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Q: Radiant R not working on shiny server As per given instruction on the website, I installed the Radiant package on Ubuntu server with the following command.
install.packages("radiant", repos = "https://radiant-rstats.github.io/minicran/")

Then cloned the repo from here and placed it in the /srv/shiny server/ folder of shiny server.
I can run radiant from addins and from within RStuodio, however as soon as I point my browser to ipaddress:3838/inst/app I get the following error in the browser.
An error has occurred
The application failed to start.
The application exited during initialization.

The shiny server log produces the following error:
Error in loadNamespace(i, c(lib.loc, .libPaths()), versionCheck = vI[[i]]) :
  namespace 'shiny' 0.14.2 is already loaded, but >= 1.0 is required
Calls: runApp ... tryCatch -> tryCatchList -> tryCatchOne -> <Anonymous>
Execution halted

I checked the shiny version, it is indeed the latest version, I'm not able to identify the problem, any help.

A: Like i mentioned in the comments, often it helps to install the package outside R (from command line). If you have the package locally available you can use R CMD INSTALL shiny_1.0.3.tar.gz. If you dont have it locally available you could download it with e.g wget from https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/shiny_1.0.3.tar.gz.

A: It´s been a while so I wonder if you fixed the issue in any case there are some new versions of the package that might help. I suggest the following:

*

*Follow the most up to date version at http://vnijs.github.io/radiant/

*Try installing directly in the R console without going inside Rstudio o Rstudio server.

Hope that helps!
Cheers!

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Q: How many bits are there in a nibble? binary question :)

A: 0b100 bits, actually.

A: I always understood a nybble to be 4 bits.  Spelling intentional as a nybble was half a byte.

A: A nibble (often, nybble) is the computing term for a four-bit aggregation, or half an octet (an octet being an 8-bit byte).

A: The answer is 4 bits. 2 nibbles make a byte.
See here for a cute poem.

A: Four
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nibble

In computing, a nibble (often nybble or nyble to match the vowels of byte) is a four-bit aggregation, or half an octet.

A: 4 bits.  But I remember it being called a nybble instead of nibble, like byte versus bite.

A: 4 bits = 1 nibble
8 bits = 1 byte

A: A nibble is normally bits BUT can refer to 2-7 bits, with 1 bit being a bit and 8 becoming a byte.

A: A nibble has 4 bits (although it doesn't have to).
That also means that when you view a byte's value in hex-notation, one hex digit corresponds to one nibble. That's one reason why going from hex to binary is much easier than from decimal to binary.

A: a Nybble or nibble is 4 bits. Early compter graphics used 4 bits of data fro color. as memory was precious two pixels were stored in one byte, a upper nibble and a lower nibble.


Match Alphabet Free is intended for your youngest toddler to learn their alphabet. It exposes the youngster to both small and capital letters and includes pictures of words beginning with those sounds. More advanced toddlers also enjoy the game.
Match Alphabet provides a sample of an entertaining learning experience with lively audios and animated graphics. When the game begins, the capital letter A is presented on the left side of the screen along with four small letters on the right side. When the youngster recognizes the small letter on the right associated with the capital letter on the left, they use their fingers to draw a line from the capital letter to the small letter. Matching each capital letter to its corresponding small letter is often overlooked delaying total understanding of the alphabet. If a correct match is chosen, the youngster is rewarded with first a static image of an objects followed by a whimsical animation of another object that begins with that letter. If a incorrect match is chosen, the youngster is gently encouraged to try again while the incorrect matched letter is eliminated from the choices. The youngster can move to the next letter or the previous letter or replay the animation of the current letter. In he free demonstration version, capital and small letters of A, B, C, D are used. The full version contains all 52 symbols and multiple word examples for each letter.
Match Alphabet Free is one of the apps for the youngest toddler to learn their alphabet and recognition of the alphabet symbols (upper and lower case). It has been toddler tested toinsure that the design is suited for very young fingers. This educational game holds your child's attention while learning the alphabet symbols. In addition it improves motor skills and sharpens memory. Both toddlers and young children are eager to play the game over and over. Expect to hear laughs and giggles.


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HBO Renews Critically Acclaimed Drama Series In Treatment for Third Season, with Production to Start in New York Next Year; Gabriel Byrne Stars
HBO has renewed the Emmy®-winning half-hour drama series In Treatment, which will begin production on its third season in New York in early 2010, with debut scheduled for later...
by	TroyAnderson	October 26, 2009
HBO has renewed the Emmy®-winning half-hour drama series In Treatment, which will begin production on its third season in New York in early 2010, with debut scheduled for later in the year, it was announced today by Michael Lombardo, president, Programming Group and West Coast Operations, HBO.
In Treatment is synonymous with inspired writing and brilliant acting," noted Lombardo. "This is the kind of show that could only flourish on HBO, and we're proud to bring it back."
Gabriel Byrne (Emmy® nominee and Golden Globe winner for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama) stars in the series as Dr. Paul Weston, with additional cast members to be announced as they are confirmed.
The second season of In Treatment inspired resounding critical praise, with the New York Times hailing the show for "powerful acting and well-wrought dialogue," while the Los Angeles Times said the "well-drawn and compelling performances are uniformly terrific." The Chicago Sun-Times called the series "fascinating" and Newsday termed it a "fine and absorbing show."
Joining the show as executive producers are Anya Epstein (HBO's "Tell Me You Love Me") and Danny Futterman ("Capote"). Returning executive producers on the show include Stephen Levinson, Mark Wahlberg and Hagai Levi. It is expected that Paris Barclay will return as an executive producer/director.
In Treatment is produced by HBO Entertainment; executive producers, Stephen Levinson, Mark Wahlberg, Hagai Levi, Anya Epstein and Danny Futterman; co-executive producers, Noa Tishby and Gabriel Byrne; producer, Sarah Lum. In Treatment is produced by HBO Entertainment in association with Leverage, Closest to the Hole Productions and Sheleg.
by	TroyAnderson	- Oct 26, 2009
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La Galaxy Serie è una linea di action figure della casa produttrice di modellismo e giocattoli italiana Atlantic, commercializzata in diversi paesi (tra cui Francia, Germania, Italia e Spagna) a partire dal 1978 e fino a parte degli anni ottanta.

Caratteristiche
La linea di giocattoli comprende una serie formata complessivamente da sette personaggi in plastica o plastica e metallo, composti di diversi elementi e parzialmente snodati, calati in un universo di ambientazione fantascientifica spaziale.

Oltre ai personaggi venivano commercializzati diversi accessori, tra cui diversi tipi di astronavi e altri veicoli, e un gioco da tavolo chiamato Cosmoscacchi, ispirato agli scacchi, che impiegava i quattro personaggi principali della serie come pedine.

Ogni personaggio è composto da diverse parti in plastica di un colore casuale tra 10 tonalità base. Ad un certo punto la serie venne ribattezzata Galaxy Story e distribuita in confezioni che comprendevano brevi storie a fumetti con protagonista il personaggio venduto con essa. In seguito le cinque figure base vennero ridistribuite in versione "sparante", accompagnati da due nuove figure, prodotte solamente in quell'edizione, Hypnos e Sloggy.

Edizioni
I personaggi della Galaxy Serie sono stati commercializzati in diversi tipi di confezione. A parte la speciale edizione dei Cosmoscacchi, furono realizzate quattro versioni.

 Edizione base, blu, con una finestra protetta da una copertina di acetato che consentiva di vedere il personaggio in trasparenza, quest'ultimo era multicolore;
 Edizione in kit di montaggio, in cui il personaggio era venduto disassemblato e monocolore (presumibilmente da dipingere), ed essendo snap together (ossia composto di parti che si innestano tra loro a pressione) non era necessario servirsi di una colla per unire i pezzi;
 Edizione Galaxy Story, la più costosa, di dimensioni maggiori e il kit di montaggio con due personaggi monocolore; la copertina si apriva a libro e conteneva una breve storia a fumetti;
 Edizione sparante, in cui veniva fornito un accessorio non disponibile nelle altre versioni, un'arma in grado di sparare proiettili. Solo per questa edizione furono commercializzati due personaggi supplementari: Hypnos e Sloggy.

Altre edizioni

La Galaxy Serie è stata distribuita in vari paesi, oltre all'Italia, talvolta con nomi differenti sia della linea di giocattoli, sia dei personaggi che la compongono.

 In Francia (e anche in Italia negli ultimi mesi di vendita) i cinque personaggi principali della Galaxy Serie, vennero commercializzati come Universe Voyagers, venendo ribattezzati Sirius (Sky-Man), Andromeda (Sky-Girl), Altar (Humbot), Unuk (Zepthon), Mizar (Dynatlon). La confezione era una semplice bustina trasparente con cartoncino.

 In Spagna le confezioni vennero ristampate dalla catalana Pique Juegetes e la linea ribattezzata Galaxia.

Personaggi
La serie Galaxy Serie comprendeva quattro personaggi principali (Sky-Man, Zepthon, Humbot e Dynatlon) commercializzati fin dal lancio della serie e relativamente comuni a cui venne affiancato in un primo tempo un personaggio femminile, Sky-Girl, e successivamente altri due personaggi alieni, Hypnos e Sloggy, e una serie di veicoli. Gli ultimi personaggi vennero messi in vendita successivamente e per un periodo più limitato, e che quindi rivestono oggi un maggiore interesse per i collezionisti.

 Sky-Man: è l'eroe principale della serie; è un "legionario cosmico" la cui missione è quella di proteggere la Terra e l'intero Universo da ogni minaccia, e in particolare dal supercattivo alieno Zepthon. Veniva venduto con cinque accessori: fucile laser, pistola laser, lanciamissili, elmetto e respiratore.

 Zepthon: è l'antagonista di Sky-Man; è un alieno umanoide dall'aspetto mostruoso, proveniente da un'altra dimensione e deciso a conquistare la Terra. Veniva venduto con quattro accessori: revolver laser, elmetto, bazooka laser e respiratore.

 Humbot: è il robot aiutante di Sky-Man il cui tronco, nella finzione, è in grado di volare separandosi dalle gambe. Veniva venduto con tre accessori: fotocamera laser, cerca-uranio e lanciamissili.

 Dynatlon: è il robot aiutante di Zephton, dotato di una forza sovrumana ma scarsa intelligenza. Veniva venduto con tre accessori: fucile laser, minicomputer e lanciamissili.

 Sky-Girl: è la compagna di Sky-Man. Veniva venduto con quattro accessori: arco lanciarazzi, fucile laser, revolver laser e finto "neonato" esplosivo.

 Hypnos: è un alieno umanoide con le sembianze di un mostruoso uomo-formica; è neutrale rispetto alla guerra di Sky-Man e Zepthon. Il personaggio, oltre alle parti in plastica, era costruito con alcune parti in metallo, caratteristica unica per la serie. Hypnos fu commercializzato in un'unica edizione "sparante", con uno zaino dotato di due cannoni lancia-proiettili.

 Sloggy: è un alieno umanoide con le sembianze di un uomo-lumaca; come Hypnos, è neutrale rispetto alla guerra di Sky-Man e Zepthon. Sloggy fu commercializzato in un'unica edizione "sparante", con una catapulta con cui poteva lanciare tre "sfere distruttive".

Veicoli
Dopo la prima serie di personaggi principali, Atlantic mise in commercio una serie di veicoli. La diffusione di questi giocattoli fu in alcuni casi molto limitata, per cui rappresentano pezzi di difficile reperibilità e ambiti dai collezionisti.

 Il principale veicolo di Humbot era il Disco volante, commercializzato nei colori rosso e blu, in plastica, di 40 cm di diametro. Nella cabina, protetta da una cupola trasparente, poteva essere alloggiato il personaggio di Humbot. Il disco è dotato di ruote e di un motorino a pila.

 L'Auto interstellare, anch'essa commercializzata nei colori blu o rosso, era un veicolo di forma simile a un caccia, anch'esso dotato di ruote e motorino a pila.

 Il Falcon era un'astronave a forma di avveniristico aereo da caccia dotato di lanciamissili, di 45 cm di lunghezza.

 Altri veicoli di Humbot comprendevano il Land Air e il Tempest.

 Il Cygnus è un veicolo terrestre, grosso modo paragonabile a una motocicletta, pilotato da Sky-Man e dotato di lanciamissili.

 Lo Skorpion è un veicolo terrestre, simile a una biga trainata da un mostro quadrupede, che poteva alloggiare (in diversi scompartimenti) sia Zephton che Dynatlon.

 Il Supercar interceptor era un veicolo di terra in dotazione agli umani; non aveva però la possibilità di ospitare i personaggi della serie, bensì era dotato di due piloti montati assieme al modellino. Era lungo 25 cm.

Cosmoscacchi

Oltre a vendere singolarmente i quattro personaggi principali, Atlantic realizzò un gioco da tavolo, vagamente ispirato agli scacchi, che li comprendeva come pedine.

All'interno della confezione, ripiegato in 4 parti, c'era il piano di gioco, una grande scacchiera, al centro vi era il "buco nero", una zona off limits, ai 4 lati si trovavano 4 personaggi con le loro armi, contrapposti tra loro tra terrestri Sky-Man e Humbot e gli alieni Zephton e Dynatlon.

Il gioco si azionava a turno con una rotella di cartoncino fustellata che ruotata a dovere dava le indicazioni di spostamento del personaggio sulla scacchiera. Consisteva in una sorta di attacco e difesa, scopo del gioco era conquistare tutte le armi del nemico.

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Collegamenti esterni
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Action figure
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Allied London
Developers Allied London reveal extraordinary vision for London Road Fire Station
The new owners promise 'a place of experience with curious rooms of intrigue and entertainment, and gardens to explore'
It was the momentous occasion campaigners had spent years fighting for.
The public have finally allowed behind London Road fire station's stunning facade - as its new owners revealed an extraordinary vision for the landmark site.
New owners Allied London, whose purchase of the treasure was met with delight last year, threw open the doors on Friday morning, May 13, to let people in for the first time since the coroner's court shut in the 1990s.
At last those who had campaigned for it to be saved were able to see inside the fire engine room, with its peeling lead paint, the stunning central courtyard, old ambulance room and work room.
Hundreds of people flooded in to have a look, with more than 1,500 registered to attend the open day - a symbolic event for those who had pursued one of Manchester's longest-running heritage battles.
Watch: The first official look behind the scenes at London Road Fire Station
It revealed both the beauty and the dereliction of a landmark that had stood crumbling and mostly closed off for the best part of 30 years under the ownership of the Britannia hotel chain.
Inside the huge engine room original tiles were visible under the peeling blue paint, while 1980s signs still hung on the walls.
Some of the original stained glass panels, polished woodwork and electrical boxes also remained - but the state of disrepair was also clear.
Watch as we go inside London Road Fire Station's courtroom, perfectly preserved for nearly 20 years
Rotting beams, broken doors and completely fenced off areas - due to health and safety - revealed the toll taken by years of neglect. The balconies on one side of the courtyard are totally unsafe and have been covered up pending repair.
Inside the smaller rooms Allied's plans for the building were on display, revealing a huge mix of uses including bars, restaurants, markets, a hotel, apartments and a spa.
Some of those who visited the station had tears in their eyes as they finally got to see the interior of the listed gem.
Adam Prince, from Friends of London Road fire station, said the day was the culmination of three and a half years of 'relentless campaigning', 'armed only with a sense of anger and defiance'.
Bob Bonner curator of Greater Manchester Fire Service Museum, added: "It is an incredible day to see this building open for the public.
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"There has been so much fear and disappointment over the years. Now London Road Fire Station is finding its way home at last."
The new owners have unveiled radical plans for the landmark - pledging to give Manchester a completely new kind of international destination.
Independent bars, restaurants, a small boutique hotel and spa, community work space, a cinema, music venues, heritage tours and pop-up events in the courtyard are all in the pipeline, according to Allied London's chief executive Mike Ingall.
He wants to create a totally different place unlike anything currently in Manchester, taking inspiration from cities around the world, including New York and Budapest.
A planning application for pop-up community events such as markets, gigs, exhibitions and festivals has already been submitted to the council and a full bid for planning permission is expected in the autumn.
Allied had carried out a detailed public consultation earlier this year and most of the ideas put forward have been incorporated into the plans.
The firm hopes to dig out a basement beneath the courtyard before covering it back up with cobbles again. At ground floor and in the basement there are plans for more than a dozen different uses, including a small cinema, 'speakeasy', a digital gallery or bar, spa, tea room and two restaurants.
On one side of the main entrance to London Road - in the engine room - a restaurant is planned, with a cinema on the other side.
The boutique hotel - an international operator for which is expected to be announced in the summer - would front Whitworth Street, alongside a spa, a bar inside the old police cells, event space and a smaller restaurant.
Pictures: First look inside the London Road Fire Station
On Fairfield Street a tearoom, 'speakeasy' bar and workspace for creative industries are planned, while on the Minshull Street side there will be a digital gallery or bar - something Mr Ingall said he was particularly keen to bring to the city.
"We want to bring things in that aren't in this city and digital art is really, really powerful and new, which is why I think it matches the building," he said.
There are plans to let people climb the old fire station tower, with supper clubs held at the top each week.
The hotel would take up more of the upper floors, along with new apartments.
(Image: Andrew Marland)
Mr Ingall unveiled the plans at the building's first ever open day, which saw hundreds of heritage campaigners and curious members of the public finally see inside the listed gem.
He said the building may well be marked with flags rather than signs - due to its listed status and inspiration drawn from venues in New York - and used the stunning Brody House hotel in Budapest as a model for the kind of feel it could have.
Describing it as 'a place of experience with curious rooms of intrigue and entertainment, gardens to explore and art and culture that provokes and inspires', he added: "A catalyst for transformation, with a past steeped in heritage and stunning architecture, every single aspect of the project will be of the highest quality.
"Allied London will use the fabric of the building in its original form to create a new kind of space for Manchester."
It had the potential, opposite Piccadilly Station, to become 'a voice to London and the rest of the world', he added.
Friends of London Road fire station founder Adam Prince, who had campaigned for the landmark to be saved and used as more than simply a hotel, said he was delighted to see so many of the ideas put forward in the consultation incorporated.
Chair Emma Curtin added: "It is very exciting to be allowed into the fire station after years of campaigning. We are optimistic about the future of this building, which has captured the imagination of so many people but has been neglected for so long.
"We will continue to take an interest and hope that Allied London will continue to engage with us as their project moves forward."
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Q: Are there inconsistencies between Cypress tool and running them from the terminal? i'm evaluating Cypress (Version 3.4.1), and running into inconsistencies between running the same tests from the cypress tool and running them from the terminal, i'm using the same browser in both cases (Electron 61). Anyone experienced this? (failing test from the terminal, but same test runs smoothly from the Cypress tool)

A: The interactive test runner can be flakey, but I do not see the same issues when I run without the interactive test runner. I wouldn't worry about the test failing in the interactive test runner if it passes when you refresh the page, or passes when run via command line. Use the browser refresh button not the interactive test runner refresh button.
Note: cypress is pretty heavy on your resources. I noticed I have intermittent failures when doing a screen share.

A: While running Cypress rest from command, I found that the test finishes with All specs passed, but yet it didn't complete the full iterations (last one is to save form in db, didn't happen).
I didn't know why? I tried to change the Cypress code but with no result.
I decided to check the recorded video after test finishes from terminal so I enabled video recording and TARAA!! Test finished correctly. Once I disable video recording It fails.


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Duey Stroebel announces run for Tom Petri congressional seat
Duey Stroebel
By Georgia Pabst of the Journal Sentinel
State Rep. Duey Stroebel (R-Town of Cedarburg) announced Saturday he will run for the congressional seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Tom Petri (R-Neenah), who announced Friday he is stepping down.
Stroebel becomes the second declared candidate for the seat of Petri, who has been in Congress since 1979.
State Sen. Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend) declared his candidacy to challenge Petri for the seat before the incumbent decided to set aside. Grothman said he intended to move to Campbellsport, in Fond du Lac County, so that he would reside in the 6th Congressional District.
Stroebel represents the 60th Assembly District. He was elected to the Ozaukee County area that includes Cedarburg in 2011. He also owns a real estate management and development company. He lives in the Town of Cedarburg with his wife and eight children.
Ozaukee County was added to the 6th Congressional District in redistricting that pulled in some areas of the 5th Congressional District held by Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Menomonee Falls).
In a news release, Stroebel said: "As a small businessman, I cannot sit on the sidelines while Washington continues down a disastrous path of fiscal irresponsibility while working families struggle to make ends meet in the Obama economy."
In an interview Saturday, Stroebel said he rents and manages property and does some development.
"That's one of the best things a person can bring to the table in Washington, D.C.," he said of his business background.
Stroebel said he is committed to running and already has a team in place, including veteran GOP strategist Darrin Schmitz. Stroebel said he is prepared to commit a substantial amount of his own financial resources to the race.
Stroebel also said he would leave the Assembly, making him at least the 20th incumbent to announce plans to vacate to the body.
Journal Sentinel reporter Jason Stein contributed to this report.
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This is a rare Geisha varietal – only the fourth Panama Geisha Auromar is a coffee that should be enjoyed by itself. The coffee is multi-layered and complex with flavors showing up differently throughout the temperature range… so keep tasting as the coffee cools. Lush tropical flavors of mango and mandarin orange with a bergamot spice note. Named for the village in Ethiopia where it was first discovered, this varietal was discovered in Gesha, Ethiopia in 1930′s, and made its way to Panama in the early 1960′s. In the discovery of Roberto Breenes coffee, we taste first-hand his love and attention. Auromar Geisha provides us with complex flavors that are highly concentrated. The sugars produced make for a sweeter acidity and rounder richer notes that are on the tropical side. We add a delicate roast to coax out those flavors and make this coffee pop in the cup. The experience is a lush rush of mango and mandarin orange with a bergamot spice character. The coffee is multi-layered and complex with flavors showing up differently throughout the temperature range. It sings in the cup and needs no accompaniment. Details: Producer: Panama Auromar Geisha comes from farmer Roberto Breenes and his farm Finca La Aurora. Elevation: 1,575 meters (5,160 feet) Region: Panama (Central America) Processing Method: Honey Washed (semi-washed) Tasting Notes: Lush tropical flavors of mango and mandarin orange with a bergamot spice note.


I could make it so that a certain view is visible within the path by sliding the bezier shape with solid color to reveal the UIImageView using CABasicAnimation.
The above animation results in an animation of drawing a checkmark with pen and paper.I am using Bezier shape as mask.
Create an xcode project with name CheckMarkAnimation.
In your interface builder add an UIImageView with image "checkmark.png".
I have just writing the code snippets below.
You can see the result of animating a checkmark using Mask Layer .
2.How to Animate a CheckMark using simply UIView Animation?
After a while,I tried to follow a simple procedure to animate a checkmark using UIViewAnimation by using UIVIew as container which clips the checkmark and uncovers it with animation .
It just gives the same effect.
Guys, I must share the code for this small project.I have subclassed the UIView to present the animation in a generalized way.
In the above CheckMarkView.h file I have declared a UIView as mask and a UIImageView as tickImage will be animated.
In the initWithPosition: method you can just allocate the CheckMarkView in your ViewController with checkMark as the image and position where you can animate the checkMark.
You can download the small project for practising.I have just created a dummy project not in an optimised manner :).


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Jamal St. Cyr, Sports reporter/anchor
Justin Barney, Sports editor
Published: October 22, 2020, 2:52 pm Updated: October 22, 2020, 7:15 pm
Tags: icemen, hockey, Hockey
Icemen extend lease agreement with city, eye start to season
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The seats at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena are still empty but soon hockey fans in Jacksonville will be welcomed back as the Icemen drop puck to start their 2020 season.
It's not that far off at all now.
"I hope you keep the camera off me opening night because I might be crying. I'm pretty excited," Andy Kaufmann, the owner of the Icemen, said on Thursday.
The Icemen's season came to an abrupt end back in March when the ECHL suspended play and canceled the rest of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Icemen, who ranked third in attendance last season in the ECHL, will be back out on the ice on Dec. 11 for their first match.
And they'll be in Jacksonville a long time after that, too.
The team, along with Mayor Lenny Curry, announced a lease extension for the team at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena that will keep the Icemen in that venue through the 2030-31 season. The deal is pending approval by the City Council. The Icemen drew an average of 5,904 fans in 2019-20, according to Hockeydb.com, ranked only behind Fort Wayne and Toledo in bringing fans to games. The Icemen's Jan. 19, 2019 game against the Florida Everblades drew an area-record 11,288 fans.
"The Icemen have added significantly to Jacksonville's reputation as a sports destination in the last three years, and I'm excited to say that they will continue to do so for years to come," Curry said. "This team brings thousands of people to our urban core every game, boosting our economy, enhancing our quality of life, and adding to our reputation as a destination for sports and entertainment. I look forward to working with my colleagues on City Council to keep the 'cold front' in Jacksonville through 2031."
It is a positive step in keeping the Icemen locked in Jacksonville and somewhat of a segue into the ECHL season. The Icemen announced the first slice of their 2020-21 schedule last week, a sign that things are moving back to normalcy after a season that was derailed by COVID-19.
They open on the road Dec. 11 at the Florida Everblades and have their home opener the following night against Greenville. The full ECHL schedule will be unveiled in December. The regular season runs through June 6.
Things will be very different this year for fans and players. The Icemen's No. 1 priority this year is going to be safety for everyone involved including fans.
"I have got 36 pages of safety protocols sitting on my desk and that is just for the players," said Icemen team president Bob Ohrablo.
During previous games, the team only opened the lower bowl of VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, but this year they are planning on opening up all the seats. Capacity will be restricted to provide social distancing for fans.
"We are lucky enough to be managed here by ASM at the building they are an international company and dealing with this all over the world so those same safety protocols they use in New York on Philadelphia will be used here," Ohrablo said.
Even though games this year will be a little bit of a different atmosphere for fans — like being asked to wear a mask while they are in their seats — the Icemen still hope fans will be able to come and enjoy the experience as before.
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Surinder Singh Dhillon, The Spokeperson of Sheffield Gurdwara.
"Everyone is welcome to the Gurdwara in spite of religion and culture," said Surinder Singh Dhillon, the spokesperson for Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Gurdwara.
Surinder, who is also the Sikh Chaplain at the University of Sheffield, often deals with outsiders who seek information about the Gurdwara and Sikhism.
GURDWARA FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
The Gurdwara is open to everyone because in Sikhism everyone is equal. According to Surinder, Hindu students go to the Gurdwara as well because Hindu temples are not open regularly.
International students who come to a foreign country are often not used to a strange environment with strange culture. They can easily feel like a stranger in the society whenever they couldn't fit in.
Hereby, Gurdwara helps them to create a sense of belonging, makes them feel more at home through social activities.
"Practising religion gives students "peace". In the Gurdwara, they might feel more at home, and helps them to settle down in the society," he said.
Every Wednesday evening, young students often gather for Nam simran (meditation), scripture reading and some other physical activities such as football, cricket and so on.
Other than going for prayers, students are often involved in volunteering works as well, such as helping to prepare and serve food to everyone on Sunday morning.
There is a Sikh Youth Group based in University of Sheffield, where Sikh students from Sheffield Hallam University are welcome to join as well.
STUDENTS VIEW ON RELIGION
Interviewee, Gian Singh.
For Gian Singh Dadiala, a 23-year-old MSc. Logistics and supply chain management student, religion is an integral part of his life.
"Religion guides you towards the path of being a good human," he said.
During hectic exam periods and stressful times, Gian conducts meditation to control his mind and focus on his studies.
"I would say that anyone could survive without religion. Yet, I think one could easily stray in his or her life without the guidance of religious, as if religion leads us the direction on where we should heading," said Gian.
Interviewee, Jaskaren Kohli.
Jaskaren Kohli, 21, Graduated biochemistry student (Nottingham University) doesn't takes religion as important part in his life.
He might not as faithful as others do because he was born in UK. Jaskaren said that others might be the same as well because they have more freedom in UK.
"I don't seek for God's helps like most of the students do, because I insisted that hard work and determination will solve everything for me," he said.
Surinder concluded: "Religion and education comes together as it concentrates your mind on godly values, and it helps you to give you a better life."
-Story, Photo and Video by Hon Chee Seong
-Interviewee, Gian photo by Gian
How to get in touch with Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Sikh Temple:
Public transport: Bus 52 at bus station Arundel Gate Interchange
Public line: 0114 2720730
Sheffield Gurdwara Official Website
University Sikh Youth Group Website
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Kilmarnock FC: Don't booze on the buses
POLICE have warned fans not to booze on the buses to and from the cup game on Saturday.
Buses heading to Hampden for the Scottish Communities League Cup semi-final clash between Killie and Ayr are to be randomly stopped and searched for alcohol.
Strathclyde Police state that fans caught with drink will be "dealt with appropriately".
Inspector Alan Henderson said: "We would like to remind all fans that it is an offence to take alcohol on a coach or minibus travelling to this game.
"The best way to ensure you enjoy the occasion and arrive on time is to make sure there is no alcohol on your bus."


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Paul Ryan's misstep: great leaders don't make demands
By John Patty@jwpatty Oct 27, 2015, 11:30am EDT
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Casual Friday, the House Freedom Caucus.
This post is part of Mischiefs of Faction, an independent political science blog featuring reflections on the party system.
It appears that Paul Ryan will be elected speaker of the House on Thursday. In order to be willing to serve as speaker, Ryan essentially demanded two things. Each of these demands is important, because each might indicate some problems on the horizon for a Ryan speakership. On the precipice of power, Ryan has distinctly not looked like Tom Clancy's Great American, John Ryan.
In order to agree to be a "candidate" for speaker, Ryan demanded that he receive the endorsement of the three main GOP caucuses. It's important that Ryan made this demand in public. To demand support is not in and of itself unusual or unreasonable, but the fact that he went public with the demand is unusual. While there are strategic reasons to demand pledges of loyalty — in particular, the GOP members are themselves representatives of their constituents — the vote for speaker is public, so a succinct pledge of loyalty will presumably come on Thursday.
The decision to go public with a demand of public endorsement can be motivated by one of two concerns. The first is that Ryan did not want to put himself in the position of not coasting to victory in Thursday's vote. Kevin McCarthy found himself in that position a couple of weeks ago. If Ryan had this fear, then demanding a straw poll prior to agreeing to "run" for speaker is rational, but also definitively uninspiring.
On the other hand, Ryan might have been motivated by a baser desire to secure the public supplication of the members of the House Freedom Caucus (HFC). I call this a baser desire because the desire to have a public endorsement prior to the actual vote is motivated by a desire to force the HFC to admit that the mess of the current leadership tussle is their fault and they recognize it.
Undermining either motivation, however, is the fact that Ryan did not actually receive the endorsement of the HFC. In the end, at least 10 to 15 GOP members appear to still be supporting Daniel Webster for speaker, arguably in pursuit of a more "open" House.
Change the rules
Ryan's second demand was that the GOP members agree to endorse a rule that would make it more difficult to remove the speaker. Currently, "the motion to vacate the chair" can be brought by anyone at any time, and requires only a simple majority. From a formal perspective, the speaker is always vulnerable: If 218 members or more get ticked off, they can fire him or her at a moment's notice. (In other words, the speakership is currently a "right to work" position, and Ryan wants to provide some workplace protections.)
While his desire for these protections is obvious, it is very telling that he demanded this in public. And, as above, it is doubly telling that Ryan gave in on this demand. He was asking for the GOP to give him not only the keys to car, but also the title. Given the HFC's worries about process and openness under the next speaker, it is simply amazing to imagine making this demand without knowing that it would be accepted.
I think Paul Ryan is a very smart politician. I think he is doing the right thing by stepping up to be speaker. But putting those two things together doesn't mean that I think he will be a very smart speaker (at least at first). He made public demands that were not fulfilled. There are times to make these (see Tim Groseclose and Nolan McCarty for an argument along these lines), but in the end, it is hard to wrangle an argument for why, when the absence of a reasonable alternative is very salient, one would make public and ultimately unfulfilled demands to assume the position. Put simply: Ryan has already visibly overplayed his hand.
In terms of why true leaders sometimes keep it secret, notice how the current speaker of the House, John Boehner, might very well have completed his budgetary coup de grâce.
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"Whilst this fits the details of verses 16:1-8 no better (there is still no young man, and Magdalene is not mentioned in Mark)"
What do you mean by "Magdalene is not mentioned in Mark?" Are you talking about Mary Magdalene who is mentioned by name in Mark 16:1???
Also, Mark 16:9-20 is authentic; it is missing in two important manuscripts from the 300's but is utilized by patristic writers before those two manuscripts' production-dates; the early patristic writers who use Mark 16:9-20 in one way or another include Irenaeus, who specifically cited 16:19 in Against Heresies Book 3, around 180.
Thanks for pointing out the error. I meant to say the idea that Magadalene got their first - which we see in the Rossellini film - is not what we find in Mark. I've amended that accordingly. Thank you.


Nottingham Forest have released the following statement on behalf of Nathaniel Chalobah following an alleged incident during last night's match at Millwall.
At half-time, the on-loan Chelsea midfielder told Forest's deputy manager Ned Kelly that he believed he was subjected to racist chanting from a section of the home support in the first half.
The 18 year old, who claims to have been initially subject to verbal abuse from the same section after receiving treatment for an injury in the opening minutes, was upset by the alleged abuse and struggled to keep his concentration during the interval as a result.
Nottingham Forest treat any incident of this nature extremely seriously and will be liaising closely with the relevant authorities in their investigation of this issue. Both clubs are in communication regarding the alleged incident and hope to uncover the truth as quickly as possible for all concerned parties.


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UES Prescott Office Gives K-9 Officers a Place to Train
April 2016 August 2016 | Community
In a unique community partnership, the UniSource Energy Services Prescott office provides area law enforcement agencies with a training facility for police dogs.
After hours, a few times a year, officers bring in their K-9 units and conduct drills to teach the dogs how to detect drugs and explosives, respond to attackers and aggressive
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"We appreciate UES' support. We couldn't do it without them," said Prescott Police Officer Dan Smith, who has a Master Handler certification to train and certify K-9 teams. "The
office space is large and convenient, saving us time and allowing us to get more accomplished."
In June, UES helped Prescott police host the 23rd annual K-9 Officer Survival Seminar, organized by the Arizona Law Enforcement Canine Association, which brought K-9 officers from
throughout the state to Prescott.
"Over the course of two nights, more than 90 K-9 handlers used the UES building for scenario-based training," Smith said. "We exposed the dogs to different environments and different
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The K-9 partnership began in 2008 when UES had one of the dogs on-site for an employee safety demonstration.
"Once the K-9 handler saw our building, he thought it would be a great place to do training. It has cubicles, offices, a storage facility and privacy," said Jeff Brown, Construction
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Because utility and public safety personnel often work together, the partnership helps build better working relationships while also benefiting the community, said Bill Parry, UES
District Manager in Prescott.
"We train police, fire and emergency responders as far as gas safety, so it's a good fit," Parry said. "It's great to get to know the officers' names and have contact on a more
regular basis."
UES Awards Nearly $50,000 To Groups Helping Youth, Families And Seniors
UES' Grants That Make a Difference are awarded for programs with measurable results that help vulnerable populations in northern and southern Arizona.
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UES gas customers will pay lower natural gas rates thanks to a temporary bill credit resulting from lower wholesale energy prices.
Press ReleasesRenewable Energy
UES Prepares For Expansion Of Renewable Resources In 2016
UES will build a community-scale solar photovoltaic system in Mohave County and provide small solar arrays to two Nogales high schools.
Pipeline Safety
UES is committed to the safe operation of the pipelines used to deliver natural gas to our customers.
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Kingman is home to a utility scale wind farm that is expected to produce enough energy annually to power more than 2,200 homes.
Fueling the Grand Canyon Gateway
UES completed a $1.2 million project that provides compressed natural gas service to the new Love's Travel Stop on I-40 in Williams, Ariz.


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Mount Pinatubo is an active stratovolcano in the Cabusilan Mountains on the island of Luzon, near the tripoint of the Philippine in south east of Asia.
The mountain is about 1500m high.
Development of Location (Philippine)
GDP Per Capita : $3,280
Unemployment: 4.7 %
Inflation : 2.5%
PPP Per Capita : 8223$
The Philippines is an LEDC nearing and NIC, therefore any damage could halt it completely.
Plate Boundaries
It is located on the destructive plate boundary between the Oceanic Philippine plate and the Continental Eurasian plate. The two plates were moving towards each other, they collided and jolted, causing an earthquake. As the Oceanic Philippine plate is an oceanic plate and the Continental Eurasian plate is a continental, the oceanic plate is denser and thus subducted below the less dense continental plate. As this happened the two plates jolted and ground causing earthquakes such as magnitude 7.8 earthquake on the richter scale 100km northeast of mount Pinatubo. The Oceanic Philippine plate eventually reached the mantle, and got melted down and destroyed.The excess of magma in the magma chamber, causing a buildup of pressure. Then, extra magma was forced up the vents, causing the volcanic eruption.
It exploded in June 1991 and has some catastrophic effects, both for people of the philippines and the USA air force ay clarke Airbase
58,000 people had to be evacuated from a 30km radius of the volcano
847 people lost their lives, 300 by collapsing roofs and 100 by lahars
1.2 million people lost their homes around the volcano and had to migrate to shanty towns in manila
650,000 workers lost their jobs which lead to a halt in development
About 20,000 indigenous highlanders who lived on the volcano's slope for years were displaced and were not able to return home.
Manila airport had to be closed
Heavy rainfall from typhoon yunga causes buildings to collapse
houses and bridges destroyed and needed replacing
Farmland destroyed by falling ash and pumice, unusable for years
Envirmonetal
Global cooling caused by ash in the atmosphere by 0.5°C
Major river systems were polluted by volcanic ash
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const string kPathSeparator =
#ifdef _WIN32
        "\\";
#else
        "/";
#endif

using namespace std;
using namespace rocksdb;
using namespace mmt;
using namespace mmt::ilm;

static const ngram_hash_t kWordCountsHash = 0;
static const string kStreamsKey = MakeNGramKey(0, 0);

class CountsAddOperator : public AssociativeMergeOperator {
public:
    virtual bool Merge(const Slice &key, const Slice *existing_value, const Slice &value, std::string *new_value,
                       Logger *logger) const override {

        counts_t existing;
        if (existing_value)
            DeserializeCounts(existing_value->data_, existing_value->size_, &existing);

        counts_t update;
        DeserializeCounts(value.data_, value.size_, &update);

        existing.count += update.count;
        existing.successors += update.successors;

        *new_value = SerializeCounts(existing);
        return true;
    }

    virtual const char *Name() const override {
        return "CountsAddOperator";
    }
};

NGramStorage::NGramStorage(string basepath, uint8_t order, double gcTimeout,
                           bool prepareForBulkLoad) throw(storage_exception) : logger("ilm.NGramStorage"),
                                                                               order(order) {
    rocksdb::Options options;
    options.create_if_missing = true;
    options.merge_operator.reset(new CountsAddOperator);

    PlainTableOptions plainTableOptions;
    plainTableOptions.user_key_len = sizeof(memory_t) + sizeof(ngram_hash_t);

    options.prefix_extractor.reset(NewNoopTransform());
    options.table_factory.reset(NewPlainTableFactory(plainTableOptions));
    options.memtable_factory.reset(NewHashLinkListRepFactory());
    options.allow_mmap_reads = true;

    options.max_open_files = -1;
    options.compaction_style = kCompactionStyleLevel;
    options.memtable_prefix_bloom_size_ratio = 1.;

    if (prepareForBulkLoad) {
        options.PrepareForBulkLoad();
    } else {
        unsigned cpus = thread::hardware_concurrency();

        if (cpus > 1)
            options.IncreaseParallelism(cpus > 4 ? 4 : 2);

        options.level0_file_num_compaction_trigger = 10;
        options.level0_slowdown_writes_trigger = 20;
        options.level0_stop_writes_trigger = 40;

        options.write_buffer_size = 64 * 1024 * 1024;
        options.target_file_size_base = 64 * 1024 * 1024;
        options.max_bytes_for_level_base = 512 * 1024 * 1024;
    }

    string path = basepath + kPathSeparator + "_data";

    Status status = DB::Open(options, path, &db);
    if (!status.ok())
        throw storage_exception(status.ToString());

    // Read streams
    string raw_streams;
    db->Get(ReadOptions(), kStreamsKey, &raw_streams);
    DeserializeStreams(raw_streams.data(), raw_streams.size(), &streams);

    // Garbage collector
    garbageCollector = new GarbageCollector(db, gcTimeout);
}

NGramStorage::~NGramStorage() {
    delete garbageCollector;
    delete db;
}

counts_t NGramStorage::GetCounts(const memory_t memory, const ngram_hash_t h) const {
    string key = MakeNGramKey(memory, h);
    string value;

    Status status = db->Get(ReadOptions(false, true), key, &value);

    if (!status.ok()) {
        if (status.IsNotFound())
            return counts_t();

        return counts_t();
    }

    counts_t output;
    return DeserializeCounts(value.data(), value.size(), &output) ? output : counts_t();
}

void NGramStorage::GetWordCounts(const memory_t memory, count_t *outUniqueWordCount, count_t *outWordCount) const {
    counts_t counts = GetCounts(memory, kWordCountsHash);
    if (outWordCount)
        *outWordCount = counts.count;
    if (outUniqueWordCount)
        *outUniqueWordCount = counts.successors;
}

size_t NGramStorage::GetEstimateSize() const {
    uint64_t size;
    db->GetAggregatedIntProperty(Slice("rocksdb.estimate-num-keys"), &size);
    return size;
}

void NGramStorage::PutBatch(NGramBatch &batch) throw(storage_exception) {
    LogInfo(logger) << "Importing batch of " << batch.sentenceCount << " sentences.";
    WriteBatch writeBatch;

    for (auto it = batch.ngrams_map.begin(); it != batch.ngrams_map.end(); ++it) {
        PrepareBatch(it->first, it->second, writeBatch);
    }

    // Write deleted memories
    for (auto memory = batch.deletions.begin(); memory != batch.deletions.end(); ++memory)
        writeBatch.Put(MakeMemoryDeletionKey(*memory), "");

    // Store streams status
    writeBatch.Put(kStreamsKey, Slice(SerializeStreams(batch.GetStreams())));

    Status status = db->Write(WriteOptions(), &writeBatch);
    if (!status.ok())
        throw storage_exception(status.ToString());

    // Reset streams
    streams = batch.GetStreams();
    garbageCollector->MarkForDeletion(batch.deletions);
}

bool NGramStorage::PrepareBatch(memory_t memory, ngram_table_t &table, rocksdb::WriteBatch &writeBatch) {
    // Compute counts (successors and word counts)
    // ------------------------

    // HINT: we start from the maximum order n-grams down to words;
    // if an n-gram is found in the database, we set "is_in_db_for_sure"
    // to all its predecessors (if we have ABC we have for sure BC in the
    // database). This can save lots of read requests for well known n-grams

    ReadOptions read_ops = ReadOptions(false, true);
    Status status;

    // We also store the word count and the count of unique words
    count_t uniqueWordCount = 0;
    count_t wordCount = 0;

    for (size_t o = order; o > 0; --o) {
        unordered_map <ngram_hash_t, ngram_t> &entry = table[o - 1];

        for (auto it = entry.begin(); it != entry.end(); ++it) {
            ngram_hash_t h = it->first;
            ngram_t &ngram = it->second;

            if (o == 1)
                wordCount += ngram.counts.count;

            if (!ngram.is_in_db_for_sure) {
                string key = MakeNGramKey(memory, h);
                string value;
                status = db->Get(read_ops, key, &value);

                if (!status.ok()) {
                    if (!status.IsNotFound())
                        return false;

                    if (o == 1) { // it is a word
                        uniqueWordCount++;
                    } else {
                        // NGram NOT found in db
                        // increment predecessor's successors
                        table[o - 2][ngram.predecessor].counts.successors++;
                    }
                } else {
                    // If the n-gram is a word, it has no predecessors
                    if (o > 1) {
                        // NGram found in db
                        // set "is_in_db_for_sure" to true for the whole predecessors subtree
                        ngram_hash_t cursor = ngram.predecessor;
                        for (size_t i = o - 2; i > 0; --i) {
                            ngram_t &predecessor = table[i][cursor];
                            predecessor.is_in_db_for_sure = true;
                            cursor = predecessor.predecessor;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

    // Prepare write-batch
    // -------------------

    // Update n-grams (down to words)
    for (size_t o = order; o > 0; --o) {
        unordered_map <ngram_hash_t, ngram_t> &entry = table[o - 1];

        for (auto it = entry.begin(); it != entry.end(); ++it) {
            ngram_hash_t h = it->first;
            ngram_t &ngram = it->second;

            string key = MakeNGramKey(memory, h);
            writeBatch.Merge(key, SerializeCounts(ngram.counts));
        }
    }

    // Store word counts
    counts_t wordCounts(wordCount, uniqueWordCount);
    writeBatch.Merge(MakeNGramKey(memory, kWordCountsHash), SerializeCounts(wordCounts));

    return true;
}

void NGramStorage::ForceCompaction() {
    db->CompactRange(CompactRangeOptions(), NULL, NULL);
}

const vector <seqid_t> &NGramStorage::GetStreamsStatus() const {
    return streams;
}

StorageIterator *NGramStorage::NewIterator() {
    return new StorageIterator(db);
}

StorageIterator::StorageIterator(rocksdb::DB *db) {
    it = db->NewIterator(rocksdb::ReadOptions());
    it->SeekToFirst();
}

StorageIterator::~StorageIterator() {
    delete it;
}

bool StorageIterator::Next(memory_t *outMemory, ngram_hash_t *outKey, counts_t *outValue) {
    if (it->Valid()) {
        Slice key = it->key();
        Slice value = it->value();

        GetNGramKeyData(key.data(), key.size(), outMemory, outKey);
        DeserializeCounts(value.data(), value.size(), outValue);

        it->Next();

        Status status = it->status();
        if (!status.ok())
            throw storage_exception(status.ToString());

        return true;
    } else {
        return false;
    }
}

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Sydney marchers denounce US-Israeli violence
By our reporters
About 6,000 people marched through Sydney on Saturday to protest against the US-Israeli violence in Lebanon and the Palestinian territories. Lebanese women, teenagers and children were prominent in the crowd, which also included families that had fled the bombardment of towns and villages across Lebanon.
Placards denounced the slaughter taking place: "Stop the bloodbath of innocents", "Stop the war crimes now" and "US and Israel, thank you for your precision bombs". Many hand-painted slogans sheeted home the responsibility to Washington and drew connections to the "war on terror" and the US invasion of Iraq: "George Bush, Number 1 Terrorist", "Most wanted terrorists: Olmert, Rice and Bush" and "Lebanon's 9/11".
The demonstration was smaller than the one held in Sydney two weeks earlier, and the reason became apparent once the pre-march rally commenced. The central theme of the organisers was to support the adoption of a US and French-drafted ceasefire resolution, promoting illusions that the major powers would rein in Israel and impose peace.
Chairperson Keyser Trad, a spokesman for Lebanese Muslims in Australia, began by proclaiming the "hope of peace" provided by that morning's UN Security Council vote for the resolution. He declared that the "international community" was now calling for peace, even if Israel had not yet agreed.
In reality, the UN resolution seeks to legitimise Israel's seizure of a so-called buffer zone in Lebanon, give the Israeli military more time to pound Lebanon and then impose a US-backed UN occupation force to permanently oust the Hezbollah movement.
Another rally chairperson, the Stop the War Coalition's Pip Hinman, welcomed Greens Senator Kerry Nettle onto the platform to hail the "good news" that the UN resolution had been passed. "It's important that all the parties have agreed," she claimed, even if there was no immediate ceasefire. She urged people to "keep up the pressure" on the governments to end Israel's occupations of Lebanon, Gaza and the West Bank.
Three Labor Party figures were featured on the platform, despite the fact that Labor, led by Kim Beazley, has aligned itself with the Howard government in unconditionally supporting Israel's aggression. Trad read a message from shadow cabinet minister Anthony Albanese, who declined to attend, while another frontbencher Laurie Ferguson spoke, as did his brother Andrew, the NSW state secretary of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union. All three failed to disassociate themselves from Labor's position of condemning Hezbollah's resistance to Israeli violence, while standing "all the way" with Israel's so-called "self-defence".
Not one speaker, including Nettle, the Labor trio and Islamic leaders, denounced the Howard government's active support for the Israeli onslaught. Nor did they oppose the Australian government's continuing participation in Washington's military crimes throughout the Middle East by sending new contingents of troops to join the US-led occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan. The entire perspective of the rally organisers was to appeal to Howard and Bush to restrain Israel.
Chairing the event, Hinman and another representative of the Socialist Alliance facilitated the sowing of illusions in the UN, the Howard government and the major powers by enthusiastically thanking each of the speakers for their contribution. At no stage did she outline any alternative perspective for Jewish and Arabic workers, or make any mention of a socialist program.
Socialist Equality Party supporters distributed copies of WSWS statements on the US-backed war and sold tickets for the SEP public meeting in Sydney on August 22, "Oppose US-Israeli war against Lebanon". Marchers who spoke to the WSWS were looking for answers as to why the "international community" was acquiescing to Israel's war crimes and how the mass of ordinary people could answer them.
"This is about oil, money and US control"
Sam, a chef, originally from Egypt, said: "I came here to demand that Israel withdraw from Lebanon. This is a war about oil and money. The Israelis and the Bush administration don't care how many people they kill, as long as they get control of the Middle East.
"This is mainly coming from Washington. Israel is its proxy in the Middle East. Without American arms and equipment and political support, Israel could never do this.
"How can we stop them? That's a good question. We have to change the governments, including the Arab governments in the Middle East. In Egypt, we have to get rid of the corrupt government of Hosni Mubarak
We have to protest and put pressure on them, but we have to change the whole structure of society. The United Nations cannot do anything, because the United States controls the UN.
"As long as there are huge corporations and money involved, there will be more killing and war. Civilians and poor people pay the price. After one month in Lebanon, and three years in Iraq, the US regards the people as less than animals. How can civilisation allow this in the 21st century?"
Samar and her daughter had been trapped in Beirut in the early days of the war, before being evacuated. "We woke up on July 13 to go to work. I work at the Beirut international airport and we had no idea of what was happening until I got a telephone call from my mother-in-law saying, 'Please don't leave the house because they're bombing the airport'. I said, 'You're kidding! Where is Hezbollah? At the airport? Hezbollah has nothing to do with the airport!'
"We had 70 international flights due that day, and all of a sudden we were in a war that we had absolutely nothing to do with. Israel has not hit Hezbollah, except maybe for a couple of places; it has targeted innocent civilians, women and children. They are trying to force all the Lebanese out of the country, just like they did in Palestine, so they can take over the whole Middle East.
"This is Bush, the butcher. This is not about Israeli self-defence. How can we hit Israel? We have no weapons, we have nothing. The Lebanese army is just sitting, being killed. The Israelis are using all sorts of weapons that we have never even heard of. They are testing US weapons against us.
"Bush said we wanted a democracy in Iraq, but look what he is doing to Iraq. He is butchering the people, hitting mosques, churches, children. The US accused Saddam Hussein of killing people, but they are killing everyone. And America made Saddam Hussein, just like they made Osama bin Laden."
A Lebanese woman from Bankstown said: "I think there is an international hidden agenda, which the average person cannot comprehend. Everyone thinks: how can people be killing civilians and destroying one country after another, particularly in the Middle East? The hidden agenda is power, control, money and oil. Israel is a military terrorist state and it has been created in the Middle East to cause this unrest. It is dragging the whole world into a big mess.
"What is upsetting is to see countries that can do something or make a difference, such as the US and its allies like Britain and Australia, supporting the wrongdoers, supporting a terrorist state and killing innocent people in Iraq, Palestine and Lebanon.
"The war isn't about those two captured Israeli soldiers, because Israel wouldn't have destroyed the Lebanese infrastructure if that was the case. It doesn't suit Israel to have a country in the region that is well established. The Americans are financing the war and American taxpayers are paying for those weapons to kill civilians.
"Everyone is seeing the truth about what is happening in Lebanon and is disgusted. America has been opposing a ceasefire. Our biggest task is to educate people on the real political agenda behind what is happening, which has nothing to do with religion or race. In history you can see that imperialist nations are always hungry for power, so we need to educate people and redirect them in a struggle against this internationally."
Neil, who was born in Lebanon, said his family had been displaced from their homes in south Lebanon, and were now living in schools and shelters, with no income or aid relief.
"America is trying to dominate the Middle East and has puppet regimes, like Egypt and the Saudis and now Iraq. The US will put in democratic regimes when it suits them. When the Palestinian people elected Hamas the US would not accept it and said it was undemocratic. Of course, the US's democratic way is like Hosni Mubarak's leadership, where no one opposes him in the elections. That is the type of democracy the US wants in the Middle East."
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Voice assistants are moving into the office, prompting Google to integrate its Google Assistant technology with G Suite customer calendars.
That's just one of several updates to G Suite, Google's office productivity software suite, that the company plans to announce Wednesday during the second day of Google Cloud Next 2019. A beta version of that integration will go live later today, allowing employees stuck in a meeting that's running long to schedule a follow-up meeting to the current meeting using a voice command.
More than 5 million businesses are using G Suite, Google announced earlier this year, and the company thinks the email, calendar, and document software can be a gateway drug to other Google Cloud services. It's staring up at Microsoft and its Office 365 juggernaut in this world, but has added a million paying businesses since last year.
New add-ons from companies like Box and Workfront that let G Suite users toggle between those third-party business apps from within G Suite, another example of why integration is so important to modern business software.
Live captions are coming to Hangouts Meet, the G Suite video conferencing system, and a live streaming feature that can support up to 100,000 viewers is becoming generally available.
Support for voice calls is now generally available for those times when picking up the phone and hashing out a problem is the only sensible way to communicate.
And G Suite now works more closely with Microsoft Office files, which is important for companies that might have standardized on G Suite but share files externally with clients or partners.


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Cheap Natural Gas Has Boosted The Growth of Manufacturing in The United States
One of the biggest benefits of the shale oil revolution, which our country has been witnessing for the past decade or so, has been its positive impact on the manufacturing sector.
Research shows that the availability of cheap natural gas has given an enormous boost to our industries, enabling them to regain their competitive edge in the global market. Take that Daryl Hannah!
How Natural Gas Impacted Manufacturing
Industries like primary metal manufacturing and chemical manufacturing are energy intensive in nature and use a huge amount of natural gas. Their energy costs account for approximately 10% of their overall input costs.
Before the shale revolution happened, these industries had to spend a lot of money on natural gas alone, which increased their overall manufacturing costs. As a result, they were not able to compete with the manufacturers from other countries, particularly those who had access to cheap gas.
Thanks to the shale revolution, there has been a considerably increase in natural gas supply, as a result of which prices have also come down. Consequently, the costs of making energy-intensive products have also reduced, resulting in savings for the manufacturers. It has given them a competitive edge in the international market.
It is a very important development, since chemical manufacturing alone contributes 20% of the manufacturing GDP. In the past few years, thanks to the availability of affordable natural gas, chemical manufacturing output has increased significantly and the production costs have come down.
Similarly, steel companies in the US have started using natural gas to separate oxygen from iron ore. Before the shale revolution, the technique was not used by many companies, as the cost of natural gas was higher, which made the whole process too expensive.
Experts say that if we can maintain our natural gas production levels at the current rate, US manufacturers could benefit tremendously and their overall energy costs could reduce by as much as $20 billion per year by 2030. That is not good news for the Hollywood elite – they want us riding bikes and getting assaulted in their city buses and subways!
While they fly over us in their private jets!
Natural Gas Components as Feedstocks
Natural gas components like methane and ethane are used as feedstocks in various manufacturing processes.
Methane, for instance, is used to produce methanol, which is used in several products including solvents, paints, windshield washer fluid, and adhesives. Similarly, ethane is used to produce ethylene, which is used to make plastic.
The increase in supply of natural gas components has spurred the growth of methanol and ethylene manufacturing plants, which have come up in several places across the country.
Jobs Produced by Fracking
The availability of low-cost natural gas has increased the manufacturing output of energy-intensive industries, as a result of which they have started hiring more people. According to the US Conference of Mayors, employment in these industries will continue to grow at a rate of 1% per year until 2020.
Research shows that fracking creates a large number of employment opportunities – both directly as well as indirectly – and contributes immensely to the local economy. For every second job created as a direct result of fracking, at least one more additional job is created indirectly.
In summation, the shale revolution has revived the manufacturing sector and given our industries the competitive edge they needed to compete with global players. Now, America is a global player!
#cheap-natural-gas
#american-natural-gas
Thank Benjamin for the Post!
Bob Meinetz on October 12, 2018
Benjamin, your cheerleading on behalf of the fossil fuel industry duly noted, it includes a number of unsupported claims about our glorious new dependence on methane a critical reader would consider suspect. No, "research shows..." does not count. Without any way to verify the oil industry's new windfall has accomplished anything but enrich the upper echelon of the upper echelon of American society - at the expense of climate - I'm left to conclude your article amounts to fake news.
Methane? That industry marketing has re-labeled it as "natural gas" certainly doesn't fool Mother Nature. It's anything but natural, having been stuck underground since the days of the dinosaurs, and burning it to heat our homes and provide our electricity is destroying the world to which people have grown accustomed in a geologic eyeblink. If you view that as progress, there are several million residents of Florida's Panhandle, of Puerto Rico, of the Carolinas, who might disagree.
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EIA Sees 'Substantial' Growth in Energy Storage by 2023
I'm curious to see how these type of utility-scale levels currently and are expected to compare with the small-scale generation that gets tied...
"Operating utility-scale battery storage power capacity has more than quadrupled in the U.S..."