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package org.onetwo.ext.ons.producer;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Properties;

import org.onetwo.boot.mq.InterceptableMessageSender;
import org.onetwo.boot.mq.SendMessageFlags;
import org.onetwo.boot.mq.interceptor.SendMessageInterceptor;
import org.onetwo.boot.mq.interceptor.SendMessageInterceptor.InterceptorPredicate;
import org.onetwo.common.spring.SpringUtils;
import org.onetwo.ext.alimq.MessageSerializer;
import org.onetwo.ext.alimq.MessageSerializer.MessageDelegate;
import org.onetwo.ext.alimq.OnsMessage;
import org.onetwo.ext.alimq.SimpleMessage;
import org.onetwo.ext.ons.ONSProperties;
import org.onetwo.ext.ons.ONSUtils;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.DisposableBean;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.util.Assert;

import com.aliyun.openservices.ons.api.Message;
import com.aliyun.openservices.ons.api.PropertyKeyConst;
import com.aliyun.openservices.ons.api.SendResult;
import com.aliyun.openservices.ons.api.bean.TransactionProducerBean;
import com.aliyun.openservices.ons.api.exception.ONSClientException;
import com.aliyun.openservices.ons.api.transaction.LocalTransactionExecuter;
import com.aliyun.openservices.ons.api.transaction.TransactionStatus;

/**
 * ons普通producer和事务produer不能混用
 * @author wayshall
 * <br/>
 */
public class ONSTransactionProducerServiceImpl extends TransactionProducerBean implements InitializingBean, DisposableBean, DefaultProducerService, TransactionProducerService {

	public static final LocalTransactionExecuter COMMIT_EXECUTER = (msg, arg)->{
		return TransactionStatus.CommitTransaction;
	};

//	private final Logger logger = JFishLoggerFactory.getLogger(this.getClass());

	private MessageSerializer messageSerializer;

	private ONSProperties onsProperties;
	private String producerId;
//	private ONSProducerListenerComposite producerListenerComposite;
	@Autowired
	private List<SendMessageInterceptor> sendMessageInterceptors;
	private InterceptableMessageSender<SendResult> interceptableMessageSender;

	@Autowired
	private ApplicationContext applicationContext;
	@Autowired
//	private ConfigurableListableBeanFactory configurableListableBeanFactory;
	private FakeProducerService fakeProducerService = new FakeProducerService();
	private Logger logger = ONSUtils.getONSLogger();

	@Autowired
	public void setOnsProperties(ONSProperties onsProperties) {
		this.onsProperties = onsProperties;
	}

	public void setProducerId(String producerId) {
		this.producerId = producerId;
	}

	@Autowired
	public void setMessageSerializer(MessageSerializer messageSerializer) {
		this.messageSerializer = messageSerializer;
	}

	@Override
	public void afterPropertiesSet() throws Exception {
		Assert.hasText(producerId, "produerId must has text");
		Assert.notNull(onsProperties, "onsProperties can not be null");
		Assert.notNull(messageSerializer, "messageSerializer can not be null");

		this.interceptableMessageSender = new InterceptableMessageSender<SendResult>(sendMessageInterceptors);

		Properties producerProperties = onsProperties.baseProperties();
		Properties customProps = onsProperties.getProducers().get(producerId);
		if(customProps!=null){
			producerProperties.putAll(customProps);
		}
		producerProperties.setProperty(PropertyKeyConst.ProducerId, producerId);

		this.setProperties(producerProperties);
		this.start();

//		this.configurableListableBeanFactory.registerResolvableDependency(ProducerService.class, new ProducerServiceFactory());
	}

	@Override
	public void destroy() throws Exception {
		this.shutdown();
	}

	@Override
	public SendResult sendMessage(OnsMessage onsMessage, LocalTransactionExecuter executer, Object arg){
		Object body = onsMessage.getBody();
		if(body instanceof Message){
			return sendRawMessage((Message)body, executer, arg);
		}

		Message message = onsMessage.toMessage();

		String topic = resolvePlaceholders(message.getTopic());
		message.setTopic(topic);
		String tag = resolvePlaceholders(message.getTag());
		message.setTag(tag);

		if(needSerialize(body)){
			message.setBody(this.messageSerializer.serialize(onsMessage.getBody(), new MessageDelegate(message)));
		}else{
			message.setBody((byte[])body);
		}
		configMessage(message, onsMessage);

		return sendRawMessage(message, executer, arg);
	}

	protected SendResult sendRawMessage(Message message, LocalTransactionExecuter executer, Object arg){
		return this.sendRawMessage(message, SendMessageFlags.DisableDatabaseTransactional, executer, arg);
	}

	protected SendResult sendRawMessage(Message message, InterceptorPredicate interPredicate, LocalTransactionExecuter executer, Object arg){
		/*SendMessageInterceptorChain chain = new SendMessageInterceptorChain(sendMessageInterceptors, null, ()->this.send(message, executer, arg));
		ONSSendMessageContext ctx = ONSSendMessageContext.builder()
													.message(message)
													.source(this)
//													.transactionProducer(this)
													.chain(chain)
													.build();
		chain.setSendMessageContext(ctx);
		return (SendResult)chain.invoke();*/

		return this.sendRawMessage(message, interPredicate, () -> doSendRawMessage(message, executer, arg));
	}

	public SendResult doSendRawMessage(Message message, LocalTransactionExecuter executer, Object arg){
		try {
			return send(message, executer, arg);
		} catch (ONSClientException e) {
			handleException(e, message);
		}catch (Throwable e) {
			handleException(e, message);
		}
		return null;
	}

	@Override
	public boolean isTransactional() {
		return true;
	}

	@Override
	public <T> T getRawProducer(Class<T> targetClass) {
		return targetClass.cast(this);
	}

	protected String resolvePlaceholders(String value){
		return SpringUtils.resolvePlaceholders(applicationContext, value);
	}

	/***
	 * 伪装一个非事务producer,简化调用
	 * 因为ons每个topic只能有一个producer,且事务和非事务producer不能混用
	 * @author wayshall
	 * @return
	 */
	public ProducerService fakeProducerService(){
		return fakeProducerService;
	}

	public InterceptableMessageSender<SendResult> getInterceptableMessageSender() {
		return interceptableMessageSender;
	}

	public class FakeProducerService implements ProducerService {
		@Autowired
		private TransactionProducerService transactionProducerService;

		@Override
		public SendResult send(Serializable onsMessage, InterceptorPredicate interceptorPredicate) {
			if(logger.isWarnEnabled()){
				logger.warn("FakeProducerService is not support InterceptorPredicate arguments, ignored: {}", interceptorPredicate);
			}
			if(onsMessage instanceof Message){
				return sendRawMessage((Message)onsMessage, COMMIT_EXECUTER, null);
			}else if(onsMessage instanceof OnsMessage){
				return sendMessage((OnsMessage)onsMessage, interceptorPredicate);
			}else{
				throw new IllegalArgumentException("error message type: " + onsMessage.getClass());
			}
		}

		@Override
		public void sendMessage(String topic, String tags, Object body) {
			SimpleMessage message = SimpleMessage.builder()
												 .topic(topic)
												 .tags(tags)
												 .body(body)
												 .build();
			this.sendMessage(message);
		}

		@Override
		public SendResult sendMessage(OnsMessage onsMessage) {
			SendResult result = transactionProducerService.sendMessage(onsMessage, COMMIT_EXECUTER, null);
			return result;
		}

		@Override
		public <T> T getRawProducer(Class<T> targetClass) {
			return transactionProducerService.getRawProducer(targetClass);
		}

		@Override
		public boolean isTransactional() {
			return transactionProducerService.isTransactional();
		}

		@Override
		public SendResult sendMessage(OnsMessage onsMessage, InterceptorPredicate interceptorPredicate) {
			if(logger.isWarnEnabled()){
				logger.warn("FakeProducerService is not support InterceptorPredicate arguments, ignored: {}", interceptorPredicate);
			}
			return transactionProducerService.sendMessage(onsMessage, COMMIT_EXECUTER, null);
		}

	}

	/*protected class ProducerServiceFactory implements ObjectFactory<ProducerService> {

		@Override
		public ProducerService getObject() throws BeansException {
			return fakeProducerService();
		}

	}*/

}


It's designed to give advanced skiers an agile, smooth skiing ride to ski the slopes all day without fatigue.
Typically of Volkl, the Flair is an absolute blast on the piste, it feels incredibly stable for an all mountain ski, and is some ways would surpass many more specialized piste performance skis. Levels of grip are massive and it is consistently solid and strong throughout the whole arc. Surprisingly, for this stellar performance on the piste, it's actually really playful and fun in the deep stuff as well, for sure most skiers would prefer a wider platform, but the flex and profile do help to make it good fun in these conditions.


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Library to print a beautiful millipede

# API

```c
struct millipede *millipede_init(void);
```

Initialize a millipede context.

```c
int millipede_set_curve(struct millipede *ctx, unsigned int curve);
```

Change the curve of the millipede (i.e. how many max spaces before the left-most body part)

```c
int millipede_set_start(struct millipede *ctx, unsigned int start);
```

Change the beginning position of the first millipede body part, the head position is automatically calculated.

```c
void millipede_set_dir(struct millipede *ctx, int dir);
```

Change the direction of the millipede, default is to go left.

```c
int millipede_set_head(struct millipede *ctx, const char *body);
```

Change the head of the millipede, the default is ```╚⊙ ⊙╝```.

```c
int millipede_set_body(struct millipede *ctx, const char *body);
```

Change the body of the millipede, the default is ```╚═(███)═╝```

```c
char *millipede_head(struct millipede *ctx);
```

Returns a NULL-terminated string containing the padded head of the millipede.

```
char *millipede_body(struct millipede *ctx);
```

Returns a NULL-terminated string containing the padded body of the millipede.

## Support

* [Stack Overflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/millipede)
* [Twitter](https://twitter.com/getmillipede)
* [#getmillipede](http://webchat.freenode.net?channels=%23getmillipede&uio=d4) on Freenode

## License

[MIT](https://github.com/getmillipede/millipede-asm-x86_64/blob/master/LICENSE)


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Postgame notes from Kentucky vs. Ole Miss
The Cats show a lot of promise offensively, but the defense is struggling mightily.
By Shane Shackleford Oct 6, 2020, 8:27pm EDT
Oh, to be a Kentucky football fan.
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Katie Stratman-USA TODAY Sports
It's time to hit the alarm, Wildcat faithful.
The program is at DefCon 4, Red Alert, Threat Level Midnight, whatever you want.
What began as a season of promise for the Kentucky Wildcats has now become a season on the brink after a 42-41 overtime collapse to the Ole Miss Rebels Saturday at Kroger Field.
After taking a 28-14 lead in the third quarter, the Kentucky pass defense literally fell apart in the second half, allowing Rebel quarterback Matt Corral to shred the defense time and again for huge chunk completions that led to quick Ole Miss scores.
Consider the following stat: In seven quarters of play, Kentucky's pass defense has allowed 503 yards, six touchdowns, and 37 completions.
To be honest, though, there is plenty of blame to go around for this heartbreaker, and it started with the first offensive play from scrimmage for UK. Running back Asim Rose broke loose for a 72-yard score, but inexplicably began celebrating before reaching the end zone and was caught from behind at the one-yard line. On the next play, Rose fumbled at the goal line and turned the ball over to Ole Miss.
Although the Cats recovered to get back in the game and take a lead due to its strength on the offensive line and the running of quarterback Terry Wilson and running back Christopher Rodriguez, it just felt like something was going to break down somewhere for the Cats.
Enter the Wildcat kicking game.
With the score tied at 28 in the third quarter, Wildcat placekicker Matt Ruffalo came on to attempt a 49-yard field goal. Earlier in the game, Ruffalo doinked an extra-point attempt off the right upright and fortunately made it. This time he wouldn't be so lucky as he hit the right upright again and missed the try.
After the Rebs drove down the field like a hot knife through butter to go-ahead 35-28, to the Cats credit Wilson and the offense refused to give up, going 12 plays and 75 yards and scoring on Rodriguez's second score to knot the game at 35 and forcing OT.
On the first possession, Wilson looked like the signal-caller Cat fans had been clamoring for, marching UK into the end zone on a 20-yard touchdown run to make the score 41-35.
Again, enter the kicking game.
On the extra point attempt, Ruffalo shanked the kick wide right and left the door open for Ole Miss to win on their next possession. They did,
Even if the offense puts up 35 points and 100 yards more of offense (559-459), UK cannot win an SEC game leaving points on the board and unable to stop an offense that has an idea of completing the forward pass.
The Wildcat secondary, once thought to be a strength, is now a glaring weakness. The UK pass rush has absolutely no time to be effective when they're unable to get to a quarterback who has a quick release or the ability to scramble. That was proven today.
The next five games could be the demise of the season for the Cats. Next is the Air Raid of Mississippi State, which could throw for more than the 621 yards and 44 points it did in an upset of LSU. Tennessee is rolling along with the conference's longest win streak, Georgia is, well, Georgia. And Missouri, though 0-2, isn't going to roll over to the Cats, especially in Columbia. Even the Vanderbilt game is far from a given for UK.
Now, here are the postgame notes and milestones via UK Athletics.
Team Records and Series Information
Kentucky is 0-2 and Ole Miss is 1-1.
Ole Miss leads the series 29-14-1 and has won two in a row.
The series is tied in Lexington, 11-11-1.
Kentucky has won 14 of the last 16 home openers.
Next for Kentucky: next Saturday, the Wildcats play host to Mississippi State at 7:30 p.m. The game will be televised by the SEC Network.
Team Notes
Today was Coach Mark Stoops' 90th game as the Kentucky head coach, tying Jerry Claiborne for the second-most in school history. Fran Curci has the record with 100 games coached.
Kentucky rushed for 408 yards today, the fourth time in the last six games that UK has topped the 400-yard mark
Kentucky's 559 yards total offense was the most since 601 at Louisville in 2018.
For the second game in a row, UK converted more than half of its third-down attempts, 6 of 11 today and 12 of 19 at Auburn.
· UK's game captain was defensive end Josh Paschal.
· Senior quarterback Terry Wilson completed 14 of 18 passes for 151 yards.
He also rushed 22 times for a career-high 129 yards and three touchdowns, both career highs.
It is the second 100-yard rushing game of his career.
His 280 yards total offense is the second-highest single-game total of his career.
· Sophomore running back Chris Rodriguez rushed 17 times for a career-high 133 yards, along with a career-high-tying two touchdowns.
It is the third 100-yard game of his career.
· Senior running back A.J. Rose rushed 12 tunes for a career-high 117 yards and one touchdown.
It is the fifth 100-yard game of his career.
Rose now has 1,453 career rushing yards, moving up to 23rd place in school history.
· Senior WR Josh Ali paced the Wildcats receiving with seven catches for 88 yards.
· Sophomore TE Keaton Upshaw wore uniform No. 22 today in honor of teammate Chris Oats, who is dealing with a serious medical condition.
· Junior linebacker DeAndre Square, junior linebacker Jamin Davis and junior defensive end Josh Paschal led the Wildcats in tackles with seven tackles each.
o It is a career high for Paschal and tied Davis' career best.
· Senior linebacker Boogie Watson made five tackles, including 1.5 tackles for loss which included his first quarterback sack of the season. He has 14.5 sacks in his career.
· Senior punter Max Duffy punted three times for a 50-yard average, his second game in a row with an average of at least 50.

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Take one of the classical virtues, namely, courage. What does courage consist of? Some might imagine that courage, if you're going in to battle, say, consists in taking a very large swig of a very strong drink and then charging off into battle waving your sword around you, yelling some awful war cry and hoping for the best. That's not courage in any kind of classical virtue sense.
Courage as a virtue, is what happens when you take a thousand small decisions over a period of time, consciously to place the safety and security of someone else ahead of your own safety and security, so that on the thousand-and-first occasion, when suddently a real crisis or danger appears you act in that way as though by instinct.
It isn't instinct–we humans are self-preserving animals–but if you train yourself by conscious mental and moral effort to practice in the little things the virtue you know you ought to be developing it can become second nature–second instinct, if you like. Virtue is a matter of acquiring habits the way you acquire tastes, by sustained practice.
Seen like this, the moral life is not a matter simply of learning and remembering rules. Rules can help while you're on the way, they may well point in the right direction, we are foolish to ignore them, but we need to practice the virtues which will enable us to keep them by transcending them.
Nor is it a matter of being true to whatever impulses you find within yourself–it's more like learning a language, practicing it so that eventually you can go to the country and speak it like a native. It takes time, there is vocabulary to learn, there are irregular verbs to master, there are nuances and metaphors and emphases that make a living language the lovely but difficult thing it is. You'll often get it wrong, but it is worth persevering for the goal-the telos–of what lies ahead.
Or you might think of it like learning a musical instrument: you have to master the basic technique, the angle of the bow on the cello, the position of the shoulders for the brass player. You have to practice scales and arpeggios not so that you can go on stage and play scales and arpeggios, but so that when you are suddenly faced with a complex sheet of music, you will know, as though instinctively, but in fact by second nature, by force of habit, what to do. It will seem to happen automatically, but that automatic behavior will be the result of practicing things which certainly didn't feel automatic at the time. Now that's how virtue ethics works.
Knowing that, the thing that we can't do is simply experience a "conversion" to the project of creation care–an awakening to the need to exercise environmental stewardship–and expect that we are equipped to respond to the "environmental crisis". That's true for the Christian church as much as it is true for any individual. We don't automatically have the skills, the virtue, to act courageously or prudently or justly when faced with environmental issues. Neither do we, as a Christian community, possess the automatic ability to distinguish between sound and unsound environmental claims. Those virtues and abilities, like a foreign language or musicianship, must be cultivated. And that takes time.
Having ignored environmental issues for so long, we may wish we could simply look up some Bible texts, or trust our hearts, to determine what to do–how to steward the earth well. We can't. We wind up aping the ideologies and practices of the left and the right, without much to contribute ourselves, being either uncritically accepting or unreasonably dismissive of claims of environmental crisis. The way to learn a virtuous approach to creation care, is to begin with small, repeated, steps of faithfulness, knowing that we will make mistakes, but concerned more to develop a virtuous character than to "follow rules" or "follow our hearts".
In the end, we will find that sometimes it will be right to act swiftly, sometimes to wait and learn more, sometimes to make peace. But we can't discern that by being thrown in the deep end of a cultural debate we've ignored until now, simply "choosing sides" without training in interpreting both special and general revelation (more on that in another post).
The classic virtues are prudence, justice, courage, and temperance. The "theological" virtues are faith, hope, and love. I'll be covering some of these ideas in more depth in the future. But for now, which virtues do you think will help us be better stewards? How can we cultivate them?
Thanks, Rusty, for your thoughts on the importance of character development and virtues that ought to be the focus of developing our character. In my estimation, your focus on virtues is extremely pertinent to the progress of biblical environmental stewardship. As we depend upon science and the media to inform us of environmental issues, it is easy to adopt the views of those who speak the loudest or are the most widely published. Often, we become, as you noted, "either uncritically accepting or unreasonably dismissive of claims of environmental crisis." We fall into the trend toward "groupthink" and our focus is upon keeping our oar in rhythm others who are "rowing the boat" either with the current or against it.
But, as I reflect on your blog, I believe that the health of our democratic society and the resultant proper care of creation depend upon each of us taking individual responsibility first to regularly examine our own character and values, and to pray for discernment during times of meditation in both the Scriptural revelation and the natural revelation. A culture that learns to exercise environmental stewardship would seem to depend upon the leadership and example of individuals who have the strength of character to "use their oar" in a rhythm that is different from the group if necessary– rowing in such a way that reflects a heart of discernment based on careful examination of both the scientific data (how the world works) and the ethical principles (what ought to be). Such leadership would resist the temptation to support policy that simply grabs for more power or a larger constituency of supportive voters. Instead, virtuous leadership recommends what is best for both our culture and for the Earth; and, would press for policies that encourage the development of character qualities and the virtues of temperance and prudence that are fundamental to spiritual and physical health, the health of families and communities, and along with these, healthy ecosystems.
Amen, John. I like especially what you say about the health of families and communities, and I think if our policies were to emphasize these things, that we'd probably get healthier ecosystems as a side-effect.
"The Ecological Crisis as a Crisis of Character" is the title of the first chapter of Wendel Berry's book, "The Unsettling Of America." In that chapter he argues that the disease of character is modern specialization. He notes that from the perspective of the social system there might be some advantages to specialization, but that with respect to the person it leads to fragmentation, to a deep disconnect from what we say and what we do. Specialization ultimately leads as well to the disintegration of communities: "What happens under the rule of specialization is that, though society becomes more and more intricate, it has less and less structure. It becomes more and more organized, but less and less orderly. The community disintegrates because it loses the necessary understandings, forms, and enactments of the relations between materials and processes, principles and actions, ideals and realities, past and present, present and future, men and women, body and spirit, city and country, civilization and wilderness, growth and decay, life and death–just as the individual character loses the sense of a responsible involvement in these relations. No longer does human life rise from the earth like a pyramid, broadly and considerately founded upon its sources. Now it scatters itself out in a reckless horizontal sprawl, like a disorderly city whose suburbs and pavements destroy the fields" (21).
Specialization in this sense is very much a vice (if not a 'classical' one), because it trains us (little by little over long periods of time) to overlook or ignore the relations Berry names above, and this becomes, then, our settled habit of interpretation. This is one of the reasons why (I suspect) the ecological crisis is simply a non-issue for many Christians–we have been trained by modernity to ignore the connections between our bodies and the earth, and the earth and our communities; and we ignore these connections because (for all of our insistence to the contrary) we dis-integrate faith from life. And also why when we think of 'environmentalism' we tend to think of recycling, and not the reshaping of the very patterns that constitute our modern, environmentally-destructive life–patterns of life in the suburbs that require us to drive and have big, energy intensive homes, and so on.
Aaron, thanks so much for your thoughtful comment. I am so entrained as an economist to look with approval on specialization, without considering the corrupting side-effects. But before that I was an ecologist, studying with H.T. Odum, one of the fathers of systems ecology, who taught his students to be rigorous generalists. I'm relearning from my children the joy of wanting to know how to do everything. They love to cook, to build things out of wood, to write poetry, to catch fish, to fight, and to sing. They're not disintegrated, yet. I guess our job as parents is to keep them from disintegrating!


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New Rules for a New Age: Creating an 'Economic Stimulus Agency' out of the FCC
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Wharton legal studies and business ethics professor Kevin Werbach, whose research focuses on the relationship between technology and the economy, recently worked with the Obama administration's transition team on a review of the Federal Communications Commission and related technology and telecommunications issues. In an interview with Knowledge@Wharton, he says that advances in technology and the urgent need to restart the economy require the commission to rethink its role — not just as a regulator, but as an agency that creates jobs and encourages investment.
An edited transcript of the interview follows:
Knowledge@Wharton: Let's talk first, if we may, about your experience on the transition team. What, exactly, was your role?
Kevin Werbach: I was co-leading the agency review of the Federal Communications Commission. So, there were teams on the transition assigned to every part of the federal government. Our responsibility was to go into the agency, meet with the senior staff, meet with outside groups — industry, public interest groups, other interested parties — and really roll up our sleeves and assess what was happening at the agency, and try to lay the groundwork for the new administration to put into place both their people and a new policy agenda.
Knowledge@Wharton: What was your take-away regarding the agency?
Werbach: The FCC, under Kevin Martin, who was the chairman at the end of the Bush administration, was really devastated. It was a place that had been heavily politicized. The staff was demoralized. [The FCC] was failing, in a lot of ways, to achieve the kind of benefits that it should be…. And so we found a lot of dissatisfaction, both inside and outside the government, with the kind of processes the agency was using. People would say, "They're just not being fair. They're not being consistent. They're not being transparent. We really don't feel like they have the interest of the American people at heart." So we tried to ascertain how to revitalize this agency — how to take this agency and make it, once again, one that could really deliver benefits to the American people.
Knowledge@Wharton: That sounds like quite a rebuilding job. We have one nomination for the chairman, and some other positions that are still open on the Commission itself. How urgent is it that we get those positions filled quickly?
Werbach: I think it's very urgent. It's urgent, of course, more generally, that the President's nominees get confirmed, and that the additional openings are filled. The FCC is pretty important. It oversees a huge swath of the economy — the whole telecommunications and media sector, as well as the whole technology sector, which is pretty critical to an economic recovery.
Wharton professor Kevin Werbach discusses current challenges for the FCC
Knowledge@Wharton: It would seem that the degree to which the work of the FCC can be tied to the economic recovery will determine the speed with which it gets the attention it needs. How important is the role of telecommunications and technology generally in the recovery?
Werbach: It's extremely important. The FCC really needs to think about itself as an economic stimulus agency, as an agency that's about creating jobs and fostering investment. Look at the telecommunications and media and technology sectors — there is a tremendous opportunity for growth. These are not industries that are going down. These are industries that, in many ways, are growing. And they're the foundation for other kinds of new jobs…. A central part of [health care reform] is computerizing medical records and putting health care on-line. That requires broadband out to every part of the country. Green energy requires smart grids, implementing the electric grid on broadband networks. Education requires the ability to deliver information throughout the country, over networks to people. So, the areas that the FCC is responsible for can really be central to the recovery.
Knowledge@Wharton: Are you confident that the Obama Administration recognizes that?
Werbach: Absolutely…. Julius Genachowski, who has been nominated to be the head of the FCC, has tremendous experience as a business leader and an investor, as well as in government. And I know he recognizes that, absolutely.
Knowledge@Wharton: You're going to be addressing some of the challenges for communications regulation in the coming years at a seminar tomorrow. You're saying in this seminar that the communications networks are the foundation on which the future of business — news, business interaction, entertainment, health care, education, energy conservation, and a lot of other economic sectors — will be built. And [you say] that the network infrastructure is the dividing line between the "old physical economy of scarcity, and the new information economy of abundance." Tell us what you mean by these two terms: the physical economy of scarcity, and the information economy of abundance.
Werbach: It's pretty simple. You make things [because] there's a … scarcity. GM can only put out so many cars, and it costs a certain amount of resources to build each one. But bits are bits. And they're infinitely replicable. So Google doesn't have the same kind of physical limitations on how many searches it can do, or what it can do with the information that goes into its system. Now, underneath that, there are physical networks. There's equipment. [Google has] to buy routers and servers, and they have to buy telecommunications lines to connect them. That's why I talk about that being the dividing line. But once you have that investment, building on top of it and [adding] new services … is really limited only by the imagination.
Knowledge@Wharton: So, you're also suggesting that the biggest challenge for communications law right now is to take the lessons that we've learned from some of these virtual ecosystems that live on top of this infrastructure, and apply them to the infrastructure. Tell us how that works.
Werbach: My research looks at the intersection between law, business and policy around technology. We have 70-plus years of communications regulation in the United States that was designed for traditional networks — for the telephone system, for example, or broadcast television and radio. Increasingly, all these are going on-line. They're all merging in with the Internet. All those silos of networks are converging. And we don't have a regulatory structure for that new, converged, broadband Internet infrastructure. [That is] partly because, justifiably, the FCC and other parts of the government were hesitant to regulate those new services. As [the services] were growing, [the FCC] didn't want to apply the old rules to the new technology. I was involved with that when I was in government in the 1990s and it was something I fully support. But at some point, you need to have a system that looks at how to insure that networks are used in the public interest [and] how to insure that markets don't go off the rails, which is what we saw in the financial sector, for example, and we've seen in the past with the telecom sector. That means you need to figure out the intersection of the legal structure [with] the new technology and [with] what the market looks like today.
Knowledge@Wharton: It seems that what you're suggesting is that the default setting in addressing regulation of the infrastructure is open access. And by open access, you mean…?
Werbach: Open access means that networks can interconnect freely. So, what makes the Internet the Internet? People think the Internet is a network. It's really not. The Internet's a network of networks. So, any system that … connects into the Internet can be part of this ecosystem. That's a principle that has allowed the Internet to grow and foster so much innovation. If we have open interconnection, open access — so any broadband network system can be plugged in — you can attach new services, new devices, new applications to that network. Then, there's a lot more potential for growth. So, for example, we have a stimulus package now that's going to put $7 billion into rural broadband and broadband infrastructure to expand … the system that we have in this country. If that only serves the companies that provide that network, the value's limited. But if it's an open access network that allows other companies, governmental institutions [and] citizen groups to come in, [they can] leverage that infrastructure. Connecting a wireless network [to the Internet allows the creation of] a health care application in a rural community. That magnifies the value of the network.
Knowledge@Wharton: Are there any regulations now that stand in the way of those kinds of structures being added to the broadband network that [goes] into these rural areas?
Werbach: Well, that's the point of this research I've been doing. It's a total regulatory gray area because the rules we have apply to traditional telecommunications networks. The FCC, in the past, has said broadband access networks are not what are called regulated telecommunications services; they are something else, called information services, [for] which there are no rules … under the existing statutes. And so what I'm trying to do in my work is map out what those rules should be, by reference to some of the enduring principles that are in the Communications Act already.
Knowledge@Wharton: The Obama administration has received some degree of attention for its consciousness of a lot of these services that you're talking about. President Obama was very worried about losing his BlackBerry, for example. Do you think that orientation is going to have a big impact on the … policies that we see emerge from the FCC and other related agencies?
Werbach: I think it's going to have a big impact across the government. Think about work today, and any kind of organization. There are very few organizations today that don't use e-mail … [or] the Internet as just a fundamental part of how they do business, how they manage their supply chain, and so forth. [It's the same for] government…. If you have people in government who are not familiar with those technologies that the average worker … and the average manager takes for granted, there's going to be a disconnect in their ability to develop policies that reflect even today's economy, let alone tomorrow's. So, I think the fact that there are so many people involved in this administration who really are technology-savvy and who get it at a personal level, is important.
The other thing is that these technologies are incredibly powerful. I remember talking with someone who had been involved in the Clinton transition in 1992, and later was a senior official in the Commerce Department. He said that back then they had to walk around with disks. So when people would write memos or try [to] collaborate on a policy recommendation, they would literally have to walk around with floppy disks across the office. And of course, today, we can do that all online. [The transition team] had a collaboration system that we could use for doing the work of the transition. And [it was] just for the transition process, which was … only 77 days, and it had to do a tremendous amount. The ability to use that technology was very powerful.
Knowledge@Wharton: Among those powerful technologies you're talking about, right now a lot of attention is being paid to handheld instruments that really behave more like personal computers than telephones. And everybody seems to agree [that] that's the big technology of the moment. It's very difficult to look far down the road [to see] these things, … but what are some of the other new technologies that you think the FCC is going to have to address in the next four years, say?
Werbach: We're still just getting a taste of mobile. We're now in a world with about 3½ billion people having mobile phones, which is more than double the number of people who have wire line phones, and [the] transition is [continuing]. And we're just starting on the smart phone revolution. So, the iPhone is really symbolic of this transition you mentioned from phones to handheld computing devices. I talked to a friend yesterday who was saying … [that] Samsung is introducing 20 iPhone-like devices next year. Twenty of them, for just one company. So, that revolution is going to be quite significant. I think we're also going to see group collaboration mechanisms … becoming more powerful in the workplace, as well as the ability to use video much more and integrate that and other kinds of media … into the process. Also, [there are opportunities] to take search technology — which, of course, is very widespread on the Internet — and apply it much more directly into lots of other services.
Knowledge@Wharton: We've already seen social media make its presence known … in the realm of the law. For instance, [at] a trial in Philadelphia … a juror was sharing observations via Twitter. Do you see that as something that's going to be happening more and more as these social networking applications become more widely adopted? … Is that going to be … [examined] by regulators?
Werbach: I certainly think that [social media] is … going to be increasingly pervasive. Twitter is the current symbol of it, but it's really much broader than that. It follows on from the point about mobile devices and smart phones. As you have people [who are] more and more densely connected on platforms that are interconnected … [there is] more potential for applications and services that leverage off of that connectivity. So, Twitter is one early example … of what happens when people can communicate all the time about what they're doing. And that [information] can be aggregated. From a regulatory standpoint … there are a whole set of issues that government is just starting to wrestle with. Privacy is one that's extremely important, but deeply misunderstood. It's not an either-or question of whether I'm public or private. We're going to be sharing things all the time. And people's preferences are going to be changing, based on what circumstances they're in. We're … in a world where everything is [increasingly] connected. So regulators in government, as well as individuals, need to wrestle with what are appropriate limits in terms of sharing information?
Knowledge@Wharton: Thank you very much for being with us today.
Werbach: My pleasure.
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How Diverse Boards Can Help Close the Wealth Gap
John W. Rogers Jr., founder of Ariel Investments, talks with Wharton's Stephanie Creary about his lifelong effort to get more people of color into boardrooms and key leadership roles.


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Nissewaard es un municipio de la Provincia de Holanda Meridional, al oeste de los Países Bajos, creado el 1 de enero de 2015 por la fusión de dos antiguos municipios: Bernisse y Spijkenisse.

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Newton Faulkner @ o2 Academy, Newcastle 2nd November 2017
Newton Faulkner is one of the most originally creative, free spirited acoustic rockers the UK has seen for years. His musical journey has been a fascinating one, and his exploration of sound is truly remarkable.
Since his chart topping, Dream Catch Me days, Newton has become more of a cult hero than a national icon, and it suits him. He plays reasonably big venues to likeminded people who appreciate his talent, his grace and his improvisation, and most of all he puts on one hell of a show.
Having released his fifth studio album this year, and toured with Amy MacDonald in early spring, Newton Faulkner is now on an assault across the UK to share his new music and give back to the loyal fans who continue to support him.
This time round, he's brought the immensely talented Sam Brookes on the road with him, who like Faulkner, brings a mystical acoustic charm to his playing style. With a number of albums and big tours under his belt, Brookes was more the equipped to warm up last night's eager Newcastle crowd.
With a decent length set that included some of his best known tracks, such as Numb and Crazy World and You, he lifted the energy levels within the Academy and gained more than a few fans.
As the main man entered the stage, humble as ever, the crowd were ready to go, and Newton Faulkner wasted no time getting started. From the minute he picked up his guitar, he began spinning his magical acoustic rock with freedom and joy, looking like a man that is fully in love with being on stage.
With the purpose of the tour being to spread the word of Hit The Ground Running, it came as no surprise that the set featured a number of songs from the album, including the title track, Smoked Ice Cream, Finger Tips and The Good Fight.
These songs were carefully fitted into a set that felt effortless. Newtown Faulkner's ability to work the room from behind a piano and standing exposed on stage, armed only with an acoustic guitar is unparalleled, along with his ability to improvise and veer off on beautifully crafted tangents.
Along with his new stuff, the audience were treated to a number of old favourites, such as the aforementioned Dream Catch Me, Finger Tips and Write It On Your Skin. These tracks got the audience singing and dancing, after what was a uniquely cathartic experience.
Few musicians could own a stage with just an acoustic guitar and a piano, and truly own the stage. But, that is exactly what Newton Faulkner did, along with offering humorous anecdotes about his son, and comical claims about encores and forced clapping. If you haven't seen this man play, go and get a ticket, you will not be disappointed.
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Q: Custom Settings with ApplicationSettingsBase saving List of custom objects in C# I am trying to use ApplicationSettingsBase with saving list of custom objects. Here is my application settings class:
internal class ApplicationSettings: ApplicationSettingsBase
{
    [DefaultSettingValue(""), UserScopedSetting]
    public List<MyAwesomeClass> MyObjects
    {
        get
        {
            try
            {
                return this["MyObjects"] as    List<MyAwesomeClass>;
            }
            catch (SettingsPropertyNotFoundException)
            {
                return null;
            }
        }
    }

    public void Add(MyAwesomeClass val)
    {
        MyObjects.Add(val);
        this["MyObjects"] =  MyObjects;
    }
}

Here is my custom class:
[Serializable]
public class MyAwesomeClass
{
    public Guid Id { get; set; }
    public string SomeStringProperty{ get; set; }
    public bool SomeBooleanProperty{ get; set; }
}

And here is the usage:
_applicationSettings = new ApplicationSettings();
_applicationSettings.Add(new MyAwesomeClass {/*Some initial values*/});
_applicationSettings.Save();

But when application restarts _applicationSettings.MyObjects is always have zero count. I don't know why my list doesn't want saving. Can anybody help me with this? Thanks!

A: You need to decorate the property with [SettingsSerializeAs(SettingsSerializeAs.Binary)]:
[DefaultSettingValue(""), UserScopedSetting]
[SettingsSerializeAs(SettingsSerializeAs.Binary)]
public List<MyAwesomeClass> MyObjects

Application Settings Architecture » Setting Persistence » Settings Serialization
  If you implement your own settings class, you can use the
  SettingsSerializeAsAttribute to mark a setting for either binary or
  custom serialization using the SettingsSerializeAs enumeration.

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An experiment in a weird book causes four young Americans, Nathan, Perry, Melissa, and Michelle to appear in an incredibly strange and desolate world. Trees as large as mountains, scattered across the land like oases, support all life, safe from the monsters that patrol the night fog on the ground. Races of people living in medieval societies populate the giant trees. Known as the Lorns in this particular tree, they welcome the four kids into their world—until Hellferata, the evil spirit descendent of Medusa, intrudes upon their beloved tree.
Full of vivid imagery and unbridled creativity, D. G. Sandru's debut is as a mystical journey of enchantment, courage and the power of friendship. As the kids search for a way home, Hellferata searches for the prophesized mortal superhero she must battle to the death. Suspecting Michelle for this golden-haired superhero, Hellferata sends her son, Dracu Mort, into the Lorn Tree to kill her. Fearful of the evil spirit the Lorns move to expel the four Americans from their tree. Thinking quickly, the kids devise a plan to avoid the monsters roaming the land and travel to the next tree, where it is rumored there may be a path back home. Will their ingenuity, cunning, and courage help them make it to the Cascade Tree and find a way home, or will Hellferata and Dracu Mort mete out their wrath before they can escape?
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Set in the Danish coastal town of Karrebaeksminde, journalist Rebekka Franck returns to her hometown with her six year old daughter. She is trying to escape her ex-husband and starting a new life for her and her daughter, when the small sleepy town experiences a murder. One of the kingdoms wealthiest men is brutally murdered in his summer residence in Karrebaeksminde. While Rebekka Franck and her punk photographer Sune try to cover the story for the local newspaper another murder happens on a high society rich man. Now Rebekka Franck realizes that the drowsy little kingdom of Denmark has gotten its first serial killer and soon a series of dark secrets - long buried but not forgotten – will see the day of light.


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Yes, Go Forth. But Don't Forget to Smash the Idols.
On November 16, 2016 November 17, 2016 By Rabbi360In Uncategorized
This post was originally posted on the Rabbis Without Borders blog, as my monthly contribution you can read it in its original posting here.
Last week's election prompted strong reaction and reflection from the Jewish community. With a majority of Jews supporting the Democratic candidate, and the troubling echos of anti-Semitism and xenophobia which permeated the campaign, the victory of Donald Trump has brought Jewish organizations to issue statements, hold gatherings and assess what the next four years will mean.
In our Torah reading last Shabbat, we read portion Lekh L'kha, in which God called Abraham (then called Avram) to "go forth" (lech lecha) from his homeland to a new land that God will show him. This was the beginning of Abraham's covenant with God, and a renewal of God's relationship with humanity which hit a low point after the story of Noah and the flood. It was a new start, and a journey into a new future.
Because of the confluence between the election and this portion, several statements about the election evoked Lech Lecha. For example the Union for Reform Judaism wrote,
This week we read Parsha Lech Lecha with its clarion call to "go forth." Just as Abraham went out into a place of great uncertainty, we now find ourselves in an unanticipated time and place. But we know, like Abraham, that our faith and enduring values will be a strong foundation as we move forward. We love the stranger, feed the hungry and care for the orphan and the widow.
The (Conservative) Rabbinical Assembly wrote, "As we approach Shabbat Lekh Lekha, we continue reading the saga of our forefather Abraham who models for us the Jewish values of welcoming the stranger and intervening to advocate for the safety of others' lives."
It is good to evoke our spiritual ancestor Abraham at these times, there is no choice but to go forth into the unknown. But we can not forget another key part of Abraham's story, not what happened after he was called but what happened before.
Abraham just appears on the scene in the Torah, we don't know why he of all people was chosen, and so our ancient commentators ask the obvious question, "why Abraham?" Various ancient midrashim (commentaries) seek to answer that question by telling stories of the young Abraham. One famous story (so famous that people often think it is actually in the Torah itself) is the story of Abraham smashing the idols.
As told in Genesis Rabbah 38, Abraham's father was an idol salesman. When he was out one day, Abraham took a club and smashed all the idols, then placing the club in the hands of the largest idol. When his father returned and demanded to know what had happened, Abraham told him that large idol smashed the rest. "Are you trying to trick me?" his father demanded, "Idols aren't real." And Abraham responded, "Do you hear what your mouth is saying."
In other words, Abraham proved that the idols are false; they can not act since they are merely wood or stone. This, the ancient rabbis say, is Abraham awakening to faith where he recognizes that there is just one unseen powerful God.
In light of last week's events, we can understand this story differently. Perhaps in a classic theological sense, the story of the idol smashing was a story of awakening to faith. But it also can represent other things. For us, Abraham smashing the idols represents
Rejection: A rejection of what we think to be normative, of what we believe to be true about the world, of what we have been told about the way the world works. And with that the gaining of a new clarity of what might be.
Listening to the voice from within: Trusting that which is inside us that tells us something is not right, that we need to trust our own thoughts and ideas in face of evidence, that we should not get too comfortable about what is happening around us or too trusting of so-called "experts."
Acting on strong feelings: That we are able to act out without being labeled as hysterical or dramatic or overly sensitive. That because of our actions, we are not easily dismissed. That we need to raise our voices and our fists when the situation demands it.
There is no moving forward without the smashing of these idols.
While portion Lech Lecha opens with Abraham being called by God to go on to Canaan, we sometimes forget that his family was already on the move headed in that direction. Terah, Abraham's father, is described at the end of Genesis 11 (the end of the Torah portion Noah) as already traveling from Ur, where he is from, to Canaan. But they stop and settle in Haran.
We can imagine this story of the idols taking place in Haran, the place where Abraham's family settled and grew comfortable and complacent. God's call was therefore not a call to a new journey, but a calling him out of complacency, of comfort, and to finish the trip he had started.
So yes, in light of these election results, let's move forward. Let's break out of our own comfort and complacency. And as we heed the call to lech lecha, let's not forget to first smash the idols that need to be smashed
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Use your Absorption Cannon to finish a lab experiment in this crazy adventure game! Jump around mazes, absorb and release blocks to get yourself out of trouble, unlock portals so you can make it back alive. A very fun portal game.
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Clone yourself to survive a dangerous mission and figure your way out of the abandoned office building. The key to escaping the labyrinth is knowing when to use your clone and what doors to unlock, are you ready this task?
Yet another portal game! Become a gentleman in this funny puzzle game by helping Henriette get to her destination safely. The road is not safe so it`s best to use Henry`s skills of blocking and exploding to reach the portals. Nothing is impossible when these two work together!
Bouncy and Monsto like to catch stars, but sometimes one of them gets stuck and have to find a way to reunite. Destroy the objects that stand in Bouncy`s way, use portals or explosions to get him back to Monsto. Have fun figuring out the right moves and collecting all the stars in this funny adventure! One of the latest portal games.
Join Mr. Splibox in yet another crazy adventure where he has to rescue his friends from the Smoking Astronaut. Use the little Splibox to search through dangerous labyrinths all your lost friends, dodge your enemie`s attacks and get to the portal. Gather coins for the perfect score and save your friends!


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Don't allow your agricultural land to be used for test drilling for gas
Llantrithyd 'Villagers Against Drilling' started this petition to Evan Williams and W Philip Thomas, landowners at Llantrithyd
With the promise of incentives from UK government, oil and gas companies are now searching throughout the UK for cheap sources of onshore oil and gas.
To tap into these lucrative underground reserves, gas companies must often use an invasive, dirty method – fracking - which brings with it significant and real risks of water pollution, light pollution, smells (from the flaring of the gas), earthquakes and illness among local communities.
We know that this is the case because that is what is happening right now to communities exposed to fracking in the USA.
These firms must also drill where they find the gas – and this is not always in conveniently located, uninhabited brownfield locations.
In our Vale of Glamorgan village, two local landowners are offering Coastal Oil & Gas Ltd the chance to test drill for gas on a green field which for centuries has been used for agricultural purposes.
In their planning application, the company has said that they will then seek to commercially exploit the gas reserves that they find.
The meadow in which they propose to drill lies just metres above a brook which for 40 years has been designated as a conservation area because of its biodiversity and wildlife.
We are appealing to these landowners to think again and to prevent our rural landscape, health and environment from being exposed to this irreversible, long-term damage.
By signing this petition you will be sending out a crucial message early on in the mad dash for energy riches that our natural environment and the health of local wildlife and residents must be protected.
Evan Williams and W Philip Thomas, landowners at Llantrithyd: Don't allow your agricultural land to be used for test drilling for gas
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After commencing art lessons in 1995 Gail became increasingly interested in painting Australia's beautiful native flora and fauna and now devotes more and more of her time to painting birds and the research that involves. A winner of many major awards, including Silver Medalist at the International Wildlife Art Society 2004 exhibition in Bristol, UK, The Pastel Acquisitive Award at Pine Rivers Art Awards 2006, major award winner at Courier Mail Art Show 2005, Gail has also won many major awards at QWASI exhibitions. She was invited by Australia Zoo to create awareness of native flora and fauna found in the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve, Cape York with a solo exhibition on Steve Irwin Day, November 2008. She has had several articles published in Australian Artist and Australian Birdkeeper magazines, the latest being Australian Artist July 2009. In 2005, with Sandra Temple, she produced Aussie Friends in our own backyard, an art and education book for children, based on images of their wildlife art. Following completion of a Cert IV in Assessment and Workplace Training Gail commenced her own art classes and in 2007 moved into her teaching studio in Wynnum. She is now sought after to conduct workshops in pastel – her favourite medium because of the vibrancy and the tactile nature of pastels. In 2006 she was awarded Master Pastellist status with the Pastel Society of Australia. She was accepted as an exhibiting member of the Queensland Wildlife Artists Society in 1997 and in 2010 was honoured with Life Membership. She is a member of the Nature in the Raw group of wildlife artists and on the Committee of the Old Schoolhouse Gallery in Cleveland where her work can be found. She is motivated by the belief that wildlife art is not only about the art, but also about the environment in which we live — wildlife artists can do much to call attention to the plight of our beautiful and disappearing wildlife through artistic endeavour. Website: www.gailhiggins.com.au
Awards / achievements include:
"Gail has been a finalist in the Holmes Prize for Australian Bird Art every year since its inception in 2015. This competition is limited to 35 finalists only and attracts entries from Australia's best bird artists. Last year she was awarded one of the runner-up awards for excellence. "
2011 Finalist, Aust Artist Magazine Art Challenge March 2011 2010 Winner, Best Australian Wildlife, QWASI International Wildlife Art Exhib. 2010 Winner, Portrait/Wildlife Section Boonah Art Awards 2009 Winner Pastel Section, and People's Choice Award, Kalbar Art Show 2009 2nd Prize Pastel Society of Australia, Winter Competition 2009 Winner, Best Australian Wildlife Art, QWASI Nature in Art 2009 2007 Best Traditional Wildlife Art, Wildlife & Botanic Art Society, Canberra 2006 2nd Prize, Aust. Artist Magazine Art Challenge June 06 2006 Winner, Pastel Acquisitive Award, Pine Rivers Art Awards 2005 Winner Still life / Flora and Fauna, Courier Mail Art Show, Brisbane 2004 Silver Medal Award, TWASI of UK International Exhibition, Bristol UK 2003 Champion Art of Show, Laidley Art Awards 2003 Art Land Prize, Wildlife in Art 2003 Best Bird Art, International Wildlife Exhibition, & Wildlife in Art 2002 and 1998 2003 Best Oil or Acrylic, International Wildlife Exhibition 2002 Best Pastel, QWASI, Wildlife in Art
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NEW ORLEANS, LA – AARP Louisiana is conducting a telephone survey of adults 45 and older across New Orleans in efforts to help make the city more age-friendly. As the leader of the age-friendly task force in New Orleans, a group of 20+ organizations consisting of service providers, non-profit organizations, and advocates, the telephone survey will be conducted from July 1st-14th. AARP encourages residents to stay on the phone and complete the survey so that the best data can be collected.
AARP's Age Friendly Network was created to help cities prepare for the rapid aging of populations and the increase in urbanization. The program targets the environmental, social, and economic factors that influence the health and well-being of residents of all ages. AARP is working together with communities across the United States to encourage and promote age-friendly planning and policies that will allow communities to become places where people can grow up and grow older.
AARP has identified eight areas that influence the quality of life of those in a community, particularly older adults. The eight areas are: Outdoor Spaces and Buildings; Housing; Transportation; Social Participation; Respect and Social Inclusion; Civic Participation and Employment; Communication and Information; and Community and Health Services.
The survey captures these eight areas of an age-friendly community in order to help communities assess their features and services and identify and prioritize areas of focus. The survey will ask questions relating to housing and public building features, transportation, job opportunities, health and wellness, volunteering and civic engagement, social interactions, and community information.
The survey findings will reflect individual preferences and help policymakers, planners and others better understand the needs of an aging population in order to begin to brainstorm steps and policies that can be taken to improve livability for all. Survey results will be made available to the public and will be released by AARP at a later date.


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La medaglia per la difesa di Mosca è stata un premio statale dell'Unione Sovietica.

Storia
La medaglia venne istituita il 1º maggio 1944.

Assegnazione
La medaglia veniva assegnata ai partecipanti alla difesa di Mosca.

Insegne
 La medaglia era di ottone. Il dritto raffigurava il muro del Cremlino, davanti al muro in basso al centro, vi era un carro T-34, con un gruppo di soldati su di esso, al di sotto vicino al bordo inferiore della medaglia, vi era in rilievo una stella a cinque punte al centro di una corona di alloro. Alla sinistra del carro, vi era l'immagine in rilievo del monumento a Minin e Pozharsky, e alla destra, una torre Cremlino. Oltre le mura del Cremlino, vi era la cupola del palazzo del Senato con un martello e la bandiera sovietica sul tetto, nel cielo, vi erano cinque aerei da combattimento in volo verso sinistra. Lungo la circonferenza superiore della medaglia, l'iscrizione rilievo in caratteri evidenti, "PER LA DIFESA DI MOSCA" (Russo: «ЗА ОБОРОНУ МОСКВЫ»). Sul retro nella parte superiore, l'immagine in rilievo della falce e martello, sotto l'immagine, la scritta su rilievo tre righe "PER LA MADREPATRIA SOVIETICA" (Russo: «ЗА НАШУ СОВЕТСКУЮ РОДИНУ»).
 Il nastro era rosso con tre strisce bianche.

Altri progetti

Medaglie sovietiche della seconda guerra mondiale
Medaglie commemorative della seconda guerra mondiale


As an artist Im inspired by the effect of light on objects and environments.[0xD][0xA]I graduated from university in 1993. Was a full time lecturer at Bloemfontein technikon in object and figure drawing 1997-2001. Thereafter I studied webdesign in Cape Town at Hirt and Carter and worked at Cloverleaf candles as designer.I was a full time arts and culture teacher at Campsbay High in CapeTown during the course of 2003. In 2004 I moved to Bethal in Mpumalanga where I started practicing as a professional artist and I give art classes on a daily basis.[0xD][0xA]I exhibited at numerous galleries.


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DARPA Solicits Proposals for Phase 2 of Hypersonic Defense Tech Development Program
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is seeking proposals to carry out wind tunnel and flight testing to quantify and investigate jet interaction effects on a kill vehicle for hypersonic defense as part of the second phase of the Glide Breaker program. "Phase 2 of the Glide Breaker program will develop the technical understanding of […] More
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The U.S. Air Force is seeking information on interested vendors with a capability to meet the requirements of the F-35 Adaptive Engine Replacement program. The service will use the responses from the market research to determine potential sources' capability to deliver a propulsion system that can be integrated into the F-35A weapon platform and whether […] More
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Boeing installed an aerial refueling store into an MQ-25 unmanned tanker test asset in preparation for flight testing later this year, Seapower Magazine reported Thursday.
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Leanne Caret, president and CEO of Boeing"™s defense, space and security segment, told Military Times in a video interview aired Sunday that the company is going to deliver KC-46 aerial refueling tanker aircraft this year, citing several milestones. "You"™ve seen the completion of several very critical milestones that were the major gates towards enabling that delivery. One […] More
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Lockheed Martin has announced the completion of the first cross-country flight of the Sikorsky-built CH-53K King Stallion helicopter from a Florida-based facility to Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland as part of the flight test program. The CH-53K aircraft took off Friday from Sikorsky"™s facility in Maryland and traveled approximately 810 miles for six hours to Patuxent River with […] More
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June 3, 2008 / 7:19 PM
Calif. voters sour on governor, lawmakers
SACRAMENTO, June 3 (UPI) -- With the economy slowing and gas prices rising, most California voters say the country and their state is headed in the wrong direction, a poll indicates.
According to a Field Poll, just 17 percent of voters believe the United States is headed in the right direction, while 23 percent say California is headed on the right track, The Sacramento (Calif.) Bee reported Tuesday.
"It is hard to feel kindly about elected representatives and politicians in an era when you feel nothing is going right," said Jaime Regalado, director of the Pat Brown Institute of Public Affairs at California State University-Los Angeles.
Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's approval has dropped dramatically. Just 41 percent of voters approved of Schwarzenegger's performance as governor, a drop from 60 percent in December, the newspaper said.
Opinions of the Democrat-led state Legislature are even worse, with just 30 percent approving of the job lawmakers are doing.
"When things start heading south on the economy, you know it's touching a nerve when people start getting this grumpy," said Mark DiCamillo, director of the California Field Poll.
Neither the poll's sample size nor its margin of error were reported.
Mark DiCamillo
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Obituary for Rev Donald Wayne Nunn
Funeral services for Rev. Donald Wayne Nunn will be at 2:00 pm Monday, February 10, 2020, at Elmira Chapel Cumberland Presbyterian Church Longview with the Rev. James Cantey, Rev. Earlene Branstetter and Rev. Cindy Barton officiating. The family will receive friends on Sunday, February 9, 2020 from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm at Rader Funeral Home, Longview. Rev. Nunn passed away on February 5, 2020 in Longview.
He was born on February 21, 1934 in Center, Kentucky to Carlos Edward and Kathleen Trent Nunn. He graduated from Hart Memorial High School in Horse Cave, KY. After high school graduation, he enrolled in Bethel College (now Bethel University) in McKenzie, TN and graduated in 1959 with a Bachelor of Science in Education. He was awarded a Master of Divinity degree in 1969 from Memphis Theological Seminary in Memphis, TN.
On February 25, 1955, Rev. Nunn accepted the call to the ministry and was ordained on April 15, 1959 by Cumberland Presbytery at Seven Springs Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Edmonton, KY. During his many years in the ministry, he pastored the Rose Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Madisonville, KY, First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Warren, Michigan, Grace Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Memphis, TN, Walnut Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Burlison, TN, First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Kenton, TN, St. John Cumberland Presbyterian Church, White Oak, TX, First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Fort Smith, AR, St. John Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Arlington, TX, Antioch Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Quitman, LA, Pine Tree Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Longview, TX, and Stated Supply Pastor, New Journey Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Longview, TX.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Carlos and Kathleen Nunn and daughter Kathy Nunn Moody. Survivors include his wife of 63 years, Helen Lindsey Nunn, daughter Donna Nunn Flannery and husband Brent of Plano, TX, granddaughter Ashley Partain and husband Michael of Plano, TX, grandson Chris Moody and wife Molly of Nacogdoches, TX, granddaughter Halie Moody of Kilgore, TX, great-grandchildren Thaxton and Ellis Moody and Elena Partain, sister Carol Corrington of Chattanooga, TN, niece Dr. Suzanne Corrington and husband Dr. Leonard Hays of Chattanooga, TN, nephew Will Corrington of Sugarland, TX, cousins Earlene Branstetter and wife Connie of Hardyville, KY, Tammie Branstetter of Glasgow, KY, Phillip Trent and wife Linda of Horse Cave, KY, Dixie Trent of Huntsville, AL and Mildred Nunn of Horse Cave, KY.
Rev. Nunn enjoyed many years of volunteer service including serving as volunteer Chaplain at Mt. Clemens General Hospital, Mt. Clemens, MI, Good Shepherd Medical Center, Longview, TX and Longview Regional Medical Center, Longview, TX. While living in Arkansas, Rev. Nunn served in the Hospice Grief Recovery program with the Area Agency on Aging of Fort Smith. Don especially enjoyed 21 years of volunteer service as a chaplain with the Civil Air Patrol. Rev. Nunn was an instrument rated pilot and flew many search and rescue missions with Cadets searching for missing airplanes.
Memorial contributions in his memory may be made to Heart to Heart Hospice Longview, American Cancer Society or a charity of your choice. The family would like to express their heartfelt thanks for the support of many friends especially Pricilla and Cara with Heart to Heart Hospice.
From the Communications Ministry Team of the Denomination
The Reverend Donald Wayne Nunn
(Trinity Presbytery) died February 5, 2020, after a struggle with cancer. Don was born February 21, 1934, in Center, Metcalf County, Kentucky, to Carlos Edward Nunn and Kathleen Trent. He was baptized by the Reverend V.A. Jones in July 1948, and joined Joyner's Chapel Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Cumberland Presbytery), Hardyville, Kentucky.
Don attended Kentucky public schools in Louisville, Center, and Hardyville before enrolling in Bethel College (McKenzie, Tennessee) in 1954. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1959 and entered the Cumberland Presbyterian Theological Seminary, then also in McKenzie. Before Don finished his theological studies, the seminary moved to Memphis, Tennessee, and was renamed Memphis Theological Seminary. Don was awarded a Master of Divinity degree from MTS in 1969.
Don came under the care of Cumberland Presbytery in 1955, was licensed in 1957, and ordained in 1959. The Reverend Calvin Mouser preached his ordination sermon and the Reverend V.A. Jones delivered the charge.
Donn married Helen Lindsey of Leitchfield, Kentucky, on October 8, 1956. They had two daughters, Donna Maureen and Kathy Lynn.
Besides Cumberland Presbytery, at various times Don held membership in Obion, Princeton, Indiana, Memphis, Caddo, Porter, Red River, and Trinity Presbyteries. He began his pastoral ministry as stated supply for the Poplar Grove/Woodward's Chapel parish in 1958. He also pastored Rose Creek (Nebo, Kentucky), Warren First Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Warren, Michigan), Grace (Memphis, Tennessee), Walnut Grove (Burlison, Tennessee), Kenton First (Kenton, Tennessee), Saint John (White Oak, Texas) where he was the founding pastor, Fort Smith First (Fort Smith, Arkansas), and Mission Ridge (Arlington, Texas). Prior to being called to a full-time pastorate in Kenton, Don was also a teacher.
Beginning in 1971, Don was a chaplain in the Civil Air Patrol.
Paula Hayes (Trinity Presbytery): "Don was my minister at St. Johns CPC in White Oak, Texas, and I will never forget the day of my ordination as an elder. At the laying on of hands, he spoke into my ear, 'After all these years in the ministry, you are the first woman I have ever ordained.' We talked later and I told him that, by sharing those words, he had made a special day truly unforgettable. Our friendship continued through the years and I treasure the many times he would suddenly appear at the door of my office just to visit for a while. He always had a story to share that would cheer my day and we would usually end up laughing."


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Q: write a watermark image to an uploaded image (in MVC controller) I would like to accept an image file upload from a user, write a little 16x16 icon in the corner, then save the image to my Azure cloud storage.
I've found some good posts about this topic but I'm not quite getting it.  I thought I almost had it but was getting OutOfMemory exceptions on the TextureBrush line.
Please let me know if there is any additional info that I need to add and thanks for any assistance!
Here is my work so far (AddWaterMark is the part that is crapping out):
                // add watermark before uploading to cloud server
                Stream stream = _fileManager.AddWaterMark(file.InputStream);

                cloudBlockBlob.UploadFromStream(stream, null, null, null);
                fileUrl = cloudBlockBlob.Uri.ToString();
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And my AddWaterMark method:
 public Stream AddWaterMark(Stream stream)
    {

        var bytes = Convert.FromBase64String(Settings.Default.PartnifyWatermark);
        Image watermarkImage;
        using (var ms = new MemoryStream(bytes))
        {
            watermarkImage = Image.FromStream(ms);
        }

        using (var image = Image.FromStream(stream))
        using (var imageGraphics = Graphics.FromImage(image))
        using (var watermarkBrush = new TextureBrush(watermarkImage))
        {
            var x = (image.Width - 16);
            var y = (image.Height - 16);
            watermarkBrush.TranslateTransform(x, y);
            imageGraphics.FillRectangle(watermarkBrush, new Rectangle(new Point(x, y), new Size(watermarkImage.Width + 1, watermarkImage.Height)));
            image.Save(stream, ImageFormat.Png);
            return stream;
        }

    }

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Initially I wanted to watermark my uploaded image mid-stream before sending it  off to my azure storage.  I think I was really close but I couldn't quite get that to work  with everything else.  My uploaded images are coming in one at a time and < 2M so I settled for a solution that saves the image, stamps it, and continues on.  Here is the working solution, comments welcome:
Note: I have placed the company watermark in the app Settings as a base64 string so the first couple lines are just pulling that out. After return, the calling method just grabs the clone, uploads, and removes the clone.  Obviously there are a few more elegant ways to handle the image but for the purpose of demonstrating the marking, this is acceptable.
public void AddWaterMark(string filepath)
    {
        //var outStream = new MemoryStream();
        var watermarkImageBase64 = Settings.Default.CompanyWatermark;
        var data = Convert.FromBase64String(watermarkImageBase64);
        using (var streamWatermark = new MemoryStream(data, 0, data.Length))
        using (var watermark = Image.FromStream(streamWatermark))
        using (var targetImage = Image.FromFile(filepath))
        using (var g = Graphics.FromImage(targetImage))
        {
            var destX = (targetImage.Width - watermark.Width) - 10;
            var destY = 10;

            g.DrawImage(watermark, new Rectangle(destX, destY, watermark.Width, watermark.Height));

            using (var cloneImage = (Image) targetImage.Clone())
            {
                cloneImage.Save(Server.MapPath("~/User_Data/cloneImage.png"));
            }
        }

One thing I don't like about this approach....incoming images are already converted to png at the watermarking point but the watermark is 16x16 and appears smaller or larger depending on the dimensions of the target image.  Would prefer it "appears" around the same size whatever the resolution of the target image..should be easy enough.

A: You can watermark an image more simply by drawing the image to the target.  A TextureBrush would work to tile the image over the entirety of the target.
This is using larger watermark image (125x125) but that doesnt matter because you could thumbnail it to the desired size:
// show before
pbWM.Image = Image.FromFile(@"C:\Temp\horus_w.png");

using (Image watermark = Image.FromFile(@"C:\Temp\horus_w.png"))
using (Image TargetImg = Image.FromFile(@"C:\Temp\BigHead.jpg"))
using (Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(TargetImg))
{
    var destX = (TargetImg.Width - watermark.Width) - 10;
    var destY = (TargetImg.Height - watermark.Height) - 10;

    g.DrawImage(watermark, new Rectangle(destX,
                destY,
                watermark.Width,
                watermark.Height));
    // display a clone for demo purposes
    pb2.Image = (Image)TargetImg.Clone();
}

The rosy image is the bare watermark image, the other is the end result.  Using a TexturedBrush you can do things like used tiled, angled text with a low opacity as the watermark:

You can get that error sometimes when creating a TextureBrush, I avoid it by specifying the size:
using (TextureBrush br = new TextureBrush(wmImg,
            new Rectangle(0, 0, wmImg.Width - 1, wmImg.Height - 1)))
{
    g.FillRectangle(br, 0, 0, Marked.Width, Marked.Height);
}

As an aside, if the watermark image/logo is the same, I would store it in a variable and use the same image over and over.  The code in the question is creating a new watermarkImage each time and not disposing of it.


Argentine legend Diego Maradona believes his son-in-law Sergio Aguero can finally fulfil his potential at Manchester City.
Maradona angered Atletico Madrid and their fans by claiming that Aguero – who is married to his daughter Giannina – needed to move to a bigger club that could compete for league and Champions League honours.
But he believes his words will be vindicated following Aguero's £38million transfer.
'People at Atletico Madrid said I was a fool,' Maradona told the Daily Express.
'I told them that this foolish person is not that much of a fool, because Aguero is playing in a team at Manchester City where he is going to fight for everything.
'It was not fair, with respect to his team-mates at Atletico Madrid, for Aguero to be playing for a team who were not competing for the big championships.
Maradona will not be present to see if Aguero can maintain his explosive start for City – six goals in four games – when they make their Champions League debut against his former club Napoli on Wednesday.
He is preparing Dubai club Al Wasl for their first competitive fixture on Thursday, an Etisalat Cup match against Al Jazira in Abu Dhabi.


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Q: How does HDFS write to a disk on the data node I not an expert in how File Systems work, but this question can help me clear some vague concepts. How does HDFS write to the physical disk?
I understand HDFS runs on ext3 file system disks (typically). These file systems have a block size way less than the HDFS block size. So If I'm writing a logical HDFS block of 128 MB , the disk could be storing it smaller physical blocks.
Does HDFS ensure these physical blocks are contiguous? (Contiguous blocks increase FS throughput as it minimizes seek time)?
How does HDFS deliver high throughput?

A: As far as I know HDFS does not care about the physical file system on which it is running. I installed Hadoop on several different file system, for example I also used solaris ZFS.
The blocks of hadoop/hdfs are written as ordinary files on each datanode. The namenode takes to role of inodes or FAT in the OS filesystems. HDFS is a layer above the physical filesystem on each datanode.
You can list the stored blocks in your hadoop/hdfs filesystem just by listing directory content on the data node:
/srv/hadoop/hadoop_data/hdfs/datanode/current/BP-1458088587-192.168.1.51-1394008575227/current/finalized$ ls -alh ./blk_1073741838
-rw-r--r-- 1 hadoop hadoop 1.4M Mar  6 10:55 ./blk_1073741838


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Home News Kaap News Triple murder in Bellville believed to be taxi related
Triple murder in Bellville believed to be taxi related
Jaimey Dyers
Picture: @ArriveAlive.co.za, Facebook
Detectives are currently investigating a triple murder believed to be a taxi-related incident that occurred in Voortrekker Road and Charl Malan Street in Bellville on Tuesday afternoon.
ER24 paramedics report that local authorities were already on the scene when they arrived.
"Four people were found lying on the pavement. Medics assessed the patients and found that two had already succumbed to their numerous gunshot wounds. Nothing could be done for them, and they were declared dead.
The two other patients were found with multiple gunshot wounds, leaving them in a critical condition," ER24 says.
The other two men were provided with advanced life support interventions and were then taken to a hospital closeby for further medical attention.
In a SAPS statement this morning, Colonel Andrè Traut reported that three people have died in what police believe to be taxi related. One bystander is currently recovering in hospital.
The identities of the victims are not disclosed at this stage.
Traut reports that a 32-year-old man was arrested and is being questioned. Police also confiscated two stolen firearms as well as three licensed firearms for further investigation.
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Athenian Defence Companies Merge, Establish New Research Campus
by Alexander | Mar 20, 2022 | News | 0 comments
Athenian – In the largest corporate merger in the history of the Athenian Federation, various Athenian defence companies have merged to form the new conglomerate Eurasia Group. Using a similar model as the Airbus Group, the original companies will still generally operate independently but where possible overlap will be eliminated and projects will be designed to complement each other. Among the large list of companies are famous and long-standing ones such as the Hellenic Aerospace Industry, Kraljevica Shipyard, Baykar, Hellenic Defence Industry and Pyrkal but also newer companies such as the Olympus Ship Yards.
While the government normally encourages competition in various economic sectors, the Ministries of Defence and Economic Development have extensively encouraged the merger in this case as it is believed to significantly expand the Athenian capability to innovate and compete with potential rivals on the world stage. As incentive the Ministry of Defence has committed to a five-year exclusivity agreement with the Eurasia Group where any new project will first be attempted by them before bidding is opened internationally.
Athena Institute of Advanced Technology
Part of the residential area of the campus, zoomed in from the image in the header.
The first concrete result of the new cooperation has already appeared in the form of the Athena Institute of Advanced Technology. This city-sized campus just outside of Zagreb in the Republic of Yugoslavia will be the largest campus in the world and is focused exclusively on research projects for the Eurasia Group. By providing state of the art infrastructure and amenities, Eurasia Group is hoping to attract the world's greatest talent in all fields.
The Hellenic Forces will soon be able to assess whether its investment was well spent as the project initially started by the Hellenic Aerospace Industry to produce an unmanned escort vehicle for the F-22 and F-35 fighters is approaching completion and is planned to be introduced into service in the next few weeks where it could already see service in Iraq.


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