The emphasis of this program is to expose participants to the cultural exchange that has take place in the twentieth century between Nigerian master potter, Abbas M. Ahuwan, and American clay sculptor, Frank Giorgini. The Udu drum, a traditional Nigerian side-hole pot drum, is an instrument of the finest quality, capable of creating beautiful sounds in the hands of both trained musicians and the novice. It is similar in tone to the African talking drum, yet has a quality of sound that no skin-covered drum can attain. Participants will gain a view of Nigerian culture and the importance of the Udu drum with it.
Participants will learn several basic playing techniques, culminating in a group improvisation based on a simple rhythm.
Slide show available to accompany presentation.


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Resources for a Continuing Revolution
May 18, 2016 Progressive Movement, See Bernie Winaction campaign, Bernie Sanders, compassionate politics, continuing revolution, progressive political movement, See Bernie Winadmin
"(Sanders) has mobilized a large number of young people, these young people who are saying, "Look, we're not going to consent anymore." And if that turns into a continuing, organized, mobilized—mobilized force, that could change the country—maybe not for this election, but in the longer term." Noam Chomsky
The Movement is starting to explore how it moves forward whether or not Bernie wins nomination. The Movement is the many organizations and individuals who are working for a fundamental return to core democratic values of equity, justice, community, and respect for nature.
I've gathered links to resources on how the movement that has come together around Bernie Sanders' agenda for revolution can continue to build momentum. There's at least one planning event, several current books, several new virtual organizations, and many commentaries in alternative media.
Events and organizations
The People's Summit
The People's Summit is meeting June 17-19 in Chicago, an event organized by a coalition of progressive organizations, including many ____ for Bernie groups.
http://www.thepeoplessummit.org/
The call for participation begins:
"At a time of tremendous turmoil and progressive opportunity, we invite you to participate in a historic convening of organizations and individuals committed to social, racial and economic justice. On June 17-19, in Chicago, after the party primary season and before the party conventions, we seek to bring together activists committed to a different kind of agenda: a People's Agenda that can enhance and expand issue campaigns and hold all elected officials accountable to popular demands for justice, equality and freedom. We envision this Summit as further deepening the relationship between participating organizations rooted in principled anti-corporate politics, development of community leaders, direct action not based on partisan identification, and strategic organizing to build power."
Many of the partner organizations for this People's Summit are ad hoc groups supporting Bernie, such as Labor for Bernie, African Americans for Bernie, etc. as well as environmental, progressive political, and social justice organizations.
Brand New Congress
https://brandnewcongress.org/
America needs an honest, accountable Congress to enact Bernie's program. But trying to win each Congressional seat one-by-one is impossible. So let's run one campaign to replace Congress all at once (except those already on board) that whips up the same enthusiasm, volunteerism and money as Bernie's presidential campaign.
We're building on the tools, tactics and networks that we developed together on Bernie's campaign. But to pull this off, the volunteer movement will have to wield more power and resources than on any campaign before. This means volunteers on the ground will run their own offices and voter contact operations, and will have access to all necessary tools and materials from the start
We're going to challenge incumbents in their primaries—both Republicans and Democrats—with a unified campaign that America can believe in and will actually pay attention to. By running a unified campaign, we'll be able to:
Create enough excitement nationally that new voters will register and vote in congressional primaries, all of which historically have very low turnout
Massively scale voter contact: our national volunteer force will overwhelm incumbents tiny paid local staff.
Gain huge economies of scale in advertising, direct mail, and staffing.
Use one constantly-improving campaign infrastructure as we move from election to election.
Let candidates focus on the issues instead of the logistics of running a campaign.
The next system
http://thenextsystem.orgThe Next System Project is an ambitious multi-year initiative aimed at thinking boldly about what is required to deal with the systemic challenges the United States faces now and in coming decades. Responding to real hunger for a new way forward, and building on innovative thinking and practical experience with new economic institutions and approaches being developed in communities across the country and around the world, the goal is to put the central idea of system change, and that there can be a "next system," on the map. Gar Alperovitz and Gus Speth are co-chairs.
Download the introductory report of the Next System Project:
http://thenextsystem.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/NSPReport1_Digital1.pdf#1
Next System interview: Noam Chomsky on Organizing for a Next System
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/35691-noam-chomsky-on-organizing-for-a-next-system
Tuesday, 19 April 2016 00:00 By Staff, The Next System Project | Interview
The End of Protest: A New Playbook for Revolution by Micah White
"The only way to learn the art of revolution is to try, fail and try again. The dynamics of social change are too fluid for anything less than relentless innovation and persistence."
"Part manifesto, part memoir, and part history of activism, The End of Protest is a radical document in every sense of the word. The comprehensive work explains White's belief that protest is fundamentally broken within modern society, and new paradigms are needed for progress to continue.
"Protest is broken. Recent years have witnessed the largest protests in human history. Yet these mass mobilizations no longer change society. Now activism is at a crossroads: innovation or irrelevance.
"In The End Of Protest Micah White heralds the future of activism and declares the end of protest as you know it. Drawing on his unique experience as the co-creator of Occupy Wall Street, a contagious protest that spread to eighty-two countries, White clearly articulates a unified theory of revolution and the principles of tactical innovation that are destined to catalyze the next generation of social movements. from interview of White by Jaime Lubin: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jaime-lubin/the-spirit-of-activism-fr_b_9780946.html
https://www.micahmwhite.com/
http://endofprotest.com/ a sample of the book http//endofprotest.com/sneak-preview#start
This Is an Uprising: How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century. Mark and Paul Engler
Truth-out interview with the authors: How to Create an ecology of change http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/35862-how-to-create-an-ecology-of-change-by-combining-movement-uprisings-with-long-term-organizing
"This Is an Uprising examines the strategy differences between traditional schools of organizing and mass mobilizations. They argue that each plays an important role in creating social change and should be used in conjunction to be most effective in reaching a shared goal.
". . . a key argument that we make in the book is that there is a craft to uprising — that there is a history of people grappling with the challenges of how to create momentous revolts, and that they have identified some really valuable skills and concepts in their organizing. The more we learn about this history and the more seriously we take on this craft as something that can be studied and refined, the better able we will be to guide moments of mass unrest when they break out, and the more adept we can be at creating these moments from scratch."
"In This Is an Uprising, we are most interested in mass mobilizations. We focus on these because we think they represent a type of action whose dynamics are not widely understood. But in the end, it takes a lot of different kinds of organizing and citizen engagement to create social change. Mass protests interact with more long-standing efforts to build progressive organizations. They interact with countercultural communities. They interact with political parties and people working inside the formal structures of politics.
People Get Ready, The Fight Against a Jobless Economy and a Citizenless Democracy
By Robert W McChesney And John Nichols
http://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/book/hardcover/people-get-ready/9781568585215
"Humanity is on the verge of its darkest hour—or its greatest moment."
"The consequences of the technological revolution are about to hit hard: unemployment will spike as new technologies replace labor in the manufacturing, service, and professional sectors of an economy that is already struggling. The end of work as we know it will hit at the worst moment imaginable: as capitalism fosters permanent stagnation, when the labor market is in decrepit shape, with declining wages, expanding poverty, and scorching inequality. Only the dramatic democratization of our economy can address the existential challenges we now face. Yet, the US political process is so dominated by billionaires and corporate special interests, by corruption and monopoly, that it stymies not just democracy but progress.
"The great challenge of these times is to ensure that the tremendous benefits of technological progress are employed to serve the whole of humanity, rather than to enrich the wealthy few. Robert W. McChesney and John Nichols argue that the United States needs a new economy in which revolutionary technologies are applied to effectively address environmental and social problems and used to rejuvenate and extend democratic institutions. Based on intense reporting, rich historical analysis, and deep understanding of the technological and social changes that are unfolding, they propose a bold strategy for democratizing our digital destiny—before it's too late—and unleashing the real power of the Internet, and of humanity."
Commentaries on the future of the movement
People for a Shared Program http://www.sharedprogram.org/
People for a Shared Program is a place to explore, develop and organize around left programmatic ideas. Below you will find a document – Possible Ideas for Going Forward – which the 87 initial signers offered as a starting point for this process. We invite you to read this document, discuss it and suggest additions or changes in our forum and/or in a blog post. We will regularly update the document in accord with good suggestions and display the current version below.
Around the world powerful and diverse possibilities are in struggle. We the signers of "Some Possible Ideas for Going Forward" think one high priority for progress is activists developing, discussing, and settling on priorities around which to organize multi issue activism in coming months and years. We hope this document can help inspire more conversations within groups and movements that, over time, come to a synthesis. We do this in the spirit of self-organization – and as a rejection of preformed inflexible programs and agendas imposed on activists from above. We believe only program that is fully understood and owned by grassroots participants can win lasting change. http://www.sharedprogram.org/#!initial-document/ozjgn
A Radical Alliance of Black and Green Could Save the World
http://www.thenation.com/article/a-radical-alliance-of-black-and-green-could-save-the-world/
By James Gustave Speth and J. Phillip Thompson III April 14, 2016
"A beautiful thing is happening: Advocates for racial justice and for environmental protection—too often, movements quite distant from each other—are coming together in a new way. One can see it in the campaign of National People's Action and the Climate Justice Alliance to push for a just and locally empowering transition to clean energy; in the New Economy Coalition's inclusive membership and commitment to front-line communities; and in the projects of the Evergreen Cooperatives, in inner-city Cleveland. These new efforts (may they multiply!) are grounded on a strong foundation. When one explores the roots of both the environmental and civil-rights movements, one finds a strikingly similar radical critique. Both movements have called for a deep restructuring of society and the economy; in both cases, that call is based on an affirmation of life and the devoted care that life requires of us."
What's the Future of Bernie Sanders' Political Revolution?
By Kate Aronoff April 25, 2016
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/whats-the-future-of-bernie-sanders-political-revolution-20160425#ixzz48fVIZNw6
Future of the revolution won't look anything like Sanders; it will be led by millennials and people of color
How Bernie Sanders and Occupy Wall Street Cracked Open America's Political Imagination by Benjamin Dangl Published: 28 April 2016
http://www.towardfreedom.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4247:how-bernie-sanders-and-occupy-wall-street-cracked-open-america-s-political-imagination&catid=31:americas&Itemid=101
" In many ways, the influence of Occupy Wall Street is all around us. "Occupy has entered our DNA. It is in our forms of relating, organizing and being," activist and author Marina Sitrin wrote in 2014 on how the DNA of occupy has traveled, changed, and multiplied in many social movements. "No longer seen with the occupation of parks, plazas and squares, Occupy has relocated, it is in us, it is in our ways of being, relating and coming together. People are changed—feel more dignity and organize for a different world because of it," Sitrin explained. "We have created a new generation of organizers/activists who are not part of a movement to win one thing and then declare victory, but a movement that is about changing everything. And little by little this is happening.""
How Sanders Could Lay the Foundation for a Third US Political Party
Saturday, 16 April 2016 00:00By Geoff Gilbert, Truthout | Op-Ed
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/35644-how-sanders-could-lay-the-foundation-for-a-third-us-political-party
A new, independently financed political party could make Sanders' call for "political revolution" and his claim that he is trying to build a movement more than a dream boldly proclaimed by an inspiring, if not quixotic, leader. It could deliberately seek to unify our currently fragmented movement cultures and operate as a vehicle for the substantive promise of Sanders' "political revolution": deep institutional and cultural reform. Doing so, it could begin to fulfill our country's lofty aspirations: a society truly ruled by the people with meaningful input available to everyone, absent discrimination on any basis — race, gender, sexuality, nationality or religion.
Most importantly, perhaps, an independently financed party could seek to define this broad policy platform, not primarily through the input of elite power brokers funneled through the corporate-financed media and think tank complex, but with the input of grassroots leaders already engaged in building such a society.
How Progressives Can—and Must—Regain the Moral High Ground
In the South, we're building a broad, new movement rooted in right and wrong, not left and right.
By Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II January 15, 2016 thenation.com/article/how-progressives-can-and-must-reg…
"The patches of the fusion coalition in the South lie all around us: Black Lives Matter, Fight for $15, the Equality Federation, Southerners On New Ground, the ACLU, Planned Parenthood, the NAACP, and progressive churches. But progressives and liberals must learn not to throw away the moral high ground and walk away from religious discourse. At the heart of faith is love, justice, fairness, and a measure of mercy for all people. Many people get to a social ethos grounded in love by way of ethical reasoning or political tradition. But we must not write off the millions, from Baptists to Buddhists, who get there by way of a myriad of faith traditions.
"Over the past decade here in North Carolina, we have witnessed the power of moral dissent to challenge the forces of injustice. Our adversaries have hijacked the concept of morality and shifted it to such personal matters as abortion and homosexuality. But by taking back the moral high ground on issues like Medicaid, voting rights, and poverty, our Moral Mondays movement won the support of a dozen major religious denominations and rallied tens of thousands in the streets of our cities and towns."
Labor in the age of climate change
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/03/climate-labor-just-transition-green-jobs/
Bernie and Beyond 2016
by Peter Olney, for Labor for Bernie, March 26, 2016 Now is the time to unite in a new force for a democratic economy
The Chicago Teachers Union strike https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/04/chicago-teachers-union-strike-karen-lewis/
The Long March of Bernie's Army, Where it came from; where it's headed.
By Harold Meyerson, A vice-chair The Democratic Socialists of America, March 23, 2016
http://prospect.org/article/long-march-bernie%E2%80%99s-army
"Leaders of unions, community-organizing groups, minority organizations and student groups, prominent environmentalists and Sanders activists, precinct walkers and online campaigners—some longtime allies, some total strangers to one another—are "all in one large, shifting conversation," in the words of one such leader, to figure out how to build the Revolution once the Sanders campaign is done . . . they are debating ideas on how to create something—organizations, coalitions, networks, local, state, national—that can capture and build on the energy and politics that the Sanders campaign has unleashed.
The challenge of creating an enduring left out of Sanders's young supporters, who have brought the passion, energy, and numbers to his campaign, is particularly daunting.
What Does a Socialist Movement Look Like?
Elizabeth Schulte, Socialist Worker
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/36000-what-does-a-socialist-movement-look-likeSaturday, 14 May 2016 00:00
Socialism in America Is Closer Than You Think:
http://www.thenation.com/article/socialism-in-america-is-closer-than-you-think/
Experiments with public ownership are thriving across the country. The challenge is to link them and scale them up. By Gar Alperovitz, February 11, 2016
Envisioning a Major Veterans Rally
March 21, 2016 See Bernie Winaction campaign, Bernie Sanders, companion dogs, compassionate politics, hope, PTSD, tripod dogs, veteransadmin
A caution: this event would likely be most powerful if there is no campaign rhetoric at all. Not needed!
Support for veterans recovery and empowerment would be a strong first step in a sequence of celebrations of our innovation and compassion as a people. It builds upon Bernie's strong record as a Senator making veterans issues a personal and legislative priority. The rally could be broadcast live stream, via youtube, and on network time (make them complete to get it! ) Use network commercials & social media to promote it.
Bernie, Jane Sanders and Tulsi Gabbard come on stage to celebrate a series of veteran empowerment programs– a few of many examples are:
• Legal and action organizations helping veterans to avoid foreclosure.
• Operation Freedom Paws training veterans to train comfort dogs and the PTSD vets who will benefit from their companionship.
• a team of Tripod dogs (3 legged) performing with wondrous capability and ready to start visiting VA hospitals and children's hospitals. (A seed project to organize and fund. )
• Community support networks for PTSD veterans.
• A program to heal combat dogs home from war with PTSD.
This is change happening now. You tell me, how are we going to multiply these programs? Tell me how I should support this sort of grassroots support for veterans as President. Tulsi Gabbard asks for guidance on legislation she'll introduce.
With this and other similar events buying time, the campaign can test development of an action campaign organization & funding in parallel with the Campaign organization. (Discussion of Bernie's long-term agenda is balanced with action now, in order to enlist a broader range of people ready to hear that common sense set of ideas.)
Move on through other realms of grassroots innovation, creative programs in Black & Hispanic Communities; the new wave of labor organizing; social and environmental entrepreneurship; innovative schools in low income communities breaking out of the teach to the exams assembly line unlearning; breakthrough community health care programs . . .
See Bernie Win
March 21, 2016 See Bernie Winaction campaign, Bernie Sanders, Bernie's electable!, compassionate politics, hope, See Bernie Winoren
Bernie Sanders' campaign team is hard at work registering voters, getting them out to vote and hopefully rolling through the next state primaries with victories and new delegates. As I approach 85 years of life on Earth I feel that I've never seen a campaign as important as Bernie's breakthrough popularly funded campaign. His agenda for change is just plain old common sense to my ears.
I believe Bernie Sanders is sounding the wake up call to bring us out of a horrific economic, political, military, and environmental nightmare. We don't have time to sleep on under this dark cloud. I seen only common sense and common decency in Bernie's "revolution"
But what I'm hearing from many of my friends is that they need to see a sign that he knows how to achieve change at this level. They're hungry for change now, so they can be patient as Bernie moves on his major agenda once we elect him.
I've reached out to the incredible networks I've gained across my sixty years of working for the common good. We're seeing visions of how the uniqueness of Bernie's campaign could go further.
Its simple: start acting now! Call upon the movement to celebrate and support the thousands of innovative compassionate projects and programs around the country. Create channels for local and regional planning to help build the Green New Deal now.Develop a parallel action campaign organization to support and raise funds for action.
We'll detail how this action campaign could unfold, how it could support veterans, laid-off workers, workers acting to build unions, low income communities, victims of racial injustice, immigrants, middle-class families sinking into poverty . . . you name it!
See Bernie Win!
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Q: Is there a simple way to start a local web server using Java? Is there a 1liner to start a local http server in java?
With Ruby: ruby -run -e httpd -- . -p 8000
With Python: python -m SimpleHTTPServer 4000
When I searched on Java I found nothing so easy and a lot of confusing results, nothing close to the brief 1 liners above.

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5/4/17 02:22 pm :: how much of the conformance test suite does radv pass now?
3/20/17 05:26 pm :: how close to conformant is radv?
9/27/16 02:33 pm :: radv: status update or is Talos Principle rendering yet?
8/26/16 01:05 pm :: radv: status update or is dota2 working yet?
Due to lots of people telling me LJ is bad, mm'kay, I've migrated to blogspot.
how much of the conformance test suite does radv pass now?
This is effectively a pass. The Not Supported stuff isn't missing features as uneducated people are quick to spout, it's more stuff the hardware doesn't support or is pointless to expose on the hardware. (lots of image formats).
This is the results from the Vulkan CTS 1.0.2 branch, against mesa master with one patch (a workaround for some InternalErrors that CTS throws up).
Do not call the driver conformant as that is against the Khronos rules as we haven't paid or filed for approval, but the driver does now effectively pass the latest conformance test suite. I'll update on things if that changes.
how close to conformant is radv?
I spent some time staring into the results of the VK-GL-CTS test suite on radv, which contains the Vulkan 1.0 conformance tests.
In order to be conformant you have to pass all the tests on the mustpass list for the Vulkan version you want to conform to, from the branch of the test suite for that version.
That is pretty conformant (in fact it would pass as-is). However I need to clean up the patches in the branch and maybe figure out how to do some bits properly without hacks (particularly some semaphore wait tweaks), but that is most of the work done.
Thanks again to Bas and all other radv contributors.
If anyone wants to run SteamVR on top of radv, the code is all public now.
changes, and the NIR shader hack is waiting on a new SteamVR build that removes the bad use of SPIR-V.
I've run Serious SAM TFE in VR mode on this branch.
Yesterday Valve gave me a copy of DOOM for Christmas (not really for Christmas), and I got the wine bits in place from Fedora, then I spent today trying to get DOOM to render on radv.
Thanks to ParkerR on #radeon for taking the picture from his machine, I'm too lazy.
So it runs kinda, it hangs the GPU a fair bit, it misrenders some colors in some scenes, but you can see most of it. I'm not sure if I'll get back to this before next year (I'll try), but I'm pretty happy to have gotten it this far in a day, though I'm sure the next few things will me much more difficult to debug.
radv: status update or is Talos Principle rendering yet?
I fixed the last bug with instance rendering and Talos renders great on radv now.
Also with the semi-interesting branch vkQuake also renders, there are some upstream bugs that needs fixing in spirv/nir that I'm awaiting and upstream resolution on, but I've included some prelim fixes in semi-interesting for now, that'll go away when upstream fixes are decided on.
radv: status update or is dota2 working yet?
Clickbait titles for the win!
First up, massive thanks to my major co-conspirator on radv, Bas Nieuwenhuizen, for putting in so much effort on getting radv going.
Well this morning I finally found the last bug that was causing missing rendering on Dota 2. We were missing support for a compressed texture format that dota2 used. So currently dota 2 renders, I've no great performance comparison to post yet because my CPU is 5 years old, and can barely get close to 30fps with GL or Vulkan. I think we know of a couple of places that could be bottlenecking us on the CPU side. The radv driver is currently missing hyper-z (90% done), fast color clears and DCC, which are all GPU side speedups in theory. Also running the phoronix-test-suite dota2 tests works sometimes, hangs in a thread lock sometimes, or crashes sometimes. I think we have some memory corruption somewhere that it collides with.
So that isn't too bad a showing, we know some missing features are accounting for some of fails. A lot of the crashes are an assert in CTS hitting, that I don't think is a real problem.
We render most of the Sascha Willems demos fine.
I've tested the Talos Principle as well, the texture fix renders a lot more stuff on the screen, but we are still seeing large chunks of blackness where I think there should be trees in-game, the menus etc all seem to load fine.
It only has been tested on VI AMD GPUs, Polaris worked previously but something derailed it, but we should fix it once we get the finished bisect. CIK GPUs kinda work with the amdgpu kernel driver loaded. SI GPUs are nowhere yet.
(email sent to mesa-devel list).
I was waiting for an open source driver to appear when I realised I should really just write one myself, some talking with Bas later, and we decided to see where we could get.
This is the point at which we were willing to show it to others, it's not really a vulkan driver yet, so far it's a vulkan triangle demos driver.
and the Vulkan CTS smoke tests (all 4 of them one of which draws a triangle).
There is a lot of work to do, and it's at the stage where we are seeing if anyone else wants to join in at the start, before we make too many serious design decisions or take a path we really don't want to.
So far it's only been run on Tonga and Fiji chips I think, we are hoping to support radeon kernel driver for SI/CIK at some point, but I think we need to get things a bit further on VI chips first.
There is a not-interesting branch which contains all the pre-history which might be useful for someone else bringing up a vulkan driver on other hardware.
and most of the state setup from there. Bas wrote the code to connect NIR<->LLVM IR so we could reuse it in the future for SPIR-V in GL if required. It also copies AMD addrlib over, (this should be shared).
Also we don't do SPIR-V->LLVM direct. We use NIR as it has the best chance for inter shader stage optimisations (vertex/fragment combined) which neither SPIR-V or LLVM handles for us, (nir doesn't do it yet but it can).
If you want to submit bug reports, they will only be taken seriously if accompanied by working patches at this stage, and we've no plans to merge to master yet, but open to discussion on when we could do that and what would be required.
There is now a mailing list for virglrenderer library hosted at freedesktop. It is to be used for development discussion of the virgl->GL renderer library and for patches to it.
My personal repo will only be used for my own development stuff.
I'll also get a freedesktop patchwork instance set up for this asap.
I'm also contemplating bugzilla vs phabricator.
So I've still been working on the virgil3d project along with part time help from Marc-Andre and Gerd at Red Hat, and we've been making steady progress. This post is about a test harness I just finished developing for adding and debugging GL features.
So one of the more annoying issuess with working on virgil has been that while working on adding 3D renderer features or trying to track down a piglit failure, you generally have to run a full VM to do so. This adds a long round trip in your test/development cycle.
I'd always had the idea to do some sort of local system renderer, but there are some issues with calling GL from inside a GL driver. So my plan was to have a renderer process which loads the renderer library that qemu loads, and a mesa driver that hooks into the software rasterizer interfaces. So instead of running llvmpipe or softpipe I have a virpipe gallium wrapper, that wraps my virgl driver and the sw state tracker via a new vtest winsys layer for virgl.
So the virgl pipe driver sits on top of the new winsys layer, and the new winsys instead of using the Linux kernel DRM apis just passes the commands over a UNIX socket to a remote server process.
The remote server process then uses EGL and the renderer library, forks a new copy for each incoming connection and dies off when the rendering is done.
The final rendered result has to be read back over the socket, and then the sw winsys is used to putimage the rendering onto the screen.
So this system is probably going to be slower in raw speed terms, but for developing features or debugging fails it should provide an easier route without the overheads of the qemu process. I was pleasantly surprised it only took two days to pull most of this test harness together which was neat, I'd planned much longer for it!
The code lives in two halves.
Also the virglrenderer repo is standalone now, it also has a bunch of unit tests in it that are run using valgrind also, in an attempt to lock down some more corners of the API and test for possible ways to escape the host.


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Legislation Protecting Western N.C. Houseboats Passes Senate
WASHINGTON – Oversight, the Senate passed Senator Richard Burr's (R-NC) and Senator Thom Tillis' (R-NC) legislation to prevent the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) from banning houseboats on Lake Fontana and Hiwasee Lake. TVA's original proposed ban on houseboats would affect nearly 400 houseboat owners in Western North Carolina. The language was included in the Water Resources Development compromise bill which is now headed to President Obama's desk.
"This legislation will prevent the Tennessee Valley Authority from kicking people out of their homes," said Senator Burr. "I want to thank Congressman Mark Meadows for his work on this issue in the House. Many of these families have been living on the water for decades and I am glad they will get to remain in their homes."
"I'm proud the Senate was able to advance this important piece of legislation," said Senator Tillis. "I want to thank Senator Burr and Congressman Meadows for their hard work to ensure that houseboat owners on Fontana Lake won't lose their homes."
In August, Senator Burr wrote a letter to the Tennessee Valley Authority urging the agency to reconsider this proposal which would effectively ban houseboats in some parts of Western North Carolina. The full signed letter is available online here.


How the Trade War Will Impact the Shipping Industry - Specialty Freight Services Inc.
Tension between the U.S. and China surrounding trade disputes has caused some uncertainty in the shipping industry. The U.S. continues to threaten sweeping tariffs on Chinese imports, which could end up ranging from $50 billion to $450 billion.
A predictable effect of the trade war is reduced volume of cargo being shipped. For instance, according to recent data from Container Trades Statistics, volume on the Asia-Europe trade rose only 0.7 percent in the first five months of 2018 – a significant drop from the 4.4 percent and 2.9 percent growth in the same period of 2017 and 2016.
Global shipping consultancy Drewry predicts that as much as 1.8 million teu, or nearly 1% of global container traffic, could be affected by the trade war. The rise in tariffs will also undoubtedly affect container shipping rates, which will increase in response.
In anticipation of this decrease in volume, many carriers are reducing their capacity as a precaution. The three largest ocean freight groupings, THE Alliance, Ocean Alliance, and 2M, have already announced cuts on their transpacific routes. According to Alphaliner, these cuts represent 6.7% of total trade capacity, which amounts to about 21,300 teu per week.
In order to reduce the harm caused by diminishing Chinese traffic, ports may need to come up with new incentives to attract cargo from other trades. These might include better infrastructure or lower vessel landing costs.
Importers are directly affected by the new tariffs, and as such, they will need to adapt their strategies. For one, they will need to make sure they are staying up-to-date on the changes in duties. Furthermore, they may choose to change their product line as commodities such as steel and soybeans are hit the hardest by the new tariffs. They could also switch suppliers – for instance, choosing South American suppliers in favor of Chinese suppliers.


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Meet the Cambridge student-turned-astronaut about to take a giant leap into space
David Saint-Jaques will become Cambridge's first astronaut when he blasts off to the ISS in 2018
Adam Care
David Saint-Jacques
A former Cambridge student is swapping his stethoscope for a spacesuit, as he prepares to be blasted into space.
David Saint-Jaques studied astrophysics in Cambridge, and is set to put his knowledge to the test when he completes his first space mission for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).
Born in Quebec, Canada, he is a lifelong mountaineer, cyclist, skier and an avid sailor, and also holds a commercial pilot's licence.
After studying engineering physics at École polytechnique de Montréal, Canada, he gained a PhD in Cambridge in 1998.
During his graduate studies in astrophysics he developed adaptive optics and interferometry systems for the Cambridge Optical Aperture Synthesis Telescope and the William Hershel Telescope in the Canary Islands.
The 46-year-old is also a qualified medical doctor, and has practiced medicine in the remote Nunavik region of Canada.
David Saint-Jacques in the Soyuz simulator during a training session in Star City, Russia (Image: CSA)
Now he is gearing up for his next challenge, joining a Canadian crew of astronauts on board a mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
Discussing his preparations for the life-changing experience, he told CBC News his initial excitement soon faded when he realised the scale of the challenge ahead of him.
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He said: "I'm focused more than excited. I'll be excited in a year.
"I was excited a year ago for a few minutes and then I realized the magnitude of the task ahead and the magnitude of the personal challenge … because it takes a long time to become an astronaut and you're stepping into some big shoes.
David Saint-Jacques on a glaciology expedition in the Kaskawulsh Glacier, Yukon (Image: CSA)
"There were giants there before me, so that was all very sobering and humbling.
"And then I got down to work.
"I'm about a year into training already, with about a year to go.
"I'm like a mountain climber halfway up Everest: Far from base camp, far from the summit, and I have to stay focused."
CSA astronaut David Saint-Jacques during a robotics familiarization session held at the Canadian Space Agency in Quebec (Image: CSA)
'Wilderness survival training'
He was selected by the CSA in 2009, and moved to Houston to be one of 14 members of the 20th NASA astronaut class.
In 2011, he graduated from Astronaut Candidate Training, which included International Space Station (ISS) systems and procedures, spacewalks, robotics, T38-N flight training, field geology training, Russian language, and wilderness summer, winter and water survival training.
In 2016 he moved to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Texas, where he has been through a punishing series of test and challenges to prove his mettle.
David Saint-Jacques takes part in water survival training in Russia (Image: CSA)
'Every challenge has its opportunity'
Married and with three children, he said the gruelling training schedule has taken its toll on his family.
He said: "My family lives in Houston. That's where the kids were born. That's where I spend a little bit less than half my time.
"The rest of the time I'm in Moscow learning how to fly the Soyuz rocket; I'm in Japan learning about the Japanese segment of the space station; I'm in Europe learning about the European segment of the space station; and in Canada, learning robotics and various science experiments we're going to be doing.
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"My family comes to visit me. But my wife and I have a good routine.
"It's a bit of a challenge, but every challenge has its opportunity, and it's making us better people, I think."
David Saint-Jacques ready for spacewalk training at NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) in Houston (Image: CSA)
The mission, codenamed 'Perspective', is due to take off in November 2018, when David will undertake a series of experiments on board the ISS.
He will also serve as crew medical officer, ensuring the health and well-being of his crewmates.
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Russia, Ukraine to hold 1st major peace summit in years next week
Presidents Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskiy will meet in Paris on Monday.
Patrick Reevell
Rudy Giuliani travels to Ukraine to debunk Democrats' caseThe president's personal attorney, who is a key figure in the impeachment inquiry, will reportedly meet with former Ukrainian prosecutors during his trip overseas.Ukrainian Presidential Press Service via Reuters
MOSCOW -- Russia and Ukraine will hold peace talks at a summit in Paris on Monday, the first time in three years there have been high-level talks between the two countries focused on ending the war in eastern Ukraine.
The talks are taking place in the so-called "Normandy Format," with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angel Merkel mediating the negotiations. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will meet for the first time at the summit.
The Normandy group has not been held since October 2016, a reflection of how efforts to end the war have stalled, with the conflict essentially unchanged for years as soldiers and civilians continue to be killed. The war began after Russian annexed Crimea in 2014 and then seized control of two large eastern regions of Ukraine using pro-Russian separatists as proxies. Since then, 13,000 people -- about a quarter of them civilians -- have been killed more than 2 million displaced, according to the U.N.
In this Nov. 2, 2019, file photo, a Ukrainian serviceman walks up from a trench at the new line of contact in Zolote, Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine.
In this Nov. 2, 2019, file photo, a Ukrainian serviceman walks up from a trench at the new line of contact in Zolote, Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine.Evgeniy Maloletka/AP, File
Major fighting in eastern Ukraine has been halted since February 2015 when the sides accepted the so-called "Minsk Agreements." But shellings and exchanges of fire along the front line have never fully stopped as the Ukrainian army and Russian-backed rebels are dug into their trenches.
The summit is an effort to break the bloody stalemate and is as a result of a push by Zelenskiy, who won a landslide election in part on a pledge to end the war. While he has had to walk a tightrope after being thrust into the impeachment scandal around President Donald Trump, finishing the war has been Zelenskiy's top priority since the election. France's Macron has also pushed for talks -- eager for a diplomatic win with Russia.
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That the summit is taking place at all is significant. The decision to meet reflects that perhaps both Russia and Ukraine are willing to bring the fighting to a complete stop.
Ahead of the meeting, though, few believe a major breakthrough toward resolving the conflict is likely. Officials in Kyiv, Moscow and Donbass -- the traditional name for the region of eastern Ukraine -- have all recently downplayed expectations.
While Ukraine has urged ending the war, most observers have said it seems impossible the sides will be able to reconcile competing objectives.
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Sochi, Russia, on Dec. 7, 2019.
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Sochi, Russia, on Dec. 7, 2019.Sputnik via Reuters
To clear a path to the summit, Ukraine and the Russian-controlled rebels did take significant steps. Driven mostly by Zelenskiy, the sides traded of dozens of prisoners, including some of the most high-profile political prisoners held by Russia. Ukraine and then the rebels pulled troops back from front-line areas around three key towns.
But it is unclear where the two sides go after those concessions to actually bring the war to its conclusion.
One of the Kremlin's conditions for holding the summit was that Ukraine commit to the "Steinmeier Formula." Named after Germany's former foreign minister who proposed it, the formula holds that elections be held in the separatist regions and then Ukraine would regain control of the territory.
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The formula is favored by Moscow and has been highly controversial in Ukraine, because it would mean holding elections while Russia controlled the rebel areas and Russia would therefore be able to dictate the vote.
The dilemma is at the heart of what is preventing Ukraine and Russia from resolving the war. Russia's objective has been for Ukraine to reincorporate the separatist regions as part of a federation, giving them broad autonomy. In practice, that would mean leaving two Russian puppet regions in Ukraine, giving Moscow a permanent lever to block the country from joining NATO or the European Union.
That situation has been unacceptable to Kyiv and there is no sign it isn't still. Zelenskiy, having signed onto the Steinmeier Formula in October in order to obtain the summit, immediately said elections would not be held until Ukraine regains control of its border with Russia in the rebel territories. Russia, meanwhile, has insisted on elections first.
Kremlin officials and Zelenskiy himself in the past two weeks have both said publicly they believe the difference will likely not be resolved in Paris. Zelenskiy has said he also wants to discuss Crimea, which the Kremlin has said is non-negotiable.
"On the whole Russia and Ukraine are going to the summit in Paris with such contrary positions on keys aspects of resolving [the conflict], that serious progress in the 'Normandy Format' should not be expected. Not one of the sides has taken the decision to make strategic concessions on the status of Donbass. And they don't have a plan B, apart from freezing the conflict as a result of the troop withdrawal," Vladimir Frolov, an analyst and former Russian diplomat, wrote in the Russian magazine, Republic.
Ukrainian servicemen patrol near the town of Avdiivka on the front line with Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine on Nov. 28, 2019.
Ukrainian servicemen patrol near the town of Avdiivka on the front line with Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine on Nov. 28, 2019.Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images
With a final resolution to conflict looking deadlocked, the sides instead appear to have been preparing some smaller deals that they can present as results of the summit. Another large prisoner exchange is possible. Both sides have also seemed to be gathering further bargaining chips. Ukraine detained a Russian politician on Wednesday, while Russia's FSB security service arrested a woman in Crimea it accused of spying for Ukraine two weeks ago. On Saturday, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev threatened Russia and Ukraine will not be able to agree on gas transit.
Macron's office has said it believes the summit can help consolidate a ceasefire, define new areas of disengagement and allow for a new prisoner exchange.
An official at the Elysée Palace briefed reporters this week and said Macron thinks the summit can achieve the elections in the order proposed by the Steinmeier Formula and that Ukraine will take full control of its territory, except Crimea, the day after the vote.
Ukrainian officials have publicly said if the summit shows Russia is unwilling to make any genuine steps toward a final end to the conflict, they will essentially abandon the rebel areas as a lost cause and leave them to Russia.
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Andriy Yermak, a top aide of Zelenskiy, told an audience at a Chatham House event in London this week that if Ukraine finds Russia will not take steps toward fulfilling the Minsk agreements we'll be "building a wall" around Donbass.
In practice though it will be difficult to simply write off the conflict. It's also unclear what it would mean for the hundreds of thousands of people Ukraine currently still provides pensions and social payments to in the rebel zones.
Some Ukrainian officials have privately said the Zelenskiy administration's position is that it must maximally meet its side of the Minsk conditions to show its Western partners it is willing to end the war and force Moscow to show it isn't.
Some observers in Ukraine are concerned Zelenskiy's inexperienced team -- looking to make a deal -- will inadvertently concede too much to Russia. At home, Zelenskiy's acceptance of the Steinmeier Formula prompted a protest by 10,000 people in Kyiv and threats from nationalist groups.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy delivers a speech during a ceremony marking the Day of the Armed Forces in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Dec. 6, 2019.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy delivers a speech during a ceremony marking the Day of the Armed Forces in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Dec. 6, 2019.Ukrainian Presidential Press Service via Reuters
Some also worry that Ukraine might find itself pressured into concessions by Macron and Merkel, who are both eager to improve relations with Russia and to ease some sanctions on it.
"The risk is real that in order for the Paris summit to become a 'success' from a Franco-German perspective, Mr. Zelensky will come under great pressure to be 'reasonable' and to agree to compromises that will lead to 'lasting peace,'" Willem Aldershoff, a former head of unit at the European Commission, wrote in an op-ed in The Financial Times on Saturday. In practice, he wrote that might mean holding elections without Ukraine regaining control of its border or Russian and separatist troops withdrawing.
In the long-term, a freeze of the conflict seems like the most likely outcome, with the rebel regions essentially left as unrecognized states controlled by Moscow. This has been the case in Georgia following Russia's invasion in 2008, as well as Moldova.
"They don't have a plan B, apart from freezing the conflict as a result of the troop withdrawal," Frolov, the former Russian diplomat, wrote in Republic.
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Google Play Store is now a little less secure after Google banned Disconnect Mobile, privacy and security app that disables third party apps from tracking personally identifiable data of Android phone users.
From all indications, it seems the Mountain View based search giant has little concern for the privacy and security of its millions of users in favor of the marketing approaches of mobile apps that take advantage of their access to devices to manipulate sensitive data of users.
It is even more puzzling that Google decided to ban Disconnect Mobile from its app store only a few days after the app's release on grounds that the app is in particular breach of the Play Store developer agreement that prohibits the distribution of apps that intrude into the activities of other apps.
Google appears to be selecting which app it is enforcing its rule upon, though in most cases the policy is useful particularly to counter distributed denial of service attacks. But Disconnect Mobile aims virtually the same cause as any other security and privacy in Google Play do, and it puzzles many why Google singled out the app.
Personally, I would categorize Disconnect Mobile as one of my top apps from the Google app store because I want to block other apps that track my personal activities online, and Disconnect Mobile is a perfect tool to do that. Likewise, it would help protect our sensitive data from being manipulated by malicious third party eyes. As a matter of fact, Disconnect Mobile reached the echelon of most downloaded apps in Apple App Store a few days after it was launched.
Fortunately, users will still be able to sideload Disconnect Mobile if they want it installed on their mobile devices, thanks to third party app stores and to a feature in Android that enables this type of introducing apps to the ecosystem.
However, sideloading an app requires expertise and technical know-how. So how do you sideload an app, particularly the Disconnect Mobile? First, go the your device settings, click Security, proceed to "Look for the Device Administration " tab and check "Unknown Sources." Then look for the original APK file of the app through a simple Google search. Connect your handset to a computer via USB cable in order to install the APK file on your device or you can download the APK directly from the Web.
Look for the APK file you want to sideload from your Downloads folder and click the Install button. The only problem with sideloading an app is the lack of security and update, but maybe Disconnect Mobile takes leniency from that.


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from __future__ import unicode_literals

from django.db import models, migrations

class Migration(migrations.Migration):

    dependencies = [
        ('ordenes', '0005_auto_20150513_1628'),
    ]

    operations = [
        migrations.RenameField(
            model_name='concepto',
            old_name='concepto',
            new_name='nombre',
        ),
    ]

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package smoketest.actuator;

import java.util.Map;

import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;

import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.boot.test.web.client.TestRestTemplate;
import org.springframework.boot.test.web.server.LocalManagementPort;
import org.springframework.boot.test.web.server.LocalServerPort;
import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;

import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;

/**
 * Base class for integration tests with separate management and main service ports.
 *
 * @author Dave Syer
 */
abstract class AbstractManagementPortAndPathSampleActuatorApplicationTests {

	@LocalServerPort
	private int port;

	@LocalManagementPort
	private int managementPort;

	@Autowired
	private Environment environment;

	@Test
	void testHome() {
		ResponseEntity<Map<String, Object>> entity = asMapEntity(
				new TestRestTemplate("user", "password").getForEntity("http://localhost:" + this.port, Map.class));
		assertThat(entity.getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.OK);
		assertThat(entity.getBody().get("message")).isEqualTo("Hello Phil");
	}

	@Test
	void testMetrics() {
		testHome(); // makes sure some requests have been made
		ResponseEntity<Map<String, Object>> entity = asMapEntity(new TestRestTemplate()
				.getForEntity("http://localhost:" + this.managementPort + "/admin/metrics", Map.class));
		assertThat(entity.getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.UNAUTHORIZED);
	}

	@Test
	void testHealth() {
		ResponseEntity<String> entity = new TestRestTemplate().withBasicAuth("user", "password")
				.getForEntity("http://localhost:" + this.managementPort + "/admin/health", String.class);
		assertThat(entity.getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.OK);
		assertThat(entity.getBody()).isEqualTo("{\"status\":\"UP\",\"groups\":[\"comp\",\"live\",\"ready\"]}");
	}

	@Test
	void testGroupWithComposite() {
		ResponseEntity<String> entity = new TestRestTemplate().withBasicAuth("user", "password")
				.getForEntity("http://localhost:" + this.managementPort + "/admin/health/comp", String.class);
		assertThat(entity.getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.OK);
		assertThat(entity.getBody()).contains(
				"components\":{\"a\":{\"status\":\"UP\",\"details\":{\"hello\":\"spring-a\"}},\"c\":{\"status\":\"UP\",\"details\":{\"hello\":\"spring-c\"}}");
	}

	@Test
	void testEnvNotFound() {
		String unknownProperty = "test-does-not-exist";
		assertThat(this.environment.containsProperty(unknownProperty)).isFalse();
		ResponseEntity<String> entity = new TestRestTemplate().withBasicAuth("user", "password").getForEntity(
				"http://localhost:" + this.managementPort + "/admin/env/" + unknownProperty, String.class);
		assertThat(entity.getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.NOT_FOUND);
	}

	@Test
	void testMissing() {
		ResponseEntity<String> entity = new TestRestTemplate("user", "password")
				.getForEntity("http://localhost:" + this.managementPort + "/admin/missing", String.class);
		assertThat(entity.getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.NOT_FOUND);
		assertThat(entity.getBody()).contains("\"status\":404");
	}

	@Test
	void testErrorPage() {
		ResponseEntity<Map<String, Object>> entity = asMapEntity(new TestRestTemplate("user", "password")
				.getForEntity("http://localhost:" + this.port + "/error", Map.class));
		assertThat(entity.getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
		assertThat(entity.getBody().get("status")).isEqualTo(999);
	}

	@Test
	void testManagementErrorPage() {
		ResponseEntity<Map<String, Object>> entity = asMapEntity(new TestRestTemplate("user", "password")
				.getForEntity("http://localhost:" + this.managementPort + "/error", Map.class));
		assertThat(entity.getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.OK);
		assertThat(entity.getBody().get("status")).isEqualTo(999);
	}

	@SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "rawtypes" })
	static <K, V> ResponseEntity<Map<K, V>> asMapEntity(ResponseEntity<Map> entity) {
		return (ResponseEntity) entity;
	}

}


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Plaats in Pommeren

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Sunday Night NFL Preview -- Chiefs-Raiders: At the End, Who'll Be Under the Bus?
In Charles Jay
Sun, Nov 22nd, 2020 5:24:41 pm
By Charles Jay - Exclusive to OSGA
The Kansas City Chiefs hope to take a victory lap of their own on the Vegas Strip on Sunday night when they meet up with the Las Vegas Raiders.
The Kansas City Chiefs, as it turns out, weren't all that happy with the reaction of the Las Vegas Raiders when the guys in Silver and Black came into Arrowhead Stadium and pulled off an upset in Week 5.
And so maybe we'll find out how fired up that can get the defending Super Bowl champs, and exactly what they'll do about it.
The Chiefs and Raiders will battle with each other on NBC at 8:20 PM ET on Sunday night, with the game taking place at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.
Here are the NFL odds on this Sunday night game, as they are posted at BetOnline, home of Odds Booster:
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS at LAS VEGAS RAIDERS, 8:20 PM ET
NFL Sunday Night Odds
Kansas City Chiefs -7.5 (-105)
Las Vegas Raiders +7.5 (-115)
Over 56 Points -114
Under 56 Points -106
Here's the back story with that first meeting - after the Raiders toppled the Chiefs 40-32, ending KC's 13-game win streak, Jon Gruden's team was so beside itself that it hopped in the team bus and took a victory lap around Arrowhead.
This was not well-received by Andy Reid, who explained that "it's not our style." Meaning that it is no acceptable to them on any level.
Gruden pivoted quickly when he was asked about it at a press conference. He actually, well, threw the bus driver under the bus, in effect blaming it on him.
I'm not sure that makes any difference to the Chiefs. But the more pertinent question here is, will it make any difference in what happens in the game?
NFL bettors should probably pay attention to stuff like this. We say that because the urge for payback can sometimes prompt that extra time out to add that extra TD you want to score when the game has already been decided. When you are in revenge mode, you're not exactly all that interested in winning by a single point as a 7.5-point favorite.
If you want to make a fundamental argument, both sides have a case. The Raiders, who are 6-3, are right there in the playoff mix, as they were tied with Miami and Baltimore for wild card spots at the beginning of play on Sunday. So they have obviously done some things right. A case in point would be Derek Carr, who's been to three Pro Bowls as a quarterback, threw for 347 yards in the first meeting, and has tossed only two INT's all season.
But guess what? Patrick Mahomes has him beat there.
Nick Foles, the former Chief QB and Super Bowl MVP, had 27 TD's and two interceptions in 2013. Well, Mahomes has thrown for 25 touchdowns with only ONE interception.
The Chiefs aren't running the ball any more frequently, really, than they did last season. But they have an impressive lead back. Clyde Edwards-Helaire has averaged 4.7 yards a carry, and of course he catches passes, which was one thing Mahomes and Reid loved about him when they had the chance to draft him.
One thing KC is doing about the same is defending against the run, as they're surrendering 4.8 yards per carry. Yes, that creates an opening for Josh Jacobs to do some business; the Raiders had 203 rush yards against Denver last week.
But we have to follow Reid, in the sense that he has proven to be so successful when coming off a bye week, winning 18 of 21 games (that's with the Chiefs and Eagles). And the Chiefs are truly road warriors (is it politically correct to say such a thing?), as they have an 8-0 SU, 7-1 ATS run going.
Yeah, we're laying points, but what does Las Vegas really derive out of this "home field advantage"? Tampa Bay ripped them at Allegiant already. And the Raiders had to take ten of their defensive players out of practice this week because of Covid concerns (at least seven of them were taken off the list). Gruden hates that kind of distraction.
OK- it's payback and KANSAS CITY.
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How Veterans Impact the Culture at Boingo Wireless
by Brendan Meyer
Every day this November, employees at Boingo Wireless are dropping and doing 22 pushups.
It's part of an initiative for Veterans Day at the Los Angeles internet company, where staff members are coming together to bring awareness to the 22 veterans lost to suicide every day, a number that's based off of data collected by the Department of Veterans Affairs from 2012.
Fernando Valdivia is one of the organizers of the event. The IT supervisor is also a proud U.S. Army veteran and a founding member of the company's employee resource group Boingo Veterans. The group takes on volunteer projects and works with organizations like Veterans Job Exchange and Vets2PM, which support veterans in their civilian career path.
For Valdivia, doing 22 pushups every day this November is a chance to shed light on an important issue.
"It's a small gesture to raise awareness and educate others on mental health," he said.
Boingo wireless
Fernando Valdivia
IT Supervisor
At Boingo Wireless, Valdivia feels like he's giving back to the veteran and military community, of which he himself is a part of. The internet company is the largest provider of Wi-Fi and IPTV broadband services for the barracks and dorms on U.S. Army, Air Force and Marines bases around the world. It also supports a variety of veteran organizations.
What steps has your company taken to hire more veterans?
Some of our most talented Boingoites are veterans. I'm proud to be one of them and work for a company where veterans are represented and help shape the culture. We work with organizations like Veterans Job Exchange and Vets2PM to build our workforce and support veterans in their civilian career path. Leadership, creativity, problem solving and the ability to adapt are just a few of the traits veterans possess. It's these traits that translate well for moving Boingo's business forward.
It's rewarding to work for a company that innovates solutions to help keep our troops connected.''
What internal resources do you have in place to support and empower the veterans on your team?
Our resources start from the top with veteran executives who apply their military leadership skills, like accountability and strong work ethic, to the way we do business. We also have Boingo Veterans, an employee resource group that offers mentoring and support and takes on volunteer projects like food and clothing drives for veterans in need. I'm a founding member of the group and help lead events around Military Appreciation Month and Veterans Day.
This year for Veterans Day, we're organizing the "22 Pushup Challenge," where Boingoites do 22 pushups per day throughout the month of November to bring awareness to the 22 veterans lost to suicide every day. It's a small gesture to raise awareness and educate others on mental health.
Veterans Job Exchange matches veterans with employers and provides resume and career advice. Vets2PM offers military veterans a transition program that prepares them for project management careers.
What external initiatives do you support or have in place that help bring more veterans into the tech industry?
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shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted.
think it possible you may be mistaken.
on a mission to rescue their specific missing loved one.
is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.
in fact do markedly better in their SAT tests.
It's very dependent on your state of mind.
And your emotional state as well.
have that much control with it.
because it is a merger of state and corporate power.
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Q: Pandas DataFrame table's styling in Django view In a Django application I create a DataFrame, later on I transform it to html and pass to the view
table = df.to_html(index=False)
return render(request, 'results.html',{'table': table})

In results.html I add that table
{{ table|safe }}

And I get this table.
Table in Django's view. Is there a way to add styling to it in the template? I would like to add some spacing between text and borders, as well as making titles for the columns centered.

A: You can style the elements as normal with CSS.
table {
    max-width: 50vw
    ....
}

Or style whichever elements you want to

A: To change the style of a dataframe html you set it in the view file using the style attribute.
Here I'm using a standard bootstrap table which I import in my base.html file
Bootstrap docs:
https://getbootstrap.com/docs/4.0/content/tables/
Panda's Documentation: https://pandas.pydata.org/docs/reference/api/pandas.io.formats.style.Styler.set_table_attributes.html
import pandas as pd

def table_view(request):
    df = """create dataframe from data"""

    table = df.style.set_table_attributes('class="table table-dark"')

    return render(request, 'results.html',{'table': table.to_html()})


Try this angel food cake icing recipe!
Mix the cornstarch and sugar. Add milk and egg yolk. Cook until thick, stirring constantly. Add vanilla.
Cool until COLD. Cream the butter and powdered sugar. Add cold custard. Beat 20 minutes.


Moving lower for the 4th day in a row, AUDUSD ended Monday at 0.7062 losing 26 pips (-0.37%). Today's close at 0.7062 marks the lowest recorded closing price since January 3rd. Trading 19 pips higher after the open, the FX pair was unable to hold its gains as the bears took control ending the day below its opening price. Closing within the previous day's range, prices missed to decisively move beyond the prior day's trading range.
Monday's trading range has been 51 pips (0.72%), that's slightly below the last trading month's daily average range of 61 pips. Things look different on the weekly timeframe, where the market's trading range of the last week has been above the market's average weekly trading range. The longer-term, monthly volatility is currently significantly lower than usual for AUDUSD.
In a volatile session, prices traded above the previous day's high as well as below the prior day's low, forming a bearish Outside Bar. The last time this happened on January 24th, AUDUSD actually gained 1.25% on the following trading day. Additionally, one bearish candlestick pattern matches today's price action, the Black Candle.
Prices broke below the key technical support level at 0.7078 (now R1), which is likely to act as resistance going forward. After having been unable to move lower than 0.7061 in the previous session, the market found buyers again around the same price level today at 0.7057.
Among the nine market conditions that our pattern recognition engine identified today, the statistics for the Price Action based market condition "Down Close Near Low of Period" stand out. Though it is usually interpreted as bearish, it has actually shown to be bullish for AUD/USD. Out of 518 times, AUDUSD closed higher 57.14% of the time on the next trading day after the market condition occurred. The optimal exit for swing trading this condition on the long side has been after 10 trading days, showing a win rate of 53.86% with an average market move of 0.26%.
Find out what happened when Australian Dollar/US Dollar traded like this in the past. See the odds for each technical pattern with expected gain and loss.


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Q: Kafka Stream to Spark Stream using PySpark We have Kafka stream which use Avro. I need to connect it to Spark Stream using python.
I used bellow code to do that:
kvs = KafkaUtils.createDirectStream(ssc, topic, {'bootstrap.servers': brokers}, valueDecoder=decoder)

Then I got bellow error.

An error occurred while calling o44.awaitTermination.
2018-10-11 15:58:01 INFO  DAGScheduler:54 - Job 3 failed: runJob at PythonRDD.scala:149, took 1.403049 s
2018-10-11 15:58:01 INFO  JobScheduler:54 - Finished job streaming job 1539253680000 ms.0 from job set of time 1539253680000 ms
2018-10-11 15:58:01 ERROR JobScheduler:91 - Error running job streaming job 1539253680000 ms.0
org.apache.spark.SparkException: An exception was raised by Python:
  Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/XXXXXX/spark2/python/lib/pyspark.zip/pyspark/streaming/util.py", line 65, in call
r = self.func(t, *rdds)
File "/XXXXXX/spark2/python/lib/pyspark.zip/pyspark/streaming/dstream.py", line 171, in takeAndPrint
taken = rdd.take(num + 1)
File "/XXXXXX/spark2/python/lib/pyspark.zip/pyspark/rdd.py", line 1375, in take
res = self.context.runJob(self, takeUpToNumLeft, p)
File "/XXXXXX/spark2/python/lib/pyspark.zip/pyspark/context.py", line 1013, in runJob
sock_info = self._jvm.PythonRDD.runJob(self._jsc.sc(), mappedRDD._jrdd, partitions)
File "/XXXXXX/spark2/python/lib/py4j-0.10.7-src.zip/py4j/java_gateway.py", line 1257, in call
answer, self.gateway_client, self.target_id, self.name)
File "/XXXXXX/spark2/python/lib/py4j-0.10.7-src.zip/py4j/protocol.py", line 328, in get_return_value
format(target_id, ".", name), value)
Py4JJavaError: An error occurred while calling z:org.apache.spark.api.python.PythonRDD.runJob.
  : org.apache.spark.SparkException: Job aborted due to stage failure: Task 0 in stage 3.0 failed 4 times, most recent failure: Lost task 0.3 in stage 3.0 (TID 8, gen-CLUSTER_NODE, executor 2): org.apache.spark.SparkException: Couldn't connect to leader for topic TOPIC_NAME 1: java.nio.channels.ClosedChannelException

However before this error display on terminal and terminate the process i was able to get print a RDD by using bellow code
kvs.pprint()

What is leader? How can we over come this?


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Q: Coding best practice display name vs internal name in itemUpdated event receiver In an itemupdated event receiver, when referring to list fields, is it better to use the field's internal name, or its display name?
Is there a clear guideline or best practice, or is this a subjective discussion?

A: As per my suggestion, Better to use field's internal name, in future if you may rename your field that doesnot affect the field which you updating on it. because field's internal name never change so no need to update code, whereas display name changed on rename field, so you need to update the code as per you define(renamed) field name


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Art Paris, One of Europe's First In-Person Fairs in Six Months, Shows Surprisingly Positive Signs for the Art Market
All eyes were on Paris this weekend as Art Paris kicked off its 2020 edition in the Grand Palais. The art fair is among the first major art market events in Europe since the coronavirus shutdowns forced a slew of cancelations six months ago. As such, many are looking to […]
All eyes were on Paris this weekend as Art Paris kicked off its 2020 edition in the Grand Palais.
The art fair is among the first major art market events in Europe since the coronavirus shutdowns forced a slew of cancelations six months ago. As such, many are looking to it as a test of the market. With dealers reporting good sales from an energetic local market, the fair could be a positive sign for the fall art season ahead.
After TEFAF Maastricht was forced to close early due to an outbreak of the virus in March, the bigger European fairs have, understandably, been reluctant to resume in-person business. Art Basel pulled the plug on both its flagship edition in Switzerland as well as its Miami fair in December, and Frieze cancelled its London fairs. But after calling off the fair's planned edition in Spring, Art Paris organizers were able to poach the cancelled Biennale Paris's September slot in the Grand Palais, and decided to seize the moment.
The fair went ahead on September 10 through 13, offering a model of what a socially distanced art fair could look like, with controlled crowd flow and attendees capped at 3,000 at a time in the main thoroughfare under the cavernous glass roof. Nonetheless, it welcomed some 56,931 visitors, just 10 percent fewer than last year.
Art Paris 2020 at the Grand Palais. Image courtesy Art Paris.
While some 38 galleries including Galerie ETC and Sator pulled out of the fair, the scaled-back iteration still included 112 participants. It also reported a 25 percent higher number of collectors and institution heads than last year, with some 30 museum groups attending. It boasted celebrity sightings including the French First Lady Brigitte Macron and the French actor Catherine Frot.
A Temperature Check For the Market
Buoyed By a Local Energy
The executive director of France's Galerie Templon, Anne-Claudie Coric, tells Artnet News that nerves were high on opening day as participating gallerists waited to see if anyone would turn up. "When we started seeing all of our collectors, everyone happy and wearing masks, it was an exhilarating experience," Coric says. She adds that the extended VIP hours, which took place each day from 10 until noon to avoid the crowds of a single day, were "very active," and that all visitors were disciplined when it came to using masks and hand sanitizer.
People look at artworks during the preview of the 22nd edition of the Art Paris art fair at the Grand Palais in Paris, on September 9, 2020. Photo by Thomas Samson/AFP via Getty Images.
This "unexpected success" was compounded by commercial gains. The gallery sold more than a dozen works ranging between €25,000 and €80,000 (around $30,000-$90,000), including a Jitish Kallat painting for $50,000, two works by Abdelkader Benchamma in the €40,000 range (around $48,000), as well as works by Pierre et Gilles priced at €60,000 ($71,000) and Gregory Crewdson ($80,000).
"We sold mostly to our long-time French collectors, but we also met a nice group of new clients, which is very promising for the future," Coric said, adding that the fair was proof of the strength and dynamism of the French market.
In the past, Art Paris has been criticized for being too local. Yet its local flavor has proven to be an asset in a time when, with cases rising in France, traveling across borders is not easy. In a typical year, less than a quarter of the fair's visitors came from outside France, so sales do not depend on visits from international collectors.
Participating galleries at the Palais reported that French collectors were hungry to buy, and several galleries reported new relationships were formed at the fair. Returning Paris galleries included Galerie Nathalie Obadia, which was offering work by Turner Prize winner Laure Prouvost alongside work by Guillaume Bresson and Valérie Belin, among others.
Obadia tells Artnet News that the gallery was "very happy" with the test run, and even closed out a more profitable fair than last year. "We have learnt to work wearing a mask for 10 hours, and to recognize our collectors even if we do not see all their faces," Obadia says. Her gallery closed more than 20 sales, mostly to French collectors, for works ranging in price from €10,000 ($12,000) to €200,000 ($238,000) for a work by Shirley Jaffe. She added that a third of sales were made to new collectors.
A general view of the atmosphere during 2020 Art Paris Art Fair: Preview at Grand Palais on September 9, in Paris, France. Photo by Foc Kan/WireImage.
International heavyweight Perrotin took part in the fair for the first time this year, showing works including a new photograph by JR of an intervention the street artist made during lockdown on the streets of Paris. The gallery tells Artnet News that it sold its JR works for prices ranging between €40,000 and €50,000 ($48,000–$59,000), as well as some drawings and sculptures by the Sweden-based artist Klara Kristalova ranging between €3,000 and €35,000 ($3,500–$42,000) and sculptures by Jean-Michel Othoniel for €120,000 ($143,000).
While there remains a travel ban on those coming from the US to the European Union, there were still some international attendees. Galleries from 15 countries were represented, and 21 of them without any base in France.
Canadian dealer Christopher Cutts travelled from Toronto to be at the fair to showcase the work of Xiao Guo Hui in a solo presentation, and the gambit paid off. By the second day of the fair, the gallery had already placed five of the six paintings with collectors. Cutts closed the fair with a sold out booth.
Visitors look at the sculpture 'Noeud Sauvage' by French artist Jean-Michel Othoniel during the preview of the 22nd edition of the Art Paris art fair at the Grand Palais in Paris, on September 9, 2020. Photo by Thomas Samson/AFP via Getty Images.
Younger galleries taking part in the fair also reported good sales. Pauline Pavec sold around 30 works for prices between €2,900 and €3,900 ($3,400–$4,600). African art galleries also performed well, with Afikaris selling works by all of its artists, including all of its works by the Cameroonian artist Jean David Nkot, priced at €15,000 (about $18,000). The Abidjan-based Véronique Rieffel gallery also found a buyer for a "survival kit" by the Togolese artist Clay Apenouvon for €25,000 (about $30,000).
The results of the fair are largely being taken as a sign of recovery in the market—a recovery the fair is hoping to bolster by donating ticket sales, which amount to some €110,000 ($131,000), to support young French galleries that are struggling financially because of the crisis.
While the Paris market seems to be strong enough to support a local fair, it is unclear whether this energy will be enough to support a more international contemporary art fair in the French capital. News about whether FIAC will go ahead as planned in October is expected any day now.
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A new film of the play Fibres by Frances Poet will reunite the original cast and creative team of the 2019 theatre production. Thanks to funding from Creative Scotland's Performing Arts Venue Relief Fund, the Citizens Theatre will present two new films of popular past productions, bringing theatre to homes across Glasgow and Scotland while audiences cannot attend […]
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To celebrate Prince Charles' 70th birthday, Prince William and Prince Harry have been interviewed for a documentary about their father. Naturally, the princes used the interview as an opportunity to reveal some of their most embarrassing moments with their dad.
Per royal correspondent Hannah Furness for The Telegraph, William and Harry discuss Prince Charles' passion for cleaning up the planet in the new interview, and how their dad has influenced them over the years. In fact, Prince Harry and Prince William reveal that they got teased at school for 'picking up rubbish', a commendable habit which their dad inspired.
Prince Harry said, 'I used to get taken the mickey out of at school for picking up rubbish. I didn't go out consciously looking for it but when you go for walks anywhere and you see something and it stands out, you pick it up.' And when it comes to picking up rubbish, Prince William describes the unusual holidays they had as children.
Per The Telegraph, William reveals, 'He took us litter picking when we were younger... We thought this is perfectly normal, everyone must do it. We were there with our spikes stabbing the rubbish into black plastic bags.' And while this might seem like a slightly unusual holiday activity, it clearly had a lasting impact on both of Charles' sons.


Meanwhile, Public Works staff are reaching out to property owners to identify why some people aren't connecting and to help them hook up.
They speculate that some haven't yet connected because contractors are backed up, and they're on a waiting list. Some live out of town and aren't fully aware of the obligations. Others may dig their heels in, in opposition to the sewer. Others simply can't afford it.
The cost to install a lateral connection from a property to the sewer system can run from $2,500 to $15,000, depending on the difficulty of the job. On top of that one-time expense, residents pay an average of $165 a month to pay for the sewer system and will be paying additional fees based on use.
Although neither the state nor the county plan to issue fines anytime soon, the impact of the mounting costs of the sewer coupled with the threat of monetary penalties has raised questions about housing affordability in the coastal town. Some low-income households that don't qualify for a county program may consider selling their homes.
"It's a challenge," said Mark Hutchinson, deputy director of county Public Works.
Those who don't qualify for the low-income program may be able to work with a private company on financing options, like taking out a second mortgage on their home.
But "not everyone is in the position to get money out of their house. Those are the people that end up selling out," Hutchinson said.
County Supervisor Bruce Gibson said he has directed county staff to work closely with homeowners one-on-one toward a solution that they can afford.
"I care very much about keeping folks in their homes in Los Osos, and we have a variety of techniques we're going to employ to try and make that happen," Gibson said.
Those who haven't yet hooked up are violating a prohibition on discharging waste water enacted by the state in 1983 when it was found that an excess of septic systems was to blame for increased nitrates in the groundwater that can be dangerous to human health.
"State law specifies a maximum penalty of $5,000 per day of violation of the prohibition. That can add up quickly to a very large amount of money," said Harvey Packard, supervising engineer with the Central Coast water board.
State fines are likely far down the road. It's an administrative process that involves quite a few steps, including a notice of violation and then a complaint. And property owners could contest the penalty.
County fines for violating county municipal codes start at $100 a day and whether the accused does not respond or takes no action within the month, the fine bumps up to $500 a day.


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Hans Hermann Ludwig von Reuter (9 February 1869 – 18 December 1943) was a German admiral who commanded the High Seas Fleet when it was interned at Scapa Flow in the north of Scotland at the end of World War I. On 21 June 1919 he ordered the scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow to prevent the UK from seizing the ships.

Early life

Reuter was born in Guben into a Prussian military family. His father, a colonel in the army, was killed in the Franco-Prussian War. In 1885, he became a cadet in the Imperial German Navy at the instigation of his mother. As a midshipman at the age of 17, he was promoted to Unterleutnant zur See in 1888. By 1910, he was a Kapitän zur See, commanding the armored cruiser .

World War I

Two months after the outbreak of World War I, he was made captain of the battlecruiser , which he also commanded during the Battle of Dogger Bank. In September 1915, he became commodore and commanding officer of the Fourth Scouting Group of five light cruisers (, , , , ), leading the group during the Battle of Jutland. Promoted to Konteradmiral in November 1916, he was placed in command of the Second Reconnaissance Group, a fleet of six light cruisers including his flagship . He commanded the group during the mine sweeping operation that led to the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight in November 1917. Faced with a surprise attack by a numerically superior force of British ships, he successfully withdrew his group under fire to the protection of the battleships  and . Reuter was appointed commander, Reconnaissance Forces and I Scouting Group in August 1918, succeeding Franz von Hipper.

Scuttling of the German High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow

After the armistice that ended World War I, Konteradmiral von Reuter was requested to take command of the fleet that was to be interned at Scapa Flow until its final disposition would be decided at Versailles. Admiral Franz von Hipper, commander-in-chief of the High Seas Fleet, had refused to lead his ships into internment. He thus protested against the seizing of the fleet by Britain and its relocation to a British war harbour instead of a neutral location, as had been agreed initially.

As the final deadline neared for the German delegation to sign the Treaty of Versailles, Reuter anticipated that his ships would be handed over to the victorious Allies. To prevent this, he ordered all 74 ships scuttled on 21 June 1919, using an unusual flag signal previously agreed upon. Unbeknownst to the British, all ships had long ago been prepared for this action. Within five hours, 10 battleships, five battlecruisers, five light cruisers, and 32 destroyers sank in Scapa Flow. The battleship , the three light cruisers , , and , and 14 destroyers were beached when British watch personnel were able to intervene in time and tow them to shallow water. Only four destroyers remained afloat. Nine Germans were killed by British soldiers either aboard some of the ships (including Walter Schumann, the captain of ) or some of their lifeboats, while flying a white flag – the last German war deaths of World War I.

Reuter was vilified in Britain and made a prisoner of war, along with the other 1,773 officers and men of the fleet's remaining rump crews. In Germany, he was celebrated as a hero who had protected the honour of the navy. While most of the imprisoned Germans were soon returned to Germany, Reuter was among several who remained imprisoned in Britain. He was eventually released and finally returned to Germany in late January 1920.

Later life

Five months after his return from Britain, Reuter was requested to hand in his resignation from the Navy. The Treaty of Versailles forced Germany to drastically reduce the size of its navy leaving Reuter without a suitable command, given his rank and age. Moving to Potsdam, he eventually became a state councillor. He also wrote a book on the scuttling of the High Fleet, Scapa Flow: Grave of the German Fleet. On 29 August 1939, he was made full admiral by Hitler to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Battle of Tannenberg.

Death

Reuter died in Potsdam of a heart attack on 18 December 1943.

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