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Q: Perl Plucene Index Search Fooling around more with the Perl Plucene module and, having created my index, I am now trying to search it and return results.
My code to create the index is here...chances are you can skip this and read on:
#usr/bin/perl
use Plucene::Document;
use Plucene::Document::Field;
use Plucene::Index::Writer;
use Plucene::Analysis::SimpleAnalyzer;
use Plucene::Search::HitCollector;
use Plucene::Search::IndexSearcher;
use Plucene::QueryParser;
use Try::Tiny;
my $content = $ARGV[0];
my $doc = Plucene::Document->new;
my $i=0;
$doc->add(Plucene::Document::Field->Text(content => $content));
my $analyzer = Plucene::Analysis::SimpleAnalyzer->new();

if (!(-d "solutions" )) {
        $i = 1;
}

if ($i)
{
    my $writer = Plucene::Index::Writer->new("solutions", $analyzer, 1); #Third param is 1 if creating new index, 0 if adding to existing
    $writer->add_document($doc);
    my $doc_count = $writer->doc_count;
    undef $writer; # close
}
else
{
    my $writer = Plucene::Index::Writer->new("solutions", $analyzer, 0);
    $writer->add_document($doc);
    my $doc_count = $writer->doc_count;
    undef $writer; # close
}

It creates a folder called "solutions" and various files to it...I'm assuming indexed files for the doc I created. Now I'd like to search my index...but I'm not coming up with anything. Here is my attempt, guided by the Plucene::Simple examples of CPAN. This is after I ran the above with the param "lol" from the command line.
#usr/bin/perl

  use Plucene::Simple;

  my $plucy = Plucene::Simple->open("solutions");
  my @ids = $plucy->search("content : lol");
  foreach(@ids)
  {
    print $_;
  }

Nothing is printed, sadly )-=. I feel like querying the index should be simple, but perhaps my own stupidity is limiting my ability to do this.

A: Three things I discovered in time:

*

*Plucene is a grossly inefficient proof-of-concept and the Java implementation of Lucene is BY FAR the way to go if you are going to use this tool. Here is some proof: http://www.kinosearch.com/kinosearch/benchmarks.html

*Lucy is a superior choice that does the same thing and has more documentation and community (as per the comment on the question).

*How to do what I asked in this problem.

I will share two scripts - one to import a file into a new Plucene index and one to search through that index and retrieve it. A truly working example of Plucene...can't really find it easily on the Internet. Also, I had tremendous trouble CPAN-ing these modules...so I ended up going to the CPAN site (just Google), getting the tar's and putting them in my Perl lib (I'm on Strawberry Perl, Windows 7) myself, however haphazard. Then I would try to run them and CPAN all the dependencies that it cried for. This is a sloppy way to do things...but it's how I did them and now it works.
#usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Plucene::Simple;
my $content_1 = $ARGV[0];
my $content_2 = $ARGV[1];
my %documents;

 %documents = (
"".$content_2 => {

                     content => $content_1
                   }
);

print $content_1;
my $index = Plucene::Simple->open( "solutions" );
for my $id (keys %documents)
{
        $index->add($id => $documents{$id});
}
 $index->optimize;

So what does this do...you call the script with two command line arguments of your choosing - it creates a key-value pair of the form "second argument" => "first argument". Think of this like the XMLs in the tutorial at the apache site (http://lucene.apache.org/solr/api/doc-files/tutorial.html). The second argument is the field name.
Anywho, this will make a folder in the directory the script was run in - in that folder will be files made by lucene - THIS IS YOUR INDEX!! All we need to do now is search that index using the power of Lucene, something made easy by Plucene. The script is the following:
#usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Plucene::Simple;
my $content_1 = $ARGV[0];
my $index = Plucene::Simple->open( "solutions" );

my (@ids, $error);
my $query = $content_1;
@ids = $index->search($query);
foreach(@ids)
{
    print $_."---seperator---";
}

You run this script by calling it from the command line with ONE argument - for example's sake let it be the same first argument as you called the previous script. If you do that you will see that it prints your second argument from the example before! So you have retrieved that value! And given that you have other key-value pairs with the same value, this will print those too! With "---seperator---" between them!


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require 'spec_helper'

describe "post/create.html.erb" do
  pending "add some examples to (or delete) #{__FILE__}"
end

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EU unveils revamp of cybersecurity rules days after hack
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union unveiled Wednesday plans to revamp the 27-nation bloc's dated cybersecurity rules, just days after data on a new coronavirus vaccine was unlawfully accessed in a hack attack on the European Medicines Agency.
The EU last year recorded around 450 cyber incidents involving European infrastructure, notably in the financial and energy sectors, and the pandemic has highlighted Europe's deep dependence on the internet and exposed security weaknesses.
The EU's current Network Information System regulations date from 2008, and the European Commission's new proposals aim to bring them up to date and allow the EU to impose hefty fines on operators who break the rules.
"The time of innocence is over. We know that we are a target," Commission Vice-President Margaritis Schinas told reporters. "We need to modernize, reinforce, and adapt."
The plans include an "EU-wide Cyber Shield" linking national security authorities that would use artificial intelligence and machine learning to detect early signs of attacks, a cyber unit to respond to incidents and threats, and beefing up cooperation between countries and with organizations like NATO.
The new cyber-strategy would focus on protecting essential infrastructure like electricity grids, heating systems, gas and hydrogen plants as well as air, rail, water and road links. Financial market and health infrastructure would also be among the priorities.
The EU also wants to bolster its sanctions system related to cyber incidents, with a proposal for countries to agree on sanctions by qualified majority voting rather than unanimity. The Europeans imposed sanctions on people and organizations linked to Russia, China and North Korea this year.
The new plans must now be debated by EU countries and the European Parliament and are likely to change substantially. Once agreed upon, the 27 nations would have 18 months to adopt and start applying the rules nationally.
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Skew-T plot of the 7:00 pm radiosonde sounding from Birmingham, Ala. on the evening of April 27, 2011, the day of the Tuscaloosa-Birmingham EF-4 Tornado.
As the radiosonde balloons ascends, it records the temperature and relative humidity at certain prescribed pressure levels (called the mandatory levels) and anytime a significant change occurs in the temperature, humidity, or wind.
Typically, a radiosonde observation is complete when the balloon, carrying the radiosonde, bursts and begins to descend. At that time the data is compiled into a series of five-digit groupings containing temperature, dew point depression and wind speed/direction for mandatory and significant levels. This data is plotted onto a skew-T.
The five-digit coded radiosonde observation is complicated to decode and plot onto a Skew-T diagram. As such, there are several private weather vendors and universities who have written programs to decode and plot (or redisplay the info in a tabular format) these observations. A simple Internet search for "atmospheric soundings" will provide you with several choices.
There are two basic lines plotted on a Skew-T from which we can derived much information. These represent the dew point which is calculated from the relative humidity (in blue, left line) and air temperature (in red, right line).
While it is generally true that the air temperature decreases with height, it is readily seen that this decrease is not uniform nor is it consistent. There may be several places where the air temperature remains the same or increases with height. These particular places are called 'temperature inversions' where the normal temperature decrease is 'inverted' and the temperature will increase with height.
Another common characteristic of radiosonde soundings is the location of the tropopause. The tropopause is the boundary between the troposphere and stratosphere and is also indicated by a large temperature inversion.
The dew point line will be the most 'wiggly' as the radiosonde ascends through intervening pockets of moist and dry air. At each level on the Skew-T, the closer the dew point is to the temperature, the higher the relative humidity is at that level. The dew point will occasionally equal the air temperature and will be seen by the intersection of both lines.
The other piece of information plotted on a Skew-T is the wind speed and direction. This info obtained as the radiosonde is tracked using GPS during its ascent. The wind speed and direction is reported for the same mandatory pressure levels with additional required elevations above sea level and for any significant changes in speed or direction.
Across the country and around the world, radiosondes sample the atmosphere twice daily providing answers concerning the state of the upper air.
Upper air observations from a few of the more than 90 observations sites in the United States. These select upper air observations are all taken at the same time. © 2015 Google Inc, used with permission. Google and the Google logo are registered trademarks of Google Inc.


There was always reason to suspect that many people who sign up for online services never so much as glance at privacy policies -- which tend to be written in dense, nearly undecipherable, language.
But most of the support for that idea has been anecdotal.
Now, researchers at Michigan State University and the University of Connecticut have conducted a study that attempts to scientifically prove whether people read online privacy policies and other notifications.
The results strongly suggest that most people don't even attempt to do so.
For the study, "The Biggest Lie on the Internet," researchers gave 543 communications undergraduates the opportunity to test "Namedrop," a fictional social networking service.
The terms of service themselves contained two unusual clauses. One provided that all data could be shared with outside companies -- including ones that could assess eligibility for jobs and loans. The second unfamiliar clause said that participants agreed to give up their first born child to the site.
All of the participants clicked a box stating they agreed to all conditions -- strongly indicating that no one read the terms of service.
"The results of this study suggest that individuals often ignore privacy and terms of service policies for social networking services," the authors write. "If communications scholars-in-training cannot be bothered to read [social networking service] policies, let alone demonstrate concern about the implications of ignoring notice opportunities, it seems likely that the general public would commonly ignore policies as well."
The lead author, Michigan State University's Jonathan Obar, says in a letter to the Federal Communications Commission that the results cast doubt on the so-called "notice and choice" framework for online privacy. That model requires companies to notify consumers about how their data is collected and used, and allow them to opt out of certain uses.
"Transparency and access are terrific places to start, but terrible places to finish," Obar writes. "More needs to be done to ensure that users are aware of what they are agreeing to, and protected from threats associated with data sharing and data use."


The only God known to man who is compassionate toward sinners is the God of the Bible. The God made known to us through Jesus of Nazareth does not cast us away without any further consideration or inkling of care. We can not cause Him to love us any less by pushing Him away or any more by pulling Him close. Our God has compassion that forgives, restores, and redeems.
Let's pray today that we may not resist God but run to Him for forgiveness and restoration.


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In accordance with state law, students are obligated to attend school regularly, and be in attendance a minimum number of days during the school year. In order for a minor to obtain or renew a driver's license or learner's permit for the operation of a motor vehicle, the minor shall present evidence to the Office of Motor Vehicles that the minor is enrolled and is attending school or a recognized program or has completed the required minimum units of credit for graduation. Such documentation shall be verified by the principal on forms provided by the Louisiana Department of Education, and said documentation shall be valid for ninety (90) days from the date of issuance.
A student who does not meet the required minimum school attendance provisions may be subject to denial or suspension of his/her driver's license or learner's permit. It is the policy of the Plaquemines Parish School Board to provide written notification of a minor student who has been determined by the principal to be a dropout or habitually absent or tardy to the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles for denial or suspension of driving privileges.
In addition, a minor student's driver's license or permit may also be suspended when written notification is received by the Office of Motor Vehicles from the principal that the minor student has been expelled or suspended from school or assigned to an alternative educational setting for ten (10) or more consecutive school days. Such disciplinary action shall be limited to expulsions, suspensions, or alternative educational assignments for infractions involving the sale or possession of drugs, alcohol, or any other illegal substance, the possession of a firearm, or an infraction involving assault or battery of a member of the school faculty or staff.
The School Board, through the principal, shall provide written notification to any minor whom the principal has determined to be a dropout or habitually absent or tardy and his/her parent or guardian that the principal intends to subject the minor to driver's license denial or suspension. The written notification shall advise the minor of his/her right to seek a hearing of the School Board of such determination or to make a request of the School Board to obtain a hardship waiver within fifteen (15) days of the mailing of the notification. The principal shall send a copy of the notification to the School Board.
If the School Board is notified of a request for a hearing or a request for a hardship license within fifteen (15) days after the date of mailing the written notification, the School Board shall hold a hearing to make a determination upon such request. If no such request is received by the School Board, or if the School Board determines after a hearing that such student is a dropout or is habitually absent or tardy and is not entitled to a hardship waiver, then the School Board shall provide written notification to the Office of Motor Vehicles that the minor's license should be suspended or denied.
The School Board may waive the attendance requirements for any minor for whom a personal, family, or economic hardship requires the minor to have a driver's license for his/her own, or his/her family's employment or medical care as provided in La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §17:226. The minor or his/her parent or legal guardian may present other evidence that indicates compliance with attendance requirements outlined in state law at the waiver hearing.
The School Board shall notify the Office of Motor Vehicles of the outcome of the minor's hardship waiver hearing within twenty-four (24) hours after conducting the hearing.
Dropout, for purposes of this policy, means a person fifteen (15) years of age or older but less than eighteen (18) years old, who was enrolled in a school and withdrew or who was enrolled at the end of the previous school year and is not enrolled on October first of the following school year or who has more than ten (10) consecutive days of unexcused absences from school or fifteen (15) days total unexcused absences during a single semester.
transferred to a nonpublic school, a correctional institution, or an approved home school program or moved out of state.
Habitually absent or tardy is when either condition continues to exist after all reasonable efforts by a principal or other appropriate authority have failed to correct the condition after the fifth (5th) unexcused absence or fifth (5th) unexcused occurrence of being tardy within any month or if a pattern of five (5) absences a month is established or as otherwise provided in La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §17:233.
Minor means an unemancipated child who is at least fifteen (15) years of age but less than eighteen (18) years of age.


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HUNTER-GATHERERS BUILT LONG-TERM DWELLINGS 10,000 YEARS BEFORE FARMING VILLAGES DISCOVERED IN JORDANIAN DESERT BASIN
Shelters date to Stone Age
Hunter-gatherers hung out in huts long before farmers built villages
Web edition : Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
The remains of a couple of nearly 20,000-year-old huts, excavated in a
These new discoveries come from a time of social transition, when mobile hunter-gatherers hunkered down for months at a time in spots that featured rivers, lakes and plentiful game, say archaeologist Lisa Maher of the University of California, Berkeley and her colleagues. Discoveries in and around hut remnants at a Stone Age site called Kharaneh IV include hearths, animal bones and caches of pierced seashells and other apparently ritual items, Maher's team reports in a paper published online February 15 in PLoS ONE.
Graves containing human skeletons were previously excavated beneath what have now been identified as hut floors covered by burned wood and shrubs that once served as walls. Maher expects evidence of additional four- to five-person huts will turn up at the site, which is about the size of four U.S. football fields. Over a 1,000-year span, groups totaling between 50 and 100 people spent about half of each year at Kharaneh IV, she estimates.
Ancient huts at Kharaneh IV join a handful of other Stone Age hunter-gatherer structures excavated in the Middle East. Remains of six brushwood huts at Israel's Ohalo II site, along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, date to as early as 23,000 years ago.
The ancient huts at Ohalo II were probably occupied year-round, based on extensive plant and animal finds at that site, says Harvard University archaeologist Ofer Bar-Yosef. In his view, those huts - but not the Kharaneh
IV huts - were precursors of 14,500-year-old oval structures with stone foundations built at several Middle Eastern locations by the Natufians, the first foraging society known to inhabit permanent settlements.
New Kharaneh IV finds show that, by 20,000 years ago, "perishable brush huts were common from the lush Sea of Galilee basin into now-arid plains to the east," says archaeologist Dani Nadel of the University of Haifa in Israel,
who directs Ohalo II excavations.
Ancient hunter-gatherers may not have lived at Kharaneh IV permanently, but they returned annually for long stretches over many generations, Maher says. Gazelle hunting was a prime draw, along with opportunities for trading
goods, forming alliances and arranging marriages, she suggests.
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/338646/title/Shelters_date_to_Stone_Age
EUROPEAN NEANDERTHALS WERE ON THE VERGE OF EXTINCTION EVEN BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF MODERN HUMANS
New findings from an international team of researchers show that most Neanderthals in Europe died off around 50,000
years ago. The previously held view of a Europe populated by a stable Neanderthal population for hundreds of thousands of years up until modern humans arrived must therefore be revised. This new perspective on the Neanderthals comes from a study of ancient DNA published February 25 in Molecular Biology and Evolution.
The results indicate that most Neanderthals in Europe died off as early as 50,000 years ago. After that, a small group of Neanderthals recolonized central and western Europe, where they survived for another 10,000 years before modern humans entered the picture. The study is the result of an international project led by Swedish and Spanish researchers in Uppsala, Stockholm and Madrid.
"The fact that Neanderthals in Europe were nearly extinct, but then recovered, and that all this took place long before they came into contact with modern humans came as a complete surprise to us. This indicates that the Neanderthals may have been more sensitive to the dramatic climate changes that took place in the last Ice Age than was previously thought", says Love Dalén, associate professor at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm.
In connection with work on DNA from Neanderthal fossils in Northern Spain, the researchers noted that the genetic variation among European Neanderthals was extremely limited during the last ten thousand years before the
Neanderthals disappeared.
Older European Neanderthal fossils, as well as fossils from Asia, had much greater genetic variation, on par with the amount of variation that might be expected from a species that had been abundant in an area for a long period
of time. "The amount of genetic variation in geologically older Neanderthals as well as in Asian Neanderthals was just as great as in modern humans as a species, whereas the variation among later European Neanderthals was not
even as high as that of modern humans in Iceland", says Anders Götherström, associate professor at Uppsala University.
The results presented in the study are based entirely on severely degraded DNA, and the analysis have therefore required both advanced laboratory and computational methods. The research team has involved experts from a number
of countries, including statisticians, experts on modern DNA sequencing and paleoanthropologists from Denmark, Spain and the US.
Only when all members of the international research team had reviewed the findings could they feel certain that the available genetic data actually reveals an important and previously unknown part of Neanderthal history. "This type of interdisciplinary study is extremely valuable in advancing research about our evolutionary history. DNA from prehistoric people has led to a number of unexpected findings in recent years, and it will be really exciting to see what further discoveries are made in the coming years", says Juan Luis Arsuaga, professor of human paleontology at the Universidad Complutense of Madrid.
A COLORFUL PEBBLE WITH LINEAR INCISIONS MAY BE THE WORLD'S OLDEST ENGRAVING
The colorful pebble bearing a sequence of lines dates back 100,000 years and may be the first evidence of abstract art. The object, which will be described in the April issue of the Journal of Archaeology, dates back approximately 100,000 years ago and could also be the world's oldest known abstract art. It was recovered from Klasies River Cave in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.
"Associated human remains indicate that the engraved piece was certainly made by Homo sapiens," co-author Riaan Rifkin of the University of Witwatersrand's Institute for Human Evolution told Discovery News. Rifkin and colleagues Francesco d'Errico and Renata Garcia Moreno performed extensive non-invasive analysis of the object. Methods like X-ray fluorescence and microscopic analysis enabled the researchers to examine every minute detail of the ocher pebble, which appears to have split off from a once larger piece. The scientists conclude that humans intentionally made the sub-parallel linear incisions on the Middle Stone Age pebble.
"Upon engraving the piece with a sharp lithic implement, it is likely to have produced a markedly bright and dark red-maroon powder," Rifkin said. "The design may therefore have been strikingly visible shortly after it was produced." Ocher is a mineral-rich, naturally tinted clay that primarily consists of hydrated iron oxide. Ocher was among the earliest pigments used by humans and possibly other hominids for artistic purposes.
The Klasies River object measures close to 3 inches in length and contains a series of seven "deep broad engraved lines and several, about 16 or so, narrower and somewhat shallower linear features," Rifkin said. "The fragment is a remnant of a formerly semi-circular ocher pebble that likely contained a much more extensive engraved design on its surface."
Of particular interest now is whether or not the engraver made the design with symbolic intent. Use of symbols and meaningful images is thought to have been a significant breakthrough in human development. Language, math and countless other studies are tied to this basic skill, in addition to improved communication. To this day, art permits communication of identity and other things among diverse cultures.
http://news.discovery.com/history/engraving-oldest-122302.html
BIG PRE-COLUMBIAN FIND DISCOVERED IN MEXICO CITY
A total of 23 pre-Columbian stone plaques dating back approximately 550 years, with carvings illustrating such Aztec myths as the birth of the god of war Huitzilopochtli, were discovered by archaeologists in front of the Great Temple of Tinochtitlan in downtown Mexico City, the National Anthropology and History Institute, or INAH, said.
Bas-relief sculptures on slabs of tezontle (volcanic rock) relate the mythological origins of the ancient Mexica culture through representations of serpents, captives, ornaments, warriors and other figures, the INAH said
in a statement. The pre-Columbian remains are of great archaeological value because this is the first time such pieces have been found within the sacred grounds of Tenochtitlan and can be read "as an iconographic document narrating certain myths of that ancient civilization," archaeologist Raul Barrera said.
The Great Temple was the most important center of the Mexicas' religious life, built in what is today the great square of the Mexican capital known as the Zocalo.
The stone carvings focus on the myths of Huitzilopochtli's birth and the beginning of the Holy War. They were placed facing what was the center of Huitzilopochtli worship, which means that, like the flooring of pink andesite and slabs of basalt, they date back to the fourth stage of the Great Temple's construction (1440-1469), Barrera said.
According to the myth of Huitzilopochtli's birth, the goddess of the earth and fertility, Coatlicue, was impregnated by a feather that entered her womb as she was sweeping. But the pregnancy angered her children, so the 400 warriors from southern Mexico and the goddess Coyolxauhqui decided to go up Coatepec mountain where Coatlicue lived and kill her, Barrera said. The legend about the beginning of the Holy War among the Mexicas says that during the journey the southern warriors made from Aztlan to Texcoco Lake in the Valley of Mexico, where they founded the city, star warriors from the north, called Mimixcoas in Nahuatl, descended from the heavens. "Both myths include the concept of a star war, in which the god of war and the sun Huitzilopochtli defeats the 400 warriors from the south and
Coyolxauhqui, a clash that left in its wake the stars and the moon," Barrera said.
Archaeologist Lorena Vazquez Vallin, for her part, said that another of the images carved on the stone slabs is a dart with smoke along its sides, in front of which an obsidian arrowhead was found.Another shows a star warrior carrying his chimalli (shield) in one hand and in the other a weapon for shooting darts, the same that Huitzilopochtli used to conquer Coyolxauhqui.
One stone slab is sculpted with a figure of a captive on his knees and his hands tied behind his back. A tear falls from his eye and he might be speaking, Vazquez Vallin said. On another of the pre-Columbian pieces is the profile of a man wearing a feather headdress with an earflap. He has been decapitated.
http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=470747&CategoryId=13003
LIFE-SIZED WARRIORS OF STONE REASSEMBLED ON MEDITERRANEAN ISLAND OF SARDINIA
Archaeologists and conservation experts on the Italian island of Sardinia have succeeded in re-assembling literally thousands of fragments of smashed sculpture to recreate a small yet unique army of life-size stone warriors which were originally destroyed by enemy action in the middle of the first millennium BC.
It's the only group of sculpted life-sized warriors ever found in Europe. Though consisting of a much smaller number of figures than China's famous Terracotta Army, the Sardinia example is 500 years older and is made of
stone rather than pottery. After an eight year conservation and reconstruction program, 25 of the original 33 sculpted stone warriors - archers, shield-holding 'boxers' and probable swordsmen - have now been substantially re-assembled.
The warriors were originally sculpted and placed on guard over the graves of elite Iron Age Sardinians, buried in the 8 century BC. The stone guardians are thought to have represented the dead individuals or to have acted as their eternal body-guards and retainers.
However, within a few centuries, the Carthaginians (from what is now Tunisia) invaded Sardinia - and archaeologists suspect that it was they who smashed the stone warriors (and stone models of native fortress shrines) into five thousand fragments. It's likely that the small sculpted army - and the graves they were guarding - were seen by the invaders as important symbols of indigenous power and status.
The site was abandoned and forgotten. Carthaginian control of Sardinia gave way to Roman, then Vandal, then Byzantine, Pisan, Aragonese, Spanish, Austrian, Savoyard and finally Italian rule.
The thousands of fragments were rediscovered only in the 1970s - and were excavated in the early 1980s by Italian archaeologist Carlo Troncheti. Two of the statues were then re-assembled - but the vast majority of the material was put into a local museum store where it stayed until 2004 when re-assembly work on the fragments was re-started by conservators in Sassari, northern Sardinia.
Sardinia's newly recreated 'stone army' is set to focus attention on one of the world's least known yet most impressive ancient civilizations - the so-called Nuragic culture which dominated the island from the 16 century BC
to the late 6 century BC. Its Bronze Age heyday was in the mid second millennium BC - roughly from the 16 to the 13 century BC, when it constructed some of the most impressive architectural monuments ever produced in prehistory.
Even today, the remains of 7000 Nuragic fortresses (the oldest castles in Europe) still dominate the landscape of Sardinia. Several dozen have stood the test of time exceptionally well - and give an extraordinary impression
of what Sardinian Bronze Age military architecture looked like.
The re-assembled stone army is expected to go on display from this summer at southern Sardinia's Cagliari Museum, 70 miles south-east of the find site, Monte Prama in central Sardinia.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/prehistoric-cybermen-sardinias-lost-warriors-rise-from-the-dust-6988952.html
A NEWLY TRANSLATED ANCIENT TABLET (3,500 YEARS AGO) READS OF SEX, POLITICS AND BEER-DRINKING
Millennia before modern-day Americans made fun of their politicians or cracked crude jokes over a cold one, people in ancient Mesopotamia were doing much the same thing. The evidence of sex, politics and beer-drinking comes from a newly translated tablet, dating back more than 3,500 years, which reveals a series of riddles.
The text is fragmentary in parts and appears to have been written by an inexperienced hand, possibly a student. The researchers aren't sure where the tablet originates, though they suspect its scribe lived in the southern part of Mesopotamia, near the Persian Gulf.
The translation, by Nathan Wasserman, a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Institute of Archaeology, and Michael Streck, a professor with the Altorientalisches Institut at Universität Leipzig, is detailed in the most recent edition of the journal Iraq.
FORGOTTEN KINGDOM OF TUWANA BEING UNCOVERED IN SOUTHERN CAPPADOCIA -- TURKEY
Numerous archaeological excavations are underway at a huge site in Anatolia which will uncover an ancient and rich
yet forgotten kingdom known as Tuwana from the darkness of history, which will be featured in an open-air museum.
The news was reported by Lorenzo d'Alfonso, an Italian archaeologist leading the joint mission by the University of Pavia and NYU, who provided details on the excavation campaign in a press conference in Istanbul this month, during which the details of the Italian archaeological missions in Turkey were explained. This "new discovery" from the pre-classical age which "needs to be continued" in southern Cappadocia took place in Kinik Hoyuk, the scholar said, referring to a site mainly involving the beginning of the first millennium BC.
The area is "fully" part of the "forgotten kingdom" of Tuwana, said d'Alfonso,known until now through hieroglyphics and from several sources from the Assyrian Empire, but "never studied archaeologically": "A completely intact
site that has been left untouched", trying to "place it historically to understand which civilization belonged to and what it's role was in the region".
Kinik Hoyuk, the archaeologist said, is "one of the major sites" in terms of size in pre-classical Anatolia, if you leave the capital of the Hittites out: the most conservative estimates say that it spans 24 hectares"but topographers say that it could cover 81 hectares". "...its importance emerged in a campaign that we conducted," said d'Alfonso, who said that "southern Cappadocia is important because it controlled the Cilician Gates, or the passageway between the East and the West and between Europe and Asia": essentially, "one of the most important junctions" in the world during that period and at the "center" of which lies Kinik Koyuk.
Tuwana was a small buffer state between the Phrygian kingdom and the Assyrian Empire "and this is why it was particularly rich": "one ofthe great subjects of our study involves the cultural richness of this kingdom," said D'Alfonso, referring mainly to the development of the alphabet. He pointed out that three steles from the Iron Age were uncovered in the area, "which are not very well preserved", but which do say a lot "about the importance that the site had".
The strategy of the excavation, said the archaeologist, was guided by "geomagnetic surveys in 2010 which revealed particularly significant remains of the acropolis wall and buildings at the centre of the acropolis itself": "monumental" walls excavated "to a height of 6 metres" in an outstanding state of preservation. The excavation campaign was "planned from the very beginning to be transformed into an open-air museum": Kinik Hoyuk, underlined D'Alfonso, is "easily accessible". Its "strength" is that it is only 45 minutes from the major tourist attractions in Cappadocia (and less than 2km from one of the major 4-lane roads in the region).
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NEANDERTHALS WERE USING PAINT 250,000 YEARS AGO -- EARLIER THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT
Traces of the paint, made from ocher, were dug up in the Netherlands and dated to a quarter of a million years ago.
Scientists are keeping an open mind as to what the sub-species of humans did with it back then although it is often considered a sign of symbolic behavior such as artwork and body painting.
Scientists examined small quantities of red material on well-preserved flint and bones dug up from an archaeological site in Maastricht in the Netherlands, reports the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. State-of-the-art X-ray techniques revealed the presence of an iron oxide called hematite, a metal that was not part of the sedimentary environment and probably entered as drops from an ocher-rich liquid. They believe it was brought to the site from dozens of miles away.
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NORWALK COMMUNITY COLLEGE AVOCATION ARCHAEOLOGY PROGRAM COMES UP WITH A FIND 4,000 YEARS OLD!
An ancient spearpoint was found at an excavation site in Connecticut (USA) during a Norwalk Community College-sponsored archaeology dig. Chelsea Dean, senior at Fairfield Ludlowe High School, took the Introduction to Archaeology course with Professor Ernest Wiegand last fall as part of the schools avocation program. During the last dig of the semester, Chelsea found a spearpoint more than 4,000 years old.
"It's like an arrowhead. The section I was working on had a lot of stuff coming up, but nothing was complete. When the actual projectile point came up, it was the first intact artifact I found," she said. "One of the things I learned taking the course is that I want to continue with archaeology, whether it's a career or recreational," Chelsea said
Mr. Wiegand, coordinator of the college's archaeology club, said Chelsea discovered a spearpoint made of white quartz. This type of ancient artifact is known as a Burwell projectile point and was probably used as the tip of a spear. The excavation at Gallows Hill Rd. has been a 10-year project by Mr. Wiegand and his students. "The point type is the first of its kind found at the site," he said. "It is one more clue to tell us as to who was there." The artifact is being kept with other findings from the Gallows Hill site, where dig will continue when Mr. Wiegand and his students return in the spring.
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STONE ROW DISCOVERED IN WALES ON THE SITE OF A PROPOSED WIND FARM
Sandy Gerrard, a former English Heritage designation officer for 20 years, reported the discovery of an ancient stone row on the site of a proposed wind farm in Wales. It seems that the row at the Mynydd y Betws wind farm development went unnoticed by archaeologists researching the site prior to work starting. There are two roads scheduled to cross the stone row but work has now stopped in the area around the row pending clarification by archaeologists working for Cambrian Renewable Energy Limited, the company building the wind farm.
Mr. Gerrard: "There are currently three scheduled monuments on Bancbryn and we decided to head straight there. Within moments we had identified several sites including a number of stoney mounds, a few hollows, a line of pits with associated banks and leading into and returning out from the fenced off area - a line of stones. In amongst these archaeological features but significantly not actually touching any of them were the scars of archaeological trenches indicating that excavation had indeed happened but appeared to have missed all the visible archaeology," said Mr Gerrard. "Our visit confirmed there were indeed archaeological remains and we are confident that future work will demonstrate that they are of some importance," he added.
Mr Gerrard said that the stone row is probably the most important of the features found and as it is associated with over 30 cairns, some of which are curbed, it seems to form the focus of an incredibly important ceremonial landscape where the form of space between the numerous earthwork and built elements are as integral and important as the earthworks themselves. Mr Gerrard has spent much of his archaeological working life on Dartmoor and he believes the form of the newly discovered stone row is so identical to the same rows in England as to suggest a definite and tangible link between these people. The small size of the stones reflects what was available and even on Dartmoor some of the rows are formed by similar sized stones.
"The discovery of this exciting monument has been tempered by the realisation that it is being cut into three parts by the new roads and the feeling that if it had been known about before it could have perhaps been saved in its entirety," said Gerrard. "The site is delicate and the huge diggers which have been trundling across it have already caused irreparable damage. It is to be hoped that the row will survive its amputation and outlast its temporary ignominy. To this end I have asked Cadw to schedule the monument as a matter of priority to ensure that any straying diggers do not complete the destruction," he concluded.
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Homemade dessert crepes with ricotta cheese filling, berries, and kiwi – delicious dessert with lots of fresh berries! I also provide a recipe and step-by-step instruction on how to make crepes from scratch.
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I had some extra kiwi in the refrigerator and, having read on the internet that kiwis are similar in flavor to strawberries, I decided to combine the two (plus blueberries), mix them with some sweetened ricotta cheese filling and fold all of that inside the crepe.
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Feel free to make these homemade crepes more or less sweet by using more or less honey (or agave nectar) in ricotta cheese filling. I find that the less sweetener I use for ricotta cheese (or not use any at all), the more I can call this recipe a breakfast. 🙂 The more sweetener I use, the more it transforms into a refined French-style dessert. Keep in mind that agave nectar is very sweet, so you would need much less agave vs. honey. I personally prefer to use agave nectar to sweeten ricotta cheese, because 1 tablespoon of agave makes 1/2 cup of ricotta cheese pretty sweet and gives ricotta cheese a nice texture. I also like the flavor of agave-sweetened ricotta cheese much better than if I sweeten the ricotta with honey.
Once the crepe filling is made, put the sweetened ricotta cheese filling in the middle of an open crepe, add berries and kiwi, then just fold both sides of crepes to create a tube shape. Alternatively, you can just fold crepe in half, then fold it one more time to create a triangle, like in these crepes with agave-ricotta cheese filling, topped with pears roasted in honey.
Enjoy this very easy Summer treat (especially if you pre-made the crepes)!
Homemade dessert crepes with ricotta cheese filling, berries (strawberries and blueberries), and kiwi - delicious dessert with lots of fresh berries! I also provide a recipe and step-by-step instruction on how to make crepes from scratch.
To serve: add 2 tablespoons of agave-ricotta cheese mixture on top of the open crepe, add some sliced strawberries, blueberries and sliced kiwi, fold the crepe in half. Sprinkled with powdered sugar if desired. Ready to serve!
Note that the prep and cook time does not include the time to make homemade crepes. In this recipe, it is assumed that you already have pre-made the crepes.
Love your crepes! I grow up with crepes too, my grandma use to make them and my mom make at least 60 every time she decide to prepare them.
I am so happy that I found some new recipes for crepes. Can I give you one new to try? Mix ricotta cheese with sugar and one or two egs , vanilla and lemon peel. Make the crepe but right after you turn it on the other side take with a spoon from the cheese mixture and ad it on half in the crepe and cover with the other half of the crepe. Let until is done one side and turn it in the other until the egg is done in the cheese, it shouldn't take to long. These are delicious! It is to late now to start to make some of your recipes but for sure tomorow I will prepare some!
These look divine, Julia! I would love these for breakfast, dessert, or any time of day!
DELICIOUS !!! Seriously, wish I could just dive into these right now.
I can't think of a better breakfast! I mostly have my crepes with a kind of jam or cheese only. Your combination sounds just perfect!
When I got the email with your new post with such an enticing title but no photos, I clicked on the link only to find nothing! You are such a tease, Julia! These were absolutely worth the wait. Fabulous photos as always.
You said you made the crepes in advance – do they freeze? How far in advance can you make them? Because when I want to eat crepes is never when I feel like making them.
These look absolutely scrumptious! What a wonderful treat for breakfast or dessert and a great way to use up seasonal berries!
Gotta buy ricotta cheese tomorrow so I can try this! Got berries and all the fruits already. I can't wait!


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Chess: Singaporean Tin Jingyao beats American Hans Niemann in Spanish tournament
Singapore's Tin Jingyao made history earlier this year for becoming Singapore's fifth and youngest Grandmaster. PHOTO: SPORT SINGAPORE
Laura Chia
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Among the notable chess players Tin Jingyao has beaten in his career are grandmasters and SEA Games champions and, on Tuesday, the Singaporean claimed his most notorious scalp when he defeated American Hans Niemann at the III Elllobregat Open Chess tournament in Barcelona, Spain.
Sitting across each other at Board 1, the difference between the two chess prodigies was particularly stark.
Tin, 22, sported a neat crop and black-rimmed spectacles, while 19-year-old Niemann – dubbed the "bad boy of chess" by the New York Times – stood out with his unruly hair and facial stubble.
But it was Tin who drew blood in their clash as he stormed to a 1-0 win to retain top spot in Group A with six points and two rounds to go. He plays joint-leader Aditya Mitta of India on Wednesday. The tournament ends on Thursday, with the winner claiming the €10,000 (S$14,220) prize.
Niemann, who dropped to sixth, made headlines in 2022 after beating Norwegian world champion Magnus Carlsen, who later accused his opponent of cheating.
The American later admitted to cheating on online playing platform Chess.com on two occasions, but stressed that he had never cheated in a live match.
In October, Chess.com released a 72-page report concluding that he had cheated in more than 100 games on its platform. The report added that Niemann's rise in the ranks of in-person chess was "uncharacteristic", implying that he had also cheated at live tournaments.
The teenager then launched a US$100 million (S$136 million) defamation suit against Carlsen, Chess.com and chess player Hikaru Nakamura.
Hans Niemann in action at the Saint Louis Chess Club Fall Chess Classic in October 2022. PHOTO: AFP
Before his victory over Niemann, Tin made history in 2022 by becoming Singapore's fifth and youngest grandmaster. This came after he won silver in the men's rapid chess and two bronzes in the men's standard individual and blitz on his SEA Games debut in May.
Singapore Chess Federation chief executive Kevin Goh praised Tin for starting aggressively against Niemann and putting up "his best performance so far" in 2022. He told The Straits Times: "I believe that Hans was rattled by Jingyao's direct and confrontational approach and could not find a way to defend the end-game."
Goh hopes that Tin's victory lays down a marker for the fraternity. "The local chess community has been crying out for a player who is able to compete on equal footing with some of the best players in the world," he said.
"Jingyao is now at that level and I hope that his results can inspire the younger generation to recognise that, with hard work and dedication, it is possible to become a world-class player even if you are not a full-time professional."
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The OYO160M series Refraction camera is a bit dated these days, but there are still plenty around. This page describes some basic maintenance that might keep one running for a bit longer.
Despite what many people would have us believe, there isn't much special about the OYO160 Floppy drives.
So, when selecting a new drive for your OYO, select one that has jumpers that allow you to set address 0. Not all new floppy drives have this, but it is common on older drives, so just look around.
If the System does not keep it's settings after being powered off, it is probably due to the battery backed memory on the CPU board.
This board is located in the same module as the switch panel and floppy drive.
The circled chip is the backup memory. It is battery backed by DS1216C Smartwatch RAM backup socket. It is the socket that contains the batteries and DS control IC.
And it is the socket that needs to be changed. Remove the RAM chip first.
It is a prick of a thing to remove. Even with a good vacuum desoldering station it is difficult. I recommend using a high power heat gun to melt the solder on all pins from the back of the board, and let the socket fall out. You can then use normal desoldering techniques to clean the holes and install the replacement. Be careful to avoid burning the surrounding board though.
If your floppy drive fails and you have not received a spare, then the only alternative we have is to transfer the data directly to the computer.
To do this you will need to use McTran which is a small DOS utility produced by OYO and connect to the OYO with the RS232 cable - the one with a round connector one end and a 9 pin square style DB9 connector the other end.
The McTran software is a bit difficult to find these days, but may be still available from OYO-Geospace if you ask nicely.
You will probably have to switch off the OYO and start again.
This means of course that you have lost your shot.
The important thing is to be at the stage of writing to disk for the program to work.
Then navigate to the folder where McTran lives.


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Q: Get list of recent OneNote sections and pages I'm using the https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/onenote/notebooks/getRecentNotebooks endpoint to retrieve a list of the user's recent notebooks. I now want to get sections and pages for those notebooks.
getRecentNotebooks returns displayName and URLs (like oneNoteWebUrl) for each notebook, but I need an ID to use onenote/notebooks/{id}/sections. Is there a way to either:

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*get a list of recent sections/pages (or sections/pages of recent notebooks) directly; or

*get the ID of a notebook by URL using another endpoint (in graph, I saw that there might be something in the OneNote API, but would prefer not to use that)?

A: The /me/onenote/notebooks/GetNotebookFromWebUrl endpoint can take care of this.

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This sweater by Blondie Apparel is longer which makes it perfect for you taller gals and also for wearing with leggings for more petite ladies. It also has a perfectly placed kangaroo pocket and flattering contoured hem line.
You can stick with your regular size, this high quality fabric makes it an easy fit! The fabric has been pre-washed too!


Your children may or may not tend to need an invitation to play with nature but after a few busy days away sometimes creating a calm activity with nature may suit you and your children's needs.
Setting up your own invitation to play with nature area is pretty simple. Keep it simple and collect some natural materials together and lay them out on a table with some craft accessories like glue, string, and paint. This space won't take much set up and the kids will be drawn to it straight away. You never know what they'll create.
Plant lot of flora with different textures, colours, and smells.
Don't forget some water. This could be a simple pond or a more extravagant trickling creek.
There are so many opportunities to create a backyard space that allows plenty of invitations to play with nature. Here's just a few but you can find more on my nature play spaces Pinterest Board.
Nature Weave – This backyard nature weave is stunning and can be used any time you need mindful, calm kids.
Mud Kitchen – a mud kitchen is a perfect invitation to play idea. So mud and glorious to play with.
Nature Craft Play Space – set up a space that allows children to craft using natural materials. It's very easy to set up.
Nature is so versatile and I want my children to think creatively and use it in a variety of ways. So, I intend to play with nature alongside my children more often. I believe modeling creativity can help build creativity.
Do you ever make a craft or play alongside your children? Do you think your play helps build their creativity?
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Nice post. I like your process not product approach!
Thanks Mary. From someone who was product approach a lot, I've had to learn to let go of the control because that's how they will be creative thinkers. It's been hard though. I just have to practice!
Very cute. I think one of the best ways to help kids with their creativity is to play next to them. Perfect idea.
Thanks Tammy. I think it lets us get creative also. We don't get that much of a chance anymore so it's great for us too!


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const URL = 'http://localhost:3000/api/'

export const fetchMessages = () => {
  const request = new Request(URL+'messages', {
    method: 'GET',
  });
  return fetch(request).then((response) => {
    return response.json()
  }).then(json => {
    return json
  }).catch(error => error)
}

export const postNewMessage = (msg) => {
  const data = JSON.stringify({
    text: msg
  });
  console.log(data)
  const request = new Request(URL + 'messages', {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      'Accept': 'application/json',
      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    },
    body: data,
  });
  return fetch(request).then((response) => {
    return response.json()
  }).then(json => {
    return json
  }).catch(error => error)
}

export const updateMessage = (_id, msg) => {
  const data = JSON.stringify({
    text: msg
  });
  console.log(data)
  const request = new Request(URL + 'messages/' + _id, {
    method: 'PUT',
    headers: {
      'Accept': 'application/json',
      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    },
    body: data,
  });
  return fetch(request).then((response) => {
    return response.json()
  }).then(json => {
    return json
  }).catch(error => error)
}

export const deleteMessage = (_id) => {
  const request = new Request(URL + 'messages/' + _id, {
    method: 'DELETE',
    headers: {
      'Accept': 'application/json',
      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    },
  });
  return fetch(request).then((response) => {
    return response.json()
  }).then(json => {
    return json
  }).catch(error => error)
}

export const deleteAllMessage = () => {
  const request = new Request(URL + 'messages/', {
    method: 'DELETE',
    headers: {
      'Accept': 'application/json',
      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    },
  });
  return fetch(request).then((response) => {
    return response.json()
  }).then(json => {
    return json
  }).catch(error => error)
}


Together we can stop the school-to-prison pipeline.
AUJ's school programs help eliminate the school-to-prison pipeline by reducing school incidents and thereby reducing suspensions and expulsions.
The school program AUJ employs, called Richmond Model Restorative Justice (RMRJ), is designed to catalyze culture change in schools, shifting from an institutional structure that is reliant on punishment to achieve compliance to an inclusive system in which connection becomes the "force" that holds community together. Connected communities naturally help and support one another and productively manage conflicts.
RMRJ fosters social safety and well-being in schools by cultivating healthy relationships, strengthening community through shared values, and recognizing our shared humanity. Trauma awareness and self-care are addressed directly through increased stability and safety. Social emotional learning is supported as positive values are modeled, experienced and lived.
AUJ's vision is a world where this type of school culture is the norm.
Unitive Education creators, Sylvia Clute and Donna Chewning, together implemented a public school pilot Restorative Justice program at a high school in Virginia in 2011-2013, with the assistance of Jim Mustin, a long-time leader in Restorative Justice. Janie Walker, who now serves on the AUJ Board of Directors, served as the program's Community Liaison. At that time, AUJ was known as Restorative Youth Services of Virginia but changed its name in 2014 to align with an evolving vision for a unitive world.
For this program, Clute and Chewning conducted a total of 117 Restorative Justice Circles and trained approximately 40 adults and many students in Restorative Justice processes. Also included in the program were Classroom Circles, a mentoring program, a Restorative Justice class, and other activities with the students.
The high school had the lowest number of incidents related to behavior the second and final year of the AUJ program.
The total number of incidents related to behavior the year before the program began was 583, and the number dropped to 150 the second year the AUJ program was in the high school.
There were 406 Individual Student Offenders in 2010-2011 before the program, and that number was down to 185, fewer than half as many, in 2012-2013.


Students at other universities, UC employees, Berkeley Global Access General Option (BGA) participants, and others can take UC Berkeley courses through UC Berkeley Extension's Concurrent Enrollment program. This program allows you, for a fee, to participate fully in a Berkeley class, have homework and exams graded, and receive an official course grade.
Application through the UC Berkeley Concurrent Enrollment program.
The course has seats available and the instructor and offering department approve of your enrollment.
The course does not have a wait list of current UC Berkeley students who meet the course restrictions (check course restrictions in the Berkeley Academic Guide).
The course is not restricted to current College of Environmental Design declared majors only (check course restrictions in the Berkeley Academic Guide).
Please see below for CED undergraduate courses that are generally open to concurrent enrollment students. Although faculty may approve a student for a course, the final decision is made by the department and college. Be advised that there is no guarantee of enrollment in any of these courses and the list below is subject to change. We highly recommend you identify back-up courses in case you do not get into your desired CED class(es).
ARCH 11A, 11B, 100A, 100B, 100C, 100D (Architecture studio courses) are not available to participants in the BGA program. Only CED-GAP participants and continuing UC Berkeley degree-seeking students are eligible to enroll in a studio course. Students interested in taking a studio course should apply for CED-GAP.
Note: students admitted to the College of Environmental Design Global Access Program (CED-GAP) are granted priority enrollment for identified courses over BGA and other Concurrent Enrollment students. Only CED-GAP participants and some continuing UC Berkeley degree-seeking students are eligible to enroll in a studio course.
Continuing UC Berkeley undergraduates in the College of Environmental Design who meet the course restrictions and are required to take the course to graduate (check course restrictions in the Berkeley Academic Guide).
CED undergraduates who are completing their degree through Concurrent Enrollment with adviser permission and are required to take the course to graduate.
UC Education Abroad Reciprocity students, who have been pre-approved by the College.
All other eligible UC Berkeley undergraduates on the wait list (check course restrictions in the Berkeley Academic Guide).
CED-GAP participants. View the CED-GAP webpage for more information.
Eligible BGA participants, eligible Concurrent Enrollment, Intersegmental cross-enrollment and cross registration students.
A great option for visiting students can be to take courses through UC Berkeley Summer Sessions. For course descriptions and restrictions, see the Berkeley Academic Guide.
For more information on the College of Environmental Design Global Access Program, visit the program's webpage.


Crafted from cotton, the Imra balloon sleeve trench is a wardrobe essential. Cut to a mid length, it comes with a double breasted front with a tie fastening that will define your waist. Style yours with everything from jeans to printed dresses.
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can you guys clarify somtin 4 me??
Discussion in 'Court of Pure Souls' started by gaarabiju, Oct 7, 2006.
I picked up the latest issue of shonen jump and they had a bleach chapter in it, I haven't been keeping track too much cuz I got no money so can you guys tell me why ichigo was fighting Zangetsu???
Ichigo had to achieve his bankai as he wasn't quite strong enough to face Byakuya and save Rukia.
In order for a shinigami, or a spirit with shinigami powers, to achieve bankai (which is the greatest form of release for a zanpakuto) they have to force the spirit of their zanpakuto into submission. The spirit of their zanpakuto is usually the one to choose how to test the person, and in the case of Zangetsu, he told ichigo that he had to find the one 'true' zangetsu in the entiere giant field of zanpakuto. All of the others are only weaker aspects of his personality.


I was recently reviewing some sales and marketing materials regarding building out Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS). Part of these materials included attributes of IaaS, one of which is multi-tenancy. Having been working with some large enterprise customers lately around private cloud, this attribute really got me thinking.
In most cases for the enterprises I have been working with, the private cloud is about agility and the workloads are all owned and related to the same business line. From the macro perspective, there is effectively one tenant, yet from a micro perspective (workload) there are multiple tenants that may require some isolation for purposes of service level and resource management.
Why is this important? Multi-tenancy is expensive. It requires additional resources and overhead to manage including encryption and key management, isolation across network, compute and storage, and additional support for tenant management. Remove this overhead and those physical resources can be focused on workloads instead of overhead.
Further confusing the issue is the duality of the use of private cloud to describe physicality and consumer models. Private cloud when described through its physicality typically is represented as "on premise" either in the customer's data center or a third-party hosting co-location facility. However, the cloud being a business consumer model, I like to describe it based on the consumption model as anything that has a single tenant (macro) is a private cloud. Hence, in order to move away from describing private cloud by its physicality requires that we establish a macro and micro representation of tenancy. That is, by recognizing at a macro level that there is only one real tenant consuming the private cloud, then many of the multi-tenancy features can be minimized in favor of greater use of resources for workloads.
For enterprises that are operating as a shared IT services provider across multiple divisions that have various legal and operational requirements for security and isolation, where the cloud exists on premise or in a co-location scenario, secure multi-tenancy will be a requirement. However, using the existing cloud computing vocabulary, it may be more effective to identify these types of clouds as community clouds instead of private cloud since all the tenants have a shared common interest. In this way, once again, we can describe the appropriateness of multi-tenancy by consumer instead of physicality.
With many of my clients looking to develop private cloud, success will be predicated on developing and delivering the right features and functions. Identifying the real consumer for the cloud service and an understanding of the relationships between the workloads can go a long way to using either using axe to kill a fly or falling prey to an inadequate service level model. By identifying private cloud as a single tenant at the macro consumer level and a community cloud as multiple related tenants at the macro consumer level, we have a model that ensures regardless of the physical infrastructure deployment we are providing the appropriate features and capabilities.


A scam that promises unlimited Sudoku puzzles is extra tempting this time of year. You have hours to kill sitting through a slow day at work, waiting at the airport or hanging out at a relative's house. It's a great time to waste time.
You receive a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet that promises to automatically generate Sudoku puzzles. However, when you open the file and try to create a new puzzle, you get a message that you need to "enable macros" by disabling the software's security setting.
If you do so, you will allow the malware to run on your computer. It will scan your system and send an email with details about your machine, according to computer security blog Naked Security.
If you perform a task repeatedly in Microsoft Excel (or another Microsoft Office program), you can speed up your work by automating the task with a macro, a series of commands. However, macros are also a common way for scammers to sneak malware onto your computer.
Back in the 1990s, scammers frequently used this trick until Microsoft set all its software to automatically block macros. This adjustment forced scammers to abandon this technique and find new ways of fooling users. With this new malware, scammers hope that today's Excel users have forgotten all about macros.
My File is Asking me to Enable Macros. Is This a Scam?
It can be hard to know when to allow macros in your Microsoft files. Follow these tips to ensure you don't accidentally allow a virus to run on your computer.
Whenever you open an Excel workbook that contains macros, you can verify their source before you enable them. Just look for the digital signature, an electronic stamp of authenticity. See Microsoft's page on macro security for more information.
Set your macro security level to control what happens when you open a workbook that contains a macro. You can choose to run macros based on whether they are digitally signed by a developer on your list of trusted sources. (To find this setting, go to the Tools menu, Macro submenu. Then, click the "Security Level" tab in the "Security" dialog box).
Watch out for macros in other Microsoft software. This scam involves Excel, but if this technique works, scammers will produce similar tricks using Power Point and Word Documents.
Learn more about macros on Microsoft's support website.
To find out more about scams, check out the new BBB Scam Stopper.
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