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Jail for lengthy, brutal attack on pigs
7 Mar, 2014 1:53pm 3 minutes to read
Craig's defamation fund takes off
Bryce Edwards: National's overconfidence problem
7 Mar, 2014 2:30pm
Justice Minister Judith Collins. Photo / Mark Mitchell
By: Bryce Edwards
Bryce Edwards is a lecturer in Politics at Victoria University
online-editor@nzherald.co.nz @bryce_edwards
Voters like politicians to be confident - and the National Government is certainly obliging at the moment with supreme self-assurance. In politics, however, there's a fine line between confidence and arrogance, and any successful government risks tipping into overconfidence, with its associated pitfalls. It could be argued that signs of arrogance are emerging at the moment for National.
Judith Collins and Milkgate
Judith Collins epitomises the National Government's supreme confidence and, true to type, the Justice Minister has shown not the slightest self-doubt during the so-called milkgate scandal. Her response has been extraordinarily unrepentant and blasé. This has earned her the ire of the Herald, which in today's editorial remonstrates with her for being 'utterly unapologetic', and her 'unwillingness to acknowledge even that her action could be perceived as inappropriate' - see: Minister's actions in China naive and careless. The editorial disapprovingly quotes her response to the scandal: 'Typical of her attitude was the comment, "I drink milk, shock horror I drink milk".' Despite her 'Brusquely' batting away questions, the Herald says her actions were 'at best... naive, careless and unwise', and draws parallels with the disgraced actions of Richard Worth and Pansy Wong in mixing business and politics.
For another harsh critique of Collins, see Duncan Garner's Judith Collins should have stayed away. He says, 'Her judgement is woeful. If she was blinded by loyalty, where were her senior staff in all this? Are they so sycophantic they looked the other way? The Chinese love it when politicians from other countries drop in on their business. It is always seen as an endorsement. Not a subtle one, but a loud and clear one. There's huge commercial value placed on a ministerial visit to a business in China - it's a country and market that loves status - especially political status and high office. Collins got this one terribly wrong'.
Collins' supreme confidence on this issue is explained by blogger Danyl Mclauchlan, who explores the mindset of National MPs: 'Anyway, it's routine for Ministers to visit New Zealand companies overseas, routine for those companies to promote those visits, and it is also routine for New Zealand politicians to have family members involved in New Zealand business at a high level and it's ALSO routine for New Zealand businesses to donate money to the National Party. Which I why - I think - Collins and her fellow Nats are a little bewildered at the suggestion that there's something wrong about her taxpayer funded promotional visit to a company run by her husband that donated a large sum of money to the National Party, while everyone else stands around with their jaw open, stunned that the Minister of Justice could do something so stupid' - see: With knives in it.
Not all disapprove of Collins' uber-confidence of course. For the best positive account of how well Collins has dealt with the issue, see Media Training NZ's Judith Collins shows media skills over Oravida visit. According to this view, 'Regardless of the validity of her visit, her approach with the media on the issue has been faultless'. Furthermore, 'She was clearly always available to the media and got her message across to audiences across New Zealand. Mrs Collins almost made a negative story into a positive one. She was always relaxed on TV, smiling and emphasising that she supports all New Zealand businesses overseas. This body language is vital in these situations. That's because people judge you more by how you come across than what you say. When asked if there was a conflict of interest, she responded with something like: "Every New Zealand voter should expect every MP to promote all New Zealand businesses overseas." If she had fallen into the trap of using the language of denial, the story would have been negative'.
For other interesting critiques of Colllins and her handling of Milkgate, see No Right Turn's Appearances matter, Tim Selwyn's Oravida/Collins, Gordon Campbell's On Judith Collins' alleged milking of the system, and Newswire's Labour links campaign donation to Collins.
John Key has brought himself into the controversy, too, by sanctioning Collins' actions and refusing to release further information about this - see Radio NZ's PM won't release advice over Collins, and No Right Turn's No transparency = no trust.
So, does this scandal have the potential to make National look arrogant? That's what Patrick Gower thinks - watch his 5-minute This week in politics: March 6, 2014. Gower concludes: 'This is a sign of a government that is becoming arrogant. They think its OK to hide behind some bureaucrats who signed it off. Judith Collins isn't untouchable. She might think she's untouchable - she is not.... they look out of touch'.
Gerry Brownlee's overconfidence in Christchurch
For another case study on how overconfidence can lead to mistakes, see Tracy Watkins's Brownlee apologises to Labour MPs. The Minister for the Earthquake Recovery is well known for his self-assured approach to the rebuild, but some say this is becoming a negative for him. Certainly the Labour MPs did not accept his apology for his unfounded attack on them - see Stuff's Brownlee taken to task. Labour hopeful, James Dann also says, Gerry's latest outburst shows that the rebuild is getting too much for him. And the No Right Turn blogger says that Christchurch needs a new Government Minister - see: Fingers in their ears.
For Gerry Brownlee's point of view on the rebuild and its problems see his opinion piece, 'Debunking myths and nonsense'.
John Key's confident and relaxed persona
That the Prime Minister possesses a strong sense of self-confidence is not in doubt. It could be seen once again this week in his willingness to participate in all sorts of photo opportunities that other political leaders would feel are 'beneath them' - see Isaac Davison's Key pulls 'derp-face' for students. There was some criticism of these amusing photos - see Andrea Vance's Key slammed for derp face. But Barry Soper argues 'that's a big part of the PM's appeal, he's not afraid to act the goat' - see: John Key - not afraid to derp.
For another example of John Key letting the public view his 'human side' - see Stuff's Gossip mags: When John meets Bronagh. David Farrar draws attention to one aspect of that feature in which the PM is reported as saying 'He also dropped off his own dry-cleaning and returned DVDs' - see: Returning the DVDs. Farrar says that 'I think says a lot about why he is still so popular. He has stayed remarkably down to earth'.
Media training Brian Edwards also discusses the political personality of the PM in his blog post, John Key - 'There There' Prime Minister. He argues that 'People comfortable in their own skin are generally comfortable to be around. And that's how I've felt about the Prime Minister on the one or two occasions I've met him'. This appeals to voters, which explains 'the public love affair with John Key'. But Edwards also draws attention to Key's inclination to minimise 'the significance of anything that might seem to reflect badly on him or his party; by dismissing rather than dealing with criticism'.
Also showing his 'human side' this week is Steven Joyce - see Sarah Stuart's Twelve Questions: Steven Joyce. Joyce will be National's Campaign Manager this year and for more on how Joyce - and the other party campaign managers - will be running their election campaigns, see Tracy Watkins' very good feature, Election battle lines drawn.
National's alleged proxies
There was an interesting example of the overconfidence of National's alleged proxies this week, when the Taxpayer Union criticised a deaf MP - see Patrice Dougan's article, Green MP's 800km taxpayer-funded trip questioned. The involvement of the Taxpayer Union in apparently singling out the deaf MP Mojo Mathers went down extremely badly. See, for example, Andrew Geddis' Let's all pick on the deaf girl! and the Scott Yorke parody blog post, Right Thinking: Thank God for the Taxpayers' Union.
On Twitter, many linked the Taxpayer Union with the National Party. From the right, Matthew Hooton (@MatthewHootonNZ) exclaimed, 'This is just partisan bullying by @jordNZ and $ are irrelevant. Worry about WFF, superannuation, gold card etc'. And on the left, Helen Kelly (@helenkellyCTU) said 'Jordan Williams isnt the Director of the Tax Payers Union. The TPU is JW. Why does he wear a disguise? He's the Phantom of Nationals Opera'. For more twitter debate, see my blogpost Top tweets about the Taxpayer Union allegations about Mojo Mathers.
And for the latest allegations that rightwing bloggers act as proxies or conduits for National Party attack messages, questions have been asked about Paula Bennett passing on information to bloggers. Bennett denies this but says she 'won't release communication records from her office' - see Tim Dower's Bennett says blogger leaks irrelevant.
National's risk of complacency
Of course there are very good reasons for the National Government to be overconfident at the moment. Riding high in the opinion polls, and watching their opponents on-going problems with gaining traction and repeated gaffes will certainly have the effect of reaffirming that the party and government is on the right track. But the risk of complacency is real. In believing that they can 'sleepwalk to victory' successful parties inevitably get tripped up by their mistakes. There have been a few additional episodes this week that show the potential for this to get out of hand - see for example, Michelle Duff's Response to health report criticized, the Herald's Choice of top cop opens a can of worms, and David Fisher's Spy agency slow to put fixes in place.
Other criticisms can also start to resonate - see, for example, Duncan Garner's Let's get some super honesty John, and Lynn Prentice's National's ICT failures.
In the blogosphere there's been some interesting discussion on the question of the potential for National's confidence to turn to arrogance in the minds of the electorate. Pete George says it's a bona fide risk for National, but that it's a luxurious problem compared to what other parties are facing - see: Overconfidence versus undercompetence. Also answering the question I've posed, The Ruminator blog has intelligently discussed National's risk, but argues that it would be a mistake if Labour goes down the line of using this 'arrogance' allegation as its way forward - see: Confidence: An ode.
Social media scholar Matthew Beveridge has a harsh critique of the Government's orientation to digital politics, complaining that John Key and National don't take the power of Twitter and other ongoing engagements seriously - see: National, over confidence and social media. For a more detailed critique of what the PM is doing wrong, also see Beveridge's MPs on Twitter: John Key.
But today's must-read blog on this topic is Oliver Chan's Ain't no party like a National Party cause a National Party don't stop?. He looks at past examples of overconfidence on both sides of the political spectrum in New Zealand, and warns National against the complacency that appears to be creeping in.
Some of these issues will no doubt be discussed tomorrow on TV3's The Nation at 9:30am. Reporter Torben Akel looks at National's game plan for the election, together with the use of 'Brand Key', and Patrick Gower interviews Key himself. I'm going to be appearing on the panel, along with Michelle Boag and Maori TV's Annabelle Lee-Harris.
Finally, for a satirical take on the supreme confidence of the Minister of Justice and her propensity to mount her 'high horse', see David Slack's funny but biting account on the Metro magazine blog: Judith Collins: National Velvet.
Bryce Edwards: Political roundup: Dotcom's Internet Party - can it succeed?
16 Jan, 2014 3:40pm
Derek Handley: Dotcom's party will shake things up
Kim Dotcom's vision welcomed
Bryce Edwards: Political roundup: Coalition manoeuvring, hijinks and games


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FRENCH LINGERIE ROCKS THE PARISIAN CATWALK!
French Lingerie Puts On Its Second Major Fashion Show, January 20, 2019
Following the success of our exceptional "Lingerie, My Love" fashion show, we're thrilled to once again bring together our leading French lingerie brands for another outstanding Parisian fashion show this January 20, 2019.
A Cutting-Edge Musical Event
Fourteen of our prestigious French Lingerie brands (Antigel, Antinéa, Aubade, Chantelle, Empreinte, Eprise, Epure, Implicite, Passionata, Lise Charmel, Lou, Louisa Bracq, Maison Lejaby, Simone Pérèle) and four guest French designers will present their latest collections to an audience of 600 people that includes media, influencers and international buyers. Spearheaded by a dynamic live concert and unique scenography and choreography, this year our show will have a rock twist that embodies the contemporary spirit of our brands.
At a time when the body has become more subject than object - when we no longer demand perfection or submission to unrealistic sublimation (when we accept refinement, curviness, androgyny and imperfections) - French Lingerie exalts its diversity. Renown all over the globe, our iconic French brands will celebrate its heritage, know-how, passion and innovation - along with the fine craftsmanship, talent, creativity, audacity, elegance and refinement that's been the hallmark of French lingerie for over a century.
The show is sponsored by Promincor - Lingerie Française, a non-profit organization created in 1960 that enables French Lingerie brands to speak with one voice both in France and worldwide. It highlights the excellence of the corsetry business: its original designs and precise engineering that have given France its reputation as a leader ever since the very first bra model was patented in Paris in 1889. Although this trade has moved into an industrial stage, it has nevertheless preserved its spirit of craftsmanship and a taste for the excellence of custom-made work. The ambition of Lingerie Française is to promote this trade by exhibiting its many facets to all professionals in the sector, as well as to the general public.
This event is being produced thanks to the help of the DEFI –LA MODE DE FRANCE, Committee of Development and Promotion of the Clothing. The latter promotes the French apparel industry and showcases its products, know-how and enterprises both nationally and internationally.
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#include <Connect/SDLConnector.h>
#include <vector>
#include <iostream>
#include <pthread.h>

#ifdef linux
#include <sys/time.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#endif

static SDLConnector * g_SingleConnector = 0;

SDLConnector::SDLConnector() : m_bReleased(false), m_Sockets(), m_VR(), m_Base(), m_Buttons(), m_Navi(), m_TTS(), m_Vehicle(), m_UI()
{
    m_sdl_is_connected = false;
}

SDLConnector::~SDLConnector()
{
    g_SingleConnector =  0;
    m_bReleased = true;
}

void SDLConnector::Close()
{
    if (g_SingleConnector) {
        delete g_SingleConnector;
        g_SingleConnector =  0;
    }
}

SDLConnector * SDLConnector::getSDLConnector()
{
    if (g_SingleConnector == 0)
        g_SingleConnector = new SDLConnector();
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}

void SDLConnector::onConnected()
{
}

void SDLConnector::onNetworkBroken()
{
    /*
    if (m_pNetwork)
        m_pNetwork->onNetworkBroken();

    while (!m_bReleased) {
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            break;
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}

bool SDLConnector::IsSDLConnected()
{
    return m_sdl_is_connected;
}

bool SDLConnector::ConnectToSDL(IMessageInterface * pMsgHandler, INetworkStatus * pNetwork)
{
    m_pNetwork = pNetwork;
    m_pMsgHandler = pMsgHandler;

    ChangeMsgHandler(pMsgHandler);
    //std::vector<IChannel*> m_channels;
    m_channels.clear();
    m_channels.push_back(&m_VR);
    m_channels.push_back(&m_Vehicle);
    m_channels.push_back(&m_UI);
    m_channels.push_back(&m_TTS);
    m_channels.push_back(&m_Navi);
    m_channels.push_back(&m_Buttons);
    m_channels.push_back(&m_Base);

    pthread_t  thread_connect;
    pthread_create(&thread_connect,NULL,SDLConnector::ConnectThread,this);
    return m_sdl_is_connected;
}

bool SDLConnector::ConnectToVideoStream(IMessageInterface * pMsgHandler, std::string sIP, int iPort, INetworkStatus * pNetwork)
{
    m_pNetwork = pNetwork;
    m_pMsgHandler = pMsgHandler;

    m_VideoStream.SetCallback(pMsgHandler);

    m_channels.push_back(&m_VideoStream);

    m_sdl_is_connected = m_Sockets.ConnectToVS(&m_VideoStream, sIP, iPort, this);
    if (m_sdl_is_connected) {
//        m_VideoStream.onOpen();
    }

    return m_sdl_is_connected;
}

void SDLConnector::DelConnectToVideoStream()
{
    m_Sockets.DelConnectToVS();
}

void SDLConnector::Connect()
{
    m_sdl_is_connected = m_Sockets.ConnectTo(m_channels, this);
    if (m_sdl_is_connected) {
        m_VR.onOpen();
        m_Vehicle.onOpen();
        m_UI.onOpen();
        m_TTS.onOpen();
        m_Navi.onOpen();
        m_Buttons.onOpen();
#ifdef WIN32
        Sleep(100);
#else
        usleep(100000);
#endif
        //BaseCommunication is the last Channel to register
        m_Base.onOpen();
    }
}

void* SDLConnector::ConnectThread(void* arg)
{
    SDLConnector * connector=(SDLConnector*)arg;
    if (connector==NULL) {
        return NULL;
    }

    while (true) {
        if (!connector->IsSDLConnected()) {
             connector->Connect();
        }
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        Sleep(2000);
#else
        sleep(2);
#endif
    }
    return NULL;
}

void SDLConnector::ChangeMsgHandler(IMessageInterface * pMsgHandler)
{
    m_VR.SetCallback(pMsgHandler);
    m_Vehicle.SetCallback(pMsgHandler);
    m_UI.SetCallback(pMsgHandler);
    m_TTS.SetCallback(pMsgHandler);
    m_Navi.SetCallback(pMsgHandler);
    m_Buttons.SetCallback(pMsgHandler);
    m_Base.SetCallback(pMsgHandler);
}

void SDLConnector::OnAppActivated(int appID)
{
    Json::Value params;
    params["appID"] = appID;
    //m_Base.sendNotification("BasicCommunication.OnAppActivated", params);
    m_Base.sendRequest(m_Base.GenerateId(),"SDL.ActivateApp", params);
}

void SDLConnector::OnSoftButtonClick(int id, int mode,std::string strName)
{
    if (!strName.empty()) {
        _onButtonClickAction(strName, "BUTTONDOWN", id);
        _onButtonClickAction(strName, "BUTTONUP", id);
        if (mode == BUTTON_SHORT)
            _onButtonClickAction(strName, "SHORT", id);
        else
            _onButtonClickAction(strName, "LONG", id);
    } else {
        _onButtonClickAction("CUSTOM_BUTTON", "BUTTONDOWN", id);
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            _onButtonClickAction("CUSTOM_BUTTON", "SHORT", id);
        else
            _onButtonClickAction("CUSTOM_BUTTON", "LONG", id);
    }
}

void SDLConnector::_onButtonClickAction(std::string name, std::string mode, int customButtonID)
{
    Json::Value params;
    params["name"] = name;
    params["mode"] = mode;
    params["customButtonID"] = customButtonID;

	m_Buttons.sendNotification("Buttons.OnButtonEvent", params);
}

void SDLConnector::OnAppExit(int appID)
{
    Json::Value params;
    params["reason"] = "USER_EXIT";
    params["appID"] = appID;
	m_Base.sendNotification("BasicCommunication.OnExitApplication", params);
}

void SDLConnector::OnAppOut(int appID)
{
    Json::Value params;
    params["appID"] = appID;
    params["reason"] = "GENERAL";
	m_Base.sendNotification("BasicCommunication.OnAppDeactivated",params);
}

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void SDLConnector::OnAlertResponse(int id, int reason)
{
    if (reason == RESULT_SUCCESS) {
        Json::Value result;
        result["code"] = 0;
        result["method"] = "UI.Alert";
		m_UI.sendResult(id,result);
    } else {
        Json::Value error;
        Json::Value data;
        data["method"] = "UI.Alert";
        error["message"] = "Alert request aborted";
        error["code"] = 4;
        error["data"] = data;
		m_UI.sendError(id, error);
    }
    m_UI.onSystemContext("MAIN");
}

void SDLConnector::OnMediaClockResponse(int id,int code)
{
    Json::Value result;
    result["code"] = code;
    result["method"] = "UI.SetMediaClockTimer";
    m_UI.sendResult(id, result);
}

void SDLConnector::OnScrollMessageResponse(int id, int reason)
{
    /*
    Json::Value root;
    if(reason == SCROLLMESSAGE_TIMEOUT || reason == SCROLLMESSAGE_CLICK_SOFTBUTTON) {
        Json::Value result;
        result["code"] = 0;
        result["method"] = "UI.ScrollableMessage";
		m_UI.sendResult(id, result);
    }
    else{
        Json::Value error;
        Json::Value data;
        data["method"] = "UI.ScrollableMessage";
        error["message"] = "REJECTED";
        error["code"] = 4;
        error["date"] = data;
		m_UI.sendError(id, error);
    }
    m_UI.onSystemContext("MAIN");
    */

    Json::Value result;
    result["code"] = reason;
    result["method"] = "UI.ScrollableMessage";
    m_UI.sendResult(id, result);
    m_UI.onSystemContext("MAIN");
}

void SDLConnector::OnCommandClick(int appID, int cmdID)
{
    Json::Value params;
    params["appID"] = appID;
    params["cmdID"] = cmdID;

	m_UI.sendNotification("UI.OnCommand", params);
}

void SDLConnector::OnPerformInteraction(int code, int performInteractionID, int choiceID)
{
    Json::Value result;
    result["code"] = code;
    result["method"] = "UI.PerformInteraction";
    if (0 == code) {
        result["choiceID"] = choiceID;
    }
	m_UI.sendResult(performInteractionID, result);
}

void SDLConnector::OnVRPerformInteraction(int code, int performInteractionID, int choiceID)
{
    Json::Value result;
    result["code"] = code;
    result["method"] = "VR.PerformInteraction";
    if (0 == code) {
        result["choiceID"] = choiceID;
    }
    m_VR.sendResult(performInteractionID, result);
}

void SDLConnector::OnVRCommand(int appID, int cmdID)
{
    Json::Value params;
    params["appID"] = appID;
    params["cmdID"] = cmdID;

	m_VR.sendNotification("VR.OnCommand", params);
}

void SDLConnector::OnSliderResponse(int code, int sliderid, int sliderPosition)
{
    std::string info_msg = "";
    if (code == SLIDER_OK) {
        Json::Value result;
        result["code"] = code;
        result["method"] = "UI.Slider";
        result["sliderPosition"] = sliderPosition;
        m_UI.sendResult(sliderid, result);
    } else {
        if (code == SLIDER_TIMEOUT) {
            info_msg = "Slider request timeout.";
        } else {
            info_msg = "Slider request aborted.";
        }
        Json::Value error;
        Json::Value data;
        data["method"] = "UI.Slider";
        error["code"] = code;
        error["message"] = info_msg;
        error["data"] = data;

		m_UI.sendError(sliderid, error);
    }
}

void SDLConnector::OnSetMediaClockTimerResponse(int iCode,int iRequestId)
{
    //std::string info_msg = "";
    if (iCode == RESULT_SUCCESS) {
        Json::Value result;
        result["code"] = iCode;
        result["method"] = "UI.SetMediaClockTimer";
        m_UI.sendResult(iRequestId, result);
    } else {
        Json::Value error;
        Json::Value data;
        data["method"] = "UI.SetMediaClockTimer";
        error["code"] = iCode;
        //error["message"] = info_msg;
        error["data"] = data;

        m_UI.sendError(iRequestId, error);
    }
}

void SDLConnector::OnStartDeviceDiscovery()
{
    Json::Value params;
    m_Base.sendNotification("BasicCommunication.OnStartDeviceDiscovery", params);
}

void SDLConnector::OnDeviceChosen(std::string name, std::string id)
{
    Json::Value params;
    if(!name.empty())
        params["name"] = name;
    if(!id.empty())
        params["id"] = id;
    m_Base.sendNotification("BasicCommunication.OnDeviceChosen", params);
}

void SDLConnector::OnFindApplications(std::string name, std::string id)
{
    Json::Value params;
    if(!name.empty())
        params["name"] = name;
    if(!id.empty())
        params["id"] = id;
    m_Base.sendNotification("BasicCommunication.OnFindApplications", params);
}

void SDLConnector::OnPerformAudioPassThru(int appID, int performaududiopassthruID, int code)
{
    _stopPerformAudioPassThru(appID);
    Json::Value root;
    if (code == 0) {
        Json::Value result;
        result["code"] = code;
        result["method"] = "UI.PerformAudioPassThru";
		m_UI.sendResult(performaududiopassthruID, result);
    }else if (code == 5) {
        Json::Value error;
        Json::Value data;

        data["method"] = "UI.PerformAudioPassThru";
        error["code"] = code;
        error["message"] = "PerformAudioPassThru was not completed successful!";
        error["data"] = data;
		m_UI.sendError(performaududiopassthruID, error);
    } else {
        Json::Value error;
        Json::Value data;

        data["method"] = "UI.PerformAudioPassThru";
        error["code"] = code;
        error["message"] = "PerformAudioPassThru was not completed successful!";
        error["data"] = data;
		m_UI.sendError(performaududiopassthruID, error);
    }
}

void SDLConnector::_stopPerformAudioPassThru(int appID)
{
    Json::Value params;

    params["appID"] = appID;

	m_UI.sendNotification("UI.PerformAudioPassThruStop", params);
}

void SDLConnector::OnButtonClick(std::string buttonname, int mode)
{
    _buttonEventDown(buttonname);
    _buttonPressed(buttonname, mode);
    _buttonEventUp(buttonname);
}

void SDLConnector::_buttonEventDown(std::string buttonname)
{
    Json::Value params;

    params["mode"] = "BUTTONDOWN";
    params["name"] = buttonname;

	m_UI.sendNotification("Buttons.OnButtonEvent", params);
}

void SDLConnector::_buttonPressed(std::string buttonname, int mode)
{
    Json::Value params;

    if (BUTTON_LONG == mode)
        params["mode"] = "LONG";
    else
        params["mode"] = "SHORT";
    params["name"] = buttonname;

	m_UI.sendNotification("Buttons.OnButtonEvent", params);
}

void SDLConnector::_buttonEventUp(std::string buttonname)
{
    Json::Value params;

    params["mode"] = "BUTTONUP";
    params["name"] = buttonname;

	m_UI.sendNotification("Buttons.OnButtonEvent", params);
}

void SDLConnector::OnTTSSpeek(int speekID, int code)
{
    if (code == SPEEK_OK) {
		Json::Value result;

        result["method"] = "TTS.Speak";
        result["code"] = code;
		m_TTS.sendResult(speekID, result);
    } else {
        Json::Value error;
        Json::Value data;

        data["method"] = "TTS.Speak";

        error["message"] = "Speech was interrupted";
        error["code"] = code;
        error["data"] = data;

		m_TTS.sendError(speekID, error);
    }
}

void SDLConnector::OnVRStartRecord()
{
	m_VR.sendNotification("VR.StartRecord");
}
void SDLConnector::OnVRCancelRecord()
{
	m_VR.sendNotification("VR.CancelRecord");
}

void SDLConnector::OnVideoScreenTouch(TOUCH_TYPE touch,int x,int y)
{
     Json::Value params;
     Json::Value coord;
     Json::Value event;
     Json::Value ts;
     static int id = 0;
//     [{"c":[{"x":103,"y":247}]

     switch(touch) {
     case TOUCH_START:
         id++;
         params["type"] = "BEGIN";
         event[0]["id"] = id;
         break;
     case TOUCH_END:
         params["type"] = "END";
         event[0]["id"] = id;
         break;
     case TOUCH_MOVE:
         params["type"] = "MOVE";
         event[0]["id"] = id;
         break;
     }
     coord[0]["x"] = x;
     coord[0]["y"] = y;
     event[0]["c"] = coord;

#ifdef WIN32
     SYSTEMTIME  time;
     GetSystemTime(&time);
     int t = (time.wHour*3600+time.wMinute*60+time.wSecond)%1000*1000+time.wMilliseconds;
#else
     timeval val;
     gettimeofday(&val,NULL);
     int t = (int)(val.tv_sec%1000*1000+val.tv_usec/1000);
#endif

     ts[0] = t;
     event[0]["ts"] = ts;
     params["event"] = event;

   //  std::cout<<root.asString();
	 m_UI.sendNotification("UI.OnTouchEvent", params);
}

//{
//    "jsonrpc":"2.0",
//    "method":"UI.OnTouchEvent",
//    "params":
//    {
//        "type":"END",
//        "event":[
//            {"c":[
//                {
//                    "x":441,
//                    "y":158
//                }
//                ],
//            "id":0,
//            "ts":[87214]
//            }
//            ]
//    }
//}

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Pakistan Police Torture Christians Arrested in Islamic Attack
Two brothers jailed after protecting 300 people from Islamist fire assault in Gojra.
LAHORE, Pakistan, October 23 (CDN) — Two Christians in Gojra, Pakistan who allegedly fired warning shots as an Islamist mob approached that burned seven Christians to death on Aug. 1 told Compass they were tortured after police arrested them.
Only one of hundreds of Muslim assailants in the fire assault on Gojra's Christian Town is in jail, but sources said Islamists have provided police a pretense for arresting the two Christian brothers who gave shelter to 300 people. Naveed Masih, 32, alias Fauji ("the Soldier") and his 25-year-old brother Nauman Masih were arrested on Sept. 2 and Sept. 7 respectively for "rioting with deadly weapons and spreading terror with firing."
Naveed Masih is said to have fired warning shots from a rooftop into the air and at the feet of the mob of approaching Muslim assailants to try to disperse them, but both brothers deny using any weapons.
From his jail cell, Naveed Masih told Compass that he and his brother were taken to the Police Training Centre in Choong, where they were kept in illegal detention for 18 days and were tortured "in so many ways ruthlessly and in inhumane ways."
"Sometimes we were not given anything to eat or drink except one time, and sometimes we were hung in a dark well while our faces were covered with a cloth," Naveed Masih said. "They beat me with cane sticks on the back of my hands and sometimes hung me upside down and then brutally beat me."
Police kept them hungry for days, he said; when they asked for food, officers told them to confess that they had fired, he added. Naveed Masih said police tortured them to try to force them to say they had links with terrorist organizations that provided arms and ammunition to them.
Naveed Maish said they were forbidden to sleep; they were awoken whenever they dozed off. Throughout the 18 days of torture, he said, the two brothers were kept separate but saw each other when they were taken to court.
"We hugged each other and wept, seeing each other's wounds," he said.
Naveed Masih said police tortured them because they had given shelter to more than 300 women, children and elderly people on the day of attack, in which the assailants – acting on an unsubstantiated rumor of "blasphemy" of the Quran and whipped into a frenzy by local imams and banned terrorist groups – also looted more than 100 houses and set fire to 50 of them. At least 19 people were injured in the melee.
In spite of the targeting of the Christian area in Gojra by hundreds of Islamic extremists, police have registered complaints filed by the Muslim assailants against 129 Christians; sources said these various charges were filed only to pressure the Christian community. Thus far police have arrested only Naveed Masih and Nauman Masih – whose cases were submitted in an Anti-Terrorism Court to make it difficult for them to obtain bail, according to their lawyer – but the Centre for Legal Aid, Assistance and Settlement was able to obtain release on bail for Nauman Masih.
Nauman Masih told Compass that of the 17 Muslims named in the First Information Report on the Aug. 1 attack, only one, Abdul Khalid Kashmiri, was in jail. Kashmiri has offered 1 million rupees (US$12,500) if the Christian complainants would withdraw the case, Nauman Masih added.
The rest of the Muslim assailants are still at large, and sources said police have no intention of arresting them. In addition, three checks of 100,000 rupees (US$1,200) each issued by Punjab Provincial Law Minister Rana Sanaullah for compensation to victims have been cancelled, Nauman Masih said, probably because the recipients are among the 129 Christians implicated in the false charges.
Nauman Masih said that when his mother arrived at the Christian Town Police Station the night his brother was arrested, officials told her that she could see him the next morning. But when she and other women arrived the next morning, he said, police told them that they had not arrested him.
The Community Development Initiative (CDI), an advocacy group working with the help of American Center for Law and Justice, has taken up the case of both brothers. CDI lawyer Haroon Suleman Khokhar said that they have been falsely implicated in a serious crime for protecting themselves and many other innocent Christians.
He said that police had no justification for submitting the cases of the two brothers in the Anti-Terrorism Court of Faisalabad. Khokhar said Naveed Masih was a key eyewitness in the report filed with police on the Aug. 1 attack, and that the two brothers were implicated in the cases only to try coercing Naveed Masih to withdraw from testifying against the Muslim attackers.
To protest police registration of the complaints against the 129 Christians, which include Bishop of Gojra John Samuel, Naveed Masih and Nauman Masih, on Oct. 5 the Christians of Gojra rejected goods sent by the U.S. Embassy to Pakistan in Islamabad. Demanding justice rather than aid, the Christians threw away the boxes of aid.
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EGYPT: TWO COPTS RE-ARRESTED IN ABU FANA MURDER
Posted on May 31, 2009 by particularkev
Christians fear police coercing them to drop charges of Muslim attack on monastery.
ISTANBUL, May 29 (Compass Direct News) – Police this month released two Copts wrongfully arrested for killing a Muslim during an attack on Abu Fana monastery in Egypt in May 2008, but then re-arrested them as part of an intimidation campaign against Christians, their lawyer said.
More worrisome to the Christians in custody is that their fate most likely will be decided outside of the justice system, in "reconciliation meetings." The state prosecutor investigating the case has not announced the results of his findings on the true identity of the murderer, as he is awaiting the outcome of the out-of-court talks between Copts and local Muslims.
Brothers Refaat and Ibrahim Fawzy Abdo have been incarcerated for a year. On May 3 the two brothers were released on bail, but the Minya State Security Services issued a new detention order and had them arrested on May 20 for "security reasons." Egyptian security forces can incarcerate people without reason according to provisions in criminal law.
A criminal court in Cairo ordered the release of the Fawzy Abdo brothers twice, but each time the interior ministry issued another arrest order. Advocacy groups say the interior ministry is working with local police and the investigating officer to keep them detained, force a confession and make the Copts look guilty in the Abu Fana attack.
"Police arrested them for reasons of 'security concerns' in spite of no evidence," said Ibrahim Habib, chairman of United Copts of Great Britain. "They are comforting Islamists by scapegoating Christians."
The two men worked as building contractors on the walls of Abu Fana monastery in Upper Egypt when nearly 60 armed Muslim residents attacked it in May 2008. The attack left one Muslim dead and four Christians injured, and two of three monks briefly kidnapped were tortured.
Five days after the attacks, security forces arrested the Fawzy Abdo brothers, charging them with murder. In November they were sent to El Wadi El Gadid Detention Camp near the Egypt-Sudan border and tortured as authorities tried to extract a false confession of murder, their lawyer said.
Minya Gov. Ahmed Dia el-Din claimed the Muslim murdered at Abu Fana was killed by one of the brothers from 80 meters away. But the Coptic brothers' lawyer, Zachary Kamal, told Compass that an autopsy showed a bullet fired from a short distance.
The two men have faced extreme conditions in prison such as solitary confinement and broken teeth from beatings, and they have not been allowed to see their families, who are undergoing extreme hardship. Refaat Fawzy Abdo has six children and Ibrahim Fawzy Abdo has seven; both Christians are the breadwinners of their households.
Reconciliation Instead of Justice?
Reconciliation meetings with area Muslims continue with the participation of Coptic businessmen, the diocese of Mallawi, a member of Parliament and attorney Kamal, all under the auspices of the police.
Such meetings are somewhat customary in Egypt, in which different parties come together to settle legal matters out of court. They carry a social purpose of restoring faith and communal harmony in the face of sectarian tensions.
Kamal said he was not opposed to a reconciliation meeting instead of normal judicial channels, but that terms of the discussion were unacceptable. Authorities want the brothers to admit to the murder of the Muslim and the Copts to pay compensation to the victim's family.
"They want the Copts to accept guilt, but that means they will carry the blood of the victim the rest of their lives," Kamal said.
Other Copts worry that the meetings are a substitute for administrative justice, and that police are using the brothers as a bargaining tool to force Abu Fana's monks to drop charges against local Muslims and call off the investigation of the attack.
"The brothers are still held because they are being used as a negotiation chip," said Samia Sidhom, English editor of Egyptian Christian weekly Watani. "The reconciliation efforts are to make the monks change their testimony. If they do that, the brothers will be released."
Sidhom said that Coptic church leaders entered into negotiations with local Muslims and politicians and gave up their legal rights because obtaining justice in the Islamist-tilted Egyptian legal system is very difficult.
"Typically a Copt or their buildings are attacked, and the only way for the police to avoid punishing the culprits is through these reconciliation meetings, where the Copts give up any legal rights they have," Sidhom said.
State officials, however, said the Copts are superimposing religious persecution claims onto a simple argument over property. The Minya governor said the attacks were not religious but were provoked by a long-standing land dispute between the monks and local Bedouins.
Whether the monastery attack started as a land dispute or not, the findings of secular rights groups revealed that in the course of the violence, attackers tied two of the kidnapped monks to a palm tree, whipped and beat them, and forced them to spit on a cross and give the confession of Islam, according to the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights.
Motives for the May 2008 attacks against the monastery, located 200 kilometers (124 miles) south of Cairo, are still unknown. Coptic advocacy groups claim the attacks were motivated by growing hostility against Egypt's Christian community.
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Q: Wrapper.html() is empty in jest + Vue I am trying to test my vue app using jest,  but all wrapper's properties and menthods  are undefined.
import Dashboard from "../../src/views/mail/Dashboard.vue";
import Vue from "vue";
import { mount, shallowMount, createLocalVue } from "@vue/test-utils";
import Vuex from "vuex";

jest.mock("../../src/views/mail/Dashboard.vue", () => ({
  name: "Dashboard",
  render: jest.fn(),

  getters: () => ({
    "auth-token": {
      token:
        "ey...",
      exp: "2023-02-23",
    },
  }),
}));

describe("dashboard.js", () => {
  let getters;
  let store;

  const localVue = createLocalVue();
  beforeEach(() => {
    localVue.use(Vuex);
 });

  test("Wrapper exists", () => {
    const wrapper = mount(Dashboard, { store, localVue });
    expect(wrapper.exists()).toBe(true); // this passes
 });
  test("wrapper attributes should be identified", () => {
    const wrapper = mount(Dashboard, { store, localVue });
    console.log("HTML =", wrapper.html()); // this is empty
  });

I was expecting to get some html elements in wrapper but its empty. wrapper.find(/some id/)  returns ErrorWrapper which I believe means wrapper cannot find that id.

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Inspired by the Writings of Virginia Woolf
In the shopping street in Chichester there was bunting and a huge banner, a most populist way to advertise a very refined subject: VIRGINIA WOOLF: AN EXHIBITION INSPIRED BY HER WRITING. I was in Chichester to visit the Pallant House Gallery. I wanted to know what art had been inspired by one of the most important writers of the twentieth century. And to look at it.
The celebratory street presence of Virginia Woolf wasn't the only thing that surprised me about the exhibition. After my first tour around the gallery I realised that I was experiencing a very strange sensation. This must be what it feels like to be a man, to have the world reflected back to you as you see it through men's eyes. Most exhibitions, anyway. But here were 80 artists and every one of them was a woman. Everyone. I recognised the world they showed me, the faces, the landscapes, the portraits, the interiors, the conflicts. This was my territory.
This is what the organisers say about the exhibition:
Virginia Woolf: An exhibition inspired by her writings
A major exhibition featuring 80 female artists from 1854 to the present day, centred on the pioneering writings of celebrated author Virginia Woolf. Through a wide range of work by artists including Barbara Hepworth, Vanessa Bell, Gwen John, Eileen Agar, Claude Cahun and Louise Bourgois, the exhibition shows how Woolf's perspectives on feminism and creativity have remained relevant to a community of creative women across time: visual artists working in photography, painting, sculpture and film who have sought to record the vast scope of female experience and to shape alternative ways for women to be.
You may be wondering how art and words go together, different art forms that use different media. I remind you that it was ballet that revealed so much about three of Virginia Woolf 's novels in WoolfWorks.
The ideas expressed by Virginia Woolf in her novels and essays found echoes and development in the art on display in this exhibition. Identity, what moulds it? What is its function? How is it different in public and private spaces? In what ways can and do women relate to landscape and to the ideas of home? What is it, to be a woman?
Some artists were already familiar: Laura Knight, Dora Carrington, Winifred Nicholson and others who often show us women and children in the landscape, an inhabited space where woman can now be as free as men always have been. Not confined by or limited to the home.
The portraits showed women experimenting with different ways of representing themselves to others in self-portraits and portraits. Gwen John's confident, confronting self-portrait; Dod Proctor turned away from our gaze, and other portraits, especially of and by Vanessa Bell. In pride of place, almost an object of veneration, there was her portrait of Virginia Woolf among her books, writing, in her home. At the entrance to the show there was a working sketch for the pace setting for Virginia Woolf at Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party.
There were more paintings of interiors, still lifes mostly, often with no people present. These often related the interior of the home through a window to the outside, or referred to the residents through their furnishings and belongings, or because it was a woman's view. I want to find out more about Jane Simone Bussy. Her use of colour was subtle and very engaging.
Quotations reminded us how important a room of one's own is, especially to women writers. And so there were the designs of household objects, fabrics, china and book covers by her sister and others.
You have won rooms of your own in the house hitherto exclusively owned by men. … This freedom is only a beginning. With whom are you going to share it and on what terms? [from Professions for Women, an essay by Virginia Woolf published in 1931]
I am still thinking about what I saw, how magnificent Virginia Woolf was and how her influence is deep in me, and happily deep in our culture too. I have reviewed most of her novels on Bookword, by the way.
Congratulations to Laura Smith, who created the show for Tate St Ives, Pallant House Gallery, and the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.
Virginia Woolf: An exhibition inspired by her writings is at Pallant House Galleryuntil 16thSeptember 2018.
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In Pictures: From grass to grace the inspiring story of Ayanda 'Edmond Ngema' from Kings of Joburg
Edmond Ngema
Edmond Ngema is a definition of the phase from grace to grace. Many know him as a bearded man; Edmond Ngema is a South African actor who has been gracing our screens for over a decade.
Even though the actor comes from a poor background, he has created a name for himself in the competitive entertainment world. His beginnings were so humble, but he is now one of the prominent actors in Mzansi.
The talented actor is best known for killing his policeman role as Mlungisi Mathe in the SABC1 drama series Mfolozi Street. Ever since his debut on the drama series Mfolozi Street, he has been bagging roles after roles in the most-watched shows in South Africa.
2020 was a big year for him as he won a supporting lead role in the series Kings of Joburg. He played Ayanda, a member of the underworld organisation called Kings.
His supporting role as one of the gangster friends to Simon Masire surprised fans as they were used to watching him acting as a police officer.
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Well, enough of Edmond acting career; let's get to know how his life has changed over the years. Edmond was born and bred in Johannesburg, South Africa. He did not grow in a wealthy family; he had to work tirelessly to be today's celebrity.
The actor debuted in the entertainment industry as a boxer two decades ago. Edmond then gained interest in acting, and he auditioned for his first role at Isindingo as a police officer. After his first role, he never stepped back; instead, he perfected his acting skills, and he is now one of the actors we all love to hate.
The actor is a go-getter, and all he touches turns into gold. Besides her acting career, he is also a businessman. He is currently running a clothing line. He is the founder and CEO of the clothing line named Beard Notion. His life has changed as he has acquired a lot of fortune from his acting career and business.
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Seattle: TBM Bertha starts moving again!
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There have been at least seven newsstand robberies in Midtown since Jan. 15 between 34th and 57th streets, police say.
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Veronica Irwin , June 27th, 2017 10:50
We catch up with Deerhunter's Moses Archuleta ahead of the release of his debut solo album; plus full album stream
Drummer, occasional keyboardist, and co-founder of Deerhunter, Moses Archuleta has been teasing us with the thought of a full-length solo album since releasing an ambient three-track EP back in 2015 as part of Geographic North's cassette series.
His debut album, Lifetime Of Love strikes us as surprisingly atmospheric and shadowy in comparison to his crisp and generally uplifting indie-rock as part of Deerhunter, arriving as a collection of a decade of work made behind the scenes during Deerhunter's rise to fame.
The album is a product of three separate creative bursts, the first between Deerhunter's Cryptograms and Microcastle albums, the second around the collapse of Archuleta's marriage from 2012 to 2015, and the third holed up in the Michelberger Hotel after an isolated stint in Berlin.
As the final member of Deerhunter to come out with a solo record, Archuleta opened up to us about finding a life outside of the band, calling a prostitute in Berlin, and of course, the long-term relationship that directly and indirectly inspired most of the album.
What made you want to start another project at the same time you were so busy with Deerhunter? And why did it take three separate periods over the course of ten years to put together?
Moses Archuletta: I never wanted to be a solo musician. I like being in a band. I like my role. I enjoy collaborating with others - it's very satisfying for me. Now, with all that stated, life doesn't always play along in a linear fashion, and that's what this is an example of. For starters, I was always more of the organisational, sonic, aesthetic type of contributor when it came to Deerhunter. Conversely, my weaknesses as a musician and collaborator are as a traditional songwriter. I was an avid, obsessive music listener, but never imagined myself as much of a musician. Deerhunter is still my first band. I learned to play drums in the band. Over time, we got older, individual romantic pursuits developed, and we began to spend more time apart in between constant touring activity and what not. This led to the songwriting process for the group becoming more about individual demoing than jamming. So, at some point, I decided to give it a shot with whatever musical skills I had. The whole idea was that it was good for the band. I had no intentions of stepping out on my own.
My attempts didn't really go well. I was unable to shape efforts into a specific direction. It was just random splatter and largely instrumental, often formless. Over the years I got a little more structured and evolved, but it started to become clear after about three albums and attempts at writing for them, that I was kind of on my own path that didn't completely gel with the group, so nothing was ever really used.
So yeah, there's a lot of story to get into about motivating factors over the years for creating the material, but in summation: attempts at Deerhunter songs, trying to polish discarded songs to figure out what my own individual creative instincts could be, going on tour with Ariel Pink in 2012, trying to find out what my life could be made of outside of Deerhunter and my relationship/subsequent marriage (those being the two things that were most time consuming), doing some music for Rodarte, Geographic North asking if I'd like to put out a cassette, Chrome Sparks' tour last year and, last but not least, my failed marriage and eventual divorce.
This album comes across to me as a lot more intimate and yearning than a lot of the Deerhunter stuff. Were there specific incidents in your life that prompted you to write for this separate project? And is there any inspirational overlap or broader theme between the different periods in which you wrote it?
MA: A lot of it has to do with love - which feels so, so tacky to say - even if it's just in my own head and ambient stuff. Once you go through any life crisis, such as a divorce, I think it's natural to re-evaluate everything. Your belief systems… your motivations… your direction... both the direction that led you to that very point and what direction you want to make for yourself from then on out. So, while taking stock of a lot of things, I looked back at a lot of music I had lying around and finally detected a clear narrative, both sonically and emotionally, that made sense of what was once a fractured tapestry of demos. It was only about three-quarters of the way finished once I cobbled it together, so I then spent 2015 and 2016 trying to find the way out, so to speak, by rounding out the material with the new directions I saw.
The inspirational overlap is simple. It's me. It is a solo album after all. So it's all pieces of me (as opposed to Jewel's 'Pieces Of You'), large and small, arranged just so and the finished product is an embodiment of that. I've just been following this weird thread when I can and it's gotten me here and I'm pleased to report that it feels worthwhile after so many moments of questioning and wondering where the meandering was leading. But, I'm a believer that everything moves forward and it all collects into whatever your current moment is and there's something beautiful about that, whether it's happy or sad moments in life.
For example, when I was trying to finish the album, I decided a good place to find inspiration was Berlin. I found myself estranged from my family, marriage exploded, and was feeling lost around the holidays. I had enough SkyMiles to fly somewhere and decided to go to Berlin. Instead of getting bogged down in a lot of those dark realities, I wanted to exercise the freedom I had that most of my friends don't. It was meant to be the perfect set-up to me writing and recording the last bits. Instead of being productive in all the ways I intended... I was floating and disorientated: jet lagged, up at all odd hours, wandering the city, watching TV and movies, reading in the lobby of the Michelberger Hotel, unmotivated every time I opened up my suitcase of music equipment, self-loathing. So, sometimes I like to push my own limits in ways that surprise myself. This time it came in the form of calling a prostitute, which was a completely alien experience. I don't know what I imagined would happen and I got really worked up about my decision and then, the moment she arrived, I had a full blown panic attack, just gave her her money, feebly apologised and explained to her that everything was fine and it was me and she shrugged and left. I lay on the floor afterwards, room spinning, and just beat myself up all night over the whole thing. Just overwhelmed with a strange mixture of despondence and freedom. The entire trip was a study in those contrasts.
Fast-forward a few days later and I'm heading back home... I continued to beat myself up over how I didn't accomplish anything of note, wasted time and energy and money and that I was a total failure. Next thing I know, plagued by jet lag, I finished the album in a flurry of activity over three days. So, the trip was inspiring and did lead to something, just not in the way I had expected at all.
What inspired the name 'Moon Diagrams'?
MA: A combination of it being phonetically pleasing and the moon being a fascinating astral force. It's like the barely visible hand constantly affecting the planet's rhythms. There's a metaphor for the subconscious and its different permutations somewhere in there, I'm sure.
What are your goals for Moon Diagrams? Can we look forward to a solo tour? And will there be future albums or is this a one-time deal?
MA: My goal was for it to come out on double 12" 45rpm. So, now that that's happening I can hang it up now.
Kidding, of course. No real goals I can articulate, because this music has been in my head and largely only existed in my world and then among a few friends and label folks. I think once I experience other people hearing it and some kind of psychic dialectic is established between myself and listeners it'll be cathartic and affect how I feel about what's next. I'm just putting myself out into the universe and I'll have to wait and see what comes back in due time.
I have a sprinkling of solo dates planned for the States in July. Some shows with Algiers, Shigeto, Hiro Kone, Atlas Sound, so I'm excited and terrified to be doing that. I have vague ideas for another album or two, but I'm taking things one step at a time and seeing what comes up. I'm like a half meticulous planner and half improviser. I like to be well informed and appreciate when a good plan comes together, but I equally love identifying side paths to take when the moment is right, so we'll just have to wait and see.
Lifetime of Love will be released on June 30 via Sonic Cathedral and Geographic North. You can pre-order the album here or here
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Q: How do I attach a configmap to a deployment in Kubernetes? Based on the instructions found here (https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/access-application-cluster/connecting-frontend-backend/) I am trying to create an nginx deployment and configure it using a config-map. I can successfully access nginx using curl (yea!) but the configmap does not appear to be "sticking."  The only thing it is supposed to do right now is forward the traffic along. I have seen the thread here (How do I load a configMap in to an environment variable?). although I am using the same format, their answer was not relevant.
Can anyone tell me how to properly configure the configmaps?  the yaml is
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: nginx
  namespace: sandbox
spec:
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      run: nginx
      app: dsp
      tier: frontend
  replicas: 2
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        run: nginx
        app: dsp
        tier: frontend
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: nginx
        image: nginx
        env:
        # Define the environment variable
        - name: nginx-conf
          valueFrom:
            configMapKeyRef:
              # The ConfigMap containing the value you want to assign to SPECIAL_LEVEL_KEY
              name: nginx-conf
              # Specify the key associated with the value
              key: nginx.conf
        resources:
          limits:
            memory: "128Mi"
            cpu: "500m"
        ports:
containerPort: 80

the nginx-conf is
 # The identifier Backend is internal to nginx, and used to name this specific upstream
upstream Backend {
    # hello is the internal DNS name used by the backend Service inside Kubernetes
    server dsp;
}

server {
    listen 80;

    location / {
        # The following statement will proxy traffic to the upstream named Backend
        proxy_pass http://Backend;
    }
}

I turn it into a configmap using the following line
kubectl create configmap -n sandbox nginx-conf --from-file=apps/nginx.conf

A: You need to mount the configMap rather than use it as an environment variable, as the setting is not a key-value format.
Your Deployment yaml should be like below:
containers:
- name: nginx
  image: nginx
  volumeMounts:
  - mountPath: /etc/nginx
    name: nginx-conf
volumes:
- name: nginx-conf
  configMap:
    name: nginx-conf
    items:
      - key: nginx.conf
        path: nginx.conf

You need to create (apply) the configMap beforehand. You can create it from file:
kubectl create configmap nginx-conf --from-file=nginx.conf

or you can directly describe configMap manifest:
apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
  name: nginx-conf
data:
  nginx.conf: |
    # The identifier Backend is internal to nginx, and used to name this specific upstream
    upstream Backend {
        # hello is the internal DNS name used by the backend Service inside Kubernetes
        server dsp;
    }
    ...
}


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We grow as time goes by
Le Masque is a new psych-pop project coming from London. Give "Time Goes By" a listen and you'll realize that this is something memorable. The distorted harp throughout is gold, and lightens the heavy showgaze haze that hangs over the vocals and sparing bassline. This music is for when things work out even if they are going sour, and for nostalgia without vitriol. Time heals all wounds, even the wounds that time itself has inflicted.
"Time Goes By" is from Le Masque's Spiral EP, which you can find on Bandcamp. Find more information on Le Masque on his Facebook and Twitter.
Tags: indie rock, Psychedelic
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Author Zoë Elaine
Paul Orwell tells all in video for single, "Tell Me Tell Me"
Psychedelic rock is a very enduring genre. Though it has changed over the years, the feeling it evokes remains intact. Today, we have artists such as Tame Impala and Unknown Mortal Orchestra, but I still have a soft spot for sixties rock-pop, the first incarnation of psych rock. The Beatles are important to anyone's musical self-discovery, and some current bands can capture that old school sound very well. I think Paul Orwell is one of them.
In his newest single, "Tell Me Tell Me," Orwell and his band The Night Falls make a Britpop song straight from 1963. The echoing in the vocals and twangs in the guitar strums make this modern song feel as if it were written decades earlier. Not to mention that Orwell plays the part; he's aloof, and I think if I met him in person he'd just shake his head and mumble some Britishisms. In the video for "Tell Me, Tell Me" he and his band go to a barber shop, seemingly to only annoy the hairdressers. Orwell is too cool for school, and refuses to stop moving around for the haircut, but he doesn't care how it will turn out. He is similarly indifferent in his video for "Little Reason," Orwell's earlier single.
My favorite thing about this London native is his full head of hair. I watched "Tell Me Tell Me" expecting his hair to be a little shorter than it was at the beginning, but he ends up with the same mess of hair that he's always had. And that's when I realized, his hair is the joke. He has the same mop in "Little Reason" and even has illustrations that accentuate his overly full head of hair. I think that his wit and songwriting skills will propel him into contemporary popularity, even though he sounds like a contemporary of the Kinks.
For more information on Paul Orwell, visit his Facebook.
Tags: Little Reason, Paul Orwell, psych rock, Psychedelic, Tell Me Tell Me, The Beatles, The Kinks, The Night Falls
Categories Artist Profiles, New Band Palace
The High Wire and the Last Night on Earth
In advance of its third release, The High Wire is previewing "LNOE," a warm, string-laden piece that packs a punch. The song will officially be released on July 29.
Originally the outlet of singer/songwriter Tim Crompton, The High Wire expanded to include West coast Canadian Alexia Hagen and UK native Ross Forrest. Citing Motown and the Gorillaz as influences, the band creates a melting pot of pop-sensitive pieces that utilize modern psychedelia and folk influences.
The band's music has been described as everything from "Delirious shoegaze" (Artrocker) to "a narcoleptic wonderland" (NME), but "LNOE," represents a different approach.
The rhythm is almost exclusively driven by an orchestra of strings, and this creates an ethereal sound that bounces off the listener. The persistent chorus is one part Coldplay, one part MGMT – an eclectic blend that utilizes hard-hitting British pop/rock and American psychedelia. While the harmony is strong and the song is certainly potent, the melody lulls the listener, almost inebriating them with the rich sound. Excellent release. We are looking forward to hearing the rest of the album.
Check out more of The High Wire on the band's Website, Facebook or Twitter
Tags: Artrocker, Coldplay, Folk, MGMT, Music, NME, Psychedelic, The High Wire
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Author Matthew Coleman
DAMEDAS Is All You Need Today
With the eccentric musical flair of Grizzly Bear and a penchant for 60s pop psychedelia, DAMEDAS is about ready to take the Los Angeles scene by storm. Founded in 2007 by musician Felipe Damedas, DAMEDAS has just recently expanded to include a full group of musicians…and words. The transformation from instrumental to lyric-laden psych/pop was not a difficult for the foursome.
What is perhaps most striking about DAMEDAS is its clear appreciation for the roots of rock n' roll. The art (above) is reminiscent of the Beatles, and, class-style portraits aside, the music bears a neat resemblance to Beatles-style psychedelia – infectiously effervescent, heavily melodic, and elusively organized. Let me explain:
"All I Need is All I Have" is a tight single by DAMEDAS. The music is crowded with drenched harmonies, twangy guitar, and spondaic percussion. The instrumentation combines a wall of sound approach with portions of sincere quiet. Although I already made this comparison, I can best describe the music as a mix between old and new psych/pop. While the synth fits in with newer Indie Psych/Pop, the sing-song swooning melody is much like late 60s psych/pop. Excellent track!
You can download the single for free at DAMEDAS' Bandcamp. Check out more about the band: Website, Twitter and Facebook
Tags: DAMEDAS, Grizzly Bear, Los Angeles, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Rock, Synthesizer
The 60s Psychedelic Experiment – Pop Psych – Strawberry Alarm Clock
Something about Tuesdays has started smelling a lot more psychedelic, and in the nasal orifice of a certain psychedelic band from Los Angeles, psychedelia smells like strawberries. We continue our psychedelic exploration of the 1960s with the genre of psychedelic pop music and one of the bands that mastered this potential corny genre was Strawberry Alarm Clock, who rode the line of bubblegum and psychedelic music like a professional.
So, I guess the first question we have to ask is what exactly is psychedelic pop music and why is music that can be considered "watered down" relevant on our psychedelic trip? The answer to this question is simple. Psychedelic pop, at its finest, is not hackneyed, but rather creative and infectious. Yes, I understand that because the music had to fit under the description of "pop" it usually needed close-knit harmonies and catchy rhythms, but, while it was "mainstream" at the time, these necessities did not take a way from the music's worth. While the music succumbed to rigid specifications, it was still allowed to venture forth into the world of guitar distortion and zany instruments. Take a listen to this.
In the first 20 seconds the genre is practically described. "Incense and Peppermints" by Strawberry Alarm Clock was released in 1967 and it hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. The keyboard mixes beautifully with the reverbed, distorted guitar. The background vocals provide a haunting beginning to the tune. The song's high-pitched keyboard provides an unmistakable psychedelic presence to the song that is a shining example of why the song is psychedelic.
Can you get the song out of your head? No. I didn't think so. It fits the pop convention perfectly and this is why it was so popular. I consider this an instrumental work of psychedelic music and I disagree with those who believe that pop's conforming to the psychedelic phenomenon was a bad thing. It allowed pop bands to create psychedelic pieces (a la Beach Boys) and psychedelic bands to market themselves with pop classics like "Incense and Peppermints."
Tags: Music, Psychedelic, Psychedelic music, Psychedelic pop, Strawberry Alarm Clock
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Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1907)
Midwife and Laudanum.
In Pakenham, Mrs. Stone, 22 years of age, who was married 10 months ago, was attended during her confinement by Mrs. Thompson, the wife of a bootmaker. She is reported to be an experienced
Sat 21 Feb 1885 - Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1907)
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î- MELBOURNE, Monday.
) "ïn Pakenham, Mrs. Stone, 22 years of age, who
//was married 10 months ago, was attended during
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îbootmaker. She is reported to ho an experienced
. nurse. On Friday night, Mrs. Thompson is
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- 'drops, of laudanum to the patient, who died two
¡minutes previously to a doctor having arrived.
IFhe nurse has boen arrested, and has been taken
ito the Berwick lock-up pending an inquest.
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.
>i At the inquest which was held on the body of
Mrs. Stone, in Pakenham, the jury found that
; Mrs. Thompson, the midwife, had not adminis
tered opium. to excess (medicinally); but had
shown : gross carelessness and ignorance. The
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A Super Bowl Ad for Beer Wants to Save the Planet. We'll Drink to That.
"DO GOOD. DO WELL." Nearly 25 years ago, our agency coined that expression in a series of transit ads promoting the ethos of a local college. It's been gratifying to see the phrase adopted by just about every CSR article you read nowadays. Just as fulfilling is the fact that Budweiser's latest Super Bowl ad brags that it brews its beer with wind power. If it's beer that gets pop culture on the side of solving global warming, we'll drink to that.
After more than 25 years of promoting Nature Conservancies, Science Museums and Research Universities, we're still at it. These days, we're proud to be of service to firms such as Cranemere whose mission is to finance companies that do well by doing good.


Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has issued an expression of interest (EOI) for the development of 10GW of floating solar across India.
The plan is for this capacity to be set up in a phased manner over the next three years on a build, own and operate basis. Separately, SECI has also issued an EOI for 20GW of local manufacturing capacity.
Vinay Rustagi, managing director of Bridge to India, told PV Tech: "The EOIs are basically just a way of the government initiating a market consultation exercise. Both the ideas - floating solar of 10,000MW and integrated solar manufacturing capacity of 20,000MW - are pretty radical in our view. The timelines and the capacities indicated are also highly unrealistic. While the idea of seeking market feedback is commendable, unfortunately, we do not see how any of these ideas solves any of the major challenges facing the sector right now."
Floating solar plant developers selected through the planned tender will be given "assured off-take of solar power generated from the projects through long term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA)," said the EOI. Power will be procured by SECI or authorised agencies and offered to various utilities.
SECI noted that India faces physical and legal hurdles regarding land acquisition when setting up ground-mount solar projects, so it intends to use the large availability of water areas on major reservoirs for floating PV to bypass this land issue. Several pilots have already been installed, including the largest so far in the country – a 500kW floating project in Kerala.
Under the EOI, SECI will gather information on the feasibility of such floating projects and prospective developers to help its forming of the call for bids for various capacities. SECI will also collaborate with state agencies to identify suitable sites across various water bodies and reservoirs.
Along with constructing and commissioning the projects in a specified timeframe, selected developers will also be required to obtain and maintain all consents, clearances, permits and approvals for the entire term of the PPA. However, SECI will attempt to help facilitate this activity as much as possible.
The deadline for EOIs is 5 January 2018.
An Adtech engineer on the 500kW floating project in Kerala told PV Tech in October that India has multi-gigawatts of floating solar potential across the ponds of its thermal power stations.
Article updated to include Bridge to India comment.