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Closure of Border to Refugees Spreads Misery as US Tourists Vacation in Mexico
By Tamara Pearson
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Over the past few months, conditions for migrants traveling through Mexico have grown worse. With most shelters still closed to new migrants because of the pandemic and the U.S. sending people who reach the border back within hours, many refugees and migrants in Mexico are living on the streets.
The restrictive measures being applied to migrants in the name of the pandemic are not being applied to tourists, nor to delivery trucks crossing the land border with a range of essential and nonessential goods.
Indeed tourists from the U.S. — the country with the highest death toll from COVID-19 — are continuing to fly to Mexico to enjoy resort holidays in Cancun and elsewhere.
"If you're ready and comfortable enough to fly, Cancun is a destination that ticks all (the) boxes," wrote one tourist in July. Cancun reopened to tourism on June 8, and while Europe won't let people from the U.S. in, Mexico is one of just a handful of countries that will. And despite Mexico ranking third in the world for the number of COVID-19 deaths — after the U.S. and Brazil — travel advice from the U.S. Department of State considers parts of it safer to travel to than Canada at the time of writing.
While an unreliable temperature check at the airport has been deemed enough for tourists entering by plane, who have been allowed to continue flying to Mexico throughout the pandemic, Mexico and the U.S. recently agreed to extend the land border closure, which only allows land border crossings from Mexico to the United States for "essential travel" until September 21. Stopping the advance of COVID-19 was the reason given by acting Homeland Security secretary, Chad Wolf, but the rationale seems cynical given the continuation of air travel. Meanwhile, the border closure only increases the already extremely dangerous conditions that people are migrating under.
The U.S.'s quick "turnback" policy was instated on March 24, 2020, purportedly to stop the spread of COVID-19. The policy is based on Title 42, which has been around in some form since the 1890s to stop boats that were coming from countries with infectious diseases like smallpox from entering U.S. ports. However, this is the first time it has been used on the U.S.-Mexico border, and it is unusual in that it is superseding immigration law.
It means that around 91 percent of migrants apprehended while trying to cross from Mexico into the U.S.'s Southwest border are being sent back within as little as two hours, according to Customs and Border Protection Acting Commissioner Mark Morgan. There were 38,347 apprehensions in July, the highest figure compared to the previous nine months. Sending migrants back in this form denies their human right to request asylum and their legal rights to due process. Even children who are testing negative for COVID-19 aren't being afforded the legal protections they have.
COVID-19 as an Excuse to Violate Human Rights
While the U.S. government is falling far short in its efforts to address the virus within its borders, it is using COVID-19 as a pretext to justify mass deportations and detentions, Sister María Magdalena Silva Rentería told Truthout. She is the head of CAFEMIN, a shelter for women and children in Mexico City, and coordinates REDODEM, a network of 23 shelters in Mexico.
The restrictive measures being applied to migrants in the name of the pandemic are not being applied to tourists.
Maycon Peña, a refugee staying in a Mexico City shelter, had to flee Honduras due to his active opposition to the government as well as due to gang violence. "The border closure is just politics. I don't agree with it," he told Truthout. "The pandemic isn't a reason to not attend to people who have had to leave their country and have traveled so far to request asylum."
"The closing of the border isn't a security measure," said Silva. She described Mexico's southern and northern borders as "porous." Because they are so long, there are inevitably parts of the border that aren't controlled. Increasing security and turning migrants back at key points, she argued, only means migrants are forced to try to cross through more dangerous areas.
"The smugglers are profiting from this, organized crime is, because they extort and kidnap the migrants and force them to enter the U.S. with drugs in exchange for helping them get across parts of the border that are less guarded," she said.
Along Mexico's northern border, there is chaos and extreme overcrowding, Silva said. She described how some people involved in the caravans from Central America a year and a half ago are still there, hoping to cross. "With the closure, a lot of people think it is better not to cross, so they are staying near the border and waiting," she said.
Migrants waiting to cross are also extremely vulnerable to assault, rape, extortion, and other types of attacks. Some 56 percent of migrants and refugees that Doctors Without Borders attended to in Nuevo Leon last year, for example, suffered violence while waiting. Even before the pandemic, migrants wouldn't leave shelters, for fear of kidnapping.
The UN is installing pre-made homes, similar to those used in other refugee camps around the world, to try to help some of the thousands of migrants stuck at the border. Apart from dealing with unsafe conditions, uncertainty and the pandemic, migrants are also now facing the storm and hurricane season.
People who have been turned around at the border also make up some of those now waiting there. Many of them are from Central America and have no connections or means to go anywhere else. Even those who are deported to Mexico City or Guadalajara often end up homeless or targets of organized crime. The expulsions, Amnesty International says, violate U.S. refugee laws and treaty obligations.
Pandemic Measures in Mexico Are Leaving Migrants Homeless and Unemployed
The border closure is also exacerbating already difficult conditions for migrants staying in or still traveling through Mexico. With the pandemic, most shelters closed their doors to new arrivals, and have forced current migrants to shelter in place except in the case of emergencies or the need to see a doctor.
Around 91 percent of migrants apprehended while trying to cross from Mexico into the U.S.'s Southwest border are being sent back within as little as two hours.
COMAR, the Mexican Commission for Helping Refugees, has suspended procedures, meaning refugees in lockdown don't know what is happening with their applications. Some, desperate, are abandoning their processes. Shut inside shelters for nearly five months now, migrants are also feeling anxiety and frustration. Child migrants are generally not getting their basic needs for education and play met. Some unaccompanied teenagers are facing deportation, but that can take up to four months, Silva said.
Donations to shelters have decreased, as businesses and individuals, negatively affected by the economic effects of the pandemic, have little to spare. In most of Mexico, shelters are relying on their own scant means to provide food.
Because a number of shelters are closed, many of those who are trying to travel through Mexico are sleeping on the street. Silva said that then exposes them further to violence and xenophobia. Those who previously had work, typically very precarious and under-the-counter, were among the first victims of the unemployment resulting from the pandemic.
"Before the job I have now, I was working in a bakery. It closed for a month with the pandemic and I can't get by without work, so I got another job," said Peña. "I was working in sales, and the boss said sales have gone down so she couldn't pay us, and I had to leave that. I know a lot of people who are earning much less or who have lost their job. The pandemic has affected migrants very harshly."
Central America and Mexico are feeling the full force of increased poverty as a result of the pandemic. In Mexico, those with an income that is insufficient to cover basic needs increased to 55 percent of workers. Some 16 million Mexicans have fallen into extreme poverty conditions over the past few months. In Honduras, the number of people facing food insecurity has almost doubled.
An International Organization for Migration survey conducted in June found that 84 percent of migrants are planning on resuming their migration once restrictions are lifted.
Once migrants resume travel, providing them with support and respecting their legal and human rights will be important.
The hypocrisy of the U.S. closing its borders to refugees and migrants while its tourists travel freely to Mexico shows that these policies are not about stopping the spread of COVID-19. Rather, they are a demonstration of power and of racism, and an extension of the massive inequality between the two countries.
Tamara Pearson has been working with refugees and migrants in Mexico for over four years. She has worked as a journalist for the past two decades and is the author of a literary novel, The Butterfly Prison. Her writing can be found at her blog, Resistance Words.
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Le locomotive gruppo 240 delle Ferrovie Nord Milano erano un gruppo di locotender di rodiggio D, progettate per la trazione di convogli merci sulle linee sociali.

Storia
Agli inizi del XX secolo, l'aumento del traffico sulle linee delle Ferrovie Nord Milano rese necessaria l'acquisizione di locomotive più moderne, che sostituissero le macchine di prima generazione.

Dopo aver introdotto delle locomotive 2'B per i treni passeggeri, l'amministrazione ferroviaria decise di acquistare per il traffico merci delle macchine di rodiggio D con elevata massa aderente, così da massimizzare la capacità di trazione.

Nel 1907 entrarono in servizio le prime quattro unità, numerate da 401 a 404 e costruite dagli Ateliers St. Leonard di Liegi; le macchine si rivelarono estremamente soddisfacenti, e pertanto vennero replicate l'anno successivo in ulteriori cinque unità (405 ÷ 409) costruite dalla Ateliers de construction de La Meuse.

Visto il successo di tali macchine sulla rete FNM, nel 1912 la Società Anonima per le Ferrovie della Brianza Centrale (FBC), esercente la linea Monza-Molteno, fece costruire alla Henschel due unità analoghe, numerandole 11 e 12; tuttavia queste si rivelarono inadatte per le esigenze della linea briantea, dal traffico molto più ridotto, e così dopo pochi mesi vennero vendute alle FNM, presso le quali ottennero i numeri 410 e 411, completando la dotazione del gruppo.

Intorno al 1940 le FNM introdussero un nuovo sistema di numerazione del parco motore, e le locomotive 401 ÷ 411 vennero riclassificate nel gruppo 240, con numeri progressivi da 01 a 11; sempre nel 1940, stante il progressivo estendersi dell'elettrificazione, le unità 03 e 04 furono vendute alla Società Ferrovia Biella Novara (SFBN).

Le unità restanti fecero servizio sulle FNM fino al 1951, quando con il completamento dell'elettrificazione il parco di macchine a vapore era divenuto sovrabbondante. Alcune unità furono subito demolite, altre vendute alla Fornicoke ed utilizzate sui raccordi ferroviari di San Giuseppe di Cairo, altre ancora alla società Emilio Astengo per i servizi nel Porto di Savona, fino ai primi anni settanta.

Fra queste ultime, la 240-05 venne conservata e in seguito, nel 1981, riacquistata dalle FNM; nel 1997 venne restaurata, e da allora viene utilizzata per treni storici e rievocativi.

Caratteristiche
Si trattava di locotender di rodiggio D, con due cilindri a semplice espansione, con distribuzione Walschaerts.

Note

Bibliografia
 Giovanni Cornolò, Le Ferrovie Nord Milano, Briano Editore, Genova 1970.
 Giovanni Cornolò. La ferrovia Monza – Molteno – Oggiono, in Italmodel Ferrovie n. 229 (agosto 1979), pp. 6–19.
 Massimo Dones, 240-05 FNME. Rinascita di una locomotiva a vapore, in "Mondo Ferroviario", anno XV, n. 159 (settembre 1999), pp. 6–17.

Voci correlate
 Materiale rotabile delle Ferrovie Nord Milano

Altri progetti

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FNM 240

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Q: Get total memory of the system with C I am trying to get total and if possible free memory of the system by C. It should be system-independent.
To initiate the discussion I can suggest getpagesize() method to get page-size. Anyone can help about number of memory pages would be good.

A: There isn't a system independent way of doing this because it is obviously system dependent!

A: There is no way of doing this in a system independent fashion. The language has no concept of memory pages, or where and how it's stored.

A: Not only that memory handling is system dependent as others already stated, such a thing as the "total amount of memory" simply doesn't exist as a clear concept in many cases. There is

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*physical memory, but which usually isn't a hard constraint, because it is backed by

*paged memory on disk, but which configuration dependent and which often isn't a hard constraint either, because of

*virtual memory, which just describes the different "numbers" that addresses can have and which is freely attributed by the OS, even if it can not be backed by the two above.

A: If by "system-independent" you mean OS independent, then I really doubt you'll find any single command to work on all platforms.
If you want system specific:

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*On Windows use GlobalStatusMemoryEx

*On Linux, I would probably go for the quick and dirty approach (parsing /proc/meminfo)

For Linux you could also try the sysconf function in unistd.h

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Vanessa Fuller and Emily Precious started Premier Tax Solutions in 2013
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Pictured: (back row L-R) is Claire Willsher, Jordan Barber, Sharon Cooke and Claire Grant with (front L-R) Vanessa Fuller and Emily Precious
After years of struggling to find 'the right staff with the right ethos' Emily Precious and Vanessa Fuller have decided to train their own.
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Sunday night crash claims life of local man
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A Massachusetts man died in a weekend helicopter crash in Montana.Cascade County Sheriff Bob Edwards says the helicopter, a one-person craft known as a Mosquito, crashed into a hillside shortly after 5 p.m. Sunday near Dearborn, Montana, which is about halfway between Great Falls and Helena.The Coroner's Office identified the victim as 62-year-old John Joseph Maliszewski of Ipswich.Don Ryan, who lives near the crash site, told the Great Falls Tribune that he saw the helicopter fly up a canyon, but then start to spin out of control after turning back.The pilot's body was taken to the state crime lab in Missoula, Montana for an autopsy.The sheriff said investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration planned to visit the crash site on Monday.
CASCADE, Mont. —
A Massachusetts man died in a weekend helicopter crash in Montana.
Cascade County Sheriff Bob Edwards says the helicopter, a one-person craft known as a Mosquito, crashed into a hillside shortly after 5 p.m. Sunday near Dearborn, Montana, which is about halfway between Great Falls and Helena.
The Coroner's Office identified the victim as 62-year-old John Joseph Maliszewski of Ipswich.
Don Ryan, who lives near the crash site, told the Great Falls Tribune that he saw the helicopter fly up a canyon, but then start to spin out of control after turning back.
The pilot's body was taken to the state crime lab in Missoula, Montana for an autopsy.
The sheriff said investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration planned to visit the crash site on Monday.


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An ode to Valentine's Day: Goonj organises an open mic for poetry and music2 min read
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MANIPAL: On February 20, Goonj, the official Hindi literary club of Manipal Academy of Higher Education, organised Dastaan-E-Ishq, an open mic event outside Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT) Food Court 1 with Chords & Co., a music club, as their musical partners.
The Valentine's Day-themed event was privy to a great audience, despite the fact that it started a little later than intended. The event was adorned with fairy lights and several hand-made posters.
The evening saw a series of talented and entertaining performances of poetry and music. The open mic also saw several first-time performers who came forward with their writing and were immensely appreciated by the encouraging audience.
Goonj Vice-President, Kartikeya Chaurasia said, "Poetry has always been inclined towards love and showing affection. Since we had Valentine's Day recently, which was during the sessionals and we couldn't celebrate it, we decided to put up an open mic where people could come and celebrate love through poetry and music."
Speaking to The Manipal Journal, a member of the Chords & Co. Managing Committee, Meenakshi Sinha said, "We have worked with Goonj a lot before and they were also interested in having music in their Valentine's Day-themed event, so it just made sense for us to collaborate with them." Adding on, she said, "Events like this should be held more often; Chords & Co. wants to make Manipal more musical."
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Tiger Tracker: Shot-by-shot recap of Tiger Woods' second-round 66
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By Kevin Casey August 10, 2018 1:05 pm
By Kevin Casey | August 10, 2018 1:05 pm
Tiger Woods is six back through 36 holes. He finished off a 4-under 66 in Round 2 Saturday morning at the PGA Championship and is in the hunt halfway through.
We followed his long second round, shot by shot. Catch up with it all below:
Hole No. 18: Par 4, 456 yards
OFF THE TEE (10:33 a.m. ET): Another driver, and this one is bad. It goes way right and flies straight into the crowd over there. It appeared to hit there and stay there, which could be a decent break, as that rough would be matted down. We'll see.
APPROACH SHOT (10:38 a.m. ET): That was indeed in a decent lie. But all Tiger could do from there was aim at the left side of the green. Still, he does find the surface. Should be a good 80 feet for birdie to that back-right pin. This would be a huge two-putt to finish if he could get it.
ON THE GREEN (10:47 a.m. ET): Tiger did misread this a good deal left but that is great pace. That leaves him about 4-5 feet for par. He then drains that for an important closing two-putt. This was the round he needed to stay in the hunt. But there is still a lot of work to do over the final 36.
TIGER ON THE DAY: 4-under 66 (4 under overall, T-19)
OFF THE TEE (10:13 a.m. ET): And Tiger plays that lower cut with the driver again and that is ideal. Carries it about 290 yards and actually bounds about 25 yards forward after hitting on a bit of a downslope with a lower ball flight. He will absolutely be able to go for this one in two.
Tiger was definitely sharper with his swing yesterday, but he hadn't fixed his woes with the driver. If he's found something with that lower cut off the tee, he could be a dangerous man the remainder of this weekend.
APPROACH SHOT (10:23 a.m. ET): OK, here we go … Tiger from 270 yards after a wait, and oh yeah! Tiger plays a lower cut with this fairway wood and this lands on the very front of the green and bounds forward a bit. We are dancing! Maybe 30 feet under the hole for eagle!
ON THE GREEN (10:27 a.m. ET): That's a good putt, as it just misses left and trickles on a foot by. That's a tap-in birdie! That was nice. If he can somehow birdie 18, he will enter the final 36 only five back.
TIGER ON THE DAY: 4 under through 17 (4 under overall, T-19)
OFF THE TEE (10:03 a.m. ET): A 5-iron and that's a nice cut that finishes 20-25 feet right of the hole. That's a nice, solid shot on a tough hole. Would be a bonus birdie if he could get it. He has a par 5 coming up, too. Again, you'd think he's targeting something around 5 under through 36 holes.
ON THE GREEN (10:08 a.m. ET): A good run at that one, but it just dives low and left of the cup and runs about 2 feet by. He cleans up for par, but that was quite close to a great birdie.
OFF THE TEE (9:46 a.m. ET): This is a lasered low cut driver down the middle of the fairway. That was pretty, and about 290 out there (remember, the ball isn't rolling today and it's not hot out at the moment). Should be about 200 yards for his second.
APPROACH SHOT (9:51 a.m. ET): This is just OK. Tiger had this on-line from about 205 yards but this comes up a good 40 feet short of the pin and then trickles a decent deal left. About 50-ish feet up a slope for birdie for TW.
ON THE GREEN (9:56 a.m. ET): That's not a bad first putt, as he leaves this about 3-4 feet short of the cup. His comebacker drops just fine. That's a solid par there. Tough par 3 coming up.
OFF THE TEE (9:30 a.m. ET): Tiger goes iron off the tee here and this is just fine down the right side of the fairway. That's laying back a little of course, but he'll have a good look in.
APPROACH SHOT (9:35 a.m. ET): Another 175-yard range approach and that's a solid one that lands 20 feet below and right of the hole and basically sticks there. About 18 feet under the hole for birdie. A good shot there.
ON THE GREEN (9:41 a.m. ET): Not enough pace. A decent putt but he had to hit that a good 2 feet harder on that line to get it to drop. This harmlessly finishes 6 inches under the hole. He pars.
OFF THE TEE (9:21 a.m. ET): That was a good strike with a 7-iron and deserved better. Lands about 12 feet left and beyond the cup and should've basically stayed right there and left him 15 feet for birdie. But it barely catches a ridge and trickles away. This ends up about 25-30 feet away. That will be harmless, but he goes from decent birdie look to a very likely two-putt par.
ON THE GREEN (9:26 a.m. ET): A solid putt there, as this goes about a foot left of the hole. That wasn't an easy putt up a huge slope. Simple two-putt par. If we're thinking a number for Tiger, he'd probably want to be 5 under at least by round's end, ideally.
OFF THE TEE (9:03 a.m. ET): He takes out driver and this is no good. He misses that one right and that nestles down in the rough. Tiger's just got to probably play this approach safe at the fat of the green.
APPROACH SHOT (9:07 a.m. ET): He had 174 yards, and this was a tough lie. All he can do is go for the right side of the green with the pin back-left. This shot comes out a bit dead and Tiger just reaches the green. Unfortunately, he's on the right-front edge. With that back-left pin, this birdie putt could be some 90 feet. This will be a heck of a two-putt par if he can get it.
ON THE GREEN (9:17 a.m. ET): That first putt was over 100 feet and honestly that was a pretty solid effort. He hits that too far right but speed is pretty good as it's just a bit too hard. Overall, that left him about 5 feet for par. But that remainder starts left of the cup and doesn't come back. That misses left, doesn't even touch the cup. Seems like he hit a good putt, but that's still a miss and a three-putt bogey.
OFF THE TEE (8:49 a.m. ET): OK, drivable par 4 here. Kind of big for Tiger to get one back here. Like playing competitor Rory McIlroy, he decides to lay up with an iron. And that's fine in the fairway. He will for sure have a short wedge second. These next few holes will be quite important.
APPROACH SHOT (8:54 a.m. ET): Yeah, baby. Tiger hits a beauty of a wedge from 89 yards that lands 5 feet past, hops forward and spins back no more than 3 feet left of the cup. That is almost a tap-in, really. It's maybe 3 feet away. This should be a bounceback birdie.
ON THE GREEN (8:57 a.m. ET): Yep, he rolls that in just fine. A great bounceback birdie, much needed.
OFF THE TEE (8:31 a.m. ET): First driver of the day … and this is LASHED. Perfect cut almost in the exact center of the fairway. Could hardly have placed it any better.
APPROACH SHOT (8:36 a.m. ET): Tiger had 204 yards with a 6-iron and this comes up just short. He is baffled it came up short, thought he struck it well. This ball landed maybe 5 yards short of the green and hangs up in very short rough above the bunker. So that's honestly a harmless miss. Should be a pretty simple chip from about 35 feet total below the hole.
AROUND THE GREEN (8:41 a.m. ET): Well that was decent, but this isn't stone dead. He chips this about 4 feet short of the hole. That's a pretty easy short putt and his flatstick has been flawless in this round. So you'd think no problem, but let's take nothing for granted.
ON THE GREEN (8:44 a.m. ET): Yikes. He misses that one to the right. That is just a bad bogey right there. His first mistake of the round. He does have a drivable par 4 upcoming, though.
Hole No. 9: Par 4, 438 yards
OFF THE TEE (8:12 a.m. ET): Tiger goes iron off the tee here and this is a nice one down the right side of the fairway. Good shot, although certainly conservative. He'll have a longer shot in, but he's in the fairway and conditions are so soft. Way more important to be in the fairway.
APPROACH SHOT (8:17 a.m. ET): Roughly 185 yards there for Tiger and that's a solid, safe shot. That pin is tucked left and Tiger plays a draw but only a small one. This finishes right and short of a ridge. This puts Tiger on a level below the pin about 35 feet from the hole. Again, nice safe shot from there. Should be able to two-putt for par and go out in 4-under 31.
ON THE GREEN (8:27 a.m. ET): That is a great lag. That putt was actually 48 feet up that big slope and he kills it just to get it 18 inches short of the hole. He marks, but his remainder is just a mere formality. Great two-putt and this second round remains flawless.
TIGER ON THE DAY: 4 under through 9 (4 under overall, T-17)
OFF THE TEE (4:26 p.m. ET): This driver is just a touch too far left. It ends up just kicking into the left rough about 310-ish yards down there. Unless he gets unbelievable luck with that lie (looks like he didn't), this will be a lay up.
A quick note: Tiger hasn't been perfect on every shot, but he looks so much more comfortable with his swing today. And his putter is still hot.
SECOND SHOT (4:32 p.m. ET): Tiger indeed lays up. He takes an iron out of this rough and this is a nice one down the right side of the fairway. That will be a wedge third.
UPDATE: Play was suspended due to dangerous conditions at 4:35 p.m. ET. The delay could be short, we'll see.
UPDATE No. 2: Play has been suspended for the day. Woods will resume his round at 8 a.m. ET Saturday. We'll continue to follow right here.
THIRD SHOT (8:04 a.m. ET): We're back! Tiger's first shot this morning after the delay overnight is a good one. He controls this wedge beautifully, as it lands about 5 feet below the hole, hops forward, spins and stops 6 feet past the cup. That leaves a fantastic look for birdie.
ON THE GREEN (8:08 a.m. ET): DEAD. CENTER. What delay? A birdie to open Saturday and Tiger is off and running again!
Good morning. Tiger birdie.#PGAChamp pic.twitter.com/PYna18p0uZ
— PGA Championship (@PGAChampionship) August 11, 2018
OFF THE TEE (4:11 p.m. ET): This iron just leaks a little too far right and bounces into a fairway bunker. It's in the middle of the bunker, though, and lie should be fine. So honestly that's about as benign a missed fairway as you can get.
APPROACH SHOT (4:15 p.m. ET): Tiger again goes right at the pin, but it just comes up short. Lands about 2-3 yards short of the green into an upslope and sticks there and spins back a touch. If he lands that a few yards farther, he's stiff. Still, a pretty simple chip on the upslope here. He's maybe 25 feet from the pin, and this is holeable.
AROUND THE GREEN (4:20 p.m. ET): ALMOST. He almost chips in again! He landed that about 5 feet below the hole and it was going right at it. It actually hit the left-center of the hole but had too much speed and popped up as it hit the hole and went about 3 feet past. Should be a par, but that absolutely could've gone in for birdie.
ON THE GREEN (4:23 p.m. ET): He does roll that 3-footer in. Right in the center. Calm stroke. This is a great round so far, something special feels potentially on the verge.
OFF THE TEE (4:01 p.m. ET): There's a buzz as Tiger goes on this birdie run, and … he promptly dumps a low pull into the left greenside bunker. Just a poor swing. Really tough hole and water was right, so kind of understandable. Still a bad swing. Not a tough up and down, though, if he has a good lie in the bunker.
AROUND THE GREEN (4:05 p.m. ET): That was pedestrian. He lands that on a fringe downslope just in front of the green and it barely trickles forward onto the green. Odd. That leaves him a good 12-15 feet for par.
ON THE GREEN (4:09 p.m. ET): HUGE! That was actually at least 15 feet and this one catches the right side of the hole with some speed, rattles around the cup and curls in. That is a really important par. Tiger always talks about how the par-savers keep low rounds going. If this round does turn out to be really low, this is the putt that kept him on track.
"A 3 that feels like a 2." 🐅
Couldn't have said it any better, @TurnerSportsEJ. #PGAChamp pic.twitter.com/EuDCF0WAXB
— PGA of America (@PGA) August 10, 2018
OFF THE TEE (3:43 p.m. ET): Tiger goes driver again, and this is one is great. He liked it right away, and this one finishes down the right side of the fairway. Perfect.
APPROACH SHOT (3:52 p.m. ET): From just inside 150 yards … that is another beauty. He lands that about 8 feet left and beyond the flag and it stops and spins quickly. No more than 10 feet beyond the hole for birdie. Another excellent birdie look.
ON THE GREEN (3:57 p.m. ET): Another birdie putt DEAD. CENTER. That was like it was on a string, as it started right and turned left into the middle. That's three birdies in five holes. Oh this is exciting.
Perfect line.
Perfect speed.
Perfect putt.
What a start for @TigerWoods.#LiveUnderPar pic.twitter.com/hH72eh2WF2
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) August 10, 2018
OFF THE TEE (3:26 p.m. ET): The first driver today on the toughest hole on the golf course … and that's missed to the right. It lands in the right rough and appeared to bound into the crowd. If so, he should have a decent lie over there. Not a good tee shot, but he actually might get away with it.
APPROACH SHOT (3:34 p.m. ET): Indeed, Tiger gets fortunate with the lie as this is in matted down spectator stuff. A 4-iron from 207 yards and Tiger is being really aggressive today. Hit this right at the pin, and this ends up OK. Lands on an upslope a few yards in front of the green and hops a bit forward and stops right in front of the green. He'll very likely putt that, about 25 feet from the pin. Nice shot from there, as we said that was right on-line.
AROUND THE GREEN (3:38 p.m. ET): Tiger actually chipped that and he ALMOST holed it! That was on a great line and broke right to go toward the cup but rolled by on the left by an inch. Tiger had thought he made it, started winding up the fist pump. That was quite a moment. Almost three birdies in four holes. But a nice easy par instead.
ON THE GREEN (3:40 p.m. ET): He indeed cleans up the 1-footer. That would've been a huge birdie. Still a great start.
OFF THE TEE (3:17 p.m. ET): That's a pitching wedge for Tiger, and oh man is he firing. That one lands 5 feet short of the hole, hops forward and spins back under the hole. That's 4-5 feet for birdie right under the hole. This is an easy hole today, but that's still quite a shot with water fronting. Crowd is buzzing.
ON THE GREEN (3:23 p.m. ET): He walks it in again! Never a doubt, basically dead-center. This is exactly the start he needed on a day where low scores are everywhere. He's now eight back.
BACK. TO. BACK. BIRDIES. Tiger Woods.#PGAChamp pic.twitter.com/xkTnPWu9ld
OFF THE TEE (3:03 p.m. ET): Another iron and this one is perfect. He loved it right away and he should've. Picked up the tee quickly and this finishes in the left-center of the fairway.
APPROACH SHOT (3:08 p.m. ET): This one from 144 yards is right at it, and we could be in business. This one lands about 8 feet short of the pin and spins back a touch. That leaves maybe a 15-footer right under the hole for birdie. That's really nice there, pin was in back, so that was on the money while not flirting with danger over the green.
ON THE GREEN (3:13 p.m. ET): BURIED IT! That was a textbook birdie right there. Tiger rammed that one in the center, too. The cutline is currently even par, so Tiger is off that. He is also under par for the first time all tournament.
Tiger gets rolling with a 🐦 on number 2!#PGAChamp pic.twitter.com/kGOkjPs58d
OFF THE TEE (2:50 p.m. ET): An iron off the opening tee and this challenges the bunkers on the left for a second but ends up just fine in the left side of the fairway. Good start.
APPROACH SHOT (2:55 p.m. ET): This is not Woods' best effort from 152 yards. Leaves it out to the right, and this ball finishes about 25-30 feet right of the hole. That should be harmless, but it's very unlikely he makes birdie.
ON THE GREEN (3 p.m. ET): That putt was on a solid line, but this was a difficult one down a ridge. So Tiger lagged it down there about 18 inches short of the cup. That leaves an easy par.
TIGER ON THE DAY: Even par through 1 (Even par overall, T-62)
Pre-round
Tiger tees off at 2:48 p.m. ET. The scores are LOW today, as five players have rounds of 6 under going. Woods is currently nine back, but he has his round still to play of course on an extremely gettable layout.
As we wait, here's a look back at his opening round:
It was an ugly morning, but Tiger just keeps picking himself up off the mat. https://t.co/1tYBO7esXH
— Dan Kilbridge (@Dan_Kilbridge) August 9, 2018
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Why Phoenix? Why would anyone build a data center in the middle of a desert that reaches temperatures of up to 119F°? And how in the world are they going to cool it efficiently? I know these were the first questions that popped into my mind when I first heard about EBay's new Project Mercury data center, and my guess is you were probably thinking the same things.
EBay is currently in the midst of a major overhaul; moving away from renting and leasing facilities and into owning their own, maximizing their ability to better control efficiency. With the consolidation of 11 data centers into just 3 locations, all the while deploying tens of thousands of severs within a six-month time frame, came a massive challenge for the company.
Since the launch of Project Mercury, EBay has relied heavily on its partnership with The Green Grid to assist in the strategy and development for their newest data center. The Green Grid has since released a case study that outlines the innovations and approaches used in the facility in hopes of sharing the resources learned with the industry.
So how did they do it, you ask? The solution was to cool the facility with hot water. EBay embraces the idea of running some of its servers at higher temperatures than the industry standard, insisting that servers can run just fine at temperatures above 80°F. The water held in their outdoor tank can reach 87°F on the hottest days during the summer, but even this staggeringly warm temperature is cool enough to run the heat exchanges that keep the facility's servers at operable temperatures.
With a PUE of 1.35 when there's a 30-40% load on the servers, EBay has little to brag about. However, when the containers are considered individually, their PUE was a low 1.018 in January and only spiked to 1.046 when outside temperatures rose to 115°F in the middle of August. These numbers are incredibly low given the environment that they are placed in. Interestingly, up to 12 containers can sit outside on the roof in the direct Arizona sunshine and the data center is still able to operate efficiently.
Project Mercury hits home for two reasons: the first being more blatantly obvious, in the fact that the data center is located in our backyard, which is incredibly unusual given our extreme climate, and the second being that the facility uses ServerLIFTs to assist in the moving of their IT equipment. Both of these reasons make us equally excited and we are very happy to welcome EBay's green data center to their new hot home.


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Q: Clipping image using Path in Silverlight How to clip image in Silverlight using custom Path (in code behind, not in XAML).
I have puzzle piece like shape written in path and want to use it to clip any image.
Currently it works by clipping using rectangle, The code is (C#):
private void UserControl_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        int NUM_COLUMN = 8;
        int NUM_ROW = 8;
        double gridWidth = 60;
        double gridHeight = 60;
        string url = "Images/Sun.png";

        // C#
        for (int i = 0; i < NUM_COLUMN; i++)
        {
            for (int j = 0; j < NUM_ROW; j++)
            {
                double offsetX = (double)i * gridWidth;
                double offsetY = (double)j * gridHeight;

                Image image = new Image();
                image.Source = new BitmapImage(new Uri(url, UriKind.Relative));

                // clip the image

                RectangleGeometry r = new RectangleGeometry();

                r.Rect = new Rect(offsetX, offsetY, gridWidth, gridHeight);
                image.Clip = r;

                this.ClipCanvas.Children.Add(image);
            }
        }
    }

There is only one Canvas in XAML called ClipCanvas.

A: Okay, not ideal.  But works from the code-behind
Image image = XamlReader.Load(@"<Image xmlns=""http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"" xmlns:x=""http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"" Clip=""M 41.1,33.7 C 41.1,33.7 39.9,32.2 39.9,30.8 C 39.9,30.6 39.5,29.8 39.3,29.5 C 39.1,29.3 38.4,28.6 37.8,28.2 C 37.2,27.9 35,26.6 34.6,22.4 Z "" />") as Image;
image.Source = new BitmapImage(new Uri("Desert.jpg", UriKind.Relative));

Set up in the clip in Xaml, and create the Image using an XamlReader.  Tried other approaches, and this was the only one that worked.


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Q: How can I add an Image to a Django Custom User Model (AbstractUser)? I am trying to add 'image' to a class that extends AbstractUser. I would like to know how I could use fetch api to make a post request (vuejs) so that it calls on an views.py api and specifically uploads an image for a user.
I understand how this would work when it comes to frontend but I do not know what my django views.py api would do assuming I only want it to take a file object and just add to the appropriate user.
I have followed the below tutorial, however, they assume DRF is being used as opposed to an api simply made in views.py. This is why I am unsure about what my api will need to do with the image object I pass over using formData https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tpMG6btI1Q
I have seen the below SO post but it does not directly address what my views.py api would do. That is, will it just store an image in a certain format? A URL?
Add Profile picture to Django Custom User model(AbstractUser)
class CUser(AbstractUser):
    image = models.ImageField(upload_to='uploads/', blank=True, null=True)

    def __str__(self):
        return f"{self.first_name}"

A: If my understanding is correct, you want to upload an image(in the process of creating a user) in an async manner. The followings are general settings and codes to upload an image and save an model instance.
First, You need to install pillow to use ImageField
pip install pillow

And create 'media' folder to save uploaded images(same level in manage.py)
settings.py
In Djnago, you need to specify where to save an image.

I have seen the below SO post but it does not directly address what my
views.py api would do. That is, will it just store an image in a
certain format? A URL?

MEDIA_ROOT and MEDIA_URL both are needed, one is for internal usage(storing images in server) and the other is for user
import os
# Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent

MEDIA_URL = '/media/'       # trailing slash is needed.
MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'media')

models.py
ImageTest is a model to test uploading an image. You can use this in your CUser with a little adjustment.
from django.db import models

# Create your models here.
class ImageTest(models.Model):
    image = models.ImageField(upload_to='avatar')   # uploaded photo saved in MEDIA_ROOT/avatar/
                                                    # ex) media/avatar/pic.jpg

admin.py
from django.contrib import admin
from .models import ImageTest

class ImageTestAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    fields = ('image',)
    list_display = ['id', 'image']

admin.site.register(ImageTest, ImageTestAdmin)

views.py
create-user is a view for serving upload form to user, and ajax-create-user is a handler for saving an image and an ImageTest instance.
from django.shortcuts import render
from django.http import HttpResponse
from .models import ImageTest
# Create your views here.

def create_user(request):
    context = {'msg':'upload image'}
    return render(request, 'templates/upload.html', context)

def ajax_create_user(request):
    if request.method == 'POST':
        user = ImageTest(image=request.FILES['avatar'])
        user.save()
    return HttpResponse('uploading image success')

upload.html
A template for rendering upload form. Write your vuejs codes here.
{{msg}}

<form action="{% url 'ajax-create-user' %}" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
    {% csrf_token %}
    <input type="file" id="avatar" name="avatar" accept="image/*">
    <button type="submit">Submit</button>
</form>

urls.py
Let's connect views and urls.
from django.contrib import admin
from django.urls import path

from anthony import views
from django.conf import settings
from django.conf.urls.static import static

urlpatterns = [
    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
    path('anthony/', views.create_user, name='create-user'),
    path('anthony/ajax-create-user', views.ajax_create_user, name='ajax-create-user'),
]

# for development environment(no needed in production)
if settings.DEBUG:
    urlpatterns += static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)

Summary

*

*An image is passed to views via html form.

*Views can access that image in request.FILES(or request.POST)

*Assign an image to Model field, and save the instance. Both are saved automatically.


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War and peace and FDI
The link between foreign direct investment and peace is clear, but the direction in which it runs is less obvious.
Ben van der Merwe
Does peace bring FDI or does FDI bring peace? In countries such as Iraq, the cessation of hostilities has been followed by an easing of restrictions on foreign investment in potentially lucrative sectors, such as oil in Iraq's case. (Photo by Haidar Hamdani/AFP via Getty Images)
In his 1795 essay 'Perpetual Peace', philosopher Immanuel Kant argued that the "spirit of commerce" was incompatible with war. Trade, Kant thought, would create such a dense interdependence among nations that war would become economically unthinkable.
Kant's predictions about the forward march of economic interdependence were prescient, more so than his belief that this would usher in an age of global harmony. By the time of Kant's essay, international trade had already driven Europe's violent conquest of the Americas and India, and the search for investment opportunities abroad would soon usher in the even bloodier era of high imperialism. The present-day Russian invasion of Ukraine, a delayed consequence of Ukrainians' thwarted desire for a trade agreement with the EU, should be equally unimaginable on Kant's account.
Nonetheless, Kant's argument – derived from Montesquieu – received renewed attention as capitalism spread across the former Soviet bloc, seemingly cementing a new Pax Americana. In 1996, Thomas Friedman famously wrote: "No two countries that both have a McDonald's have ever fought a war against each other."
Is it FDI or profits that bring the peace?
The US bombing of Belgrade put an end to Friedman's theory, but its general thrust has proven largely correct. Study after academic study has shown that greater foreign direct investment (FDI) flows between two countries are associated with a much lower incidence of conflict between them. For instance, researcher Quan Li found that countries at peace have, on average, 40% greater bilateral FDI flows than countries at war.
Arguments positing a simple relationship between FDI and peace, however, are complicated by the inadequacies of FDI data. FDI statistics lump together a wide range of capital flows with varying implications. Greenfield investments can be expected to contribute to job creation, for instance, while the impact of mergers and acquisitions is more ambiguous.
When it comes to the effects of FDI on conflict, the key distinction may be sectoral. Analysing data on FDI and civil conflict from 1980 to 2013, one study found that primary sector FDI – including agriculture and extractive industries – was associated with a greater level of civil strife, while the opposite was true for FDI in the service sector. FDI in manufacturing, meanwhile, was found to have ambiguous effects.
More importantly, these studies don't necessarily show that FDI is a force for peace. Instead, the causal relationship may run in the exact opposite direction. In Friedman's terms, it may be that McDonald's only invests in countries that the US is at peace with.
Political instability and FDI
Whether FDI promotes peace or vice versa is of more than just academic interest. The gradual decoupling of the US and Chinese economies, for instance, could be seen as either a symptom of geopolitical tensions or a contributing factor.
Indeed, an expansive literature has demonstrated that investors avoid political instability – and particularly violence – to the best of their ability. A 2019 World Bank survey of investors found that political stability was the single most important factor affecting their decision making, with 49% describing it as 'critically important', compared with just 33% who said the same about local wages.
It is not hard to understand why investors might prefer to avoid war zones. Not only does conflict endanger the physical security of the investment and those operating it, but political instability more generally may increase the risk of expropriation and capital controls.
In contrast to the survey evidence, statistical efforts to demonstrate an effect of conflict on FDI inflows have produced more ambiguous findings.
One explanation for this is that conflict has different effects on FDI at different points in a project's life cycle. Researcher Colin Barry found that conflicts do reduce investors' propensity to enter a market, but do not encourage existing investors to leave. Only the longest and most intense civil wars, he found, motivate investors to flee in significant numbers.
This is because investors that have already entered a market have, depending on the nature of their investment, sunk costs that cannot easily be retrieved in the event of a hasty exit. This is particularly true for investors in industries such as oil and gas extraction, mining and utilities, who therefore have strong financial incentives to stay put and wait for the conflict to blow over.
Disentangling the relationship between war and FDI
Disentangling the causal relationship between FDI and conflict has proven difficult for researchers. Li found that wars do tend to occur between countries that already have lower levels of bilateral investment, seemingly suggesting that FDI promotes peace, rather than the other way around. FDI flows, he found, only decreased by a relatively small amount after the war's onset.
As Li notes, however, this could equally be a result of investors anticipating the risks of conflict ahead of time, and therefore evidence for peace shaping FDI flows.
FDI flows also tend to surge between countries that have just ended hostilities – reaching levels far exceeding the flows that existed immediately before the war. Li suggests that this indicates that investors not only anticipated conflict in the year before the war, but anticipate a period of peace following the conclusion of hostilities.
An alternative explanation gives causal primacy to neither FDI nor conflict, but a third factor: politics. War, in some cases, may remove obstacles to investment that kept bilateral FDI flows particularly low in the period before the conflict. The US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, for instance, was followed by a substantial easing of restrictions on foreign investment in the country's extensive oil sector.
Historically, imperial powers frequently launched wars in order to open up other countries to inward investment. As the liberal Italian economist Achille Loria wrote in 1899: "While the manufacturer and trader are well content to trade with foreign nations, the tendency for investors [is] to work towards the political annexation of countries."
However, investment protection today rarely requires war or annexation. Instead, it has been judicialised through the spread of investment treaties and domestic investment protection laws. With notable exceptions, such as Iraq, this system tends to be expanded through non-military means – whether that be the election of pro-business governments or the imposition of structural adjustment programmes by the IMF and World Bank.
While surveys can demonstrate that peace promotes investment, no such simple evidence exists to test whether investment promotes peace. The link between FDI and peace is clear, but the direction in which it runs is less obvious.
This article was amended on 25 February, 2022 to include a reference to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Ben van der Merwe is a data journalist at GlobalData Media, specialising in FDI. He joined from the Reach Data Unit, where he was a fellow of the Google News Initiative. His investigative journalism has previously appeared in the Observer, VICE,Private Eye and New Statesman.
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Flowers and Fashionistas | Is This Mutton?
In addition to flower snapping, I couldn't resist taking pictures of some of the wonderfully dressed women. This lady was mixing orange and pink to sensational effect.
It was tricky to know what to wear: it has to start with footwear when you know there's a lot of walking involved. I decided to go with my silver flat boots. It was pleasantly warm but the sun disappeared. Boots: Asos; blue sequinned bag: Pure Collection.
A beautiful white display inside the pavilion. To be honest, the show gardens were a bit of a let down. Lots of naturalistic planting, sometimes in harsh urban settings. I wasn't very inspired by the planting. The artisan gardens had far more in the way of "wow" and ideas. The first picture was my favourite, the Commonwealth War Graves garden, though it wasn't a gold medal winner.
Very eye catching combination of lime green and magenta.
Sarah Raven's garden drew crowds with its old-fashioned flowers and charm.
Showing how Converse look great in every setting.
A horse made of horseshoes in an artisan garden.
Me with two redoubtable Chelsea Pensioners.
These gold spheres were everywhere - appearing in a garden near you soon!
Lady in green looked great with the vintage ice cream van in green..
A fantastic pair of rose gold shoes!
Shihara Kazuyuki's garden is inspired by the Kyoto Imperial Palace.
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Look forward to seeing your post Jacqui! So much to see and photograph.
What a great show both of the flowers and of the outfits!!
I love your boots, Gail!!
Thanks Jodie they fulfilled the comfort brief! I think I need some Stan Smiths or Converse in my life!
You're welcome Gemma! Thanks for the visit.
Beautiful post: all those charming gardens and charming ladies in stunning outfits! Love the combination of rhombus and polka dot in your look.
Wow what fabulous pictures! And what a fabulous event. I would love to go some day! Thank you for joining Ladies Who Link Up! Hope you join us next week!
I love your pattern mixing and fabulous silver boots! The lady in white wearing those Gucci shoes really pulled out all the stops! I've never been to the Chelsea flower show but I enjoyed the TV coverage.


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HelloWorld View Example
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Description
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The HelloWorld view is a very simple view example.  It demonstrates the very basics of how to write and deploy a view in Ambari.  The HelloWorld view simply makes some static web content (a Hello world! message) available to view.

Package
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All views are packaged as a view archive.  The view archive contains the configuration file and various optional components of the view.

#####view.xml

The view.xml file is the only required file for a view archive.  The view.xml is the configuration that describes the view and view instances for Ambari.

      <view>
        <name>HELLO_WORLD</name>
        The Hello World View!
        <version>1.0.0</version>
        <instance>
          <name>INSTANCE_1</name>
        </instance>
      </view>

The configuration in this case defines a view named HELLO_WORLD that has a single instance named INSTANCE_1.

#####index.html

The index.html is the static web content being exposed by this view.

          <title>Hello world!</title>

Hello world!

Build
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The view can be built as a maven project.

    cd ambari-views/examples/helloworld-view
    mvn clean package

The build will produce the view archive.

    ambari-views/examples/helloworld-view/target/helloworld-view-1.0.0.jar

Deploy
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To deploy a view we simply place the view archive in the views folder of the ambari-server machine.  By default the views folder is located at ...

    /var/lib/ambari-server/resources/views

To deploy the HelloWorld view simply copy the helloworld-view jar to the ambari-server views folder and restart the ambari server.

Use
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After deploying a view you should see it as a view resource in the Ambari REST API.  If we request all views, we should see the HELLO_WORLD view.  In this example it is shown as the only deployed view.

      http://<server>:8080/api/v1/views

      {
        "href" : "http://<server>:8080/api/v1/views",
        "items" : [
          {
            "href" : "http://<server>:8080/api/v1/views/HELLO_WORLD",
            "ViewInfo" : {
              "view_name" : "HELLO_WORLD"
            }
          }
        ]
      }

If we want to see the details about a specific view, we can ask for it by name.  This shows us that the HELLO_WORLD view does not define any parameters and has a single instance named INSTANCE_1.

    http://<server>:8080/api/v1/views/HELLO_WORLD/versions/1.0.0/

    {
      "href" : "http://<server>:8080/api/v1/views/HELLO_WORLD/versions/1.0.0/",
      "ViewVersionInfo" : {
        "archive" : "/var/lib/ambari-server/resources/views/work/HELLO_WORLD{1.0.0}",
        "label" : "The Hello World View!",
        "parameters" : [ ],
        "version" : "1.0.0",
        "view_name" : "HELLO_WORLD"
      },
      "instances" : [
        {
          "href" : "http://<server>:8080/api/v1/views/HELLO_WORLD/versions/1.0.0/instances/INSTANCE_1",
          "ViewInstanceInfo" : {
            "instance_name" : "INSTANCE_1",
            "version" : "1.0.0",
            "view_name" : "HELLO_WORLD"
          }
        }
      ]
    }

To see a specific instance of a view, we can ask for it by name.  Here we can see the attributes of the view including its name and root context path.  We can also see that this view instance does not define any properties or resources.

    http://<server>:8080/api/v1/views/HELLO_WORLD/versions/1.0.0/instances/INSTANCE_1

    {
      "href" : "http://<server>:8080/api/v1/views/HELLO_WORLD/versions/1.0.0/instances/INSTANCE_1",
      "ViewInstanceInfo" : {
        "context_path" : "/views/HELLO_WORLD/1.0.0/INSTANCE_1",
        "instance_name" : "INSTANCE_1",
        "version" : "1.0.0",
        "view_name" : "HELLO_WORLD",
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      "resources" : [ ]
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If the view contains any web content, we can access it at the view's root context path.  In this case its the index.html which displays Hello world!

    http://<server>:8080/views/HELLO_WORLD/1.0.0/INSTANCE_1/

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Hansjoerg Ransmayr
alpine-swimming-tours & holidays
Pleasureswimming
easy tours
moderate tours
The gentle art of wildswimming
When it comes to water quality, there is nothing in public pools without a "chemical club". For the most part, chlorine is used as a disinfectant, both critically considering environmental and health concerns. At wild bathing and -swimming, we rely on the natural cleanliness and self-cleaning power of our waters. Keeping both, as well as the conscious use of natural resources in and around these waters, should be a top priority for us Wildswimmers. Because wildswimming does not mean that we are allowed to perform outside like the "wild ones". But on the contrary!
Wildswimming means respecting nature
The well-known saying "Leave nothing but footprints, take nothing but impressions" is a first approach. Although in my context "leave nothing behind except the squish that your floating body writes in the water", I like it even better. That we leave no waste at our "wild" swimming areas should actually be a matter of course. However, an inventory shows that this is not the case. Sad but true. However, almost never the "work" of real sports fans, but almost always of thoughtless "nature consumers". Not only will not leave anything behind on my tours, most of the time I and the people who travel with me will be a waste collection for the dirt others left behind! Our goal is to leave a swimming area cleaner than we found it.
Wild swimming and bathing? Gladly – but not at any price!
The choice of the right entry point will probably be considered. At frequented spots, suitable points of contact are usually predetermined or obvious. What does not work is to make its way to the water through reed belts or water lilies or over / through bog areas. Of course, breeding and spawning areas are also forbidden for entry. If no gentle access to the water can be found, then there is no swim. The same applies, for example, to flat inflow and outflow tarns – especially in hot summers or after rainfall-poor periods. Often these small pools are pure meltwater or precipitation-dependent waters. At low water levels, these small volumes of water can then easily "tip over". A swim would additionally burden these waters. A renunciation of the supposedly wet "pleasure" is beneficial not only to one's own health, but also that of the respective water body. Add to that one point: real water swimmers never go sunscreen-smeared into the water!
Wildswimming means to respect fellow human beings
As you know, the freedom of the individual ends where it affects the freedom of the neighbor. Consideration is a noble virtue that unfortunately is less and less common. Roaring ghetto blasters are in public baths an impertinence,in the wild they are an absolute no-go. Yelling, screaming, barking: For some may be quite funny for everyone else an impertinence. Conflicts between swimmers, fishermen and photographers can be avoided with some instinct. It does not have to be that the ambitious photographer can not shoot his picture of the perfect reflection (eg on the Styrian mirror lake), because constantly a swimmer or a bathing dog makes waves! Of course, this also includes that the rights of landowners and any designated / official bathing prohibitions. Camping and firing should be restricted to the designated areas. In the tours I have taken, I pay close attention to the observance of these rules, not only on the water itself, but also on the environment. In my groups, environmental awareness and consideration are thus not only lived but also taught. This is my understanding of "sustainable tourism".
Wildswimming means respecting your limits
Wild and alpine swimming exists in different nuances and facets. From the "well-tempered" moor lake and almsee to the icy cold glacier lake or torrent, everything is possible. From the short dip to the longer crossing – both can be a challenge. Many are looking for exactly these too, to feel again, to ground oneself, to come down. Wildswimming can do that, especially in combination with a hiking. Wildswimming offers a whole new experience of limits. However, this requires great sensitivity for environment, a sound sense of humanity and a good sense of responsibility. A sense of responsibility towards nature, the other and itself . Then and only then can Wild- or Alpine swimming unfold its full magic.
Wildswimming the Filbingsee
Wildswimming the Kozjak waterfall
www.alpine-swimming.com
© 2018 Alpine Swimming


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MedPartners Discusses Sale of Assets In Doctor Services to KPC Global Care
By Laurie Hays and Rhonda L. RundleStaff Reporters of The Wall Street Journal
March 18, 1999 12:01 am ET
MedPartners Inc., under pressure from California regulators and angry doctors to resolve a crisis with its state health plan, said it has entered talks to sell certain physician practices to KPC Global Care Inc., a closely held health management company in Riverside, Calif.
MedPartners spokesman Robert Mead said the talks mark an "important step" toward exiting the physician-services market and that "other potential buyers" exist for other parts of the system.
Global Care's general counsel, William Thomas, said the companies have signed an exclusive-negotiating agreement, but he wouldn't provide further details.
It isn't clear how any sale would be viewed by California regulators, who this past week took over MedPartners' health-plan unit, MedPartners Provider Network, and installed a conservator. The unit, known as MPN, has been operating under Chapter 11 of the federal Bankruptcy Code since Thursday.
The conservator, Eugene Froelich, asserted that any transactions would have to be reviewed. "My interest is to protect the assets of MPN, and we would have to look at any agreement to see if it is affecting the assets of MPN."
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The best way for any dancer to become stronger is to dance more often -- and visiting other clubs is a great way to do this. A different caller or cuer will present things in slightly different way so you will get to experience a wider variety in dancing.
There are programs to encourage you to visit other clubs.
Have the application form signed and dated each time as proof of your visit and submit the completed application form to any EOSARDA Director or your club president. The form needs to be received by the Club Liason Committee no later than September 30 of the following year.
If you are a member of a club that belongs to the Seaway Valley Square and Round Dance Association, you can participate in their Travel Awards Program. Just visit 8 SVSRDA clubs or open dances hosted by SVSRDA or one of it's clubs.
The Travel Awards form (with signatures) should be turned in by April 1st to the SVSRDA Secretary in order for the dancers to be awarded their Badges or Dangles at the following SVSRDA Mother's Day Dance.
However, please don't ask your club to remove you from their contact list; they also use that list to send you other information as well. If you receive two copies of a bulletin, simply delete one.


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Upper Mississippi Gaming Corporation Supports Career and College Readiness in
CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA (October 23, 2012) — The Iowa College Access Network (ICAN) is
pleased to announce it has received a grant from the Upper Mississippi Gaming Corporation
(UMGC) to support college and career readiness programming as part of its Clayton County
College Access Initiative.
"ICAN is a wonderful resource for schools in Clayton County. Central high school students
and parents rely on ICAN for up-to-date information for college topics from "High School
Success" for 9th graders to "College Planning" for sophomores and the all-important
"Paying for College" FAFSA information for juniors/seniors!" said Jane Metcalf, counselor at
Central Elkader High School in Elkader. "It is not just the fact that all of these presentations
are absolutely free to the school, but each program comes with resources that complement
the information shared. ICAN help is only a click away on the internet or a quick 800
number phone call. It is exciting to have the support of the Upper Mississippi Gaming
Corporation for this invaluable support for students and families."
Entering its second year, the Clayton County College Access Initiative brings college
planning and financial aid information and resources into the Clayton County communities to
inform middle- and high-school students and parents of the steps required to achieve their
educational goals. With services provided through ICAN, the Initiative will serve
approximately 7,500 individuals including: students, parents, and educators through a Page 2 of 3
partnership with the five school districts in Clayton County including Clayton Ridge, Central
Elkader, Postville, MFL MarMac and Edgewood-Colesburg.
"ICAN programs are unique in the respect that they are brought into individual communities
and provide face-to-face presentations and one-on-one advice to students in the
communities in which they reside," explained Lupe Hernandez, ICAN site coordinator. "This
grant enables that interaction to happen without requiring families to travel several hours for
professional advice. For some families traveling for assistance isn't possible and the UMGC
grant allows ICAN to continue serving these families where they live."
In an effort to empower students with the understanding that higher education is accessible
to everyone, the Clayton County Initiative is part of a wider effort by ICAN to reach every
middle- and high school student in Iowa to better prepare students for college and the
workforce. According to Complete College America, more than 60 percent of Iowa jobs will
require a college education by 2020.
"Education and training beyond high school is a necessity for long-term success in the everchanging job market," explained Rob Miller, ICAN executive director. "This grant enables
ICAN to continue meeting the needs of Iowa students."
ICAN, a nonprofit organization providing career and college readiness planning to students
and parents in Iowa, has been educating and empowering Iowa's future workforce since
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Upper Mississippi Gaming Corporation is a non-profit charitable organization
dedicated to the enrichment of Clayton County, Iowa through the dispersion of funds
acquired from a boarding tax paid by the Lady Luck Casino, Marquette. It is the
groups' mission to award these funds to projects that encourage economic
development, community betterment, improved cultural and recreational activities
facilities, programs or activities that foster enhanced educational experiences for our
youth, or improve the overall quality of life for residents of this county. For more
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INTEGRATED MICROWAVE TECHNOLOGIES (IMT) FEATURES NEWEST BROADCAST PRODUCTS AT NAB NEW YORK 2016
Nulinx-IP and 58microLite HD Mini Kit to be Displayed
NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 8, 2016 – Integrated Microwave Technologies ("IMT"), a business unit of xG Technology, Inc. ("xG") (Nasdaq: XGTI, XGTIW), and a leader in advanced digital microwave systems serving the law enforcement, broadcast, sports and entertainment markets, will be highlighting its new Nulinx-IP line of point-to-point hybrid IP/ASI microwave radios and 58microLite HD Mini Kit at NAB New York 2016 (Booth 1650).
"We are particularly excited to showcase our newest offerings to the broadcast market at NAB New York," says John Payne IV, president of IMT. "In support of the FCC Broadcast Spectrum Repack and introduction of ATSC 3.0, IMT is excited to show its Nulinx-IP product line. Additionally, many broadcasters have embraced IMT's microLite technology to improve operational efficiency for remote news broadcasts."
The Nulinx-IP is a point-to-point bi-directional microwave link that brings the high reliability and scalability of carrier-grade microwave to broadcasters. The Nulinx-IP supports data rates as high as 600 Mbps in a 30 MHz Part 101 channel using a single set of antennas, and as high as 1200 Mbps using MIMO technology. It operates with as little as 75 MHz transmit/receive frequency spacing and can use traditional Part 74 (BAS) and Part 101 (Fixed Microwave Service) microwave channels. Available as an all-indoor or split system on any licensed or unlicensed band from 5.8 through 42 GHz, IMT's Nulinx-IP has the flexibility and expandability to grow with the user's needs.
As auxiliary spectrum becomes increasingly scarce, making maximum use of available channel space is essential. The Nulinx-IP offers adaptive modulation constellations up to 2048 QAM, so more bits move in the same amount of spectrum. Adaptive modulation nearly eliminates outages when atmospheric conditions, such as heavy rain, do not support the highest data rates. Advanced Quality of Service (QoS) controls ensure that essential program traffic continues to flow. Header deduplication and other built-in data compression techniques offer greater throughput in the same spectrum space.
Created to improve operational efficiencies for daily news applications, the 58microLite HD Mini Kit is a highly portable professional-grade HD wireless camera link capable of providing high-quality video at distances over two miles, line-of-sight (LOS). This latest version of the microLite system is the perfect accessory to any remote news production with its reduced deployment time and improved agility.
At the heart of the 58microLite HD Mini Kit is the microLite HD Transmitter. The 58microLite kit also features a dual-diversity COFDM receiver that uses maximal-ratio combining technology to enable the system to support LOS as well as non-line-of-sight (NLOS) applications. It comes in an ultra-small, self-contained package perfect for discrete installations. The 58microLite HD Mini Kit comes in three camera mounting versions: the standard hot-shoe and optional Anton/Bauer Gold Mount or V-Mount.
About Integrated Microwave Technologies
Integrated Microwave Technologies (IMT), a business unit of xG Technology, Inc., is a leader in advanced digital microwave systems and a provider of engineering, integration, installation and commissioning services serving the broadcast, sports, entertainment and law enforcement markets. The company comprises the leading microwave brands Nucomm, RF Central and IMT, offering customers worldwide complete video solutions. Nucomm is a premium brand of digital broadcast microwave video systems. RF Central is an innovative brand of compact microwave video equipment for licensed and license-free sports and entertainment applications. IMT is a trusted provider of mission-critical wireless video solutions to state, local and federal police departments.
More information can be found at www.imt-solutions.com and www.xgtechnology.com.
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Statements contained herein that are not based upon current or historical fact are forward-looking in nature and constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements reflect the Company's expectations about its future operating results, performance and opportunities that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. These statements include but are not limited to statements regarding the intended terms of the offering, closing of the offering and use of any proceeds from the offering. When used herein, the words "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "upcoming," "plan," "target," "intend" and "expect" and similar expressions, as they relate to xG Technology, Inc., its subsidiaries, or its management, are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on information currently available to the Company and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties, and other factors that could cause the Company's actual results, performance, prospects, and opportunities to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements.
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The Better Business Bureau of Northern Indiana has warned consumers against bogus celebrity campaigns promoting the Amazonian superfruit, acai.
The BBB said it received 1000s of complains from duped consumers who thought they were signing up for a free trial of acai berry products that in fact cost them on a monthly basis.
The campaigns were supposedly endorsed by the likes of celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey and Rachel Ray.
Acai is one of the antioxidant-laden superfruits that has risen to popularity in previous years despite often selling at many times the price of 'regular' juices such as orange, apple and pineapple.
It grows wild in the Amazon and thanks to companies such as Sambazon and Nu-Fruits has become popular in western markets, especially in the form of juices and smoothies. Samabazon alone notched sales of $25 million in the US last year predominantly in powders and drinks.
Sambazon is widely available in mainstream outlets across North America, but beverages and other products from smaller brands proliferate via direct selling methods and there are many on the internet.
The use of social networking sites such as Bebo and Facebook have been employed to sell acai products, feeding off interest in the berry that saw 1.5m google searches for acai in November 2008 alone.
It is adverts linking these products with celebrities and then the bogus selling schemes that the BBB has sought to crack down on.
"BBB can't speak to the restorative or weight loss properties of acai-based products, but we are taking companies to task for their misleading sales and marketing practices," said Michael Coil, BBB president and CEO.
"Many businesses across the country are using the same selling model for their acai products: they lure customers in with celebrity endorsements and free trial offers, and then lock them in by making it extremely difficult to cancel the automatic delivery of more acai products every month."
The BBB named two companies as typical and gross offenders: FX Supplements and Central Coast Nutraceuticals. FX Supplements also sold hoodia products.
The schemes typically involved companies offering a 10-14 day risk-free trial with only shipping and handling costs being paid for by the consumer.
But when customers tried to cancel the trial they found the telephone number they called was answered by nothing more than an answering message service. Worse, it just rang out or they were made to stay on hold for an hour or more.
A cancellation email often did not deliver the intended result of canceling the subscription, leading many complainees to annul their own credit cards to stop the payments being made.
"These companies are simply abusing general acai berry endorsements from well-known, trusted celebrities by using it as a tacit endorsement of their company and products specifically," added Coil.
"Consumers trust Oprah and unfortunately, if they are tricked into believing that she is putting her stamp of approval on a product then they are definitely more likely to purchase it."
BBB runs a scheme whereby its mark can be employed by companies whose commercial reputation they endorse.


This multi-colored pack of hemp twine contains 20 different colors that can be used for making jewelry and other crafts.
Each colored hemp twine ball contains approximately 430 feet, for a total of 8,600 feet of colored hemp twine. A great variety for anyone interested in crafting with many different colors. All twine dye is water based eco-safe. This hemp twine can be used for a variety of reasons such as jewelry making and other arts & crafts. It also works great as a baker's twine.


Why is a join with a table variable causing a missing join column on the nested loop?
Please ignore the 2 first queries and look at the last one(2.9% cost). The other ones are sorted out already.
Replacing the table variable by a temp table removes the missing join predicate.. Why ? All the tables are being joined correctly, why does a join with a table variable cause a missing join predicate ?
This is hard with only an anonymized plan.
You be seeing this as the result of an implied predicate.
Generally, if you have written your joins correctly (no missing alias accidents, for example), this is nothing to worry about. It simply means the optimizer found a plan where a join predicate was redundant, or where translating the inner join to a cross product produced a plan with a lower expected cost.
Much more detail would be needed to provide an exact answer.