The Modern Language Association's Forum on 20th- and 21st-century German literature is proposing a series of panels for the 2019 conference in Chicago that may be of interest to the readers of this blog. The series is entitled "Monuments and Monumentality. Museums, Media, Memory".
In 2019, the Humboldt Forum is slated to open as a multiplex museum in the city castle, reconstructed as a monumental marker at the heart of Berlin. By virtue of its scale, this project joins a contested history of museums, monuments and counter-monuments, through which Germany has negotiated questions of patrimony from the nineteenth century to the twenty-first. This series of panels interrogates forms of monumentality across the media of film, literature, museums, and architecture, and asks how these have shaped the discourse on memory in turn.


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John McCain – The Battles He Chooses to Fight & the Enemies He Chooses to Make
I am still having a difficult time understanding the support from so-called 'conservatives' for Senator John McCain in his bid for the Presidency. If one looks at his record in an objective manner, one can see that he is not a conservative, and, in fact, has done more to stick his finger in the eyes of conservatives over his career than he has to help them, especially since 2000, when he lost the GOP Primary race to now-President George W. Bush.
I have posted many times before on Senator McCain about the many ways in which he is not a conservative in the Reagan Coalition definition of the ideology. In some of those posts, I have have highlighted Rush Limbaugh's ongoing criticism of his liberal and antagonistic-to-conservatives credentials. Now, Bryan Preston at HotAir points out the latest pundits who are exposing even more of McCain's actions against Conservatives.
NRO's Andy McCarthy (HERE and HERE) and Laura Ingraham have highlighted something that Mark Levin and Rush Limbaugh have brought up many times in the past: Senator McCain's efforts to silence Wisconsin Right to Life and their efforts to get out facts about pro-life issues during a campaign. Many social conservatives say they support Senator McCain, because he is "strong on pro-life issues". Not exactly…
I think I've failed to make the most obvious, most important point on this: Judicial philosophy.
Sen. McCain may claim, to try to appease his critics, that he would appoint originalist judges. But the blunt fact is that such judges would be innately hostile to the "living constitution" — meaning they would be suspicious not only of Roe v. Wade but of schemes like campaign finance reform, a signature McCain issue. It is not for nothing that Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito were in the majority ruling against McCain's side in the Wisconsin Right to Life case last term.
But it's important to bear in mind that the Court invited more campaign finance cases in its decision. This issue is going to come up again.
So, let's say Justice Stevens retires. Whom does a President McCain appoint to the Supreme Court? Will he be more inclined to nominate originalist judges or judges who would uphold the suppression of core political speech rights? They are, after all, not likely to be one and the same.
Based on what he did in Wisconsin Right to Life — choosing, when he was under no obligation to do so, to jump in on the side of speech suppression against the pro-life message — why should anyone believe McCain would appoint originalist judges?
As Bryan Preston and Andy McCarthy point out, John McCain did not have to file a brief against the Wisconsin Right to Life, but he chose to do so anyway. He was more concerned with his suppression of political speech than in protecting the unborn.
McCain went 0-3 in that one case, against freedom of speech, against right to life and against the two conservatives President Bush has appointed to the SCOTUS. McCain didn't have to file an amicus brief in this case. He chose to, making himself a partisan in it. This is a conservative?
The problem with McCain goes deeper than what he says about taxes and what he says today about immigration that contradicts what he said days or weeks ago. It's about the battles McCain chooses to fight and the enemies he chooses to make. McCain consistently chooses the wrong battles and makes enemies out of the very people he now expects to carry him to the White House.
There is a difference between talking the talk and walking the walk. People need to stop listening to the fast talk and start paying attention to what these fast talkers are actually doing.
How wonderful to be a law professor, dissecting the parade as it all goes by … without a care in the world about why it goes by in the first place!
My friends, how 'bout some straight talk about how it works in the real world? Let's say you are considering some affirmative litigation, by which I mean, your hand is not being forced: You are deciding whether to sue someone because you feel you have been damaged, or you are deciding, though you are not a party to a particular dispute, whether to weigh in as a "friend of the court" (by filing an "amicus curiae" brief) because your interests may somehow be affected by the court's decision. Rule 1: all affirmative litigation is a matter of choice. Rule 2: all choice involves weighing the competing interests and deciding which ones are more important to you.
Senator McCain was not a party to the dispute between Wisconsin Right to Life and the Federal Election Commission. He claims to be a stalwart right to life partisan. He is, beyond peradventure, a political-speech suppression activist. In the dispute, these two values were in conflict. This is unavoidable in life, in politics, and in law. But if you're not a party to a particular dispute, you needn't involve yourself — you get to sit it out and let the concerned parties make their case to a neutral arbiter. That is what most of us do when two things we care about are in counterpoise — we may offer a stray opinion here or there, but for the most part we stay out of the fray and depend on the court to sort it out fairly.
The other approach is to decide which value is more important to you and become a partisan. That is what Senator McCain did.
Kathryn's law professor correspondent very helpfully pronounces that "Whether one approves of the campaign finance law or not, it affects pro-life and pro-choice groups in precisely the same way." Yes, professor, thank you so much for that profound observation. One might just as uselessly say, however, that whether one is pro-life or pro-abortion (oops, sorry, I mean pro-choice), the political-speech suppression law (sorry, there I go again, I mean the campaign finance law) is equally oppressive.
Senator McCain's choice was not: do I defend campaign finance laws as faithfully as possible, regardless of whose ox is gored, because that's just the kinda straight-talkin' maverick I am? Of course he'll try to sell it that way, and perhaps get ten-thousand pro-abortion, pro-political-speech-suppression law professors to back him up. (I hear there may be a few such law professors available.) But McCain's actual choice was: What's more important to me, defending life or defending the suppression of political speech? He chose to defend the suppression of political speech.
He could have stayed out of it entirely. Or, choosing to involve himself, he could have filed an amicus brief in support of Wisconsin Right to Life, arguing for the urgency of permitting its message to be heard. He chose, instead, to support restrictions on speech for the benefit of incumbents — particularly, his co-crusader against the First Amendment, Sen. Russ Feingold.
That is a fact. Add all the context you'd like — it'll still be a fact.
Pro-Life? No, Senator McCain is pro-STFU you stupid American citizens. He was in favor of this Pro-Life group shutting up and he has made it clear he wants anti-amnesty people to STFU as well.
The Left is in favor of suppressing free speech. John McCain is in favor of suppressing free speech. Put the two together and figure things out, people. Senator John McCain is no conservative.
January 23, 2008 , 12:58AM Posted by Michael in MI | 2008 Presidential Election, Conservatism, John McCain, Pro-Life	| Comments Off on John McCain – The Battles He Chooses to Fight & the Enemies He Chooses to Make

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1) This is an example of an 18th-century lantern, made out of tin. It may not be exactly the same as the one that the smugglers used in VOYAGER, but I think it's similar.
Mr. Willoughby stood on tiptoe to reach into the back of the wagon, emerging with an odd-looking lantern, fitted with a pierced metal top and sliding metal sides.
"Is that a dark lantern?" I asked, fascinated.
Mr. Willoughby merely shook his head, pulling the lantern out of Young Ian's grasp. "Too tall, too young," he said. "Tsei-mi say so," he added, as though that settled the matter once and for all.
For more information and pictures of similar lanterns, look here.
2) The photo above shows what watercress (Nasturtium officinale) looks like.
"What are you doing, Mr. Fraser?" Grey asked, in some bewilderment.
Fraser looked up, mildly surprised, but not embarrassed in the slightest.
"I am picking watercress, Major."
"I see that," Grey said testily. "What for?"
"To eat, Major," Fraser replied evenly. He took the stained cloth bag from his belt and dropped the dripping green mass into it.
"Indeed? Are you not fed sufficiently?" Grey asked blankly. "I have never heard of people eating watercress."
In his fatigued state, the Major had suspicions that he was being practiced upon.
"What in damnation other color ought a weed to be?" he demanded.
Watercress's Latin name, Nasturtium officinale, means "nose twister"--an appropriate description considering its pungent, peppery taste.
Here's an article about the health benefits of eating watercress.
3) Here's an example of a set of RAF dog tags from 1941, like the ones Jerry MacKenzie would have worn. Click on the photo to enlarge it. Photo credit: Wendy on Flickr.
They kept coming, slowly, spreading out to surround him. He hadn't liked the looks of them to start with, and was liking them less by the second. Hungry, they looked, with a speculative glitter in their eyes.
One of them said something to him, a question of some kind, but the Northumbrian accent was too thick for him to catch more than a word. 'Who' was the word, and he hastily pulled his dog tags from the neck of his blouson, waving the red and green disks at them. One of the men smiled, but not in a nice way.
The photo above comes from a site that supplies replica dog tags for re-enactors and collectors of WWII memorabilia. I'm including it here because it gives a better idea of the original colors used for the dog tags. Each tag had the serviceman's name, serial number, branch of service (for example, RAF for Royal Air Force), and religion (CE for Church of England, RC for Roman Catholic, etc.) stamped on it.
4) The word "puce" means "flea" in French, and the color really was named after the insect, as Jamie explained in THE SCOTTISH PRISONER.
Tom had unwrapped a suit of an odd purplish brown and was stroking the pile.
To Grey's surprise, Fraser smiled back, almost shyly.
"I've seen it before," he said, and put out a hand to stroke the fabric. "In France. Couleur puce, it was called. The Duc d'Orleans had a suit made of it, and verra proud of it he was, too."
"That's called a seal, a nighean," her husband informed her, having now settled a pair of half-moon spectacles firmly atop his nose, and turning the little metal emblem over between his fingers. "You're right, though, it's Mr. Caldwell's, for see?" A horny finger traced the outline of the figure on the seal: a mace, an open book, a bell, and a tree, standing on top of a fish with a ring in its mouth.
"That's from the University of Glasgow, that is. Mr. Caldwell's a scholar," he told me, blue eyes wide with awe. "Been to learn the preachin', and a fine job he makes of it."
Here's a modern version of the University of Glasgow's emblem. Look here for an explanation of the symbols on the emblem and what they represent.
What a thrill to see the University of Glasgow seal! I spent my junior year of college at Glasgow and it was fabulous.
No piercings, because they don't want anyone seeing the light.
Janet - well, the one in that link is from the 1880s, and I was looking for an example from the 18th century. <g> Besides, if it was completely enclosed on all sides, with no piercings, wouldn't the candle go out? Don't you need a bit of oxygen to feed the flame? I would think that's what the tiny holes are for.
Your link to the health benefits of water cress lead to an interesting discussion of cruciferous vegetables as an important part of a diet. Thank you!
Thanks for this fascinating information once again!
The lantern you've got here is a punched tin lantern, and you are correct that it was used during the 18th century (it dates from the 14th) and that it was opened up to emit light.. but it is not a dark lantern. The pierced tin allowed a candle to be carried, emitting some light, outside (or in a drafty house!) without the candle going out. Upon arrival at the destination the candle was not removed (as some websites would erroneously have one believe) but the door was opened (hence the oversized door) and the candle used for task lighting. But even closed the lantern emits quite a bit of light.. so it is not a "dark lantern." I have one in my kitchen, taken from the old house where it hung in the entrance hall... which while a very pretty use of the lamp (it puts diamond patterns of light onto the ceiling) was hugely impractical (no light comes out of the bottom of the lamp). These were designed to be carried, and placed on a table.
This is a "dark lantern," http://www.darklanterns.com/darkkystn2.JPG and though it is a 20th century example it correctly shows the tin shielding which covered the light, and the piercing (top and bottom) which allowed for air to circulate, keeping the candle lit. I will say, from some experience with this lamp design, that the top of these things gets hot.. finger burning hot... which might make for an interesting plot device but Diana didn't use it when she used a dark lantern.
Nice example of a Revere or Pierced Tin lamp though.. I'm sure one will appear somewhere in one of the books, they're too pretty not to use!


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Swiss Company Planted Brings Chicken to the Meat Alternatives Table
By Rebecca Heilweil
As Beyond Meat, which saw early 2019's most successful initial public offering, and Impossible Foods, which has racked up nearly $700 million in investments, battle for dominance in the U.S. plant-based meat alternative market, smaller competitors are hoping to carve out their own particular niches.
One meat-alternative company throwing itself into the mix: Switzerland-based Planted, which, like its peers, is hoping to attract flexitarians. Its first product: a pea-protein based chicken that the company is already introducing to restaurants and food service companies.
It joins a slew of meat-alternative startups, including those hoping to produce lab-grown fish, and the UK-based Meatless Farm Co, which is making its U.S. debut through a deal with Whole Foods.
Planted's "meat" is manufactured somewhat like pasta: pea-protein is mixed with water and then kneaded into shape. Controlling the room pressure and temperature helps ensure the product's texture mimics chicken. "When you cook it, and you marinate it with whatever you want to cook it with, it will taste like the chicken you know," co-founder Pascal Bieri told Cheddar.
Planted also claims its chicken has a longer shelf-life than typical meat, lasting about 30 days. "That just gives you a competitive advantage against meat, which is what we're going against," explained Bieri.
"You don't really need a dead animal on your plate, but you want the sensation of eating meat," he added. "I think it comes down to what we like as humans. We don't want to change too much. If we want to live the most sustainable life ever, we would just eat lentils all day."
Similar to its competitors, Planted asserts that its product is more ecologically sustainable than animal meat, and says its calculations show that its product saves as much two-thirds of greenhouse gas emissions and farming land typically required for 'traditional' chicken.
Beyond Meat uses pea protein, and Tyson also is introducing pea protein-based products. But Impossible Foods has avoided using the plant in its products, with the company arguing that peas risk short-term shortages.
"So when you look at our input ingredients, they don't include things like pea protein, for which, there may be, at certain times, difficulty in getting enough," CFO David Lee told Cheddar in May. (Impossible Foods is reportedly investigating the prospects of a chicken product as well].
"I don't know if its the right thing for the entire industry. It's hard to deal with pea. Soy is much easier," said Bieri. "Pea is not the end-game here. Our chicken is not going to taste the same now as it does in two years. We're working on the recipe."
He said that the company isn't necessarily committing to always using pea protein, but that its products will always be plant-based.


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Shout Out: Don Pierson, a Lake Forest resident who co-authored 'The Chicago Bears Centennial Scrapbook'
By Daniel I. Dorfman
Pioneer Press |
Jun 05, 2019 | 11:10 AM
Don Pierson, a Lake Forest resident and longtime Bears beat reporter for the Chicago Tribune, recently co-authored a scrapbook for the Bears' centennial. (Courtesy of Don Pierson)
For 40 years, Lake Forest resident Don Pierson spent most of his time at the Chicago Tribune covering the Bears and professional football.
He recently continued that work in retirement after co-authoring a new book with former Tribune writer Dan Pompei that helps mark the Bears' centennial celebration. The book, titled "The Chicago Bears Centennial Scrapbook," features Pierson and Pompei's rankings of the top 100 players in franchise history.
Both writers will be featured speakers June 9 in Rosemont during the "Bears100 Celebration Weekend" and also June 13 at the History Center of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff.
Pierson recently talked to Pioneer Press about the new scrapbook and the writers' rankings.
Q: What was Virginia McCaskey's role in this project?
A: She was our primary source as we got to talk to her for 14-15 hours of interviews, which was unprecedented. She has been around for most of the 100 years.
Q: Lists can be tricky things. Did you and Dan argue over some of the players?
A: We argued very little because I think we agree on a lot of things anyway and the other thing is 75-80 of those guys, any Bear fan could name. It is just a question of what order do we put them in and that is an impossible task anyway. The last 20 people, we might have had 30-40 candidates but it was not as hard as it looked. But we put a lot of effort into it and took it seriously.
Q: Was there one player you thought going in would make the top 100, but didn't?
A: The first one that comes to mind for me is Leslie Frazier. Frazier probably checked more boxes with the criteria we looked at seriously and he probably would have been 101. We made long snapper Patrick Mannelly number 100 on the list and you can argue that Leslie Frazier was a better football player than Patrick Mannelly, but longevity and durability were a big part of our thinking, and Patrick Mannelly played more games than any other Bear in history. So, we thought he should be on the team from merit and also a tribute to his special teams.
Q: Is there anything you miss about the daily beat coverage?
A: If I miss anything it would be the writing element. I don't think I would be able to do all the things that have to do be done now with the social media obligations. I'm not sure I would be capable or interested in doing that.
Q: Walter Payton was at the top of the list. Was he your personal favorite player or did you have someone else?
A: Payton was the best football player I ever saw and I've watched football for 60 years. But my player to cover and favorite one to watch, and my favorite one to talk to this day was Dick Butkus.
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Q: What do you enjoy about Butkus?
A: The way he played speaks for itself. The way he plays defines not only middle linebacker but defense in general. Talking to him over the years, he is probably the most honest, insightful, funny and, maybe, even misunderstood I've ever been around. He was always delightful. That may not have been his reputation, but I always found him that way. Also, I admired his charitable initiatives, such as "I Play Clean," which promotes drug-free sports.
Daniel I. Dorfman is a freelance reporter for Pioneer Press.


Soho Properties - Delightful Duplex One Bedroom. On Sukhumvit 24 , BTS Phrom Phong.
Delightful Duplex One Bedroom. On Sukhumvit 24 , BTS Phrom Phong.
Located just within 860 Meters or about 11 minutes walk from the Phrom Phong BTS. If you drive, the nearest tollway entrance is located 1.7 km from the condo.
Very nice city view. Fully furnished , High quality decoration.
Free cleaning service , laundry 2 times a week.
Facilities : elevator, parking, 24-hours security, cctv, swimming pool, sauna, gym, garden , bbq, playground , kid's area, shop on premise, restaurant on premise, wi-fi.


Sweet treats to eat after your poutine or smoked meat.
The Easter bunny may have come and gone, but that doesn't mean that sweets aren't made available to us in Montreal 365 days a year. No one can deny that as a people, each and every one of us shares the middle name "sweet tooth". Whether it is for an afternoon affair, capping off a meal or a midnight snack, we've got plenty of restaurants, patisseries, and gelateries all ready to serves us up some deliciously delectable and, of course, sweet treats. So, whip out your spoons and be sure to try some of the best this city has to offer!
It might have been all the rage last summer, but that doesn't mean it isn't still worth a recommendations. This half croissant, half doughnut, is dessert hybrid gold. Sweet, sweet custard is delicately piped in between the layers of flaky pastry goodness. Its soft interior is heavenly contrasted by the sugary and crunchy exterior. All this naturally comes together with the frying oil. MmMm gooood.
There is nothing I love more than a crispy flaky pastry. Imagine yourself unwinding with a bowl-sized latte paired with a bite-sized treat whose buttery shell is filled with warm vanilla custard. You'll feel transported to Lisboa as you bite into one. These traditional Portuguese tarts are utterly irresistible.
If the rich opulent meal filled with foie gras isn't enough, then you'll definitely have room for one of their equally decadent desserts. While this one is probably one of their more subdued, it is no less tasty.
The name alone should get you to want to go and have one. This will be mouthful after mouthful of a sinfully sweet dessert alone, with a date or with friends. The fact that it is so visually appealing adds to its flavor. The molasses and peanut coated popcorn overflowing from the top and spilling over onto the plate underneath, the mixture of crunchy, sticky and sweet all make for the perfect combination.
When two of the greatest Italian products are served together how could you go wrong? A meal and a dessert in one is a recipe for sweet satisfaction. Their wood burning oven creates one of the sweetest and succulent pies. This may be the sweet tooth's holy grail when it is paired with the delicious hazelnut spread, one of Italy's greatest exports, Ferrero's Nutella.
Milos, Afroditi, Efes Baklava… O my!
It might be just like your Gigia makes! Milos has been a fixture on Montreal's restaurant scene for over three decades, so if anyone is going to tell you about good baklava it might as well be these guys. If you're looking to just make a quick stop by a bakery you may want to try either Afroditi or Efes. Let them fight it out like the Spartans and embrace the ways of Bacchus and appreciate them all!
Tucked away in Montreal's Little Italy is famous for their Sicilian cannoli. But while you're in there you might as well indulge in any number of their flaky ricotta filled goods, like their lobster tails or even a sfogliatelle… or two!
What dessert list wouldn't come equipped with a recommendation of a good old fashioned Jewish bakery? Nothing fills the stomach with more love than with babka still warm from straight out of the oven.
Since summer is right around the corner what better dessert only place to suggest than one that serves up ice cream? Here you'll find a full menu of rich and flavorful ice cream to match every one of your taste buds. They even make one hell of an ice cream cupcake made with a thin layer of vanilla cake, a layer of sorbet and decorated with either one of their ice creams or sorbets.
From the kitchen to your hands, grab any one of the lovingly made home style cupcakes, cakes and cookies by Ontario born Reema Singh. While you may not ask to lick the icing off her whisks, you'll be licking your fingers clean with one her delightfully sweet cupcakes.


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import {Locals} from './parser/locals';
import {BindingTarget, BindingRecord} from './binding_record';
import {DirectiveIndex, DirectiveRecord} from './directive_record';
import {ChangeDetectionStrategy} from './constants';
import {ChangeDetectorRef} from './change_detector_ref';

export class DebugContext {
  constructor(public element: any, public componentElement: any, public directive: any,
              public context: any, public locals: any, public injector: any) {}
}

export interface ChangeDispatcher {
  getDebugContext(elementIndex: number, directiveIndex: DirectiveIndex): DebugContext;
  notifyOnBinding(bindingTarget: BindingTarget, value: any): void;
  logBindingUpdate(bindingTarget: BindingTarget, value: any): void;
  notifyAfterContentChecked(): void;
  notifyAfterViewChecked(): void;
}

export interface ChangeDetector {
  parent: ChangeDetector;
  mode: ChangeDetectionStrategy;
  ref: ChangeDetectorRef;

  addChild(cd: ChangeDetector): void;
  addShadowDomChild(cd: ChangeDetector): void;
  removeChild(cd: ChangeDetector): void;
  removeShadowDomChild(cd: ChangeDetector): void;
  remove(): void;
  hydrate(context: any, locals: Locals, directives: any, pipes: any): void;
  dehydrate(): void;
  markPathToRootAsCheckOnce(): void;

  handleEvent(eventName: string, elIndex: number, locals: Locals);
  detectChanges(): void;
  checkNoChanges(): void;
}

export interface ProtoChangeDetector { instantiate(dispatcher: ChangeDispatcher): ChangeDetector; }

export class ChangeDetectorGenConfig {
  constructor(public genCheckNoChanges: boolean, public genDebugInfo: boolean,
              public logBindingUpdate: boolean, public useJit: boolean) {}
}

export class ChangeDetectorDefinition {
  constructor(public id: string, public strategy: ChangeDetectionStrategy,
              public variableNames: string[], public bindingRecords: BindingRecord[],
              public eventRecords: BindingRecord[], public directiveRecords: DirectiveRecord[],
              public genConfig: ChangeDetectorGenConfig) {}
}

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Chinese students are the largest international student group in UK universities today, yet little is known about their undergraduate writing and the challenges they face. Drawing on the British Academic Written English corpus - a large corpus of proficient undergraduate student writing collected in the UK in the early 2000s - this study explores Chinese students' written assignments in English in a range of university disciplines, contrasting these with assignments from British students. The study is supplemented by questionnaire and interview datasets with discipline lecturers, writing tutors and students, and provides a comprehensive picture of the Chinese student writer today.
Theoretically framed through work within academic literacies and lexical priming, the author seeks to explore what we know about Chinese students' writing and to extend these findings to undergraduate writing more generally. In a globalized educational environment, it is important for educators to understand differences in writing styles across the student body, and to move from the widespread deficit model of student writing towards a descriptive model which embraces different ways of achieving success.
Chinese Students' Writing in English will be of value to researchers, EAP tutors, and university lecturers teaching Chinese students in the UK, China, and other English or Chinese-speaking countries.
Ursula Wingate, Senior Lecturer in Language in Education, King's College London, UK.
Hilde Hasselgård, Professor, University of Oslo, Norway.
Jonathan Culbert, EAP tutor, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China.
Maria Leedham is Lecturer in Applied Linguistics and English Language Studies at the Department of Applied Linguistics and English Language, Faculty of Education and Language Studies, Open University, UK.


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Python bindings to the OpenStack Network API
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In order to use the python quantum client directly, you must first obtain an auth token and identify which endpoint you wish to speak to. Once you have done so, you can use the API like so::

    >>> from quantumclient.quantum import client
    >>> quantum = client.Client('2.0', endpoint_url=OS_URL, token=OS_TOKEN)
    >>> network = {'name': 'mynetwork', 'admin_state_up': True}
    >>> quantum.create_network({'network':network})
    >>> networks = quantum.list_networks(name='mynetwork')
    >>> print networks
    >>> quantum.delete_network(name='mynetwork')

Command-line Tool
=================
In order to use the CLI, you must provide your OpenStack username, password, tenant, and auth endpoint. Use the corresponding configuration options (``--os-username``, ``--os-password``, ``--os-tenant-name``, and ``--os-auth-url``) or set them in environment variables::

    export OS_USERNAME=user
    export OS_PASSWORD=pass
    export OS_TENANT_NAME=tenant
    export OS_AUTH_URL=http://auth.example.com:5000/v2.0

The command line tool will attempt to reauthenticate using your provided credentials for every request. You can override this behavior by manually supplying an auth token using ``--os-url`` and ``--os-auth-token``. You can alternatively set these environment variables::

    export OS_URL=http://quantum.example.org:9696/
    export OS_TOKEN=3bcc3d3a03f44e3d8377f9247b0ad155

If quantum server does not require authentication, besides these two arguments or environment variables (We can use any value as token.), we need manually supply ``--os-auth-strategy`` or set the environment variable::

    export OS_AUTH_STRATEGY=noauth

Once you've configured your authentication parameters, you can run ``quantum -h`` to see a complete listing of available commands.

Release Notes
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2.0
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* support Quantum API 2.0


Old Jüri`s Soap Chamber is one special place. Silver Hüdsi, the first and only male soapmaker of Setomaa, works here. He named the soap chamber after his grandfather Jüri. Each soap has something from Setomaa's nature. The most special ingredient is the holy water from the nearby Pechory Monastery, which is not found in any other soap in the world. The most popular soaps are made from tar, bog, and Piusa sand soap. Everyone will find their favourite!
The host has an interesting story to tell to the guests.


The Little Tallahatchie River at New Albany looking from Park Along the River footbridge toward the Bankhead St. bridge.
Record rainfall, with more expected this week, has caused damage in Union County and throughout north Mississippi.
Some weather watchers have reported 13 inches of rain in Union County so far during the month of February, while forecasts call for more rain this week. Union County rainfall of 10.06 inches in February, 2003, was the previous high rainfall recorded during the last 25 years.
The Park Along the River playground, looking pretty swampy.
Flooding in the Tallahatchie River bottoms was reported at numerous places in Union County during the weekend. Considerable flooding of the Tallahatchie was reported at Ecru.
Portion of Hwy. 15 north of New Albany closed for repairs.
Mark Holly, a civil engineer with the Northern District of the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT), told NAnewsweb.com Monday afternoon that damage to roadways in Union County and throughout north Mississippi has been widespread.
Holly said one southbound lane of Highway 15 north of New Albany, near Cotton Plant, was closed to traffic Monday because it had "settled" a few inches. He said MDOT did not believe serious collapse of the roadway is imminent, but the lane was closed as a precaution. He said work to repair that small section of Highway 15, about two-tenths (.2) of a mile north of Union County Road 82, would be started Tuesday, February 27.
Holly said he could not say for sure that the short section of Highway 15 had settled because of erosion brought on by the recent heavy rains. The section of sunken road is near a box culvert of approximately 8 ft. x 8 ft. that carries water from a small stream under all four lanes and the highway right-of-way. The stream empties into a branch of the Tallahatchie River a short distance west of the roadway.
According to the engineer, the worst road damage in MDOT's Northern District occurred on Highway 178 near Mooreville. It was first reported Sunday evening that a rain-saturated hillside had collapsed and slid down onto the roadway. By Monday afternoon the mudslide had grown to a length of about 300 feet long. There was also a report of a large water main break near the mudslide. Holly said it could take a few weeks to repair the damage. MDOT has established a four-mile detour around the mudslide.
The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning in New Albany about 10 p.m. Saturday evening, but it was later reported that only "straight line winds" had occurred. A few trees were reported down in New Albany. However, Bill Mattox, manager of New Albany Lights, Gas and Water (NALGW), said no electrical outages were reported Saturday night.
With some forecasts calling for as much as five more inches of rain this week, more damage from flooding and erosion could occur. The Mississippi River is expected to rise above flood stage at multiple places in the Mississippi Delta during coming days.


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Q: Impossible constraint with cmpxchg16b in extended assembly I am trying to write inline assembly with my C code to perform compare and swap operation. My code is:
typedef struct node {
    int data;
    struct node * next;
    struct node * backlink;
    int flag;
    int mark;
} node_lf;

typedef struct searchfrom {
    node_lf * current;
    node_lf * next;
} return_sf;

typedef struct csArg {
    node_lf * node;
    int mark;
    int flag;
} cs_arg;

typedef struct return_tryFlag {
    node_lf * node;
    int result;
} return_tf;

static inline node_lf cs(node_lf * address, cs_arg *old_val, cs_arg *new_val)
{
    node_lf value = *address;
    __asm__ __volatile__("lock; cmpxchg16b %0; setz %1;"
                         :"=m"(*(volatile node_lf *)address),
                          "=q"(value)
                         :"m"(*(volatile node_lf *)address),
                          "a"(old_val->mark), "d"(old_val->flag),
                          "b"(new_val->mark), "c"(new_val->flag)
                         :"memory");
    return value;
}

GCC gives this error when the code is compiled:

linkedlist.c: In function 'cs': linkedlist.c:45:3: error: impossible constraint in 'asm' __asm__ __volatile__("lock; cmpxchg16b %0; setz %1;":"=m"(*(volatile node_lf

What is wrong in my code? And how can I fix this?
I am trying to implement the equivalent of this code:
node_lf cs (node_lf * address, cs_arg *old_val, cs_arg *new_val ) {
    node_lf value = *address;
    if (value.next == old_val->node && value.mark == old_val->mark &&
        value.flag == old_val->flag) {
        address->next = new_val->node;
        address->mark = new_val->mark;
        address->flag = new_val->flag;
    }
    return value;
}

A: So, let's take a crack at this.
A few points before we get started:

*

*Using inline asm is a bad idea.  It is hard to write, it is hard to write correctly, it is hard to maintain, it isn't portable to other compilers or platforms, etc.  Unless this is an assignment requirement, don't do it.

*When performing cmpxchg operations, the fields to be compared/exchanged must be contiguous.  So if you want to operate on next, flag and mark in a single operation, they must be next to each other in the structure.

*When performing cmpxchg operations, the fields must be aligned on an appropriately sized boundary.  For example if you are planning to operate on 16bytes, the data must be aligned on a 16byte boundary.  gcc provides a variety of ways to do this from the aligned attribute, to _mm_malloc.

*When using __sync_bool_compare_and_swap (a better choice than inline asm), you must cast the data types to an appropriately-sized integer.

*I'm assuming your platform is x64.

2 & 3 required some changes to the field order of your structures.  Note that I did not try to change searchfrom or return_tryFlag, since I'm not sure what they are used for.
So, with those things in mind, here's what I came up with:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <memory.h>

typedef struct node {
    struct node * next;
    int mark;
    int flag;

    struct node * backlink;
    int data;
} node_lf;

typedef struct csArg {
    node_lf * node;
    int mark;
    int flag;
} cs_arg;

bool cs3(node_lf * address, cs_arg *old_val, cs_arg *new_val) {

    return __sync_bool_compare_and_swap((unsigned __int128 *)address,
                                        *(unsigned __int128 *)old_val,
                                        *(unsigned __int128 *)new_val);
}

void ShowIt(void *v)
{
   unsigned long long *ull = (unsigned long long *)v;
   printf("%p:%p", *ull, *(ull + 1));
}

int main()
{
   cs_arg oldval, newval;
   node n;

   memset(&oldval, 0, sizeof(oldval));
   memset(&newval, 0, sizeof(newval));
   memset(&n, 0, sizeof(node));

   n.mark = 3;
   newval.mark = 4;

   bool b;

   do {
      printf("If "); ShowIt(&n); printf(" is "); ShowIt(&oldval); printf(" change to "); ShowIt(&newval);
      b = cs3(&n, &oldval, &newval);
      printf(". Result %d\n", b);

      if (b)
         break;
      memcpy(&oldval, &n, sizeof(cs_arg));
   } while (1);
}

When you exit the loop, oldval will be what was there before (has to be or the cas would have failed and we would have looped again) and newval will be what actually got written. Note that if this truly were multi-threaded, there is no guarantee that newval would be the same as the current contents of n, since another thread could already have come along and changed it again.
For output we get:
If 0000000000000000:0000000000000003 is 0000000000000000:0000000000000000 change to 0000000000000000:0000000000000000. Result 0
If 0000000000000000:0000000000000003 is 0000000000000000:0000000000000003 change to 0000000000000000:0000000000000000. Result 1

Note that the cas (correctly!) fails on the first attempt, since the 'old' value doesn't match the 'current' value.
While using assembler may be able to save you an instruction or two, the win in terms of readability, maintainability, portability, etc is almost certainly worth the cost.
If for some reason you must use inline asm, you will still need to re-order your structs, and the point about alignment still stands.  You can also look at https://stackoverflow.com/a/37825052/2189500.  It only uses 8 bytes, but the concepts are the same.

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Windows Error Reporting and the Problem Reports and Solutions Feature in Windows Vista
Benefits and Purposes of Windows Error Reporting and the Problem Reports and Solutions Feature
Overview: Using Windows Error Reporting and the Problem Reports and Solutions Feature in a Managed Environment
How Windows Error Reporting Communicates with a Site on the Internet
Controlling Error Reporting to Prevent the Flow of Information to and from the Internet
Procedures for Configuring Error Reporting
The Problem Reports and Solutions feature is an interface that displays information from Windows Error Reporting and communicates with the Internet only through Windows Error Reporting.
In Windows Vista, Windows Error Reporting and the Problem Reports and Solutions feature work together to make it easy to find solutions to computer problems online:
Windows Error Reporting: Windows Error Reporting in Windows Vista is a feature that allows Microsoft to track and address errors relating to the operating system, Windows features, and applications. Windows Error Reporting gives users the opportunity to send data about errors to Microsoft and to receive information about solutions. Solution information can include instructions for working around a problem, or a link to the Windows Update Web site or another Web site for updated drivers, patches, or Microsoft Knowledge Base articles. Microsoft developers can use Windows Error Reporting as a problem-solving tool to address customer problems in a timely manner and to improve the quality of Microsoft products.
Problem Reports and Solutions: The Problem Reports and Solutions feature in Control Panel helps users track problem reports and any solution information they have received from Microsoft. Problem Reports and Solutions only helps the user store information. All Internet communication related to problem reports and solutions is handled by Windows Error Reporting, although the display of solution information in Problem Reports and Solutions uses a Web browser control.
Consent Levels in Windows Error Reporting
In Windows Vista, Windows Error Reporting has multiple "consent levels" to help you (or a user with administrative credentials) control how Windows Error Reporting prompts before sending data:
Ask each time a problem occurs: Windows Error Reporting always prompts for consent before sending an error report.
Automatically check for solutions (also known as "Send parameters"): Windows Error Reporting sends the minimum data required to check for an existing solution, for example, the application name and version, module name and version, and exception code. After sending this data, Windows Error Reporting prompts for consent before sending any additional data requested by Microsoft.
Automatically check for solutions and send additional information, if needed (also known as "Send parameters and safe additional data"): Windows Error Reporting sends the minimum data required to check for an existing solution as well as data that the developer of the program has designated as being highly unlikely to contain personally identifiable information. Windows Error Reporting then prompts for consent before sending any additional data requested by Microsoft.
Send all data (Group Policy setting only): This setting can only be configured through Group Policy, not through the Control Panel interface. Any data requested by Microsoft will be sent, without prompts.
Options for Controlling Error Reporting on a Computer Running Windows Vista
If a prompt appears for a user who is logged on as an administrator, the user can choose to report application and operating system errors. If a prompt appears for a user who is not logged on as an administrator, the user can choose to report application errors plus errors for operating system software that does not require administrative credentials to run.
Error reporting can be controlled through Control Panel\System and Maintenance\Problem Reports and Solutions\Change settings\Advanced settings. An administrator, or a user with administrative credentials, can modify the settings to:
Enable or disable Windows Error Reporting, for all users or a specific user.
Set the consent level (described earlier) for Windows Error Reporting, for all users or a specific user.
Specify programs for which error reports should never be sent.
In a managed environment, you can choose to disable Windows Error Reporting or control it in several ways:
You can use Group Policy or an answer file for unattended installation to control the consent level (described earlier) to determine the amount of prompting that the user sees before information about a software problem is sent to Microsoft. For example, you can set the consent level so the user is always prompted before information is sent.
You can use Group Policy to disable Windows Error Reporting.
You can use Group Policy to redirect error reports to a server on your intranet by using the Group Policy setting, Corporate Windows Error Reporting. If you do this, you will also need to purchase software and software services for analyzing the errors that you capture on your servers. Based on your policies and the data in the error reports, you can filter the reports before they are sent to Microsoft. Such software is also useful for determining the types of problems users are experiencing most often. For more information about Microsoft software designed for use with the Group Policy setting, Configure Corporate Windows Error Reporting, see the following Microsoft Web sites:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=72147
For more information about the answer-file entries or Group Policy settings described in this subsection, see "Controlling Error Reporting to Prevent the Flow of Information to and from the Internet," later in this section.
The data that Microsoft collects through Windows Error Reporting is used strictly for the purpose of tracking and solving problems that users are experiencing. This subsection describes various aspects of the data that is sent to and from the Internet during error reporting, and how the exchange of information takes place. The next subsection provides additional details.
Specific information sent or received (see details in later subsections): In most cases, the information collected for an error report only includes software "parameters," which includes such information as the application name and version, module name and version, and exception code. In unusual cases, a more complete crash report might be collected, and rarely, some information that uniquely identifies the user might unintentionally be collected as part of this. This information, if present, is not used to identify a user.
Microsoft may send solution information back to the user about a problem, including links to Web sites.
For more details about the information sent or received, see later subsections.
Default settings: By default, error reporting is enabled on clients running Windows Vista.
Note that when Windows Vista is installed and the computer is started for the first time, prompts appear to help the user configure settings for various recommended features. If Use recommended settings is selected at this time, the consent level of Windows Error Reporting is Automatically check for solutions. If any other selection is made, the consent level is Ask each time a problem occurs. For details about consent levels, see "Consent Levels in Windows Error Reporting," earlier in this section.
Triggers: The opportunity to send an error report is triggered by application or system errors.
User notification: User notification depends on the consent level. See "Consent Levels in Windows Error Reporting," earlier in this section.
Note that Windows Vista also provides reminders (balloon notifications) to the user to check for solutions to reports that have not been sent, for example, reports that were generated in the background or while the user was offline.
Logging: Descriptions of system and application errors are recorded in the event log. In addition, the Problem Reports and Solutions feature records information about problem reports sent and solution information received on that computer, so that solutions can be looked up later (although new solutions might eventually overwrite old solutions if the number of stored solutions exceeds the allowed maximum).
Encryption: All report data that could include personally identifiable information is encrypted (HTTPS) during transmission. The software "parameters" information, which includes such information as the application name and version, module name and version, and exception code, is not encrypted.
Access: Microsoft employees and contingent staff may access the error reports to maintain Windows Error Reporting or improve Microsoft products. They may not use the reports for other purposes.
If the error report indicates that one or more non-Microsoft products were involved in causing the problem, Microsoft may send the report to the respective companies. Qualified software or hardware developers (employed by Microsoft or one of its partners) will analyze the fault data and try to identify and correct the problem.
Privacy: The privacy statement for Microsoft Error Reporting is located at the following Web site:
Details related to privacy of data are presented in "Types of Data Collected," later in this section.
Transmission protocol and port: The transmission protocols are HTTP through port 80 and HTTPS through port 443.
Ability to disable: The feature can be disabled through Group Policy or on an individual computer running Windows Vista. You can also control the feature in other ways, as described in "Overview: Using Windows Error Reporting and the Problem Reports and Solutions Feature in a Managed Environment," earlier in this section, and "Controlling Error Reporting to Prevent the Flow of Information to and from the Internet," later in this section.
This section provides an overview of the data that Windows Error Reporting collects and information about data that might be collected from four different sources:
Application errors
Handwriting recognition errors
Errors from the Japanese Input Method Editor
Windows Kernel failures
Overview of the Data that Windows Error Reporting Collects
Windows Error Reporting collects information about the computer configuration, what the software was doing when the problem occurred, and other information directly related to the problem. Windows Error Reporting does not intentionally collect anyone's name, address, e-mail address, or computer name. It is possible that such information may be captured in memory or in the data collected from open files, but Microsoft does not use it to identify users. Windows Error Reporting collects Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, but the addresses are not used to identify users, and in many cases, they are the address of a Network Address Translation (NAT) computer or proxy server, not a specific client behind that NAT computer or proxy server. IP address information is used in aggregate by the operators who maintain the servers that receive error reports. The other use for IP address information is to locate error reports that come from computers inside Microsoft—errors on those computers can be more thoroughly investigated as needed.
In rare cases, such as problems that are especially difficult to solve, Microsoft may request additional data, including sections of memory (which may include memory shared by any or all applications running at the time the problem occurred), some registry settings, and one or more files from the user's computer. When additional data is requested, the user can review the data and choose whether to send the information.
Data Collected from Application Errors
Any application can be written in a way that uses the Error Reporting functionality. If an application error occurs for which Error Reporting is available and the user chooses to send the report, the information included is as follows:
The Digital Product ID, which can be used to identify your license.
Information regarding the condition of the computer and the application at the time the error occurred. This includes data stored in memory and stacks, information about files in the application's directory, as well as the operating system version and the computer hardware in use. This information is packaged into a minidump (a small memory dump). The minidump contains:
Exception information: This is information regarding the problem that occurred. It tells Microsoft what kind of instruction the application received that caused it to generate an error.
System information: This is data about the kind of CPU (processor) you have and what operating system you are running.
A list of all the modules that are currently loaded and their version information.
A list of all the threads that are currently running. For each thread, the current context and the whole stack are collected.
Global data.
The minidump data is shown as a hexadecimal representation that the user cannot read.
For information about the minidump format, see the following article on the MSDN Web site:
[http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=73072](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=73072)
Data Collected from Handwriting Recognition Errors
If a user uses the Tablet PC Input Panel and encounters a handwriting recognition error, the user can start the error reporting tool for these errors and then select corrected handwriting samples to send in an error report. Such handwriting samples are not considered part of "safe additional data" and are handled according to the consent level setting, which in most cases will mean they are sent only when the user explicitly consents. If the user chooses to send this type of error report, the report can contain recently corrected handwriting samples. The user can choose which samples to send. No personal information is intentionally collected; however, the samples that are chosen may include personal information. This information will not be used to personally identify the user.
You can disable the reporting of handwriting recognition errors by using a specific Group Policy, as described in "Setting for Disabling the Reporting of Handwriting Recognition Errors," later in this section.
Data Collected from the Japanese Input Method Editor
With the Japanese version of Windows Vista, the user can generate a "word registration report" through the Japanese Input Method Editor (IME) and then choose to send the report to Microsoft. The reports are like error reports, but they record a word or word pair to improve the selection of the ideograms displayed. Each time such a report is generated, the user is asked whether to send the report to Microsoft. The user can view the information contained in the report before choosing to send it.
If you configure Windows Error Reporting as described in "Procedures for Configuring Error Reporting," later in this section, you control word registration reports in the same way that you control error reports. For more information about word registration reports, see the description of Input Method Editor in the Windows Vista privacy statement at:
Data Collected from Windows Kernel Failures
When a kernel-mode (system) error occurs, Windows Vista displays a Stop message and writes diagnostic information to a memory dump file. When a user restarts the computer by using normal mode or Microsoft Windows Safe Mode (with networking) and logs on to Windows Vista as an administrator, Windows Error Reporting responds. Just as with other errors, Windows Error Reporting uses the consent level setting to determine when to prompt before sending a kernel fault report.
Windows kernel fault reports contain information about what the operating system was doing when the problem occurred. These event reports contain the minimum information that can help identify why the operating system stopped unexpectedly. If the user chooses to send the report, it includes the:
Operating system name (for example, Windows Vista).
Operating system version (a series of numerals starting with 6.0).
Operating system language as represented by the locale identifier (LCID)—(for example, the standard international numeric abbreviation, 1033, for United States English).
Loaded and recently unloaded drivers. These identify the modules used by the kernel when the Stop error occurred and the modules that were used recently.
List of drivers in the Drivers folder on the hard disk (systemroot\System32\Drivers).
File size, date created, version, manufacturer, and full product name for each driver.
Number of available processors.
Amount of random access memory (RAM).
Time stamp that indicates when the Stop error occurred.
Messages and parameters that describe the Stop error.
Processor context for the process that stopped. This includes the processor, hardware state, performance counters, multiprocessor packet information, deferred procedure call information, and interrupts (requests from software or devices for processor attention).
Process information and kernel context for the halted process. This includes the offset (location) of the directory table and the database that maintains the information about every physical page (block of memory) in the operating system.
Process information and kernel context for the thread that stopped. This information identifies registers (data-storage blocks of memory in the processor) and interrupt-request levels, and it includes pointers to data structures for operating system data.
Kernel-mode call stack for the interrupted thread. This is a data structure that consists of a series of memory locations and one or more pointers.
To control the flow of information to and from the Internet when users report errors, you can configure error reporting with Group Policy or by using an answer file with unattended installation. The following subsections provide more details.
Using an Answer File with Unattended Installation
You can control the consent level for Windows Error Reporting by using an answer file with unattended installation. To configure a consent level of Always ask before sending data, confirm that your answer file includes the following line:
<DefaultConsent>1</DefaultConsent>
For more information, see "To Control the Consent Level for Error Reporting by Using an Answer File for Unattended Installation," later in this section.
Selected Group Policy Settings for Windows Error Reporting
This section provides information about a small set of the Group Policy settings available for Windows Error Reporting. For information about viewing these and other Group Policy settings, see "To Locate Group Policy Settings for Configuring Error Reporting," later in this section.
Setting for Corporate Windows Error Reporting
This setting is located at Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows Error Reporting\Advanced Error Reporting Settings.
When you look at Group Policy settings for Windows Error Reporting on Windows Vista, on the Extended tab, view the Requirements (operating system requirements) listed for the setting. Some settings are supported on Windows Vista, and some are not.
Configure Corporate Windows Error Reporting: Use this setting to specify a server in your organization to which you want error reports to be sent (instead of being sent directly to Microsoft). If you enable the setting, you can specify your server name and port, and choose whether the reports should be sent using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), which provides additional security for the connection. For more information about using this setting, see "Overview: Using Windows Error Reporting and the Problem Reports and Solutions Feature in a Managed Environment," earlier in this section.
Note that two settings in the Advanced Error Reporting Settings refer to the "Report Queue" and the "Report Archive." These both refer to information stored on the local computer running Windows Vista. The Report Queue temporarily stores error reports that, for one reason or another, are waiting to be sent. The Report Archive stores reports so that the Problem Reports and Solutions interface can display them.
Setting for Controlling the Degree of Prompting that Occurs Before Data is Sent
You can control the degree to which Windows Error Reporting prompts for consent before data is sent. This setting is located under either Computer Configuration or User Configuration in Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows Error Reporting\Consent.
Configure Default consent: If you enable this setting, you can select one of the following levels:
Always ask before sending data: Windows Error Reporting always prompts for consent before sending an error report.
Send parameters: Windows Error Reporting sends the minimum data required to check for an existing solution, for example, the application name and version, module name and version, and exception code. After sending this data, Windows Error Reporting prompts for consent before sending any additional data requested by Microsoft.
Send parameters and safe additional data: Windows Error Reporting sends the minimum data required to check for an existing solution as well as data that the developer of the program has designated as being highly unlikely to contain personally identifiable information. Windows Error Reporting then prompts for consent before sending any additional data requested by Microsoft.
Send all data: Any data requested by Microsoft will be sent, without prompts. (This setting can only be configured through Group Policy, not through the Control Panel interface.)
Setting for Disabling the Reporting of Handwriting Recognition Errors
You can use a Group Policy setting to specifically disable the reporting of handwriting recognition errors. This setting is located under either Computer Configuration or User Configuration in Administrative Templates\System\Internet Communication Management\Internet Communication settings.
Turn off handwriting recognition error reporting: If you enable this setting, users cannot start the error reporting tool for handwriting recognition errors, and corrected handwriting samples will never be sent by Windows Error Reporting.
Setting for Disabling Windows Error Reporting
This setting is located at Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Internet Communication Management\Internet Communication settings:
Turn off Windows Error Reporting: If you enable this setting, the user can still click Problem Reports and Solutions in Control Panel, but a pop-up message appears saying that Windows problem reporting has been turned off.
You can also restrict Internet access for Windows Error Reporting and a number of other features by applying the Restrict Internet communication policy setting, which is located in Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Internet Communication Management. For more information about this Group Policy and the policies that it controls, see Appendix C: Group Policy Settings Listed Under the Internet Communication Management Category in Windows Vista.
The following procedures explain how to:
View or change settings for Windows Error Reporting on a computer running Windows Vista.
Use the Configure Corporate Windows Error Reporting policy setting so error reports are sent to a server on your intranet instead of to Microsoft.
Locate the Group Policy settings for configuring error reporting.
Disable the reporting of handwriting recognition errors.
Disable Windows Error Reporting by using Group Policy.
Control the consent level for error reporting by using an answer file for unattended installation.
To View or Change Settings for Windows Error Reporting on a Computer Running Windows Vista
Click Start, and then either click Control Panel, or point to Settings and then click Control Panel.
Either click System and Maintenance and then click Problem Reports and Solutions, or double-click Problem Reports and Solutions.
On the left, click Change settings. View or change settings.
Click Advanced settings. View or change settings, including the setting to turn problem reporting on or off.
To Configure Corporate Windows Error Reporting
See Appendix B: Resources for Learning About Group Policy for Windows Vista for information about using Group Policy. Using an account with domain administrative credentials, log on to a computer running Windows Vista, open Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) by running gpmc.msc, and then edit an appropriate Group Policy object (GPO).
You must perform this procedure by using GPMC on a computer running Windows Vista (GPMC is included in Windows Vista).
Expand Computer Configuration, expand Administrative Templates, expand Windows Components, expand Windows Error Reporting, and then click Advanced Error Reporting Settings.
In the details pane, double-click Configure Corporate Windows Error Reporting, and then click Enabled.
Specify the name and port of the server to which error reports should be sent, and choose whether the reports should be sent using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).
When configuring this setting, be sure to open Advanced Error Reporting Settings and use the Configure Corporate Windows Error Reporting setting. Avoid using a similar setting that supports Windows XP and is designed for use with older versions of the tool for analyzing errors that you capture on your servers. This setting is at Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows Error Reporting\Configure Error Reporting. (In this setting, you can specify the corporate upload file path.)
For more information about using the **Configure Corporate Windows Error Reporting** setting, see "Overview: Using Windows Error Reporting and the Problem Reports and Solutions Feature in a Managed Environment," earlier in this section.
To Locate Group Policy Settings for Configuring Error Reporting
See Appendix B: Resources for Learning About Group Policy for Windows Vista for information about using Group Policy. Using an account with domain administrative credentials, log on to a computer running Windows Vista, open Group Policy Management Console by running gpmc.msc, and then edit an appropriate GPO.
If you are interested in policy settings that apply to all users of a computer and that come into effect when the computer starts or when Group Policy is refreshed, expand Computer Configuration. If you are interested in policy settings that apply to users and that come into effect when users log on or when Group Policy is refreshed, expand User Configuration.
Expand Administrative Templates, and then expand Windows Components.
Click Windows Error Reporting, and then view the settings that are available.
Click Advanced Error Reporting Settings, and then view the settings that are available. (Note that what you clicked in step 2 affects what you see in Advanced Error Reporting Settings. You must start by clicking Computer Configuration in step 2 if you want to locate the setting called Configure Corporate Windows Error Reporting.)
On the left, click Consent, and then view the settings that are available. For more information about Configure Default Consent, see "Setting for Controlling the Degree of Prompting that Occurs Before Data is Sent," earlier in this section.
To Disable the Reporting of Handwriting Recognition Errors
Expand Administrative Templates, expand System, expand Internet Communication Management, and then click Internet Communication settings.
In the details pane, double-click Turn off handwriting recognition error reporting, and then click Enabled.
To Disable Windows Error Reporting by Using Group Policy
As needed, see Appendix B: Resources for Learning About Group Policy for Windows Vista, and then edit an appropriate GPO.
Expand Computer Configuration, expand Administrative Templates, expand System, expand Internet Communication Management, and then click Internet Communication settings.
In the details pane, double-click Turn off Windows Error Reporting, and then click Enabled.
If you enable this setting, the user can still click Problem Reports and Solutions in Control Panel, but a pop-up message appears, saying that Windows problem reporting has been turned off.
To Control the Consent Level for Error Reporting by Using an Answer File for Unattended Installation
Using the methods you prefer for unattended installation or remote installation, create an answer file. For detailed information about entries to include in the answer file, see Unattend.chm in the Windows Automated Installation Kit, which can be downloaded from the Microsoft Web site at:
Confirm that your answer file includes one of the following lines:
For a consent level of Always ask before sending data:
For a consent level of Send parameters:
For a consent level of Send parameters and safe additional data:
For a consent level of Send all data:
For additional information about unattended installation, see the resources listed in Appendix A: Resources for Learning About Automated Installation and Deployment for Windows Vista.
To read the Microsoft privacy statement for error reporting, see the Microsoft Web site at:
For information about Microsoft software designed for use with the Group Policy setting, Configure Corporate Windows Error Reporting, see the following Microsoft Web sites:
For more information about the APIs used by Windows Error Reporting, see the MSDN Web site at:
For information about application restart and recovery APIs (which are separate from the APIs used for error reporting), see the MSDN Web site at:
If you are a software or hardware vendor interested in ways of improving your products, see the Windows Quality Online Services Web site at:


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Survivors mark 1 year since Las Vegas shooting
One year has passed since a concert in Las Vegas became the deadliest mass shooting in US history. CNN's Erica Hill reports.
It's been one year since bullets rained down on attendees of the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas, leaving 58 dead and more than 500 injured.
While Monday was a grim reminder for survivors and those whose loved ones were killed in the deadliest single day mass shooting in modern US history, many of them joined hundreds of others in honoring and remembering the victims throughout the day.
The day of remembrance began with a sunrise ceremony at 6:30 a.m., according to CNN affiliate KTNV-TV, where 58 doves were released.
As night fell Monday, more than 100 people who survived the shooting gathered at the site of the Route 91 Harvest Festival, linking arms to honor those who died, CNN affiliate KVVU-TV reported. Many people wore clothing emblazoned with the #VegasStrong logo, which has come to be a uniting theme for survivors and the Las Vegas community.
The iconic marquee lights of the Las Vegas strip went dark at 10:01 p.m., KTNV reported. The blackout was timed to coincide with the moment that Stephen Paddock began shooting into a crowd of 22,000 concertgoers from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino.
Then, at 10:05 p.m., Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman read the names of each of the 58 victims at the Healing Garden as a candle was lit and a bell chimed, according to CNN affiliate KLAS-TV. The garden, a community project, opened last October to remember those who died.
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Buhari Seeks Senate Confirmation of New Service Chiefs
Deji Elumoye in Abuja
President Muhammadu Buhari has put to rest the controversy surrounding his appointment of new service chiefs as he has written formally to the Senate for the confirmation of the appointment of the new Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) and service chiefs.
This is just as the Pan Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere and its Niger Delta counterpart, Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) faulted the procedure saying naming of the service chiefs ought to have waited till after confirmation by the Senate.
On its part, the Senate Minority Caucus welcomes the adherence to the constitution by the submission of the list of service chiefs for confirmation while the Senate described as unnecessary the controversy associated with the issue.
President Muhammadu Buhari had in a confirmation letter dated Wednesday, January 27, 2021 and addressed to the President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, requested for Senate confirmation of the appointment of Major General Lucky Irabor, Major General Ibrahim Attahiru, Rear Admiral Awwal Gambo and Air Vice Marshal Isiaka Amao as Chief of Defence Staff, Chief of Army Staff, Chief of Naval Staff and Chief of Air Staff respectively.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Babajide Omoworare, who made this disclosure yesterday in a release titled "Buhari seeks National Assembly's confirmation of Service Chiefs ", said the President was seeking the upper chamber's approval of the service Chiefs in line with provisions of Section 18 (1) of the Armed Forces Act Cap. A.20 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria.
According to Omoworare, the President's confirmation request may have to wait till February 9 when the Senate will resume from vacation before it can be considered.
He also said that this would not be the first time the Buhari administration would be seeking approval of the Senate for appointment of service chiefs saying similar request were made in 2015 for the outgone service chiefs which was graciously granted by the upper chamber.
Omoworare's press statement reads:
"President Muhammadu Buhari has communicated the appointment of the Service Chiefs to the National Assembly and has sought for the confirmation of the said appointment by the Senate through his letter to the Senate President dated 27th January 2021. This was done in furtherance of Section 18 (1) of the Armed Forces Act Cap. A.20 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria.
"Contrary to fears expressed in some quarters that President Muhammadu Buhari has "bypassed" the National Assembly in the process of appointment of the Service Chiefs and that he has no intention of seeking consideration and confirmation of their appointment, Mr. President upon nomination for appointment sought confirmation of the Senate for the appointment of Major General Lucky Irabor, Major General Ibrahim Attahiru, Rear Admiral Awwal Gambo and Air Vice Marshal Isiaka Amao as Chief of Defence Staff, Chief of Army Staff, Chief of Naval Staff and Chief of Air Staff respectively, vide his aforementioned letter.
"It is on record that this same procedure was adopted when the immediate past Service Chiefs were appointed. Upon announcement of the appointment of the then Service Chiefs – Major General Abayomi Olonisakin (Chief of Defence Staff), Major General Tukur Buratai (Chief of Army Staff), Rear Admiral Ibok-Efe Ibas (Chief of Naval Staff) and Air Vice Marshal Sadique Abubakar (Chief of Air Staff), Mr. President had written the 8th Senate on 14th July 2015 for confirmation. Whilst the correspondence was read on the floor of the Senate on 28th July 2015, consideration and confirmation of the appointments was carried out at the Committee of the Whole on 4th August 2015
"It will be recalled that the National Assembly will only resume plenary sessions on 9th February 2021 when hopefully Mr. President's communication for consideration and confirmation of the nomination for appointment of the Service Chiefs would be undertaken.
"Before this administration, confirmation of Service Chiefs were not sought and obtained from the National Assembly in consonance with the provisions of Section 18 (1) of the Armed Forces Act Cap. A.20 LFN. We are aware that in Keyamo Vs. President & Ors, the Federal High Court set aside the Armed Forces Modification Order 2008 (purportedly made under Section 315 [2) of the Constitution) on 1st July 2013 and ruled that the confirmation of the National Assembly must be sought for the appointment of the Service Chiefs. We are in compliance with the spirit and letters of both the statute and case law".
In its reaction, PANDEF while saying the move was in order however stressed that the procedure may be at variance with constitutional provisions and Armed Forces Act.
PANDEF National Publicity Secretary, Hon Ken Robinson told THISDAY that "our reaction to this development is that it's just a formality, and it's in order, though the procedure may not be in strict compliance with the relevant provisions of the Constitution and the Armed Forces Act".
Also reacting, Afenifere emphasised that the Presidency was wrong to have put the cat before the horse instead of the other way round.
Its spokesman, Yinka Odumakin told THISDAY that "a competent Presidency would have made this arrangement before the announcement, we have accepted we are in autopilot season through".
Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, who spoke on behalf of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senators told THISDAY "minority caucus welcomes the adherence to the constitution and law by government".
The Senate spokesman, Senator Ajibola Basiru, however expressed reservation over the controversy generated by the appointment of the service chiefs by the Presidency saying the latest move was in tandem with constitutional provisions and the Armed Forces Act.
Basiru told THISDAY: "What has been done by the President is in line with the combined effect of section 218 of the 1999 Constitution as amended and section 18 of the Armed Forces Act as interpreted in an extant judicial decision. Therefore, there was no basis for the unnecessary controversy as to legality of the announcement of the appointment the service chiefs".
The President had on Tuesday, January 26,
approved the appointment of a new Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) as well as service chiefs.
This was sequel to the resignation of the former CDS and the service chiefs and their retirement from service.
A statement issued by the President's media adviser, Femi Adesina, said the President congratulated the new Service Chiefs, and urged them to be loyal and dedicated in the discharge of their responsibilities.
Buhari also accepted the immediate resignation of the Service Chiefs, and their retirement from service.
The President thanked the outgoing Service Chiefs for what he called their "overwhelming achievements in our efforts at bringing enduring peace to our dear country," wishing them well in their future endeavours.


Kaduna State Government supports the National Sports Festival 100 per cent and will completely participate in the 19th National Sports Festival (NSF).
Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir el-Rufai: expressed this when he received the NSF Torch in Kaduna on Wednesday.
"We are fully supporting the senior National Sports Festival and will fully be participating. We are happy the Festival Torch arrived here safely and we are praying it gets to its next destination peacefully," he said.
Chairman Kaduna State House of Assembly Committee on Sports, Honourable Ahmed Mohammed said that his expectations of Kaduna at the NSF is very high.
Fielding questions from newsmen, the Commissioner of Youth Sports and Culture, Honourable Daniel Danauta said that Kaduna State than ever before is ready to participate at the NSF and as usual, assure the government and people of Kaduna State and the athletes that we have been blessed with of our readiness to excel.
Zonal Coordinator, North West, Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Olusola Luke said that they zone is fully prepared for the NSF.
"Everyone is prepared and are ready to present their teams," he said.
The Festival Torch, departed the Ahmadu Bello Stadium at about 10:30am on Wednesday October 31, and was carried across Kaduna major roads, enroute the Kaduna State Government House where it was received by Governor Nasir el-Rufai.
Top Kaduna based veteran and elite athletes, led by multiple medals winning Yohanna Waziri ran with the lit torch, accompanied by fanfare and pageantry.


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Act: Inspiration
Dreams Deferred: How Enriching the 1% Widens the Racial Wealth Divide
By Dedrick Asante-Muhammad, Chuck Collins, Josh Hoxie, Sabrina Terry, originally published by Inequality.org
January 15, 2019, the release date of this report, would have been the 90th birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. King envisioned a future in which deep racial inequalities were eradicated and he worked tirelessly towards that mission. His tragic assassination occurred while he was organizing the Poor Peoples Campaign, his last great effort to ensure economic justice as a cornerstone of civil rights.
In light of Dr. King's pursuit of economic justice, this report highlights how historic racial wealth disparities have been perpetuated and increased by the trend towards extreme inequality in the United States. It also puts the racial wealth divide in the context of overall wealth inequality trends.
This report looks at the trends in household wealth among Black, Latino and White households over the past three decades. It relies on data from the Federal Reserve Board's most recent triannual Survey of Consumer Finances.
The Racial Wealth Divide
Over the past three decades, a polarizing racial wealth divide has grown between White households and households of color. Since the early 1980s, median wealth among Black and Latino families has been stuck at less than $10,000. Meanwhile, White household median wealth grew from $105,300 to $140,500, adjusting for inflation.
Between 1983 and 2016, the median Black family saw their wealth drop by more than half after adjusting for inflation, compared to a 33 percent increase for the median White household. Over that same period, the number of households with $10 million or more skyrocketed by 856 percent.
The median Black family today owns $3,600— just 2 percent of the $147,000 of wealth the median White family owns. The median Latino family has assets worth $6,600 — just 4 percent as much as the median White family. In other words, the median White family has 41 times more wealth than the median Black family and 22 times more wealth than the median Latino family.
If the trajectory of the past three decades continues, by 2050 the median White family will have $174,000 of wealth, while Latino median wealth will be $8,600 and Black median wealth will be $600. The median Black family is on track to reach zero wealth by 2082.
If current trends continue, it would take the typical Black family over 52 million years to reach the wealth of the Walton family today and Latino families 24 million years.
The proportion of all U.S. households with zero or "negative" wealth, meaning their debts exceed the value of their assets, has grown from 1 in 6 in 1983 to 1 in 5 households today. Families of color are much likelier to be in this precarious financial situation. Thirty-seven percent of Black families and 33 percent of Latino families have zero or negative wealth, compared to just 15.5 percent of White families. One piece of good news: the proportion of Latino families with zero or negative net worth dropped 19 percent between 1983 and 2016, from 40 percent to 33 percent.
Black families are about 20 times more likely to have zero or negative wealth (37 percent) than they are to have $1 million or more in assets (1.9 percent). Latino families are 14 times more likely to have zero or negative wealth (32.8 percent) than they are to reach the millionaire threshold (2.3 percent). White families are equally likely to have zero or negative wealth (about 15 percent) as they are to be a millionaire (15 percent).
Low levels of Black and Latino wealth, combined with their growing proportion of the population, is a key factor in the overall decline in American median household wealth from $84,111 in 1983 to $81,704 in 2016.
In a Deeply Unequal Economy
The widening of the racial wealth divide has coincided with the extreme concentration of U.S. wealth. The wealthiest 0.1 percent of households have grown richer while millions of families face poverty and deep-seated economic insecurity.
The median American family saw their wealth drop 3 percent between 1983 and 2016, while the richest 0.1 percent have seen their wealth jump 133 percent.
During this same period, the annual increase for White median family wealth was about $1,000. Latino median family wealth went up by $66 annually and Black median family wealth dropped $83 annually. Meanwhile, the average household in the top 1 percent saw their wealth jump by half a million dollars annually.
The richest dynastic families in the United States have seen their wealth expand at a dizzying pace. The three wealthiest families — the Waltons, the Kochs, and the Mars — have seen their wealth increase nearly 6,000 percent since 1983.
The Forbes 400 richest Americans own more wealth than all Black households plus a quarter of Latino households.
Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, owns $160 billion in total wealth. That is 44 million times more wealth than the median Black family and 24 million times more wealth than the median Latino family.
The racial wealth divide and growing economic inequality is often analyzed as two separate and concurrent trends, when in fact, they are mutually reinforcing outcomes of larger economic issues. Both the racial wealth divide and the unequal economy were created and perpetuated by public policies that favored Whites and continue to favor the very wealthy. Public policies aimed at reducing both trends will be critical to creating a more equitable economic system and a more just society overall. Such policies could include, but are not limited to:
A baby bond program to help low-wealth households build wealth
A tax on the wealthiest 0.1 percent to reduce distortions caused by concentrated wealth and generate revenue marked for expanding opportunity for low-wealth households
An audit of federal government policies to evaluate their impact on the racial wealth divide
Targeted reparations to address the legacy of racism in wealth building
Dreams Deferred expands on and updates two previous reports from the Program on Inequality and the Common Good at the Institute for Policy Studies, in collaboration with Prosperity Now: "The Ever-Growing Gap: Failing to Address the Status Quo Will Drive the Racial Wealth Divide for Centuries to Come," in 2016, and "The Road to Zero Wealth: How the Racial Wealth Divide is Hollowing Out America's Middle Class" in 2017. This report also builds on extensive research on the growing concentration of wealth in the United States catalogued in the "Billionaire Bonanza" report series released in 2015, 2017, and 2018. The most recent edition focused on the growing power and influence of intergenerational wealth dynasties.
Too often Dr. King's "Dream" of making justice a reality for people of color is conflated with the "fantasy of self-deception" that there is "steady growth toward a middle-class utopia." Examining the concentration of wealth and ongoing deep racial wealth inequality in light of Dr. King's 90th birthday reminds us of the reality King spoke of in his famous "I Have A Dream Speech": "the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity."
Dr. King also stated in this speech that "America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked 'insufficient funds." Over 50 years since this famous dream was shared with the nation, we have seen wealth concentrate among the wealthiest Americans and a polarizing racial wealth divide grow between Whites and Blacks and Latinos.
Despite aspirant rhetoric and sensationalized media stories, the racial wealth divide has not improved over the past three decades. In fact, the divide has grown considerably as wealth continues to concentrate at the top leaving the rest of the country an increasingly smaller share. A targeted set of policies is imperative to begin to bridge this deep divide for generations to come. Inaction or, worse, repeating the same mistakes that led to this situation will simply widen further the divide and create greater economic instability for the country at large.
Read the full report.
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Aligning Idealistic Ambition and Practical Reality
A Lawyer's Search for Right Livelihood
By Zachary Horn
Everyone knows that lawyers dominate leadership positions in everything from the PTA to political offices. We are pillars of our communities and more generous with our time and resources than just about any other profession. We are ambitious, which means we possess an intense desire to be of service, either to ourselves or others.
While the most self-serving among us give the profession a bad name and justify nearly every bad lawyer joke, most of us became lawyers because we genuinely want to help people. You need only speak to a class of first-year law students to get a sense of the depth of their desire to have a positive impact on the world. They want to protect the environment, help the downtrodden and defend the Constitution. They want to promote the common good and serve those who need their help.
Their enthusiasm is enough to restore even the most devout cynic's faith in humanity.
From Idealist 1L to Pragmatic 3L
Fast-forward three short years and many of those idealists will have more modest and practical ambitions. The relentless battle for class rankings and the handful of "good jobs" at the "good firms" grounds higher ambitions into the realities of practicing law and paying back five- to six-figure student loans.
For all but the most earnest, selfless, talented and lucky law graduates, saving the world will have to wait — or at least be confined to community service and pro bono work.
In reality, many lawyers work long hours doing tedious work that does not necessarily serve their youthful ambitions. Unfortunately, there isn't much money or many jobs in the business of saving the world. There is, however, an unending demand for stewards of the status quo, who provide the bread-and-butter legal services most law firms are built on.
This misalignment between idealistic ambitions and the practicalities of law practice has driven many lawyers to depression, drinking or worse. But for most, it simply manifests as a vague sense of dissatisfaction — or a more or less active searching for ways to find work that meets their need to make money while serving at least some of their highest ideals.
The Search for Right Livelihood
In some cultures, this quest for living in alignment with your ethical convictions is called the "search for right livelihood." For most, it is a lifelong journey.
At times, the search may call for an abrupt change of direction in our lives or practices. Or, we may find that subtly integrating our idealism with the realities of our practice satisfies the quest. Sure, the world needs activists fighting for truth and justice and taking on giants. But it also needs workaday lawyers and legal professionals doing the less glamorous tasks that keep the world turning while embodying the highest ethical standards.
Not everyone is called to drop everything to try and save the world, but we are all beckoned to move toward a life that is in alignment with our deepest convictions.
Being in the Moment
At some point, the search for right livelihood may lead you to make big changes. But even if you can't save the world just yet, you can try building a better one — a moment at a time. Strive to embody your highest values in the present moment. At the very least, this might mean engaging in simple acts of kindness, patience and empathy with clients, colleagues and even opposing counsel.
Because if you can't change the world, you can at least change how you choose to be in it.
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Categories: Daily Dispatch, Legal Career Development, New Lawyers, Passions, Professional Development
Originally published July 6, 2018
Last updated July 7, 2018
Zachary Horn
Zachary Horn is a partner in the Frankfort, Ky., office of McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie & Kirkland, where he practices in the areas of civil litigation, banking, creditors' rights, and bankruptcy. He is Vice Chair of the Kentucky Bar Association Young Lawyers Division and a frequent speaker and advocate for attorney wellness and mindfulness in the law. Zachary blogs on issues relating to attorney wellness and mindfulness at MindlessLawyer.com.
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