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var expect       = require('expect.js');
var EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
var path         = require('path');
var dirmap       = require('dirmap');
var fixtures     = dirmap(path.resolve(__dirname, '../fixtures'), true);
var Detector     = require('../../lib/detector.js');

describe('Detector', function() {
  // Used to test emitted events
  var found;
  var listener = function(magicNumber) {
    found.push(magicNumber);
  };

  beforeEach(function() {
    found = [];
  });

  describe('constructor', function() {
    it('inherits from EventEmitter', function() {
      expect(new Detector()).to.be.an(EventEmitter);
    });

    it('accepts an array of file paths', function() {
      var filePaths = ['path1.js', 'path2.js'];
      var detector = new Detector(filePaths);

      expect(detector._filePaths).to.be(filePaths);
    });

    it('accepts a boolean to enforce the use of const', function() {
      var detector = new Detector([], {
        enforceConst: true
      });
      expect(detector._enforceConst).to.be(true);
    });

    it('accepts an array of numbers to ignore', function() {
      var ignore = [1, 2, 3.4];
      var detector = new Detector([], {
        ignore: ignore
      });
      expect(detector._ignore).to.be(ignore);
    });
  });

  describe('run', function() {
    it('is compatible with callbacks', function(done) {
      var detector = new Detector([fixtures.emptyFile]);
      detector.run(function(err) {
        done(err);
      });
    });

    it('is compatible with promises', function(done) {
      var detector = new Detector([fixtures.emptyFile]);
      detector.run().then(function() {
        done();
      }).catch(done);
    });

    it('returns an Error if not given an array of file paths', function(done) {
      var detector = new Detector();
      detector.run().catch(function(err) {
        expect(err).to.be.an(Error);
        expect(err.message).to.be('filePaths must be a non-empty array of paths');
        done();
      });
    });
  });

  it('emits end on completion, passing the number of files parsed', function(done) {
    var detector = new Detector([fixtures.emptyFile, fixtures.singleVariable]);
    detector.on('end', function(numFiles) {
      expect(numFiles).to.be(2);
      done();
    });

    detector.run().catch(done);
  });

  it('emits no events when parsing an empty file', function(done) {
    var detector = new Detector([fixtures.emptyFile]);
    detector.on('found', listener);

    detector.run().then(function() {
      expect(found).to.be.empty();
      done();
    }).catch(done);
  });

  it('emits no events when the file contains only named constants', function(done) {
    var detector = new Detector([fixtures.singleVariable]);
    detector.on('found', listener);

    detector.run().then(function() {
      expect(found).to.be.empty();
      done();
    }).catch(done);
  });

 it('emits no events for literals assigned to object properties', function(done) {
    var detector = new Detector([fixtures.objectProperties]);
    detector.on('found', listener);

    detector.run().then(function() {
      expect(found).to.have.length(2);
      expect(found[0].value).to.be('4');
      expect(found[1].value).to.be('5');
      done();
    }).catch(done);
  });

 it('emits no events for literals used in AssignmentExpressions', function(done) {
    var detector = new Detector([fixtures.assignmentExpressions]);
    detector.on('found', listener);

    detector.run().then(function() {
      expect(found).to.have.length(0);
      done();
    }).catch(done);
  });

  it('emits no events for numbers marked by ignore:line', function(done) {
    var detector = new Detector([fixtures.lineIgnore]);
    detector.on('found', listener);

    detector.run().then(function() {
      expect(found).to.be.empty();
      done();
    }).catch(done);
  });

  it('emits no events between ignore:start / ignore:end', function(done) {
    var detector = new Detector([fixtures.blockIgnore]);
    detector.on('found', listener);

    detector.run().then(function() {
      expect(found).to.be.empty();
      done();
    }).catch(done);
  });

  it('emits a "found" event containing a magic number, when found', function(done) {
    var detector = new Detector([fixtures.secondsInMinute]);
    detector.on('found', listener);

    detector.run().then(function() {
      expect(found).to.have.length(1);
      expect(found[0].value).to.be('60');
      expect(found[0].file.substr(-18)).to.be('secondsInMinute.js');
      expect(found[0].startColumn).to.be(9);
      expect(found[0].endColumn).to.be(11);
      expect(found[0].fileLength).to.be(4);
      expect(found[0].lineNumber).to.be(2);
      expect(found[0].lineSource).to.be('  return 60;');
      expect(found[0].contextLines).to.eql([
        'function getSecondsInMinute() {', '  return 60;', '}'
      ]);
      expect(found[0].contextIndex).to.eql(1);
      done();
    }).catch(done);
  });

  it('correctly emits hex and octal values', function(done) {
    var detector = new Detector([fixtures.hexOctal]);
    detector.on('found', listener);

    detector.run().then(function() {
      expect(found).to.have.length(3);
      expect(found[0].value).to.be('0x1A');
      expect(found[1].value).to.be('0x02');
      expect(found[2].value).to.be('071');
      done();
    }).catch(done);
  });

  it('skips unnamed constants within the ignore list', function(done) {
    var detector = new Detector([fixtures.ignore], {
      ignore: [0]
    });
    detector.on('found', listener);

    detector.run().then(function() {
      expect(found).to.have.length(1);
      expect(found[0].value).to.be('1');
      done();
    }).catch(done);
  });

  it('ignores the shebang at the start of a file', function(done) {
    var detector = new Detector([fixtures.shebang]);
    detector.on('found', listener);

    detector.run().then(function() {
      expect(found).to.have.length(1);
      expect(found[0].lineNumber).to.be(4);
      expect(found[0].value).to.be('100');
      done();
    }).catch(done);
  });

  describe('with detectObjects set to true', function() {
    it('emits a "found" event for object literals', function(done) {
      var detector = new Detector([fixtures.objectLiterals], {
        detectObjects: true
      });
      detector.on('found', listener);

      detector.run().then(function() {
        expect(found).to.have.length(1);
        expect(found[0].value).to.be('42');
        done();
      }).catch(done);
    });

    it('emits a "found" event for property assignments', function(done) {
      var detector = new Detector([fixtures.objectProperties], {
        detectObjects: true
      });
      detector.on('found', listener);

      detector.run().then(function() {
        expect(found).to.have.length(4);
        expect(found[0].value).to.be('2');
        expect(found[1].value).to.be('3');
        expect(found[2].value).to.be('4');
        expect(found[3].value).to.be('5');
        done();
      }).catch(done);
    });
  });

  describe('with enforceConst set to true', function() {
    it('emits a "found" event for variable declarations', function(done) {
      var detector = new Detector([fixtures.constVariable], {
        enforceConst: true
      });
      detector.on('found', listener);

      detector.run().then(function() {
        expect(found).to.have.length(1);
        expect(found[0].value).to.be('10');
        done();
      }).catch(done);
    });

    it('emits a "found" event for object expressions', function(done) {
      var detector = new Detector([fixtures.constObject], {
        enforceConst: true
      });
      detector.on('found', listener);

      detector.run().then(function() {
        expect(found).to.have.length(1);
        expect(found[0].value).to.be('10');
        done();
      }).catch(done);
    });
  });
});


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President's AGM Report
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Chris Thomson Awarded Tennis Victoria Highly Commended Tennis Service Award
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Canterbury Tennis Club News
A member of the Canterbury Tennis Club for over 35 years, Chris Thomson has received a Tennis Victoria Highly Commended Tennis Service Award for his outstanding contribution and effort over a long period of time.
The award aims to recognise volunteers for their outstanding and exemplary service to the sport, with only a select number presented each year.
Chris has held a number of positions over his time at the Canterbury Tennis Club, spending 25 years on the committee, as well as two separate stints as club president. Between 1997 and 2009, Chris was the Junior Convenor, where he increased the amount of junior teams from eight to 20. As the Canterbury Tennis Club only had four courts available for use, Chris sourced extra venues so all matches could be completed.
As Team Manager of the Eastern Region Tennis Association, Chris helped run the Tennis Victoria Metropolitan and Regional Team Events, as well as assisting with the Eastern Region Tennis Association's Annual Tournament.
Described as the 'go to' person at the Canterbury Tennis Club if something needs to be fixed or completed, Chris is a worthy recipient of the Tennis Victoria Highly Commended Tennis Service Award for his outstanding contribution to his club and the sport.
The Highly Commended Service Award recognises those who have demonstrated their contribution to the sport of tennis through outstanding and exemplary service to any one or more of Tennis Victoria's affiliated tennis clubs and/or associations and/or member organisations. Service to other tennis related bodies may also be recognised.
Originally published by Tennis Victoria
Since 1896, Canterbury Tennis Club has been committed to providing members with a welcoming, safe and enjoyable sporting experience. This dedication has translated to the Club being recognised as one of Tennis Victoria's Top 50 Clubs.
Situated along Croydon Road in Surrey Hills, the Club is nestled beside Canterbury Sports Ground, roughly 150m from Chatham train station.
Club's Location
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New details have been revealed about what to expect on the day a military flypast will roar over the skies of Sheffield to mark 75 years since the Mi Amigo plane crash tragedy.
It is believed the crew was attempting to make an emergency landing on the field in the park, but upon witnessing Tony Foulds and his friends on the grass, diverted and crashed into a nearby wooded area, saving the children's lives.
The story of how Tony has dealt with deep-seated guilt over the crash and spent several decades tending to the memorial to the brave crew has captured the hearts of the nation in recent weeks.
The 82-year-old grandfather-of-four, from Lowedges, successfully campaigned for a flypast to mark 75 years since the crash and military aircraft will roar over the skies of the city on Friday, February 22.
Sheffield City Council has now released specific details about what will happen on the day.
Members of the public are advised to arrive at the park from 7.15am and the best place to see the flypast will be on the big field.
The BBC will be broadcasting live from around 6am to 9.15am and there will be a big screen up close to the cafe.
A memorial service will take place from around 8am with a bugler playing one verse of Amazing Grace.
There will also be a reading from St John's Gospel by a representative of the Royal British Legion and a bugler will then play the Last Post and Reveille.
The flypast is set to follow at 8.45am.
The flypast is dependent on weather conditions and mission requirements, but the United States Air Force ad Royal Air Force is anticipating using a unique variety of aircraft from bases at RAF Lakenheath, RAF Mildenhall and RAF Coningsby.
It is believed these aircraft will include an F-15 fighter jet, plus Ospreys, Typhoons and a Dakota.
Due to air space regulations, these aircraft will not fly in one combined formation together but it still promises to be an impressive display of air power.
Buses for Sheffield and Stagecoach Supertram are offering free travel for armed forces personnel and veterans.
Eligible customers are urged to show a current forces ID card or wear a HM Armed Forces Veterans badge to get free travel on the day.
In addition, the authority has pledged to use the hashtags #turnupfortony and #sheffieldflypast on Twitter to keep people informed in the lead up to the event.
Councillor Mary Lea, cabinet member for culture, parks and leisure, said: "This is going to be a truly memorable day in Sheffield's history and we are looking forward to welcoming our friends from the US to pay tribute to this remarkable crew who gave their lives so bravely during the Second World War.


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public class SKVersionInformation
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.lang.Comparable

Class for keeping map versioning information

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SKVersionInformation(int versionNumber,
                    int minRevisionNumber,
                    java.lang.String torURL,
                    java.lang.String routerService,
                    java.lang.String routerVersion,
                    java.lang.String nameBrowserService,
                    java.lang.String nameBrowserVersion)

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int
compareTo(java.lang.Object objToBecompared)

int
getMinRevisionNumber()

java.lang.String
getNameBrowserService()

java.lang.String
getNameBrowserVersion()

java.lang.String
getRouterService()

java.lang.String
getRouterVersion()

java.lang.String
getTorURL()

int
getVersionNumber()

void
setMinRevisionNumber(int minRevisionNumber)

void
setNameBrowserService(java.lang.String nameBrowserService)

void
setNameBrowserVersion(java.lang.String nameBrowserVersion)

void
setRouterService(java.lang.String routerService)

void
setRouterVersion(java.lang.String routerVersion)

void
setTorURL(java.lang.String torURL)

void
setVersionNumber(int versionNumber)

java.lang.String
toString()

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SKVersionInformation

public SKVersionInformation(int versionNumber,
                    int minRevisionNumber,
                    java.lang.String torURL,
                    java.lang.String routerService,
                    java.lang.String routerVersion,
                    java.lang.String nameBrowserService,
                    java.lang.String nameBrowserVersion)

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getVersionNumber

public int getVersionNumber()

setVersionNumber

public void setVersionNumber(int versionNumber)

getMinRevisionNumber

public int getMinRevisionNumber()

setMinRevisionNumber

public void setMinRevisionNumber(int minRevisionNumber)

getTorURL

public java.lang.String getTorURL()

setTorURL

public void setTorURL(java.lang.String torURL)

getRouterService

public java.lang.String getRouterService()

setRouterService

public void setRouterService(java.lang.String routerService)

getRouterVersion

public java.lang.String getRouterVersion()

setRouterVersion

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getNameBrowserService

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setNameBrowserService

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getNameBrowserVersion

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Delayed Financing of Electoral Activities Ahead of 2021 Worries Auditor General
Uganda's Auditor General, John Muwanga.
The Auditor General, John Muwanga has expressed worry that the delayed funding of the general elections activities might affect the smooth running of the elections come 2021.
This, he noted Wednesday, while presenting the Auditor General's Annual Report to the Speaker of Parliament for the financial year ended June 30, 2019.
Muwanga said the Electoral Commission requires Shs 796.8bn to organize the Presidential, Parliamentary and local council elections in the 2020/2021 financial year.
The amount is supposed to be released in 3 phases, to enable proper and timely implementation of the general elections.
"However, as at 30th June 2019, a total of Shs 141bn (18%) had been released to implement the activities of 2018/2019 and 2019/200 instead of Shs 439.067bn with one year to the elections," Muwanga said.
He said activities critical to the roadmap that should have been implemented include; demarcation of electoral areas, re-organization of polling stations, specialized training (ICT, biometrics and due diligences of ICT procurement), and voter education.
Others are: acquisition of biometric voter verification system, developing election document management system, digitizing elections documents and setting up an election digital archive among others.
"The Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) provision on only Shs 141bn in the year did not finance the above activities. This therefore prompted the Commission to reschedule the activities to the last year of the election," Muwanga said.
The Auditor General observed that the financing of the road map to 2021 general elections is behind schedule.
He asked government to consider prioritizing the financing of the roadmap given its gravity in having a smooth and peaceful electoral process.
While responding to the matter, Speaker Rebecca Kadaga, wondered why taxpayers would incur the cost of buying new biometric machines yet there were some equipment that was purchased before 2016 general elections.
Kadaga demanded to know what happened to the machines that were used just once and whose cost to government was huge.
"When Dr Badru Kiggundu was still the Chair, he called me to launch some good biometric equipment with some good cameras. So, I don't know what has happened to what we launched and why we are procuring new equipment in a very short time," Kadaga wondered.
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Home / News / India / Maharashtra says Centre is not helping it to fight covid-19
Maharashtra says Centre is not helping it to fight covid-19
Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray. (ANI)
4 min read . Updated: 27 May 2020, 08:47 PM IST Anirudh Laskar
Maharashtra govt has not yet received most of the benefits that it is ought to get from the centre, says Uddhav Thackeray
State govt also says the number of covid-19 infections is estimated to be a maximum of around 60,000, which is less than half of what was estimated by the WHO
MUMBAI : Maharashtra government, following a meeting of the chief minister Uddhav Thackeray with the state's other key ministers, on Wednesday, refuted all the claims that were made by the state's former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and said the state government has not yet received most of the benefits that it is ought to receive from the central government.
The government also said the number of covid-19 infection cases in the state is estimated to be a maximum of around 60,000, which is less than half of what was estimated by the World Health Organization (WHO).
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"WHO had said that there would be 1.5 lakh (covid-19 infection) cases in Maharashtra but we estimate that there will be only 60,000 cases, which is a good thing for the Maharashtra government," said Jayant Patil, the state's water resources minister.
With 54,758 covid-19 cases, Maharashtra is the country's worst-affected state.
On Tuesday, Fadnavis, the opposition leader of Bharatiya Janta Party said that Maharashtra can get a benefit of Rs. 2.71 trillion from the stimulus package of the central government, which is not happening since the state government is unable to take bold decisions.
Fadnavis claimed that Maharashtra is making false claims that the centre is not giving enough money to Maharashtra, adding that the state has received ₹28,000 crore so far from the centre. In a press conference, Fadnavis said that the centre has given wheat worth ₹1750 crore, rice worth ₹2,620 crore, Daal worth ₹100 crore, and Rs. 122 crore for migrant workers over the last three months.
However, following the meeting on Wednesday, Anil Parab, transport minister of Maharashtra said in reality Maharashtra has not got the wheat worth Rs. 1750 crore and most of the claims made by Fadnavis are not true.
"Migrant workers have not received funds. The cost of trains worth Rs. 68 crore has been paid by the state government for migrant laborers. While 80 trains have been demanded to the central government, only 30 trains have been provided by the central government. Maharashtra workers do not get trains," said Parab, adding that Fadnavis' claims that Maharashtra deliberately creates confusion among passengers is a remark of discredit to the state government.
"Fadnavis said that Maharashtra government got Rs. 19,000 crore but it is not true. Maharashtra is supposed to receive ₹18,279 crore from the central government but that too hasn't come. The central government has not even paid Maharashtra's GST claims," said Parab, adding that Maharashtra government should get the money that fits the law.
"About Rs. 42,000 crore of Maharashtra is stuck at the Center," said Parab.
Fadnavis , on Tuesday, claimed the centre has provided funds for purchase of agricultural commodities such as cotton ( ₹5647 crore), paddy ( ₹2311 crore), Toor daal (Rs. 593 crore) and so on.
But Parab said this is not true. In fact, Maharashtra on its own has allocated Rs. 12,000 crore for the state's farmers under Mahatma Phule Yojana. "Initially the central government promised to give us the material but it was not given," said Parab.
Fadnavis said the central government has provided Maharashtra 9.88 lakh PPE kits, 15.59 lakh N95 masks and a health assistance of ₹468 crore to combat the covid-19 crisis.
Parab said that the cost for PPE Kits and N-95 masks will be paid by the state government to the center. "The central government has not given anything to the Maharashtra government for free," said Parab.
While Fadnavis claimed that now the number of covid-19 tests has been greatly reduced, Parab, on Wednesday said, "Nowhere else have so many tests been conducted like Mumbai and Maharashtra. The Central Government has not shown any mercy to the state of Maharashtra."
While Fadnavis claimed that there is a lack of beds and ambulances and private hospitals are giving inflated bills and there is no space in mortuaries, on Wednesday, Parab said as compared to China, only in Mumbai hospitals have been set up in a short period of time under current circumstances but it was not appreciated.
Parab said only Rs. 1611 crore has been received from the Emergency Fund, no separate funds have been given by the central government for Maharashtra.
The state's revenue minister Balasaheb Thorat, said in Wednesday's meeting that the whole world is in a crisis and Maharashtra is a major commercial centre in the world.
While Fadnavis had claimed that the state has not done enough for the migrant workers, Thorat said, " Maharashtra government will take care of all migrant workers. We have also made arrangements to send them home from here. The state government is taking care of the migrants. The situation in Mumbai is worrying.
Thorat said the chief minister of Maharashtra himself has taken care of Mumbai and considering the current situation, the government expects cooperation from the opposition, which is trying to discredit the government instead.


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Kaiju Theater: Godzilla (2014)
Back in the summer of 2000, one scorching August afternoon I made my way to the crummiest theater in Temple, Texas, because that was the only place showing Godzilla 2000. The film was the first Japanese Godzilla film distributed to American cinemas since Godzilla 1985 15 years before. Growing up watching all the cheesy Shōwa series films on Saturday afternoon TV "Creature Features" and was jazzed to see a modern incarnation of the Big G. But when I got to the theater, they told me the air conditioning was out, and would not be repaired for the foreseeable future. It was at least 100 degrees out, and likely to get hotter before the day was out. What's worse, I couldn't catch an evening show because as a sports reporter, I worked evenings. Knowing this was very likely to be my only chance to ever see a real, for-true Godzilla film on the big screen (even then I dismissed the 1998 travesty completely) I bit the bullet: I bought my ticket, and watched the film, all by my lonesome in the empty screening room in sweltering, 90-degree temperatures.
I share this only so readers understand from where I come from. I'm a Godzilla fan from way, way back, and take the atomic age metaphor seriously. Which is why I--and my family--looked forward to this big-budget American production (co-produced by Toho) directed by Gareth Edwards, who gave us 2010's nifty low-budget Monsters. The film opens with an extended setup in which Bryan Cranston's Joe Brody loses his wife, Sandra Brody (Juliette Binoche) in a suspicious nuclear power plant accident in Japan. Flash forward 15 years, and Joe Brody has become a wild-eyed conspiracy nut, convinced the government is covering up the real cause of the accident and his wife's death. His son, Ford (Kick Ass' Aaron Taylor-Johnson), all grown up and a bomb-disposal expert in the Marines, is just returning home from a tour of duty and desperate to spend quality time with his wife Elle (Elizabeth Olsen) and son, Sam (Carson Bolde). Except he get a phone call that his crazy dad has been arrested in Japan, so Ford flies to land of the Rising Son to bail him out. Once out, Joe convinces a skeptical Ford that the same seismic events that triggered the disaster 15 years ago are repeating themselves, and needs to return to the restricted area around the ruined power plant to recover his records to prove it. Ford reluctantly agrees with the scheme, but once they sneak in, not only do they recover Joe's long-list zip drive discs, they also discover the area isn't a radioactive wasteland. They're promptly captured by security and get a ring-side seat at a MUTO--a giant, vicious insect-like monster that eats radiation and has cocooned itself in the reactor for the past 15 years, breaks out to join its mate and reproduce. The rest of the movie consists of Ford attempting to return home to San Francisco whilst Godzilla pursues the two MUTOs because Big G is the "apex predator" and the MUTOs are his prey.
Edwards plays things very close to the vest, withholding any glimpse of any monster until well into the film, and only then offering glimpses. Godzilla himself doesn't show the halfway point, and by then, audiences are primed for some serious kaiju-on-kaiju smackdown. Except we don't get it. When Godzilla confronts the male MUTO in Hawaii, Edwards abruptly cuts away to show news reports of the devastating battle. That's it. What works as a cute joke quickly loses its humor once the audience realizes the break isn't just a brief interlude, that Edwards really isn't going to show any of the fight. I've seen reviewers praise Edwards for making "such a bold choice" but I have to call bullshit. Sitting in the theater, watching Edwards tease the audience over and over without delivering the action, all I could think of was my utter disappointment with 1981's big budget flop, The Legend of the Lone Ranger, another movie that chose to tease the audience with promised excitement of a larger-than-life title character, yet fail to deliver until the final act. To be sure, Godzilla does a better job of maintaining interest than that earlier snorefest, but only just. Yet when the final battle comes... well, I didn't feel the payoff was worth the wait. Yes, it's cool when Godzilla finally (reluctantly, it seems) unleashes his famed radioactive breath. The male MUTO makes good use of his hooks and wings to aerially attack Godzilla in ways that would make Rodan jealous. Godzilla himself fights tooth and claw and tail, far more effectively and convincingly than even the best of the rubber-suited Toho films. But still, it remains a fight very much cut from the same cloth of those earlier films. I didn't see anything new brought to the table other than a much, much bigger budget. It certainly wasn't as inventive as the jaw-dropping battle for Hong Kong in last summer's Pacific Rim, and perhaps that film makes a good comparison. The battle for Hong Kong was such a spectacular show-stopper that the final act, with the two Jaegers Gipsy Danger and Striker Eureka battling massive kaiju on the ocean floor something of a letdown. It just couldn't measure up. Godzilla's final act feels very much like the final act of Pacific Rim, only Godzilla's show-stopping spectacle was the battle for Honolulu, which audiences never actually saw.
Imagine, say, World War Z with all the zombie action happening before, or after Brad Pitt arrived on the scene. Leaving the theater, The Wife groused, "Who'd have thought Superman would give us too much carnage, and Godzilla not enough?"
The biggest flaw with Edwards' Godzilla is the same flaw inherent with all Godzilla films--the audience really, really, really doesn't care about the humans in the film. The plot centering around the people is, to be blunt, filler to pad out the movie between expensive, special effects-laden monster battles. The Japanese worked around this somewhat by shamelessly ripping off... er, paying homage to such U.S. blockbusters as The Terminator, Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Matrix. Pacific Rim skirted the issue by making the human actors actually physically fight their monstrous adversaries by donning armored suits that happened to also be giant robots. Edwards tries to move his film beyond this by going for a poignant human element, but Ford's efforts to get home to his family (a family that is given nothing to do other than be threatened by giant MUTOs) is the exact same story arc as Tom Cruise's in War of the Worlds. Although to be fair, Ford doesn't beat a crazy Tim Robbins to death in a basement whilst hiding out from MUTOs.
Lest I forget, Ken Watanabe is a fantastic actor wasted here. His only job is to look alternately pensive and confused, then spout plot points when convenient to the narrative.
Is Gereth Edwards' Godzilla really all that bad? No. I don't hate it, although it may sound that way. I'll get the Blu-Ray when it comes out, and skip to the final 20 minutes. In many ways it is superior to previous Godzilla films. It goes a long way toward washing away the stain the 1998 film left on the Godzilla legacy. The acting is better. The directing is better. The special effects are better. There are nifty set pieces in this film--the Halo jump from all the trailers being the undisputed emotive and visual high point. But the film can't maintain that level of awe, or even tension. Great effort is put into fleshing out the origins of the MUTOs, but from a storytelling perspective the film is no different from King Kong vs. Godzilla, in which helpless humans simply stand back and "let them fight." Except, in this instance, the audience doesn't get to watch the fun.
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Q: C++ - How to chunk a file for simultaneous/async processing? How does one read and split/chunk a file by the number of lines?
I would like to partition a file into separate buffers, while ensuring that a line is not split up between two or more buffers. I plan on passing these buffers into their own pthreads so they can perform some type of simultaneous/asynchronous processing.
I've read the answer below reading and writing in chunks on linux using c but I don't think it exactly answers the question about making sure that a line is not split up into two or more buffers.

A: How is the file encoded? If it each byte represents a character, I would do the following:

*

*Memory map the file using mmap().

*Tell the jobs their approximate start and end by computing it based on an appropriate chunk size.

*Have each job find its actual start and end by finding the next '\n'.

*Process the respective chunks concurrently.

*Note that the first chunk needs special treatment because its start isn't approximate but exact.

A: I would choose a chunk size in bytes. Then I would seek to the appropriate location in the file and read some smallish number of bytes at a time until I got a newline.
The first chunk's last character is the newline. The second chunk's first character is the character after the newline.
Always seek to a pagesize() boundary and read in pagesize() bytes at a time to search for your newline. This will tend to ensure that you only pull the minimum necessary from disk to find your boundaries. You could try reading like 128 bytes at a time or something. But you then risk making more system calls.
I wrote an example program that does this for letter frequency counting. This, of course, is largely pointless to split into threads as it's almost certainly IO bound. And it also doesn't matter where the newlines are because it isn't line oriented. But, it's just an example. Also, it's heavily reliant on you having a reasonably complete C++11 implementation.

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*threaded_file_split.cpp on lisp.paste.org
They key function is this:
// Find the offset of the next newline given a particular desired offset.
off_t next_linestart(int fd, off_t start)
{
   using ::std::size_t;
   using ::ssize_t;
   using ::pread;

   const size_t bufsize = 4096;
   char buf[bufsize];

   for (bool found = false; !found;) {
      const ssize_t result = pread(fd, buf, bufsize, start);
      if (result < 0) {
         throw ::std::system_error(errno, ::std::system_category(),
                                   "Read failure trying to find newline.");
      } else if (result == 0) {
         // End of file
         found = true;
      } else {
         const char * const nl_loc = ::std::find(buf, buf + result, '\n');
         if (nl_loc != (buf + result)) {
            start += ((nl_loc - buf) + 1);
            found = true;
         } else {
            start += result;
         }
      }
   }
   return start;
}

Also notice that I use pread. This is absolutely essential when you have multiple threads reading from different parts of the file.
The file descriptor is a shared resource between your threads. When one thread reads from the file using ordinary functions it alters a detail about this shared resource, the file pointer. The file pointer is the position in the file at which the next read will occur.
Simply using lseek before you read each time does not help this because it introduces a race condition between the lseek and the read.
The pread function allows you to read a bunch of bytes from a specific location within the file. It also doesn't alter the file pointer at all. Apart from the fact that it doesn't alter the file pointer, it's otherwise like combining an lseek and a read in the same call.

A: Define a class for the buffers.  Give each one a large buffer space that is some multiple of page size and a start/end index, a method that reads the buffer from a passed-in stream and a 'lineParse' method that takes another *buffer instance as a parameter.
Make some *buffers and store them on a producer-consumer pool queue.  Open the file, get a buffer from the pool and read into the buffer space from start to end, (return a boolean for error/EOF).  Get another *buffer from the pool and pass it into the lineparse() of  earlier one.  In there, search backwards from the end of the data, looking for newLine.  When found, reload the end index and memcpy the fragment of the last line, (if there is one - you might occasionally be lucky:), into the new, passed *buffer and set its start index.  The first buffer now has whole lines and can be queued off to the thread/s that will process the lines.  The second buffer has the fragment of line copied from the first and more data can be read from disk into its buffer space at its start index.
The line-processing thread/s can recycle the 'used' *buffers back to the pool.
Keep going until EOF, (or error:).
If you can, add a method to the buffer class that does the processing of the buffer.
Using large buffer classes and parsing back from the end will be mure efficient than continually reading small bits, looking for newlines from the start.  Inter-thread comms is slow and the larger the buffers you can pass, the better.
Using a pool of buffers eliminates continual new/delete and provides flow-control - if the disk read thread is faster than the processing, the pool will empty and the disk read thread will block on it until some used buffers are recycled.  This prevents memory runaway.
Note that if you use more than one processing thread, the buffers may get processed 'out-of-order' - this may, or may not, matter.
You can only gain in this scenario by ensuring that the advantage of lines being processed in parallel with disk-read latencies is greater than the overhead of inter-thread comms -  communicating small buffers between threads is very likely to be counter-productive.
The biggest speedup would be experienced with networked disks that are fast overall, but have large latencies.

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définition - Songwriters Hall of Fame
Songwriters Hall of Fame
For the hall of fame of Canada, see Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.
The Songwriters Hall of Fame is an arm of the National Academy of Popular Music. It was founded in 1969 by songwriter Johnny Mercer and music publishers Abe Olman and Howie Richmond. The hall of fame only existed as an online virtual collection until 2010, when it was first put on display as a physical gallery inside The Grammy Museum in Los Angeles.[1] The Songwriters Hall of Fame has an office in New York City, United States, and holds workshops, showcases, and provides scholarships to promising artists to help develop new songwriting talent. New inductees are voted on annually.
Alongside the induction of new songwriters are a variety of special awards. Currently, the awards include:
Johnny Mercer Award: for artists who are already in the Songwriters Hall of Fame and have a number of outstanding works
Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award: for songwriters who have done a lot to increase the success of songs
Abe Olman Publisher Award: for publishers who have had a lot of "famous" pieces
Hal David Starlight Award: for young artists who have already made an impression on the music industry[2]
Towering Song/Towering Performance Award
Through 2010, 383 individuals had been inducted into the SHOF. The British rock band Queen was the first band to be inducted in 2003.[3][4]
1 Johnny Mercer Award recipients
2 Hal David Starlight Award recipients
Johnny Mercer Award recipients
1980 - Frank Sinatra
1981 - Yip Harburg
1982 - Harold Arlen
1983 - Sammy Cahn
1985 - Alan Jay Lerner
1986 - Mitchell Parish
1987 - Jerry Herman
1990 - Jerry Bock & Sheldon Harnick
1991 - Betty Comden & Adolph Green
1992 - Burton Lane
1993 - Jule Styne
1994 - Irving Caesar
1995 - Cy Coleman
1996 - Burt Bacharach & Hal David
1997 - Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman
1998 - Paul Simon
1999 - Stephen Sondheim
2000 - Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
2001 - Billy Joel
2002 - Carole King
2003 - Jimmy Webb
2004 - Stevie Wonder
2005 - Smokey Robinson
2006 - Kris Kristofferson
2007 - Dolly Parton
2008 - Paul Anka
2009 - Holland–Dozier–Holland
2010 - Phil Collins
2011 - Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
Hal David Starlight Award recipients
2004 - Rob Thomas
2005 - Alicia Keys
2006 - John Mayer
2007 - John Legend
2008 - John Rzeznik
2009 - Jason Mraz
2010 - Taylor Swift
2011 - Drake
Inductees of the Songwriters Hall of Fame
Category:Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees
Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
^ "About the Songwriters Hall of Fame". Songwriters Hall of Fame. http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/about/1001. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
^ Starlight Award Recipients Songwriters Hall of Fame. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
^ The Lives & Music of Queen ABC. Retrieved June 11, 2011
^ 2003 Award and Induction Ceremony: Queen Songwriters Hall of Fame. Retrieved June 11, 2011
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Songwriters_Hall_of_Fame&oldid=497658259"
Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees
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Butterfly Appreciation Day and Monarch Release at New York State Zoo at Thompson Park on September 14
Watertown, N.Y. (September 11, 2019)— The Heather A. Freeman Butterfly House at the New York State Zoo at Thompson Park is scheduled to hold a Butterfly Appreciation and Monarch Release this weekend – September 14, 2019.
The Monarch release will begin with a short ceremony at 11:00 am. Throughout the day, the Zoo will also have crafts in appreciation of butterflies.
Those who have adopted a Monarch through the Zoo's "Adopt a Butterfly" program will have the chance to tag and free their Monarch. The program is a $25 adoption effort where adopters get to tag and track one of the Monarchs through Monarch Watch that will track its migration after its release (monarchs are currently under review to be classified as an endangered species).
The Heather A. Freeman Butterfly House is sponsored by the Heather A. Freeman Foundation – dedicated to sharing the values that make a difference in our communities.
For information about the New York State Zoo at Thompson Park or the Heather A. Freeman Butterfly House, visit www.nyzoo.org or call (315) 782-6180.
LEWIS COUNTY, N.Y. (WWTI) — Lewis County is continuing to report a rise in COVID-19 cases among residents.
On Wednesday, Lewis County Public Health confirmed that 16 additional residents have tested positive for the coronavirus. There have been a total of 1,342 positive COVID-19 cases in Lewis County since the virus hit the North Country.


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When Boxen runs, it checks to see if your system matches a large set of
statements (Puppet "resources"). If it doesn't, it knows how to make changes
to your system to "converge" on that desired state. Those resources are all
defined in Puppet `*.pp` manifest files in a git repository, github/boxen.
We use a simple `git` workflow to keep those definitions up-to-date whenever
you go to run Boxen.

## Where is this repository

`/opt/boxen/repo`, which is also symlinked at `$HOME/src/our-boxen` for
convenience.

## What does "up to date" mean?

Unless you're actively working on Boxen, "up to date" means that your local
working copy is on `master`, and up to date with (same revision as)
`origin/master`.

## How do we keep up to date?

At the earliest possible moment in a Boxen run, some checks are made to ensure
that updating your working copy is going to be safe:

* Are you on a non-master branch (or no branch at all)? (see `git symbolic-ref HEAD`)
* Do you have any uncommitted changes? (see `git status --porcelain`)
* Do you have any unpushed commits on master? (see `git log origin/master..master`)

If your working copy is a "yes" to any of those checks, we won't touch a thing.
Boxen will tell you why it's not going to auto-update, then offer to run Puppet
with your working copy as-is.

If, on the other hand, we are going to auto-update:

```sh
# Get the most recent commits from upstream
git fetch origin
# Reset your working copy to look just like upstream's master
git reset --hard origin/master
git clean -qdf
```

## Workflow tip

If you're working on something in Boxen (e.g. your personal manifest,
or adding a new project definition), move over to a branch. Working on
a branch signals to Boxen that you're actively making changes, and that
it shouldn't do things like try to auto-update, or to submit issues on
failed runs.

Once you're happy with your changes, the usual workflow of submitting a
pull request, waiting for some review then a merge applies. Until then,
you have the option of either leaving your working copy on the branch,
or moving back to master and getting other updates. This should be a good
incentive to get your branch merged quickly :)


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Discover EuroNASCAR (Part 1): The history of NWES
André Wiegold / Gian Luca Guiglia www.euronascar.com January 4, 2022
The development of the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series is a unique success story in the European motorsports landscape. Rarely has a racing series gone through such a fast and fascinating growth as EuroNASCAR. That's why we look back on more than ten years of V8 thunder and Pure Racing.
Credits: NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
The green flag over what would eventually become the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series was waved in 2008 when Team FJ, in the person of NWES President and CEO Jerome Galpin and his wife, NWES COO Anne Galpin, founded the Racecar Series with the goal to bring the American racing spirit to Europe. In the beginning, the V8 cars only raced in France, on famous tracks like the Le Mans and Dijon. The first season, articulating over six meetings in 2009, saw Lucas Lasserre win the ELITE Division, while Wilfried Boucenna took the OPEN Division and the overall championship.
In 2010 the series was internationalised under FIA sanctioning and renamed as the Euro Racecar Series. The first race outside France took place at the iconic Nurburgring in Germany. Lucas Lasserre grabbed the checkered flag in one of the races and notched two more wins to take the title. More international tracks were added to the series' six-event calendar in 2011, the likes of Zandvoort in the Netherlands and Brands Hatch in Great Britain. Motorsport legend Eric Helary was the ELITE Champion at the end of the season.
Lucas Lasserre celebrating the 2010 title | Credits: NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
In 2012, the series reached an historic milestone: TeamFJ announced a partnership with NASCAR, and the series became the official European NASCAR championship and held the first NASCAR events on European soil under the Euro Racecar NASCAR Touring Series name. The 2012 season was more international than ever before: the series visited four different countries and six different tracks: Nogaro (France), Brands Hatch (UK), Spa (Belgium), Tours (France), Valencia (Spain) and Le Mans (France).
Ben Kennedy after winning the first NASCAR oval race in Europe | Credits: NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
History was made at Tours Speedway, an exciting short track oval built by Team FJ in the centre of the French city of Tours. Ben Kennedy, the current Senior Vice President of Strategy and Innovation at NASCAR and grandson of NASCAR founder Bill France, took the win in the first ever NASCAR oval race in Europe.
Ander Vilarino with his 3 Champion rings at the NASCAR banquet in Charlotte, NC. | Credits: Getty Images for NASCAR
The first European NASCAR Champion was Ander Vilarino, who still is one of the most successful EuroNASCAR drivers in history. The Spaniard secured the title three times in his career: in 2012, 2013 and 2015. With 22 victories, Vilarino also topped the all-time winners leaderboard for several years.
In 2013 the championship reached another historic milestone. With the arrival of title sponsor Whelen Engineering, the series became the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. A long-term agreement was announced under the Tour Eiffel.
Credits: NASCAR Whelen Euro Series / Stephane Azemard
In 2014 Anthony Kumpen and his team PK Carsport secured the title. The Belgian repeated the feat in the 2016 season, which is why he is also one of the top drivers in NWES history. Kumpen was also among the drivers from Europe who used the NWES as a bridge to the USA. In his career, the Belgian amassed six starts in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, including one at the famous Daytona International Speedway. Now, Kumpen is acting as the team owner/manager of PK Carsport. The 2014 season also saw the first EuroNASCAR oval race under the rain. At Tours Speedway, France, Mathias Lauda won the historic event in a DF1 Racing car.
Anthony Kumpen in NASCAR Xfinity Series at Daytona International Speedway | Credits: Getty Images for NASCAR
2017 marked the beginning of the Alon Day era. The Israeli won the NWES title two years in a row with CAAL Racing and made history by becoming the first EuroNASCAR driver to race in the NASCAR Cup Series. He made two starts in the Cup Series: at Sonoma in 2017 and at Richmond in 2018. He also took part in NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR NASCAR Truck Series races.
Alon Day in the NASCAR Cup Series | Credits: Getty Images for NASCAR
More than 25 NWES drivers benefited from the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series position in the NASCAR ladder to race in the US over the years. Ander Vilarino, Frederic Gabillon, Thomas Ferrando and Ulysse Delsaux – both Frenchmen were EuroNASCAR 2 champions – raced in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series, Justin Kunz has a NASCAR Gander & RV Outdoors Truck Series start in Mosport in his resume, Jerry De Weerdt started in the ARCA race in Daytona and the new two-time NWES champion Loris Hezemans competed in several NASCAR Xfinity Series races. But these are just a few examples that prove that the NWES is the perfect bridge to the USA for European drivers.
Bobby Labonte at Brands Hatch. Credits: NASCAR Whelen Euro Series / Stephane Azemard
The 2018 season not only stood out for the impressive performances of Alon Day, but also for another important milestone in the series' young history. A legendary NASCAR champion and member of the NASCAR Hall Of Fame set off for Europe to fight for points in the EuroNASCAR PRO championship. 2000 NASCAR Cup Series champion Bobby Labonte drove at all six race weekends for veteran team RDV Competition. Jennifer Jo Cobb, Max Papis, Jeffrey Earnhardt, Julia Landauer, Myatt Snider are all among the American NASCAR drivers who raced in EuroNASCAR. The series also took part in exchanges between International NASCAR championships, welcoming JF Dumoulin from Canada and Ruben Garcia Jr. from Mexico.
Frederic Gabillon in the NASCAR Pinty's Series. | Credits: Dumoulin Competition
The year 2019 was not only the tenth anniversary of the series, but also went down in history as the first season with seven events were held in seven European countries. The start of the season was in Valencia, followed by Franciacorta in Italy. The next stop was Brands Hatch in Great Britain, before the first trip East for NWES at the Autodrom Most in the Czech Republic celebrated a strong debut.
The regular season ended at the Raceway Venray, the half mile oval in the Netherlands. In the playoffs the series traveled to Hockenheim in Germany for the Semi Finals and then to Circuit Zolder in Belgium, where the NWES champions and Trophy winners were crowned. Loris Hezemans came out of it as the youngest champion in EuroNASCAR history.
Loris Hezemans celebrating his first championship at the NASCAR Hall Of Fame. Credits: Getty Images for NASCAR
In 2020, Day moved to PK Carsport and became an official Monster Energy athlete. In the team of his former arch-rival Kumpen, Day completed a fantastic season to grab the 2020 Championship thanks to four wins over the course of a pandemic-shortened 10-race campaign. Lasse Soerensen, who won the 2019 EuroNASCAR 2 Championship, ended up second after a strong year with DF1 Racing. With his third title, Day tied Vilarino's all-time record and at the same time passed the Spaniard at the top of the all-time wins leaderboard.
Alon Day after winning his record-tying third title. Credits: NASCAR Whelen Euro Series / Stephane Azemard
A new tire supplier entered the series: Hoosier! In addition to that, NWES visited Automotodrom Grobnik and Vallelunga for the second time since their debut in 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hockenheim in Germany was forced into a two-year break, but the legendary venue will be hosting the season opener of the 2022 season and celebrate its comeback.
Day moved back to his old love CAAL Racing in 2021. Despite three wins, the Israeli was not able to defend his title and become the first four-time NWES Champion. It was Loris Hezemans who clinched his second title in the very last race of the season in an exciting all-out battle between Loris Hezemans, Vittorio Ghirelli, Gianmarco Ercoli and Lucas Lasserre, becoming the youngest two-time EuroNASCAR PRO Champion in history. In addition, Hendriks Motorsport Team became the first one to win all three NWES titles: EuroNASCAR PRO (Loris Hezemans), EuroNASCAR 2 (Martin Doubek) and Teams Championship (#7 Ford Mustang).
Loris Hezemans (left) and Martin Doubek (right). Credits: NASCAR Whelen Euro Series / Stephane Azemard
In addition, Hezemans' father Toine and his business partner Ernst Berg formed a new NASCAR Cup Series organization in the US called Team Hezeberg – the first US NASCAR team with roots in EuroNASCAR. NWES Champion Loris Hezemans will continue to compete in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and is set for his debut in the NASCAR Cup Series in 2022.
Back to Europe: An important contract extension was announced during the year 2019: NASCAR and TeamFJ extended their agreement until 2030 and made a long-term commitment to EuroNASCAR. This commitment is the cornerstone for further growth and success. The NASCAR Whelen Euro Series has become the most exciting touring car series in Europe, but the success story will certainly continue …
2022 NWES CALENDAR | TEAMS | DRIVERS | CARS | WATCH ON DEMAND


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Al Borde
Mon, Oct 12, 2020 6pm
Virtual, Lecture
Faculty Links
Juan Herreros
columbiauniversity.zoom.us/...
Lecture by David Barragán, Al Borde
Response by Juan Herreros, Professor of Professional Practice at GSAPP
Al Borde is a Quito, Ecuador-based studio, whose Principals David Barragán, Esteban Benavides, Marialuisa Borja, and Pascual Gangotena champion an improvisational, collaborative approach to design. Resisting theory and dogma, their projects seek to enhance local development and engage communities in social innovation. Recognized globally for its process, the firm was named to Domus' guide to the world's best architecture firms in 2019.
Each of Al Borde's projects is conceived of and materialized with the resources and knowledge that are found in place. In the projects, the input of others adds something that members of the firm cannot see clearly from their distant position as architects. Even thinking of a long-term immersion process, they can never come to achieve the whole understanding of the place and its conditions as well as the ones who live on site. This acceptance of the value of others' knowledge makes them comprehend participatory design not in a romantic way of charity, but as a tool or strategy for the project to perform as its best. When others assume responsibilities in decision-making, the project has fewer possibilities that things turn out badly or more chances of being corrected over time by all involved and not just by architects.
"Do things with less" is the credo of Al Borde and the title of an award-winning 2018 documentary film they collaborated with Kilwadenko Novas to create. The firm has been featured in landmark exhibitions, such as the 2014 exhibition Think Global, Build Social! Architectures for a Better World in Vienna, the inaugural Chicago Architecture Biennial The State of the Art of Architecture in 2015, and the Reporting from the Front exhibition at the 2016 Venice Biennale.
Al Borde often works on projects with low budgets; they attempt to turn scarcity of resources into an advantage, considering not just money, but also skills, knowledge, materials, property, or even friends and acquaintances as assets in the project. Each of the firm's projects is shaped by vernacular practices and natural or upcycled materials available on-site. Projects include Escuela Nueva Esperanza, a rural school built in 2009 in the coastal village of El Cabuyal, Ecuador; the Culunco house, a semi-buried family home built in 2014 in Tumbaco, Ecuador; and the House of the Flying Beds, a historic property renovated in the city of La Esperanza, Ecuador in 2017.


A band of Vikings cross enemy lines. And a panicked race begins. The losers will pay with their lives.
If you never face your enemy, how can you face yourself.
Come party with these guys!
Once you've seen the future, you can't look away.


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alien, astrobiology, cosmology, ghost, life, particle
Did Scientists Just Discover Life In Space? Probably Not
by Duncan Forgan on	2015/01/23
Is Earth the only object in the Universe that can boast biological organisms? This question burns in the minds of astrobiologists, scientists from many disciplines (astronomy, physics, chemistry, geology, biology and many more) who investigate how life appeared on Earth, and whether other worlds possess the necessary conditions for life.
When a newspaper like the Daily Express publishes headlines such as "GHOST PARTICLE: The picture proof which shows aliens ARE out there", you might be forgiven for getting excited, now that we know we are not alone in the Universe. But should we get excited? How does this particle prove the existence of extraterrestrial life?
What did the Researchers Say?
This is tricky to disentangle from what the media has said, as there is as yet no sign of peer-reviewed articles attached to this particular discovery. In essence, the researchers, led by Professor Milton Wainwright at the University of Sheffield, have retrieved unusual particles from the Earth's stratosphere using balloons. They claim these particles are biological, and are not the result of terrestrial contamination (i.e. bits of organisms being thrown up from the Earth's surface). However, without an article to read on their methods, I can't say anything more detailed.
In fact, I'm relying mainly on articles previously published by the team, in the Journal of Cosmology. The very mention of such an infamous journal should ring alarm bells. This is the same journal that published articles about moving rocks on Mars being indications of life (the author of the article filed a lawsuit against NASA, who had previously examined the rock using their Curiosity Rover and concluded it was "clearly [just] a rock"). Much of the journal's content is biased towards the Editorial Board's own controversial theories of cosmogony and extraterrestrial life, and astrobiologists do not consider it a reliable source of scientific insight (Wikipedia has a good potted history of the journal here).
This research team has published many articles in the Journal of Cosmology about stratospheric particles being extraterrestrial organisms. The scientific community is very much unconvinced by their claims. Even if the material was biological, it is more likely that it is terrestrial in origin, thrown into the stratosphere by volcanic eruptions (for example). While the team disputes that particles of this size could arrive in the stratosphere through such processes, it is more logical to assume that our understanding of how biological material ends up in the upper atmosphere is incomplete, rather than that alien microfauna is raining down upon the Earth. Charles Cockell, Director of the UK Centre for Astrobiology, gives an excellent summary of the case against their previous claims here.
In short, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and this evidence is not extraordinary enough.
Sadly, some of the reporting of this story has been exceptionally unquestioning and uncritical. The Daily Express' original piece has simply been copied by many outlets, with no attempt to garner quotes from scientists not connected to the project (with the exception of Chandra Wickramasinghe, who is closely connected to the research team and the Journal of Cosmology).
Some outlets have re-published previous criticism on their work, like the Tech Times. Their quotes from scientists such as Seth Shostak and Chris McKay outline the skepticism of most astrobiologists on this result.
In fact, it seems that many of the larger outlets that covered stories like this in the past (such as the Telegraph) have largely ignored this story. Perhaps they will publish a more nuanced view, with an up-to-date commentary from other researchers. Or perhaps they have decided that this is in fact a non-story – a decision that I support.
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It's been a while since I've posted here – now that the New Year is well and truly in, I'll bring you up to speed over the next few weeks with some of the papers I've published recently. For now, here's what I wrote about dubious claims of finding extraterrestrial life at Research the Headlines:
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Jan 19 (ICP) A month after visits to Sri Lanka were announced by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon for his Panel of Experts on Accountability, a UN official from New York is finally going to Colombo. It is not, however, about accountability. Rather, deputy chief of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Catherine Bragg is going to issue an appeal for money. more..
Jan 19 (NF) The Prime Minister appears to be totally confused. His statement, which said that all religions in the country are equal and no religion will be afforded special attention or special treatment, is illegal and against the Constitution, said the leader of the Jathika Hela Urumaya, the venerable Dr. Omalpe Sobitha Thera. �The Prime Minister had stated that all religions in the country are equal and more..
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Jan 19 (DM) The government yesterday said it would take all efforts under its purview not to increase fuel prices despite the sharp increase in the global market, Petroleum Industries Minister Susil Premajayantha said. He said world oil prices had increased by 12% in the past month alone. �We will try our best to maintain the current fuel prices in the domestic market unchanged. more..
Digamadulla ITAK MP complains to SC: Expelled from party for voting with Govt.
Jan 19 (Island) ITAK Parliamentarian for the Digamadulla District P. Hewage Piyasena, in a petition filed in the Supreme Court, challenging his expulsion from the party, had stated that he was unduly expelled for having voted with the government in favour of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, which enables the incumbent President to contest the presidency for a third time. more..
Jan 19 (DM) The JVP led National Trade Union Centre tendered an open invitation yesterday to all other trade unions, including those affiliated to the UNP and the SLFP, to join them in fighting for a Rs. 10,000 salary increment for public sector workers. The invitation was tendered by its president, JVP stalwart K. D. Lal Kantha, who was speaking at a seminar in Colombo yesterday. more..
Jan 19 (DM) The UNP said yesterday that it would limit its rallies at this year�s local government elections and concentrate more on a grassroots level campaign. UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake said that the party had decided to educate the people,at the grassroots level, on the large scale corruption in the state sector instead ofconcentrating on mass rallies. more..
Jan 19 (Island) Having spent Rs.500 million in preparation for the forthcoming Local Government Elections, the Mahinda Rajapaksa regime wants to conduct it only in certain councils, while the others have been postponed, the UNP said yesterday. General Secretary of the UNP Tissa Attanayake, said that national funds were being wasted to obtain political mileage, while more..
Jan 19 (DM) The government announced yesterday that universities would be able to recommence their external degree programmes and also initiate online courses for the first degree once the restructuring of their external course programmes was completed. All universities in the country had been instructed, through a road map, how they should restructure their external courses programmes in future, more..
Jan 19 (DN) Media reports that over 60 percent of the total Maha paddy cultivation of the country was destroyed are baseless. Only 17 percent of the paddy lands were affected. The Government has already stored 15 percent paddy from the total paddy requirement. There will be no price increase or paddy scarcity in the country due to floods, the report further said. more..
Jan 19 (wsws) The reality on the ground in Sri Lanka�s flood-affected areas is vastly different from the sanitised view being presented in television footage. The news programs show government ministers and parliamentarians with smiling faces, parading before the cameras and distributing food items and clothes to victims. Behind the scenes, however, there is widespread anger and more..
Jan 20 (IRIN) Healthcare workers are slowly returning to the conflict-affected north of Sri Lanka, where only six doctors covered 1,279 sqkm and an estimated population of at least 300,000 during the height of fighting in 2009 in a region known as the Vanni. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends at least one doctor - 23 health workers in total - for every 10,000 residents to provide the minimum level of care; in the Vanni, each doctor covered at least 50,000 people. more..
Jan 20 (HT) The rights of the minority Tamil and Muslim communities of Sri Lanka continue to be violated and they live in fear of marginalisation, a new report from a UK-based rights watchdog has said in a new report. The report compiled by the Minority Rights Group International (MRGI) said human rights violations in Sri Lanka continue unabated against ethnic Tamils and Muslims who fear an increasingly nationalist government. more..
Jan 20 (AP) The United Nations plans to seek $51 million to help Sri Lankans recover from deadly floods that affected up to 1 million people. U.N. Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Catherine Bragg will launch the appeal during a three-day visit to the island that started Wednesday. The U.N. office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs said in a report Tuesday that more..
Jan 20 (Xinhua) Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff Ashfaq Parvez Kayani arrived in Sri Lanka Wednesday on a three day official visit, defense officials said. He was received at the airport by his Sri Lankan counterpart Jagath Jayasuriya. The Pakistani army chief is to meet with Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and other senior officials. Sri Lanka received military co-operation from Pakistan in their successful military campaign against the Tamil Tiger rebels. more..
Jan 20 (NF) �Apart from the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics), it is Cuba that has done the most to help people of the world for their freedom,� said Bimal Ratnayake, Central Working Committee Member of the JVP. Addressing a meeting held in Colombo to mark the 52nd anniversary of the Cuban Revolution and Cuba's national day, Ratnayake said that Cuba was the only country in the world to have defeated the United States of America at diplomatic level. more..
Jan 20 (NN) Prime Minister D.M Jayaratna today slammed the JHU saying the party was creating rifts among religious communities in the country. The Premier said that the party should discuss its concerns with the government without going public and criticizing other religions. The JHU had told reporters yesterday that Prime Minister Jayaratne had submitted proposals in view of the 2600th Sambudhdha Jayanthi celebrations in an attempt to create more..
Jan 20 (SL) The Eastern University located in the Batticaloa District has incurred damages amounting to millions of rupees due to the heavy floods experienced in the Eastern Province. Vice Chancellor of the Eastern University, Dr. K. Premkumar has told the media that the damages to the university amounted to about Rs. 130 million. The buildings in the university�s Vandaramulla faculty have reportedly been damaged along with computers and other equipment that were more..
Jan 20 (SL) The Army has denied interfering and questioning the members of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) during its sessions in Mannar. The military has made this statement in response to an allegation leveled against the army by member of the We Are Sri Lankans movement, Udul Premaratne, that the LLRC members were questioned by the army on why approval had not been sought from the Defence Ministry to conduct hearings in Mannar. more..
Jan 20 (NN) NFF Administrative Secretary Achala Jagoda has decided to boycott his party activities over a rift with his party leader Minister Wimal Weerawansa. Jagoda said that he had written to his party saying he will not take part in NFF meetings over what he claims is the unfair treatment given to him. He further noted that if the NFF removes him from the party he will seek membership with the SLFP but so far has no plans to resign on his own. more..
Jana 20 (NN) The government has deported some International Non Governmental Organizations (INGO) for acting against the interest of the country, Prime Minister D. M Jayaratna told News Now.lk without mentioning the names of the INGOs. Prime Minister D. M Jayaratna noted that investigations had revealed that these INGOs were helping promote anti-Sri Lankan sentiments with the Tamil Diaspora who were supportive of the LTTE cause and were attempting to divide the country. more..
Jana 20 (DM) Sri Lanka is ranked eighth in a Gallup poll of civic engagement in 130 countries measuring individuals� likelihood to volunteer their time and assistance to others, a survey conducted by a US-based company revealed. According to the poll conducted by the Gallup Organization in 2009 and 2010, India is ranked 48th far behind neighbours Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Nepal in a Gallup poll. Pakistan was ranked 27th with a score of 42 percent while more..
Jan 20 (DM) President Mahinda Rajapaksa has left the country for the US on a private trip, Director General of President�s Media and spokesman Bandula Jayasekara told Ada Derana. When inquired Jayasekara stated that the President left the country early today morning. First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa has reportedly accompanied the President in his trip.
Jan 20 (DM) Four years ago euphoria gripped Sri Lanka on reaching the finals of the World Cup for the second time. The night of nights (28 April 2007) at Sri Lanka time (GMT -4 in Barbados) came when we played Australia in Bridgetown in the finals. People anesthetized on the aroma of cricket were glued to their television screens while LTTE planes flew low over tree tops to mark the arrival of Tiger Air. LTTE calculated correctly the moment Sri Lankans were intoxicated on more..
Jan 20 (DM) The Ceylon Electricity Board purchase power from the private sector for meeting the increasing electricity demand of the country. This is in addition to generating power from CEB's own hydro and thermal power plants. The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL); the power sector regulator has announced cost reflective tariffs for purchasing power from all private Independent Power Producers (IPPs). more..
Jan 20 (NS) Following are extracts from the Preface: For nearly 2,500 years, Sri Lanka has been at the crossroads of different civilisations. Her civilisation itself had been partly shaped by these encounters. But suddenly in the early 16th century, she encountered a �civilisation� like no other as the Portuguese yanked her into the arena of bloodthirsty wars which encouraged by the Pope, more..
Jan 20 (LG) We at the Chinthana Parshadaya became interested in the Rajarata chronic kidney disease unidentified etiology (RCKDunet) about four years ago, as we were worried about the patients and also due to the spread of the disease in the so-called border villages in the Rajarata. Of course, today thanks to the President and the heroic soldiers there are no �border villages� though the NGO and other pundits who used these terms still occupy the centre of more..
Jan 20 (MoD) Dr. Balazs Botos, Hungarian State Secretary, Ministry for National Economy, expressed his confidence that Sri Lanka will be among the world's developed countries in the near future. He said so during a discussion with President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees after a commemorative stamp was issued to mark the 125th Anniversary of the Labugama Reservoir and Water Purification Plant. The upgrading of the Plant will commence tomorrow with financial assistance from Hungary. more..
Jan 20 (Cimic) Until 1980s, Jaffna Library was an oasis for educationists, teachers, students and booklovers in Jaffna with a stock 97000 books on various subjects. It helped produce Great Intellectuals to Mother Lanka and became a jewel to whole South Asia with regard to education. With prime objective of restoring this invaluable treasure with wealth of knowledge, Security Forces Headquarters-Jaffna requests viewers of more..
Jan 20 (ST) The growing public debt and its servicing costs are a severe burden on the economy. It has a detrimental impact on macroeconomic fundamentals that have adverse effects on long term economic development. The large expenditure on debt servicing implies fewer resources for developmental expenditure. Government borrowing from domestic banking sources to service the debt results in inflationary pressures that destabilise the economy. more..
Jan 20 (ST) EDEX 2011 offers competitive choices in education to employment and beyond. EDEX 8th Expo 2011, Sri Lanka's largest Education and Careers Exhibition will be ceremonially opened on Saturday, January 22 at B.M.I.C.H. and conclude on Monday the 24th, which has been declared a special school day for senior students. Its' twin exhibition will be unveiled at the Kandy City Centre on January 26th & conclude on the 27. more..
Jan 20 (GV) Bonsika Vadivel Vasanthan (7) always stays alone and confines to a brown plastic chair with flower work. The chair is bigger than she. She wears a pristine white pleated frock, which is the school uniform with light Blue and white stripe tie. A light blue silk ribbon holds her straight hair into a ponytail, and she wears a pair of artificial white stone ear studs. She does not mingle with anybody. more..
Jan 20 (RSF) Reporters Without Borders and Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka (JDS), a network of exiled Sri Lankan journalists, announce the launch of an international appeal already signed by Noam Chomsky, Arundathi Roy, Ken Loach, Antony Loewenstein and Tariq Ali, asking writers and intellectuals to endorse a campaign for more freedom of expression in Sri Lanka. In a few days, the family and colleagues of political cartoonist Prageeth Ekneligoda will be more..
Jan 20 (AN) The Sri Lankan government appears ready to return the thousands of families displaced from Jaffna to Puttalam in 1990, following the war. But the authorities are denying the registration of new families, those formed by the children of first refugees who arrived in the district. The groundless refusal worries representatives of the IDPs. Rk Suvarkhan, responsible for Idp Muslims in two refugee camps, more..
Jan 20 (FT) Top representatives of leading export sectors of the country on Tuesday fired a serious warning that their success and survival was under threat owing to fast-eroding competitiveness on account of five major blows. At a special forum for journalists organised by the 450-member-strong National Chamber of Exporters (NCE), representatives engaged in export sectors of porcelain ware, rubber, coconut, ship repair, more..
Jan 20 (DM) Kurunegala Police had initiated investigations to arrest a driver attached to the army, who they suspect had been involved in heroin distribution for nearly three years and had dealings with several associates of the slain heroin kingpin, Olcott. According to police the suspect had been using an official vehicle for such purposes. It was revealed by police that the wanted soldier was a resident of Maligawatte and that he had been dealing with drugs while wearing the army uniform. more..
Jan 20 (DN) Thinakaran newspaper was re-launched yesterday to cater to the needs and aspirations of its readership by introducing new features such as political cartoons, a business page, separate page for Northern, Eastern and upcountry plantation sector. The paper has also introduced a weekly column on law and legal related activities. This is being handled by Open University Legal Department Head Yasodara Kathirgamathambi. more..
Jan 20 (LB) With monotonous regularity there are reports in the newspapers of blatant harassment, exploitation and deprivation of legitimate dues of our migrant workers in the Middle East. The most recent cases of torturing of housemaids with nails have been shocking. The following are some of the recent news paper reports of harassment and torture of our migrant workers. more..
Jan 20 (Island) The government is in the habit of using sledge hammers to crack nuts (and nutcrackers to break rocks)! Whenever it gets into trouble, it calls in the military even to perform simple tasks like cleaning drains. Now that vegetable prices have gone through the roof, the army has been tasked with battling unscrupulous traders who fleece both the producer and the consumer alike. The army's Operation Vegetables or Elavalu Meheyuma has proved to be a huge success. more..
Jan 20 (DM) The Ottawa Citizen yesterday reported information from Canadian security intelligence authorities that exiled Tamil rebel leaders are in the process of re-establishing the LTTE. They claimed it was still unclear how far advanced it is, but suspect intentions of setting up a base-in-exile there for the leadership. According to the news, this follows a report which reveals information of two Southeast Asian smuggling syndicates reportedly in the process of more..
Jan 20 (DN) Eight dangerous pesticides are no longer used in Sri Lanka though PCG and HCB industrial chemicals were used extensively some time ago, Environment Minister Anura Priyadharshana Yapa said. He was speaking at the inauguration of the joint workshop of the Stockholm and Rotterdam convention for the Asian region held at Hilton hotel yesterday. He explained the action taken by the Government to more..


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For many it might seem that the world is in the last stages of the global pandemic which caused mass disruption and claimed many lives. However, private companies are now taking the lead on enforcing greater health mandates for their workers.
This comes as the U.S. struggles to convince more people to get the Covid-19 vaccine, leaving many others vulnerable to infection.
The Costs of Not Taking a Vaccine
The U.S. travel ban which began in early 2020 is still in effect, which prohibits or severely limits travel from certain countries deemed 'high risk' for Covid-19. But recent announcements suggest the ban may be lifting soon, leading many business owners to take enforcement of inoculation into their own hands.
One famous example of this is Delta Airlines who announced it will charge unvaccinated employees $200 more for their monthly health plans. According to the company, this is due to the rising costs of hospitalization within the U.S. Other companies and health insurers have or are expected to follow suit, with many private employers looking for ways to penalize those who skip the needle.
But there is a limit to how far these 'economic punishments' can go. The Affordable Care Act passed in 2014 prohibits companies from charging higher for health plans based on pre-existing conditions. The one exception to the rule is smoking.
Studies show that unvaccinated people are more at risk for severe cases of Covid-19 which require special medical attention. Data from the Ohio Department of Health shows that more than 96% of hospitalizations in the state were for unvaccinated patients with the illness.
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The lack of space and medical attention due to the overwhelming need to address unvaccinated cases of Covid-19 makes the US a travel risk for foreigners. Coronavirus-related health insurance for visitors to the United States could protect against sudden infection and its related costs.
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"Employers are looking at it as an incentive to get their employees vaccinated. I also think it is an attempt to get control of some of the costs related to Covid," she said. "I think they're looking to keep their employees safe, to keep their businesses operating and then, to keep costs down."
Currently the U.S. requires proof of a negative Covid test for all incoming passengers, including U.S. citizens with 72 hours of departure. Travelers may also present a positive test with a note from a healthcare provider stating that the patient is ok for travel.
Additionally, the U.S. requires all foreign visitors to be fully vaccinated with one of the approved vaccines. These include Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines. The World Health Organization also recognized those byAstraZeneca and Sinovac, but others such as Russia's Sputnik V are still under review.


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Q: Get the SAML assertion when Salesforce is Identity provider I am using one salesforce org as a Identity provider and another org as a service provider. Using connected app when I try to login from Identity provider to service provider Salesforce org, It logins me to service provider org without any credentials.
How can I obtain SAML assertion from Identity provider org for some testing?

A: Found it myself. One can get the SAML assertion from service provider salesforce org.
Go to Set-up -> Single Sign on Settings -> SAML Assertion validator. This will display the latest failed assertion. Please note SAML assertion will be displayed here only in case of failure. In case of success, Salesforce do not stores anything.