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Peppermint 9 Offers Some Cool New Options
By Jack M. Germain June 28, 2018 5:00 AM PT Email Article
Peppermint 9, released June 22, accomplishes something most other Linux distros don't: It melds the best components from other desktop environments and integrates them into a solid operating system.
Peppermint OS is a lightweight Ubuntu-based distribution featuring a desktop environment mashup of Xfce and LXDE components. The latest release nearly completes a process begun several upgrades ago, using more Xfce elements and fewer LXDE components.
Peppermint is a good alternative to the Linux Mint Xfce release with a sprinkling of Cinnamon to spice up the desktop a bit more. Peppermint also uses Ice — a cloud and Web application management tool — which makes the operating system refreshingly different.
A site-specific browser, or SSB, Ice lets users easily create a launcher that connects to a website with desired content or services. It enables Peppermint OS users to connect to cloud applications and Internet URLs by clicking on menu items Ice adds. It also makes it possible to run apps without constantly being tethered to the Internet.
Given its Debian and Ubuntu roots, Peppermint 9 does not offer a radical change for most users, with possible exceptions being those coming from Arch Linux, or Fedora-based or RPM-based distributions. Peppermint 9 is based on Ubuntu 18.04 Long Term Support and features only several small changes over 8, released a year ago.
Combine all of what Peppermint 9 offers, and you get a Linux distro that is familiar and comfortable to use, as well as one with a collection of tools and tweaks not duplicated elsewhere. The result is an almost hybrid distro with its own unique flavor.
Peppermint OS comes with a collection of vibrant background images for the desktop and handy settings panel to configure the platform your way.
Cures Linux Lament The availability of so many Linux desktop environments can be problematic. After reviewing old, new and renewed Linux distros every week, I often get frustrated when I find a unique and particularly interesting distro that stands apart from the many look-a-like options. I have a growing list of favorites and an equally growing collection of computers with multiple Linux OSes installed.
Selecting a distro for regular use involves making a choice of which desktop features or user interface innovations justify not having other fanciful features the chosen distro left out. Peppermint 9 makes that choice easier, thanks to the Peppermint community's success in fusing bits and pieces of other distros into a well-oiled integrated platform.
For instance, the developer team replaced lxrandr with xfce4-display-settings for monitor settings that add functionality without weight, continuing the migration away from the few remaining LXDE components.
The Xfce Panel Switch utility now is installed by default. This makes it simple to back up and restore any custom panel configurations and switch among them.
The developers improved menu and launcher management as well. It may be a small thing, but the ability to create a new launcher with a right-click is a convenience that matters. So is being able to send any file by email with a mere right-click within the Nemo file manager.
Peppermint 9 Highlights
Its many tweaks and refinements make Peppermint 9 both delightful to experience and productive to use. Some of them resulted from the policy to migrate away from the older LXDE components. Other improvements reflect the goal of designing a better UI that combines the best computing elements in other desktops.
For instance, the Settings Panel's system notification settings have a Do Not Disturb function. You can enable or disable notifications on a per application basis.
New Gtk themes are based on Arc but display with a few tweaks and some added color choices. Qt applications such as VLC incorporate the system Gtk theme. Gtk overlay scroll bars are enabled by default.
The Mintinstall software manage coexists with the Gnome software manager for users who want Snaps and Flatpaks. Plus, you can use the Synaptic Package Manager.
Developers switched the graphical screenshot application from pyshot to xfce4-screenshooter. The inclusion of Symlinks enables installed Snaps and Flatpaks to show up in the main menu.
Peppermint's desktop has no launch icons. Click on the main menu button to open the Whisker menu to change that.
License to Chill
The Ice concept has been part of the Peppermint ecosystem from the distro's beginning in 2010. In fact, the developers consider it the distro's best feature.
I am surprised that the Ice technology has not been integrated in other distros, but it is a distinguishing feature that makes the Peppermint OS more flavorful.
Ice allows Web content to function more like a standalone application window rather than a connected URL in a standard Web browser. This approach also offers the advantage of additional screen space. SSBs do not include all the functions and menus of a browser.
With the Ice app in Peppermint OS, it is easy to copy and paste a URL into Ice's location window along with other basic information. This one-time site setup creates a launcher icon on the desktop as well as a main menu entry.
Disappointing SSB Support
What is new in version 9 is a collection of Microsoft Office Online SSBs. These are links to the free Web app version of Office, which includes Excel, Word, OneNote and PowerPoint. The Internet section of the main menu also has SSB locations for connecting to Skype, the Peppermint User Guide Online and the Peppermint Forum.
I was more enthused over using SSBs in earlier versions of Peppermint. That process is similar to configuring Android devices and Chromebooks to open a solitary Web browser window separate from other tabs in a running Web browser.
In essence, the Ice app is a glorified bookmark and menu entry-making tool. It has the appearance of being a standalone app, but it actually is an isolated Web browser window — the default browser is Firefox. You can specify other installed browsers to open an isolated window instead.
I was disappointed with the lack of more pre-installed Ice launchers in the current release. Creating launchers is simple enough, but without a prepared list of sample locations, I suspect that typical users will not bother creating their own.
If you are familiar with either the Linux Mint Cinnamon or Xfce editions, you already have a feel for the Peppermint UI. At first blush, they all pretty much have the same appearance and configuration flexibility. As you use Peppermint, however, the subtle tweaks will become noticeable. You will experience the blended desktop elements.
The toolbar sits across the bottom of the screen and closely resembles the Cinnamon real estate. It is preconfigured with a workspace switcher applet set with two virtual desktops.
Right-click on the applet and select "Workspaces" to add or remove virtual workspaces. Right-click on the bottom bar itself to open a settings panel to adjust the bar and add more applets.
With Peppermint 9 you can right-click on the desktop for specific menu options that let you avoid going to the control panel settings. Right-click on the bottom bar itself to open a settings panel to adjust the bar and add more applets.
Peppermint comes with a collection of vibrant background images for the desktop. It otherwise is devoid of any launch icons. Of course, you can click on the main menu button to open the Whisker menu.
Right-clicking on an application lets you place its launcher icon on the desktop, on the panel bar, or in the menu's favorites category. You can right-click on the desktop for specific menu options that let you avoid going to the control panel settings.
Peppermint 9 comes in both 64-bit and 32-bit versions so older hardware is still supported. It runs the 4.15 Kernel series.
Originally based in the U.S., the software company that developed Peppermint OS now operates out of the UK. It offers commercial versions of Peppermint OS for the enterprise as well as the free version.
Installing it is smooth, fast and hassle-free. The process is fully automated and makes dual-booting a snap.
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Jack M. Germain has been an ECT News Network reporter since 2003. His main areas of focus are enterprise IT, Linux and open source technologies. He has written numerous reviews of Linux distros and other open source software.Email Jack.
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Peace monument designed by Oscar winner
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DRAWING A SKETCH for his Korean peace memorial is Arnold Schwartzman.
Arnold Schwartzman incorporated shrapnel from the Demilitarized Zone for his 20-foot-high monument, "Peace Bell Memorial," unveiled Dec. 20 at the Korean War Memorial Museum in Seoul.
The Sycamore Ave. resident is familiar with war, having served in Korea, and in producing and directing an Oscar-winning documentary on the Holocaust, "Genocide."
His more recent work is suspended from two links of a chain forming the letters "UN." The monument is made of aluminum and bronze and stands on a circular stone base straddling the United Nations crest, surrounded by flags of member nations.
The work was inspired by the Bible quote, "… to beat swords into ploughshares and spears into pruning hooks…" the artist says.
Schwartzman was invited to make the piece for the Korean Informational Association after a documentary on his career was broadcast on Korean national television earlier in the year.
A British native, he graduated from Canterbury College and served a year in South Korea with the British Army's 1st Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. A graphic designer, he was asked to make a temporary memorial to commemorate the Gloucestershire Regiment—who served in the Korean War in 1951.
His first documentary "The Morning Calm," shot on a camera purchased at the U.S. Army store in Seoul, is a chronicle of postwar Korea and is in the collection of the Imperial War Museum, London.
He was appointed an officer of the order of the British Empire by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 2001, and in 2006 he was given the distinction of Royal Designer by Britian's Royal Society of Arts.
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YouTube users from watchers to watched
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The internet giant Google has been told to hand over the personal information of every person who has ever watched a video on YouTube as part of a billion-dollar court case in the US.
A judge in New York has ordered Google, which owns the YouTube website, to pass on the details of more than 100 million people to Viacom, the US broadcasting company that owns the MTV and Nickelodeon channels.
The data will include unique internet addresses, email accounts and the history of every video watched on the website, giving Viacom's experts the ability to conduct a detailed examination of the viewing habits of millions of people around the world.
The decision is the latest twist in a long court battle between the companies over claims that Google encourages copyright infringement on the video sharing website. Judge Louis Stanton, who is presiding over the $US1 billion ($1.04 billion) lawsuit, said the data handover was required for Viacom to build its case.
Google's lawyers had argued that the cost of producing complete logs of YouTube's viewers would be prohibitive. But that line of reasoning was rejected by the court, which said that concerns over privacy were speculative.
Civil liberties campaigners fear the ruling could set a precedent for the level of privacy afforded to people using the internet, and that internet companies could now be sued in order to get hold of sensitive personal data.
"The court's erroneous ruling is a setback to privacy rights," said Kurt Opsahl, a lawyer for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an online civil liberties group. "We urge Viacom to back off this overbroad request and Google to take all steps necessary to challenge this order and protect the rights of its users."
YouTube, which was founded in California in 2005, was bought by Google just a year later for $US1.65 billion and has since become the biggest video site on the web. Its videos are watched more than 2.5 billion times each month.
The site is used by a number of broadcasters as an outlet for their videos and clips - but some rivals claim it is a hotbed of piracy and encourages people to upload copyrighted television shows. Although Google has brought in systems to help with the removal of illegal material, Viacom argued that it does not go far enough and launched its court action in March last year.
The court's decision also means that Viacom has succeeded in getting hold of the same information that the American Government has failed to access in the past.
In 2006, the US Department of Justice asked Google to reveal information on millions of web searches conducted on its website, as part of a wide-ranging investigation into illegal activity online, but Google successfully argued that such a move would invade users' privacy and expose commercially sensitive information.
In a statement on Thursday, Google said it would lobby for the data it provides to be scrubbed clean of personal information.
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She made this banner with doilies and paper.
These were the best! They are cupcakes inside a ice cream cone! The kids loved them! The red gum ball on the top was my favorite.
She had an ice cream bar and of course cute labels for everything!
The banner on the table had the birthday girls name on it.
I love the treat bags! Paper sacks with an ice cream cone on the front. Love.
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A couple of years ago my in-laws and I had a craft night. It was in early October and we had two crafts. This was easy for adults and the kids did it also. It would be great for classroom parties or your own party at home.
First take a 8×10 piece of card stock and measure and cut a 4″ strip.
Fold into three sections with a lip on the last section and then fold into a triangle and glue lip to the backside on the paper.
Then cut out the hair design. Then glue hair into place.
Cut out and glue silver paper bolts onto both sides of his face.
Add eyes and you have your finished product! I put a pack of skittles inside for her friends and it fit perfectly. Feel free to add your favorite candy! Enjoy!
For my son's first birthday we did an ocean themed party. I wanted to show you how they are made.
2. Glue on eyes. Hot glue is the only thing that works.
3. Stuff with tissue paper!
I have used fans for decorations in a couple of post so now I'm going to show you how it! My mom had to teach me so here we go!
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McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) is one of the most important Supreme Court cases regarding federal power. In a unanimous decision, the Court established that Congress had implied constitutional power to create a national bank and that individual states could not tax a federally chartered bank. The Court stated Congress was authorized to pass laws "necessary and proper" in order to carry out its duties.
Controversy still lingered about how strong the national government should be, even after the Constitution was ratified. Alexander Hamilton, the nation's first treasury secretary, argued a national bank was necessary to fund national infrastructure projects. In 1791, President George Washington obliged and created the first Bank of the United States, headquartered in Philadelphia.
In 1816, the second Bank of the United States was created and had branches in a number of cities, including Baltimore. In 1818, Maryland's legislature passed a bill taxing out-of-state banks operating in the state. The law specifically targeted the Bank of the United States, since it was the only such bank operating in Maryland. James W. McCulloch, the head cashier at branch in Baltimore, refused to pay $15,000 in owed taxes, claiming Maryland's government didn't have the right to tax a federally chartered bank. Maryland's leaders sued and the state's courts sided with the legislators. Unhappy, McCulloch's lawyers appealed the case to the Supreme Court, where the Justices ruled in favor of Congress. Chief Justice John Marshall wrote that Congress had the right to establish a bank under the Constitution's necessary and proper clause, and that states lacked the authority to tax a federally chartered institution.
John Marshall (September 24, 1755 – July 6, 1835) was a Virginia politician, Secretary of State, and the fourth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (1801 – 1835). His influential opinions early in the Court's history helped establish the judiciary as equal in power to the other branches of government.
James McCulloch (February 5, 1789 – June 17, 1861) was a politician and officer for the Baltimore branch of the Second Bank of the United States. McCulloch refused to pay taxes imposed by Maryland stating it was unconstitutional. The state of Maryland sued McCulloch and the Court of Appeals ruled in favor for Maryland. James McCulloch appealed to the Supreme Court making this one of the most important cases establishing the federal government's implied powers over the states.
Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782 - October 24, 1852) was a prestigious lawyer and politician. It was after he became a U.S. Senator that he was labeled as one of the nation's best orators. Webster has been credited for helping shape constitutional law. In McCulloch v. Maryland, Webster argued on behalf of the bank.
Luther Martin (February 20 1748- July 10, 1826) was a lawyer, politician, and anti-Federalist. Martin, who was very vocal about his opposition to a strong central government, was also not a fan of the Constitution. He was also known for being a heavy drinker. Martin argued Maryland's position in McCulloch v. Maryland.


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Indonesia election: Will Joko Widodo beat Prabowo Subianto to be re-elected?
The Muslim-majority nation goes to the polls on Wednesday in the world's biggest single-day elections
Indonesian President Joko Widodo, popularly known as Jokowi, gives a speech to supporters at a rally at Jakarta's main stadium on April 13, 2019. Getty Images
Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto greets supporters from a vehicle during a campaign rally in Palembang, South Sumatra province, Indonesia, on Tuesday, April 9, 2019. Bloomberg
Indonesian President Joko Widodo, popularly known as Jokowi, poses for a selfie with supporters at a rally at Jakarta's main stadium on April 13, 2019. Getty Images
Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto gestures to supporters from a vehicle during a campaign rally in Palembang, South Sumatra province, Indonesia, on Tuesday, April 9 2019. Bloomberg
Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto delivers his speech during a campaign rally in Surabaya on April 12, 2019. AFP
Incumbent Indonesian President Joko Widodo arrives onstage for an election rally on the final day of campaigning in Jakarta on April 13, 2019. AFP
A supporter of presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto in costume during an election campaign rally in Bandung. AFP
Indonesia's incumbent presidential candidate Joko Widodo addresses to supporters during a campaign rally at Gelora Bung Karno stadium in Jakarta, April 13, 2019. Reuters
A crowd cheers at a concert and political rally for Indonesian President Joko Widodo at Jakarta's main stadium on April 13, 2019. Getty Images
A crowd holding a a mask with a cartoon image of Indonesian President Joko Widodo during a rally at Jakarta's main stadium on April 13, 2019. Getty Images
Indonesian President Joko Widodo and running mate Ma'ruf Amin praying before the start of the final presidential debate against challenger Prabowo Subianto and his running mate Sandiaga Uno in Jakarta. AFP
An Indonesian woman, living in Malaysia, shows her inked finger after casting her overseas ballot ahead of the country's April 17 general election, in Kuala Lumpur on April 14, 2019. AFP
An aerial view of a campaign rally of Indonesia's presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto and his running mate Sandiaga Uno at Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 7, 2019. Reuters
Indonesian supporters give the thumbs up as a symbol of support as thousands of others attend the final campaign rally of incumbent president Joko Widodo at Bung Karno stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia, 13 April 2019. EPA
Indonesian dancers raise their fingers to show their support for the incumbent President Joko Widodo during his final campaign rally at Bung Karno stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia, 13 April 2019. EPA
Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation, will go to the polls on Wednesday, with President Joko Widodo standing for re-election against populist ex-general Prabowo Subianto.
More than 192 million Indonesians at home and abroad will vote in presidential and parliamentary elections, in what has been described as the world's biggest single-day elections.
Overseas voting was already underway on Sunday, with thousands lining up outside Indonesian missions in Singapore and Australia.
Nearly 500,000 police and military will fan out across the vast archipelago to safeguard the vote. In Jakarta, the capital, officers will guard polling stations to deter voter intimidation or clashes, national police spokesman Dedi Prasetyo said.
When do Indonesian polling stations open and how does voting work?
On Wednesday, polling stations will open at 7am local time in eastern Indonesia (2am UAE) and close at 1pm (10am UAE) on the western side of the country. Voters will manually punch five separate paper ballots for president and vice president, and legislative candidates.
Unofficial "quick counts", based on vote samples from polling stations, will be released hours after polling ends and the winning presidential candidate is expected to be apparent by late Wednesday.
The General Election Commission is expected to announce an official result in May.
Candidates have 72 hours after the official result to complain to the Constitutional Court. A nine-judge panel has 14 days to reach a decision, which cannot be appealed.
Who is Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and what does he stand for?
A former furniture salesman who launched his political career as a small-city mayor, the incumbent Mr Widodo is standing for re-election after almost five years in power. His party is the PDI-P (the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle)
Mr Widodo has touted a record infrastructure drive and deregulation as major successes during his tenure, calling them first steps towards tackle inequality and poverty in Southeast Asia's biggest economy.
Five years ago he set a target of 7 per cent annual GDP growth, but volatile markets and weak commodity prices limited growth, which sat just above 5 per cent for most of his term.
His economic reforms, including easing foreign ownership rules, saw Indonesia's credit rating upgraded by three credit agencies – Moody's, S&P and Fitch.
In a televised weekend debate, Mr Widodo and his running mate, Islamic cleric Ma'ruf Amin, said their opponents, neither of whom has served in public office for more than a few months, did not understand managing macro level economics.
Mr Widodo, a moderate Muslim from central Java, has had to burnish his Islamic credentials after smear campaigns and hoax stories accused him of being anti-Islam, a communist or too close to China, all politically damaging charges in Indonesia.
For his second term Mr Widodo has promised to continue his infrastructure building programme and improve the country's education programme.
Who is Prabowo Subianto and what does he stand for?
The former military general commonly known as Prabowo is a millionaire businessman and was the son-in-law of former dictator Suharto before his divorce from Suharto's daughter Titiek. He is leading a coalition of parties including his own Gerindra (Greater Indonesia).
He has taken a populist approach during the campaign, repeatedly warning Indonesia is on the verge of collapse and giving fiery speeches about how the country is being pillaged by foreigners and the elite.
Mr Subianto, who has close links to what have been described as hardline Islamist groups, and his running mate, business tycoon Sandiaga Uno, have pledged to boost the economy by slashing taxes as much as 8 per cent, and focus on key infrastructure projects.
Mr Subianto has also promised to crack down on corruption, reduce electricity prices, create more jobs and, echoing US President Donald Trump, make Indonesia great again.
Who is most likely to win?
Most opinion polls give Mr Widodo a double-digit lead but the opposition has disputed survey findings, releasing polling that it says shows Mr Subianto will win.
It has also said it has uncovered data irregularities affecting millions on the electoral rolls and has vowed to take legal action or use "people power" if its complaints are not resolved.
A senior government official told Reuters the polls can not be taken for granted.
"Absolutely everybody is flying blind because we don't know how far the opinion polls can be respected," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
In 2014, when the same candidates faced each other at the last election, Mr Subianto refused to concede defeat for two weeks.
Could millennials tip the vote in Indonesia?
With a young population, more than one-third of Indonesia's voters are under the age of 35, making the millennial vote incredibly important to the 2019 election.
Ross Taylor, President of Australia's Indonesia Institute, said the result could depend on the youth vote.
"At this stage Jokowi seems 'certain' to win but when you consider some 90 million of eligible voters are millennials and many are undecided if they will even vote, the election could be much closer than anticipated," Mr Taylor told The National.
Women gesture next to a banner of presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto, and his running mate Sandiaga Uno, as they attend a campaign rally in Bandung. Reuters
He said Mr Subianto's running mate, Mr Uno, was young, wealthy and dynamic: "He has a huge following from young Muslim women; rock star status."
Ben Bland, Director of the Southeast Asia Project at the Lowy Institute in Sydney, also noted that Mr Uno had played a big role in attracting the youth vote.
"In a lacklustre campaign, Sandiaga Uno has often seemed to be the only candidate proactively running for office," he wrote in a report published ahead of the election. "The 49-year-old businessman, who is by far the youngest of the four candidates, has regularly posted images of himself jogging, swimming and playing basketball during his non-stop trips around the country.
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"His infusion of energy has helped the Prabowo campaign generate buzz from the mainstream media and attract younger voters on Facebook and Instagram, which have a wide, enthusiastic, and growing user base in Indonesia."
Despite this, Mr Bland said it was hard to find a political expert in Indonesia who could see a viable path to victory for Mr Subianto.
"Jokowi has all the advantages of incumbency," he said. "He has the vast machinery of government behind him and has won the support of most of Indonesia's major media owners, who are keen to keep good relations with the man they expect to win."
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Harry Potter AR Game Release Date Coming From Niantic, 'Pokémon Go' Creator
By Nina Godlewski @NinaGodlewski
11/08/17 AT 12:12 PM
The "Harry Potter" fandom celebrates a huge book milestone. Warner Bros. Pictures
When Pokémon Go was released in 2016, it quickly became the game that everyone was playing. It got people out of their houses and exploring their neighborhoods and now there's talk of a similar game coming out, this time with a Harry Potter theme.
Niantic Labs, the creator of Pokémon Go, is reportedly working on an augmented reality Harry Potter follow up to Pokémon Go, called Harry Potter: Wizards United, Tech Crunch reported Wednesday. The game is reportedly set for a 2018 release but there are few to no other details available at this time. The final product will be the result of a collaboration between Niantic Labs and Warner Bros. Interactive's Portkey Games, Tech Crunch reported.
Update 4 p.m.: Niantic and Warner Bros. Interactive both confirmed to International Business Times the plans to collaborate on Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Wednesday afternoon. The companies announced the new game with a press release and a blog post from Niantic CEO John Hanke. The description of the game on its website says, "Explore real-world neighbourhoods and cities to discover mysterious artifacts, learn to cast spells, and encounter legendary beasts and iconic characters along the way!"
Pokémon and Harry Potter both have massive and sprawled fan bases that could support such a game. The success of Pokémon Go was boundless, in the weeks and months following its release users were playing day and night searching for Pokémon and leveling up. A Harry Potter version could easily end up with a similar following.
Rumors about a possible Harry Potter game flew last year, according to Tech Crunch, after Niantic supposedly acquired the rights to the app. But the article that originally claimed that the game was in the works last year mysteriously disappeared from the internet which may have had something to do with the fact that none of the information it presented was verifiable, Gizmodo reported.
The new game will likely draw on the Niantic game Ingress that was used to help make Pokémon Go such a success as well. The game uses the real world around those playing and adds AR features to the locations and environments that the players can then claim and defend. Anyone familiar with the Harry Potter books or movies could see how such a platform could lend itself to a game that incorporates the storyline.
International Business Times reached out to Niantic Labs and well as Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment about the Harry Potter AR game but had not received a response from either company by the time this article was published. There is no word on if the Harry Potter AR game will have separate release dates for iOS and Android.
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The Following Text appeared as an article in the September 2006 issue of Concrete International
Moisture Testing of Concrete Slabs
When 3 lbs is not 3 lbs
BY PETER CRAIG AND GEORGE DONNELLY
The long-awaited day has come, the project is complete, and everyone involved is eager to show off the newlook of the facility. But wait a minute. Something is
terribly wrong. Adhesive is bleeding through joints between the floor tiles, and there are bubbles in the sheet goods and epoxy flooring. Worse yet, there is a
noticeable odor in the air. Sabotage? No, unfortunately what is occurring on this project has become all too common across the country. Such problems are being
caused by moisture and moisture-induced high pH levels beneath flooring materials. How can this be? The slabs were tested for moisture, and the results appeared to comply with the requirements of the flooring material manufacturer.
To understand what happened on this project and many others, we must examine a test method that is commonly used in the U.S. to quantify the moisture vapor
emission rate (MVER) of a concrete subfloor. The method, the calcium chloride test developed by the Rubber Manufacturers Association (RMA) in the 1950s, is now published as ASTM F 18691 by ASTM International. MVER testing by the calcium chloride method involves placing an open dish containing a specified, known weight of anhydrous calcium chloride crystals beneath a plastic dome that is sealed to the concrete surface for 60 to 72 hours (Fig. 2). During the test, the crystals absorb moisture vapor in the air beneath the plastic dome. At the end of the exposure period, the difference between the initial and final weight of the crystals is used to calculate the MVER in pounds of water per thousand square feet per 24 hours (commonly referred to simply as "lbs"). Today, manufacturers of most flooring materials and coatings require that the MVER not exceed a 3-lb or, in some cases, a 5-lb limit.
So how do floors that initially test to an acceptable level end up testing to a much higher rate after a problem develops? We've found that the following five conditions can contribute to artificially low emission-test results, inaccurate results, or an increase in moisture within the slab once the flooring is installed.
Curing, sealing,or bondbreaking compound
Curing, sealing, or bondbreaking compounds are commonly used in concrete slab construction and inhibit the release of free moisture from within the slab. These
materials are designed to provide moisture retention for curing, surface densification, or the free release of concrete tilt-up wall panels cast on the slab. Most flooring material manufacturers and flooring standards require that these materials be removed before the flooring is installed. Testing conducted over a curing, sealing, or bondbreaking compound will result in a considerably lower MVER than will exist after the material is removed.
Adhesive residue from previous flooring
Adhesive residue is found on most remodeling projects. Testing surfaces without fully removing these residuescan lead to artificially low test results. In all cases, we must realize that, while each test occupies less than 1 ft2 (0.09 m2) of floor area, the results are considered to represent the surrounding 1000 ft2 (90 m2). Preparation of the test site must assure that the concrete surface is free from any material or substance that could hinder the free release of moisture from the slab. Light, dry vacuum grinding is the most practical and reliable means of properly preparing a concrete slab surface for testing.
HVAC system operation
Conducting calcium chloride tests before doors and windows are installed or before heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems have been activated can result in MVERs that are different than those that would be measured with the building under its normal operating environment. Bare concrete is a hygroscopic material that will take on or give up moisture depending upon its surroundings. For calcium chloride test results to be as meaningful as possible, it's essential that the tests be conducted with ambient conditions above the slab that are close to the building's normal operating environment. Because flooring installations are frequently scheduled to occur before HVAC systems are in operation, this is often a difficult requirement to meet.ASTM F 1869 sets requirements for calcium chloride testing that include the testing environment. The standard allows testing in environments that are not under HVAC control within certain reasonable parameters (75 ± 10 °F [23.9 ± 5.6 °C] and 50 ± 10% relative humidity). Temporary forced drying of the top surface of the concrete may bring calcium chloride test results to a desired level, only to result in flooring problems at a later date due to moisture redistribution within the concrete once the slab is covered.
Redistribution of moisture
Most experts in moisture testing believe that the calcium chloride test is an indicator of moisture present in only the top 1/2 to 3/4 in. (13 to 19 mm) of the slab. As
slab-on-ground concrete dries from the top down, it's common for a closed-in, uncovered slab to have a lower moisture content in the top portion of the slab than in the lower regions. Once the slab is covered, moisture will redistribute within the slab, which most often leads to a higher amount of moisture in the upper region than when the emission tests were conducted. Redistribution of moisture within the slab after it's covered is a majorcontributor to higher emission results being observed when the floor is retested after a problem has developed.
Below-slab vapor retarder
Without effective, low-permeance moisture protection directly beneath the slab, moisture migrating from sources below the floor can, over time, lead to an increase
in the moisture content of the slab after the flooring material is installed. Once the slab is covered, relativehumidity beneath the slab will often measure close to 100% regardless of the depth of the water table or soil moisture content. The relative humidity in the slab will also increase and can also rise close to 100%. Without an effective vapor retarder directly beneath the slab even a properly measured 3-lb floor will not remain 3 lb for verylong once the floor is covered.
The following suggestions for conducting calcium chloride tests can help provide the most meaningful testresults for evaluation:
 Always completely remove curing, sealing, and bondbreaking compounds or adhesive residue by dry, mechanical methods such as light vacuum grinding
before conducting the tests;
 Always conduct tests when ambient conditions reflect the normal operating environment of the facility. On projects where HVAC systems are not active, insist on
closing in a number of rooms or spaces where conditions can either be brought to anticipated normal conditions or into compliance with the environmental requirements of ASTM F 1869
Conduct testing using both the standard ASTM F 1869 method and a modified method that can give an indication of the effects on MVER that are likely after the floor is covered. In this modified method, curing, sealing, and bondbreaking compounds or adhesive residue are completely removed from a 20 x 40 in.
(0.5 x 1.0 m) area, half of which is then covered with aluminum foil, solid vinyl, or rubber for a period of time before the start of testing. The time period for
moisture to equalize within the slab will vary; therefore, the longer one can leave the area covered before the start of testing the better. In no case should the time period be less than 1 week, and 2 to 4 weeks is recommended when the schedule will allow. Weight down the cover material to be sure it remains in direct contact with the slab surface. After the cover period, conduct two calcium chloride tests at each location. First, remove the cover material, and immediately place one test kit on the surface of the concrete that has just been uncovered. Next, place a second test kit on the prepared concrete surface adjacent to the area that was covered. The comparative results of these tests serve as an indicator of changes in MVER that are
likely to occur once the floor is covered;
 Use internal relative humidity testing (ASTM F 2170) to complement and help with the interpretation of calcium chloride test results. In-place concrete relative
humidity tests are widely used in Europe to determine when a flooring installation can proceed safely. In 2003, ASTM F 2170 was introduced in the U.S. for relative
humidity testing in concrete. The test procedure calls for measuring the internal relative humidity of concrete at a depth of 40% of the slab thickness below the slab surface 72 hours after the drilled test holes and sleeves have been installed. The target level for in-place relative humidity given in ASTM F 710 is 75% or lower, but several floor covering manufacturers allow a maximum of 80%. It's important that the sensors are left in place long enough to reach a stable reading. This time period will vary with the type of sensor used and can take up to 3 hours. If sensors are not installed in the sleeves for the entire test period,it's recommended that they be installed the night before the readings are taken; and
 If any moisture test result is to be relied upon, it's important to remember that adequate moisture protection must be in-place directly beneath the slab so that moisture levels within the concrete will not increase significantly once the flooring is installed. Without it, the MVER may increase over time onceflooring or coating material is installed.
WHO SHOULD CONDUCT THE TESTS?
Preinstallation moisture and pH testing should be conducted by personnel qualified to conduct the tests in accordance with ASTM standards. Interpretation or
evaluation of the moisture and pH test results should be made only by those experienced with the testing methods, moisture migration, conditions, influences, and the floor covering manufacturer's requirements. The calibration of test equipment should be maintained and checked before the start of each project. No flooring installation should proceed without the approval of those responsible for the installation warranty. If ample concrete drying time can't be provided in the construction schedule, a topical moisture and pH suppression system should be incorporated into the project costs from the very beginning.
WHAT SHOULD WE EXPECT?
Properly conducted calcium chloride tests often result in values higher than the 3-lb MVER required by most flooring material manufacturers. The normal construction timeline seldom provides sufficient time or an adequate environment for a new slab to dry and test to a 3-lb requirement. Knowledge of the ambient conditions before and during calcium chloride testing can help determine if reaching the target MVER is achievable. Rewetting aconcrete surface after a period of drying has been shown to increase the MVER. Because an open slab surface will take on moisture from the air, testing during and after periods of high ambient relative humidity will make achieving a 3-lb MVER difficult, if not impossible. Even if the ambient relative humidity is subsequently reduced, reaching a 3-lb MVER may not be possible within a short period of time.
Because it's measured at a depth of 40% of the slab's thickness, the internal relative humidity test is far less sensitive to ambient conditions than the calcium chloride test. Slab temperature is a consideration and is recorded by the sensor, along with the concrete's internal relative humidity. Concrete internal relative humidity test results can not only help determine the moisture-related suitability of a concrete subfloor, but they can also help determine whether the inability to reach a 3-lb emission rate is the result of ambient conditions prior to the test or moisture present at a high level deeper within the concrete. A new type of stay-in-place relative humidity sensor has been recently introduced that can help the project team monitor the drying of new concrete placements. Several of these sensors are installed in each slab placement once the roof is on, the building closed in and watertight, and any curing compound is removed. When the weekly
readings reach a relative humidity less than 80%, the testing firm can be contacted to conduct the full ASTM-compliant, preinstallation moisture study with reasonable confidence of favorable results. This approach can save thousands of dollars in repetitive moisture testing costs.
Most problems with floor coverings over concrete slabs-on-ground can be avoided by using a properly designed slab system and providing ample drying
time or using commercial drying services. A low-permeance vapor-retarding material, properly installed and in direct contact with the underside of the slab, greatly reduces the likelihood of moisture moving from the ground into the concrete and shortens the concrete drying time. Concrete to receive floor coverings or coatings can be cured with dry, wet-strength curing paper or lay-flat polyethylene for up to 7 days. These methods don't retard the loss of moisture from the slab beyond the curing period. Slabs cast in the open, however, are subject to rewetting until the building is enclosed and watertight. If a curing compound is used for initial curing or
rewetting protection for slabs placed in the open, the material must be completely removed from the slab surface as soon as the building is considered watertight.
Otherwise, a letter of compatibility must be obtained from both the floor covering and adhesive manufacturers. Our experience has been that most manufacturers of flooring materials will not issue such a letter, making removal of the curing compound a requirement. Removal should not be delayed beyond enclosure of the building to provide as much drying time as possible before moisture testing.
Finally, the slab must be reliably tested and the data presented to the flooring manufacturer, flooring contractor, general contractor, architect, owner, and any other party associated with the flooring installation. We're fully aware that these recommendations go well beyond what is presently being done or required on most
projects. Given the very common, serious, and costly nature of flooring failures, however, it's believed that these measures are necessary to reduce the risk of
flooring problems and the significant cost associated with failure of the flooring system.
1. ASTM F 1869-04, "Standard Test Method for Measuring
Moisture Vapor Emission Rate of Concrete Subfloor Using Anhydrous
Calcium Chloride," ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA,
2004, 3 pp.
2. Brewer, H.W., "Moisture Migration—Concrete Slab-On-Ground
Construction," Bulletin D89, Portland Cement Association, Skokie, IL,
3. ASTM F 2170-02, "Standard Test
Method for Determining Relative Humidity
in Concrete Floor Slabs Using In-Situ Probes,"
ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA,
4. ASTM F 710-05, "Standard Practice for
Preparing Concrete Floors to Receive
Resilient Flooring," ASTM International,
West Conshohocken, PA, 2005, 6 pp.
5. Suprenant, B.A., and Malisch, W.R.,
"Are Your Slabs Dry Enough for Floor
Coverings?" Concrete Construction, V. 43,
No. 8, Aug. 1998, pp. 671-677.
For more than 33 years, ACI member Peter Craig has provided consulting and quality assurance services on many aspects of concrete construction, repair, maintenance, and protection. He is a past president of the International Concrete Repair Institute, a member of the ASTM task group responsible for three moisture-related standards, and former Co-Chair of the moisture task group of ACI Committees 302, Construction of Concrete Floors, and 360, design of slabs on ground.
ACi member George Donnelly is the owner of George Donnelly Testing and Inspections and has more than 25 years of experience in the floor covering industry with positions in sales, management, and as a director of technical services. He is a member of ASTM international and the World Floor Covering association. along with testing, analysis, and consulting, he offers seminars on concrete moisture vapor emission, covering moisture sources, design characteristics of intrusion prevention, and approaches to topical remediation for existing slabs.


Yes, indeed, I made another Lion King video for you all to enjoy... WITH FUNNY PICTURES!!! YAYAYAYAYAYAY! Haha. Anyway, hope you enjoy. I've been collecting these pictures for a while to make this. I do not own copyright for anything, except the right to say I put funny captions on these pictures. The Lion King belongs to Disney, and the Song Belongs to the creators of Riverdance.
I love this can we be friends? please.
0:18 Ha ha ha. =).
Now where is my cookie? You ate it!? YOU!!!
Simba is king long live Simba!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I just love your choice of music.
Do anyone knows the song????
3:28: how did that water go to Scar's mouth?
Lol, 4:23 reminds me of Charlie Brown's Thanksgiving.
I agree with you Simba, I HATE ROLLER COASTERS! WAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH SCAR TOOK MY COOKIE!!!!!!!!!!!!! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!
all of that was for cookies?
wow all about cookies eh?
scar loves cookies!!!!! i hate its a small world after all!!!!
Is this a funny story about cookies?!
cookie this, cookie that, COOKIE HERE THERE EVERYWHERE!!
I loved it so funny!
OMG!!!! I ha e never seen somthinv so FUNNY!!!
Don't worry, I'm fine. We didn't have to leave the house, actually, the power was off all day except early morning, and two halves of a tree came down in the yard, but we're fine. It was a wild storm!
Some very funny stuff here, now I want cookies.
lol Ed XD Loled all the way through good job!!


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Q: CSS3 Animation Works in Safari 9 Locally, but Not Live I'm building a novelty wedding announcement microsite that combines a dynamic background image populated by an Instagram feed with two different CSS3 animations on top. The first animation features the bobblehead couple zooming AWAY while the second animation is composed of scrolling text that rolls slowly into view on an angled plane, Star Wars style.
Basically, everything seems to be working except for the scrolling text which is not visible, although it does appear to be animating, but is simply hidden behind the background image.
Its works fine in Chrome and when I view it locally is Safari, just not live. I'm sure it's something simple. Any insight into this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!!!
Here's a link to the live site.
CSS
#bobblehead {
    margin: auto 0;
    position: relative;
    text-align: center;
    width: 800px;
    float: middle;
    -webkit-animation-name: example; /* Chrome, Safari, Opera */
    -webkit-animation-duration: 13s; /* Chrome, Safari, Opera */
    animation-name: example;
    animation-duration: 13s;
}

/* Chrome, Safari, Opera */
@-webkit-keyframes example {
    0%   {width: 800px; height: 1300px}
    100% {width:0px; height: 0px;}
}

#titles
{
    position: fixed;
    width: 18em;
    height: 50em;
    bottom: 0;
    left: 50%;
    margin-left: -9em;
    font-size: 700%;
    font-weight: bold;
    text-align: justify;
    overflow: hidden;
    color: yellow;
    z-index: 100000;

    transform-origin: 50% 100%;
    transform: perspective(300px) rotateX(25deg);

    -webkit-transform-origin: 50% 100%;
    -webkit-transform: perspective(300px) rotateX(25deg);
}

#titles:after
{
    position: absolute;
    content: ' ';
    left: 0;
    right: 0;
    top: 0;
    bottom: 60%;
    background-image: linear-gradient(top, rgba(0,0,0,1) 0%, transparent 100%);
    pointer-events: none;
}

#titlecontent
{
    position: absolute;
    top: 100%;
    text-align: center;
    animation-delay: none;
    -webkit-animation-name: scroll;
    -webkit-animation-duration: 450s;
    -webkit-animation-iteration-count: infinte;
    -webkit-animation-timing-function: linear;
    -webkit-animation-delay: none;
}

@keyframes scroll {
    0% { top: 100%; }
    100% { top: -170%; }
}

@-webkit-keyframes scroll {
    0% { top: 100%; }
    100% { top: -170%; }
}

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Q: Why is my class not populating this attribute? I am very new to Python, a couple days actually, and I'm having a very small problem that is driving me crazy. I'm trying to make a text based game, and I want to assign a vocation to the player based on their input. It all works fine apart from the stat changes. For instance, when the player selects Warrior, I want their strength to change. As such, I made a separate python file for the warrior class and imported it. That being said, for some reason, when I set up this if statement to change the strength in the player class, I can't seem to get it to work. I just have no idea what's going wrong with the if statement here. I've tried 'is' and '==' and everything, but I don't know what the issue is!
class Player:
def __init__(self):
    self.inventory = [items.Axe(),
                      items.HealingPotion(),
                      items.CrustyBread()]

    self.x = world.start_tile_location[0]
    self.y = world.start_tile_location[1]
    self.hp = 100
    self.hp_max = 100
    self.hp_min = 0
    self.gold = 20
    self.victory = False
    self.char_vocation = vocation.Warrior()
    self.strength = 8
    self.dexterity = 8
    self.intelligence = 8

    if self.char_vocation == vocation.Warrior():
        self.strength = 12
    else:
        self.strength = self.strength

A: Your variable is not being set because you are not checking if self.char_vocation is an instance of the class Warrior, you are asking if it is equal to a brand new instance of warrior.
This code will do what you ask:
class Player:
def __init__(self):
    self.inventory = [items.Axe(),
                      items.HealingPotion(),
                      items.CrustyBread()]

    self.x = world.start_tile_location[0]
    self.y = world.start_tile_location[1]
    self.hp = 100
    self.hp_max = 100
    self.hp_min = 0
    self.gold = 20
    self.victory = False
    self.char_vocation = vocation.Warrior()
    self.strength = 8
    self.dexterity = 8
    self.intelligence = 8

    if isinstance(self.char_vocation, vocation.Warrior):
        self.strength = 12

If you know the vocation in the beginning, and that vocation never changes, it may make sense to refactor this
to:
def make_player(vocation_class):
  class Player(vocation_class):
    def __init__(self):
      self.inventory = [items.Axe(),
                      items.HealingPotion(),
                      items.CrustyBread()]

      self.x = world.start_tile_location[0]
      self.y = world.start_tile_location[1]
      self.hp = 100
      self.hp_max = 100
      self.hp_min = 0
      self.gold = 20
      self.victory = False
      self.dexterity = 8
      self.intelligence = 8
      super().__init__(self)

  return Player()

class UnsetVocation:
  def __init__(self):
    self.strength = 8

class Warrior:
  def __init__(self):
    self.strength = 12

p = make_player(UnsetVocation)
assert p.strength == 8

p = make_player(Warrior)
assert p.strength == 12


Remember I managed to grab one of AA's RM0 seats for my trip to HCMC in 2011? (Of course I still had to pay for the airport and whatever other taxes.) Well, I continue to wait for such offers to come and grab them whenever I can. I do need a break from time to time from work, be it income-generating or voluntary work.
So yes, I managed to grab another one last year, this time to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and the trip was just recently from 20th to 23rd January 2014.
We arrived Phnom Penh airport in the morning, and a tuk tuk driver was already waiting outside the airport for us. I had already earlier arranged with the owner of our accommodation to arrange for a tuk tuk to transport us direct to the guesthouse, so we didn't have to worry about getting lost.
Lunch was at the nearest halal restaurant to our guesthouse, ie Malaysia Restaurant.
We then checked in to our guesthouse, freshened up, performed our prayers, and then out we went again, this time for a pre-arranged cycling tour of the villages around Silk Islands. We had to board the ferry first to get across the river.
The half way stop was a place where we were shown the process involved in silk weaving.
Before cycling back to the pier, we visited a nearby temple.
For dinner, we decided to try out D'Nyonya Restaurant.
That ended day 1 in Phnom Penh.


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Aves descritas em 1969
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Three More U.S. Navy Ships Harassed By Iranian Patrol Boats
By: Sam LaGrone
An undated photo of IRGCN patrol boats.
Three more U.S. ships were harassed by Iranian patrol boats over three incidents on Wednesday, U.S. 5th Fleet spokesman Cmdr. Bill Urban told USNI News on Thursday.
One of the encounters resulted in a U.S. ship firing warning shots at an Iranian patrol boat with a .50 caliber machine gun to ward off a dangerous approach, according to the service.
Cyclone-class patrol craft USS Tempest (PC-2) and USS Squall (PC-7) were operating in the northern Persian Gulf when three Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) came at the pair at high speed, Urban said.
USS Tempest (PC-2) is moved pier-side on July 3, 2013 in Bahrain. US Navy Photo
The trio crossed Tempest's bow within 600 yards three times. The IRGCN boats responded to neither bridge-to-bridge hails nor maritime danger signals from the ship's whistle.
Later the same day an IRGCN Nassar-class patrol craft came within 200 yards of Tempest, coming at the PC head on.
"This situation presented a drastically increased risk of collision, and the Iranian vessel
refused to safely maneuver in accordance with internationally recognized maritime rules of the road, despite several request and warnings via radio, and visual and audible warnings from both U.S. ships," Urban said.
"During the encounter, Tempest fired three warning flares in the direction of the IRGCN patrol
vessel while also attempting radio communications and sounding loud audible warnings via loudspeaker. Ultimately, Squall resorted to firing three warning shots from their 50-caliber gun, which caused the Iranian vessel to turn away."
The guided-missile destroyer USS Stout (DDG 55) departs Naval Station Norfolk for deployment to the U.S. 6th Fleet on Aug. 18, 2013. US Navy Photo
Later on Wednesday, the same Nassar-class boat also made a run at the guided missile destroyer USS Stout (DDG-55), which was also operating in the Persian Gulf. Stout changed course to avoid the IRGCN vessel and used unspecified, "devices to discourage the IRGCN vessel from continuing their approach towards Stout."
U.S. Naval Forces Central Command universally condemned the incidents in a statement to USNI News.
"The Iranian high rate of speed approaches towards three Unites States ships operating in international waters in accordance with international law along with multiple bow crossings at short range and the disregard of multiple warning attempts created a dangerous, harassing situation that could have led to further escalation," Urban said.
The new incidents follow a Tuesday clash between a quartet of IRGCN patrol boats and the guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG-94).
As the destroyer was exiting the Persian Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz, the four patrol boats closed within 300 yards of the ship ignoring not only radio communications but several flares and warnings from the Nitze's whistle.
Separate from the regular Iranian Navy, the IRGCN answers directly to the sectarian leadership of Iran and often violates maritime laws and standards, according to both the U.S. and U.K. since 2007 the group has controlled Iran's coastal defense.
So far, it's still unclear if the actions this week are part of a coordinated effort from the IRGC or the work of a disgruntled local commander or commanders.
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Each week Nikolas Badminton, Futurist Speaker, summarizes the top-5 future looking developments and news items that I find to be inspiring, interesting, concerning, or downright strange. Each day I read through dozens of blogs and news websites to find those things that we should be aware of.
Top-5 Futures for December 4th: Biology and Big Data Converge features how biology and big data converge, anti-ageing drugs, rocket landings, prosthetics, and robots.
How biology and big data converge in the medicine world
Fortune's Cliff Leaf sits down David Agus, MD, Professor of Medicine and Engineering; Director at USC and J. Craig Venter, Ph.D. Co-founder, Executive Chairman and CEO, Human Longevity Inc.
World's first anti-ageing drug could see humans live to 120
The world's first anti-ageing drug will be tested on humans next year in trials which could see diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's consigned to distant memory. Scientists now believe that it is possible to actually stop people growing old as quickly and help them live in good health well into their 110s and 120s.
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News 1 employee injured in attack at pro-Kurdish party building in İstanbul
1 employee injured in attack at pro-Kurdish party building in İstanbul
An assailant carrying a gun and a knife attacked staff at a pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) building in İstanbul's Bahçelievler district on Tuesday, injuring a party employee, Turkish Minute reported.
The attacker, whose revolver jammed, stabbed the employee with a knife.
#SONDAKİKA#HDP Bahçelievler ilçe örgütüne silahlı saldırı!
İlçe binasına gelen 25 yaşlarında bir kişi "Sizi öldüreceğim" diyerek silah ve bıçakla saldırı girişiminde bulundu.
Partililerin müdahale ettiği saldırgan Ekpa isimli fırına kaçtı.
Polis saldırganı gözaltına aldı. pic.twitter.com/57emLBljls
— KarşıMahalle (@KarsiMahalleOrg) December 28, 2021
Media reports initially said there were two assailants, but HDP Bahçelievler district branch president Mehmet Kuzu said there was one assailant who entered the building saying he wanted to become an HDP member.
Kuzu said party officials served tea to the man, aged around 25, who later took out his knife and gun and attacked an employee. The assailant was restrained thanks to the help of nearby store owners.
"I will kill you all," the assailant shouted, according to media reports.
He was later taken into custody by the police.
The HDP released a statement on Twitter, saying it was not an isolated incident and was similar to an attack at an HDP building in İzmir last June that claimed the life of party employee Deniz Poyraz, whose killer will stand trial at an İzmir court starting on Wednesday.
"These attacks can't intimidate us. Our people give them the strongest answer by standing behind their party, and they will continue to do so," tweeted the HDP.
The murder of Poyraz, 38, came at a time of increased pressure on the party, which is accused of links to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the EU and the US, as it faces a closure case on terrorism charges and when hundreds of its politicians including two former co-chairs are behind bars on politically motivated charges.
HDP İstanbul provincial co-chairperson Ferhat Encü tweeted about the attack on Tuesday, that a disaster was barely averted thanks to the assailant's gun jamming.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) as well as their election partner, the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP,) have long portrayed the HDP as the political front of the PKK. The party denies links to PKK and says it is working to achieve a peaceful solution to Turkey's Kurdish problem and is only coming under attack because of its strong opposition to Erdoğan's 19-year rule.
Prison administration bans jailed Kurdish leader's novel for 'obscenity'
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Court releases assailant who staged attack at HDP office in İstanbul


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Q: How can to associate dimnames of array and data frame index-values in R? I have the array A
A
,,A
     [,1] [,2] [,3]
[1,]  3     7    8
[2,]  4     11   9
[3,]  2     12   4.3

,,B
     [,1] [,2] [,3]
[1,]  31    7    8
[2,]  4.2   4   9.5
[3,]  1     1    7

,,C
    [,1] [,2] [,3]
[1,]  4    71    8.3
[2,]  4    41    9
[3,]  11   0     73

,,D
    [,1] [,2] [,3]
[1,]  7    7    8.3
[2,]  3    4.1    9
[3,]  1    0.5    73

 dim(A)
3 3 4
dimnames(A)[3]
A   B    C   D

and I have the data.frame df
df

 X  Y   Z
 2  1   A
 3  2   D

I would like to put in a new column of df, the values of array A, based on df index-values X(row for the array), Y(column for the array) and third dimension Z, let's say, my aspect result is:
df

 X  Y   Z  Res
 2  1   A  4    # Res is the value of array A in A[2,1,"A"]
 3  2   D  0.5  # Res is the value of array A in A[3,2,"D"]

I tried this code:
df$Res <- NA
 if (df$Z == dimnames(A)[3]){
  for (i in 1:nrow(df)){
   df[i,4] <- A[df[i,1],df[i,2],df[i,3]]
 }
}

But it'doesn't work well...
Any idea to associate the dimnames of third dimension array and data frame index-value?
P.S. This is a simple example. My true array is:
dim(A)
    137  93  227

and
dim(df)
6080 3

P.S.2 I prefer to don't use merge or other type of similar code for allocation problem


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Vote Politics: Delhi Metro in for rough ride
Recently there was an incident where the Delhi Metro operations had to be halted on the Magenta Line because of the fire in the slums below the metro lines. Services between Jasola Vihar and Kalindi Kunj stations had to be paused due to the smoke caused by the fire. This incident has a great symbolic value. As slums and gutters continue be integral part of the national Capital, Delhi Metro rises above all running a world class operation.
This has been possible because, when it was planned, the main stake holders, the Centre and the Delhi Government rose above petty political considerations to give the city and the country a world class transport system. A group of ministers in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government, which was headed by Lal Krishna Advani, worked in close cooperation with the then Congress government in Delhi led by Sheila Dikshit to usher in the service.
However, in the past five years, the continues friction between the Centre and the Delhi Government has delayed the expansion of the Delhi Metro network putting much strain on the existing lines. The latest chafing relates to starting work on the three corridors of phase IV, on which an embargo has been put by the Delhi Government.
The Delhi Government wants that the Centre should solely bear the cost of any operational losses during the building of this corridor. The basis of this decision is claimed 'financial prudence'. On the other hand, the same government has made an announcement for free rides for women in the metro system.
As the debate on the matter raged with even the legendary founder of Delhi Metro, E Sreedharan writing to the Prime Minister against any such move, it was, however, revealed that claim was so far hollow and misleading.
Last week in an answer to a question in Lok Sabha, Union Minister for Urban Affairs Hardeep S Puri expressed ignorance about any move by the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi Government to make metro rides free for the woman passengers. Puri said on the floor of the House, "the Delhi government has sent no such proposal to the Union Government for approval."
The Centre and Delhi Government are equal partners in the operations of Delhi Metro. If the Delhi Government wants the Centre to bear operational losses in phase IV then the Centre should be taken onboard before implementing any such decision. The Minister's answer caught people with surprise as Kejriwal had already gone to town about a fortnight back claiming free rides for women passengers not just in Delhi Metro but also Delhi Transport Corporation and cluster buses.
There were advertisements in newspapers and also hoardings up across the city claiming the Delhi Government move on the free rises. Making an announcement for such an intent is one thing but issuing advertisements using public money claiming credit for a scheme only gave away the move being directed towards gaining a section of the votes in the assembly polls, which were less than nine months away.
Kejriwal government came to power in 2015 riding on the promise of free water and power on half-electrical rates. He wants to repeat the performance this time promising free ride for woman on Delhi Metro, what has come to be rightly termed as 'Lifeline of Delhi'. For past several years, including this summer, Delhi has witnessed water riots in large parts of the city which go dry in scorching summer heat.
Given the misery of Delhi Jal Board, the concern at such free ride policy is justified. Those at who operate metro and those who helped building rightly feel that it would strangle the lifeline. While expressing his reservations about giving any free rides, Sreedharan had mentioned in his note that, "One shareholder cannot take a unilateral decision to give concession to one section of community and push Delhi Metro in to inefficiency and bankruptcy."
In his note he also mentioned that when these services were first launched, he took firm stand against any policy of giving free rides to any section to make the operations efficient and financially viable. Sreedharan in the letter said that free ride was not a good idea as the corporation has to pay back huge loans taken from Japan.
While answering queries on the free ride, Puri had made a caustic remark saying, ""Kejriwal has no plan in mind. This metro and bus freebie is just a jumla (hollow promise)." To buttress his point further he had said, "Mr Kejriwal has confused people because this is not how you give schemes. Central govt needs to be on board. DMRC didn't get any proposal from the Delhi govt. Delhi govt already is running out of funds, they are in debt. I don't know how Kejriwal is planning to give metro rides for free."
Arvind Kejriwal, however, is not an easy customer. Having made the promise and gone to town about it he is not going to give up easily. He would once again trumpet a case of playing victim at the hands of the Centre and try and gain sympathy of the voters. His deputy Manish Sisodia has already countered Sreedharan's concern with a scant regard for the much-revered technocrat.
It would be sad if the advise of venerable technocrat is set aside for meagre political gains. Delhi cannot allow Delhi Metro Rail Corporation to go bankrupt, as has been feared by Sreedharan.


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