I always wanted to travel across Karelia peninsula from Vyborg to Priozersk. It is sounds like very logical trip, crossing peninsula from Finnish bay to Ladoga lake. But it was impossible before because it was prohibited border control area. The sign is still there, see attachment. However times are changing. Now prohibited area is shrinked. "Only" area of 5 km South from the border with Finland is closed. It made my trip possible.
Because of its proximity to Finland, Vyborg is more civilized than most of Russian provincial towns, definitely nicer than Priozersk. I visited a prison cell where I was shortly detained 45 years ago, see picture. My friend, late Leonid G. and I went for rock climbing on some rocks located behind the Vyborg city park Monrepo. We were arrested by border guards and put in separate prison cells in city tower, now a museum. Several hours later, when our identities were verified, we were released with a small fine for entering border area without permission.
Part of my route from Vyborg to Kamenogorsk was not nice. Road was without shoulders and busy with truck rushing in few centimeters from my bike. But pine forest around was beautiful. Our Northern forest is so welcoming and kind! It has no poison ivy or poison oak, no poison berries, and most of berries are edible. There are few poison mushrooms, but every child can recognize them. It was strawberry season. Forest strawberries are very sweet and aromatic, unlike these which you can buy in supermarket.
After Kamenogorsk traffic became less intensive. But forest was mostly gone due to terrible, barbarian logging. Ironically, forest in Vyborg region was saved because it was in prohibited border control area. Priozersk region is not in border control and still under intensive logging. I slept for two night in tent and third night in Priozersk hotel. I took a train from Priozersk to Sortavala. I wrote about that railroad in my Travel Notes before: http://www.foldabikes.com/CurrentEvents/Story/stpeterburg.html.
Three car, half empty (not every day) train goes through virgin forest with few abandoned train stations, with such old Finnish names as Huuhkanmaaki, Kuokkaniemi..amazing, mysterious places. There is no automobile roads to most of these places, only railroad. Along the busy automobile road from Priosersk to Sortavala forest is destroyed. This is a usual price we pay for civilization.
From Sortovala I took two days trip by bicycle to marble quarry and back. Then I took a train to Petersburg.
PS: It was big event in Saint Petersburg this spring - the opening of the new building of Mariinskii Opera Theater, see picture. It is very difficult to create something really remarkable in modern architecture. I saw only few examples like Sydney Opera theater, Burj Al Arab in Dubai and Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong. Most of these boxes from glass and concrete which are built recently in Petersburg are ugly. Unfortunately new building of Mariinskii Theater is one of them. What is this, an office building, manufacturing plant or shopping mall? Nothing in this design tell us that it is the Opera Theater!
On next picture you can see rear side of old Mariinskii theater, across from Krukov canal. 50 years ago, after finishing mountaineering school in the Caucasus, I was crazy about climbing. I climbed by waterspouts to my apartment and to my girlfriend's windows. I also climbed on the roof of Marinskii Theater by one of waterspouts which you can see on this picture, It was probably the most weird thing I did in my life...so far.
My next destination is Norway.
Norway was not on my priority list. It seems to me to be a wealthy, quiet, safe and boring country. All of this may be true, but it is also a very very beautiful country.
Main attractions of Norway are not lined up along a single line and they require some going back and forth. I will describe to you the route, which I have chosen after many hours of research. From Oslo I took a train going to Bergen, then exited the train at the train station Finse and rode my bike up across the mountain ridge dividing West and East of Norway. It was tough as there was a strong head wind. Sometimes road went through snow fields. I spent a night below the snow line in my tent near the village Myrdal. It was nice. I made a small fire and prepared noddle soup. I also still had some vodka which I brought from abroad. In Norway 0.5 liter of vodka cost 40 dollars. At sunset clouds were below me. In the morning I rode down to Flam. Most of people use famous Flam railroad. It was a very, very steep descent, sometimes it was not bikable for me. Small wheels are not good on loose gravel roads. From Flam I took a ferry boat to Gudvangen, which is Norway's one of two most popular and scenic routes. Then I took bus to Voss and then to Bergen. From Bergen I made one day bike excursion to the chain of islands connected by road, called Oy-garden. At the end of the road at village Hellesoy, there is a camping, which I would like to visit again, stay there, and possibly snorkel. Water is crystal clear with some big orange jellyfish slowly swimming against the current. I swam also, but it is pretty cold, you need a wetsuit.
It is possible to take a six day cruise ship from Bergen to Kirkenes visiting most scenic fjords. But it will be difficult to maintain on the cruse ship my regimen, which I tried to follow on my trips: "eat less, ride more". So from Bergen I took a bus to Songdal. From Songdal I rode bicycle to Fjaerland, and then to Skei and Byrkjeio. I tried to bike from Byrkjeio across mountain ridge to Utvik (500 meters vertical ascent), but was forced by heavy heavy rain to return to Byrkjeio, and spend the night in a camping. The next day I hitchhiked up to Utvik. Hitchhiking is not easy in Norway by the way. Then I biked through Innvik, Olden, Loen, and Stryn till Erdal. At Erdal I took a public bus to Langevarn located at the beginning of the famous Geinranger Trollstigen (troll's ladder). Then I rode down to to the village of Geinranger. Amazing road, one of Norway's main attraction (800 meters vertical descent, 10% incline).
I spent four nights in tent during this segment. It is better to camp in the wild, than in a camping. It is allowed in Norway. It is difficult sometimes to find a flat surface to pitch a tent, as this part of Norway is located on the slopes of fjords. Best places are near old, abandoned roads going around built later tunnels. They usually also have a good view. Once, I pitched a tent on somebody's property, unknowingly. Owner came and allow me to stay till morning. Going through tunnels is not so dangerous and scary as it seems to be. But long tunnels can be exhausting. There are a lot of berries in the forest, strawberries, raspberries even red currant. Also it is mushroom season. I made mushroom soup. Here there are the same mushrooms as in Russia, so I easily recognize them. There is no chance to be poisoned.
From Geinranger I took a boat to Hellesylt along famous Geinranger fjord. This fjord is the second of two main attractions of Norway and there are many huge oceanic cruise ships going back and forth through this narrow, but deep fjord. Then I took a bus to Alesund. Alesund is nice town full Art Nouveau buildings. I stayed in "so to say" luxury hostel. They even give you "breakfast in a box" if you depart before the breakfast time. As cruse ships arrived, the town gets filled with lots of people with walkers and on wheelchairs. Looking at them, I think how lucky I am. My walking capabilities are considerably reduced now due to arthritis and without folding bicycle I would probably also be in a wheelchair. Eight times during my trip I met two French ladies, see pictures. Amazingly we had chosen exactly the same route, which also indicated that it was most logical one. Ladies traveled with suitcases, but stayed in campings.
From Alesund I took a bus to Trondheim, then night train to Bodo. From Bodo I took a boat to Lafoten archipelago. I rode bike from most Southern Lafoten town with interesting name "A" to North. I wanted to reach Leknes, where bus to Tromso starts, but miscalculated the time and as a result had to ride my bike till midnight. I put up my tent somewhere near the road and at 6 am took next bus to Tromso. In Tromso I spent two nights camping. Tromso is the most Northern University town in a world and generaly a pretty nice place. Then I planned to take two long bus rides, one from Tromso to Alta and another from Alta to Kirkenes. But in tourists information they suggested I take a boat. Boat was quite expensive. But when I was a student I was quite successful in the popular with backpackers and alpinists sport - riding without tickets. I decided to try, if my skill is not lost. I did it! It is quite an adrenalin pumping exercise. I know that some of my Western readers will condemn me. But when I was grown up riding without tickets was not considered as a sin.
Norway is known to be a very expensive country. Again, there are no expensive countries for the experienced traveler. I spent five nights in Bergen in Vandrerhjem YMCA hostel for 30 dollars per night (cheapest in town) in 40 bed dorm. 40 bed dorm is not as bad as it sounds. Participants are quite civilized young Western travelers and facilities are also quite adequate. As for food, very small open sandwich with whale meat at the Bergen sea food market costs 5 dollars. I asked sales lady how much it will cost for me to buy the entire fish. She quickly got a calculator and told me that it will cost me 1,600,000.00. Norway is still whaling. See whaler ship in attachment. For those who want to have three meals in restaurants it is...well... quite expensive. But what is really cheap and good in Norway is caviar (fish eggs). It is not salmon or sturgeon caviar, but some roe of other fish. A big 200 grams tube cost 1,5 dollars. It is very convenient food to eat on road, bus, train, ship. I was mostly on caviar diet.
It is surprisingly many black Muslims in Norway. England and France brought them to their countries because they were citizens of their disappeared empire. Now they have a lot of problems with their fast growing Muslim population. Why Norway brought them? They did not have such an obligation. I have nothing against Muslims. I love to visit Muslim countries and I visited more then 10 of them. And I religiously obey their rules while I am there. But Muslim themselves do not want to follow other people's rules. Allah through the prophet Mohammed listed precise rules for proper Muslim's behavior in Koran. These rules are very strict and have exact prescription of proper behavior for any imaginable situation. Disobeying these rules is a great sin for Muslims. This is why they are not adaptable to other cultures . They will never become Norwegians! Those who decided to allow the immigration of large amounts of Muslims to Norway probably did not understand this. And the consequences for that action can be unpredictable.
11. French ladies whom I met 8 times during my trip.


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    size_t cnt_words_processed;
    const std::locale locale;
    Vocabulary();
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    void read_from_dir(std::string dir);
    void read_from_precomputed(std::string dir);
    void dump_frequency(const std::string & name_file) const;
    void dump_ids(const std::string & name_file) const;
    void populate_frequency();
    void populate_ids();
    void reassign_ids(std::vector<int64_t> const & lst_frequency);
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This was Max when he awoke this morning. His smile lit up the whole room.
He enthusiastically got ready to go to Pre-School, even though it was dark outside and it was raining heavily. He didn't even want breakfast as he was so excited!
Today, he made mummy carry him all the way, under a big umbrella because he didn't want to get wet.
Three days into Pre-School, mummy has been told again that "Maximus is no trouble at all. He's a really good little boy".
Hi Ho, Hi Ho, It's Off To Pre-School I Go!


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Q: How to evaluate $\int_{0}^{1}\frac{\arctan x}{1+x^{2}}\ln\left ( \frac{1+x^{2}}{1+x} \right )\mathrm{d}x$ How to evaluate
$$\int_{0}^{1}\frac{\arctan x}{1+x^{2}}\ln\left ( \frac{1+x^{2}}{1+x} \right )\mathrm{d}x$$
I completely have no idea how to find the result.Mathematic gave me the following answer part of the integral
$$\int_{0}^{1}\frac{\arctan x}{1+x^{2}}\ln\left ( 1+x^{2} \right )\mathrm{d}x=-\frac{1}{4}\mathbf{G}\pi +\frac{\pi ^{2}}{16}\ln 2+\frac{21}{64}\zeta \left ( 3 \right )$$
where $\mathbf{G}$ donates the Catalan's Constant.
But it can't evaluate the other part.So I'd like to know how to evaluate the original integral or the above integral.

A: Let $t=\arctan x$. Then
\begin{eqnarray}
&&\int_{0}^{1}\frac{\arctan x}{1+x^{2}}\ln\left ( \frac{1+x^{2}}{1+x} \right )\mathrm{d}x\\
&=&-\int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{4}}t\ln[\cos t(\cos t+\sin t))]\mathrm{d}t\\
&=&-\frac{1}{2}\int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{4}}t\ln[\cos t^2(\cos t+\sin t)^2]\mathrm{d}t\\
&=&-\frac{1}{2}\int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{4}}t\ln[\frac{1+\cos 2t}{2}(1+\sin 2t)]\mathrm{d}t\\
&=&-\frac{1}{2}\int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{4}}t\ln[(1+\cos 2t)(1+\sin 2t)]\mathrm{d}t+\frac{1}{64}\pi^2\ln2\\
&=&-\frac{1}{8}\int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}}t\ln[(1+\cos t)(1+\sin t)]\mathrm{d}t+\frac{1}{64}\pi^2\ln2\\
&=&-\frac{\pi}{32}\int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}}\ln[(1+\cos t)(1+\sin t)]\mathrm{d}t+\frac{1}{64}\pi^2\ln2\\
&=&-\frac{\pi}{16}\int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}}\ln(1+\cos t)\mathrm{d}t+\frac{1}{64}\pi^2\ln2\\
\end{eqnarray}
Noting
\begin{eqnarray}
\int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}}\ln(1+\cos t)\mathrm{d}t&=&\int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}}\ln(2\cos^2\frac{t}{2})\mathrm{d}t\\
&=&\frac{\pi}{2}\ln 2+2\int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}}\ln(\cos\frac{t}{2})\mathrm{d}t\\
&=&\frac{\pi}{2}\ln 2+4\int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{4}}\ln(\cos t)\mathrm{d}t\\
&=&2G-\frac{\pi}{2}\ln 2
\end{eqnarray}
and hence
$$\int_{0}^{1}\frac{\arctan x}{1+x^{2}}\ln\left ( \frac{1+x^{2}}{1+x} \right )\mathrm{d}x=\frac{1}{64} \pi  (3\pi  \ln2-8 G).$$

A: \begin{align}J&=\int_{0}^{1}\frac{\arctan x}{1+x^{2}}\ln\left ( \frac{1+x^{2}}{1+x} \right )\mathrm{d}x\\
&\overset{y=\frac{1-x}{1+x}}=\frac{\pi}{4}\int_0^1\frac{1}{1+y^2}\ln\left ( \frac{1+y^{2}}{1+y} \right )\mathrm{d}y-J\\
2J&=\frac{\pi}{4}\int_0^1\frac{\ln\left ( 1+y^{2} \right )}{1+y^2}\mathrm{d}y-\frac{\pi}{4}\int_0^1\frac{\ln\left ( 1+y \right )}{1+y^2}\mathrm{d}y\\
K&=\int_0^1\frac{\ln\left ( 1+y^{2} \right )}{1+y^2}\mathrm{d}y\\&\overset{u=\frac{1}{y}}=\int_1^{\infty}\frac{\ln\left(1+u^2\right)}{1+u^2}du-2\underbrace{\int_1^{\infty}\frac{\ln u}{1+u^2}du}_{v=\frac{1}{u}}\\
2K&=\int_0^\infty\frac{\ln\left ( 1+y^{2} \right )}{1+y^2}\mathrm{d}y+2\int_0^{1}\frac{\ln u}{1+u^2}du\\
&\overset{z=\sqrt{\frac{1-\frac{u}{\sqrt{{{u}^{2}}+1}}}{1+\frac{u}{\sqrt{{{u}^{2}}+1}}}}}=-2\int_0^1 \frac{\ln\left(\frac{4z^2}{(1+z^2)^2}\right)}{1+z^2}dz-2\text{G}\\
&=2\text{G}-\pi\ln 2+4K\\
K&=\boxed{\frac{1}{2}\pi\ln 2-\text{G}}\\
L&=\int_0^1\frac{\ln\left ( 1+y \right )}{1+y^2}\mathrm{d}y\\
&\overset{u=\frac{1-y}{1+y}}=\int_0^1 \frac{\ln\left(\frac{2}{1+u}\right)}{1+u^2}du\\
2L&=\boxed{\frac{1}{4}\pi\ln 2}\\
\end{align}
Therefore,
\begin{align}\boxed{\displaystyle J=\dfrac{3}{64}\pi^2\ln 2 -\dfrac{1}{8}\pi\text{G} }\end{align}

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Book Review 36: Pirate Freedom by Gene Wolfe
Gene Wolfe is considered one of science-fiction's greatest living writers. His Sun Saga Books (Book of the New Sun, Book of the Long Sun, & Book of the Short Sun) are recognized as modern classics and one of the best series ever written in the genre.
Also, he has received the genre's major awards (Nebula and Hugo) and acclaim from other authors and critics in the field as the science fiction writer who belongs on the same literary stage with heavyweights like Cormac McCarthy, Don DeLillo, & Thomas Pynchon. With all that praise, I had to read a Gene Wolfe novel and find out if he deserves that kind of recognition.
Pirate Freedom is a story about Father Christopher, a Catholic priest, who has heard many confessions from his parishioners. However, he decides to reveal his past as a pirate and how his own confession made him become a man of the cloth.
His adventures as a pirate made this novel akin to Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson or the Aubrey-Maturin books by Patrick O'Brian than a traditional science fiction novel or the science fantasies that Wolfe is known for.
Moreover, Wolfe is known for having unreliable narrators as his protagonists and making his readers work in his novels. Pirate Freedom bucks that tendency and read pretty straightforward and I felt the main character was a reliable narrator.
I believe that Pirate Freedom will disappoint Wolfe readers and fans because he decided to take a left turn from his standard themes in his other novels. Literary fiction readers would find this novel engaging and readable (like I did) but unless you're a fan of sea adventure stories, it will leave you wanting more like eating an appetizer at your favorite restaurant.
However, Pirate Freedom is a good introduction into this celebrated author's oeuvre and has made me want to read his aforementioned Sun Saga series to get a better representation of how great a writer Wolfe really is.
2013 Book Reviews, Book Reviews
Adventure Novel, Arts and Christianity, Catholic Fiction, Fiction, Gene Wolfe, Pirates, Science Fiction and Fantasy

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Q: Why does this compile fine under Maven, but give me errors in Eclipse? I'm stepping into an open source project, currently built using Maven2. I imported the project into Eclipse and this bit of code is giving me problems:
public static enum HierarchyType implements Function<MonetarySummary, SumOfMoney>, Predicate<Txaction> {
    EARNINGS {
        @Override
        public SumOfMoney apply(MonetarySummary summary) {
            return summary.getEarnings();
        }

        @Override
        public boolean apply(Txaction txaction) {
            return txaction.getAmount().signum() > 0;
        }
    },
    SPENDING {
        @Override
        public SumOfMoney apply(MonetarySummary summary) {
            return summary.getSpending();
        }

        @Override
        public boolean apply(Txaction txaction) {
            return txaction.getAmount().signum() < 0;
        }
    },
    NET {
        @Override
        public SumOfMoney apply(MonetarySummary summary) {
            return summary.getNet();
        }

        @Override
        public boolean apply(Txaction txaction) {
            return true;
        }
    }
}

Both Function and Predicate have apply methods (they're from the Google commons):
public interface Function<F, T> {
   T apply(@Nullable F from);
   ...
}

public interface Predicate<T> {
   boolean apply(@Nullable T input);
}

Here's the error I get, in Eclipse only:
Description Resource    Path    Location    Type
Name clash: The method apply(F) of type Function<F,T> has the same erasure as apply(T) of type Predicate<T> but does not override it
Name clash: The method apply(F) of type Function<F,T> has the same erasure as apply(T) of type Predicate<T> but does not override it
Name clash: The method apply(F) of type Function<F,T> has the same erasure as apply(T) of type Predicate<T> but does not override it
Name clash: The method apply(T) of type Predicate<T> has the same erasure as apply(F) of type Function<F,T> but does not override it
Name clash: The method apply(T) of type Predicate<T> has the same erasure as apply(F) of type Function<F,T> but does not override it
Name clash: The method apply(T) of type Predicate<T> has the same erasure as apply(F) of type Function<F,T> but does not override it

So, what's going on here? Is it a compiler flag?
For what it's worth, I'm running Eclipse 3.6, and maven is building using Java 1.6 on my OSX box:
Version: Helios Release
Build id: 20100617-1415

javac -version
javac 1.6.0_20

A: The problem here is that the erasures (everything between the angle brackets) are removed at compile time, making the parameters of the two apply methods identical. The return types differ, but the return type is not part of the method's signature in Java.
Sun's JDK and Eclipse up to 3.5 don't complain about this ambiguity (I think they do in fact look at the return types), but Eclipse 3.6 fixed that bug.
It should work in Eclipse 3.5, yet it's probably only a matter of time until other JDKs will fix this too, so I suggest implementing the methods explicitly or renaming one of them.

A: Yep, I think so. I haven't looked at this error in detail, but Eclipse lets you fine-tune a lot of error/warning messages for the Java compiler. You can try finding the one that applies to this message (ask again here on SO if you really can't find it) and turning it down, with luck that will "solve" your problem.
There's probably an underlying problem you should address, as the message isn't issued for the heck of it. But I don't understand generics well enough to fix it.
Something else that may be involved is the java compiler version. Check which compiler version level is set in Eclipse, and which one is called in Maven; they may well be different.

A: Eclipse has a bug: http://project.cyclos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3326&sid=12349d17b21483ee8884faef3117a9f3


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Brexit chaos spells trouble for risk managers
As the Brexit deadline nears, uncertainty prevails after British MPs rejected the prime minister's deal – twice. StrategicRISK gathers the reaction of European risk managers, including the chief risk officer of French pharmaceutical company, Ipsen, who has prepared the business for a 'hard Brexit'. Sara Benwell reports.
With less than a fortnight until the UK's expected departure date from the EU, you would have hoped that there would be some sort of plan by now.
Instead, British businesses have been plunged into chaos, with very little certainty over what the weeks, months and even years ahead might bring.
Theresa May's deal has suffered two of the biggest parliamentary defeats in history, yet she continues to press ahead in trying to get it through. It is not yet clear whether this will be possible.
Unsurprisingly, British businesses are in revolt, concerned about the negative effects of continued uncertainty.
Mark Browridge, director general of the Enterprise Investment Scheme Association, said:
"It's madness… Uncertainty breeds fear and that's what we will see more of with the agreement not passing the commons. How can any business plan with political backdrop we are currently experiencing? We will now almost certainly see a slow-down in the economy that could have been easily avoided.
"If the markets and the economy know what the issues are, they react and solutions are put in place to counter them - but with the current Brexit calamity all bets are off. We are entering uncharted waters and anyone who tells you they know how this will play is lying."
And there could reputational consequences for many corporates, says Cedric Lenoire, a senior risk professional at a leading insurance company: "Most importantly, I believe the reputational risks [of Brexit] are under-estimated.
What is currently happening cannot be good for the credibility of the UK on the international scene. No doubt this will be felt by British businesses over the long-term. In other words, will German/French/Spanish/etc. companies remain eager to trade with British organisations? Will EU consumers still want to buy British goods/services after this mess? Reputational risk at its best here
"What is currently happening cannot be good for the credibility of the UK on the international scene," he adds. "No doubt this will be felt by British businesses over the long-term. In other words, will German/French/Spanish/etc. companies remain eager to trade with British organisations? Will EU consumers still want to buy British goods/services after this mess? Reputational risk at its best here."
The continued rejection of Theresa May's deal undoubtedly makes an unstructured crash out of the EU more likely.
MPs have voted against a 'no deal' Brexit, however this vote has no legal standing and it is still the default outcome for the 29 March in the absence of a deal or an extension from the EU.
For risk managers, this means that it is imperative to have plans in place to mitigate against the risks associated with the UK leaving without a deal.
Even if a deal is eventually passed or even if we end up staying in the EU, the timeline and outcomes are both too uncertain for risk managers to sit back and do nothing.
Jo Willaert, president of FERMA said: "Unfortunately, [the] vote confirms that most organisations were right to base their Brexit preparations on a hard, no deal Brexit outcome."
Yet more delays
The government has voted in favour of a delay to our departure date. But it's worth remembering that all Theresa May can do is ask and whether such an extension is permissible will depend upon an agreement from all the EU member states.
And it is not yet clear how long that extension will be. The prime minister has said that if she can pass her deal next week, she will ask Europe for a short extension of a few months. If the deal tanks again, she has said that she will ask for a much longer delay, which could last for years.
Either way, the decision as to the length of the extension is not May's to determine, with some EU leaders suggesting that only a substantial delay will be tolerated.
Assuming May's requests for an extension are agreed, risk managers will have more time than expected to prepare but will also have to deal with the uncertainty for far longer.
The timetable for clarity could vary from 11 days to a few years, and the outcome could be anything from changing our minds and staying in the EU to a hard exit and a million possibilities in between.
The UK Parliament's rejection of the proposed withdrawal agreement and then the request for an extension prolongs and aggravates the uncertainty. There is frustration, and a certain fatigue about the continuing disorder and lack of clarity.
Unsurprisingly, this throws up substantial issues for the risk management industry. Risk managers are having to plan for a huge number of varying outcomes and the political situation is changing almost daily.
Clive Clarke, former chairman of Airmic and risk and insurance expert, says: "I think the continuing uncertainty for the country and business can only be more damaging as we get closer to the proposed Brexit date."
Willeart added: "The UK Parliament's rejection of the proposed withdrawal agreement and then the request for an extension prolongs and aggravates the uncertainty. There is frustration, and a certain fatigue about the continuing disorder and lack of clarity.
"It also confirms the necessity for companies to have professional risk managers that have the expertise to prepare for various scenarios and support the implementation of appropriate measures to ensure business continuity whatever the post Brexit business environment."
Dealing with the uncertainty
Ferma and Airmic have teamed up to help the risk management community understand Brexit related risks and mitigation strategies.
To do this, they spoke with several senior level risk managers across Europe.
All agreed that companies need a comprehensive understanding of the threats before they can even start to look at implementing or even developing mitigation strategies.
This means that risk managers need to work closely with other functions in an organisation including HR, legal, finance, supply chain, quality control and supply chain specialists.
FERMA commented: "[Planning] usually took the form of a multidisciplinary approach to fully understand the business unit risk exposure to Brexit (such as tariffs, supply chain friction and regulation). All risk management teams involved had to interface very closely with other departments to coordinate these actions."
The research found that companies are adopting a wide range of mitigation measures, some of which have already led to significant costs.
Stockpiling components and parts to ensure production can carry on for several weeks in the event of a 'no deal'. This has led to more inventory stocks.
Ensuring operational continuity, by running functions such as quality control and regulatory compliance out of both in the UK and the EU.
Transferring records to the EU.
Searching for alternative sourcing outside the UK, to avoid supply interruption.
Integrating Brexit risks into an Emerging Risks Insurance Programme, with a plan to use the captive to mitigate future export control risks to the business units.
Getting a head start
Ferma found that some companies started preparing for Brexit very early, just a few months after the leave vote in 2016.
Most of these preparations were made on the assumption of a hard Brexit, especially for critical sectors like healthcare, where continuity of medical supplies to patients is at stake, both in the UK and the EU.
For instance, Ipsen, a French pharmaceutical company that develops and markets medications, has been preparing since late 2016.
One of Ipsen's medicines is manufactured in the UK and distributed to more than 80 territories worldwide.
Because of stringent regulations around distribution of medicines in Europe, the company has had to plan carefully for what might happen if the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
Current regulation states that in order to sell medicinal products in the EU, businesses must hold market authorisation and products must be released in an EU country.
That means that any drug that was tested and certificated in the UK, would not be able to be distributed in any other European markets following a no deal departure.
Ipsen is well advanced in preparations for Brexit and the potential scenarios and challenges that this may introduce. We are truly confident there will be no disruption to patients
Complex regulation means it can take up to 18 months to transfer market authorisations and move tests from a UK site to another European site, so Ipsen needed to act straight away following the vote for independence, regardless of whether a 'no deal' outcome seemed likely back in 2016.
So far, the company has taken significant steps to prepare. These include:
· Starting to transfer product Marketing Authorisations for EU markets to France as early as Autumn 2016
· Taking steps to transfer batch control and release activities for the EU to Ireland.
· Increasing stocks of medicines held both in the UK and EU countries to avoid any potential disruption to patient supply.
Anne Piot d'Abzac, VP chief risk officer at Ipsen says: "Ensuring there is no disruption to patient supply of medicines remains our priority for patients in the UK, EU and beyond."
"Ipsen is well advanced in preparations for Brexit and the potential scenarios and challenges that this may introduce. We are truly confident there will be no disruption to patients."
"We are watching developments closely and hope that a sustainable solution between the EU and the UK can be reached quickly in order to create political and economic stability that will allow our continued commitment to investment here in the UK."
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Why You Should Be Watching Run With the Wind
Anime tends to be perceived as a medium that usually deals with the fantastic in some form, from the laser blasting martial arts of Dragon Ball, to the gargantuan human eaters of Attack on Titan. In a lot of cases this assessment is true, with many series choosing to present their ideas and themes through sci-fi or fantasy setups. Planet With is an excellent recent example of this, using large scale conflicts between human and alien factions to convey a debate over the nature of human ambition. While it presents a grandiose intergalactic narrative, it also articulates a small scale story about the healing forces of forgiveness and the power of redemption, fully melding the huge stakes of its conflict with understandable undercurrents of human emotion.
But not all anime chooses this route, and this season's Run With the Wind instead focuses on the lives and relationships of a few regular college students who are trying to start a running club. The premise is that a fourth year student, Haiji, essentially tricks a group of his peers to sign up for cheap housing in an old dorm, only to reveal that the dorm's function is for housing a defunct running team. After recruiting a ringer in the form of ex-track star Kakeru, Haiji slowly resolves to win over each of the dorm's inhabitants for the ultimate goal of participating in the Hakone Ekiden, a relay race that requires 5km of each member.
The most immediately recognizable quality of Run With the Wind is how effectively it conveys the camaraderie, haphazardness, and joys of dorm housing. From the first episode we are essentially dropped in the middle of a hangout movie, the storytelling focusing on depicting the numerous micro-interactions between each of the building's denizens. While they can largely be defined by their vague goals, particularly in regard to why they run, these characters each feel like specific people. Yes, there's an otaku, jocks, a foreign exchange student, a stressed out senpai, and other vague archetypes we're familiar with, but their conflicts and unique personalities shine through. The cigarette smoking programmer Akihiro clashes with his lawyer roommate Yukihiro over his constant nicotine use, former's easygoing nature contrasting latter's frustrations. Over each episode we pick up bits and pieces of these character's motivations, both in life and towards running. Akihiro's explanation of why he decides to join the team captures the appeal of of the sport in a few words, but acknowledges that his rationale won't be universal.
Run with the Wind is particularly rewarding when we get to see these fleshed out individuals bounce off of each other in the enclosed confines of their dorm, a medley of people that you wouldn't necessarily see together in any other circumstance. This is the beauty of this kind of college living, it brings people together from vastly different backgrounds and life experiences and forces them to live in incredibly intimate proximity to one another for a long stretch of time. Despite the nightmarish cost (in the US anyway), and the terrifying prospect of being trapped in whichever field you choose, in my mind the most umblemished aspect of college is that you get to meet other types of people in a way that was nearly impossible beforehand. Yes, cliques eventually form, and as people move out the the dorms they grow apart, but for a short time you get to see seemingly different types of people realizing the superfluous nature of their perceived differences. Run With the Wind excels at portraying this, and by framing this running club as a motley crew that had no intentions of being a running club, it highlights this wonderful dynamic that is intrinsic to the college experience.
But the show doesn't just rely on these fun character dynamics alone, it is also slowly developing its overarching conflict alongside its cast. From the start it is clear that the challenges that await the club are immense, the relay race they intend to participate is an exceedingly competitive affair. But far from the usual framing of these sorts of zero to hero stories, the the narrative seems much more concerned with the outcomes and beliefs of its cast than the prospect of merely winning. The end goal offers a reason for these people to improve rather than just harping on the importance of victory, and the narrative is much more concerned with presenting their hangups and growth than anything else. By episode 4 the backstory of the stoic Kakeru is revealed, explaining his troubled past with his high school running team and the isolation caused by his talent. His inability to feel as though he was part of a team ties into Haiji's goal of bringing them all together, and Kakeru's slow transformation from nearly silent introvert, to being a more open teammate is well delivered. While as of episode 5 it is unclear what is driving Haiji to revitalize the running club, his persistence and cleverness in manipulating the group to participate illuminates the purity of his aims.
Like the majority of the best sports dramas, Run with the Wind is more concerned with its cast and their growth rather than just depicting competition and victory. It's portrayal of these students comes across as naturalistic, humanizing, and occasionally hilarious, the strength of its source material combining with a great adaptation. Although many view anime as a medium dominated by energy blasts, isekai, and fan service, this is one of those shows that clearly depicts the diversity of the form, and the heights it can reach outside of those familiar constructs.
Run With the Wind is currently airing, and available on anime streaming platforms such as Crunchyroll.
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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2016 5:38 pm Post subject: Bait hives.
When is the time right to put out bait hives?
I have heard reports of flying drones and queen cells here in Cornwall, also we are due for a warmer spell, so now is the time.
Scout bees will be snooping around a long time before swarming season.
The trouble with bait hives is that the bees don't seem to read the books.
Last year a swarm moved into one of two national nuc boxes I have because they didn't know it was too small. A fellow Cambridge bee keeper had a swarm move into a national box sitting in his shed which also happened to be where he kept his bee suit!
Today I will finish glazing an observation hive in which the bees will be able to build natural comb. I am hoping a swarm will move in without my having to introduce them.
I agree the earlier the better.
The only problem can be the odd bait hive acting new home for a queen wasp.
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Emotions Run High As Accused Killers Of USC Student Appear In Court
Kate Mather And Richard Winton
By Richard Winton and Kate Mather, Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES — Two minors fought back tears during an emotional court hearing in downtown Los Angeles as they and two adults faced capital murder charges in the beating death of a University of Southern California graduate student.
Emotions ran high at Tuesday's hearing as relatives of the group of four, age 19 to 16, sat in the audience a row way from the friends of deceased student Xinran Ji.
The family of one of the defendants, 18-year-old Andrew Garcia, repeatedly told reporters that he is innocent and had left home that day to go to the beach.
Garcia — along with Jonathan DelCarmen, 19; Alberto Ochoa, 17; and Alejandra Guerrero, 16 — each face one count of murder in connection with Ji's death.
The four also face a special allegation that the death occurred during an attempted robbery. The juvenile suspects will be tried in adult court. It is the Los Angeles Times' policy not to publish the names of juvenile suspects unless they are charged as adults.
A criminal complaint alleges that Garcia, Ochoa, and Guerrero used a bat and a wrench in last Thursday's attack. Sources told the Times that the student may have fled during an initial attack but was assaulted a second time.
Dressed in an orange shirt and pants, Ochoa fought back tears during the proceeding. Guerrero was similarly dressed and bowed her head, trying to hide her face under her hair.
Both were handcuffed and accompanied by probation officers.
All the defendants agreed to delay their arraignment until Aug. 12. Superior Court Judge Renee Korn denied bail for the defendants after the prosecutor noted it was a special circumstance murder case.
Rosalie Garcia, Andrew Garcia's mother, mouthed "I love you" to her son from her fifth-row seat surrounded by her family. She clasped her hands tightly almost as in prayer.
"I love you, Andrew!" yelled a relative as the court session drew to a close.
Walking away, Garcia replied, "I love you guys."
Rosalie Garcia said tearfully after the arraignment that her son "is a good boy."
"He had no intentions of this happening," she said. "His friend picked him up after dinner. He was going to the beach."
Prosecutors have yet to decide whether to seek the death penalty against Garcia and DelCarmen. Ochoa and Guerrero are not subject to the death penalty because of their age, prosecutors said, and instead would face life in prison without the possibility of parole if convicted.
Under California law, prosecutors have discretion in certain crimes, including murder, to charge a minor as an adult. The courts, however, have ruled that minors are not subject to the death penalty.
Ji, an engineering student from China, was attacked about 12:45 a.m. Thursday as he walked home from a study group, authorities said. Despite a head injury, he managed to make his way back to his apartment a few blocks away, where a roommate later discovered his body.
Prosecutors allege that after attacking Ji, the suspects drove to Dockweiler Beach, where Ochoa, Garcia, and Guerrero approached a man and woman. The three robbed the woman, prosecutors allege, but the man managed to escape and flag down police officers patrolling the area.
The complaint alleges that Garcia, Guerrero, and Ochoa again used a bat at Dockweiler Beach and that Guerrero and Ochoa also used a knife. The three were charged with second-degree robbery, attempted second-degree robbery, and assault with a deadly weapon in connection with that incident, prosecutors said.
Detectives believe that a 14-year-old girl who was detained in connection with the Dockweiler Beach robbery also was involved in Ji's assault "in some manner," LAPD Cmdr. Andrew Smith said Monday, though the "detail and depth" of her alleged involvement was not clear.
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Mukula sentence Justified
January 28, 2013 Staff Writer
By Joseph Kwesiga.
As usual Political undertones and diversionaries are quickly brought in as easy scapegoats to try and deny the reading Public genuine facts about any controversial matter by those seeking to hide the truths. At the end of it everything becomes Political. Death becomes political, corruption becomes political and so logic is gravely stifled at the end. We must however not allow this. As a lawyer and a great admirer of the Uganda's highly independent judicial system, I find it nauseating for anybody who fails to account for his or her transgressions in courts of law to resort to heaping blame at the judiciary with all sorts of bogus innuendos. The recent outburst of Hon mukula the man himself after his conviction and other commentators are very unfortunate. Its my humble prayer that members of the judiciary take note of all that political blackmail, and stand firm to resist it all through.
Anybody who followed the case UGANDA VS A1 JIM MUHWEZI, A2 MIKE MUKULA, A3 DR. ALEX KAMUGISHA, A4 ALICE KABOYO, or bothers to find out the facts on the record of court will appreciate why those judgments came out the way they did. The following account can help all to understand the differences between the judgments of all the four accused.
The 4 accused persons were jointly and severally charged on various Counts. The case was registered at Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court on 22nd May 2007 with regard to mismanagement of the GAVI fund.
On 22nd May 2012 A2 (Mike Mukula) and A3 (Dr. Kamugisha) who had been arrested the day before were arraigned in Court and pleaded not guilty. Since the offenses were not bailable at that time before magistrates' courts, the accused were remanded to prison and were subsequently released on bail by the High Court.
A4 Alice Kaboyo took plea the following day (23.05.2007) and also pleaded not guilty and was remanded but also later released on bail by the High Court.
A1 Muhwezi took plea on 28th May 2007 and also pleaded not guilty, was remanded and subsequently released on bail.
Thereafter the accused persons filed a multitude of Constitutional Petitions to the Constitutional Court, and asked for a stay of the criminal proceedings in the trial Court, pending the disposal of the petitions. The trial Court declined to stay the proceedings because the Magistrate was of the view that the accused persons did not have legitimate grounds to petition against their trial and were only doing so to delay the trial. The lawyers for the accused person then abandoned them in Court (on 29th October 2007) but the Court ordered prosecution to lead the witnesses who were present in Court that day. Accordingly, Mr. GustavioBwoch, (Accountant General), Mr. Richard Muhinda (then State House Comptroller) and later Dr. Issa Makumbi (Director, UNEPI, which was in charge of the relevant GAVI Project) testified. However, they were not cross-examined. The accused's lawyers made a Revision Application against the decision of the Magistrate not to stay the proceedings to the High Court, which granted their application and the trial was stayed pending the Constitutional Petitions.
The Constitutional Court made its decision in 2010, dismissing the accused persons' petitions and ordering resumption of the trial.
By this time, the Anti-Corruption Court had been established so the trial was transferred from Buganda Road to ACD, Kololo. The case was assigned to Chief Magistrate Irene Akankwasa before the trial could resume, the accused persons lodged an appeal to the Supreme Court against the decision of the Constitutional Court. The trial was again stayed until March 2012 when the accused persons withdrew their appeal. The trial then resumed in June 2012. The trial was set to run for 2 (two) weeks from 11th June 2012 to 22nd June 2012. On 11th June 2012 the trial resumed with the cross examination of the first 3 prosecution witnesses who had testified in 2007.
ALICE KABOYO
On 12th June 2012, A4 Alice changed her mind and decided to plead guilty. Ms. Alice Kaboyo, formerly working in State House as Private Secretary to HE the President, was charged with theft of Ug. Shs. 250 million (250,000,000/=) C/S 254, Penal Code in Count 10, Abuse of office C/S 87, Penal Code (Counts 11,12),making a document without lawful authority c/s 355(a) of the Penal Code(counts 13,14), Forgery C/S 342 of the Penal Code (Count 15), Uttering false documents C/S 351 as an alternative to Count 15 and Uttering false documents C/S in Count 16.
She was convicted and sentenced to a total fine of Ug.shs. 20,000,000/= or 2 years imprisonment in default of payment of the fine. The reason the Magistrate gave for the leniency is that the accused had readily pleaded guilty and thereby saving everybody's time including that of the Court, that the accused had already refunded the money in issue,( as soon as the investigations had started). Kaboyo opted to pay the fine rather than serve the two year default imprisonment. Suffice to point out that although under the offenses, there is no provision for fines, the Magistrate exercised her powers under S.178 (2) and 180 of the Magistrates Court Act which empowers her to punish a person liable to imprisonment with a fine instead of or in addition to imprisonment.
Although Prosecution was unhappy with the leniency, it could not appeal because prosecution has no right of appeal on sentence except when it is illegal which wasn't the case here.
JIM MUHWEZI AND DR. KAMUGISHA
After the proceedings against Kaboyo were concluded Prosecution proceeded against the 3 remaining accused. Other witnesses were called (8 in total). One of the witnesses was Mohammed Kezaala the Permanent Secretary, the Ministry of Health during the period of the commission of the offenses. At the closure of the prosecution case, the defence lawyers made submissions for a no case to answer, and the prosecution team made a reply and thereafter the Court made its ruling, acquitting Muhwezi and Dr. Kamugisha on all the Counts they were facing. Mukula was also acquitted on all other counts he was facing except count V for which he was put to his defence. I will return to count V later. The ruling of the Magistrate summarizing the counts each accused was facing and the reasons for her decision is hereto attached.
The main reason for acquitting Dr. Kamugisha, Muhwezi and Mukula (on all other Counts except Count V) was the testimony of Mohammed Kezaala. The charges that the 3 (three) Ministers were facing were primarily hinged on their involvement in the fund (money) requisition process where as political heads, they ought not to have done so, as this was a technical function of the P/S (Accounting Office) and his agents.
However, in his testimony, Kezaala absolved the Ministers of any wrong doing in the requisition process. Instead, he testified that blame should be placed on those who after receiving money for activities, did not either carry out these activities or failed to account for the same. Given this testimony all Counts, except Count V had to collapse, this is so because it is the only Count whose particulars were related to directly taking money and not accounting for it. The other Counts were related to the requisition process for which Kezaala took personal responsibility. Although the Prosecution was unhappy with Kezaala's testimony, it could not in turn prosecute him because the nature of his testimony was such that he also absolved himself of any criminal culpability.
With regard to Count V, Muhwezi and Mukula were jointly charged but the evidence on record pointed only at Mukula. Therefore whereas Muhwezi was acquitted on this Count, Mukula was put to his defence in light of the overwhelming evidence against them. Again, although prosecution could have been disappointed with the acquittals, it must have understood the reason the Court gave especially in light of Kezaala's testimony.
MUKULA
The case against Mukula is one of the most clear cut embezzlement cases that shocks every legal person in his or her prosecutorial career. It would have been truly shocking if he had been acquitted. Conviction was the only rationale result. Below are some key pieces of evidence against him.
(i) He signed for the 263 Million indicated on the relevant vouchers as receiver of the money.
(ii) The Cashier who withdrew the money from the bank testified to the effect (no.1) above and prosecution also tendered in the documents.
(iii) Evidence on record shows that only Ug.shs. 54 million was passed over to Lalam Margaret, Personal Assistant to the first lady. Mukula kept the Ug.shs. 210 million according to him in a "safe place somewhere." He couldn't explain why he kept the 210 million and what ''safe place'' meant and also why he kept returning it in bits over some period. And also why he didn't pass it on for the activities it was intended or the purpose he had received it for. It is also surprising to recently learn in the media that the office of the first lady didn't know of any other money beyond the 54million that was requisitioned on its behalf. So what was the intention of requisitioning money that had no specific activity, and only to return it months later, after investigations have commenced?
(iv) He returned the money in installments. If he had kept the money in a safe place, he could have returned the same in a lump sum. And the first installment was paid after the IG investigations had commenced. The refund was therefore made due to the commencement of the investigations not voluntarily. The refund was therefore made after the fact of thought. Why not therefore convict him? A contrary ruling in fact, would have been unprecedented.
(v) Mukula was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment. Under S.268 of the Penal Code (embezzlement) the section under which he was convicted, sets a minimum sentence of 3 years and a maximum sentence of 14 years.The Magistrate has no option to sentence to a fine and therefore section 178 of the MCA does not apply unlike in Kaboyo's case. Therefore the minimum sentence that the magistrate could legally impose was 3 years. She was lenient and sentenced him to only 4 years. One of the reasons for the leniency was the fact that he had refunded the embezzled money any away; otherwise it could have been ten or so like Cheeye is serving. However, unlike Kaboyo who readily pleaded guilty, Mukula dragged the court and prosecution through a full trial, starting from 22nd MAY 2007 when he took plea to 18TH January 2013, when judgment was passed,a period spanning almost 6 years.Given this,the court was actually very lenient. We must understand all this before we politique and charge ignorant people. Otherwise, the whole hullabaloo about fighting corruption will remain a tool to only facilitate political arguments and rhetoric as opposed to walking the real talk.
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Q: How to traverse a nested loop and get values in Java I have a loop where I want to get a territory and list of items in that territory, but I am always getting null on the items
How my entity dataset comes after doing a select
 PricingRuleEntity(territory=Maryland, items=[PromoItem(itemCode=Nivea Men Box (12.0 PC), name=5e0648a9e5, uom=null), PromoItem(itemCode=Dove Men Box (6.0 Box), name=d805f9bb9d, uom=null)])]

Here is my loop
 List<Territory> territories = new ArrayList<>();
            for(PricingRuleEntity pricingRuleEntity: pricing){
                Territory territory = new Territory();
                territory.setTerritory(pricingRuleEntity.getTerritory());
                territory.setListItems(pricingRuleEntity.getItems());
                for(Territory itemCode: territories) {
                    PromoItem itemCode1 = new PromoItem();
                    itemCode1.setItemCode(String.valueOf(itemCode1.getItemCode()));
                    territories.add(itemCode);
                }

                territories.add(territory);
            }

            System.out.println(territories);

My Entities
Pricing Rule Entity
@Entity
@Data
@Table(name = "pricing_rule")
public class PricingRuleEntity extends BaseEntity {

    @Column(name = "territory", nullable = false)
    private String territory;

    @Type(type = "json")
    @Column(columnDefinition = "JSON")
    public List<PromoItem> items;
}

Territory Entity
@Data
public class Territory {
    @JsonProperty("territory")
    String territory;
    @JsonProperty("listItems")
    List<PromoItem> listItems;

}

PromoItem Entity
@Data
public class PromoItem {
    @JsonProperty("item_code")
    String itemCode;
    @JsonProperty("name")
    String name;
    @JsonProperty("uom")
    Integer uom;
}

the first loop results
itemCode: Territory(territory=Maryland, listItems=[PromoItem(itemCode=Nivea Men Box (12.0 PC), name=5e0648a9e5, uom=null), PromoItem(itemCode=Zesta Jam Box (5.0 pcs), name=d805f9bb9d, uom=null)])

I have managed to extract the territory, but whenever I try to access the PromoItem items I end up getting them as null and also the item code as null.
 itemCode1: PromoItem(itemCode=null, name=null, uom=null)

What am I doing wrong. Any help towards the right direction is welcomed
Edit 1:
AS guided on the comments section by @ScaryWombat changed I
itemCode1.setItemCode(String.valueOf(itemCode1.getItemCode()));
to
itemCode1.setItemCode(String.valueOf(itemCode.getListItems()));,
the result is
PromoItem(itemCode=[PromoItem(itemCode=Nivea Men Box (12.0 PC), name=5e0648a9e5, uom=null), PromoItem(itemCode=Zesta Jam Box (5.0 pcs), name=d805f9bb9d, uom=null)], name=null, uom=null).
How can I get
(Nivea Men Box (12.0 PC), Zesta Jam Box (5.0 pcs))
from my implementation


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A tourist photographs Grand Teton National Park from a car window.
More Expensive National Parks May Threaten Access to Nature
The proposed entrance fee increase could price out minority and low-income Americans, experts warn.
By Sarah Gibbens
Under a new proposal from the National Park Service, 17 of the most popular U.S. national parks could see entrance fees for weeklong passes increase from around $25 to $30 to $70 for a single private vehicle.
Fees would also increase to $50 per motorcycle and $30 per person on bike or foot. The near doubling in park fees is expected to generate an additional $70 million annually, which the NPS says would pay for the parks' neglected infrastructure.
Fee increases would go into effect during the five-month season that parks are most visited. The exact duration of these peak seasons vary by park but generally begin in late spring.
The following parks could expect to see a rate increase as soon as 2018: Arches, Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Denali, Glacier, Grand Canyon, Grand Teton, Olympic, Sequoia & Kings Canyon, Yellowstone, Yosemite, Zion, Acadia, Mount Rainier, Rocky Mountain, Shenandoah, and Joshua Tree.
"The infrastructure of our national parks is aging and in need of renovation and restoration," said U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke in a press release. "Targeted fee increases at some of our most-visited parks will help ensure that they are protected and preserved in perpetuity and that visitors enjoy a world-class experience that mirrors the amazing destinations they are visiting."
Meet the People Behind a Movement to Diversify Our National Parks
But who those visitors might be could change as a result of an increased fee.
"For families that want to get out [to parks], that cost barrier is not just perceived, and it disproportionately affects families of color," said Gabe Vasquez. He's the New Mexico coordinator for Latino Outdoors, a group that helps Latino communities get outside.
His organization has already had to restrict park visits that require groups to pay as little as five dollars per person. For the groups of 20 or 30 families they take on hikes and archaeological walks, the collective price is too expensive for one small nonprofit.
"People can't afford $25 every time they want to go hiking," he said. "It erodes this definition of public."
A Legacy of Exclusion?
Communities of color have been historically underrepresented at national parks. Whether barred by the cost of reaching and entering parks or deterred by a sense that they don't belong, minorities are consistently only a fraction of annual park attendance.
It's an issue the NPS has tried to address through its Urban Agenda, a project that aims to bring groups living in urban areas to national parks.
"We have a definite diversity issue," Michael Reynolds, the former associate director for NPS workforce and inclusion told writer Tik Root in an article for National Geographic. (Read more of Root's reporting on diveristy in National Parks.)
Community groups around the nation have attempted to counterbalance this inequity by organizing hikes and activities in accessible national parks. Now they worry a doubled entrance fee could impact this work.
"This would be yet another obstacle for us to fight," said Teresa Baker. In her free time, Baker helps run the African American Nature and Parks Experience, an organization that brings communities of color to national, state, and local parks as a means of spreading passion for conservation.
She's torn, she said, because she's seen firsthand the maintenance needed in many national parks. Trails are often neglected or have been closed for years because parks simply don't have the bandwidth to maintain them, but by raising entrance fees— "I just don't think this is the way to do it."
For many, the rate increase represents more than a slightly more expensive day at the park. It contradicts the very reason the parks were established.
Robert Hanna is the great-great-grandson of conservationist John Muir and a vocal advocate for national parks.
"I truly believe that our country's responsibility is to see to it that our parks are accessible to anyone at any time," said Hanna.
"This certainly isn't intended to change visitation," said Jeremy Barnum, an NPS spokesperson. He said the rate was determined by looking at historic entrance fees. Mt. Rainier, for example, cost five dollars to enter in 1808, a price that amounts to $120 in today's dollars. He also noted that of the 417 parks that belong to the NPS, only 118 charge fees and the increase would only apply to the busiest parks that already generate the most revenue.
"I think a lot of families are much more likely to spend money on travel costs and lodging," said Barnum.
Impact on Local Business?
But Hanna warns that local businesses could potentially be impacted if park visitors do decline in the wake of higher fees.
Rural towns that surround national parks benefit economically from tourists who visit the park. A report published by the NPS noted that, in 2016 alone, park visitors contributed about $18.4 billion to the economic regions surrounding parks. More than half of this spending came in the form of hotels and restaurants. It's nearly double the $14 billion tourists generated in 2013.
Parks, however, are in dire need of funding. In May, the administration proposed a $2.55 billion budget for fiscal year 2018, and in a statement about the funding, Zinke noted an eagerness to tackle the park system's extensive maintenance backlog.
Proponents of Zinke's proposal noted that a 2015 increase in entrance fees did not reduce park visitors, and in fact, the NPS saw record park attendance in 2016.
Alan Spears is the director of cultural resources at the National Parks Conservation Association. He said he's not too concerned about how fees would impact destinations like the Grand Tetons that are already costly to reach for those who don't live near the park.
For parks more easily traveled to, "We are concerned that it's going to have an impact," he said.
While he objects to raising park entrance fees to compensate for budget shortfalls, he recommends that those who are unable to afford $70 visit the number of other local and state parks that are still free.
The NPS is encouraging public comment on the proposal here.


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Over a course of a year a 16-year-old Australian school boy, from Melbourne, hacked into Apple servers, stole 90GB of secure files and accessed customer accounts, using a system of "computerises tunnels online bypassing systems".
The Aussie Teenager reportedly did this "because he was such a fan of Apple" and hoped to work there one day.
Apple contacted the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation when it became aware of the intrusion, involving the FBI and the Australian Federal Police.
The boy, who studies in a private school, develop computerised tunnels and online bypassing systems to hide his identity until a raid on his family home uncovered a litany of hacking files and instructions all saved in a folder titled "hacky hack hack".
"Two Apple laptops were seized and the serial numbers matched the serial numbers of the devices which accessed the internal systems," a prosecutor was reported as saying.
A mobile phone and hard drive were also seized whose IP address matched those detected in the breaches, he added.
Further analysis found that the schoolboy successfully accessed "authorised keys" as part of his offence and shared these keys and boasted about his hacking with members of a WhatsApp group.
An Apple spokesman said the company's information security personnel "discovered the unauthorized access, contained it, and reported the incident to law enforcement" without commenting further on the specifics of the case.
"We ... want to assure our customers that at no point during this incident was their personal data compromised," the spokesman said.
The teenager is set to be sentenced on Sept 20.


… it is easy to describe the natural objects that we can hold in our hands, or move into view, as we would describe works of art: and this conditions the kind of pleasure we take in them. They are objets trouves, jewels, treasures, whose perfection seems to radiate from themselves, as from an inner light. Landscapes by contrast are very far from works of art – they owe their appeal not to symmetry, unity and form, but to an openness, grandeur and world-like expansiveness, in which it is we and not they that are contained.
An artist learns by repeated trial and error, by an almost moral instinct, to avoid the merely or the confusingly decorative, to eschew violence where it is a fraudulent substitute for power, to say what he has to say with the most direct and economical means, to be true to his objects, to his materials, to his technique, and hence, by a correlated miracle, to himself.


Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange Binance is embarking on a multi-pronged push to boost compliance procedures across its platform.
To that end, Binance is announcing a new partnership with the blockchain analytics firm CipherTrace to enhance anti-money laundering (AML) processes like tracing the source of on-chain funds and matching user IDs to problematic wallet addresses.
The addition of CipherTrace, which is backed by venture firms such as Mike Novogratz's Galaxy Digital, comes on the heels of a new partnership with IdentityMind on know-your-customer (KYC) compliance. Binance also works with Chainalysis, Refinitiv (formerly the financial risk division of Thomson Reuters) and the Blockchain Transparency Institute (BTI), according to Lim.
"We want our users to have the best trading experience, to know that they are safe that they are not trading with crooks or bad actors," he said.
For example, the analytics firm Whitestream identified a Binance account that allegedly received bitcoin from supporters of the military-political group Hamas, which the U.S. deems to be a terrorist organization. Most experts agree such cases are extremely rare.
Financial crimes present a more common reputational risk, especially considering the regtech startup Coinfirm identified Binance as an exchange that may not always enforce restrictions based on KYC requirements.
Along those lines, a BTI report released this week found that although Binance trading volumes were more than 85 percent authentic some wash trading – the practice of simultaneously buying and selling the same assets to create the illusion of market activity – was occuring with niche token pairs. So BTI development director Marco Paez told CoinDesk his research firm is working with Binance to crack down on wash trading.
Coupling those BTI insights with CiperTrace's services could complement the broader compliance push across the Binance ecosystem. However, Lim said these partnerships are merely enhancing Binance's existing capabilities, adding the exchange already has an in-house team with "dozens" of legal and blockchain analytics experts devoted to tasks like platform moderation, AML and KYC compliance.
Indeed, Lim said Binance's compliance team is committed to continually raising the bar as the regulatory landscape and user behaviors also evolve.


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HP Envy 17 3D Review - Performance, Battery Life and Verdict Review
Ardjuna Seghers, May 12, 2014 8:30 pm BST
Page 1 HP Envy 17 3D Review
Page 2 Connectivity and Usability Review
Page 3 Speakers, Screen and 3D Review
Page 4 Performance, Battery Life and Verdict Review
Page 5 PCMark Vantage: Full Results Review
After the performance behemoth that is Sandy Bridge (as seen in the MSI GT680), everything else is going to seem a tad underwhelming. Nevertheless, the quad-core Core i7 720QM powering the Envy 17 3D-1195ea is still one of the most powerful mobile processors around and will handle mosts task with ease.
In PCMark Vantage its lead over the dual-core Core i5 460M found in the {linkout:https://www.trustedreviews.com/laptops/review/2010/12/02/Dell-XPS-17–L701X-/p1 XPS 17 isn't shown off properly, but more intensive use (like video encoding) will make full use of the extra physical cores and Hyper-Threading to provide eight virtual cores.
In 2D gaming, this HP's AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5850 can handle some reasonably demanding titles in lower resolutions. For example, Stalker: Call of Pripyat ran at a perfectly smooth 53fps on Maximum detail and DirectX11, albeit at 1,280×768. Crysis on High detail is pretty much out of the picture, but many modern games will at least run if you're willing to accept a few compromises.
It's worth noting that although the Envy 17 3D stays reasonably quiet even under load, its left side gets warm enough to act as a hand-warmer in winter, which is not necessarily a good thing.
Battery life is, unsurprisingly, the weakest area of the Envy 17 3D. Its 62Wh/5,225mAh battery only managed just under two hours in Mobilemark's semi-intensive Productivity test, while with the screen at full brightness, watching a DVD brought this down to just 55 minutes. Good luck watching a 3D Blu-ray without a power socket in the vicinity!
To be fair to HP, these kind of results are hardly unusual on a desktop replacement, but if you're looking for 3D on the go, the Acer Aspire 5745DG is by far the better choice – and considerably cheaper at £600. However, the Envy 17 3D does thoroughly trounce it in build, design, connectivity, performance and quality, not to mention actually sporting a Blu-ray drive.
A more viable comparison is with the 3D version of Dell's XPS 17. Using Nvidia's rechargeable wireless glasses in conjunction with a 17.3in, Full HD, 120Hz display, you can get a very similar configuration for £1,500 compared to the HP's £1,600. You'll get 4GB of RAM, a 500GB, 7,200rpm hard drive, HD webcam, Blu-ray drive, backlit keyboard and aluminium lid. Connectivity will also be very similar, and the Nvidia GT 550M graphics should give roughly comparable performance. However, not only do you pay £100 less and gain more flexibility, but you also get a newer Sandy Bridge Core i7 2620M CPU, which should give both faster processing and better battery life, especially with Nvidia's graphics-switching Optimus thrown in.
HP's premium Envy 17 3D oozes class, is stuffed to the brim with features and connectivity, and offers powerful specifications. It includes a stylish metal-clad body, an impressive Full HD, 120Hz screen and accomplished 2.1 speakers, and with its comfortable 3D glasses provides one of the better mobile 3D experiences going. However, you pay a considerable premium for the same basic specifications that others better for less, so it's not the best offer around.
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October 9, 2020 Thomas Edwards News Comments Off on Vegas Election Sportsbooks: Forget 2020, Who's Winning In 2024?
With confusion about when and where the next Presidential debate will be held – or even if it will be held, the best Vegas political betting sites have almost totally abandoned the idea of the lighthearted prop as we go into the 2020 election's home stretch.
This is, after all, serious stuff.
Of course, the whole purpose of election betting is to make it less serious.
So while you can finally get all the usual lines again – Presidential election odds, state electoral odds, and the like – there are hardly any truly creative odds on offer.
That may or may not change between now and November 3, but in the meantime, there's only one line of genuine interest for the forward-thinking bettor. And as is proving a theme, MyBookie is the operator offering the action.
2024 US Presidential Election Winner
Via MyBookie Sportsbook
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez +300
Bernie Sanders +1000
Michelle Obama +1000
Andrew Cuomo +1200
Ted Cruz +1200
Josh Hawley +1200
Tom Cotton +1500
Pete Buttigieg +1500
Michael Bennet +2000
Ivanka Trump +3000
Mike Bloomberg +3000
Kanye West +5000
Mark Cuban +5000
Elon Musk +7500
Obviously, there is absolutely no telling what's going to happen 25 days from now, much less 48 months from now.
But to get away from the standard boring lines (Joe Biden's up on Trump, the Democrats are favored to take the Senate, blah, blah, blah), the above poses an amusing Friday thought exercise.
So let's work it out.
First up: AOC.
We'd actually feel good about picking AOC at +300, but only if that stood for "Any Other Candidate." Instead, it stands for freshman NY congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Now, if you look at Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez' betting odds to win reelection to the US House of Representatives, you'll see that she's a lock. And she'll be a lock in 2022, as well.
However, while she'll be eligible to be President by 2024, it's not a lock that she'll want to leave her cushy, more-or-less permanent congressional job and the local celebrity that comes with it. Not every popular politician has Presidential aspirations. Plus, she's pretty extreme for the mainstream.
With AOC out of the way, let's look at some of the actual laffers on the list.
First of all, Joe Biden – even if he wins the 2020 Presidential election – is not going to be a two-termer. He probably isn't even going to be a one-termer.
If Kamala Harris replaces Biden during his first term, she'll have a hard campaign as the incumbent, and if she doesn't, the country might be sick of her by the time she's up for the post.
Vice Presidents don't get elected to succeed their superiors all that often in the modern era.
Moving on, Elizabeth Warren will be 75 by November 2024, and it's safe to say that regardless of the outcome this year, America won't give another certifiable geriatric a run at the Oval Office.
Ditto for Bernie Sanders, who will be 83 in 2024, and Mike Bloomberg, who will be 82 in 2024.
While many voters seem to like Michelle Obama and wish she'd become President one day, the former First Lady has already done eight years in the White House and seems much more at home as a celebrity citizen.
Obama's got a nine-figure Netflix contract, a bunch of book deals, infinite big-money speaking gigs, and can be Oprah 2.0 whenever she wants to make a phone call. Why bother with the headache of running a country?
Now for the current popular GOP pols: Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, and Tom Cotton.
Cruz was disinterested in being a Supreme Court Justice when that idea was recently floated by Trump, and though he'd probably be more interested in being President, his popularity – even in Texas – has waned.
Hawley is a former Missouri AG and a current US Senator, and while he's extremely popular on the right, he's harder right than a typical GOP POTUS candidate can afford to be. Ditto for Cotton, and then some.
On the Democrat side, Cory Booker, the NJ Senator, is not popular nationally, as demonstrated by his completely ineffectual run in the 2020 Democratic Presidential primary. Likewise for Michael Bennet. I mean, nobody even knows who Michael Bennet is.
Seriously, who the heck is Michael Bennet?
Then, there's the celebrities.
Mark Cuban has flirted with the idea for running for President, but he's a reality TV show star and a popular sportsball owner. In short, his political trajectory is basically that of Trump's, and Trump is reviled not for his politics but for his DC outsider status. Cuban would get the same pushback, without the spine – or the charisma – to withstand it.
Kanye West, who is running for President on the Birthday Party ticket, will probably be a candidate in perpetuity, but he's never getting elected.
Tech billionaire and millennial icon Elon Musk, by 2024, will be President of Mars. There is, of course, no precedent for being both President of Mars and President of the United States at the same time, and it's questionably constitutional that anyone could hold executive office in two governments simultaneously.
Also, Musk isn't a natural born American citizen or child of citizen parents at the time of his birth, so he's not even eligible to be President. Nevertheless, his presence on the odds boards indicates that at least some bettors are ignorant of this small hurdle.
Credibly, that just leaves Andrew Cuomo, Pete Buttigieg, and Ivanka Trump.
Cuomo won't be able to answer for his 2020 COVID nursing home scandal or his state's catastrophic efforts to defund police, so cross him off the boards. These wouldn't necessarily be the biggest skeletons for a Presidential hopeful, but folks probably aren't going to forget about either of them any time soon.
Buttigieg is allegedly popular with Wall Street types, and he fared well in the first primaries for the 2020 cycle, but his token minority status might not be worth as much in four years, and he may not hold any public office – and thus may not command much of the limelight – between now and then.
Plus, the guy's a freaking cartoon character.
Ivanka Trump, then, is the last person standing. At +3000, she'd easily earn our pick of the options as presented.
The Trumps – like it or not – are not going anywhere. The family will be a relevant political and media force for years to come. They're basically the New Kennedys™. Again, from the list provided, we'd choose Ivanka.
But none of that matters, because Donald Trump will be President in 2024.
Like father, like son.
Just ask Twitter.
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