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Safi Bahcall — On Hypnosis, Conquering Insomnia, Incentives, and More (#382)
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Safi Bahcall (@SafiBahcall) is the author of Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas that Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries, which debuted #3 on Wall Street Journal's bestseller list. Loonshots describes what an idea from physics tells us about the behavior of groups and how teams, companies, and nations can use that to innovate faster and better.
Safi received his PhD in physics from Stanford and his undergrad degree from Harvard. After working as a consultant for McKinsey, Safi co-founded a biotechnology company specializing in developing new drugs for cancer. He led its IPO and served as its CEO for 13 years. In 2008, Safi was named E&Y New England Biotechnology Entrepreneur of the Year. In 2011, he worked with President Obama's council of science advisors on the future of national research.
In this episode, we talk about many things we haven't covered before, including hypnosis, conquering insomnia, thoughts on depression, optimizing incentives, and much more. You can also listen to my first interview with Safi at tim.blog/safi.
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Trip of Compassion
Department of Psychology, Stanford University
Research Supports the Notion That Hypnosis Can Transform Perception, Stanford Report
The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on Our Capacity for Processing Information, The Psychological Review
Hypnotic Induction (3 Effective Techniques), British Hypnosis Research
Introduction To Aikido, Aikido FAQ
Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) Injection: How It Works, HSS
The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus by Richard Preston
10 Things Not to Say to a Depressed Person, Thrive Global
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), The Mayo Clinic
About Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs), Healthline
Stoicism Resources and Recommendations, tim.blog
How New Ketamine Drug Helps with Depression, Yale Medicine
Ketamine: NMDA Receptors and Beyond, The Journal of Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins Psychedelic Research Unit
Psychedelics — Microdosing, Mind-Enhancing Methods, and More, The Tim Ferriss Show #377
Drug Scheduling, DEA
A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy by William Irvine
How To Stop Worrying And Start Living by Dale Carnegie
Understanding the Default Mode Network, Verywell Health
Dissolving the Default Mode Network with Michael Pollan, Simulation
Waking Up with Sam Harris (Meditation App)
Joyful Wisdom: Embracing Change and Finding Freedom by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
How to Be Happy (According to the World's Happiest Man), Esquire
The Truth About MDMA Therapy with Dr. Michael and Annie Mithoefer, AMP #131
Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach
Tara Brach on Meditation and Overcoming FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out), The Tim Ferriss Show #94
Awareness: The Perils and Opportunities of Reality by Anthony de Mello
Peter Mallouk — Exploring the Worlds of Investing, Assets, and Quality of Life, The Tim Ferriss Show #356
Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain by John R. Ratey and Eric Hagerman
Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Its Clinical Implications, Archives of Medical Science
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), The Mayo Clinic
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Film)
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), The Mayo Clinic
Electroencephalogram (EEG), The Mayo Clinic
Brain Treatment Center
TMS Is Painful but Not as Painful as Depression, The Bloggess
The Relationship between Individual Alpha Peak Frequency and Clinical Outcome with Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), Brain Stimulation
Working Memory Revived in Older Adults by Synchronizing Rhythmic Brain Circuits, Nature Neuroscience
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS), Johns Hopkins Medicine
Functional Magnetic Resonance imaging (fMRI), Scholarpedia
Introduction to Phase Transitions, MIT
Free Rider Problem, Investopedia
The Innovation Equation by Safi Bahcall, Harvard Business Review
Where, how, and why did Safi learn about hypnosis? [06:30]
How Safi has used self-hypnosis and trance induction to calm down and sleep when his racing brain has other ideas. [12:29]
A few common relaxation trance induction techniques. [18:08]
Some of the most effective applications of hypnosis, how it compares to meditation for self-control, and Safi's chairman of the board routine to try when other tactics aren't getting through. [21:01]
What does it say about the ego and the mind that splitting it up into these different characters has such tremendous power? Why is it so effective? [30:57]
Understanding anger as a gift and using it as fuel. [35:15]
How Safi makes sure he doesn't overfill himself with this kind of fuel to the point where it burns him from the inside — thanks to a useful phrase from The Hot Zone author Richard Preston. [38:36]
What is Safi's relationship with depression, and what does he see as effective and non-effective ways of helping someone cope with it? [43:18]
My own relationship with depression and what I've found useful for — and promising for the future of — its treatment. [51:39]
While I've suffered from severe depression my entire life, I've not had a major episode in the past five years or so. Why do I think this is? [1:00:08]
A mental trick Safi uses when he finds himself wallowing in "a deep brown stew" of thoughts, and a book that's helped him befriend rather than fight with these thoughts to achieve inner peace. [1:06:55]
Books and tools I've found for helping me achieve my own inner peace. [1:14:50]
How my default calibration for joy has changed over time, and the roles place and time have played in this calibration. [1:20:35]
Even when you inherit faulty genetics or programming, it's empowering to know there are ways you can take control, edit your script, and change how these factors affect you. [1:24:20]
Where is your calendar for the day? [1:28:26]
What is your default question? What might be a better question? [1:31:09]
Two different kinds of anger, and what we can learn by identifying and dissecting them as they appear in our lives. [1:33:39]
Happiness equals reality minus expectations. [1:39:07]
MDMA and rTMS as loonshots for depression. [1:41:04]
We already know that biochemistry can influence thought patterns, but can thought patterns influence biochemistry? [1:55:50]
Safi riffs on position space versus frequency space, new ways of looking at old problems, common paradoxes, and how incentives really drive progress in science as well as business. [2:01:47]
When good ideas really die. [2:12:13]
What would a Chief Incentives Officer bring to the table? [2:14:21]
What are some common default compensation structures or offers that Safi considers problematic, and how is empowering a Chief Incentives Officer like bringing a gun to a knife fight? [2:22:13]
"Culture" is a word that gets thrown around a lot in the business world, but what does it really mean in this context, and how does it relate to a company's structure? [2:30:51]
Will changing a company's culture or its structure drive more meaningful, quantifiable progress? "It's the incentives, stupid." [2:34:18]
Safi shares two very different examples of how a company might handle a coveted promotion — one promotes politics, and one promotes innovation. Which is preferable? [2:37:06]
Parting thoughts. [2:43:42]
Richard Preston
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
Michael Mithoefer
Annie Mithoefer
Tara Brach
Peter Mallouk
Bob Sutton
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20 Replies to "Safi Bahcall — On Hypnosis, Conquering Insomnia, Incentives, and More (#382)"
juliakoller says:
Hey Tim, I'm halfway through this episode and completely blown away by the discussion. So, I just felt it would be worthwhile to send a giant thank you for your work and the knowledge you shine a spotlight on each week. I've only been a follower for a year or two, but I always come away from your podcasts with real, practical, wisdom.
Elizabeth Fauver says:
I would love to read the transcript for #384. Two of the reasons I keep turning to your podcast are the meticulous notes and the transcript.
Thanks for offering a great podcast— I teach business English in Germany, so for my students who need to practice realistic listening with fascinating content. Your podcast offers the chance to check what they've understood with the transcript. At some point I hope you get everything translated in Japanese as well. Thanks!
Paul Cuneo says:
Hi, Elizabeth. Transcripts are typically published within about 10 days of the interview going live. You'll be able to find Safi Bahcall's by clicking on "The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts" under "Topics" or by entering Safi Bahcall's name with the word "transcripts" in the search field in the top, right corner of the blog.
Lots of great stuff. Thanks!
To change culture, change what senior people think, believe and do. Show them how their beliefs lead to their actions, which influence the thoughts, beliefs and actions of everyone else.
Just wanted to let you know how appreciated it is to hear TMS being discussed as a treatment for drug resistant depression. I'm a 30yo female who spent 15 years trying different psychiatric drugs and a variety of treatments (e.g., wilderness therapy program, rehabilitation centers, ayahuasca retreat) and it was TMS that completely changed me and my life. Thank you for the inspiring content.
Tina Robertson says:
My comment actually relates to a movie that I think you would love! It is "Crash". This movie is just as relevant today (if not more) than when it received 6 Academy Award Nominations in 2005. Please check it out and let me know if it is as powerful as I think it is. Tina Robertson
diyenergysystems1 says:
This is a spectacular 50% bs production by a PhD physicist.
Depression etc is a biochemical disorder just the same as a displaced joint? If the treatment of depression with either medication or TMS is of 30% efficiency, this implies that displaced joints are also treated with 30% efficiency, and dr. Peter Attia would tell you that the treatment of displaced joints is one of the (3) pillars that makes the sparse "progress" of modern medicine.
Depression is biochemical and anxiety etc is sort of not? The stupidity of researchers, psychologists and psychiatrists failing to find unequivocal biochemical basis of anxiety etc and an appropriate biochemical treatment doesn't make it less "biochemical".
Why your training in "mental performance" doesn't allow you to see the elementary logical extensions of simple thoughts? Engineers who built bridges in Ancient Greece were required to live for several years under these bridges with their families so that they wouldn't build bridges that fail. Did you know that the nervous system and its functions such as consciousness are much more complicated than bridges and actually are the most complex objects in the physical universe? So next time when you send people to some "health care professionals", make sure that at least the same measures are applied to these "professionals".
Watching the video/audio engineers in your brain watching their produce? Haha. Modern neuroscience methodology is unable to decipher 95% of content that actually matters to people experiencing it (with 100% ecological validity, which implies the equal capacity to reverse engineer rather than only registering something post hoc, which is necessitated from the very paradigm of modern physics, FIY). If a person is imagining flying a dragonfly, an UFO or just with no flying equipment at all would modern neuroscience be able to decode this specific content from the brain activity? Would it be able to decode whether a person is solving a quadratic vs linear equation, a differential vs integral? These are definitely discreet things from a physical perspective, yet NONE of the modern neuroscience methods are able to decipher this very content from the brain activity (with 100% ecological validity).
You're "dissecting" shit in your podcasts if you can't see a PhD physicist going delusional in his overgeneralisations mediated by the "fast tawk"" activation of the Broca and Wernicke centres. The speed of your and yours interlocutors' "tawk" seem to provide equally less consciousness of what you're actually talking about. And neither will I read any of the books (incl. Sam Harris) recommended in the podcast, nor think about consciousness in your suggested perspective due to the psychological bs you wrap them in (and also because I have a much more optimized definition of consciousness derived from a much more optimized source). It is spectacular how little Sam Harris, claiming himself a neuroscientist, was able to extract from his decade of meditation experience, apart from some feeble philosophy and ideology. You seem to be unable to just imagine what evidence for what actually exists, even in the public domain.
Thus the only solution for you is to make a (business-related) podcast on a 20-minute ketamine infusion in the middle, or at least on a Faddiman's micro-dosing schedule.
Wilson Adams says:
Definitely one of my top interviews all-time. Thank you so much.
I had a few comments, one critical, one insight.
1) You drew a similarity between SSRIs and ketamine that aren't accurate. Ketamine is an NMDA receptor antagonist, which blocks those receptors and prevent neurons from responding to input as strongly (postsynaptic). SSRIs on the other hand are antagonists for presynaptic serotonin transporters which basically vacuums up serotonin to prevent dilute its effects on the postsynaptic neuron. SSRIs make postsynaptic cells more sensitive to stimulus because it stops the presynaptic neurons (and some other cells) from vacuuming up serotonin in the synapse, allowing it to pool of and have a stronger effect on the postsynaptic neuron. This can actually cause an increase in NMDA receptor presence in the synapse, making cells more likely to respond to a stimulus, which is the opposite effect that ketamine would have on the same pre and post synaptic cells. The differences in how the modulate behavior depends on what cells actually have these NMDA receptors or Serotonin transporters, where they are in the brains, and what cells they are connected to. I think this clarification is necessary to dispell any belief that ketamine does the same thing as SSRIs because that is not true and potentially dangerous if misinterpreted.
2) regarding TMS and TDCS, recent results have shown that they actually directly modulate the activity of cells called Astrocytes rather than neurons. Astrocytes are generally though of as support cells for neurons (ionically, osmotically, metabolically) but are begining to be implcated in directly effecting neuronal activity and behavior. Considering that TMS and TDCS are effective treatments for things like PTSD, mania, maybe depression, etc, the jury is still out on how astrocytes actually influence cognitive function. Lots of ideas, not a lot of evidence,and tons of inertia to overcome bureaucratically to explore it. And if these recent results are true, astrocytes may be involved in shaping neuronal function and behavior in ways we've never previously though. It's a really exciting time in neuroscience and glial biology. I thought it might peak your interest considering your efforts in funding research on this front.
naresh11381 says:
Great discussion and insightful points of view!
One thing that struck me is Safi's comparison of meditation and hypnosis. To think meditation is the practice of turning the volume down is a very simplistic view. Meditation is doing exactly what hypnosis does, but so much more. Meditation is training the mind to focus on one thing, this brings about an unfoldment of the mind and its habits that lead to deeper states of mind/happiness and allow greater mastery of one's internal self. Hypnosis is the fast-food version of this, you can get to the one-pointedness state of mind that allows you to deal with things, but all the stuff that existed within your mind that was stopping that state of mind still exists and will need to be dealt with at some stage. Not saying hypnosis isn't useful, it just isn't really comparable to meditation. Admittedly there are some fairly useless forms of meditation out there, in those situations maybe hypnosis is more useful… maybe another discussion though.
sebastian c. says:
First of all, big thank you for sharing about your experiences with depression, and shining some light on the subject for people, who don't understand it.
I'm NOT one of them. My family has a "history".
I fought it for over 25 years and was on antidepressants for 2 years.
I just celebrated 3 years off of them and loss of 60 lbs.
It was a journey… 1 year after quitting, "it" returned. Then I discovered meditation, which worked for a year – I discovered its limit too… since I used to use it just as another medication.
Then I discovered hypnotherapy and a different use of it than discussed here – a self-discovery.
Diving into it helped me to tie all the things you talked about, into a coherent experience, that explains bidirectional nature and even why psychedelics work.
You guys actually talked about most of it all, just didn't connect the dots. But maybe it's just me. After all I'm not as smart as you guys.
Nevertheless, I wish this podcast took a look at hypnotherapy from the self-discovery perspective, instead of barely rising the infamous bar set by the "on-stage hypnotists".
Still, thank you for highlighting those simple yet beneficial "programming" uses.
BTW you guys talked a lot about Neural Language Programming, without naming it or the great therapists, who pioneered it, like Steve and Connirae Andreas.
I hope listeners wishing to know more will find this comment and Google it further.
Thank you for all that you do and all the best helping the cause of improving the outcomes for people with depression and other mental… anomalies.
Dianna Jerrybandhan says:
I was apprehensive at the length of this talk but when I started listening I couldn't stop–so glad I listened/watched instead of putting it off. As a hypnotist I loved hearing Safi say that hypnotism changed his life. I plan to read Joyful Wisdom based on his recommendation. I read and listened to Conversations with the Masters by De Mello because of your recommendation and its wisdom went deep inside me.
Your pain and drive to find joy by doing this type of work, has helped so many of your listeners. Thank you so much Tim!
davormano says:
Tim, thanks for the amazing podcast, so so so many good points and things to read and think about.
Please, do read Lost Connections, a book by Johann Hari, talks about depression/anxiety and especially about antidepressants in a way that was, to me as a psychologist and and anxiety/mild depression sufferer , quite new but make so much sense, it would be great to maybe have him on the podcast. Thanks again!
James Dack says:
In listening to Safi on TMS and nudging the hertz in the right direction a question screamed at me. Has anyone measured the hertz of people's brains before and after using psychedelics? Could psychedelics impact on the default mode network actually be resetting the brain to its appropriate hertz in each region of the brain?
Cameron Frazier says:
Enjoyed the podcast. You mentioned IFS as a resource for working with internal "parts". That's been a good resource for me. The developer of the system Richard Schwartz could be a great guest on your podcast. I feel like it's a powerful tool that has gotten very little visibility and is very powerful in conquering all the conflicts inside us that we are not aware of that leak out in all sorts of destructive ways to ourselves and others.
ivyzenna says:
Safi on incentives and structure was simply brilliant. I watched what was described three times in companies in transition and never could put my finger on the issue. Great 'ah-ha' moment. Thank you!
Jen Selverian says:
Excellent analogy: Telling someone with depression to "look on the bright side" is equivalent to telling someone with fertility issues to "just relax and it will happen." In many cases, it's biochemical not just mindset. Enjoyed this interview, especially sleep tips!
Ketan Ginoya says:
You talked about Bidirectional Thought process for depression. I read a book called "Upword Spiral", a very good book describe anatomy and patho physiology of depression and how to overcome it . It also does describe this bidirectional process of depression.
Wow. "Oprah, Leno and Tim Ferr… " That says something about how you're perceived! 🙂
The sleep hack put simply – engage the creative mind and your imagination. Disengage the problem solving, self identifying, memory accessing, situation replaying worrying self. Hence why you find fiction books helpful and why random numbers works over counting. Fascinating stuff! Matthew Walker interview ?
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Queensland Government seeks new First Nations performing arts initiatives
The Palaszczuk Government is calling for proposals for new contemporary First Nations performing arts initiatives that can be presented at the new Centre of Contemporary Arts Cairns.
Minister for the Arts Leeanne Enoch said proposals were now being accepted for performing arts initiatives, by or with First Nations artists, to activate the new Centre of Contemporary Arts Cairns (CoCA) when it reopens later this year.
"The centre is now undergoing a multi-million dollar revitalisation and once completed, it will have a renewed focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performing arts," Ms Enoch said.
"This focus will help strengthen the sector and further the ability to share our unique Queensland stories and cultivate cultural tourism in the region.
"We're seeking proposals for performances, masterclasses, residencies and events, all of which will further support Queensland's wealth of talent in the region."
Member for Cairns Michael Healy said the vision for CoCA was to provide more rich arts experiences for audiences and a home for local arts companies.
"Along with a vibrant and welcoming new look, the current upgrade will provide more rehearsal, development and office space, along with improved theatre facilities, to support the local arts community," he said.
"The CoCA will continue to be a home to JUTE Theatre Company and KickArts Contemporary Arts."
Member for Cook Cynthia Lui said this was a great opportunity for arts organisations from across Far North Queensland to put forward their ideas.
"The upgraded CoCA will be a place where local artists tell the unique stories of the First Nations of Far North Queensland and I encourage everyone to put forward their ideas for performances, classes and other events," Ms Lui said.
The call for proposals at the Centre of Contemporary Arts Cairns is part of the Backing Indigenous Arts initiative through Arts Queensland. For more than a decade, this program has helped to build a sustainable and ethical Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts industry.
An Independent Expert Panel will review the proposals and make recommendations to Arts Queensland.
Proposals for the Backing Indigenous Arts Performing Arts CoCA Cairns Call Out programclose on 23 April 2019. For more information visit: https://www.qld.gov.au/recreation/arts/funding/organisations/backing-indigenous-arts


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Adolescents who self-harm more likely to commit violent crime
DURHAM, N.C. -- Young people who self-harm are three times more likely to commit violent crime than those who do not, according to new research from the Center for Child and Family Policy at Duke University.
The study also found young people who harm themselves and commit violent crime -- "dual harmers" -- are more likely to have a history of childhood maltreatment and lower self-control than those who only self-harm. Thus, programs aimed at preventing childhood maltreatment or improving self-control among self-harmers could help prevent violent crime, the authors state.
Rates of self-harm -- deliberately harming oneself, often by cutting or burning -- have increased substantially among adolescents in recent years both in the United States and the United Kingdom. In the U.S., roughly one in four teenage girls try to harm themselves and one in 10 teenage boys. In the U.K., the yearly incidence of self-injury among teenage girls has risen by nearly 70 percent in three years.
"We know that some individuals who self-harm also inflict harm on others," said Leah Richmond-Rakerd, lead author of the study. "What has not been clear is whether there are early-life characteristics or experiences that increase the risk of violent offending among individuals who self-harm. Identifying these risk factors could guide interventions that prevent and reduce interpersonal violence."
In the study, published in The American Journal of Psychiatry, Richmond-Rakerd and researchers from Duke and King's College London compared young people who engage in "dual-harm" behavior with those who only self-harm.
Participants were from the Environmental Risk (E-Risk) Longitudinal Twin Study, a nationally representative U.K. cohort of 2,232 twins born in 1994 and 1995 who have been followed across the first two decades of life. Self-harm in adolescence was assessed through interviews at age 18. Violent offenses were assessed using a computer questionnaire at age 18 and police records through age 22.
"By comparing twins who grew up in the same family, we were able to test whether self-harm and violent crime go together merely because they come from the same genetic or family risk factors," said Terrie E. Moffitt of Duke University, founder of the E-Risk Study. "They did not. This means that young people who self-harm may see violence as a way of solving problems and begin to use it against others as well as themselves."
Researchers also found that those who committed violence against both themselves and others were more likely to have experienced victimization in adolescence. They also had higher rates of psychotic symptoms and substance dependence.
"Our study suggests that dual-harming adolescents have experienced self-control difficulties and been victims of violence from a young age," said Richmond-Rakerd. "A treatment-oriented rather than punishment-oriented approach is indicated to meet these individuals' needs."
Additional recommendations include:
After incidents of self-harm, clinicians should routinely evaluate a person's risk of suicide. Clinicians should also assess a person's risk of committing acts of violence against others.
Improving self-control among self-harmers could help prevent violent crime. Self-harming adolescents should be provided with self-control training, which may reduce further harmful behaviors.
Self-harm and violent crime have largely been studied separately within the fields of psychology, psychiatry and criminology. Interdisciplinary research should be pursued, since it could yield new insights.
This research was supported by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (HD077482), the Jacobs Foundation and the Avielle Foundation. Leah S. Richmond-Rakerd was supported by a postdoctoral fellowship provided by the NICHD (T32-HD007376) through the Center for Developmental Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The E-Risk Longitudinal Twin Study is funded by the UK Medical Research Council (grant G1002190).
CITATION: "Adolescents Who Self-Harm and Commit Violent Crime: Testing early-life predictors of dual harm in a longitudinal cohort study," Leah S. Richmond-Rakerd, Avshalom Caspi, Louise Arseneault, Jessie R. Baldwin, Andrea Danese, Renate M. Houts, Timothy Matthews, Jasmin Wertz, and Terrie E. Moffitt. The American Journal of Psychiatry, Jan. 4, 2019. DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2018.18060740
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7 rescued, 2 missing as Taiwan cargo ship capsizes
FUZHOU, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Seven crew members have been rescued and two remained missing after a Taiwanese cargo ship sank off the coast of the Chinese mainland province of Fujian Wednesday night.
The cargo ship capsized after colliding with an unknown ship south of the Chuanshi Island in the estuary of the Minjiang River at about 10 p.m. Wednesday, said the Fujian Maritime Safety Administration.
At the time of the accident, nine crew members, including six Taiwanese and three Indonesians, were aboard the ship. By 9 a.m. Thursday, two Taiwanese crew members were still missing.
The provincial search and rescue center has dispatched three patrol boats and coordinated the East China Sea Rescue Bureau to send professional rescue ships and helicopters to the scene. Dozens civil ships were also involved in the rescue operation.
The search and rescue operation is still underway and the other ship in the collision is being investigated. Enditem


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// Copyright (c) 2011-present, Facebook, Inc.  All rights reserved.
//  This source code is licensed under both the GPLv2 (found in the
//  COPYING file in the root directory) and Apache 2.0 License
//  (found in the LICENSE.Apache file in the root directory).
//
// This file implements the "bridge" between Java and C++ for
// rocksdb::LRUCache.

#include <jni.h>

#include "cache/lru_cache.h"
#include "include/org_rocksdb_LRUCache.h"

/*
 * Class:     org_rocksdb_LRUCache
 * Method:    newLRUCache
 * Signature: (JIZD)J
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jlong Java_org_rocksdb_LRUCache_newLRUCache(JNIEnv* /*env*/, jclass /*jcls*/,
                                            jlong jcapacity,
                                            jint jnum_shard_bits,
                                            jboolean jstrict_capacity_limit,
                                            jdouble jhigh_pri_pool_ratio) {
  auto* sptr_lru_cache =
      new std::shared_ptr<rocksdb::Cache>(rocksdb::NewLRUCache(
          static_cast<size_t>(jcapacity), static_cast<int>(jnum_shard_bits),
          static_cast<bool>(jstrict_capacity_limit),
          static_cast<double>(jhigh_pri_pool_ratio)));
  return reinterpret_cast<jlong>(sptr_lru_cache);
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 * Class:     org_rocksdb_LRUCache
 * Method:    disposeInternal
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                                               jobject /*jobj*/,
                                               jlong jhandle) {
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      reinterpret_cast<std::shared_ptr<rocksdb::Cache>*>(jhandle);
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So those rumors you heard about some serious winter weather entering our area on Tuesday? It looks like that's going to be a dud, according to NBC Washington meteorologist Tom Kierein.
First, the short term. Monday will be windy and cold with temperatures barely getting above freezing.
Kierein said there is a slight chance of flurries on Tuesday.
Wednesday and Thursday will be sunny, dry and cold, giving us enough time to build some anticipation for the next weather system that could affect our area Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
Friday will be cloudy with snow becoming likely late Christmas Eve, and it is becoming more likely for Christmas Day.


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Wazeesupperclub.com Life Is Mass another word for church?
Is Mass another word for church?
The term Mass is commonly used in the Catholic Church, and in the Western Rite Orthodox, and Old Catholic churches. Other Christian denominations may employ terms such as Divine Service or worship service (and often just "service"), rather than the word Mass.
What do church people do?
A few begin their church services with the ringing of a bell (or a number of bells). The service usually involves the singing of hymns, reading of scripture verses and possibly a psalm, and a sermon.
Why do we call it Easter?
The naming of the celebration as "Easter" seems to go back to the name of a pre-Christian goddess in England, Eostre, who was celebrated at beginning of spring. The only reference to this goddess comes from the writings of the Venerable Bede, a British monk who lived in the late seventh and early eighth century.
How much of astrology is true?
Belief that astrology was at least partially scientific was 76%, but belief that horoscopes were at least partially scientific was 43%. In particular, belief that astrology was very scientific was 26% while that of horoscopes was 7%.
What is Easter in simple words?
Easter, also called Resurrection Day and Pascha, is a Christian holiday celebrating Jesus Christ returning from the dead. Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday following the first full moon which is on or after March 21st. This means it is celebrated in March or April.
Church reconnects us to our shared beliefs. It reinforces the higher philosophy and purpose behind marriage and family and it allows us a safe space to connect with God and our spouse together. Couples who attend church together are making time to reiterate the important foundations of their marriage.
What religion goes to church on Wednesdays?
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
What star was when Jesus was born?
The Star of Bethlehem, or Christmas Star, appears in the nativity story of the Gospel of Matthew where "wise men from the East" (Magi) are inspired by the star to travel to Jerusalem. There, they meet King Herod of Judea, and ask him: Where is He who has been born King of the Jews?
What is an evening church service called?
An evening service is called Evensong. Church services are also held for weddings, funerals, or other special occasions. Services may include prayers, singing, sermons (preaching) and readings from the Bible.
Is dancing allowed in Islam?
Imam Ashrafuz Zaman Khan, the group's president and also head of the New York chapter of the Islamic Circle of North America, said dancing is prohibited because Muhammad never danced, and therefore Muslims should never dance. Other scholars said dancing is forbidden only if it leads to indecent touching or movements.
Why do we go church on Sunday?
In the Latin Church, Sunday is kept in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus and celebrated with the Eucharist (Catholic Catechism 2177). It is also the day of leisure. The Lord's Day is considered both the first day and the "eighth day" of the week, symbolizing both first creation and new creation (2174).
What does Quran say about astrology?
The Quran, therefore, points to the primary purpose of astrology as a means of providing physical guidance/navigation for an adherent, essentially considering its use in the capacity of horoscopes as forbidden. "Lo! Allah! With Him is knowledge of the Hour.
What is the most important thing about Easter?
Easter is the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ in the Christian religion. Eggs have been seen as ancient symbol of fertility, while springtime is considered to bring new life and rebirth. Americans spend $1.9 billion on Easter candy.
What's your zodiac sign if your born in December?
Why is Easter so important?
The resurrection of Jesus, which Easter celebrates, is one of the chief tenets of the Christian faith. The resurrection established Jesus as the Son of God and is cited as proof that God will righteously judge the world. For those who trust in Jesus's death and resurrection, "death is swallowed up in victory."
What is Easter according to the Bible?
Easter is a Christian holiday that celebrates the belief in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. In the New Testament of the Bible, the event is said to have occurred three days after Jesus was crucified by the Romans and died in roughly 30 A.D..
What is the purpose of the church in our lives?
The basic function of the church is to be involved in every facet of the life of the believer. Holding true to this mission, Christ looked at the needs of the people, provided it, and then begun to preach out the good deeds. The church today must live up to its true billing — meeting the needs of the people.
What is the meaning of church for you?
noun. a building for public Christian worship. public worship of God or a religious service in such a building: to attend church regularly. a body of Christians worshipping in a particular building or constituting one congregation: She is a member of this church.
Is it haram to dance?
Well,dancing and music both is haram in Islam because what soothens and attracts the people what is not originally yours is haram. The prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)said one of the minor signs of the of judgement is that Muslim people will make music halal even though it is haram.
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There has been surge in the number of young students heading to Dubai this year in search of learning more about the Arabic language and culture.Khaleej Times reported that more than 150 students have enrolled in English language classes across the emirate this summer.Such news could interest property investors in Dubai as these young tourists could be looking to stay in the city for a long period of time before seeking careers in international relations and diplomacy in the Middle East.Leslie Malouf, a Lebanese American student, told the news provider: "Two of my friends (of Arab ancestry) came with me on this trip. We decided on Dubai because it's largely bilingual which is a safety net for us, knowing that even if our spoken Arabic is weak, people can understand us."She explained that living in the country of the language you are learning improves fluency and is "the best way to practice the language".This week Dubai has been named as one of the world's leading business destinations by CB Richard Ellis.


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Q: Suggestions to a better preamble for creating a handbook The following is the preamble I was given to work with to create a student handbook. I believe there are a few things that are not right. The document compiles well but I am looking for suggestions of improvement.
\documentclass[11pt,twoside]{report}

\usepackage[text={6in,7.25in},centering,papersize={7in,8.5in},top=0.5in]{geometry}
\usepackage{newpxtext,newpxmath}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-0.75in}
\setlength{\evensidemargin}{-0.4in}

\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}

\begin{document}
    \lipsum
\end{document}

First of all, why the report class? Is it the best? And well with the geometry, they are trying to maximize the use of the paper size indicated (This, I suppose, remains unchanged.) Of course there is also the oddsidemargin and evensidemargin issue. Note that I have removed all unnecessary packages and text just to focus on the geometry, class and implementation.
PS: I am not good with the topic of geometry and how its best implemented.

A: Here are several comments/suggestions. Obviously they cannot be (and are not meant to be) exhaustive.

*

*If the \parindent parameter must be set to zero, it's imperative to set the \parskip parameter to some nonzero (positive) value. If you don't adjust \parskip as well, there are going to be many cases where it's not clear if a paragraph break has occurred or not.
Rather than fiddle with the \parindent and \parskip length parameters directly, I believe it's preferable to load the parskip package, in part because it also adjusts the skips between list items.

*It would seem to be a bit misguided to use the centering option when loading the geometry package and then set \evensidemargin and \oddsidemargin to nonzero values. Choosing appropriate binding offsets is obviously very important for the overall look of a document. If it's necessary to adjust the binding offsets, I think it's preferable to do so via options passed to the geometry package rather than via direct manipulation of the low-level TeX parameters \evensidemargin and \oddsidemargin. The geometry package provides the option bindingoffset={...} for this purpose.
If you do retain the direct approach to manipulating the values of \evensidemargin and \oddsidemargin, I can't help but think that their current values may be "backwards": the left-hand edge of the text block on an odd-numbered (verso) page is going to be close to the the booklet's binding, and setting \oddsidemargin to a negative value brings the left hand of the text block perilously close to the binding. Check if these values should maybe be reversed.
BTW, since it looks like you're using the report document class with the twoside option, there's probably already a binding offset built in to the position of odd-numbered (recto) and even-numbered (verso) pages. For much more on the huge subject of document design, I suggest you take a look at A Few Notes on Book Design by Peter Wilson. This document to be a part of the user guide of the memoir package but is now available as a separate, standalone document.

*You may also want to provide the instruction \raggedbottom. Even, i.e., uniform spacing between paragraphs may be more important for a student handbook than is having the bottom edges of all pages line up nicely.

*The width of the text block seems a bit excessive. That, or the page margins are too narrow... Either way, the wide text block makes it unnecessarily hard to read and absorb the information that's going to be provided in the student handbook.
If you must use narrow page margins, consider creating a two-column document. This is most easily done by setting the option twocolumn when executing \documentclass.

*Must you use Times New Roman? It's a rather impersonal and cold font. While that's just fine for many documents, the use of Times Roman for a student handbook may unintentionally convey the impression that the document is cold and impersonal, which may discourage at least some students from actually bothering to read the document. To other readers, Times Roman may signal "boring!!" -- again reducing the chances that the document will actually get read.
I don't know which fonts and font packages you have access too, but I'd try an "oldstyle" or "Garalde" font. Give the package ebgaramond a try and see if you like the result. A caveat: The EB Garamond font family doesn't provide a bold face font; it does, to be sure, provide an italics font.

*Especially if you use the twocolumn document class option, you'll have a lot of paragraphs that contain column and page breaks. To reduce the frequency of typographic widows and orphans (called "clubs" in TeX lingo), you may want to set
\widowpenalty10000
\clubpenalty10000

Here, then, is my suggestion for the bare-minimum preamble:
\documentclass[11pt,twoside,twocolumn]{report}
\usepackage[text={6in,7.25in},papersize={7in,8.5in}]{geometry}
%%\usepackage{newpxtext,newpxmath} % Times (New) Roman clone
\usepackage{ebgaramond} %% see if you like this font
\usepackage{parskip} % zero parident, nonzero parskip
\raggedbottom        % uniform spacing between parapraphs
\widowpenalty10000
\clubpenalty10000

A: Please, avoid setting \parindent to zero: Five centuries of typography back the choice of indentation for denoting the start of a new paragraph.
I'd use book, that has more features than report. Don't set \oddsidemargin and \evensidemargin after using geometry: if your aim is to add some space for the binding, then bindingoffset is the option you're looking for.
\documentclass[11pt,twoside,openany]{book}

\usepackage[
  text={6in,7.25in},
  centering,
  papersize={7in,8.5in},
  top=0.5in,
  heightrounded,
  bindingoffset=0.2in,
]{geometry}
\usepackage{newpxtext,newpxmath}

\usepackage{lipsum}

\pagestyle{plain}

\begin{document}

\lipsum[1-12]

\end{document}

I should remark that lines are too long and margins too narrow.

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I'm beginning to wonder if this might not be a problem with pppd instead of my smlink driver. Anybody have any ideas?
I clicked on KPPP in my menu and then clicked the "configure" button. Then I chose the "accounts" tab and highlighted my ISP. I then clicked the "edit" button. I then chose the "dial" tab and clicked on the "Customize pppd arguments" button. I then added "nobsdcomp" and "nodeflate" to this interface (Thanks "jumpedintothe fire" at JustLinux.com). I then clicked the OK button in each of the interfaces that were open and then clicked on the "connect" button and guess what?
Ladies and gentlemen, I am typing this response using dial up.
Thanks to all of you who helped out. Maybe someone else can benefit from this.


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EFF Urges Judge to Lift Gag Order on MIT Students
Thursday Hearing Set on Temporary Restraining Order
Boston - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) urged a federal judge Tuesday to lift an unconstitutional gag order issued to three students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) whose academic research uncovered vulnerabilities in Boston's transit fare payment system.
A hearing on the temporary restraining order is set for 11am Thursday at the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts in Boston.
The students -- Zack Anderson, RJ Ryan and Alessandro Chiesa -- would like to resolve this dispute amicably with the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA). However, it has been hard to find an amicable resolution when the students are the subjects of a vigorous lawsuit and under the restrictions of a temporary restraining order. This remains true even though the MBTA filed a motion earlier this week to modify the restraining order to only prohibit disclosure of "non-public" information.
"We appreciate the gesture," said EFF Staff Attorney Marcia Hofmann. "But it does not resolve the dispute. Indeed, we would hope everyone acknowledges that it is impermissible under the Constitution for a court to order someone not to repeat publicly available truthful information."
"The restraining order, even if modified, remains an improper prior restraint restricting speech," said EFF Civil Liberties Director Jennifer Granick. "The First Amendment does not allow people to be silenced because their speech exposes flaws, even if those flaws might someday be illegally misused by others. To protect our clients' rights, we had no choice but to ask the court to reconsider the gag order."
As part of EFF's court filing Tuesday, 11 computer scientists and researchers from the nation's top research and educational institutions submitted a letter in support of the MIT students, including Professor David Farber of Carnegie Mellon, Professor Steve Bellovin of Columbia University, and computer security expert Bruce Schneier. The group explained that security research and information are critical for scientific advancement, and stated that restraining orders such as the one issued by the court over the weekend could have a devastating chilling effect on future academic endeavors.
"The students' ultimate goal in the security research was to help the MBTA improve its security," said EFF Senior Staff Attorney Kurt Opsahl. "Despite colorful marketing rhetoric advertising a presentation of the students' work at a security conference, the students never intended to provide sufficient information to the public to replicate the attack."
For more details on Thursday's hearing, contact press@eff.org.
For the full motion to reconsider:
http://www.eff.org/files/filenode/MBTA_v_Anderson/studentresponse081208.pdf
For the full letter from the computer scientists and researchers:
http://www.eff.org/files/filenode/MBTA_v_Anderson/letter081208.pdf
For more on MBTA v. Anderson:
http://www.eff.org/cases/mbta-v-anderson
Rebecca Jeschke
Media Coordinator
press@eff.org
Coders' Rights Project
MBTA v. Anderson
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Aaron Swartz was a digital rights champion who believed deeply in keeping the internet...
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Facebook recently banned the accounts of several New York University (NYU) researchers who run Ad Observer, an accountability project that tracks paid disinformation, from its platform. This has major implications: not just for transparency, but for user autonomy and the fight for interoperable software.Ad Observer is a free/open source...
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Dr. Reagan Bailey presented on "Characterizing Sodium and Potassium Intakes and Their Ratio in the American Diet" at the FNCE 2015 Poster Session.
A copy of this poster will be available after the event.
More information about FNCE 2015 can be found on the event website.


Director of Coaching Kevin Grogan talks about his past and his future plans in soccer with europen newspaper.
As a teenager with a deft touch, Kevin Grogan conquered the continent as part of Brian Kerr's Under-16 European Champions in 1998. Mick McCarthy tried to tempt him to Millwall but it was the lure of Alex Ferguson and ManchesterUnited that the Dubliner succumbed to.Training with Beckham, Giggs and Keane, Kevin was never out of his depth and was set for a bright future in the game before disaster struck. Feeling pains in his hip and pelvis, several doctors thought they could help Grogan but no operation ever managed to fully alleviate the severe bone erosion.


What makes up the cost of a brass locomotive Tune-up?
PLEASE NOTE... We use ultrasonic cleaning units to help clean an engine's parts and sometimes superstructures, we try to always protect from damage any paint work or original finishes that we work around. However, due to a number of factors involving your locomotives history, how a particular model's finish reacts to this type of cleaning can be very difficult to assess. Since I cannot control what has happened to your locomotive in any way prior to its receipt by me for any work which you may want me to do, I cannot guarantee that there will not be in some way, some finish damage. This means, that any paint or finish on the locomotive has the inherent risk of being damaged in some way by the work you are requesting to be done. I always do any touchup painting required as long as it is minor as part of your job. If there is more substantial damage done to the finish (extremely rare) and you want it repaired AND that repair requires use of a spray gun, paint booth, masking, color matching or what have you, I will charge at minimum, $40 for one hour of 'time' for the cleaning and set-up and breakdown of the painting process. I will not charge for the painting process itself, which could in certain situations become complicated and costly.


There have been a couple of articles published today stating that Oneworld is set to hold a press conference to announce a new member on the 5th December. The airline expected to announced as the new member is the North African airline Royal Air Maroc.
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Any chance this could mean OW is joined by CZ? After all with QR on the line, they need a strong contender.
If One World takes Alaska, they will get very strong all over the West Coast, and the Western part of Canada, with American developing LAX as a hub and Alaska being based in SEA, plus Alaska recently took over Virgin America. Oh that'll be something.
Please be Alaska. Please codeshare into CLT. I have family in the PNW, I'd fly Alaska in a heartbeat.
Either AK or CZ, most likely AK since CX has yet to leave OW.
AirAsia is joining oneworld? Wow!
I think WestJet needs to join an alliance as it becomes a long haul carrier. Could this announcement include them too?
Lets hope no Air Asia, what do they bring to the alliance ? Malaysia Air will not support that.
think that little fella was being snarky with the Air Asia comment as that other fella needed to write AS and not AK.
I think WestJet needs to join an alliance as it becomes a lotng haul carrier. Could this announcement include them too?
so WestJet that has a JV with Delta.
Yes as stated in the linked article!
Royal Air Moroc have been leaning towards joining an alliance over the last few years and everytime it has been brought up Oneworld has always been at the forefront of those discussions so it would not surprise me in the slightest if they eventually announced their decision in doing so.
Alaska will be a great addition to Oneworld as well and would cover a large area currently not covered by the alliance but in saying that so would Westjet but if there is an announcement by Oneworld implying that as well as Royal Air Moroc joining and another north American carrier will be eventually joining as well my bet would be on Alaska Airlines especially as Westjet seem to have been getting closer to Skyteam recently.
Royal Air Moroc has a large west African network that will work perfectly for Oneworld.
PS there is already another thread discussing Alaska possibly joining Oneworld.
Westjet is much more likely to join Sky Team, since they are now in a serous relationship with Delta. I don't see WestJet going to One World, unless they break up with Delta which I don't see happening, because remember about a year ago they ended all codeshare agreements with American.
I have to wonder if AT will finally decide to fly to South Africa (that's the one major gap in their African network). At JFK, would AT stay at T1 or would they move to T7 or T8, where most oneworld airlines are (except for JL, which is a part-owner of the Terminal 1 Group). This fills a huge gap in the oneworld network. If AT finally decides to fly to JNB, they could likely get a codeshare with BA (MN) for local feed (MN flights operating for BA have BA flight numbers in the 6000 series range).
Would it kill anyone to actually use the airline name instead of their two letter code? Many of us have no idea outside of the major US carriers.
Considering that 99% of people on this site use the airline code that's a huge thing to ask to be honest with you.
I have to admit that a majority of users do actually know what the airline code is or at least have a reasonable guess at it!
Airline codes can sometimes be three digits and the use of numbers as well as they are not all two letter codes.
Although I think that you might be highly generalising when you state that ''many of us have no idea outside of the US major carriers'' I think they probably do!
The same thing though could be asked about those from the USA that continually use airport codes that hardly any of us know or are aware of or haven't even seen before outside of the United States of America.
It's a two way thing and this site is international not American-centric as most assume!
I must admit that it was far easier on airliners.net when we were able could see the codes when using the cursor over them, I honestly don't understand why that facility is no longer as it made life a lot easier.
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This website used to have this great feature where you could hover your mouse over the codes and the full name would pop up in a window! I think this worked for airport codes as well. Sadly, some attempt was made to modernized the site and this feature was lost.
Aside from the obvious CZ, AS, or AT, it could be IG or EI, too. I believe EI has to join OW if it wants to join the TATL JV.
Most people do NOT have their money on China Southern. People here think AT. Over at OMAAT they think PR. Why isn't CZ being considered? I don't suppose CX can block CZ from joining.
I believe all 4 Founding members have to agree. AA/BA/CX/QF. There is no way CX would be up for CZ based practically next door in Guangzhou. I can't see that happening.
This has been discussed ad nauseum but they really don't compete as much as the geography would indicate and the Pearl River Delta has 120 million people that are rapidly hitting middle class status. Especially with the new bridge opening, getting more people loyal to OW is may not be a terrible strategy.
Aer Lingus and China Southern are both going to join eventually.
The EI CEO begs to differ.
Now, however, Aer Lingus' appears to have put oneworld membership on the back burner while it instead prioritizes entering into the trans-Atlantic joint-venture partnership currently in place between American, British Airways, Iberia and Finnair.
It might be more likely with OW Connect as an option, but there's been little heard about that.
RAM is coming to BOS? A cool new tail at Logan to be sure, but a head-scratcher at the same time. But the 'little' 787-8 might enable them to make a go of it, perhaps 3x weekly or somesuch.
RAM is coming to Boston?
There has been no announcement regarding RAM starting Casablanca to Boston and if there had been I'm sure that there would be a dedicated thread regarding that because this thread is about Oneworld and a possible new member joining on the 05 Dec 2018 and not about possible new routes by RAM.
RAM fly from Casablanca to New York JFK with a B6 codeshare onwards to Boston.
RAM do not or have not announced Boston as being a direct non stop from Casablanca.
But this is all off topic isn't it regardless of the fact that we're mentioning Royal Air Maroc, as the discussion is not about possible new routes for the airline with the ''little'' B787-8 but the possibility or probability of them joining Oneworld with an official announcement being made on the 05 December 2018.
Yes I absolutely should have known better, what a stupid mistake on my behalf especially having flown with the airline eight times, many thanks for pointing that out to me as it's very much appreciated.
Highly unlikely since WestJet has strong ties with SkyTeam. They're in a joint venture with Delta and Air France-KLM.
You most certainly do not know that to be true.
Seems like all signs now point to RAM joining as a full member.
In the TPG article linked at the top of the page, in the section where it discusses routes to N. America, it states, "Miami will be added next April and Boston in July, according to the airline."
Clearly, there is a viable discussion as to if BOS will be added.
Funny, because earlier you posted "You were obviously far too lazy not have read the linked articles!"
It was a linked article, and YOU clearly were "far too lazy not have read the linked articles!"
Another clue is that RAM is starting Amman and Miami in 2019.
Yeah...exactly. How horrid of me to comment on a linked article that was in the original post.
They have a joint venture with Delta. If they join any alliance it will be SkyTeam.
That was a great feature on here back in the day. Whoever is now running this site needs to bring it back, it would help everyone and it probably is not that hard to do. You are correct, It worked for airline codes and city codes.
If it indeed ends up being RAM, that is excellent news for OW who have long played from far behind in Africa. Alaska Airlines would of course be a very good get for the North American market, overall adding Royal Air Maroc would be more significant in terms of the OW global network, in my opinion of course.
Well in that case perhaps it needs it's own thread rather than discussing it here!
I think an important aspect to consider is that 17.5% of CX is owned by CA and another 17.5% owner by CITIC, essentially meaning the Chinese government owns 35% of CX. We also see CX getting quite close to some Star Alliance members in recent years (LH, NZ, AC). Further, we also see CX stock price at historic low compared to 3 years ago. If we also consider that in recent years, there has been a separatist movement in Hong Kong and the Chinese central government is trying to counter that by bringing Hong Kong, both culturally and financially, closer to Mainland China as a whole (see the new High Speed Rail), it seems reasonable for CA to increase its ownership of CX (or possibly even execute a take over from Swire) at this point in time, with both clear political and financial goals - bringing the iconic carrier (sometimes still thought of as a symbol of British influence in Hong Kong) under Chinese control and give CA control over the highly desired HK market. Therefore, this could lead to CX not objecting to CZ joining oneworld so that it can prepare for its own departure and other deals with CA.
Again I'm just speculating here and I'm not saying all these would happen on Dec 5th or if CZ joins oneworld its because of politics. I just think when considering the future of CX we should take all these factors into account.
I think CZ (China Southern) could join oneworld some day, but probably not now. I assume that Star has some sort of non-compete/alliance jump clause that might have a contract waiting period to join another alliance, as Mexicana faced. MX left Star but had to wait at least a year before joining OW.
If I remember correctly, CO left SkyTeam and joined *A the next day.
But if somebody is using the wrong code, and that happens rather often, it looks sometimes dam silly. Not everybody even gets the USA airlines right, as this thread shows. Altogether just silly grandstanding instead of being informative. Use the name of the airline at least once in a post, before the poor fingers get tired from typing, than you can use the code and everybody realizes what airline somebody is talking about even if he gets the code wrong.
Aer Lingus, China Southern and Alaska will join too at some point after RAM.
Could Interjet be the rumored North American airline?
Considering that it's already being discussed and in great detail on this thread and the fact it's more or less 99.99% confirmed that it's going to be Alaska Airlines what would a rather irrelevant airline such as Interjet bring to the Oneworld alliance!
Just playing devil's advocate for a second, Oneworld did have Mexicana, so having a Mexican based airline isn't so irrelevant.
You must be dreaming, given all the furore over IATA codes vs. airline names that has taken place in this thread.
In no way was MEXICANA an irrelevant airline, they were one of worlds oldest airlines with a fairly good network and a modern fleet with an excellent reputation, the airline just before it's bankruptcy even flew from MEX to LGW.
MEXICANA was an excellent addition to Oneworld when it joined the alliance and it was an absolute shame how the airline ceased operations as it did.
My initial comment was not about the fact that INTERJET was a Mexican airline it was about the fact that they are a rather irrelevant little airline, also my comment was not about the fact that Oneworld previously had a Mexican airline but my comment was about INTERJET and that as an airline what would they offer, absolutely nothing to the Oneworld Alliance in terms of scale and network.
The small and rather irrelevant Mexican airline INTERJET is in no way a comparison to the former and once great Mexican airline that was MEXICANA.


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Q: Azure DB Tableview to Android with Azure Mobile Services Offline sync I have created a tableview in Azure DB,  Where Foo and Foo2 are joined,
How do i query this (table)view from Azure DB to an android application with azure mobile services offline sync?
Documentation used:
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A: Azure Mobile Offline sync allows client users to interact with the mobile app even there is no network connection. Changes are stored in a local data store and these changes could sync with the remote back end when the network connection is online.

How do i query this (table)view from Azure DB to an android application with azure mobile services offline sync?

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