A powerful, darkly glittering novel of violence, love, faith, and loss, as a young woman at an elite American university is drawn into acts of domestic terrorism by a cult tied to North Korea.
The Incendiaries is a fractured love story and a brilliant examination of the minds of extremist terrorists, and of what can happen to people who lose what they love most. who lose what they love most.
Oh, I'd noticed occasional mild deceptions, the milk lies of love, but I hadn't known Phoebe to be dishonest, not like this. But I'd lied so long, I'd found how natural it could be. I let the tea soak. I took a second pill, then I called Phoebe, giving in.
First of all, thank you to Little, Brown UK/Virago Press for sending me a copy and inviting me to be a part of the blog tour.
The Incendiaries follows a character's descent into a religious cult told from the perspective of her boyfriend through intense and often volatile memories. I was hooked instantly by Kwon's vivid and poetic prose. Nobody in The Incendiaries is wholly trustworthy, even the intensely likeable Will is lying. We sympathise with him as he hides his poverty, pretending to be able to afford the college's luxurious social scene. While Phoebe, who Kwon describes as living "as if spotlit…each laugh, evidential, loud", uses her exuberant personality to mask her traumatic past and battle with depression. Right off the bat, Kwon conveys the magnetic allure of John Leal, the cult's leader. Sections involving Leal ooze creepiness as he manages to captivate and manipulate Phoebe and her personal tragedies.
Through Kwon's clever writing, we are made to relate to these characters and to understand their motivations. No matter how much we disagree, we can never truly write Phoebe's actions off as plain evil. It was fascinating and often unsettling to read as she falls for Leal's messianic act and becomes deeply entangled within the Jejah cult.
Kwon offers us tiny glimpses into Leal's life, but he remains dubious. A menacing and manipulative mystery. Most of The Incendiaries is focused on Will, following his efforts as he tries in earnest to win over Phoebe as she slips further and further under the cult's influence. His struggle when he realises that he's losing the power to save the girl he loves is truly heartbreaking and magnificently portrayed by Kwon.
I was intrigued by the religious imagery in The Incendiaries and the spotlight it shines on religious fanaticism. Leal notes the Koreans devotion despite being starved and beaten in a prison camp and this prompts him to realise "some people need leading. In or out of the gulag, they craved faith" and this is what sets him on his mission when he gets back to America and targets vulnerable individuals like Phoebe.
Full of longing and tragic agony, The Incendiaries is a stunning exploration of grief, violence and faith. It's an ambitious debut from Kwon and she couldn't have pulled it off any more flawlessly. Her haunting prose paired with such a timely subject made for an enthralling and eerie read. I am very excited to see what she writes next!
The Incendiaries publishes on 6th September. You can pre-order it here.


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Amy McGrath (D-KY-06)
Amy McGrath is running to represent the 6th District of Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives. McGrath won her Democratic primary on May 22 and will face Republican incumbent, Andy Barr, in the general election on November 6. McGrath is a retired fighter pilot for the U.S. Marines and her election to the House of Representatives would ensure that the 6th District of Kentucky is represented by a feminist woman.
Amy McGrath was raised in Edgewood, Kentucky. From a young age, McGrath dreamed of flying fighter jets. When she discovered that there was a federal law preventing women from serving in combat roles, McGrath started writing letters to members of Congress and her local newspaper to advocate for change. The combat exclusion law was lifted during McGrath's senior year of high school and she attended the United States Naval Academy upon graduation. McGrath was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. She later completed flight school and pursued her dream of being a fighter pilot, becoming the first woman in the Marines to fly an F/A-18 on a combat mission. McGrath later worked on Capitol Hill as a policy advisor and then in the Pentagon as the Marine Corps' liaison to federal government agencies, including the Department of State. In 2014, after reaching the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, McGrath began teaching political science at the U.S. Naval Academy. Amy McGrath says she is now running to represent Kentucky's 6th District to continue to protect the country from those who seek to do harm.
Believes that a reproductive choices should be between a woman and her doctor
Advocates for victims of sexual assault and wants to address the systemic problem
Supports responsible gun control
Believes in access to affordable healthcare for all Americans
Supports the investment in renewable energy to combat climate change
McGrath won the Democratic primary on May 22 against five Democratic candidates, all of whom were men. Republican incumbent, Andy Barr, is seeking re-election. In Congress, Barr has demonstrated an anti-women's rights and reproductive rights agenda. Barr said would "enthusiastically" support measures to repeal the Affordable Care Act and throw 23 million Americans off of health coverage. The general election will take place on November 6.
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Q: How do I pick random unique lines from a text file in shell? I have a text file with an unknown number of lines.  I need to grab some of those lines at random, but I don't want there to be any risk of repeats.
I tried this:
jot -r 3 1 `wc -l<input.txt` | while read n; do
  awk -v n=$n 'NR==n' input.txt
done

But this is ugly, and doesn't protect against repeats.
I also tried this:
awk -vmax=3 'rand() > 0.5 {print;count++} count>max {exit}' input.txt

But that obviously isn't the right approach either, as I'm not guaranteed even to get max lines.
I'm stuck.  How do I do this?

A: This might work for you:
shuf -n3 file

shuf is one of GNU coreutils.

A: If you have Python accessible (change the 10 to what you'd like):
python -c 'import random, sys; print("".join(random.sample(sys.stdin.readlines(), 10)).rstrip("\n"))' < input.txt

(This will work in Python 2.x and 3.x.)
Also, (again change the 10 to the appropriate value):
sort -R input.txt | head -10

A: If jot is on your system, then I guess you're running FreeBSD or OSX rather than Linux, so you probably don't have tools like rl or sort -R available.
No worries.  I had to do this a while ago.  Try this instead:
$ printf 'one\ntwo\nthree\nfour\nfive\n' > input.txt
$ cat rndlines
#!/bin/sh

# default to 3 lines of output
lines="${1:-3}"

# default to "input.txt" as input file
input="${2:-input.txt}"

# First, put a random number at the beginning of each line.
while read line; do
  printf '%8d%s\n' $(jot -r 1 1 99999999) "$line"
done < "$input" |
sort -n |               # Next, sort by the random number.
sed 's/^.\{8\}//' |     # Last, remove the number from the start of each line.
head -n "$lines"        # Show our output

$ ./rndlines input.txt
two
one
five
$ ./rndlines input.txt
four
two
three
$

Here's a 1-line example that also inserts the random number a little more cleanly using awk:
$ printf 'one\ntwo\nthree\nfour\nfive\n' | awk 'BEGIN{srand()} {printf("%8d%s\n", rand()*10000000, $0)}' | sort -n | head -n 3 | cut -c9-

Note that different versions of sed (in FreeBSD and OSX) may require the -E option instead of -r to handle ERE instead or BRE dialect in the regular expression if you want to use that explictely, though everything I've tested works with escapted bounds in BRE.  (Ancient versions of sed (HP/UX, etc) might not support this notation, but you'd only be using those if you already knew how to do this.)

A: This should do the trick, at least with bash and assuming your environment has the other commands available:
cat chk.c | while read x; do
    echo $RANDOM:$x
done | sort -t: -k1 -n | tail -10 | sed 's/^[0-9]*://'

It basically outputs your file, placing a random number at the start of each line.
Then it sorts on that number, grabs the last 10 lines, and removes that number from them.
Hence, it gives you ten random lines from the file, with no repeats.
For example, here's a transcript of it running three times with that chk.c file:
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pax$ testprog chk.c
} else {
}
newNode->next = NULL;
colm++;

====
pax$ testprog chk.c
}

arg++;
printf (" [%s] n", currNode->value);
free (tempNode->value);

====
pax$ testprog chk.c

char tagBuff[101];
}
return ERR_OTHER;
#define ERR_MEM 1

===
pax$ _

A: sort -Ru filename | head -5

will ensure no duplicates. Not all implementations of sort have the -R option.

A: To get N random lines from FILE with Perl:
perl -MList::Util=shuffle -e 'print shuffle <>' FILE | head -N

A: Here's an answer using ruby if you don't want to install anything else:
cat filename | ruby -e 'puts ARGF.read.split("\n").uniq.shuffle.join("\n")'

for example, given a file (dups.txt) that looks like:
1 2
1 3
2
1 2
3
4
1 3
5
6
6
7

You might get the following output (or some permutation):
cat dups.txt| ruby -e 'puts ARGF.read.split("\n").uniq.shuffle.join("\n")'
4
6
5
1 2
2
3
7
1 3

Further example from the comments:
printf 'test\ntest1\ntest2\n' | ruby -e 'puts ARGF.read.split("\n").uniq.shuffle.join("\n")'
test1
test
test2

Of course if you have a file with repeated lines of test you'll get just one line:
printf 'test\ntest\ntest\n' | ruby -e 'puts ARGF.read.split("\n").uniq.shuffle.join("\n")'
test

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Review: The White Noise – Aren't You Glad?
April 6, 2016 BearlySinister Off All Posts, Melodic, Metalcore, Post-Hardcore, Reviews, Rock,
Artist: The White Noise
Album: Aren't You Glad?
LA's The White Noise are a horse of a different color in a scene over-saturated by cookie-cutter bands. Formed by 5 individuals with an unbridled passion for aggressive music, they're slowly taking the US by storm. Their debut EP Aren't You Glad? is a must-have for fans of aggressive music, not only for how visceral it can be but for everything that surrounds it as well. Read on to find out just WHY you should spend your money on this band!
"The Doctor Will See You Now" is a track that, to the passive listener, may seem like an intro but this is far from the case. Even though it clocks in at just over 2 minutes long, the band more than proves their worth through this explosive opener. Beginning with a haunting chant of "I've never felt, I've never felt, I've never felt like this before…" it lulls you into a false sense of security. You start to think to yourself "this EP can't POSSIBLY be very heavy with an opening chant like that, can it?" You're quickly proven wrong as this small ember of vocalist Shawn Walker's melodic ability quickly grows into a full-blown wildfire. The best part? This is only the beginning…. we've still got 6 tracks to go! While the band describes themselves as aggressive rock, you can clearly hear some post-hardcore and even metal influence, through this track alone. Of course, if you've been following the band from the beginning, as we have, you'll know it gets so much better.
The aggressive side takes full reign as "Bloom" hits your speakers. This is the single that started it all for this LA 5-piece, coupled with the huge news that they had signed with Fearless Records. Showcasing a little bit of everything that these guys have to offer, it thrashes along for nearly 4 minutes. This is where we get to hear a bit of hardcore influence in the instrumentals surrounding the verses. Moreover, this is the most aggressive we've seen the band get to date. I've heard from several friends that this track, in particular, gets crazy mosh pits started. We can't forget about the harmonies between Walker and guitarist David Southern, which are a stand-out throughout the entire album but really shine here.
"Picture Day" could be described as the band's most anthemic track. Catchy chorus, wonderful hook and just the right amount of aggression are what make this one of my favorite tracks. The lyrics, centered around a relationship that ended on bad terms, are definitely something that jumped out to me. This isn't your typical "you did me wrong, I hate you" brooding type of break-up song. The only song I've heard that I could compare as hard-hitting, lyrically, is that of Bullet For My Valentine's "Bittersweet Memories" which is perhaps one of my favorite songs on the subject.
The infectious riffs in the chorus of "Red Eye Lids" still haunt my sleep… and I'm not the least bit perturbed by it! Seeing the band teeter between melodic hardcore and post-hardcore is something that is very interesting. There are a couple of screamed vocal parts that remind me of Beau Bokan of labelmates Blessthefall. Does that mean that they're copying another band? This is just a simple comparison that I draw… the duration of the track is filled with the perfect mix of aggression, angst and melody. Truly focusing on their aggressive side has become an art at this point, though.
"Brainwashed" is the most melodic track on the EP, without a doubt. Therefore, if melody is your thing… this will be your go-to. Oddly enough, though, it's the instrumentals that you'll find yourself drawn to here. The drums have just the right amount of punch, sounding nice and full… proving that drummer Tommy West was given plenty of room to breathe. The guitar riffs, provided by Southern and Josh Strock, are bright and bouncy and bassist Bailey Crego rounds it out with a nice, full bass-line.
We've come to the end and, while most bands would settle on a slow, subtle end. The White Noise isn't one of those bands. "Cosmopolitician" is punchy and aggressive, giving you just enough room to breathe with the chorus before continuing the onslaught once more.
It's clear to this reviewer that The White Noise has a bright future ahead of them. Their first tour, with labelmates Get Scared and Chunk! No, Captain Chunk!, along with Sumerian Records powerhouses I See Stars and Palaye Royal was wildly successful and only serves to prove the intense presence that these guys bring to the stage. What's next? Well, how about starting off with a newly-announced tour with Enter Shikari and Hands Like Houses! Tour dates/flyer below but be sure to pick up your copy of Aren't You Glad, out on Fearless Records now, using the links below!
The Mindsweep Tour USA & Canada 2016 (w/Enter Shikari & Hands Like Houses) (Click to expand flyer)
Buy Aren't You Glad?
iTunes | MerchNow | Google Play
"Picture Day" (Official Music Video)
Visit The White Noise on Social Media:
The White Noise is:
Shawn Walker – Vocals
David Southern – Guitar/Vocals
Josh Strock – Guitar
Bailey Crego – Bass
Tommy West – Drums
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US Navy to temporarily suspend submarine docking at full capacity
Who's hiring who? Hiring activity related to digital media decreased by 42% in the aerospace, defence & security industry in Q3 2022
Who's hiring who? Hiring activity related to digitalization decreased by 9% in the aerospace, defence & security industry in Q3 2022
Canada's aerospace, defence & security industry IT recruitment activity rises 4.1% in February 2022
Canada's aerospace, defence & security industry registered a 4.1% rise in IT hiring activity in February 2022 when compared with the previous month, according to GlobalData's Job Analytics database.
The industry's overall hiring increased by 17.75% in February 2022 when compared with January 2022.
Out of the aerospace, defence & security industry's total hiring activity, IT jobs claimed a 13.94% share in February 2022, recording a decrease of 2.28% over the last three-month average share.
Top five job classifications in Canada's aerospace, defence & security industry's IT recruitment activity in February 2022
Out of the total job titles, the top five roles commanded a 101.19% share in the overall IT recruitment activity of Canada's aerospace, defence & security industry in February 2022.
1) Software and Web Developers, Programmers, and Testers recorded a share of 70.24% in February 2022, registering a 25.53% growth over the previous month.
2) Miscellaneous Computer Occupations claimed an 11.9% share, an increase of 42.86% over the previous month.
3) Database and Network Administrators and Architects held a share of 8.33%, registering a 16.67% rise from January 2022.
4) Computer and Information Analysts captured a share of 7.14%, up 50% over the previous month.
Top five aerospace, defence & security companies in Canada's IT recruitment activity in February 2022
The top five companies, in terms of number of jobs as tracked by GlobalData, have accounted for a combined average decline of 5.41% share in the overall IT recruitment activity of Canada's aerospace, defence & security industry during February 2022 over January 2022.
Thales posted 19 IT jobs in February 2022 and registered a rise of 111.11% over the previous month, followed by Teledyne Technologies with 19 jobs and a 34.48% drop. CAE with 16 IT jobs and Airbus with 8 jobs, recorded a 23.81% decline and a flat growth, respectively, while The Boeing recorded a decline of 46.67% with 8 job postings during February 2022.
Junior Level job postings dominate in February 2022
Junior Level jobs held a share of 60.71%, up by 34.21% from January 2022. Mid Level positions with a 21.43% share, registered a decline of 40% compared with the previous month.
In the third place was Entry Level job ads with a 17.86% share, up 87.5% over January 2022.
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Teledyne Technologies Inc
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More Jobs Data
The Boeing's IT hiring activity declines 11.3% in October 2022
Thales's IT hiring activity rises 6.1% in October 2022
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These days, you can now apply a good childcare sales and marketing platforms to help you improve your childcare center business venture. Customer relationship management or what is usually known as CRM is a good way for you to improve your business venture because you can now make sure that you will have a better way to take care of your customers as well. Click here to read more now about CRM and what it really means. This is because CRM allows you to reach out to your markets such as the parents and guardians and provide them with better customer services. When you apply the right CRM in your business, there is a higher chance that you will be able to boost your sales because people will keep coming back to avail this service that you offer.


with the last season of the "House of Cards" being just released, there are many of us wondering about the designers and stylists to the TV show. Especially those taking care of Clair Underwood, her outfits are so much power dressing and absolutely impeccable when it comes to how a woman in power should look like, what her dressing is telling the people, the staff and especially to the peers.
Let's discuss her style here.
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Her figure was dressed PERFECTLY on the show. She stole the scenes imo, total girl crush.
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found that costume designer was Kemal Harris.
The clothes in the show are powerful and not for the meek, she carries them all perfectly, i may tune in more regularly just for the clothes.
I'm watching the last season now. She looks great as usual. But all of her maternity dresses have the same look, like a futuristic flight attendant.
What, maternity! I need to watch the last season.
Ok back on topic, her clothes were always fabulous. They seemed to give her no room to relax though. Like the clothes were constricting her. Maybe a reflection of her character.
I read an interview with her from a couple of years ago and she said she is spanx'd to the nines under those clothes.
That's a shame because she's already slender, but that wasn't good enough for the show.
Gosh she must be, she's insanely slim.
Does anyone know the identity of the bag Claire gave to Kelsey in episode 6 of season 6? I think it's a Burberry...?
I am kind of on a quest to collect all the bags from my favorite brands which Claire owns ... so far I only have a Saint Laurent Sac De Jour.


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Q: How to schedule dags in Airflow? How to schedule a dag/ set a frequency/  in Airflow with the following requirement? looking for some python code or some cron expression to meet the requirement
The dag should run on 7th,14th,21st,28th day for the current month
and for the day 1 of next month, the dag should run for the previous month
Eg., on 7th,14th,21st,28th April the dag should run for April
and on 1st May the dag should run for April


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Q: Are DTOs needed when the entire web app will reside on a single server? I've started working on a WebForms (not MVC) application that will reside on a single server (database included) and have decided to design it using what (I think) is a pretty standard N-Tier architecture.
Data Layer

*

*Using Entity Framework 4 & generic repository/unit of work pattern.

*Will be using stored procedures extensively (this is a requirement given to me by the powers that be).

*Holds a reference to the Business Objects layer to pass data to/from the BOs.

Business Objects 'Layer'

*

*Code-first POCOs.

*The only behaviour they will have is validation stuff (name not null, quantity must be positive integer etc).

*Does not reference any of the other layers or care about where the data is coming from.

Business Logic Layer

*

*Contains my business services that will act as the middle-man between the UI and data layers and performs additional business 'rules' such as email notifications upon record changes etc.

*Has a reference to the data layer & business objects layer.

*Passes BOs to/from the UI.

UI Layer

*

*Holds all the usual UI stuff - web forms, javascripts, stylesheets etc.

*References the Business Logic & Business Objects layers.

Few questions...well, alot actually :/

*

*I can see the advantages of using DTOs when the application is going to sit across multiple servers, will be using web services, or when the data passed to the view is a compilation of multiple types of business objects, but is there really a need to convert all BOs to DTOs before passing them between the BLL & UI when everything will be on the same physical machine? Most of the DTOs would be a "copy, paste, tack 'DTO' to the end of the classname" affair so it seems like a really pointless waste of time? All I'd end up with is higher maintenance costs and marginally slower performance (have to update two classes with identical code now instead of one).

*Assuming there will be occasions where DTOs are required, is it acceptable to add validation to the DTOs (ie: name must not be null, quantity must be a positive integer etc).?

*Would it be best/better practise to seperate the validation code into it's own class library using something like FluentValidation? If I did this the BOs would basically become DTOs because they'd have zero behaviour..in which case it seems I would end up with an anaemic domain model?

*Is it acceptable for the data layer to reference the business objects layer when the BOs are used by EF?

*Seeing as my service "Find( predicate )" and "FindAll( ) " methods would be using the same stored procedure (that pulls ALL records), does this mean that doing something like:
List<Foo> myFoo = FooService.Find( f => f.Country == "Australia" && f.Status = OrderStatus.New );

would actually pull ALL records via the stored procedure, with the filtering performed after the fact? In which case how can I use a stored procedure that only retrieves the needed records, while at the same time allowing for the use of linq expressions (needs to allow for &&, ||, != etc)? Is this something that's even possible (without having to ditch sprocs)?

A: I think it's an over-architecture if it will be a monolithic application.
Following YAGNI and DRY, just make your services return the BOs. I also recommend using MVP pattern when working with WebForms and even avoid the "service layer" and just do Domain Driven Design (DDD) instead.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain-driven_design
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_repeat_yourself
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_ain't_gonna_need_it
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/23562/Building-an-MVP-Framework-for-NET-Part-1-The-Basic
MVP is really easy to implement. The explanations will be always full of components and arrows, and the sample implementations always try to make things complex (I don't know why), but is really a simple pattern for separation of concerns and it really works :)
Hope it helps :)


As technology continues to expand, certain creations that at one point seemed like necessities will soon be null. For instance, I recently read an article explaining that in 3-5 years, computer mouses will be demised. What? No more mouse? That means wireless mouses, laptop mouses, and even the old school mouses that still need to be plugged into the back of the computer.
So, what does that mean for you, or your business? Well, if computer mice no longer are necessary, everything will be touchscreen. We have already seen this technology continuously advance with mobile phones, tablets, even some of the newer desktop computers. Eliminating the computer mouse completely will increase a businesses need for a mobile website, making touchscreen navigation more convenient than a conventional website.
Now, I am not saying that the computer mouse will suddenly just vanish into thin air over the next five years, but computer companies will eventually stop making them a necessity for new model computers. Over time, as people purchase new computers, the mouse that was once a necessity will soon end up in your office closet along with the old box monitors, palm pilots, and computers with the black and green screens, adding to items our children will soon ask "what is this?".
Technology is an amazing thing, so make sure you are ready for it! With the amount of time spent on mobile devices, if you haven't yet created a mobile website for your company, you are already falling behind! For more information on preparing your business for technologies takeover, contact us!


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We just completed a four-day journey from Manzanillo northward back to Banderas Bay, and what a wildlife expedition it was! We had constant sightings of creatures of sea and air, which made the trip a constant and interesting surprise.
-- Turtles – Two days ago, we counted 82 turtles in a six hour period. They were widely spaced, usually solo and only rarely two or three at a time, all seemingly heading south. At first we thought they were floating chunks of wood – so common in the Pacific Northwest – but when we went to check out one of the chunks, it lifted a head, looked at us, and rotated itself around to watch us as we circled it. These guys are about 2 feet long – maybe 3 feet with heads and legs extended.
-- Stingrays – I've mentioned before the strange behavior of these guys, leaping out of the water, doing flips in the air, and then belly-flopping down on the water. Usually, it's a group of them, in a line – almost like a line dance. Why? I think for fun, but maybe to dislodge parasites. We also saw two flotillas of stingrays, just below the water, with wing tips just above the surface. They are close together, in a checkerboard pattern, making altogether a large, dark, fast-moving diamond in the water.
-- Dolphins – Every anchorage seems to have two or three dolphins who cruise around among the boats, perhaps feeding on the trout-sized fish that seem to congregate in the shade under the boats. These are big dolphins – maybe 8 feet in length? Sometimes they get frisky and leap out of the water, putting on a great show for us.
-- Pelicans – We never tire of watching these guys, circling around the anchorage at sunrise and sunset, dive-bombing into the water, sometimes 7 or 8 at a time, scoring a small fish perhaps one time out of ten. They are amazing flyers, swooping down to a few inches above the water and gliding for 60 feet or more without a wing-stroke. See one dive-bombing at the top of this page.
-- Red tide – Groan – Not sure what this is, but most anchorages seem to be plagued with dirty, brownish-red water, sometimes with a sudsy soapy scum on top. This is maybe an algae bloom, but in one anchorage we saw millions of tiny swimming critters, when they passed over the top of our white flopper-stopper. Other folks have told us that the red tide is associated with this year's colder-than-usual water, due apparently to a "La Niña" weather/ocean temperature phenomenon. The reason I say "groan" is that our watermaker really doesn't want to work well (or even at all) in the presence of all those little red critters. The filters clog quickly and smell like the dickens when we take them out to replace them. We're running quickly through our supply, and not getting enough water in the bargain.
On land, we spent time in La Manzanilla, Barra de Navidad and Manzanillo. I found an acupuncturist in Barra who resolved – in one hour – some shoulder and elbow pain that had been plaguing me for weeks. The acupuncturist – Doug – is a young Oregonian graduate of the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, who lives in Barra during the winter, surfs four days a week and does acupuncture the other three.
-- Always take a full set of dry clothes in a plastic bag.
-- Put everything possible into a watersports dry bag.
-- Bring along big garbage bags to wrap groceries and clean, dry laundry.
-- Wear a swimming suit.
-- Wear water shoes or sandals to avoid damage to tender feet from rocks, stingrays, whatever.
-- On landing, leap out quickly into the shallow water to control the dinghy, but not too close to the dinghy, or it'll knock you down into the water.
-- On launching, walk the dinghy out beyond the breaking waves – but not so deep that you can't heave yourself back into the dinghy.
-- Always keep the dinghy perpendicular to the breaking wave.
In Manzanillo, we spent part of our stay in Santiago Bay (see beach landings above) and part at the Las Hadas anchorage. One of the many attractions of Las Hadas is the dinghy dock, meaning no beach landings. It's an exotic resort, built in Moorish style, up the side of a steep hill. Our dinghy dock landing fee (about $9) entitled us to use of the pool, where we could mingle with the drunk gringos who were paying $300 plus per day to stay there. (Actually, half the people at the pool were cruisers from the anchorage…) Las Hadas was the location where "10" (Bo Derrick & Dudley Moore) was filmed. Around the namesake resort are many others in various – mostly Moorish – Mediterranean styles, and numerous plush private residences. It could all have been lifted out of the Spanish Riviera. The resorts have loud music going until very, very late. One night they went until at least 2 am. That's one of the downsides. The other is the pollution in the air from the coal-fired power plants across the bay. It's not difficult to figure out why the resort seems to employ full time painters with large buckets of white paint. Our boat is covered with a gray film, and we're very much looking forward to getting onto the dock at La Cruz where we'll have a hose with fresh water at our disposal.
We're here in Banderas Bay, near Puerto Vallarta, awaiting the arrival of son David and his fiancée, the lovely and charming Tara Hernandez. They'll only be with us for a few days, but we're looking forward to having a great time together. Then, assuming we've resolved the watermaker and other assorted boat issues, we'll head north to the Sea of Cortez. We'd like to spend at least a few weeks there, before our passage to Hawaii in mid-April, weather permitting.


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The UK Food Surveillance System (UKFSS) is a national database for central storage of analytical results from feed and food samples taken by enforcement authorities (local authorities and port health authorities) as part of their official controls.
Information about each sample and the results of analysis are entered onto the system, and then validated, using the data entry tool.
The database is password protected and can be accessed by enforcement authorities and laboratories to search for anonymised local, regional, and national datasets, and identify trends and areas of non-compliance that can help develop sampling plans.
An introduction to UKFSS is available through an e-learning tool on the database. This guides enforcement authorities through getting started, setting up, keeping things up to date, creating a sample, avoiding double entry, sending samples to the lab, downloading results, printing labels, and printing reports.
FSA-funded training is also available to UK feed and food law enforcement officers. More information about the course and current dates can be found via the 'External sites' link on this page.
For information about accessing the database and technical support, contact the UKFSS Service Desk by emailing IT.Servicedesk@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk or phoning 020 7276 8282. They will refer you to the UKFSS developers, MacLaren West, who will send a link for you to upload UKFSS Desktop and provide any help you need with uploading and using the database. There is also a web-based reporting tool available here. Support for that is available from the UKFSS Service Desk (020 7276 8282).
The public analysts for Wales are currently able to use UKFSS and report using this tool.
Public Health Wales has three food microbiological laboratories in Wales in Cardiff, Carmarthen and Bangor.
The Northern Ireland strategic committee on food surveillance is an expert group that independently evaluates statistical data on sampling activities in Northern Ireland held in the UKFSS database. The committee publishes reports on food sampling activity in Northern Ireland. The reports should reassure the public that the necessary surveillance mechanisms are in place to identify and respond to unsatisfactory sample results. There are recommendations to further improve food safety compliance and this gives an indication of the issues the committee might explore in future work.
The Sampling and Surveillance working group (SSWG) set up by the Scottish Food Enforcement Liaison Committee (SFELC) analyses the dataset to identify issues in Scotland relating to food safety, labelling and composition. The working group publishes an annual report, which highlights how the data has been used to inform measures currently in place for food monitoring across Scotland. More information can be found on the Food Standards Scotland website.


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Q: Present Perfect vs Past Simple
It has been rumored that Nicola Tesla acquired some knowledge from
  this book according to James McCanney.

Why the verb acquired is in the Simple Past tense ?
In my thinking, the verb does not refer to a fixed date in the past and so it has to be has acquired.
If acquired is a shortened form of has acquired, then how could we know the rule of the shortening?
Thank you all.

A: *

*The present perfect is not used to narrate past events. It is a present tense: it asserts a present state which derives from the prior eventuality. For instance, when I say I have acquired considerable knowledge of English grammar on ELL I am speaking about knowledge which I have now. I am characterizing the current state of my knowledge.

*Because the present perfect is a present tense it is not ordinarily used with dead people. Nicola Tesla isn't around any more, he cannot sustain the state of  knowledge in the present, so we cannot say *Nicola Tesla has acquired knowledge.
(We can however say that Nicola Tesla has died, because the state of death is one which Tesla can sustain. Note, however, this will only be used when Tesla's death is "new information", a new state distinguishing the present moment from the past; usually this will be true only for a brief period after Tesla's death.)

*There's a lot of confusion around the use of temporal expressions with the present perfect. Ignore anything you have been taught about "specific" times or "recent" times: the actual rule is that because the present perfect is a present tense it cannot be used with temporal expressions which do not include the present.

*In any case, there is no rule which requires that the present perfect be used if no time is specified.

A: Nikola Tesla died in 1943. We do not use the Present Perfect if there is no connection with the present (for example, things that happened a long time ago).
The Chinese invented printing (not have invented).
Compare:
Shakespeare wrote many plays (not has written).
My sister is a writer. She has written many books(she still writes books).


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Kenya: Exporter Guide
Kenya's consumer-oriented food imports increased 4.5 percent to $484 million in 2021. This growth was driven by a sound macroeconomic environment and a slight recovery from impacts associated with the Covid-19 pandemic. Best prospective products for export to Kenya include snack foods, sauces and condiments, distilled spirits, wine, beer, pet food, and tree nuts.
Kenya: Agricultural Biotechnology Annual
On October 3, 2022, Kenya's newly elected president, Dr. William Ruto, lifted the 10-year ban on importation and cultivation of genetically engineered (GE) agricultural products. This decision opens a path to importation of GE agricultural commodities and domestic production of GE crops in accordance with Kenya's existing regulatory structure.
Ethiopia: Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards Export Certificate Report
This report summarizes the list of major export certificates, documentations, and other regulatory requirements to export food and agricultural products to Ethiopia. The report is organized using information obtained from publicly available sources published online as well as from industry contacts.
Ethiopia: Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards Country Report
This report discusses regulatory requirements and standards that must be fulfilled to export food and agricultural products to Ethiopia. Pertinent information on applicable laws, regulations, directives, guidelines, procedures, and key regulatory contact details included.
Ethiopia: Ethiopia is Expected to Export Wheat for the First Time as Summer Production Progresses Nicely
Ethiopia's Ten-Year Development Plan (2021-2030) identifies sustained and quality agriculture programs to accelerate economic progress and ensure national food security as its national strategy. The development of small and large-scale irrigation infrastructure in the Ethiopian lowlands has recently been given increasing due attention by the GOE - among other contributing factors like improved seed, fertilizer supply, and use of mechanization on the clustered wheat farms.
Ethiopia: Ethiopia bans import of 38 items including packed food
The forex shortage in the country is becoming critical and the Government of Ethiopia (GOE) has banned 38 different products which are considered luxury items which include packaged food, household items, furniture, beauty products and automobiles, and different type of liquor imports in a circular order written by the Ministry of Finance to the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) on October 14, 2022.
Ethiopia: Coffee Annual
Coffee is Ethiopia's main export commodity, contributing to the livelihoods of more than 15 million smallholder farmers and other actors in the coffee sector. Ethiopia's coffee production for MY 2022/23 (Oct-Sep) is forecast at 8.25 million 60-kilogram bags (495,000 MT).
Kenya: Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards Export Certificate Report
This report complements the FAIRS Annual Country Report for Kenya and provides information on certificates required by the Government of Kenya (GOK) to export food and agricultural products into the country. The Kenya Electronic Import Export System provides a single point for importers and exporters to electronically submit certificates and receive approvals from relevant trade regulatory agencies.
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Opportunities for U.S. Feed Ingredients and Processed Products in Kenya
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With the advent of odorless aged garlic extract (AGE), the highly effective antioxidant effect of garlic is now more easily gained, as are its resultant benefits: protection from cardiovascular disease, dementia, hypertension, elevated homocysteine, cancer, diabetes, anemia, fatigue, and drug toxicity.
Wireless technology is becoming increasingly ubiquitous and with it comes documented, but rarely explored, health risks. Author Jeffrey Fawcett raises the alarm and presents an important wake-up call to all of us immersed, willingly or not, in the digital age.
A synopsis of the final installment of Dr. Garry Gordon's two-part article was in print. Full text here online.
Why aren't more articles on alternative medicine available to the public? And is it true that most CAM-related research results published in mainstream journals are negatively skewed? Townsend Letter Contributing Editor Jule Klotter tackles the vexing question of editorial bias in medical reporting, with a close look at three medical journals.
Neuromusculoskeletal disorders in children with Down syndrome result in developmental delays, but properly sensitive cranial treatments have been shown to alleviate cerebellar dysfunctions, opening the door to new capabilities. Dr. Scott Cuthbert offers here his experiences using Applied Kinesiology as an effective (and exciting) adjunct therapy for children with Down syndrome.
Cavitations – "cavities" within the jawbone – are responsible for chronic, undiagnosed facial pain and can lead to osteoneocrosis. In this fascinating article, Dr. Shankland calls attention to the causes of osteocavitations, the route to proper diagnosis, and possible treatments for all stages of cavitations.
First published in Alternative Medicine Review and reprinted here with permission, this comprehensive survey of coronary artery disease treatments discusses not only primary palliative cardiac revitalization responses – bypass surgery, angioplasty, and drug therapies – but also presents integrative approaches, including EDTA chelation therapy, that address rescue from disease and restoration of circulatory health.


It is Nicca 3-S set.
The set includes the main body, Nikkor lens, lens cap, Kenko filter, warranty card (1 year from February 18, 1959), inspection card of Nikkor lens, manual, 2 pieces of paper, box of the main body, leather case, box for leather case, an outer box of cardboard.
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A fire in a coal seam has kept the earth under Centralia, Pennsylvania, smoldering for six decades. Now scientists think its hot soil may hold bacteria that could be used to increase crop yields.
The soil-dwelling bacteria that we walk on every day are working their way into technologies that could help feed the world.
On a frigid day last February, Maren Friesen drove eight hours across snow-covered plains to Centralia, Pennsylvania. A fire ignited a seam of coal below the town in 1962, and more than 50 years later it's still smoldering away underground. The place is a steaming wasteland—one that may hold a key to feeding the world.
Friesen, a microbiologist, is on a hunt for a microbe thought to live in these strange, hot soils. The humble bacterium has an unusual ability that may help farmers grow more crops.
More than a decade ago, German scientists described the elusive bacterium, known as Streptomyces thermoautotrophicus, which has a special knack for converting nitrogen from the air to a form that plants can use—even in the presence of oxygen, which normally poisons the bacterial enzyme that pumps out nitrogen. The process is called "fixing" nitrogen.
But after the initial finding about the bacterium, it apparently went missing. If it can be found again, and its abilities engineered into plants that normally can't fix nitrogen, farmers could grow more crops using less fertilizer.
And this bacterium is just one of many that could change farming. Among the millions of microorganisms right under our feet could lie many untapped tools for improving agriculture. These microbes are already making soils fertile and helping plants grow, and scientists hope to employ them, or at least borrow their skills, to boost crop yields.
Now, both university researchers and major agricultural companies are looking for new ways to use soil bacteria. Some hope to genetically engineer plants with microbial genes or to breed plants that better interact with beneficial soil microbes, and thus change the makeup of microbial communities to spur plant growth. Startups and established companies are racing to market microbial cocktails and so-called biologicals to do just this.
Friesen admits that the idea of engineering plants with bacterial skills sounds bold—both speculative and spectacular. That was the point. The first green revolution, which started in the 1950s, had nearly doubled yields.
Nitrogen-fixing bacteria (shown here in a soybean root) are able to convert nitrogen from the air into a form that plants can use.
Earlier this year, Friesen and a researcher in her laboratory, Jeff Norman, spotted an active vent on a hillside, where the snow had melted from the heat. The earth was hot to the touch, and escaping plumes had detectable levels of carbon monoxide—prime habitat for the species they are trying to rediscover. The two collected soil samples into Ziplock bags, hoping they'd caught their bacterial prey.
In a sense, their quest to find the missing microbe is a twist on an ancient microbial partnership. Legumes—such as beans, soybeans, alfalfa, peanuts, and peas—already live in a cozy, symbiotic relationship with nitrogen-fixing root microbes. Secretions from the plants' roots protect these bacteria from oxygen, which would shut down their nitrogen-fixing activity, and the plants provide microbes with carbon in exchange for nitrogen. That's why farmers traditionally grow those crops to make soils more fertile. But most crops that the world relies on for food, including corn, wheat, and rice, completely lack the ability to recruit and then foster these bacterial helpers in their roots.
That's why S. thermoautotrophicus is special. Unlike other nitrogen-fixing bacteria, it can work its magic in the presence of oxygen, which greatly extends the kinds of plants it can work with. It might mean that the nitrogen-fixing relationship could be extended to corn, rice, wheat, and all the world's major cereal crops.
Today, farmers use far more nitrogen than nature can provide and rely on a 20th-century invention, known as the Haber-Bosch process, that pulls nitrogen from the air to create synthetic fertilizers. The industrial process to convert nitrogen gas to ammonia is costly and grossly inefficient (using something like 2 percent of the world's total annual energy supply) and accounts for about 40 percent of the total nitrogen in the protein people eat.
Friesen's project is fostering radical new approaches to the long-standing problem. "The plant microbiome is, in many ways, the final frontier in agriculture," says Wayne Parrott, a soil scientist. "Until now, it's been out of sight and out of mind."
The mission to find elusive bacteria in fiery underground regions is only the first step. Step two will involve complex biological engineering: finding the genes in the bacteria that are responsible for nitrogen fixation in oxygenated conditions, and then engineering them into plants in a way that the plants can use to create the same traits.
"I don't want to give the impression that if we find a novel enzyme, we can stick it into plants and suddenly everyone will be able to grow corn without fertilizer," Friesen says. "It's going to be a much longer process than that."
Friesen says it is premature to announce major findings. "Even if it doesn't exist, it's kind of like, How do you know there are no white crows in the world? We're trying to keep an open mind and be realistic about what we might find."
The bumps, or nodules, on the roots of legumes like this runner bean plant harbor oxygen-hating bacteria that convert atmospheric nitrogen to a form the plant can use. Scientists hope to use an oxygen-loving form of the bacteria to extend this ability to non-legume plants.
Soils contain a mind-boggling diversity and abundance. And leaves are the single largest biological surface on land, with a whopping 100 septillion (10^26) cells; this, of course, can make astronomy look like a pitiful science.
It's increasingly possible to unlock the metabolic potential of this vast, largely untapped resource, says Jack A. Gilbert, a researcher at Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois and leader of the Earth Microbiome Project, an ambitious attempt to catalog the diversity of microbial life.
"That should help us to grow tougher, more resilient plants," Gilbert says. "But we are going to need to do a lot more work characterizing the relationships between plants and microbes."
Like in the human microbiome—the tens of trillions of microbes living inside us—distinct communities form in different parts of the plant. The rhizosphere, for instance, or the area surrounding the roots, contains some 30,000 species in some plants with a community mix that varies across plant cultivars and soil types.
Yet we know very little about them. "People have been studying the human gut for much longer with a lot more firepower," says Jeff Dangl, a researcher at the University of North Carolina, in Chapel Hill, who is studying microbes that live in roots. "If you're thinking, 'How in the hell do a hundred different taxa of bacteria get inside the root and are allowed to persist there?' the answer is we have no clue."
As such, Dangl believes it will be a challenge to unravel plant-microbe interactions and identify the different microbial strains to prevent a fungus, such as wheat take-all, from infecting and killing crops. "If you had a mix of microbes you could deploy, then you'd have a better chance that at least one of them would work," he says.
Farmers have long mixed legume crops with non-legume crops to improve yields (above, the legumes alfalfa and soy are planted with corn, a non-legume). Legumes harbor bacteria that provide nitrogen, a necessary nutrient, to the plants.
Getting small is already big business. The new biologicals take many forms: Some can be sprayed like the biological equivalent of chemical pesticides, herbicides, or insecticides. Sprays and seed coatings derived from naturally occurring microorganisms can also act as catalysts to enhance nutrient intake and stimulate growth.
For farmers, it's not simply about boosting plant health; they need to see a sufficient yield to justify the added expense, and, as one trade report from investment bank Piper Jaffray put it recently: "In many ways the industry is tracking in a similar manner to the seed industry in the 1980s as it is just waiting for one blockbuster product to open up a multi-decade stretch of unrelenting growth."
For instance, last month, Monsanto and Novozymes held a field day in Iowa to announce "transformational microbial products" that improved yields for corn and soybeans in field trials.
In recent years, Bayer acquired a bacterial seed treatment called Poncho/VOTiVO; Syngenta bought a company that controlled nematodes on soybeans with a bacterial seed coating that is toxic to the parasite. Others are working on fungal organisms that can enhance drought tolerance in corn. The advances are not expected to replace genetic modification or traditional breeding, but are seen as additional tools to feed the growing world.
Pam Marrone, who worked as an entomologist with Monsanto and is now CEO of Marrone Bio Innovations in Davis, California, has been developing new pesticides against a range of insects and mites derived from soil bacteria. Biologicals, she told me, are finally being recognized as the next big thing in agriculture. "It's like we're really at the tipping point," she says.
While 40 to 50 percent of our drugs are from natural sources, such as from plants and microbes, she says, only 11 percent of pesticides are. "There have been a lot of bio-prospectors in the drug world ... There's only a small percentage of pesticides that have been from the natural world, and so there's a lot of opportunity."
Correction: An earlier version of this story misstated the number of years since the Centralia coal fire began burning. It has been burning for more than 50 years.
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Q: New U.S. security strategy announced by Trump is based on 4 principals: protecting the country, improving public wealth, displaying peace resorting to the U.S. power and influence. To what extent in this new strategy the soft security aspects have been considered?
A: The new U.S. strategy only sets out the broad outlines of American priorities, which in fact are not much different from those of previous administrations, or for that matter any other nation, namely security and economic prosperity. The question is how these goals will be achieved. The document does not go into details. Time will tell whether the American policy will use more diplomatic and economic tools, in other words, soft power, or it will resort to military instruments.
Q: Some criticize the new strategy and believe trump's new strategy excludes some issues like human rights and climate changes. Considering this approach, will Trump's new strategy result in security and stable peace?
A: Human rights issues have never been the guiding principle of American policies. Rather human rights have been used selectively in the case different countries at different times. The issue of climate is more serious as all indications are that climate change has reached dangerous point. Ignoring such threats, OBVIOUSLY WILL NOT HELP PEACE AND STABILITY.
Q: The new strategy allocates more money to the U.S. army. Does this mean that the U.S. foreign policy will become more militarized and the significance of the diplomacy will decline?
A: Increase in the military budget is directed at rectifying a perceived gap developing between American and Chinese and Russian militaries. Whether this perception is correct is debatable.
Q: Considering the significance of the U.S. army in the new strategy, is there possibility for more U.S. military interventions in different parts of the world?
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This book reviews various aspects of molecular spectroscopy and its application in materials science, chemistry, physics, medicine, the arts and the earth sciences. Written by an international group of recognized experts, it examines how complementary applications of diverse spectroscopic methods can be used to study the structure and properties of different materials. The chapters cover the whole spectrum of topics related to theoretical and computational methods, as well as the practical application of spectroscopic techniques to study the structure and dynamics of molecular systems, solid-state crystalline and amorphous materials, surfaces and interfaces, and biological systems. As such, the book offers an invaluable resource for all researchers and postgraduate students interested in the latest developments in the theory, experimentation, measurement and application of various advanced spectroscopic methods for the study of materials.
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Introduction to spectroscopy.- Computational methods in spectroscopy.- Computational modeling of nanosystems.- Photophysical properties of chromophores.- Nonlinear optical properties of molecular-like metal nanoclusters.- Luminescence properties of materials.- Structural properties of magnetic ceramic materials.- Spectroscopic studies of surfaces and interfaces.- Spectroscopic methods as a tool for catalysis.- Spectroscopy in earth sciences.- Vibrational spectroscopy of aluminosilicates.- Spectroscopic characterization of amorphous materials.- Organosilicates - structure and properties.- Structure of "black" glasses by means of spectroscopic methods.- Vibrational spectroscopy in the analysis of biological systems.- Organic materials characterization.- Spectroscopy in the analysis of artworks.
Autoren-Porträt
Andrzej Kolezynski is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, Poland and has also a PhD in philosophy. In his research, he applies methods of computational chemistry and physics to the periodic and non-periodic solids in order to analyse electronic structure, transport properties and electron density topological properties in relation to structure, chemical bonding and other physical and chemical properties of the compounds of interest. In addition to his research activities, he was a guest editor of several special issues in the Journal of Molecular Structure (2013, 2017), Spectrochimica Acta A (2017) and Vibrational Spectroscopy (2017), a chairman of the organising committees of two international conferences on molecular spectroscopy and served as a member and chair of the expert panels assessing grant applications for two main Polish funding agencies, the National Science Centre and National Centre for Research and Development. Dr. Kolezynski has published more than 40 research papers in international refereed journals and authored a monograph and two book chapters.
Magdalena Król is an Assistant Professor at AGH University of Science and Technology. She received her master's degree in Chemical Technology and PhD in Chemistry from the same university. In her research, she applies various spectroscopic methods to study the structure and properties of aluminosilicate materials, with particular emphasis on materials from the zeolites group. In addition to her research activities, she was a guest editor of the special issue in Vibrational Spectroscopy (2017). Dr. Król is a co-author of over 50 articles (including over 30 papers in international refereed journals) and 5 book chapters.
1st ed. 2019, 536 Seiten, Masse: 16 x 24,1 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
Verlag: Springer, Berlin
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/* We need to generate two trees from the graph:

   1. A minimum spanning tree for broadcasts,
   2. A single-source shortest path tree for unicasts.

   Actually, the first one alone would suffice but would make unicast packets
   take longer routes than necessary.

   For the MST algorithm we can choose from Prim's or Kruskal's. I personally
   favour Kruskal's, because we make an extra AVL tree of edges sorted on
   weights (metric). That tree only has to be updated when an edge is added or
   removed, and during the MST algorithm we just have go linearly through that
   tree, adding safe edges until #edges = #nodes - 1. The implementation here
   however is not so fast, because I tried to avoid having to make a forest and
   merge trees.

   For the SSSP algorithm Dijkstra's seems to be a nice choice. Currently a
   simple breadth-first search is presented here.

   The SSSP algorithm will also be used to determine whether nodes are directly,
   indirectly or not reachable from the source. It will also set the correct
   destination address and port of a node if possible.
*/

#include "system.h"

#include "avl_tree.h"
#include "conf.h"
#include "connection.h"
#include "device.h"
#include "edge.h"
#include "graph.h"
#include "logger.h"
#include "netutl.h"
#include "node.h"
#include "process.h"
#include "protocol.h"
#include "subnet.h"
#include "utils.h"
#include "xalloc.h"

static bool graph_changed = true;

/* Implementation of Kruskal's algorithm.
   Running time: O(EN)
   Please note that sorting on weight is already done by add_edge().
*/

static void mst_kruskal(void) {
	avl_node_t *node, *next;
	edge_t *e;
	node_t *n;
	connection_t *c;
	int nodes = 0;
	int safe_edges = 0;
	bool skipped;

	/* Clear MST status on connections */

	for(node = connection_tree->head; node; node = node->next) {
		c = node->data;
		c->status.mst = false;
	}

	/* Do we have something to do at all? */

	if(!edge_weight_tree->head)
		return;

	ifdebug(SCARY_THINGS) logger(LOG_DEBUG, "Running Kruskal's algorithm:");

	/* Clear visited status on nodes */

	for(node = node_tree->head; node; node = node->next) {
		n = node->data;
		n->status.visited = false;
		nodes++;
	}

	/* Starting point */

	for(node = edge_weight_tree->head; node; node = node->next) {
		e = node->data;
		if(e->from->status.reachable) {
			e->from->status.visited = true;
			break;
		}
	}

	/* Add safe edges */

	for(skipped = false, node = edge_weight_tree->head; node; node = next) {
		next = node->next;
		e = node->data;

		if(!e->reverse || e->from->status.visited == e->to->status.visited) {
			skipped = true;
			continue;
		}

		e->from->status.visited = true;
		e->to->status.visited = true;

		if(e->connection)
			e->connection->status.mst = true;

		if(e->reverse->connection)
			e->reverse->connection->status.mst = true;

		safe_edges++;

		ifdebug(SCARY_THINGS) logger(LOG_DEBUG, " Adding edge %s - %s weight %d", e->from->name,
				   e->to->name, e->weight);

		if(skipped) {
			skipped = false;
			next = edge_weight_tree->head;
			continue;
		}
	}

	ifdebug(SCARY_THINGS) logger(LOG_DEBUG, "Done, counted %d nodes and %d safe edges.", nodes,
			   safe_edges);
}

/* Implementation of a simple breadth-first search algorithm.
   Running time: O(E)
*/

static void sssp_bfs(void) {
	avl_node_t *node, *next, *to;
	edge_t *e;
	node_t *n;
	list_t *todo_list;
	list_node_t *from, *todonext;
	bool indirect;
	char *name;
	char *address, *port;
	char *envp[8] = {NULL};
	int i;

	todo_list = list_alloc(NULL);

	/* Clear visited status on nodes */

	for(node = node_tree->head; node; node = node->next) {
		n = node->data;
		n->status.visited = false;
		n->status.indirect = true;
	}

	/* Begin with myself */

	myself->status.visited = true;
	myself->status.indirect = false;
	myself->nexthop = myself;
	myself->prevedge = NULL;
	myself->via = myself;
	list_insert_head(todo_list, myself);

	/* Loop while todo_list is filled */

	for(from = todo_list->head; from; from = todonext) {	/* "from" is the node from which we start */
		n = from->data;

		for(to = n->edge_tree->head; to; to = to->next) {	/* "to" is the edge connected to "from" */
			e = to->data;

			if(!e->reverse)
				continue;

			/* Situation:

				   /
				  /
			   ----->(n)---e-->(e->to)
				  \
				   \

			   Where e is an edge, (n) and (e->to) are nodes.
			   n->address is set to the e->address of the edge left of n to n.
			   We are currently examining the edge e right of n from n:

			   - If edge e provides for better reachability of e->to, update
			     e->to and (re)add it to the todo_list to (re)examine the reachability
			     of nodes behind it.
			 */

			indirect = n->status.indirect || e->options & OPTION_INDIRECT;

			if(e->to->status.visited
			   && (!e->to->status.indirect || indirect))
				continue;

			// Only update nexthop the first time we visit this node.

			if(!e->to->status.visited)
				e->to->nexthop = (n->nexthop == myself) ? e->to : n->nexthop;

			e->to->status.visited = true;
			e->to->status.indirect = indirect;
			e->to->prevedge = e;
			e->to->via = indirect ? n->via : e->to;
			e->to->options = e->options;

			if(e->to->address.sa.sa_family == AF_UNSPEC && e->address.sa.sa_family != AF_UNKNOWN)
				update_node_udp(e->to, &e->address);

			list_insert_tail(todo_list, e->to);
		}

		todonext = from->next;
		list_delete_node(todo_list, from);
	}

	list_free(todo_list);

	/* Check reachability status. */

	for(node = node_tree->head; node; node = next) {
		next = node->next;
		n = node->data;

		if(n->status.visited != n->status.reachable) {
			n->status.reachable = !n->status.reachable;

			if(n->status.reachable) {
				ifdebug(TRAFFIC) logger(LOG_DEBUG, "Node %s (%s) became reachable",
					   n->name, n->hostname);
			} else {
				ifdebug(TRAFFIC) logger(LOG_DEBUG, "Node %s (%s) became unreachable",
					   n->name, n->hostname);
			}

			/* TODO: only clear status.validkey if node is unreachable? */

			n->status.validkey = false;
			n->last_req_key = 0;

			n->maxmtu = MTU;
			n->minmtu = 0;
			n->mtuprobes = 0;

			if(n->mtuevent) {
				event_del(n->mtuevent);
				n->mtuevent = NULL;
			}

			xasprintf(&envp[0], "NETNAME=%s", netname ? : "");
			xasprintf(&envp[1], "DEVICE=%s", device ? : "");
			xasprintf(&envp[2], "INTERFACE=%s", iface ? : "");
			xasprintf(&envp[3], "NODE=%s", n->name);
			sockaddr2str(&n->address, &address, &port);
			xasprintf(&envp[4], "REMOTEADDRESS=%s", address);
			xasprintf(&envp[5], "REMOTEPORT=%s", port);
			xasprintf(&envp[6], "NAME=%s", myself->name);

			execute_script(n->status.reachable ? "host-up" : "host-down", envp);

			xasprintf(&name,
					 n->status.reachable ? "hosts/%s-up" : "hosts/%s-down",
					 n->name);
			execute_script(name, envp);

			free(name);
			free(address);
			free(port);

			for(i = 0; i < 7; i++)
				free(envp[i]);

			subnet_update(n, NULL, n->status.reachable);

			if(!n->status.reachable) {
				update_node_udp(n, NULL);
				memset(&n->status, 0, sizeof n->status);
				n->options = 0;
			} else if(n->connection) {
				send_ans_key(n);
			}
		}
	}
}

void graph(void) {
	subnet_cache_flush();
	sssp_bfs();
	mst_kruskal();
	graph_changed = true;
}

/* Dump nodes and edges to a graphviz file.

   The file can be converted to an image with
   dot -Tpng graph_filename -o image_filename.png -Gconcentrate=true
*/

void dump_graph(void) {
	avl_node_t *node;
	node_t *n;
	edge_t *e;
	char *filename = NULL, *tmpname = NULL;
	FILE *file, *pipe = NULL;

	if(!graph_changed || !get_config_string(lookup_config(config_tree, "GraphDumpFile"), &filename))
		return;

	graph_changed = false;

	ifdebug(PROTOCOL) logger(LOG_NOTICE, "Dumping graph");

	if(filename[0] == '|') {
		file = pipe = popen(filename + 1, "w");
	} else {
		xasprintf(&tmpname, "%s.new", filename);
		file = fopen(tmpname, "w");
	}

	if(!file) {
		logger(LOG_ERR, "Unable to open graph dump file %s: %s", filename, strerror(errno));
		free(filename);
		free(tmpname);
		return;
	}

	fprintf(file, "digraph {\n");

	/* dump all nodes first */
	for(node = node_tree->head; node; node = node->next) {
		n = node->data;
		fprintf(file, "	%s [label = \"%s\"];\n", n->name, n->name);
	}

	/* now dump all edges */
	for(node = edge_weight_tree->head; node; node = node->next) {
		e = node->data;
		fprintf(file, "	%s -> %s;\n", e->from->name, e->to->name);
	}

	fprintf(file, "}\n");

	if(pipe) {
		pclose(pipe);
	} else {
		fclose(file);
#ifdef HAVE_MINGW
		unlink(filename);
#endif
		if(rename(tmpname, filename))
			logger(LOG_ERR, "Could not rename %s to %s: %s\n", tmpname, filename, strerror(errno));
		free(tmpname);
	}

	free(filename);
}


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High jumper Tejaswin pulls out of World Championships
Tejaswin Shankar has conveyed his inability to compete in the World Championships to be held in Doha from September 27.
New Delhi 10 September, 2019 20:36 IST
Tejaswin Shankar holds the national record at 2.29m in high jump. - PTI Photo
High jumper Tejaswin Shankar has conveyed his inability to compete in the World Championships to be held in Doha from September 27, the Athletics Federation of India said on Tuesday.
In a communication to the AFI on Tuesday, the US-based Tejaswin said he was in his off-season and not in jumping shape yet and hence declined to compete in Doha.
Though he missed the qualifying standard (2.30m) by two centimeters, the 20-year-old Delhi athlete made the grade by virtue of being among the IAAF Top Performance List as he is ranked 39th in the world.
The World Championships can have a maximum of 32 competitors in high jump.
"We would have liked him to compete in Doha and gain the experience of the big stage, but we respect his decision to decline the invitation. We hope he will train hard and remain injury-free and be a part of the Indian squad in the Olympic Games in Tokyo next year," said AFI president Adille Sumariwalla.
The AFI on Monday named a 25-member team with the provision that the likes of Tejaswin and 100m runner Dutee Chand, who did not meet the qualification mark but are within the required number of competitors for their events, would be added later after confirmation from the international body (IAAF).
AFI sources, however, said that Tejaswin would be asked to come to India and undergo a trial if he wants to take part in the World Championships.
"If the IAAF sends an invite for Tejaswin, we will ask him to at least jump 2.25m if not the World Championships qualification standard of 2.30m," the source had said.
The personal best for Tejaswin is 2.29m, which is also the existing national record.
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NH-90 Maker Reports Good Feedback; Describes Support Efforts
by Chris Pocock
- January 22, 2015, 6:28 AM
An NH-90 TTH of the Italian Army in Afghanistan. (photo: Italian Army via NH Industries)
Efforts to improve the availability of the NH-90 helicopter are underway, according to Vincent Dubrule, president of NH Industries. The European joint venture has now delivered 232 of the helicopters, nearly half of the total ordered by 13 countries. Production has reached a "steady state" of approximately 50 per year.
The feedback from operators had been good, Dubrule told the International Military Helicopter Conference 2015 in London, organized by Defence IQ. "They tell us that it is easy to fly, with a very good power-to-weight ratio, and agile," he said. But the NH-90, which is produced in two basic variants (tactical transport and naval), is a complex weapons system, Dubrule acknowledged. "It needs to be matured through experience," Brig. Gen. Antonio Bettelli, commander of Italian Army Aviation (an NH-90 TTH customer) told the conference.
Dubrule said that NHI is working with customers to deliver spare parts and repairs on time, provide timely responses to service requests and reduce the maintenance man hours per flying hour. The NHI president noted that three NH-90 customers had signed support-by-the-hour contracts with NHI. They initially acquired the recommended amount of spares, and NHI has since repaired or replaced these at an agreed cost per flying hour. The pooling of spares inventories could further reduce support costs, but military customers are reluctant to take that step away from "ownership," Dubrule told AIN.
NHI is discussing the joint funding by some customers of future upgrades to the NH-90, Dubrule revealed. These upgrades could include additional satellite and Link 16/22 communications, enhanced avionics for night operations, more self-protection systems, integration of more weapons, improved ballistic protection, changes to cabin configurations, compliance with civilian IFR requirements and improvement to the TTH version's ability to operate from ships.
Some customers might also be interested in the increased power and mtow of the version being produced for Oman, Dubrule added. He told AIN that another potential NH-90 customer in the Gulf—Qatar—has not yet finalized the order for 22 that it announced last March.
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July 23, 2019 / 8:47 AM / 6 months ago
UPDATE 2-Automakers lift European shares to more than two-week high
Sruthi Shankar, Medha Singh
* Automakers post best day since early January
* Banking stocks lifted by strong earnings for UBS, Santander
* Pound weakness helps FTSE as Johnson wins race to be PM (Updates to close)
By Sruthi Shankar and Medha Singh
July 23 (Reuters) - A surge in automakers and strong earnings from Europe's banking heavyweights lifted the main STOXX 600 index to its highest level in more than two weeks on Tuesday, with investors taking political upheaval in Britain and Spain in their stride.
The pan-European benchmark closed at its highest since July 4 as automakers rallied 3.8% for their strongest performance since early January.
French auto parts supplier Faurecia jumped 11.5% after it maintained first-half profitability despite a China-led decline in production, while Germany's Continental rose 6.3% despite issuing yet another profit warning the previous day, while rival Hella gained 6.8%.
"Industrials are up because they are cheap and unloved and none of them produced bad enough numbers," said Toby Clothier, co-head of Global Thematic Group at Mirabaud Securities in London.
"There is clearly some switching to cyclical things that are cheap in terms of old-fashioned metrics - earnings, dividend yield."
After a heavy sell-off in May on worries about a protracted U.S.-China trade dispute denting corporate profits, investors have bought back into stock markets in Europe and elsewhere on expectations that leading central banks will loosen monetary policy to encourage growth.
The European Central Bank could set the stage for a September interest rate cut when it meets on Thursday and the U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to cut rates by 25 basis points next week.
Europe's banking index, which has lagged most other sectors this year on expectations of lower interest rates, gained 2% after Swiss lender UBS reported its best second-quarter results in nearly a decade, lifting its shares by 2.6%.
Austrian chipmaker AMS, meanwhile, climbed by 7.3% after it forecast a strong third quarter, helping to drive a 1% advance for the tech index.
Despite largely positive earnings so far, investors are concerned momentum could soon falter. Data from Refinitiv showed companies listed on the STOXX 600 index are expected to report a 0.5% drop in second-quarter earnings, a reversal from 0.2% growth forecast a week ago.
Away from earnings, German carmaker Daimler rose 4.4% on news that China's Beijing Automotive Group Co (BAIC) had bought a 5% stake in the company. The Auto-heavy German market was Europe's biggest gainer, rising 1.6%.
The weak pound allied with the international exposure of London's FTSE 100 helped the index to firm slightly after Boris Johnson won the contest to be Britain's new prime minister, with investors concerned he could lead Britain towards a no-deal Brexit.
Better than expected results for Spanish lender Santander , which gained 3.6%, helped investors shrug off news that Spain's Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez failed in a first attempt to win parliament's backing to form a government. He now has two days to try to strike a deal with the far-left Unidas Podemos before the second vote. (Reporting by Sruthi Shankar and Medha Singh in Bengaluru Editing by David Goodman)


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BIG BUDGET FILMS
Central Intelligence (PG-13 for violence, sexuality, nudity, crude humor and brief profanity) Unlikely-buddies comedy about a nerdy accountant (Kevin Hart) who is lured into the world of international espionage by a childhood friend-turned-crack CIA agent (Dwayne Johnson). With Amy Ryan, Danielle Nicolet and Aaron Paul.
Finding Dory (PG for mild mature themes) Ellen DeGeneres plays the title role in this animated sequel to Finding Nemo which finds the forgetful fish embarking on an epic journey to find her long-lost family. Voice cast includes Albert Brooks, Idris Elba, Kate McKinnon, Albert Brooks, Bill Hader, Ed O'Neill, Eugene Levy and Diane Keaton.
Argentina (Unrated) Folklore documentary exploring the heart of the Argentine culture, including the nation's dance and musical heritage. (In Spanish with subtitles)
Cosmos (Unrated) The late Andrzej Zulawski's final film, an adaptation of Witold Gombrowicz's novel of the same name, reinterpreted as an exploration of desire at a rural retreat by a law school dropout (Jonathan Genet), his unemployed friend (Johan Libereau) and the newlywed daughter (Victoria Guerra) of the owner (Sabine Azema) of the guesthouse. With Clementine Pons, Jean-Francois Balmer and Andy Gillet. (In French with subtitles)
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My Love, Don't Cross That River (Unrated) Tale of undying love about 100 year-olds Jo and Gye-Yeoi Kang, a Korean couple that's been happily married for 76 years and counting. (In Korean with subtitles)
No Stranger than Love (R for profanity) Romantic comedy about a married man (Colin Hanks) who mysteriously disappears into a hole in his mistress' (Alison Brie) living room floor when she tells him she loves him. With Justin Chatwin, Mark Forward, Lisa Berry and Christopher Cordell.
Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made (Unrated) "The Making of" documentary revisiting a couple of Mississippi adolescents' seven-year effort to remake their favorite film: Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Seoul Searching (Unrated) Fact-based coming-of-age dramedy, set in the Eighties, recounting how the Korean government created special summer camps where foreign-born kids from mixed backgrounds might learn about their roots. Co-starring Jessika Van, Justin Chon and Teo Yoo. (In Korean, English and German with subtitles)
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