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var game = null;

module Example {

	document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () {
		game = new Game();
	}, false);

	export var meshManager = new MeshManager();

	export class Game {
		private static _cameraModes = {
			FLY         : 0,
			FOLLOW      : 1,
			FOLLOW_CLOSE: 2
		};

		private _engine : WebGLEngine.Engine;
		private _meshes;
		private _camera : WebGLEngine.Types.Camera;

		private _timers;
		private _canvas : HTMLCanvasElement;

		private _mouseHandler : EventListener;
		private _animation : WebGLEngine.Types.Animation;
		private _animation2 : WebGLEngine.Types.Animation;

		private _cameraMode : number;

		constructor() {
			WebGLEngine.Console.create(16, 16, 600, 800, 30);

			this._engine = new WebGLEngine.Engine(
				Config.webGL.shaders.fragment,
				Config.webGL.shaders.vertex
			);
			this._engine.createDebugger();

			this._engine.Controller.subscribe(new WebGLEngine.Utils.Callback(this._controllerHandler, this));

			this._camera = this._engine.getCamera();
			this._cameraMode = Game._cameraModes.FLY;

			this._timers = {
				key_a    : false,
				key_d    : false,
				key_w    : false,
				key_s    : false,
				key_up   : false,
				key_down : false,
				key_left : false,
				key_right: false
			};

			this._meshes = {
				street: this._engine.createMeshFromFile('./resources/environment/street_deoptimized.obj'),
				//street: this._engine.createMeshFromFile('./resources/paris/Paris2010_0.obj', {textureRepeat: WebGLEngine.Types.Material.RepeatTypes.REPEAT}),
				//castle: this._engine.createMeshFromFile('./resources/castle/castle01.obj', {textureRepeat: WebGLEngine.Types.Material.RepeatTypes.REPEAT}),
				sky   : this._engine.createMeshFromFile('./resources/world/cubemap.obj'),
				//plane : this._engine.createMeshFromFile('./resources/F14A/F-14A_Tomcat.obj', {textureRepeat: WebGLEngine.Types.Material.RepeatTypes.REPEAT}),
				//wheel : this._engine.createMeshFromFile('./resources/wheel/disk_g.obj', {textureRepeat: WebGLEngine.Types.Material.RepeatTypes.REPEAT}),
				//bus: this._engine.createMeshFromFile('./resources/bus/bus.obj'),
				//car   : this._engine.createMeshFromFile('./resources/crown/crown_victoria.obj'),
				bmw   : this._engine.createMeshFromFile('./resources/BMW_M3/BMW_M3_GTR.obj'),
				//cube  : this._engine.createMeshFromFile('./resources/cube/cube_opt.obj'),
				//house: this._engine.createMeshFromFile('./resources/house/OBJ/Farmhouse_OBJ.obj'),
				//sphere: this._engine.createMeshFromFile('./resources/sphere/sphere.obj')
			};

			this._meshes.bmw2 = this._meshes.bmw.transformationClone();

			//setTimeout(function () {
			//meshManager.add('simpleCarWheel', this._meshes['wheel']);
			//this._meshes.car = new Vehicle(Cars.SimpleVehicle);
			//}, 5000);

			this._canvas = <HTMLCanvasElement>WebGLEngine.Engine.getCanvas();
			this._mouseHandler = WebGLEngine.Utils.bind(this._updateCameraRotation, this);

			this._configure();
			this._addListeners();
			this._createLights();

			//this._createAnimation();
			//this._startAnimation();

			if (this._engine) {
				this._engine.Render.subscribe(new WebGLEngine.Utils.Callback(this._mainProc, this));
				//this._engine.Render.setFPS(Config.engine.FPS);
			}
		}

		private _configure() : void {
			this._meshes.sky.scale.set(10000, 10000, 10000);

			//this._meshes.cube.scale.set(20, 20, 20);
			//this._meshes.cube.position.set(0, 20, 0);

			//this._meshes.bus.scale.set(20, 20, 20);

			//this._meshes.castle.scale.set(0.01, 0.01, 0.01);

			//this._meshes.bmw.scale.set(15, 15, 15);
			this._meshes.bmw.scale.set(0.002, 0.002, 0.002);
			this._meshes.bmw2.scale.set(0.002, 0.002, 0.002);

			this._meshes.bmw.position.set(0, 0, 0);
			this._meshes.bmw2.position.set(30, 0, 0);

			//this._meshes.wheel.scale.set(10, 10, 10);
			//this._meshes.car.position.set(0, 1, 0);

			this._camera.position.set(59, 19, 48);
			this._camera.rotation.set(-0.26, 0.78, 0);

			this._meshes.street.scale.set(5, 5, 5);
			this._meshes.street.position.set(0, -2, 0);

			//this._meshes.street.scale.set(1, 1, 1);

			//this._meshes.plane.scale.set(0.3, 0.3, 0.3);
			//this._meshes.plane.position.set(70, -10, 0);
		}

		private _addListeners() : void {
			this._canvas.addEventListener('mousedown', WebGLEngine.Utils.bind(this._lockCursor, this), false);
			document.addEventListener('keydown', WebGLEngine.Utils.bind(this._keyDown, this), false);
			document.addEventListener('keyup', WebGLEngine.Utils.bind(this._keyUp, this), false);
			if ("onpointerlockchange" in document) {
				document.addEventListener('pointerlockchange', WebGLEngine.Utils.bind(this._releaseCursor, this), false);
			} else if ("onmozpointerlockchange" in document) {
				document.addEventListener('mozpointerlockchange', WebGLEngine.Utils.bind(this._releaseCursor, this), false);
			} else if ("onwebkitpointerlockchange" in document) {
				document.addEventListener('webkitpointerlockchange', WebGLEngine.Utils.bind(this._releaseCursor, this), false);
			}
		}

		private _createLights() {
			this._engine.addLight(new WebGLEngine.Types.Light(
				WebGLEngine.Types.Light.Types.DIRECTIONAL,
				new WebGLEngine.Types.Vector3(1,1,1),
				new WebGLEngine.Types.Vector3(1, 0.5, 0.25)
			));
		}

		private _mainProc(deltaTime : number) : void {
			var engine = this._engine;

			this._keysHandler();
			this._updateCameraPosition(deltaTime);
			engine.beginDraw();
			engine.turnOffLight();
			engine.draw(this._meshes.sky);
			//engine.draw(this._meshes.bus);
			//engine.draw(this._meshes.house);
			//engine.draw(this._meshes.cube);
			//this._meshes.car.draw(this._engine);
			engine.turnOnLight();
			engine.draw(this._meshes.street);
			if (this._camera.position.getDistanceTo(this._meshes.bmw.position) > this._camera.position.getDistanceTo(this._meshes.bmw2.position)) {
				engine.draw(this._meshes.bmw);
				engine.draw(this._meshes.bmw2);
			}
			else {
				engine.draw(this._meshes.bmw2);
				engine.draw(this._meshes.bmw);
			}
			//engine.draw(this._meshes.plane);
			//engine.draw(this._meshes.car);
			//engine.draw(this._meshes.castle);
			//engine.draw(this._meshes.sphere);
			//engine.draw(this._meshes.wheel);

			this._meshes.bmw.rotation.add(0, deltaTime / 1000 * 1.5, 0);
			//this._meshes.bmw.position.add(0, 0, -deltaTime / 1000 * 10);
			this._meshes.bmw2.rotation.add(0, deltaTime / 1000 * 1, 0);
		}www

		private _lockCursor() : void {
			document.addEventListener('mousemove', this._mouseHandler, false);
			var canvas = <any>this._canvas;
			canvas.requestPointerLock = canvas.requestPointerLock ||
				canvas.mozRequestPointerLock ||
				canvas.webkitRequestPointerLock;
			canvas.requestPointerLock();
		}

		private _releaseCursor() : void {
			var doc = <any>document;
			if (doc.pointerLockElement !== this._canvas &&
				doc.mozPointerLockElement !== this._canvas &&
				doc.webkitPointerLockElement !== this._canvas) {
				doc.removeEventListener('mousemove', this._mouseHandler, false);
			}
		}

		private _keysHandler() : void {
			if (this._timers.key_left) {
				this._meshes.car.turnLeft();
			}
			if (this._timers.key_right) {
				this._meshes.car.turnRight();
			}
		}

		private _updateCameraRotation(e) : void {
			var x = e.movementX || e.mozMovementX || e.webkitMovementX || 0,
				y = e.movementY || e.mozMovementY || e.webkitMovementY || 0,
				sensitivity = Config.camera.mouse.sensitivity;

			var vec31 = [0, -x / sensitivity, 0],
				vec32 = [-y / sensitivity, 0, 0];

			this._camera.rotation.add(vec31[0], vec31[1], vec31[2]);
			this._camera.rotation.add(vec32[0], vec32[1], vec32[2]);

			// look limitation
			//if (this._camera.rotation.x > Math.PI / 2) {
			//	this._camera.rotation.x = Math.PI / 2;
			//}
			//if (this._camera.rotation.x < -Math.PI / 2) {
			//	this._camera.rotation.x = -Math.PI / 2;
			//}
			// prevent overflow
			//this._camera.rotation.y %= Math.PI * 2;
		}

		private _updateCameraPosition(deltaTime : number) : void {
			var speed,
				staticSpeed = 100,
				offset = [];

			speed = deltaTime / 1000 * staticSpeed;

			var direction = new WebGLEngine.Types.Vector3();

			if (this._timers.key_w) {
				direction.z = -1;
			}

			if (this._timers.key_s) {
				direction.z = 1;
			}

			if (this._timers.key_a) {
				direction.x = -1;
			}

			if (this._timers.key_d) {
				direction.x = 1;
			}

			WebGLEngine.Utils.GLMatrix.mat4.multiplyVec3(this._camera.rotationMatrix.matrixArray, direction.getArray(), offset);

			this._camera.position.add(offset[0] * speed, offset[1] * speed, offset[2] * speed);
		}

		private _createAnimation() : void {
			// test animation
			this._animation = new WebGLEngine.Types.Animation(
				WebGLEngine.Types.Animation.Types.WITH_CHANGES,

				new WebGLEngine.Types.Frame()
					.setPosition(new WebGLEngine.Types.Vector3(-16.85797848025723, 12.674998062742992, 135.3757210551033))
					.setRotation(new WebGLEngine.Types.Vector3(-Math.PI / 2 + -0.08250000000000035, -1.610796326794911, 0)),

				[
					new WebGLEngine.Types.Frame()
						.setPosition(new WebGLEngine.Types.Vector3(136.40451406685602, 5.415755109754397, 133.30897309960255))
						.setRotation(new WebGLEngine.Types.Vector3(-Math.PI / 2 + 0.04249999999999963, -1.5382963267949123, 0)),
					new WebGLEngine.Types.Frame()
						.setPosition(new WebGLEngine.Types.Vector3(166.92537377876405, 13.87551154649805, 135.66199169524546))
						.setRotation(new WebGLEngine.Types.Vector3(-Math.PI / 2 + 0.059999999999999554, -1.158296326794911, 0)),
					new WebGLEngine.Types.Frame()
						.setPosition(new WebGLEngine.Types.Vector3(176.56004296081076, 22.734961602354524, 125.54120391044728))
						.setRotation(new WebGLEngine.Types.Vector3(-Math.PI / 2 + 0.07249999999999955, -0.7057963267949127, 0)),
					new WebGLEngine.Types.Frame()
						.setPosition(new WebGLEngine.Types.Vector3(179.28899592498212, 24.84508806214609, 107.87830239480094))
						.setRotation(new WebGLEngine.Types.Vector3(-Math.PI / 2 + 0.039999999999999515, -0.07079632679491238, 0)),
					new WebGLEngine.Types.Frame()
						.setPosition(new WebGLEngine.Types.Vector3(182.96241814113472, 26.42981155369769, 54.02852808470881))
						.setRotation(new WebGLEngine.Types.Vector3(-Math.PI / 2 + 0.01999999999999952, -0.06329632679491237, 0)),
					new WebGLEngine.Types.Frame()
						.setPosition(new WebGLEngine.Types.Vector3(135.45437959461776, 16.6388461574058, -4.666124544685863))
						.setRotation(new WebGLEngine.Types.Vector3(-Math.PI / 2 + -0.1850000000000006, 1.3692036732050852, 0)),
					new WebGLEngine.Types.Frame()
						.setPosition(new WebGLEngine.Types.Vector3(79.6288098713936, 14.491545215427712, -7.243745352305449))
						.setRotation(new WebGLEngine.Types.Vector3(-Math.PI / 2 + -0.012500000000000497, 1.551703673205082, 0)),
					new WebGLEngine.Types.Frame()
						.setPosition(new WebGLEngine.Types.Vector3(18.47103498247786, 11.988485530725889, 4.17309100277266))
						.setRotation(new WebGLEngine.Types.Vector3(-Math.PI / 2 + -0.08250000000000052, 2.1142036732050804, 0)),
					new WebGLEngine.Types.Frame()
						.setPosition(new WebGLEngine.Types.Vector3(-11.839525845439713, 9.859977467817682, 37.74541925333037))
						.setRotation(new WebGLEngine.Types.Vector3(-Math.PI / 2 + -0.0200000000000005, 2.6217036732050745, 0)),
					new WebGLEngine.Types.Frame()
						.setPosition(new WebGLEngine.Types.Vector3(-19.272998573951327, 9.71999955068464, 97.612877613702))
						.setRotation(new WebGLEngine.Types.Vector3(-Math.PI / 2 + 0.004999999999999498, 3.3042036732050626, 0)),
					new WebGLEngine.Types.Frame()
						.setPosition(new WebGLEngine.Types.Vector3(-16.85797848025723, 12.674998062742992, 135.3757210551033))
						.setRotation(new WebGLEngine.Types.Vector3(-Math.PI / 2 + -0.08250000000000035, Math.PI + 1.610796326794911, 0))
				]
			);
			this._animation.setTimeByDistance(10000);

			this._animation2 = new WebGLEngine.Types.Animation(
				WebGLEngine.Types.Animation.Types.WITH_CHANGES,

				new WebGLEngine.Types.Frame()
					.setPosition(new WebGLEngine.Types.Vector3(0, 10.0001, 0))
					.setRotation(new WebGLEngine.Types.Vector3(0, 0, 0)),
				[
					new WebGLEngine.Types.Frame()
						.setPosition(new WebGLEngine.Types.Vector3(0, 10.0002, 0))
						.setRotation(new WebGLEngine.Types.Vector3(Math.PI * 2, Math.PI / 4, 0))
						.setTime(2000),
					new WebGLEngine.Types.Frame()
						.setPosition(new WebGLEngine.Types.Vector3(0, 10.0001, 0))
						.setRotation(new WebGLEngine.Types.Vector3(Math.PI * 4, 0, 0))
						.setTime(2000),
				]
			);
		}

		private _startAnimation() : void {
			this._animation.start(this._meshes.plane, new WebGLEngine.Utils.Callback(this._startAnimation, this));
		}

		private _startAnimation2() : void {
			this._animation2.start(this._meshes.wheel, new WebGLEngine.Utils.Callback(this._startAnimation2, this));
		}

		private _showTransformations() : void {
			console.log('--');
			console.log('' + this._camera.position.x + ', ' + this._camera.position.y + ', ' + this._camera.position.z);
			console.log('' + this._camera.rotation.x + ', ' + this._camera.rotation.y + ', ' + this._camera.rotation.z);
		}

		private _keyDown(e) : void {
			switch (e.keyCode) {
				case 65:
					this._timers.key_a = true;
					break;

				case 87:
					this._timers.key_w = true;
					break;

				case 68:
					this._timers.key_d = true;
					break;

				case 83:
					this._timers.key_s = true;
					break;

				case 38:
				case 29460:
					this._timers.key_up = true;
					break;

				case 40:
				case 29461:
					this._timers.key_down = true;
					break;

				case 37:
				case 4:
					this._timers.key_left = true;
					break;

				case 39:
				case 5:
					this._timers.key_right = true;
					break;

				// this.KEY_WHEELDOWN = 29469;
				// this.KEY_WHEELUP = 29468;
				// this.KEY_ENTER = 29443;
			}
		}

		private _keyUp(e) : void {
			switch (e.keyCode) {
				case 65:
					this._timers.key_a = false;
					break;

				case 87:
					this._timers.key_w = false;
					break;

				case 68:
					this._timers.key_d = false;
					break;

				case 83:
					this._timers.key_s = false;
					break;

				case 13:
					//this._startAnimation();
					break;

				case 32:
					this._showTransformations();
					break;

				case 67: // C
					this._changeCameraMode();
					break;

				case 38:
				case 29460:
					//this._startAnimation();
					break;

				case 40:
				case 29461:
					this._timers.key_down = false;
					break;

				case 37:
				case 4:
					this._timers.key_left = false;
					break;

				case 39:
				case 5:
					this._timers.key_right = false;
					break;
			}
		}

		private _changeCameraMode() : void {
			switch (this._cameraMode) {
				case Game._cameraModes.FLY:
					this._camera.follow(this._meshes.plane);
					this._cameraMode = Game._cameraModes.FOLLOW;
					break;

				case Game._cameraModes.FOLLOW:
					this._camera.follow(this._meshes.plane, 10);
					this._cameraMode = Game._cameraModes.FOLLOW_CLOSE;
					break;

				case Game._cameraModes.FOLLOW_CLOSE:
					this._camera.unfollow();
					this._cameraMode = Game._cameraModes.FLY;
					break;
			}
		}

		private _controllerHandler(event : string) : void {
			var events = WebGLEngine.Types.Controller.Events;

			switch (event) {
				case events.ALL_MESHES_LOADED:
					WebGLEngine.Console.log('So example is loaded', 'yellow');
					WebGLEngine.Console.log('Use "WASD" and mouse to fly', 'yellow');
					WebGLEngine.Console.log('To toggle camera modes use "C". Modes: FLY/FOLLOW/FOLLOW_CLOSE', 'yellow');
					break;
			}
		}
	}
}


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Years ago back at the old CrossFit Headquarters, ("CFHQ"), there came a point where my mentor and friend, Greg "Coach" Glassman, had to take a step back from actively coaching every day and focus his energy on building the company, nurturing the community and attaining his vision. Between the main site, the CrossFit Journal, the Affiliate Program, CrossFit Seminars and many other projects that all demanded heavily of Greg's time, energy and focus, there wasn't much time left for him to Coach, something for which he still loved. While this was the case, there was still one time a week that Greg would come in and Coach us. One day a week that all of us CFHQ trainers would meet and train together. All of us were there; Myself, Greg Amundson, Annie Sakamoto, Nicole Carrol, Tony Budding, Brendan Gilliam and Eva Twardokens, to name a few, as well as many of the "Firebreather" clients such as Dave "Mother F#%$*n" Leys, Matt Mast and Mike Weaver. We all knew the day. We all knew the time. Sunday mornings at 8:00 am. We never missed it. It was sacred. Not only was it a time for all of us CFHQ trainers and athletes to come together and train with each other, but it was an opportunity for us to still be Coached by our mentor and friend, the man who believed in us and helped forge us into the quality of Coaches we came to be. It was awesome. That time also allowed Glassman a weekly opportunity not only to try out new ideas with a great crop of athletes and trainers that he had personally mentored, but it gave him an opportunity to still do something he truly loved; Coach.
Not simply Coach, but Coach people he personally mentored and loved. His friends. People who all believed in him as a man and in his vision.
Even though it was only once a week, that training time was sacred and meant the world to us. To all of us. To be quite honest, I miss it dearly.
I've noticed through both personal experience and observation, many of the truly amazing benefits and experiences that you as clients all reap when training consistently together, we as Coaches sometimes miss out on if forced to train alone. The shared agony. The shared laughter. The selfless sacrificial drive to push hard for someone else, a teammate perhaps. The camaraderie. All are elements that accurately describe training together, and yet, it is so much more. There are many things we miss out on when training alone.
But I still really miss the "Sunday at 8:00 am" concept. A sacred time, even if only once a week, where all of us as Coaches come together and train with each other. I sincerely miss that. While there are many elements that I could state specifically, I'll just say that I really miss the camaraderie.
While it doesn't happen often, there have been times where, Patrick, Kami and I have actually been able to train together with some of our coaches, and each time it was fricken awesome. It just felt so good to have that again and be able to share that with them. It's something I haven't had since back at the old CFHQ.
I know as we continue forward with forging strong communities here at CrossFit Watsonville and CrossFit Almaden and the weeks unfold, we will solidify regular times each week to train together and train with you, and I can't tell you how excited I am about that. While there are many great and exciting things to look forward to in the future of CrossFit Watsonville and CrossFit Almaden, one of the things I sincerely look forward to is being able to train with my fellow Coaches on a regular basis. To once again have that sacred time.
If you are an Affiliate Owner reading this, I think it's something every strong CrossFit Affiliate should endeavor to do if they are able, even if only once a week. It doesn't have to just be limited to Coaches either. You can extend "invites" to those athletes who are truly dedicated and go above and beyond, always showing up early and staying late. It can be what you nurture it to be. It creates for a much stronger cohesion and bond between your fellow Coaches, owners and staff, regardless of what CrossFit Affiliate it be. Even if you are all on different "strength" programs or are working different "weaknesses", simply meeting at a synchronized day/time once a week to train together and hopefully hit the same wod together, well, it matters. It matters a lot. It is something sacred.
I can't fully express how significant that time was for all of us as Coaches back at the old CrossFit Headquarters. It was really something special.


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Dr Filippa Lentzos
Researching biological threats and how to guard against them
Trust & Transparency in Biodefence
Emerging Technologies, Governance & Responsible Innovation
Biopreparedness, Simulations & Field Exercises
Intelligence & Biological Threat Assessment
Book: Biological Threats in the 21st Century
Book: Synthetic Biology & Bioweapons
Columns, Blogs & Op-Eds
Reports & Policy Briefs
Talks & Keynotes
Workshops & Public Events
BWC NGO Coordinator
I regularly work with ministries of foreign affairs and other government partners, as well as international organisations and national institutes. Below is a list of some of the projects and outputs I have been involved in over the last few years.
Transparency visit: Georgia
2018 project with the German Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
I was invited as an independent expert alongside 20 state party representatives on a transparency visit to the Richard Lugar Center for Public Health Research (Lugar Center) of the National Center for Disease Control and Public Health (NCDC) in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photos
I authored an independent report of the visit, submitted by Georgia as a working paper to the BWC meeting in December 2018. I presented the report to BWC delegations at a side event to the BWC meeting hosted by Germany, alongside presentations by the Head of Lugar Center and the team leader of the visiting experts. The presentations were preceded by introductory remarks by the German, French and Georgian Ambassadors to the UN in Geneva. I also published an article in The Bulletin setting out the political context of the visit and detailing the Russian accusations against the facility. The article was recognised as one of "the most topical, relevant and insightful [Bulletin] columns of 2018", and went on to become the central focus a Washington Examiner article on Russia's more general efforts to sow discord and division in the West.
Revisiting BWC Verification
2018 project with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
I was commissioned by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to produce a series of policy briefs arguing for an incremental, inclusive, practical and forward-looking approach to verification. Working with Jez Littlewood and Jamie Revill, we developed a 'stepping stone' approach that moves away from the earlier dichotomous framing of verification as either a single legally binding model or an incremental adoption of procedures and mechanisms that enhance implementation of the BWC. Instead, the stepping stone approach builds on the historical realities of the BWC and proposals that have emerged since 2001 to strengthen the Convention.
Policy Brief 1 A stepping stone approach
Policy Brief 2 Changes in science and technology since VEREX
Policy Brief 3 Information-sharing
Policy Brief 4 Visits
Policy Brief 5 Consultations and clarifications
Policy Brief 6 Investigations
Policy Brief 7 Peaceful cooperation
The policy brief series was launched on 16 August 2018 at a side event to the first of the present intersessional cycle's meetings of experts on institutional strengthening of the Convention (MX5). Presentations of the briefs were given by the authors, and these were followed by an interactive discussion with the audience. The launch was introduced and chaired by Hana R. Cervenka, First Secretary at the Permanent Mission of Norway in Geneva.
Transparency visit: Germany
2016 project with the German Federal Ministries of Defence and of Foreign Affairs
I was invited as an independent expert alongside 20 state party representatives on a transparency visit to Germany's main military biodefence facility to evaluate its compliance with BWC obligations.
I described my observations of the two-day exercise in a Briefing Paper published by the EU Non-Proliferation Consortium in November 2016. Germany submitted a Working Paper with my reflections on the exercise to the Eighth Review Conference of the BWC, and I briefed state party delegations on the exercise during an 8 November 2016 BWC side event hosted by Germany.
3D BIO: Declare, Document & Demonstrate
2015 project with Chatham House and SIPRI
This was a conceptual project with Chatham House to envision a bottom-up, state-led approach to strengthening BWC compliance assessment. Our approach complements, reinforces and strengthens the permanent prohibition of biological weapons enshrined in the BWC through a process of Declaration, Documentation and Demonstration (3D-BIO). A briefing paper was published by the EU Non-Proliferation Consortium in April 2015 outlining the approach and a small workshop was convened in Geneva in August 2015 to discuss the project with select stakeholders and to map a plan to take the initiative forward.
Dual Use in Biology and Biomedicine
2015 project with the Nuffield Council on Bioethics
I was commissioned by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics to write a Background Paper on dual use in biology and biomedicine to inform the Council's discussions about possible future work on this topic.
Confidence & Compliance with the BWC
2014 project with the Foreign & Commonwealth Office
I was commissioned by the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office to lead a project to shape the way the CBM discussion was framed in the run up to the 2016 BWC Review Conference, and to provide an indication of where points of contention and agreement could be expected to lie.
The project carried out a series of informal consultations with Geneva-based missions. Key diplomats, national experts, staff from international organisations and academics were also brought together to discuss confidence and compliance with the BWC at a one-day workshop in advance of the week-long expert meeting of the 171 states party to the BWC. Co-organised with the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP), the meeting focused on three principal issues: (1) the extent to which the BWC is verifiable; (2) whether confidence building measures actually build confidence on the ground; (3) what a legally-binding mechanism might look like today.
A report from the workshop was launched on 1 December 2014 on the opening day of the week-long December meeting of the BWC. Dr Matt Rowland, the UK Ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament, gave some opening remarks, and Dr Gustav Lindstrom (GCSP) gave an overview of the workshop report. I chaired the event.
An Information Paper introducing the project and providing a summary of the workshop was submitted by the United Kingdom to the BWC Meeting of States Parties in December 2014.
One of the ways in which the CBMs build confidence and demonstrate compliance is their documentation of national oversight arrangements for dual use research of concern and of national biodefence R&D. The rapid pace of advances in the life sciences mean they must continually be evaluated and assessed to ensure appropriate oversight is in place. One area of life science research that has gained a great deal of attention recently is 'gain-of-function' research, which makes certain viruses more transmissible or deadly. Using gain-of-function research as an example, the launch of the workshop report also featured a seminar on gain-of-function and saw presentations from Prof Simon Wain-Hobson (Institut Pasteur) and Prof Marc Lipsitch (Harvard University). A podcast from the seminar is available. Tweets are at #BWCMX #BWCMSP14 #DURC2014
An article titled Preventing a man-made pandemic elaborating on gain-of-function, bioweapons and confidence was published in The Bulletin following the December seminar. An earlier article on the project The BWC: Compliance, Transparency & Confidence was published in Disarmament Times, the quarterly publication of the Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Committee on Disarmament, Peace & Security on the work happening in and around the United Nations, its Member States, and non-governmental organizations.
Hard to Prove: Monitoring BWC Compliance
2013 project with King's Policy Institute
Verification and compliance monitoring remain highly contentious for Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) states, and have been kept firmly off the negotiating table for over a decade. A small group of states tried to change this in 2012. In a Working Paper, Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand and Switzerland called for an initial conceptual discussion "to promote common understanding of what constitutes compliance with the BWC and effective action to enhance assurance of compliance." Responding to that call, this project, funded by the King's Policy Institute, aimed to support and shape the multilateral policy discussion on strengthening biological disarmament.
The project's main objective was to frame the way in which delegations and their capitals think of BWC verification and compliance monitoring, expanding the traditional and narrow "artefact-centric" approach to regulating unconventional weapons to one that views dual use life science technologies as a knowledge-based risk that must be managed, not a material- and equipment-based threat that can be eliminated.
The project produced a substantive policy brief – Hard to Prove: Compliance with the Biological Weapons Convention – for diplomats, experts and other BWC delegation members setting out a civil society perspective on what constitutes compliance with the BWC and how states can better demonstrate their compliance with the treaty.
The policy brief was launched at a side event on the opening day of the 2013 BWC meeting of experts in Geneva. The UK Ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament chaired the seminar. I introduced the policy brief, and my King's colleagues and co-investigators on the project, Dr Susan Martin and Professor Wyn Bowen, also gave presentations.
The policy brief and side event were referred back to a number of times by national delegations in their working session on national implementation and compliance later in the week.
For instance, Germany said: "A number of delegations shared their thoughts on various questions related to compliance in the BWC context, and we heard additional views during Monday's side event organised by King's College London. This event in our view highlighted in particular the need to take into account the diverse group of stakeholders and to also take into consideration approaches other than the traditional top-down approaches."
Switzerland said: "We welcome the engagement of civil society on this issue. Particularly, King's College's policy brief on compliance contains very valuable ideas and recommendations that should be taken forward."
Australia's presentation included a post-script about the side event that picked up on the policy brief's central idea of trimodal regulation. Australia's reference to the policy brief prompted an unprecedented NGO intervention by myself in the formal session of the meeting to elaborate further on the concept.
Utilizing CBM Data in Practice
I was commissioned by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to carry out a research project investigating how the Confidence Building Measures are utilized in practice by Biological Weapons Convention member states.
A Working Paper providing quantitative data on the number of states submitting and accessing CBMs, as well as qualitative data on how states actually use the CBMs once they access them, was submitted by Norway, Switzerland and New Zealand to the Seventh Review Conference of the BWC in December 2011. The Working Paper also outlined a series of recommendations on how States Parties can best utilize completed CBM returns.
Options and Proposals to Revise the BWC CBMs
2009-10 project with the Swiss, Norwegian and German Ministries of Foreign Affairs, and the Geneva Forum
A small number of interested governments and civil society actors got together on the sidelines of a Biological Weapons Convention meeting in 2008 to discuss strategies for how to usefully prepare for Seventh Review Conference of the treaty in 2011 and the comprehensive review expected of the CBM mechanism. Some of the key priorities identified were to develop a dialogue on how best to revise the current forms, to obtain as many perspectives as possible on this, and to prepare a set of recommendations. It was felt that this should be a multilateral endeavour and that it would be helpful to convene a meeting of experts outside of the intersessional process specifically for this purpose. That became the basis for a series of three workshops on options and proposals to revise the CBMs in 2009-10, jointly hosted by my team at the LSE, the Geneva Forum and Switzerland, Norway and Germany.
Drawing on representatives from governments, international organisations, civil society and academia, these workshops brought together a range of experts to address key questions on: (1) the objectives of the CBM mechanism and the extent to which these have been achieved in practice; (2) the CBMs in relation to other compliance assessment mechanisms; (3) the format and content of the existing CBM forms, and (4) the effectiveness of the CBM collation and submission process. Throughout these workshops, the aim was to find solutions with the potential to increase both the quantity and the quality of CBM submissions.
A report of the workshop series – Preparing for a Comprehensive Review of the CBM Mechanism at the Seventh BWC Review Conference – was commissioned by the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was authored by myself and R. Alexander Hamilton. The report was launched at a BWC side event on 25 August 2010 at the Palais des Nations with remarks from diplomats from the Norwegian, Swiss and German delegations and myself. We convened a further side event about the project on 6 December 2010, again with remarks from diplomats from the Norwegian, Swiss and German delegations and myself.
A Working Paper outlining a set of recommendations to update the current CBM reporting forms was submitted by Germany, Norway and Switzerland to the Seventh Review Conference of the BWC in December 2011.
This project was recognised by, amongst others, the Chilean Ambassador in his opening statement to the BWC Review Conference on 6 December 2011: "Contamos con valiosas propuestas sintetizadas en el compendio elaborado for Filippa Lentzos y Alexander Hamilton. El aporte de Alemania, Noruega y Suiza, después de dos años de un trabajo inclusivio, require nuestra atención."
Biodefence Programmes
2008 project with the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs
I was commissioned by the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs to lead a research project on the information exchange that builds confidence between BWC member states. The project developed fictitious Confidence Building Measures (CBM) returns for small, medium and large biodefence programmes drawn together on the basis of actual returns. These 'mock' CBMs were used as a neutral but concrete basis for moderated discussions in small groups of national experts. Three focus groups were conducted in all; two of these were with Western Group experts, the third was with NAM experts representing seven different States Parties. The groups each contained between 5-10 experts with a mix of background (arms control and non-proliferation, defence, health, security, life sciences).
A Working Paper introducing the project was submitted by Switzerland to the BWC Meeting of Experts in August 2008 and a Working Paper outlining the key findings of the project was submitted by Switzerland to the BWC Meeting of States Parties in December 2008. The project report – Preparing the Ground for the CBM Content Debate – was launched at a BWC side event on 2 December 2008 at the Palais des Nations with remarks by the Swiss disarmament Ambassador, the Head of the BWC Implementation Support Unit, and myself.
BWC CBM National Data Collection Processes
2007 project with the Swiss Federal Department of Defence
I was commissioned by the Swiss Federal Department of Defence to lead a research project on national CBM data collection processes in Biological Weapons Convention member states. The study sampled 10 countries that have consistently submitted returns since the CBM mechanism was agreed in 1986. The sample was selected on the basis of representation from Eastern Group, the Group of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and the Western Group.
A Working Paper outlining the key findings of the project was submitted by Switzerland to the BWC Meeting of States Parties in December 2007. The report National Data Collection Processes for CBM Submissions was launched at a BWC side event sponsored by the Geneva Forum on 12 December 2007 at the Palais des Nations with remarks by the Swiss disarmament Ambassador, the Head of the BWC Implementation Support Unit, and myself.

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Q: Выполнение php скрипта с планировщик задач на windows Как вызывать php скрипт на удаленном сервере каждый час в планировщике задач? Как в cron, нужно чтобы каждый час автоматически планировщик задач заходил на url, по которому находится php, выполняющий саму задачу.
Мне нужно чтобы каждый час планировщик задач запрашивал этот url. Возможно ли вообще это?

A: Тут есть необходимая информация https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/ru-RU/01ef940c-0d05-4fa3-8439-359ee216c9ef/-http-?forum=iisru

Если скрипт не интерактивный (не требует взаимодействия с
  пользователем), то задача сводится к простой загрузке содержимого с
  вэб сервера. Это можно сделать какой-нибудь утилитой или скриптом.
Например, wget http://mysite.ru/script.php
Или Powershell скрипт:
$client = new-object System.Net.WebClient $client.DownloadDada(
  "http://mysite.ru/script.php" )

A: Нашел следующее решение.
Сначала надо написать скрипт, который будет отправлять http запрос. Вот он весь ниже написан на jscript (реализация javascript от Microsoft).
var request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP.3.0");
var url = "http://localhost/cronScript.php";
request.open("GET", url);
request.send(null);
WScript.Sleep(500); // чтобы скрипт не завершился, прежде чем запрос уйдет в сеть
WScript.echo("Done!!!");

Последнюю строку можно, убрать - она просто выводит сообщение (надо просто убедиться, что он отрабатывает). Весь этот код сохраните в файл c расширением .js например cronScript.js.
Теперь надо создать задачу в планировщике Windows. Для этого нажмите Win+R -> Выполнить taskschd.msc (подробнее о работе с планировщиком)

*

*В расположенном справа меню Действия нажмите Создать задачу (или
Создать простую задачу).

*В окне "Создание задачи" введите название новой задачи и ее описание

*Переключитесь на вкладку "Триггеры", нажмите кнопку "Создать" и назначьте дату, время и частоту выполнения задачи.

*Теперь в разделе "Действия" создайте новый пункт "запуск программы" и укажите путь к нашему cronScript.js.

Это все. Теперь если по адресу localhost/cronScript.php (а именно сюда указывает наш скрипт) поместить следующий php код
<?php
    $handle = fopen("cronLog.txt", "a");
    $str = "Last timestamp: ".date("H:i:s")."\n";
    fwrite($handle, $str);
    fclose($handle);

То в файл cronLog.txt будет записываться метка через определенный интервал времени.

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The weather made for tricky conditions in this afternoon's WorldSBK Race 1 in Misano. After a delay due to the onset of heavy rain it was Pata Yamaha WorldSBK rider, Alex Lowes, who took a commanding lead when the race finally got underway, only for the race to be stopped after three laps as the storm intensified. Seven laps into the restarted race and Lowes was back at the front and pulling away from Jonathan Rea, until the 28-year-old Briton was caught out by standing water on the inside of turn 11 and crashed out of the race. As a result, it was Loris Baz who was the first Yamaha rider home in fourth place, in just his second appearance on the Ten Kate Yamaha Supported WorldSBK R1. The GRT Yamaha Supported WorldSBK pairing of Marco Melandri and Sandro Cortese had an eventful race, battling throughout for position and eventually finishing in sixth and seventh places respectively.
It was Cortese who made the early running today, as an impressive Superpole performance saw him qualify second, to secure only his second front row start aboard the GRT Yamaha R1. Lowes headed up the second row having qualified fourth, while Melandri and Baz were expecting a tough race after securing positions 13 and 16 on the grid.
Disruption due to rain meant that WorldSBK Race 1 finally got underway at the third attempt, with Jonathan Rea and Alex Lowes immediately pulling away at the head of the race. Lowes shadowed the reigning World Champion until the spray from Rea's bike made visibility an issue, at which point he made his move for the lead. Lowes had built up a lead of more than a second when he crashed out at turn 11 after aquaplaning on standing water.
In the meantime, Baz had managed to work his way through the field, passing the two GRT Yamaha riders who were battling for position in a six-rider group, and slotting into fifth place behind Leon Haslam and Alvaro Bautista. When Haslam crashed out the Frenchman pushed hard to catch Bautista for the final podium place but was unable to match the Spaniard's pace on a drying track and had to settle for fourth place at the line.
Melandri and Cortese got the better of the group in which they had been battling for the majority of the race, pulling away in the closing stages of the 18-lap race to secure sixth and seventh places at the chequered flag.
Pata Yamaha rider, Michael van der Mark, played no part in proceedings today, following a heavy crash in FP2 yesterday in which he sustained a concussion, a fractured Trapezium and Radius in his right arm and two fractured ribs on his right side. The Jerez race winner remained in Rimini Hospital overnight as a precautionary measure but has now been released. Van der Mark will undergo surgery on his fractured radius early next week, after which doctors will be able to better assess the time needed for recovery.
Pata Yamaha WorldSBK – DNF
"I felt good in the wet conditions this morning and the bike was working well. In the race I was waiting behind Jonathan because 18-laps is a long race in the wet and I didn't want to use up the soft compound rear tyre too early. There was a lot of water on track and at one point I was struggling to see through the spray thrown off Jonathan's bike, so I put in a pass and managed to pull a bit of a gap. I was feeling strong and hadn't had any slides at all, which is sometimes worse because it builds confidence. When I arrived into turn 11, I could see that there was a lot more water on the track than on the previous laps. I tried to brake a bit more before I went in but I just lost the rear as it aquaplaned and I was off. Sorry to the team and to Yamaha, a victory or at worst a podium was there, and it was shame to finish this way today."
GRT Yamaha Supported WorldSBK – P6
"It was a very, very difficult day, both in the dry and the wet. I never had the feeling with the bike that I was looking for, especially on maximum lean angle. During the race I made a mistake at the beginning when I tried to brake later to stay with the group, but the pace was simply not there today. Difficult conditions, a difficult race and a difficult situation. Tomorrow we will start the sprint race from the back because of the Jerez penalty, so I have nothing to lose. Top nine is the target, but I suspect it's not going to be easy."
"It was a very tough race, as the conditions were very difficult but. It was a completely new situation for us, as we've never raced this bike in the rain, so it was a pretty steep learning curve for both me and the team. This meant we weren't in a position to fight for the top positions, but the goal was to finish the race with as many points as possible, and this is what we did. Of course, I'm not completely happy with seventh after qualifying second on the grid, but I think we have a good day ahead of us tomorrow, with two races in which we can build on what was, overall, a fairly positive start today."
Loris Baz
Ten Kate Yamaha Supported WorldSBK – P4
"Four weeks ago, the team were still building the bike and everyone else had done 14 races, while we had completed not even one lap, so it feels good to finish fourth here today. I'm really happy with the result but also with the progress we've made with understanding the bike in the dry. I was angry with myself for crashing in Superpole this morning, but the race was cool. When Haslam crashed I pushed really hard to catch Bautista for the final podium place but, as the track started to dry, he was able to increase his pace and it wasn't possible to close him down. I'm really happy with the result and big thanks to all the guys in the team for their hard work."
#RiminiWorldSBK – Day 2: Wet Race 1 sees Rea victorious as Sykes and Bautista completes podium
The Aruba.it Racing – Ducati team takes home two good results in the pouring rain at the Misano World Circuit: a third place for Álvaro Bautista and a fifth place for Chaz Davies in Race 1.


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German Doctor Denied Permanent Residency in Australian State Because of Disabled Son
by Gopalan on October 31, 2008 at 4:09 PM
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The Immigration Department has turned down Dr Bernhard Moeller's application, because his 13-year-old son, Lukas, has Down Syndrome.
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"I don't think he's a burden."
Dr Moeller says the Department refused his application on the grounds that Lukas's disability would be a significant and ongoing cost to the Australian community.
"It's essentially saying we don't want you here to live here permanently because you have a disabled son and because you are a burden to the Australian community," he said.
"That's not nice however you put it. And it's nothing personal, I know that, I think it's a real shame to treat people like that."
Victorian Premier John Brumby has written a letter requesting a review of the doctor's treatment.
"It's gone off to the Federal Minister, I've asked for this review to be undertaken as a matter of urgency," he said.
Brumby says the Department has made a "stupid" decision.
"I think a serious error has occurred in the way in which this case has been assessed," he said
"We're very, very concerned about this and obviously, in my view, a serious error has been made by the federal authorities."
"This is a case we would want to see reversed and overturned at the earliest possible opportunity."
Australia's Federal Human Rights and Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Graeme Innis, says the Immigration Department's decision is disappointing.
"These decisions are made only taking the negatives into account," he said.
"In other words there is a cost assessed to support a young person with a disability.
"What's not taken into account is the major positive contributions those of us in Australia with disabilities have made to society."
Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon plans to take the matter up with Immigration Minister Chris Evans.
"We know how valuable and important it is to have doctors in our rural and regional community and I'm sure that that will also be taken into account," she said.
Immigration Department spokesman Peter Vardas says an objective process will decide whether Dr Moeller can continue to practice in Horsham.
Vardas says he understands the community's outrage, but a clear review process is in place.
"Certainly there's a lot of community support for Dr Moeller, as there has been in cases in years gone by," he said.
"At the end of the day it is an objective process. The Migration Review Tribunal, when it gets to them, will review the circumstances and they may uphold the Department's decision, they may overturn the Department's decision.
Horsham residents have started a petition supporting the doctor.
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[18:58] - National Secretariat of the Polisario Front holds the first session after the 16th Congress
[18:20] - Sahrawi government condemns Moroccan violations against the Sahrawi delegation that took part in the 16th Congress of POLISARIO
[22:21] - 16th Congress of Polisario Front was clear in its decisions and in setting priorities
[08:23] - 16th Congress of Polisario Front concludes its work by emphasizing continuation of liberation struggle
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Swedish Parliament calls his government to increase support to Saharawi people
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[18:58] : National Secretariat of the Polisario Front holds the first session after the 16th Congress
[18:20] : Sahrawi government condemns Moroccan violations against the Sahrawi delegation that took part in the 16th Congress of POLISARIO
[22:21] : 16th Congress of Polisario Front was clear in its decisions and in setting priorities
[08:23] : 16th Congress of Polisario Front concludes its work by emphasizing continuation of liberation struggle
[08:20] : Announcement of final election results for members of National Secretariat
[19:18] : President Brahim Ghali receives message of congratulations from President Abdelmadjid Tebboune
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How can I do this in Eclipse? Didn't see a Unit Test project in the New wizard dialog.

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This Tell It Again! Read-Aloud Anthology for The War of 1812 contains background information and resources that the teacher will need to implement Domain 5, including an alignment chart for the domain to the Common Core State Standards; an introduction to the domain including necessary background information for teachers, a list of domain components, a core vocabulary list for the domain, and planning aids and resources; 8 lessons including objectives, read-alouds, discussion questions, and extension activities; a Pausing Point; a domain review; a domain assessment; culminating activities; and teacher resources. By the end of this domain, students will be able to:
1. Explain that America fought Great Britain for independence;
2. Explain that the Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution;
3. Explain that Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from the French;
4. Explain that Great Britain became involved in a series of wars against France;
5. Explain that due to a shortage of sailors, Britain began to impress, or capture, American sailors;
6. Explain that some members of the U.S. government began to call for war;
7. Identify that the British controlled land in the northern Great Lakes region, the northwestern territories, and Canada;
8. Explain that James Madison was the president during the War of 1812;
9. Identify James Madison, a Founding Father, as the main author of the Constitution;
10. Identify Dolley Payne Todd as James Madison's wife;
11. Identify James Madison as the fourth president of the United States;
12. Explain that in 1812 the United States had a small army and a small navy;
13. Explain that President Madison persuaded farmers to become soldiers;
14. Explain the USS Constitution became known as "Old Ironsides" because British cannonballs could not damage it;
15. Explain how the President's House was a house especially built for the president and his family; today it is called the White House;
16. Explain that in 1814 the British attacked the capital, Washington, D.C.;
17. Explain that Dolley Madison had to escape from the President's House;
18. Explain that Dolley Madison saved important papers, letters, and a portrait of George Washington;
19. Explain that the British Army set fire to the President's House;
20. Describe how the British attacked the city of Baltimore and Fort McHenry;
21. Explain that the U.S. commander of Fort McHenry asked for a large flag to be made to fly over Fort McHenry;
22. Explain that the British failed to capture Baltimore or Fort McHenry;
23. Explain how Francis Scott Key watched the battle of Fort McHenry and wrote a poem that later became the national anthem;
24. Demonstrate familiarity with the song, "The Star-Spangled Banner";
25. Explain that General Andrew Jackson's army was made up of militiamen, soldiers, farmers, Native Americans, African Americans, and pirates;
26. Explain that the Battle of New Orleans actually took place two weeks after the War of 1812 was over;
27. Describe how the War of 1812 was considered a second war for independence;
28. Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song;
29. Ask and answer questions (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how), orally or in writing, requiring literal recall and understanding of the details and/or facts of a nonfiction/informational read-aloud;
30. Answer questions that require making interpretations, judgments, or giving opinions about what is heard in a nonfiction/informational read-aloud, including answering why questions that require recognizing cause/effect relationships;
31. Identify the main topic of a multi-paragraph nonfiction/informational read-aloud as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text;
32. Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a nonfiction/informational read-aloud;
33. Determine the meaning of unknown words and phrases in nonfiction/informational read-alouds and discussions;
34. Compare and contrast (orally or in writing) similarities and differences within a single nonfiction/informational read-aloud or between two or more nonfiction/informational read-alouds;
35. Listen to and demonstrate understanding of nonfiction/informational read-alouds of appropriate complexity for grades 2–4;
36. Plan and/or draft, and edit an opinion piece in which they introduce a topic, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words (e.g., because, and, also) to connect opinion and reasons, and provides a concluding statement or section;
37. Plan and/or draft, and edit an informative/explanatory text that presents information from a nonfiction/informational read-aloud that introduces a topic, uses facts and definitions to develop points, and provides a concluding statement or section;
38. Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., after listening to several read-alouds, produce a report on a single topic);
39. Make personal connections (orally or in writing) to events or experiences in a fiction or nonfiction/informational read-aloud and/or make connections among several read-alouds;
40. With assistance, categorize and organize facts and information within a given domain to answer questions;
41. Generate questions and gather information from multiple sources to answer questions;
42. Use agreed-upon rules for group discussion (e.g., look at and listen to the speaker, raise hand to speak, take turns, say "excuse me" or "please," etc.);
43. Carry on and participate in a conversation over at least six turns, staying on topic, linking their comments to the remarks of others, with either an adult or another child of the same age;
44. Ask questions to clarify information about the topic in a fiction or nonfiction/informational read-aloud;
45. Retell (orally or in writing) important facts and information from a fiction or nonfiction/informational read-aloud;
46. Ask questions to clarify directions, exercises, classroom routines, and/or what a speaker says about a topic to gather additional information, or deepen understanding of a topic or issue;
47. Recount a personal experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences;
48. Create audio recordings of stories or poems; add drawings or other visual displays to stories or recounts of experiences when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings;
49. Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification;
50. Use word parts to determine meanings of unknown words in fiction or nonfiction/informational read-alouds and discussions;
51. Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe foods that are spicy or juicy);
52. Provide synonyms and antonyms of selected core vocabulary words;
53. Determine the meaning of unknown and multiple meaning words and phrases in fiction or nonfiction/informational read-alouds and discussions;
54. Distinguish shades of meaning among closely related verbs (e.g., toss, throw, hurl) and closely related adjectives (e.g., thin, slender, skinny, scrawny);
55. Learn the meaning of common sayings and phrases;
56. Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including using adjectives and adverbs to describe (e.g., When other kids are happy that makes me happy);
57. Prior to listening to a read-aloud, identify orally what they know and have learned about a given topic;
58. Prior to listening to a read-aloud, orally predict what will happen based on images or text heard and then compare the actual outcome to the prediction;
59. Share writing with others; and
60. Rehearse and perform a read-aloud for an audience using eye contact, appropriate volume, and clear enunciation.
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Two major families of Mac operating systems were developed by Apple Inc.

In 1984, Apple debuted the operating system that is now known as the "Classic" Mac OS with its release of the original Macintosh System Software. The system, rebranded "Mac OS" in 1997, was pre-installed on every Macintosh until 2002 and offered on Macintosh clones for a short time in the 1990s. Noted for its ease of use, it was also criticized for its lack of modern technologies compared to its competitors.

The current Mac operating system is macOS, originally named "Mac OS X" until 2012 and then "OS X" until 2016. Developed between 1997 and 2001 after Apple's purchase of NeXT, Mac OS X brought an entirely new architecture based on NeXTSTEP, a Unix system, that eliminated many of the technical challenges that the classic Mac OS faced. The current macOS is pre-installed with every Mac and receives a major update annually. It is the basis of Apple's current system software for its other devices – iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and tvOS.

Prior to the introduction of Mac OS X, Apple experimented with several other concepts, releasing different products designed to bring the Macintosh interface or applications to Unix-like systems or vice versa, A/UX, MAE, and MkLinux. Apple's effort to expand upon and develop a replacement for its classic Mac OS in the 1990s led to a few cancelled projects, code named Star Trek, Taligent, and Copland.

Although they have different architectures, Mac operating systems share a common set of GUI principles, including a menu bar across the top of the screen; the Finder shell, featuring a desktop metaphor that represents files and applications using icons and relates concepts like directories and file deletion to real-world objects like folders and a trash can; and overlapping windows for multitasking.

Classic Mac OS

The "classic" Mac OS is the original Macintosh operating system that was introduced in 1984 alongside the first Macintosh and remained in primary use on Macs until the introduction of Mac OS X in 2001.

Apple released the original Macintosh on January 24, 1984; its early system software was partially based on the Lisa OS and the Xerox PARC Alto computer, which former Apple CEO Steve Jobs previewed. It was originally named "System Software", or simply "System"; Apple rebranded it as "Mac OS" in 1996 due in part to its Macintosh clone program that ended a year later.

Classic Mac OS is characterized by its monolithic design. Initial versions of the System Software run one application at a time. System 5 introduced cooperative multitasking. System 7 supports 32-bit memory addressing and virtual memory, allowing larger programs. Later updates to the System 7 enable the transition to the PowerPC architecture. The system was considered user-friendly, but its architectural limitations were critiqued, such as limited memory management, lack of protected memory and access controls, and susceptibility to conflicts among extensions.

Releases

Nine major versions of the classic Mac OS were released. The name "Classic" that now signifies the system as a whole is a reference to a compatibility layer that helped ease the transition to Mac OS X.
 Macintosh System Software – "System 1", released in 1984
 System Software 2, 3, and 4 – released between 1985 and 1987
 System Software 5 – released in 1987
 System Software 6 – released in 1988
 System 7 / Mac OS 7.6 – released in 1991
 Mac OS 8 – released in 1997
 Mac OS 9 – final major version, released in 1999

Mac OS X / OS X / macOS

macOS (originally named "Mac OS X" until 2012 and then "OS X" until 2016) is the current Mac operating system that officially succeeded the classic Mac OS in 2001.

Although the system was originally marketed as simply "version 10" of Mac OS, it has a history that is largely independent of the classic Mac OS. It is a Unix-based operating system built on NeXTSTEP and other technology developed at NeXT from the late 1980s until early 1997, when Apple purchased the company and its CEO Steve Jobs returned to Apple. Precursors to the original release of Mac OS X include OPENSTEP, Apple's Rhapsody project, and the Mac OS X Public Beta.

macOS makes use of the BSD codebase and the XNU kernel, and its core set of components is based upon Apple's open source Darwin operating system.

macOS is the basis for some of Apple's other operating systems, including iPhone OS/iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and tvOS.

Releases

Desktop
The first desktop version of the system was released on March 24, 2001, supporting the Aqua user interface. Since then, several more versions adding newer features and technologies have been released. Since 2011, new releases have been offered on an yearly basis.
 Mac OS X 10.0 – code named "Cheetah", released to end users on Saturday, March 24, 2001
 Mac OS X 10.1 – code named "Puma", released to end users on Tuesday, September 25, 2001
 Mac OS X Jaguar – version 10.2, released to end users on Friday, August 23, 2002
 Mac OS X Panther – version 10.3, released to end users on Friday, October 24, 2003
 Mac OS X Tiger – version 10.4, released to end users on Friday, April 29, 2005
 Mac OS X Leopard – version 10.5, released to end users on Friday, October 26, 2007
 Mac OS X Snow Leopard – version 10.6, publicly unveiled on Monday, June 8, 2009
 Mac OS X Lion – version 10.7, released to end users on Wednesday, July 20, 2011
 OS X Mountain Lion – version 10.8, released to end users on Wednesday, July 25, 2012
 OS X Mavericks – version 10.9, released to end users on Tuesday, October 22, 2013
 OS X Yosemite – version 10.10, released to end users on Thursday, October 16, 2014
 OS X El Capitan – version 10.11, released to end users on Wednesday, September 30, 2015
 macOS Sierra – version 10.12, released to end users on Tuesday, September 20, 2016
 macOS High Sierra – version 10.13, released to end users on Monday, September 25, 2017
 macOS Mojave – version 10.14, released to end users on Monday, September 24, 2018
 macOS Catalina – version 10.15, released to end users on Monday, October 7, 2019
 macOS Big Sur – version 11, released to end users on Thursday, November 12, 2020
 macOS Monterey – version 12, released to end users on Monday, October 25, 2021
 macOS Ventura – version 13, released to end users on Monday, October 24, 2022

Server
An early server computing version of the system was released in 1999 as a technology preview. It was followed by several more official server-based releases. Server functionality has instead been offered as an add-on for the desktop system since 2011.
 Mac OS X Server 1.0 – code named "Hera", released in 1999
 Mac OS X Server – later called "OS X Server" and "macOS Server", released between 2001 and 2022.

Other projects

Shipped

A/ROSE

The Apple Real-time Operating System Environment (A/ROSE) was a small embedded operating system which ran on the Macintosh Coprocessor Platform, an expansion card for the Macintosh. The idea was to offer a single "overdesigned" hardware platform on which third-party vendors could build practically any product, reducing the otherwise heavy workload of developing a NuBus-based expansion card. The first version of the system was ready for use in February 1988.

A/UX

In 1988, Apple released its first UNIX-based OS, A/UX, which was a UNIX operating system with the Mac OS look and feel. It was not very competitive for its time, due in part to the crowded UNIX market and Macintosh hardware lacking high-end design features present on workstation-class computers. A/UX had most of its success in sales to the U.S. government, where POSIX compliance was a requirement that Mac OS could not meet.

MAE

The Macintosh Application Environment (MAE) was a software package introduced by Apple in 1994 that allowed users of certain Unix-based computer workstations to run Apple Macintosh application software. MAE used the X Window System to emulate a Macintosh Finder-style graphical user interface. The last version, MAE 3.0, was compatible with System 7.5.3. MAE was available for Sun Microsystems SPARCstation and Hewlett-Packard systems. It was discontinued on May 14, 1998.

MkLinux

Announced at the 1996 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), MkLinux is an open source operating system that was started by the OSF Research Institute and Apple in February 1996 to port Linux to the PowerPC platform, and thus Macintosh computers. In mid 1998, the community-led MkLinux Developers Association took over development of the operating system. MkLinux is short for "Microkernel Linux," which refers to the project's adaptation of the Linux kernel to run as a server hosted atop the Mach microkernel. MkLinux is based on version 3.0 of Mach.

Cancelled projects

Star Trek

Star Trek (as in "to boldly go where no Mac has gone before") was a relatively unknown secret prototype beginning in 1992, whose goal was to create a version of the classic Mac OS that would run on Intel-compatible x86 personal computers. In partnership with Apple and with support from Intel, the project was instigated by Novell, which was looking to integrate its DR-DOS with the Mac OS GUI as a mutual response to the monopoly of Microsoft's Windows 3.0 and MS-DOS. A team consisting of four from Apple and four from Novell was able to get the Macintosh Finder and some basic applications such as QuickTime, running smoothly on the x86 architecture. The project was canceled a year later in early 1993, but some of the code was later reused when porting the Mac OS to PowerPC.

Taligent

Taligent (a portmanteau of "talent" and "intelligent") was the name of an object-oriented operating system and the company dedicated to producing it. Started as a project within Apple to provide a replacement for the classic Mac OS, it was later spun off into a joint venture with IBM as part of the AIM alliance, with the purpose of building a competing platform to Microsoft Cairo and NeXTSTEP. The development process never worked, and Taligent is often cited as an example of a project death march. Apple pulled out of the project in 1995 before the code had been delivered.

Copland

Copland was a project at Apple to create an updated version of the classic Mac OS. It was to have introduced protected memory, preemptive multitasking and a number of new underlying operating system features, yet still be compatible with existing Mac software. As originally planned, a follow-up release known as "Gershwin" would add multithreading and other advanced features. New features were added more rapidly than they could be completed, and the completion date slipped into the future with no sign of a release. In 1996, Apple decided to cancel the project outright and find a suitable third-party system to replace it. Copland development ended in August 1996, and in December 1996, Apple announced that it was buying NeXT for its NeXTSTEP operating system.

Timeline

Related systems

Before the arrival of the Macintosh in 1984, Apple's history of operating systems began with its Apple II series computers in 1977, which ran Apple DOS, ProDOS, and later GS/OS; the Apple III in 1980, which ran Apple SOS; and the Apple Lisa in 1983, which ran Lisa OS and later MacWorks XL, a Macintosh emulator. Apple also developed the Newton OS for its Newton personal digital assistant from 1993 to 1997.

In recent years, Apple has also launched several new operating systems based on the core of macOS, including iOS in 2007 for its iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch mobile devices and in 2017 for its HomePod smart speakers; watchOS in 2015 for the Apple Watch; tvOS in 2015 for the Apple TV set-top box.

See also
 Comparison of operating systems
 History of the graphical user interface
 Mac
 List of Mac software

References

External links

Apple Inc. software
History of software
Lists of operating systems
Macintosh operating systems development
Operating system families
Software version histories

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Q: ASP.NET - How to check if one or more field values have been changed I have a web form where I register a new employee. There're 3 parts in the form: Personal info, Address info, Special Status. But there's only one button for the whole form. When I submit the form all the information is updated to the database. So three Update statements are executed against the database. The methods are UpdatePersonalInfo, UpdateAddressInfo and UpdateSpStatus. Is there a way to check if there's been a change in any field in the certain part and run update method only if it's true. So something like this:
if (There's been any change to the personal data of the employee)
{
  UpdatePersonalInfo;
}
if (There's been any change to the address information of the employee)
{
  UpdateAddressInfo;
}

Sure I know, I can save all the previous values in a session object in PageLoad and then compare them one by one before running the method. But I thought maybe there's a magic way of doing this more easily.

A: Not sure that this is a better solution than any of the alternatives you already mentioned, but you could create a default handler to attach to the TextChanged, SelectedIndexChanged, etc events of your controls to keep track of which ones have changed.
List ChangedControls = new List(Of, String);
private void ChangedValue(object sender, System.EventArgs e) {
    WebControl cntrl = (WebControl) sender;
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Milan 2014: British designer Ross Lovegrove has created an aluminium stacking chair for Italian furniture brand Moroso.
The Diatom chair is made entirely from aluminium to make it suitable for both indoor and outdoor use, and can be stacked vertically without tipping forward.
"It is entirely computer generated, resulting in a universal geometry that is ergonomically neutral, lightweight and providing a vertical stack that is rarely achieved," said Lovegrove, who wanted to explore contemporary aluminium-pressing technology developed by the car industry with this project.
"My path in the designing of chairs is to embrace technologies that open up new possibilities and with this a commitment to exploring the moment where industrial investment can result in products that are aesthetically uplifting, long lasting and respectful of environmental issues yet economically accessible from a cultured design house to a wider audience," Lovegrove added.
Each chair is produced in five stages: the first involves drawing aluminium, a process that involves using tensile forces to shape the metal.
This is followed by a 3D laser-cutting stage, which defines the outer surface, and then another stage of drawing to create the inner parts including slots for the legs, all the raised elements and the outer edge. A fourth stage finishes off the seat and finishes the leg slots and the chair is then ready for its final assembly.
The idea for shape of the design was generated from "the beauty and logic of natural lightweight structures familiar to architects and marine biologists who study intelligent growth logic," said Lovegrove.
Its curved seat design is based on pieces of fossilised plankton that fascinated Lovegrove as a child, and the chair takes its name from one of these single celled organisms.


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Q: FileZilla Filename Ordering After connecting to my server via Filezilla, the Filenames displayed under the remote site (right side) are alphabetized in reverse order. Filenames for the local server (left side) are alphabetized normally. How can I reverse the order of the remote site file names so that they are displayed in ascending order?

A: On the left side, click on Filename  to sort out files using their name. You can sort files using File size, their type and ....


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I followed Dhoni's advice in previous match : Ishan Kishan
Despite scoring good runs in his last innings the batsman was unhappy that his team ended up on the losing side.
by Saunak Author
Published - Apr 21, 2017 5:34 pm | Updated - Apr 21, 2017 5:34 pm
Ishan Kishan. (Photo Source: BCCI)
Gujarat Lion's batsman Ishan Kishan had a good previous match against the Royal Challengers Bangalore where he scored a quick 39 of 16 deliveries but could not guide his team to victory. Gujarat fell 21 runs short of Royal Challengers' huge total of 213 as they could only manage 192 in their 20 overs.
The Gujarat team would like to change their fortunes and get back to winning ways in their next match against the Kolkata Knight Riders and Ishan Kishan promised a repeat of his performance against the RCB. He also stated that he tried to play his natural game in the tough run chase as advised by Mahendra Singh Dhoni when they were both playing for Jharkhand.
"Actually, while batting in the previous match, I had tried to follow Mahendra Singh Dhoni's philosophy. We had Mahi in Jharkhand dressing room this season for a long time during the domestic season. He always advised all of us to exhibit natural batting even during a crisis. I tried to follow that advice in my previous innings against RCB," Ishan was quoted as saying by One India.
But in spite of putting up a good show, Kishan looked extremely disappointed with the fact that his team ended up on the losing side.
How can I be happy? We could not win the match. That is the main thing for any cricketer in a team.
The young batsman looked absolutely confident ahead of the match against KKR though he admitted that it would be quite difficult to handle a strong KKR bowling line up.
"Yes, they have bowlers like Kuldeep Yadav, Sunil Narine. But from my perspective I can say, after having scored 39 runs (2×4, 4×6) off only 16 runs against RCB I have gained confidence. It will help me in tomorrow's match."
The Jharkhand batsman hailed English all-rounder Chris Woakes as the most dangerous bowler in the KKR side but once again aims at applying Dhoni's philosophy which had helped him get runs in the previous game.
"Narine and Yadav are extremely good bowlers. But I feel the most dangerous bowler in KKR is Chris Woakes. Still I will not look at who is bowling against me. I will go to the pitch and try to follow Mahi's philosophy again by executing my natural batting. But at the same time, I will be happy if my team can beat KKR who are in tremendous form in last couple of matches"
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The workshop on Electric Drives is an annual event held by the Department of Electric Drives at the National Research University «Moscow Power Engineering Institute».
Over the past 26 years it has become one of the major events in the field of electric drive technology and attracts scientists and researchers from all over Russia and abroad to share their research experience.
From 2018 year onward, and in order to further expand international scientific cooperation, the workshop is conducted in the English language and supported by the broadened international scientific committee including technical support from the IEEE (Russia Section IE/PE/PEL/IA Joint Chapter).
Since 2019 the event is technically supported by IEEE Industrial Electronic Society. IES distinguished lecturer Prof. J Holtz will contribute with a keynote speech and a tutorial.
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UNC Charlotte students rally for transit plan
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — University of North Carolina Charlotte students asked Orange County Commissioners to pass a transit plan that would provide them with better access to more of the area, dailytarheel.com reported.
The plan would include increased bus services, improvements for existing bus stops, a rail station, and light rail plans between the university and Durham. It would be partially funded by a half-cent sales tax. A Triangle Transit official told dailytarheel.com the plan would use $6 million in the first five years for bus capital, such as bus shelters and bike racks and that the proposed plan would add 34,650 hours to existing bus schedules. For the full story, click here.
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