This exceptionally rare and therefore extremely important Porsche 550RS is offered here with the perfect provenance of long-term caring ownership by a succession of great American fine-car connoisseurs.
Most critically, with every passing year more of the world's diminishing treasury of such unrestored 'as-manufactured' or 'document' cars lose that irreplaceable characteristic by usually well-meaning, yet perhaps not fully thought-through, restoration.
The problem is that while restoration can return an ageing artefact to something purporting to match its initial condition as first manufactured, that will always be – inevitably – however painstaking well executed - an artifice. Far-reaching restoration applies on a ratchet principle – it only ever works one way. Once original finish has been obscured or replaced, original paintwork, the original time-machine evidence of how the artefact in question was originally completed by the contemporary craftsmen whose skills truly created it... has simply gone for ever, with no option to retrieve it.
Comprehensive restoration to achieve mere glowing quality is simultaneously a process of obliteration. Once lost, 'originality' can never, ever, be regained. And as the motoring world's treasury of these increasingly rare 'time machines' depletes, the basic laws of supply and demand must most assuredly apply. As we enter an era in which fully-restored classic cars are effectively two a penny – the real rarities will be the protected, connoisseurially-conserved crown-jewel cars such as 550RS chassis No 090 as now offered here.
This individual car featured prominently in the June 1971 edition of the internationally-renowned American monthly magazine 'Road & Track'. William Motta photographed '090' now offered here for that feature, which was written by Allan Girdler and which also involved the nostalgic test-driving presence of former 1950s Porsche 550 star driver, the diminutive Richie Ginther of Ferrari, BRM, Cooper-Maserati, Honda and Eagle Formula 1 fame, one of the great Ford GT programme's star drivers, and winner of the 1965 Mexican Grand Prix.
Allen Girdler's story began: "Nostalgia comes hard to Richie Ginther. The setting couldn't have been more conducive for rekindling of the glorious past: A 550 Porsche Spyder barking at idle, in a clatter of roller bearings and overhead cams and the salty, blue haze and smell of real Castor oil. Instant race day, 1954.
"Ginther climbed through the tiny door and over the frame tubes and squirmed into the seat. Away, down the snow-framed mountain road and back again, faster and faster. Then he came in, smiling. Perhaps recalling his victories in 1954 and '55, the 550 ride that was the first big step in his climb to Formula 1...".
The 'Road & Track' story went on to highlight how the 550 Spyder was Porsche's first genuine racing car design. But when launched at the 1953 Paris Salon, the model had much about it than being a mere weapons-grade on-track warrior. As the story emphasised: "The 550 had full road equipment, with lights and so forth, and a top, and enough stamina and ground clearance to compete in rallies – which it did. The bodywork and weather gear qualified the 550 for international sports car races – and Hans Herrmann took first in class and sixth overall in the 550's first race, the 1954 Mille Miglia.... Herrmann was third overall in that year's Carrera PanAmericana. There were 75 cars with bigger engines in that race, and Herrmann beat 73 of them..."
The great Ken Miles became another leading Porsche 550 exponent and one year when 23 drivers scored SCCA National points in the Club's F-modified class –21 of them were driving Spyders.
In his 'Road & Track' piece, Allan Girdler continued: "What was it like to drive? Very like the standard Porsche, is the opinion of both..." (our former) "...testers and Richie Ginther now. The steering, Ginther said, 'was completely familiar'.
"The 550 never had any shortcomings in the suspension departments, Ginther recalls, and he credits the factory's use of the Nurburgring as a proving ground. Every possible handling situation exists there, and Porsche had them all understood before the car was introduced..."
Weight distribution was 48/52 front/rear where 'R&T' had expected more weight on the rear; "The car was, said Ginther 'You got into it and felt a part of it. Things reacted just as you expected them to. When you went into a corner, you'd predict an arc, and the car would carry through on the arc you predicted. It was the competition machine."
Girdler considered "Odd he should say that. The car pictured here is an exception. It never was a competition machine. Never raced as they say in the ads. Only this time it's the truth.
"In 1956, as now, there was glamour attached to racing cars, and there were people who thought they'd like to drive to work in the hottest racing car of the day. Of those who actually could buy the latest in winning cars, some did enjoy the experience, and some didn't.
"This car, No 90, was first bought by a West Coast television executive..." – actually one Willett H. Brown, sometime President of CBS – "The car was delivered equipped for the street but the owner must have found it more of a challenge than he was equal to...When the first owner sold it" – in 1956/57 – "...he had enjoyed it for a total of 634 miles.
"During this time the present..." – remember, this was in 1971 – "...owner Fred Sebald, had been longing for a Spyder. When the Spyders were the competition machines, Sebald was the race car body repairman of Southern California. When Ginther and Hill and von Neumann and their peers shunted hay bales and each other. Sebald made things right again. So he knew and appreciated 550s.
"When 1956 Spyder 550RS/1500 No 90 turned up on Vasek Polak's lot, Sebald bought it. He later retired from the bent metal business (to become a ski instructor...). Skis mean snow, Sebald lives in the mountains and the car now spends most of its time carefully wrapped up in a garage. When he bought it he had intended it to be a wonderful ad for his body shop. He meant to restore it, but couldnt't bring himself to lay an intrusive finger upon it. Not only has this car not been raced, that's the original paint..."
And so this extraordinary Porsche 550RS slumbered on. Fred Sebald's Foreign Auto Shop had been in Glendale, California, and that was where he cherished No 90 through the 1960s. When he opted out of panel-bashing and into the ski-lodge business he and his equally Porschephile wife Pat moved into their Sebald's Bavarian Park Resort, in picturesque June Lake, California.
From the Sebalds the car passed subsequently to Richard A. Barbour for the price of $4,500 as confirmed by the April 13, 1971 copy bill of sale preserved within the extensive documentation files which accompany the car today. It passed subsequently into the possession of respected US classic car collector George Reilly, who found that – exactly as described in the 'Road & Track' article – the car remained "totally original, complete with all the original equipment supplied with the car when new", in the words of the current vendor – another enthusiastic car connoisseur of international renown.
While Porsche's early reputation was founded upon small-capacity aerodyne production coupe designs based upon Volkswagen technology – as originated in the 1930s for 'the people's car' under Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Porsche's consultancy direction, it took virtually a special builder to point the way towards what the factory would introduce as the 550 Rennsport Spyder. It was in 1950 that Frankfurt Volkswagen dealer Walter Glockler worked with local engineer Hermann Ramelow to assemble a Porsche-based special purely for sports car competition. He used a welded tubular chassis frame into which he fitted a 1086cc air-cooled Porsche 4-cylinder engine, mounting just ahead of the rear axle. This 'Glockler Spyder' turned the scales at barely 450kg – 992lbs – which endowed it with vividly promising power-to-weight ratio. Glockler improved upon the basic idea with a second special, this time powered by a 1500cc Porsche engine and he promptly broke the class lap record at the major Freiburg-Schauinsland mountain climb.
Late in 1951, Glockler sold the car to the contemporary Porsche and BMW importer for the United States, Max Hoffman, in whose hands it became a very familiar contender in early SCCA events there.
Encouraged to build more dedicated competition cars than their core production series, the Porsche factory launched its definitive model 550 Rennsport design in 1953. Basis of the new model was a ladder frame composed of welded steel tubes which was stiffened materially by the sleekly-aerodynamic lightweight aluminium body panelling, which was rigidly-attached to create a kind of semi-monocoque structure. Even the dash panel was welded to the sub-structure to form a further transverse stiffening member. The 550 Spyder version's weather-protection top could be folded or completely removed to choice.
All-round independent suspension was adopted, by twin trailing arms and transverse torsion-bar springs at the front and - after the first two 550 prototypes had tried leading-arm rear suspension - trailing arms were used at the rear to control the customary Porsche swing-axle system. Hydraulic drum brakes featured. Early cars scaled around 550kg – 1,213lbs – later increasing to 590kg – 1,301lbs.
These little aerodyne Porsches were extremely quick in a straight line – having a claimed top speed of some 220km/h – 137mph – and accelerating from 0-100km/h – 62mph – in less than 10 seconds - spectacular indeed with such a small capacity engine in the early 1950s.
Power unit design for the Porsche 550 had been led by future company head Professor Ernst Fuhrmann. It was known as the Typ 547, and featured four shaft-driven overhead camshafts, two heading each twin-barrelled cylinder bank. With an aluminium crankcase, the originally 1498cc flat-4 engine produced a lusty 110bhp at 7,800rpm. It breathed through two twin-choke downdraught Solex carburettors. The two valves per cylinder were inclined and the crankshaft was of the Hirth built-up type, permitted the use of four roller-type main bearing to minimise frictional loss. The 4-cam engine also featured twin-plug ignition with two plugs, two coils and two distributors driven from the upper camshafts.
The power unit was of course air-cooled, by a v-belt-driven fan, and it was mounted ahead of the rear axle line, with the gearbox overhung at the rear. While the initial 550 Spyders of 1954 used regular Porsche 4-speed gearboxes, Richard von Frankenberg's entry in the 1955 Tourist Trophy race at Dundrod, Ulster, boasted an experimental 5-speed transmission. This became standard-equipment for the Spyders produced from 1956 forward.
Two initial works-entered 550 Coupes finished 1-2 in their class at Le Mans in 1953, and the cars went on to shine in further great classic races including the Italian Mille Miglia, and the great Carrera PanAmericana Mexico in central America, ultimately achieving completely iconic status within the wide world of classic Porsches.
When the American 'Sports Cars Illustrated' magazine explored the reality of the Porsche 550 in period, renowned writer Griff Borgeson declared: "The Porsche Spyder is a fantastic machine. It is fast and fiercely powerful, one of the most successful competition sports cars in history, and it has a personality no less complex than Dr Jekyll's. At brisk highway speeds it is very easy to drive, docile, perfectly manageable, superbly responsive."
He continued: "There is nothing in the car's character that makes it inappropriate for use as a round-town hack. It has enough street equipment to satisfy the least austere sports car fan: top, windshield, trafficators, speedometer, windshield, wipers...and there's nothing to keep you from having radio and heater installed". And he described how Ken Miles had a 550 Spyder "...that he uses daily in LA traffic, and he says 'Why not? Set up for town driving, with soft plugs and the right jets, it's a joy to drive – comfortable, roomy, and it goes like a bullet from a gun when you open the tap...".
In that same feature story, Richie Ginther explained to Borgeson how his racing 550 Spyder with its 4-cam roller-bearing engine was "....geared for about 125mph at 7,500rpm, and I turn to 7,800 regularly. At Palm Springs I tried to keep it above 5,500 coming out of all the corners. There's a 4,200 feet straight-away on the course and if I came out onto it clean and fast at about 80, I turned a good 8,000rpm before I had to shut off. We know we can turn 8,200 without valve gear trouble, and even at this figure piston speed is no problem...".
Richie Ginther continued: "If the Spyder's tail comes loose you can just leave it hanging out. You won't go as fast as when it's behind you and I know that for sure...". Borgeson found "The Spyder's steering is as light as they come. The brake pedal and clutch pressure are light – very light. Throttle response is good, particularly when you approach the engine's peak-power operating range. There's nothing to changing gears; you shift with a true flick of the wrist. The ride is soft... The screaming duet of engine and exhaust is carried away behind you.... While a one-hour race can leave a Ferrari driver too weak in the legs to walk without limping and too weak in the arms to pick up his trophy, the Spyder leaves him with no more than a reasonable sweat...".
These comments amply demonstrate the enormously high regard in which proven 'car guys' from the 1950s to the 1970s held the Porsche 550RS Spyder - such as the outstandingly – indeed probably uniquely – original example we so proudly offer right here.
There are inevitably some panel ripples, and minor paint cracks, and scuffs and discolouration in places on '0090', but these fall squarely into the category of utterly compelling fine patina.
In 2010, under the special awards category of the pinnacle-level international Pebble Beach Concours, '0090' now offered here was recognized by the Pebble Beach Judging Committee with the FIVA Postwar award. One of the most highly respected members of the connoisseurial car collecting community has remarked that "people were all agog just to see the car".
Porsche 550 chassis '0090' here has never been offered publicly for sale, and it has been very rarely seen. Now its presentation at Goodwood this weekend offers a superb opportunity for Porsche aficionados to examine and appreciate this historically important and iconic piece of Porsche lore.
Bonhams takes great pleasure in offering this 60-year-old beauty - to the connoisseurial car collecting market... – genuinely never raced nor rallied, but, most significantly, never ever even restored. It is that rarest of collector's car rarities - truly, a time machine.


Section C-1B will offer 5 $100 scholarships for youth to attend OA High Adventure in 2019. Programs are offered at each of the four National High Adventure Bases. Visit http://central.oa-bsa.org/c1b/scholarship/ to learn more, or apply for the scholarship online today!


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Q: Yii i want to get all actions that a user is authorized to perform how can i get back the actions i defined in my accessrules function
public function accessRules(){
    return array(
                 'allow',
                 'actions'=>array('create','update' ...),
                  ....
                 )
}

i need them for dislay reason something like if(in_array('create',$actions)) echo CHtml::link('link to create form')
or may be something like if(user->isAutorizedToPerfoem('create')).
thanx in advance

A: I think this is not possible when you use the accessControl filter. The authorization data is in this case saved directly in the controller, so you technically have to be in the controller to see the accessRules(). And you cannot check access manually, as far as I know. The filter does the work there. You can see your acces rules by calling $this->accessRules, but well you have to be in the controller.
You probably have to use RBAC and save your access rules externally. Read here for more information: Yii Documentation - role based access control
There is also a quite capable Yii extension called Rights, which provides a backend for RBAC.
This might seem like overkill for the moment, but RBAC is unmatched in flexibility. If you use it, you can check access like Yii::app->user->checkAccess('post.create'), and many other things.

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F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in Application Delivery Networking, today announced that its unique DevCentral online technical community (http://devcentral.f5.com) now offers powerful new tools and resources designed to enhance and accelerate productivity and innovation for customers and partners using F5 products. DevCentral, with a rapidly growing global community of over 9,000 registered users, offers an online forum, wikis, sample code, and other resources designed to expand the possibilities of F5 products based on the Company's advanced TMOS architecture. With today's announcement, DevCentral now features: (1) An industry-first network rule editor that accelerates iRule development, (2) Expanded collaboration on more F5 products, including FirePass® SSL VPN, and (3) Global Syndication of DevCentral TV (DCTV) via Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL), iTunes® (www.apple.com/itunes) and Yahoo's (NASDAQ: YHOO) Yahoo! Podcasts® (http://podcasts.yahoo.com).
"Prior to DevCentral's launch nearly 3 years ago, there was no online community or forum where Application Architects, Networking and Security professionals could go to share practical, real-world information in order to build solutions that enable applications to work in concert with the underlying network," said Jeff Browning, Director of Product Management, Integration Tools at F5. "We're excited to enhance the tools we provide and expand the ways that people can utilize these resources. The underlying goal of DevCentral and iRules is to help simplify peoples' jobs and address challenges they face efficiently through the ability to draw on others' expertise-not only from F5 but from a rapidly growing worldwide community of experts."
"A big challenge within enterprise IT is the divide that exists between the application architecture, development, and the network operations teams," said Abner Germanow, Director of Enterprise Network research for IDC. "Technologies like iRules and more importantly the community behind it, enables effective collaboration between these groups in need of better integrated, application-fluent networking strategies."
Global Syndication of DevCentral TV (DCTV) via iTunes and Yahoo! Podcasts. Expanding upon F5's leadership in technical community video blogging, DCTV is now syndicated through iTunes and Yahoo! Podcasts for widespread access and viewing on new video-capable mobile devices.
The new iRule Editor is available for free download at DevCentral. FirePass customization support on DevCentral is available today. DCTV videos are added weekly, including interviews, code reviews, and whiteboard discussions, and can be viewed from DevCentral or downloaded now via iTunes and Yahoo! Podcasts.
To assist customers and partners with learning more about iRules and iControl, F5 created DevCentral (http://devcentral.f5.com) nearly 3 years ago. DevCentral is the only web site and community on the Internet offering practical, real-world solutions and discussions to bridge the traditional gap that has existed between application developers and network professionals. Available for free to anyone interested in learning more, DevCentral is a rich resource offering tools, techniques, and collaboration to help the F5 user community solve business problems faster and more effectively.


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Valea Mică () – wieś w Rumunii, w okręgu Covasna, w gminie Boroșneu Mare. W 2011 roku liczyła 21 mieszkańców.

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Built in 2007, Villa Camellia is a two bedroom, one bathroom villa with full air con. Fully tiled flooring and white washed wooden ceilings complete the light and airy feeling within. The front door leads you to the kitchen which is fully equipped with oven, hob, two fridges, dishwasher & microwave. The lounge/ dining area has a large L-shaped sofa which will convert to a sofa bed which will comfortably sleep two. Our dining table will seat six and we have also provided a high chair. The lounge has a flat-screen TV with Sky, wi-fi and DVD player with over 70 titles. We also have wi-fi available at no extra cost. We have provided children's toys suitable from birth upwards. A bookcase provides reading material for both adults and children. The bathroom has a bath with shower over and our washing machine sits behind the bathroom door, we have also provided a potty and step along with a portable child's loo seat. All of your bath towels are provided and are changed at times depending on the length of your stay.
Our master bedroom has a double bed and countryside views, chest of drawers and plenty of wardrobe space, a hair-dryer and a set of hair straighteners. French doors lead to the rear patio area.
Our twin room is next door to the master and has french doors which lead you to the front patio, this is furnished with a table and chairs and is a great spot to enjoy your morning cuppa. All of the windows in the bedrooms have built in mosquito nets which allow fresh air to circulate but keep the pests out!
We have small children and are aware of the huge number of items that are needed when travelling with small children, we have provided a complete baby and toddler pack with over 30 items, some of which are, a full cot, not a travel cot which is complete with cot-top changer, baby monitors, Maxi-cosi car seats, sun blinds, baby steriliser, baby rocker and baby mat, swim aids, bath seat and many more items, we are happy to provide a full list on request.
Our outside pool is kidney shaped and totally private for the guests staying in the villa, it will be cleaned each day and we have provided loungers and steamer chairs for the pool area. All of your pool/beach towels are provided for the length of your stay, We have a chest on the front patio which contains items for the pool and beach, buckets, spades, beach umbrella, swim aids and toys.
The pool is not overlooked and offers shade during the day as the sun moves around.
At the rear of the property you have a patio with countryside views, this has a table and chairs for 6 and a gas BBQ. A chest contains extra children's toys that can be used outside. For safety we have fenced our play area from the pool, children playing at the rear have no access to the pool from the garden that contains a small see-saw, swings and small slide, we also have astro-turf rather than stone fitted to protect the children whilst playing.
The villa is within walking distance of the beach and tavernas and there are several supermarkets to keep you stocked during your stay.
We are able to arrange car hire for you or can arrange a private transfer directly from the airport to the villa and back again. Our private transfers can arrange for car seats to be provided for your children when required.
We have a local representative who is English speaking and is on hand to offer any advice and concerns that you may have during your stay.
We are happy to answer any questions you may have. We are new to this site but have been renting the villa since 2007 and have several families that return year after year.
We live in Chippenham a small town which is near Bath in the county of Wiltshire in the United Kingdom. We are a family of four, Paul is a full time fire-fighter and Kerrie a full time Mum to Harry and Niamh. We started to travel to Corfu in 2006 as Kerrie's Father Keith lives on the island, we fell in love with the island, the people and the food. We purchased the villa in 2007 and are lucky to have Keith who lives about 20 minutes from the villa and looks after all our guests. We are pleased to offer a discount to emergency services employees.
As a family with small children we felt it was important to make the villa suit both adults and children, the items in our baby pack have been used time after time and we continue to add things we think will be of use. For those that are not familiar with independent travel we feel we offer a 'hand-holding' experience for those that feel they need it. The villa is in a great spot and St George is suited to couples and families as it does not have a great deal of night-life. We have got to know many of the taverna owners and the name of Mr Keith or indeed Harry might get you a better table! The benefit of not needing a car suits some and we therefore are happy to offer the private transfer for those who request it, prices are available and are dependant on the number in your party. We can also arrange for a car to be delivered to the villa for you should you require one for part of your stay.
We booked this villa because of the positive reviews it had received and we were not disappointed. The villa is very clean, well equipped and in a peaceful location. The pool was perfect and the family of tortoises an added bonus. The are lots of places to eat within walking distance and we didn't have a bad meal during our two week stay.
Kerrie and Paul who own the villa are very friendly and easy to deal with. We were looked after really well at the villa by Kieth who was happy to arrange car hire for us and was on hand if we needed anything, without being intrusive in any way.
Our favourite restaurants were The Village which is just down the road and Malibu, which is a bit of a walk but the food and views are unbelievable. We also took a boat trip to Paxos which was fantastic, with swimming off the boat included. We even saw wild dolphins!
I would be happy to recommend this villa to families or groups of friends alike.
Just back from a 9 day stay at this lovely villa. Everything is as described or better and there are all the facilities anyone could need to make a perfect holiday. We were a party of 3 older people, but the villa is also equipped for young families. It is spacious,clean, tasteful and well maintained, with lots of seating areas. The lovely pool is a definite plus and Keith "Mr Fixit" keeps everything immaculate and is there to organise anything you need, from a special birthday night out to a hire car delivered to the door. Transfers can be organised so you don't necessarily need a car as there is a great beach 10 minutes walk from the door and enough tavernas to eat somewhere different every night for a month! The villa is in a tucked away location so no traffic to worry about but it is rural so there are chickens, goats etc nearby. There are several supermarkets in the village sufficient for everyday needs (the nearest is only 100 yards away) or if you really wish to self cater there are larger shops in nearby Lefkimi. For those with families who may not wish to stay out, a local taverna does very tasty and easy takeaways - Gyros Pitta at 2.50 euros means you don't really need to think about using the oven! Congratulations to Kerrie and Paul on such a lovely place. We would certainly recommend and hope to return ourselves.
Fantastic Villa. A little luxury in the sun!!
My wife, young son (8) and I enjoyed a fantastic stay at this Villa. The support provided by the owners in planning and stay throughout was just fantastic and we could not thank them enough for this - Thanks again ;-). The place was exactly as described, but now for my take; Spotless, homely and comfortable with a great and very clean pool just as you see it in the pictures. During our stay the property and when we required, we were supported by Keith (a Gentleman with a great smile). As a holidaymaker you could not ask for better. What I mean is...you were left to it, but if for any reason there was a need to take advice or the Villa needed anything at all then Keith was easily contacted. There are some fantastic places in the area for food and within the villa there are some nice guidelines on where to visit. I would recommend this villa as a great place to take a small family (there are even pool toys, games and books etc.). It is quiet and if it relaxation you are after in a beautiful and well cared for villa, then this is the place for you. Enjoy!!
Booked a last minute holiday in June - literally the day before we flew! Luckily the villa was free. As a group of 20-22 year olds, it was perfect. The pool was amazing and we loved the tortoise. The villa was clean, tidy and fit for all age ranges. Theres a beach just down the road, along with a wide range of shops and restaurants. Perfect location spot. We loved it that much, we're going back in September and then June 2017! Must visit!
A very comfortable home in a small paradise!
A lovely bright and well maintained villa which is close to shops, bars and tavernas. The Villa is so comfortable and caters for every need whether those with young kids or those of us who are a bit older! The owners and Keith are a delight cannot wait to go back again this summer!
St George South is a small village located in the South of the beautiful island of Corfu. Villa Camellia is set within the village setting, close to the tavernas, supermarkets and beach but remaining in a quiet location at the end of a paved walkway. There are several tavernas set within the village and the villa has its own review book completed by past guests. Watersports are available on the beach, bikes (both pedal and motorized) can be hired and there are several coach and boat trips that can be booked for various trips around the island. Korission Lake which is within walking distance of the village is the largest lagoon in Corfu Island, Greece, part of a nature reserve with sand dunes, unique wild beaches, diverse plant and bird species. It is an important stop for migrating birds on their journey from Africa to Europe and at certain times of the year, over 2000 birds seek refuge in the Lake, including a wide variety of water birds, flamingos, swans and falcons. This is a beautiful and largely unspoilt region, with great walks, long soft sandy beaches and great scenery.
A great day out is Aqualand which is loacted about 45 minutes drive from the villa, but coach trips are available from the village. Aqualand is equipped with all kinds of water attractions and has many facilities to make your day exciting until the last moment. Surrounded by green forests a total area of 75.000 square meters this water oasis will make your visit a truly pleasant and enjoyable even in the hottest days of the summer. Relax under the beautiful maple trees or enjoy the thrill of the multislides. Aqualand is acknowledged to be one of the best waterparks in Europe.
Free sun beds and umbrellas, changing rooms and showers, high quality food, shops and free parking space are available in the waterpark. All of the qualified lifeguards will take care of safety and security of Aqualand visitors and will provide services for people with special needs. Children can play all day long in the pools as the water is filtered and cleaned daily.
Elegant Corfu Town (also known as Kerkyra) leaves you spellbound from the moment you wander its cobbled streets aglow with evil eyes and redolent with sandalwood, past old ladies bedecked in widow-black robes measuring their afternoons with worry beads, washing strung from balconies. Corfu means 'twin peaks' – the town is bookended by two hills, on which two massive fortresses were built to repel the aggression of five successive Ottoman sieges. Besides some fascinating museums, there are plenty of upscale shops and some of the region's top restaurants to savour.
Following the national road Corfu - Achilleion and turning left at Ponti, the twisting road ascends through the olive groves to the village of Agios Deka (the 10 Saints), and finally arriving in the village of Gastouri, passing the traditional houses with their attractive flower fill gardens, bougainvillea festooned walls and pergolas awash with colour, there is a hint of something special at the end of the road which unfolds itself at the imposing iron gates of the Achilleion Palace, which dominates a hilltop location.


Microsoft on Wednesday said that the June 2014 System Update for Xbox One has begun rolling out globally, bringing a number of new features, most notably external storage support, to the firm's new game and entertainment console. Additionally, a related System Update for Xbox 360 is also now rolling out.
External storage support. With this update, you'll be able to connect any USB 3.0-compatible drive with 256 GB or more of storage space to your console and then choose whether to use that drive for new game and app installs.
Real names. Many users have asked Microsoft for a way to identify their friends by their real names since it's hard to keep so many gamertags straight, especially now that you can have 1000 people in your friends list.
Auto sign-in. A big feature request, this one will let you configure one of the accounts on your console to always automatically sign-in when the Xbox One is powered or woken up.
Smart Glass. This mobile app is being updated with a new activity feed in its main hub view, Twitch broadcast notifications, pinned app and game reordering (which reorders those items in My Pins on the console), OneGuide support and a new universal remote feature so you can control your TV and AV equipment from your device.
TV and OneGuide head to more markets. This was previously announced, but Xbox One's TV and OneGuide features will be expanded to Canada, UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy.
Additionally, the June 2014 System Update for Xbox One and a related June 2014 System Update for Xbox 360 include changes related to the recent decision to decouple hundreds of apps an experiences from Xbox Live Gold and make them available to everyone on Xbox. This was discussed previously in FINALLY! Microsoft Frees Entertainment Experiences from the Shackles of Xbox Live Gold.
Microsoft also announced that Hulu will begin rolling out a free 3-month trial of Hulu Plus for all Xbox Live Gold members in the United States. Any Xbox Live Gold members who are not already Hulu Plus subscribers can sign up directly from within the Hulu Plus app on Xbox One or Xbox 360 and receive a free 3-month trial of the service.
I'm on the road this week, so I'll need to wait until the weekend to check out these changes.


For more than 95 years, the Order of the Arrow (OA) has recognized Scouts and Scouters who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law in their daily lives. This recognition provides encouragement for others to live these ideals as well. Arrowmen are known for maintaining camping traditions and spirit, promoting year-round and long-term resident camping, developing leaders, and providing cheerful service to others. OA service, activities, adventures, and training for youth and adults are models of quality leadership development and programming that enrich, support, and help to extend Scouting to America's youth.
The Order of the Arrow was founded by Dr. E. Urner Goodman and Carroll A. Edson in 1915 at the Treasure Island Camp of the Philadelphia Council, Boy Scouts of America. It became an official program experiment in 1922 and was approved as part of the Scouting program in 1934. In 1948 the OA, recognized as the BSA's national brotherhood of honor campers, became an official part of the Boy Scouts of America. In 1998, the Order of the Arrow became recognized as Scouting's National Honor Society when it expanded its reach beyond camping to include a greater focus on leadership development, membership extension, adventurous programming, and broader service to Scouting and the community. Today, its service, activities, adventures, and training for youth and adults, are models of quality leadership development and programming that enrich, support, and help extend Scouting to America's youth.
The OA has over 171,000 members in lodges affiliated with more than 290 local BSA councils.
The induction process, called the Ordeal, is the first step toward full membership in the Order. Upon completion of the Ordeal and its ceremony, the member is expected to strengthen his involvement in the unit and encourage Scout camping.
After two years of exceptional service as a Brotherhood member, and with the approval of the national Order of the Arrow committee, a youth or adult Arrowman may be recognized with the Vigil Honor for their distinguished contributions to their lodge, the Order of the Arrow, Scouting, or their Scout camp. This honor is bestowed by special selection and is limited to one Arrowman for every 50 members registered with the lodge each year.
An Order of the Arrow lodge is granted a charter from the National Council, BSA, upon annual application by the lodge's local council. Only one lodge charter is granted per council. The OA lodge helps the local council provide a quality Scouting program through recognition of Scouting spirit and performance, youth leadership development, adventurous programming, financial support, and enhanced membership tenure.
An Order of the Arrow section consists of lodges within a geographic area of the region. Annually, representatives of lodges in the section come together for a conclave to share in fellowship, skills, and training. In addition the section creates a monitoring/mentoring relationship with its lodges, provides leadership development opportunities, fosters understanding and adherence to national OA policies and procedures, and coordinates OA administrative and program functions. A section is led by three elected youth officers – the section chief, vice chief, and secretary – who are advised by an adult section adviser and a professional section staff adviser.
The region chief is the youth OA leader of the region elected annually by the section chiefs of his region. This election is held in conjunction with an annual national OA planning meeting attended by the approximately 50 section chiefs from around the country. In addition to representing the national chief, the region chief conducts national leadership seminars and national lodge adviser training seminars in their respective regions. The region chief is advised by an adult region Order of the Arrow chairman and a professional region staff adviser.
The national chief and vice chief are youth Arrowmen elected to one-year terms by the section chiefs attending the annual national OA planning meeting. They serve as members of the national Order of the Arrow committee, providing youth involvement in decisions affecting national OA policy. They serve as the presiding officers for national OA events, and are advised by the adult national Order of the Arrow chairman and the professional OA team leader. In addition, each year the national chairman appoints approximately 50 Arrowmen to serve on the national Order of the Arrow committee to oversee the OA program.


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"Sale Jumpstarts Floating, Offshore Wind Power In US Waters"
"PORTLAND, Ore. — Tuesday marks the first-ever U.S. auction of leases to develop commercial-scale floating wind farms, in the deep waters off the West Coast.
The live, online auction for the five leases — three off California's central coast and two off its northern coast — has attracted strong interest and 43 companies from around the world are approved to bid. The wind turbines will float roughly 25 miles offshore.
The growth of offshore wind comes as climate change intensifies and need for clean energy grows. It also is getting cheaper. The cost of developing offshore wind has dropped 60% since 2010 according to a July report by the International Renewable Energy Agency. It declined 13% in 2021 alone.
Offshore wind is well established in the U.K. and some other countries but is just beginning to ramp up off America's coasts, and this is the nation's first foray into floating wind turbines. Auctions so far have been for those anchored to the seafloor."
Gillian Flaccus reports for the Associated Press December 5, 2022.
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Miguel Estrugo (Artie_roo)
Once in a while, you draw a pic and get surprised at the results. This picture, that I drew in very little time, is one of these. I loved everything on it, from the expression of happines from Alice (the otter over the pegicorn) till the perspective and the distribution of shapes and figures on it. What do you think? :) Alice Otter, Century, Caliban, BlackDragon and FFerret are © their creators and are used under permission.
ali-cen.gif - 2000-09-24
This is one of the few colored pictures I've made lately. Doesn't this otter girl called Alice look cute? :)
alireads.jpg - 2000-11-15
I started this picture the last Sunday. It was to be a gift to my nephews. It wasn't supposed to be shared. After the sad things that happened the Tuesday, I decided to finish and upload it to Yerf, because we need to cheer up a little. There are still reasons to smile.
alirette.gif - 2001-09-16
Alice Otter is my most beloved comics character. And, you know, I've been thinking about doing a t-shirt series featuring her and her friends. This is the first design of that series, hopefully, there'll be more in the future. Alice Otter is © me. :)
alishirt.jpg - 2002-04-18
This is one of the best pics of Artie. He looks cute in this pic, and... well, you can note his navel (!) under his shirt. I wonder how many roos have navel. :)
artieroo.gif - 1997-07-13
I have a friend who commented me how cute the roos were when they were asleep... Then, I look at this pic of Artie asleep in the summertime, and I wonder, is he cute or not? hmmm...
asleep.gif - 1997-10-02
Don't try to find any coincidence with the furs on this pic and those usual posters to AFF. They aren't based on anybody. :) The art is © myself.
attamess.gif - 2002-02-23
The Black Kangaroos are one of my earliest ideas to draw a sort of 'furry mafia'. The basic idea has changed a lot as time went by, but their concept is the same. In this pic they have a 'gangsterish' look, and they look pretty cool, but it's not the only 'ambience' where they could move. From left to right: Artie roo (© me); PeteRoo (© Peter Laverdiere); Iyu (© Stephen Domanski) and Wurragurr (© I dunno).
blkroos.gif - 2000-04-22
A poor otter is shot down by unfriendly fire and he bails out just before his plane crashes. He falls over a tree and finds surrounded by several enemy soldiers. To his surprise, all of them are femmes! And, considering their naughty expressions, and what's that sargent doing... I think he's gonna be glad to be their prisoner. More stuff at http://www.artieroo.com/piccies
captured.gif - 2000-04-23
Third page of "8-bits"
cbits103.gif - 2002-11-09
I'm working on a small comic for the new site I'm designing, and thought about using this little raccoon as a "host". Unlike on my other comics, I decided to make every frame independently and then assemble everything on the computer. This is probably the cutest of the drawings I've made for that comic. And, uuuh, the more I see this pic, the more convinced I am that I wouldn't be a bad illustrator for children's books. :)
cutecoon1.jpg - 2004-06-19
This is a picture I did a while ago, but couldn't upload it until now because I forgot the art manager's URL. (D'oh!). Now, let's go with the picture. Robert Serocki, Cyberskunk's creator, is developing a game for the Mac where his character is chased by an resurrected Egyptian kitty, who starts chasing him. Hence this scene. Cyberskunk is © Robert Serocki. Uploaded with his permission.
cyber-s.gif - 2001-08-18
This picture shows Artie-roo sit in front of his drawing table. Originally drawn in 1995, the purpose of this graphic was to be the header of the comics index I had when I was the webmaster of my uiniversity. (Hehe) , that's the reason of why it's so small. (© 1995 Artie_roo)
dratable.gif - 1997-07-10
I'm working on ideas for a replacement of my Alice Otter online strip in the mid future (let's say, a couple of years or so), and I came out with the idea of drawing a couple of utterly incompetent ferret secret agents, fighting an equally incompetent band of eeeevil spies, very much in the line of Get Smart, Spy vs. Spy or Clever and Smart (for those of you in Europe). These are the two good guys for that comic, named, as you can see, "Ferret Wars". I may draw some more stuff in the near future, so watch to find out more!
ferretwars-poster1.jpg - 2004-11-20
Okay, here we have a nice civet friend I got in certain Muck. Another friend of me, wanted me to draw a pic of her.. and here you have the results. Isn't she cute? :) Gerdazech is © her player.
gerda.gif - 1998-03-28
Ken and Mab are two characters I created and developed in 1991, to do a 'magic' worlds' spoof. Ken, the dragon at the left, and Mab, the rooish prentice of sorcery, would take a very long trip to a legendary city where they could find what they are looking for on their lives: that is, some peace and silence. (!) By the way, she looks pretty cuuuute. :) Despite they are two characters belonging to the "dungeons & dragons" stories, I prefered to put them into the 'history' section because the scenery where they'd move is very similar to the XIIth century. they're © me.
kenmab.gif - 2000-04-23
Here you have one of the pages of the biiiiiiiiiig project I'm working on. This comic, named "The Way to Cuckooland", is the history of the trip of this kangaroo sorceress and the silly-looking dragon on their way to the dreamed land of Cuckooland, and it's appearing little by little on South Fur Lands, one of the few clean fanzines around. So, if you want to follow this history, either buy South Fur Lands, wait 'till I finish it, or try to contact me telepatically so you can read the story on my mind. :)
km012.gif - 2003-02-08
Another pic for the "illustration" section of my future website. I plan to attach this one to the title of the "illustration" section, hence why it's sharpening a pencil. By the way, he needs dieting a little.
largecoon.jpg - 2004-02-24
I've realized it's been a while since I last drew Artie Roo in one of my pics. I've decided to feature him again in this picture I did featuring yet another female roo I met on FurryMuck, her namd Malibu. Note her pose, it's hard to rest over your back when you have a HUGE tail. :)
Malibu is © her player
 More stuff at www.artieroo.com/piccies
malibu.gif - 2000-04-22
Malibu (© her player) told me on the muck she's from Southern California. And then I wondered how a California roo would look. :) Although the 'beach background' isn't as good as I'd like, this pic is refreshing enough to imagine how are California roos in the summertime. By some reason, she looks both sensual and cuddly. Wouldn't you like to give her a hug? :) More stuff at http://www.artieroo.com/piccies
malibu02.gif - 2000-04-22
I've been thinking on drawing the characters I've used at the pic named "Mdeo01.gif" (or such) to create a series. And I got the invitation to collaborate in a furry zine named "Flan & Fur", dedicated to sexy furries and food. So, I decided to use' em to simulate this battle in a kitchen. From my very point of view, they look cute. :)
mdeo02.jpg - 1998-02-21
Hmmm... A nice pic of a skunkette playing chess with a white fox. I liked this pic a lot, especially because of the landscape you can see out there. It reminds me of when I was living in Montevideo, and that's why I named it that way. This pic gave me the idea of doing a series named "Montevideo", featuring naked (and non-erotic) urban furries. It sounds nice, no? Let's see if I draw more of that series. :)
mdeo1.gif - 1997-09-16
I'm on the process of creating a new website, to promote myself and my creative skills to get freelance works and all that stuff. I pretend to do frelance stuff as a children book's illustrator, and then I decided to create a short series of drawings to display my style and the stuff. This is one of the pictures I'm gonna feature on that site: a cartoony kangaroo character, evocative of the times when cartoons were much more innocent.
missy2b.jpg - 2004-02-24
This is a portrait of a Malibu, a female kangaroo I met on the muck. She was wearing a police uniform like this, and started to imagine how a 'roo would look in an uniform... well, behold the results of these thoughts! And yes, I DO have a thing with 'roos. :) Malibu is © her player.
poliroo.gif - 2000-12-20
Rocky is a cuddly 'coon from Texas who always has a time for his friends, and Artie Roo is one of them. A few days ago, he met Artie in his home at FM and used an airbrush to add Artie a racoon mask and some rings on his tail. He converted Artie in a somewhat odd racoon, although he has to teach him how to chiiiiiiiiirrr properly. <:) Rocky is © M. Jackson
roo-coon.gif - 2000-09-03
This is the second pic I made for the university work I had to do in 1994. In this case, it seems like Artie (exactly the same image that appears in sunny.gif) gets involved in a sorta manifestation... and well, the idea of this pic was to show how a simple image may vary depending on the background. What do you think?
sunny2.gif - 1997-09-30
This is one of the drawings I made for a work I had to do in the university, when I was studying mass communication in Uruguay, in 1994. It was about the diferent sense a pic could have under different situations, or such. Note the small pic of a femme looking at the sky. The original had no bikini, and it was very commented in the university. :) I suppose it scandalized Kilo too, cause he didn't accept the "original" one. (Tsk, tsk, it looks like he never was in a Spanish beach) ;)
sunnyb.gif - 1997-09-29
This picture was made at the time when the final exams were scaring my younger furry friends. If they take studies as idly as Syl ( © Tom Ziolkowski), I don't know if they will promote to the next course... but, what the heck! Life is to be enjoyed. (I would like to know where did Syl get such a text book) ;)
sylstudy.gif - 1998-10-17
Who said that furries were only a part of sci-fi and fantasy? Furries can be in any kind of stuff that you can ever imagine. Like in this pic, inspired in the age of the sail ships, in 1808 on the English Channel to be exact, this group of furries handle a huge cannon, aiming it on a French frigate... Oh, yes, the cannon is aiming too down, but take in consideration that they're on a ship, and it's moving on the ocean... the next wave will raise the ship and they will shoot it. I think that the name of this pic should be "Wood, Iron and Flesh", but it may sound silly. :)
toright.gif - 1997-11-07
I've decided to start fiddling with Flash. I thought to do a short "website-like" showcase of my "Kids of the 80s" comics series, and created this small opening screen, to be featured while the animation loads. Those of you who lived the 8-bit era will remember that some games showed a jagged opening graphic like this while the game was being loaded. THAT was precisely my purpose, hence the heavily jagged pic and the few colors! I'll tell you when the animation is available. :)
welcome01.gif - 2003-02-01


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Q: Past Simple/Perfect + never In an English textbook I come across an exapmle without any context

He went to Africa and never came back

What does it mean?
We use Present Simple + never when we are talking about a habit, a repeatable routine action. But in that sentence there is not these actions. So we should use Present Perfect to convey the sense, should we?

He went to Africa and had never come back
He has never been to London

A: The original example should be "never came back" not "never come back". As this is a difference of only one letter, and would not be noticed by a spell checker (since "come" is a word, just not a correct one here), I suspect a simple typo/editing error.
He went to {place} and  never came back.
is a very common phrase. It means that he did not return from the place mentioned, and often it means or implies that he died there, or is still living there. Such a sentence suggests that a significant time has passed, although that will depend on the context.

She went to the movies and  never came back.

might well be said of a missing person after days, but probably not hours.

He went to Africa and  never came back.

is more likely to be said after months or years, unless there is definite knowledge of the person's death.

He went to Africa and has never come back.

conveys the same meaning, but is a significantly less commonly used way to express it. One uses "has never" not "had never" here because the speaker's point of view is the present, from which the speaker is looking back, and the statement is still true as of the present moment. One might say:

He went to Africa and had never come back until last Thursday morning.

The other suggested example:

He has never been to London.

is perfectly correct and natural, indeed a very common way to put this.


New Delhi: Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) participated in 25th Edition of South Asia's travel and tourism trade exhibition, SATTE in New Delhi from 31st Jan to 2nd Feb 2018 to promote the various avenues of tourism.
The various avenues included Bollywood Tourism, Mine Tourism, Cruise Tourism and Coastal Tourism.
The Bollywood Tourism stall at SATTE attracted a large of number of visitors with wide range of activities like traditional dance and stall of Bollywood tours authorized by Dada Saheb Phalke Chitranagri (Film City).


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This beautiful pedestrian bridge spans Hiawatha Avenue in Minneapolis, allowing riders on the Midtown Greenway trail to fly over the top of busy street traffic as well as light rail trains. This view is from the south, with the downtown Minneapolis skyline in the background. This bridge was officially opened late in the fall of 2007, and is not only a godsend for Twin Cities cyclists, but also a beautiful work of art. The bridge was officially named the Martin Olav Sabo bridge earlier this year, in honor of former Minnesota Congressman Martin Sabo, but I just call it the Hiawatha Bridge.
The High Bridge, or Smith Avenue Bridge, is the highest bridge in the Twin Cities area. It soars 160 ft above the Mississippi River, with a downward slope from south to north. I always try to work the High Bridge into any of my rides in St. Paul. You get a beautiful view of the river, downtown St. Paul, the St. Paul Cathedral, Harriet Island park, and the paddleboats that frequent this section of the river. I like to climb to the ridge on the south side of the river via Ohio Street, then glide across the bridge going north.
Summit Avenue is a main east – west residential street across St. Paul, from the Mississippi River on the west to the St. Paul Cathedral on the east end. Although there is plenty of traffic on this avenue, the well marked bike lanes, the beautiful mansions, boulevards, and trees make it an excellent biking venue. The view in this poster is a bird's eye view of Summit looking west, just after the intersection with Lexington Avenue. Summit Avenue alternates between a boulevard, with separated traffic lanes, to a more normal single avenue at various points along the way. Riding along Summit Avenue takes you past the Governor's mansion, Macalaster College, and St. Thomas University on the far west end.
West River Parkway is the street that follows the Mississippi River on the Minneapolis side. Like Mississippi River Boulevard on the St. Paul side, it is a popular route for both serious and casual cyclists. The more serious cyclists stick to the street, although it is not the smoothest pavement to be found, while the casual cyclists frequent the adjacent bike paths. This particular view is facing the Mississippi River from the south, just to the west of the Hennepin Avenue Bridge, which is shown in the poster. The famous Grain Belt Beer sign is just across the river next to the bridge.
The Guthrie Theater, located along West River Parkway just south of the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, is already an icon of Twin Cities architecture. It's midnight blue color, and unique cantilever bridge that juts out over the parkway, make it a highlight of any ride along the river in Minneapolis. The new, contemporary building sits just to the east of the old flour mills, as you can tell by the Gold Medal Flour sign in the background. This view is looking west along West River Parkway.
The Stone Arch Bridge is another Twin Cites landmark that spans the Mississippi River just north of the Guthrie Theater and the flour mills. The bridge, was built in 1883 by railroad tycoon James J. Hill for his Great Northern Railway. The famous St. Anthony Falls section of the Mississippi is just up stream from the bridge. Today, the structure is used as a pedestrian/bicycle bridge. This particular view is looking south towards downtown Minneapolis. Like the High Bridge in St. Paul, I usually try to include a ride over the Stone Arch Bridge in any of my rides along the river in Minneapolis.
The Midtown Greenway is a bicycle path crossing Minneapolis from east to west from the lakes area on the west to the Mississippi River on the east. It occupies a former train track, and now includes the beautiful Hiawatha Bridge to allow cyclists to bypass Hiawatha Avenue. This particular view is looking west, from 17th Avenue. Each cross street passes over the Greenway via similar bridges, many of which were built back in the early 1900s.
This tree lined boulevard follows the Mississippi River on the St. Paul side. There are always plenty of cyclists on the road as well as on the adjacent bike paths. Runners and roller bladers also are abundant along this boulevard. You see lots of fit, athletic types from the U of Minnesota and St. Thomas along its paths. This particular view is looking south, just before the sharp turn left to climb up to the St. Thomas campus.
A nice mix of colors and locations to enjoy!
Another nice mix of colors and locations to enjoy!
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Q: Azure DevOps Pipeline Azure Blob Storage upload file 403 Forbidden Exception Summary
I'm creating a CI/CD provisioning pipeline for a new Azure Storage Account within an Azure DevOps Pipeline and attempting to upload some files into the Blob Storage using AzCopy running from an Azure Powershell task in the pipeline.
The Error
The script runs successfully from my local machine but when running in the Azure DevOps pipeline I get the following error (ErrorDateTime is just an obfuscated ISO 8601 formatted datetime):

*

*System.Management.Automation.RemoteException: [ErrorDateTime][ERROR] Error parsing destination location
"https://newStorageAccount.blob.core.windows.net/config/import": Failed to validate
destination: One or more errors occurred. The remote server returned an error: (403) Forbidden.

*[error][ErrorDateTime][ERROR] Error parsing destination location "https://newStorageAccount.blob.core.windows.net/config/import": Failed to validate destination: One or more errors occurred. The remote server returned an error: (403) Forbidden.

*[debug]Processed: ##vso[task.logissue type=error][ErrorDateTime][ERROR] Error parsing destination location "https://newStorageAccount.blob.core.windows.net/config/import": Failed to validate destination: One or more errors occurred. The remote server returned an error: (403) Forbidden.

*Error record:

*This request is not authorized to perform this operation.

Assumptions

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*The storage account has been setup to only allow specific VNet and IP Addresses access.

*It looks like the firewall or credentials are somehow configured wrongly but the ServicePrincipal running the script has been used successfully in other sibling pipeline tasks and to understand these problems i've temporarily given the ServicePrincipal Subscription Owner permissions and the Storage account Firewall Rules tab has "Allow trusted Microsoft Services to access this storage account"

What I've tried...

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*I've successfully run the script from my local machine with my IP Address being in the allowed list.

*If I enable "Allow access from All networks" on the Storage Account Firewall rules then the script runs and the file is uploaded successfully.

*It appears as if the Azure Pipeline Agents running in their own VNet don't have access to my Storage Account but I would have thought that requirement would be satisfied by setting "Allow trusted Microsoft Services to access this storage account" in the Firewall settings
I'm using the following line within the Azure Powershell Task. I'm happy with the values because everything works when "All networks" or my IP Address is enabled and I run locally.
.\AzCopy.exe /Source:$SourcePath /Dest:$blobUrlDir /DestKey:$key /Pattern:$FilenamePattern /Y

Any thoughts or guidance would be appreciated.
Thanks,
SJB

A: People seem to be getting mixed results in this github issue, but the AzureFileCopy@4 task works (at least for us) after adding the "Storage Blob Data Contributor" role to the ARM connection's service principal (to the storage account itself). The below is the only necessary step in a pipeline that deploys a repo as a static website in a blob container:
- task: AzureFileCopy@4
  displayName: 'Copy files to blob storage: $(storageName)'
  inputs:
    SourcePath: '$(build.sourcesDirectory)'
    Destination: AzureBlob
    storage: $(storageName)
    ContainerName: $web
    azureSubscription: 'ARM Connection goes here' # needs a role assignment before it'll work

(Of course, if you're using Azure CDN like we are, the next step is to clear the CDN endpoint's cache, but that has nothing to do with the blob storage error)

A: After doing further research I noticed the following raised issue - that Azure DevOps isn't considered a trusted Microsoft Service from a Storage Account perspective.

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*https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/azure-docs/issues/19456
My temporary workaround is to:

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*Setting the DefaultAction to Allow, thereby allowing "All networks access".

*Setting the DefaultAction to Deny after the copy action ensured my VNet rules were being enforced again.

Try
{
    Update-AzureRmStorageAccountNetworkRuleSet -ResourceGroupName "$ResourceGroupName" -Name "$StorageAccountName" -DefaultAction Allow
    .\AzCopy.exe /Source:$SourcePath /Dest:$blobUrlDir /DestKey:$key /Pattern:$FilenamePattern /Y
}
Catch
{
    #Handle errors...
}
Finally
{
    Update-AzureRmStorageAccountNetworkRuleSet -ResourceGroupName "$ResourceGroupName" -Name "$StorageAccountName" -DefaultAction Deny
}

Thanks,
SJB

A: Have you considered using the Azure DevOps Task "Azure File Copy" instead of a powershell script?
see: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/deploy/azure-file-copy?view=azure-devops


Guest: Ms Alison Pettigrew, Head of Quality &Standards, University Of York, UK.
Sohail Aman graduated from PAF Public School in Sargodha. Sohail Aman joined the Pakistan Air Force which directed to join the Pakistan Air Force academy in Risalpur, where he gained Commissioned as a P/Off. in GDP class. He attended the elite combat commander's in Mushaf Air Force Base where He qualified as a test pilot, later on fighter pilot. Sohail Aman attended Air War College in Karachi, where He gained master degree in strategic studies and later went to UK, WHERE He attended King's College London graduating with MA in Defense studies. Besides flying F-16s in PAF, Gen. Sohail has also flown F-15s in Saudia Arabia and Tornaso's in UK.
He received his medical degree from Cambridge University and completed his residency and fellowship training at the University of Leicester, England. He undertook clinical research in Gastroenterology at the New England Baptist Hospital in Boston. He served as director of the Endoscopy institute at the Brigham. Most recently was the chief foe division of digestive diseases and the associate chair od medicine at Mount Sinai-Beth Israel Medical Center.
Guest: DR.ADIL I. KHAN Director Of Clinical Chemistry and Ambulatory Care USA.
Topic: Controlling Quality in Clinical Laboratory.
Respected Guest give a lecture on Quality Assurance in Laboratory Medicine. Lecture was very informative and interactive. Total audience on day one was around 100 health care workers including faculty members, doctors, postgraduate trainees, nurses and lab technicians.
Guest: Dr. Janet Healay MRCGP Doctor residing in Manchester and associated with PRIME partnership in International Medical Education.
Program started with the name of Allah almighty. In the beginning Prof. Syed Arshad Sabir Dean of Public Health and Community Medicine introduced the subject on Hollistic Medicine. Latter on Dr.Janet Healay was invited for her lecture. Dr Janet Healay was the main guest supposed for this event, she gave her talk on the significance of caring of the whole person.
She also highlighted her concept by presenting a roll play on the same subject.
She highlighted qualities of a good doctor and nurse, among these stressed on the qualities of listening.
Followed by her talk worthy vice chancellor of Rawalpindi Medical University Professor Muhammad Umar was invited for sharing his views regarding guest lecture.
Vice chancellor emphasized on the evolution of Holistic Medicine, importance and its need in our society. He appreciated the kindness and arrival of guest lecturer.
Guest: DR.NATHAN S.JALIL,MD,FACP(USA), He graduated from Rawalpindi Medical College in 1983. He done his residency from Easton Hospital, Easton PA United States Internal Medicine in 1991. He done his nephrology fellowship from Philadelphia PA, USA in 1993.
Program started at 10:45am with the arrival of Vice Chancellor, Respected guest and faculty member of RMU and Allied Hospitals. Final year students present bookie to respected guest. Event started with recitation of Holy Quran Pak followed by welcome address by Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr.Muhammad Umar, Rawalpindi Medical University.
Respected Guest Dr.Nathan S.Jalil gives a very informative lecture on management of kidney disease. He shows us a brief picture of effect of hypertension and diabetes on kidney at different stages of kidney disease. He tells us about new treatment intervention of kidney diseases.
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Color often can make quite a dramatic difference when selecting sow bug and scud patterns on the Big Horn. Gray tan, pink, orange and many combinations and tones of colors all seem to have their time, while many days they all work fine. My rule of thumb is to start with a slightly larger tan or gray pattern followed by a smaller pink or orange bug. I know there is a catching rate bias on the lower fly over the top fly, but one can get a feel for what is happening pretty quickly running two vastly different colors. When sight nymphing I like a brighter more visible fly on top to aid presentation. Water clarity can also make a huge difference in what fish will take. In the fall when the lake turns over and the river visibility drops I also like brighter scuds for obvious reasons. Orange seems to be the best color for getting fish to move to the bug.
Logically a natural grayish colored scud should work best given the majority of gammarus scuds and sow bugs are grayish and trout are notoriously selective feeders. But if you kick up the bottom and net some scuds and sow bugs you will find a nice variance in colors. Along with the gray ones, some are translucent with pinkish hues, many are greenish. Quite a few are two toned. At Lees Ferry back in the day we would even find bright chartreuse individuals that we represented with a pattern called the 'Radioactive Scud'. This wide range of colors is due to what they are eating, what depth they are at, light levels, if they are carrying eggs or not, water temperatures, nutrient loads…all sorts of reasons. Dead ones will turn orange or pink from carotenes in the shell just as other aquatic crustaceans such as shrimp and crayfish do when they die.
Recent scientific research has shown selective feeding behavior in fish to be a function of memory. Behavioral ichthyologists (I made that term up), tell us trout may take a week or longer to start zeroing in on new food sources. Fish also anticipate hatches by learning the time of day the food will become available to them. (I think most trout anglers could have saved the tax payer some bucks by stating the obvious eh? Amazing a guy can get paid to write down common knowledge in unreadable scientific vernacular.) In my experience it also seems to be about preference for a certain food type. For instance when we have a multiple species hatch often the trout will take one or the other. They might be happily gulping big PMDs only to switch to tiny baetis when they suddenly come off amongst the PMD's . In the case of the fish rejecting PMD's, perhaps they have seen baetis all spring and revert to what they know better.
The interesting bit to me is that fish have a well developed long term memory ability. One paper described a carp that refused any food with a hook attached no matter how well disguised for a full year after being caught. Another study on bass showed that they could be caught on the same lure a few times over a 14 day period but the frequency of being fooled quickly decreased over the next month and finally they learned to avoid the bait all together and did so for nearly a year. One big brown I caught at the Pipeline Hole had six fresh Gray Ray's stuck in his jaws and nose. I can't tell you what it means definitively other than he seemed to like gray sow bugs as I also caught it on a Gray Ray… and that perhaps quite few guys needed some knot help. Over the years I have had guys catch the same fish a few times in a day. My record being one twenty inch YNP cutthroat caught three times in half an hour during a green drake hatch. I have a hard time accepting that Big Horn trout develop long term avoidance behaviors. We catch too many to make the math work. Perhaps they have learned that being caught and released is not so bad. (I should apply for a grant!) I have fished syndicate managed chalk streams in England that require you kill any fish caught based on the belief that catch and release makes them too hard for the average member to catch. This thinking is finally changing as wild fish are becoming appreciated in the UK as much as they are here.
Watching trout eat scuds and sow bugs can be an interesting activity in it's self. When the little protein pills are moving around or drifting with the current the trout simply take them like any nymph, but often make fairly big lateral moves to intercept them. When scuds are not active and stay buried in the vegetation trout will often grab clumps of algae or weed and sort the meat from the salad, or try to. Often the Big Horn's famous green moss will get stuck in the fish's teeth and they will shake their heads violently to dislodge it. Much of the greenery is inadvertently swallowed along with the scuds and comes out the other end pretty much unchanged.
Another theory of mine is that trout sometimes just like to eat bright shiny stuff as well as dull wiggly stuff. I sort of like that one the best.


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Q: What is a good strategy for adding Omniauth to and existing authentication method with Rails 4 I am building a rails app and I already built a basic authentication with has_secure_password.However I would like to add facebook and twitter authentication on top of that.Here is my authentication
User.rb
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  before_create :create_remember_token

  has_secure_password

  validates :name, presence: true
  VALID_EMAIL_REGEX = /\A[\w+\-.]+@[a-z\d\-.]+\.[a-z]+\z/i
  validates :email, presence: true, uniqueness: true, format: {with:  VALID_EMAIL_REGEX }
  validates :last_name, presence: true

  def User.new_remember_token
    SecureRandom.urlsafe_base64
  end

  def User.encrypt(token)
    Digest::SHA1.hexdigest(token.to_s)
  end

  private

  def create_remember_token
    self.remember_token = User.encrypt(User.new_remember_token)
  end
end

SessionsController
class SessionsController < ApplicationController
  def new
  end

  def create
    user = User.find_by(email: params[:session][:email])
    if user && user.authenticate(params[:session][:password])
      sign_in user
      redirect_to users_path(user), success: 'Başarılı bir şekilde giriş yapıldı!'
    else
      redirect_to root_path, danger: 'Giriş sırasında sorun oluştu lütfen bilgilerin doğruluğunu kontrol et'
    end
  end

  def destroy
    sign_out
    redirect_to root_path, success: 'Başarılı bir şekilde çıkış yapıldı.'
  end
end

SessionsHelper
module SessionsHelper
  def sign_in(user)
    remember_token = User.new_remember_token
    if params[:remember_me]
      cookies.permanent[:remember_token] = remember_token
    else
      cookies[:remember_token] = remember_token
    end
    user.update_attribute(:remember_token, User.encrypt(remember_token))
    self.current_user = user
  end

  def current_user=(user)
    @current_user = user
  end

  def current_user
    remember_token = User.encrypt(cookies[:remember_token])
    @current_user ||=  User.find_by(remember_token: remember_token)
  end

  def signed_in?
    !current_user.nil?
  end

  def sign_out
    self.current_user = nil
    cookies.delete(:remember_token)
  end
end

So I want to add Facebook and Twitter authentication through Omniauth on top of this but I am not sure what the best strategy is to do this.Is it possible or do I have to completely change the way I am authenticating right now?

A: First create an omniauth.rb initializer in config/initializers with the following code:
Rails.application.config.middleware.use OmniAuth::Builder do

provider :facebook, "key", "secret"
provider :twitter, "key", "secret"

end

OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_PEER = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE

This is how I handle the logins controller, very simple:
class LoginsController < ApplicationController

def create

    data = request.env['omniauth.auth']

    session[:user_name] = data["info"]["name"]
    session[:user_image] = data["info"]["image"]

    redirect_to root_path
end

def destroy
    reset_session
    redirect_to root_path
end

end


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Rotary Peeler was designed by Damian Evans for Joseph Joseph. It has three different blade options for peeling (one for potatoes, a serrated one for soft fruits and veggies and a third to cut uber-smooth juliennes), and a potato-eye weeder. You can clean it up nice and easily due the whole peeler may be immediately disassembled. Maybe the many options of peeling and cutting food will spark some creative cooking!


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The Right to Abandon
U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 455
U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 260
46 Pages Posted: 26 Feb 2009 Last revised: 3 Mar 2009
See all articles by Lior Strahilevitz
Lior Strahilevitz
University of Chicago Law School
Date Written: February, 23 2009
The common law prohibits the abandonment of real property. Perhaps it is surprising, therefore, that the following are true: (1) The common law generally permits the abandonment of chattel property; (2) The common law promotes the transfer of real property via adverse possession; and (3) the civil law permits the abandonment of real property. Because the literature on abandonment is disappointingly sparse, these three contrasts have escaped sustained scholarly analysis and criticism. This paper aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of the law of abandonment. After engaging in such an analysis, the paper finds that the common law's flat prohibition on the abandonment of corporeal interests in real property is misguided. Legal rules prohibiting abandonment ought to be replaced with more a more permissive regime where what matters is the value of the underlying resource and the steps that the abandoning owner takes to ensure that would-be claimants are alerted to the resource's availability. Furthermore, the law of abandonment ought to be harmonized for real property and chattels. Finally, the paper criticizes the law's preference for adverse possession over abandonment as a means of transferring title in cases where the mechanisms might function as substitutes.
In the course of analyzing the law of abandonment and offering a qualified defense of the practice, the paper provides the first workable definition of resource abandonment, develops a taxonomy of existing regimes, suggests that the abandonment of positive-value real and intellectual property is surprisingly widespread, and analyzes the costs and benefits associated with abandonment. The paper explores at some length the factors that will determine whether an owner opts for abandonment or other means for extinguishing his rights to a resource, as well as the considerations that should drive the law's receptivity to these efforts. The latter include the decision costs, transaction costs, decay costs, confusion costs, lawless race costs, and sustainability issues associated with abandonment. In addition, readers who make it through the paper will be exposed to pertinent tidbits concerning the social norms of geocaching, the anthropology of "making it rain," the unfortunate decline of municipal bulky trash pickup, Mississippi's misguided livestock laws, and the dubious parenting choices of Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
Strahilevitz, Lior, The Right to Abandon (February, 23 2009). U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 455, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 260, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1348211 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1348211
Lior Strahilevitz (Contact Author)
University of Chicago Law School ( email )


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Virginia Lucas Letter
Identifier: Ms-2018-021
The collection contains a letter written by Virginia Lucas from Clarke County, Virginia to her brother [likely Daniel Bedinger Lucas] at Halltown, Jefferson County (now West Virginia) July 11, 1861. Virginia writes how she and other relatives were sent away from Jefferson County because of approaching Union troops. She relates some war news about an engagement in Berkeley, Virginia (now West Virginia) giving the casualty statistics as well as mentions of Turner Ashby, Joseph E. Johnston, and Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson.
Transcription of letter as follows: Direct to Halltown [written perpendicular to text at top of letter] Clark County, Va July 11th, 1861 My dear brother: I write you a few lines this morning to keep you advised of our movments. We arrived here yesterday at Col. Larue's and "we may stay a week, and we may stay longer." We left Pa very well, though somewhat fatigued with the harvest. He has finished, and uncle Robert expected to get done yetserday. they have splendid crops. The enemy's pickets were at Kearneysville, and Walper's Crossroads, so we thought we had better leave the neighborhood. I have not seen Brother for a day or two, the last time I saw him, he said he felt better than he had done since he had been sick. He is riding his colt, and takes a great deal of exercise. My colt is a perfect little beauty. Pa says its the prettiest colt in the county, and three or four persons want to buy it. I hope you will write, and give us an accurate account of the fight at Buchanan. We were alarmed at first, on your account, at that truthful [underline] paper the "Sun," said Wise's brigade was all cut to pieces. Our Enquirer did not come, and I only heard of the statement it made from Mr. Stronick. I understood from him that Gen. Wise was slightly wounded. I hope he is not seriously wounded. Cousin Emeline is staying at the river, and cousin Sarah, Tex and Ellie and myself, are all here together. If necessary we are to be moved somwhere else. We are delighted with the place. Col. and Mrs. L. are very kind indeed, and we feel quite at home here already. His son is an invalid at present and is at home recruiting. Josephine Grantham, and Mrs. L's aunt are also here, and last but by no means least (in his own estimation) a young widower Mr Beck; and his little boy. I suppose you ahve heard of our fight in Berkeley. Col. Harper's regiment and Cap. Pendleton's artillery Co. in all 380 men were overtaken by the enemy 15000 in number, and after killing about 250, and taking 59 prisoners (who are now in the Winchester jail) retreated in good order with the loss of 2 killed and 11 wounded,none of our acquaintances. Col. Ashby, with 19 nineteen men only, killed 19 of the enemy and routed the rest (they had 65 in all, in a skirmish sometime ago) but Richard Ashby his brother was badly wounded, and has since died. I dare say I am giving you no news, but unless you have seen Gen. Johnson's report, you might hardly credit such an extraordinary victory on our side. The "Sun" gives Patterson's official report in which he says they defeated Johnson's whole army with the loss of 2 or 3 on their side, & 1300 on ours. Cap. Avis acquired great credit for his bravery on the occasion. Gen. Jackson commanded our troops. Be sure and write often. Your affectionate
Lucas, Virginia (Virginia Bedinger), 1838-1865 (Person)
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Virginia Bedinger Lucas was born in Jefferson County, Virginia (now West Virginia), in December 1838 to William and Virginia Ann Bedinger Lucas. She was the youngest of four siblings, one of whom was Virginia lawyer and poet, Daniel Bedinger Lucas. Virginia Lucas wrote poetry, though she was never published during her lifetime. Several of her poems appear in her brother's 1869 volume, The Wreath of Eglantine, and Other Poems. She died in April 1865 and is buried in Jefferson County.
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Robertson 8-0 Up In Dornbirn Final
January 26, 2020 World Snooker
Neil Robertson is just one frame away from becoming the second player to whitewash his opponent in a two-session ranking event final as he leads Zhou Yuelong 8-0 at the BetVictor European Masters.
Robertson dominated his opponent throughout the opening session in Dornbirn, Austria as he moved within a frame of the £80,000 first prize.
The only previous whitewash in a ranking final of similar length came at the 1989 Grand Prix when Steve Davis beat Dean Reynolds 10-0.
Victory would give Robertson his 17th ranking title, moving him level with Mark Selby in sixth place on the all-time list. It would be his first ranking title of the season, though he did win the invitational Champion of Champions in November.
The winner's cheque would give the 37-year-old Australian an early lead in the race to claim the £150,000 bonus in the new BetVictor European Series.
China's 22-year-old Zhou, playing in his first ranking final, would need an unprecedented fight-back tonight to avoid the runner-up prize of £35,000.
Zhou had chances in the first two frames but couldn't take them, allowing his opponent to forge ahead. In the opener, Zhou might have cleared from 45-0 down, but failed to gain position on the final blue. A safety exchange on the pink ended when Zhou's safety error left it over a middle pocket, and Robertson took the opportunity.
The second came down to the last red and again it was Robertson who got the better of the tactical battle, trapping his opponent in a tough snooker, and from the chance that followed he cleared for 2-0. Zhou failed to trouble the scoreboard in the next three frames as Robertson fired breaks of 99, 128 and 82 to lead 5-0.
At that stage Zhou was at the wrong end of a sequence of 410 unanswered points. He ended that run in frame six, but when it came to the last three reds he failed to escape from a snooker and Robertson added the points he needed to extend his advantage.
Runs of 29 and 34 helped Robertson dominate frame seven, and he finished the session superbly with a 109, his seventh century of the week.
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DEFINE_string(locales_dir_path, "locales", "Path to the locales packages");
DEFINE_string(resources_dir_path, ".",
    "Path to the cef and devtools pak files");

void InitializeBeforeApp(char* argv[]) {
  // Enable glog
  google::InitGoogleLogging(argv[0]);
  google::InstallFailureSignalHandler();
}

int InitializeAfterApp(int argc, char* argv[], CefRefPtr<CefApp> app) {
  CefMainArgs main_args(argc, argv);

  // CEF shares the same executable for several process (render, plugins,
  // GPU, etc.). Run it now if we're one of them.
  int exit_code = CefExecuteProcess(main_args, app.get(), NULL);
  if (exit_code >= 0) {
    return exit_code;
  }

  // Enable gflags
  google::ParseCommandLineFlags(&argc, &argv, true);

  CefSettings settings;
  CefString(&settings.user_agent) = "Renderer";
  CefString(&settings.locales_dir_path) = FLAGS_locales_dir_path;
  CefString(&settings.resources_dir_path) = FLAGS_resources_dir_path;
  settings.no_sandbox = true;
  settings.windowless_rendering_enabled = true;

  CefInitialize(main_args, settings, app.get(), NULL);
  CefRunMessageLoop();
  CefShutdown();

  return 0;
}


Hi! Just discovered this site as I will now be getting Cure Mag. I, too, go to Sloan. I was diagnosed in Sept of 2012 with cancer and had right radical nephrectomy at the end of Sept upstate in Orange County. It was stage 3a, grade 3-4. So, I sought out 2nd opinion as I was told surgery only protocol. Ended up seeing Martin Voss and chose to do a clinical trial with Votrient for the year...double blind but I DID get the drug. Despite all of the harsh se's, it was worth it all. I still have another year to be seen for the trial and do far, the cancer has not reared its ugly head, thank God. I know quite a few folks , from my kc support groups on Facebook, that are on Opdivo or just stopped it. One man, a true warrior, was one of the first on this drug and he never had a problem up till this year. He is now off of it and dealing with pain still. It was worth it for him and he has quite a "fan"following ? . I wish you well in your continued scans and pray good health for you!
As a stage 4 lung cancer patient, diagnosed over 5 years ago, this article really spoke to me; the author accurately described the complexities of "surviving" stage 4 cancer, the ongoing treatments, side effects, and uncertainty, versus being a "survivor," which suggests the cancer is a thing of the past. Thank you!


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Lady whose son diagnosed with cancer
A mother previously working full-time has had to go onto Statutory Sick Pay as her 13 year old son has been diagnosed with cancer. She is still in receipt of working and child tax credits, but her SSP and benefits is ued to pay her rent and bills, including council tax. Her son is currently in hospital receiving chemotherapy treatment, and although he has meals provided, nothing is provided for the mother who stays close by her son's side. As she doesn't have money she is unable to afford any food from the hospital and often goes without eating. She is also struggling to afford the bus fares between the hospital and home, so our agents asked for our help. We agreed to send her £100 to help the family out.
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