Since when did a simple snow day become the bombcyclocalypse with temperatures colder than Mars? (Oh, and Mars is like -20 degrees!) This can mean only one thing — we are in the kitchen cooking up comfort food to feed our bellies and our souls.
We've been in the kitchen gleaning recipes from Shalane Flanagan and Elyse Kopecky's cookbook, Run Fast. Eat Slow. — Nourishing Recipes for Athletes.
Why we love this cookbook?
Written by two women who exhibit a passion to bring whole, nutritious and delicious food to your table.
Breaks through alarming diet trends and endless health-claiming food products to combat issues with female athletes–including infertility.
Celebration of whole food without obsession over carbs versus protein or the latest food trend.
Recipes have been tested for sustained recovery and nutrition. What's more, each recipe seeks to minimize inflammation, digestive distress, and toxins.
Save time by using raw beets (instead of baked). Puree them in a high-speed blender.
Place the beet, blueberries, banana, milk, coconut water, ginger, and almond butter in a blender. Blend on high speed for several minutes until smooth. Makes 2 servings.
These muffins are packed full of veggies, and are sweetened with maple syrup instead of refined sugar. In addition, almond flour and whole-grain oats replace nutrient-stripped white flour. These are Shalane's go-to muffins—nourishing and sweetly satisfying for an easy grab-n-run breakfast.
And don't fear the butter. Fueling up with healthy fats is a great way to start your day. Fat helps transport important vitamins throughout your hardworking body and will help keep you satisfied longer.
As a bonus, these muffins are gluten-free.
Arrange a rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a 12-cup standard muffin tin with paper muffin cups.
In a large bowl, combine the almond meal, oats, walnuts, currants or raisins, if using, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, and salt.
In a separate bowl, mix together the eggs, zucchini, carrot, butter, maple syrup, and vanilla.
Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, mixing until just combined.
Spoon the batter into the muffin cups filling each to the brim. Bake until the muffins are nicely browned on top and a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean, about 25 to 35 minutes.
Minestrone, in all its veggie-loaded glory, is one of our favorites. This soup can be made with whatever veggies, beans, and meat you have on hand. Option to make gluten free-substitute regular pasta for rice, quinoa or chick pea variations. To make vegetarian, skip the sausage and season with additional oregano, garlic and crushed red pepper.
Heat a large heavy-bottomed pot over medium-high heat. Add the sausage and cook, using a wooden spoon to break apart the sausage, until the meat is browned. Usually about 3 minutes.
Transfer the sausage to a small bowl and set aside. Pour of all but a tablespoon of the rendered fat. Add the celery, carrots, onion, garlic, oregano, and sea salt and cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are soft.
Add the broth, zucchini, tomatoes, beans, cooked sausage and the remaining salt — bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, 25 to 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, cook the past in a separate pot according to directions on package.
Place a small serving of past in each soup bowl. Lade the soup on top and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
This wholesome recipe is free of cane sugar, flour and dairy.
Preheat the oven to 400F. Place an 8×8-inch baking dish aside.
In a large bowl, toss together the strawberries, blueberries, lemon juice and tapioca four. Spread the mixture in the baking dish. In the same bowl, whisk together the oats, almond meal, nuts, cinnamon, ginger and salt. Add the maple syrup and oil — stir until combined.
Spread the oat topping evenly over the berry mixture.
Place in the center of the oven. Bake until the topping is golden brown and the fruit is bubbling – 25 to 30 minutes.
The shortest and darkest day of the year marks the Winter Solstice, and also a rebirth of the Sun. The earth begins her tilt back, signifying the end of cycle, before we emerge in Spring.
The shortest day of the year signifies a return to light, rebirth and a chance to start new. We are invited to set new intentions or perhaps realign with our goals and ideals currently in place. As we set this path, it lights the way through the darkness of winter, and leads us closer to our bright future. An intention is a stepping stone, a starting point of a dream, a power that makes our hearts beat and our souls soar.
Turn inward today, and stoke your inner fire and light. Harness the power of what remains in 2017 and lean into the darkness — lean into your significant life. Try this mediation from the Journey Junkie to awaken to your best Self in the Winter Solstice.
We saw a shift in the definition of "wellness" in 2017. Turning far from treadmill workouts and restrictive diets. Rather, leaning into habits that benefit your mind, body and soul. Wellness is bigger, better and bolder, with an emphasis on healing.
We're excited that wellness is more accessible than ever and this year's trends prove that big corporations and consumer demand are lifting quality, sustainability and research. We've handpicked a few you will want to watch.
Activated Charcoal. Showing up in drinks, facial serums, and even pill form, activated charcoal is one of the oldest health remedies taking on new form. Activated charcoal acts like a magnet for organic toxins, claiming to purify, whiten, and cleanse. But be sure to seek activated charcoal from a sustainable source like coconut shells or identified wood species like Binchotan, made fro Japanese Ubame oak. And remember, activated charcoal powder is dangerous to inhale. Mind Body Green shares more.
Introducing Moringa. The super green more nutritious than kale, moringa is known as the miracle tree, or Moringa Oleifera. Rich in in iron, calcium, vitamins, and antioxidants, moringa is a complete plant protein containing all 9 essential amino acids. With a consistency and taste similar to matcha, it's simple to add to any meal.
FemTech. Female focused technology is on the rise, giving women more power to influence their own health and wellness. Primarily, FemTech is addressing fertility solutions, period-tracking apps, pregnancy and nursing care, women's sexual wellness, and reproductive system health care.
Gut Health. Everyone is talking about gut health and we are tuning into the conversation. Gut health, or digestive health, remains a big driver for new opportunities and is a fragmented market, with more willing to try. Research shows gut health is directly linked to overall brain function, including improved mental health and a decrease in diseases like cancer and Alzheimer's. The conversation for 2018 turns to prebiotics, foods that contain the fiber that nourishes beneficial bacteria in the gut, like chicory root, apples, and Jerusalem artichokes. Dive deeper.
Women's CoWorking Clubs. This past year, we've witnessed worldwide women's marches that exploded with BIG LOVE, absorbing the once accepted Mean Girl vibes. This shift has given rise to dude-free, co-working spaces where collaboration is in, and competition is out. The vision? Take a look at WMN Space, created by Paula Mallis, a doula and women's circle facilitator.
Breathwork. Mindfulness, meditation and yoga are booming. We understand that stressed, anxious, and goal-oriented people are looking for ways to balance, respond to technology's unrelenting poke, and improve their relationship with their own minds and bodies. Breath is the quickest way to connect to ourselves and provides supernatural benefits.
Edible Essential Oils. According to Pinterest, the saves for essential oil food recipes are up 689 percent! These delicious smelling oils aren't just heaven scent — get it –they are great in creative recipes. Just be sure oils are safe for ingestion.
Turning from Tech. Unplug. Disconnect. Shut down. Technology that was meant to simplify our lives has led us away from the real world and into a false reality. Need we say more.
Lunar Everything. What was once taboo has become mainstream. Conversations about Mercury in Retrograde are common in the corner cafe over match green tea. Just like horoscopes, expect monthly Moon Reports to grow in popularity, as more people consult the planet as a guide for personal growth.
New Superfoods. Move over kale, quinoa, and coconut water. Make way for new superfoods that provide a powerful punch of vitamins and nutrients. A few making noise: kelp, pink pineapples, purple yams, peas.
So there you have it! Now bring on 2018.
Can you feel it already? The tightness in your shoulders? The shortness of breath? The pit in your stomach when you think about your long list of things to do as we lean into December?
We feel it-the inevitable busyness that comes with the holiday season. We feel it-the signals within our bodies telling us to slow down. This time of year can set us on a slow, destructive path if we don't listen and pay attention. We must listen, pay attention and be deliberate with how we take care of ourselves.
Prevent illness by not running your immune system into the ground.
Prevent irritability by not being tightly wound.
Better process those sweet treats that come with holiday parties by paying attention to your gut.
Sounds great, right? But how do we fit it all in?
Easy: We change how we think about self-care. We make it a priority. We deliberately take time to regenerate.
Meditate. We know you've heard this a million times, but you can do this one minute meditation by Spirit Junkie, Gabby Bernstein, before bed three nights a week. We think you can spare three minutes!
Look at your calendar and mark one hour (any time during the week!) each week where you practice yoga. Do not let anything else interrupt you and listen to what your body, mind and soul crave. Do I need to move quickly? Do I need to slow down? Do I need to lay in savasana?
Don't skimp on your supplements and vitamins! Take your daily and support with supplements that add in vegetables, fruits and berries. We prefer Juice Plus to keep us balanced.
Set a bedtime. This one might be little tricky with gatherings to attend, but we promise it makes a difference.
Draw a warm bath and add essential oils. We prefer doTERRA and this simple anxiety buster: Frankincense – 10 drops, Lavender – 5 drops, Bergamot – 5 drops.
Now's the time to create a Self Care Ritual and declare your physical, mental and spiritual health as important as that family gathering your adding to your calendar.
The Thunder Moon is this Sunday, July 9th, which marks the seventh full moon on the 2017 lunar calendar, and the first full Moon of the summer season in the northern hemisphere.
When the moon is opposing the Sun in the sky, we call it Full. Oppositions bring about our awareness, and feeling the tension of balance or imbalance. This often feels like a struggle between two things or energies, but this is simply polarization of one shared field of energy.
The full moon is an invitation to let go of things that no longer serve us. We harness it's energy to empower ourselves to take responsibility, to release anything that blocks our path to truth. Are there goals you keep striving for that no longer make sense? Are you judging yourself harshly and attracting that same judgment from those around you? Are you in charge of yourself, or are you awaiting permission and direction from some other place? Use this time to account for yourself. Sometimes giving up a goal or ambition is the best choice, allowing you to make room for something new, more aligned with your heart and purpose.
This will be a wonderful moon cycle to focus on abundance, career goals, and expanding on your dreams!
Here are affirmations to celebrate the Thunder Moon!
We bathe in the light of the Full Moon; to see inside ourselves with courage.
Listening and feeling with heightened sensitivity, we make ourselves available for new experiences.
We willingly surrender anything that no longer serves our greatest good, detoxifying ourselves on all levels.
We equally honor feelings and emotions, along with our drive for achievement and manifestation.
By the power of the Moon and the Sun, we embody more of our rue shining selves, sharing our light with the Universe.
Here are some fun facts about the 2017 thunder moon, when it will be visible, how it got its name, and other nicknames for the July full moon.
Fall has arrived on the coast in the Northeast. This morning, we traded flip flops for a pair of boots, and we are leaning into all things pumpkin spice.
This Pumpkin Banana Smoothie makes a great grab and go breakfast, high in protein and fiber. Pumpkin is linked to better sleep,vision and lower blood pressure with the benefit of vitamin A. We add whole cloves and a generous amount of cinnamon to fight inflammation, improve digestion and heart health. Skip the Greek Yogurt to keep the smoothie creamy, and without tasting tart or bitter.
Place all ingredients into a blender or food processor and blend until smooth. Add more milk to thin and/or more ice to thicken. Enjoy right away with a little sprinkle of extra cinnamon if desired.
It's that time of year again. The one that has us feeling light and airy, but craving a little more dark and cozy. That time of year when we seek balance, purpose and intention.
It always occurs on September 22, 23 ,or 24th.
The entire world experiences a moment of balance and equanimity as the sun shines directly on the equator.
Fall Equinox is the point of balance between Summer & Winter Solstices – the longest and shortest days of the year.
With the coming days shifting from light to dark, the Fall Equinox is the time to draw inward, dive deep into yourself, and refocus on what's important and meaningful. It provides an opportunity to reflect on the year thus far and set positive intentions for the rest of the year ahead. This is the time to celebrate new beginnings.
To celebrate, consider the following activities to help cultivate a sense of awareness, focus, and most importantly – balance.
Start a mantra meditation with balance as the key focus.
Take a stab at walking meditation.
Perform a letting go ritual by using what's found in nature – release them into a body of water to be washed away.
Seek short moments of meditation.
Create a dream catcher with natural fall elements to capture your intentions.
A guided journal session, with a set series of questions, will smooth the transition to Fall. Grab your journal, carve out quiet time and consider these questions that will draw forth emotions, thoughts and new ideas. Make sure your journal is one you come back to often to keep the fire stoked and burning.
What have you achieved this year?
Who has helped you with these achievements? How can you thank them?
What positive habits have you cultivated?
What negative habits have you cultivated?
How can you invite in more positive experiences and release the negative experiences?
Where do you need more balance?
How can you transition into a state of balance?
What do you want to accomplish as the year ends?
This pivotal moment of balance is an opportunity for you to practice and find a moment of reflection. Explore postures that allow you to bow down and find that space within yourself where you can go beneath the surface. A few to try.
So, go ahead yogis. Bow down to Mother nature, shift your perspective and embrace the Fall Equinox.
An acai bowl is a delicious way to start your day with clean energy and is super easy to make. This smoothie bowl is intended for those of us seeking an endless summer, and not quite ready to embrace fall. The addition of citrus makes this recipe less sweet, yet it remains tasting bright and refreshing.
The addition of more superfoods (high nutrient density foods) in this recipe, provide a sense of grounding as we move forward into fall. Superfoods give you more energy, stabilize moods and allows your immune system to function at its peak.


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La óptica adaptativa es una técnica óptica que permite contrarrestar, en tiempo real, los efectos de la atmósfera de la Tierra en la formación de las imágenes astronómicas. Para lograrlo se inserta en el camino óptico del telescopio un espejo deformable sostenido por un conjunto de actuadores controlados por computadora.

Para la utilización de esta técnica se necesita en el campo estelar una estrella de referencia: el análisis de su aspecto permite evaluar en tiempo real las perturbaciones a que está sometida la imagen. La computadora reacciona con el envío (muchas veces cada segundo) de comandos a los actuadores del espejo deformable, el cual adopta una forma que compensa los defectos de la imagen. El sistema puede utilizar también como referencia una estrella artificial producida por un haz láser que atraviesa las capas de aire que provocan la mala calidad de imagen. Cualquier objeto puntual o extenso en el campo de visión, como una galaxia, mejora así su nitidez. No obstante, cuanto mayor sea la separación aparente entre la estrella de referencia y el astro observado, peores resultan las prestaciones de esta técnica que, por lo tanto, solo es aplicable a campos de visión bastante estrechos (algunos minutos de arco, a lo sumo). Con esta técnica el poder de resolución de los telescopios puede llegar a incrementarse hasta en unas 40 veces. Los resultados de la óptica adaptativa mejoran cuanto mayor sea la longitud de onda de la luz, por lo que esta técnica suele aplicarse sobre todo a observaciones en el infrarrojo.

Hay que hacer notar que la óptica adaptativa no solo compensa las perturbaciones variables inducidas por la atmósfera, sino que también es capaz de corregir buena parte de las aberraciones intrínsecas (y estables, o de variación muy lenta) debidas a la óptica del telescopio.

Si bien se trata de una técnica que encuentra su campo de aplicación natural en la astronomía, actualmente se investiga también en la óptica adaptativa aplicada a visión humana. Para ello se procede al análisis de las imágenes de objetos puntuales ("estrellas" artificiales) proyectadas sobre la retina a través de las lentes frontales del ojo (córnea y cristalino). El estudio de estas imágenes permite evaluar las aberraciones debidas al órgano de visión, y actuar sobre sistemas adaptables externos que introduzcan las correcciones necesarias en el haz de luz incidente, para lograr que las imágenes proyectadas sobre la retina sean lo más nítidas posible.

También tiene aplicaciones militares para mejorar la observación a distancia y enfocar láseres en objetivos.

Véase también
 Óptica activa

Enlaces externos
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Telescopios
Astronomía observacional
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Q: How to set a bug status to 'Reopened' in Azure Devops? How do I add a state to a Bug with Value = Reopened.
We have only New, Active, Resolved and Closed configured in the bug status dropdown.

A: The New, Active, Resolved and closed states are the Default State for the Bug Work item.
From you screenshot, you are using the Default Agile Process. The default agile process cannot be changed. So you need to create an inherited Agile process. Then you could modify the inherited process.
Here are the steps:
Step1: Create an inherited Agile process in Organization Settings -> Process.

Step2: Add the Reopend state to Bug Work item in New Inherited Agile process -> Bug -> States -> New state.

In order for your project to use this new inheritance process, you need to change the project process in Organization Settings -> Process -> Agile(Default) -> Projects ->Change Process.

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*Create an inherited process if you do not have one already (i.e if you are using one of the built in processes), and change process used by your project to use the new one

*Add a custom state to your process

A: The type of states available seem to be defined by the project settings.
According to Microsoft Azure DevOps Documentation it seems like the state categories you mention come from setting the project as Agile Process.
The same documentation page also lets us know that you can add custom states. Presumably if you have the correct permissions to do so.
Also, please consider updating your title to something like "How to set bug to state 'Responded' in Azure Devops?", or something similar, descriptive.

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Unitarian Dog Nativity goes viral
In case you missed it, a Welsh Unitarian chapel's dog nativity video went viral on Christmas Eve, appearing across social media, the press and TV – including on BBC Breakfast.
Speaking to the BBC about the video – which featured Three Wise Whippets and the infant Jesus played by a pug puppy called Margaret – Rev. Rory Castle Jones of Gellionnen Chapel near Pontardawe said: "We wanted to just make people smile, see and hear the Christmas Story again – but in a way they probably hadn't heard it before."
You can a BBC News report with clips of the video here.
You can watch the video in full on Gellionnen Chapel's Facebook page here.
You can read more about this story in articles from BBC News, Wales Online and the Daily Mail.
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Dev Update: The full plan for Diplomacy in Predestination
July 16, 2015 Game Design, Graphics, Mechanics, Video
Since our last dev update, we've released the Trade Routes and System UI overhaul we discussed in our last update and have fixed a truckload of crashes and bugs in other areas of the game. Anyone who's been getting an OutOfMemoryException crash on saving the game will be happy to know that we've managed to solve this problem and tested it with a fully explored galaxy. The next patch will also add the highly requested sound and music volume sliders in the options panel, and we've added new graphical effects and race music to the New Game screen to add some much needed immersion.
The main focus of the next patch is on Diplomacy, so I wanted to take some time out to talk about our plans. Diplomacy is a huge part of any 4X game, and one that is often overlooked in favour of combat and economic mechanics, but we want it to be an important part of Predestination. Ideally, a clever player should be able to play a fully diplomatic game without ever being forced into war and combat if they don't want to. We recently reached out to you for your feedback and ideas on Diplomacy, and in this article I'll delve into our final design, which has been broken down into four smaller patches. Note that we may take a break between patch 2 and 3 or between patch 3 and 4 to work on other major gameplay systems.
Tagged 4x, art, artificial intelligence, artwork, concept art, devblog, development, diplomacy, diplomacy ai, first contact, game, game development, game-design, gameplay, gaming, graphics, indie, indie game, indie game dev, indie game development, master-of-orion, moo2, music, predestination, predestination game, races, renegades, sci-fi, screenshot, starforged, strategic resources, united colonies, video, zl'oq
Development Update: June 2014 – City Revamp, Ship Designs, and Beta Plans
July 8, 2014 Brain and Nerd, Game Design, Graphics, Screenshots, Ships
June was a jam-packed month for us; We showed off Predestination at Comic Con Belfast and Q Con XXI, performed an iteration on the Fleet Combat gameplay, worked on a lot of new building and ship models, and completely redesigned the city system. We've also switched to a new newsletter system to make sure that everyone is definitely receiving important development updates, and are now working hard on the next beta release: Galaxy Beta V2.0. This update is due for release within the next two weeks and will contain all of the planet and city changes discussed in the May and June dev updates, in addition to a newly overhauled version of the Fleet Combat gameplay.
Update (2nd August): The next beta stage will be out within the next few days along with a full breakdown of the new gameplay. Read More
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A quick update: The Galaxy Beta is almost ready
April 20, 2014 Brain and Nerd, Graphics, Ships
We've been hard at work trying to get the Galaxy Beta into your hands, and you'll be glad to know that it's now less than a week away from completion. We had hoped to get the first iteration of this beta into your hands by the end of March, but have had some unexpected delays that have put us behind our initial projections. A computer failure has slowed work on the Galaxy Beta, and additional development time was also eaten up by preparing tax documents, putting together the final financial paperwork for the Arts Council of Northern Ireland grant, and continuing the process for getting listed on Steam.
The good news is that now that all that is complete and the Galaxy Beta is almost ready to deploy, we're able to focus on releasing updates more regularly leading up to launch! For this quick art update, we'd love to show you two of the diplomacy screen backgrounds in Predestination (the Kazzir and the Sauros), and two of our new promotional posters.
We've also put together a design pack for the race and level design backers from our first Kickstarter, which will wing its way to those backers alongside the Galaxy Beta update within the next week.
UPDATE: The galaxy beta is now ready and is undergoing some final in-house testing on various setups before we release it to backers. Your patience is very much appreciated. Read More
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Predestination Race Reveal: The Sauros
March 13, 2013 Game Design, Graphics
The Sauros are Predestination's first reptilian race! The race is composed of three distinct sub-species:
The purple Monitor Sauros: The shamanistic ruling caste and diplomatic contacts for the empire. They are native to the desert regions of their home world and are worshiped as if they were gods.
The white Albino Sauros: A rare breed possessing an immense intellect. They are native to desert regions and are responsible for all scientific discovery in the empire.
The green Jungle Sauros: Have been selectively bred to be the perfect labourers and ground combatants. They are native to the jungles of their home world and make up the majority of the Saurosian population.
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Robot concept art: Character artist Connor Murphy in action
October 10, 2012 Graphics
Most game developers work behind closed doors and don't let players see early work in progress designs. With Predestination we aim to give fans a front row seat to the game's development and let you help develop the game with your feedback and suggestions. We have a community website launching soon where you can suggest ideas and discuss the game, and we should be finally launching our Kickstarter campaign within the next few weeks, but today we want to give you an inside look at how we've been designing our first race:
Concept sketches:
We wanted the robots to look like they were originally designed as humanoid robots to serve another race but have had to adapt to survive when left to fend for themselves on their starting planet. When their power sources began to run out, they had to adapt to using fossil fuels and became all steampunky. They began building new robots and reprogramming them to do new tasks like mining for coal and designing new technology. Now they're pretty much a fully-fledged race with workers, scientists, and military robots. Our new character artist Connor Murphy turned those ideas into the five concept sketches below: Read More
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Concept art: Robotic races
September 10, 2012 Game Design, Graphics
Not all the races in Predestination will be organic; The race below assembled itself from a crashed transport full of worker droids, service bots and military hardware. To survive, they had to adapt themselves to their new home and fossil fuel energy sources. We haven't named the race yet, but the population and ships will have a steampunk visual style. Different tasks like industry or research will be completed by specialised robots, so the military robots may look very different to the researchers or workers. Below is concept art for the race's industrial worker droids, produced by our new character artist Connor Murphy: Read More
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Luc Besson gleefully combines two of his favourite movie elements - fit women and wildly insane action - in this raucous guilty pleasure. It's almost as if he's trying to make his own version of Inception, but this is one of those films that only pretends to be brainy and existential. It's actually a slick, silly, improbable action romp. And it's a lot of fun.
The title refers both to the very first female and an American student (Scarlett Johansson) living in Taipei whose loser boyfriend (A Hijacking's Pilou Asbaek) ropes her into making a delivery to notoriously vicious crime boss Jang (Oldboy's Choi Min-sik). Grabbed by Jang's goons, she's forced to become a mule, with a kilo of experimental drugs implanted in her abdomen. When it bursts, the drug allows her to access much more than the 10 percent of the brain humans normally use. By the time she hits 20%, she can already control people and objects around her. And the percentage keeps climbing. So she heads to Paris to meet mental capacity expert Norman (Morgan Freeman) and figure out what to do. But Jang and his army of thugs are in hot pursuit, so she enlists a local cop (Syriana's Amr Waked) to help.
Besson doesn't like to hang around, so the film takes off like a shot, only barely pausing for breath in its brisk 89-minute running time. On-screen captions keep us updated on Lucy's brain capacity, and it's great fun seeing every advancement she makes on her way to 100%. This allows Besson to indulge in deliriously enjoyable mind-bending action sequences that play out like he's a kid with a giant set of very cool toys. Outrageous car chases, giant explosions and random epic shootouts fill the screen as Lucy expands her mind, begins to bend reality around her and transcends the limits of numbers and letters.
Johansson is terrific, throwing herself into the role as if it makes any sense at all. She somehow manages to keep a straight face even in the film's most absurdly ridiculous moments, and she's nicely balanced by Freeman's calm authority, Waked's frazzled disbelief and especially Choi's hilariously annoyed villain. There isn't a single moment when we doubt how this will end, but in the absence of any genuine suspense Besson makes sure that we are entertained to within an inch of our lives. Scenes are packed with deliberately comical touches, from snappy dialogue to running gags and spurious details. And it's such brilliantly staged nonsense that we just sit back and hold on for the ride.
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Genre: Action/Adventure
In Theaters: Friday 25th July 2014
Box Office USA: $126.5M
Box Office Worldwide: $434.1M
Budget: $40M
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
Production compaines: Ciné+, TF1 Films Production, EuropaCorp, Canal+
Contactmusic.com: 3.5 / 5
Rotten Tomatoes: 66%
Fresh: 128 Rotten: 66
Producer: Virginie Silla
Screenwriter: Luc Besson
Starring: Scarlett Johansson as Lucy, Morgan Freeman as Professor Norman, Choi Min-sik as Mr. Jang, Amr Waked as Pierre Del Rio, Julian Rhind-Tutt as The Limey, Pilou Asbæk as Richard, Analeigh Tipton as Caroline, Nicolas Phongpheth as Jii, Jan Oliver Schroeder as German Mule, Luca Angeletti as Italian Mule
Also starring: Luc Besson
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We reach our penultimate episode for Stack/Unstuck, and arrive on the topic of testing. Testing isn't necessarily part of any technology stack, but it is a vital part of building software. Sometimes, it can feel like testing is an afterthought, or just a box for busy coders to tick once completed.
We hear from our guests about how testing doesn't need to be saved for a curtain call. It can have a starring role when identifying problems within different components of a software stack. And as we include it more in discussions and planning, and as we start thinking about it earlier in development cycles, testing can further an application's potential, and help teams build software better.
00:00 — Kim Huang
Recently I met with Schaffer Stewart. He's a senior software engineer at LifeOmic, but when he is not doing that, he's spending his time contributing to civic coding projects.
Right now, Schaffer is working with a group called Open Raleigh Brigade on a particular project for campaign finance.
00:20 — Schaffer Stewart
The goal of the project is to make the data more accessible.
Voters often research candidates before they head to the polls, right? But finding information about donations, who donated to who, what organization, and how much money can be tricky. A person can go to the Board of Elections website, but in this case, it's confusing. There's lots of things that only an expert in campaign finance would be able to understand. And let me tell you, the user experience does not get much better from there.
Even if you do manage to get results, then you're given this page that's a list of 10 different campaign finance filing documents, and you have to know which out of that list you want, which document set is actually the contributions.
So the problem was well established. Schaffer and his team wanted to build an MVP—a minimum viable product that would be then tested against the original version for usability and accuracy.
So now we have these user stories and this idea, and so it's trying to figure out how we can start building out an MVP and testing the user stories, and testing the idea, and see what's possible.
User stories are a type of documentation. They're done to capture functional requirements based on things a user would want to do with whatever they're trying to build.
They were very simple things along the lines of, I should be able to search for a committee or a candidate by name and just see all the contributions associated with them.
But what does one find when testing software and what effect can testing have on the software stack?
02:06 — Brent Simoneaux
This is Compiler, an original podcast from Red Hat. I'm Brent Simoneaux.
02:12 — Angela Andrews
And I'm Angela Andrews.
We're taking you on a journey through the software stack. We call the series Stack/Unstuck.
Today's episode, we are talking about testing. This is one episode of a series. So if you want to listen from the beginning, you can start from our episode, The Great Stack Debate.
Let's go to producer Kim Huang for our story. We're talking about testing today. And Kim, this might sound like a silly question because I think I know what testing is, but in this context, what is testing?
Simply said, software testing is something that is done ideally before something goes to market or it's released for public use, right? You want to make sure that there are little to no bugs. I know it's sometimes unavoidable that bugs come up after a product release, but you want to make sure that the software that you design is doing what it's supposed to do, and it's not fundamentally, what they say, broken on release.
I think testing is super important. I mean, I know we're talking about stacks here, and this really isn't part of a stack specifically, but it's so integral to every single part of the stack. I mean, I think it shows we want to do testing because we want to make sure that we're getting it right. We want to make sure that we're giving our users the experience that we expect them to have. So it's one of those things that you really can't or shouldn't live without it.
I've got a couple of questions here.
One, who is doing the testing?
I was going to say my favorite answer, it depends.
It depends. Okay.
Yeah, it does.
Well, say more about that.
Well, some teams actually have testers who do testing because they're not the ones that are writing the code, they're just testing it to see that it behaves the way that the programmer said it was going to behave. So they do quality control. They're like, "Does it do X, Y, and Z?" Sometimes developers write their own tests to make sure that their code behaves the way that they expect it to behave. So I guess it depends, is really the best answer for who does the testing.
And at what part of the development process do we test?
All Of them.
All of them. Okay. So it's sort of like you continuously do this throughout the process.
I think you do to some degree.
Now, if we're talking about pipelines, there is a section inside of a CICD pipeline, which is continuous integration, continuous development, where the testing happens. But I think back to when I was in bootcamp where I would write code and I would do little tests to make sure that what I wrote would produce the result that I expected. So it was just me hacking away on my keyboard, making sure that this is really run. Does it really account for all of the variables that could quite possibly be entered here? So like I said, testing happens all over the place.
So testing isn't technically part of this software stack?
Kim, I want to ask you, why are we talking about it in this series then? Why is testing important to this particular conversation that we're having?
Well, there can be a lot of friction inside of teams about what to test and when to test it. Just because you're trying to get something out there and you're trying to get an iteration of your product, kind of like what Schaffer was talking in the first part of the episode. You're trying to get something out there as soon as possible, and you feel this kind of pressure even, especially, if you're a product owner, for example. You feel a pressure to get things out there very quickly.
So it's easy to forego the one or the lowest rung on the ladder because you know you can just skip that. But it's not really advantageous to anyone to skip something like testing. It should be the opposite effect where testing should not only be a part of every aspect of software development, but it also kind of should inform the development itself.
All right. We've got our definitions.
We have level set.
We've level set. Now, let's dig in.
Okay. When I first started looking into making a testing episode for Stack/Unstuck, I went to the place where I normally go when I am trying to find out anything. I went to my search engines. I went to Wikipedia. I went to different websites, different articles, and I kept seeing a name over and over again.
07:24 — Lisa Crispin
My name is Lisa Crispin, and I'm a testing consultant, an author, a trainer, a speaker at conferences, and a lover of donkeys.
Donkeys? Okay.
Like Shrek donkeys.
Correct. Lisa Crispin is a person who raises donkeys.
And knows a lot about software testing.
Yes, a lot.
Well, we have a little farm and we have four rescue donkeys that we take care of, and they pull carts and wagons that do work around the place, as well as just generally being cute and entertaining us and being nice companions.
I know. I love it. Lisa says there are a number of reasons why testing is crucial to software development, and not just in a practical sense.
I've actually worked with developers who were like, "Well, why do we need to test this?" "Really? Are you sincerely asking me that question?" And they were. And a lot of times they just see it as, "Oh, that's a less valuable activity, and people who are lower paid than I am should do that," which is not a great attitude.
No way.
These days we really have to be concerned with ethics and we have to be concerned with regulations and laws.
Wow. That's an interesting take because I could see someone saying that because they think that what they're doing is just so self-important, But these are all really important jobs and really important tasks. And without good tests, you're shipping crappy code. Seriously.
Yes. And crappy code carries a lot of what risks, right?
And remember what Lisa just said about all of those regulations and laws, and ethics. Well, the world is only getting more and more robust with those types of laws as it pertains to IP, as it pertains to security. And not being in compliance with those laws can obviously be very bad.
A company could easily go out of business because let's say their code is not secure and somebody breaks into the database. There's just so many different ways. Or maybe their user interface is not accessible to people with disabilities, and there are regulations around that, that they're not meeting. And so they get fined.
So I think we answered the question. That's why we test.
Yes. Releasing untested software and applications is a pretty risky proposition. But we talk about tests typically in the context of QA and end user testing, what the person using the software sees. What does this have to do with the stack that a development team can use?
Maybe you're testing at a unit level, but a lot of the problems don't come out because they occur between the different levels of the stack. It's when you go from the user interface all the way down to the database that a problem happens.
Let's unpack this. So she just said something really telling, We're so focused on the front end and what users are experiencing and things like that. But testing has to go a little bit deeper than what you see because she said it needs to happen all the way to the database. So think about forms that we see on websites and we're entering our information or whatever. That information has to be passed securely. We shouldn't be able to put any old character into a field and probably do some sort of sequel injection query on a database and take it down. We need to test to make sure that what this application is doing is not going to cause harm. And we have to test for that.
It seems like she's also saying that if you're just testing in one part of the stack, you're not going to discover all the problems.
Some of these problems occur between the different components of the stack.
Let's talk about that concept of testing at the unit level. Maybe in this scenario, a team can't test the API level for whatever reason, but they can test at the UI level. Those tests can make development easier. Maybe it lessens the amount of errors and bugs that come back when they actually try to compile everything to make sure that everything can work.
So if these types of tests can be written with each layer of the stack in mind, just like Angela was talking about at the beginning of the episode, how she was in bootcamp, a little bit of writing here, a little bit of code there, a little bit at a time makes for a more effective and more efficient development process.
So this makes a lot of sense to me, and that makes me wonder why everyone doesn't do this.
Maybe because it slows down your work. You know what I mean?
Because if you're working on something and you are head down and you have to really think about how to error proof and find your bugs, well that takes away from putting your head down and writing your code. But I think we should give it just as much weight as we do anything else because quality is key. Security is key. Being compliant is key. And if we kind of coupled that into our code writing process, I think it would feel less burdensome.
I agree. They do say that time is money, and I understand that sometimes testing code means you're not writing it. But at the same time, you only get one chance to make a first impression. And when you want to launch a product, if you want to launch an app, you want the best experience possible for whatever user or whatever customer you're trying to serve. Lisa does go a bit further about testing. She says that testing isn't just beneficial for development, it can even be beneficial for teams before work even starts.
A great example is frameworks like React come with testing frameworks like Jest, which give a lot of advantages over others. And so when a team is thinking about, what coding framework to use. They need to look at what testing framework it's using too for the unit level test. And for things like API level testing or workflow testing at the user interface or in workflow level.
Testing is important, but not just when something is ready to be released. It should be something that, to Angela's point before, is at every stage of the development process. So unit level tests can help catch problems at different layers of stack. And the availability of testing support and frameworks just can help teams choose the technologies that they use.
I think that's interesting because you can decide, "Well, I want to do X and I want to use this language." You're now doing your homework and saying, "Well, does it come with the testing framework?" That kind of makes it easier because you are working within language that you're already really familiar with, hopefully.
Right? I think that's interesting that now these frameworks have their own testing framework. I would guess it would make your job a little bit easier.
Yes. So coming up, we go back to Schaffer. He and his team are starting to delve into the build, and they are going to discover that testing can change a project midstream. So at this point of the story, Schaffer and his team are putting together that campaign finance dashboard. Specifically, they're working on user stories. The team asked each other important questions. Who was going to be the primary user for this tool? What do they want to see in what they're using? Schaffer did talk about voters earlier, but even at the beginning, things started to change.
If there's lay people using the tool and things are off by a little bit, or there's something that's one or two records aren't quite right. That's not the end of the world. But one of our target users is researchers and journalists. So if these people are using the tool and stuff isn't 100% accurate, then the tool is not really useful for them. If they have to look at the data and the tool and then go back and double check everything against the board of elections, which is sort of a time consuming process.
So the first thing that the Open Raleigh Brigade team decided was to clean the data that they already had available. That was so development could start fresh.
Having good data is critical. We have to make sure that during our cleaning process, we haven't done anything to misrepresent the data or introduced any inaccuracies into the data.
They started that kind of what they call de-duplication process.
And those processes can require scripts to be written, at least to shorten time so that people are not doing this too manually.
Manually, yeah.
And it also cuts down on errors, right? Because human error is always a factor. Schaffer stepped forward with his experience and expertise to help with this early on, and he wanted to use the technology that he knew to test and see if this could work and address some of the accuracy problems that were happening with the early iterations of the dashboard.
And so in this case, I was helping out with it. So I know Node.js and Postgres, and so that was the tools I picked to try and get it done.
So Node.js, which is a runtime environment for JavaScript and Postgres, which is for the database layer. So he started working with those tools and then he ran some early tests, like little incremental tests to see if things were working at the time.
The MVP gave us enough data that we could take it and start building a dashboard around it, but it didn't really scale well enough as we tried to add additional data. Node and Postgres weren't really the right tools for that, so we did a second iteration, which was mostly Python. So that took us a little bit further. We were able to get more data. It worked better, it worked faster. It was just kind of nicer to use.
So they had to find the right tool for the job.
Yes. And in order to do that, they had to stop and test the work that they'd already done thus far.
And they found out what they were doing wasn't working how they expected.
Well, that's the good part about starting early and not getting so deep into the process and having to change tools.
So Kim, how else did testing inform their work?
Schaffer talks more about testing here and a lot of what he says is very indicative of the nature of civic coding projects.
So I think mostly it's just as we're building, we're testing these things to see if they work as we expect. During our regular meetings, we often would demo the project to show where we currently are, and that was also a good opportunity for people to play around with it and test it. You're on a Zoom call with 10 or 15 people and you kind of show them the tool and then most of them will pull it up on their own computer and start plugging things in.
And then they'll hit an error and they'll let you know right there in the call testing and seeing what happens if I misspell someone's name, I throw a typo in there, that sort of thing. And just based on that sort of refining, fixing bugs or small behaviors that don't really make sense, adjusting those.
Well, that's pretty smart because having your team all plugging away, trying to pick something apart and someone finds something, one, you have a bug and you can file a bug on Bugzilla. I'm using that term, but you can file a bug and this is something that you have to program out of your code because it's behaving in such a way you don't want this to happen. So it's cool that they have this ongoing process. And because testing is so important, you have to do it like this. You have to pick it apart, move one piece at a time, and at some point you're going to find out you're going to have an application with a lot less bugs in it.
Exactly. You can even use testing to identify themes that are necessary to protect people's information. Things like addresses, phone numbers, items that people may not want everyone to know.
We don't include that information in our dashboard because we don't want to make it any easier for people to abuse that sort of information. So yeah, it's a lot of just testing it internally and figuring out what we do and don't like and what we do and don't want to see.
They want their dashboard to produce X and anything outside of X is not what it was meant to do. So they're trying to keep the scope super small.
It is a tight line to walk.
Yes. People's personal information, you do have to be super careful with exposing that.
So now that there's a MVP in place, they've been working on this at this point for many, many months. I think since 2020. So it's been actually a few years. And since then, they've built in even more complex user testing, specifically based on some of those power users that Brent was talking about before.
One of the main leaders behind the project is a journalist and independent researcher. And so he's reached out to some contacts and colleagues in the journalism community, and we've gotten on some calls with them. We've given them the tool and had them test and search for people that they're familiar with to start looking at the data and making sure that the data is correct. So it's important that we get these subject matter experts and people who are in the domain to come in and start using it before we release it to a broader audience.
Very smart.
That is very smart, because I think you're not going to catch everything in the lab. You need people, experts, power users to kick the tires in the wild in some ways.
And you also need a discerning eye, an expert eye to figure out what's missing if there's anything that's missing. I feel like especially with journalists and people who have that expertise in campaign finance who are working a specific beat, or maybe they are working as a political analyst or something, they know exactly what to, in this case, what to look for, what it should look like, what it should not look like, and what is most useful to a user in the end.
Yeah. They have that discerning eye.
Schaffer says the most important thing is for people that are working on development teams, especially if you're working on projects like this that are so complex. It's important for them not to feel down about having to scrap work when testing gives you a different outcome that you don't expect.
It can be easy to feel like you did something wrong or you didn't write good enough code. It can at times feel like an attack on you. Don't take it personally. You built what was needed at the time and now something else is needed and that's fine. It might be in a different stack, and that's fine too.
I don't think it was a waste of time. When you realize that you have the wrong tool for the job, you're doing your job seriously. You don't want to fit a square peg into a round hole. You want to make sure you have exactly what you need because your end user, they depend on that. They really do. So I get where he's saying, it could feel like, "Oh, I didn't do a really good job with this. What did I do wrong?" But sometimes this is not the right tool for the job. So good for them figuring that out before they got way too far along.
So we've been talking this whole episode about the importance of testing, especially at various stages of the development process. And to me that seems like the way to go. So from everything we've heard, that seems like what we should all be doing. So I'm curious if the tools are there, how do we build this into our culture?
Well, my opinion is make it okay to change your mind. Look at Schaffer's example. When you realize you're not making the best choice, make it okay to switch and pivot. Being agile, not only in your development cycle, but also in how you test sounds like the happy medium. Testing is super important. We can't bolt it on in the end, just like we can't do security bolting it on at the end. They need to be first class citizens in the development process.
Agreed. Testing is not a part of the software stack. We all know that, but it is a crucial part of the software development process. Testing can catch problems in the software stack before they become very big problems down the road.
But my question is how do we change the culture around this? I think I understand the importance of it. I hear what you're saying, but to me this feels like a cultural issue. Right?
This is all culture. It is.
Yeah, it's all about culture.
Well, how do you change any culture? You keep talking about it. You make it commonplace. It can't be taboo. I mean, think about how our language has changed over the years because we realize that this doesn't work. This does not work. We have to figure out a better way and how do we do it? We have to make it more approachable. We have to make it more accessible. We have to make it okay and...
Normalize it.
We have to normalize it. Exactly. So that's how any culture change happens. These weren't the ways that we did things. And what we had to do was we had to keep talking about newer and better ways. That's literally how you change the culture. It really does have to happen from up top too because that's where you get your buy-in. And then it all trickles down.
Okay. So that's the stack. Did we do it?
I think we did. We went through the entire stack from frontend to backend. Yeah, I think we did it.
Well, up next, we're going to wrap this up. Right, Kim?
We do have one more episode though, and it's kind of like our wrap-up to go over some of the things we've learned while making Stack Unstuck. And we have a few special guests who are going to come in and leave us with their thoughts as well.
Remember, you can go back and listen to any of the previous episodes, from front end, to frameworks, to databases, to the operating system. Yeah. Check out any of the older episodes and we want to hear what you think about this series. You can tweet us at Red Hat and always use the #compilerpodcast. We would love to hear from you. And that does it for this episode of Compiler.
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The names of the worst behaved children have been revealed – would you use any of these?
Parents can spend days, weeks or even months coming up with baby names.
So if you're thinking about what to name your kids, a study has revealed the monikers of the worst behaved children.
The study from School Stickers looked at the rewards given to children for their behaviour in class.
Researchers examined the results from 63,000 school kids and worked out the names of the worst behaved for boys and girls.
The naughtiest girl was called Ella, followed by Bethany, Eleanor, Olivia and then Laura.
Holly, Courtney, Amber, Caitlin and Jade finishing off the list.
For boys, the worst behaved lad was called Joseph, followed by Cameron, William, Jake and Joshua.
Jamie, Lewis, Benjamin, Ethan and Luke also made the cut.


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Jovateny és una masia de l'Esquirol (Osona) inclosa a l'Inventari del Patrimoni Arquitectònic de Catalunya.

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Masia de planta rectangular coberta a dues vessants amb el carener paral·lel a la façana orientada a ponent. Presenta un portal adovellat amb una finestra conopial a nivell del primer pis. Aquesta finestra té uns interessants relleus sota els arcs còncaus on s'hi endevinen un rostres humans com sols. Davant del portal s'hi forma una lliça voltada de dependències agrícoles, construïdes recentment. A migdia i a nivell del primer pis s'hi obren unes galeries. És construïda amb pedra i totxo i arrebossada al damunt. L'element més interessant del mas el constitueixen el finestral i el portal adovellat.

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Antic mas tradicionalment del nucli de Sant Martí Sescorts. No la trobem registrada en el fogatge del  i les notícies més antigues que tenim ens la dona la mateixa construcció que duu les dates de 1645 i 1713. Actualment el mas és habitat per uns masovers i n'és propietària una cooperativa anomenada Agropecuària Jovanteny.

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Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh meets with congressional leaders in Washington on July 24, 2018.
He has in many ways stayed true to his intent, following the Jesuit mantra of service above self instilled in him by the elite Catholic high school he attended in suburban Washington - volunteering his time by feeding the homeless and coaching girls basketball.
You have to admire Brett Kavanaugh's fan loyalty, if not his financial decision-making.
At the same time, as Kavanaugh established his legal and family reputation, he went about adopting the trappings of a 1-percenter – and accumulating large amounts of debt in the process.
Kavanaugh was confirmed as a federal appeals judge in 2006 – earning a salary of $175,000 at the time. He has supplemented his income by teaching law courses, which brings in $27,000 a year.
The same year he became a judge, Kavanaugh and his wife purchased a $1.2 million home in the Village of Chevy Chase Section 5 – a small geographical area in Maryland with a 2010 census count of 658 residents.
Within Montgomery County, it takes a $650,000 household income to make it into the 1 percent. Kavanaugh and his wife – who draws a $66,000 salary as the town manager – make less than half of what it would take to meet that threshold.


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UNP Has Gone To The Dogs, Nose-Biter MP Is A Racist Too
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Uvindu Kurukulasuriya
Dunesh Gankanda, a United National Party Member of Parliament from the Ratnapura District walked in to The Museum Club at the Galle Face Hotel around 1.30 am on Sunday with a friend, Capt. Senaka De Silva, a close aide of General Fonseka. Present at the night club was a Tamil businessman, N.V. Thivakaran, entertaining a group of foreign clients. Senaka knew Thivakaran and walked up to his table to say 'hello' and then introduced Dunesh. Diwakaran invited both to join his table. Dunesh initially made small talk and then broached the topic of Raju Radha, ex-husband of Dunesh's wife Kushani Nannayakara. She is the daughter of Capt. Nanayakkara and Mrs. Norma Nannayakara of Green Lanka Shipping Ltd. and has two children from her marriage to Raju.
Raju Radha, the son of the famous Indian actor M R Radha, is the owner of HRC Shipping and other businesses. His sister Radhika is also a popular Indian actress. Their mother is Sri Lankan.
When Diwakaran said he knew Raju well and Raju was a relative – out of the blue Dunesh lunged forward, bit Thivakaran's nose and then disappeared into the crowd in the night club. Thivakaran was shocked and did not react at all. Bleeding profusely and in pain Thivakaran was rushed to the General Hospital, Colombo where doctors performed surgery on his nose. Later he got himself discharged from the General Hospital and admitted himself to the Nawaloka hospital where he underwent surgery that same evening for a second time. Later he made a police complaint.
Senaka knew Diwakaran and walked up to his table to say 'hello' and then introduced Dunesh
This columnist talked to Shanil Nethicumara who was at the scene but he would not speak saying 'both Dunesh and Thivakaran are his friends.'
Dunesh Gankanda who went into hiding to avoid arrest subsequently surrendered to the Colpetty Police on Monday through his lawyer. Later the Colombo Fort Magistrate has released Gankanda, who was produced before the court over the assault, on bail.
History Of Violence
Dunesh Gankanda has a history of violence when under the influence of alcohol. People who know him allege he assaulted his aunt, one member of Ministerial Security Division, one of his bodyguards, one female maid servant, etc. He threatened to assault his seventeen- and- a–half- year-old step son two years ago and last month verbally assaulted his seventeen-and- a- half -year old step daughter, resulting in a possible legal issue between the Radha's and the UNP MP.
A complaint was filed with the Police Women and Children's Bureau for threatening physical abuse, verbal abuse and racial abuse on the under-age step son and step daughter in January 2010 at JAIC Hilton. Again verbal complaint was made to Sri Lankan High Commissioner in Singapore, Ferial Ashroff, regarding verbal abuse and racial abuse on the under-age step daughter on 24th April 2012 in Singapore.
A Racist
This UNP law maker is not only a violent man, but a racist too. Talking with this columnist Dunesh's step son Sooraj Radha said "Uncle Dunesh is not fit for politics, I'm half Sinhala and half Tamil, he calls me 'Demala pakaya' (Tamil Cunt ) He is a racist. He has never said sorry. He even abused my sister with 'Sudda Sinhala filth'. Once I asked him to apologies, and he said I'm not going to say sorry to a 'demala pakaya'".
Now what? Talking to media, the Acting Leader John Amaratunga, the former Minister of Interior in charge of the Police, currently in charge of the UNP says 'biting nose' affair is a 'private matter.' How is it a private matter? Dunesh is a law maker and his behaviour is not a private matter. If this is the way Sri Lanka's main opposition party thinks, we can say now that the UNP has gone to the dogs. Not because it's MPs are biting people, but because of the attitude of its leaders to criminality. No responsible political party, especially one that as the main opposition is supposedly government in waiting, can take up a passion like that with regard to criminal behaviour of one of its MPs.
A Private Matter And MP Eric Joyce
UNP should learn something from the civilised world. Two month's ago Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont said: "This is a man who has abused his position of power and authority. I'm disgusted, regardless of any other issues. I think this makes Eric Joyce unfit to stand for the Labour Party." She made these remarks after Falkirk MP Eric Joyce resigned from the Labour Party. He was fined for assaulting his colleagues in Strangers' Bar at Westminster around 10.30 pm on February 22. Chief magistrate Howard Riddle said Joyce would have faced jail, with a maximum sentence of 26 weeks, had the matter gone to trial. Giving credit for Joyce's early guilty plea to four charges of common assault, he handed him a 12-month community punishment instead. Joyce was also barred from all pubs for three months, banned from travelling abroad unless on Parliamentary business, and ordered to pay a £3,000 fine and £1,400 in compensation to his victims. The MP was also given a curfew.
In an interview with Sam Holden at the University of Bedfordshire, Joyce said: 'Have I undermined my authority by fighting in a bar punching people? I might have done.' In an another interview Joyce also admits feeling guilty at times that he hasn't been a better role model for his children, who like to remind him: "Daddy's not famous, he's infamous."
He regrets he'll never fit in with the other MPs, and has great sadness that that he's no longer a member of the Labour Party. He was forced to resign and apologise to parliament.
Joyce quit Labour before he was sacked. The Labour party said: "This shows why he is not fit to be an MP. "We launched moves to throw him out of the party within minutes of his conviction and he would have been expelled if he had not resigned."
Of course, there are lots of 'low levels 'sickening 'Chandiyas' in ruling party too. No action has ever been taken against them. Opposition law makers are screaming about that, but when it comes to them they say "it's a private matter". No need of any proof; that is the political culture the UNP is going to develop in Sri Lanka. If I'm wrong the UNP should expel Dunesh from the party and prove I'm wrong!
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Ainsley Abeywickreme, You represent a perfect model of majority ignorance-infested political knowledge of Sinhalese! That is why after so many years since independence and while all the other countries who gained independence after us have overtaken us we have de facto reversed and retarded in the opposite direction!
Politically you are just a worthless voter because you never walk into a polling booth! Into the bargain you proclaim in these political forums your adamant, negative, regressive and futile myth that you are not going to vote! Suppose if all others were equally "intelligent" like you and they all listened and accepted your idea and they did not vote for anyone can you imagine the terrible state this country would plunge into? You participate in these forums to promote a certain political view. And what are you going to promote by advocating mass political lethargy and suicide? If majority of politicians are idiots then what the votes have to do is to expose such facts and demand their withdrawal from politics and urge to appoint good people to represent them. But you have used abstinence from voting in the sense you do not like RW and therefore others should feel and do the same. We know the morbid idea behind this thought is that make Ranil get defeated over and over again for an extended period of time and then hope that Sajith will one day come to power because people will think there is no one to rule the country except this half-witted former ancient treasure hunter Sajith whose only plan to defeat the government is to distribute Rs. 50,000/- per temple whose monks would wash the loin cloth of Sajith if he gives them something to regurgitate and chew over and over again! After all where does he get this money from? Some say it is the governments money secretly pumped to him while others say it is the money plundered from the government and ancient treasure plundering he committed during the time of his father was the president!
You have displayed marvelous political wisdom by placing more confidence in KJ than in RW! Let me tell you one thing. I don't care about RW nor have a particular liking for him. My concern is who the best one is for the post from among those we have at the moment.
Take the political pedigree of KJ: he frog leaped to MR's lap not alone but with 17 odd UNPers and then after being scolded with utter filthy language by the President crept into the UNP empty handed. You place your oozing confidence in him but he has not been able to rescue his son-in-law from the MR's clutch. He teamed up with a bunch of dissidents and traitors in the party and has been doing everything possible to weaken, destabilize, defame and destroy the party. I think your oozing confidence in him may have grown in leaps and bounces when he staged his failed leadership comedy and stoning down the Sirikotha! You have so fabulous political foresight, taste, idiosyncrasy and vision that a criminal traitor like KJ who is privy to stoning down the motherland of UNPers becomes your favorite choice and chosen one to lead the country! Do you know what people call him? He is called "patholaya", also called "marble statue" meaning lifeless useless person! Don't you know RW had planned to field him as the next presidential candidate and knowing this MR trapped this fool in a failing and self-destructive leadership struggle with RW? Obviously, don't you understand, I doubt, that had he remained faithful and honest to RW, would he have ended his political life as he had done today! His political career is over now! Don't you get it? Nobody would vote him again? Still you don't get it? Last General Election, how many votes did he get and how many votes Paba-that promiscuous lady actor-got? Don't you know UNP lost Gampaha solely due to KJ's poor rapport and performance? Have you heard what his voters in Gampaha say about him? Can you name a single thing KJ has done to promote the opposition movement against the government? Don't you see your imaginary future leader of this country is associated with all sorts of negative attributes, conspiracies, contradictions and publicity about him? Do you say RW does not stand up for good governance and 17th A? Don't you know how MR defeated RW in the presidential election by preventing Tamil votes though LTTE? Don't you see had the election been conducted in a fair manner the real president would have been RW? This gets endlessly lengthy I am afraid and I hope you will have a reassessment of your way of thinking politically.


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Detected contaminantsEPA data
EWG's drinking water quality report shows results of tests conducted by the water utility and provided to the Environmental Working Group by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, as well as information from the U.S. EPA Enforcement and Compliance History database (ECHO). For the latest quarter assessed by the U.S. EPA (January 2019 - March 2019), tap water provided by this water utility was in compliance with federal health-based drinking water standards.
Utility Details
Serves: 233,020
Data available: 2012—2017
Source: Surface water
Contaminants Detected
EWG HEALTH
20 Total Contaminants
Legal does not necessarily equal safe. Getting a passing grade from the federal government does not mean the water meets the latest health guidelines.
Legal limits for contaminants in tap water have not been updated in almost 20 years.
The best way to ensure clean tap water is to keep pollution out of source water in the first place.
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Legal ≠ Safe
EWG Health Guidelines fill the gap in outdated government standards.
The federal government's legal limits are not health-protective. The EPA has not set a new tap water standard in almost 20 years, and some standards are more than 40 years old.
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Bromodichloromethane
Potential Effect: cancer175x EWG'S HEALTH GUIDELINE
THIS UTILITY10.5 ppb
EWG HEALTH GUIDELINE0.06 ppb
NO LEGAL LIMIT
this contaminant
Bromodichloromethane, one of the total trihalomethanes (TTHMs), is formed when chlorine or other disinfectants are used to treat drinking water. Bromodichloromethane and other disinfection byproducts increase the risk of cancer and may cause problems during pregnancy. Click here to read more about disinfection byproducts.
Bromodichloromethane was found at 175 times above EWG's Health Guideline.
EWG Health Guideline
0.06 ppb or less
This Utility
10.5 ppb
5.8 ppb
State Average
6.72 ppb
The state and national averages were calculated using the averages of the contaminant measurements for each utility in 2015-2017.
The EWG Health Guideline of 0.06 ppb for bromodichloromethane was proposed in 2018 by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment as a one-in-a-million lifetime risk of cancer. Values greater than one-in-a-million cancer risk level can result in increased cancer cases above one in a million people.
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Treatment Byproducts
Potential Effect: cancer53x EWG'S HEALTH GUIDELINE
EWG HEALTH GUIDELINE0.4 ppb
Chloroform, one of the total trihalomethanes (TTHMs), is formed when chlorine or other disinfectants are used to treat drinking water. Chloroform and other disinfection byproducts increase the risk of cancer and may cause problems during pregnancy.
Chloroform was found at 53 times above EWG's Health Guideline.
0.4 ppb or less
The EWG Health Guideline of 0.4 ppb for chloroform was proposed in 2018 by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment as a one-in-a-million lifetime risk of cancer. Values greater than one-in-a-million cancer risk level can result in increased cancer cases above one in a million people.
Chromium (hexavalent)
THIS UTILITY0.712 ppb
Chromium (hexavalent) is a carcinogen that commonly contaminates American drinking water. Chromium (hexavalent) in drinking water may be due to industrial pollution or natural occurrences in mineral deposits and groundwater. Read more about chromium (hexavalent).
Chromium (hexavalent) was found at 36 times above EWG's Health Guideline.
0.712 ppb
The EWG Health Guideline of 0.02 ppb for chromium (hexavalent) was defined by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment as a public health goal, the level of a drinking water contaminant that does not pose a significant health risk. This health guideline protects against cancer.
Naturally Occurring
Dibromoacetic acid
Potential Effect: 40x EWG'S HEALTH GUIDELINE
THIS UTILITY1.60 ppb
Dibromoacetic acid, one of the group of five haloacetic acids regulated by federal standards, is formed when chlorine or other disinfectants are used to treat drinking water. Haloacetic acids and other disinfection byproducts increase the risk of cancer and may cause problems during pregnancy. Click here to read more about disinfection byproducts.
Dibromoacetic acid was found at 40 times above EWG's Health Guideline.
The EWG Health Guideline of 0.04 ppb for dibromoacetic acid was defined in a peer-reviewed scientific study by EWG and represents a on-in-a-million lifetime cancer risk level. This health guideline protects against cancer.
Dibromochloromethane
Dibromochloromethane, one of the total trihalomethanes (TTHMs), is formed when chlorine or other disinfectants are used to treat drinking water. Dibromochloromethane and other disinfection byproducts increase the risk of cancer and may cause problems during pregnancy. Click here to read more about disinfection byproducts.
Dibromochloromethane was found at 62 times above EWG's Health Guideline.
The EWG Health Guideline of 0.1 ppb for dibromochloromethane was proposed in 2018 by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment as a one-in-a-million lifetime risk of cancer. Values greater than one-in-a-million cancer risk level can result in increased cancer cases above one in a million people.
Dichloroacetic acid
Dichloroacetic acid, one of the group of five haloacetic acids regulated by federal standards, is formed when chlorine or other disinfectants are used to treat drinking water. Haloacetic acids and other disinfection byproducts increase the risk of cancer and may cause problems during pregnancy. Click here to read more about disinfection byproducts.
Dichloroacetic acid was found at 30 times above EWG's Health Guideline.
The EWG Health Guideline of 0.2 ppb for dichloroacetic acid was proposed in 2020 by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment as a public health goal, the level of a drinking water contaminant that does not pose a significant health risk.a one-in-a-million lifetime risk of cancer. Values greater than one-in-a-million cancer risk level can result in increased cancer cases above one in a million people.
Haloacetic acids (HAA5)†
LEGAL LIMIT60 ppb
Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
Haloacetic acids are formed when disinfectants such as chlorine are added to tap water. The group of five haloacetic acids regulated by federal standards includes monochloroacetic acid, dichloroacetic acid, trichloroacetic acid, monobromoacetic acid and dibromoacetic acid.
Haloacetic acids (HAA5) was found at 80 times above EWG's Health Guideline.
Legal Limit
60 ppb
The EWG Health Guideline of 0.1 ppb for the group of five haloacetic acids, or HAA5, was defined in a peer-reviewed scientific study by EWG and represents a on-in-a-million lifetime cancer risk level. This health guideline protects against cancer.
THIS UTILITY5.92 ppm
EWG HEALTH GUIDELINE0.14 ppm
LEGAL LIMIT10 ppm
Nitrate, a fertilizer chemical, frequently contaminates drinking water due to agricultural and urban runoff, and discharges from municipal wastewater treatment plants and septic tanks. Excessive nitrate in water can cause oxygen deprivation in infants and increase the risk of cancer. Click here to read more about nitrate.
Nitrate was found at 42 times above EWG's Health Guideline.
0.14 ppm or less
0.937 ppm
ppm = parts per million
The EWG Health Guideline of 0.14 ppm for nitrate was defined by EWG . This health guideline protects against cancer and harm to fetal growth and development.
Runoff & Sprawl
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)†
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Trihalomethanes are cancer-causing contaminants that form during water treatment with chlorine and other disinfectants. The total trihalomethanes group includes four chemicals: chloroform, bromodichloromethane, dibromochloromethane and bromoform.
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs) was found at 263 times above EWG's Health Guideline.
The health guideline of 0.15 parts per billion, or ppb, for the group of four trihalomethanes, or THM4/TTHM, was defined in a peer-reviewed scientific study by EWG and represents a one-in-one-million lifetime cancer risk level.
Potential Effect: cancer8.2x EWG'S HEALTH GUIDELINE
Trichloroacetic acid, one of the group of five haloacetic acids regulated by federal standards, is formed when chlorine or other disinfectants are used to treat drinking water. Haloacetic acids and other disinfection byproducts increase the risk of cancer and may cause problems during pregnancy. Click here to read more about disinfection byproducts.
Trichloroacetic acid was found at 8.2 times above EWG's Health Guideline.
The EWG Health Guideline of 0.1 ppb for trichloroacetic acid was proposed in 2020 by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment as a public health goal, the level of a drinking water contaminant that does not pose a significant health risk.a one-in-a-million lifetime risk of cancer. Values greater than one-in-a-million cancer risk level can result in increased cancer cases above one in a million people.
Includes chemicals detected in 2015-2017 for which annual utility averages exceeded an EWG-selected health guideline established by a federal or state public health authority; chemicals detected under the EPA's Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 3) program in 2013 to 2015 (and subsequent testing when available), for which annual utility averages exceeded a health guideline established by a federal or state public health authority.
† HAA5 is a contaminant group that includes monochloroacetic acid, dichloroacetic acid, trichloroacetic acid, monobromoacetic acid and dibromoacetic acid. TTHM is a contaminant group that includes bromodichloromethane, bromoform, chloroform and dibromochloromethane.
4-Androstene-3,17-dione
THIS UTILITY0.0990 ppt
NO EWG HEALTH GUIDELINE
Human sex hormones are sometimes detected at low concentrations in drinking water. There are no current health guidelines to determine whether these exposures are safe, or if they could pose a risk to human health.
How your levels compare
0.099 ppt
ppt = parts per trillion
THIS UTILITY0.00714 ppb
LEGAL LIMIT3 ppb
Atrazine is a herbicide commonly detected in drinking water that comes from cornfield and other agricultural runoff. It is a hormone disrupter that harms the male and female reproductive systems of people and wildlife.
0.00714 ppb
3 ppb
0.0219 ppb
The EWG Health Guideline of 0.1 ppb for atrazine was defined by EWG based on epidemiological studies of human exposure to atrazine in drinking water.. This health guideline protects against harm to the developing fetus, harm to the reproductive system and hormone disruption.
Bromoform, one of the total trihalomethanes (TTHMs), is formed when chlorine or other disinfectants are used to treat drinking water. Bromoform and other disinfection byproducts increase the risk of cancer and may cause problems during pregnancy. Click here to read more about disinfection byproducts.
The EWG Health Guideline of 0.5 ppb for bromoform was proposed in 2018 by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment as a one-in-a-million lifetime risk of cancer. Values greater than one-in-a-million cancer risk level can result in increased cancer cases above one in a million people.
Chlorate
THIS UTILITY127.4 ppb
EWG HEALTH GUIDELINE210 ppb
Chlorate forms in drinking water as a byproduct of disinfection. Chlorate impairs thyroid function, making chlorate exposure most harmful during pregnancy and childhood.
210 ppb or less
127.4 ppb
The EWG Health Guideline of 210 ppb for chlorate was defined by the Environmental Protection Agency as a benchmark for testing under the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule program. This health guideline protects against hormone disruption.
Chromium (total)
LEGAL LIMIT100 ppb
Chromium is a naturally occurring metal, but industrial uses can elevate its levels in water. One form, hexavalent chromium, causes cancer. Total chromium is not a good indicator of the amount of hexavalent chromium in drinking water.
100 ppb
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene
1,2-Dichloroethylene, a neurotoxic solvent, exists in two different forms: trans-1,2-dichloroethylene and cis-1,2-dichloroethylene. A mixture of the two forms is used to manufacture other solvents and chemical products.
Metolachlor
THIS UTILITY0.1000 ppb
Metolachlor is a herbicide applied on corn, soybeans and other crops. The EPA has classified metolachlor as a possible human carcinogen.
EWG HEALTH GUIDELINE40 ppb
Molybdenum is a metal that occurs naturally in soil, minerals and water. People who ingest large amounts can have increased levels of uric acid and gout-like symptoms.
40 ppb or less
The EWG Health Guideline of 40 ppb for molybdenum was defined by the Environmental Protection Agency as a benchmark for testing under the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule program. This health guideline protects against metabolic changes and excess formation of uric acid in the blood.
EWG HEALTH GUIDELINE1,500 ppb
Strontium is a metal that accumulates in the bones. Radioactive strontium-90 can cause bone cancer and leukemia, and any form of strontium at high doses can harm bone health.
1,500 ppb or less
The EWG Health Guideline of 1,500 ppb for strontium was defined by the Environmental Protection Agency as a benchmark for testing under the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule program. This health guideline protects against harm to bones.
Vanadium is a metal used in steels and other alloys. People are commonly exposed to vanadium in water and food. Excessive exposure can be toxic during pregnancy and childhood.
The EWG Health Guideline of 21 ppb for vanadium was defined by the Environmental Protection Agency as a benchmark for testing under the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule program. This health guideline protects against change in blood chemistry.
Includes chemicals detected in 2015-2017 for which annual utility averages were lower than an EWG-selected health guideline established by a federal or state public health authority; chemicals detected under the EPA's Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 3) program in 2013 to 2015 (and subsequent testing when available), for which annual utility averages were lower than an EWG-selected health guideline established by a federal or state public health authority.
Other Contaminants Tested
Contaminants detected between 2012 and 2014 and were not part of EPA's UCMR-3 testing program or radiologicals:
Fluoride, Monochloroacetic acid, Monobromoacetic acid, Toluene
Chemicals tested for but not detected from 2012 to 2017:
1,1,1-Trichloroethane, 1,1,2-Trichloroethane, 1,1-Dichloroethane, 1,1-Dichloroethylene, 1,2,3-Trichloropropane, 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene, 1,2-Dichloroethane, 1,2-Dichloropropane, 1,3-Butadiene, 1,4-Dioxane, 17-beta-Estradiol, 2,4,5-TP (Silvex), 2,4-D, Alachlor (Lasso), Aluminum, Antimony, Arsenic, Barium, Benzene, Benzo[a]pyrene, Bromochloromethane, Bromomethane, Cadmium, Carbon tetrachloride, Chlorodifluoromethane, Chloromethane, Cobalt, Dalapon, Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate, Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, Dichloromethane (methylene chloride), Dinoseb, Diquat, Equilin, Estriol, Estrone, Ethinyl estradiol, Ethylbenzene, Glyphosate, Manganese, Mercury (inorganic), Monochlorobenzene (chlorobenzene), Nitrite, o-Dichlorobenzene, p-Dichlorobenzene, Pentachlorophenol, Perfluorobutane sulfonate (PFBS), Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHPA), Perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHXS), Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA), Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), Picloram, Radium, combined (-226 & -228), Selenium, Simazine, Styrene, Testosterone, Tetrachloroethylene (perchloroethylene), Thallium, trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene, Trichloroethylene, Vinyl chloride, Xylenes (total)
Des Moines Water Works compliance with legally mandated federal standards:
From April 2016 to March 2019, Des Moines Water Works complied with health-based drinking water standards.
Information in this section on Des Moines Water Works comes from the U.S. EPA Enforcement and Compliance History Online database (ECHO).
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CONTAMINANTS ABOVE
HEALTH GUIDELINES
Bromodichloromethane ✔ ✔
Chloroform ✔ ✔
Chromium (hexavalent) ✔ ✔
Dibromoacetic acid ✔ ✔
Dibromochloromethane ✔ ✔
Dichloroacetic acid ✔ ✔
Haloacetic acids (HAA5) ✔ ✔
Nitrate ✔ ✔
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs) ✔ ✔
Trichloroacetic acid ✔ ✔
OTHER CONTAMINANTS
4-Androstene-3,17-dione ✔ ✔
Atrazine ✔ ✔
Bromoform ✔ ✔
Chromium (total) ✔ ✔
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene ✔ ✔
Metolachlor ✔ ✔
Molybdenum ✔ ✔
Strontium ✔ ✔
Vanadium ✔
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