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<?php

namespace Rain;

/**
 *  RainTPL
 *  --------
 *  Realized by Federico Ulfo & maintained by the Rain Team
 *  Distributed under GNU/LGPL 3 License
 *
 *  @version 3.0 Alpha milestone: https://github.com/rainphp/raintpl3/issues/milestones?with_issues=no
 */
class Tpl {

    // variables
    public $var = array();

    protected $config = array(),
        $objectConf = array();

    /**
     * Plugin container
     *
     * @var \Rain\Tpl\PluginContainer
     */
    protected static $plugins = null;

    // configuration
    protected static $conf = array(
        'checksum' => array(),
        'charset' => 'UTF-8',
        'debug' => false,
        'tpl_dir' => 'templates/',
        'cache_dir' => 'cache/',
        'tpl_ext' => 'html',
        'base_url' => '',
        'php_enabled' => false,
        'auto_escape' => true,
        'sandbox' => true,
        'remove_comments' => false,
        'registered_tags' => array(),
    );

    // tags registered by the developers
    protected static $registered_tags = array();

    /**
     * Draw the template
     *
     * @param string $templateFilePath: name of the template file
     * @param bool $toString: if the method should return a string
     * or echo the output
     *
     * @return void, string: depending of the $toString
     */
    public function draw($templateFilePath, $toString = FALSE) {
        extract($this->var);
        // Merge local and static configurations
        $this->config = $this->objectConf + static::$conf;

        ob_start();
        require $this->checkTemplate($templateFilePath);
        $html = ob_get_clean();

        // Execute plugins, before_parse
        $context = $this->getPlugins()->createContext(array(
                'code' => $html,
                'conf' => $this->config,
            ));
        $this->getPlugins()->run('afterDraw', $context);
        $html = $context->code;

        if ($toString)
            return $html;
        else
            echo $html;
    }

    /**
     * Draw a string
     *
     * @param string $string: string in RainTpl format
     * @param bool $toString: if the param
     *
     * @return void, string: depending of the $toString
     */
    public function drawString($string, $toString = false) {
        extract($this->var);
        // Merge local and static configurations
        $this->config = $this->objectConf + static::$conf;
        ob_start();
        require $this->checkString($string);
        $html = ob_get_clean();

        // Execute plugins, before_parse
        $context = $this->getPlugins()->createContext(array(
                'code' => $html,
                'conf' => $this->config,
            ));
        $this->getPlugins()->run('afterDraw', $context);
        $html = $context->code;

        if ($toString)
            return $html;
        else
            echo $html;
    }

    /**
     * Object specific configuration
     *
     * @param string, array $setting: name of the setting to configure
     * or associative array type 'setting' => 'value'
     * @param mixed $value: value of the setting to configure
     * @return \Rain\Tpl $this
     */
    public function objectConfigure($setting, $value = null) {
        if (is_array($setting))
            foreach ($setting as $key => $value)
                $this->objectConfigure($key, $value);
        else if (isset(static::$conf[$setting])) {

            // add ending slash if missing
            if ($setting == "tpl_dir" || $setting == "cache_dir") {
                $value = self::addTrailingSlash($value);
            }
            $this->objectConf[$setting] = $value;
        }

        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * Global configurations
     *
     * @param string, array $setting: name of the setting to configure
     * or associative array type 'setting' => 'value'
     * @param mixed $value: value of the setting to configure
     */
    public static function configure($setting, $value = null) {
        if (is_array($setting))
            foreach ($setting as $key => $value)
                static::configure($key, $value);
        else if (isset(static::$conf[$setting])) {

            // add ending slash if missing
            if ($setting == "tpl_dir" || $setting == "cache_dir") {
                $value = self::addTrailingSlash($value);
            }

            static::$conf[$setting] = $value;
            static::$conf['checksum'][$setting] = $value; // take trace of all config
        }
    }

    /**
     * Assign variable
     * eg.     $t->assign('name','mickey');
     *
     * @param mixed $variable Name of template variable or associative array name/value
     * @param mixed $value value assigned to this variable. Not set if variable_name is an associative array
     *
     * @return \Rain\Tpl $this
     */
    public function assign($variable, $value = null) {
        if (is_array($variable))
            $this->var = $variable + $this->var;
        else
            $this->var[$variable] = $value;

        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * Clean the expired files from cache
     * @param type $expireTime Set the expiration time
     */
    public static function clean($expireTime = 2592000) {
        $files = glob(static::$conf['cache_dir'] . "*.rtpl.php");
        $time = time() - $expireTime;
        foreach ($files as $file)
            if ($time > filemtime($file) )
                unlink($file);
    }

    /**
     * Allows the developer to register a tag.
     *
     * @param string $tag nombre del tag
     * @param regexp $parse regular expression to parse the tag
     * @param anonymous function $function: action to do when the tag is parsed
     */
    public static function registerTag($tag, $parse, $function) {
        static::$registered_tags[$tag] = array("parse" => $parse, "function" => $function);
    }

    /**
     * Registers a plugin globally.
     *
     * @param \Rain\Tpl\IPlugin $plugin
     * @param string $name name can be used to distinguish plugins of same class.
     */
    public static function registerPlugin(Tpl\IPlugin $plugin, $name = '') {
        $name = (string)$name ?: \get_class($plugin);

        static::getPlugins()->addPlugin($name, $plugin);
    }

    /**
     * Removes registered plugin from stack.
     *
     * @param string $name
     */
    public static function removePlugin($name) {
        static::getPlugins()->removePlugin($name);
    }

    /**
     * Returns plugin container.
     *
     * @return \Rain\Tpl\PluginContainer
     */
    protected static function getPlugins() {
        return static::$plugins
            ?: static::$plugins = new Tpl\PluginContainer();
    }

    /**
     * Check if the template exist and compile it if necessary
     *
     * @param string $template: name of the file of the template
     *
     * @throw \Rain\Tpl\NotFoundException the file doesn't exists
     * @return string: full filepath that php must use to include
     */
    protected function checkTemplate($template) {

        // set filename
        $templateName = basename($template);
        $templateBasedir = strpos($template, '/') !== false ? dirname($template) . '/' : null;
        $templateDirectory = null;
        $templateFilepath = null;
        $parsedTemplateFilepath = null;

        // Make directories to array for multiple template directory
        $templateDirectories = $this->config['tpl_dir'];
        if (!is_array($templateDirectories)) {
            $templateDirectories = array($templateDirectories);
        }

        $isFileNotExist = true;

        // absolute path
        if ($template[0] == '/') {
            $templateDirectory = $templateBasedir;
            $templateFilepath = $templateDirectory . $templateName . '.' . $this->config['tpl_ext'];
            $parsedTemplateFilepath = $this->config['cache_dir'] . $templateName . "." . md5($templateDirectory . serialize($this->config['checksum'])) . '.rtpl.php';
            // For check templates are exists
            if (file_exists($templateFilepath)) {
                $isFileNotExist = false;
            }
        } else {
            foreach($templateDirectories as $templateDirectory) {
                $templateDirectory .= $templateBasedir;
                $templateFilepath = $templateDirectory . $templateName . '.' . $this->config['tpl_ext'];
                $parsedTemplateFilepath = $this->config['cache_dir'] . $templateName . "." . md5($templateDirectory . serialize($this->config['checksum'])) . '.rtpl.php';

                // For check templates are exists
                if (file_exists($templateFilepath)) {
                    $isFileNotExist = false;
                    break;
                }
            }
        }

        // if the template doesn't exsist throw an error
        if ($isFileNotExist === true) {
            $e = new Tpl\NotFoundException('Template ' . $templateName . ' not found!');
            throw $e->templateFile($templateFilepath);
        }

        // Compile the template if the original has been updated
        if ($this->config['debug'] || !file_exists($parsedTemplateFilepath) || ( filemtime($parsedTemplateFilepath) < filemtime($templateFilepath) )) {
            $parser = new Tpl\Parser($this->config, static::$plugins, static::$registered_tags);
            $parser->compileFile($templateName, $templateBasedir, $templateDirectory, $templateFilepath, $parsedTemplateFilepath);
        }
        return $parsedTemplateFilepath;
    }

    /**
     * Compile a string if necessary
     *
     * @param string $string: RainTpl template string to compile
     *
     * @return string: full filepath that php must use to include
     */
    protected function checkString($string) {

        // set filename
        $templateName = md5($string . implode($this->config['checksum']));
        $parsedTemplateFilepath = $this->config['cache_dir'] . $templateName . '.s.rtpl.php';
        $templateFilepath = '';
        $templateBasedir = '';

        // Compile the template if the original has been updated
        if ($this->config['debug'] || !file_exists($parsedTemplateFilepath)) {
            $parser = new Tpl\Parser($this->config, static::$plugins, static::$registered_tags);
            $parser->compileString($templateName, $templateBasedir, $templateFilepath, $parsedTemplateFilepath, $string);
        }

        return $parsedTemplateFilepath;
    }

    private static function addTrailingSlash($folder) {

        if (is_array($folder)) {
            foreach($folder as &$f) {
                $f = self::addTrailingSlash($f);
            }
        } elseif ( strlen($folder) > 0 && $folder[0] != '/' ) {
            $folder = $folder . "/";
        }
        return $folder;

    }

}

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Germanus V (6 December 1835 – 28 July 1920) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 28 January 1913 till 1918. He was educated in Jerusalem and Athens before attending the Theological School of Halki. Germain V of Constantinople (in Greek Γερμανός Ε ', born 6 December 1835 in Balata du Phanar in Constantinople under the name Georges Kavakopoulos; died 18 July 1920) was patriarch of Constantinople from 10 February 1913 to 25 October 1918.

Biography
He was elected Metropolitan of Kos (1867), Rhodes (1876–1888), Iraklia (1888–1897) and Chalkedon (1897–1913).  On 28 January 1913, he was elected Ecumenical Patriarch.

He was one of the pioneers, in the years 1886–1897, of the efforts for the return of the exiled Patriarch Ioakim III the Magnificent. On 7 October 1918 a great rebellion against the Orthodox came and was condemned within the Patriarchal Church. He was forced to resign from the throne on 12 October 1918, retiring to Kadikoy, where he died and was buried in December 1920. He was the last Patriarch who received the imperial veranda, the state's recognition of the Sultan.

1920 encyclical
Germain V is the author of an encyclical published in 1920 as a milestone for the ecumenical movement. He evokes the notion of a "fraternity of churches" to be created, a "blessed union" of the churches for which he invites different traditions to contribute by engaging in the joint study of the essential questions around the notion of meeting.

1. For the Patriarch, the promotion of contacts between the Churches is the first essential step that must be followed by "the abolition of all mutual mistrust and bitterness" so that "the love [is] revived and strengthened between the churches".

2. It then lists eleven basic points as a working proposal for future collaboration between the churches; Willem Vissert Hooft, first secretary of the WCC, that the "With its 1920 encyclical, Constantinople rang the bell of our assembling".

References

1835 births
1920 deaths
Theological School of Halki alumni
Orthodox bishops of Rhodes
Cappadocian Greeks
20th-century Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople
Bishops of Chalcedon
Clergy from Istanbul
People from Fatih

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Every month, Social City Networking INC. compiles a list of Vancouver's must-attend events. We make it easy to ensure that you're always experiencing all things SOCIAL that Vancouver has to offer. We've drawn from various sources to make this calendar your monthly go-to list for all things social. From cultural festivals, to exhibitions, markets, holidays & beyond – we're proud to say we've finally done it: we've created the ULTIMATE social calendar. We're pleased to release the MAY 2015 edition of Social City's "SOCIAL in the CITY Social Calendar".


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Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc
Credit Opinion: Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV: Update following outlook change to positive
Credit Opinion: Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV: Update to credit analysis
Announcement of Periodic Review: Moody's announces completion of a periodic review for a group of Beverage issuers
Rating Action: Moody's affirms ABI's Baa1/P-2 ratings; changes outlook to positive
Peer Snapshot: Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV - June 2022 (LTM): Peer Snapshot
Moody's assigns P-2 rating to A-B InBev's US commercial paper program; outlook stable
New York, June 16, 2011 -- Moody's today assigned a Prime-2 rating to Anheuser-Bush InBev Worldwide Inc.'s new guaranteed US commercial paper program. Other ratings for the issuer group were affirmed (long term at Baa1). The outlook on the ratings is stable.
RATINGS RATIONALE
The short term rating assignment at Prime-2 is based on the Guarantee structure which includes the same guarantors for the CP program as the company's other senior unsecured facilities which are rated Baa1. It also reflects the company's strong liquidity profile, with sufficient back up for the $3 billion US CP program. "Backup is provided in the form of a $3 billion dollar swing line with same day availability under Anheuser-Busch InBev's larger $8 billion revolving credit facility, substantial cash on hand globally and solid cash flow", said Linda Montag, Moody's Senior Vice President.
Anheuser Busch InBev's Baa1/Prime-2 ratings reflect the company's scale as the world's largest brewer, its wide portfolio of beer brands at various price points, leading market positions in some of the largest beer profit pools and seasoned management with a solid track record of integrating acquisitions and reducing leverage. The ratings are further supported by the company's strong margins and high, recurring cash flows generated by its operations.
At the same time, the ratings factor in (i) the company's exposure to somewhat more volatile economies, although it has a broadly balanced earnings base, (ii) the slow pace of economic rebound in North America and Western Europe, and rise in commodities prices in the recent months which slow down margin improvement and (iii) ABI's credit metrics which have enhanced its financial profile although they remain somewhat weak for the Baa1 rating category. Moody's is nevertheless confident that, as ABI pursues its debt reduction efforts towards its self-imposed net debt-to-EBITDA target of 2 times by 2012 it will further improve its position in the rating category.
The stable outlook is based on Moody's expectations that ABI will be able to improve its credit metrics in 2011 from their present levels including a debt to EBITDA ratio decreasing sustainably below 3 times on the back of its (i) strong profitability and cash flows; and (ii) commitment to its leverage target.
An upgrade to A3, although unlikely in the near term, would require the continuation of a conservative financial policy and improvement in credit metrics with retained cash flow/ net debt ratio in the high 20% range and debt to EBITDA moving comfortably below 2.5 times. Ratings could be downgraded if the company does not improve its credit metrics so that debt to EBITDA fails to move sustainably below 3 times and retained cash flow/ net debt trends towards the low 20% range.
The principal methodology used in this rating ABI was Moody's "Global Alcoholic Beverage Rating Methodology", which was published in September 2009 and is available on www.moodys.com.
Moody's most recent rating action concerning ABI's ratings was on March 8, 2011, when the rating agency upgraded company's ratings to Baa1 from Baa2.
Located in Leuven, Belgium, Anheuser-Busch InBev is the largest beer company in the world, generating USD36.3 billion in revenue in 2010.
Information sources used to prepare the credit rating are the following: parties involved in the ratings, parties not involved in the ratings, public information, confidential and proprietary Moody's Investors Service information, and confidential and proprietary Moody's Analytics information.
Moody's Investors Service considers the quality of information available on the issuer or obligation satisfactory for the purposes of assigning a credit rating.
Moody's adopts all necessary measures so that the information it uses in assigning a credit rating is of sufficient quality and from sources Moody's considers to be reliable including, when appropriate, independent third-party sources. However, Moody's is not an auditor and cannot in every instance independently verify or validate information received in the rating process.
Please see ratings tab on the issuer/entity page on Moodys.com for the last rating action and the rating history.
The date on which some Credit Ratings were first released goes back to a time before Moody's Investors Service's Credit Ratings were fully digitized and accurate data may not be available. Consequently, Moody's Investors Service provides a date that it believes is the most reliable and accurate based on the information that is available to it. Please see the ratings disclosure page on our website www.moodys.com for further information.
Please see the Credit Policy page on Moodys.com for the methodologies used in determining ratings, further information on the meaning of each rating category and the definition of default and recovery.
Linda Montag
Corporate Finance Group
Peter H. Abdill, CFA
MD - Corporate Finance

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it rained here a while ago and i was feeling HORRIBLE. nothing in my life was going right.
so i went out and started walking around my block, which is about a mile long, then running. i was wearing jeans and a tanks top and no shoes, but i was just jogging and spinning and kinda dancing a little. when i got back to my house, i was completely soaked all the way through, but i felt so much better.
I love thunderstorms, they just seem so romantic!
In the Garden fruit grow and get ripe not with the sun but with kisses.
It rained last Friday. The rain always makes me unexplainably happy. After school, I was the only person standing out in the downpour, but I didn't care. Someone called out "Hey, don't you know it's raining?!" and I laughed. It was one of those rare moments when I just didn't care.
I'm in the marching band, and we had to play in Auburn for a competition.
It was so lovely, the rain.
It rained for two days straight.
I'd say I miss it, but it was kinda cold.
Either way, it felt so good to be outside with almost all of my friends, getting wet and ruining our instruments for a bit of fun.
10. Because it calms you down enough to think clearly if you're really upset.
9. Because when you spin around in circles, it feels like you're spinning with the sky.
8. Because when you lie down in the wet grass there's just something about it that's tantalizing.
7. Because when the first rain drop falls from the sky and onto your skin, you know that for at least 25 seconds, you can dance without anyone caring.
6. Because chances are the people who dance with you are the ones who really care, so if you're not dancing alone, you know you are truly loved.
5. Because even when you're dancing in the rain alone, it's still like a blanket that keeps you safe.
4. Because when it thunders, nobody can hear you screaming out all the pain that not living builds up inside of you.
3. Because when you tailgating and you're all frustrated with everyone's ignorance and it starts to rain, everyone else goes inside, and you can have some space to finally let it all go.
2. Because even if you're just sitting in the middle of a rainstorm, it lifts you up and suddenly, you're flying.
1. Because rain has healing powers.
heheh, i just found that old Belinda Carlisle song, Summer Rain in the depths of my computer. It's not half bad for an eighties-tastic pop song about dancing in the rain.
There has been no rain round my home for many longs, but I have been revelling in snow. I love water in all its forms but most when it's falling from the sky.


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Peter Reckell's House – LA
Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 4 House Size: 3,445 sqft
Acerage: .39 Year built: 2006
Peter Reckell, who played Bo Brady on the long time daytime soap opera favorite "Days of Our Lives" has recently listed his house for sale. Reckell was a prominent fixture on the daytime favorite show from 1983 to 2012, only taking a brief break in the 1980s to star on the primetime soap "Knots Landing." After 1,225 episodes on "Days of Our Lives", the Reckell has also decided to make a home move as well.
Reckell and his wife, Kelly Moneymaker, listed their environmentally friendly home in Los Angeles for $4 million. The Brentwood home at 2905 Elvido Dr, Los Angeles was built in 2006 and has several earth friendly features.
The home is solar powered and has much of it's design made up of recycled materials including grass cloth walls, recycled glass flooring and a solar heated infinity pool.
The 3,445 square foot home has 3 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms and includes a first floor living and dining area with a large chef's kitchen, an indoor outdoor Koi Pond, a temperature controlled wine cave and a professional recording studio. Sliding doors open to the beautiful grounds which contain a large solar heated infinity edge pool, an Ipe wood deck, a meditation pond and a 16th century Indian temple that was rebuilt to be an outdoor pavilion.
The master bedroom upstairs opens onto a large deck with breathtaking views of the canyon and valley below.
Along with playing the character Bo Brady on "Days of Our Lives", Reckell has also been on several other TV shows including "Baywatch" and "As the World Turns" where he started his acting career as Eric Hollister. Reckell is also accredited with the stage performances of "Pirates of Penzance", "Jesus Christ Superstar" and "Death Trap" to name a few.
Reckell's wife Kelly Moneymaker is best known for replacing Gioia Bruno in the music group Expose' in the early 1990s and for working with artists Todd Rundgren, Wayne Newton and Connie Stevens. The couple has one daughter, Loden Sloan Reckell, born November 2007.
Home Address: 2905 Elvido Dr. Los Angeles, CA 90049 (California)
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Join Lost Monarchs this coming 4/20 for TWO sets of original music from their upcoming full-length album and fun covers of their favorite artists.
For each pint of either Bring Out Your Dead IPA or Black Light Pilsner purchased, you will receive a raffle ticket. At set break, the band will hold a raffle for prizes like: Grateful Dead vinyl and CDs, Monty Python's Holy Grail on Blu-Ray, a Black Light Poster, FRESH Lost Monarchs stickers, a Black Plague growler w/ $1 Fill of choice, a sticker pack, beer coozie, a beanie, and a $25 gift card for the Brewery.
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These fudge cookies feature a milk chocolate fudge coating over a tasty, fluffy marshmallow.
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It's easy to save on the foods you eat every day. As good or better than the national brands, we know you will love them for the taste and quality. Clover Valley Milk Chocolate Petit Beurre Biscuits, 5.2 Oz. have no artificial colors. These delicious cookies are perfect for entertaining and hosting.
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It's easy to save on the foods you eat every day. As good or better than the national brands, we know you will love them for the taste and quality. Clover Valley Lemon Sandwich Crème Cookies, 11.8 Oz. make for a delicious quick treat or dessert!


Understanding solar panel pricing can be a minefield. With 100s of brands and installation options, you need to know what you're getting for your hard-earned cash, and why price can vary so much.
This is the most overlooked factor. And probably the most important. What do you want to get from solar? Do you have a fixed budget and want to get the largest system available? Do you want the most efficient system so you can be as energy independent as possible? Do you want to be as green as possible? Is peace of mind through extended warranties & durability top of your list? It's likely a combination of many of these. At Naked Solar, we help you balance these priorities to find the system that fits your aims.
The size of your building, available roof space, roof angle, roof orientation (north facing is less efficient than south facing, for instance), shade from trees or adjacent buildings and ultimately where you live in the UK…All of these factors and more affect the amount of energy you can create from solar panels and therefore the price of the system needed to power your home or business. We don't sell one size fits all. We help you find an exact match for your specific requirements.
How much energy you use, the way you use it, and when, should all influence the type of solar panel installation you choose. For instance, you can make huge bill savings by using high drain devices such as washing machines and dryers at different times of the day. And it may make sense to couple your system with a storage battery. If you're a low energy user, a simple system might be enough for you. Our powerful PV Sol software can analyse all this and help narrow down the options.
That's why at Naked we never sell particular systems at you. We take all these factors into account and present you with options to help you make an informed choice.
The prices below covers budget options through to premium for home and business solar arrays. The variation in price reflects the choice of panels and inverters available. Not all solar panels are the same. Higher prices reflect the quality, longevity and efficiency of the products on offer.
If you combine an energy efficient solar panel system with a good solar storage battery you can save up to 90% off your electricity bills and drastically reduce your carbon footprint.


Dirk Manning is back with his look at the other side of comic book creation, this time focusing on the importance of HELLBLAZER.
The longest-running column on Newsarama, Dirk Manning's Write or Wrong, is being collected as a book. We talk to the writer here.
Dirk Manning is back with a new column, this time discussing the rumored WATCHMEN Prequels, and why he's all for them.
Dirk Manning takes a look back at Nightmare World vol 1 with some "director's commentary" on two of the stories.
To celebrate the fifth anniversary of Write Or Wrong, Dirk writes a column about... quitting? Read on!


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package framework

import (
	"fmt"
	"regexp"
	"sync"
	"time"

	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
	v1core "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/core/v1"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
	podutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1/pod"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/events"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/sysctl"

	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
)

const DefaultPodDeletionTimeout = 3 * time.Minute

// ImageWhiteList is the images used in the current test suite. It should be initialized in test suite and
// the images in the white list should be pre-pulled in the test suite.  Currently, this is only used by
// node e2e test.
var ImageWhiteList sets.String

// Convenience method for getting a pod client interface in the framework's namespace,
// possibly applying test-suite specific transformations to the pod spec, e.g. for
// node e2e pod scheduling.
func (f *Framework) PodClient() *PodClient {
	return &PodClient{
		f:            f,
		PodInterface: f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Pods(f.Namespace.Name),
	}
}

// Convenience method for getting a pod client interface in an alternative namespace,
// possibly applying test-suite specific transformations to the pod spec, e.g. for
// node e2e pod scheduling.
func (f *Framework) PodClientNS(namespace string) *PodClient {
	return &PodClient{
		f:            f,
		PodInterface: f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Pods(namespace),
	}
}

type PodClient struct {
	f *Framework
	v1core.PodInterface
}

// Create creates a new pod according to the framework specifications (don't wait for it to start).
func (c *PodClient) Create(pod *v1.Pod) *v1.Pod {
	c.mungeSpec(pod)
	p, err := c.PodInterface.Create(pod)
	ExpectNoError(err, "Error creating Pod")
	return p
}

// CreateEventually retries pod creation for a while before failing
// the test with the most recent error. This mimicks the behavior
// of a controller (like the one for DaemonSet) and is necessary
// because pod creation can fail while its service account is still
// getting provisioned
// (https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/68776).
//
// Both the timeout and polling interval are configurable as optional
// arguments:
// - The first optional argument is the timeout.
// - The second optional argument is the polling interval.
//
// Both intervals can either be specified as time.Duration, parsable
// duration strings or as floats/integers. In the last case they are
// interpreted as seconds.
func (c *PodClient) CreateEventually(pod *v1.Pod, opts ...interface{}) *v1.Pod {
	c.mungeSpec(pod)
	var ret *v1.Pod
	Eventually(func() error {
		p, err := c.PodInterface.Create(pod)
		ret = p
		return err
	}, opts...).ShouldNot(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to create %q pod", pod.GetName())
	return ret
}

// CreateSync creates a new pod according to the framework specifications in the given namespace, and waits for it to start.
func (c *PodClient) CreateSyncInNamespace(pod *v1.Pod, namespace string) *v1.Pod {
	p := c.Create(pod)
	ExpectNoError(WaitForPodNameRunningInNamespace(c.f.ClientSet, p.Name, namespace))
	// Get the newest pod after it becomes running, some status may change after pod created, such as pod ip.
	p, err := c.Get(p.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
	ExpectNoError(err)
	return p
}

// CreateSync creates a new pod according to the framework specifications, and wait for it to start.
func (c *PodClient) CreateSync(pod *v1.Pod) *v1.Pod {
	return c.CreateSyncInNamespace(pod, c.f.Namespace.Name)
}

// CreateBatch create a batch of pods. All pods are created before waiting.
func (c *PodClient) CreateBatch(pods []*v1.Pod) []*v1.Pod {
	ps := make([]*v1.Pod, len(pods))
	var wg sync.WaitGroup
	for i, pod := range pods {
		wg.Add(1)
		go func(i int, pod *v1.Pod) {
			defer wg.Done()
			defer GinkgoRecover()
			ps[i] = c.CreateSync(pod)
		}(i, pod)
	}
	wg.Wait()
	return ps
}

// Update updates the pod object. It retries if there is a conflict, throw out error if
// there is any other errors. name is the pod name, updateFn is the function updating the
// pod object.
func (c *PodClient) Update(name string, updateFn func(pod *v1.Pod)) {
	ExpectNoError(wait.Poll(time.Millisecond*500, time.Second*30, func() (bool, error) {
		pod, err := c.PodInterface.Get(name, metav1.GetOptions{})
		if err != nil {
			return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to get pod %q: %v", name, err)
		}
		updateFn(pod)
		_, err = c.PodInterface.Update(pod)
		if err == nil {
			Logf("Successfully updated pod %q", name)
			return true, nil
		}
		if errors.IsConflict(err) {
			Logf("Conflicting update to pod %q, re-get and re-update: %v", name, err)
			return false, nil
		}
		return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to update pod %q: %v", name, err)
	}))
}

// DeleteSync deletes the pod and wait for the pod to disappear for `timeout`. If the pod doesn't
// disappear before the timeout, it will fail the test.
func (c *PodClient) DeleteSync(name string, options *metav1.DeleteOptions, timeout time.Duration) {
	c.DeleteSyncInNamespace(name, c.f.Namespace.Name, options, timeout)
}

// DeleteSyncInNamespace deletes the pod from the namespace and wait for the pod to disappear for `timeout`. If the pod doesn't
// disappear before the timeout, it will fail the test.
func (c *PodClient) DeleteSyncInNamespace(name string, namespace string, options *metav1.DeleteOptions, timeout time.Duration) {
	err := c.Delete(name, options)
	if err != nil && !errors.IsNotFound(err) {
		Failf("Failed to delete pod %q: %v", name, err)
	}
	Expect(WaitForPodToDisappear(c.f.ClientSet, namespace, name, labels.Everything(),
		2*time.Second, timeout)).To(Succeed(), "wait for pod %q to disappear", name)
}

// mungeSpec apply test-suite specific transformations to the pod spec.
func (c *PodClient) mungeSpec(pod *v1.Pod) {
	if !TestContext.NodeE2E {
		return
	}

	Expect(pod.Spec.NodeName).To(Or(BeZero(), Equal(TestContext.NodeName)), "Test misconfigured")
	pod.Spec.NodeName = TestContext.NodeName
	// Node e2e does not support the default DNSClusterFirst policy. Set
	// the policy to DNSDefault, which is configured per node.
	pod.Spec.DNSPolicy = v1.DNSDefault

	// PrepullImages only works for node e2e now. For cluster e2e, image prepull is not enforced,
	// we should not munge ImagePullPolicy for cluster e2e pods.
	if !TestContext.PrepullImages {
		return
	}
	// If prepull is enabled, munge the container spec to make sure the images are not pulled
	// during the test.
	for i := range pod.Spec.Containers {
		c := &pod.Spec.Containers[i]
		if c.ImagePullPolicy == v1.PullAlways {
			// If the image pull policy is PullAlways, the image doesn't need to be in
			// the white list or pre-pulled, because the image is expected to be pulled
			// in the test anyway.
			continue
		}
		// If the image policy is not PullAlways, the image must be in the white list and
		// pre-pulled.
		Expect(ImageWhiteList.Has(c.Image)).To(BeTrue(), "Image %q is not in the white list, consider adding it to CommonImageWhiteList in test/e2e/common/util.go or NodeImageWhiteList in test/e2e_node/image_list.go", c.Image)
		// Do not pull images during the tests because the images in white list should have
		// been prepulled.
		c.ImagePullPolicy = v1.PullNever
	}
}

// TODO(random-liu): Move pod wait function into this file
// WaitForSuccess waits for pod to succeed.
func (c *PodClient) WaitForSuccess(name string, timeout time.Duration) {
	f := c.f
	Expect(WaitForPodCondition(f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, name, "success or failure", timeout,
		func(pod *v1.Pod) (bool, error) {
			switch pod.Status.Phase {
			case v1.PodFailed:
				return true, fmt.Errorf("pod %q failed with reason: %q, message: %q", name, pod.Status.Reason, pod.Status.Message)
			case v1.PodSucceeded:
				return true, nil
			default:
				return false, nil
			}
		},
	)).To(Succeed(), "wait for pod %q to success", name)
}

// WaitForFailure waits for pod to fail.
func (c *PodClient) WaitForFailure(name string, timeout time.Duration) {
	f := c.f
	Expect(WaitForPodCondition(f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, name, "success or failure", timeout,
		func(pod *v1.Pod) (bool, error) {
			switch pod.Status.Phase {
			case v1.PodFailed:
				return true, nil
			case v1.PodSucceeded:
				return true, fmt.Errorf("pod %q successed with reason: %q, message: %q", name, pod.Status.Reason, pod.Status.Message)
			default:
				return false, nil
			}
		},
	)).To(Succeed(), "wait for pod %q to fail", name)
}

// WaitForSuccess waits for pod to succeed or an error event for that pod.
func (c *PodClient) WaitForErrorEventOrSuccess(pod *v1.Pod) (*v1.Event, error) {
	var ev *v1.Event
	err := wait.Poll(Poll, PodStartTimeout, func() (bool, error) {
		evnts, err := c.f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Events(pod.Namespace).Search(legacyscheme.Scheme, pod)
		if err != nil {
			return false, fmt.Errorf("error in listing events: %s", err)
		}
		for _, e := range evnts.Items {
			switch e.Reason {
			case events.KillingContainer, events.FailedToCreateContainer, sysctl.UnsupportedReason, sysctl.ForbiddenReason:
				ev = &e
				return true, nil
			case events.StartedContainer:
				return true, nil
			default:
				// ignore all other errors
			}
		}
		return false, nil
	})
	return ev, err
}

// MatchContainerOutput gets output of a container and match expected regexp in the output.
func (c *PodClient) MatchContainerOutput(name string, containerName string, expectedRegexp string) error {
	f := c.f
	output, err := GetPodLogs(f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, name, containerName)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get output for container %q of pod %q", containerName, name)
	}
	regex, err := regexp.Compile(expectedRegexp)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to compile regexp %q: %v", expectedRegexp, err)
	}
	if !regex.MatchString(output) {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to match regexp %q in output %q", expectedRegexp, output)
	}
	return nil
}

func (c *PodClient) PodIsReady(name string) bool {
	pod, err := c.Get(name, metav1.GetOptions{})
	ExpectNoError(err)
	return podutil.IsPodReady(pod)
}


I can't believe almost a year has gone by since you left for Taiwan. I miss you so much and am always happy to hear your voice when you call me to talk.
I wish we could spend your birthday together this year, but I'm happy that you will be home soon. I can't wait for you to get back!
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Q: Function invariant under composition w order automorphism A. Given a totally (linearly) ordered set $A$ and a not constant function $f: A \rightarrow B$, are there any known conditions which guarantee there is no order automorphism  $g :A \rightarrow A$, $ g\neq Id $ such that $f=f \circ g$?
B. Does it make any difference to the question $A$ above if the set $A$ is the Real numbers?
C. Does it make any difference to the question $A$ above if the set $A$ is a closed interval of the real numbers?
D. Does it make any difference to the question $A$ above if the set $A$ is equipped with the corresponding order topology, $B$ is a topological space and $f$ is continuous?
E. Is such a condition that $ f $ does not take at least two different values at least countably infinite times each?

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← Sunday 10.28.2018 New York Times Digest
Sunday 11.11.2018 New York Times Digest →
Sunday 11.4.2018 New York Times Digest
1. Rural America's Own Private Flint: Polluted Water Too Dangerous to Drink
"In Wisconsin, a state report recently found that as many as 42,000 of the state's 676,000 private wells, or 6 percent, were likely to exceed the federal health standards for nitrates, which can come from fertilizer use and manure spreading."
2. The Case Against Running With Headphones
"If I don't leave my headphones behind when I run, I wouldn't spend a single minute of my waking life free from input."
3. How the Economic Lives of the Middle Class Have Changed Since 2016
"Debtors — and the average middle-class American fits that description — are paying a price for the surging economy even as they enjoy the benefits of higher pay and low inflation."
4. Preserving the Wealth That Conservation Built
"Let us not forget the important situations where government can prevent market failures and unlock value."
5. The Democrats' Next Job
"The Democrats have impulses, they have beliefs, they even have principles. But they don't have a story to challenge the supply-side story and tell people about how the economy grows and helps everyone."
6. 6 Tips for Getting Your Solo Play to Broadway
"I'd say, 'There was no single step.' It was a series of steps over years. And, even then on top of that, it's luck. It's your 10,000 hours of preparation meeting 12 other people's 10,000 hours of preparation meeting $3 million laundered through the Cayman Islands … meeting luck."
7. Andy Warhol Inc.: How He Made Business His Art + Think You Know Andy Warhol? Here Are Five Truths That May Surprise
"The heart of Warhol's idea — that by playing the role of businessman, an artist could turn himself into the latest, living example of a commodification he believed none of us can avoid — was perhaps as revolutionary in its time as Marcel Duchamp presenting a humble urinal as sculpture had been in 1917. Duchamp's gesture declared that artists alone get to define what is art; five decades later, Warhol took that as permission to treat the spreadsheet, press release and launch party as creative endeavors. This set an example for some of his most notable heirs in our current century."
8. This Library Has New Books by Major Authors, but They Can't Be Read Until 2114
"In 96 years, when the seedlings become trees and the trees are sacrificed to the written word, it is impossible to know whose reality they will touch."
9. Alan Greenspan's Ode to Creative Destruction
"Capitalism in America, in both its interpretation of economic history and its recipe for revival, is likely to offend the dominant Trump wing of the Republican Party and the resurgent left among Democrats."
10. The Founders Look at Modern America
"Our civic dialogue has broken down, Ellis observes, and our 'divided America,' contentious in all the wrong ways, is 'currently incapable of sustained argument' on any subject — the kind of argument that goes somewhere other than round and round, the kind that yields understanding and possibly, over time, solutions."
11. What Isaac Asimov Taught Us About Predicting the Future
"The notion was framed as a science that could predict events centuries in advance, but it was driven by a desire to know what would happen in the war over the next few months — a form of wishful thinking that is all but inevitable at times of profound uncertainty."
12. Race and Class and Youth Football in Brownsville, Brooklyn
"Does a game like football offer lifesaving discipline, fatherly coaches and means to a scholarship? Or is it just a cruel chimera, holding out the allure of an elusive pro career? And, to add a very current concern, is the risk of a head injury at a tender age worth the potential rewards of stardom?"
13. Thinking Clearly About Immigration
"What immigration policies would best inch us toward the elusive goal of a fair and just society?"
14. Reign of the Trolls
"Reddit was created by millions of Americans with a taste for darkness."
15. Nothing Proves You Right Like Getting It on 'Tape'
"The tape is an attempt to circumvent the politics-addled brain and access a purer, more visceral response. Maybe even a spiritual one."
16. How to Write a Condolence Letter
"Death is part of the connective tissue that binds humans across time and culture and place."
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I often mention how images inspire me to write, and share a lot of the really cool stuff I find—pictures that stir my imagination, make me long to be in far off places and speculate about the future. But just as those images conjure ideas of places, characters, and scenes I'd like to write about, I also collect images that help me envision my settings and scenes more clearly. For me, observing these images is like being there, and I find all kinds of little details I can use to develop my own unique setting.
We've all heard the saying, "Write what you know." Well, most of us have never been in a starship hanger bay, but by studying a variety of images, we can make observations and collect enough details, to paint our own picture. And by mixing, matching, and adding our individual perspective, we can create a hanger bay that's unique to our ship and our story, and full of colorful, descriptive details that help ground our readers in a setting that feels a little more real because we were able to be specific.
Truth is, no two writers will look at anything and describe it the exact same way, so it occurred to me that, like writing prompts, these types of images might be fun to share as well. And, we all know you don't have to be a writer to appreciate a good futuristic setting. We sci-fi fans love just about anything that stirs the imagination, and these images do just that.
First up is "Arbor Vitae" a terraforming station created by environmental artists Philip Klevestav and Helder Pinto. There's an impressive amount of detail in these images, and although your story may not need a terraforming station, chances are—if you're writing science fiction, that is—there's at least a scene or two taking place in some kind of facility. "Arbor Vitae" has enough detail to spread around just about any type of futuristic setting.
So many details—the curved outer window, with orange markers; the upper level along the left side; the holo-image and cables hanging from the overhead projector; the shine of the floor plating; the exposed conduit running along the floor and up from the center well; the hard light stations around the room; the ventilation ducts at the base of the window. Take your pick.
Same room, different angle. You can see a lot more ceiling detail and the texture of the wall panels.
The lighting is nice, as is the grated floor, and if you look close, the walls appear to be sweating. I also like that open area in the middle of the pic. Nice place to stage a fight. That drop would make a serious obstacle for the characters to avoid, or use to their advantage.
The upper level: main console and smaller hard-light stations; different sized floor panels; exposed conduit; the lower level lighting is much brighter than the softer recessed lighting overhead; and the whole level has a darker contrast to the natural light illuminating the main floor.


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Rudd's UN dreams revealed
Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has released a report that is the culimnation of years of research -- and the international community takes it seriously.
It's interesting to observe the international reaction to former prime minister Kevin Rudd in the wake of his aborted bid for the position of Secretary General of the United Nations. The Atlantic's Uri Friedman spoke to Rudd about his UN report "UN 2030: Rebuilding World Order in a Fragmenting World", written as chair of the Independent Commission on Multilateralism. In it, Rudd asks if the UN still matters and suggests how it could be more effective in the 21st century. It hasn't made much of a splash at home, but it gives an idea of what might have been. Friedman spoke to Rudd and writes:
"There is 'growing evidence of nation-states walking around the UN to solve major problems and then perhaps coming back to the UN when it's all done as some sort of diplomatic afterthought,' Rudd told me. The United Nations continues to establish rules for how people and states should conduct themselves in the world. 'The problem is, if you simply set norms and don't do anything about the execution of those norms, as the international agency given that function back under the charter of 1945, then you start to lose complete relevance over time.'"
Also in the story is Rudd's less than glowing assessment of his successors:
"Most striking is Rudd's assessment of the predicament national political leaders find themselves in, given that he was, not so long ago, one himself. These leaders, he writes, 'are no longer, in substance, capable of delivering self-contained, national solutions to the problems faced by their people,' which 'contributes to a related crisis of legitimacy for the international institutions nation-states have constructed.'"
The report makes passing comment of Malcolm Turnbull's refusal to back Rudd for the top UN job, and closes "Rudd's report can ultimately be read as a plea for something pretty basic: to not take the United Nations for granted". But will the new Secretary General take up Rudd's opus and run with it?


The White House has spent this last year insulating the president from the grit and grime of the health reform battle, thinking that if Obama stayed above the fray, he would be seen as more presidential—or at least would retain that "new car smell" and those lofty approval numbers.
And this week, it seems more and more people are noticing—or, perhaps, more accurately, they noticed a long time ago, but now they feel more comfortable talking about it.
The president was weighing in pretty heavily on the discussions between the House and Senate before the Massachusetts special [Senate] election–it's dried up since.
Pelosi expressed frustration with the pace of progress and the president's decision not to weigh in publicly on a way forward, according to the source.
There are also similar leaks and statements about frustrations expressed by Senators Franken (D-MN) and Sanders (I-VT).
The White House has really checked out of this debate—I mean, they have not been directive. I mean, the president came to our caucus and in response to one member said he supported the public option. Well that's great, but where was the bully pulpit in support of the public option? . . . I haven't seen them deliver at all in this debate. Remember, they started by cutting a deal with the Pharmaceutical industry—couldn't have been a worse start.
But, in contrast, President Obama made a series of public stops yesterday where he made a point of urging Congress, like he did in his State of the Union, to pass health care legislation. Publicly engaging (after months of what many complained was an obvious absence from the debate) while privately stepping away. Is that a strategy for getting real health care reform, or is that a strategy for getting reelected?
I know what the White House is thinking, but I've got news for them: Not only will leaving Congress to "get it done" all by themselves—leaving the House to try to figure out some way to pressure the Senate into making sensible, productive changes—not produce a quality reform bill (or any bill at all), the president will not be insulated from the failure.
I expect the political team at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. thinks that it might be a win-win. Either they get to sign a bill, no matter how ineffectual, and call it a victory, or they don't get a bill, and can blame obstructionists in Congress or the flawed process during this year's elections (and 2012, too). But it's not going to go down that way.
[T]he American people don't care what a filibuster is, they don't care what cloture is—there's a new pew center poll that says that they don't even know what those things are—what they care about is whether their kids, whether their parents, whether they have health care. And if the Democrats don't get this—I start with Barack Obama, nobody gets off the hook, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, and the whole Democratic Party—if they don't get that the issue is health care, not Senate rules, they are going to be beaten awfully badly this fall. They may not lose all their majorities, but they will lose their ability to function, and, in so doing, they will have sacrificed their ability to set this country right, that isn't just bad politics, that's bad morality.
The White House still does not seem to understand this, but it looks like many in Congress (such as those quoted above) now do. After a year of avoiding the spotlight—letting Congress work out their health reform plans in public while cutting his own deals in private—the president now tries to appear engaged in front of the cameras while trying hard not to have a hand in either a failed effort or the breaking of some of his secret deals behind the scenes. Instead of "The buck stops here," Obama is positioning himself for "It's not my fault." From "agent of change" to "victim of circumstance." Is that really how the president wants voters to think of him in November of 2010 or 2012? Is that really how he wants to be seen?


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Our portfolio of projects covers : theatres and music venues, art galleries, specialist teaching spaces, one off homes, commercial and retail spaces, religious houses and care facilities. We undertake projects ranging from £100k to £10m.
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"This house is really a blank canvas and this is true both of the interior and exterior, …. Actually the building itself is also a work of art: the expanses of plain white wall becoming a canvas for the shadows thrown by the trees. Blank canvas and work of art the house is entirely appropriate for an art lover. The planners described the house as "a distinguished and distinctive addition to the architectural heritage of the area…expressing the best of modern design". It's hard to disagree.
Just wanted to let you know that we had parents of Year 6 students round tonight – and all I have heard in the new building is "Wow" and the sound of jaws dropping to the floor!
Wish you could have seen it—think you'd have been very pleased.
This is to record formally the thanks of the Trustees for the hard work that has gone into a speedy repositioning and redesign of the Health Care Centre and for your own part in the meeting on Wednesday with the local authority which seems to point towards an eventual successful outcome.


Huawei recently launched Enjoy 6 in China and Huawei honor Holly 3 price in India Rs.9,999 and Honor 8 price in India Rs.19,999. Now company has announced today its latets Huawei Mate 9 Lite with dual rear camera in Grey, Silver and Gold colors.
The Mate 9 Lite features a 5.5 inch 1080p full HD 2.5D curved glass and is processed by company's own Kirin 655 Octa-Core (4×2.1GHz+4×1.7GHz) processor with Mali-T830 MP2 Graphics Processor Unit (GPU) coupled with 3GB RAM, 32GB inbuilt storage and 4GB RAM with 64GB inbuilt storage, both these variant are runs on EMUI 4.1 based on Android 6.0 OS.
For photography it has 12MP+2MP main camera with LED flash and for selfie it has 8MP. It has dual-hybrid SIM and 4G with VoLTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS connectivity options and backed by 3340mAh battery.
The huawei Mate 9 Lite price and availability details yet to announced by the company, but it is sure it will be available in coming days, just tune with us for more.


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http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/have-you-heard-the-hum-mystery-of-earths-low-droning-noise-could-now-be-solved-10182111.html
Have you heard 'the hum'? Mystery of Earth's low droning noise could now be solved
It was often blamed on phone masts, submarine communications and pipes
Lamiat Sabin
Scientists have confirmed the cause of a strange humming noise that emanates from the Earth and has baffled people for more than forty years – and was even a factor in one reported suicide.
The noise has been talked about worldwide and also made local newspaper headlines in the UK. It is often referred to as a "phenomenon" and "the hum", usually prefixed with the location of where it is heard.
In Britain, the most famous example was the "Bristol hum" that made the news in the late 1970s. One newspaper asked readers in the city: "Have you heard the Hum?" and at least 800 people said they had – according to the BBC – and some had suffered headaches and nosebleeds from it.
It has been described like "a diesel car idling in the distance" by a BBC interviewee and the maddening sound has driven people stir-crazy in trying to figure it out. Especially when they can only hear it at home and during the night.
People living on the south coast have complained this week of a constant and low-pitched sound for which they have found no cause – as reported by Plymouth Herald.
It has been mistaken for leaking pipes, phone masts, wind farms, low-frequency submarine communications and even mating fish.
"For the first few years I lost sleep, couldn't concentrate and was unable to do anything. I was constantly in tears, which put a great strain on my husband. It has changed me from an active, creative person to a stifled, angry pessimist," a woman told The Independent back in 1994.
Doctors blamed patients' abilities to hear it on tinnitus, until Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge had confirmed sometime in the 1990s that the cause is external.
Submarines, as well as masts and gas pipes, were blamed for the hum However, the search for the truth could now be over as researchers claim that microseismic activity from long ocean waves impacting the sea bed is what makes our planet vibrate and produces the droning sound.
The pressure of the waves on the seafloor generates seismic waves that cause the Earth to oscillate, said Fabrice Ardhuin, a senior research scientist at Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in France.
The continuous waves produce sounds lasting from 13 to 300 seconds. They can be heard by a relatively small proportion of people – who are sensitive to the hums – and also by seismic instruments.
"We have made a big step in explaining this mysterious signal and where it is coming from and what is the mechanism," Ardhuin said of the study published in Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the American Geophysical Union.
Waves impacting the deep sea bed have been found to be the cause Understanding the ringing could also help researchers gain a better knowledge of the Earth's structure, he added.
Microseismic waves penetrate through the Earth's mantle so recording these waves could give scientists a much more detailed picture of what lies beneath.
Discovering fainter seismic signals could also allow scientists to better detect small or faraway earthquakes.


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After watching the film, The Mission, I was appalled, as most would be, at the cruelty shown to the Natives of South America by the Spanish and Portuguese settlers. Most of these newcomers view the Native Americans solely as a means of profit rather than human beings. This view is shown in sharp contrast to the view of the Jesuits, who hope and succeed in living with the natives and converting them to Christianity. This seemed an appropriate picture as I watched the film considering most of the early history of the New World is dominated by the mistreatment of the Native Americans.

This extreme black and white picture shown between the Jesuits and Native Americans versus the Spaniards and Portuguese is not quite historically accurate, as with most Hollywood movies. The differences were put into light for me, especially after reading James Schoefield's "The Mission and Other Historical Missions." The most obvious difference between The Mission and actual history was its portrayal of the Native Americans as a primitive group without any voice in their own future. Schoefield shows that the actual tribes in South America were not as primal as the group in the movie, being well aware of their place amongst the lives of the Europeans. They were well aware of the benefits of making economic trades with the Europeans, until they began to exploit them. The Native Americans were also not so simple as to solely accept the Jesuit priest because of the enticing sound of his music, but because they knew that there would be gains economically as well as spiritually.

The Jesuits are also not as pure in real life history as they are depicted in The Mission. Although their main purpose was to convert the Native American people to Christians, they, as well as the natives, knew that there were economic positives to be had with the interactions of these two groups. The Jesuits often exploited the natives as much as the Spaniards or Portuguese, by having them make goods, like the violins in the film, but not allowing them full access of profits from these items. Many Native Americans also did not accept Christianity so willingly, and the missions were not violence-free places. Schoefield tells that it was not uncommon for a Native American to run away from a mission to try his luck at finding a job in a larger city in South America. Natives were at least not treated too much differently in these large cities and were able to choose their specific job.

It seems that almost every group, no matter how they were portrayed in the film, were historically only interested in the bottom line. The war scene at the end was much more violent than what it would have truly been; one can only imagine this makes for a more interesting movie and makes the Europeans even more the "bad guys." Schoefield says that this is not historically accurate at all, especially the excessive killings of the innocent. All these wasted lives would have meant profit for the Portuguese because they would have been sold as slaves. So, although these inaccuracies do indeed make for a more action packed film, they do not represent the real history of the time.


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Financial Express, Dhaka
Editorial: Inept handling of trade agreements
All trade agreements may fumble in delivering results if they take effect prior to completion of all modalities and arrangements, which are to govern and ease trade between the signatory countries. But both the South Asian Preferential Trade Agreement (SAPTA) and its successor agreement on free trade — South Asian Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) — were signed before completing these essential formalities. The negotiators of these two trade agreements, concurrently aiming at promotion of economic cooperation and friendly mutual relations through progressive removal of misunderstanding to serve the broad purpose of South Asian cohesion, escaped discussions and decisions on these important matters. As such when the relevant agreement became operational, some issues like cumbersome process of opening letters of credit (LCs) in some importing countries, non-acceptability of certification of quality of products issued by the appropriate official agency of the exporting country, delay in settling business claims by exporters came up as non-tariff barriers to obstruct intra-SAARC trade. While Bangladeshi businessmen are known to have complained for long about the first two barriers faced by them in exporting to India, particularly to its north-eastern states, some Indian businessmen cited the third as a problem faced with Bangladesh. The non-tariff barriers like these are usually seen as covert measures to betray the purpose of publicly signed trade agreements. For obvious reasons, their existence creates a crisis of mutual trust and fuels suspicion among the partner countries.
Belatedly though, the member countries of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) seem to have realised that a new mechanism replacing the traditional one for settling business claims should be in place to ease and foster trade between the partner countries. The SAARCFINANCE, a high-powered body comprising the central bank governors and the finance secretaries of the member countries, has reportedly begun work on the proposed arrangement to ensure prompt settlement of business claims within SAARC. The group has also moved to streamline their monetary policies for encouraging more investment in the region. However, in spite of these measures, the main block obstructing intra-SAARC trade will remain untouched, which is the mutual recognition arrangement. The ministry of foreign affairs — the sponsor of the trade agreements, and the ministry of commerce — the focal point for purpose of these agreements, must activate the concerned authorities responsible for certification of standard to undertake all preparations for completing this arrangement without any further delay. The cart has already moved quite a distance haphazardly without the horses being joined with it. Further delay may derail the initiatives for increased intra-SAARC trade. The non-completion of this important arrangement years after the signing of the first trade agreement raises grave questions about the quality of inter-ministry coordination on SAARC matters.
There is indeed scarce solid ground to blow up public expectation in this country about the immediate benefits from SAPTA or its successor SAFTA which is yet to become operational. Though intra-SAARC trade has recorded a spectacular growth, most of the benefits accrued to India because of its large product basket that confers it the pride of being accountable for 82 per cent of SAARC gross domestic product. While the Indian export to Bangladesh in terms of value stood at about $2.0 billion last year, the latter's export to India accounted for an earning of less than one thirteenth of income from export to this country. It stood at about $145 million. Bangladesh's odd position of having a slim product basket with items almost similar to those that India also produces along with a large variety of other products is primarily responsible for the excessive tilt of mutual trade being in favour of India. However, the long-term prospect of bilateral trade will be better and more promising than what is generally perceived now if the SAARC countries consciously shorten their respective sensitive lists governing SAFTA in future negotiations.
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+ To drown men into dazzling pleasure and show them their loved ones in their dreams, that is a succubus. Due to an accident, a young 17 years old boy named Riichi Hourai is reincarnated into a succubus due to a misunderstanding by the Reincarnation Support Department. For a succubus to live, she squeezes out man's life essence and must consume it but Riichi as a former man firmly refuses it and would rather die than do such behavior. Does a substitute for a life essence kind of food exist? There is! And surprisingly it's milk!! However, There's no race called a cow in another world let alone drink milk from other races.
+ Contrary to his desire for a peaceful life, Riichi was dragged into conflicts that influenced the fate of the world without him noticing it. Though him and his best friend have both died in an accident and his best friend reincarnated a bit late, both of them haven't noticed the existence of one another. Can Riichi meet his best friend ever again?! Will their friendship be the same like their past life?! A romantic comedy with their new cheat forms start here.


Virgin Trains has signed the Time to Change pledge in commitment to tackling the stigma around mental health.
Virgin Trains East Coast will invest more than £700,000 a year as a signatory to improve the physical and mental wellbeing of its people. This will include a commitment to educating more than 3,000 employees in recognising and taking on mental health issues in both colleagues and customers. Time to Change is an initiative from charities Mind and Rethink Mental Illness, which looks to encourage people to talk about mental health and improve public attitudes toward mental health problems through training and awareness-raising.
Virgin Trains has also appointed two Mental Health Champions, who are members of the firm's east coast board, to ensure that the issue is talked about at the highest levels of the organisation. Clare Burles, people director, and Suzanne Donnelly, commercial director, will advocate for mental health issues in board meetings and develop policy to ensure continued support among senior leaders. The firm will also be training all managers to better support employees with mental health issues in the workplace through a Mental Health First Aid course – and will look to roll out this training to all employees in the future.
Sue Baker, director of Time to Change, added: "We know it can be hard to talk about mental health, which is why we're supporting employers to open up; to talk and to listen. Too many people with mental health problems are made to feel isolated, ashamed and worthless, but with the right support, those of us with mental health problems can recover and have equal opportunities in all areas of life. Everyone's attitude makes a difference and it's fantastic to see organisations like Virgin Trains on the east coast taking the lead.
Time to Change aims to end mental health discrimination and encourage people to start conversations around mental health. More than 500 businesses have signed the pledge to demonstrate their commitment to implementing a mental health plan and create an environment where employees feel able to discuss mental health.
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This report of IEA Bioenergy Task 33 presents an overview of the use of waste gasification technologies, both in terms of regulatory aspects and technical applications.
This IEA Bioenergy Task 37 case story describes an integrated solution to decarbonisation of alcohol production with 40% renewable heat sourced from wood and solar and the remaining 60% from biogas produced from by-products, residues and wastewater.
Luxury carmaker Porsche has confirmed it will be doubling production of its all-electric sports car – before it has even begun production of the prestige EV – from the previously planned 20,000 units to 40,000 units.
Improved crops can double European agriculture production, increasing global crop productivity will be central in meeting some of the greatest challenges facing mankind: How will we sustainably feed 9.7 billion people by 2050, while also achieving the transition from a fossil economy towards a bio-economy?
The European Parliament endorsed committee proposals for binding EU-level targets of an 35% improvement in energy efficiency, a minimum 35% share of energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption of energy, and a 12% share of energy from renewable sources in transport, by 2030.
Expansion of ethanol production in the US has raised concerns regarding its land-use change effects. The study aims to examine the determinants of changes in corn acreage and aggregate crop acreage by identifying the effects of establishment of ethanol plants and the effects of changes in crop prices between 2003 and 2014.


Blocking IE6: You, Me and…PayPal?
On Thursday I stumbled across a campaign to Trash All IE Hacks. The idea is that people only stay on the ancient, buggy, feature-lacking, PITA web browser, Internet Explorer 6, because we web developers coddle them. We make the extra effort to work around those bugs, so they can actually use the sites without upgrading.
Well, yeah. That's our job.
And a bunch of random websites blocking IE6 aren't going to convince people to change. If I were to block IE6, or only allow Firefox, or only allow Opera, I'd have to have seriously compelling content to get people to switch. Mostly, people would get annoyed and move on. Who's going to install a new browser just so they can read the history of the Flash? Or choose an ISP? Or buy a product that they can get from another site?
It's so easy for someone to walk away from your site. One of the tenets of good web design is to make the user jump through as few hoops as possible to accomplish whatever you want him/her to do. Every hoop you add is an obstacle. Too many obstacles, and they'll just go somewhere else more convenient.
Back when I was following Spread Firefox, every once in a while someone would suggest blocking IE. Every time, people like me would shoot it down. And think about it: what does the average Firefox user (or Opera user, for that matter) do when confronted with a site that will only run in IE? Fire off a complaint, or move on, unless it's something they can't live without, like, say, their bank. Only then will they bring up the site's preferred browser…just long enough to do their business and move on.
Plus it goes against the grain of the concept that a website should be viewable in any browser. It offends my sense of… I don't know, egalitarianism.
My current tactics: I target the latest versions of each browser (or rather, the overlap in their standards support), toss in enhancements where I think something would be nice, but not critical (off-site link icons using generated content, for instance, which works in everything except IE≤7, or rounded corners, which only work in Gecko and WebKit so far). And I take that, and make it look reasonably good in IE6. I don't try to make it perfect anymore (case in point, the header of this blog), but I try to make sure it's functional and doesn't look broken.
Then I include a polite notice recommending that people upgrade to something a little more capable or modern for a better experience, but I don't require them to do so. I don't pop up anything that moves, or blocks content, or forces them to click through an extra page.
Now, remember what I said about banks? PayPal intends to block "unsafe" browsers from accessing their site (via Slashdot). They aren't technically a bank, but PayPal is actually in a position where they might be able to do it: they're the most well known online payment service where two random people can send each other money. Probably more people will switch browsers and keep PayPal than switch payment services and keep their browser.
They've also cited such safety features as phishing protection (present in IE7, Firefox 2, and Opera 9) and support for Extended Validation SSL Certificates (present in IE7 and the upcoming Firefox 3 and Opera 9.5).
Keep track of every single browser out there, and every version.
Unfairly block browsers that might be perfectly adequate just because you can't be bothered to investigate them.
Browsers that don't do phishing detection themselves, using third-party plugins to do the job.
Changes in status, when browsers add the capabilities required to get on the list.
Thankfully, it looks like PayPal is going with the most minimally-intrusive approach: blocking only the most troublesome browsers, and letting the rest connect normally.
There's still the question of whether it'll actually make users less likely to land on a PayPal phishing site.
For one thing, it's not clear whether they'll block IE6. The initial report would definitely have excluded it, since it lacks both EV support and anti-phishing (without an add-on). But the follow-up statement was focused on Safari. Does PayPal consider IE6 to be a "current" version since Microsoft still supports it? Or do they consider IE7 to be current, and IE6 to be obsolete?
And of course it won't stop someone with a stolen login and password from connecting using an "approved" browser.
The ISC has also weighed in re: limitations of EV certificates. Among other things: it may be easier to get an EV cert than suggested, in which case it won't indicate any greater degree of trust than a standard SSL certificate. And it doesn't prevent other issues, like keyword loggers or trojans that simply hijack a user's session.
This entry was posted in Computer Security, Web Browsers, Web Design and tagged browser, IE6, PayPal, Web on April 21, 2008 by Kelson.
Yep, it has come to that point of time where IE6's usage is causing panic amongst general Web Designers.
I have gone lock stock and barrel and down loaded all of the latest main browsers for my webdsite page review.
With all of the fan fair I have found that none are any faster than the other. The only advantage is the appearance of Firefox and Opera. IE8 still manages to come second in website presentation because Microsoft will not fully adopt the CSS rules, i.e drop shadows.
Now that HTML 5 is on the horizon we have a problem where MS will not impliment the full code because it has not been finalised.
If MS does not adopt HTML5 in its browsers why do we need it for the internet? If IE9+ cannot display a website properly why are website developers bothering.
MS is realy only fit for corporate intranets where IE is the prefered browser that fits in with ASP.net servers. In the real world MS has lost the plot.
I'm sorry, but this post is unreadable. If you'd make only the first paragraph in the pirate slang, it would've been ok. As it is, this is simply unreadable.
Sorry, the post isn't usually shown like that. I forgot that I'd left a "pirate-ify" plugin active, which converts everything to pirate slang for one day each year.


The grand alliance of Congress in Telangana is trying to maintain a balance between different caste groups during the issuance of tickets. AICC general secretary in charge of Telangana RC Khuntia and TPCC chief N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Monday held discussions in Delhi with screening committee chairman Bhakta Charan Das on various factors – winning criteria, caste equations and social justice.
The screening committee is supposed to finalize the list and submit it to the apex committee of AICC. The AICC is likely to give its final word on the list by October end. AICC leadership also had a discussion on Monday with several SC, ST and BC leaders from Telangana about the prospective candidates from these sections and their chances of winning.
According to the sources there are too many aspirants and caste differences can put the party high command in trouble. In 50 constituencies out of the total 119 segments, there are about three aspirants on 1 seat. The backward classed leaders are demanding around 34 seats as opposed to Congress willingness to give only 20 seats to them. The allies of the Congress like TDP, CPI and TJS are also expecting 40 seats in the elections.
Among the 119 Legislative Assembly constituencies in Telangana, 19 are reserved for SCs and 12 are for STs. The SC/STs have been a Congress vote bank, seeing which the party had launched a Leadership Development Mission in Reserved Constituencies (LDMRC) in these constituencies more than a year ago to strengthen its foothold among the community.
The Congress party is planning to give importance to the SCs of Madiga community as their population is larger than that of another SC community of Malas. It is proposed to give 12 seats to Madigas and seven to Malas. For STs like Lambadas and Adivasis the party plans to give 6seats to each group.
Although Congress party is taking care of the backward classes, there are chances that it may affect the seat distributiong among the general category. A party leader said, "All these equations are threatening to leave fewer seats in in the open category to be shared among Brahmins, Reddys, Kammas and Velamas".
Leaders like V Hanumantha Rao have demanded that the party give at least 2 Assembly seats to OBCs in each Parliamentary constituency. They have demanded a share of tickets according to their percentage of population and have written a letter to the party president Rahul Gandhi regarding the same. Meanwhile, AICC leadership is also careful not to disappoint leaders from the Reddy community, who have been important to the Congress' vote base.


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French-Canadian actor Xavier Dolan's feature directorial debut is a semi-autobiographical tale about a gay Quebecois teenager living with his single mother.
Kino Lorber plans a full theatrical release for the 2009 film in the autumn before rolling it out on home video and VoD.
Anne Dorval stars alongside Dolan in I Killed My Mother, which went on to become a staple on the international festival circuit and represented Canada in the foreign language Oscar race.
Kino Lorber CEO Richard Lorber and vp of theatrical distribution Gary Palmucci negotiated the deal in Cannes with Rezo head of international sales Sébastien Chesneau.
The companies previously collaborated on Mademoiselle Chambon and Khodorkovsky.


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Rob Brydon's back in his I Am Standing Up tour. Brydon's career has exploded since his humble beginnings in 1992. He has since delved in everything, from comedy to radio and television. He has had major roles in Supernova, the comedy series and also had roles in Gavin & Stacey.
He attended the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and left to join Radio Wales.
He spent six years on the radio, and moved on to writing and even being a panelist. He has since been in a variety of films, from The Healer in 1994 to Cinderella and The Huntsman: Winter's War. He is in the midst of filming Holmes and Watson where he will take on the role of Inspector Lestrade.
Brydon is back and better than ever with his I Am Standing Up tour. The tour is refined for a comedian that had his first standup tour in 2009 and 2010. The comedian goes on stage for an 80-minute set that often ends with a Q&A session.
The show works off of the audience, with many of the gags including the names and details of audience members in the front row. He often uses a guitar to improvise the names and details into a song with prepared gags that help lighten the night's mood.
Impressions are part of the show, with Brydon known to impersonate a lot of famous actors, including Sean Connery and Michael Caine. Edgier with every show, it's often difficult to keep up with Brydon. He isn't afraid to push the limits with his comedic genius.
Aging plays a major role in the routine, with Brydon often referencing the "old" people in the crowd. He has two sons to look after and goes into routines where he discusses being 50. References to other parts of his career are often made, and audience members will get a glimpse into Brydon's personal life with stories.
He recalls a time when he was invited to Mick Jagger's house, which is a story to remember from start to finish.
Audience members of all ages can be seen lining the crowd, from 20-year-olds to great grandfathers. The show has mass appeal, and audience members are glued to their seats the entire time. It's a warm night of laughs with one of the most beloved performers in Britain.
Bryson's time away from comedy isn't seen in the show, which is refined from beginning to end.
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