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Grave Interview with Ola Lindgren
December 24, 2013 Metal-Rules.com UK Team2013
Grave Interview
with Ola Lindgren (Guitars, Vocals)
@ The Underworld, London UK
Interview by Caitlin Smith
No matter how big Grave become they're always going to be underground. Their subject matter may be gruesome, but this band are far from ruthless, bloodthirsty killers or demonic tyrants. On stage these guys are gods but offstage they're down to earth guys just out there to play brutal music.
Having been playing for over 20 years now, they've been around almost as long as death metal itself. Joining Marduk on their tour of the Panzer Division album, we caught up with the only remaining founding member Ola Lindgren at the Underworld for a catch-up on the future of Grave.
You've been through a lot of members over the years, how much do the changing members contribute to the music?
It's changed actually a lot over the past years. For the last album and the EP we just did, there's much more input from all of the members, which is a really good thing for me because I'm usually stuck having to write most of the material. It's a good feeling, a lot of contribution from everyone, which I think makes more interesting stuff on the album, we'll definitely continue writing like that. We have a bunch of new stuff lying around and if we can get some time off from touring all the time we'll try to sit down and get everything together again.
So how did you come to be part of Grave, where did it all begin?
It was me and two friends that I went to school with, Jorgen and Jensa, they're the two original members. Actually the only one that could play anything was Jensa the drummer, he could actually play drums. Me and Jorgen, we listened to a lot of the same kind of music and wanted to start a band of course but we didn't know anything really. We went to this rehearsal place at our school, you could go there and learn stuff from an older guy and that's basically how we started everything.
We started learning how to play our instruments and putting stuff together. This must have been in '83 or '84 I think and it turned out we were at least a little bit talented at what we wanted to do so we did some shows under various names. We were called Destroyer, Anguish, Rising Power was one… we had a lot of band names over the years. We were always the same people in the band for some weird reason up until '86 when we did Corpse which was the start up to Grave really, but it was always the same people from the start, just a bunch of friends wanting to do some thing.
Sweden has always had a prominent death metal scene, when did you decide you wanted to start playing it?
I think it was back around '86, Corpse was a lot more thrash orientated I would say. We were influenced by the bands we discovered in those years: Kreator, Destruction, Celtic Frost and all those, and also the American scene with Slayer, Exodus, Testament, but something happened around '88. We heard some of the other Swedish bands first of all, Nihilist, Dismember and those, and also through tape trading we got a lot of stuff from the US mainly and we thought this is so much harder, this is so much more evil than the thrash stuff. So we started trying to learn how to play and write songs like that.
So I would say around '87 or '88 we were turning towards more of a Death metal than a Thrash angle.
So you released Morbid Ascent in August, tell us about the name, does it have any meaning?
Not really, I usually tend to pick up both song titles and album titles from something I see of hear somewhere around. I don't remember where that came from but probably something I watched on TV or something like that. I always try to pick stuff like that up, like for the last album Endless Procession of Souls… it might sound cheesy, I shouldn't say this really but there's an English TV show where they're like ghost hunters, they go out to all these haunted places.
Like Most Haunted?
Probably, there's this blonde old lady there called Yvette.
Jo: Yeah that's Most Haunted!
I tend to write lyrics a lot more in the English language, like British English than America English because it sounds cooler. It sounds older than the American English. The title is from one of those shows, there's an Endless Procession of Souls somewhere. Another title from there, 'Disembodied Steps', is also from that TV show. Wherever I watch something on the TV and I hear something and think, 'that sounds cool,' I always save it in my phone. There's a lot of English stuff. I don't know where Morbid Ascent comes from really but probably something I picked up and saved in my phone.
How did Morbid Ascent come together? Tell us about the writing and recording process…
There was actually a lot of stuff I had, mostly just in my head. Stuff that I thought of and whenever I think of something, again, I hum it into my phone or whistle it in some way that I can remember it, because I know the next day if I sit down with a guitar I'll never be able to think of what I was thinking.
So I had a bunch of that stuff and Mika, the other guitar player, had sent me some riffs that he had from home and his stuff is actually the chorus part for each song. The rest is just stuff I had going around in the back of my head.
Those two new songs were written and put together very quickly really. We did the whole thing in my studio that I have in Stockholm, very easy. It was a long process to get it all done, but we never go in and say we need 2 weeks to do this or 3 weeks or whatever, we start it off and we just go. However long it takes, that's how long it will take to get it done.
Despite all the changes over the years, Grave have always stuck around and kept their sound, how do you think Grave have managed to do this where other bands have fallen apart?
I'm not sure, I mean even with bringing other members contributions to the writing process I think I put the Grave filter on it. So if someone sends me material it might be stuff that I think straight off that we can't use and I'll discard it, and there might be stuff that I think, 'yeah this is a cool idea but its not a Grave riff,' so I will re-do it to keep the original idea or the pattern of the notes or whatever.
There's some kind of formula to what I think is a Grave song and I wouldn't go outside those boundaries in a way to try and widen the audience or anything like that. We have to do what I think Grave should sound like and from my own personal perspective I can't do anything else. I don't even think I could play decently in a cover band. That's what I can do and so that's what I do basically.
Have you got any good tour stories?
Wow… I don't know really. What is there… There's always stuff happening but there's nothing major.
Jo: Do you guys get on ok when you tour together?
Oh yeah. Within the band we're always good. I've seen and toured with a lot of bands that always have some kind of internal stuff going on and you wonder how the fuck these guys end up together and why are they still playing together. There's always someone that never speaks to the other guys and sits by himself, and its really weird. I could never play in a band like that because it has to be a family really at this point. I can understand it if you're huge and make millions of dollars at every show you do and you keep together, you keep your position in the band.
Yes, for that reason if you're making tons of money out of it you keep an original line up together or whatever, but at this level were at seeing stuff like that is just really weird… but tour stories, I don't know what to tell you but there's always stuff going on. It's mostly small internal jokes or stuff going around. There's never been any major disasters or anything like that.
So, what's next for Grave?
Next? This tour. We're doing this up until we go home on December 22nd for Christmas and New Years and then early January I think we're leaving the 5th. We're doing Japan for the first time ever which will be very interesting, 2 shows in Japan, and then Australia after that. 8 shows I think, so if anything comes up we'll be on the road for sure but I'm hoping for a nice and quiet spring so we can get material together and do the next album.
Is there anything you'd like to say to our readers?
Just a big thank you for supporting the band all through the years. We're definitely not doing it for our own egos, we're doing it for people who have an interest in the band and who buy the records and come to the shows.
Without the fans we wouldn't really be anything so we're very thankful to be able to do this after all these years.
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Q: angular-velocity Uncaught Error: [$injector:modulerr] I have no idea why the angular-velocity module is not initialized although I included all required scripts as written here (https://github.com/cgwyllie/angular-velocity)
Here is my HTML index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en" ng-app="myapp">

<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>MyApp</title>
</head>

<body>
    <script src="lib/jquery/jquery.min.js"></script>
    <script src="lib/jquery/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
    <script src="lib/angular.js/angular.min.js"></script>
    <script src="lib/velocity/jquery.velocity.min.js"></script>
    <script src="lib/velocity/velocity.ui.min.js"></script>
    <script src="lib/velocity/angular-velocity.min.js"></script>
    <script src="app.js"></script>
</body>

</html>

and here is my app,js
var app = angular.module('myapp', ['angular-velocity']);

By running this I am getting the following error in chrome console.
Failed to instantiate module myapp due to:
Error: [$injector:modulerr] .....

Can someone please explain to me why this module cannot be initialized ?

A: Angular-velocity depends on ngAnimate module (see https://github.com/cgwyllie/angular-velocity/blob/master/angular-velocity.js#L6 ), unfortunately it is not mentioned on the project page.
Download and add reference to angular-animate.js (https://github.com/angular/angular.js/tree/master/src/ngAnimate) in your page, ie :
<script src="lib/angualar.js/angular-animate.js"></script>

or when using bower call
bower install angular-animate

and add
<script src="/bower_components/angular-animate/angular-animate.js"></script>

to your page.

A: Perhaps consider switching to the official unofficial angular plugin for Velocity: https://github.com/rosslavery/velocity-ui-angular

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Kuje Custodial Centre gets new heads
A section of Kuje prison wall pulled down using explosives
By Gift Habib
Sequel to the nationwide periodic redeployment of command officers by the Controller-General of Nigeria Correctional Service, Haliru Nababa, the Controller of Corrections, Mohammed Isah, and the deputy Controller of Corrections, Kolawole Sunday, have taken over the helm of affairs of the Federal Capital Territory Command and the Kuje Custodial Centre respectively.
The redeployment is meant to maximise the potentials of the command officers.
This was contained in a statement signed by the Federal Capital Territory Command's Assistant Public Relations Officer, Usman Sani, on Saturday.
According to the statement, the outgoing Controller, Ahmed Musa, enjoined officers and men not to relent in the discharge of their duties but continue to give the newly posted Controller all the necessary support needed to work even more than they had given to him.
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Isah, while addressing officers and men, informed them that the change in baton of leadership showed the high level of discipline in the command, which he said should not only be maintained but be improved upon.
He further added that he would continue operating an open-door policy with staff and the public in order to ensure that the job of corrections was carried out to the latter.
Ahmed was redeployed to head the Nominal Roll Unit at the National Headquarters of the Service, while Deputy Controller Ibrahim Shehu who was the incharge of Kuje Custodial Centre has been redeployed to the FCT Command headquarters office.
The incoming Controller, Mohammed Isah, until this posting, was the pioneer commandant of the Correctional Training College in Kebbi State while the new officer in charge of Kuje Custodial Centre, deputy Controller of Corrections, Kolawole Sunday, was deployed from the zonal headquarters in Ibadan, Oyo State.
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Q: How to create a testing SQL database file that simulates multiple databases My solution to automate integration tests is MSTest with a test database that is checked into source control so that developers can regression test expected results.
The problem is this application has 2 databases that are tightly coupled and reference each other in stored procedures (ie, SELECT xx FROM [OtherDB].[dbo].[Assets]). How do you create SQL database files that can reference each other? For example, if I name a second database file as OtherDB, will I be able to reference it in stored procedures from the MainDB? Or should I just create additional schemas in the MainDB to keep database tables separate and easy to identify?
For the record, we have a very poor database schema and our application has a terribly tightly coupled design that limits unit testing capabilities. Mocking has only taken me so far. In addition, most of our business logic is embedded in stored procedures. I'm trying to make the best of this poor design and limited budget/time schedule.
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*VS 2013

*.NET 4.5

*SQL Server 2008 R2


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The Diocese of Owensboro recently compiled statistics regarding sexual abuse allegations against priests of the diocese and regarding individuals who have come forward and identified themselves as victims of child sexual abuse.
The diocese reports that since 1937, the year the diocese was founded, there have been a total of 366 priests who have served in the diocese in some capacity. Out of these 366 priests, the diocese has received a total of 66 allegations by 62 individuals against 27 priests. Eleven of these 27 priests were deceased at the time of the allegation.
Since 2002, when the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People was established by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), the Diocese of Owensboro has conducted more than 27,000 background checks, trained more than 84,000 children and youth in abuse prevention, and spent more than one million dollars on both the background checks and training.
The diocese has only received four allegations of incidents that have occurred after 2002. Bishop Medley believes this number shows the Charter has made gains towards protecting children and youth.
"It tells me that great strides were made in 2002, but now, additional measures need to take place, especially in terms of holding our bishops accountable," Bishop Medley remarked.
Since 1968, when the diocese began its partnership with Catholic Mutual Insurance, the diocese has paid more than $620,000 in assistance and settlements to victims of child sexual abuse. More than $285,000 has been spent for counseling to victims.
To report suspected abuse, call the Kentucky Child Protection Hot Line at 1-877-KYSAFE1 or 1-877-597-2331 (toll free) or contact your local Commonwealth Attorney.
To report abuse to the diocese, current or past, by anyone acting in the name of the Church, please call 270-852-8380 and speak with our Pastoral Assistance Coordinator.
You may also visit the diocese's Office of Safe Environment for more information: owensborodiocese.org/safe/.
You are also invited to join Bishop Medley, and a few members of the Diocesan Review Board, for an opportunity to share your concerns and thoughts regarding the recent clergy abuse scandals at listening sessions to be held around the diocese in the upcoming months. Visit owensborodiocese.org/listening-sessions for dates and locations.


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Bundesliga News: Farfan Injured, Stöger Extends, Foal's Hazard & Liverpool Can
July 4, 2014 Linus Vedmar 0
Jefferson Farfan has caught a new knee injury and this time the 29-year-old will most likely have to undergo surgery, Schalke's general manager Horst Heldt confirms. Moreover, newly promoted Bundesliga side FC Köln has added a couple of new years to head coach Peter Stöger's contract, and Borussia Mönchengladbach looks to sign Eden Hazard's younger brother, Thorgan, on loan. Lastly, Liverpool have made official the signing of Bayer Leverkusen's 20-year-old defender Emre Can.
New injury setback for Farfan
Jefferson Farfan was missing when Schalke 04 began the new season on Tuesday with a training session. It was at first speculated that the 29-year-old had again missed his flight to Gelsenkirchen, but those reports contained little or no truth. The midfielder has instead sustained an injury to his right knee and won't be able to take part in any Bundesliga or Champions League action for about 4 months. According to the clubs general manager Horst Heldt, the Peruvian international might need surgery.
"Also at the request of Jefferson Farfan we tried to treat the knee injury conservatively," Heldt told reporters at the clubs training facility, according to ESPN. "A German physiotherapist joined him during his holidays, and documented everything."
"It just did not get better. We'd now like to think that he needs to undergo surgery, and that we will have to do without him for a longer period of time, right into the autumn. Jeff is a top player, and has shown how valuable he is for us. But we have also shown that we can win without him."
Jefferson Farfan featured 19 times in the Bundesliga for Schalke 04 last season. The 29-year-old scored 9 times before sustaining a serious knee injury in March.
Stöger set to stay at FC Köln
Peter Stöger has put pen to paper on a new contract with FC Köln. The 48-year-old head coach, who last season guided the Billy Goats back into the Bundesliga, is now set to stay at RheinEnergieStadion until June 2017.
"Last season was hugely enjoyable and we're looking forward to taking the next steps into the future together," Stöger told Bundesliga.com.
Stöger signed for FC Köln prior to last season after a successful second spell at Austria Wien. The former midfielder will now attempt to establish the club in the Bundesliga once again, with the helping hand of a major collection of signings. Simon Zoller (Kaiserslautern), Yuya Osako (1860 Munich), Kevin Vogt (Augsburg), Dusan Svento (RB Salzburg), Slawomir Pszko (Parma), Mergim Mavraj (Greüther Fürth), Pawel Olkowski (Zabrze) and Thomas Kalas (Chelsea) have all signed a contract with the three-time German champion.
Mönchengladbach to sign Hazard on Loan
Borussia Mönchengladbach claims to have agreed a deal with Premier League side Chelsea, to loan Thorgan Hazard for the next season. The 21-year-old impressed last year in Zulte in the Belgium Pro League, scoring 9 times in 29 matches to earn himself the player of the Year-award. Mönchengladbach's sporting director Max Eberl tells Rheinischen Post that offensive recruiting has been prioritized at Borussia-Park this summer, and the club now seem to have found what they were looking for. However, the contract still has to be signed.
"We were always going to make an offensive signing, no matter what the situation of Luuk de Jong or Peniel Mlapa would be, and it will be Thorgan Hazard," Eberl says.
"We have exchanged contacts with Chelsea and we have come to an agreement with Thorgan. We have all agreed and now we just need to sign the contracts."
Besides Thorgan Hazard, Mönchengladbach have also signed Yann Sommer (Basel), Andre Hahn (Augsburg), Fabian Johnson (Hoffenheim) and Ibrahim Traoré (Stuttgart) this summer.
Liverpool seal Emre Can deal
Bayer Leverkusen's Emre Can has signed a contract with Premier League side Liverpool, after only a year at BayArena. The 20-year-old defender had a highly successful last year, featuring 29 times in the Bundesliga and notching three goals. The Germany Under-21 international will join the Anfield-outfit for a reported 12, 5 million euro fee, more than twice the number that Leverkusen paid a year ago to sign the Frankfurt-native from Bayern Munich.
Emre Can is Liverpool's third signing this summer after Southampton duo Rickie Lambert and Adam Lallana, and the 20-year-old is looking forward to linking up with his new teammates.
"I heard that they [Liverpool] had an interest in signing me for a long time, approximately four years," Can told Liverpool's official website. "We weren't in contact then, but I had it at the back of [my] mind then it got more and more intense. I was told about the manager's firm interest about four or five months ago."
"It was an easy decision for me to sign with Liverpool as I had a very good chat with the manager, which clearly showed that the club and he wanted to sign me. This was important for me. I can say it was an easy decision for me."
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Quick tour: Convert graphics into structured text using SVG and Metadata in RDF.
The development of an RDF vocabulary, allowing the description of an SVG document (pictures, schemas, graphics), in order to make the information carried by such a document accessible, regardless of the support at one disposal to exploit it (computer screen, speaker, tactil screen).
The development of a tool (written in Java) able to exploit such an RDF description, thus using the elements of the previous vocabulary. The results of the proceeding will have to be presented in a textual form, ready then to be exploited by various accessibility tools (for example, a vocal module or a "Braille" screen for people with visual impairment).
Eventually, the development of another tool (in Java again) implementing the edition process of an SVG document, in order to attach a description oriented to its accessibility. The user of such a tool will have few or no RDF notions, therefore the edition process will have to be as tranparent, simple and graphic as possible.
The review of various pictures (see the example pages in this dependency statement) which may be SVG documents "to be described" helped me to build a set of properties that should correctly fill the specified requests.
Which means, in English: The entity identified by 'Roof' sits on top of the entity identified by 'House'.
Useful to situate relatively the SVG document elements, in order to have a better memory representation (for the user, not the computer) of the document.
XLegend: by value, ie: the statement for which the property is the predicate has an object which is not an SVG entity of the document, pointed by the 'resource' attribute of the property, but rather the value of another attribute (such attributes will be listed here).
Useful to set a degree of importance for an SVG entity, relatively to the rest of the document. Thus, a tactil screen user will be able to choose to have only the more important entities to be rendered, ignoring the less significant details that could blur the low-resolution screen rendering.
- The names of properties and attributes have been chosen as close as possible to their semantic content. The study of the Java tool implementing the presentation of the RDF code in text mode will enlight more precisely the semantic attached to each of these attributes or properties (see the RDF Schema and the class Sentence that proceeds to the translation property/attribute -> English sentence).
As a consequence, in the DOM tree image of the RDF document, the nodes should not have any children with type TEXT_NODE (these ones will be ignored when proceeding the DOM). Yet, they can have some children of type ELEMENT_NODE whose name will be rdf:Bag or rdf:li, when a property concerns several objects (multiple-statement).
Such a document can be rendered in graphic mode thanks to an SVG browser (for example: Jackaroo). It's the pale copy of a jpg picture taken from the example page previously quoted (we tried to reproduce the same and only structure which is important for our study, regardless of the pictural aesthetic).
First of all, he has to parse the XML document (indeed, SVG is an XML application), and build the associated tree: the DOM, which will then contain some elements of both namespaces svg and rdf.
The first task is practically done by a set of classes from Jackaroo, the SVG browser developed by the Koala team.
The "boot" class which implements the main method of the program.
Implements the type of document the program will work on : a DOM tree image of an SVG document containing some metadatas coded with the RDF formalism.
Has some methods allowing the extraction of information about such a document (find the RDF root, find the SVG root, etc..) or the building of some objects that will be useful to the DOM exploitation (for example the hashtables which do the link between the RDF or SVG nodes and their id, in order to quickly reach the first ones, the last ones being the only data).
An instance of this classs will point to an Element node of the DOM, representing a full entity in the SVG code, thus having an id attribute. Most of the time, it will be an element of the form <g id="entityId">, for an entity is usually made of a set of several elements.
An instance of this class will point to an RDF node, whose name is 'rdf:Description'. Such an instance allows then the potential access to the full RDF description relative to the SVG entity whose id is equal to the about attribute of the pointed RDF node.
Thus, this class implements some methods relative to the interpretation in text mode of such a description. To print the interpretation, it calls some methods of the Property class.
An instance of this class will point to a property node, whose name should begin with 'axsvg:', within an RDF description. This class manages the impression of the elements of a given RDF statement (whose pointed property node is the predicate), thanks to specific methods called in the AElementRDF class algorithmes. To print the English sentence associated to the predicate (or the object if this last one is an attribute other than 'resource', ie if it's not another SVG entity), it calls some simple methods of the Sentence class.
Implements the methods which proceed to the last step of the process: Those which do the translation property/attribute -> English sentences, and print these last ones (the possible properties and their semantic meaning are fetched in the RDF Schema of the axsvg namespace). The algorithm that manages the print order of these sentences is class AElementRDF business.
The class holding the attributes that can be used in the axsvg namespace and their meaning in such a namespace. Somehow a temporary class, given that such a feature should be included in the RDF Schema soon, as well as for properties. However, it's still easy to add new attributes directly in this class code.
A custom made PrintStream which adds some html markups to the description printed, allowing such a description to be viewed with a browser. Only used when the -h option is activated.
The program requires jdk1.2.2 (or higher) to run correctly. Here is an executable jar file gathering all the required classes : axsvg.jar. You will also need to have the RDF Schema in the same folder: axsvg-schema.rdf.
Where file.svg is the SVG file (with an embedded RDF description) to be described in textual mode. You can use for testing purpose lan.svg which can also be viewed with Jackaroo.
Here's the output in HTML for lan.svg: lan.htm.
Edit hdesc and set the dir where you placed the two required files (default: axsvg-files/ in your home dir), as well as the browser you want to use to view the description (default: amaya. One may want to set it to netscape, which is more common, but a lot slower).
Now you can type hdesc file.svg from wherever you want, and the description will be showed by the browser you've chosen.
Such a tool should allow the edition of metadatas within SVG files, using the properties of the axsvg namespace defined in the RDF Schema axsvg-schema.rdf. It has a Graphic User Interface (using the java swing package), which is supposed to be as convenient as possible. Eventually, it should run on any platform which implements a java virtual machine (reported to work on Solaris, Linux, Windows 98, NT 5).
Of course, for it is a java program, a Java virtual machine -including the swing package, such as jdk.1.2.2 or higher- is also required.
Remark: Windows users can also double click on the edition.jar icon.
Here is a screenshot of the GUI.
As one may see on the screenshot, the interface is basically made of 4 areas and a File menu.
Allows the user to open an SVG file to be edited or to save the currently processed SVG file.
Any output is directed to this area. It can be an error message, or more likely the result of a user command, such as 'check statement' or 'check whole desc'.
An area made of three comboboxes, each of these representing one of the three elements of an RDF statement: The subject, the predicate, and the object.
When an svg file is opened (with the file menu), the subject and object comboboxes are loaded with all the svg entities of the file, that is to say with all the existing id attributes in the document. The predicate combobox is loaded with the namespace axsvg properties, as read from the axsvg-schema.rdf file.
The user can select the entities and a property in the boxes in order to form the RDF statement he wants to add to the processed file.
Of course, a user who has few notions of RDF should be able to add a description of his svg file with the editor. Thus, the properties to be selecetd in the statement are semantically rich, and can be tested thanks to the 'check statement' button : A click on this button will output in the text area the meaning -in English- of the selected statement.
The 'validate statement' button will effectively add the selected statement to the description of the processed file (ie it will add the corresponding node to this file's DOM), provided it does not exist already.
On the other hand, if the selected statement already exists in the description, it may be removed with a click on the 'remove statement' button.
Eventually, the whole description being edited can be checked with the 'Check whole desc' button: Click on it and such a description will be output in the text area exactly as the program axsvg.jar would do.
Such a table allows the user to add attributes to the selected statement (or to change them).
Remark for the 'RDF aware people': Actually, in the RDF philosophy, saying that a statement has some attributes is a non-sense. Such an abuse comes from the DOM specification itself (implied by the XML one), where a node -representing a statement when applied to RDF- may have some attributes: then, this node does not represent one statement anymore, but as many statements as its number of attributes (plus one if it has a text node child), each one being the 'object' of one of these statements.
Therefore, I should have said 'such a table allows the user to add attributes to the DOM Node which represents the selected statement, among other statements inducted by its attributes'.
Warning: When 'check statement' is clicked, the effective attributes of the selected statement (which are blank if the statement does not exist already) are loaded into the attribute table, before the output of the corresponding meaning. If you want to test the effect of attributes you have added or changed, you'll have to 'validate statement' first, then 'check' it. Of course you can still remove it afterwards, or even only reset the attributes you don't want anymore (don't forget to revalidate it then). It may sound strange, but it's the more convenient way I found for the attributes edition.
The boot class of the editor. Sets up the main frame, and adds it some components such as the Statement area, the command buttons area (which includes the attribute table), the text area, and the file menu. It also implements the event listeners attached to the File menu.
Implements some methods that can set up the comboboxes of the statement and fill (or re-fill) them. Has the boxes and the processed document as protected attributes, which can be accessed from other classes of the package, allowing these ones to reach some critical datas about the DOM and the selected statement.
The methods which set up the control buttons and the attribute table (thru calls to the AttributeJTable class methods) are implemented here, as well as those which manage the events fired by clicks on the buttons.
Extends the JTable class, and implements the methods that set up the table, as well as few other ones useful to copy attributes to -or from- a given Node of the DOM.
Extends the PrintStream class. Basically, it overrides the println(String) and print(String) methods, so that when System.out is set to this class (with System.setOut(PrintStream) method), all the outputs subsequent of a call to those two methods are redirected to the given JTextArea. In our case it's useful to output the whole description in the editor's text area, for a click on the 'check whole desc' button calls the axsvg.Descriptor.printWholeDesc() static method which uses System.out.print(String) and System.out.println(String) for all its outputs.
As one may have already noticed, the editor only deals with the RDF code embedded in the processed edited file, within a <metadata> markup as specified in the SVG spec (NB: it creates such a markup if it does not exist yet). Unfortunatly, the svg code structure is critical, on account of it basically sets the possibilities of RDF statements to be formed.
For example, let's say that we have an svg file representing a house. Thinking in terms of Accessibilty, we would like to state that the roof sits on top of the walls, thanks to the axsvg property 'SitsOnTop'. If the svg code is not structured so that the roof is separated from the walls, with the appropriate id attributes (like <g id='roof'> markup parenting the roof svg code, and <g id='house'> the house one), we won't be able to add such a simple description with our editor...unless we cope with the svg code, manually or thanks to another appropriate editor which would allow us to deal with the svg structure in a convenient way. Yet, as I'm writing, I haven't heard of the existence of such an editor.
Of course, we could state that in a 'brave new world', all the SVG files should be well structured and commented, but until then, a good extension of the RDF editor would be to add functionalities to cope with the svg structure directly on the rendered image. This will be done by adapting the code of svg renderers which will efficiently implement event listeners attached to SVG nodes on the rendered image.
People who create their own svg files, provided they keep in mind to give them a logical structure with appropriate id attributes and <desc> markups (let's remind that if we want the decription output by axsvg.jar to make sense, all the <desc> markups of the SVG code must begin by a verb).
People who don't fear to cope with the svg code of a document, in order to adapt it. (they may don't fear to cope with RDF code either, but obviously, using the editor goes faster than typing the markups).
People who have already read a little (or even nothing) about RDF and just want to experience a practical approach of such an XML application.
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A highly successful national programme, introducing oceans education to schools and contributed to by PML's Dr Helen Findlay, has been shortlisted for the Exeter Impact Award 2013.
Dr Findlay and long-standing colleague from the University of Exeter, Dr Ceri Lewis, teamed up with Digital Explorer (a non-profit organisation that pioneers educational expeditions) to provide free inspirational lesson plans and multi-media resources on ocean acidification and Arctic climate change to classrooms worldwide. The resulting education resources, based directly on their fieldwork in the Arctic, are now being used by 1,225 UK secondary schools (30% of secondary schools in the UK), reaching over 658,000 pupils within the first year of being launched. These school resources are also now being used internationally, including a training programme in Alaska and as ocean acidification outreach examples across Europe.
The production of the resources followed Helen and Ceri's research expeditions to the Canadian High Arctic as part of the Catlin Arctic Surveys where they investigated the impacts of ocean acidification.
The Catlin Arctic Survey involved scientists from a range of institutes camping on the sea-ice at extreme temperatures to collect their data. Helen and Arctic colleague Ceri worked closely with Digital Explorer to develop a schools education programme to raise awareness of ocean acidification and Arctic climate change as global issues to the scientists of tomorrow. The 'DE Oceans' Programme has produced a highly professional set of education resources, comprising booklets with over 50 lesson plans and over 60 activity sheets, and multimedia resources with over 30 videos and 200 photos for Key Stage 3 and GCSE Geography and Science. Video clips of the scientists at work in the Arctic plus maps and scientific diagrams are included to explain the science undertaken and provide insights into how scientists live and work in this extreme environment.
The Frozen Oceans resources won a prestigious 'Silver award' for best teaching resources from the Geographical Association this year and were finalists at the national Education Resource Awards 2012. Multiple downloads of the resources have been recorded internationally in Australia, the United States, Portugal and the Philippines and the online DE Oceans channel has received visitors from 85 countries. The resources are also being used in Portugal and Sweden by university educators as a case study on oceans education.
Dr Findlay acted as a scientific advisor for the packs, working alongside Digital Explorer to develop the knowledge, carry out interviews, write blogs and provide scientific information. The resources from Digital Explorer continue to work towards better 'Oceans Literacy' in UK classrooms via a recent response to the new National Curriculum and the development of further resources based on their research.
We are pleased to announce that the Frozen Oceans school resource packs created following the Catlin Arctic Survey 2011 have been shortlisted in the Best Secondary Resource with ICT category at the Education Resource Awards!
Last night in London, PML won the Environment and Conservation category at the 15th Annual Charity Awards for its Europe-Africa Marine Earth Observation Network (EAMNet) project.


As the dust beings to settle after the first approval of Russia's controversial new bill on NGOs, requiring civil society organizations to register with the government as "foreign agents," some 40 organizations, including Bellona, have issued a statement demanding that the would be law be entirely rewritten.
We, Russian citizens and representatives of Russian non-commercial, nongovernmental organizations, express our bewilderment and protest against the adoption of bill No. 102766-6 "On the introduction of amendments to specific legislative acts of the Russian Federation with regard to the regulation of activities of non-commercial organizations executing the function of foreign agents." We acknowledge the right of the government of "organizing necessary social monitoring of the work of non-commercial organizations performing political activities on the territory of the Russian Federation and financed by foreign sources," however we object to the concept of the bill and its suggested formulations. They do not solve the posed task, and threaten humanitarian, charitable, human rights and other socially oriented activities of extremely diverse non-commercial organizations operating in the interest of Russia and its citizens.
The conditions for these activities have developed in Russia over the course of th last years – legislation on NGOs has progressed, programs of support have been adopted, social partnerships have improved. Adopting the bill means crossing out these efforts, and worsening conditions for the people for whom non-commercial organizations operate.
If the bill becomes law, the stigma of "foreign agent" will be branded on all non-commercial organizations, independent of their sphere of activity, that at any time receive funding, the source of which is located abroad – directly from foreign government programs, international organizations, charitable funds, foreign partners, citizens of any country, or even from Russian organizations that have received funding from abroad, or, in the case of businesses, earning money on the foreign market. At this, practically all work of any NGO falls under the bill's definition of "political activity," even those whose work is far from politics. Without doubt, all non-commercial organizations attempt to influence public opinion and decisions of government agencies in the spheres in which they work to achieve systematic and improved conditions for their clients and beneficiaries. This relates equally to the activities of charitable and regional organizations, funds of local collectives, professional unions and other NGOs. How otherwise can we defend the public interest and achieve systematic chance and develop our country?
The current draft of the suggested bill misleads the residents of Russia and creates an image of an enemy in the face of non-commercial organizations. Many of them devoted enormous attention to the transparency of their activities and don't make a secret of them –accountings of their funding sources and expenditures can be found on the websites of NGOs and of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation, where they are annually displayed in accordance with legislation.
Tightening demands in accountancy and exorbitant fine and other sanctions for its violation will turn out to be overwhelming for small regional organizations that are far from politics but that fall under the purview of the bill under consideration.
Should the bill be adopted, universities, schools, museums and many other organizations will have to announced themselves as "foreign agents." Such an approach bears witness to the low juridical quality of the bill and creates an atmosphere for its preferential application and corruption.
We insist on the necessity of a complete revision of the bill based exclusively on the task of "organizing necessary social monitoring of the work of non-commercial organizations performing political activities on the territory of the Russian Federation and financed by foreign sources." We consider impermissible the hasty adoption of the bill without conduction wide public discussion.
1. The autonomous non-commercial organization Agency for Social Information, Yelena Andreyevna Topoleva-Soldunova, member of the Public Chamber of Russia.


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The Macaulay Culkin movie that broke my silence
After my dad left, I was numb with grief. I didn't think anything could move me. Then I started watching "My Girl"
By Johanna Lunglhofer Granor
Anna Chlumsky and Macaulay Culkin in the 1991 movie "My Girl"
No one knew what to say the first time my father started his life over with a young blonde stripper in Missouri, and by the fourth failed reconciliation attempt, they were even more confused. I'd tell friends my dad had moved out again, only to have him show up at a school awards assembly or ballet recital the following week. He'd be many pounds lighter, grinning manically and stinking like an ashtray, but no one noticed those details so much as the fact that he was there. How could he be gone and home at the same time? They must have figured I was making up the whole thing.
All Mom asked was that I keep my mouth shut. It was her marriage, which meant it was her business. It was bad enough that people would be afraid to talk to her before long. Divorce was like a disease, she explained, and all the other rural housewives would be afraid of catching it; they'd see her as a threat. Besides, maybe next time Dad came back he'd really stay. Hardly able to keep food down, my mother lived on false hope.
The prescription bottles on my mother's nightstand did nothing to ease her suffering. Where a quirky, colorful 20-year marriage had been, there were now only stock images of her husband's midlife crisis -- a stiff new leather jacket, a cherry red convertible, the smell of tobacco on his breath, the sound of his overburdened suitcase hitting the floor. She did her best to put on a brave face during the day, but at night, from beyond my closed bedroom door, I heard the truth; it poured out of her in agonized sobs, while across the hall I cowered, silent and anchored in bed by a weight I couldn't see or understand.
As a loud, chubby, nerd-girl with thick-lensed, rainbow-framed glasses, it was clear to me by fifth grade that my grip on the adolescent social ladder was slipping. So I was surprised to find myself invited to a birthday sleepover one weekend. Of course, in typical fashion, little to no actual sleeping occurred that night, despite the patchwork maze of empty sleeping bags on the basement rec room floor. Makeovers were given, temporary tattoos were applied, board games were played and, for those of us not drawn in by other activities, the guest of honor's older sister had rented "My Girl."
"Are you guys really sure you want to watch this?" She asked no one in particular. "It's so sad."
Several of the party guests who had already seen it chimed in affirmatively.
"All right, all right," she conceded, "but you're all going to cry." As she climbed the stairs, the same chorus of voices that had hurried her along scoffed at the suggestion that there would be tears.
Six months before, I wouldn't have dared. Six months before, if my mother had found out I even considered watching a PG-13 movie without her express permission, the punishment would have been severe. But it wasn't six months ago anymore. I was tough. I could take it. A champion bookworm, I had made it through "Bridge to Terabithia" and "A Taste of Blackberries" unscathed. I was ready; this was nothing.
"Macaulay Culkin dies," somebody said, right at the beginning of the movie. So it wasn't like I wasn't prepared.
I stayed stoic through most of the movie. When Vada (played by Anna Chlumsky) got her period but didn't understand, the other girls laughed. They mocked the first kiss scene, too. But by the time Thomas J. (played by Macaulay Culkin) started kicking at the downed bee hive, quiet sniffles began to fill the room. None of them were mine.
My composure remained intact until Thomas J.'s mother returned the mood ring found on her dead son to the girl who'd just lost her best and only friend. As the black stone brightened to vivid blue on Vada's outstretched finger, my eyes filled. Images blurred. My shoulders rose and clenched.
They were the silent tears of an outcast in the corner of a darkened room at 2 a.m. I did not hold the tears in. I did not force the tears out. My life became real again.
Johanna Lunglhofer Granor
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Q: How to improve performance in IE8 using Dojo I have built a RIA on a single page. I am using Dojo 1.7.2. The page contains about 200 dijit/NumberSpinners and some TabContainers and TitlePanes. Of course this works perfect in all browsers, except Internet Explorer 8 which is used by the client's company.
In all browsers the parsing of the whole page takes a few seconds, in IE8 it was 2 minutes, and I got it reduced to 40 seconds by using the following tips:

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*Use custom build

*Create widgets programmatically instead of declaratively

*Parse widgets only once they are shown. (this does not speed up the parsing, it only makes the user wait more while using the application instead of before.)

*Substituting NumberSpinners for NumberTextBox (which reduced the parsing time by half!)

Any other tips? I could try reusing the NumberSpinners and throw them around when a div gets visible, but this requires my application to be rewritten quite substantially.

A: The situation you are facing is, that very very many nodes are created in the DOM, and programatically. IE has poor performance for this, being held back by the javascript engine. Yikes huh?!
Your goal is to define as much as possible beforehand as opposed to override this during runtime. By this i mean setting parameters in the data-dojo-props / construct arguments. This especially applies for stuff like onClick handlers etc. You'd achieve this by doing like such:
var MyConstruct = dojo.define("foo.MyConstruct", [ /* inheritance */ dijit.form.ValidationTextBox ], function() {
      // instead of setting properties during construct, preset those which are possible
      constraints: { min: 0, max: 100 },
      postMixInArguments: function() {
          this.inherited(arguments);    // call widget first
          if(this.constructParameter) ; // act on it
      },
      // implement any overrides you otherwise would need
      // and for minimal runtime overhead, redefine the private version, like _onBlur
      // copy the source and change what you need
      onBlur: function () {
          // an event override example
      }
});

But; why did NumberSpinners > NumberTextBoxes reduce by 50%? This is why:
Template TextBox

<input class="dijitReset dijitInputInner" data-dojo-attach-point='textbox,focusNode' autocomplete="off"
            ${!nameAttrSetting} type='${type}'
    />

Template Spinner

<input class="dijitReset dijitInputField dijitSpinnerButtonInner" type="text" tabIndex="-1" readonly="readonly" role="presentation"
        />

<input class="dijitReset dijitInputField" value="▲" type="text" tabIndex="-1" readonly="readonly" role="presentation"
                    ${_buttonInputDisabled}
            />

<input class="dijitReset dijitInputField" value="▼" type="text" tabIndex="-1" readonly="readonly" role="presentation"
                    ${_buttonInputDisabled}
            />

<input class="dijitReset dijitInputField dijitValidationIcon dijitValidationInner" value="Χ" type="text" tabIndex="-1" readonly="readonly" role="presentation"
    />

<input class='dijitReset dijitInputInner' data-dojo-attach-point="textbox,focusNode" type="${type}" data-dojo-attach-event="onkeypress:_onKeyPress"
            role="spinbutton" autocomplete="off" ${!nameAttrSetting}
    />

There is not much one could do with the TextBox template to optimize it, only entrypoint would be the ${type} parameter which is set using regular exp replacement via _getTypeAttr. in postMixInProps (before _TemplatedMixin runs and generates DOM) the value is overridden into 'text' even if anything else is specified. Allthough - not sure how this would implicate - one might want to take away the focusNode + FocusMixin, but i will not go into that.
There's a little quirk handling in the dijit/form/MappedTextBox (which creates a hidden <input>, containing the 'true' value see http://bugs.dojotoolkit.org/ticket/8660. This has put a regexp replace on 'this.name' to fix problems - leaving out the name attribute on your input field will take care of that (if possible use Id instead).
Template ValidationTextBox
The main reason for using NumberTextBox would be the range limitation right? In order for that particular module to load, a number of mixins are done - but basically they are based on the ValidationTextBox. This offers a .validate functionality and shows messages if needed. The above note on removing focusmixin will take the messaging out of business since they act on the onBlur events.
If you were to use ValidationTextBox as opposed to NumberTextBox and implement the range checks by custom functionality i believe it would work wonders. A good deal of eval'd code is run ontop of validationtextbox to make it numbertextboxes - some of which probably is overhead in your case.

<input class="dijitReset dijitInputField dijitValidationIcon dijitValidationInner" value="Χ " type="text" tabIndex="-1" readonly="readonly" role="presentation"
    />

<input class="dijitReset dijitInputInner" data-dojo-attach-point='textbox,focusNode' autocomplete="off"
            ${!nameAttrSetting} type='${type}'
    />

a sample override to the validation:
dijit.byId("validationTextBoxNodeId").validator = function(value, constraints){

    // Check that email has not been used yet.
    if(some-checks){
        return true;
    }else{
        return false;
    }
}


H5N1: ProMED-mail on Ebola: "Infection control is not working"
ProMED-mail on Ebola: "Infection control is not working"
Infection control concerning EVD is not working, especially when more than 240 [now 300] healthcare personnel have been infected, and more than 120 workers have died. Guidelines used to control SARS in 2003 should be used, not "contact and droplet protection of 1-2 meters," as is still recommended by WHO.
Healthcare workers (HCW) and helpers should be protected with PPE as they were during the SARS epidemic. The SARS epidemic was an infection control success by the healthcare system of some countries in Asia in 2003. But WHO should not repeat the same failure as was done during the early phase of the SARS-epidemic by using "contact and droplet isolation." Separate hospitals for EVD should be built, like in China (1000 beds in 8 days for SARS), and only patients with laboratory documented EVD should be cohorted. Suspected cases should be isolated separately.
HCW and helpers should be trained and especially observed concerning [putting] PPE on and taking [it] off. The observers should also use PPE. During the SARS epidemic, HCW were re-contaminated by not knowing how to take off PPE.
Exposed people and patients with other diseases should be treated in professional triages to reduce the population's fear of being EVD-infected during contact with healthcare. Exposed people should be taken care of by professional helpers.
There is a need for a lot of resources, especially concerning infection control work.


HALF MOON BAY REVIEW Encampment will be closed next month. The homeless weren't the only ones camped out behind Half Moon Bay's Safeway on Thursday.
HALF MOON BAY REVIEW The homeless weren't the only ones camped out behind Half Moon Bay's Safeway on Thursday. Beginning at 9:30 a.m., a dozen or so service workers, advocates and city and county officials set up shop in the parking lot behind the grocery store.


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Narrative and Narration in John Ford's 'The Searchers'
An icon among Hollywood directors, John Ford is particularly known for his iconographic screen imagery – a painterly style he employed to elevate the western as a screen genre and to communicate the mythic force of its fundamental narratives. In the later stages of his career, however, he came to question the stories of the west, their cinematic form, and the cultural role that they played. This paper argues that one of the ways Ford chose to do this was through an increasingly sophisticated approach to narrative and narration, problematising the fundamental figurative elements of the genre while still employing them within the management of the narrative. In effect, Ford developed a free indirect cinematic discursive style, the subtlety and complexity of which has often been overlooked amid a general celebration of his extraordinary achievements as (in his own words) 'a director of westerns'.


This is a guest contribution from Mark Wilcox of WeddingIntro.com.
Wedding planning is a must, but it is also stressful. If you are not careful you can make yourself sick planning your wedding. In this article, we will look at some ways you can stay healthy while planning your wedding.
The most important part of health is proper nutrition. Later we will talk about exercise, but you cannot outrun a bad diet. If you eat only junk, it is going to make you feel like junk.
I have found through my own personal testing that two mechanisms work better for diet. First is to cut back on sugar and carbs, processed foods in particular. Second, consider fasting. This isn't the same as starving yourself. Rather consider skipping a meal or two. This will seem weird at first but you will get used to it. This skipping of meals is called intermittent fasting. For more information let me point you to Dr. Jason Fung.
The most important way exercise can help is by releasing endorphins to control stress. Taking a break from wedding planning and getting your body moving will actually help you think of more creative solutions.
Consider looking into weight training. I'm a big fan of kettlebells. But you can choose your own program. You will not end up looking like Arnold Schwarzenegger. Instead, it will make you look toned and fit.
Taylor Swift before the 1989 tour was a skinny girl with a cute face. After going through her training for that tour she toned her figure to the point where many people said she looked better than Victoria Secret models.
Another example is Ronda Rousey. She is beautiful. So beautiful they put her on the cover of Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue in just body paint.
There is no point in trying to plan a perfect wedding, because you will never have perfection. Instead, focus on the experience. You are planning to only get married once. If you spend time only worrying about the perfect wedding you will miss out. Don't compare your wedding to your friend's wedding. Or a wedding you read about in The Knot. Or worse some wedding you see in a movie. Just relax. Pay attention. Spend time with the people you love.
Weddings are magical ceremonies, and one of the best days of your life. So eat well, get exercise, and relax. I hope you have an amazing wedding!


The huge stone tower at Loches stood 108 feet high, and its ground plan had an exterior dimension of eighty-three feet by fifty feet, six inches. The tower had four floors, each of which consisted of a single room. The ground floor must have served as storage space, because it had no windows, only open slits for air circulation. The principal floor contained the great hall, which was used for public events. This hall was an imposing place for both ceremony and government. Here the lord sat in state with members of his household and his guests. By the twelfth century the household consisted of the family and the officials who served the lord and conducted his business—the constable or castellan who governed the castle when the lord was away, the steward and butler who provided food and drink, the chamberlain who looked after the clothes and other possessions, and the chancellor who kept written records and supervised the chapel. The constable and the marshal were responsible for security, the troops, and the stables. The hall was a splendid room with practical amenities such as fireplaces and garderobes (latrines), which were built into the thickness of the wall. The forebuilding, a fortified structure, enclosed the outside stairs and controlled access to the great hall. At Loches the forebuilding also housed the chapel. The third floor in the tower may have been a semiprivate hall, which was reached from the hall by means of stairs built into the wall. Finally the top floor provided additional living space and was reached by spiral stairs. The few windows were limited to the upper floors. Cut through the massive walls, window enclosures formed spaces that resembled small rooms. The tower at Loches is built in an early Romanesque style with pilaster and half-column decorated exterior walls, small round-headed win dows, and fine stone masonry. Its imposing height and high quality stonework suggest that it was built not only to withstand attacks but also to impress the people living in the surrounding countryside with the power of the owner.


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require 'util/extensions/miq-string.rb'

class MiqSshUtil
  attr_reader :status, :host

  def initialize(host, user, password, options = {})
    @host     = host
    @user     = user
    @password = password
    @status   = 0
    @shell    = nil
    @options  = {:password => @password, :remember_host => false, :verbose => :warn}.merge(options)

    # Seems like in 2.9.2, there needs to be blank :keys, when we are passing private key as string
    @options[:keys] = [] if options[:key_data]

    # Pull the 'remember_host' key out of the hash because the SSH initializer will complain
    @remember_host     = @options.delete(:remember_host)
    @su_user           = @options.delete(:su_user)
    @su_password       = @options.delete(:su_password)
    @passwordless_sudo = @options.delete(:passwordless_sudo)

    # Obsolete, delete if passed in
    @options.delete(:authentication_prompt_delay)

    # don't use the ssh-agent
    @options[:use_agent] = false

    # Set logging to use our default handle if it exists and one was not passed in
    unless @options.key?(:logger)
      #        @options[:logger] = $log if $log
    end
  end # def initialize

  def get_file(from, to)
    Net::SFTP.start(@host, @user, @options) do |sftp|
      $log.debug "MiqSshUtil::get_file - Copying file #{@host}:#{from} to #{to}." if $log
      data = sftp.download!(from, to)
      $log.debug "MiqSshUtil::get_file - Copying of #{@host}:#{from} to #{to}, complete." if $log
      return data
    end
  end

  def exec(cmd, doneStr = nil)
    errBuf = ""
    outBuf = ""
    status = nil
    signal = nil

    # If passwordless sudo is true, we will just prepend every command by sudo
    cmd  = 'sudo ' + cmd if @passwordless_sudo

    run_session do |ssh|
      ssh.open_channel do |channel|
        channel.on_data do |_channel, data|
          $log.debug "MiqSshUtil::exec - STDOUT: #{data}" if $log
          outBuf << data
          data.each_line { |l| return outBuf if doneStr == l.chomp } unless doneStr.nil?
        end

        channel.on_extended_data do |_channel, data|
          $log.debug "MiqSshUtil::exec - STDERR: #{data}" if $log
          errBuf << data
        end

        channel.on_request('exit-status') do |_channel, data|
          status = data.read_long
          $log.debug "MiqSshUtil::exec - STATUS: #{status}" if $log
        end

        channel.on_request('exit-signal') do |_channel, data|
          signal = data.read_string
          $log.debug "MiqSshUtil::exec - SIGNAL: #{signal}" if $log
        end

        channel.on_eof do |_channel|
          $log.debug "MiqSshUtil::exec - EOF RECEIVED" if $log
        end

        channel.on_close do |_channel|
          $log.debug "MiqSshUtil::exec - Command: #{cmd}, exit status: #{status}" if $log
          unless signal.nil? || status.zero?
            raise "MiqSshUtil::exec - Command #{cmd}, exited with signal #{signal}" unless signal.nil?
            raise "MiqSshUtil::exec - Command #{cmd}, exited with status #{status}" if errBuf.empty?
            raise "MiqSshUtil::exec - Command #{cmd} failed: #{errBuf}, status: #{status}"
          end
          return outBuf
        end

        $log.debug "MiqSshUtil::exec - Command: #{cmd} started." if $log
        channel.exec(cmd) { |_channel, success| raise "MiqSshUtil::exec - Could not execute command #{cmd}" unless success }
      end
      ssh.loop
    end
  end # def exec

  def suexec(cmd_str, doneStr = nil)
    errBuf = ""
    outBuf = ""
    prompt = ""
    cmdRX  = ""
    status = nil
    signal = nil
    state  = :initial

    run_session do |ssh|
      temp_cmd_file(cmd_str) do |cmd|
        ssh.open_channel do |channel|
          # now we request a "pty" (i.e. interactive) session so we can send data back and forth if needed.
          # it WILL NOT WORK without this, and it has to be done before any call to exec.
          channel.request_pty(:chars_wide => 256) do |_channel, success|
            raise "Could not obtain pty (i.e. an interactive ssh session)" unless success
          end

          channel.on_data do |channel, data|
            $log.debug "MiqSshUtil::suexec - state: [#{state.inspect}] STDOUT: [#{data.hex_dump.chomp}]" if $log
            if state == :prompt
              # Detect the common prompts
              # someuser@somehost ... $  rootuser@somehost ... #  [someuser@somehost ...] $  [rootuser@somehost ...] #
              prompt = data if data =~ /^\[*[\w\-\.]+@[\w\-\.]+.+\]*[\#\$]\s*$/
              outBuf << data
              unless doneStr.nil?
                data.each_line { |l| return outBuf if doneStr == l.chomp }
              end

              if outBuf[-prompt.length, prompt.length] == prompt
                return outBuf[0..(outBuf.length - prompt.length)]
              end
            end

            if state == :command_sent
              cmdRX << data
              state = :prompt if cmdRX == "#{cmd}\r\n"
            end

            if (state == :password_sent)
              prompt << data.lstrip
              if data.strip =~ /\#/
                $log.debug "MiqSshUtil::suexec - Superuser Prompt detected: sending command #{cmd}" if $log
                channel.send_data("#{cmd}\n")
                state = :command_sent
              end
            end

            if (state == :initial)
              prompt << data.lstrip
              if data.strip =~ /[Pp]assword:/
                prompt = ""
                $log.debug "MiqSshUtil::suexec - Password Prompt detected: sending su password" if $log
                channel.send_data("#{@su_password}\n")
                state = :password_sent
              end
            end
          end

          channel.on_extended_data do |_channel, data|
            $log.debug "MiqSshUtil::suexec - STDERR: #{data}" if $log
            errBuf << data
          end

          channel.on_request('exit-status') do |_channel, data|
            status = data.read_long
            $log.debug "MiqSshUtil::suexec - STATUS: #{status}" if $log
          end

          channel.on_request('exit-signal') do |_channel, data|
            signal = data.read_string
            $log.debug "MiqSshUtil::suexec - SIGNAL: #{signal}" if $log
          end

          channel.on_eof do |_channel|
            $log.debug "MiqSshUtil::suexec - EOF RECEIVED" if $log
          end

          channel.on_close do |_channel|
            errBuf << prompt if [:initial, :password_sent].include?(state)
            $log.debug "MiqSshUtil::suexec - Command: #{cmd}, exit status: #{status}" if $log
            raise "MiqSshUtil::suexec - Command #{cmd}, exited with signal #{signal}" unless signal.nil?
            unless status.zero?
              raise "MiqSshUtil::suexec - Command #{cmd}, exited with status #{status}" if errBuf.empty?
              raise "MiqSshUtil::suexec - Command #{cmd} failed: #{errBuf}, status: #{status}"
            end
            return outBuf
          end

          $log.debug "MiqSshUtil::suexec - Command: [#{cmd_str}] started." if $log
          su_command = @su_user == 'root' ? "su -l\n" : "su -l #{@su_user}\n"
          channel.exec(su_command) { |_channel, success| raise "MiqSshUtil::suexec - Could not execute command #{cmd}" unless success }
        end
      end
      ssh.loop
    end
  end # suexec

  def temp_cmd_file(cmd)
    temp_remote_script = Tempfile.new(["miq-", ".sh"], "/var/tmp")
    temp_file          = temp_remote_script.path
    begin
      temp_remote_script.write(cmd)
      temp_remote_script.close
      remote_cmd = "chmod 700 #{temp_file}; #{temp_file}; rm -f #{temp_file}"
      yield(remote_cmd)
    ensure
      temp_remote_script.close!
    end
  end

  def self.shell_with_su(host, remote_user, remote_password, su_user, su_password, options = {})
    options[:su_user], options[:su_password] = su_user, su_password
    ssu = MiqSshUtil.new(host, remote_user, remote_password, options)
    yield(ssu, nil)
  end

  def shell_exec(cmd, doneStr = nil, _shell = nil)
    return exec(cmd, doneStr) if @su_user.nil?
    ret = suexec(cmd, doneStr)
    # Remove escape character from the end of the line
    ret.sub!(/\e$/, '')
    ret
  end

  def fileOpen(file_path, perm = 'r')
    require 'tempfile'
    if block_given?
      Tempfile.open('miqscvmm') do |tf|
        tf.close
        get_file(file_path, tf.path)
        File.open(tf.path, perm) { |f| yield(f) }
      end
    else
      tf = Tempfile.open('miqscvmm')
      tf.close
      get_file(file_path, tf.path)
      f = File.open(tf.path, perm)
      return f
    end
  end

  def fileExists?(filename)
    shell_exec("test -f #{filename}") rescue return false
    true
  end

  # This method runs the ssh session and can handle reseting the ssh fingerprint
  # if it does not match and raises an error.
  def run_session
    first_try = true

    begin
      Net::SSH.start(@host, @user, @options) do |ssh|
        yield(ssh)
      end
    rescue Net::SSH::HostKeyMismatch => e
      if @remember_host == true && first_try
        # Save fingerprint and try again
        first_try = false
        e.remember_host!
        retry
      else
        # Re-raise error
        raise e
      end
    end
  end
end

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Just as at the end of every year, this week the U.S. magazine Time announced its Person of the Year. This year it's New York City's Major Rudy Giuliani who won for his strength in the aftermath of the attacks on New York City for, or as Time magazine writes, 'not sleeping and not quitting and not shrinking from the pain all around him'. And so, with New Year's Eve approaching, Radio Prague took to the streets of Prague to find out whom people in the Czech Republic chose as their hero of the year. By Nicole Klement.
"George Bush. I think he has handled our crisis in the United States wonderfully."
"I think it should be President Bush. Because of his speeches and according to what he has done in the last four months. "
"The president of the United States. In this international situation I see a person who has done the best in light of the present political condition."
"George Bush."
The large majority of people we spoke to voted George W. Bush to be their person of the year. Politicians seem top on most people's list even when probed for a Czech personality people answered...
"In the Czech Republic and the whole world I would say it should be our president, Vaclav Havel. In my opinion he's a great personality- for me and the whole world."
"I like President Havel and so I think this year he has been a very important person."
"I'm a fan of Mr. Zeman. The only thing I can criticize him for is some of his less polished statements. If he spoke like Klaus and acted like Zeman, then Zeman would be the number one man."
"Can I say who I think is my anti-personality of the year? It's Minister Gregr, for the way he deals with the problems in our industry and economy."
On the topic of Anti personality- Minister Gregr tops this woman's list but Bin Ladin won overall...
"The person of the year is probably Osama bin Ladin because if you look at the magazines and the newspapers his is probably the picture that has been seen the most in the year 2001. So he is the person of the year as far as media goes."
"In the negative point of view- Osama bin Ladin."
"Osama bin Ladin."
Author: Nicole Klement
Who is my Family?
Why do Czechs only eat carp at Christmas?
Vote for best Christmas carol sent in by Czech expat communities abroad!
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The Israel-Palestine Conflict
The Palestinian National Movement Comes of Age
One Hundred Years of War
Chapter references
Print publication year: 2014
Online publication date: June 2014
9 - The Palestinian National Movement Comes of Age
James L. Gelvin, University of California, Los Angeles
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139583824.010
pp 198-230
In the late summer of 2001, Mary Robinson, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, convened the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance in Durban, South Africa. Attendees included the member states of the United Nations General Assembly and assorted observer missions and nongovernmental organizations. At the end of the conference, participants agreed on a final report that included a list of 122 "General Issues" and a 219-point "Programme of Action." Not surprisingly, the report condemned racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and related intolerance. The report also urged the world community to be more sensitive to these evils and undertake efforts to eradicate them. All this was set down in a style of rhetoric once caricatured by former American vice president Nelson Rockefeller as BOMFOG – Brotherhood of Man (under the) Fatherhood of God. It's a small world after all.
The blandness of the final report masks one of several controversies that had threatened to tear apart the conference before it had even convened: An early draft of the report had condemned the "practises of racial discrimination against the Palestinians as well as other inhabitants of the Arab occupied territories," going so far as to single out Zionism as a particularly virulent form of racism. "The World Conference recognises with deep concern the increase of racist practises of Zionism and anti-Semitism in various parts of the world," the draft read, "as well as the emergence of racial and violent movements based on racism and discriminatory ideas, in particular the Zionist movement, which is based on racial superiority." In the end, the final report deleted the offending passages, but not before the American and Israeli delegations staged a walkout.
Syria and Palestinian radical groups
States that Sponsor Terrorism
Published online: 05 September 2012
The Rise of Anti-regime Resistance
Yael Zeira
State Institutions and Unarmed Resistance in Palestine
Explaining the war proneness of the Middle East
Benjamin Miller
The Sources of Regional War and Peace
Roots and Rise of the Palestine Liberation Organization, 1949–1987
Wendy Pearlman
Greater Israel and Occupied Palestine: The Rise and Fall of High Politics (1967–1987)
One Land, Two Peoples
The Palestinian National Movement
Origins and Consequences
Indeterminacy and Control in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
Aeyal Gross
Rethinking the International Law of Occupation
Published online: 11 May 2017
U.S. Pushes for Creation of Palestinian State, Agrees to Host Annapolis Summit; Palestine Reaffirms Committment to "Road Map"
Foreign Policy Bulletin
Published online: 01 January 2008
U.S. Supports Israeli Plans to Disengage from Gaza; Libya Agrees to Dismantle WMD Program, U.S. Lifts Sanctions
U.S. Pressures Syria to Withdraw Troops from Lebanon after Assassination of former Prime Minister Hariri
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Cobban, Helena, The Palestinian Liberation Organisation: People, Power, and Politics (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984), 21–2
Fanon, Franz, Wretched of the Earth (New York: Penguin Books, 1967), 73
Said, Edward, From Oslo to Iraq and the Road Map: Essays (New York: Pantheon, 2004), 29–30
Swedenburg, Ted, Memories of Revolt: The 1936–1939 Rebellion and the Palestinian National Past (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1995), 152
Qabbani, Nizar, "Footnotes to the Book of Setback," in The Chatto Book of Dissent, ed. Rosen, Michael and Widgery, David (London: Chatto and Windus, 1994), 101–5
Lockman, Zachary and Beinin, Joel, eds., Intifada: The Palestinian Uprising against Israeli Occupation (Boston: South End Press, 1989), 100
Lynd, Staughton, Bahour, Sam, and Lynd, Alice, Homeland: Oral Histories of Palestine and Palestinians (New York: Olive Branch Press, 1994), 85 –6


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Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format (TNEF) ist die Bezeichnung für ein proprietäres, von der Firma Microsoft in deren E-Mail-Programm Microsoft Outlook und in Exchange implementiertes Datei-Format für Dateianhänge in E-Mails. Es enthält sowohl "beschreibende Strukturen" als auch den eigentlichen Anhang, eingebettet in die E-Mail. Dateianhänge in diesem Format erhalten häufig automatisch den Dateinamen winmail.dat oder win.dat.

Eigenarten und Probleme
Da es sich um ein proprietäres Format handelt, können andere E-Mail-Programme als Outlook das Format in der Regel nicht verstehen. Auch in der automatischen Verarbeitung von E-Mails ist die Wahrscheinlichkeit groß, dass Probleme mit entsprechend codierten Mail-Anhängen auftreten. Da hier meist keine Endbenutzeranwendungen, sondern Module für die jeweiligen Programmiersprachen verwendet werden, kommt es oft vor, dass ein "Entpacken" von TNEF-Anhängen schlichtweg übersehen wird.

Es kann vorkommen, dass jemand einen solchen Anhang als Datei erneut mit einem anderen Mailprogramm verschickt oder weiterleitet (möglicherweise auch unter einem anderen Dateinamen als dem Standardnamen winmail.dat), so dass der Empfänger zunächst nicht unbedingt erkennt, dass es sich um ein solches Format handelt.

TNEF verletzt die Konvention, dass "beschreibende Strukturen" nicht in das Element gehören, das sie beschreiben. Für die Elemente, die innerhalb von E-Mails vorkommen können (sollen), gibt es bereits klar definierte Strukturen, damit gerade der Effekt vermieden wird, dass man bestimmte proprietäre Software braucht, um an den Inhalt der Mail oder beigefügte Dateien zu gelangen.

Es gibt Software von Drittanbietern, die das Öffnen des proprietären Anhangs ermöglichen. Outlook lässt sich so konfigurieren, dass es E-Mails ohne TNEF verschickt.

Siehe auch
 Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME)
 Internet Media Type
 Header (E-Mail)

Weblinks
 Microsoft Support:
 https://support.microsoft.com/kb/290809/de
 Microsoft Knowledge Base – Description of Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format
 Deaktivierung
 Behebung von Problemen bei der Deaktivierung von TNEF in Outlook 2007 bis 2010

 Online-Entpacker für winmail.dat / ATT0001.dat E-Mail-Anhänge: winmaildat.com
 Umwandler & Entpacker für Thunderbird: LookOut bzw. der gewartete Nachfolger LookOut (fix version)

Einzelnachweise

Microsoft
Abkürzung

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CCU's Bachelor of Science in Nursing program is nationally accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
The Pre-Licensure Bachelor of Science in Nursing option is a state-wide nationally accredited program designed for first time nursing students who have not previously held a nursing license. Our Pre-Licensure curriculum provides an intensive, state of the art educational experience that combines theory, laboratory (skills and simulation) and clinical learning. All courses are delivered in a blended format (combination of face-to-face and online learning) allowing our students the opportunity for more flexibility than most traditional programs.
Grounded in not only liberal arts and sciences, but biblical truth, the Pre-Licensure curriculum prepares students to be highly competent, compassionate, moral nurse leaders and challenges them to impact both their profession and their world. At CCU, nursing is not simply a profession, but a ministry; an opportunity to serve others with compassion and excellence as if serving the Lord.
Classroom and lab experiences are offered on consistent days of the week. Although lab experiences could occur in the evening, all classroom sessions are held during daytime hours.
Students typically complete clinical hours within a home-based hospital or hospital system. Although our clinical coordinator attempts to place students near their place of residence, this is not a guarantee and travel will be required.
Bachelor's Degrees: RN to BSN Degree Completion ; Health Care Administration, B.S.


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The impact of energy performance certificates
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What is your experience with EPCs? Ten years after their introduction DECs and EPCs provide a fascinating snapshot of the state of the UK's building stock even if compliance is still far from perfect. Andrew Warren, chairman of the British Energy Efficiency Federation, explains in an article in the April 2019 issue of Energy in Buildings & Industry
Are EPCs and DECs making any difference?
Lesson One. If you want to manage energy usage, you must be able to measure it.
For years, everybody knew that the British building stock was "old, poorly built and draughty." Still is, according to The Economist magazine just last month. But at least for the past decade, we have been able to measure just how bad the stock is.
Since 2008, when the system- mandated under the Energy Performance of Buildings directive – was fully introduced, over 19.3 million English and Welsh buildings have had their Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) ratings formally lodged on the official register, held by the private contractor Landmark Information Group. Of these, a staggering 96% are domestic residencies.
An EPC indicates the relative energy efficiency of any building. Assessments are banded from A to G, where A (or A+ for non-residential properties) is the most efficient in terms of likely costs and carbon emissions. Officially an EPC is required whenever a building is newly constructed or sold- a requirement mostly now obeyed. But also whenever a property is let. Which isn't what always happens.
The purpose of any EPC is to show prospective occupiers the relative theoretical energy efficiency of the property. Not necessarily currently: EPCs still only have to be reassessed every ten years.
So the first generation of EPCs are now past their sell-by dates. That is certainly one of the reasons why so many more EPCs are currently being issued. For instance, there was a 50% increase in registrations between Q4 of 2017 and Q4 2018.
Of the 1.47m EPCs issued over the last 12 months, many are renewals, not necessarily first -timers. Sadly, nobody seems yet to have tabulated what proportion of these renewed ratings have improved over the past decade.
No fewer than 246,000 new EPCs were registered last year for homes and conversions- which surprisingly seems to imply well over 100% compliance. Of these 84% achieved an A or B rating – as full compliance with Parts F and L of the Building Regulations suggests they normally should. Of these, just 1% merited an A rating. Curiously over 5% of new buildings were rated as E, F or Gs. Which suggests that there are still homes being built which it would now be illegal to rent out!
Prospective tenants of existing homes do have higher fuel bills to contend with. Two-thirds of EPC ratings acquired in 2018 are at D or below; in contrast just 2% achieved an A or B ratings. And there remains the consistent concern that great numbers of tenancies are still being granted for homes for which EPCs have never been assessed. Or possibly have been, but are too shaming for any landlord to provide for tenants.
Interestingly, the average existing home being sold or rented out is just 83 sq metres in size. Whereas the average for new homes is slightly larger, at 91 square metres. Flats have significantly higher energy consumption per sq metre than houses.
Last year, just 91,000 EPCs were lodged for non-domestic properties. On the face of it, this implies a surprisingly low new build rate, or even churn in occupancy. Although that in itself was a 21% increase on 2017 numbers. No less than 54% were D rated or below; just 3% are A rated. Apparently for that exclusive A+ rating," the numbers are too small to report."
Also held by Landmark are the details of Display Energy Certificates (DECs). These are for properties occupied by a public authority and frequently visited by the public, to be displayed "in a prominent position."
There are two crucial difference between these and the private sector EPCs. For a start, DECs are based on actual, as opposed to theoretical, energy consumption figures. And buildings over 1.000 sq metres have to be evaluated annually.
Public buildings below that size have the same up-to-10 year old arrangement for DECs as permitted for EPCs. As the Government has shamefully admitted, there has been no attempt ever to establish just how many publicly-occupied buildings fall into this category, nor how many thousands (million?) of sq metres they occupy.
Nonetheless the published DECs figures tell an interesting story in themselves. Those still operating at standards of D or below are almost two-thirds of the total (62%), far worse than EPCs. And just 11% are at A or B level, compared with 15% of buildings measured under EPCs. There has long been a strong belief that it is the measurements of actual, rather than theoretical, consumption that is far more informative for professionals.
It is also significant that just 34,800 DECs were lodged in total last year. This is in contrast with the figure of the 68,000 that the Government initially projected would be required to produce DECs. This suggests that many parts of the public sector are failing entirely to produce these certificates, certainly annually, or in some cases, ever at all.
The ways in which energy certificates are calculated will always provide only a broad brush picture. But they remain the only way in which our building stock's relative energy performance can be measured. Compliance is far from perfect. But then, transparently nor is the energy efficiency they seek to measure.
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