For the past few months I've been thinking over an idea that initially sounded crazy, but the more I think about it, the more it makes sense. The idea is that Windows will become a GUI layer and set of services that run over the top of a Linux core. The NT kernel will be obsoleted.
Why would this ever happen? It's fairly safe to say it wouldn't be for technical reasons. Changing to a Linux kernel wouldn't suddenly grant superpowers to Windows. It would be pretty much business as usual. You could argue the pro's and con's of the Linux kernel vs the NT kernel forever, but although they are architecturally different, the end results are broadly comparable. Although it has to be said, it will be a considerable upgrade for Windows to gain the improved security and file hierarchy of Unix systems.
No, this would be a business decision. Microsoft is facing the problem of a declining market share for desktop computing. The rise of mobile devices has eaten away at the size of the desktop/laptop computing market, and this looks set to continue. OEM hardware manufacturers have rapidly shifted focus towards mobile devices. Maintaining a full stack proprietary operating system like Windows is expensive. Especially with all the backwards compatibility they have to worry about. It would be much cheaper to just use open source foundations and build on top of that.
In this changing world, Microsoft has already made big changes to what Windows actually is as a product with Windows 10. It's billed "the last version of Windows", not because they're stopping developing it but because it's going to be a provided as a service – a continually updated product, with major version releases a thing of the past. Another interesting change with this new delivery model is the reduced testing effort, itself a cost cutting measure. Nowadays, Windows releases are signed off based on telemetry from beta testers in the Insider programme, rather than internal QA teams. Early builds of Windows 10 suffered as a result, but recently this has improved markedly.
So how would this idea work? Well, an engineering task like replacing the Windows kernel is certainly a massive job, but Microsoft are the best in the industry at this. They made 32-bit software run brilliantly on 64-bit Windows years before Apple did the same trick. They also pulled off some pretty crazy virtualisation tricks with the Xbox One, running two virtual machines on top of a hypervisor. So Microsoft could pull this off, of that I am certain. They would run the old NT kernel in a VM on top of Linux, and run existing software inside it. Slowly, software would be rewritten to run against the Linux kernel and custom Windows-specific layers above that.
The end result would be unification with the other two desktop operating systems – Linux and macOS. It would reduce maintenance costs for Windows significantly, and make life a lot easier for power users such as developers.
Perhaps the Bash Shell for Windows introduced with the Windows 10 Anniversary Update is the first step in this direction.
Twitter's lack of progress in delivering new features and business models is astonishing. It's not hard to see why there's regular talk of bad financial results and a buyout. But at the same time, it's an essential service for journalists and folks in other industries like tech and entertainment.
– Features: get rid of the 140 character limit. Or rather, keep it as the headline, and add a body section that can contain a full post, or a longer summary with a link to the full article for sites that need onsite traffic. I must be the millionth person to ask for this, but even so, it's still relevant. Why the hell has this not happened?
– Features: Powerful organising tools. Why on earth can't I arrange the people and organisations I follow into some sensible structure, nested as deep as necessary? I'd like a celebrities folder, perhaps with Actors under there, and finally a link to video of Robert de Niro raging against Donald Trump. This structure would help deal with the firehose you get when you follow more than 5 people. I know you can create lists, but they are limited, and in the official client are hidden away in secret menus .
– Features: Unread marks per feed. When I open Robert de Niro's feed, I only want to see new tweets, but with an toggle to view older ones. Now, holding unread marks on every tweet for every twitter user could be a bit of an engineering nightmare, so a simple "high water mark" of the last tweet that I read will be fine.
– Business: Paid accounts. An individual (perhaps even a celebrity) should get a free account, although some sort of paid premium account to attract celebs seems worth looking into, but businesses like media outlets who tweet every story they publish should be paying to be on Twitter.
– Business: Find a buyer in the media/publishing industry. Talk of Salesforce and Disney buying Twitter is insane – no wonder they walked away. Twitter is most valuable to media outlets and self promoters, and needs to be owned by someone in that industry.
Some people will look at this list and think the features sounds familiar, because it's all borrowed from RSS – or at least high quality RSS clients like Reeder on iOS. And why not? RSS is excellent at dealing with a high volume of information. I am a big fan of Reeder and still use RSS heavily. Compared to Twitter, RSS is somewhat lacking in other departments, and is arguably dated. RSS is ripe to be replaced by Twitter if it could get it's act together. And best of all, none of these features would make Twitter worse at what it's used for now. They are complimentary.
When Google killed Google Reader back in 2013, Twitter should have been standing by to take over with a powerful platform to track news and status updates from people.
As far as I'm aware the features described above aren't available in third party Twitter clients, but even if they are, they should be in the core product.
Come on Twitter, get it together. I've tried many times over the years to get into Twitter and use it regularly, but it just doesn't work for me, and this keeps me on RSS. I can't be the only one.


There were only twelve people from around the world in this mastermind, and there was Dawn. As soon as I saw her I thought, "Oh no". I first met Dawn in the lab for my coaching program at USM. She wasn't in the class with all of us for the ten months leading up to the lab, but she audited the completion portion of the program and participated in the grand finale.
The lab for me was a celebration of all the ways I had grown as a life coach over the last ten months. It was a way for me to shine and to be seen and really stand forward in my authentic power and knowledge in front of my teachers and peers.
Dr. Robert Holden was facilitating the coaching lab. I was so excited. He is lovely and when I am with him I am aware that he is the presence of love embodied. He was the keynote speaker at Royce Hall when I graduated with the portion of my Masters in Consciousness, Health, and Healing. On the first day of the lab, I shared with Mary Hulnick how I pretty much cried through Robert's entire book Loveability, because it was so beautiful. Mary encouraged me to have Robert sign my book this week. I was overjoyed at the thought.
During the lab Robert used a beautiful black top hat (British I presume) to select names of people he would interact with throughout the program. Each time he reached into that hat with his silly half grin and the twinkle in his starry eyes, you could feel the anticipation in the room. You could almost hear everyone's inner voice, "Pick me, pick me, pick me". This went on all week. For six days. Every exercise, every assignment, every interaction, a name was pulled from the hat.
For an entire week my name, however, never, ever got pulled out of that hat.
And it was magnified by the fact that I stood in line on three separate occasions during the breaks to have Robert sign my copy of Loveability. Each time, the break would end just as I was next in line. I could feel myself flood with the disappointment and watch the stories in my head I began to make up about not being seen.
To add insult to injury with all of this, we did a beautiful morning exercise each day where we had the chance to hold hands and gaze into the eyes of other people in the room. It was a special and intimate exchange. Robert participated in this each day, but the energy flow never seemed to bring him and I together.
While I was busy being mad that no one was seeing me, Dawn's name got pulled out of the hat. Then it got pulled out again. And, again. And, again. And, oh my God – why doesn't he take her damn name out of the hat!!?? Again. She was seen and seen again and again and again. This was a trigger for me and Dawn became my outward projection of Being Seen. Or not.
So, all this happened. And now she's in my mastermind. In a mastermind where there are only twelve people on the whole planet. And, there she is.
During my first private coaching call with Robert, I briefly share about Dawn. Robert chuckles and acknowledges me for sharing and we both know there is a bigger, deeper more soulful reason that Dawn and I have been brought together. Robert and I don't talk about this, we just know it and it gets couched. My coaching continues.
We are three-quarters of the way through the Mastermind and surprisingly for me, Dawn has kind of been in the wings. She took a delicious trip through Europe and spent more time in Tuscany than with our group. I was unaffected by her. I was not in her shadow. And that was fine with me.
Then, and I knew it was just a matter of time, her and I get paired for peer coaching. Our coaching theme is My Soul Gifts.
We went back and forth on dates a few times to set our session. She mentions that on Sunday she is unable to meet in the morning as she will be attending Agape International Spiritual Center of Truth. I didn't think twice in replying to her email and asking her if I could invite myself to go with her. Then, follow with our session. I thought this would be a lovely way for her and me to connect at a deeper level and I had not been to Agape in about 18 years. On some level I knew this union would somehow reveal the mystery of what we had to learn from one another.
We met out front at eleven. She had a couple of family members with her. We shuffled into the row in the beautiful historic LA theatre. Me first, then her family members, then Dawn on the end. We enjoyed a beautiful meditation together and then the service began. Forty minutes in, finally Michael Bernard Beckwith begins his share.
The first thing I notice is he has freed himself from his long braids and is now totally bald. I observe him as a live wire. Literally. He is bursting with aliveness. It's as if he is unable to contain the energy that runs through him. He is a yeller. All his posse are yellers. At one point I was laughing as the people at the podium allowed their passion to burst through them, they were yelling. I remembered that everything is a projection and reminded my sweet self that is what I sometimes express when I too am filled with excitement and possibility.
Putting into words what occurred for me during Reverend Michael's share is not easy. I can still touch into the swell in my chest bursting with the emotion of love and gratitude and overflow for this sacred experience and remembering. This little package of a man, this live wire embodied with all the magic and possibility for each one of us, reminded me of my Divinity.
He reminded everyone, and I am sure I must not have been the only one in the room with deep emotion pouring through me. But, in that moment it was all about me.
He held and acknowledged my empathic anguish for a broken world, my shock and dismay for our political climate, my own inner discouragement, doubt, distance, separateness and disillusionment. In a humongous wave of pure Divine Love with the focused trajectory of a shooting star he blasted away everything that was not the Truth. He blasted away anything that was not unlimited Divine potentiality.
"YOU ARE HARDWIRED FOR BLISS AND JOY!" he shouted. Getting everyone to join in asking for us to proclaim after his lead, "There is so much beauty in you, so much love and intelligence in you, so much power in you, and you have come to set it free, to make a mighty difference on this planet and to change the world for the better. Let's be about this in the here and now. Feel the vibrational field you are creating with each other." He reminded us that we are all connected because this presence is never absent. He shared about how consciousness proceeds form. With the burst of enthusiasm that he is, he reflected to me all that I AM. He reflected the beautiful example of who I want to be, what I am here to share, what I believe at the deepest level of my beingness.
I sobbed because I created this magnificent reminder. Because I am face to face with the responsibility of creating my own reality and the way it was reflecting to me with such magnitude, presence, grace and balance of the Divine Masculine and the Divine Feminine in the most luscious and juicy way.
I sobbed because in his expression Michael reflected to me, all my Soul Gifts.
He boldly defined with such clarity that humanity IS moving forward, and this is what it looks like to prepare us for a fast and enormous shift forward. That the women's voice will never be silenced again due to recent events. That, what looks like "going backward" is just the tension of the slingshot being pulled in reverse which is just the preparation for an accelerated shot of evolution.
In every cell, every fiber of my being, I knew this to be true. It was the coaching I needed. Michael was the reminder. Michael Bernard Beckwith is my mirror.
For me and so many.
At one point, he invited all the women in the room to stand and then invited the men to follow his lead in unison, "We honor you, we support you, we support the rising of the divine feminine as the healing power on this planet. We stand with you, you are unmuted, you have power, love, creativity, you've got it all, we welcome it on this planet NOW". And so, it is. Amen.
I couldn't contain myself. I continued to sob.
Humbled by the remembering of why I am here, of what I am here to do. Reminded so clearly about how it works in the new world, how I want to experience the new earth. Reminded in the reflection of the gifts of my soul.
Inspired and reminded that WE must carry the vibration of the world we want to live in. That WE must BE the vibrational match to what we want. Reverend Michael gifted me with a new mantra I will be using as a checkpoint, a set point, a reference point for my life and my work.
I shout this from the rooftops. I emanate this as the vibrational frequency I am sending out and that I share with all whom I encounter. This is who I am and how I want to be seen.
My gratitude is spilling over. Even before the service, before Michael spoke a single word, during the meditation I had a deep sense of gratitude that was palpable. There is an energy, a vibration that is held by the beautiful people in this community. And it is real, and I can feel it.
I am in awe of this man and what he is bringing to this earth, what he has created in this Spiritual community and the foundation he has created to support all the Lightworkers, Gods, Goddesses, Teachers, Sages, Oracles, Wisdom Keepers and Healers that have chosen THIS time to be here on THIS planet.
He is a reset for my true north. He is how I see myself and my Soul Gifts.
I looked down my row at Dawn. With my nose running and makeup smeared I mouthed to her, "Thank you", as I placed my hand on my heart and gaze deeply into her eyes in a gesture of love toward her. "Thank you". I sat back on my velvet chair supported by the steel stadium seating in the Saban Theatre. I marveled at the silver etchings on the ceiling and the sea of people who were all just here loving each other.
What if coming to Agape today, on this day, was the reason Dawn's name got pulled out of the hat so many times? What if Dawn was my reflection of what it means to be seen. To stand forward. To BE the vibrational match to who I am and what I want to experience in this life. What if this whole unfolding is just another elaborate and magical way that Spirit has orchestrated for me as a deep remembering of why I am here and what I am here to do and who I am here to be. Dawn is the catalyst for my Soul Gifts and seeing my reflection in all that is.
Yes, let's go with that.
I am a vibrational ambassador for the world I want to live in. I am alive. I am grateful. I am embodied with love, peace, joy, aliveness, connection, intuition, knowingness. I am my loving nature, majesty, wisdom, resonance, illumination, truth and bliss. I am magic and synchronicity and wonderment. These are the gifts of my soul, and therefore; My Soul Gifts.
I am grateful for the connections, the relationships, the experiences that lift me up, that show me, me – I am appreciating my Soul Gifts and the Soul Gifts of every unique, individualized expression of the Divine. And today, on this day, I am grateful to see myself. And, I am grateful for Dawn.
If you'd like to experience the inspiration of Reverend Michael Bernard Beckwith, click here and page down to the Sunday service at 11:30. Reverend Michael begins sharing at 41 minutes.
You rock, Donna Bond. Love this. Thank you for sharing. Thank you for emanating so clearly that which you are.
Thank you Tracy! Loving life's surprises and magic at every turn.


SUMMIT COUNTY, Utah — The number of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, cases in Summit County have increased, and officials said as of Wednesday there are 34 confirmed cases–primarily among children of elementary school age.
FOX 13 News reported last week that 19 children had pertussis and that all 19 had been vaccinated; Carolyn Rose, Nursing Director for Summit County Health Department, said by Monday that number had increased to 27 and by Wednesday the total was 34.
Rose said the outbreak is mostly among young children of elementary school age. She said the greater likelihood for children to spread germs and the highly contagious nature of pertussis is a factor in the spread. She said they appreciate parents who are being proactive in immunizing children and keeping them home from school when they are sick.
Immunization is the best way to prevent contracting whooping cough, but the vaccine is not 100 percent effective.
According to a letter from Rose that was sent to parents in Summit County, those who are vaccinated but still get whooping cough are better off than those who did not vaccinate because they typically have fewer symptoms and aren't as contagious. She also stated in the letter that 5 or more years after the last dose of the vaccine, the protection starts to decrease.
"They would be a lot worse, and they would have more than the typical whoop, as in the whooping cough, and more severe illness–and infants who can't tolerate it as well, and people who are immuno-compromised would be a lot sicker," Rose said on March 27.
Summit County School District officials have sent a letter from Rose to parents with information about the outbreak, and it provides guidelines for families who have child who gets whooping cough. If the child is fully immunized they are recommended to take antibiotics but can return to school immediately if they aren't displaying symptoms. Children who get whooping cough who have an exemption or who aren't fully immunized are required to be out of school/daycare settings for either 21 days or until they complete a full course of antibiotics. Click here for the full letter from the Summit County Health Department.
For more information about Pertussis, visit the Utah Department of Health.
I was wondering how many of the 34 children who got whooping cough were fully vaccinated. Will you please add this information?
All of them it says so .
The number of cases suggests that the effectiveness is lower than that stated. I worry for my child !
Jesus people! Wake up! All these kids contracted it – and they were vaccinated????
Hello!! The vaccine is NOT 90-95% effective. If all were vaccinated, then it's a failure with 0% effectiveness! These kids aren't contracting pertussis from some mystery source. They're getting it from the VACCINES!!! Read up on the topic of vaccine induced illness and vaccine virus shedding. Why don't you reporters ever report the truth instead of spreading the propaganda!!
If you don't want pertussis, then don't get the vaccine!


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Ingrida "Ing" (Klavins) Benskin
February 12, 1942 ~ February 23, 2019 (age 77)
Ing's family will be doing Private Family services at a later date.
In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials to the First Lutheran Church. Memorials may be left at the Wallace Family Funeral Home & Crematory in Newton. If you are mailing the memorial to the funeral home, please add, Attn: Benskin Family on the envelope.
Ingrida "Ing" Klavins Benskin, the daughter of Edgar and Hedviga Kestli Klavins was born on
February 12, 1942 in Tukumus, Latvia. She was a graduate of Newton High School in 1961 and a graduate of St. Barnabas School of X-Ray in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1963.
On October 12, 1963, Ing was united in marriage with Steven P. Benskin in Newton. They were blessed with two children, Angie in 1964 and Thad in 1967.
After her family was raised, she joined the Maytag Company working as a production worker in Dryer Assembly for 21 years, retiring in 2008. Ing was a member of the First Lutheran Church in Newton where she belonged to the Lois Circle. She was also a member of Questors, Olive Jane Lamb Chapter No. 750. Ing was a member of UAW 997 Retiree's Union.
Ing loved being around water with her family. She enjoyed working and going to her church. Ing always had a smile and a kind word for everyone. She brought joy to all who knew her. Ing lived in Newton for 71 years.
Ing died on Saturday, February 23, 2019 at MercyOne Newton Medical Center in Newton. She was 77. She was preceded in death by for her parents, Edgar and Hedviga Kestli Klavins.
Those left to cherish Ing's memory are her husband, Steven of Newton; daughter, Angie (Dan) Hummel of Dallas, Texas; son, Thad (Fabiana) Benskin of Newton, her four grandchildren, Devin, Blake and Taylor Hummel and Savannah Benskin.


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Q: socket used in multithreading? I read code about socket used in multithread, the code is as follows:
function main
int main(void)
{
    int listenfd;
    int i = 0;

    /* check envirenment */
    if (check_env() == FALSE)
    {
        return 0;
    }

    /* get the bind port */
    listenfd = initserver(PORT);

    if ( listenfd == -1 )
    {
        return 0;
    }

    /* initial the message queue. */
    /* and start to run ...*/
    initDatas(listenfd);

    /* start already.........*/
    /* make the main thread be a thread which recive the requst from
     * client */
    fMsgIn((void *)&listenfd);

    return 0;
}

function initDatas
void initDatas(socketfd fd)
{
    int num_accept_req      = 5;
    int num_go              = 5;
    int num_getblg          = 5;

    /* control userbuf */
    init_userbuf();

    /* init the ctrlsockfd list */
    init_ctrlsockfd();

    /* run server */
    init_accept_req(fd, num_accept_req);

    /* get blog  */
    init_getblg(num_getblg);

    /* put blog */
//    init_pubblg(num_pubblg);

    /* get personal msg */
 //   init_getprsnalmsg(num_getprsnalmsg);
    /* pub personal msg */
  //  init_pubprsnalmsg(num_pubprsnalmsg);

    /*get followers */
   // init_getfollower(num_getfollower);

    /* set personal information */
    //init_setprsnalinfo(num_setprsnalinfo);

    /* send out dates ...*/
    init_msgout(num_go);
}

function init_accept_req
void init_accept_req(socketfd fd, int number_thread)
{
#ifdef DEBUG
    printf("\ninitial thread for accept request !\n");
    ASSERT(number_thread >= 1 && fd > 0);
#endif
    pthread_t *pid;
    pthread_attr_t attr;
    int i = 0;

    pid = Malloc_r(number_thread * sizeof(pthread_t));
    if ( pid == NULL )
        err_quit("malloc, in init_accept_req");

    pthread_attr_init(&attr);
    pthread_attr_setdetachstate(&attr, PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED);

    for ( i = 0; i < number_thread; i++ )
    {
                            /* control accept requst */
        pthread_create(pid + i, &attr, (void *)fMsgIn, (void*)&fd);
    }
}

we can see that socket file descriptor listenfd is created by function initserver, and in function init_accept_req, multithread is created and linux socket function accept is called in the callback function of these thread, namely function fMsgIn, so my question is  when multithreads are using the same socket fd, aren't there any conficts between these threads?(note that there are no synchronization primitives in these threads when call linux socket function accept)?

A: Answering the question:
Having multiple threads listing on the same socket does work, as for recent implementations accept() is thread save.
However one has to take care to check the outcome of all those parallel accept()s as multiple of tehm might return on a client attempting to connect, but only one accept() does this without an error.
Also one could argue this scenario is inefficient, due to those multiple returns.

However these calls
for ( i = 0; i < number_thread; i++ )
{
  pthread_create(pid + i, &attr, (void *)fMsgIn, (void*)&fd);
}

to create threads are potential killers, as they pass down to the thread function a reference to a variable local to
void init_accept_req(socketfd fd, int number_thread);

namely fd.
As soon as  init_accept_req() has returned, fd is not valid anymore, nor is what the references, which had been passed to the thread functions, are pointing to.
To fix this pass a reference to the listening socket all the way down like so:
void init_accept_req(socketfd * pfd, int number_thread)
{
  [...]

  for ( i = 0; i < number_thread; i++ )
  {
                        /* control accept requst */
    pthread_create(pid + i, &attr, (void *)fMsgIn, (void*) pfd);
  }
}

void initDatas(socketfd * pfd)
{
  [...]

  init_accept_req(pfd, num_accept_req);

  [...]

int main(void)
{
  int listenfd;

  /* initial the message queue. */
  /* and start to run ...*/
  initDatas(&listenfd);

  [...]

Using this approach one only has to make sure main() does end (so that the listening socket listenfd stays valid) as long any of the accepting thread are doing their job.
A solution a bit dirty would be to misuse the thread function's void * typed user-data argument as int and pass down the socket descriptor by value like so:
pthread_create(pid + i, &attr, (void *)fMsgIn, (void*) fd);

Not nice, but feasable as long as sizeof(void*) isn't smaller then sizeof(int).

A: Normally it's a bad idea to operate on one socket at from more than one thread without synchronisation, though it is not prohibited. For instance, you can have one thread reading, and one thread writing. But if you try to have both threads reading, or both threads writing, you may not get a sensible result without any synchronisation. Similarly if you close() in one thread without synchronisation, you will run into trouble as the other thread will may end up accessing a non-existent FD.
As far as I understand it in the scheme you are trying to achieve, do have some synchronization of sorts. When you accept in your main thread, you are given a new fd which you then pass to the child thread whose responsibility it is. Your main thread is guaranteed to do nothing with that fd after the accept has taken place (and more importantly after the pthread_create() has been entered). The code sample you've posted is not complete, so it's hard to tell if you are actually achieving this (I can't see, for instance, where accept is being called).
Also Stephens' book on advanced UNIX programming is an invaluable resource for this sort of thing; it carries examples of many forked, non-forked and threaded servers and clients.

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The "war of words" between the Czech Republic and Austria is splashed all over today's front pages, and the commentators are having a field day. Of course the Prime Minister hit the nail on the head, says Petr Fisher in Lidove noviny, but it was totally inappropriate to say so. By telling Austrians they were harbouring a post-fascist in office and advising them to get rid of him as soon as possible, the Czech Prime Minister has just added grist to the mill of Haider's nationalist policy and anti-Czech rhetoric. The statement may have put a smile on many people's faces but politically it was an expensive indulgence, says Fisher.
Jan Kovarik of Pravo has a similar assessment of the situation in an article entitled "Poking the Hornet's Nest". "Haider is fairly transparent - but there's a time and place for every statement. And this was the worst possible timing," Kovarik says. The Czech Prime Minister may have got something off his chest, but in doing so he has made life very difficult for the Freedom Party's senior partners - the Austrian People's Party - and has doubtless added quite a few signatures to the anti-Czech petition which Haider organised in Austria.
Mlada fronta Dnes carries a front-page report about an ultra-modern, highly- specialised medical facility that is being built somewhere near Hradec Kralove. The military hospital will specialise in researching and treating deadly biological diseases such as ebola or anthrax. The multi-million crown project is shrouded in secrecy and there are allegedly only two other institutions of this kind in the world - one in the US, the other in Britain.
At the Defence Ministry's request the paper has not stated the exact location of the medical institution, but it does say that work on it is almost finished and it should be made operational sometime this year. One of the experts involved in the project has made a point of assuring people living in the vicinity of Hradec Kralove that there is no danger of exposure to deadly viruses and bacteria. Secrecy or not - there's little doubt that the public will want more information on that story.
Jiri Kobelka of the same paper comments on the outcome of a highly publicised court case in which one of the country's most popular singers, Helena Vondrackova - who was at the pinnacle of her fame during the communist regime and made a come back after 1989 - sued a critic for alleging that she had signed the infamous anti-Charter in 1977, the communist-orchestrated response to the Charter 77 human rights manifesto. Does a critic really have the right to judge an artist's personal courage or political stand? Kobelka asks.
Not really, the author says. Literary and music critics should only analyse a given work of art - and not judge the person behind it. But inevitably this happens to the best of artists and most likely always will, says Kobelka, citing the music of Richard Wagner which is boycotted in Israel, because of Hitler's partiality to that composer. There's little you can do about that sort of thing, the author notes. When conductor Daniel Barenboim tried to break that taboo last year the audience simply got up and walked out.
And finally another legal story that has stirred emotions is the case of former communist prosecutor Karel Vas who walked out of court a free man on Tuesday. What irks commentators most is Vas' closing statement in which he described himself as "an absolute winner and an innocent man". The court halted proceedings against Vas because of the statute of limitations pertaining to the case, but Vas walked out with his head held high proclaiming innocence. It's a hard fact to face but it seems that this judicial murder will go unpunished, says Lidove noviny.
Author: Daniela Lazarová


"Healer's Voices" starts Jan. 15!
Jan. 21 — Erik Carlson, of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, will offer an interview and guest blog about integrating breath work into hands-on therapy, prana yama, qi gong, stuck energy, and much more. Quite the store house of knowledge!
Jan. 28 — Marina Ormes, of Eugene, Oregon, will also share an interview about her work with healers through astrology. See her discussion thread on using North and South nodes for evolutionary work. She'll also share a guest blog.
Feb. 4 — Carla Forsyth, of Transference Healing in Denville, New Jersey, helps people rediscover their ability to self-heal and find mastery and ascension, through a variety of modalities and techniques. Should be an interesting week! She'll be around to answer forum questions.
Feb. 11 — Carol Ann Barrows, of Bainbridge Island, Washington, is a vocalist and chi gong practitioner. She is generously sharing a self-healing mp3 recording — check this out!
Feb. 18 — James Burkhart, of Marina del Rey, California, is a body worker incorporating Taoist and chakra meditation techniques in his practice–and he markets Amazonian herbs.
Feb. 25 — Lauren Worsh, of Seattle, Washington, will share her thoughts in an interview and a guest blog post on "Sacred Nourishment: Loving Yourself, Trusting Your Body, and Healing Your Relationship with Food." Be sure to ask her about the Law of Attraction as well on the forum!
March 4 — Shweta Parmar, of Flushing, New York, is an Ayurvedic Practitioner focusing on harmonizing and balancing ourselves not only for health, but also in relation to the Divine Mother and Mother Earth. She's got quite a fascinating story!
March 11 — And speaking of Divine Compassion . . . this springs us back to Kwan Yin Healing. In March, I'll present a series of free webinars on practically raising vibration for tangible, manifest results in health and transformation of life path–and some announcements about new programs. Enjoy the series!
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State of M.P. Vs. Virendra Kumar Tripathi [2009] INSC 833 (27 April 2009)
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 843 OF 2009 (Arising out of SLP (Crl.) No. 707 of 2004) State of M.P. ....Appellant Versus Virendra Kumar Tripathi ....Respondent With CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 844 OF 2009 (Arising out of SLP (Crl.) No. 3753 of 2004)
Dr. ARIJIT PASAYAT, J.
2. These appeals are inter linked and are therefore disposed of by this common judgment. Challenge in these appeals is to the order passed by a learned Single Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Indore Bench, questioning the order dated 3.10.2002 passed by a learned Special Judge and First Additional Sessions Judge, Indore framing charges in relation to accusations under Section 13(1)(e) read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act,1988 (in short the `Act'). A revision petition was filed by Virender Kumar Tripathi (hereinafter referred to as the `accused'). The State through Special Police Establishment, Lokayukt Office, Indore filed charge sheet against the accused alleging that during the period of 1.1.1980 to 1.1.1990 while serving as Ranger in Forest Department of the State of Madhya Pradesh he acquired assets disproportionate to the known sources of income. At the time of framing charge the accused took the stand that he was liable to be discharged as the investigation was not conducted by the authorized police officer as required under Section 17 (second proviso) of the Act.
Further sanction was not accorded in accordance with law by the Law Department who was required to consult the parent department of the applicant i.e. Forest Department in view of the order dated 9th February, 1988 of the State Government.
It was also submitted that the investigating agency had wrongly excluded the income of the wife of the accused though the same was properly disclosed as her income before the department as well as in the income tax returns. Similarly, certain receipts were not taken into account. The trial court held that the investigation was done by the authorized police officers i.e. Deputy Superintendent of Police who had obtained search warrant from the CJM, Indore and, therefore, authorized officer investigated the matter. It was also submitted that under Section 17 of the Act Deputy Superintendent of police can investigate into any offence under the Act being a designated officer. Further it was noted that as per the Business Allocation Rules framed under Article 166(3) of the Constitution of India, 1950 (in short the `Constitution') the sanction was granted in the name of the Governor of the State by the Additional Secretary of the Department of Law and Legislative Affairs which was the legally authorized Department. However, the Court held that the plea that value of disproportionate asset was to be reduced so far as the exclusion of certain items is concerned, same was matter of evidence and is to be considered trial. The stands taken before the trial court were reiterated before the High Court. By the impugned judgment the High Court held that the Law and Legislative Department was required to consult the parent department which was necessary as per the circular/order dated 9th February, 1988 and, therefore, there was no proper sanction. Accordingly, it was held that the accused cannot be prosecuted on the basis of the sanction of the Law and Legislative Department. It did not express any final opinion as far as the exclusion of income aspect is concerned. But it upheld the view regarding legality of investigation.
3. In the appeal filed by the State it has been contended that the sanction had been given by the concerned authority and, therefore, the High Court's view is not correct. Additionally, it is submitted that the exclusion of certain items as directed by the High Court cannot be maintained because at the stage of framing charges the Court is not required to take into account materials which have to be established during trial.
4. In the appeal filed by the accused the stand is that apart from the question of lack of sanction even on facts there is no scope for proceeding against the accused. In that view of the matter also the accused was entitled to be discharged. It is also submitted that the Dy. Superintendent of Police was not authorized to conduct investigation.
5. So far as the defect in sanction aspect is concerned, the circular of which the High Court has placed reliance needs to be noted. The Circular in question is dated 9.2.1988 the relevant portion reads as follows :
"The Government also decided that before giving approval of prosecutions, the Principal Secretary, Law and Legal Deptt. will obtain the advise of concerned Department."
6. A bare perusal of the paragraph shows that before giving approval for prosecution, advice of the concerned Department was necessary. The question arises whether the absence of advice renders the sanction inoperative. Undisputedly the sanction has been given by the Department of Law and Legislative. The State government had granted approval of the prosecution. As noted above, the sanction was granted in the name of the Governor of the State by Additional Secretary, Department of Law and Legislative Affairs. The advice at the most is an inter-departmental matter. Further the High Court has failed to consider the effect of Section 19(3) of the Act. The said provision makes it clear that no finding, sentence or order passed by a Special Judge shall be reversed or altered by a court of appeal on the ground of absence of /or any error, omission or irregularity in sanction required under sub-section (1) of Section 19 unless in the opinion of the Court a failure of justice has in fact been occasioned thereby. In the instant case there was not even a whisper or pleading about any failure of justice. The stage when this failure is to be established yet to be reached since the case is at the stage of framing of charge whether or not failure has in fact been occasioned was to be determined once the trial commenced and evidence was lead. In this connection the decisions of this Court in State v. T. Venkatesh Murthy [2004(7) SCC 763] and in Prakash Singh Badal v. State of Punjab [2007(1) SCC 1] need to be noted.
7. That being so the High Court's view quashing the proceedings cannot be sustained and the State's appeal deserves to be allowed which we direct.
8. Coming to the appeal filed by the accused one of the questions is whether the investigating officer was authorized to conduct the investigation. The investigation was carried on by the duly authorized officer namely the Dy. Superintendent of Police under Section 17(c) of the Act.
9. The broader issues raised need not be looked into. The function of investigation was merely to collect evidence and any irregularity and illegality in the course of collection of evidence can hardly be considered by itself to affect legality of trial by a competent Court of the offence so investigated. In H.N. Rishbud and Anr. v. State of Delhi (AIR 1955 SC 196), it was observed that a conviction is not violated because there has not been strict compliance with the provisions of the Act in the matter of investigation by a police officer unless the accused is shown to have been prejudiced. There is no material to show prejudice. The proceedings started in 1987. FIR was registered on 22.2.1991. In 1992, the accused filed a petition before the High Court. Chargesheet was filed on 21.12.1993. On 30.8.2000, the petition filed before the High Court was disposed of.
There was no challenge at that stage to legality of investigation and related to consideration of certain documents. Learned Special Judge considered the matter afresh and rejected accused's plea. Again, High Court was moved. Only the plea related to non-consideration of documents during investigation and did not relate to legality of investigation. So, the present stand without establishing any prejudice deserves to be rejected.
10. So far as the non-exclusion of certain alleged income of relatives is concerned, it needs to be noted that these are matters of evidence and in such matters, the decision of this Court in State of Orissa v. Debendra Nath Padhi [JT 2004(10) SC 303] is relevant. The High Court's judgment in this aspect does not suffer from any infirmity.
11. In the ultimate analysis, the appeal filed by the State deserves to be allowed which we direct while dismissing the appeal filed by the accused.
...................J. (Dr. ARIJIT PASAYAT)
..................J. (P. SATHASIVAM)
...................J. (AFTAB ALAM) New Delhi;


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Q: I want to write a function in Java that takes a String as argument and creates an object with the same name Say I am getting names of people and want to create person objects of the same name, something like this :
void foo(String str){
       Person str = new Person();
}

So that later I can refer to the person by name, something like :
int getAcoountNumber(String str){
      return str.acNumber;
}

A: I think you need a map for String str to Person str.
say the map is HashMap nameMap, and change the code like this:
void foo(String str){
    Person p = new Person(str);
    nameMap.put(str, p);
}

int getAcoountNumber(String str){
      return nameMap.get(str).acNumber;
}


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Murky Red "No Pocus Without Hocus" Out Now!
by admin | Nov 4, 2015 | Music News, New Release | 0 comments
Belgian crossover prog band have released their highly anticipated 2nd album "No Pocus Without Hocus Out" The new album took over two years to record and many agree it was worth the wait. At the moment it is a digital only release, but plans are to release it on CD in 2016. At the moment the Digital album is available worldwide via Amazon, BandCamp, CD Baby, iTunes and dozens or other popular Digital Distributors, as well as the usual streaming sites.
According to the band.
The title describes perfectly, the journey that Murky Red travelled, to complete our second album. The change of the band's line-up, serious illnesses, the loss of loved ones, victims of fraud, financial and relational barriers… It seemed like The Murkies were cursed by the devil (although we paid him, the bloody twat. Wise lesson kids: never trust a devil).
The making of 'No Pocus Without Hocus' was no walk in the park, but thanks to dedication, patience (ours and our fans'), friendship and a bit of sorcery, we returned with an album we're all proud of.
The meaning of the album title is a variation of 'no gain, no pain', which reflects on the making of the album but also on daily life. Sometimes you need a little magic to help you through the daily struggle. But that doesn't mean we made a pitch black, sad album. It's a laugh and a cry. The songs are about the normal things that happen in your life; you hallucinate a bit, you discuss world problems with your cat, you get horny, you can't sleep, you penetrate a mermaid with a fish stick… in fact this is the perfect soundtrack for your life! We know our listeners!
Musically, we stole all the best parts of Deep Floyd, The Black Doors, Led Sabbath and Dennie Christian, but you wouldn't know it if we hadn't told you. They endured the Murky-treatment: we put them all in big black cauldron, added 4 cans of blues sauce and spiced it with prog-herbs. We stirred it all up and let it simmer for about 2 years. The end result smells funny but it sounds just like Murky Red doing a cover of a Murky Red tribute band.
We asked Colin Tench (Corvus Stone, Coalition, Oceans 5, CTP, Transmission Rails …) for his mixing-pocus and as guest musician on 'Collateral Damage'. He immediately put a new set of strings on his cowbell. You really don't want to miss this!
Last but not least, a special thanks to my band members for their effort and positivity during hard times. Murky Red is back and stronger than ever.
Stef Flaming
Pixelated Friends
Stoned And Horny
Sweet Dark Hypnosis
She's Crying Diamonds
Nothing Can Go Wrong
A Wooden Groove
Collateral Damage (feat. Colin Tench on lead guitar)
Bad Wolf Of The Pack
Murky Red is…
Stef Flaming: Vocals & Guitars
Patrick Dujardin: Guitars
Rene Marteaux: Drums
Luk Lantin: Bass
Yolanda Flaming: Keys
Marie Vancamp: Percussion & Vocals
Music and lyrics by Stef Flaming
Recorded in the Murky Red Studios, Belgium
Mixing and mastering: Colin Tench, Stoned Bun Studios Sweden
© 2015 Murky Red Music
What the press and fans are saying about the new album.
Murky Red deserves the attention of not only progressive rock enthusiasts, but also to the 70's rock, when the absence of a music format gave free rein to unbridled inspiration. It is ultimately gratifying to notice that this spirit continues more than 4 decades later!
– Music Waves
"This album is a worthy successor to 2012's Time Doesn't Matter, and it shows a more out-of-the-trodden-path Murky Red. Brilliant guitar work, great organ and bass work, non standard drumming and percussion and a nice mix of humorous and serious lyrics make for a nice musical journey"
– Angelo's Rock Orphanage
"This album has a great 70's prog feel to it but with a fresh modern day shininess… Thanks Murky Red…"
– Gordo Bennett
Murky Red's album 'No Pocus with Hocus' on Melodic Revolution Records is an amazing orgy of sound that titillates the ear, smelling sweetly like the shared tour bus of Pink Floyd, The Doors, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, and Led Zeppelin going down the back roads of your dreams. An amazing achievement for a perfectionist band that never quits. Long hail Murky Red!
– Ted Ollikkala
Website: www.murkyred.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/MurkyRed
Colin Tench: Website: www.corvusstone.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/CorvusStone
Melodic Revolution Records website: mrrmusic.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/MelodicRevolutionRecords


Northern Lights: An Exploration of Canadian Piano Music: Early Intermediate Piano Duets is a collection of 10 new works, in fixed hand positions, by 11 Canadian composers from coast to coast. To facilitate the learning process, fingerings and measure numbers have been included. Students will enjoy seeing photos of the composers with the biographies.
The educational and pedagogical value of playing duets is evidenced in recital performances, festival settings and recreational playing. The team-work provides motivation for practise, improving sight reading, rhythmic precision and reducing performance anxiety. Duet playing enhances many areas of musicianship as well as developing the social aspect of music making.


Sean Lucas was a 3 year Varsity letter winner at Beacon High School. Some of his High School accolades include Louisville Slugger All American, Empire State Games Silver Medalist and 2007 Pitcher of the year. Sean moved on to play College baseball at the University of Virginia where he was a member of the 2009-2010 College World Series team. After College Sean was drafted in the 25th round by the Cincinnati Reds. Sean was selected to the 2013 Midwest Allstar Team. 5 Tool Hitting Center is very lucky to have Sean as a pitching instructor.


I've always been interested by the capturing of light to produce imagery. Over the years I have experimented with all sorts of cameras, both still and video. I'm not quite sure when it happened, but at some point I became very intrigued by time-lapse photography.


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Interim Population Consequences of DisturbanceLindsay Wilson2019-03-06T09:36:07+00:00
The potential risk of injury and/or disturbance to marine mammals exposed to noise has been identified as a key risk. Possible consequences of exposure to underwater noise include: disturbance that could cause marine mammals to either move away or change behaviour, suffer temporary hearing damage or permanent physical injury. The interim Population Consequences of Disturbance (iPCoD) model assesses what the longer term and larger scale impacts of these consequences are to the exposed group(s) of animals as a whole.
iPCoD is a protocol for implementing an interim version of the Population Consequences of Disturbance (PCoD) approach for assessing and quantifying the potential consequences for marine mammal populations of any disturbance and/or injury that may result from offshore energy developments.
It has been designed to use the kinds of information that are likely to be provided by developers in their Environmental Statements and Habitats Regulations Assessments. The package is developed for use in R, a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics.
The Interim PCoD framework project was commissioned and jointly funded by The Crown Estate, Marine Scotland Science, the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, The Department for Energy & Climate Change, Natural Resources Wales, Natural England and Scottish Natural Heritage. Members of each regulatory and statutory nature conservation body, along with developer representatives, participated in a steering committee for the project to ensure that the model met their needs. The framework is underpinned by a study of The Sensitivity of UK Marine Mammal Populations to Marine Renewables Developments (Harwood & King 2014) that was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council as part of its Marine Renewable Energy Knowledge Exchange programme.
This framework has since been used in the UK, Netherlands and Germany. In North America, the interim framework has been developed to explore how it might be used to assess the population level impacts of Navy activities on marine mammals (ONR) and models have been developed to explore the effects of shipping on killer whales (Canada) and Cook Inlet beluga whales (NMFS). Check out the following links to other PCoD projects – PCoD Lite and PCoD+.
The iPCoD version 5.0 code package
The iPCOD version 5.0 code download is available by subscription (below) and contains the model, associated reports and help files.
The model allows the user to predict the population consequences of permanent threshold shifts (PTS) and disturbance on five marine mammal species found in the UK: bottlenose dolphins, harbour porpoise, minke whales, harbour seals and grey seals.
The results of the disturbance expert elicitation have now been processed and are incorporated in version 5.0 of the code. The key points from the expert elicitation were:
For all species the effects of disturbance on vital rates were considered to be lower than estimated in the 2013 elicitation (this is reflected in the new code)
In general when comparing species, harbour seals vital rates were thought to be more sensitive to disturbance than grey seals.
For both seal species it was expected that disturbance would be most likely to impact on fertility and the survival of the 'weaned of the year' animals.
Experts agreed that harbour porpoise would be more susceptible to the effects of disturbance than either of the seal species.
For harbour porpoise it was expected that disturbance would be most likely to impact on post-weaning calf survival and fertility.
Note: The new disturbance expert elicitation was not conducted for minke whales or bottlenose dolphins, so the effects of disturbance on minke whale and bottlenose dolphin vital rates have remained unchanged since v3.
We emphasise the interim nature of this approach, which was developed to deal with the current situation, where there are limited data on the way in which changes in behaviour and hearing sensitivity may affect the ability of individual marine mammals to survive and to reproduce.
Ongoing development
The iPCoD v5.0 code has been tested under various scenarios, however testing cannot be exhaustive. iPCoD is a freely available, open source programme for which SMRU Consulting rely on user participation to identify bugs and develop version updates. Bug fix/ support requests are necessary for the continued development of this package so please report any issues to info@smruconsulting.com. All updates will be communicated through the email address provided at subscription.
To download iPCoD, please subscribe to our mailing list below
NOTE: when you click subscribe a pop out may be blocked – please allow the pop out window in order to complete the subscription.
Upon completion of your subscription you will be emailed a link to download the iPCoD zip folder.
Please allow a few minutes for the email to come through and please check your junk and clutter mailboxes in case it gets filed there.
If you encounter any issues subscribing and downloading the code please email us at info@smruconsulting.com
We'll keep you updated with any bug fixes or developments as they become available.
SMRU Consulting only support the most recent release of iPCoD, if you require access to any of the previous versions please email us on info@smruconsulting.com.
Version log
A note from SNCBs
Upon the release of the iPCoD software in 2014, the iPCoD steering group released the following statement on the use of iPCoD:
"The statutory nature conservation bodies (SNCBs) and regulators participated in an Interim PCoD training workshop and are now considering the scope of the tool and how and when it might be used to inform EIA and HRA processes and consenting decisions for marine renewable energy projects. Therefore some of the messages that follow are preliminary.
To date, due to uncertainties about the consequences of disturbance on marine mammal individuals and populations, current consenting decisions have drawn upon expert opinion, but not always in a transparent, comparable and auditable way. Whilst Interim PCoD relies on some strong assumptions and on expert opinion, its strengths include being transparent, auditable and quantitative.
SNCBs consider the Interim PCoD a novel modelling tool with potential to increase our understanding of the effects of disturbance and collision on marine mammal populations, particularly in identifying those input parameters that may most influence the modelled outcomes, and as such support its use.
Developers should consult regulators and their advisers if they are considering using the Interim PCoD at an early stage i.e. before application stage.
Whilst SNCBs do not anticipate a need for the Interim PCoD to be used in the EIA/HRA processes for every single development, this tool may form a useful reference in standardising the type of data submitted in impact assessments which will help when assessing cumulative effects. For large-scale developments and clusters of developments the tool may also help standardise the process for population level assessments. Decisions on when PCoD might be a useful tool should be made on a case-by-case basis in discussion with the relevant SNCBs and Regulators.
One of the main strengths of the Interim PCoD may be at assessing the cumulative effect of several developments and SNCBs advise that this is better achieved at the strategic level (e.g. SEA, and/or as a result of a joint effort between regulators, their advisers and developers [e.g. regional monitoring groups]). We will be working to encourage this approach in the future.
SNCBs acknowledge that there will need to be a process in place to address matters related to the interpretation of model results (e.g. thresholds of acceptable change and time frames).
A joint effort involving government, regulators and industry is now needed to contribute to research on how disturbance influences life-history parameters. The outputs of this research would replace parameters in the model that have been quantified by the expert elicitation process with empirical values. There are some ongoing initiatives through NERC, ORJIP and industry led (e.g. DEPONS) but more is needed.
SNCBs would welcome feedback from developers on where and how they think this tool could add value to assessment processes."


The Flag of Scotland, also known as Saint Andrew's Cross or the Saltire, is the national flag of Scotland. As the national flag it is the Saltire, which is the correct flag for all individuals and corporate bodies to fly in order to demonstrate both their loyalty and Scottish nationality. It is also, where possible, flown from Scottish Government buildings every day from 8am until sunset, with certain exceptions.


Proper administration systems are vital in many different industries for the stress-free handling of employee data. A high-quality school admission system, in particu-lar, is essential in the education system as managing admissions is a sensitive, com-plex and time-consuming process for schools and local authorities. For parents (and their children), this is an anxious time and it is important that decisions are made accurately and in a timely fashion.
It is for this reason why a school admission system is so important in the education sector as this will enable parents to easily apply for places online which, in turn, will remove the need for schools and local authorities to enter data. An admission system can be used to manage the entire admissions process all the way from the initial ap-plication right through to allocation. In addition to this, parents can be kept up to date each step of the way with automated correspondence so that they are kept in the loop.
These intuitive admissions systems can be used in a wide variety of sectors by the HR department. They can enable easy handling of important employee data, create a safe and secure working environment which can lead to employee wellbeing. When it comes to recruitment, there can be a lot less admin for the staff to go through which can lead to faster decisions. Additionally, it can reduce costs for businesses thanks to the time that is saved and the reduced postage as all aspects can be handled digitally.
It is important for businesses in all industries to look for ways to streamline their operation and this is particularly important in a day and age where there is so much software available. Admissions is one of the most important areas in education and in other industries which is why every business should look for the best administra-tion systems available. The automated and bulk processing functionality can help a company to achieve their business targets while also being more efficient with re-sources and going paperless.
Mobile devices, software and technology have revolutionised many areas of business in recent years allowing companies to streamline and improve their operation. This is particularly true in HR when it comes to admissions where the entire process can now easily be handled via software. The education system, in particular, can benefit from this as it can make the entire process simple and straightforward for parents, local authorities and schools so that students can be quickly placed.


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Rec Cannabis Will Be Legal In Canada By July 2018, Confirms Government
The government plans to introduce legislation by April 20 (420) to legalize it, with the intention of the law being in place by Canada Day next year.
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Canadians should be able to consume cannabis recreationally by July 1, 2018, a government source has confirmed. The federal government plans to introduce legislation by April 20 (420) to legalize it, with the intention of the law being in place by Canada Day next year. The legislation will stipulate that each province has the right to decide how cannabis will be distributed and priced.
Many of the details still TBC
Under the new law, the Federal government in Ottawa will set a minimum purchasing age of 18 and will regulate the licensing of producers.
The provincial governments will have the authority to manage how and where cannabis will be sold, as well as how much it will cost. They are also allowed to raise the minimum purchase age if they deem that necessary.
Canadians will also be free to grow up to four cannabis plants per household. Another senior official said there are still "lots of moving parts" as the government juggles complex issues like whether to allow home growing of small amounts of cannabis to sell and the best way to crack down on THC-impaired drivers.
Liberal MP Bill Blair, who is parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Justice and Ottawa's quarterback of the legalization effort, has said that the production and sale of cannabis will be tightly regulated.
Even if the legislation was introduced in the coming weeks, it remains unclear when cannabis will actually be legal for recreational users in the next year and a half.
A senior federal official said last year that the time frame will depend on the "readiness of the provinces."
Advocates aren't holding their breath
B.C. cannabis activist Dana Larsen is skeptical about reports the recreational scene could be legal in Canada by next summer.
I think it's still a few years away until they stop arrests and we can buy government-approved cannabis in stores. 2019 is probably the earliest we'll see change happen.
I think we're going to see a slow process though because the federal legislation that comes into play won't be the end of the process, it'll be the beginning of the process.
Then each province will have to have their own individual process to determine what they're going to do and then many municipalities want some time to put in their own bylaws.
So I think that nobody's going to be in a hurry on this so I anticipate this stretching out for quite a few years to come. – Dana Larsen


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Determined to succeed
Will Boellner, Staff writer
Basketball was never her priority, but over the course of two seasons, junior forward Cori Levy has worked hard to make it one.
Despite basketball being her secondary sport, Levy was determined to make varsity. Levy trained intensively in the offseason by joining the spring Bigger Faster Stronger (BFS) program as well as playing soccer in the fall. Levy was rewarded for her training, as she has gone from being a reserve on junior varsity last year to a starter on a varsity team with a 9-11 record at press time,.
"My biggest improvement from last year is getting in better shape," Levy said. "It's really putting an impact on my playing time."
Levy's improvements this season have not gone unnoticed by her teammates.
"She's become more and more aggressive and confident when going to the basket or taking shots inside the key," sophomore guard Mae Dickens said, "She is always pushing herself and encouraging everyone around her."
Coaches too have taken notice of Levy's new level of play.
"She has adjusted to the pace of the game well. She works hard each day and is very coachable and willing to modify her game to succeed at the varsity level," head coach Jessica Szymanski said.
Levy wants to prove she can be her best and benefit her team anyway possible. She hit a game-winning shot in a 54-51 victory against Western Tech Dec. 16.
"I plan on helping my team succeed this year by never hanging my head down when we're down and trying to get as many assists I can," she said.
Will Boellner is a 5'7 sophomore who plays varsity men's soccer at Dulaney. In his free time, he loves to sit at home and listen to music or lie in...


Royals bottle: After 15 overs, Rajasthan Royals were 111/2, chasing 170 for victory. Kolkata Knight Riders had been on 114/5 at the same stage. The two-time champions scored 55 runs in the last five overs to take the game away from the opposition. Royals managed only 33 runs between over number 15 and 20 to hand KKR a 25-run victory. Only three fours were hit in 30 legal deliveries at the death. Royals bottled the chase.
Ajinkya Rahane was anchoring his team's chase, opening the innings. The idea seemed to be building the base before throwing the kitchen sink. Sanju Samson, too, looked to be in very good touch. But Kuldeep Yadav snapped up Rahane in the first ball of the 15th over, which ended a 62-run second wicket partnership. The onus shifted to young Samson to play the lead. He reached his half-century in 37 balls but departed two deliveries hence, mistiming a pull against Piyush Chawla and holing out to Javon Scantlebury-Searles at long-on. Samson could have been the hero. He bottled the opportunity.
"We didn't bat well throughout the season. Bowlers were fantastic. Fielding and batting, we will look to improve next year and will come back stronger," Rahane said after the match. To be fair though, KKR's bowling was top-class and Royals badly missed Jos Buttler in this win-or-bust contest.
Rewind to the KKR innings now, to the 16th over, when the game hung in the balance. A 55-run fifth wicket partnership between Dinesh Karthik and Shubman Gill had helped KKR overcome a shaky start on a two-paced Eden Gardens pitch. But a big push was needed for a strong finish. Jaydev Unadkat returned for his second spell.
Rahane had other options to fall back on. K Gowtham, who bowled beautifully with the new ball, had an over left. Ben Laughlin still had three in the bag. Jofra Archer had two. But Royals' Rs 11.5 crore auction buy was preferred, ostensibly to bowl his cutters on a sluggish surface. Unadkat bowled seam up instead and saw Karthik scoop him over the 'keeper's head for a four. A single next ball brought Andre Russell into the strike. Unadkat took the pace off the ball but offered hitting length. The big Jamaican smoked him over wide long-on for a six. The left-arm seamer failed to learn from his mistakes. Another length ball, wide outside the off stump, was crunched through covers for a four by Russell. A 19-run over changed the complexion of the match, putting KKR in the ascendancy.
Karthik's brilliance: The KKR skipper offered the other end of the spectrum. Bought for Rs 7.4 crore and put on the captaincy hot seat, he has proved to be an asset for his team. The Nidahas Trophy final in Sri Lanka – 29 not out off eight balls – witnessed his jump to the next level – for a serious student of cricket, an upgrade is possible even at 32 years of age. And Karthik carried his form to the IPL. A tally of 490 runs in 15 matches at a strike-rate of 148 attests a purple patch. His 52 off 38 balls today was arguably the best of the lot.
Sunil Narine's approach and his eventual dismissal on the second ball of the match had a touch of complacency. The first ball had been slapped for a boundary and an overzealous Narine stepped out to the next one from K Gowtham with a devil-may-care attitude. Heinrich Klaasen effected an easy stumping.
Robin Uthappa and Nitish Rana, too, departed in quick succession and after six overs, KKR had been struggling at 46/3 – their lowest Powerplay score in this IPL. To reach 169 in 20 overs from that position spoke volumes for batting depth and resolve of the side. Karthik played a gem. On a pitch that virtually ruled out hitting through the line, he used all his improvisations. Tickles down the leg, ramps, scoops – the captain revelled in his batting versatility, setting up KKR's fourth win on the spin.
Andre Russell impact: Gill gave him good support, showing some lovely touches and a positive intent under pressure. His partnership with Karthik laid the basis for Russell to unleash the heavy artillery. A six on free-hit off Archer was his opening act. He took Unadkat to the cleaners, hammered Ben Laughlin and scored 49 not out off 25 balls, including three fours and five sixes to take the game away from Royals. Credit is due to the KKR management for retaining the all-rounder for Rs 8.5 crore despite his one-year cricket recluse because of a doping ban.
Russell returned to become KKR's main impact player. "He is a big match player," the team's assistant coach Simon Katich had said on the Eliminator eve. Russell ran away with the Man-of-the-Match award.


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Kalilangan ist eine Großraumgemeinde in der Provinz Bukidnon auf der Insel Mindanao in den Philippinen. Sie hat  Einwohner (Zensus ), die in 14 Barangays leben. Sie gehört zur zweiten Einkommensklasse der Gemeinden auf den Philippinen und wird als partiell urbanisiert beschrieben.

Ihre Nachbargemeinden sind Maguing im Nordwesten, Bumbaran im Westen und Wao im Südwesten, alle in der Provinz Lanao del Sur gelegen, Talakag im Norden und Pangantucan im Osten und Süden. Die Topographie der Gemeinde wird als gebirgig mit großen canyonartigen Tälern und großen Hochplateaus beschrieben. Im Norden liegt das Gebirge der Mount Kalatungan Range.

Im Nordosten der Gemeinde liegt der Mount Kalatungan Range Natural Park. Der Tausa- und Pantaka-See liegen im Barangay Canituan, sie gelten als gute Badegewässer. Der Salzwassersee im Sitio New Janiuay, Barangay Ninoy Aquino, hat eine höhere Schwefelkonzentration und ist einer der wenigen Salzwasserseen der Philippinen. Vom Pod-ong Peak im Barangay Malinao hat man eine schöne Panoramasicht auf die umliegenden Gebiete.

Barangays

Weblinks

 Tourismusseite Kalilangan auf der Webseite der Provinzregierung

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


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Oct. 3, 2001 / 5:51 PM
Chi. Cubs 13, Cincinnati 7
CHICAGO, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Jon Lieber suffered through his worst home start of the season Wednesday, but still recorded his 20th victory as the Chicago Cubs defeated the Cincinnati Reds, 13-7, on a blustery day at Wrigley Field.
Corey Patterson had a career-high four hits and Sammy Sosa belted his 61st homer for the Cubs, who scored 10 runs in their last four at bats one day after being eliminated from playoff contention.
Rookie catcher Corky Miller had a pair of home runs and four RBI for the Reds, who made a pair of errors and had their winning streak snapped at three games.
Lieber gave up five runs in six innings, but became the first Cubs pitcher to win 20 games since Greg Maddux in 1992. His previous career high was 12 victories last year.
Patterson, who had four hits in September, reached on a bunt that originally was scored an error, an infield single off the bag at first base and a pair of wind-blown hits down the left-field line.
The Cubs also took advantage of a dropped fly ball by Ken Griffey Jr. in center field, scoring four times in the fifth inning for a 7-5 lead.
Sosa capped a five-run seventh with a three-run blast to center, increasing his major league-leading RBI total to 154 and Chicago's lead to 13-6.
On Tuesday, Sosa became the first player in history to hit 60 home runs in three seasons, but Cincinnati eliminated Chicago from playoff contention with a 5-4 victory.
Corey Patterson
Corky Miller
Jon Lieber
Ken Griffey
Padres behind 'laid-back' Manny Machado after Instagram rant


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Сушки — село в Кирицком сельском поселение Спасского муниципального района Рязанской области.

География
Находится на высоте 146 м. над уровнем моря.
Через село протекает река Кирица. Также рядом проходит трасса М5. Село состоит из улиц:
Советской, Интернатской, Вишнёвой, Аптечной, Школьной, Церковной и др.

История
Впервые упоминается как Тихвинский починок в 1568 году в числе вотчин рязанских архиереев. В переписной книге за 1678 год в нём значилось 6 крестьянских 12 бобыльских дворов — всего 42 души.

В 1680 году митрополит Рязанский и Муромский Иосиф построил в Сушках Воскресенскую церковь. В 1752 году вместо обветшавшей церкви было дозволено построить новую, но за неимением средств строительство так и не началось. Наконец, в ответ на просьбу прихожан о постройке новой каменной церкви, 14 мая 1847 года им была выдана храмозданная грамота и 13 сентября 1859 года новая церковь была освящена. За исключением небольшого периода в конце и после Великой Отечественной войны (до 1947 года) она была действующей.

Население

Примечания

Населённые пункты Спасского района (Рязанская область)


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The best moment of the entire hour and the one that made my heart completely explode was his reunion with Mary. Their kiss was everything.
What made it even better was Dean and Sam witnessing such a tender exchange between their parents.
It's something that neither of them had experienced because there was never an opportunity since Mary was killed when they were both so young.
But as always happens in Sam and Dean's world, the good stuff never lasts.
Sam knew that John's appearance would be messing with time and that it would cause problems although he didn't know what exactly.
Deep down, Dean knew it too, but he didn't want to deal with it. At least not until after the family dinner.
Sam could have pushed Dean to do something about the issue immediately, but he saw how much his brother wanted to enjoy the moment.
Delaying the inevitable also gave Sam a chance to make amends with this father. He was able to tell John all the things he never had a chance to before.
I'm good with who I am. I'm good with who you are. Because our lives? They're ours and maybe I'm too damn old to change that.
John's appearance was soul cleansing for everyone, including John. It was an opportunity for all of them to clean the slate so to speak.
For Sam and Dean especially, ridding themselves of some of their regrets in relation to their dad will give them a clearer head for the battles yet to come.
It also helped Dean realize that he was okay with who he is and how his life turned out.
We're legacies because of you.
Permalink: We're legacies because of you.
The same with Sam. Did he really want to be a lawyer talking about hobbies and kale? Not hardly.
This isn't the first time Sam and Dean's roles in the world have come up. It's something they've questioned numerous times before, but John's appearance gave them clarity and closure.
It's an end, but also a beginning.
Still, having to say goodbye to John was heart-wrenching.
I'm not ashamed to say that I cried when they all said their goodbyes. Hell, I cried at almost everything that happened this hour, but Sam smashing that pearl was devastating.
At least we know that John went back to living in 2003 and not to suffering back in hell.
Even though he thought it was all a dream, the idea that he has remnants of the extraordinary experience he had in the future was a great way to close out John Winchester's chapter on Supernatural.
Sam and Dean having to fight off John Wayne Gacy's ghost was epic.
Does anyone else wonder what happens when you pull the string on the bear? It might be something the brothers encounter in a future episode.
Cas coming back as Zachariah's badass angel made me realize that the Cas we have now is much better than the Cas of 2003.
Dean charming the mail lady was classic Dean much to Sam's disgust. We definitely need more moments like that.
What will Sam and Dean do with all those objects they collected at the pawn shop?
Will Sam and Dean tell Cas about their father's return?
Who do you think is really responsible for John Winchester's return? Was it really a deep-seated Dean desire or was there something or someone else behind it?
What did you think of "Lebanon"? Was it everything you expected? What would you have liked to have seen?
What's next for Sam and Dean? How will they deal with the problem of Michael now?


Tisdale got her hair dyed last week at the popular California salon, Nine Zero One, by the one and only Amber Maynard. According to the salon's co-owner, Nikki Lee, Maynard "specializes in doing fun colors!" So, what all of a sudden made Tisdale want to ditch her blonde locks for something a bit more crazy? Lee explained, "This change was just for fun before she starts filming [TV series] Buzzy's. It will wash out in about six shampoos. It's on the hair extensions we put in for her wedding. We think it's a great way to switch up your hair without having to commit for a long time and without having to damage it." In the past, Lee and fellow Nine Zero One hairstylist Morgan Parks even styled Tisdale's hair for her wedding.
Hmm, okay so the new lavender color isn't permanent? Aww man, I was really digging it. Tisdale looks incredible with the dash of color in her hair. As someone who always wants to dye their hair some outrageous color but can't, I feel like I am living vicariously through Tisdale. However, I guess needing to get rid of the color for an acting part is a good enough reason if any. Do you wish Tisdale would stick with the lavender hair or are you longing for the days where she had blonde locks? What other stars do you think would look awesome with some color in their hair like this? I want to hear what you have to say, so sound off!


Sorry Barbara, I wasn't paying enough attention.
versions. Maybe one of them will be willing to send it to you if you want it.
> thanks Mark, but I already know that (see my previous messages).
> I just wanted to know where one can download this famous MPI.Autodock4.
> increased overhead due to MPI.
> > > Sorry , I am confused.
> > > May someone give me the link to download MPI.Autodock4 ?


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Madhun1967 38
SLRE is unplayable for my 51 year old ass................lol.And the sounds !!!!!!!! wow
maybe ill fire it up again.I tried to really enjoy Loebs early FWD cars ,but besides some decent looking country road sections on some few stages ,this game does not have an intuitive handling model.
MrDeap 0
gk9147 said:
MrDeap ok but on dirt the game is very responsive and there are players who abuse steering wheel settings and controllers to make better time
I'm one of those dude who see exploit as being part of the sport. Although I more willingly to share it as part of the gameplay.
Although the exploit behind it is not due to the reduction of the steering ratio. It's more about not having the right perception to drive around the driving model, which result placebo by lowering the steering ratio by getting trolled by it.
What I mean is that if you envision realism too much, it will turn against you in the virtual world.
JZStudios 485
Madhun1967 said:
Oh, come on! Ass and hell are fine but not crap? c rap isn't allowed? What are we? 5?
Pretty sure I've seen F get past the censor.
ASS is an animal lmao !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
caerphoto 277
I'm one of those dude who see exploit as being part of the sport
Imo 'exploit' is about the most unsporting thing you can do.
caerphoto said:
Sure there are limit to where it's unsporting, like heavily cutting the track... But there are time the game just don't provide anything to go around it, that it's less of an headache to all accept the exploit & just play with it as long it is fairly documented publicly.
In fighting game which is the most respected esport is very focused on exploit.
Korean backdash in Tekken
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcDBlWMgSak
Cross up in Street Fighter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydlPxdW4L5I
Obviously some character may get banned for use if it offer no challenge or being over powered.
RodgerDavies 803
Whilst stood in a field in Belgium waiting for Belgian and British championship crews to come past,it just occurred to me that I haven't logged on here yet to make my annual "please put Ypres stages in your next rally game" appeal.
Please Codies, put Ypres into your next game.
Accro2008 24
RodgerDavies said:
Same here, great week end on the westhoek roads. Please codemasters.
Also can we have one of those ? :
Darhour 2
The rallying vibes make that Porsche even more extreme. Jolly good car!
Darhour said:
They also sound as good as they look, there is quite a lot of them in Belgium :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=993Ss9dVG_0
Looks pretty fun to drive and slide around those corners. The engine configuration seems to be heavily tweaked to produce enough power output.
ça a l'air bien à Condroz ;)
KevM 44
Heavily tweaked to produce enough power?? It's a Porsche 911!! lol
That flat 6 doesn't sound too stock lol..
Video of Loeb playing dirt 4 rallycross, @KickUp in the background at 0:40
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7qEtKhnPnY
"he might have eaten too much kebab today"
dgeesi0 259
loeb needs to go back to pikes as his record was beaten.
gk9147 159
MrDeap I understand but then why the player wants rally simulation games if he does not like to turn their wheel is a very bizarre contradiction
Accro2008 Darhour watch R4 RWD for the porsche ;) http://forums.codemasters.com/discussion/132313/dlc-idea-dirt-4-and-new-category-car#latest
carpa 257
dgeesi0 said:
And by 16 seconds! The new record was set by Volkswagen Motorsport with the VW I.D. R Pikes Peak, 4WD full electric with 680 hp. Dumas made it to the top in 7:57.148.
And that is some serious speed, no doubt. Since the road was paved cars look more and more like LMP prototypes, but this allows for greater downforce and speed, so I don't think the hillclimb has become less dangerous or interesting than the recent future...
VirtuaIceMan 57
Dakar game is still coming: https://twitter.com/DakartheGame
But in 2019 the race was only going to run in Peru: https://www.motorsport.com/dakar/news/dakar-2019-to-take-place-solely-in-peru-1038686/
Although that's now in doubt: https://www.motorsport.com/dakar/news/peru-uncertainty-leaves-dakar-2019-in-the-balance-1047085/
carpa said:
Full electric means it's not susceptible to altitudinal loss of power. Cheaters.
JZStudios said:
I wouldn't call that "cheating"... And that is compensated by the added weight of the batteries. So I think they just did a great job at developing the car, and I honestly find this fascinating. Well, not as fascinating as a 405 T16 driven sideways by Ari Vatanen, but still. It's a differenti way of being interesting
My only comment on VW Pikes Peak:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go7SISuc-E0&frags=pl%2Cwn
https://youtu.be/uJmk8_fOkpM?t=15s
I see, nor hear, any difference between the two
and this sounds better than both. (start at 1:52)
https://youtu.be/Jzyt1RfTqoI?t=1m52s
Janneman60 96
The weight of the electric engines is nothing compsred to a petrol engine. Maybe the car is a bit heavier but where you put the weight is more free to choose. This is a advanrage. And yes the constant power also high on the mountain is what makes the difference. Would be interesting to see interval times.
KevM said:
Well, I thought it was a 911 carrera or turbo, turned out to be a GT3 RS.. lol my heavily tweaked apologies.
GT3 RS is obviously the meanest among the 911 models..


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Title: Honey Bee Aggression Supports a Link Between Gene Regulation and Behavioral Evolution
ALAUX, CEDRIC
SINHA, SAURABH
HASADSRI, LINDA
HUNT, GREG
GUZMAN-NOVOA, ERNESTO
URIBE-RUBIO, JOSE LUIS
RODRIGUEZ-ZAS, SANDRA
ROBINSON, GENE
Submitted to: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(PNAS)
Citation: Alaux, C., Sinha, S., Hasadsri, L., Hunt, G.J., Guzman-Novoa, E., Hoffman, G.D., Uribe-Rubio, J., Rodriguez-Zas, S., Robinson, G.E. 2009. Honey bee aggression supports a link between gene regulation and behavioral evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106(36): 15400-15405. doi:10.1073pnas.0907043106.
Interpretive Summary: A well known difference between Africanized and European honey bees is that Africanized bees have a greater expression of nest defense behavior. Underlying the differences in the expression of defensive behavior might be differences in the temporal and spatial patterns of gene expression. We found differences in brain gene expression that are related to the evolution of nest defense behavior. Our study using microarray analysis revealed differences between European and Africanized bees in the expression of hundreds of genes associated with defensive behavior. To relate these differences to behavioral evolution, we determined whether some of these genes also are associated with stinging behavior within European bees in real time. One experiment studied the effects of exposure to alarm pheromone, which provokes defensive behavior, and a second experiment compared old and young bees, because defensive behaviors increase with age in honeybees. There was significant overlap of the gene lists generated from the three microarray experiments. Increased defensive behavior was associated with a downregulation of brain metabolism genes. Our results suggest that one factor in the evolution of nest defense behavior in honey bees is the regulation of genes that mediate the response to alarm pheromone.
Technical Abstract: A prominent theory holds that animal phenotypes arise by evolutionary changes in the regulation of gene expression. Emerging from studies of animal development, evidence for this theory consists largely of differences in temporal or spatial patterns of gene expression that are related to morphological evolution. With only a few cases studied to date, the extent to which this theory holds for behavioral evolution is not known. Here we report differences in brain gene expression that are related to the evolution of aggressive behaviour in the honeybee Apis mellifera. Microarray analysis revealed expression differences for hundreds of genes between the highly aggressive Africanized honeybee compared to European subspecies. To relate these differences to behavioral evolution, we determined whether some of these genes also are associated with aggressive behaviour within European bees in real time. One experiment studied the effects of exposure to alarm pheromone, which provokes aggressive behaviour, and a second experiment compared old and young bees, because aggressive tendencies increase with age in honeybees. There was significant overlap of the gene lists generated from the three microarray experiments. Moreover, there was statistical enrichment of several of the same cis regulatory motifs across the three gene lists. In all three cases increased aggression was associated with a downregulation of brain metabolism genes; decreased brain metabolism was confirmed by enzyme assay. Common genetic regulatory architecture over three timescales - evolutionary, organismal, and physiological - suggest that one factor in the evolution of aggressive behaviour in honeybees involved changes in regulation of genes that mediate the response to alarm pheromone.