Supermicro makes some really amazing motherboards and are a key piece of my home lab whitebox strategy. I'm incredibly happy with the built-in IPMI and remote KVM / Media abilities that come standard with the X9SCM board. With that said, I recently acquired a pair of Emulex 10102-FX UCNA cards to provide some 10 GbE connectivity testing between two of my vSphere lab hosts, with hopes of adding a 10 GbE switch in the future. For now, the two hosts are directly connected using a cross-over LC/LC SR fiber optic cable.
I did have a bit of difficulty getting the cards to correctly load and become available in vSphere 5.1. After a bit of troubleshooting I finally discovered the root cause: the motherboard BIOS version was too far out of date to support the cards. This post will go over how to easily update the BIOS on a Supermicro board, along with another post that will cover using the Emulex OneCommand software plugin for vCenter to easily discover and update the CNA firmware.
Fire up the Supermicro download page and put in your motherboard model. In my case, it's the X9SCM.
Click the BIOS Downloads or Get BIOS button. The latest firmware will be offered for download, with a giant warning telling you that upgrading firmware is risky business. I strongly recommend making sure that your server is plugged into a UPS before moving forward with the upgrade.
Once you click on the link you'll need to read and accept a EULA. Then you can download the zip file. Inside are a handful of files – the large file with a weird extension is the actual BIOS bin file.
Note: There are also two batch files included – AMI_1.BAT is for BIOS 1.1a or lower, and AMI_2.BAT is for BIOS 2.00 or higher. In my case I am running 1.1a so I'll need to use AMI_1.BAT in Step 3.
Extract the contents of the zip to a folder for later.
If you've not used Rufus before, it's just a simple little app that formats a USB stick so that it boots into DOS. I use it all the time for OS-less firmware upgrades on various servers and components. Download the app, pop in a USB stick (pretty much any size will do), and tell Rufus to make the USB stick bootable. I used the default configuration, but still took a screenshot below for you to refer to.
Once completed, copy over the extracted zip folder from Step 1 and put it in the root directory of the Rufus USB stick.
The final step is to insert the Rufus USB stick (or mount it over IPMI) and fire up the server. To make sure that the server boots to the USB stick, enter the BIOS settings before the server boots into the hypervisor and do a manual boot override to the Rufus USB stick. Alternatively, I just end up removing the existing USB stick that holds vSphere ESXi on it because I have no other bootable media inserted – this gives the board no choice but to boot into the Rufus USB stick.
If you used AMI_1.BAT I typically advise rebooting the server and then running Step 3 a second time with AMI_2.BAT instead. It should finish without any final warning messages.
You can remove the Rufus USB stick and reboot the system into your normal vSphere hypervisor environment.
Now that the Supermicro board has been flashed to the latest BIOS, it's time to prepare the vSphere hosts with the proper Emulex CIM extension, UCNA drivers, and leverage the power of the OneCommand vCenter plug-in to update the card firmware.
Continue to the Emulex OneCommand Manager in the vSphere Web Client post!
Thanks for this – I've been doing it the hard way with a cd.
Too easy! Thank you. Rufus!
Just had to upgrade my lab host too, and while this all works its unbelievable that DOS boot disks are still needed in 2014. Supermicro do have a way of upgrading BIOS via the IPMI card but it's an additional licence and I couldn't find any information about buying it anyway. A more painful procedure than it should be. Aren't we in the era of software defined, not jumpers on motherboards and DOS? Sigh.
Can't get this working even in Rufus. I basically made a bootable USB using Rufus. As your post shows, I copied extracted files into root of USB. I tried to attach the USB using virtual storage/media via IPMI and get this.
Screenshots show my usb structure and attachment error.
I had some difficulties with BIOS update of out X10SRi-F too. I have Hyper-V 2012 R2 on it in EFI mode.
Get a mainboard with IPMI, all boards with a "-F" in the name and a BIOS update license which costs very little money (around $10 or 20). Then you can update the BIOS from inside IPMI which works much more reliable. AND .. if you shall have flashed badly, then then you can Connect via LAN to IPMI Management and re-flash ! Simple as that.
I attempted to update the bios in my Supermicro X9SRI-F board using a FAT32 flash drive and the current AMI.BAT file listed on Supermicro's site. It successfully reads the file, FFS checksum is ok, then takes about 5 minutes before displaying "Erasing Flash … 0x00060000 (9%)" and is now locked up. I've attempted it with the JPME1 jumper in the force update setting with the same result. My board is an early model that still has bios ver. 1.0b. Supermicro no longer has 2 batch files – one for early bios versions and another for later versions. I'm wondering what differences there were in command line switches between the AMI1.BAT and AMI2.BAT files. I have also attempted to update the bios using their SuperDoctor utility. I got the same result – locking up windows server 2012 R2 so that I could not even get to the task manager. Supermicro tech support has apparently not run into this issue before and has no words of wisdom. At this point I'm wondering if the bios chip has a bad address that is preventing the update but has not prevented the original bios from functioning. I'm afraid to start experimenting with flash utility command line switches for fear I will permanently disable the board.
Unfortunately, whatever I tried I couldn't get the BIOS to boot from the USB in Legacy mode. I had to create the USBdisk using MSDOS (instead of FreeDOS).
Then (in SuperMicro's infinite wisdom of creating the worst and most frustrating BIOS in the history of PCs), the BIOS flash process reset every BIOS setting, including the SATA mode setting (eg. RAID mode was reset to AHCI). This meant that although my RAID 1 volumes had been seemingly reset to individual AHCI disks, I should just be able to configure the BIOS settings back the way the were and the RAID volumes should come back. This means set the SATA mode back to RAID, make sure I'm using the same RAID ROM type (Intel or LSI) as I was previously (in my case Intel). The the onboard RAID controller should read the disks and their RAID volume configs and the RAID volumes should magically appear they way they were… and they did.
So after resetting all the BIOS configs back to the way they should be, I configured the SATA mode to RAID. Reboot and check the Intel controller picks up the RAID volumes correctly, yes. Reboot back to the BIOS to configure the boot order so it boots from the Intel RAID volume. Reboot again to boot the OS and this is where it turned real bad.
The server blue screens with the fatal BSOD Stop error 0x0000007B (Inaccessible Boot Device).
This normally is an error switching from AHCI to RAID mode (or IDE to AHCI) without enabling drivers first in the registry. But I was already using RAID mode before the BIOS update and hadn't booted the OS before setting the BIOS back to the way it was prior to the BIOS flash.
I tried modifying a few other settings in the BIOS before deciding to try using F8 during boot to access Safe Mode but that met with the same BSOD 0x7B error.
I decided to try my luck with the "Last Known Good Config" boot option and behold, the server booted.
Then after logging in I was greeted with a driver update "You must restart your computer to apply these changes" which is what happens when the IDE/AHCI/RAID mode is changed with the registry changes first applied to enable the driver to install.
Seems it might be a result of updating the Intel ME or the Intel RST drivers to a newer version during the BIOS flash.
Hope it helps anyone else with the same BSOD after flashing.
This would be great if… uhm.. you know, Rufus actually allowed you to make boot disks. But it doesn't. Not without downloading other tools. Your tutorial needs to be reviewed.
Your "Default configuration" is not default, you had FreeDOS installed. Most of us don't, therefore can't follow this tutorial.
Well, keep in mind that this post is 4 years old. At the time, I didn't have to install anything beyond the Rufus installer, but maybe today you have a separate installation requirement? Thanks for the comment, though!
@Whyyy Rufus (get from here https://rufus.akeo.ie) absolutely does allow the creation of a DOS boot disk without downloading anything else. It comes with FreeDOS.
Download the .exe, run it (and with the default options), you too will be able to create a DOS boot disk.
This is simply untrue, i just downloaded the latest rufus today, have never used freedos in my life and the option was there. I believe you ran into a pebkac error.
In addition to his instructions and coinciding with this post, I also removed (REM'd out) the line "REN AFUDOSU.SMC AFUDOSU.EXE" ins ami_1.bat and ran ami_1.bat x9scm5.220 (for my mobo).


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February 28, 1903 -- State Street Bridge is Dedicated
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February 28, 1903 – The Chicago Daily Tribune reports that a new bridge across the river at State street has been opened to decidedly negative reviews. H. D. Dean, a construction engineer from Benton Harbor, Michigan, in town to provide his expertise to a subway subcommittee, says that the new bridge "is not wide enough by fifty feet. It was a mistake to build so narrow a bridge there on account of the awkward bend in the river at that point." [Chicago Daily Tribune, March 1, 1903] Present at the dedication of the new bridge a day earlier are members of the South Water and State Street Business Men's association "who have seen their business dwindle much more rapidly that the bridge grew during the last year." Mrs. Adelaide Smedberg of 184 North State Street breaks a bottle of wine on the bridge. The Tribune explains how Smedberg ended up with the bottle in her hand, noting that association president J. T. Keane "corked his eloquence, chased the woman, explained to her that she was the first to cross the river, and took her back to break the bottle of wine. "I christen thee State street,' said Mrs. Smedberg, and the dedicators hurried away to a banquet at which there was more oratory and spilling of wine." On May 29, 1949 a new bridge was dedicated at State Street in a far more dignified ceremony, one that honored the men from the Chicago area who fought and died in the battle of Bataan and Corregidor and who suffered through the "death march" that followed that battle. The bridge closest to the bottom of the photo is the 1903 bridge.
February 28, 1970 – Ten thousand demonstrators line both sides of State Street opposite the Palmer House, jeering French President Georges Pompidou, as he arrives to address a group at a dinner sponsored by the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations and the Alliance Francaise. The protestors voice loud objections to France's recent announcement that it will sell 100 Mirage jets to Libya. Among the protestors is U. S. Representative Roman Pucinski who says he considers the sale of the jets "a unilateral escalation of the Mideast conflict." [Chicago Tribune, March 1, 1970] Chants of "Poo, Poo, Pompidou," "France Oui, Pompidou No" reverberate over bullhorns as protest marshals work hard to keep crowds from spilling into the street. Mayor Daley's special events director, Colonel Jack Reilly, praises the orderly protest, saying, "If the city had it this easy in all demonstrations it would be easy." As the French delegation leaves from O'Hare on the following day, an official says that the Chicago police "'either thru incompetence or design,' relaxed security to the point where it was impossible for Pompidou to avoid embarrassment." [Chicago Tribune, March 2, 1970] At the airport Pompidou himself, speaking in French, says that the protestors "placed a stain on the face of America" and that "the immense majority of the Chicago population … is ashamed of it all." The French President is especially upset about an incident that occurred inside the lobby of the Palmer House in which six individuals jumped in front of him and his wife and shouted, "Shame, shame on you!" An official says, "The police assured us this would not happen. They said the lobby would be clear. Yet there were these people, accosting the president of France on an official visit. The French delegation cannot understand how this was permitted to happen. Tempers are running very high."
February 28, 1955 – The Chicago Housing Authority awards a $7,998,700 contract to Corbeita Construction Company for the first stage of an addition to the Frances Cabrini public housing project just north of Chicago Avenue and east of Larabee. The contract calls for eight high-rise buildings with 859 apartments along with a heating and service building. The chairman of the C.H.A., John R. Fugard, states that a contract will be let later in the year for seven more buildings with 1,066 apartments. The work at Cabrini will be just one part of the biggest program of public housing construction in the city's history. It is anticipated in 1955 the C.H.A. will break ground at six different sites for 4,500 apartments. All of the projects, which were approved in 1949, will be subsidized by the federal government and will be rented to low income families.
February 28, 1939 -- The Chicago Daily Tribune reports that owner P. K. Wrigley has taken matters into his own hands "in moving the spring flair of Diz (Dizzy Dean) as problem child." When Wrigley's personal representative comes upon the Cub pitcher "pitching full blast at the full pitching distance [he] broke up the display in the name of the Cub owner, following full instructions from the Chicago throne room." [Chicago Daily Tribune, March 1, 1939] Dean, a pitching phenom for the St. Louis Cardinals between 1933 and 1937, was injured by a line drive in the 1937 All-Star game. In 1938 Wrigley paid $185,000 to put the compromised pitcher on the Cubs roster. In September of that year, in what he called the greatest game of his career, Dean pitched the second game of a series with the Pittsburgh Pirates, winning 2-1, pulling the Cubs within a half-game of the league leading Pirates, a team from which the Cubs would wrest the National League championship the next day. Dean pitched Game Two of the World Series, pitching admirably until he gave up a two-run homer to Joe DiMaggio in the top of the ninth, ultimately losing 6-3. He struggled along with the Cubs until 1941 when he retired. Wrigley's interest in protecting his investment was certainly understandable, but ultimately it would not matter.
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Split routines are very effective if you train often enough.
If training 2 x a week, you're probably better off with 2 full body workouts because you need to work all the muscles each time.
Consistently train 3 or more times per week?
Make the switch to a split routine such as the one above.
Being able to focus on body parts, such as chest, back, legs, etc will mean you can get more out of each session.
A more focused session will mean more exercises for each muscle, meaning more overload.
More overload = more muscle!
This is also known as a split workout plan, as mentioned above.
There are a lot of ways you can split your workouts to focus on individual body parts, depending on how much time you have and how advanced you are.
Within each workout you may target each body part with 2 to 4 different exercises. This allows you to really target each area specifically.
Body part training is more of a body building concept, because the focus is on building aesthetically pleasing muscle by increasing its size and definition.
Often you find people in one of two camps. They either love weight training and hate cardio, or hate weight training and love cardio.
The key is to love both!
Here's the thing. If you want to look like an athlete, or as near as you can realistically get, you have to train like one.
Athletes will do weight training, stretching, steady state cardio and HIIT style sessions.
Cardio helps maintain your cardiovascular system – heart, lungs and blood vessels.
It also helps burn calories and gives your muscles a nice lean, functional look.
The best amount of cardio to do?
I'd recommend 1 x HIIT session and 1 x steady state cardio session per week.
In addition to your 2-3 x weight training sessions.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, 4 x a week training is the sweet spot for muscle growth, fat loss and fitness.
Compound exercises are those which use multiple muscle groups at the same time. For example, deadlift, bench press, pull-ups, chin-ups, squats.
Isolating exercises are those which focus on a single muscle group. For example, bicep curl, tricep extension, calf press.
When you should use them is a good question.
In general, compound moves are great when you only have 1-2 sessions a week to train because they hit lots of muscles all at once.
Isolated exercises are perfect when you have 3+ days per week to train and want to really target specific muscles.
Yes, you can. Most workouts will include compound moves as the base and isolating exercises on top.
Start off with compound moves, to work the bigger muscles and then add some isolating moves to finish them off.
This first targets the larger muscles of the back, while also using the biceps and forearms.
Then targets the biceps with a specific isolating move to finish them off.
Functional training became 'the in thing' many years ago now, but it's what athletes have been doing for years.
Any football, rugby or fighter will incorporate this style of training into their routine because it's rooted in real world movements.
Why is weight training not functional?
Typical weight training is not very functional because the movements you make don't reflect how you move in sport.
For example, squats and deadlifts are not the kind of movement you'd do on a football pitch.
In most sports, there is much more dynamic movement where the whole body is used not just a small set of muscles in one direction.
So what's functional training then?
Things like box jumps, renegade rows, lunges in different directions are all functional because they are more similar to what you'd do on a sports field or in a game.
Should I add functional training to my workout?
It depends on your goal. If your only goal is to build muscle to look good, it's not that necessary.
If you want a strong, fit and well functioning body then yes you definitely should.
HIIT training is an ideal way to get a fast cardio and muscular workout when you're short on time.
Done right, it can push you very hard physically, which in turn helps you get fitter, stronger and leaner.
I've defined what HIIT is below, but I'll quickly recap and then cover some practical examples of it.
HIIT is timed intervals of high intensity activity followed by rest or lower intensity intervals.
20 seconds 100% effort, followed by 10 seconds rest. Repeat 8 times.
For most people the answer will be yes.
HIIT helps get you fitter and stronger and works you in a way that steady state and weight training can't do alone.
My free to download workouts above include 1 HIIT session per week.
Most gyms have HIIT classes now so you could just go along to one of those.
HIIT is something where you will benefit from training with others, as doing it alone you will not push yourself hard enough.
Does fasted cardio really work?
The science is not good enough to know for sure. The end result is this: Doing cardio will burn energy so if you are looking to lose weight, no cardio is bad.
Will fasted cardio burn more than normal cardio? Hard to tell. I like doing it because I believe there are 3 other reasons other than faster fat burning that make it really effective.
Are full body or split workouts better for building muscle?
It depends on your goal. If you are looking to gain muscle mainly for strength and to look better, go with split routines 3 or 4 days a week.
If you're more interested in general health, fitness and all round athletic ability then full body workouts are a good option. If you're training multiple days in a row, try to avoid doing too much on each muscle group each day.
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It's the topic most people go to when talking about weight training…How many sets and reps should I do?
The thing is, no two reps and sets are the same…How quickly (tempo) you move the weight will change the feel and result massively.
What about speed of movement?
Two people (Dave & Steve) are both doing 10 reps of bench press on 60kg. Which one builds the most muscle?
The answer is: It will depend on each person's speed of movement. The speed they lower, pause and push the bar. Also known as Tempo.
Dave lowers the bar for 1 second, doesn't pause and pushes for 0.5 seconds. This is probably typical of most people in the gym.
Steve lowers for 2 seconds, pauses for 1 second and pushes for 1 second.
There's a big difference here. Steve's set is almost 3 x Dave's set in terms of time under tension!
Same exercise, same weight, very different load on the muscles. This is key because extra load on muscle = muscle growth.
Depending on your goal, you may want to think about how quickly or slowly you lift weights.
Always lifting fast means you get to use momentum which reduces the load on your muscles.
If you want to build muscle, understanding Time Under Tension (TUT) and Tempo is critical.
If you're used to "normal" tempos you will definitely need to lower the weight to start with.
Put your ego aside. Lifting very heavy is not usually necessary.
Is it better to do high reps or low reps to build muscle?
Both high reps and low reps can build muscle. The more pertinent questions are to do with tempo and time under tension (TUT).
You could do 15 reps very quickly or 5 reps very slowly and both produce the same amount of TUT. The more TUT you place on your muscles, the more load they endure which results in your muscles getting bigger (hypertrophy).
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This section will arm you with the weight room lingo so you don't look like a lemon.
What is time under tension (TUT)?
In short, tempo is the speed you move. In weight training it means how fast or slow you lift and push the weights.
There are 4 phases to every movement; up, pause, down, pause.
Usually the first number will be for the eccentric phase. That's lowering in bench press and most movements, but in other moves will be where you are not contracting the muscles.
What is Time Under Tension?
The higher the TUT, the more load on your muscles and the more they will grow.
It means to build muscle. Simple.
I think you get the picture. Hyper is usually good. Now get hyper-working-out!
What is Steady State Cardio?
Steady state cardio is where you perform exercise, which raises your heart-rate, at a consistent (steady) speed or intensity.
Typical examples are running, cycling and swimming and would last anywhere from 20 mins to 1 hour or more.
It's often used when doing fasted cardio because it's seen as a way to burn fat rather than using stored carbohydrates (glycogen).
HIIT stands for High Intensity Interval Training. It is exercise performed for timed intervals of higher and lower intensities.
For example, you might sprint for 60 seconds and jog for 30 seconds. That would be 1 round and you may complete 4-10 rounds.
A very famous and common HIIT protocol is Tabata, where you perform 20 seconds at 100% effort followed by 10 seconds rest.
A Tabata workout is incredibly hard if done correctly. Using a stationary bike is a really good way to do it.
Supersets are simply two or more exercises done one after the other without rest between.
Let's say you do bench press followed by bent over row without taking a break.
That's a superset. You have completed each one back-to-back.
Tempo in fitness is different to tempo in weight training, although they both refer to the speed at which you train.
In fitness, specifically running, tempo means to run at a speed which is you'd consider running at your lactate threshold (85% of maximum heart rate for most) or anaerobic threshold. This means the pace you can just about hold without burning out for the given distance.
Whether it's 3km, 5km or 10km a tempo run for those distances means running at a pace you are just able to hold for the total distance.
Not everyone agrees on the same definition as it has come to mean different things to different people over the years. But this is my understanding of it.
In weight training, tempo refers to how quickly you move the weight. A 3010 tempo means you take 3 seconds in the eccentric phase (usually lowering), 0 second pause at the bottom (isometric phase), 1 second in the concentric phase (pushing usually) and a 0 second rest at the top (can also be isometric).
Check out this detailed description for more insights about tempo training with weight lifting.


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This is a continuation from the writings on my Reflections from my trip to Israel. You can read PART 1 HERE.
With each relocation, I moved further and further away from myself, accumulating layers of shame, hiding, and adaption in order to fit in. Having a false sense of belonging was better than not feeling belonging at all.
As I embarked on a journey of healing, meditation and self-love I found teachers, friends and communities that supported me. I felt relieved that I wasn't the only person who felt like I didn't belong. I found out that even people who haven't left their homelands also shared the same predicament as I.
I knew that in order for me to land more fully in this world, I had to go within. I needed to befriend parts of myself that I turned away from, that I neglected, and abandoned in order to survive and move forward with my life.
As I felt stronger and more courageous, I, at times boldly and at times timidly, approached my rigid edges, dove into my emotions, and with tenderness peeled the multiple layers of fear, helplessness, anger and a myriad other flavors of feelings. I walked deeper and deeper through a staircase into the "dark". I felt scared and at the same time I felt the healing effect of welcoming what I turned away from in the past.
No prescription from the outside could replace the gradual unraveling of a wound that transforms into life giving medicine. The parts of me that have been locked up, shut down, and ignored turned into my allies who wanted to come home into the warmth of my body, into the aliveness of my heart and into the depth of my breath. They elevated and grounded me at the same time.
During my training in Israel (learning to integrate Collective and Intergenerational Trauma), with the support of a couple of mentors, I opened a door to another wave of grief. It rushed from my belly into my eyes with a force I couldn't hold back. As the grief released through my tears, I was awakening to the "real"-ization that a country into which I was born, Azerbaijan, was COLONIZED by the Soviets. I felt shocked. I struggled with this awareness for several days not knowing how to be with it. In the light of this opening, I started to understand why my connection to the Armenian heritage felt so distant for me.
As I walked down the stairs into the tomb of Virgin Mary (burial place of Mary, the mother of Jesus), I was greeted with the sounds of Armenian music. To my surprise, a religious service was held there. It was conducted by Armenians priests, in Armenian language.
When I traveled to Lake Galilee, I saw a boat that approached a pier where I was walking with my friends. I once again heard music. When I listened more closely, I found out that people on a boat were from Armenia and they were dancing to Armenian music.
While exploring the streets of the Armenian Quarter, in the Old City of Jerusalem, I walked into a ceramic store. In the back of the shop, I saw a painting that captured a 2,000 year old Armenian history, including the Armenian Genocide of 1915. The artist was Armenian. I purchased this piece of art and brought it home with me to California.
I belong to the city of Baku where I was born and lived till the age of 9. I belong to its history and its people who are interwoven with my past through a shared trauma.
I belong to Armenia and Mt. Ararat, the hometown of my ancestors.
I belong to the conflict of Nagorno-Karabakh that hasn't been resolved to this day and which I am learning to transform through my heart.
I belong to my parents and grandparents whose life experiences live in me, but whose energetic imprints don't define my future.
I belong to my calling that is asking me to look deeper into the collective and intergenerational wounds, so that Life can move forward into organic movement.
I belong to my amazing soul friends without whom I wouldn't be who I am today.
I belong to the United States of America, a country that has been my refuge and a place that I am continuing to land in.
I belong to the wound of the Armenian Genocide that is asking for healing through me.
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Jimmy Smith Defends Corey Graves Over Recent Criticism
Earlier this week, Corey Graves took to Twitter to comment on the criticism over his commentary when women are featured on WWE programming while responding to wrestling commentator/announcer/ex-NXT talent Alyssa Marino.
Jimmy Smith came to the defense of Graves during his podcast (Unlocking The Cage) over Graves' comments on the female talent's looks in the ring during their matches:
"Here's the deal that is interesting to me," Smith said. The reason I point out that Corey Graves' real name, and it says so in the article, is Matthew Polinsky. I am the only commentator on Monday Night Raw using his real name. I hate to break it to you. Bryan Saxton's real name is not Bryon Saxton. Corey Graves' real name is not Corey Graves. Me, Jimmy Smith, the guy sitting in the middle, is the only one using his real name. What does that tell you? I'm the only one that doesn't have a character. Corey, to my right, is a heel. He is supposed to be an a-hole. He is supposed to be sarcastic. He is supposed to break my balls all the time. He's supposed to jump down my throat. He's supposed to get distracted by not just Carmella who's whole schtick is that she's super duper beautiful, he did the same thing with Eva Marie, who's whole schtick was that she is super duper beautiful.
To my left, Byron Saxton is a face. He's a good guy. Part of the schtick if you notice on Monday Night RAW, Corey goes off about how gorgeous Carmella is and she's the greatest. We are like, 'Corey, get back to match. You're an idiot. Focus.' We're supposed to do that. He is playing a character and Byron Saxton is playing a character. When they're making comments about somebody's attractiveness or beauty, the fact that I'm the straight man, I don't have a character, I'm kind of in the middle, and I say, 'Corey, let's get back to the actual match' or whatever I say, we are part of the show. We are part of the entertainment. To even call it commentary, it's not inaccurate, but it's not 100% accurate either. I'm not doing commentary when I do WWE like I do when I do commentary for fight sports like boxing and MMA. It's totally different.
People ask me all the time, 'What's the difference if you go to WWE as opposed to the UFC?' With WWE, I'm part of the show. Things that you may see as weaknesses in commentary are things they want from us. When a character does a character reset and comes up from NXT or some other organization, and I pretend to not know who they were or any of their accomplishments before they got to Monday Night Raw, I'm doing what I'm being told. It's not that I didn't do my research. It's not that I didn't know who Piper Niven was. Of course I did. I did my homework like I was supposed to, but when she came to Raw from NXT U.K they reset her character and called her Doudrop. The directive was to reset her character. People got pissed online saying, 'Jimmy Smith and Corey Graves don't even know who Piper Niven is.' Of course we know who Piper Niven is, but we're part of the show, and part of the show is resetting her character. To not recognize that when Corey Graves is talking about his fiance, or going off about Eva Maria who is another one he went off about, he praises one heel over another, he is doing his job. His job is to be a a-hole, douchebag character."
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"The Guaranteed Sale Program"...It's a Bait and Switch!
Many of you will not know who Ryan Fletcher is, but I feel his message should be required reading before receiving a real estate license.
I'm sure you've heard the promise of "I'll sell your home or I'll buy it" gimmick from some less than stellar agents. Now I know I'll catch some grief for this, but I think it's important to understand what this really is. It's simply put…a bunch of rubbish and I'm being polite.
Take a minute and watch this short video and I think you'll understand why I don't employ this tactic in any way shape or form. My hat goes off to Mr. Fletcher for speaking out on this and many subjects. There are so many issues in the real estate industry he addresses and this is just one. If you like this article please share it on Facebook and with friends so they too can learn the truth about this tactic.


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Client: Unilever Indonesia
Product: Vaseline men's moisturizers
Category: Health & Beauty
Agency: Mindshare Indonesia & Inmobi
Campaign Summary
Vaseline wanted to drive sales for its male moisturizer by riding on World Cup fever without being an official sponsor. Mindshare Indonesia and Inmobi used a targeted mobile campaign to reach its target audience.
Objective and Context
The male cleanser category was growing at a fast pace, but male moisturizer was trailing behind. After a successful Vaseline Ganteng Maksimal ("handsome to the max") campaign, which promoted both cleanser and moisturizers, Vaseline needed to continue to drive sales for the moisturizer brand.
Vaseline wanted to reach Indonesian males between the ages of 18 - 35. Most of them were football crazy and all dreamed of watching the World Cup finals in Brazil. They were avid followers of the matches and would stay up until early morning to watch games with their friends at local sports clubs and restaurants.
However, they were not big fans of facial moisturizers. They saw no need for it and would not go out of their way to try it. After all, their lives were fine without it. The agencies needed to use football as a hook to get them to buy and try the product for themselves.
Since Vaseline was not an official sponsor and did not have the budget to pay for any broadcast rights, the best alternative was to reach them was on the ground and via their primary screens – their mobile phones.
As in most parts of the world, the World Cup means two things: lots of late night and early morning watching, and more time spent on social media rooting for teams. Watching matches with friends is a big phenomenon that Indonesians even have a name for. Called "Nonton Bareng" or "NoBar," it is an integral part of an Indonesian man's life. Whenever there is an important soccer match on television, in cities, towns and villages, big screens are put up for community viewing of the match. Online, as expected from the social media capital of the world, World Cup conversations would dominate.
So Vaseline Nobar Maksimal was born; it roughly translates to "ultimate viewing experience". Vaseline would provide the ultimate viewing experience for sports fans with every purchase of the product.
Even though this campaign was a follow-up to the hugely successful Ganteng Maksimal ("Handsome to the µax") campaign that helped grow brand sales for cleansers, this had some differences. Not only was it for moisturizers, but it was the first time that Vaseline associated itself with football during the most-cluttered media period of World Cup season.
While other sponsors fought for dominance with TV spots during the matches, Vaseline found the perfect opportunity to engage with fans and their target audience in a different space by owning Nonton Bareng offline and online.
Offline, Vaseline created a memorable NoBar experience to watch the finals live in Brazil, called Nobar Maksimal. Upon purchase of the product, consumers would get a unique code, which they could SMS or submit to Vaseline's site. Each purchase had an equivalent number of points. The more you bought, the more points you collected. In the end, those with the most number of points would get to watch in Brazil.
In online and mobile, knowing that Indonesians spent lots of time multi-screening, the agencies had to leverage the product on mobile social media and in other applications related to football during the season. Mobile represented 80 percent of the total digital budget and 12 percent of the total campaign budget.
Reaching the male audience on mobile required understanding their multi-screen habits. With Facebook being the most popular social media channel for Indonesian men, it is no surprise then that they would post before, during and after the matches on social media. (They also would do so on Twitter.) To this end, Facebook launched Facebook.com/worldcup, which gathered all the conversations about the World Cup.
Vaseline wanted to extend the World Cup experience online, riding on football conversations, so Mindshare and Inmobi created different posts for before, during and after the football matches. These were specifically timed during the big matches when they expected conversations to be at an all-time high on social media. They were manually set on the ad platform and specific audiences were targeted. A custom audience for football fans, along with retargeting those who had already interacted with or been exposed to the ads, extended reach and doubled engagement.
They also reached the male audience through rich media ads on their favorite sports and gaming applications, with a flappy-bird type of gaming execution where they could play football and share their scores with their friends. Each one took them to the mobile site landing page explaining how they could participate in Nobar Maksimal.
The campaign reached 10.1 million users and the timed page posts increased engagement three times the average versus posts that had no time targeting. The Twitter engagement rate was 5.74 percent compared with a benchmark of 2 percent.
There was a significant increase in sales of Vaseline's men's moisturizer for the campaign's two retail partners, increasing by more than 42 percent and more than 60 percent respectively during the campaign duration. There was a 44 percent jump in nationwide sales in the same period.
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DENVER - Jordan Pacheco blooped a tiebreaking single after an eighth-inning misplay and the Colorado Rockies beat Houston 9-7 Monday in the opener of the Astros' first doubleheader since 2006.
Matt Belisle (2-2) earned the win with a scoreless inning of relief, and Rafael Betancourt pitched a perfect ninth for his ninth save in 10 tries.
In the second game, the Rockies beat the Astros 7-6 after 10 innings.
NEW YORK - Ty Wigginton drove in a career-high six runs with a homer and a pair of two-out hits and Cole Hamels won his eighth straight decision to lead the Philadelphia Phillies over the New York Mets.
A day after the Phillies lost Roy Halladay to shoulder soreness after two innings, Hamels (8-1) allowed four runs and seven hits in eight innings.
ATLANTA - Lynn (8-1) allowed two runs and five hits in seven innings, stretching the Braves' losing streak to eight.
Atlanta is on its worst skid since losing nine straight from April 21-29, 2010. The Braves have given up seven runs or more in four straight games for the first time since five in a row from July 26-30, 2008, according to STATS LLC.
MIAMI - Giancarlo Stanton hit his 11th home run in May, one short of the Marlins' record for a month.
Stanton tied the score in the sixth with his 12th homer of the year, Logan Morrison homered and scored twice, and Hanley Ramirez had three hits and a sacrifice fly.
PITTSBURGH - James McDonald (4-2) scattered five hits over eight shutout innings and Pittsburgh climbed back to .500.
Pedro Alvarez, Rod Barajas and Neil Walker all had two hits apiece and knocked in a run for the Pirates (24-24).
CHICAGO - On a windy day at Wrigley Field, the fortunes finally blew in the Chicago Cubs' favor.
The Cubs stopped their 12-game losing streak, getting a boost from Alfonso Soriano's go-ahead home run to beat the San Diego Padres.
SAN FRANCISCO - Barry Zito outpitched Trevor Cahill in a matchup of former Oakland Athletics All-Stars, Brandon Belt hit an RBI triple and the San Francisco Giants beat the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Gregor Blanco doubled twice and drove in a run for his second two-double game in four days.
LOS ANGELES - Aramis Ramirez tied the game with a homer and singled home the go-ahead run in the sixth inning, helping the Milwaukee Brewers defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Shaun Marcum (3-3) allowed one run and six hits in seven innings, struck out nine and walked two to end a two-game skid.


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Asean Economic Community could threaten Thai SME
Asia's supply chains to be tested by COVID-19 vaccine delivery
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Thailand's slow economic recovery
Wish you were here: how the pandemic harmed tourism-dependent economies
The competitiveness of Thailand's small and medium-sized entreprise (SME) business sector could be threatened once the Asean Economic Community (AEC) takes effect in 2015, according to the director of Thai Chamber of Commerce University Center for International Trade Studies.
Asst Prof Dr Aat Pisanwanich said increased competition in the marketplace is expected in the next three years, so strategies are needed now for Thai SME businesses to be able to compete more effectively and receive tax benefits by improved cost management, expanding their production bases to other countries, developing better quality products, setting up goods distribution centres in Indonesia and Myanmar, and setting up joint ventures with foreign companies.
Textiles and garment industries tend to shift their production bases from Thailand to Cambodia and Myanmar
For the past two years as the AEC has taken effect in six out of ten ASEAN countries, Thai exports to the region have dropped to their lowest level at 18.7 per cent. In 2010, Thai exports to the AEC group was some US$10.2 billion, and dropped to US$7.5 billion the following year due to higher production cost in the country from factors ranging from higher material costs to concerns about the government's wage rise policy. Dr Aat said Brunei Darussalam's exports to ASEAN increased the most at 46.9 per cent, followed by Cambodian exports at 27.6 per cent.
He predicted that textiles and garment industries tend to shift their production bases from Thailand to Cambodia and Myanmar, while seafood processors are likely to go to Myanmar and Indonesia owing to their abundant resources and lower labour cost. However, the exports of other industries such as electrical appliances, fruit and vegetables, leather, beverages, and tobacco have been going well, but Thai exporters should not be careless, Dr Aat said, for Indonesia has already been taking Thailand's market share of these industries. According to the trade centre director, Thai exports are unlikely to expand more than 15 per cent as the world economy has not yet fully recovered. He advised the government to not make any moves to weaken the Thai baht in order to boost exports, for it will accelerate inflationary pressures. (MCOT online news)
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by Daniel Walker | Oct 25, 2021 | Feel the Burn
WHAT DOES BAPHOMET ACTUALLY MEAN?
Some weeks ago, a Facebook follower asked us what Baphomet means, exactly?
This is a reasonable question, as it can be hard to find even basic information about common Satanic symbols and history; people might pick up books with titles like "The Satanic Bible" expecting to be filled in about such things, but it's just not in there.
We gave the usual answers: The image we today call "Baphomet" first appeared in 19th century French occultist/beard model Eliphas Levi's High Magic books (although the name is of course much older), representing a number of somewhat extravagant metaphysical and alchemical concepts.
Although Levi did borrow some devil imagery for his Baphomet, the association with Satanism was instead probably the result of a late 19th-century Satanic Panic about Freemasons–because why should history start making any kind of sense now?
Our commenter was initially disappointed–to them this all sounded arbitrary and meaningless. I guess that is one potential opinion, but actually from our perspective the biggest obstacle to understanding is that if anything such a symbol can mean TOO much for convenient comprehension.
The staring contest to end all.
In one sense, the Baphomet illustration is what we'd call a chimera, "a term loosely used for any grotesque, fantastic, or imaginary beast" consisting of mingled anatomies, as Britannica editors put it. In fact, the word "chimera" even comes from the Greek for "goat"–specifically "she-goat."
"Over time, […] chimera came to symbolize evil–female evil in particular. In the medieval era, it was sometimes used to illustrate and support negative views of women" associated with witchcraft and devilry, fantasy writer Sarah Sawyer writes.
Sawyer was referring to the specific, original chimera described in The Iliad, "In the fore part a lion, in the hinder a serpent, and in the midst a goat, breathing forth in terrible wise the might of blazing fire," But this descriptor could just as well fit Baphomet, who increasingly serves as a proxy for Satan and Satanic ideals like threatening femininity.
These days, Modern Satanists are more likely to read Baphomet not as simply feminine but as genderqueer, often in a liberating way: "If Baphomet can be a hot mess of gender confusion, then so can I," one Black Mass Appeal listener quipped in 2019.
In his book Magick, occultist and real-life wacky neighbor Aleister Crowley called Baphomet "the androgyne who is the hieroglyph of arcane perfection" and the symbol of the devil as enlightener, liberator, and initiator.
Levi himself called his illustration "a pantheistic and magical figure of the absolute," its various parts representing concepts like "the sanctity of labor," "human intelligence," "maternity and toil," and "redemption," to name a few of the going rates.
In the memoirs of nineteenth century Polish Satanist writer Stanisław Przybyszewski (it's times like this I'm grateful for a non-audio medium…) he hailed Baphomet alongside Satan and Lucifer as "this symbol that is adopted by artists when they crush dogmas."
And in a Danish newspaper story of indeterminate date, early 20th century occultist Ben Kadosh (real name Carl Hansen, possibly the earliest person to establish a public religious practice centered on Satan and leave any record of it) hailed Baphomet as, of all things, the true spirit of Christmas:
"While Europe celebrates Christmas for the 'white Christ,' I celebrate it as a feast for the highest one, the buck's head. […] I celebrate it as a feast for Baphomet, the hidden divinity, whom I worship and worship again."
Can't wait to see what all the whos down in Whoville make of this.
These days, the Satanic Temple promote their Mark Porter-designed Baphomet statue as a symbol of religious pluralism, although in the eyes of the general public it's come to represent the Temple itself and in many cases also Modern Satanism as a whole, since few ordinary people bother to distinguish different Satanic religions from each other (or indeed, to distinguish them at all).
Interestingly, in the 2019 documentary Hail Satan?, Temple cofounder Malcolm Jarry commented that they'd originally envisioned a more general Satan statue, but that Baphomet came to take precedence because of its perceived authenticity.
The United Aspects of Satan list Baphomet as one of their titular eight names or "aspects" of the devil, representing "logic, reasons, and empirical evidence," venerated particularly at the Spring Equinox.
Aspects founded Damien Ba'al also promotes what he calls the "Baphomet principle" of "self-motivation balanced with compassion and reason."
Even the reality deprived have an opinion: In his 1991 comic "The Curse of Baphomet" (later retitled "That's Baphomet?", sounding close to a sitcom pilot pitch), evangelical cartoonist and living urban legend Jack Chick proclaimed Baphomet "the ancient force behind Ba'al worship–and Freemasonry," a rare human statement with zero correct words in it.
So what does Baphomet "really" mean? As you can probably guess, the answer–all of this. They're all the "true" meaning. …well, except for Chick's, that was just a brain shart. But Jack's dead now, and well beyond our slings and arrows.
This of course is the very same truth about Satan, a character who has played countless roles for infinite parties over the millennia–and will continue to do so long after we're gone.
Is Satan a liberator, a rebel, a philosopher, an artist, a lover, a teacher? Is he vengeful, tragic, compassionate, violent, remorseful, humane?
The answer is yes: For all these things, yes. Why should we expect human symbols to be any less diverse and complex than humans? Why should we want them to be?
I would not go so far as to say that ideas like Baphomet and Satan can represent absolutely anything; But personally, I have yet to sight the outermost boundaries of their definitions.
"You ain't seen nothin' yet."
Katerina Lee on October 26, 2021 at 4:26 am
Very interesting read – thank you.
Heather on October 27, 2021 at 1:11 pm
Baphomet is considerably older than the 19th century. The Knights Templar were accused of worshiping him by Philip IV of France in order to destroy them.
Link here: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Baphomet
Furneaux on November 8, 2021 at 9:24 pm
I like the scrambled letter "definition"… the B becomes an R and letters move around so Raphomet spells Metaphor.


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Q: PHP code injection. Do we have a security risk? We have a simple php file that captures emails. It drops these emails into a csv file (which is not executable by php). We recently had someone who managed to hack our site and this seemed like one of the entry points, but I don't see how it's possible. Here's the script:
$fh = fopen('cap.csv', 'a+');
fwrite($fh, "\r".$_GET['email']);
fclose($fh);

Pretty basic right? Is there anyway you can think of to exploit this?

A: Yes, but probably not what you are looking for.
The only things I could do are:

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*Add anything to your file, append only.

*(optional/bonus) Open the file directly if you haven't secured it and steal all e-mail addresses.

It won't allow me to execute anything, or gain access to anything though. (Unless you process it and cause an leak somewhere else). But still - make this secure!

A: The code you have shown us can only be used to put anything in the csv file (I assume you don't verify/validate the $_GET['email'] variable), but you can't inject and execute PHP code that way.
Maybe you have a script that works on the csv file which got exploited.

A: The only thing I can think of right now for the given code is a NullByte attack vector (though I'm not sure they work in current versions of PHP anymore or even apply to your code). Since you are using $_GET, any attack via the eMail param should be visible in your server's log files.
Check your Log files for any suspicious email strings, e.g. something like
http://example.com?email=foo\0somethingmalicious

and similar things.

A: The code you posted suggests that you do not much sanitization on the input data. So it's likely that you have similar issues in other parts of the software.
Next to that even if you don't execute the csv file within your application, it is possible to inject PHP code therein.
So if there is another hole in the application that does not properly check input data and that could be exploited to include files on the server and then include that csv file in question, remote code execution is possible.

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Otsego County Sheriff Richard Devlin visited the Cooperstown Library on Sunday and spoke with members of the Friends of the Village Library of Cooperstown who donated several boxes of books for the inmate library at the County Jail. The mission of Friends of the Village Library is to promote cultural literacy and enhance community engagement in the Cooperstown Village Library. Sheriff Devlin extended his thanks for the donation and support of the county's correctional facility.


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@property (strong, nonatomic) RLClassListView *classListView;
@property (strong, nonatomic) NSURLSessionDataTask *classListTask;
@property (strong, nonatomic) NSMutableArray *colors;
@property (strong, nonatomic) NSArray *classes;
@end

@implementation RLClassListViewController

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];

    [self initTitleLabel];
    [self initClassListView];
    [self initColors];
    [self setCurrentWeek];

    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
                                             selector:@selector(currentWeekProbablyChanged:)
                                                 name:kRLCurrentWeekProbablyChangedNotification
                                               object:nil];
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
                                             selector:@selector(logout:)
                                                 name:kRLLogoutNotification
                                               object:nil];

    self.classes = [RLDefaultsManager manager].classList;
    if (!self.classes) {
        [self refresh:nil];
    } else {
        self.classes = [self.classes sortedArrayUsingComparator:^NSComparisonResult(RLSingleClass *obj1, RLSingleClass *obj2) {
            return [obj1 compare:obj2];
        }];
        [self reloadColors];
        [self.classListView reloadData];

        NSInteger dayOfWeek = [[NSDate date] dayOfWeek] - 1;
        CGRect rect = CGRectMake(dayOfWeek * self.classListView.cellWidth + self.classListView.offsetLeft,
                                 0,
                                 self.classListView.cellWidth,
                                 self.classListView.cellHeight);
        [self.classListView scrollRectToVisible:rect animated:NO];
    }
}

- (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
    [super viewWillAppear:animated];

    [self.classListView reloadData];
}

- (void)initTitleLabel
{
    self.titleLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 50.0, 44.0)];
    self.titleLabel.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:17.0];
    self.titleLabel.textAlignment = NSTextAlignmentCenter;
    self.titleLabel.userInteractionEnabled = YES;
    self.navigationItem.titleView = self.titleLabel;

    UITapGestureRecognizer *recognizer = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self
                                                                                action:@selector(navigateToChangeWeek)];
    recognizer.numberOfTapsRequired = 1;
    [self.titleLabel addGestureRecognizer:recognizer];
}

- (void)initClassListView
{
    self.classListView = [[RLClassListView alloc] initWithFrame:self.view.bounds];
    self.classListView.classListDelegate = self;
    self.classListView.dataSource = self;
    if ([[UIDevice currentDevice].systemVersion floatValue] < 8.0) {
        self.classListView.contentInset = UIEdgeInsetsMake(64.0, 0, 49.0, 0);
    }
    [self.view addSubview:self.classListView];
}

- (void)initColors
{
    self.colors = [NSMutableArray new];

    [self.colors addObject:[UIColor colorWithRed:0.16
                                           green:0.73
                                            blue:0.87
                                           alpha:1.00]];

    [self.colors addObject:[UIColor colorWithRed:1.00
                                           green:0.15
                                            blue:0.24
                                           alpha:1.00]];

    [self.colors addObject:[UIColor colorWithRed:1.0
                                           green:0.73
                                            blue:0.03
                                           alpha:1.00]];

    [self.colors addObject:[UIColor colorWithRed:0.30
                                           green:0.72
                                            blue:0.29
                                           alpha:1.00]];

    [self.colors addObject:[UIColor colorWithRed:0.08
                                           green:0.59
                                            blue:0.87
                                           alpha:1.00]];

    [self.colors addObject:[UIColor colorWithRed:0.51
                                           green:0.13
                                            blue:0.94
                                           alpha:1.00]];

    [self.colors addObject:[UIColor colorWithRed:0.59
                                           green:0.23
                                            blue:0.24
                                           alpha:1.00]];

    [self.colors addObject:[UIColor colorWithRed:0.24
                                           green:0.73
                                            blue:0.56
                                           alpha:1.00]];

    [self.colors addObject:[UIColor colorWithRed:0.13
                                           green:0.58
                                            blue:0.48
                                           alpha:1.00]];

    [self.colors addObject:[UIColor colorWithRed:0.86
                                           green:0.00
                                            blue:0.36
                                           alpha:1.00]];

    [self.colors addObject:[UIColor colorWithRed:0.40
                                           green:0.53
                                            blue:0.09
                                           alpha:1.00]];
}

- (void)reloadColors
{
    NSInteger index = 0;
    for (NSInteger i = 0; i < self.classes.count; ++i) {
        RLSingleClass *singleClass = self.classes[i];
        if (singleClass.colorIndex == -1) {
            singleClass.colorIndex = index;
            for (NSInteger j = i + 1; j < self.classes.count; ++j) {
                RLSingleClass *sc = self.classes[j];
                if (sc.colorIndex == -1) {
                    if ([sc.className isEqualToString:singleClass.className]) {
                        sc.colorIndex = index;
                    }
                }
            }
            index++;
            if (index >= self.colors.count) {
                index = 0;
            }
        }
    }
}

- (void)dealloc
{
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self];
}

- (void)viewWillLayoutSubviews
{
    [super viewWillLayoutSubviews];

    self.classListView.frame = self.view.bounds;
}

- (void)setCurrentWeek
{
    NSInteger week = [RLWeekManager manager].currentWeek;
    self.titleLabel.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"第 %@ 周", @(week)];
}

- (void)navigateToChangeWeek
{
    NSMutableArray *array = [NSMutableArray new];
    for (NSInteger i = kMinWeek; i <= kMaxWeek; ++i) {
        [array addObject:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"第 %@ 周", @(i)]];
    }

    RLOptionSelectViewController *osvc = [[RLOptionSelectViewController alloc] initWithTitle:@"上课周"
                                                                                options:array
                                                                                defaultIndex:[RLWeekManager manager].currentWeek - 1
                                                                            completedHandler:^(NSArray *options, NSInteger selectedIndex) {
                                                                                [[RLWeekManager manager] setCurrentWeek:selectedIndex + 1];
                                                                                [self.navigationController popViewControllerAnimated:YES];
                                                                            }];
    [self.navigationController pushViewController:osvc animated:YES];
}

- (IBAction)refresh:(id)sender
{
    if (self.classListTask && self.classListTask.state == NSURLSessionTaskStateRunning) {
        return;
    }

    RLClient *client = [RLClient client];
    self.classListTask = [client getClassListForSection:0
                                                success:^(NSArray *classes) {
                                                    self.classes = classes;
                                                    [self reloadColors];
                                                    [RLDefaultsManager manager].classList = self.classes;
                                                    [self.classListView reloadData];
                                                    [CSNotificationView showInViewController:self
                                                                                style:CSNotificationViewStyleSuccess
                                                                                message:@"刷新成功"];
                                                }
                                                failure:^(NSError *error) {
                                                    NSString *message = @"刷新失败";
                                                    if (![AFNetworkReachabilityManager sharedManager].isReachable) {
                                                        message = @"无网络连接";
                                                    }
                                                    [CSNotificationView showInViewController:self
                                                                                style:CSNotificationViewStyleError
                                                                                message:message];
                                                }];
}

- (void)showClassDetailForIndex:(NSInteger)index
{
    NSMutableArray *classes = [NSMutableArray new];
    RLSingleClass *singleClass = self.classes[index];
    [classes addObject:singleClass];
    for (RLSingleClass *sc in self.classes) {
        if (sc == singleClass) {
            continue;
        }
        if ([sc.className isEqualToString:singleClass.className]) {
            [classes addObject:sc];
        }
    }

    RLClassListViewCell *cell = [self.classListView cellForIndex:index];
    CGRect frame = [self.classListView convertRect:cell.frame toView:self.view];
    frame = CGRectOffset(frame, self.classListView.offsetLeft, self.classListView.offsetTop);

    self.refreshButton.enabled = NO;
    UIStoryboard *storyboard = [UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:@"Main" bundle:nil];
    RLClassDetailViewController *cdvc = [storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:@"ClassDetailViewController"];
    [cdvc showInViewController:self
                   sourceFrame:frame
               backgroundColor:cell.backgroundColor
                   withClasses:classes
                dismissHandler:^{
                    self.refreshButton.enabled = YES;
                }];
}

#pragma mark - RLClassListViewDataSource

- (NSInteger)numberOfClassInClassListView:(RLClassListView *)classListView
{
    return self.classes.count;
}

- (NSInteger)classListView:(RLClassListView *)classListView dayOfClassAtIndex:(NSInteger)index
{
    RLSingleClass *singleClass = self.classes[index];
    return singleClass.dayOfWeek;
}

- (NSInteger)classListView:(RLClassListView *)classListView timeOfClassAtIndex:(NSInteger)index
{
    RLSingleClass *singleClass = self.classes[index];
    return singleClass.startOfTimeInDay;
}

- (NSInteger)classListView:(RLClassListView *)classListView durationOfClassAtIndex:(NSInteger)index
{
    RLSingleClass *singleClass = self.classes[index];
    return singleClass.endOfTimeInDay - singleClass.startOfTimeInDay + 1;
}

- (RLClassListViewCell *)classListView:(RLClassListView *)classListView cellForClassAtIndex:(NSInteger)index
{
    RLClassListViewCell *cell = [self.classListView reusableCellForIndex:index];
    if (!cell) {
        cell = [RLClassListViewCell new];
    }

    RLSingleClass *singleClass = self.classes[index];
    cell.singleClass = singleClass;
    cell.backgroundColor = self.colors[singleClass.colorIndex];
    return cell;
}

#pragma mark - RLClassListViewDelegate

- (void)classListView:(RLClassListView *)classListView didSelectClassesAtIndexes:(NSArray *)indexes
{
    if ([[UIDevice currentDevice].systemVersion floatValue] < 8.0) {
        return;
    }

    NSMutableArray *detialIndexes = [NSMutableArray new];
    for (NSNumber *index in indexes) {
        RLClassListViewCell *cell = [classListView cellForIndex:[index integerValue]];
        if (cell.alpha > 0.0) {
            [detialIndexes addObject:index];
        }
    }

    if (detialIndexes.count == 1) {
        [self showClassDetailForIndex:[detialIndexes[0] integerValue]];
        return;
    } else if (detialIndexes.count == 0) {
        return;
    }

    RLActionSheet *sheet = [[RLActionSheet alloc] initWithTitle:nil
                                                 completedBlock:^(RLActionSheet *actionSheet, NSInteger clickedButtonIndex) {
                                                     if (clickedButtonIndex == actionSheet.cancelButtonIndex) {
                                                         return;
                                                     }
                                                     NSInteger index = [detialIndexes[clickedButtonIndex] integerValue];
                                                     [self showClassDetailForIndex:index];
                                                 }
                                              cancelButtonTitle:nil
                                         destructiveButtonTitle:nil
                                              otherButtonTitles:nil];
    for (NSNumber *index in detialIndexes) {
        RLClassListViewCell *cell = [classListView cellForIndex:[index integerValue]];
        if (cell.alpha) {
            RLSingleClass *singleClass = self.classes[[index integerValue]];
            [sheet addButtonWithTitle:singleClass.className];
        }
    }
    [sheet addButtonWithTitle:@"取消"];
    sheet.cancelButtonIndex = sheet.numberOfButtons - 1;
    [sheet showInView:self.view];
}

#pragma mark - Notification handler

- (void)currentWeekProbablyChanged:(NSNotification *)notification
{
    self.classes = [self.classes sortedArrayUsingComparator:^NSComparisonResult(RLSingleClass *obj1, RLSingleClass *obj2) {
        return [obj1 compare:obj2];
    }];
    [self setCurrentWeek];
    [self.classListView reloadData];
}

- (void)logout:(NSNotification *)notification
{
    [[RLDefaultsManager manager] removeAllDefaults];
    [[RLDefaultsManager manager] registerDefaults];
}

@end

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Dona Paula Beach lies at a distance of 7 km from a peaceful spot, Panaji. This beach is surrounded by Mormugao Harbor and Zuari River. This spot is a very tranquil spot for sunbathing and relaxing. The facilities of water scootering are provided at Dona Paula Beach. This beach lies at the confluence of two famous rivers meeting the Arabian Sea.
Dona Paula Beach has been rechristened after Dona Paula de Menezes. This place is known as the Lovers Paradise because of a famous fable attached with this place. This beach is counted among the most conspicuous beaches belonging to Goa.
Dona Paula Beach is a tranquil place, where tourists in thousands pay visit for relaxing and enjoying the warmth of sun. Besides, they also indulge themselves in water sports, which are carried out on crystal clear water.
Dona Paula Beach proffers a chance to the visitors for local shopping and sunbathing. In addition to this, there are many shops, which are situated on the beachside. These shops sell different kinds of goods, which range from clothes to eatables.
Because of proximity of Panaji, this beach is a conspicuous spot for the purpose of sightseeing. There lies a tiny military cemetery in dilapidated condition on the road, which leads to this particular place. It is believed that this cemetery was constructed by the British from deterring the French from assaulting Goa.
Dona Paula Beach lies at a distance of seven kilometers Panaji, the state capital of Goa. As far as its surrounding is concerned, is nestled in hammer-shaped headlands, which bifurcate Mandovi and Zurari estuaries. This beach, being fringed by casuarinas groves and palm trees, proffer an excellent view of the Mormugao harbor.
The airport belonging to Dabolim lies at a distance of 36 km from this beach. The airport runs many international flights from the countries like Russia, Netherlands, Germany, Britain, Kuwait, Sharjah, Dubai, Qatar etc. One can reach there from any metropolitan cities belonging to India like Pune, Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi etc. After getting to the airport, one can easily go to Dona Paula Beach by bus or private car.
Dona Paula Beach is located at a distance of 6 km from Panaji, the capital of Goa. The private bus operator and Kadamba Transport Corporation have provided many buses from the bus station of Panaji to the town of Dona Paula. One can also travel by private cabs for reaching there. The time taken during the whole journey by the bus from Panaji is nearly sixteen minutes.
The closest railway station of Dona Paula Beach is Karmali railway station, which lies at a distance of 14 km from here. The time taken in reaching this beach from the railway station through Panaji bus station is about 35 minutes. The other major railway stations are situated a bit away at Vasco Da Gama and Margao.
Motorcycle, auto-rickshaw, taxi and bus services are available all the time for the purpose of transportation in the area. Ferry service from Mormugao or motorcycle-taxi or bus from Panaji can be availed for reaching to this place. The buses coming to Dona Paula depart every fifteen minutes from the bus stand of Panaji Kadamba.
An exciting conveyance available in Goa is the motorcycle taxi. These taxis are distinct in their qualities and lift only one passenger. Nevertheless, motorcycles too can be hired on the ground of financial guarantee.
The weather condition of Dona Paula remains humid and hot except in the month of winter. It also experiences heavy downpours because of its nearness to the Arabian Sea. The finest season is winter which ranges from the months of December to March, when the temperature remains pleasant and cool.
This season often remains for a long period of time. The duration of summer starts from early March and lasts up to 15th June. The temperature may go as high as 35 degree centigrade with great humidity in the month of May. An average temperature during summer remains nearly 30 degree centigrade.
The rainfall often starts from 15th June and lasts up to early October. Because of nearness of the Arabian Sea, this town gets heavy downpours and also thunder storms during this particular season. An average yearly rainfall of this town is nearly 298 cm.
The month of winter stays for brief period. It starts from late November and lasts up to the month of February with a pleasant and suitable temperature. An average temperature varies from 15 degree centigrade to 27 degree centigrade.
The principal attractions nearby Dona Paula Beach are Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary and Reis Magos Church.
The Bird Sanctuary is located along the famous river, Mandovi, which is close to Choro Island. It lies at a distance of 9 km from this beach. If one is travelling to this beach, one should not miss this place. One will also come across migratory as local birds inside this sanctuary.
The Reis Mages Church is counted among the most ancient churches of Goa. The Church is devoted to three Magi, Melchior, Gasper and Balthazar. These three prominent men went ahead after being given guidance by the star.
Apart from the above, there exists another tourist attraction by the name of National Oceanography Institute. It was set up during the years of 1960s. This institute deals with aquatic life and also several other branches pertaining to oceanography.
Dona Paula Beach explores the ultimate existing in marine sport and proffers the facilities of best quality to the young. The sports include yachting on the beach, kayaking, snorkeling, sports fishing, motor boat rides, water skiing, parasailing, windsurfing and water scooter rides. Besides, the tourist can also enjoy river cruises on the Mondovi River for complete natural enjoyment.
There are also many shops, which are situated on the beachside. These shops sell different kinds of goods, which range from tasty eatables to fantastic clothes. The local vendors do brisk business of spices, lace handkerchiefs and straw hats. Port and Feni wine are two Goan liquor specialties. Ornaments and handicrafts often remain available at the Indian Arts Emporium belonging to Dona Paula.
There exist many beach side huts, guesthouses and hotels on the beach, which cater according to the budgets of tourists.
Nearness of Dona Paula Beach to Panaji, the state capital of Goa, makes this beach one of the most visited spots of the Goa. Numerous beachside huts, resorts and hotels have come up in this region which proffers a good quality of facilities to the tourists. One such hotel is Cidade de hotel in Goa. It is a five star hotel, which proffers good facilities for water sports. The other options of accommodation include Villa Sol, Three Seasons Vainguinim Valley resort, O Prescador Dona Paula Beach Resort and Hotel Bernado.
The nightlife of Dona Paula Beach is astonishingly tame and proffers a good break from wild parties taking place at Dona Paula. Many bars close by 10.00 pm. Only one bar, named as Tito's, which is located at the Baga end of the beach, remains open up to midnight in the months of December and January.
The grand feast of St. Lawrence and festivals of Janmashtami are popular in Dona Paula Beach. Besides, this beach also boasts of water sport festivals, which are very colorful in nature. It is celebrated in the month of November. The major highlights of this festival are surfing competitions, cycle races and water scooter.


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Erich Stephen Gruen, né le  à  Vienne, est un historien classique austro-américain. Il est professeur Gladys Rehard Wood d'histoire et de lettres classiques à l'Université de Californie à Berkeley, où il enseigne à plein temps de 1966 à 2008. Il est président de l'American Philological Association en 1992.

Biographie
Né à Vienne, il obtient des BA de l'Université Columbia et de l'Université d'Oxford, et un doctorat de l'Université Harvard en 1964. Gruen est un rameur léger universitaire à Columbia et major de sa promotion de 550 élèves. De 1957 à 1960, il est boursier Rhodes au Merton College d'Oxford.

Ses premiers travaux portent sur la dernière République romaine et culmine dans The Last Generation of the Roman Republic, un travail souvent cité comme une réponse à La Révolution romaine de Ronald Syme. L'argument de Gruen est que la République n'était pas en décadence, et n'avait donc pas nécessairement besoin d'être "sauvée" par Auguste et les institutions de l'Empire. Il travaille ensuite sur la période hellénistique et sur le judaïsme dans le monde classique.

Gruen enseigne ce qui est censé être son dernier cours de premier cycle, The Hellenistic World, à l'automne 2006. Malgré sa retraite de l'enseignement à temps plein, il continue de superviser des thèses de doctorat et est largement sollicité pour des postes de professeur invité. En plus de l'UC Berkeley, Gruen enseigne à l'Université Harvard, à l'Université du Colorado à Boulder et à l'Université Cornell. Il dit que son expérience d'enseignement la plus inspirante, cependant, a été un bref passage à instruire des prisonniers à la Prison d'État de San Quentin à la fin des années 2000.

En 1969-1970 et 1989-1990, Gruen reçoit une bourse Guggenheim. Il reçoit la Croix d'honneur autrichienne pour la science et l'art en 1998.

Livres

Roman Politics and the Criminal Courts, 149-78 BC (Cambridge MA, 1968)
The Image of Rome (ed.) (Englewood Cliffs NJ, 1969)
Imperialism in the Roman Republic (ed.) (NY, 1970)
The Roman Republic (Washington DC, 1972)
The Last Generation of the Roman Republic (Berkeley, 1974; pb edition 1995)
The Hellenistic World and the Coming of Rome, 2 vols. (Berkeley, 1984; pb 1986)
Studies in Greek Culture and Roman Policy (Leiden, 1990; pb 1996))
Culture and National Identity in Republican Rome (Ithaca, 1992; pb 1994)
Images and Ideologies: Self-Definition in the Hellenistic World (co-ed.) (Berkeley, 1993)
Hellenistic Constructs: Essays in Culture, History, and Historiography (co-ed.) (Berkeley, 1997)
Heritage and Hellenism: The Reinvention of Jewish Tradition (Berkeley, 1998)
Diaspora: Jews amidst Greeks and Romans (Cambridge MA, 2002) (Reviews: Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2002.10.33)
Rethinking the Other in Antiquity (Princeton, 2010)

Références

Liens externes

Récipiendaire de la croix d'honneur autrichienne pour la science et l'art
Étudiant de l'université Harvard
Étudiant de Merton College
Historien de la Rome antique
Historien américain de l'Antiquité
Historien américain du XXIe siècle
Naissance en mai 1935


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Elections to Portsmouth City Council were held on 6 May 1999.  One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was
Labour 20
Conservative 10
Liberal Democrat 9

Election result

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There's a reason Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) wanted to face Todd Akin in the general election. Even before the five-term congressman said women have "natural defenses" against "legitimate rape," he was known for inflammatory rhetoric. Here are five of his most controversial quotes:
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"Anybody who knows something about the history of the human race knows that there is no civilization which has condoned homosexual marriage widely and openly that has long survived." — on the House floor during a debate over the Marriage Protection Amendment, June 2006
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