This is really cool, and I vaguely am able to follow what's going on in it (as a person who has no programming skills).
Criticism welcome on these. I'm not a great programmer.
Hey selver I don't know what I'm doing here - I made u/TacoBot, but I've never used github, don't program, and am not sure what I'm doing.
Since these don't post regularly enough that it would be a problem, I'm thinking I want to send them to preexisting forums? I made f/subMedia but might just delete it.
and a feed for Burning Cop Car I want to put in f/music.
I will PM you the password for u/TacoBot if that helps.
Would the appropriate thing for me to do do be to fork the feed_list.json, copy the relevant portion three times (one per feed), replace the appropriate content for the variable, then submit a merge request?
I can do all that. Just PM the password.
Unfortunately it's more complicated than that, since the bot needs to run regularly. The code's not really useful unless you know how to set up a server or something. I didn't make a user-friendly version cause I don't know if I want randos making bots on here. Maybe I'll set up a request system for it at some point.
I think it's worth it, because it's getting sorted into specific forums.
Having it hard to do is probably better for now, at least until we have more control over the raddle software.
But now I'm wondering if it's worthwhile, if IGD posts their stuff anyway.
Hey selver, would you be willing to set up u/ThreadBot to load http://sfbay-anarchists.org/feed/ to f/Berkeley_Study_Group/?
Sure, I'll set it up when I have some time.


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"""Inspect current state of in flight flows.

This module provides a UI for inspecting the messages outstanding for a client
and how they are progressing. This helps the user understand the status and
progress of existing flows.
"""

from grr.gui import renderers
from grr.gui.plugins import fileview
from grr.lib import data_store
from grr.lib import flow_runner
from grr.lib import rdfvalue
from grr.lib import scheduler

class InspectView(renderers.Splitter2Way):
  """Inspect outstanding requests for the client."""
  description = "Debug Client Requests"
  behaviours = frozenset(["HostAdvanced"])

  order = 100

  top_renderer = "RequestTable"
  bottom_renderer = "RequestTabs"

class RequestTable(renderers.TableRenderer):
  """Show all outstanding requests for a client.

  Generated Javascript Events:
    - request_table_select(request_id): The task id that the user has selected.

  Post Parameters:
    - client_id: The client to show the flows for.
  """
  layout_template = renderers.TableRenderer.layout_template + """

"""

  post_parameters = ["client_id"]

  def __init__(self, **kwargs):
    super(RequestTable, self).__init__(**kwargs)
    self.AddColumn(renderers.RDFValueColumn(
        "Status", renderer=renderers.IconRenderer, width="40px"))

    self.AddColumn(renderers.RDFValueColumn(
        "ID", renderer=renderers.ValueRenderer))
    self.AddColumn(renderers.RDFValueColumn("Due"))
    self.AddColumn(renderers.RDFValueColumn("Flow", width="70%"))
    self.AddColumn(renderers.RDFValueColumn("Client Action", width="30%"))

  def BuildTable(self, start_row, end_row, request):
    client_id = rdfvalue.ClientURN(request.REQ.get("client_id"))
    now = rdfvalue.RDFDatetime().Now()

    # Make a local scheduler.
    scheduler_obj = scheduler.TaskScheduler()

    for i, task in enumerate(scheduler_obj.Query(client_id, limit=end_row,
                                                 token=request.token)):
      if i < start_row:
        continue

      difference = now - task.eta
      if difference > 0:
        self.AddCell(i, "Status", dict(
            icon="stock_yes", description="Available for Lease"))
      else:
        self.AddCell(i, "Status", dict(
            icon="clock",
            description="Leased for %s Seconds" % (difference / 1e6)))

      self.AddCell(i, "ID", task.task_id)
      self.AddCell(i, "Flow", task.session_id)
      self.AddCell(i, "Due", rdfvalue.RDFDatetime(task.eta))
      self.AddCell(i, "Client Action", task.name)

class ResponsesTable(renderers.TableRenderer):
  """Show all outstanding requests for a client.

  Post Parameters:
    - client_id: The client to show the flows for.
    - task_id: The id of the request to display.
  """

  post_parameters = ["client_id", "task_id"]

  def __init__(self, **kwargs):
    super(ResponsesTable, self).__init__(**kwargs)
    self.AddColumn(renderers.RDFValueColumn("Task ID"))
    self.AddColumn(renderers.RDFValueColumn(
        "Response", renderer=fileview.GrrMessageRenderer, width="100%"))

  def BuildTable(self, start_row, end_row, request):
    """Builds the table."""
    client_id = rdfvalue.ClientURN(request.REQ.get("client_id"))

    task_id = "task:%s" % request.REQ.get("task_id", "")

    # This is the request.
    scheduler_obj = scheduler.TaskScheduler()

    request_messages = scheduler_obj.Query(
        client_id, task_id=task_id, token=request.token)

    if not request_messages: return

    request_message = request_messages[0]

    state_queue = (flow_runner.FlowManager.FLOW_STATE_TEMPLATE %
                   request_message.session_id)

    predicate_re = (flow_runner.FlowManager.FLOW_RESPONSE_PREFIX %
                    request_message.request_id) + ".*"

    # Get all the responses for this request.
    for i, (predicate, message, _) in enumerate(data_store.DB.ResolveRegex(
        state_queue, predicate_re, decoder=rdfvalue.GrrMessage, limit=end_row,
        token=request.token)):

      if i < start_row:
        continue
      if i > end_row:
        break

      # Tie up the request to each response to make it easier to render.
      rdf_response_message = rdfvalue.GrrMessage(message)
      rdf_response_message.request = request_message

      self.AddCell(i, "Task ID", predicate)
      self.AddCell(i, "Response", rdf_response_message)

class RequestTabs(renderers.TabLayout):
  """Show a tabset to inspect the requests.

    Events:
    - Listen for the request_table_select event. Update the task_id in our state
      and reload the current tab.
  """

  names = ["Request", "Responses"]
  delegated_renderers = ["RequestRenderer", "ResponsesTable"]

  tab_hash = "rt"

  # When a new request is selected we redraw the current tab.
  layout_template = renderers.TabLayout.layout_template + """

"""

class RequestRenderer(renderers.TemplateRenderer):
  """Display details of the request packet.

  Post Parameters:
    - task_id: The id of the request to display.
    - client_id: The client to show requests for.
  """

  layout_template = renderers.Template("""
{%if this.msg %}

Request {{this.msg.task_id|escape}}

  Task

{{ this.view|safe }}

{% endif %}
""")

  def Layout(self, request, response):
    """Layout."""
    if request.REQ.get("task_id") is None:
      return

    client_id = rdfvalue.ClientURN(request.REQ.get("client_id"))
    task_id = "task:" + request.REQ.get("task_id")

    # Make a local scheduler.
    scheduler_obj = scheduler.TaskScheduler()
    msgs = scheduler_obj.Query(client_id, task_id=task_id, token=request.token)
    if msgs:
      self.msg = msgs[0]
      self.view = renderers.FindRendererForObject(
          self.msg).RawHTML(request)

    return super(RequestRenderer, self).Layout(request, response)

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The state of Uttarakhand, and especially the regions at high altitude are blessed with panoramic scenic beauty and lush greenery. Tourists whose bend of mind is not for any adventure often opts for simple sight seeing in the area. Also many shrines that have mythological significance are situated in every route in Garhwal. Pilgrims from all over India and tourists who are interested in the divine aspects of the Indian culture often visit these shrines.
Parmarth Niketan : Ganga Aarti is a fascinating evening worship spectacle which enthralls all visitors. It is a daily prayer session invoking the blessings of Lord Shiva and River Ganges. Yellow-clad devotees chant heart-warming prayers to the accompaniment of bells.
Ram Jhula and Lakshman Jhula : Lakshamn Jhula and Ram jhula are two hanging bridges over Ganges separated by a 2kms scenic forest walk. Visitors to Rishikesh are fascinated by the two bridges - Jhula means Swing, bridge - for their mythological connotations as well as sheer technological marvel. Lakshman Jhula is home to spectacular multi-storied ashrams hanging above the riverfront, while quiet rural Swargashram near Ram Jhula is a peaceful park-like world famous religious and meditative center where gurus and sadhus from the nation converge to inspire and instruct the devotee and the visitor alike. Also here is a lovely evening aarti.
Tehri Dam : View Point of one of India's most spectacular giant dams.
Neelkhant : Mountaintop Shiva shrine visited via scenic drive or day trek.
Kunjapuri Temple : Mountaintop temple of the Godess Durga pilgrimage center.


Enormous growth opportunities in this market that will reach revenues of $19 billion by 2019, according to Frost & Sullivan.
Increasing global water scarcity owing to rapid industrialisation and urbanisation has opened up vast avenues for growth in the desalination market. As drought situations intensify, desalination will evolve into a long-term solution rather than a temporary fix. Developing cost-effective and sustainable solutions will enable technology providers to capitalise on this immense potential.
New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, Analysis of Global Desalination Market, finds that the market earned revenues of $11.66 billion in 2015 and estimates this to reach $19.08 billion in 2019. More than 17,000 desalination plants are in operation in 150 countries worldwide, a capacity that is expected to double by 2020.
While a number of desalination projects are under construction in the United States, India, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Mexico, adoption is slow in other drought-struck portions of the globe. The lack of regulatory support in several regions limits uptake.
Moreover, the desalination process is highly expensive and is prone to contamination. Thermal desalination technology uses large amounts of energy and releases significant volumes of highly salty liquid brine back into water bodies, which massively impacts the environment. Brine disposal will remain a prime challenge until a technology upgrade puts this issue to rest.


Gastric band surgery is a form of weight loss surgery. It can provide an effective solution to people who have been unable to lose weight through diet and exercise.
All prices include consultation with Consultant Psychologist, Consultant Internist, Consultant Gastroenterologist and Bariatric Surgeon. Also included is a thorough set of medical tests comprising ECG, Blood & Urine Tests, and X-ray of the Heart & Lungs. Procedures are followed by detailed Post Op Dietary Advice, to ensure optimal results.
A Gastric band works by giving you a sensation of fullness when eating, enabling you to reduce your daily intake of food and calories. Having a gastric band will help you eat less, progressively aiding weight loss.
The gastric band is placed around the uppermost part of the stomach, dividing it into two sections. Initially, food is held in the first section, making you feel full. Gradually, food passes through into the second section of the stomach and is processed by the body as normal.
The band is fitted during keyhole surgery, which is much less invasive and does not result in the scarring associated with traditional surgery. The band can stays fitted for life, providing a long term weight loss solution.
A gastric band will help you to achieve substantial weight loss and reduce the risk of obesity related illnesses. To achieve the maximum benefits from having the gastric banding, post-operative discipline is an important part of the process. After surgery you are advised to retrieve dietary information through your GP or dietician to support your weight loss.
Just to let you know that i am getting on brilliantly with my gastric band and have so far lost 2 stone and 7 pounds. I would happily recommend your company to any prospective clients that are considering having the surgery. I was delighted with care that i received, Dr Cerney and the medical staff were fantastic and took great care of me during my stay there.


After a long time I wanted to call the server again. Unfortunately I forgot the current password. Now my problem: I open the program PasswordReset.exe and get the message "Unable to read DatabaseType setting from App.config". I downloaded the latest version. This version is not at all. Here comes from Windows an error message that the program no longer works.


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Pam: Girl on the Loose
Genres: Reality, Documentary Series
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Pam: Girl on the Loose is an American reality television series created by Pamela Anderson and produced by World of Wonder which documents the daily life of Canadian-born American actress, producer, model, activist, Playboy Playmate and sex symbol Pamela Anderson, her family and her friends, as she offers a raw glimpse into her private life.
The series premiered in the USA on E! Entertainment on 3 August, 2008. There are eight half-hour episodes in the series.
Pam: Girl on the Loose premiered in South Africa on DStv's E! Entertainment channel on Sunday 21 September 2008, at 21h40.
Sundays: 09h35, 23h30
Tuesdays: 12h55, 18h15, 21h40
Wednesdays: 20h00
Thursdays: 13h20, 18h40, 22h05
Fridays: 12h55, 18h15, 21h15
Saturdays: 13h50
Pam Anderson lets cameras into her private world for the first time and gives audiences a glimpse of her life as a model, actress and ultimate Malibu mom.
Partially shot in 16mm film, the show has the style and intimacy of a feature documentary. During the series viewers will follow Pam as she tries to reclaim love, career and peace of mind.
Her love of the arts is a central theme in the show, as she often unwittingly acts as a muse for her famous artist friends.
Through the series Pam attempts to find balance between being a world-famous sex icon and an everyday soccer mom.
Full Cast List

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Birt þann 19. desember, 2016 eftir siggi
Epilepsy Society says farewell to champion of children with epilepsy Brian Neville
Renowned neurological expert emeritus professor Brian Neville has died peacefully in his sleep at the age of 77, after a long-term illness.
Professor Neville was a pioneer in paediatric neurology and was committed to finding the causes of epilepsy in childhood, striving for early detection and treatment.
He was instrumental in the launching buccal midazolam, an emergency treatment for continuing seizures, and was the inaugural Prince of Wales's Chair of Childhood Epilepsy at UCL Institute of Child Health at Great Ormond Street in 2004. He also initiated a brain surgery programme for childhood epilepsy in 1990.
The Neville Childhood Epilepsy Centre at Young Epilepsy in Lingfield, Surrey, was named after Professor Neville.
Man of vision
Professor Ley Sander, medical director at Epilepsy Society, said: 'The world of epilepsy owes much to Brian. He was a man of vision who not only understood the impact that epilepsy can have on young children, but dedicated his life to improving diagnosis and treatments for them.
'He worked tirelessly with physicians, social workers, teachers and, of course, the children themselves to optimise seizure control and minimise the disruption that epilepsy can cause in the brain of developing children. His epilepsy surgery programme has been life changing for many young people.'
Carol Long, chief executive at Young Epilepsy, said, 'Young Epilepsy would not be the organisation it is now if it hadn't been for Brian's vision in recognising the need for a progressive approach to supporting children and young people with epilepsy. We're indebted to him and his legacy will continue to be apparent for generations to come.'
Chief executive at Epilepsy Society, Clare Pelham said: 'Brian Neville was an inspiration. His pioneering work has done much to transform the lives of young people with epilepsy and their families. Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this very sad time, and also with our friends at Young Epilepsy.'
Professor Brian Neville was one of the first doctors to work with AHC families in the UK and all over the world.
Fyrri færslaTil baka The global gathering for rare diseases
Næsta færslaNæsta Flataskóli styrkir AHC Samtökin


The final project for cs248 was to write a 3D video game. To help inspire our students to delve deeply into the wonderful world of graphics, we also held a public competition, where a panel of judges selected the best game from a set of 8 finalists. The winning group won a trip to Siggraph 2000 in New Orleans, while second and third place won a free dinner at Il Fornaio and Siggraph proceedings. In addition, all finalists were awarded their choice of computer game donated by Electronic Arts.
"NightStalker is a shootout game where you wander around taking out baddies while avoiding shooting innocent people. It is different from other first-person shooter games like Doom or Quake, because you have full control of your fire (you aim using crosshairs instead of just firing in the middle of the screen) but unlike Virtua Cop you also have full control of the movement of your character. This makes the game quite evolving since you must navigate around a complex setting, maintaining a high degree of concentration, as you need to carefuly and swiftly aim your fire with precision and accuracy against your targets (firing around in panic as in Quake will get you nowhere).
"In Squad Commander, you control a squad of space ships to do battle with a computer controlled enemy squad. You directly control the squad leader's ship, and can issue commands to the computer controlled squadmates. The enemy squad is controlled the same way by a computer controlled squad leader...."
The object of the game is to blow your opponent up. This can be done in three ways. The easiest way is to find the detonator in the maze that matches your opponent's color. Another way is to find the match and light your opponent's fuse. Once this is done, your opponent has a two-minute window where he or she can avoid losing. Your opponent can do this by finding the scissors, which cuts off the buring end of its fuse, finding your detonator and blowing you up before the two minutes are up, or by chasing you to ensure that you are within the blast radius of his or her explosion ensuring mutual assured destruction. The final way to blow your opponent up is to find your own detonator. This activates your self-destruct key. Using this key, you can walk up to your opponent and blow up in his or her face. Note that this does not guarantee the death of your opponent as it is still possible to run away from the blast area before he or she is engulfed.
"No one can tell you what the Matrix is...you have to see it for yourself."
The objective of the game is to fly around the environment and practice maneuvers such as taking off, landing, and flying by hazardous terrain and, of course, avoid crashing. Though this may sound like a simple game model, it is the basis of most commercial flight simulators such as Microsoft Flight Simulator series which is currently in the top 5 bestselling games. We also add the ability for the use to custom make their own terrains to fly through.
3D Space Invaders - Welcome to the next generation of space invaders! Aliens swarm down from above as you and a friend tackle them with your shooters, now armed with some advanced technology like shields and three powerful cannons. Take on some advanced aliens like the mad bomber in new worlds where the terrain affects your every movement.
The Basketball Shootout is a simple 3D graphic game to simulate shooting of a basketball. It was developed on SGI. The environment of the basketball shooting game is a stadium with a standard basketball court. The user can move the ball around in the stadium, choose a position and an angle and try to put the basketball in the hoop.


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Episode 4 – I Have The Power!
by Cameron | Feb 3, 2018 | Podcast | 0 comments
This is the first episode of the premium series!
October 28, 312.
The Battle of Milvian Bridge.
Conny wins and marches into Rome, with the head of Maxentius carried on a spike.
Just like Jesus would have done.
Another thing Conny does to emulate his lord and saviour, is to have Maxentius' family all killed.
Including his wife and youngest son.
One of the first things he does after his victory is disband the Praetorian Guard.
They had raised Maxentius to the throne when Galerius tried to disband them in 306.
They are sent out to guard the frontiers of the empire, the Rhine and the Danube.
Then in February 313 Conny and Licinius met in Milan where Licinius married Constantine's sister.
And they issued their famous Edict of Milan.
"We have decided, therefore, to grant both to the Christians and to all others perfect freedom to practise the religion which each has thought best for himself, that so whatever Divinity resides in heaven may be placated, and rendered propitious to us and to all who have been placed under our authority. Consequently, we have thought this to be the policy demanded alike by healthy and sound reason — that no one, on any pretext whatever, should be denied freedom to choose his religion, whether he prefers the Christian religion or any other that seems most suited to him, in order that the Supreme Divinity, whose observance we obey with free minds, may in all things vouchsafe to us its usual favours and benevolences."
This wasn't entirely new – they had both signed the edict of toleration issued by Galerius two years earlier.
But now they are giving Christianity not only toleration but legal status.
Constatine might have been a Christian at this point – although I'm not convinced – but Licinius certainly wasn't.
He was still a traditionalist.
I think it's likely that both them were just trying to make sure the Christian god wasn't going to intervene against them, just like they tried to keep ALL of the Roman pantheon of gods happy.
But also they wanted to keep the Christians happy.
Persecution hadn't really accomplished anything.
On the contrary, it lead a bunch of Christians to demand torture and death.
Con referred to it as a civil war that had torn the empire apart.
Constantine and Licinius are trying to heal the empire.
It's been through the crisis of the third century, where there were 26 Emperors in 50 years.
Then Diocletian brings stability but has to deal with the Christians.
Remember, they were 10% of the empire.
Roughly the same percentage as African American's in the United States (12%).
You don't want 10% of the population causing trouble.
He could have done what America does and just try to put all of them in prison, but he didn't have the infrastructure.
So the next best thing is just to bring them into the fold.
But while the document provides amnesty for Christians, states they should have all of their property returned to them, along with other financial benefits, it isn't making Christianity the state religion.
That doesn't happen for another year 70-odd years.
But it's a huge turning point for Christians.
The document is found in Lactantius' De Mortibus Persecutorum (OF THE MANNER IN WHICH THE PERSECUTORS DIED) and in Eusebius of Caesarea's History of the Church.
But there are pretty huge differences between the two versions.
Whether or not there was a formal 'Edict of Milan' is debatable.
It might have just consisted of letters Licinius and Conny wrote to their governors.
That's certainly the way it's presented in Lactantius.
BTW, Lactantius' letter was itself a big discovery of the late Renaissance.
It only exists in a single copy which was rediscovered in the early 17th century.
But whatever the case, the Christians now have an open door to the heart of power in the Roman empire.
They've come a long way in few short years.
And it was a pretty rare situation in Greco-Roman history.
Even Plato, who was pretty broad-minded, said there was no place in his idealized republic for those who disbelieved in the gods of their fatherland and of the city of their birth.
Even if they kept their opinions to themselves and did not seek to disturb the faith of others, Plato insisted upon their being placed in a House of Correction — or what he calls a Sophronisterion, or House of Wisdom — for five years, where they were to listen to a sermon every day;
and if they were zealous propagandists of their pernicious doctrines, he proposed to keep them all their lives in horrible dungeons and deny their bodies after death the right of sepulture.
throughout antiquity, every lawgiver took the same view, that a good citizen must accept without question the gods of his native place who had been the gods of his fathers
And What was the theory of the State religion in Rome?
As I quoted in an earlier episode, Cicero tells us in his book On the Laws, the ancient formula, "Let no man have separate gods of his own: nor let people privately worship new gods or alien gods, unless they have been publicly admitted."
but of course practice was different from theory
Armies and merchants who had been out in the remote provinces always came back with new wacky ideas and gods
People then were like people today
Looking for the latest crazy idea to build their identity around
"hey look at me, I'm different"
And Rome let them get away with it as long as they didn't disturb shit
As long as they paid their taxes and sacrificied at the altars of the official gods, Rome didn't care what the fuck you believed in private
This is of course how the Christians had pissed everyone off.
But now they are suddenly free to worship as they please.
As we'll see, almost immediately, they don't extend this same kind of courtesy to others
They have the power.
"I HAVE THE POWER!"
Around 313 Licinius defeats Maximinus, Galerius' nephew, which means there are now only two emperors.
And of course that didn't last long.
By 316, they are facing off on the battlefield, we don't really know why, there is some talk about intrigue.
But after several battles they made peace.
And decided to make their sons Caesars.
Conny chose Crispus, his son by his first wife, Minervina.
Not a bad choice, he was over 18, had already won a few battles.
But Licinius chose his son Licinianus, an infant no more than twenty months old.
Obviously the system set up by Diocletian, where the empire was divided between four competent rulers, had completely broken down.
Not only are they just appointing their own sons, but even infants.
Not just Licinius either.
A few years later, when Conny has a few sons to his new wife Fausta, the eldest baby, also called Constantine, is made a Caesar.
But the final break between the two emperors doesn't come until 323.
Again we have differing accounts about the cause, but it was probably Constantine who was the instigator.
He was in his prime at 50 and Licinius was ten years older.
Of course the Christian sources make out Constantine was a complete saint, but we know what wasn't the case.
So the two Augustuses fight it out for a couple of years until Constantine finally is the victor.
He spares Licinius' life on the request of his wife, Constantine's sister, and he's interred at Thessalonica.
But Constantine has him hanged the following year on trumped up charges of an attempted insurrection.
Of course Eusebius, the Chrisitan historian and friend to Constantine, writes:
"Then Constantine, dealing with the accursed of GOD and his associates according to the rules of war, handed them over to fitting punishment"!
A pretty euphemism for an act of assassination!
So now there is only Constantine and his son, Crispus.
The Roman Empire was united once more.
Unfortunately for Constantine, the Christians were NOT united.
He immediately finds out that there are lots of different factions.
And despite his edict saying everyone could choose their own religion, he quickly decides that there can only be one official flavour of Christianity.
In fact he found out back in 313, immediately after the Edict of Milan, that the hatred between the various Christian factions was almost as bad as the hatred between the pagans and the Christians.
As the historian Ammianus Marcellinus wrote 50 years later: "no wild beasts are so deadly to humans as most Christians are to each other."
first issue he had to deal with was the Donatist schism.
The Donatists are named after Donatus, Bishop of Carthage and Primate of North Africa, even though he was not the founding leader, but rather followed the founding leader Majorinus.
As we saw in earlier episodes, During the persecution of Diocletian and Maximian many of the African Christians had ostentatiously courted martyrdom.
They refused to give in to the demands to give up their holy books and participate in the traditional sacrifices.
And they demanded to be tortured and killed.
But many other Christians said "fuck that" and just did what they had to do to survive.
During the persecutions, the Roman governor of North Africa, who was lenient to the large Christian minority under his rule, was satisfied when Christians handed over their scriptures as a token repudiation of faith.
When the persecution ended, Christians who did so were called traditors—"those who handed (the holy things) over"—by their critics.
One of these "traditors", named Caecilian, had returned to the fold of the Church once the persecutions ended, and was consecrated Bishop of Carthage and Primate of North Africa.
Now some of the African bishops were pretty adamant that nobody who caved in to the persecutions should be allowed back into the church.
Majorinus said that the clergy had to be faultless.
But he died early on and it fell to Donatus to lead the movement.
The Roman church, on the other hand, felt that it was okay to let the traditors back into the fold.
Constantine held a series of councils to try to resolve the issue.
He ended up siding with the Roman church and told Donatus to back down.
Donatus just ignored him and went home.
He built the Donatist Church into the dominant Christian Church in North Africa.
They weren't heretics – they were purists.
Constantine, during the remainder of his reign, practically ignored the African Church.
He had done what he could and he wiped his hands of it.
Although he did write nasty things about them.
In one letter he wrote:
"They are adherents of the Devil, who is their father; they are insane, traitors, irreligious, profane, ranged against God and enemies of the Holy Church. Would to Heaven that these heretics or schismatics might have regard even now for their own salvation, and, brushing aside the darkness, turn their eyes to see the true light, leaving the Devil, and flying for refuge, late though it be, to the one and true God, who is the judge of all! But since they are set upon remaining in their wickedness and wish to die in their iniquities, our warning and our previous long continued exhortations must suffice. For if they had been willing to obey our commandments, they would now be free from all evil."
But in 347 Donatus was finally exiled by Constantine II to Gaul where he died.
but the movement continued
The Donatists at this stage were asking what an Emperor has to do with the Church?
At the Council of Carthage in 410 the decision was reached that all bishops who, after three appeals to them to return to the Church, still refused submission, should be brought back to the Catholic fold by force.
The point is that from day one, the Christians under Constantine were adamant that there couldn't be any freedom in how the church was run.
There was no room for freedom of thinking.
And Constantine used his power as the effective leader of the church to enforce obedience.
Constantine reveals himself not merely as a Christian, but as a Catholic Christian.
And this is where it all starts.
It's My Way or the Highway.
Also in these early years There arose an extravagant sect which took the name of Circumcelliones, from their practice of begging food from cell to cell, or cottage to cottage.
They renounced the ordinary routine of daily life.
Forming themselves into bands, and styling themselves the Champions of the Lord, they roamed through the countryside, which they kept in a state of abject terror.
St. Augustine declares that when their shout of "Praise be to God!" was heard, it was more dreaded than the roar of a lion.
They were armed with wooden clubs, which they named "Israels," and these they did not scruple to use upon the Catholics, whose churches they entered and plundered, committing the most violent excesses, though they were pledged to celibacy.
Something like the Jewish Sicarii of Palestine during the first century of the Christian era.
The other major schism Constantine had to deal with during his reign was the Arian controversy.
Unlike the Donatists, Arianism was considered a heresy, which, unlike the Donatist schism, wasn't confined to a single province of the Empire, but spread like a flood over the Eastern Church, raising issues of tremendous importance, vital to the very existence of Christianity.
The term heresy is from Greek αἵρεσις originally meant "choice" or "thing chosen".
In early Christianity, as early as the 2nd century, it was used to define any ideas that were contrary to the "orthodox" church.
But who was orthodox and who was a heretic?
Who got to decide which was the orthodox belief?
All of the early factions in Christianity could equally claim their ideas came from the original apostles or from the bible itself.
It's a pretty remarkable idea.
Again it's the idea that only one line of thinking is appropriate.
No dissension is allowed.
The idea didn't exist before Christianity.
People in ancient Greece and Rome were allowed to think for themselves.
In fact, Christianity itself started out as a heresy!
The very idea that Jesus was the messiah was heretical, if such an idea existed, to most of the Jews in the first century.
St Paul would have been a heretic.
If Jesus actually existed, he was an observant Jew and he would have considered Paul a heretic.


AGCC Commissioners, sitting as a tribunal, have today revoked the licences of Vantage Limited, Filco Limited and Oxalic Limited, trading as Full Tilt Poker (FTP), with immediate effect. This follows the earlier suspension of the licences on 29th June 2011.
At a hearing held in London over six days, it emerged that FTP had fundamentally misled AGCC about their operational integrity by continuously reporting as liquid funds balances that had been covertly seized or restrained by US authorities, or that were otherwise not actually available to the operator. Serious breaches of AGCC regulations include false reporting, unauthorised provision of credit, and failure to report material events.
The full and lengthy report can be read in the determination notice.
It is important to note that the revocation of FTP's licences does not, as has been suggested, prevent a reactivation of the business under new ownership and management. Unresolved claims by players against FTP become a matter for the police and civil authorities.
Why did the AGCC not hold its fire until at least the current negotiations with potential investors were concluded? This could only have benefitted the players.
Dublin, Ireland (September 30, 2011) Laurent Tapie, Managing Director of 'Groupe Bernard Tapie' announced today that the group has signed an exclusive agreement with the Board of Directors of Full Tilt Poker to acquire the company and all of its associated assets.
This agreement...includes the repayment of Full Tilt Poker's world-wide players in full.
Although it was common knowledge that Full Tilt was in serious negotiations with outside investors, this still came as a bolt out of the blue after months of waiting and disappointment.
I spent two evenings playing blackjack this last week at the Casino Barcelona, situated on the sea front in the Catalan capital of Spain. It wasn't an entirely trouble-free experience.
A necessary preface to this report: in case any of it sounds like an vast overreaction (and I'm sure it will), in my defence I should say that it's embedded in my DNA to not make blackjack mistakes, or allow situations to occur where mistakes are forced upon me. Mistakes cost money in the long run.
Some of this is actually faintly amusing, from a rather perverse perspective.
One of the first rules of playing blackjack is to always have enough money available to cover the additional double and split bets that occur approximately once in every ten hands. If you don't bring enough extra cash for at least one extra bet, the house advantage increases on the basis that for every ten times you end up betting your last chip, you will on one occasion be dealt a double or split situation which you won't be able to play correctly. As such, I always ensure that I have at least a bit extra to hand.
My strategy - if I can so call it - for real time blackjack play is to buy in for ten units, then either lose the lot or double up to twenty and call it a day; or, if it's a variance-free session with no loss or double up after a couple of hours, simply cash in whatever chips I've got in front of me and leave. This method ensures that my play is always well under control.
On this occasion, after a period of meandering around my initial buy in amount for quite a few hands, I went on a swift losing run and ended up down to my last chip. I put it in the box and received an 11 against dealer 3. Double down needed, so I reach for the five euro note I have in my shirt pocket. My pocket contained many things, all of which I managed to encounter on an increasingly anxious search for the money - passport, metro train tickets, paper tissues, comb...but no money. An irritable player to my right is offering to cover the double with his own money, and I'm holding up the game. Still no money. I give up in extreme irritation - it was there when I sat down. I call for a card, radically misplaying the hand and fuming at myself. To add to my annoyance I receive a ten, giving an unbeatable total of 21. I should have won double on that hand. But win or lose the hand, I'd played it wrong (if anyone's interested in the numbers, not doubling 11 against 3 costs about 26% of the return from the optimal play, the double).
The hand complete, I search again for my money. Voilà, it was sitting somehow tucked around my rail tickets. Why the heck couldn't I find it when I needed it? It's not like the world was going to end if I'd taken a bit more time to sort through my overcrowded pocket, but with a table of anxious players waiting for me to get a move on I'd given up and forced myself into making a bad play. I am now royally angry with myself.
I leave the table, walk across the floor in a huff and head for the toilet. I go into a cubicle, then just stand there and carry on fuming at myself for several minutes.
After about five minutes, I forget all about my mistake. Because I hear a female voice. A cleaner? Quite possibly, but who's she talking to? Another cleaner? Hardly one of the male customers, so either there are two cleaners there, which also seems unlikely, or...I've walked into the female toilet.
No, I can't have walked into the female toilet. I've never done that before.
No, hang on. I was so distracted over my foolish behaviour, I might well have done just that. In fact, I don't think there's a plausible alternative explanation. How to extract myself from this situation? Maybe best that I wait until I can't hear anyone, then just open the door and make a run for it. Which way is the door? I've totally forgotten the geography of the place. What if there's a woman there, quietly doing her makeup at the wash basin?
No choice. I open the door and make a run for it. Sure enough, there's a woman at the washbasin. And when she sees me, she doesn't just look surprised, she looks like she's having a heart attack, like I've eaten her daughter or something. Nevermind, there's the door. No, the image of me rushing towards myself tells me it's a mirror, not the door. Where's the wretched door? Have the police been called yet?
I find the door to my right, shoot through it and run the length the casino floor, seriously wandering if the woman would call the authorities. Rather than wait and find out, I take my leave. Fast.
Note to self: put your money where you can easily locate it next time.
Embarrassment from last night notwithstanding, I was back the next evening.
I sit at the same table (there's only one with a €5 minimum), three seats from the right, playing the box directly in front of me. This logistical information is important, as things turned out.
The table was very busy, with the maximum of three bets allowed per betting square on almost all the eight boxes. My box was free when I sat down, but two other players are also now betting on it, including a sprightly Asian woman to my left.
Now, I'm always uneasy about other people playing on my box; standard casino protocol is that whoever is first on the box makes the play decisions, but there can be confusion, and I don't ever want to be in a situation where a poor player is allowed to make the wrong decision on a spot where I should be in control - bad plays in blackjack cost money. As such, when I sat down, and the girl to my left joined my betting box, I asked her if she was happy with me making the decisions. I received a brusque, bad-tempered response in the affirmative. Still, I'd rather play alone. After a few hands, the player on my left stopped playing, so I asked if he'd be happy with me taking over his box. He appeared to indicate he was, so I shifted my bet one box to the right.
I was now playing on the second betting square to the right, and sitting immediately to the left of that square, on the third seat.
That player then left, and another took his seat, putting his chips in the betting square. Still, I was there first, so I'm calling it. No problem. We carry on, with me seemingly calling the play.
A few hands later, our box receives a 2 and a 3, and the dealer takes a 10. I slap the table for a card. The dealer makes a negative gesture to me, and tells me my neighbour needs to make the decision.
My neighbour is another Asian, and without intending any racial sleight here, Asians are amongst the worst blackjack players on the planet - if it's possible to play a hand wrong, they'll play it wrong. I say this from substantial experience of watching them play. Asians are committed, passionate, superstitious gamblers, and said characteristics do not really stack up with sensible number-juggling. They're just bad players.
Dealer: "He's sitting behind the box, it's his decision".
Me: "I was playing the box first".
Dealer: "It doesn't matter. Whoever's sitting behind the box makes the decision.
Me: "No no no no. I was here first."
Me: "The fellow who was playing there stopped; I asked if I could have the box, he said yes and left; this other fellow (indicating my neighbour, who's probably highly embarrassed at this point) came AFTERWARDS, so I'm calling the decisions."
Pit boss: "In this casino, the person sitting behind the box makes the decisions. It's the rule."
Me: "Are you kidding? In every casino I've been in in I've every country I've been to, the person who's first on the betting square is in charge."
Pitboss: "Not in this casino".
At this point, I throw my hands up in anger, then wave at the table, indicating to my neighbour that he play out the hand - if those are the rules, I'm stuck with it. Please, please, please let it be an easy hand.
We receive a 2 on our 5, for seven. He asks for a card - so far so good.
Next card is a 10, for 17 total. He stands, correctly. I almost fall off my chair with relief. No disasters. I instantly shift my next bet to the original box I was playing, directly in front.
Although it turned out alright on this occasion, not knowing that I wasn't calling the box I thought I was calling lost me a bit of "expected value", as there would be occasions when this would go against me, where my neighbour would make a wrong decision and cost me whatever the lower return of that play would be. As such, on this day as well as on day one, I unwittingly found myself in a "negative value" situation.
As an amusing conclusion, I stopped playing and was counting my chips prior to handing them to the dealer to change into larger denominations to take to the cashier desk. Play carried on, and when the dealer got to the box I'd just left, she looked to me for the decision. I realised exactly what had happened - she'd temporariliy forgotten I wasn't playing any more. However, I took the opportunity to theatrically throw my hands in the air, say "It's their money and I get to make the decision???", and collapse with my head in my hands. The pit boss then patiently pointed out that since it wasn't my money, it wasn't my decision - the dealer had simply briefly failed to note the fact. But I already knew this - I just thought I'd take the opportunity to indulge in some additional histrionics. I thought I was owed.
Then I left the table. I suspect players, dealer and pit boss were glad to see the back of me.


The ICE 4 and the 412 series are the latest generation of the Intercity Express (ICE) high-speed trains operated by Deutsche Bahn AG. Since 2017, the twelve-part ICE 4 runs on routes between Hamburg - Stuttgart and Hamburg - Munich. From 2019, this new model series will also head for the Rhineland and the Ruhr area. Registration is planned for Austria and Switzerland, and later approval for France, Luxembourg, Italy, Poland and the Czech Republic is planned as an option.
Kato USA will be taking advanced orders for a new model of this train through November 26th.
This set contains 5 cars, including a motorized car. It is meant to be an expansion for the 7-car base set and is not meant to operate on its own. Modelers can use it to build up the train's full 12 car prototype consistThe train is DCC friendly and can be upgraded using Kato's EM13 motor function control decoder.
Please note that this train has a minimum operating radius of 11" due to the length of the cars.


Benjamin's school had their very first drama performances ever this past weekend. A friend of the music teacher came all the way from London to do a two week Shakespeare intensive with all of the elementary children (1st grade through 7th grade). 80 children rehearsed and performed roles in two showings of both Macbeth and Midsummer Night's Dream. Benjamin chose a non-speaking part for his first school play and he was cast as Donalbain, a son of King Duncan. I worked as the assistant director on the shows and spent many hours at the school working with Miss Greenslade, the director. It was so much fun and so rewarding to see the children do so well at the performances on Saturday.


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Posted on October 3, 2012 October 3, 2012 by jstfly21
9 Life Lessons for Every Entrepreneur by Harvey Mackay
View Original / SWIM WITH THE SHARKS / Inc.com
DeM Banter: This is a bit of a wow list… covers so many "issues" and concepts in nine short point… in 1958. Most "truths" simply don't ever change.
Here's a set of simple rules to live and work by–from a very unexpected source.
Gordon Dean was an American lawyer and prosecutor whose distinguished career was fairly typical for Washington types. He went to work for the Justice Department under President Franklin Roosevelt, and taught in the law schools at Duke University and the University of Southern California. He was appointed one of the original commissioners of the Atomic Energy Commission in 1949 by President Harry Truman, eventually becoming its chairman from 1950 to 1953.
In short, he's hardly the usual suspect to offer entrepreneurs advice in 2012. Stick with me.
When Dean died in a plane crash in 1958, it's said that among his personal effects was an envelope with nine life lessons scribbled on the back. These lessons aren't about the law, or atomic energy, or foreign relations. Rather, they represent wisdom that should be shared and used by people everywhere.
These are his superb lessons:
Never lose your capacity for enthusiasm.
Never lose your capacity for indignation.
Never judge people. Don't type them too quickly. But in a pinch, never first assume that a man is bad; first assume that he is good and that, at worst, he is in the gray area between bad and good.
Never be impressed by wealth alone or thrown by poverty.
If you can't be generous when it's hard to be, you won't be when it's easy.
The greatest builder of confidence is the ability to do something–almost anything–well.
When confidence comes, then strive for humility; you aren't as good as all that.
The way to become truly useful is to seek the best that other brains have to offer. Use them to supplement your own, and be prepared to give credit to them when they have helped.
The greatest tragedies in the world and personal events stem from misunderstandings. So communicate!
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Harvey Mackay, author of The Mackay MBA of Selling in the Real World, is founder of the MackayMitchell Envelope Co. He has written six bestsellers, including Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive. @HarveyMackay
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2 Replies to "9 Life Lessons for Every Entrepreneur by Harvey Mackay"
Kevin Walton says:
Wow. This is brilliant. Very profound and I can see why he would carry something like this around. It's incredible how poignant and straight forward those "truths" are. I love Mackay's moral at the end of that article. It's something I've heard you say in a different way: "Mackay's Moral: We are all students of life–pay attention and take notes!"
There's so much I want to say about each of them but the one that really made me stop and think was number 5. If you're not generous when times are tough, you won't be when it's easy. Reading things like that give me pause to think about the way I live my life and I hope I can live a good, generous life even when times are at their toughest.
jstfly21 says:
Kevin: Agree 100%
Strong stuff
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Police Arrest Suspect in Fatal Shooting of 15-Year-Old at DC Metro Station
Davonte Washington
Washington, D.C., police have arrested a 17-year-old suspect in the weekend shooting death of Davonte Washington, a 15-year-old who was shot in front of his mother and two younger sisters while waiting on the platform at the Deanwood Metro station in Northeast D.C., the Washington Post reports.
According to the Post, Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier announced Tuesday that the 17-year-old—whom a spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in Washington identified as Maurice Bellamy—is expected to appear in court later today and will be charged as an adult with second-degree murder while armed. Police have not hinted at a possible motive for why the older teen approached Davonte, who was on his way to get a haircut for Easter, and shot him. Davonte, who attended Largo High School in Maryland, was in the District visiting his mother and sisters.
Lanier called the shooting "senseless in my opinion," adding that "there was no reason for it. Absolutely no reason." Lanier said that the suspect did not know Davonte.
Relatives have said that the shooter simply walked up to Davonte and exchanged a few words before shooting him in his chest. What exactly was said is still under investigation, according to the report.
According to the Post, the shooting, one of a number of other violent incidents in the Metro system, has raised concerns about transit safety, but the chief spokesman for Metro said Monday that the "crime rate on Metro is lower than in many of the communities we serve. … The crime that was committed at Deanwood was horrific and tragic for the community. There is nothing specific to Metro about it. It could have occurred across the street at the recreation center. It could have occurred on the sidewalk."
Read more at the Washington Post.


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Team Toyota GB returns to racing with GT86
A famous name from British motorsport history is to return to the track in September with an entry from Team Toyota GB in the UK's toughest race, the Britcar 24 Hours. The newly reformed squad will field a Toyota GT86 in the Production Class of the Silverstone enduro.
The livery on the new coupe will echo that of the double British Touring Car Championship winning AE86 from the mid-1980s.
Work on the first British racing GT86 is well underway at the Buckinghamshire technical centre of GPRM, the race preparation firm behind the successful BTCC Toyota Avensis prototype. The emphasis is on turning the potent 2.0-litre sports car into a competitive track machine while retaining as much of the standard road car's specification as possible.
GPRM's Gary Blackham and Roger King will oversee Team Toyota GB, and Blackham believes the GT86 will be a strong contender: "The new Toyota has all the makings of a great production class racer. We are concentrating our efforts on stripping back the chassis, lightening and strengthening it and of course equipping it with a roll cage and all the other safety gear required, as well as quick-refuelling equipment. Other than that, the GT86 will remain essentially in road car form."
An announcement on who will drive the GT86 in the 24 Hours will be made in coming weeks.
Powered by a 16-valve double overhead cam horizontally opposed 'boxer' engine delivering 197 bhp, the Toyota GT86 captures some of the best elements of three models from Toyota's rich sporting heritage - the Sports 800, 2000GT and AE86. It went on to sale in the UK to critical acclaim at the beginning of July.
The Britcar 24 Hours is the only round-the-clock race held in Britain for sports and GT cars and last year attracted a 55-car field. The action takes place on the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit over the weekend of September 22 & 23.
Posted in: Coupe,Gary Blackham,International,Motor Sports,Roger King,Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit,Team Toyota GB,Toyota,Toyota GT 86


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import glob
import os
import pickle
import re
import shutil
import tempfile
import unittest

from telemetry import benchmark
from telemetry.core import util
from telemetry.core.platform.profiler import android_profiling_helper
from telemetry.unittest import simple_mock
from telemetry.unittest import tab_test_case

def _GetLibrariesMappedIntoProcesses(device, pids):
  libs = set()
  for pid in pids:
    maps_file = '/proc/%d/maps' % pid
    maps = device.ReadFile(maps_file, as_root=True)
    for map_line in maps:
      lib = re.match(r'.*\s(/.*[.]so)$', map_line)
      if lib:
        libs.add(lib.group(1))
  return libs

class TestAndroidProfilingHelper(unittest.TestCase):

  def testGetRequiredLibrariesForPerfProfile(self):
    perf_output = os.path.join(
        util.GetUnittestDataDir(), 'sample_perf_report_output.txt')
    with open(perf_output) as f:
      perf_output = f.read()

    mock_popen = simple_mock.MockObject()
    mock_popen.ExpectCall('communicate').WillReturn([None, perf_output])

    mock_subprocess = simple_mock.MockObject()
    mock_subprocess.ExpectCall(
        'Popen').WithArgs(simple_mock.DONT_CARE).WillReturn(mock_popen)
    mock_subprocess.SetAttribute('PIPE', simple_mock.MockObject())

    real_subprocess = android_profiling_helper.subprocess
    android_profiling_helper.subprocess = mock_subprocess
    try:
      libs = android_profiling_helper.GetRequiredLibrariesForPerfProfile('foo')
      self.assertEqual(libs, set([
          '/data/app-lib/com.google.android.apps.chrome-2/libchrome.2016.0.so',
          '/system/lib/libart.so',
          '/system/lib/libc.so',
          '/system/lib/libm.so']))
    finally:
      android_profiling_helper.subprocess = real_subprocess

  @benchmark.Enabled('android')
  def testGetRequiredLibrariesForVTuneProfile(self):
    vtune_db_output = os.path.join(
        util.GetUnittestDataDir(), 'sample_vtune_db_output')
    with open(vtune_db_output, 'rb') as f:
      vtune_db_output = pickle.load(f)

    mock_cursor = simple_mock.MockObject()
    mock_cursor.ExpectCall(
        'execute').WithArgs(simple_mock.DONT_CARE).WillReturn(vtune_db_output)

    mock_conn = simple_mock.MockObject()
    mock_conn.ExpectCall('cursor').WillReturn(mock_cursor)
    mock_conn.ExpectCall('close')

    mock_sqlite3 = simple_mock.MockObject()
    mock_sqlite3.ExpectCall(
        'connect').WithArgs(simple_mock.DONT_CARE).WillReturn(mock_conn)

    real_sqlite3 = android_profiling_helper.sqlite3
    android_profiling_helper.sqlite3 = mock_sqlite3
    try:
      libs = android_profiling_helper.GetRequiredLibrariesForVTuneProfile('foo')
      self.assertEqual(libs, set([
          '/data/app-lib/com.google.android.apps.chrome-1/libchrome.2019.0.so',
          '/system/lib/libdvm.so',
          '/system/lib/libc.so',
          '/system/lib/libm.so']))
    finally:
      android_profiling_helper.sqlite3 = real_sqlite3

class TestAndroidProfilingHelperTabTestCase(tab_test_case.TabTestCase):

  def setUp(self):
    super(TestAndroidProfilingHelperTabTestCase, self).setUp()
    # pylint: disable=W0212
    browser_backend = self._browser._browser_backend
    try:
      self._device = browser_backend.adb.device()
    except AttributeError:
      pass

  @benchmark.Enabled('android')
  def testCreateSymFs(self):
    # pylint: disable=W0212
    browser_pid = self._browser._browser_backend.pid
    pids = ([browser_pid] +
        self._browser._platform_backend.GetChildPids(browser_pid))
    libs = _GetLibrariesMappedIntoProcesses(self._device, pids)
    assert libs

    symfs_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
    try:
      kallsyms = android_profiling_helper.CreateSymFs(self._device, symfs_dir,
                                                      libs)

      # Make sure we found at least one unstripped library.
      unstripped_libs = glob.glob(os.path.join(symfs_dir,
                                               'data', 'app-lib', '*', '*.so'))
      assert unstripped_libs

      # Check that we have kernel symbols.
      assert os.path.exists(kallsyms)

      # Check that all requested libraries are present.
      for lib in libs:
        assert os.path.exists(os.path.join(symfs_dir, lib[1:])), \
            '%s not found in symfs' % lib
    finally:
      shutil.rmtree(symfs_dir)

  @benchmark.Enabled('android')
  def testGetToolchainBinaryPath(self):
    with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile() as libc:
      self._device.PullFile('/system/lib/libc.so', libc.name)
      path = android_profiling_helper.GetToolchainBinaryPath(libc.name,
                                                             'objdump')
      assert os.path.exists(path)


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Battle of Pleasant Hill, 9 April 1864
The second of two battles in two days that ended any chance of success for the Red River campaign. The real damage had been done on the previous day at Sabine Crossroads, or Mansfield, where a Confederate force 11,000 strong under General Richard Taylor had defeated 4,500 men from the Federal advance guard and forced them to retreat in some disorder.
The bulk of the Federal army came back together at Pleasant Hill. Banks then decided to withdraw to Grand Ecore, while leaving a strong rearguard at Pleasant Hill. This force, under Generals Emory and A. J. Smith, probably numbered around 11,000 men. To oppose it Taylor now had close to 13,000 men, having been reinforced by two divisions late on 8 April.
The Confederate pursuit reached Pleasant Hill on the afternoon on 9 April. Taylor launched a vigorous attack, which met with some initial success. However, a Federal counterattack got around the Confederate right wing and the attacking line collapsed. By the end of the day only one Confederate division remaining intact. If Banks had known that, he could have easily brushed aside the remaining Confederate defences and captured Shreveport virtually unopposed. This was certainly Edmund Kirby Smith's fear after the defeat at Pleasant Hill, but when he arrived on the battlefield late on the evening of 9 April he discovered that Banks had continued his retreat to Grand Ecore.
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How to cite this article: Rickard, J (14 August 2007), Battle of Pleasant Hill, 9 April 1864 , http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_pleasant_hill.html


Apple's latest TV ad lays down a challenge — "what will your verse be?"
It continues online with a still-developing microsite that explores how iPad Air is being used to help people scratch their itches — from ocean divers and mountaineers to Bollywood producers to the NHL's Los Angeles Kings.
Let's challenge ourselves to rewrite how we connect with our patients. Let's make their voices the loudest.
So, what will your verse be? Sounds like a challenge we can all accept.


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Manfred Ahne (* 2. Juni 1961 in Selb) ist ein ehemaliger deutscher Eishockeyspieler.

Karriere
Aus dem Nachwuchs des VER Selb stammend kam er erstmals bei seinem Stammverein in der ersten Mannschaft in der Saison 1978/79 zum Einsatz und stieg mit dem Verein in die 2. Bundesliga 1980/81 auf. Nach finanziellen Problemen in Selb wechselte er – zuerst auf Leihbasis – 1982 nach Rosenheim zum Sportbund DJK Rosenheim in die Eishockey-Bundesliga. In Rosenheim blieb er auch nach dem freiwilligen Rückzug in die 2. Bundesliga 1992/93, bevor er im Sommer 1993 innerhalb der Liga zum EC Kassel für die Saison 1993/94 wechselte und dort nach Einführung der DEL noch die Saison 1994/95 blieb. Im Sommer 1995 wechselte er zurück nach Selb zum ERC Selb in die 1. Liga. Nach der Saison 1999/00 wechselte er für seine letzte Saison 2000/01 von Selb zum ESV Bayreuth.

Für die deutsche Eishockeynationalmannschaft nahm er
 bei den Olympischen Winterspielen 1984 und
 bei den Eishockey-Weltmeisterschaften 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 und 1989
teil.

Dabei bestritt er 82 Länderspiele, davon 39 bei Weltmeisterschaften.

Mit dem SB Rosenheim wurde in der Saison 1984/85 und Saison 1988/89 Deutscher Meister.

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Selcourt, a Tiz Wonderful filly trained by John Sadler, scored her first graded stakes win in the Grade 3 Las Flores Stakes on Feb. 18, 2018, at Santa Anita Park.
Selcourt won two out of four start to begin her career, including the Kalookan Queen Stakes in January at Santa Anita one race prior to her graded staked breakthrough. She outdueled Coniah in the six-furlong Las Flores, winning by three-quarters of a length. She followed with an impressive victory in the Grade 2 Santa Monica Stakes, dominating a field that included Grade 1 winner Paradise Woods and multiple graded stakes winner Skye Diamonds.
She closed out her 2018 season with an unplaced finish in the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint.
Selcourt finished second in both the 2019 Kalookan Queen Stakes and Grade 2 Santa Monica Stakes in January and February, respectively, before a fourth-place finish in March in the Grade 1 Beholder Mile Stakes. She was given some time off after that race and returned Oct. 5 at Santa Anita where she finished second by a head to Lady Ninja in a thrilling finish in the Grade 3 L.A. Woman Stakes.
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Daily Projections, 12-29-2018: Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
On January 4, 2019 January 4, 2019 By EricIn Daily ProjectionsLeave a comment
Title: Au Hasard Balthazar
Director: Robert Bresson
Another Bresson. A lot to unpack here. It's tempting to look for a one-to-one correlation ("[Christ] made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant" – and who embodies the very nature of a servant better than Balthazar, a donkey battered, beaten, and dragged around with no will of his own). But watching Au Hasard Balthazar, my thoughts continue to fall on Old Testament figures, namely Job and Hosea. After all, not all Biblical symbolism is Christological. And Balthazar is far from the only such figure. Gérard, perhaps a bit of Beelzebub in him, though I tend to look at him as Vice or Sin in general who has the run of the town and to whom the Prodigal Marie always comes when called, even if she puts up a brief, feeble fight at first. Marie, all of mankind, in possession of her own free will who twice rejects an offer of marriage from the only real Christ figure I see in Balthazar (the landowner's son, Jacques—the landowner is God, by the way), first citing her inability to truly love him then her own checkered past as reasons not to choose him. Au Hasard Balthazar is not so much allegory, perhaps, as it is parable. But it is all masterpiece. And who (but perhaps Bresson) knew a donkey's face could be so beautiful?
Daily Projections, 12-21-2018: Law Of The Border (1966)
On December 22, 2018 April 22, 2019 By EricIn Daily ProjectionsLeave a comment
Title: Law Of The Border
Director: Lütfi Ö. Akad
Country of Origin: Turkey
Can a western be made outside the United States? Obviously, yes. The Italians did it. But Lütfi Ö. Akad's Law Of The Border likewise falls along those lines, though it was produced and takes place in Turkey. Law Of The Border follows life in a small village on the border between Turkey and Syria where the local economy is driven primarily by sheep smuggling. The greatest smuggler of them all (or at least the most proficient) is Hidir (Yilmaz Güney, who also wrote the screenplay) who, though himself shoehorned by circumstance into the smuggler's life, knows the best future for his own son lies in a formal education though the rest of the villagers are resistant to the idea of allowing a school in town. Law Of The Border highlights the way encroaching modernity (education, cars, fashionably dressed teachers) forces out and renders redundant traditional life and those who are not willing to adapt (and sometimes even those who are). There are plenty of barriers to progress in Law Of The Border – poverty, tradition, ignorance – and yet the present marches on into future. Güney looks perfectly at home with a rifle in his hand. No wonder he would become quite the action star before eventually becoming one of the most controversial filmmakers in the history of Turkish cinema and a literal outlaw.
Daily Projections, 12-20-2018: Pickpocket (1959)
On December 22, 2018 December 22, 2018 By EricIn Daily ProjectionsLeave a comment
Title: Pickpocket
My first Bresson. Bresson, whose reputation for grace and economy precede him. Maybe Pickpocket is a strange place to start with Bresson. It's admittedly hard to get a handle on what is going on here at first. Michel is a pickpocket, perhaps a kleptomaniac, stealing for the thrill of it. As he teams with accomplices, his exploits become more daring and yet, while Michel claims to be afraid of getting caught, it seems as if he almost invites his own downfall. After all, a thief who never locks his door when he leaves home even though there are stolen goods all over the place. Is he really that brazen? Or is there a part of him that wants to stop stealing but knows he could never chose a crime free life on his own but would have to be led to it by a power greater than he is? The pickpocketing scenes themselves are downright riveting. Tightly choreographed and elegant, they form a digital (as in fingers, not computers) ballet. Surely it is no accident, then, that the entire score of the film is comprised of works by Jean Baptiste Lully, a composer who revolutionized ballet and French dance music as a whole in the second half of the 17th century.


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Religion in Early America Symposium
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The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History convened a one-day symposium on "Religion in Early America." Led by Stephen Prothero, Professor of Religion at Boston University, the symposium explored three major themes that characterize the role of religion in the formation and early development of the United States. The first theme is the principle of religious freedom that was incorporated into the first amendment to the U.S. Constitution and that has been an enduring principle of the nation. The second is the growth of many forms of religion in the new United States and how they shaped American society during the first half of the 19th century. The third is the diversity of religious traditions in the American colonies, and how they needed to be considered as the nation came into being.
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Session 1: Religious Freedom
Kathleen Flake, Richard Lyman Bushman Professor of Mormon Studies, University of Virginia
Michelene Pesantubbee, Associate Professor, Religious Studies and American Indian Native Studies, University of Iowa
David Sehat, Associate Professor of History, Georgia State University
Session 2: Religious Growth in Second Great Awakening
David Holland, Assistant Professor, Harvard Divinity School
Amanda Porterfield, Professor of Religion, Florida State University
John Wigger, Professor of History, University of Missouri
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Kathryn Gin Lum, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Stanford University
Michael Gomez, Professor of History and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, New York University
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Bilinguals Devote Distinct Areas Of The Brain To Native And Second Languages
NEW YORK, N.Y., July 10, 1997 ‹ In a study that sheds new light on how the brain organizes language, researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center report in the July 10 issue of the British journal Nature that the organization of the brain's language-production region in bilingual individuals is directly related to whether they learned a second language as toddlers (simultaneously with their native language) or as young adults. Using a new, non-invasive imaging method called functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), the researchers found that bilingual persons who acquire a second language as young adults have distinct areas in the brain associated with their native and second languages.
"A second language acquired during the teenage years, which is late in developmental life, is represented in the brain in a separate location from the native language," explains senior author Joy Hirsch, Ph.D., head of Memorial Sloan-Kettering's fMRI Laboratory. "But when both languages are learned at the same time early in life, they are represented in areas that have a considerable amount of overlap." The study also highlights the promise of fMRI to precisely map the language centers of the brain. This information may be useful to neurosurgeons who, during surgery to remove a brain tumor, must carefully navigate their scalpels around the brain's language-sensitive areas to avoid damaging a patient's ability to speak. About 25 percent of brain tumors occur near the region of the brain that controls language production, called Broca's area. Until now, imaging technology has lacked the ability to produce high-resolution maps of the brains of individual patients.
Dr. Hirsch and lead author Karl Kim, a Memorial Sloan-Kettering neuroscience graduate student, are now evaluating the utility of fMRI to map the language, motor, and sensory regions of patients' brains prior to surgery to remove a tumor. "Based on the results of the current study, we always ask our patients whether they speak more than one language," Kim said. "If they do, both languages need to be mapped to acquire a complete picture of language-sensitive brain regions."
So far, MSKCC researchers and physicians have found that fMRI makes it easier for physicians to pinpoint the exact site of language-sensitive brain regions so patients can emerge from surgery without loss of function.
Of the 12 bilingual participants in the current study, half had learned two languages simultaneously as toddlers and half had learned a second language as teenagers. All were healthy and could speak two languages fluently. The participants were asked to perform silent speech tasks (to reduce head movement) in both languages so the researchers could image the activity in Broca's area.
Scientists and clinicians have long suspected that separate regions of the brain are involved in native and second languages based on reports in the medical literature of bilingual individuals who lost the ability to speak one language after removal of a brain tumor or after suffering a stroke or seizure. But the current study is the first to demonstrate the distinct spatial relationships in the brain between native and second languages, said Dr. Hirsch.
The fMRI laboratory at Memorial Sloan-Kettering is now applying recently developed fMRI techniques to test critical hypotheses about the workings of the brain, and to develop new methods to provide adjuvant guides for neurosurgical procedures.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center is the world's oldest and largest private institution devoted to prevention, patient care, research, and education in cancer. Throughout its long, distinguished history, the Center has played a leadership role in defining the standard of care for patients with cancer. In 1996, Memorial Sloan-Kettering was named the nation's best cancer center for the fourth consecutive year by U.S. News & World Report.
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Another development sets sights on Buda
By Brittany Anderson on January 25, 2023 Buda, News
By Brittany Anderson
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BUDA — Buda is once again proving to be a hotspot for new development, with a mixed-use project potentially coming to the city's north side.
Buda City Council held a workshop for the unnamed development during the regular council meeting on Jan. 17. Forum Investment Group presented its plans for the project, with senior managing director of development Rich Wilson explaining that the group has experience building mixed-use developments in several markets and is interested in expanding into the Austin area.
While no action was taken, the workshop allowed the council to learn more about the site plans and provide feedback.
According to the group, the site "sits perfectly in a transition location between the high activity of Buda's commercial district to the south, and the tranquility of the low-density surroundings outside the Buda city limits to the north and west."
The development is set to be located on approximately 31 acres of land on Old San Antonio Road and Manchaca Springs Road, right off of the I-35 frontage road. The site includes 28 acres, or 590 units, of multi-family residential space and three acres, or 6,000 square feet, of commercial space.
Multi-family housing, according to the developers, is typically multi-story apartments or condominiums with some ground floor retail spaces. The group anticipates three- to four-story buildings for this development and said that the 900 or so residents it would bring in would help stimulate Buda's local economy.
"With the growth that is happening along the I-35 corridor and south out of Austin, [like]Texas Children's Hospital locating their site not too far north of here, we feel like there is continued need for housing those folks who are coming to this area for the growing employment base, and this could be a part of that," Wilson said.
Some of the proposed amenities of the development include a pocket park, pet parks, resort-style pools, fitness and activity centers, co-working areas, enhanced pedestrian streetscapes and green pathways that connect the residential to commercial.
The development would be implemented in three phases, with the first two phases building out the residential and the final phase building out the commercial.
While the site is located entirely within Hays County, only 12 acres sit within Buda's extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) with the remaining 19 acres within Austin's ETJ. As such, developers are looking for Buda to request the ETJ release from Austin and provide water and wastewater utilities. According to the presentation, the city has plans to expand the 8" wastewater line to 12" to 15" that would be able to serve the site, and currently has capacity to provide water to the site with an 8" line.
"We're in this really interesting predicament in Buda with water and wastewater … there's been a lot of good planning to prepare for things that are coming, both in terms of residential and commercial developments," council member Evan Ture said. "We have a lot of water and wastewater available, but growth kind of slowed down through COVID and through some projects changing in some ways where we're paying for those projects in our rates with a few less people … To some degree, extending services helps in that it spreads those costs over more users."
The site is not contiguous to the existing retail and commercial nodes, instead separated by about half a mile of vacant land and a plant nursery. However, it's adjacent to the "Interstate Corridor" District in the city's Future Land Use Plan, Wilson said, and according to the city's 2030 comprehensive plan, dense multi-family housing is appropriate for this district.
While the council members were in support of the development and appreciative of receiving information so early on, several agreed that they would like to see more commercial space (or B3 zoning) within the development, which Ture said would be the "best thing for Buda" in order to get more sales tax dollars.
Wilson noted that the site is not at the I-35 access road or contiguous with the rest of the commercial corridor, which is part of their reasoning for not wanting to do full or even majority B3.
"We don't think that there's currently viability for a large-scale commercial project. We do understand that it's important to the city to have the commercial tax base, which is why we tried to integrate some component of that," Wilson said.
"I think part of the ask today is whether we're willing to extend services [for]water and wastewater, do the ETJ swap, things like that," Ture replied. "If we're doing things like that, it's sort of an ask of us. So the ask would be for y'all to significantly increase the retail portion as much as possible that the project can sustain."
"Buda needs more access to places where we can get those tax dollars in, because we just don't have enough of that room to be able to not make a good decision," council member Terry Cummings added. "I think to not use the site lines along the I-35 corridor to promote some retail businesses would be a mistake, because that's something that we need to try and sponsor and promote, and we don't have enough of that space to just throw up a bunch of apartments and keep our fingers crossed … I hope you understand where we're all coming from on this, because we have some very difficult decisions to make regarding our very little available land."
While city staff has not done any analysis of the development yet, the group has submitted a letter of intent to request a development agreement. In the meantime, the group will continue to work with the city on the project as several more steps are needed to be taken before its final approval, including the release of the Austin ETJ portion and annexing and zoning of the land.
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Brittany Anderson graduated from Texas State University in August 2020 with a bachelor's degree in journalism. She previously worked at KTSW 89.9, Texas State University's radio station, for nearly two years in the web content department as a writer and assistant manager. She has reported for the Hays Free Press/News-Dispatch since July 2021.


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Abid Ahsan Shanto January 16, 2023
The Samsung Galaxy S23 is just about two weeks away. It, along with the S23 Ultra and Plus, will launch on February 1. As we already know a lot about the phone from the recent leaks, many are planning to upgrade to it.
In fact, a lot made early reservations for the upcoming S23 flagship from Samsung. Well, if you are one of them, you might be making a mistake.
According to the latest rumor, the Samsung Galaxy S22 FE will launch alongside the Galaxy S23. Now, yes, the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE did not make any sense on paper. It was not a good deal when you compared it with the Galaxy S22. Many even acted like it didn't exist. But things will be different for the FE series in 2023.
The Galaxy S22 FE Could Threaten the Samsung Galaxy S23
We have had a lot of rumors stating that the Galaxy S21 FE was the last Fan Edition from Samsung. But towards the end of 2022, the rumor about Samsung quietly working on the Galaxy S22 FE emerged. And it pointed out that the FE might not be dead at all.
The leakster OreXda on Twitter told us to hold our breath for the Galaxy S22 FE. And there have been rumors that the device might launch alongside the Galaxy S23. In other words, in the Galaxy Unpacked event of February 1, you might see four new devices come out.
Even if Samsung does not launch the Galaxy S22 FE alongside the Galaxy S23, it will debut on Unpacked Part 2. And it is a different event that is soon planned by Samsung after the S23 series launch.
All That We Know About the Galaxy S22 FE
In a series of Tweets and replies, @OreXda and another leakster, RGcloudS, seems to have released a lot about the upcoming Galaxy S22 FE. And here are the main highlights:
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Galaxy S22 FE will replace the Galaxy A7X phones. Samsung will ditch the high-end A series mid-range phone for 2023.
The Galaxy S22 FE might be powered by a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC, which is last year's chipset. Samsung might debut it with Exynos 2200. The decision will depend on whether Samsung has piles of the 2200s lying around.
Galaxy S22 FE will come with Samsung 108MP ISOCELL HM6 primary sensor. It is said to have support for up to 8K 24 FPS video recording. And it will support 9-to-1 pixel-binning and PD autofocus.
The Galaxy S22 FE is now set to be the very last "Fan Edition" phone that Samsung will launch. Multiple leaksters have told us not to expect a Galaxy S23 FE, which means the S22 FE will be the last of its kind.
Galaxy S22 FE Could Easily Become the Best-Value Android Phone in 2023
I know it's too early to hold expectations such as this one. However, if Samsung puts a fair price on the Galaxy S22 FE, it will sell like hotcakes. Many planned to get the "boringly perfect" Galaxy S23 will indeed get a better value than the S22 FE. And not to mention the fact that the S21 FE made excellent sales.
Yes, even though it did not make any sense on paper, the S21 FE was arguably the best Android flagship phone when it came to sheer value. And the resale and discounts made things even better for the S21 FE.
Now, as the Galaxy S22 FE is replacing the A74 this year, it could be priced as low as $500. And if Pixel 7a is not much of a threat to it, the phone can sell better than the standard Galaxy S23.
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