels. This champion strain is first choice among brewers for the fullness and clarity it imparts to sake. By joining the kimoto brewing method with top quality Yamadanishiki, the brewery achieved a new kind of sake, mellow, flavourful, elegant—and almost impossible to put down once it's in a glass.
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In his early twenties he travelled to France, studying the language and visiting European wineries. Returning to Japan, he graduated from Tokyo University, where he specialized in micro-economics. In 1989 he returned to Tochigi to take over brewery operations.
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Q: Cannot find Run a Child Flow in MS Flow Based on Call Child Flows, there must be an action called "Run a Child Flow" in MS flow, but I cannot find it, Does anyone know why?Does it need a CDS license?
Is there any other way to call a flow and wait for its response in MS flow?

A: Just like the article you provide, you need to follow the steps then you can have a the "Run a Child Flow". First You need to navigate to the solution on your left hand. first create a new solution(Or goes to an existing one). Then create the child Flow first. After that, create the Parent Flow in the solution, then you will find the Run a child flow action. And you can find the child flow you created before.

You possibly have done it through clicking on My flows rather than doing it in the Solution tab, (and it seems it does not need CDS license??).
"For example, you may have multiple flows that are part of a project you are working on. While working on, or managing these flows, you don't want to have to scroll and search for these flows when you want to access them.
Solutions address deployment needs by allowing you to export and import a set of flows (and apps). In addition, you can organize these flows within a single 'container' which simplifies navigating and managing these flows."
I suggest reading the rest of this Microsoft Walkthroughs.


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Club Mephisto – Clamps, Crops, and Spikes (Part 2 of 4)
Categories Erotic fiction, Kinky Writer
(click here for Part 1 of Club Mephisto – A Quaint Introduction…)
The dominant woman put an enthusiastic level of curiosity into considering their first play space as she slowly walked the floor between stations, intrigued by her options while her husband obediently followed behind her footsteps without a single word spoken.
Was she up for a suspension bondage demo that would end with an opportunity to give her sub a good fucking in the ass with a strap-on?
Or did she feel more like lounging with the other dommes while he took his place at her feet pampering her in competition to see which woman had the best service at her disposal?
After making a full circle to consider each and every one of her delicious options, the both of them growing more turned on with every scene that they witnessed in passing while she contemplated his fate, Mistress Elizabeth eventually settled on a station featuring a St. Andrew's Cross to which she could bind her submissive before subjecting him to the exciting array of teases and tortures that had been hung nearby at her ready.
Though a small crowd gathered as other attendees sipped on drinks and curiously gazed on in voyeuristic delight as Elizabeth backed her husband up to the leather-padded bondage device and made short work of clipping each of the cuffs that he already wore to rings on either end of the cross, the couple found it surprisingly easy to get lost in their own world of give and take as David further gave in to subspace while his tantalizing wife took a keen joy in making him helpless in her hands, proceeding to buckle a myriad of extra leather straps around his arms and legs once his cuffs had been secured and then even silencing him a step further by popping a shiny, red ballgag between his lips and buckling it behind his neck, allowing him to savor her scent as she leaned over him and took her time cinching the gag to its perfect tightness.
"I love the look of you when you're good and bound, my slave…" Elizabeth purred as she nibbled at her husband's neck before taking a step back and running her long, red fingernails sharply down his chest.
Digging into his thighs as he groaned softly into his newfound gag, the woman grinned in appreciation of the special cage that he wore that not only prevented him from becoming fully aroused at her hand, but even punished him for doing so by means of the series of precisely positioned spikes inside of the device that were designed to dig cruelly into his tender flesh whenever his arousal attempted to test its yet to be defeated bonds.
As her hands wandered back up her husband's chest, Elizabeth smiled as she noticed his distinct shiver as she grazed his nipples, which of course directed her attention towards his eager buds all the more as she crudely dug her nails deep into the base of both nipples simultaneously, eliciting a full-fledged groan that left the dominants in their audience laughing with glee while their submissives winced silently in solidarity…
Turning over to the nearby rack where a variety of clamps hung, the redhead was surprised to find herself facing a bright and smiling blonde who pointed to a pair of metal nipple clamps boasting particularly nasty-looking teeth and told her, "You should try these! They always get a fun reaction when I use them with my boys!"
Elizabeth snickered at the unsolicited input from the admittedly attractive, young blonde wearing a short, white leather miniskirt and a matching leather corset top, and after giving it a moment's thought to confirm that she was no real threat, the woman invited with a playful grin, "Would you like to do the honors???"
The blonde's eyes lit up as she licked her lips, replying, "ABSOLUTELY!" before taking the prized clamps from the rack and following her host's lead as they returned to where her husband was restrained in waiting.
Snapping the vicious nipple clamps in her fingers as she stared down the helpless man trapped before her, the blonde relished as she taunted him, "Oh, you're going to love these, slave boy…" before settling the wide jaw onto each nipple, then gently but fully easing the teeth into his tender flesh until they had evoked the special whimper through the man's gagged lips that both of the dominant women were expecting.
Grinning broadly as she reached out and tugged on the chain connecting the clamps with a single finger, Elizabeth admired how firm of a grip the girl's choice had to offer and introduced herself…
"These are nice! I'm Elizabeth, and this is … well, actually slave boy is good enough for now!"
"I'm Jessie…" the blonde replied, her gaze still fixated on the slave bound before her as she enjoyed the dynamic between the couple that she'd only been witnessing for just a few moments.
She then stepped off to the side so that the two could return to their scene, particularly loving the new woman's position as she leaned in close and reached up to run her fingers down her submissive's bound arms while whispering to her grumbling man, "Do they hurt as much as they look like they hurt???"
When her hands eventually wandered down below his waist once again and her fingernails found themselves digging into her slave's balls, Elizabeth purred with her lips less than an inch from his gag, "Now I think we have some unfinished business to attend to…"
Selecting a long, thin riding crop from the display that hung on the wall on the opposite side of the rack, the seductive wife further reinforced her position by strictly running the tip of the crop up the inside of one of his legs, then taking a quick crack at his exposed balls that hung outside of the steel cage before turning to the other leg and repeating the process.
David groaned at every impact that landed on his testicles, which subsequently shook his body and made his nipples suffer even worse as his trembling body caused the metal teeth of the clamps to settle further into his sore flesh. As he strained to accept his punishment, the audience around him – including the sexy blonde who had suggested his latest torture – seemed to fade into the distance as the best his senses could do was to focus on his latex and leather-clad wife as she tantalized him with the crack of the riding crop faster than his mind could keep up…
Just when he thought that he'd had enough, he heard his mistress's voice perk up.
"Oh Jessie? Since you seem to enjoy my slave's suffering so much, could I trouble you for a little more assistance?"
"How can I help?!" the blonde grinned as she stepped back into the man's vision, quick to note that the sadistic grin on her lips was quite familiar to the one that he'd grown accustomed to from his own mistress.
Elizabeth smiled.
"Those shoes you're wearing are rather sexy…" she said, pointing at the white designer stilettos that the girl wore on her feet.
"Slave boy here has a bit of a fetish for high heels like yours … but I've also found that they do a fine job of serving as weights for a good pair of nipple clamps like the ones that you picked out for him to wear!"
"I see!" the gorgeous blonde grinned as her eyes drilled in on the slave's clamps that had by now quite firmly settled their grip into the man's tortured nipples, then with a proud flip of her hair Jessie stepped out of one shoe, then the other, plucking them both up with her fingers and then looking back to the man's wife once more for direction.
"So … one or both?" she asked with a malicious look on her face as the crowd watched in anticipation.
Gingerly teasing the chain between the clamps with her riding crop, Elizabeth replied, "Let's go with one to start, and we'll let him work his way up to both of them…"
As Jessie anxiously approached and held out one of her impressive, stiletto heels towards the slave's chest, Elizabeth leaned in close enough so that only the two of them could hear the next words to flow from her lips.
"Now, slave – I think you'll agree that these are really nice looking shoes that our new friend here is letting you borrow."
"I'm sure it's going to hurt like a bitch when she hangs that first heel over these already cruel nipple clamps here in a moment, and so we're going to do our best to distract you from all of that delicious pain that's sure to follow!"
"But let me be clear of one thing – struggle as you must, but if you happen to drop a single one of Jessie here's gorgeous, designer heels while we're whipping you, I can guarantee that you're REALLY not going to like what's going to come after that…"
(Part 3 coming soon!)
Tagged BDSM, fiction, pain play
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Helping readers to explore their perverted desires is a special perk of writing kinky erotica, and KinkyWriter is looking forward to sharing some of these fantasies in their very first Smutathon!
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Internationally and within our group researchers are working with a variety of research questions. On the societal level, it may involve training systems – both historical and future development. At the institutional level, for instance, our questions concern how vocational education has been and is organized and designed in different contexts. At classroom level, attention is given to analysis and design of processes for teaching, learning, and assessment in a variety of environments. VET covers a wide range of contents, different professional fields and diverse traditions of knowledge. The VET/YL research group at Stockholm University considers collaboration between researchers from different areas a prerequisite for the development of knowledge in the VET-field. Core research problems in this field are characterized by interdependence and intersectionality, which demand interdisciplinary work. Issues of harmonization of education, transparency and mobility within the European political arena, are also focus of our research attention; this often in relation with economic growth and overall social welfare. Further, there is a tradition of interest in VET in a global world within the group.
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Q: rails use capistrano to deploy and restart? I try to use capistrano to deploy my app, all problem in setting capistrano were fixed, except...
I can't auto restart server after deploy, here is my code:
gemfile:
gem 'capistrano-rails', '~> 1.1.3'#, group: :development
gem 'capistrano', '~> 3.1'
gem 'capistrano-rbenv', '~> 2.0'
gem 'capistrano-bundler', '~> 1.1.2'
gem 'capistrano-passenger', '~> 0.1.1'
gem 'capistrano3-delayed-job', '~> 1.0'
gem 'capistrano3-nginx', '~> 2.0'

capfile:
require 'capistrano/setup'
require 'capistrano/deploy'

require 'capistrano/rbenv'
require 'capistrano/bundler'
require 'capistrano/rails/assets'
require 'capistrano/rails/migrations'
require 'capistrano/passenger'
require 'capistrano/delayed-job'
require 'capistrano/nginx'

Dir.glob('lib/capistrano/tasks/*.rake').each { |r| import r }

deploy.rb:
require "whenever/capistrano"
`ssh-add` # need this to make key-forwarding work

set :whenever_identifier, ->{ "#{fetch(:application)}_#{fetch(:stage)}" }

set :application, 'devops'
set :repo_url, 'mygit'

set :rbenv_type, :user
set :rbenv_ruby, "2.2.2"
set :rbenv_path, "/home/john/.rbenv"
set :rbenv_prefix, "RBENV_ROOT=#{fetch(:rbenv_path)} RBENV_VERSION=#{fetch(:rbenv_ruby)} #{fetch(:rbenv_path)}/bin/rbenv exec"
set :rbenv_map_bins, %w(rake gem bundle ruby rails)
set :rbenv_roles, :all

set :deploy_to, '/home/john/devops'
set :log_level, :debug

set :linked_dirs, fetch(:linked_dirs, []).push("bin", "log", "tmp/pids", "tmp/cache", "tmp/sockets", "vendor/bundle", "public/system")

deploy.rb
namespace :deploy do

# I try following code:
#---
after :deploy, cap nginx:restart
run "sudo /etc/init.d/nginx restart"
run "touch tmp/restart.txt"
after :deploy, cap production passenger:restart
after :deploy, cap production deploy:restart
#---

# invoke 'delayed_job:restart'

  after :restart, :clear_cache do
    on roles(:web), in: :groups, limit: 3, wait: 10 do
      # Here we can do anything such as:
      within release_path do
        execute :rake, 'cache:clear'
      end
    end
  end
end

P.S. when I type "touch tmp/restart.txt" on local(after cap production deploy), my page doesn't change with my modification, I always need to use "sudo /etc/init.d/nginx restart", how can I fix this problem?
I try this, but also no response(no error msg):
after 'deploy:publishing', 'deploy:restart'

namespace :deploy do

    desc "Restart application"

    after :publishing, 'deploy:restart'

  task :restart do
    on roles(:app), in: :sequence, wait: 1 do
      execute :touch, release_path.join("tmp/restart.txt")
    end
  end

end

A: For passenger to restart app you should touch/restart.txt on server, not local:
namespace :deploy do

  desc 'Restart application'
  task :restart do
    on roles(:app), in: :sequence, wait: 5 do
      # Restarts Phusion Passenger
      execute :touch, release_path.join('tmp/restart.txt')
    end
  end

end

There's no point in restarting nginx itself, unless you're upgrading passenger for example.
Also restart is not instant, requests are routed to new code only after it has started


Code complete 2 was published on 2004. It is a very good book to read if you are serious about software development.
It has been 10 years since this book was published. It is still applicable that choosing which programming language is an irrelevant question for software development. It is the understanding on concept of how to construct a product is more important.
Everyone can code, but can you code it right no matter what programming languages you use?
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