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NEWS: Dramatic new 'decision' announced... to make GNU/Linux visible
by F » Thu, 03 Apr 2003 15:17:05
DRAMATIC NEW DECISION ANNOUNCED, RAISING HOPES OF MAKING GNU/LINUX VISIBLE
By Frederick Noronha
IT HAPPENED WHILE America slept. A sudden announcement came through,
carrying with it the immense promise to make the impact of GNU/Linux not
only more noticeable worldwide, but also to bridge the chasm between those
who can't agree on what is the best name for Free Software.
On Tuesday (Tirsdag, in Norwegian) April 1, 2003 -- a potentially historic
volunteer-driven LinuxCounter made a stunning announcement.
Harald wrote in an email circulated worldwide:
Hot off the press:
Red Hat, Debian and Mandrake have all accepted a proposal to make
Linux Counter registration mandatory for all users of their
The deal clincher was that Richard Stallman threatened to make
registration part of the language of GPL version 3. "If you're not
willing to stand up for free software, you don't deserve to use it",
he said. In tribute to this, the Counter will be renamed to the
GNU/Linux counter as soon as we can figure out how to get
"Gnu/LinuxCounter.org" registered as a domain name.
The new server farms for the counter are expected to be installed
shortly.
The LinuxCounter (counter.li.org) is an attempt to track the users of
Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) throughout the globe. But the
volunteer nature of tracking such usage means that only a few of those using
FLOSS actually sign up at this website.
As of March 31, 2003, there were some 133,442 persons and 116,174 machines
registered as users of FLOSS. The Counter guestimates that "between 0.2% and
5% of all Linux users have registered with the Linux Counter".
So, it argues, the total number of GNU/Linux users is probably between
2,668,840 and 66,721,000 people.
Incidentally, the tiny Faroe Islands -- with 57 GNU/Linux users -- ranks
first in terms of density of FLOSS users per capita. Antarctica (with three
persons using GNU/Linux there) ranks second, with Iceland third and the
birthplace of the Linux kernel Finland is fourth.
The debate over such a development quickly started pouring in.
Quote: >From the Spanish speaking world, Evert Meulie quickly wanted to know whether
"commercial companies like Red Hat & Mandrake will start paying us a
handsome salary for maintaining the counter?"
Alan Bort, another volunteer country manager, short back: "Money isn't
everything! Come on. perhaps they will pay us, but it's not likely... they,
after all, don't have that much income..."
"BTW... I wouldn't like to see the counter turned on a comercial website...
I mean... I think that advertising certain distros could be helpful in some
way... though I'm not sure if it would be moraly correct.... and CERTAINLY I
would hate to see some off-topic ads in the counter," added Bort.
Reportedly, at least one journalist smelt the scope for a scoop and dashed
across some questions....
But the different dimensions of the whole story soon became apparent.
Giving a hint of cross-cultural misunderstandings in a globalised world,
Alan Bort <333101 at personal.net.py> was soon found questions what exactly
the date of the announced news had to do "with Richard Stallman's decison
(and Mandrake's, Redhat's, etc's)".
Someone else wrote back to point out that April 1 is April's fool day.
Something similar to what is prevalent in the Spanish culture, which is
celebrated on December 28 -- el dia de los inocentes.
David Guerra Aragao wrote in from Portugal: "For more then 15 minutes, this
morning, I was fooled. Then when i look at the calender I smiled. I
thought of answering but then remember others could be fooled also."
Commented Dutchman Hugo van der Kooij: "It seems cultural differences still
exist. Perhaps you could see why this particular day is used for this
announcement? To the best of my knowlegde the Dutch originate this day to
1572 when we bluffed the Spanish out of the town of 'Den Brielle'."
But what if this wasn't just an April Fool's prank? Would such a
long-overdue growth in GNU/Linux's visibility at all be possible?
Alvestrand felt it was "fun watching the responses roll in" but didn't think
it was at all possible to make registration mandatory.
Said he: "The freedom to code should include the freedom to remain anonymous
while doing so -- look at DVD-Jon and his two fellow (anonymous) coders for
the DeCSS effort, for instance. First of all, we should make sure
registration is *easy*."
On the issue of calling this the GNU/Linux counter, Alvestrand told this
correspondent in an interview (realistic, though also conducted on April 1):
"My personal opinion is that the Linux kernel is the Linux kernel, while the
overall systems are GNU/Linux systems, ensuring that I'll be equally reviled
by all parties.
"And my usual terminal laziness is the only excuse why that straddling isn't
reflected on the Counter web pages -- when listing or referring to
"distributions", those should be GNU/Linux distributions, while the
references to "kernels" should be to Linux kernels."
Free Software guru Richard M Stallman <rms at gnu.org> also didn't see this
happening: "To require registration for use of a program would make the
program non-free. It might be possible, but we will never do it," he said.
But, RMS added, in an email interview with this correspondent, as could be
expected given his persistent campaign to remind everyone what Free Software
is all about: "However, renaming the counter would be a nice thing to do."
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Meanwhile, Rep. Lauren Boebert, in a public appearance among constituents, joked that "Squad" member and hijab-wearing Muslim Rep. Ilhan Omar is really aligned with the "Jihad Squad." But not to worry, said Boebert: Omar isn't necessarily a terrorist because she doesn't carry a backpack.
Such off-color stereotypes have real-world consequences. At a press conference, Omar played a voicemail of a recent death threat she received, that she believes is traceable to Boebert's stump improv. She wants an apology, but Boebert has so far refused. One can't help but wonder whether Omar now regrets some of the outrageous things she has said about Israel, the Jewish-American community, and the United States since she has taken office.
Blood libels splatter in all directions. There's always more sympathy for those without blood on their hands.
The Squad's fellow progressive, Rep. Jamal Bowman, stood in solidarity with Omar. Ironically, it was only a week earlier that the Democratic Socialists of America contemplated booting him from their ranks for having taken a trip to Israel to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.
Bowman crossed a pro-Palestinian picket line. Congressional scabs, apparently, receive no mercy. Of course, he may have already worked his way back into the good graces of Israel-hating progressives. Now that he has returned, he voiced his reaction to Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust memorial and museum. Apparently, the visit gave him a fresh insight into the psyche of the nation.
He has concluded that the trauma of the Holocaust left Israelis mentally disturbed.
Perhaps it was said sympathetically. After all, he did visit Israel, albeit on a J Street junket. But it was a harsh diagnosis, nonetheless. And a categorically incorrect one; Auschwitz did not consign Israelis to everlasting madness. If they are nuts—and I am certainly not qualified to render an opinion—it more likely relates to repeated wars and acts of terror on the part of Arab neighbors bent on their destruction.
The Holocaust, which happened nearly 80 years ago on a different continent, is just another notch in Jewish neurosis. It doesn't explain everything. After all, the vast majority of Israelis were born in the Middle East, Persian Gulf and Africa, and have no direct connection to the Holocaust whatsoever.
Toxic loose lips and casual anti-Semitic slanders are even worse in Europe.
In Poland, for instance, the country's leading Jew-, LGBTQ- and immigrant-hating propogandist, Rafal Ziemkiewicz, is getting a new talk show that will widen his already growing audience. The extremist right is longing for the good old days when anti-Semitism was more openly expressed, and acted upon. Now there's a consensus that hating Muslims and homosexuals should be included, too.
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Expect the ratings for Ziemkiewicz's new show to outdo Poland's version of "Survivor."
Finally, in France, the new leader of the extreme right, Eric Zemmour, is Jewish! Born in Algeria, his merciless attacks against French Muslims are being received by some as more palatable given that a Middle Eastern Jew is making them. He blames Islam and France's black and Arab populations for all of society's ills. A defender of French colonialism, he has justified the massacre of "Arabs and certain Jews."
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Seeing the face of French fascism as Jewish was irresistible to The New York Times. In a recent op-ed, French anti-Semitism is minimized. Jews now enjoy the privileges of the assimilated majority, and "privilege" always means one thing: racism.
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It doesn't justify Zemmour's racist politics, of course, but it might account for how a Jew could wind up as the improbable leader of those who so passionately despise Jews.
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Remember these? "Stop the Steal!" "Jews Will Not Replace Us!"
During the summer of 2014, in both Germany and France, where memories of and moral responsibility for the Holocaust burn still, civilized people were stunned to hear: "Hamas, Hamas—Jews to the Gas!"
Perhaps these recent incidents can all be explained as a temporary social pathology, attributable to a pandemic, rising crime, grim employment prospects and generally hard times. Scapegoating galore ensues, but fortunately it's not fatal.
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In time, we become inured to all the dignity denied as blowhards cling to their bullhorns, and won't let go.
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The Ugly Dachshund - 1966
Walt Disney loved animal movies and his studio churned them out as often as possible. It's surprising that a 1938 novel called The Ugly Dachshund by Gladys Bonwyn Stern wasn't adapted by the studio earlier. This canine twist on the classic fable The Ugly Duckling must have seemed like the perfect addition to the studios cannon of films.
Walt assigned directing duties to Norman Tokar, who had already directed a handful of animal films for the studio. Winston Hibler co-produced the film. Albert Aley adapted the screenplay for his only Disney film. Dean Jones filmed this directly after wraping production on That Darn Cat. Suzanne Pleshette makes her Disney debut playing opposite Dean Jones, who she was frequently paired with. Another familiar Disney face is Charles Ruggles as the vet, who had small roles in The Parent Trap and Son of Flubber. One of the Great Dane actors named Duke is also a Disney veteran, having played one of the family dogs in Swiss Family Robinson six years earlier. Renowned Japanese actor Mako also has a supporting role. The film was shot entirely at the Disney Studio in Burbank.
The film begins with credits over a matte painting that zooms into the home of Mark and Fran Garrison. They are in a rush to get to the vet because their Dachshund is about to give birth to puppies. Mark is sad when he finds out all three puppies were female, but when he sees the vet's Great Dane has had a litter of puppies and expresses his jealousy, the vet urges him to take home the runt of the litter. When Mark arrives home with all four puppies, Fran in her excitement doesn't give him a chance to tell her the boy isn't one of theirs and she assumes he is also a Dachshund. Frank names him Brutus, but when Fran realizes he isn't a Dachshund she returns him to the vet. After Mark gets depressed, she surprises him for his birthday by getting Brutus back. From the minute Brutus returns, the Dachshund pups create messes that Brutus gets blamed for. After ruining a backyard party, Fran wants to get rid of him again, but doesn't have the heart when Brutus saves one of the Dachshunds from a trash compactor. While Fran is training one of the pups to be in dog shows, Mark and the vet secretly train Brutus. Against the odds, Brutus wins "best of breed." The film ends with Mark putting Brutus' blue ribbon on the wall next to Fran's dachshund's ribbons and the whole family being happy.
The Ugly Dachshund premiered on February 4th, 1966 and was released on February 16th. It was paired with the long short Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree, the first appearance of Disney's version of the "silly old bear." The pairing was a box office success, earning more than $6 million. Despite the success, it was never rereleased to theaters. It made its TV debut in 1968 and arrived on home video in 1986.
The best word to describe The Ugly Dachshund is "cute." There are a few moments that will have you genuinely laughing, particularly the reaction of two Japanese caterers who mistake Brutus for a lion. As a Disney animal comedy, it certainly serves up some laughs and plenty of canine stars. What it lacks is an emotional core which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it explains why it isn't as revered as films like Old Yeller or even The Shaggy Dog, which has a father and a son who don't understand each other. If you like films like That Darn Cat, you will most likely enjoy this film too. Suzanne Pleshette reportedly had to shower at the studio before returning home from filming because her dog would smell her animal costars and get upset. Viewers with a keen eye will recognize many of the Studio filming locations, including residential street and the exterior of the office buildings. The exterior of the Garrison house was newly built for this film.
The Ugly Dachshund is currently available on DVD. The film is presented in its original theatrical widescreen aspect ratio of 1.75:1. A minor restoration was done and the film looks pretty good, although there are some flaws and instances where the image flickers. Bonus features include an interview with supporting actor Mako, a musical montage of Disney dogs and the original theatrical trailer from 1966. The film is also available in a 4-movie collection with The Shaggy Dog, The Shaggy D.A., and the Tim Allen remake of The Shaggy Dog. The film is also available on iTunes, where it can be purchased in HD, but you don't get any bonus features that way.
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	v1 "github.com/kyma-project/rafter/pkg/endpoint/asyncapi/v1"
	"github.com/kyma-project/rafter/pkg/runtime/service"
)

// AddToServiceFuncs contains a collection of functions that register endpoints.
var AddToServiceFuncs []func(service.Service) error

func init() {
	AddToServiceFuncs = append(AddToServiceFuncs, v1.AddValidation, v1.AddConversion)
}

// AddToService registers endpoints in a service.
func AddToService(s service.Service) error {
	for _, f := range AddToServiceFuncs {
		if err := f(s); err != nil {
			return err
		}
	}
	return nil
}

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Wolverhampton Wanderers Home
Steve Morgan: Wolves owner charged by FA after referee rant
Steve Morgan has owned the Molineux club since 2007
Wolves owner Steve Morgan has been charged by the Football Association for his actions following the Championship club's loss to Bournemouth on Saturday.
As the teams left the Molineux pitch following Wolves' 2-1 defeat, an angry Morgan confronted referee Mike Jones, who had sent off two Wolves players.
It is alleged that his language and/or behaviour after the game was abusive and/or insulting and/or improper.
Morgan, who has since apologised, has until Thursday to respond.
Although the club will be appealing against both red cards, Morgan acknowledged that he was in the wrong.
"I would like to apologise personally to Mike Jones," he said in a statement issued late on Sunday evening.
"I was extremely angry and frustrated at many of his refereeing decisions, and I still am.
"However, I should not have gone pitch-side to vent my frustrations."
Rajiv van La Parra was one of two Wolves players to be sent off against Bournemouth on Saturday
The first of the two game-changing red cards came when Jones sent off Rajiv van La Parra following a collision with Bournemouth defender Steve Cook.
Wolves were 1-0 up at the time, but they then surrendered their lead playing with 10 men, before home defender Matt Doherty was also given a straight red card late in the game following his challenge on Brett Pitman.
"On both fronts, we will appeal," said Wolves head coach Kenny Jackett.
"I spoke to all the officials and the information I got was that Van La Parra was deemed to have led with his elbow, which was why he was red-carded.
"I felt at the time that it was head-to-head, as I still do, having seen it, that it was accidental.
"The second sending-off was equally hard. Matt won the ball with his first leg and his second leg was passive."
Jones was escorted off the pitch at the end of the game, which also happened when he refereed a match against Leeds at Molineux in February 2007.
On that occasion, Wolves winger Michael Kightly was, in his words after the game, "smashed" in the area by Leeds defender Rui Marques, but Jones did not give the penalty.
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Gratitude – ancient wisdom meets modern science
9th October 2019 9th October 2019 by [email protected]
An attitude of gratitude might sound trite, but these common findings by research psychologists reveal it to be the wellspring of virtues like honesty, selflessness and loyalty. You don't have to be an ascetic monk or philosopher practicing virtuous behaviour to become a more decent, upstanding person. Simply cultivating a sense of gratitude on a daily basis will render you a better person, the latest research reveals. Socrates himself coined the phrase, "The unexamined life is not worth living," at his trial for impiety and corrupting youth – for which he was sentenced to death. Socrates chose death over living a shallow life of hubris, but today we can enjoy a richer, more fulfilling existence without paying the ultimate price. Neatly summed up, gratitude nudges people to repay debts and; "doesn't let people forget that they must accept some future sacrifice to benefit a past benefactor". In other words, exercise self-control to resist temptations of immediate gratification that came at the cost of larger benefits in the future. It seems gratitude is no longer a question of belief or religion, but empirically proven to work. Check out these findings by cutting edge psychologists. This story courtesy of Aeon. – Chris Bateman
The fast track to a life well lived is feeling grateful
By David DeSteno*
For the Ancient Greeks, virtue wasn't a goal in and of itself, but rather a route to a life well lived. By being honest and generous, embodying diligence and fortitude, showing restraint and kindness, a person would flourish – coming to live a life filled with meaning and finding an enduring, as opposed to ephemeral, happiness. Today, that view hasn't much changed. While we hear plenty of stories of celebrities, politicians and even our neighbours finding fleeting pleasure through self-gratification, dishonesty or hubris, we can also see the 'other shoe' eventually drop, leading to despair, social rejection or worse.
If it's true that virtue leads to a life well lived – a view that receives more empirical backing with each passing year – the question How do I become virtuous? takes on a bit of urgency. For the majority of ethicists, both ancient and modern, the answer is clear: virtue comes from living an examined life, one where deep deliberation leads to the embrace of noble qualities such as honesty and generosity, no matter how difficult it can be to enact them.
There's a problem with this well-worn path, however. In a busy world where many feel inundated with the demands of daily life, devoting time to philosophical deliberation – worthy as it might be – can feel like an elusive luxury. So while the usual route for pursuing virtue can certainly work, after more than two decades studying how emotions shape the mind, I think there might be an easier way to achieve the same end.
In considering moral character, the Roman orator Cicero said: 'Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.' And while I think it's an overstatement, Cicero's view does offer up the tantalising prospect that, simply by cultivating gratitude, other virtues will grow. If correct, it suggests that there's an entirely different way to improve moral character – one that is rapid, easy and efficient.
At base, emotions are about the future, not the past. From an evolutionary standpoint, feeling pain or pleasure that can't change anything would be a useless waste of the brain's efforts. The true benefit of emotions comes from their power to guide decisions about what comes next.
In the case of gratitude, it's long been clear that it nudges people to repay debts. As the German sociologist Georg Simmel described it at the start of the 20th century: 'Gratitude… is the moral memory of mankind.' It doesn't let people forget that they must accept some future sacrifice to benefit a past benefactor. And as research from many labs, including my own, has shown empirically, Simmel was right. The more gratitude people feel toward those who have helped them, the more diligently they will work to pay them back.
How does gratitude work its mental magic? By what mechanism does it make us willing to devote time, money or other resources to repay others rather than to enhance our own enjoyment? It appears to come down to self-control. Any time a person sacrifices for another, she's choosing to forgo her own immediate needs in service of a larger future gain. For instance, if you value your friendship with someone, the gratitude you feel when he helps you move your sofa to a new apartment makes it more likely you'll return the favour, even though at the time he asks for help you'd rather be doing almost anything else than hoisting furniture. Yet, agreeing to help is necessary for ensuring that the benefits of that friendship keep coming down the line – benefits that, when aggregated over time, will likely outweigh the pleasant feelings of going out to dinner if it means leaving a friend in the lurch.
To prove the point, we've repeatedly been able to show the close link between gratitude and self-control. In 2014, we demonstrated that people induced to feel grateful, compared with those induced to feel happiness or no emotion at all, became much more willing to wait for a larger financial reward (eg, $80 in three weeks) compared with a smaller, immediate one ($35 now). Like the successful children in Walter Mischel's famed 'marshmallow test' at Stanford University in the 1970s, these grateful adults were better able to resist temptations for immediate gratification that came at the cost of larger benefits in the future.
Given that many moral dilemmas boil down to an issue of self-control – as the Stoics pointed out centuries ago – such findings suggest that gratitude might indeed be a parent virtue of sorts.
Consider honesty. Say I ask people to play a game of chance where they could flip a virtual coin to win one of two monetary prizes: a small one or a larger one. Let's also say the flip occurs in private. All people need do to get their money is hit a computer key to indicate the result: 'heads' means the larger reward; 'tails' the smaller one. Now, let's make one final tweak: the coin in question is rigged to come up tails.
If gratitude enhances honesty, the prediction is clear: those feeling grateful at the time of the flip should be more likely than their peers to report that they got tails, thus ensuring they'll get the smaller reward. As it turns out, when we conducted this experiment, published in Psychological Science this May, that's exactly what happened. The percentage of cheaters fell by half (from almost 49 per cent to 27 per cent) among those who had just recalled a time when they felt grateful, compared with those who described a time when they felt happy or no particular emotion at all.
Any single experiment, of course, can't be taken as strong proof. So in the same article, we describe a second experiment in which we raised the stakes. This version had two key differences. First, the coin flip determined whether any given participant would have to complete an enjoyable 10-minute task or a difficult 45-minute one. Second, we led participants to believe that the next person to come would be assigned to complete whichever task remained.
Taken together, these changes meant that people's decisions not only involved options that dramatically differed in the time and effort required, but also directly affected the outcomes for others. In deciding to cheat by reporting that the virtual coin flip came up heads, people were giving themselves a much shorter and more enjoyable task, but in so doing, were also unfairly dooming another person to a more onerous task.
As one might imagine, the overall frequency of cheating was lower. Nonetheless, gratitude worked in the exact same way. Whereas 17% of people cheated when feeling neutral or happy, only 2% cheated when feeling grateful.
The empirical literature shows a similar influence of gratitude on other virtues. People feeling grateful are more likely to help others who request assistance, to divide their profits in a more egalitarian way, to be loyal even at cost to themselves, to be less materialistic, and even to exercise as opposed to loafing.
It's essential to recognise that the people who acted more virtuously in these studies didn't do so because they were 'good' people from the start. They weren't those who, as the virtue ethicists would prescribe, spent years focused on philosophical analysis. They were people from all walks of life who, when presented with temptation, had to make a quick decision about whether to behave nobly or not. And while many acted in a less than honourable way, all it took for some to behave fairly was a few moments spent stoking a feeling of gratitude.
None of this should be taken to mean that a rational consideration of why and how to behave ethically isn't a worthwhile endeavour. It most certainly is. But it isn't the only, or even perhaps the most efficient, way to help foster virtue and a life well lived. Boosting morality from the bottom up by cultivating a sense of gratitude a few moments each day might work just as well, with the bonus that you won't have to wait years for results.
This Idea was made possible through the support of a grant to Aeon from the John Templeton Foundation. The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Foundation. Funders to Aeon Magazine are not involved in editorial decision-making.
David DeSteno is a professor of psychology at Northeastern University in Boston, where he directs the Social Emotions Group. His books include Out of Character (2011), co-authored with Piercarlo Valdesolo; The Truth About Trust (2014); and Emotional Success (2018). He lives in Massachusetts.


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New romantic relationships are coming! Know the release date
The second season of The Wilds returned to Amazon Prime nearly two years after the first season premiered. The season expanded on the story we saw in the first episode. In the second season, we saw a group of male survivors join the girls from the first season. However, the second season ended on such a cliffhanger that left fans on the edge of their seats waiting for The Wilds season 3.
Amazon Prime's The Wilds is a mysterious adventure drama series that debuted on the streaming service in 2020. The series created by Sarah Streicher revolves around a group of plane crash survivors who are trapped on a stranded island, but unaware that they are part of an experiment. .
What to expect from The Wilds season 3?
Gretchen Klein yanked everyone out of their facility and started Phase 3, which appears to be a new control group. This time, however, the boys and girls were mixed. Dawn of Eve was meant to show the world that women can lead better than men. It's a theory that Gretchen somehow managed to prove because the girls lasted 50 days, while the boys only survived 34 days because of their behavior. But presumably Gretchen now has to show her values by allowing the boys and girls to coexist in a different context.
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When is The Wilds season 3 coming?
All episodes of the second season of The Wilds premiered on Amazon Prime Video on May 6, 2022. As for The Wilds Season 3, here's what we know. It's only been a few days since the release of the second season. Unsurprisingly, Amazon Prime has yet to make an official announcement regarding the show's renewal.
Amazon may want to analyze how Season 2 is performing. But given the show's popularity and Amazon Prime's track record. We can expect season 3 of The Wilds to be renewed sooner rather than later. However, nothing can be said about the release date of the third season at the moment.
Why was Seth the best character in the second season?
Despite being the unequivocal villain of the season, Seth was the character fans loved to loathe, along with Gretchen. Fans kept waiting for the other shoe to drop and a spin on it to be revealed because it seemed so pleasing at first.
From nearly killing his own brother, to the horrific act he committed against Josh, to revealing how he harmed his previous lover at home, he's done it all. Seth suffered much more from his mother's abandonment than the others knew. Fans expect a big role for Gretchen in Season 3 of The Wilds. Thanks to the big announcement that he has been working with her all along.
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Kellie Byrnes Shines Above The Clouds
Kellie Byrnes is a children's author and full-time freelance writer with her first picture book, Cloud Conductor, being released by Wombat Books May 2018. Kellie's second picture book will be published by Little Pink Dog Books in 2019.
Beautifully illustrated by Ann-Marie Finn, Cloud Conductor, examines the importance and fun of the imagination, and how creativity can be used to help us deal with difficult times. It is perfect for prompting discussions about topics like creativity, illness, the seasons, weather, clouds, music and more.
Welcome to my blog, Kellie. It's great to have you here.
Tell us about Cloud Conductor.
Cloud Conductor is a picture book about Frankie, a young girl who is busy and active yet, sometimes, in quiet moments, likes to sit and watch the clouds. She pretends she's a conductor, who moves the clouds around and sees and hears different things. When she gets ill, and is confined to her bed, Frankie can't do many of the things she used to, but still has her imagination to take her away from her problems.
How did you come up with the idea for Cloud Conductor?
I started thinking about how difficult it must be for children who are used to doing lots of fun, physical activities, but who then can't keeping doing them when they're in hospital or otherwise unwell. I wondered how they would cope, and immediately considered that their imagination would have to be one of the greatest tools in their toolbox (as it is for adults, too). When the name 'Cloud Conductor' popped into my head, I knew this was a way to take the story forward, and went from there.
What was the process like in getting it published?
Cloud Conductor was the first thing I wrote and, after having done a bunch of courses, and paying for mentoring, joining critique groups, and reading hundreds of picture books, I decided to sign up for a manuscript assessment at a conference (it was CYA in Brisbane). I was just after some feedback from editors to help me grow and improve my work, but ended up actually getting a contract with Wombat Books for Cloud Conductor as a result. I was amazed, very grateful, and shocked, too. My second picture book contract seemed to take much longer to get, though!
What were some of your favourite children's books as a child?
There were so many I loved! Three of the most memorable picture books were Each Peach Pear Plum, Harry the Very Dirty Dog, and The Monster at the End of This Book. As for books for older readers, I loved everything by Enid Blyton, Roald Dahl and C.S. Lewis, of course, as well as Bridge to Terabithia, and the Nancy Drew, Trixie Belden, and Hardy Boys series. There were thousands of others, but these are the ones that really had an impact and that I remember most.
What's on the horizon for you next?
My next picture book, called Yes! No., is coming out with Little Pink Dog Books next year. I'm working on many other picture books that I hope to get contracts for as well; plus I'm tweaking a junior fiction novel, and plotting out a few middle grade and young adult story ideas.
Where can people get in touch with you?
Head to my website/blog at www.KellieByrnes.com to get in touch with me, find out about my author visits and other appearances, and read my author interviews, book reviews and more. You will also find Teacher's Notes and a Media Kit for Cloud Conductor on my website.
As for social media, I'm on Twitter at @KellieJByrnes, and on Facebook at KellieByrnesAuthor.
It was great to hear your inspiration behind the book and I look forward to hearing more about your exciting writing journey soon. Thanks Kellie :-)
Title: Cloud Conductor
Release Date: 1 May 2018
Price: $24.99 Hardback
Written by: Kellie Byrnes
Illustrated by: Ann-Marie Finn
http://wombatbooks.com.au/index.php/cloud-conductor


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Aramco ExPats
Diversity makes further inroads into Aramco
By Saudi Aramco News / / 16 January 2019
Walaa Al-Mukhtar, a petroleum engineer on a one-year assignment with the Southern Area Production Engineering Department, reviews data at a Saudi Aramco drilling site in the Southern Area. Al-Mukhtar is part of a historic transformation of the department as it welcomes women into field roles.
Once a bastion of male engineers, the Southern Area Production Engineering Department (SAPED) made a paradigm shift in 2018 as female petroleum engineers joined the department on assignment from the Reservoir Engineering Department.
Thanks to their hard work, dedication, and perseverance, coupled with SAPED's uniquely designed Individual Development Plan (IDP) — especially tailor-made for female engineers — a historic transformation has taken place. Female engineers have not only proven their capabilities in the operational environment, but have emerged as front runners in both the office and field environments.
"This is a major step the company is taking toward encouraging diversity in workplaces and unleashing the young talents in various environments," said SAPED manager Hamad M. Al-Marri. "Now that more females are into the business, let's just fathom the thought of how much great input we will have as a company, achieving growth, innovation — and most importantly — a great evolution."
Gender diversity in the workforce is not only a top priority for Saudi Aramco, but also for the Kingdom through Saudi Vision 2030. It also brings tangible benefits to the company by tapping into the rich talents and hard work ethic of the large and growing female portion of the company's workforce.
Walaa Al-Mukhtar, one of the female engineers taking advantage of this opportunity, said breaking barriers was one key reason she jumped at the chance to work with SAPED, along with the determination to prove that female engineers can add to the industry as much as males do.
Hosting female engineers was equally challenging for SAPED, as the experience was new for this engineering department. SAPED welcomed this challenge and took a dramatic stride to draw the company's greatest untapped resource — female employees. Specific development plans were developed and individual mentors were assigned to each engineer for close monitoring and guidance to reinforce holistic talent management, competencies, and leadership development. The female engineers were placed in strategic units to ensure an easy and smooth transformation to their new job. To ensure a successful transition, the female engineers were assigned to work as support engineers with an experienced professional. Within a short period of three months, they independently started handling all production engineering jobs for a GOSP connected with more than 120 wells in mature fields, and the multiple challenges that followed.
Saudi Aramco is not only committed to the technical growth of its engineers, but it also strives to develop and produce future leaders. The female engineers were encouraged to participate in many leadership courses as well as in-Kingdom and out-of-Kingdom conferences on leadership development.
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If you've ever had braces, then you're probably familiar with the dreaded retainer. The reason I use the word "dreaded" is because they can be quite annoying in the beginning, especially considering the fact that you have to wear it for at least three months straight in order to prevent the teeth from returning to their original position.
But, as annoying as they can be, they're absolutely necessary if you don't want all those years and hard-earned money to go to waste. In fact, many adults, including myself, still wear their retainers every single night. If cared for properly, retainers can last a very long time, but do you know how to keep it clean?


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BER to Close…
BER to Close New Runway a Month After Opening
The first supervisory board meeting after the successful commissioning of BER on November 27 was all about the massive effects that the ongoing pandemic has on the capital region's flight operations. The management reported that the passenger numbers have recently decreased dramatically and now lie at around 10 percent in comparison to the same month last year.
Against the background of the sharp decline in passenger numbers due to the second infection wave around Europe since mid-October, the management adjusted the number of passengers expected for 2020 from a total of 10 million to 9 million. The associated loss of income could be rectified through the corona aid of EUR 300 million this year.
The second corona wave also influences the way 2021 is viewed. Like all other German airports, Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH (FBB) must assume that the passenger numbers for 2021 will remain low. The German Airport Association ADV predicts a 2021 traffic volume of only a third of that in 2019. FBB has also adjusted its expectations after the second lockdown. The management reported to the supervisory board that, according to current predictions, only 30 percent of the passenger volume pre-crisis can be assumed. The corona pandemic poses such a serious turning point in the aviation industry that the medium- and long-term developments are currently unpredictable and can only be interpreted in general terms. However, it is generally expected that air traffic will recover in the medium term and that the need and desire to fly will further increase.
The management also gave a detailed report to the supervisory board regarding the various measures taken by FBB to lower the running costs of flight operations. The employment of short-time workers from the 1st December shall be followed by the yearlong closure of terminal 5 from spring 2021. Due to the small amount of air traffic, the southern runway shall be temporarily out of operation. In order to achieve further savings and reduced spending, a separate expenditure board was also established. From here, all expenses overreaching the threshold of EUR 25,000 are to be strictly examined regarding their operational necessity.
Should the management's predictions be confirmed and the air traffic from 2020 to 2021 not significantly grow, then it must be assumed that FBB will need a total of up to EUR 660 million in financing, despite the savings. This leads to an additional amount of EUR 552 million, which increases a shareholder contribution of EUR 108 million already decided in 2018.
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Resetting "A-Z" is not recommended because you'll wipe out your @ARGV and @INC arrays and your %ENV hash. Resets only package variables; lexical variables are unaffected, but they clean themselves up on scope exit anyway, so you'll probably want to use them instead. See my.


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Jewish Russian Community Centre Furniture Depot Helping Syrian Refugees Start New Life in
Jewish Russian Community Centre Furniture Depot Helping Syrian Refugees Start New Life in Toronto
TORONTO – The Syrian refugee crisis has captivated the conscience of Canadians from coast-to-coast. Many communities have stepped up to help those arriving from their war-torn homeland. The Jewish Russian Community Centre (JRCC) Furniture Depot, in collaboration with the Armenian community, will be providing recently arrived refugees with furniture, and other household items to help them settle into a new home on January 11.
The kick off the campaign to help these refugees will be launched on Jan 11 by inviting five families (2 from York Region & 3 from Toronto) to come to the Furniture Depot and select furniture on Monday from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
"By helping refugees settle into a new home today, we're building the foundation for success of new Canadians tomorrow," stated Roi Aftabi, Director of Development at the JRCC Furniture Depot.
We would like extend our gratitude to the Hon. Peter Kent (PC MP Thornhill) for his support and solidarity to make this project a great success.
Volunteers and staff have been working to setup and operate the drop-off Centre, pick up donated items, setup the show room and arrange transportation to help refugees select items and move them to their new homes.
Dikla Yogev MA, MBA
Program Evaluation & Community Relations Manager
JRCC Furniture Depot
WWW.JRCCFURNITUREDEPOT.ORG
1416 Centre St Unit 6, Thornhill, Ontario L4J 8A1
Phone: (416) 222 7105 Ext 256
Aris Babikian, Retired Citizenship Judge and Past President of the Armenian National Federation
e-mail: arisbabikian@yahoo.ca


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Kanada

 Merritt Airport (flygplats i Kanada), British Columbia,

USA

 Merritt Airport (flygplats i USA, Louisiana), Bossier Parish,
 Merritt Airport (flygplats i USA, Ohio), Fayette County,

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If you are a competent developer and want to learn about the great and exciting world of ElasticSearch, then this book is for you. No prior knowledge of Java or Apache Lucene is needed.
ElasticSearch is a very fast and scalable open source search engine, designed with distribution and cloud in mind, complete with all the goodies that Apache Lucene has to offer. ElasticSearch's schema-free architecture allows developers to index and search unstructured content, making it perfectly suited for both small projects and large big data warehouses, even those with petabytes of unstructured data.
This book will guide you through the world of the most commonly used ElasticSearch server functionalities. You'll start off by getting an understanding of the basics of ElasticSearch and its data indexing functionality. Next, you will see the querying capabilities of ElasticSearch, followed by a through explanation of scoring and search relevance. After this, you will explore the aggregation and data analysis capabilities of ElasticSearch and will learn how cluster administration and scaling can be used to boost your application performance. You'll find out how to use the friendly REST APIs and how to tune ElasticSearch to make the most of it. By the end of this book, you will have be able to create amazing search solutions as per your project's specifications.
This step-by-step guide is full of screenshots and real-world examples to take you on a journey through the wonderful world of full text search provided by ElasticSearch.
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Iran, U.S. Tensions: Time for a Cybersecurity Checkup
Dice Staff,
After a few tense weeks—during which the U.S. assassinated a top Iranian general, followed by Iran launching...
Palantir Software Engineers: How Much They Make
In the wake of various tech "unicorns" (i.e., startups valued at over a billion dollars) crashing and burning on...
JEDI Contract: The United States' Newest Space Race?
Dice Guest,
It's become increasingly difficult to keep up with the Pentagon's massive cloud computing deal, given all the...
Microsoft Blames NSA for 'WannaCry' Ransomware
Nate Swanner,
WannaCry ransomware WannaCry, ransomware that disables a PC user's file access until hackers are paid, has come back...
China Gets App Store Oversight. Are We Next?
Mac App Store WWDC 2016 The Cyberspace Administration of China, which bills itself as the "office of the central...
Code.gov Launches as Government's GitHub
Government building with flag || code.gov The U.S. government is now letting you take a look at what it's doing, at...
Pros and Cons of Working Federal Cybersecurity
If you'd like to expand your experience in the cybersecurity field, don't reject the idea of working for the...
Breaking Into Government Tech
Elisabeth Greenbaum Kasson,
Public sector technology (a.k.a. "government tech") has been a potential disruption target for years. There's a...
DC Is Desperate for STEM, Cybersecurity Pros
Don Willmott,
What's New This Quarter Tech employment in the Washington, D.C. metro area continues to flourish, according to most...
Federal IT Hiring Looks Bright in Washington DC
What's New This Quarter Concern about an aging federal workforce may have alleviated a bit in October, when data...
Cybersecurity Expert
Sysadmin Engineer


It's the end of an era for me. I've been involved with Byron Writers Festival for eight years. Four of them as a volunteer Board member of which two of those were as the Chair of the organisation. At the conclusion of the 22nd Byron Writers Festival on 5 August, I stepped down as Chair.
It was an honour and a privilege to help lead the organisation for the past two years. I've worked with, and met, amazing people. One of my favourite encounters this year was with a luminary Australian novelist and playwright last Saturday night. I drove him back to his hotel and before we got in the car, he wanted to check that I'd completed my HSC! I think he was checking I was old enough to drive. Oh yes, over thirty years ago. I loved him for that question.
The role of Chair has been a wonderful but a very busy one. There were some weeks when I was working over 20 hours a week. So, with a new full time job, it was simply unsustainable. Also, I think with a change of leadership, comes a change of focus, which I think is good for a community not-for-profit organisation.
This year's Festival was extra special as we had a good representation from romance and women's fiction including Rachael Johns, Christine Wells and Victoria Purman. They were wonderful and the hilarious Mandy Nolan brought out the best in the panel they were all on together.
Next year I'll be able to walk around the gorgeous Festival site and enjoy it from a patron's perspective. I can't wait. Hope to see you there.