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Pastor Nadarkhani update: Bogus charges, renewed call for action
By Michelle Malkin • October 4, 2011 11:18 AM
The ACLJ has the very latest on Christian pastor Yousef Nadarkhani, who faces the death penalty in Iran because he refuses to renounce his faith.
The mullahcracy has cooked up bogus charges that now include being a "Zionist" and traitor:
In a troubling development, Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani's attorney, Mohammed Ali Dadkha, has acknowledged the possibility of the charges against him being changed. Recall, throughout the last two years and most recently at the Iranian Supreme Court, Pastor Nadarkhani was on trial for apostasy and nothing else. Now, as Fox News reported, the Iranian government is claiming that Pastor Nadarkhani was charged with a number of crimes including being a threat to national security and a Zionist, but not apostasy.
The charge of being a Zionist and thus a traitor, terms that imply he is some kind of spy for Israel and opponent of the Islamic Republic, is among the most serious accusations that can be made in Iran. Unfortunately, we know that this is the charge Iran levies to justify executing people who were actually arrested, imprisoned, and tried on completely different charges. While these new charges may be, as I said before, an attempt to deflect media and international attention, the fact that it is possible the Pastor could actually face these charges means that his life is in more danger now than it has been at any other time since the trial began.
It is also becoming more difficult to confirm that he is still alive. Throughout Pastor Nadarkhani's two-year imprisonment, he has traditionally only been permitted to have one visitor per week. This is one barrier we have to overcome each day when we try to get solid confirmation that he is alive. We can confirm that our contacts in Iran have reported that as of yesterday evening, Pastor Youcef was still alive, but that is becoming more and more difficult to confirm each day.
More on the trumped-up charges via Fox News:
In a ruling from the Iranian Supreme Court obtained by FoxNews.com, Nadarkhani was sentenced to execution by hanging for breaking Islamic law by conducting Christian worship and baptizing himself and others.
Nowhere in the ruling is there a mention of these new charges, which were first reported by Iranian news agency FARS.
Nadarkhani's lawyer, Mohammed Ali Dadkhah, says he has not received any of these new charges from the Supreme Court, according to the ACLJ.
"The opinions of these new charges come from the political branch. Not a single judicial figure, a prosecutor or member of the court has spoken to these new charges," Dadkhah said through a translator.
Hello, U.N.? Hello, State Department?
The European Center for Law and Justice, an affiliate of the ACLJ and an non-governmental organization with consultative status at the U.N., is looking at taking action at the United Nations this week.
"We have not seen any new charges from the court," an official for the U.S. State Department said. "We continue to seek additional information."
If you haven't signed the petition to save Nadarkhani, go here right now and spread the word.
9/29 Iranian Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani faces execution for refusing to renounce Christianity: Where are the Hollyweirdos and Euroweenies now?; Update: White House statement; Britain, EU stand up
9/30 Pastor Nadarkhani update: State Department, Boehner weigh in
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Onward, Christian Soldiers? Signs of life in the Church of England
May 26, 2008 08:00 PM by See-Dubya
"You cannot have an honest conversation on the basis of fudge."
"He is risen."
"The miracle of the resurrection of Christ reverberated in my soul."
These are what true religious martyrs look like
December 9, 2007 07:15 AM by Michelle Malkin
Christian Bible publishers in Turkey murdered by throat-slitting jihadists.
The Religion of Peace Death for Apostates!
"The daughter of a British imam is living under police protection after receiving death threats from her father for converting to Christianity."
Support these brave ex-Muslims
September 11, 2007 01:02 AM by Michelle Malkin
Apostates speak.
Categories: Apostasy


Cleared BGMs do not always meet the level of analytical accuracy currently required for regulatory clearance.
HealthDay News — One in three commercially available blood glucose monitor systems (BGMs) meet a predefined accuracy standard, according to research published online June 13 in Diabetes Care.
David C. Klonoff, M.D., from the Diabetes Research Institute in San Mateo, Calif., and colleagues recruited 1,035 subjects to have a capillary blood glucose level measured on six different systems and a reference capillary sample prepared for plasma testing at a reference laboratory. The products, which were obtained from consumer outlets, were tested in three triple-blinded studies. For each of the three studies, each of the three participating clinical sites tested a different set of six systems. A BGM was tested on 115 subjects, on average, in each study. In each study, the proportion of compliant readings was compared against a predetermined accuracy standard, which was similar to, but more lenient than, current regulatory standards.
The researchers found that almost identical BGM rankings were produced with the different accuracy metrics. The predetermined accuracy standard was met by six of the 18 systems in all three studies, five systems in two studies, and three systems in one study. The accuracy standard was not met in any of the three studies by four BGMs.
Several authors disclosed ties to the pharmaceutical industry, including Abbott Diabetes Care, which funded the study.


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Madison Avenue is Killing the Father's Voice
Leslie Deinhammer Send an email May 1, 2017
A man plunges into the ice. Another man ejects twenty feet into the air from an aquatic catapult. A woman surfs. "What muscle pain?" the drug manufacturer asks.
"The men are doing stupid stuff. The women aren't," observes the child.
This is the game we play at commercial time, it is called What Is and What Ought to Be. That is, what is to us and what ought to be according to those bent on a reconfigured social order.
Are Dads really as dumb as they are portrayed by United Healthcare? Do you think the commercial would work if roles were reversed and the man in the Pepsi commercial treated the woman that way? Who in their right mind would want a family like the one in the Roomba ad?
Play along if you will. See who can rack up the most points by spotting dumb the Dads or the condescending woman who exerts intellectual superiority over her male counterpart. Juxtapose your reality against what you see. Even a child can identify the patently false against her own reality.
Madison Avenue, having mastered the of the art of manipulation and subliminal message, has partnered with social engineers to create campaigns not just for the purpose of product promotion but for the purpose of selling social constructs – the singling out of particular beliefs, persons and stereotypes to deconstruct the old order and reconstruct the new.
The degradation of Dad is the precondition for which the new social order can progress.
Some theorize that social forces, activists in academia, industry and advertising namely, seek to subvert and silence our father's voice from consciousness. It is theorized that once the voice of consciousness is silenced, it can be replaced with the appropriated social construct (i.e., Dads are dumb, marriage is for suckers, kids are smarter than parents).
Think of a young boy watching this Verizon commercial. Little does he realize how the message of 'Dad is a dope' undermines his own worth as a future father. The thought of marriage may become repellent. He may even question his desire to be a Dad at all, an added bonus to those who seek the decline of birth rates of particular demographics.
Whether the goal is to portray men as impotent, unappealing to the opposite sex or evolutionarily inferior, we are being socially engineered to believe these things which we know are false.
Degrading Dad, the old-order figurehead of facts, universal absolutes and right and wrong, leads to the stripping away of conviction, making the masses further susceptible to covert social engineering.
Already full from a steady diet of patriarchal emasculation, students of higher education are primed for baccalaureate-level groupthink and the overt correction. Soon the free-thinking student is ostracized for having convictions and moral absolutes. Thinking outside the parameters of gender theory and economic class exploitation comes with consequence.
"Being socially ostracized by the group is one of man's primal fears."
The purpose of social engineering is reorder and insertion of the state.
The one who benefits from gender reconstruction is the same who benefits from war between the classes and war between the races. The social engineer's desire is to deconstruct civilization as we know it and replace it with their own warped sense of liberation: a world without borders, sin or consciousness. Forget the notion that that voice was put there to protect us from ourselves to begin with.
Once you kill that voice of consciousness, the father's voice, the seeds of consensus and relativism are sown.
Kill consciousness and civilization ceases to exist.
Recognize it. Reverse it.
Leslie Deinhammer
Illinois PolitiChick Leslie Anne Deinhammer, writer, chaplain and proud wife of a Marine Corps veteran, writes on topics of politics, human rights and faith. Follow her at @lesliedhammer on Twitter.
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Three teams A, B and C participated in a 3 sided hockey tournament. In three games, team A played team B, team B played against team C, and team A played against team C.
The three final scores of the games consisted of the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.
The difference between the team A�s higher score and the team B's higher score was one more than the difference between team B�s lower and team C�s lower score.
The highest total of a team�s two scores was achieved by the team that lost the greatest number of games.
Which team achieved the highest total of its two scores?


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Cookies, Chocolates, and Bars
It all started around 1911 when H.B. (Bert) Williams opened his bakery in the Church Hill section of Richmond.
With the theme "Quality Sells", his was soon the largest bakery in Richmond. In fact, his reputation was so good, when he sold his bakery in 1944, it continued to carry his name for over three decades.
In 1963, H.B.'s son, William (Bill), opened his own bakery while the former Williams Bakery was operating on Governor's Street. To avoid confusion, the new bakery was named W.H. Williams Bakery of Mechanicsville. The name was changed back to Williams Bakery in 1978, when the Davis Bakery bought the old Williams Bakery and renamed it. Bill's son Ron became the new owner in 1990 and continues to manage the bakery today.
Ron believes in making everything from scratch, so all Williams Bakery products are started with raw ingredients.
The formulas for each delicious item have been passed down through the Williams family since the original bakery on Church Hill. Nothing says "quality" like the test of time.
We never use preservatives in anything we make, so the hardest decision that has to be made every day is how much product to produce. Variables like the weather, holidays, what sold last week, etc., all have to be considered. Come by any one of our three locations and see for yourself why we've been one of the area's favorite bakeries for almost a century.
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The USMCA and Copyright Reform: Who is Writing Canada's Copyright Law Anyway?
Canada's year-long copyright review has thus far featured dozens of witnesses from creators such as singer Bryan Adams to telecom giants Bell and Telus. While the review is designed to help Canadian policy makers craft a roadmap for future reforms, the release of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), the successor to NAFTA, represents a significant detour as it contains a detailed intellectual property rights chapter that effectively cedes many key issues to U.S. trade negotiators.
My Globe and Mail op-ed notes that in the weeks leading up to the conclusion of the trade pact negotiations, most of the attention was focused on supply management and the dairy sector, the threat of tariffs on the automotive industry, and the future of dispute resolution provisions. Yet once the secret text was released just after midnight on Sunday, the mandated reform to Canadian copyright law became more readily apparent.
Leading the way is a requirement to extend the term of copyright protection from the current term of the life of the creator plus 50 years to the life of the creator plus 70 years. The additional 20 years of protection will effectively lock down the public domain in Canada for two decades, with no new copyright expiry on works until 2040 (assuming the agreement takes effect in 2020).
The Liberal government emphasized its commitment to excluding Canadian cultural policy from the ambit of the agreement (which it did subject to an exception for simultaneous substitution of U.S. broadcasting), but extending the term of copyright will have a far greater impact by reducing public access to Canadian cultural heritage. Moreover, with studies indicating that the term extension could add hundreds of millions to education costs, 20 extra years of copyright protection will not come cheaply.
The government has touted a U.S. concession that will allow Canada to retain its notice-and-notice system for allegations of copyright infringement, but that was the only bright spot in a chapter that otherwise restricts future policy flexibility. The limits are particularly noticeable with respect to Canada's anti-circumvention rules, which provide legal protections for digital locks found on electronic books or DVDs. They will be subject to trade rules that severely limit the ability for policy makers to craft exceptions that ensure reasonable consumer access to the content for which they have paid. Canada previously insisted on the suspension of similar provisions in the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement.
The IP chapter will also require Canada to re-write legislation that was passed only a few years ago. For example, Canada's anti-counterfeiting measures are destined for change after the USMCA included requirements to grant customs officials the power to seize suspect shipments without a court order, even if the goods are in-transit and not destined to remain in Canada.
While the U.S. has exported some of its most restrictive copyright laws to Canada, its flexible rules that lie at the heart of its innovation policy are nowhere to be found, placing U.S. companies at a distinct advantage over their Canadian counterparts. For example, fair use, a staple of U.S. law, is not included in the USMCA. This creates an uneven playing field, where U.S. companies and creators rely on an open system of exceptions for innovative technological uses (such as text and data mining for artificial intelligence), while Canadians are confined to a limited set of purposes identified in the Copyright Act.
Similarly, U.S. rules that mandate that all government works are freely available fall outside the deal, meaning that Canada may retain its outdated crown copyright model that vests full copyright in government works.
As the copyright review continues, the government will need to reassess its approach in light of the USMCA. First, the scope of the review should be expanded to consider the ramifications of the deal. This should include assessing whether there is room for flexible implementations of the new obligations.
Second, the review recommendations must account for a significant shift in the copyright balance in Canada as a result of the treaty. Rights holders have been lobbying for new rights or more limited exceptions. The USMCA effectively gives rights holders a massive gift with 20 years of additional protection alongside stronger enforcement measures. Restoring the copyright balance will mean rejecting a further distortion of the balance and instead considering expanding copyright exceptions.
Canada's new trade agreement means that the U.S. will effectively write some of the key provisions in the next copyright law. If Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains is to retain a made-in-Canada approach to copyright, it is time to take back the pen and restore the balance lost in the fine print of the USMCA.
Tags: copyright / copyright term / nafta / usmca
Michael A. says:
I completely agree with you that the extension of copyright will have damaging and costly implications. It will not incentive the creation of new works, which is one of the primary purposes of copyright law. Copyright terms that extend for fifty years after a creator's death already provide more than enough incentive for artists and authors. Nobody refuses to exercise their creative skills because their great-great grandchildren may not receive a royalty check because the copyright term is life+50 instead of life+70 (and they most likely won't anyways because very few works have any remaining commercial value so long after their creation).
But keeping works out of the public domain will affect libraries, cultural institutes, researchers and members of the general public who want to preserve, share, or build upon them. I agree with you that what we have to do now is assess "whether there is room for flexible implementations of the new obligations."
I wonder if a copyright registration system would be legally compatible with the USMCA whereby owners of old copyrights would have to register to receive the final 20 years of copyright protection? This would allow non-registered works to fall into the public domain. If this isn't feasible or compatible with the USMCA, another option would be to adopt the American exception granted to libraries and educational institutions in the Sonny Bono copyright extension act. To quote 17 U.S.C. § 108(h) Limitations on exclusive rights: Reproduction by libraries and archives,
(h)(1) For purposes of this section, during the last 20 years of any term of copyright of a published work, a library or archives, including a nonprofit educational institution that functions as such, may reproduce, distribute, display, or perform in facsimile or digital form a copy or phonorecord of such work, or portions thereof, for purposes of preservation, scholarship, or research, if such library or archives has first determined, on the basis of a reasonable investigation, that none of the conditions set forth in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (2) apply.
(2) No reproduction, distribution, display, or performance is authorized under this subsection if—
(A) the work is subject to normal commercial exploitation;
(B) a copy or phonorecord of the work can be obtained at a reasonable price; or
(C) the copyright owner or its agent provides notice pursuant to regulations promulgated by the Register of Copyrights that either of the conditions set forth in subparagraphs (A) and (B) applies.
(3) The exemption provided in this subsection does not apply to any subsequent uses by users other than such library or archives.
Something like this could at least soften the blow of longer copyright terms by permitting these institutions to share Canadian cultural materials like photographs, unpublished letters and manuscripts and out-of-print books. This would benefit all Canadians and would not harm anyone because the materials are not otherwise being made available.
Geist you are naive, one only has to look at the history of copyright law in terms of captialist ideology, the rich and their corporations have always gotten there way for 200 years. A little more analysis on your part would have prevented you from being surprised. Governments don't work for their people or to protect the public interest. They exist to serve the rich and well connected, the liberals or conservatives are already part of the wealthy so infinite copyright law doesn't effect them so they don't care.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Term_Extension_Act#/media/File:Tom_Bell%27s_graph_showing_extension_of_U.S._copyright_term_over_time.svg
Drew Wilson says:
"Who is Writing Canada's Copyright Law Anyway?"
The RIAA: https://www.freezenet.ca/inside-the-lobbyists-nafta-copyright-demands-the-riaa/
The MPAA: https://www.freezenet.ca/inside-the-lobbyists-nafta-copyright-demands-the-mpaa/
And certainly not civil society (scroll down to "Digital Rights Advocates Upset at NAFTA Exclusion"): https://www.freezenet.ca/trump-administration-pushes-digital-rights-crackdown-nafta/
I like easy questions on topics I've already researched. Next!
Last comment got swallowed up by the ether for some reason. The answer to the headlining question is the RIAA, MPAA, and not civil society. This is a topic I covered a fair bit: https://www.freezenet.ca/trump-administration-pushes-digital-rights-crackdown-nafta/
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Jeroen says:
Since the copyright extension is a forced non-cash gift from the public to certain private parties, the value of the gift should be calculated, and a capital gains tax assessed against the value of the gift.
Don Fraser says:
Has there been changes to Canadian copyright law in 2018?
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We invite you to come and enjoy the beauty and serenity of our Celtic Eucharist. We will have lighted candles, prayers, scripture and beautiful Celtic music. Steeped in tradition, this service will fill your soul with its atmosphere of stillness and peace, inviting you into a place of meditative silence, prayer and reflection. The musical duo, Spencer and Beane, playing a tin whistle, violia and violin, will perform traditional Celtic pieces throughout the service. All present will have the opportunity to light candles as a symbolic reminder of their prayers. The liturgical forms and prayers used will be from a variety of sources and instead of a traditional sermon, there will be a brief reflection by Father Gary near the beginning of the service. We invite you to bring family and friends to this contemplative evening worship. People of all faiths are welcome. Children old enough to enjoy the experience of stillness and quiet are encouraged to come.


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 * tcpClient.cpp
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#include "tcpClient.h"

namespace translib
{

TcpClient::TcpClient(const translib::Loop &loop) :
		_loop(loop),
		_isConnected(false)
{}

bool TcpClient::connect(const char *ip, uint16_t port)
{
	if (NULL != _bev)
	{
		return false;
	}

	_bev = bufferevent_socket_new(_loop.ev(), SOCKET_FD_INVALID,
			BEV_OPT_CLOSE_ON_FREE | BEV_OPT_THREADSAFE | BEV_OPT_DEFER_CALLBACKS);
	if(NULL == _bev)
	{
		return false;
	}

	bufferevent_setcb(_bev, readCallback, writeCallback, eventCallback, this);
	if (-1 == bufferevent_enable(_bev, EV_READ | EV_WRITE))
	{
		bufferevent_free(_bev);
		_bev = NULL;
		return false;
	}

	struct sockaddr_in serverAddr;
	memset(&serverAddr, 0, sizeof(serverAddr));
	serverAddr.sin_family = AF_INET;
	evutil_inet_pton(AF_INET, ip, &serverAddr.sin_addr);
	serverAddr.sin_port = htons(port);

	if (-1 == bufferevent_socket_connect(_bev, (struct sockaddr *)&serverAddr, sizeof(serverAddr)))
	{
		bufferevent_free(_bev);
		_bev = NULL;
		return false;
	}

	evutil_make_socket_nonblocking(socket());
	return true;
}

void TcpClient::handleEvent(short events)
{
	if (events & (BEV_EVENT_EOF | BEV_EVENT_ERROR | BEV_EVENT_TIMEOUT))
	{
		bufferevent_disable(_bev, EV_READ | EV_WRITE);
		evutil_closesocket(socket());
		_isConnected = false;
		onDisconnected();
		bufferevent_free(_bev);
		_bev = NULL;
		return;
	}

	if (events & BEV_EVENT_CONNECTED)
	{
		int socketError = EVUTIL_SOCKET_ERROR();
		if ((socketError != ECONNREFUSED) && (socketError != ETIMEDOUT))
		{
			_isConnected = true;
			onConnected(0);
		}
		else
		{
			onConnected(socketError);
		}
	}
}

void TcpClient::readCallback(struct bufferevent *bev, void *ctx)
{
	TcpClient *socket = (TcpClient *)ctx;
	socket->onRead();
}

void TcpClient::writeCallback(struct bufferevent *bev, void *ctx)
{
	TcpClient *socket = (TcpClient *)ctx;
	socket->checkClosing();
}

void TcpClient::eventCallback(struct bufferevent *bev, short events, void *ctx)
{
	TcpClient *socket = (TcpClient *)ctx;
	socket->handleEvent(events);
}

} /* namespace translib */

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The Silver Fox is another uniquely American breed, develped by Walter Garland of Canton, Ohio in the early 1920's. It was recognized in 1925 as the American Heavyweight Silver, but the name was changed in 1929 to American Silver Fox. It is found nowhere else in the world.
The Silver Fox is unique in its coat, which is described in the ARBA Standard of Perfection as a "standing" meaning when rubbed the wrong way, it will not lie down until stroked back the right way, and is longer than normal breeds of fur.
The Silver Fox also has one of the highest dressing percentages of any breed, reportedly 65%.
The breed was nearly extinct in the early 70's. Originally there were two varieties, black and blue, but the blue has been dropped from ARBA's standard due to too few numbers shown at convention. A dedicated group of breeders is trying to get blue recognized again.
Like many of the large breeds Silver Fox's are docile, and easy for even children to handle and show. Does are excellent mothers and raise large litters which make weight quickly.


The 22 March is World Water Day, which focuses on the importance of freshwater. The Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations aim to achieve a better and more sustainable future. Goal number 6 focuses on ensuring the availability and sustainable management of water for all by 2030.
This image, captured on 31 October 2018 by the Copernicus Sentinel-2A satellite, takes us over Lake Chad at the southern edge of the Sahara, where water supplies are dwindling.
The rapid decline of the lake's waters in just 34 years is clear to see in this comparison with an image acquired on 6 November 1984 by the US Landsat 5 satellite.
Once one of Africa's largest lakes, Lake Chad has shrunk by around 90% since the 1960s. This receding water is down to a reduction of precipitation, induced by climate change, as well as development of modern irrigation systems for agriculture and the increasing human demand for freshwater.
Straddling the border of Chad, Niger, Cameroon and Nigeria, the lake is a major source of freshwater for millions of people in the area. It is also a source for irrigation, fishing and it was once rich in biodiversity.
As the lake continues to dry up, many farmers and herders move towards greener areas or move to larger cities to seek alternative work. Several attempts have been made to replenish these shrinking waters, however little progress has been achieved.
The borders of the lake's body are only partly visible in the most-recent image – as the majority of the shoreline is swamp and marsh. The Chari River, visible snaking its way towards Lake Chad at the bottom of the image, provides over 90% of the lake's waters. It flows from the Central African Republic following the Cameroon border from N'Djamena, where it joins with its main tributary the Logone River.
The demand for water is growing inexorably. Access to water is vital – not only for drinking, but also for agriculture, energy and sanitation. By providing measurements of water quality and detecting changes, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission can support the sustainable management of water resources.
These images are also featured on the Earth from Space video programme.
The equinox is a point in a planet's orbit where the Sun shines directly overhead at the equator. It occurs twice per orbit and on Earth it happens in March and September. At the equinox, day and night are almost equal and the Sun rises due east and sets due west. This year, for northern hemisphere dwellers, the spring equinox occurs on 20 March.
Further afield, the international Cassini mission captured a Saturnian equinox for the first time on 12 August 2009. Saturn's equinoxes occur approximately every 15 Earth years and the next one will take place on 6 May 2025.
When Saturn's equinox is viewed from Earth, the rings are seen edge-on and appear as a thin line – sometimes giving the illusion they've disappeared. In this image however, Cassini had a vantage point of 20 degrees above the ring plane, and viewed the planet from a distance of 847,000 kilometres. Its wide angle camera took 75 exposures over eight hours, which were then aligned and combined to create this mosaic.
As the Sun is striking the rings straight on, rather than illuminating them from above or below, the shadows cast by the rings onto the planet are compressed into a single narrow band on the planet.
The rings also appear darker than usual. This can cause out-of-plane structures to look brighter than normal and then cast shadows across the rings. These Saturnian shadow puppets only appear a few months before and after the equinox. The shadows that Cassini saw revealed new 'mountains' in the rings, and also discovered previously hidden moonlets. Radial markings known as spokes are also visible on the B ring on the right side of the image.
Several moons are also visible in the mosaic: Janus (lower left), Epimetheus (middle bottom), Pandora (just outside the rings on the right), and Atlas (inside the thin F ring on the right).
Cassini explored the Saturn system for 13 years. It is a cooperative project of NASA, ESA and Italy's ASI space agency. This image was first published in September 2009; read the full caption for more information and imaging details.
Captured on 22 January 2019 by the Copernicus Sentinel-2B satellite, this true-colour image shows Thailand's most populous city Bangkok, and its 'Green Lung' Bang Kachao.
Rich in gardens, mangroves and agricultural fields, the 2000 hectares of land is a significant contrast to the vastness of the city's urban sprawl. Fighting Bangkok's traffic and air pollution, Bang Kachao's lush green forest provides the dense city, and the surrounding Samutprakan province, with a flow of fresh air.
Copernicus Sentinel-2 allows urban growth to be monitored accurately, providing essential information to urban planners and decision-makers, and is a prime mission for monitoring the health of the world's vegetation.
In preparation for the experiment, researchers performed a "dry run" on Earth ahead of BioRock's launch to the Space Station aboard a Space-X cargo resupply mission in July.
Cells of one of three organisms that will be used for BioRock were inoculated and dried on a sample of basalt, then given 'food' to restore cell growth. The biofilm was left to grow for three weeks at 20°C, then preserved and stored at 4-6°C for one month. Researchers finally observed the sample under a fluorescent microscope to assess its performance.
And it performed beautifully. A patch of biofilm is visible to the right of the central cavity, which is the basalt's natural porosity.
Captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission, this image shows Cyclone Idai on 13 March 2019 west of Madagascar and heading for Mozambique. Here, the width of the storm is around 800–1000 km, but does not include the whole extent of Idai. The storm went on to cause widespread destruction in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe. With thousands of people losing their lives, and houses, roads and croplands submerged, the International Charter Space and Major Disasters and the Copernicus Emergency Mapping Service were triggered to supply maps of flooded areas based on satellite data to help emergency response efforts.
Captured just yesterday, 19 March, at 17:11 GMT (18:11 CET) by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission, this image shows the oil spill from the Grande America vessel. The Italian container ship, carrying 2200 tonnes of heavy fuel, caught fire and sank in the Atlantic, about 300 km off the French coast on 12 March.
Oil is still emerging from the ship now lying at a depth of around 4500 metres. French authorities are trying to reduce the impact of pollution along the coast.
An X-ray view of the centre of our Milky Way galaxy, where the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* is hosted. This image, obtained with ESA's XMM-Newton space observatory, shows the temperature of the X-ray emitting gas in this turbulent region, with cooler regions shown in red and hotter regions in green and blue.
The bright area at the middle of the image identifies the vicinity of Sagittarius A*. The yellow-orange features streaming above and below the centre are two colossal 'chimneys', extending hundreds of light-years each, that funnel material from the Galactic centre into two huge cosmic bubbles.
This view combines data collected in the following energy bands: 1.5–2.6 keV (shown in red); 2.35– 2.56 keV (shown in green); 2.7–2.97 keV band (shown in blue). The many white patches, large and small, are artifacts where unrelated, bright, point-like X-ray sources have been removed from the image.
Click here for an animated version of this image; for annotated versions, click here and here.
A test version of the 10.5-m long magnetometer boom built for ESA's mission to Jupiter, developed by SENER in Spain, seen being tested at ESA's Test Centre in the Netherlands, its weight borne by balloons.
The flight model will be mounted on the Juice spacecraft – Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer – due to launch in 2022, arriving at Jupiter in 2029. The mission will spend at least three years making detailed observations of the giant gaseous planet Jupiter and three of its largest moons: Ganymede, Callisto and Europa.
The Juice spacecraft will carry the most powerful remote sensing, geophysical, and in situ payload complement ever flown to the outer Solar System. Its payload consists of 10 state-of-the-art instruments.
This includes a magnetometer instrument that the boom will project clear of the main body of the spacecraft, allowing it to make measurements clear of any magnetic interference. Its goal is to measure Jupiter's magnetic field, its interaction with the internal magnetic field of Ganymede, and to study subsurface oceans of the icy moons.
The deployment of this qualification model boom has been performed before and after simulated launch vibration on Test Centre shaker tables to ensure it will deploy correctly in space. Since the boom will deploy in weightlessness, three helium balloons were used to help bear its weight in terrestrial gravity.
Elliptical galaxies tend to contain a larger portion of older stars than spiral galaxies and also lack young blue stars. Messier 49 itself is very yellow, which indicates that the stars within it are mostly older and redder than the Sun. In fact, the last major episode of star formation was about six billion years ago — before the Sun was even born!
Messier 49 is also rich in globular clusters; it hosts about 6000, a number that dwarfs the 150 found in and around the Milky Way. On average, these clusters are 10 billion years old. Messier 49 is also known to host a supermassive black hole at its centre with the mass of more than 500 million Suns, identifiable by the X-rays pouring out from the heart of the galaxy (as this Hubble image comprises infrared observations, these X-rays are not visible here).


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Trainee electrician punched coursemate unconscious in drunken row over car keys
A thug who left a man with a fractured eye socket by punching him unconscious in a hotel car park has been locked up for nine months.
By Tony Gardner
Tuesday, 19th February 2019, 9:13 am
Updated Tuesday, 19th February 2019, 9:17 am
Karl Loche carried out the attack in the car park of the hotel in Featherstone where he had been staying while he took part in an electricians' course.
Leeds Crown Court heard the victim was also training to be an electrician and the attack happened during a celebration to mark the end of the course.
Michael Smith, prosecuting, said the incident took place in the early hours of November 2, 2017.
Karl Loche was given nine months' jail.
The victim and another man had been out for a meal and returned to the hotel to continue drinking.
Mr Smith said Loche and the victim "clashed" during the evening. Loche swore at the victim and accused him stealing his car keys.
The defendant carried out the attack when the victim went to confront him outside. A witnessed filmed the attack on his phone.
Loche was carrying a torch in one hand as he threw three punches which made contact with the victim's head.
The footage showed the victim fall forward onto the floor. Loche walked away as the victim lay unconscious.
He suffered fractures to his face, nasal bone and eye socket.
Loche, 27, of Mansel Street, Grimsby, pleaded guilty causing grievous bodily harm.
The court heard Loche has previous convictions for drink-related violence.
Shila Whitehead, mitigating, said Loche pleaded guilty at the first opportunity and had been out of trouble in the 15 months since the offence.
Judge Tom Bayliss, QC, said: "Your reaction was to walk away. You didn't even call an ambulance. You left him unconscious on the floor."


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Fantasy Football Week 13 Recap: 19 Things You Need To Know
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Week 13 provided us with multiple close finishes. We watched a replay of the AFC Championship that delivered on expectations. Very few games ended with a multiple-score difference. The Giants and Commanders managed a tie. A week that saw little separation between squads made for a riveting fantasy week. Hopefully, you came out on top of your matchups.
Jalen Hurts led an onslaught by the Eagles' passing offense. Throwing 39 times, Hurts completed 29 passes for 380 yards and three touchdowns. He added a rushing score to finish as the top-scoring quarterback in Week 13.
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A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith both delivered big against Tennessee. In his personal revenge game facing his former squad, Brown caught eight of 10 targets. He converted them into 119 yards and two touchdowns. Smith also topped the century mark, gaining 102 yards on five receptions. He found the end zone in the first quarter.
Justin Fields was a one-man machine facing the Green Bay Packers. Able to complete 80% of his passes, Fields passed for 254 yards. Weaponizing his legs, Fields rushed for 71 yards and a score on the ground.
Amon-Ra St. Brown shone like the sun. Hauling in 11-of-12 targets, St. Brown totaled 114 yards and a pair of receiving touchdowns. He has averaged 10 targets per game for six weeks.
Terry McLaurin reached his season high in targets a week ahead of his bye week. With 12 targets, McLaurin pulled down eight passes for 102 yards. He also found the end zone for just the third time in 2022.
Christian Watson continued to lay waste to the league. He has scored eight times in four weeks. Aaron Rodgers' new favorite receiver now has a week off before picking it up against the Rams.
DK Metcalf put on his best show of the year. He caught each of his eight targets. Metcalf also topped 100 yards for just the second time in 2022. He scored a touchdown and tallied 127 yards in a win the Seahawks welcomed.
Davante Adams made himself a star once again. Adams again dominated looks in the league. Earning another 12 targets, Adams gained 177 yards and a pair of scores for the Raiders. Adams leads the league in PPR scoring over the past five weeks averaging nearly 26 points per week. His assault on the league cannot be overlooked as he achieved his season-high 177 yards. Adams leads the league with 664 receiving yards over the past five games.
Dim Stars
Derrick Henry did not show up in Week 13. The NFL's third-leading rusher reached his second-lowest rushing output of the season tallying just 30 yards on the ground. Two weeks in a row, Henry has failed to reach 40 yards on the ground.
Travis Kelce looked human on Sunday. The world's greatest tight end compiled just 56 yards receiving. Kelce also lost his first fumble of the year.
Jaylen Waddle embarrassed himself with a season-low. Waddle caught just a single pass. He tallied nine yards. He did not score a touchdown. Waddle is bound to rebound.
Rising Stars?
Zonovan Knight topped 100 total yards for the second consecutive week. The undrafted rookie had not seen action until last week. Now he has 159 rushing yards and he has caught every one of his targets. With eight catches for 62 yards, Knight has displayed his versatility. Catch this guy as an asset for your fantasy playoffs.
Zonovan Knight becoming a must add RB is certainly not how I expected this season to go
— Justin (@Justin_14P) November 28, 2022
Kenny Pickett is not exactly a star. Still, the rookie looks better every week. He has not been intercepted in four weeks. Pickett tossed a touchdown pass to Conner Hayward. Far from a fantasy superstar, Pickett is climbing the ladder in the NFL. Establishing himself as a legitimate quarterback, Pickett stands a long shot of leading his team to a playoff berth.
Injury Concerns
Lamar Jackson left the game early with a knee injury. While it is not suspected to end his season, Jackson is expected to miss multiple weeks with a PCL injury.
Trevor Lawrence suffered a knee/foot injury. The second-year quarterback is optimistic that he will not miss time.
Jimmy Garoppolo left the game in the early first quarter. Brock Purdy subbed in for the 49ers passer. Garoppolo will undergo further testing on his foot.
Hayden Hurst departed the Bengals' game with a calf injury. He did not return and is expected to miss multiple weeks.
Ken Walker left the Seahawks' win on Sunday. The rookie exited Seattle's divisional victory over the Rams and did not return. He is not expected to miss significant time.
Patrick Mahomes limped off the field against Cincinnati. While it is believed to be a minor injury, one of the league's premier stars was unable to finish the game in a rematch of the AFC Championship.
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Ana Paula Vitali Janes Vescovi (Colatina, 8 de abril de 1969) é uma economista brasileira, ex-secretária do Tesouro Nacional e ex-secretária-executiva do Ministério da Fazenda no Governo Michel Temer. Atualmente, é economista-chefe e diretora de Macroeconomia do banco Santander, no Brasil, e membro do Conselho de Administração e do Comitê de Auditoria e Riscos da Ultrapar.

Biografia
Ana Paula Vitali Janes Vescovi nasceu em Colatina, no Estado do Espírito Santo, em 8 de abril de 1969. É mestre em Economia do Setor Público pela Universidade de Brasília, além de especialista em Políticas Públicas e Gestão Governamental e mestre em Administração Pública pela Fundação Getulio Vargas.

Foi secretária-adjunta de Macroeconomia na Secretaria de Política Econômica do Ministério da Fazenda entre 1997 e 2007.

Entre 2008 e 2011 diretora-presidente do Instituto Jones dos Santos Neves do governo do Espírito Santo e de 2011 a 2014, assessora em assuntos de economia do senador Ricardo Ferraço.

Era secretária de Fazenda do Espírito Santo, quando, em junho de 2016 foi indicada pelo ministro da Fazenda, Henrique Meirelles para a Secretaria do Tesouro Nacional, a primeira mulher a ocupar este cargo.

Como Secretária do Tesouro, teceu críticas ao governo Dilma. Na época, o país vivia os efeitos da crise econômica de 2014, entre eles a recessão. Para Vescovi, a causa da crise estava no uso indiscriminado de "experimentos socioeconômicos entre 2011 e 2013". Ela se referia à nova matriz econômica, conjunto de políticas econômicas heterodoxas aplicadas no governo Dilma.

Em abril de 2018, Ana Paula Vescovi foi substituída na Secretária do Tesouro Nacional pelo economista Mansueto Almeida, pois foi nomeada para o cargo de Secretária-executiva do Ministério da Fazenda. As mudanças na equipe econômica ocorreram após a posse do novo Ministro da Fazenda, Eduardo Guardia.

É também presidente do Conselho de Administração da Caixa Econômica Federal, por indicação direta de Henrique Meirelles. Neste cargo, recebeu recomendação do Banco Central em 10 de janeiro de 2018 para demitir todo os vice-presidentes da Caixa. Em 16 de janeiro, quatro deles foram afastados por 15 dias para investigação.

Em julho de 2019,  Vescovi assumiu o cargo de economista-chefe do Santader Brasil, liderando as atividades dos departamentos de economia do Santander Corporate Investment Banking (SCIB) e CFO que passaramm a fazer parte de uma única área.

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Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Harper Perennial, c2011.
General Note: Includes author information and reading guide after the novel.
Summary: "In the 1970s, Larry Ott and Silas "32" Jones were boyhood pals in a small town in rural Mississippi. Their worlds were as different as night and day ... But then Larry took a girl to a drive-in movie and she was never seen or heard from again. He never confessed ... and was never charged. More than twenty years have passed. Larry lives a solitary, shunned existence, never able to rise above the whispers of suspicion. Silas has become the town constable. And now another girl has disappeared, forcing two men who once called each other "friend" to confront a past they've buried for decades."--P.  of cover.
Citation: Franklin, Tom. "Crooked letter, crooked letter." New York, N.Y. : Harper Perennial, 2011.


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2018 Shortlist announced for Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence
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Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction
The American Library Association (ALA) today announced six books shortlisted for the esteemed Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction, awarded for the previous year's best fiction and nonfiction books written for adult readers and published in the United States. The two medal winners will be announced at RUSA's Book and Media Awards Ceremony (BMAs) sponsored by NoveList, during the ALA Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits in Denver, Colorado, on Feb. 11, 2018. As always, RUSA will unveil the winners of the Notable Books List, Reading List, and Listen List selections for best in fiction, nonfiction and audiobooks, and the best reference sources for adult readers.
2018 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction shortlist titles include:
"The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner," by Daniel Ellsberg, published by Bloomsbury.
In a gripping mix of memoir and exposé, Ellsberg recounts with searing specificity long-hidden facts about the U.S. government's perilously inadequate control of nuclear weapons—an arsenal that endangers all life on Earth—and calls for the dismantling of this Doomsday Machine.
"Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI," by David Grann, published by Doubleday.
Grann's true-crime history takes readers to early-1920s Oklahoma, where oil was discovered beneath the Osage territory and where members of the Osage Indian Nation were murdered, a riveting story that includes the accruing of power by J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI.
"You Don't Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir," by Sherman Alexie, published by Little, Brown.
Alexie presents a courageous, enlightening, anguished, and funny memoir told in prose and poetry that pays tribute to his Spokane Indian mother and reveals many complex traumas and tragedies of reservation life, as well as his own struggles.
"Lincoln in the Bardo," by George Saunders, published by Random House.
Saunders' boldly imagined, exquisitely sensitive, and sharply funny historical and metaphysical drama pivots on President Lincoln's grief over the death of his young son, Willie, as the cemetery's dead tell their stories in a wild and wily improvisation on the afterlife.
"Manhattan Beach," by Jennifer Egan, published by Scribner.
From New York mobsters to the first woman diver at the Brooklyn Naval Station during WWII to the archetypally motley crew of a merchant-marine ship in U-boat-infested waters, Egan's insightful and propulsive saga portrays complex and intriguing individuals navigating the rising tides of war.
"Sing, Unburied, Sing," by Jesmyn Ward, published by Scribner.
In telling the story of a Mississippi family––brother and sister Jojo and Kayla and their troubled mother, Leonie, and their legacy of grief and spiritual gifts, Ward explores unresolved racial tensions and the many ways humans create cruelty and suffering. A novel that is, at once, down-to-earth and magical.
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A 7 minute workout to beef up your energy levels to keep the day running simply sounds fascinating. This express workout is making a lot of buzz about it's effectiveness. To perform this simple 7 minute workout you just need your body, a chair, a wall and seven minutes or more if you could spare.
The seven minute routine involves 12 high-intensity exercises (HIIT) that use your body weight to keep it in shape. This workout is backed up by a study that is published in American College of Sports Medicine's Health & Fitness Journal in its May issue. According to the study this workout is the best way to lose weight and improve muscular and cardiovascular fitness.
The 12 high intensity interval training exercises can be performed in 7 minutes that can give you maximum benefits in less time. Each exercise should be performed for 30 seconds with a rest of 10 seconds between every exercise. The 7 minute workout can be repeated 2 or 3 times for more intensity.
The person practicing seven minute workout might experience some discomfort in the starting but performing this daily will cut down the feeling.


An Oxford Research Fellow and specialist in space sustainability and technology governance, Dr Nikita Chiu sat down with Hive Life to explain why cleaning up space should be the next global priority in the 21st century.
Have you even heard of space debris? Made up of hundreds of thousands of pieces of defunct satellites and fragmented artificial objects in the major orbits, with some could be as small as 1 millimetre long, and many traveling up to an alarming speed of 17,500 miles per hour, it is a growing phenomenon – and one that could wipe out many of our space-based capabilities including weather forecast and GPS positioning, according to Dr Nikita Chiu. A Hong Kong native with a PhD from Geneva and masters from the University of Cambridge, she is currently conducting research into this lurking threat at the University of Oxford's Centre for Technology and Global Affairs and the University of Cambridge's Centre for the Study of Existential Risk. According to her, this growing collection of space debris could collide at any moment, and in the worst case scenario, create a chain reaction leading to a colossal collision detrimental to major orbits.
Given the threats that might be posed by an infinitely more crowded outer space environment, and one humming with pieces of space debris, it could be time that we all look upward and join hands in supporting the call for space sustainability.
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Just a quick news update, the Personhood bill was sent back to committee by the Virginia Senate for the year, effectively killing it for this legislative session. So, you know, we'll have to worry about it again in the future, but for now, this is quite a victory! YAY!


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Clint Roberts' Sound Rooted in South, Offers Folk Sensibility
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The South has been the fertile hothouse of many popular American musical styles for decades.
While the musical triangle of Nashville, Memphis, and New Orleans has been the center of the recording industry and figures prominently in most histories of American music, other regional locales, big and small, throughout the southeastern United States, have also spawned many talented artists.
Clint Roberts has a name that seems right out of central casting for a country musician. Currently based in Nashville, Roberts is an artist who grew up in Brevard, a small North Carolina town not far from Asheville, before attending Appalachian State University. Although his father and brother were musicians, at a young age, Roberts displayed a raw musical talent that some singer-songwriters could take a lifetime to cultivate.
There is a stark, timeless feel to Roberts's music. While his sound is clearly rooted in country, he brings a folk sensibility to his music that stops just short of the singer-songwriter genre with his plaintive vocal delivery. There's a clarity of vision and total honesty in Roberts' music that is almost scary coming from someone so young.
What propelled Roberts to make the leap from musician to songwriter was his biggest influence: Noah Gunderson. Oddly enough, Gunderson is a Seattle-based, indie singer-songwriter, who fronted the band the Courage. He has been releasing albums for nearly ten years and on the surface appears to be making music far removed from the South.
Other influences that seem more in line with Roberts's roots include Jason Isbell, Sturgill Simpson and even the Wood Brothers.
Roberts has attracted attention playing such regional events as the Mountain Song Festival and the White Squirrel Festival, thanks to encouragement from Woody Platt of the Steep Canyon Rangers.
Roberts released an EP entitled Where the Heart Is in 2015, and later this year, his first full-length album, Hamlet Blues, will be released.
With today's pop charts dominated by prefabricated artifice, Clint Roberts's music offers a sound rooted in the rich musical traditions of the South with a freshness that bodes well for the future.
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My dear friend Theresa Barger makes elegant rosary bracelets and other jewelry.
She's offering free shipping for my readers on orders of $10 or more through 12/20! (Free shipping orders are guaranteed to arrive by Christmas if you order by 12/17. For Christmas orders placed after the 17th, you may upgrade the shipping.) Use the coupon code ThanksSimcha (eeee! My first coupon code!) when you order.
Theresa also takes special orders, so if you have a specific color or stone in mind, let her know. If she has the materials on hand, she may be able to fill your special order in time for Christmas.
This bracelet has an old world, vintage look to it, with faceted, garnet-colored glass beads, and freshwater pearl nuggets for Our Father beads. There are matte gray seed beads separating the others, and the rosary begins with a black bead that has a cross stamped on it. This rosary has a full five decades.
It is strung on 2 1/4″ memory wire, which is comfortable and flexible, but retains its shape. It can be stretched to fit different size wrists.
This bright, bold colored rosary is sure to attract compliments. It is made with vividly dyed magnesite and chalk turquoise beads.
Also a full five-decade rosary, made with memory wire.
guitar pick earrings, $13, each.
I punch the picks out of various recycled items – shampoo bottles, laundry detergent bottles, castoff school binders- and pair the color and texture with charms or beads that I have on hand. I think they are really fun and a perfect gift for a young (or young at heart) musician this year.
I start with a strand of waxed linen, a material traditionally used for bookmaking. Leaving about 12″ in the middle to lay between the pages of your book, I bead the ends that hang over the edges. Some are fun and playful, some are classic and sophisticated. Some are even for men! Each bookmark is truly individual and built around the beads I have at the time. These are a great gift to have on hand for teachers or for thank-you or get well gifts.
Theresa also offers other handmade items and accessories at Apple and Azalea. Remember to use coupon code ThanksSimcha for free shipping! For guaranteed delivery by Christmas with the free shipping, you must order by the 17th. If you order after then, you may select an optional upgrade to priority mail, to ensure delivery before Christmas.
Theresa, here with three of her six kids, makes all her merchandise by hand in Webster, NH.
Tomorrow, I'll post an open thread for sharing Etsy stores and other homemade merchandise.
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from nose.tools import with_setup, eq_ as eq, ok_ as ok
from common import vim, cleanup

@with_setup(setup=cleanup)
def test_command():
    fname = tempfile.mkstemp()[1]
    vim.command('new')
    vim.command('edit %s' % fname)
    vim.command('normal itesting\npython\napi')
    vim.command('w')
    ok(os.path.isfile(fname))
    eq(open(fname).read(), 'testing\npython\napi\n')
    os.unlink(fname)

@with_setup(setup=cleanup)
def test_eval():
    vim.command('let g:v1 = "a"')
    vim.command('let g:v2 = [1, 2, {"v3": 3}]')
    eq(vim.eval('g:'), {'v1': 'a', 'v2': [1, 2, {'v3': 3}]})

@with_setup(setup=cleanup)
def test_strwidth():
    eq(vim.strwidth('abc'), 3)
    # 6 + (neovim)
    # 19 * 2 (each japanese character occupies two cells)
    eq(vim.strwidth('neovimのデザインかなりまともなのになってる。'), 44)

@with_setup(setup=cleanup)
def test_list_runtime_paths():
    # Is this the default runtime path list?
    homedir = os.environ['HOME'] + '/.nvim'
    dflt_rtp = [
        homedir,
        '/usr/local/share/nvim/vimfiles',
        '/usr/local/share/nvim',
        '/usr/local/share/nvim/vimfiles/after'
    ]
    # If the runtime is installed the default path
    # is nvim/runtime
    dflt_rtp2 = list(dflt_rtp)
    dflt_rtp2[2] += '/runtime'

    rtp = vim.list_runtime_paths()
    ok(rtp == dflt_rtp or rtp == dflt_rtp2)

@with_setup(setup=cleanup)
def test_chdir():
    pwd = vim.eval('getcwd()')
    vim.chdir('/')
    eq(vim.eval('getcwd()'), '/')
    vim.chdir(pwd)
    eq(vim.eval('getcwd()'), pwd)

@with_setup(setup=cleanup)
def test_current_line():
    eq(vim.current.line, '')
    vim.current.line = 'abc'
    eq(vim.current.line, 'abc')

@with_setup(setup=cleanup)
def test_vars():
    vim.vars['python'] = [1, 2, {'3': 1}]
    eq(vim.vars['python'], [1, 2, {'3': 1}])
    eq(vim.eval('g:python'), [1, 2, {'3': 1}])

@with_setup(setup=cleanup)
def test_options():
    eq(vim.options['compatible'], True)
    vim.options['compatible'] = False
    eq(vim.options['compatible'], False)

@with_setup(setup=cleanup)
def test_buffers():
    eq(len(vim.buffers), 1)
    eq(vim.buffers[0], vim.current.buffer)
    vim.command('new')
    eq(len(vim.buffers), 2)
    eq(vim.buffers[1], vim.current.buffer)
    vim.current.buffer = vim.buffers[0]
    eq(vim.buffers[0], vim.current.buffer)

@with_setup(setup=cleanup)
def test_windows():
    eq(len(vim.windows), 1)
    eq(vim.windows[0], vim.current.window)
    vim.command('vsplit')
    vim.command('split')
    eq(len(vim.windows), 3)
    eq(vim.windows[0], vim.current.window)
    vim.current.window = vim.windows[1]
    eq(vim.windows[1], vim.current.window)

@with_setup(setup=cleanup)
def test_tabpages():
    eq(len(vim.tabpages), 1)
    eq(vim.tabpages[0], vim.current.tabpage)
    vim.command('tabnew')
    eq(len(vim.tabpages), 2)
    eq(len(vim.windows), 2)
    eq(vim.windows[1], vim.current.window)
    eq(vim.tabpages[1], vim.current.tabpage)
    vim.current.window = vim.windows[0]
    # Switching window also switches tabpages if necessary(this probably
    # isn't the current behavior, but compatibility will be handled in the
    # python client with an optional parameter)
    eq(vim.tabpages[0], vim.current.tabpage)
    eq(vim.windows[0], vim.current.window)
    vim.current.tabpage = vim.tabpages[1]
    eq(vim.tabpages[1], vim.current.tabpage)
    eq(vim.windows[1], vim.current.window)


Hard drive failure is unpredictable, so answering the question of how long hard drives last will inherently comes with a lot of caveats.
Short answer: That being said, if you just want a quick rule of thumb for how long you can expect the hard drive in your laptop should last, we'd say you should be prepared for disk failure after three years of use.
Long answer: A handful of studies on the lifespan of hard drives might give you some clearer indication, but they still aren't very helpful. Many of the hard drives tested do not fail at all. These drives are also kept in controlled environments and don't undergo the same conditions as, say, your laptop drive.
What brand is the hard drive?
What do you use it for? Running applications, viewing media, or storage?
Is it frequently shaken, vibrated, or bumped?
How hot does your computer get?
These factors and many more can affect the lifespan of a hard drive. All of the discussion below, unless otherwise noted, refers to standard magnetic disk drives, not solid state drives or hybrid drives.
Which hard drive brands last the longest?
Short answer: HGST (rebranded name for Hitachi) drives generally last longer than Seagate and Western Digital. We don't have enough definitive data on Samsung or Toshiba to make a conclusion about them.
Long answer: In 2014, cloud backup company Backblaze started posting statistics on the failure rate of over 27,000 hard drives and their respective brands. In short: Hitachi's failed the least, followed by Western Digital. Seagate had the highest failure rate by far, with 13 percent of Backblaze's 1.5TB models failing over the course of a year.
When new results were published one year later, however, Western Digital surpassed Seagate and failed the most of the brands tested. Toshiba results were included in these results despite the relatively small number of drives tested. Toshiba scored roughly the same as Seagate. HGST was still the most reliable overall.
In 2016, the latest report, Seagate returned to its position as the hard drive brand with the highest failure rate, followed by Western Digital. Toshiba beat both of them, but Hitachi held firm at number one with the lowest annual failure rates.
Note that failure rate varies between models as well as brands. The 1.5TB models from Seagate fail far more often than the larger models from the same brand tested by Backblaze, for instance.
Why does Backblaze measure the failure rate per year instead of the age of the hard drives when they fail? Because most of the drives they tested didn't fail at all. Four in five hard drives were still going strong by the end of each three-year test.
Long answer: A useful way to visualize the cause of failure rates in hard drives is with something called the Bathtub Curve.
The Bathtub curb tells us hard drives have a high rate of failure in their first few days, weeks, and months of use. This is usually the result of factory defects. A hard drive might be dead on arrival, for instance. Some call this the hard drive "infant mortality" rate.
If a hard drive has no factory defects, it will typically endure over the next two or three years without issue, which means the failure rate falls. By year four and five, the failure rate is well on its way back up again. These failures are due to general wear and tear, but pinpointing a specific cause has proven troublesome for researchers.
Google measured activity (also referred to as "utilization") levels by analyzing the total time spent reading or writing data on the drive over a period of time. Drives that were utilized more failed significantly more in the first three months, but then failure rates dropped off in the subsequent months and years. The failure rates remain even and even less than the less-used drives until year five, when drives with higher utilization levels start failing more often again. Google attributes this to what it calls the "survival of the fittest theory," in which the causes of failure that are associated with higher utilization are more prominent early and late in a drive's lifetime. In short, utilization might not be causing hard drive failure, it just makes the actual causes of failure surface more quickly.
In Backblaze's report, the company notes that some drives were incompatible due to what they surmised was vibration. While the impact of heat and activity is still inconclusive, vibration, bumps, drops, and shakes can definitely shorten the life of a hard drive.
Can I trust the MTBF?
A hard drive's MTBF, or mean time between failures, is an estimation of how long a hard drive will last. Some hard drive manufacturers advertise this figure as a way of showing how reliable a specific drive model is, which usually ranges between 1 million and 1.5 million hours.
That's more than double, and in some cases more than tenfold, than what a manufacturer states in the MTTF.
Short answer: Back it up before it fails.
Long answer: Dealing with hard drive failure requires preventative measures. Trying to recover data off of a hard drive after it has failed is a difficult and expensive endeavor. The best practice is to regularly back up your drives to a separate location, either a physical drive or the cloud.
For most of your media files–documents, pictures, videos, downloads, etc–a standard cloud backup service like IDrive or Crashplan should get the job done painlessly. Cloud backup ensures that your files will always be available whenever you need them. While an external hard drive could just as easily fail as the hard drive you backed up onto it, cloud backup services keep copies of your copies in a variety of locations, so you needn't worry about failure or theft. Most cloud backup providers use apps that will automatically back up your files as you add, edit, and delete them, which makes the process all the easier.
If you want to back up your operating system, settings, and programs, things get a bit more complicated. We sometimes call these "bare bones" or "full system" backups. They come in two varieties: images and clones.
Cloning creates an virtually identical hard drive to the original, complete with files, applications, operating system, settings, boot record, allocation table–everything. If your hard drive fails, just swap in the cloned drive and you'll be back up and running as if nothing ever happened, albeit back in time to the point when you created the clone.
Creating an image is similar, but everything is saved to a large compressed file that can be saved to an external hard drive. It can be stored on a normal storage partition instead of installed and it takes up a lot less space. The downside is that restoration is a bit more complicated. You'll need the boot disc that comes with your operating system–either a CD or a thumb drive, and run the emergency restoration program to get things working again.
See also: How to put a disaster recovery plan in place for a small business.
My plucky Seagate 3tb was purchased in 2011, and the little fella is still going strong.
will hgst wd merger degrade quality of hgst drives?
"How long do hard drives last?" Please!
Your description of the Backblaze report is very unclear. Does this show failures within each year, regardless of age? I.E., one drive may be 3 mos. old, another 3 yrs. old? Or were all purchased that same year? You also mention, "…the end of each three-year test." With results posted for each of three consecutive years, I can't compute this. Does each year's result span the previous three years? Do they then overlap?
Regarding the Google utilization study, someone at "BYTE" magazine (probably Jerry Pournelle) used to say that if hardware was going to fail, it would fail fairly soon; otherwise, it would probably last forever.
I'd say any drive over 4 years old is doing very well but is at a higher risk of drive failure and data should be handed over to a new drive whilst it's still going. After six months of use, retire the older drive and resume a backup strategy of that data either via external backups or cloud storage. I've noticed that the article used is about four years old now, but they haven't updated it. I suspect the failure rate of drives plateaus out than what is theorised as the failure rate towards years five and six, but that's only speculation. I for myself have 2tb seagate enterprise drive in year six and I do error checks and haven't found no errors.
Must of been a Tuesday build.


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