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By: Lisbeth Perez
DoD Prepping Near-Term Release of Zero Trust Strategy
The Department of Defense (DoD) plans to release in the coming days a detailed strategy for its ambitious department-wide zero trust security strategy, said Randy Resnick, director of Zero Trust Portfolio Management at DoD, during FCW's CDM Summit event on Nov. 2.
DoD Chief Information Officer (CIO) John Sherman signed off on the strategy last Thursday.
"We are now in the classification review to make [the strategy] available for public release. We're expecting to release it to the public in a week or two," Resnick said.
Sherman first announced this ambitious goal in August, saying that DoD planned to implement a zero trust architecture across the entire department by 2027, and promising to release a strategy in the near term on how to advance that goal.
The strategy intends to achieve a DoD information enterprise secured by a fully implemented department-wide zero trust cybersecurity solutions architecture, Resnick explained today.
"We placed a five-year deadline upon the Department of Defense to reach a certain level, a level that we believe will slow down and contain the adversary," Resnick added.
DoD is looking to shorten the implementation time for a department-wide zero trust architecture to meet its 2027 goal. Therefore, the Pentagon has actively shared its approach to zero trust and its execution plans widely across the government to develop its strategy.
"Now we are looking for industry insight. We need industry's help to realize the speed of adoption necessary to meet the threats we face," Resnick said.
In preparation for release of the strategy, Resnick explained that DoD is prepared to facilitate industry collaboration to help implement the 45 zero trust capabilities laid out – 20 of which are related to the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) Program – such as implementing a user inventory.
"Although the DoD has not been a major part of the CDM program, we're very aware of it," Resnick said. "We in the .mil domain and the intel community networks have benefited greatly from the defensive cyber tools that industry developed over the past decade and deployed under the CDM program."
Resnick explained that industry might already be developing or have developed solutions that can help accelerate the implementation of the DoD's zero trust strategy and "[therefore] we believe it's especially important to engage with [industry] early on in this process. There's no reason why we can't share information and collaborate," he added.
Lisbeth Perez
Lisbeth Perez is a MeriTalk Staff Reporter covering the intersection of government and technology.
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Group Project How to Build an Ocean
Yasmeen Abedifard, M.F.A. 2020
Patrick Brennan, M.F.A. 2020
Morgan Evans-Weiler, M.F.A. 2021
Kirk Henriques, M.F.A. 2021
Tina Lam, M.F.A. 2021
Ege Okal, M.F.A. 2020
Paloma Vianey, M.F.A. 2021
Grace Sachi Troxell, M.F.A. 2021
Ciara Stack, M.F.A. 2020
Emma Ulen-Klees, M.F.A. 2020
Alexis White, M.F.A. 2020
Xiaoyao Yao, M.F.A. 2021
Art that rises to meet its moment is rare, and shifting moments are difficult to describe. The Cornell University MFA class of 2020, who I worked with as a mentor last fall, converges for its thesis exhibition with a wish to reflect and deflect existing histories while asserting fresh ideas. Never abandoning material tactility, these artists are socially conscious and content driven but also object makers. To that end, much of their work is topical, or leans so—interrogating and embracing culturally relevant themes as well as personal attachments to both form and medium.
In the large-scale works of Alexis White, discarded plastic bags are heated into malleability, flattened, and then reformed into unexpected substrates. Subverting the language of canonized abstraction, White's objects are unlikely "paintings" as they recast throwaway fragments as organic, natural-seeming, tableaus. The mixed media works of Grace Sachi Troxell also center one material—in this case, clay—as the ancient storyteller in a contemporary tale of ritual, waste, and decay. By juxtaposing the high crafts of casting and firing against the intimacy of wrapping and encasing, Troxell's objects are at once familiar and otherworldly; historically observant and wholly irreverent.
Tina Lam's geomorphic constructions, while reminiscent of systems found in nature, are completely invented—as if one's mind's eye were to draw in space. Transforming industrial materials, Lam extracts minimal forms from the chaos of memory, meditation from agitation. Morgan Evans-Weiler's works share an interest in line as a content carrier. In his sculptures and installations, light bars, string, and wire act not only as physical connectors, but energy transmitters. These improvisational works are tools for seeing and unseeing, imagining and reimagining. The videos, textiles, and graphic works of Yasmeen Abedifard traverse Islamicate history and iconography to delicately explore gender and sexuality with lyrical line work and hand-written text. Investigating an intricate personal connection via gifs and cartoons bound into graphic novels, Abedifard's works weave together past and present, underscoring universal themes of love, loss, desire and spirituality.
Kirk Henriques' paintings, aptly rendered in ever-accessible house paint, examine America's largely untold history of racially motivated violence and exclusion. Caught in moments of tender one-on-one connection, his figures communicate in densely layered passages of paint that feel distressed or peeled back to reveal their sources. Emma Ulen-Klees posits the American landscape as, from a cartographic perspective, dissected. The results are haunting, fragmented drawings and prints that re-imagine the country we thought we knew as a quasi-measurable, imperfect experiment. That tenuous local/global relationship is borne out in the works of Ege Okal, whose videos and raucous, large scale installations posit public spaces in upstate New York, Brazil and her native Turkey as settings for investigating systemic power structures, ownership, and patriarchal oppression.
The oil paintings and etchings of Xiaoyao Yao reveal a complex and contemplative inner world. Real and imagined conflate in interior spaces where light is shined on the often ignored—a dim corner, a network of pipes, or a table of seemingly mundane objects. Conversely, Paloma Vianey Martinez uses painting as a direct instrument. When coupled with brightly hued, patterned fabric, her oil paintings highlight the myriad cultural contributions Mexico has made to the United States by way of pictorial space bordering on object—shrine-like, openly nostalgic, and forthcoming.
Patrick Brennan's paintings and objects are portals to a trippy, un-tethered dimension where synthetic color and organic surfaces collide, synthesize and collide again. His signature Popsicle sticks and unfussy painterly gestures jump between two- and three-dimensions, emphasizing each mark's independence and mutability. In Brennan's world, everything exists at once and is non-hierarchal. The works of Ciara Stack also mine the relationship of raw art materials with the so-called "real world," which manifests anthropomorphically at times and abstract at others. Her sculptures receive cameos in her videos, a tactic that intertwines handmade objects with the fragmented prose from which they came.
Collectively, the works of Cornell's MFA 2020 class span themes that are personal and universal, regional and global, individual and shared. There is no evidence of an overarching style, school of thought, or hive mind. Instead, the works are refreshingly unique; custom-crafted to reflect an inexplicable moment—one that is tenuous and flawed but, ultimately, optimistic.
—Wendy White, July 2020
Alexis White, In The Courtyard (2019), Multimedia collage, 48" x 36".
Alexis White, After (2020), Multimedia Collage, 72" x 48".
Grace Sachi Troxell, Microbiome Rift (2020), Wood fired clay, radishes and carrots, decomposing vegetables, brass wire, and a scoby, 82" x 55" x 18".
Grace Sachi Troxell, Microbiome Rift (detail) (2020), Wood fired clay, radishes and carrots, decomposing vegetables, brass wire, and a scoby 17" x 12.5" x 4.5".
Tina Lam, the spent dreams of volcanoes (2020), Aluminum foil, rice paper, nylon wire 105" x 120" x 146".
Tina Lam, arcane hyperborean breeze (2020), Steel wire, 124" x 63" x 67".
Morgan Evans-Weiler, Untitled (2020), Space heater, stone, moss, glass, wood, LED lights, bark, sound absorption foam, aluminum rod, cardboard, gesso, birch panel, soil, copper wire, thread, 88" x 63" x 21".
Morgan Evans-Weiler, Untitled (2020), Glass, hardwood panel, paper, gesso, ink, packing tape, wood, copper wire, LED light, stone, copper foil, book, 26" x 32".
Yasmeen Abedifard, Weeds (2020), Digital drawing, 8.5" x 11".
Kirk Henriques, Oklahoma Negro (2020), Oil paint on wood panel, 48" x 60".
Kirk Henriques You can dream in color (2019), Oil paint, house paint, wood chips, mix media on wood panel, 48" x 48".
Emma Ulen-Klees, Survey Studies - #4 (2020), Ink on Watercolor Paper, 9.5" x 12".
Emma Ulen-Klees Survey Studies - #5 (2020), Ink on Watercolor Paper, 9.5" x 12".
Ege Okal, A proposal for a shipwreck or film prop (2019), Truck Liner, truck tires, pvc pipe, rope, foam, plaster, cement, plastic sheet, acrylic paint, cyanoptype on fabric, dimensions variable.
Ege Okal, Plaza Orders (2020), Digital copy of Super-8 film with sound 10 min.
Xiaoyao Yao, His Bath (triptych) (2020), Drypoint and Aquatint on Hahnemühle, 4" x 6" (each).
Xiaoyao Yao, Studio Interior (2020), Oil on Canvas, 24" x 30".
Paloma Vianey Los Rebosos Cuentan Historias (2020), Oil Painting and reboso fabric, 86" x 190".
Paloma Vianey, Los Rebosos Cuentan Historias (detail) (2020), Oil Painting and reboso fabric.
Patrick Brennan Voyage of Life (2019), Acrylic and Flashe on canvas, 86" x 48".
Patrick Brennan Burning Down the House (2019 – 20), Spray paint on wood stretcher frame, 48" x 36".
Ciara Stack, Unwalled Fugue (2020), Wax, 27" x 27" x 3".
Ciara Stack, Aerial Root (2020), Digital Video with sound, 7 min 49 sec.

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Die Universidad de las Américas (UDLA, ehemals Mexico City College) ist eine private Hochschulen in Mexiko. Die Universität befindet sich in San Andrés Cholula, einem Vorort der Millionenstadt Puebla.

Lehrkörper
(Auswahl)
 Arnold Belkin, Wandmalerei
 Marta Traba, Kunstgeschichte und lateinamerikanische Kunst

Ehemalige Studenten
(Auswahl)
 Helen Escobedo (1934–2010), Bildhauerin
 Tom Schmitt (* 1929), Maler, Video- und Computerkünstler

Siehe auch
Liste der Universitäten in Mexiko

Weblinks

Offizielle Webseiten
Alumni-Homepage

Fußnoten

Universität in Mexiko
San Andrés Cholula
Private Hochschule
Gegründet 1940

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Newcastle United FC History
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace: The history of the fixture in 10 facts
When did Newcastle and Palace first play each other, what was United's biggest win, and who has played for both clubs?
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Rock-bottom Crystal Palace arrive at St James' Park on Saturday, giving Newcastle United every chance of continuing their highly satisfactory start to the season.
Ahead of the game we recall the story of United v Palace in 10 facts:
1. The two clubs go back together 110 years, first locking horns in an FA Cup tie in 1907 when the visitors eased to a 1-0 win on Tyneside.
2. Palace would spend the following decades in the lower reaches of the football league, and it wasn't until 1964 that they first met United in the league. In the event, the south London outfit were beaten 2-0. Ron McGarry and Alan Suddick were the scorers in front of 30,000 fans at Gallowgate.
Peter Beardsley in action against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park in October, 1994 (Image: Getty Images Europe)
3. The first Premier League encounter came on October 15, 1994 when an 89th-minute Peter Beardsley goal earned the Magpies a 1-0 win and three points at Selhurst Park.
4. United's biggest win against Palace - 6-2 - came in the FA Cup in 1947.
5. The heaviest defeat - 5-1 - came under Steve McClaren at Selhurst Park in November 2015.
Memories of Newcastle United's Leazes End in its 1970s heyday
6. The last meeting - in April 2016 - saw Andros Townend earn relegation-bound United a 1-0 win over a Palace outfit managed by former Toon boss Alan Pardew.
Ironically, Townsend is now plying his trade at Selhurst Park, while Pardew was sacked as manager just before Christmas last year.
7. Pardew had played for the Eagles between 1987 and 1991, and scored the winning goal in the 1990 FA Cup semi-final against Liverpool. Palace would lose to Manchester United in the final.
8. In total, the two clubs have faced each other just 41 times in all competitions over the decades, with United winning 25, Palace winning nine, and seven being drawn.
9. Back in 1972, United made an ill-starred visit to Palace's Selhurst Park. Not only did they lose the game 2-1, but brilliant midfielder Tony Green was hacked down and suffered cartilage damage.
The career of Newcastle United midfielder Tony Green was ended by a horror tackle at Crystal Palace in September 1972 (Image: Newcastle Chronicle)
Today, it's an injury that can be routinely treated, but Mel Blyth's tackle that day ended Green's career at the age of just 25.
New giant lettering at St James' Park - when did it appear and how does this scene look today?
10. Finally, a host of players have turned out for both United and Palace. How many can you name? How about, for starters, John Burridge, Andy Thorn, Kenny Sansom, Wayne Routledge, Darren Ambrose, Glyn Hodges, Fumaca, Wyn Davies, Steve Hardwick, Paul Kitson, Peter Ramage, Jimmy Scott, Colin Taylor, Martin Thomas, Charlie Woods, Yohan Cabaye and, of, course, Andros Townsend?
Any more? Do let us know...
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Q: Webview JavaScript fontSize,color,backgroundColor is not work I'm loading html webside from url to webview... And I have Seekbar...
On change it should increase or decrease It's fontSize...But I could not succeed...
Moreover,textColor and background color also are not worked... In Addition to this,changing body text is worked...
What I done?
Code that are not worked
loadUrl("javascript:(document.body.style.backgroundColor ='red');");
loadUrl("javascript:(document.body.style.fontSize='20pt');");
loadUrl("javascript:(document.body.style.color ='yellow');");

Code that is worked
loadUrl("javascript:(document.body.innerHTML ='test');");

Above code changed whole webview after seekbar changed.
So,I understand loaded internet url to webview to load javascript is work, but style effects is not.I was thinking loaded url child elements override parent so did this
loadUrl("javascript:(var elements = document.getElementsByTagName(\"*\");" +
                        "for (var i=0; i < elements.length; i++) \n" +
                        "{    \n" +
                        "    elements[i].style.fontSize ='30rem';\n" +
                        "}" +
                        ");");

that is not worked aswell
What could be problem??
Update
After @tiny sunlight says test on desktop chrome , I was thinking, child elements override problem
var elements = document.getElementsByTagName("*")
                        for (var i=0; i < elements.length; i++)
                        {
                            elements[i].style.fontSize ='20pt'
                        }

work on desktop chrome. but in android it have different syntax cause of string literal and not worked..
   webview.loadUrl("javascript:(var elements = document.getElementsByTagName(\"*\")\n" +
                        "                        for (var i=0; i < elements.length; i++) \n" +
                        "                        {    \n" +
                        "                            elements[i].style.fontSize ='20pt'\n" +
                        "                        });");

A: I achieve it by a trick.
It's easy to oom, You can try to improve it.
            String b = "javascript:alert(document.getElementsByTagName(\"*\")["+0+"].style.backgroundColor=\"yellow\");";
            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(b);
            for(int i = 0;i<100;i++){
                sb.append("alert(document.getElementsByTagName(\"*\")["+i+"].style.backgroundColor=\"yellow\");");
            }
            a.loadUrl(sb.toString());

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Josef Koudelka | Documenting the Prague Invasion and More
Behind every great photo is a great photographer; someone with the foresight to know that his or her image might one day hold significance for far longer than the time it takes a bulb to flash. Josef Koudelka is one such photographer. His work has spanned decades, captured important historical events, and embodied the societal changes they recorded.
When it comes to telling a story of the past, few mediums are more powerful than a photograph. From Capa's Falling Soldier to Tiananman Square's Tank Man, iconic images have helped us to piece together and visualise historical events in a way that no book or description possibly could. Josef Koudelka, the man behind some of the most important photography and photojournalism from the 1968 Prague Invasion until the present day, has offered an almost unrivalled contribution to Europe's historical, political and social consciousness.
From 'Exiles – Revised and Expanded Edition' by Josef Koudelka. Published by Thames and Hudson, 2014 Courtesy of Magnum Photos
Josef Koudelka was born in 1938 in Moravia, part of the former Czechoslovakia. He discovered photography at a young age and found freelance work as a photographer on the side, while working as an engineer. It soon became clear that photography was more than just a passion for Koudelka, and in the late 1960s he left his job as an engineer to focus on it full-time. He was living in Prague when the Soviets invaded in 1968, and was one of the few people to capture the events of that day. Shot in black and white, the depth of emotion in the images is startling, evoking bravery, fear, chaos, sorrow and despair. One particularly striking image depicts an elderly man standing in front of a burnt-out apartment block. In his hollow cheeks and desperate expression, observers are reminded of the severity of the events that have just taken place.
Koudelka's photographs of the Prague invasion caught the attention of Magnum Photos, who published them in British publication The Sunday Times Magazine under the alias 'PP' for 'Prague Photographer'. Soon, these images became the standardised version of events in the eyes of people the world over, and Koudelka – or rather his anonymous alias – was awarded the Overseas Press Club's Robert Capa Gold Medal. This esteemed award put Koudelka in the same category as Capa; he was now a photographer on the frontline, risking his life to record history.
Some years later, Koudelka sought political asylum in Britain, where he joined forces with Magnum Photos – the agency of which he is still a member today. Over the years, his photos have continued to provide detailed cultural narratives of society's changing face, particularly in a European context. His photographs provide a visual diary for example, of the historical transition from the former Czechoslovakia to the Czech Republic of today, passing through Nazi and Soviet rule, communism, social republicanism and economic hardship. The story of the modern Czech Republic is a fascinating one, yet the details would have been a great deal hazier without the help of Koudelka and his work.
One subject that has received much critical acclaim is Koudelka's depiction of Roma gypsy communities throughout Europe in the 1960s and 70s. His pictures provided a window into the culture of a community that had yet to be penetrated, and one that carried – and continues to carry – an element of taboo and misunderstanding. One especially striking aspect of this collection is the portrayal of childhood; Koudelka captures the playfulness and innocence that provided mainstream society with an avenue for relating to the gypsy population. One photograph shows three young boys in a field, desperately attempting to flex their muscles for the camera. The photo is light-hearted in its content and aesthetic, but has a great deal to say about the coming of age, gender and bravado.
This collection of photographs explores themes that have become synonymous with the Roma community. Another image underscores the importance of family; an extended group of relatives gathered are around an open coffin, their clothes and expressions dark compared to the ethereal brightness of the body. Another depicts music; three stony-faced and smartly dressed young men play string instruments for a merry crowd. And yet another depicts a deep sense of community; locals are working together to reconstruct a murder scene while the accused stands in front of the camera, almost forgotten amidst the chaos.
To scroll through Koudelka's portfolio is to see a brief history of the modern age. His later works from the late 1980s to early 2000s document his travels around Europe, capturing the essences of the places where he set foot. There is a photo of the Fallas festival in Valencia – traditionally a festive carnival of colours and music and gaiety – which is offset by the eerie gaze of a female carnival float figure. A man walks through the scene, yet Koudelka has managed to capture the figure in a way that makes the inanimate figure seem like the person, and the man like the caricature. A photograph of a religious pilgrimage in Ireland in the late 1970s could easily be an image of early 20th century farmhands. In short: Koudelka takes the expected and makes it unexpected.
A later era of his photography focuses on industry and changing landscapes. This collection – unlike most of his others – barely features people at all, instead putting the onus on the brutalism of industry against the European landscape. Again, Koudelka does the unexpected, and somehow manages to take the ugliness of industry and create something that is aesthetically pleasing. An image of an opencast mine in Germany takes on the appearance of a Sierra mountain or majestic wave.
Josef Koudelka currently resides in France, where he shows no signs of slowing down; he has recently published a book of photographs depicting the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. As his body of work continues to grow, we can't help but feel that when it comes to Josef Koudelka, we are witnessing a living legend at work.


A home network or home area network (HAN) is a residential local area network (LAN) for communication between digital devices typically deployed in the home, usually a small number of personal computers and accessories, such as printers and mobile computing devices.
If you want to find out how to build a secure home network and got some good ideas about the home design, we recommend you to carefully select your home network security software. Below are the most important categories to consider.
Most routers offer solid firewall protection, but many users are concerned about their security online. If you want an additional layer of security, you might be interested in an extra firewall device for your home.
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Check out our article on the best home automation software for Windows if you want to bring your home "into the future". There are quite a few solutions and many of the top picks share some core functionalities that are absolutely necessary for a smooth and functional home automation.


Central bankers don't think QE has pushed asset prices well past fair values. One argument is that asset prices are lower now than in 2007. True, but that was a great big bubble. Even if today's excesses are more modest, QE is probably doing more harm than good.
David Miles, an external member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, gave a speech, "Central bank asset purchases and financial markets" at the Global Borrowers & Investors Forum in London on June 26, 2013.


Good news is, they absolutely love it even though they seem to be using just the lowest level. They also went nuts over those cardboard balls.
I haven't been able to get good photos of kitties in it, since they move too fast They run in, rub their head against every opening, roll around as if it was made of catnip and then run out again. Lol.
That photo itself looks like an advertisement for it!
That's great that the kitties all seem to love it. How funny that they're just using the bottom for now. Maybe they're conserving.
I see you won the when to give it to them ! It does look like fun.
I just love it! It'll go on my wish list. Have fun, kitties!
Can't wait to see pics of the kitties playing in it!
Years ago we paid $$ for a 5' tall one, and our girl kitty jumped on the top shelf and stayed there all day, drooling with glee.
Cool! Could the second and third levels just be difficult for them to jump into? Maybe the angle hard to negotiate? Is it stable enough? Just some thoughts!
MC wondered same thing while looking at the pic. Is it difficult to be able to get to 2nd level?
as this Caboodle one, though.
Scroll thru all of these neat ideas with all the info about materials, etc., videos and everything needed to make these outstanding structures.
Aleko, do your larger/longer kitties fit in it OK? I think this is a great idea and its very reasonably priced...I just dont know if Sophers would fit in it....what do you think?
I think she would definitely fit on the lower level, Stefie and Mitzie can squeeze in there together. Higher levels I guess part of the problem is that because of the hole between two levels there isn't much space, I guess that's why they don't jump up. They love to sleep on the lowest level and to catch toys through various holes in it, from the second level or from the side. Third level is pretty much useless for mine. Kittens would love it though.
For anyone that might be interested, it appears this cardboard tower might be on sale for $19.95!


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KXL EXCLUSIVE: Former Gun Violence Reduction Team Members Talk Openly About What Portlanders Aren't Getting
Apr 15, 2021 @ 9:50am
PORTLAND, Ore– Two Portland Police Sergeants who were formerly with the Gun Violence Reduction Team and pushed out of those jobs are back on the streets as part of the Enhanced Community Safety Team. The pair remain unnamed in the interview presented by FM NEWS 101 KXL Reporter Rosemary Reynolds. Their safety and that of their families was very important to them.
One Sgt. is Black the other is White both think the city is short-suiting the public. ECST is dealing with 5 times the shootings with one fourth of the personnel. The city has lost 116 members of PPB due to retirements and people quitting because the rioting and treatment of officers began to be too much mentally, physically and emotionally. There's concern that city leaders are not looking ahead 3 or 5 years from now. Decisions made in city council chambers impact all of the city. Both men admit it was hard to abandon GVRT because they got to know the people on the street. They were respected for their knowledge and the ability to talk young people mostly Black ,down. Parents actually thanked officers for arresting their kids rather than have them die on the streets. Many times the team would make arrests; those arrested would face substantial penalties. The men believe they have what it takes to solve gun violence but as a community we are lost and people don't see it.
The Sergeants believe it was a mistake to get rid of the SROs at the schools. Student Resources Officers were the key to getting to students who brought weapons to schools. GRVT was sacrificed, according to the men just like the Gang Enforcement Team was. It wasn't uncommon for the team to take 100 to 150 weapons off the street through search warrants and other means in a year.
In February of last members of city council voted 4 to 1 to keep GVRT. The one no vote was city commissioner JoAnn Hardesty. The stop data information indicated that police stopped a disproportionate amount of African Americans. 50 % of Stops were Black people 60 % of gunshot victims were Black. This trend continues. The men believe the numbers were bent to make them look like racists. Over 600 hundred shootings happened in the last half of the year. They say Covid-19 had nothing to do with the increase in shootings.
They explain the difference between what was GVRT and the new Enhanced Community Safety team. The team is much more restricted in how it responds to gun violence. Half the amount of detectives are working cases, no federal partnerships. 12 officers plus 2 Sergeants try to do everything else. They also do all the surveillance for robberies, homicides, plus respond to shootings and assist with murder investigations. Gun violence is up nearly 2,000% and there's no budget for additional police. The entire police agency is stretched way too thin.
Both Sergeants say they need the publics help by being involved. They think many of us are confused and lost their way. "It seems like violence and destruction is ok and the rule of law and order is out the window. Defiance is the best way to move forward." Real conversations need to happen look at the data and drop biases. Be vocal, they need the majority to speak up. They see their job is only as valuable as the people who let them do it. They want to work for and with the community.
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Stef called it the miracle of wikiloops it truly is I never recorded blues prior to wikiloops now I love it thanx for all the great support, priceless!!
The bluesman of wikiloops. You make us surprising always. I love your sound making so much. Anyway you are well to play the guitar. I am proud to played with you on many songs. This album is just part of you. I am looking forward to your new sound.
I've done a few jams with Tom and his slide guitar. I love the authenticity of the sound he gets from his guitar playing. For a blues singer, is a joy to have so much space to play in. And with the brilliant assembly of musicians contributing on this album, is clear I am not the only one who enjoys the jam. Congratulations Tom on a fine album!
Great story Frenz. And an incredible album.
Your selection of tracks is always a "Hit the bulls eye!". Just great and you play a very good guitar with an awesome sound, everytimes ! Thanks Tom!!!
Really great selection of blues tracks,Big thrill to play on it.
I always enjoy it when you put out a new blues track and I am honored to be on this. When Stef calls it a miracle of wikiloops you can take that to the bank. We all benefit from the fact the blues found you and vice versa!


Catholics in Public Life is a nonpartisan public education initiative that helps Catholic policy makers clearly articulate prochoice positions grounded in progressive Catholicism and sound public policy. A project of Catholics for Choice, the resources available through Catholics in Public Life are designed to help Catholic policy makers effectively promote policies that ensure access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health information and services.
The program is one component of Catholics for Choice's public education and outreach program. Others include the internationally recognized Condoms4Life campaign—calling for an end to the Catholic hierarchy's ban on condoms.


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Q: Передача параметров IN OUT процедуры oracle в javа приложение Необходимо передать в приложение парамаетры, возвращаемые хранимой процедурой Oracle.
Сама процедура
 PROCEDURE REMOVAL_ATR_PR340_FR73_S1_T1(p_POE_STEAM_TURBINES_VID NUMBER, p_PERIOD_ID NUMBER,
p_STOP_ID in out number, p_REMOVAL_LAST_YEAR in out NUMBER)
IS
BEGIN
    SELECT pr.STOP_ID, pr.REMOVAL_LAST_YEAR
    INTO p_STOP_ID, p_REMOVAL_LAST_YEAR
    FROM FORMS fr LEFT JOIN PR340_FR73_S1_T1 pr
    ON pr.FORMS_ID = fr.ID
    WHERE PERIOD_ID = p_PERIOD_ID - 1
    AND pr.POE_STEAM_TURBINES_VID = p_POE_STEAM_TURBINES_VID;
END REMOVAL_ATR_PR340_FR73_S1_T1;

Код её вызывающий
String sql = "{call REA.FILL_EVENT.REMOVAL_ATR_PR340_FR73_S1_T1("  + doc.poeSteamTurbine.vid + "," + doc.form.periodId +"," + 0 +  "," + 0 +") } ";
    CallableSql cs = Ebean.createCallableSql(sql);
    cs.registerOut(3, Types.INTEGER);
    cs.registerOut(4, Types.INTEGER);
    Ebean.execute(cs);
    Integer retValue = (Integer) cs.getObject(3);

В результате возникает ошибка
play.api.Application$$anon$1: Execution exception[[PersistenceException: java.sql.SQLException: Недопустимый индекс столбца]]

Процедура без проблем работает в связке с триггером, так как он передает именно переменные в которые процедура кладет значения. Как это должно выглядеть в java?

A: Надо было внимательнее читать документацию Ebean ORM и следовать приведенному там примеру. Данный код работает :
 String sql = "{call REA.FILL_EVENT.REMOVAL_ATR_PR340_FR73_S1_T1(?,?,?,?) } ";
        CallableSql cs = Ebean.createCallableSql(sql);
        cs.setParameter(1,doc.poeSteamTurbine.vid);
        cs.setParameter(2,doc.form.periodId);
        cs.registerOut(3, Types.INTEGER);
        cs.registerOut(4, Types.INTEGER);
        Ebean.execute(cs);
        doc.prevStopId = (Integer) cs.getObject(3);
        doc.prevRemovalLastYear = (Integer) cs.getObject(4);
        return doc;


With the end of 2017 swiftly approaching, businesses are busy preparing and looking ahead to the upcoming year. In the midst of future planning, though, don't overlook the deadlines that come before the new year. The coming weeks bring numerous compliance deadlines for fleets. Are you and your fleet prepared? Check out the information below to make sure you have everything checked off your list in time.
In just over a week, personal mileage reporting is due. Make sure your drivers have logged all of their personal mileage in detail by the deadline. Questions on exactly what is required? Check out this resource to get all the information you need.
As of Dec. 18, all fleet trucks must utilize electronic logging devices. Some recent changes were just announced to the ELD mandate. Be sure you know what is required of your fleet to be within compliance, beginning Dec. 18.
With the new lease accounting standards going into effect in January 2019, public companies need to begin collecting data for comparable financial statements starting January 2018. Be sure you are collecting the necessary data to remain within compliance. Have questions? Check out "The future of lease accounting" eBook now.
If you have any questions related to deadlines for your fleet, don't hesitate to reach out us.


Although Cornershop's first album rings with some of the fevered scrappiness prominent in U.S. indie bands of the early '90s (like Unrest), it's also a throwback to leftist post-punk groups of the late '70s (Gang of Four, Au Pairs). Spiking their songs with social commentary and balancing it out with an infectious sense of playfulness, the spirit and passion overrides the obvious amateurism that the band makes no attempt to hide. They're having fun, they have something to say, they love disco beats just as much as they love atonal shards of guitar and traditional Indian instrumentation. It all makes for a bold, exciting mix.


Follow the wild and rocky cliffs of the north coast before striking inland to visit the ancient and intriguing stone monuments of the Penwith moors.
Narrow crags and sheer cliffs characterize the landscape, rolling away into wild moorland hills. Expect plenty of surprises and a harsh beauty that can take your breath away (as can some of the climbs). This region of West Cornwall is much the same as it has been since prehistoric times. Where history leaves off, local legend fills in, making this a real adventure in a beautiful part of Cornwall.


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Kickstart: Rayguns, Space Frontiersmen, and White Russia in Space
Kickstart Your Weekend: A series in which I occasionally spotlight Kickstarter projects that are ending soon and deserve a little nerd love. Also, I'll highlight some past projects as well, as you never know when these enterprises are going to turn up again.
Today we're getting back into regular articles, with a laser-zap back into Kickstart Your Weekend. And these three are a particularly fun selection of games for fans of very different science fiction sub-genres. We've got a miniatures wargame-powered reboot of a classic pulp sci-fi series, a PC management game with a crude frontiersman angle, and finally a space epic computer RPG with a galactic empire inspired by pre-commie Russia.
Yeah, you heard me.
Before we dig into it, though, there were several awesome Kickstarter projects that wrapped in the past few months. And while you can't pledge, I thought I'd name-drop a few of them just in case you wanted to follow their development and release.
There were several interesting movies successfully funded this summer: Bound, a Lego brickfilm with a spiritual theme and made by a brother and sister team; the brickfilm Melting Point also funded successfully, and I can't wait to see this feature's take on the wry humor the creator, Jonathan Vaughan established in his other short films; Man vs. Snake, a quirky documentary based on a man trying to reclaim a video game record from the early days of arcade games, helmed by two editors from Battlestar Galactica; MMPR funded quite well, and so they'll get a shot at making a couple of episodes to snare all the grown-up fans of the original three seasons of Power Rangers. The Devil Walks in Salem looks kind of cheesy, but its remarkable distinction is that it's adapted from an RPG--not from the rules or setting--but from an actual play session between some honest-to-goodness role-players. Even if the end result turns out clumsy, I think it'll be worth a watch for anyone who ever looked around their gaming table during a really gripping session and thought "Why can't they make movies like this?"
(And if you don't know the feeling I'm talking about, watch this episode of Wil Wheaton's Tabletop. You're welcome.)
On the sad-to-see-it fail side of things, Stephan Frost, the creator of the intriguing and beautiful Mortifera graphic novel, failed to get funding to create the animated pitch for Hell Mary--a Weird War One-type setting about a redheaded femme fatale offing Black Hand goons and Kaiser Wilhelm cronies. It could've been great, but conventional animation still proves to be a big hurdle for Kickstarter projects--you have to raise a lot of money for relatively small rewards. Plus, Frost's offered incentive for success and stretch goals were probably too quirky and off-the-wall to serve their purpose--enough funds would have seen him get a second middle name of "Bonertown" and get a tramp stamp of two unicorns in...conjunction. I know I wouldn't want to inflict that on any man or beast, unless it was part of a really weird court sentencing.
And finally, probably the coolest film project I didn't report on this summer was definitely Fire City: Interpreter of Signs. A horror-fantasy story with a noir mystery flavor and really grotesquely interesting practical effects, Fire City feels to me like the sort of film I wanted the director of Pan's Labyrinth to make--rather than a thought-lite smash 'em up full of forgettable robots and monsters and with the only interesting characters thrown into the background while cardboard cut-outs subjugated them with their plot protection. (Oh snap: that dangerously run-on sentence really tore Pacific Rim a new one, huh?) Anyways, Fire City had the advantage of already having a really creepy short that shows off the subtly disturbing characters, and let them raise twenty grand over their one hundred grand campaign goal. That, and the sentimental daughter-focused thematic behind the production really gets to me as a father, and I'm really curious to see how this world of starving demons and dealers turns out. Just make sure the kids are fast asleep before watching it--even the sounds can make your skin crawl. Check out their webpage for more tastes of their unnerving aesthetic and eerie style.
Games, glorious games. Kickstarter is always good for game-nerding-out. The Long Dark, a first-person post-apocalyptic game with an emphasis on Grylls-esque survival, just recently finished a successful campaign. I love gritty survival games that aren't afraid to punish players with hunger, disease, and sleep dynamics, and the promised tension of making meaningful survive-or-social choices is too cool. Golem Arcana, a miniatures wargame powered by a tablet app and specialized stylus for rules and stat reference, squeaked by with full funding after a personal plug from Chris Roberts. Personally I'm not too keen on a wargame with forces composed of nothing but golems, but...Chris Roberts. (Blogger, how the frak do you not have golem in your spell-check dictionary?!) Alien Uprising, a cooperative sci-fi board game where players try to hold off savage alien natives while repairing their wrecked spaceship. I didn't pledge for it, but I'll be keeping an eye out to play it at conventions. Belle of the Ball, a card game with fantastic art and a princess-party-conniving-set-collection-gimmick, almost snared me into its grip, but I was much too masculine for such sissy stuff. That, and the game mechanics didn't seem as entertaining as the card art. Then I turned around and pledged for Marrying Mr. Darcy, a Pride and Prejudice card game produced by a Wisconsin local that has players trying to court the bachelors of the Austen book. My wife didn't even talk me into it.
Whatever. I don't mind your small-mindedness. I was excited for Marrying Mr. Darcy even before they hit the stretch goal that adds undead elements to the game.
Predictably, the music-powered fantasy MMORPG Anythmn failed to meet its funding goal. Which means that for the time being if I want to combine role-playing games and trumpet-playing, I'll have to find a very tolerant LARP group in the midwest. Fairytale Games: The Battle Royale funded with more than $100,000 over their original goal. I pledged for the project and want to play the game but my enthusiasm has been severely muted since they censored Esmerelda (of Hunchback of Notre Dame) to be an alchemical assassin instead of a gypsy assassin for some vague political correctness concerns. I mean, the game is Hunger Games murder fantasy with fairly cheesecake interpretations of many of their characters--and they're afraid of using the word gypsy to describe a character for whom being a gypsy is a plot point?! Gugh, I say. Plus by the end of the campaign the list of miniatures coming my way has gotten so confusing that I'm just trying to forget the project until I actually have everything in front of me. Massive Chalice did well by pulling in a cool half million more than their initial goal, but the controversy over Double Fine's previous game has me grateful that I passed on this campaign. I'll wait and see if they can actually deliver what was promised.
Projects I backed during the past three months
The summer also had a few neat print projects funded through Kickstarter. Men vs Cosplay was a 2014 cosplay calendar that eschewed boobs for biceps. I would've pledged, but I'm a jealous nerd. Also, you may recall I'm a big mammalian fan. Kids, Eh?, a web-comic annual print book, funded with triple it's $2,000CAD goal. The author is a stay-at-home Canuck dad with a one year-old and three year-old always providing comedic fodder for his weekly strip. Check it out. And FUBAR, the zombie alternate history comic series, funded it's most successful installment yet: Mother Russia. It's about a Soviet lady sniper in Stalingrad saving a toddler from uncounted Nazi zombies. I pledged on this one hard, as even my wife wanted to see more of the viscerally violent cutie-pie story.
On the mint-y side of things, there were two projects for nerdy numismatists. First, the Futuristic Metal Coins project from Minion Games brought us a great selection of uniquely sci-fi tokens for use in board games and RPGs. Between having these shiny creds to serve as cashy money and the upcoming Firefly RPG, I think I'll be doing some gaming in the 'verse in the next year. For more fantastic gaming, Conquistador Games funded The Best Damn Metal Gaming Coins Ever! Seriously detailed, high-quality coins, many of these pieces are inspired by historical examples. They're also non-denominational, meaning that they don't have a prescribed value printed on them, so if you want to throw odd pence-shilling-crowns around in your gaming, you can.
And probably one of my favorite projects of the past three months has to be the Hollow Earth Expedition: Revelations of Mars. Hollow Earth Expedition (HEX) is an RPG by Exile Games that I've followed for a while but never got into. Built on a cinematic system based on dice pools, HEX is founded upon Jules Verne and E.R. Burroughs imagery as they populate the center of the 1930s earth with a land full of weird science, dinosaurs, and savages. If you ever watched the Aussie show Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World, you're on the right track. Revelations of Mars expands that setting to the red planet, with beautifully bejeweled alien princesses and big bug aliens needing stomping in grand E.R. Burroughs fashion. Since my wife and I enjoyed John Carter (of Mars!) so much, she actually mandated that I pledge on this particular RPG campaign. Well, who am I to look an RPG mount in the mouth? I pledged to receive Revelations of Mars when it releases next year and the preceding HEX books digitally right away. Wow. I'll do an in-depth article on HEX at some point, because I don't think I've had so much fun just reading an RPG sourcebook since the Serenity RPG came out.
So that's it for catch-up, but what's out now and worthy of a nerd's radar?
What it is: Mars Attacks began life in 1962 as a trading card series. A somewhat linear series of cards featuring alien invasion, slaughter, and torture before the eventual human counter, Mars Attacks was a violent, gory romp in pulp sci-fi, with rayguns, flying saucers, and swooning women at their mercy on a lot of the cards. Now, hot on the heels of their Kickstarter successes with Kings of War, Dreadball, Loka chess, and Deadzone, Mantic Games is producing a licensed miniatures wargame adaptation of Mars Attacks. The game is a lighter treatment to wargaming than their previous projects, evoking quick violent skirmishes between Martians and human resistance without a ten pound rulebook to slow things down. Even movement and ranges are based on a coarse 3-inch grid to eschew the all-but-ubiquitous measuring tape of other games.
Why it's exciting: This game, based on a well-known classic license by a seasoned producer of wargames products, stands poised to be Mantic Games' greatest hit yet. With three weeks to go, the game is already at $438,000 pledged out of their original goal of $50,000 so there's already dozens of stretch goals, updates, and add-ons unlocked. Being an old-salt and game snob myself, I tend to turn up my nose at rules that don't let me pull out my tape measure and have fewer than five stats per model, but I can't deny that the quality miniatures in this set--and the insanely good deals attached to the campaign's success--are extremely enticing. If nothing else, I might be seduced by the promise of their plastic US soldiers and flatbed truck-turned sci-fi transport/technical.
What it is: Rimworld is a sci-fi colony sim game for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Players must coordinate the survivors of a crashed colony ship on a procedurally-created world rife with natural disaster and other hazards. Colonists can be directed to mine, farm, build free-form buildings and facilities, and defend the colony from raiders. The game has developed a number of dynamic, interesting features that are coordinated by an AI director that can be selected to suit your play-style--whether looking for an exploration-focused game, a life or death struggle, or a relaxing buildup experience. Right now this is a one-man project with a lot of promise, but the campaign seeks to let the creator, Tynan Sylvester, hire a dedicated artist to add nice graphics to his ambitious game.
Why it's exciting: With over $140,000CAD raised of an original goal of twenty grand and two weeks to go, Rimworld is definitely going to be a success. Creator Tynan hasn't set any stretch goals for the game, wanting to work on it organically without imposing artificial goals leading to development bloat. That's a promising, healthy attitude for a small indie game, especially since so many games that succeed on Kickstarter fall victim to development bloat (Double Fine being the flagship example of this pitfall).
What it is: Mandate is a sci-fi PC RPG with an epic scope. Set in a galactic empire inspired by 19th century Russia, Mandate is going to place the player in command of a Mandate ship at the outbreak of a civil war, giving the captain tactical control over their crew and boarding parties and maneuvering their ship in battle as well. Apparently, the game's campaign will grow from commanding a single ship to controlling outposts and stations and building up to having a subordinate fleet of their own. It's being developed on Unity engine, which means that not only is the game going to support Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems, but they're already releasing preview modules of the game on their website for fans to sample--right now they have a build-a-ship module that allows players to customize and then destroy a flagship of their very own.
Why it's exciting: I have a few different buttons that can easily cinch my support for a Kickstarter. Sci-fi role-playing game with tactile elements? You got me. Cross-platform support planned? Nice. Preview modules of the game? Cool. Dynamic choice-based gameplay? Yes yes. Russian space empress voice-over for the intro video? Easy buddy, you've already made your sale. I'm in for this game, and I haven't been this anxious to see a Kickstarter succeed since Interstellar Marines (mentioned in a previous post here), which was another cross-platform Unity-based sci-fi game. At $135,000 right now, Mandate has a long ways to go to reach their half million goal, but they also went for a longer campaign and so have well over a month to get there.
Holy moly. Not only did I just touch base on more than twenty Kickstarter projects in one post, but this is also the third article this week, which means that it's knocking off a point from my 31 post deficit.
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CV Show: Toyota unveils its first light van
Date: Wednesday, May 8, 2019 | Author: James Dallas
Pride of place on Toyota's stand at the NEC went to the Proace City, the brand's debut light van, which is based upon the PSA Group platform that produces the Citroen Berlingo, Peugeot Partner and Vauxhall Combo.
Like its stablemates, the Proace City, which will go in sale in the first quarter of next year, will come in two lengths – short at 4.4m and long at 4.7m. The long version will also be marketed as a crew cab.
Load volumes for the panel van go from 3.3m3 to 4.3m3 while payloads range from 650kg to 1.0-tonne and the van has a towing capacity of 1.5-tonnes.
Toyota has not confirmed engines yet but if the Proace City follows its PSA counterparts, it will be powered by a range of petrol and diesel engines with a spread from 75 to 130hp, and with a choice of five or six-speed manual or eight-speed automatic transmissions.
Following the withdrawal of the Hiace in 2011, UK LCV boss Gareth Matthews says the Proace City is the brand's next step back into the van market on a journey that started in 2016 with the launch of the Proace medium van and continued with the development of an approved conversion programme. It also introduced the "no nonsense" Base 4x4 Land Cruiser LCV in 2018 at the NEC and at this year's show it unveiled the Active trim, with features such as alloy wheels, sat nav and a more comfortable interior in response to customer demand for a higher specification option. The Active version will go on sale later this year.
Matthews told What Van? the brand would like to enter the large van sector in the future but needed to consolidate its existing product first.
As for the Proace City, he said: "We want to look at profitable opportunities, not volume at any cost. We want the right vehicle at the right cost."
He anticipates a core customer base of small businesses blended with sales to individuals and larger fleets but with low margin contract hire and rental deals avoided.


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Kepler Discovers Earth's Older Sister
NASA's Kepler space telescope has found the closest match yet to a world that is similarly sized to Earth and circling a sun-like star at the right distance for liquid surface water, a condition believed to be necessary for life, scientists said Thursday.
By Irene Klotz
NASA's Kepler space telescope has found the closest match yet to a world that is similarly sized to Earth and circling a sun-like star at the right distance for liquid surface water, a condition believed to be necessary for life, scientists said Thursday.
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The newly found world, called Kepler-452b, is located about 1,400 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus.
"In my mind, this is the closet thing we have to another planet like the Earth," Jon Jenkins, head of Kepler data analysis at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., told reporters on a conference call Thursday.
Kepler-452b is about 60 percent wider than Earth and estimated to have five times the mass, making it most likely a rocky world. It circles a G2-type star very much like the sun, but estimated to be closer to 6 billion years old, compared to the 4.6-billion-year age of the solar system.
"That's a considerable opportunity for life to arise, should all the necessary ingredients and conditions for life exist on this planet," Jenkins said.
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"It's simply awe-inspiring to consider that this planet has spent 6 billion years in the habitable zone of its star," Jenkins said. "That's considerable time and opportunity for life to arise somewhere on its surface, or in its oceans, should all the necessary ingredients and conditions for life exist on this planet."
Kepler-452b orbits its parent star every 385 days, so it is located just about 5 percent farther away from the star than Earth circles the sun. The star's age means it's about 10 percent bigger and 20 percent brighter than the sun, Jenkins said.
If Kepler-452b is rocky, scientists expect it would be about five times more massive than Earth and twice Earth's surface gravity. It would have a thicker, cloudier atmosphere and most likely active volcanoes, Jenkins added.
ANALYSIS: 'Earth-like' Planets May Be Nothing Like Earth
Today, Kepler 452-b receives 10 percent more energy from its parent star than Earth does from the sun, but that wasn't always the case.
"When this star was young, it was only about 80 percent of its present size and 64 percent as bright, so the planet received 64 percent as much energy then," Jenkins said.
As the star continues to grow, Kepler 452-b will no longer be in a habitable, water-friendly zone, a future that awaits Earth as well.
Kepler-452b is the first of 12 potential Earth-twins that has been confirmed as a planet, all of which circle in life-friendly orbits around their parent stars. More than half of those stars are the same type as the sun.
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"A lot of them are very interesting candidates. For example, one of them appears to be just 15 percent larger than Earth ... and receiving about three-fourths the energy that Earth does. There's a lot of other ones similar to that that are really tantalizing to go after," Jeff Coughlin, a Kepler research scientist at SETI Institute in Mountain View, Calif., told Discovery News.
Overall the list of candidate planets found by Kepler has reached 4,696. Another 1,030 Kepler finds have been confirmed, NASA said.
The research will be published in an upcoming issue of The Astronomical Journal.
This artist's concept depicts one possible appearance of the planet Kepler-452b, the first near-Earth-size world to be found in the habitable zone of star that is similar to our sun.
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Sept. 19, 2011 --
They're alien worlds orbiting distant stars far out of reach of detailed imaging by even our most advanced telescopes. And yet, day after day, we see vivid imaginings of these extrasolar planets with the help of the most talented space artists. The definition of an extrasolar planet -- or "exoplanet" -- is simply a planetary body orbiting a star beyond our solar system, and nearly 700 of these extrasolar worlds have been discovered so far (plus hundreds more "candidate" worlds). With the help of NASA's Kepler space telescope, the ESO's High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS), French COROT space telescope and various other advanced exoplanet-hunting observatories, we are getting very good at detecting these worlds, but to glean some of the detail, we depend on artist's interpretations of fuzzy astronomical images and spectral analyses. That's the way it will be until we build a vast telescope that can directly image an exoplanet's atmosphere or physically travel to an alien star system. So, with the flurry of recent exoplanet discoveries, Discovery News has collected a few of the dazzling pieces of art born from one of the most profound searches mankind has ever carried out: the search for alien worlds orbiting other stars; a journey that may ultimately turn up a true "Earth-like" world.
The Transit
As an exoplanet passes in front of its star as viewed from Earth, a very slight dip in starlight brightness is detected. Observatories such as NASA's Kepler space telescope use this "transit method" to great effect, constantly detecting new worlds.
Some exoplanets orbit close to their parent stars. Due to their close proximity and generally large size, worlds known as "hot Jupiters" are easier to spot than their smaller, more distant-orbiting cousins.
The primary thrust of exoplanet hunting is to find small, rocky worlds that orbit within their stars' "habitable zones." The habitable zone, also known as the "Goldilocks zone," is the region surrounding a star that is neither too hot nor too cold. At this sweet spot, liquid water may exist on the exoplanet's surface. Where there's water, there's the potential for life.
Usually, exoplanet hunters look for the slight dimming of a star or a star's "wobble" to detect the presence of an exoplanet. However, in the case of Kepler-19c, its presence has been detected by analyzing its gravitational pull on another exoplanet, Kepler-19b. Kepler-19c is therefore the Phantom Menace of the exoplanet world.
Keeping Warm
The habitable zone seems to be the pinnacle of extraterrestrial living. If you're an alien with similar needs to life on Earth, then you'll need liquid water. If your planet exists outside your star's habitable zone, well, you're in trouble. Either your world will be frozen like a block of ice, or boiling like a kettle. But say if your world had the ability to extend your star's habitable zone? There may be some atmospheric factors that might keep water in a comfy liquid state. Even better, if you like deserts, a dry world could even be oddly beneficial.
Crazy Aurorae
Planets with a global magnetic field, like Earth, have some dazzling interactions with the winds emanating from their stars. The high-energy particles bombard the planet's atmosphere after being channeled by the magnetism. A wonderful auroral lightshow ensues. But say if there's an exoplanet, with a magnetosphere, orbiting really close to its star? Well, stand back! The entire world would become engulfed in a dancing show, 100-1000 times brighter than anything we see on Earth.
The "Candidates"
"Candidate" exoplanets are often mentioned, especially when talking about detections by the Kepler space telescope. But what does this mean? As a world passes in front of its star, slightly dimming the starlight, this isn't considered a "confirmed" exoplanet detection. To make sure that signal is real, more orbital passes of the exoplanet need to be logged before a bona fide discovery can be announced. Until then, these preliminary detections are called exoplanet candidates.
Angry Suns, Naked Planets
Exoplanets come in all sizes and all states of chaos. Some might have wonky orbits, others might be getting naked. Other times, they're simply being ripped apart by X-rays blasted from their parent star. Bummer.
Super-Earths
Super-Earths get a lot of press. Mainly because "Earth" is mentioned. Sadly, most of these worlds are likely completely different to anything we'd call "Earth." And you can forget calling the vast majority of them "Earth-like." It's simply a size thing -- they're bigger than Earth, yet a lot smaller than Jupiter, hence their name, "super-Earth." Easy.
For now, we have to make do with artist's renditions of exoplanets for us to visualize how they may look in their alien star systems. However, plans are afoot to send an unmanned probe to an interstellar destination. Although these plans may be several decades off, seeing close-up photographs of these truly alien worlds will be well worth the wait.


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Imani Perry
With meticulous research and a personal narrative, Dr. Imani Perry retraces the landscape of the American South and demonstrates how Southern history is inextricably linked to America's present and therefore must be deeply understood in order to understand America. This nonfiction history book is an essential guide to the complex Southern history and culture and weaves together countless stories while offering hope for a more humane future than seen in our Southern past.
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What Napolean Could Not Do
DK Nnuro's intelligent and wrenching debut novel, What Napoleon Could Not Do, centers on two siblings, Jacob and Belinda Nti, who grew up in Ghana fantasizing about moving to America. While Belinda succeeds, moving to the United States for college before obtaining a law degree, Jacob remains in his home country, still living with his father as his visa requests are repeatedly denied by the American government. Belinda has accomplished "what Napoleon could not do," according to their father. Over the course of the book, the love and shared ambitions that brought these two siblings together are tested under the pressure of dashed dreams and hopes set aside.
Akshaya Raman
The Ivory Key
The Ivory Key is a rich world filled with interesting magic and characters. A young adult fantasy book filled with dangerous quests, secrets, and magic, it is a must read for fans of the genre. Vira, Ronak, Kaleb, and Riya are siblings who cannot get along. Separated by the different paths their lives have taken, they are forced to come together to search for the Ivory Key, said to be a new source of magic, something their kingdom desperately needs. In fact, magic is the only thing standing between Ashoka and war with the neighboring kingdoms.
Debut memoirist Harry Windsor wants you to know that he's more than just the husband to famed actress and podcaster Meghan Markle. He's also a member—and recent defector—of England's most prominent family. Spare debuts as Harry Windsor's memoir, sharing the quest of one man to tell his own story despite his family's protests. You might not know the Windsors yet, but the publication of this highly anticipated debut is sure to put Harry and his drama-filled lineage on the map.
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The Last Pomegranate Tree
This novel from one of Iraq's most celebrated authors, Bachtyar Ali, is a surreal father–son quest set in the aftermath of Saddam Hussein's rule. The Last Pomegranate Tree tells the story of Muzafar-i Subhdam, a peshmerga fighter who goes looking for his son after spending 21 years in prison. Muzafar has not seen his child since his birth, and his journey to track down the boy, now a man, turns into a phantasmagorical allegory about the lengths a father must go to in order to rebuild his family in the aftermath of a massive trauma.
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Today's Thoughts: There is a lot going on in our readings today. Certainly, first and for most, we encounter in our Gospel the image of the vine and branches. One of the wonderful images of John's Gospel. An image plucked right out of everyday life during Jesus' time and that of the early Church. Jesus becoming the vine out of which we can grows in a faith filled life.
In our second reading we are called "Children." I can remember a time during my life as a Passionist student when one of my brother Passionist students seemed offended but John referring to us as children. He said, "I am not a child any more I am an adult and I want to be seen and treated as one!" I have to admit sometimes I feel that way too but I also know that if I open myself up like a child I have a better chance of encountering the vine grower and receiving life from the vine.
In this second reading we are given some advice. We are asked to not just in love not in word or speech but to also love in deeds and in truth. In other words, actions speak louder than words. Perhaps, that is why St. Francis says, "Preach always and when necessary use words." It is often easy to talk about doing the right thing but doing it can be a challenge.
Because John see us as children open to learning he goes on to share how we can accomplish living out our faith – by loving one another and by keeping God's commandments and by doing what pleases God.
This all sound rather simple, but there are many moments, people and experience that make it down right hard right? I can easily think of people, experience and moments in life that presented and still present challenges to me when I try to practicing the command to "love one another." No matter what I do, or how hard I pray for patience in dealing with people or situations, things are difficult! However, I am asked to persevere and love.
Perhaps the challenge is to stop and think of how difficult I might be to deal with me, and how it may be difficult to love me. Not easy thoughts to think. It is a heck of a lot easier to spend time thinking of the faults and failings of others than my own, but perspective is gained when I consider my own faults.
Back to our Gospel, the story starts with a description of our Father, the vine grower. The vine grower very carefully works in the vineyard caring for the individual branches daily. Those branches that are not bearing fruit are removed; the fruit bearing branches are pruned so as to produce more fruit. The vine grower wants nothing more than to have a fruitful crop. Thus, a great deal of time is spent on caring for the branches so that fruitfulness can be achieved. God will do whatever is needed and we see that down through our faith story.
Our heavenly Father spends a great deal of time and care in watching over each of us. If we remain in Jesus and his words remain in us, we are told to ask for whatever is wanted and it will be done.
As I write this Twitter, Facebook and Instagram are full of words of sorrow at the death of Alfie Evans, the little toddler in the UK who died this morning. Even Pope Francis expressed his heart felt sorrow! So many prays for healing, and it may seem that those prayers were not answered. Everyone wanted a miracle. Although it may seem that prayers weren't answered, actually they were — going to Heaven while difficult for the family and all who prayed perhaps was better for Alfie. At difficult times in our life we are asked not to despair, because prayers are answered. God, our vine grower does prune so that we might learn, so that good fruit is born, in the midst of our faith filled journey through life.
Rest in the joy and love of heaven Alfie! Have a great Sunday everyone!


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Q: C++11 compatible compiler on linux server without root access? What is the easiest route to installing a c++11 compatible compiler on a linux web server without root (sudo) access? The current gcc version is g++ (GCC) 4.4.7 20120313. I've already tried:

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*building modern gcc versions from scratch (e.g. https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/InstallingGCC). This inevitably fails during make with an error like:

cp: cannot stat `libgcc_s.so.1': No such file or directory"

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*building modern clang/llvm from scratch. This seems to compile correctly and the binaries can compile very simple programs. But fails to compile programs using many stdlib classes or routines.

Is there a bullet-proof (or fool-proof) way to build a working compiler from scratch?
Or, even better, is there a way to install compiler binaries and standard libraries without root access?

A: There are 4 different questions in your one question:
Question 1: Which version of GCC fully supports C11.
Answer 1: As I know full C11 support comes with GCC 4.7.3 or later.
Question 2: Where is my libgcc_s.so.1 or any libgcc*.so*
Answer 2: It is compiler installation problem and is distribution dependend. For example mine is at "/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.8.3/".If you are using package based distro - look for the package owns libgcc. Every distribution must provide the search tool that let you find which package owns(includes) the library.
Question 3: Do i need root privilleges to compile "hello world"?
Answer 3: Quickly - no, you should not or check you installation state. May be some one played with chmod?
Question 4: Where to get working GCC-4.7.3 or higher?
Answer 4: In repository depends on your distribution. Debian and Ubuntu using apt-get, RPM based distros sticking with rpm and yum. My lovely gentoo has eix/emerge magic. Slackware and friends are using own *.TGZ format.
Administration tasks without root access usually are not possible but check if you could sudo. I suppose that you are using a flavour of Ubuntu. If so - use sudo.

A: Several $dayjob$ ago, one of the tasks were to set up an enterprise-wide development platform, installed on a network filesystem, offering multiple versions of gcc on multiple versions.
Building gcc manually is certainly possible. But it is hard.
It took several experienced hackers to figure out how to bootstrap gcc. It was a team effort. One thing that may not be very obvious is that different versions of gcc often have very subtle dependencies on specific versions of binutils, so, first and foremost, you need to bootstrap binutils, and only then try to build gcc. And, bootstrapping binutils is itself a somewhat of a shot in the dark; it's not very obvious whether the end product actually works, since, well, before the new compiler gets built, there's very little that can be done to test various bits of it.
Then, after finally getting gcc built, you get to discover all the mysterious assumptions but not just gcc, but ld, from binutils, has about where the standard C library, and gcc's own libstdc++ gets installed, and how to twiddle gcc's not-very documented configuration file, to tweak the library paths in just the right way.


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NIC Partners Joins LACCD to Celebrate $15 Million Grant
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Jun 26, 2015 8:00:21 AM
Last month, representatives of NIC Partners joined 115 people who gathered enthusiastically in front of Metro Headquarters at LA's Union Station. The occasion that inspired their enthusiasm was the official awarding of a $15 million grant to the Los Angeles Community College District by the California Department of Education. The grant, provided by the California Career Pathways Trust, will be used to advance academic and career technical education, connect employers with schools, and train students for jobs in high-demand fields such as information technology, advanced manufacturing, health care and software development.
"This grant will transform the lives of thousands of students," LACCD Board of Trustees Pre sident Scott Svonkin told the crowd. "Wherever their dreams take them, they can now go."
Business partners and supporters from local workforce investment boards, school districts, economic development agencies and labor unions were on hand to witness the occasion. Among the business leaders present were Phil Washington, CEO of Metro, Frank Spaeth, CEO of NIC Partners, and Tracy Rafter, CEO of BizFed.
The new program will be implemented by the Los Angeles Regional Career Pathways Project, which exists to bring together community colleges, high schools, unified school districts, labor unions, workforce investment boards, and industry-specific employers.
The program focuses on high-demand industry sectors that are projected to grow and offer job opportunities well into the future. The project includes over $1,700,000 of resources that will be used to benefit more than 6,000 participants, helping to equip high school and college students for good-paying jobs and solid careers. The Regional Pathways consortium will work with over 95 employers, like NIC Partners, to create internships.
Invited guest and speaker NIC Partners CEO Frank Spaeth stated, "Internships are now more critical to enter the workforce. More people are trying to compete with technical skills. Those who can exhibit the right blend of technical/hard skills with soft skills will be the most successful in securing a good paying job and career."
With funding from the Career Pathways Grant, NIC Partners will be a strategic partner and play a key role in training students from local high schools and LACCD colleges, preparing today's students to become tomorrow's leaders.
"I have 15 million reasons to be happy," remarked LACCD's chancellor Dr. Francisco Rodriguez. "Today is a day of investment. You, our value-added partners, are the wind in our sails. Now, let's get to work. Our students deserve it."
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'MESSAGE' => string 'The College of Nursing is the recipient of two grants to support new master's degree tracks specializing in gerontology and public/community health nursing. The grants are funded through the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA), a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Enrollment for both degree options will begin in the fall of 2007 with options to earn an R.N. to M.S. degree, M.S. degree, or post-nursing master's certificate.
The College of Nursing is the recipient of two grants to support new master's degree tracks specializing in gerontology and public/community health nursing. The grants are funded through the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA), a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Enrollment for both degree options will begin in the fall of 2007 with options to earn an R.N. to M.S. degree, M.S. degree, or post-nursing master's certificate.
The Gerontological Nurse Practitioner (NP)/Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) program is a an online, five-semester track (51 credits for the NP and 54 credits for the CNS) which will allow graduates to earn their gerontological NP or gerontological CSN certifications through the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).
Of today's 2.7 million registered nurses, less than 1 percent are certified in gerontological nursing and only 3 percent of advanced practice RNs have specialized training in this area. Nearly two-thirds of North Dakota's 39 rural counties have 20 percent or more of their population base 65 years of age or older and that proportion is expected to jump by at least 10 percent by 2020.
"Without enough gerontologically educated advanced practice nurses, our state and our nation's health care industry remains underprepared to address the complex health care needs of older adults," shares Marcia Gragert, project director.
The Public/Community Health Clinical Nurse Specialist (P/CHN CNS) program will prepare nurses for advanced practice nursing care of populations in a distance-delivery format. The master's track will focus on population-based care of vulnerable populations in rural areas and will provide education in the public health sciences.
This program is greatly needed in North Dakota and region, as it is the only one of its kind between Minneapolis, Boise, Idaho, and Omaha, Neb. The program will serve to improve the public health infrastructure, one of the major focus areas of Healthy People 2010.
Both project directors are faculty within the College of Nursing.
Dr. Gragert has a great deal of experience in adult health and gerontology nursing. She has worked in critical care, medical-surgical and long-term care areas, and her research has focused on chronic health problems and sleep disturbances in the adult and older adult population.
Dr. Evanson has a strong background in public and community health in both practice and research. Her research focuses on developing the role of public health nursing in domestic violence prevention and intervention. Victims of domestic violence are a vulnerable population that is often hidden, unrecognized by health care providers, and difficult to access. Public health nurses, who often work in home settings, may be in the best position to provide effective care to this vulnerable population.