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'Massive Climate Disaster': Groups Demand Biden Reverse Course on Willow Project
By Jake Johnson | Common Dreams on Feb 2, 2023 Featured, General News, North Slope/Northwest Alaska
"Greenlighting the Willow Project would banish President Biden's climate legacy to one of irreparable and downright shameful environmental destruction," said a campaigner with Friends of the Earth. The Biden administration's Bureau of Land Management on Wednesday published an environmental assessment that recommends partial approval of a major drilling project on Alaska's North Slope, prompting a […]
This Day in Alaska History-November 5th, 1910
By Alaska Native News on Nov 5, 2022 Featured, This Day in Alaskan History
Trump-Appointed Judge Permanently Blocks Biden's Oil and Gas Leasing Moratorium
By Jake Johnson | Common Dreams on Aug 22, 2022 Featured, National, National/World
Fossil fuel extraction on federal lands and waters has accounted for an estimated 25% of all U.S. carbon emissions since 2005. A Trump-appointed federal judge in Louisiana issued a permanent injunction Thursday against President Joe Biden's moratorium on oil and gas lease sales on public lands and waters, a decision that came just 24 hours after a different […]
Green Group Launches Suit Over Biden Administration's Failure to Protect Polar Bears From Arctic Drilling
By Brett Wilkins | Common Dreams on Dec 23, 2021 Featured, General News, North Slope/Northwest Alaska, Politics
"Polar bears shouldn't have to suffer from yet more noisy, harmful oil drilling. Letting the oil industry ramp up drilling is also fundamentally inconsistent with addressing the climate crisis." Asserting that "continued oil and gas exploration and development is fundamentally incompatible with polar bear survival and recovery," the Center for Biological Diversity on Wednesday launched a […]


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The Olympics and the Muslims
The Olympic Games are rooted in an ancient Greek custom, but they were revived in the 1890s very much in the framework of the emergence of a world of nation-states. Athletes are envisioned as representing their nation, and the abstraction, that everyone now has a nation-state, covers up a lot of cultural conflict that besets the games. The first revived games were all-male. Women were gradually allowed to compete, at first in 'gentle' sports such as croquet. Just as the games have gradually accommodated women (except in the Decathlon), so they have gradually opened up to more multi-culturalism. As with many supposedly global or 'universal ' institutions they were latently white, Christian and male, only later challenged by multi-culturism and women's rights.
In the 1890s, there were few independent modern Muslim nation-states. Even they could not have been accepted as equals by the European organizers. Most of the Muslims in the world lived under European colonial rule. The Dutch had Indonesia, the largest concentration of Muslims in the world. The British had the Indian subcontinent and much of Africa, ruling over hundreds of millions of Muslims. The French empire included places like Algeria and Senegal.
Some 50 of the world's nations are now Muslim-majority, and they compete in the Olympics, with less controversy than might be imagined. (Muslims may well make up 1/3 of humankind by the end of the 21st century.)
This year, the Olympic games fall in the fasting month of Ramadan. During that month, observant Muslims refrain from drinking or eating during the daylight hours (which are long in London during the summer). Since the Muslim calendar is lunar, it advances about 11 days a year through the solar calendar.
So is holding the summer Olympics during Ramadan controversial? I think a case could be made for not holding them during Ramadan, a case that will be strengthened if Muslims do achieve the kind of demographic weight in world affairs some population scientists suggest.
But, it doesn't seem to matter to most Muslims. Many governments and athletes of Muslim heritage are secular. But even most of the observant can deal with it. Those who demonize sharia, or the Muslim interpretation of their religious law, may be surprised to discover that it is a flexible and pragmatic, living tradition. The muftis, or official Muslim jurisconsults, of most Muslim nations have given their athletes permission not to fast while they are competing at the games. It is a principle of Islamic jurisprudence that you don't have to face on long journeys, and since most athletes will journey to London for the games, they can be considered exempt from fasting during them. Muslims exempted from fasting in Ramadan often make up the fast later. Other jurists consider that having a particularly grueling form of work to do can exempt the toiler from fasting. By analogy, Olympic athletes can be exempted. Malaysian religious authorities are encouraging some categories of athlete to fast nevertheless (i.e. if neither their travel nor their sport is particularly taxing, why invoke the exemption?).
But what if multi-cultural considerations contradict key roghts? I would argue that rights trump mere sensitivity.
A small group of Salafis or hard line Muslim fundamentalists had threatened to protest the Olympics in London, in part because they are being held in Ramadan, in part because they're being held near a neighborhood of London that is heavily Muslim, in part because of a ruling that a Saudi female athlete competing in judo could not wear a headscarf. But they have now decided not to hold the rally, apparently because they fear arrest. (I'm not clear why; they appear to have been given permission to hold a stand-only rally; it seems to me possible that they called off the demonstration under pressure from local Muslim shopkeepers eager for the Olympics trade; or because they got no support and didn't want to look foolish by having 24 people show up).
There have also been women's issues. These 2012 Olympics are the first in which all 200 nations participating have sent women athletes. Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Brunei are sending at least some women athletes. Saudi Arabia tried to get out of it, but the Olympics committee rightly threatened not to allow their men to compete if their women were kept home. In the end, Saudi Arabia is sending just two women. One, Wojdan Shahrkhani, a competitor in judo, has been told that she cannot wear a headscarf for safety reasons. Those negotiations are still going on, but if the decision holds, it could prevent Shahrkhani from competing. Muslim women competing in Tae Kwon Do are allowed to wear headscarfs.
Women soccer (football) players had been told the same thing (no headscarfs), causing the Iranian women's soccer team to pull out. But now that rule has been changed, and headscarves are allowed in soccer. Judo is a contact sport with a lot of pulling involved, and you could genuinely understand some of the committee's concerns. But still, they may be exaggerated.
The modern history of observant Muslims and the Olympics shows two processes. Most Muslim jurisprudents have been tolerant and pragmatic in accommodating the international and universal framework of the games. And, Olympics officials have also been forthcoming, at least over time. The sticking points have come from the Wahhabi and Neo-Salafi traditions, i.e. from hard line fundamentalists. They are a small minority of the world's 1.5 billion Muslims. Saudi Arabia's gender Apartheid is unacceptable, and here is one area where world opinion needs to challenge local custom. No other Muslim nation puts obstacles in the way of women competing in sports the way Saudi Arabia does. It needs to abandon some of its sectarianism if it is to flourish in the contemporary world.
Global institutions such as the Olympics are a negotiation between local custom (some of which feeds into national success) and universal norms. Since Muslims account for nearly a sixth of the world and may become a third, they are part of both. For most Muslim athletes, the secular national framework or a flexible Muslim legal tradition removes most obstacles. Only the most fundamentalist traditions experience conflict with the universal norms, assuming flexibility also on the part of the Olympics officials (as with female observant Muslim athletes being allowed to wear headscarves). There, a rigid tradition like Wahhabism or hard line Salafism has to decide if it wants to partipate at all. Saudi national pride drives it to want to. But then it cannot be excluding women from opportunities to practice in high-powered gyms, and cannot go on sending token women representation. Here, the international norms must protect women's rights where these are contradicted by a narrow local Gulf culture.

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El río Turbio es un curso de agua que nace y fluye hacia el oeste en la cordillera de la Región de Coquimbo y que al confluir con el Claro dan vida al río Elqui que lleva sus aguas hasta el océano Pacífico.

Trayecto

El río Turbio nace en el corazón de la cordillera de Los Andes al unirse el río Toro (Turbio) y el río La Laguna. El primero viene del norte y el último viene del sur. Cuando deja atrás su cuenca superior, el Toro recibe por su ribera izquierda (o sur) las aguas del río Incaguaz, que, nacido también en la alta cordillera, corre paralelo al Laguna, pero más al poniente. Con las aguas del Incaguaz, el Turbio inicia un giro en un gran arco para definir un rumbo final N-S, que es la prolongación del rumbo que trae la quebrada tributaria del Calvario (o Calvarito, en el mapa).

Por su rivera norte el Turbio recibe aguas, cuando las traen, de las quebradas Piuquenes, del Calvario, Balala y los esteros Tilo y, el más importante, el Guanta. Finalmente el río Turbio junta sus aguas con el río Claro (Elqui) y dan vida así al río Elqui en la localidad de Rivadavia.

Los poblados más importantes de su cuenca corresponden a Huanta, Chapilca y Varillar, que son pequeñas y con explotación, agricultura, redes de canales y desarrollo turístico aún no desarrollado tan extensamente como en la del río Claro.

Caudal y régimen

El informe de la Dirección General de Aguas concluye que "todas las estaciones fluviométricas muestran un régimen nival y presentan sus menores caudales en el mismo período". Y continua, "Corresponde íntegramente a toda la hoya hidrográfica del río Elqui, incluyendo sus principales afluentes: río Claro, estero Derecho, río Cochiguaz, río Turbio, río La Laguna y río Del Toro. En todos estos cauces se observa un régimen nival, con los mayores caudales entre noviembre y febrero en años húmedos. En años secos los caudales tienden a ser más uniformes a lo largo del año, sin mostrar variaciones importantes. El período de estiaje ocurre en meses de invierno, en el trimestre dado por los meses de junio, julio y agosto." El periodo de estiaje es junio, julio y agosto.

El caudal del río (en un lugar fijo) varía en el tiempo, por lo que existen varias formas de representarlo. Una de ellas son las curvas de variación estacional que, tras largos periodos de mediciones, predicen estadísticamente el caudal mínimo que lleva el río con una probabilidad dada, llamada probabilidad de excedencia. La curva de color rojo ocre (con ) muestra los caudales mensuales con probabilidad de excedencia de un 50%. Esto quiere decir que ese mes se han medido igual cantidad de caudales mayores que caudales menores a esa cantidad. Eso es la mediana (estadística), que se denota Qe, de la serie de caudales de ese mes. La media (estadística) es el promedio matemático de los caudales de ese mes y se denota .

Una vez calculados para cada mes, ambos valores son calculados para todo el año y pueden ser leídos en la columna vertical al lado derecho del diagrama. El significado de la probabilidad de excedencia del 5% es que, estadísticamente, el caudal es mayor solo una vez cada 20 años, el de 10% una vez cada 10 años, el de 20% una vez cada 5 años, el de 85% quince veces cada 16 años y la de 95% diecisiete veces cada 18 años. Dicho de otra forma, el 5% es el caudal de años extremadamente lluviosos, el 95% es el caudal de años extremadamente secos. De la estación de las crecidas puede deducirse si el caudal depende de las lluvias (mayo-julio) o del derretimiento de las nieves (septiembre-enero).

Historia

Francisco Solano Asta-Buruaga y Cienfuegos escribió en 1899 en su obra póstuma Diccionario Geográfico de la República de Chile sobre el río:
Río Turbio.-—Riachuelo mediano del interior de los Andes en el departamento de Elqui, de poco mayor caudal y de más largo curso que los del Río Claro, con el cual se junta en la inmediación al O. del pueblo de Ribadavia para dar principio al río Coquimbo. Su principal corriente de agua proviene de una pintoresca laguna, rodeada de agrias y áridas sierras y vecina al SE. de un vasto cerro de 5,170 metros de altitud que se halla sobre la línea anticlinal de los mismos Andes por los 30º 29' Lat. y 70º 14' Lon. y que por su proximidad á ella denominan volcán de la Laguna ó de Elqui. Al salir dicha corriente de ese receptáculo, que recoge los derrames del noroeste del volcán y los del norte del contrafuerte que éste despide al poniente, se dirige al NNO. hasta Guanta y de aquí hacia el SO. hasta su confluencia con el Río Claro, corriendo con un desnivel de 4 á 5 por 100 estrechada entre altos ribazos. Del sur recibe principalmente el arroyo de la quebrada de Ingagua que desemboca en su izquierda poco más al E. de la aldea de Guanta, pero por su derecha le entran varios otros más ó menos pequeños, que vienen de las vertientes de la sierra de Doña Ana sobre los límites del nordeste y norte de su propio departamento, de los cuales los más notables son, siguiendo su curso, el riachuelo del Toro que contiene los baños termales de este nombre, el de los Piuquenes, de Gualata, Tilo, Guanta y Pucalemu. Se encuentran también, en el mismo orden, entre sus estrechas riberas los parajes del Tilo, de Guanta, Chapilca, Totoralillo y Varillar. Á lo largo del Río Turbio y rodeando la dicha laguna, va el camino para la Repúpublica Argentina.

Población, economía y ecología

En su cauce superior trabajan la Cía. Minera El Indio (el Indio y El Tambo).

Véase también
 Río Turbio
 Anexo:Cuencas hidrográficas de Chile
 Hidrografía de Chile

Referencias

Bibliografía

Turbio
Turbio

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import sshaft, os, sys, re

sshaft.beginstep('genCdsCni.py')

# Parse arguments
args=sys.argv[1:]
while (len(args)>0):
    arg=args[0]
    args=args[1:]
    sshaft.logf('LOG_WARN',"WARNING: Unrecognized argument "+arg)

layers=[]
section=False
f=file(os.environ['PDK_DIR']+'/techfile/cni/Santana.tech','r')
for line in f:
    m=re.search(r"^\s*(\w+)\(",line)
    if m:
        section=m.group(1)
        continue

    if (section=='layerMapping'):
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                  ' of file Santana.tech is not in master layer list')
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                  +' in section '+section+
                  ' of file Santana.tech is not in master layer list')
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                  ' of file Santana.tech is not in master layer list')

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                  ' of file Santana.tech is not in master layer list')
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        if m:
            if (m.group(1) not in layers):
                sshaft.logf('LOG_WARN','WARNING: Layer '+m.group(1)
                  +' in section '+section+
                  ' of file Santana.tech is not in master layer list')
            if (m.group(2) not in layers):
                sshaft.logf('LOG_WARN','WARNING: Layer '+m.group(2)
                  +' in section '+section+
                  ' of file Santana.tech is not in master layer list')

f=file(os.environ['PDK_DIR']+'/techfile/FreePDK45.tf','r')
for line in f:
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    if m:
        section=m.group(1)
        continue

    if (section=='techLayerPurposePriorities' or section=='techDisplays'
        or section=='functions'):
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        if m:
            if (m.group(1) not in layers):
                sshaft.logf('LOG_WARN','WARNING: Layer '+m.group(1)
                  +' in section '+section+
                  ' of file FreePDK45.tf is not in master layer list')

    elif (section=='techLayerProperties' or section=='orderedSpacingRules' ):
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            if (m.group(1) not in layers):
                sshaft.logf('LOG_WARN','WARNING: Layer '+m.group(1)
                  +' in section '+section+
                  ' of file FreePDK45.tf is not in master layer list')
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        m=re.search(r"^\s*\(\s*\w+\s+(\w+)\s+(\w+)",line)
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            if (m.group(1) not in layers):
                sshaft.logf('LOG_WARN','WARNING: Layer '+m.group(1)
                  +' in section '+section+
                  ' of file FreePDK45.tf is not in master layer list')
            if (m.group(2) not in layers):
                sshaft.logf('LOG_WARN','WARNING: Layer '+m.group(2)
                  +' in section '+section+
                  ' of file FreePDK45.tf is not in master layer list')

f.close()

sshaft.endstep()

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Patagonia is the adventure playground of South America, and tourists flock here for its blend of extraordinary flora and fauna and superlatively tall mountains that are just begging to be hiked.
But as a "once in a lifetime" destination, you want to make sure that you squeeze every last moment out of your holiday. To do so, follow these indispensable tips for ensuring that your adventures are extraordinary and your memories of Patagonia unforgettable.
While many of the larger cities are filled with multi-lingual Patagonians keen to practice their English, rural areas are less promising for those without previous Spanish knowledge. But don't let this put you off. A couple of pre-departure Spanish classes, or just a trusty old phrase book and buckets of enthusiasm can get you through most language situations. It's said that Patagonians are the friendliest people of Argentina and Chile and they're always delighted by tourists having a crack at the local castellano.
The summer period from November through to February is generally lauded as the best season to travel in Patagonia.
That said, the shoulder seasons (September/October and March/April) mean fewer tourists and even more beautiful weather, as autumn flecks Patagonian forests with golden hues and skies are brilliant and cloudless. Discounts for tours and general travel are often available during this period too.
Even if visiting Patagonia in the height of summer, the climatic range between low grasslands in the Argentine pampas and alpine mountains along the Andes chain, means travelers should always come prepared to face every weather possibility. A warm fleece, waterproof coat and multiple layers for sun, snow and anything in between, should form the bulk of your luggage and a decent pair of walking boots will definitely be appreciated. Hiking poles will become immediately indispensable when you start walking, while sunblock and a wide-brimmed hat will protect from the harsh rays of the South American sun.
A pair of binoculars if you're hoping to spot a colorful Magellanic woodpecker or endangered huemul deer are essentials, as is a camera with an excellent lens for capturing your close encounters with cougars or singing King penguins.
Patagonia has a reputation for being a hard place for finding a working ATM – or one that will accept your credit card. While the central hubs of Coyhaique, Bariloche, El Calafate, Punta Arenas and Ushuaia shouldn't provide too many problems, if heading off into more rural parts, it's best to be prepared. Take out currency in Buenos Aires or Santiago before heading south, or bring US dollars to exchange on location so that you avoid getting caught out.
Spanning an area four times the size of the United Kingdom, Patagonia isn't small, and travelers looking to explore have two options: dedicate themselves to one region, or fly. Although the actual boundaries are disputed, from Bariloche on the northern edge of Argentine Patagonia, to Ushuaia at the very southern tip, it's a whopping 1,300-miles (2,161 km).
Luckily, a decent network of buses cover this distance, and planes from Santiago and Buenos Aires fly to Patagonian cities such as Punta Arenas, Bariloche, El Calafate and Ushuaia.
As Patagonia's international fame as a tantalizing destination for the intrepid traveler has grown, visitor numbers have similarly swelled. And while this means that standards of accommodation, food and tours have gone through the roof, it also signifies that travelers need to plan ahead if they want to bag the best options.
During the summer, accommodations can get completely booked up, so organizing this a couple of months in advance is highly recommended. If you want more flexibility in your itinerary, consider hiring a rental 4×4 and driving Chile's Carretera Austral or Argentina's Ruta Nacional 40. Bring a tent to make the most of the numerous wild camping locations that you stumble across and which don't need to be booked in advance.


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15. WIMPS AND MACHOS
The neutralino is expected to interact very weakly with the particles of the Standard Model. Neutralinos are excellent candidates to form the dark matter of the universe so most investigations of WIMP dark matter have concentrated on the neutralino.
15.1 ACCELERATOR SEARCHES
Figure 15-1: THE "BULLET CLUSTER" OFFERS STRONG EVIDENCE OF DARK MATTER (CREDIT: NASA/CXC/CFA/M. MARKEVITCH ET AL/STSCL/MAGELLAN/U. ARIZONA/D. CLOWE ET AL/ESO/WFI)
We have seen that the energy released in proton-proton collisions in the LHC manifests itself as particles that fly away in all directions (see Figure 11-4). While most collisions produce known particles, on rare occasions new, exotic ones may be produced, including the neutralino, according to some supersymmetric models.
Unsuccessful searches for supersymmetric particles have been reported so far at particle accelerators throughout the world, thus substantial regions of prime neutralino-dark matter parameter space have already been eliminated. Does this imply a death knell for low-energy supersymmetry? Not necessarily, since only a small portion of the allowed mass range under 1 TeV has been explored so far.
LHC is now ready for action following a two-year shut down. The collision energy available now will be 13 TeV, a significant increase over the initial three-year LHC run, which began with a collision energy of 7 TeV, rising to 8 TeV. These enormous energies may be sufficient to create neutralinos, although the detectors at LHC will not be able to "see" them directly. Instead, the system might find a group of particles moving in one direction but nothing in the other, according to Malcolm Fairbairn of Kings College London in the UK. The only way that could happen is if there was something else on the move that the detectors could not pick up and that might then be a dark matter particle.
15.2 OTHER SEARCHES
In 1981 a team led by Marc Davis of Harvard University performed one of the first galactic surveys. It was realized that galaxies are not arranged in a uniform pattern but congregate into big clusters, each containing hundreds of thousands of galaxies. These make intricate patterns known as the "cosmic web" where dark matter is the skeleton on which ordinary matter is suspended.
There is one thing that dark matter does to reveal itself. It bends the light that passes through it. Using a technique called gravitational lensing, scientists are able to create maps of the Universe's dark matter. The team that is responsible for this work hopes to map one-eighth of our Universe, amounting to millions of galaxies.
Figure 15-2: MAP OF DARK MATTER (CREDIT: VOLKER SPRINGEL/MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ASTROPHYSICS /SPL)
One way to detect dark matter is by monitoring how it behaves using the existing dark matter "maps" as reference. Dark matter particles usually pass through normal matter, unimpeded. Occasionally some will collide with the nucleus of an atom causing it to recoil like a pool ball. This collision is expected to create gamma rays: extremely high-energy light.
In 2014, using data from NASA's powerful Fermi telescope, researchers found an area in our Milky Way galaxy that seems to be glowing with gamma rays, possibly from dark matter. The patterns fit theoretical models although it could also have originated from energetic stars called pulsars, or from collapsing stars.
A team of researchers at Durham University in the UK lead by Richard Massey devised an ingenious way to detect dark matter. We know dark matter particles can occasionally collide with normal matter, but dark matter might also bump into itself. Massey's team has recently monitored colliding galaxies. They expected all the dark matter in the galaxies to pass straight through, but instead some of it slowed down, lagging behind the galaxy it belonged to, indicating it had interacted with other dark matter.
Search for dark matter particles are also being conducted in underground laboratories, deep inside old mines and inside mountains. If dark matter particles pass through the earth all the time, one should be able to spot the flashes of gamma rays from these collisions. The challenge is to isolate the signal from that of cosmic ray interactions with matter. Cosmic rays are primarily high-energy protons and atomic nuclei mainly originating outside our Solar System. The impact of cosmic rays with atmospheric nuclei may produce showers of secondary particles that penetrate the Earth's atmosphere and sometimes even reach the earth surface. Deep underground experiments are shielded from cosmic rays by the earth's crust.
The XENON100 experiment located deep underground inside the Gran Sasso mountain in central Italy, is a new dark matter search experiment, that uses liquid xenon (LXe) in a time projection chamber (TPC) to search for Xe nuclear recoils resulting from the scattering of dark matter WIMPs. The XENON100 experiment reported a null result in a recent paper published in August 2015. Interestingly, another team (the DAMA experiment) from the same laboratory, using a different detector, had claimed for years that their experiment had detected dark matter, a claim that later proved to be false.


Cloud computing offers many advantages to technology providers and their customers; allowing companies to invest much less in infrastructure and resources that they must host, manage, administer and maintain internally, and instead allows them to invest in the advanced applications they build on an externally hosted and fully redundant environment.
However, as government agencies and companies embrace the costs savings and benefits of the cloud, they remain focused on ensuring that their private and sensitive information is protected and fully secured.
Enterprises have significant concerns about storing business data outside the walls of their enterprises due to non-employee IT administrators possessing a high level of access and control over information; available technology options to secure and manage user access and authentication; and even intentional or accidental actions of employees or contractors.
5. Realize that it is no longer a question of if you are going to go to the cloud but what you are going to put in the cloud, and budget security and privacy controls appropriately. This means your training should already address cloud-based storage and applications as well as on premise systems.
As government agencies and businesses alike move their applications to a cloud-based infrastructure, they must understand and fully review the associated privacy and security considerations.
Privacy is a global issue and one thing is certain—even if you build software applications to serve a very specific market segment, you cannot ignore privacy as a fundamental issue that citizens will demand.
Dana Louise Simberkoff is the Senior Vice President of Risk Management and Compliance at AvePoint. She is responsible for executive level consulting, research and analytical support on current and upcoming industry trends, technology, standards, best practices, concepts and solutions for risk management and compliance.


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Q: Shell script while statement I am making a script (for educational purposes) but I am kind of stuck here.. The program asks for an existing filename and checks if the filename actually exists. If it doesn't the loop repeats itself until you fill in a file that does exist. So far so good! But when you enter a filename that does exist I want the script to enter the next while loop, to enter the path file.. But it doesn't continue. How can I make enter the next while statement???
clear

echo "Your filesystem is threatned, files should be moved in order to guarantee safety!!!!"

while read FILE

do

        if [ -f $FILE ];
                then
                        echo "File is safe to secure"
                else
                        echo "Too late, we lost the file, safe another!"
fi

done

echo "Time is running out, we must secure this file inmidiately, quick give me a safe location!"

while read PATH

do

if [ -d $PATH ] && [ -f $FILE ];

        then
                echo "the location is secure! Move the file!"
        else
                echo "Either the file or the safehouse is corrupt, quick try again!"

fi

done

A: This works:
clear

echo "Your filesystem is threatned, files should be moved in order to guarantee safety!!!!"

while read file; do
    if [[ -f "$file" ]]; then
        echo "File is safe to secure"
        break
    else
        echo "Too late, we lost the file, safe another!"
    fi
done

echo "Time is running out, we must secure this file inmidiately, quick give me a safe location!"

while read path; do
    if [ -d "$path" ]; then
        echo "the location is secure! Move the file!"
        break
    else
        echo "Either the file or the safehouse is corrupt, quick try again!"
    fi
done

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"""Test the path_util module."""

from __future__ import print_function

import itertools
import os
import tempfile

import mock

from chromite.lib import constants
from chromite.lib import cros_test_lib
from chromite.lib import git
from chromite.lib import partial_mock
from chromite.lib import path_util

FAKE_SOURCE_PATH = '/path/to/source/tree'
FAKE_REPO_PATH = '/path/to/repo'
CUSTOM_SOURCE_PATH = '/custom/source/path'

class DetermineCheckoutTest(cros_test_lib.MockTempDirTestCase):
  """Verify functionality for figuring out what checkout we're in."""

  def setUp(self):
    self.rc_mock = cros_test_lib.RunCommandMock()
    self.StartPatcher(self.rc_mock)
    self.rc_mock.SetDefaultCmdResult()

  def RunTest(self, dir_struct, cwd, expected_root, expected_type,
              expected_src):
    """Run a test with specific parameters and expected results."""
    cros_test_lib.CreateOnDiskHierarchy(self.tempdir, dir_struct)
    cwd = os.path.join(self.tempdir, cwd)
    checkout_info = path_util.DetermineCheckout(cwd)
    full_root = expected_root
    if expected_root is not None:
      full_root = os.path.join(self.tempdir, expected_root)
    full_src = expected_src
    if expected_src is not None:
      full_src = os.path.join(self.tempdir, expected_src)

    self.assertEqual(checkout_info.root, full_root)
    self.assertEqual(checkout_info.type, expected_type)
    self.assertEqual(checkout_info.chrome_src_dir, full_src)

  def testGclientRepo(self):
    """Recognizes a GClient repo checkout."""
    dir_struct = [
        'a/.gclient',
        'a/b/.repo/',
        'a/b/c/.gclient',
        'a/b/c/d/somefile',
    ]
    self.RunTest(dir_struct, 'a/b/c', 'a/b/c',
                 path_util.CHECKOUT_TYPE_GCLIENT,
                 'a/b/c/src')
    self.RunTest(dir_struct, 'a/b/c/d', 'a/b/c',
                 path_util.CHECKOUT_TYPE_GCLIENT,
                 'a/b/c/src')
    self.RunTest(dir_struct, 'a/b', 'a/b',
                 path_util.CHECKOUT_TYPE_REPO,
                 None)
    self.RunTest(dir_struct, 'a', 'a',
                 path_util.CHECKOUT_TYPE_GCLIENT,
                 'a/src')

  def testGitUnderGclient(self):
    """Recognizes a chrome git checkout by gclient."""
    self.rc_mock.AddCmdResult(
        partial_mock.In('config'), output=constants.CHROMIUM_GOB_URL)
    dir_struct = [
        'a/.gclient',
        'a/src/.git/',
    ]
    self.RunTest(dir_struct, 'a/src', 'a',
                 path_util.CHECKOUT_TYPE_GCLIENT,
                 'a/src')

  def testGitUnderRepo(self):
    """Recognizes a chrome git checkout by repo."""
    self.rc_mock.AddCmdResult(
        partial_mock.In('config'), output=constants.CHROMIUM_GOB_URL)
    dir_struct = [
        'a/.repo/',
        'a/b/.git/',
    ]
    self.RunTest(dir_struct, 'a/b', 'a',
                 path_util.CHECKOUT_TYPE_REPO,
                 None)

  def testBadGit1(self):
    """.git is not a directory."""
    self.RunTest(['a/.git'], 'a', None,
                 path_util.CHECKOUT_TYPE_UNKNOWN, None)

  def testBadGit2(self):
    """'git config' returns nothing."""
    self.RunTest(['a/.repo/', 'a/b/.git/'], 'a/b', 'a',
                 path_util.CHECKOUT_TYPE_REPO, None)

  def testBadGit3(self):
    """'git config' returns error."""
    self.rc_mock.AddCmdResult(partial_mock.In('config'), returncode=5)
    self.RunTest(['a/.git/'], 'a', None,
                 path_util.CHECKOUT_TYPE_UNKNOWN, None)

class FindCacheDirTest(cros_test_lib.MockTempDirTestCase):
  """Test cache dir specification and finding functionality."""

  def setUp(self):
    dir_struct = [
        'repo/.repo/',
        'repo/manifest/',
        'gclient/.gclient',
    ]
    cros_test_lib.CreateOnDiskHierarchy(self.tempdir, dir_struct)
    self.repo_root = os.path.join(self.tempdir, 'repo')
    self.gclient_root = os.path.join(self.tempdir, 'gclient')
    self.nocheckout_root = os.path.join(self.tempdir, 'nothing')

    self.rc_mock = self.StartPatcher(cros_test_lib.RunCommandMock())
    self.cwd_mock = self.PatchObject(os, 'getcwd')

  def testRepoRoot(self):
    """Test when we are inside a repo checkout."""
    self.cwd_mock.return_value = self.repo_root
    self.assertEqual(
        path_util.FindCacheDir(),
        os.path.join(self.repo_root, path_util.GENERAL_CACHE_DIR))

  def testGclientRoot(self):
    """Test when we are inside a gclient checkout."""
    self.cwd_mock.return_value = self.gclient_root
    self.assertEqual(
        path_util.FindCacheDir(),
        os.path.join(self.gclient_root, 'src', 'build',
                     path_util.CHROME_CACHE_DIR))

  def testTempdir(self):
    """Test when we are not in any checkout."""
    self.cwd_mock.return_value = self.nocheckout_root
    self.assertStartsWith(
        path_util.FindCacheDir(),
        os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(), ''))

class TestPathResolver(cros_test_lib.MockTestCase):
  """Tests of ChrootPathResolver class."""

  def setUp(self):
    self.PatchObject(constants, 'SOURCE_ROOT', new=FAKE_SOURCE_PATH)
    self.PatchObject(path_util, 'GetCacheDir', return_value='/path/to/cache')
    self.PatchObject(
        path_util.ChrootPathResolver,
        '_GetCachePath',
        return_value='/path/to/cache')
    self.PatchObject(
        git,
        'FindRepoDir',
        return_value=os.path.join(FAKE_REPO_PATH, '.fake_repo'))
    self.chroot_path = None

  def FakeCwd(self, base_path):
    return os.path.join(base_path, 'somewhere/in/there')

  def SetChrootPath(self, source_path):
    """Set and fake the chroot path."""
    self.chroot_path = os.path.join(source_path, constants.DEFAULT_CHROOT_DIR)

  @mock.patch('chromite.lib.cros_build_lib.IsInsideChroot', return_value=True)
  def testInsideChroot(self, _):
    """Tests {To,From}Chroot() call from inside the chroot."""
    self.SetChrootPath(constants.SOURCE_ROOT)
    resolver = path_util.ChrootPathResolver()

    self.assertEqual(os.path.realpath('some/path'),
                     resolver.ToChroot('some/path'))
    self.assertEqual(os.path.realpath('/some/path'),
                     resolver.ToChroot('/some/path'))
    self.assertEqual(os.path.realpath('some/path'),
                     resolver.FromChroot('some/path'))
    self.assertEqual(os.path.realpath('/some/path'),
                     resolver.FromChroot('/some/path'))

  @mock.patch('chromite.lib.cros_build_lib.IsInsideChroot', return_value=False)
  def testOutsideChrootInbound(self, _):
    """Tests ToChroot() calls from outside the chroot."""
    for source_path, source_from_path_repo in itertools.product(
        (None, CUSTOM_SOURCE_PATH), (False, True)):
      if source_from_path_repo:
        actual_source_path = FAKE_REPO_PATH
      else:
        actual_source_path = source_path or constants.SOURCE_ROOT

      fake_cwd = self.FakeCwd(actual_source_path)
      self.PatchObject(os, 'getcwd', return_value=fake_cwd)
      self.SetChrootPath(actual_source_path)
      resolver = path_util.ChrootPathResolver(
          source_path=source_path,
          source_from_path_repo=source_from_path_repo)
      self.PatchObject(resolver, '_ReadChrootLink', return_value=None)
      source_rel_cwd = os.path.relpath(fake_cwd, actual_source_path)

      # Case: path inside the chroot space.
      self.assertEqual(
          '/some/path',
          resolver.ToChroot(os.path.join(self.chroot_path, 'some/path')))

      # Case: path inside the cache directory.
      self.assertEqual(
          os.path.join(constants.CHROOT_CACHE_ROOT, 'some/path'),
          resolver.ToChroot(os.path.join(path_util.GetCacheDir(),
                                         'some/path')))

      # Case: absolute path inside the source tree.
      if source_from_path_repo:
        self.assertEqual(
            os.path.join(constants.CHROOT_SOURCE_ROOT, 'some/path'),
            resolver.ToChroot(os.path.join(FAKE_REPO_PATH, 'some/path')))
      else:
        self.assertEqual(
            os.path.join(constants.CHROOT_SOURCE_ROOT, 'some/path'),
            resolver.ToChroot(os.path.join(actual_source_path, 'some/path')))

      # Case: relative path inside the source tree.
      if source_from_path_repo:
        self.assertEqual(
            os.path.join(constants.CHROOT_SOURCE_ROOT, source_rel_cwd,
                         'some/path'),
            resolver.ToChroot('some/path'))
      else:
        self.assertEqual(
            os.path.join(constants.CHROOT_SOURCE_ROOT, source_rel_cwd,
                         'some/path'),
            resolver.ToChroot('some/path'))

      # Case: unreachable, path with improper source root prefix.
      with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
        resolver.ToChroot(os.path.join(actual_source_path + '-foo',
                                       'some/path'))

      # Case: unreachable (random).
      with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
        resolver.ToChroot('/some/path')

  @mock.patch('chromite.lib.cros_build_lib.IsInsideChroot', return_value=False)
  def testOutsideChrootOutbound(self, _):
    """Tests FromChroot() calls from outside the chroot."""
    self.PatchObject(os, 'getcwd', return_value=self.FakeCwd(FAKE_SOURCE_PATH))
    self.SetChrootPath(constants.SOURCE_ROOT)
    resolver = path_util.ChrootPathResolver()
    # These two patches are only necessary or have any affect on the test when
    # the test is run inside of a symlinked chroot. The _ReadChrootLink patch
    # ensures it runs as if it is not in a symlinked chroot. The realpath
    # patch is necessary to make it actually behave as if that's the case.
    # In both instances the effective return value are as if it was not in a
    # symlinked chroot.
    # TODO(saklein) Rewrite these tests so this isn't necessary.
    self.PatchObject(resolver, '_ReadChrootLink', return_value=None)
    self.PatchObject(os.path, 'realpath', side_effect=lambda x: x)

    # Case: source root path.
    self.assertEqual(
        os.path.join(constants.SOURCE_ROOT, 'some/path'),
        resolver.FromChroot(os.path.join(constants.CHROOT_SOURCE_ROOT,
                                         'some/path')))

    # Case: cyclic source/chroot sub-path elimination.
    self.assertEqual(
        os.path.join(constants.SOURCE_ROOT, 'some/path'),
        resolver.FromChroot(os.path.join(
            constants.CHROOT_SOURCE_ROOT,
            constants.DEFAULT_CHROOT_DIR,
            constants.CHROOT_SOURCE_ROOT.lstrip(os.path.sep),
            constants.DEFAULT_CHROOT_DIR,
            constants.CHROOT_SOURCE_ROOT.lstrip(os.path.sep),
            'some/path')))

    # Case: path inside the cache directory.
    self.assertEqual(
        os.path.join(path_util.GetCacheDir(), 'some/path'),
        resolver.FromChroot(os.path.join(constants.CHROOT_CACHE_ROOT,
                                         'some/path')))

    # Case: non-rooted chroot paths.
    self.assertEqual(
        os.path.join(self.chroot_path, 'some/path'),
        resolver.FromChroot('/some/path'))

  @mock.patch('chromite.lib.cros_build_lib.IsInsideChroot', return_value=False)
  def testSymlinkedChroot(self, _):
    self.SetChrootPath(constants.SOURCE_ROOT)
    resolver = path_util.ChrootPathResolver()
    self.PatchObject(resolver, '_ReadChrootLink', return_value='/another/path')

    # Should still resolve paths from the chroot to the default location.
    self.assertEqual(
        os.path.join(constants.SOURCE_ROOT, constants.DEFAULT_CHROOT_DIR,
                     'some/path'),
        resolver.FromChroot('/some/path'))

    # Should be able to handle translating the linked location to a chroot path.
    self.assertEqual('/some/path',
                     resolver.ToChroot('/another/path/some/path'))


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A rt Basel is upon us, and that can only mean two things: gallery events galore and horrendous traffic. While Miami Beach has its fair share of art events for the big weekend, we expect most of the action to happen on the mainland: Art Miami, CONTEXT, Spectrum, and other annual favorites have set up shop in downtown Miami and the Arts & Entertainment district to welcome thousands of art enthusiasts.
With so many events and fairs happening, you can expect to be out all day (and all night). You're also bound to get hungry. Thankfully, these neighborhoods and their surrounding areas have more than enough dining options to keep you fueled.
At Avant Gallery in downtown, you can admire an assortment of contemporary art that oozes with personality while also enjoying a satisfying meal at LaMuse Café (270 Biscayne Blvd. Way, 305-400-0036). Perfect for a quick breakfast or lunch, the European-inspired eatery features hearty croissant subs, generous tartines, and a bevy of sandwiches and salads. A few Metromover stops away, 180 Degrees at the DRB (501 NE 1st Ave., 305-809-7564) offers a casual respite from the hustle and bustle of Basel. Throw back a craft beer or scarf down the restaurant's signature 50/50 burger, which combines chorizo, prime beef, fried cheese, plantains, and a fried egg for a monstrous -- and memorable -- bite.
Although Art Miami and CONTEXT are no longer taking place around Midtown and Wynwood, the areas still have a lot to offer in terms of galleries and parties. You could even spend your day just looking at the new street murals if you wanted to. Whatever your plans are in the area, make sure they include Three (50 NW 24th St., 305-748-4540). The new Norman Van Aken restaurant/cooking school has opened inside the Wynwood Arcade, and its rotating tasting menu is not to be missed. No time for dinner? Go upstairs to its sister bar, No. 3 Social (50 NW 24th St., 305-748-4540), for a delicious libation, a few bar snacks, and a beautiful rooftop view.
KYU (251 NW 25th St., 786-577-0150), the James Beard-nominated Asian establishment from Zuma alums, is another spot worthy of your Art Basel budget. The place is always slammed, and understandably so -- the burrata, crab buns, and Korean fried chicken have converted many a customer into a regular (including us). Your best bet is to arrive right when they open for service or grab a seat at the bar, where the full menu is still available.
It's easy to get overwhelmed with Basel -- so much so that you forget to eat. If caffeine is the only fuel you find yourself needing, then Vice City Bean (1657 N. Miami Ave., 305-726-8031) has you covered. Located around the corner or a few blocks from the above art fairs, the coffee joint serves up Madcap (Grand Rapids) and Four Barrel (San Francisco) brews to keep you going, along with some grab-and-go grub for the road.
Miami's ever-growing dining scene has a few new additions worth checking out during Basel (or a less crowded time). Nusr-Et (999 Brickell Ave., 305-415-9990), the steakhouse from Internet sensation Salt Bae, is officially open for business in Brickell. As fans of his videos would expect, Salt Bae's menu leans heavily on meats like sliced beef, lamb racks, and sausage, and the viral star himself has been seen sprinkling salt on his dishes tableside.
Three isn't the only recent addition in Wynwood. The former Cake Thai space has a fresh coat of a paint and a new tenant: Palmar (180 NW 29th St., 305-542-0532). It joins Blackbrick as one of the few Chinese options in the area. The menu is a work in progress, but for now, guests can chow down on dim sum, fried rice, and other Chinese dishes you'd usually expect.
Up in Buena Vista, La Piazzetta (5143 NE 2nd Ave., 786-409-3693) has been cranking out Neapolitan pies and wooing diners with live music. Pizza lovers will find no shortage of their favorite food: More than 20 varieties are available on the menu at this new and inviting Italian restaurant. Paninis and salads are sold, too, if you're not in the mood for pizza.


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In this particularly special episode we're talking to Reclaim These Streets co-founder Jamie Klinger, a week after she was in the high court taking on the Met Police.
In 2021 Philadelphia native Jamie and a group of women founded Reclaim These Streets in response to the death of Sarah Everard, a 33 year old marketing executive who was raped and murdered by metropolitan police offer Wayne Couzens. The group organised a vigil for Sarah on Clapham Common in London which was then violently broken up by the police and several people were arrested.
The police cited breaches in coronavirus restrictions, but the group took the Met police to court o challenge them on the illegality of the vigil. We're honoured to have Jamie on the pod to explain the events in more detail, and talk more broadly about what fuelled her to take this on.
We think you'll agree that she is an absolute force, a pirate you'd be very happy to have on your side.
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Be More Pirate is all about applied wisdom, so in this short new year special we have sourced some reflections from the network in the form of three questions:What was your most pirate moment this year?What rebellion would you most like to see in 2022?What advice would you give to a new pirate?Many thanks to the wonderful folk who sent in their thoughts: Deana Wildgoose, James Berg, Lefteris Heratakis, Kristin Joy-Davis, Mark Walmsley, Miguel Fernandez, Paul Ginsberg and Graeme Cooke What matters is what we are able to act upon and every small stepping stone towards change is significant in its own way. Don't stop just because you don't think it's big enough, exciting enough or even 'pirate' enough. The journey is not linear, and everybody has a different starting point. Happy New Year.*Unbelievably, this is the first episode with no swearing*
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Today's interview might be the most pirate one yet... but I'll leave you to be the judge of that. Steve Chapman is an artist, coach, writer, speaker and (sort of) podcaster. The more accurate way to describe Steve's work is that he does 'projects that are experiments in the opposite of what is normal'. His time is spent fully inhabiting the edges, and he works with a range of organisations and individuals to help them do the same. The results are very interesting: we cover 'provocative absence' 'quantum flirting' the elusive 'chair game' and the legacy of the Lost Cat poster. You can find all of Steve's work here:https://www.canscorpionssmoke.com/The blog post we mention is here - a must read for any pirate:https://www.canscorpionssmoke.com/2016/11/05/want-creativity-workplace-serious/
Carl Honoré, deemed the Godfather of the Slow Movement, has spent the last two decades writing, talking and supporting thousands of people to move against the tide of our fast paced consumerist world. An award winning writer, best selling author, TED speaker and broadcaster, Carl is now turning his disruptive thinking to a new topic: ageism. His latest book Bolder, unravels the unhelpful stereotypes we have about getting ageing and proves that it doesn't have to be that way. With humility and some brilliant storytelling, Carl is an expert dismantling norms and supporting people to change their behaviour.A pirate we are pleased to know.
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NASA officials gave the go-ahead on Friday for SpaceX and the agency to continue preparations for a historic liftoff of two astronauts on a rocket from Florida to the International Space Station next week.
The launch, scheduled for 4:33 p.m. on Wednesday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, may be the start of a new era in spaceflight, one in which NASA relies on private companies like Elon Musk's SpaceX to launch astronauts — a task it used to handle itself.
President Trump suggested on Thursday that he might attend the launch.
As during the space shuttle era, NASA conducts what it calls a flight readiness review about a week before launch to ensure that the spacecraft and launch systems are ready and that any significant concerns have been resolved.
While the mission is proceeding smoothly, the decision to move forward came amid new turmoil at NASA. The head of the agency's human spaceflight program, Douglas L. Loverro, unexpectedly quit on Monday, six months after he took the job. Mr. Loverro, who was to lead the flight readiness review on Friday, said in an interview with The Washington Post that his departure had nothing to do with next week's mission but that it added to doubts about the Trump administration's pledge to return astronauts to the moon by 2024.
This is the second upheaval in less than a year. In July, Jim Bridenstine, the NASA administrator, reassigned William H. Gerstenmaier, who had led the agency's human spaceflight program since 2005.
Stephen Jurczyk, the associate administrator at the space agency, led Friday's review instead of Mr. Loverro.
Two NASA astronauts, Douglas G. Hurley and Robert L. Behnken, will be riding inside SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule on top of a Falcon 9 rocket. They will arrive at the space station the next morning. Their stay in orbit was originally planned for just two weeks but will now be extended, because the station is short-staffed.
NASA considers next week's mission a demonstration to test and verify the spacecraft's capabilities. If all goes as planned, the first operational flight of a Crew Dragon is scheduled for later this year, carrying four astronauts.
For nearly nine years, after the retirement of the space shuttles, the United States has relied on Russia to provide transportation of astronauts to and from the International Space Station. NASA had been developing its own new rocket, called the Ares I, but with cost overruns and delays, the Obama administration decided that it would be cheaper and faster to turn to private companies. In 2014, NASA chose Boeing and SpaceX, with hopes that the first launches would occur by 2017.
Using SpaceX's Crew Dragon and Boeing's Starliner capsule did prove much cheaper than NASA's original plan, but was perhaps no faster in terms of development. However, the new commercial spacecraft also open up the possibility of space travel to an increasing number of private citizens with the desire and wealth to leave Earth, at least for a short period of time.
NASA is looking to take a similar commercial approach to its next moon missions. The agency recently chose to finance design work on three lunar lander proposals that may be used for a 2024 mission. Mr. Loverro's resignation on Monday may involve those contracts.
The agency provided no explanation for his departure, but in an email to colleagues in NASA's human exploration and operations directorate, Mr. Loverro said he took "a risk earlier in the year because I judged it necessary to fulfill our mission" and that now it was clear the risk was a mistake "for which I alone must bear the consequences."
In March, the NASA inspector general announced an audit of Artemis, the administration's program to return to the moon.
With Mr. Loverro's departure, his deputy, Kenneth D. Bowersox, a former astronaut, is again filling in as temporary leader of the human spaceflight program, a role he also played after Mr. Gerstenmaier was reassigned.
Mr. Bridenstine made no mention of Mr. Loverro's departure on Tuesday morning during a meeting of the National Space Council chaired by Vice President Mike Pence.
"As you announced just over a year ago, we're going to send not just the next man but the first woman to the South Pole of the Moon by 2024," Mr. Bridenstine said rosily in a report summarizing NASA's progress. "And we have been moving forward very rapidly to achieve that end."
NASA announced Mr. Loverro's resignation on Tuesday afternoon.
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Aalto University is offering scholarships to pursue master degree programme in the field of Business and Economics, Science and Technology, Art and Design for the academic year 2017-2018. Scholarships are awarded to support non-EU/EEA citizens who study in a fee-charging degree programme.
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The university has to be found on an official list or in an international handbook that is completed by some international organization (e.g. UNESCO).
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How To Create Great Characters: What do they Achieve?
How To Create Great Characters Part 5: What do they Achieve?
Because they have to achieve something, no?
Otherwise, what the heck did we just spend 100,000 words with them for!
Have you wondered why some characters truly seem to live on in your mind, while others fade like mist dissipating under the sun?
Achievement is a big part of that answer.
Even if you're writing a series, and the plotline and characters continue on, each book must stand on its own, and the Protagonist has to reach his goal. Even if that only speaks to part of the goal.
We found out in part 1 of this series, who our hero was. We did the exercises, watched what she did, identified why she refused the Call in the first place, and then saw what propelled her on to take the challenge.
In parts 2 & 3, we mapped out how he travels through the course of the plotline, and what he faces—both internally and externally.
In part 4, we identified what she learned—which of course spoke to what we found out about her in part 1. We saw her mastering the skills she needed in order to keep herself and the plot moving forward. And thus avoided those dreaded sagging middles.
Now, as we're coming full circle, into the climactic action of the book, whether our hero is successful comes to the fore.
Just imagine it this way for a minute: All novels have a Holy Grail, for which the hero is striving. As we talked before, the outer goals and conflicts mirror the inner ones, so what he achieves outwardly also brings him an internal boon.
For example, take Romantic Suspense. Our hero is trying to solve something, to keep a bad event from occurring—for herself, although almost always for the community at large as well. But she perhaps needed to join forces with the male detective in order to do so, and, of course there's a big spark (this is Romance!), and, well, she has commitment issues, distrusts men, etc., for any of a litany of reasons.
In finally agreeing to work with him (and seeing where that takes them personally, because if Romance, it takes them to romantic interludes), she's overcome at least her initial fear of abandonment (or whatever her core issue is), and together they save the day.
She's not only achieved her outward goal—finding the serial killer so no other women become victims, etc. But she's also taken a huge leap in her own consciousness, by facing that core fear, and now that's behind her as well.
Perhaps not surprisingly, it doesn't have to be completely behind her! Especially if, again, this is a series. But she has to have mastered a big piece of it for the story, and therefore the series, to go on.
Sometimes the hero dies in the end. But the goal is still achieved. An example would be Augustus McCrae from Lonesome Dove, who of course dies well before the end, but without him, the group never would have gotten to their goal—opening up a route to Montana, before the wildness was gone.
The achievement is shared with both Gus and Cap'n Call, one who died, and one who lived.
And here's a central key: The "bigger" your book, the bigger the achievement must be.
In other words, if you're writing about men conquering the West, then you need the huge achievement of blazing a new trail to another land. If you're writing Contemporary Romance, the major achievement (along with the main plot) is boy and girl end up together, happily ever after.
The Authurian myths dealt with the literal Holy Grail.
But I'm not writing about the highest spiritual potentialities of the human consciousness! you say.
I understand (unless you are :)). But in metaphor, whatever the goal of your novel is, equals your character's Holy Grail. Thinking in those terms helps you to keep that front and center in your mind as you're writing.
Most importantly: That's your main story question. And every single scene has to have a piece of that story question.
So what your character achieves, no matter your genre, needs to be revered by you, the author, as your own (and her) Holy Grail.
Even if you write from Discovery, you pretty much have to have a sense of what the main character achieves. It's the central point of your book.
So it all adds up to this: Don't take this lightly!
What are you waiting for? Go write your own terrific novel.


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Joining DPR
DPR is a friendly club, but we also like races! And there are lots of different events in which you can take part throughout the year. Membership of DPR will motivate you to take part in competitions that you might not otherwise consider…and you receive a discounted entry fee for many events!
There are different types of races and competitions which DPR members take part in throughout the year:
• Competitions organised by DPR
• Regional club competitions
• Individual races open to the public, often organised annually
Throughout the year we have several competitions between DPR members. For some, we keep it just between ourselves and organise the whole event, for others we compete as part of public races, and for some we just have a bit of fun during parkrun!
The Handicap
The first Tuesday of each month features the long-standing HANDICAP, an opportunity to really challenge yourself and develop your stamina and speed in a lung-busting 2-mile race around the streets of Dulwich. The interesting part? Everyone starts at different times, with quicker runners starting last so everyone is in with the chance of winning that month's race, whether you are a beginner or one of the faster runners in the club.
The following month all start times are adjusted to bring all the finishing times closer together, ensuring an action-packed final sprint to the finish line.
Points are awarded each month based on your finishing position and your best 9 scores count towards the annual trophy. Over the course of the year seemingly insurmountable leads can disappear as early winners start further and further back. The only solution is to run as fast as you can in every race! And there are sometimes a few surprise prizes too! Once you've recovered your breath we decamp to a nearby hostelry in Dulwich Village for some well-earned refuelling.
Each year DPR selects races at different distances for our 'Club Championships' in which DPR members compete against each other for club medals. These races are great club outings which also allow our competitive streaks to shine through!
For example, each year a parkrun is chosen for our 5k championship; one of the summer league races is chosen as our 10k championship and so on. The different club championship distances are:
Cross country-men
Cross country-women
Each championship attracts medals for the best age-graded performances and results are recorded on the website and posted in the clubhouse for posterity.
Results can also be found here.
parkrun Ladder
Just because there's competition, doesn't mean there can't be a bit of fun too.
Taking place over 12 weeks in summer and winter, the idea is simple: run a parkrun every week, earn your basic points and also try to get as many bonus points as you can.
Bonus points are given for doing new parkruns, good age-graded times and obtaining 'Personal Bests' (PBs), and in some weeks a series of novelty bonus points are on offer for various achievements such as pacing a fellow DPR member to a PB, sporting a stylish moustache or posting a Christmas tinsel selfie! While some of the scoring is a little more serious than others, this light-hearted competition between members is a firm favourite and results in some surprising ingenuity to try and maximise the bonus points. And the winner receives a splendid shield!
As well as competing amongst ourselves, we also take part in regional inter-club competitions in the summer and winter months.
The Summer League has been going for several years and involves nine well-known and like-minded London running clubs. Competition takes place at 5 separate running fixtures from June to August for runners of all abilities on Sunday mornings, hosted by different clubs in the league. Each fixture includes a 5 mile or 10K road race for adults, a 1-mile junior's race and a 400m fun run for under 7s, followed by 4x400m relay races for men's, women's and mixed teams with adults and children competing together. The host club also provides a picnic for all runners and volunteers. Club and individual prizes are offered and DPR members can also win a medal for exception al attendance.
DPR hosts one of the events and our hospitality and quality (and quantity!) of our picnic spread are legendary. The other fixtures in the series are usually in Battersea Park, Regent's Park, Ealing and Harrow.
DPR's Cross Country races take place from autumn to early spring and include four fixtures for men and women.
DPR's women take part in the Surrey League, an interclub cross country league of races which take place within the M25. Consisting of four fixtures, each 6-8km long, runners compete both for their own position as well as for DPR in teams of 4. Last year DPR's women finished 25 and 41 in Division 2.
DPR's men currently take part in four open entry races throughout the winter as we build our number of competitors back up. This means we get to enjoy some fantastic trail races in and around London. Last season we took part in the Oxted 10k, Beckenham 10k, Dash for the Splash and the Medway Megalith Half.
DPR also chooses a number of public events or races which then attract a sizeable group of runners form the club.
These differ from year to year but examples include:
The 10-mile Cabbage Patch run in Twickenham
The Paddock Wood half marathon in Kent
The Eridge trial run near Tunbridge Wells
The Chislehurst half marathon
The Vitality Big Half marathon in London (50 £10 places acquired for DPR runners in 2020!)
The 'Women Can' marathon in Devon
'Man v Horse' in the Brecon Beacons
The London Marathon
And other special events such as triathlons for example Iron man, the London triathlon and the Crystal palace triathlon and swimming events such as The Swimmer, Mill2Mill swim and swimming in the River Cam
Your club subscription includes membership of England Athletics and this entitles you to a discounted entry fee at most public events.
Being involved in events like these means that there is always an event for which to train and this helps with your motivation to keep fit around the year.
If you like the sound of our races and want to get involved, why not pop along and come for a run with us on a Tuesday and see what you think of the club. Just let us know you're coming and we'll see you on Tuesday!
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Meet Kate Beck: GSBA's Business Leader of the Year
by GSBA
| Feb 08, 2019
Even before she relocated from the Midwest to Seattle in 2003, Kate Beck decided to become a member of GSBA.
"A friend of mine in Kansas City was like, 'If you're moving to Seattle, the first thing you need to do is join GSBA.' So I took her word for it, immediately joined, and became a volunteer," said Kate.
"I picked my real estate agent, my home insurance, my healthcare - I picked everybody out of the (GSBA) guide. I was so excited to be in a gay community, moving from the Midwest where there wasn't that kind of community available with professionals who were out."
Fifteen years later, Kate has become not only a familiar face at GSBA functions across the city, but a pillar of her community as GSBA's 2018 Business Leader of the Year. While she served on the GSBA Board of Directors from 2004 to 2008, Kate expanded her network as a home mortgage consultant through connections she built with other chamber members. Now at Wells Fargo Home Mortgage in Northgate, Kate leads a team of loan processors and underwriters, and a full-time assistant as they guide future home-owners through the many intricacies of buying a house.
"I make myself available evenings and weekends because that's when real estate happens," said Beck. "I follow my clients all the way through to the finish line and make sure they know what's going on, because buying a house is such a stressful time in a person's life, and they need someone there to shepherd them, and be warm and available throughout the process. Even after closing, it's nice to have someone to follow up with as well."
Besides her work with GSBA, Kate also volunteers across King and Snohomish Counties with Mary's Place, Cacoon House, Ronald Commons, and the YMCA. It's through these organizations where she not only finds fulfilment in helping communities thrive, but meets people where she can help secure their own homes.
"The more people I meet, the more people I'm able to help. So I'm able to combine my philanthropy as a way to network," she said. "I'm a true believer in 'win-win.' I truly want the best for my clients, their (real estate) agents, and the company that I work for. I will work so hard to advocate for people. I'm a problem solver. I want the end result to be the best for everybody."
As a longtime member of GSBA, Kate finds herself emotional when she contemplates the impact of being honored at Justice for All: 38th Annual Business & Humanitarian Awards Dinner.
"I grew up in the Midwest and my formative years were during the seventies and early eighties. I was very much in the closet," she said. "Being able to be in a big city and be honored by my peers is just so impactful. It's so healing (considering) all I went through in my childhood and teens. It's a little overwhelming, in a good way."
Join us in honoring Kate during Justice For All: 38th Annual Business & Humanitarian Awards Dinner on Thursday, Feb 21 at Seattle Marriott Waterfront: http://bit.ly/2Rzxo3i


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Missing ship: El Faro confirmed to have sunk off Bahamas
[BBC] – The lost cargo ship El Faro sank in Bahamian waters after sailing into the path of Hurricane Joaquin, according to the US Coast Guard.
The 224m (735ft) vessel and its crew of 33 have been missing since issuing a distress call on Thursday.
The coast guard says an "unidentifiable body" has been found but a search remains underway.
On Sunday, search planes found debris including life jackets, containers and oil in the water.
It was this find that led rescuers to the conclusion that the ship had sank.
Along with the body, an empty, heavily damaged life boat has also been found.
"We are still looking for survivors or any signs of life," US Coast Guard Capt Mark Fedor said, but adding the crew faced "challenging conditions to survive".
The coast guard says it has searched 70,000 sq nautical miles attempting to find the crew of 28 Americans and five Poles.
The ship, which was travelling from Florida to Puerto Rico, was taking on water before it sank according to the distress call.
Its owners, Tote Maritime, say the ship lost power after its engines broke down.
$90M SPENT ON STATE MEDIA
[Trinidad Express] – Was the $90 million spent on State media last year alone a good use of Government resources?
This was the question raised by Communications Minister Maxie Cuffie yesterday as the eighth biennial General Assembly met at the Hilton Trinidad, St Ann's, to discuss the future of State media.
In his feature address, Cuffie pointed out that Government spent over $90 million to keep operations at its three television stations, four radio stations and three cable channels going.
The Caribbean New Media Group (CNMG), the Parliament channel, the Government Information Services Limited (GISL), Talk City 91.1, Next FM 99.1, Sweet 100.1 FM are among the media entities owned by the State.
Cuffie was of the view that last year's spending on State media appeared untenable especially in light of a contracting economy and depressed energy prices.
Tufton wants JLP probe of St Catherine West Central vote
[Jamaica Obersver] – THE Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) candidate selection for the St Catherine West Central constituency, which saw Dr Christopher Tufton losing by 15 votes to Councillor Devon Wint, was marred by voter fraud and inconsistencies with the voters' list, according to a report filed by Tufton to JLP General Secretary Horace Chang.
A major highlight of the report is the question surrounding the chain of custody of the ballots which lacked a vital security feature — the seal of a Justice of the Peace.
"This raises serious concerns, particularly in view of information available to my team regarding the chain of custody of the ballots which shows that ballots were available to persons who wished to engage the 'golden ballot'," Tufton stated in his report.
The 'golden ballot' is basically a pre-marked ballot given to a voter before he/she enters the polling station. The voter is required to place that ballot in the box, then leave the station with the blank ballot on which he/she should have voted, give that blank ballot to the person who gave them the pre-marked ballot, after which the voter is paid.
Tufton also raised the issue of people, particularly in the Point Hill Division, being allowed to vote without national identification, namely passport, driver's licence, or voter ID card, as agreed before the selection.
The Point Hill Division is represented by Wint in the St Catherine Parish Council and Tufton said he had, before the election, voiced concerns about the voters' list there.
According to Tufton, based on the voter turnout in that division, it was obvious that the voters' list was padded.
He pointed also to two examples of individuals who were never JLP workers in the constituency but whose names were included on the Point Hill list. One of those persons, he said, "has been bedridden for some 10 years", yet he is listed as a delegate.
"A 'delegate', as you are well aware, refers to a person who attended the last party conference representing the constituency," Tufton said in his report to Chang.
He also named another man who was listed as an outdoor agent in Point Hill but who has been in a wheelchair for the last two general elections.
Both men, Tufton said, were taken to vote.
"A voters' list was presented to the parties dated September 17, 2015. On September 22, 2015 a number of changes were made, which was communicated to my agent. This bore 11 additions — one to the Ginger Ridge Division, three to the Red Hills Division, and seven to the Point Hill Division," Tufton outlined.
"However, the final voters' list presented on the eve of the election on Friday, September 25, 2015 had several other changes not communicated to my team and agreed to by us," he added.
He also named one of his supporters who he said was not allowed to vote because he lives in the neighbouring constituency, however, three of Wint's supporters, who live on the same road as his (Tufton's) supporter, were not removed from the list and were allowed to vote.
Tufton, who served in the Cabinet in the last JLP Government, also pointed to other instances of irregularities and asked Chang to investigate the claims.
"I strongly advise that you look into these matters and further, that you meet with the workers and delegates of the constituency to address their issues of concern. Otherwise, this could have a negative impact on the morale and efforts of the JLP organisation in the constituency," Tufton said in a cover letter accompanying the report.
Tufton's report has placed added pressure on the JLP Secretariat after Everald Warmington, who chairs the party's Area Two organisation, wrote to Chang voicing strong objection to what he described as the Secretariat's corrupt actions in constituency selections.
Claiming that there has not been an honest or uncontroversial selection in any constituency in recent times, Warmington told Chang that he would not participate in any other Selection Committee meetings.
Warmington also asked how could the JLP expect Jamaicans to trust the party to govern when it treats its own members with such injustice.
Wint, who worked for several years as a clerk at the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court in Half-Way-Tree, secured 211 votes to Tufton's 196.
Flights, church services cancelled in Bermuda as Hurricane Joaquin approaches
[CMC] – Incoming flights have been cancelled as well as church services at the Anglican Church as powerful Hurricane Joaquin bore down on Bermuda packing 115 miles per hour winds after earlier causing death and destruction in The Bahamas.
In its 8:00 am EDT bulletin, the Miami-based National Hurricane Centre (NHC) said Joaquin remained a Category Three storm, down from a strong Category Four storm on Saturday when it had sustained winds of 155 mph. The NHC added that further weakening is forecast during the next 48 hours. Conditions were already deteriorating in Bermuda with three to five inches of rain expected through Sunday.
The hurricane was located 160 nautical miles south-west of Bermuda moving to the north-east at around 21 mph.
The Bermuda Weather Service said Joaquin's closest point of approach to the island is forecast to be 62 nautical miles to the west-northwest at 9:00 pm local time.
The Ministry of Transport late Saturday said all flights to the island on Sunday – with the exception of Delta Air Lines which had yet to confirm its position – had been cancelled although American Airlines' early-morning flights to Miami and New York were expected to go ahead.
Sunday's ferry services were scrapped and bus service was due to be suspended at 10:00 am local time.
Two cruise ships – the Carnival Sunshine and Royal Caribbean's Liberty of the Seas – earlier announced the cancellation of scheduled visits to the island.
Hardware stores on Saturday reported brisk business as homeowners made last-minute preparations for Joaquin – 12 months after two hurricanes, Fay and Gonzalo, struck the island within five days of each other, causing widespread power outages.
Michele Trott, a clerk at one store, said: "We've been really, really busy. People were lined up outside the gate before we opened this morning."
She added: "People are mostly buying lumber, batteries, flashlights, ropes, and tarpaulins to get ready for the weather that's coming."
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Blakespotting: News about William Blake, July 2018
August 5, 2018 Jason Whittaker
July was a fairly quiet month for Blake news, although towards the end a few pieces began to appear about an event that will be covered here soon: the plans to unveil a new gravestone marking the final resting place of William Blake. As Florence Snead reported for iNews, members of the Blake Society discovered the location in 2006 and the new stone will be unveiled in a ceremony on the anniversary of his death on August 12. The Telegraph sought to inject a little drama into the event by suggesting conflict over the choice of quotation to be included, but in truth the new gravestone seems to be one that will bring Blake aficionados together.
One of the most fascinating events for July was the announcement of a new piece of choreography and music inspired by Blake at the Art Centro de Arte UNLP in Buenos Aires. Entitled Apolión and directed by Jerónimo Búffalo, with additional performances by Santiago Culacciati and Esteban Trindade, the piece includes the music of Julia Gala and José Gómez Vega. In an interview with El Dia, Búffalo explained that the link to Blake came from the poet's depiction of Apollyon, the Fiend, for his illustrations to Bunyan, that showed a world being torn apart by gods who do not give answers to our questions.
The South African carried a review of Wirework, the play by Daleen Kruger that explores the Owl House, Helen Martin's collection of outsider art in Eastern Cape that includes pieces inspired by Blake, and currently being performed at the Tristan Bates Theatre in London. Michael Popham argued it was well worth seeing despite the good weather and attractions of Wimbledon, although perhaps he was writing from memories of having seen the Afrikaans original. As mentioned last month, performances of William Blake in Hollywood also continued through the month in Utah.
One of the best visual arts pieces for the month was a profile of the internationally acclaimed artist Jaume Plensa in BlouinArtInfo, who has returned to Blake many times. Although not directly addressing pieces such as "One Thought Fills Immensity" or his Blake in Gateshead light installation, he offers the following Proverb of Hell as the ideal model for his own sculptural practice: "in springtime learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy." Elsewhere in Vancouver, the Burnaby Art Gallery had a series of illustrations by Jeff Ladouceur, an artist whose sources include Blake and Mad magazine. According to a review in Straight magazine, Ladouceur who was born in New York gives an insight through his show into "the slow path through life". Similarly, an exhibition in Gratz, Philadelphia, reviewed by the Jewish Exponent, explored the meaning of Job through the ages, including Blake's famous illustrations.
Something spotted online for July should really have been included much earlier in the year: Isao Yukisada's River's Edge was released in February, but I only knew of its existence because of a review in The Real Bits that was published in July. The story details the relations between Haruna and her homosexual friend, Ichiro, who is often beaten and alienated: when they discover a corpse by the river's edge (hence the title) so things become even darker, but the reason for the Blake connection is that apparently Ichiro demonstrates his life experiences to Haruna by reading her the poetry of William Blake. One that I shall follow up in future.
Finally, there were a number of references to the Romantic poet in relation to the anniversary of the death of Jim Morrison on July 3, such as this one at EuropaFM and this at Il Malilio, most of them noting Blake as the source of The Doors' name. One of the more interesting to read (though not necessarily with much to say about Blake) is this personal reflection by Sanjin Dumišic.
Burning Bright: two events in July
Zoamorphosis Updates: July 2010
Zoamorphosis updates: June 2010
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Guarantee of services is equally important. The service provider should be able to stand behind the car repair if anything goes wrong. Ask the warranty options available before you choose. It can be so daunting for you to choose the auto repair killeen tx that you need but there are certain things that must be fulfilled so that you know you are doing it right. Read the guide above to know how you can choose a service repair shop.