Can Issue of Jerusalem's Status Be Resolved?
By Alon Ben-Meir. Alon Ben-Meir is professor of international relations at the New School for Social Research New York.
THE 27th anniversary of Jerusalem's unification is being celebrated this month in Israel only a few weeks after the Palestinian self-rule agreement went into effect. Perhaps more than at any other time in the past 25 years the Israelis are concerned about the status of Jerusalem a few years down the line.
While in South Africa, Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat called for jihad (holy war) to liberate Jerusalem, and Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin responded by reaffirming Jerusalem's sovereignty as the eternal capital of Israel. Whether Mr. Arafat meant peaceful or violent struggle, the ``battle'' lines over the future status of the city have been drawn. Arafat's strategy was designed to rally Palestinian support, project East Jerusalem to the international community as an occupied territory, force a debate of the issue in Israel, and link future negotiations over Palestinian self-rule in the West Bank to the final status of Jerusalem.
Successive Israeli governments have held firmly to the position that the future status of Jerusalem was not negotiable. Undeterred by Israeli firmness, the PLO raised the question of Jerusalem at every turn. Finally, the Rabin government agreed to negotiate the status of the city within two years of the time self-rule becomes operative. The questions are: To what extent will Israel accommodate the Palestinians? And will the PLO accept any solution that falls short of making East Jerusalem the capital of a future Palestinian state?
First, unlike any other place in Israel and the territories, Jeru-salem has the largest interspersed population - nearly 400,000 Jews and 150,000 Arabs. More than one-third of Jerusalems's Jewish population lives in areas of the capital beyond the green line. The Israeli consensus clearly indicates that no Israeli government could remove a single Jew from Jerusalem and stay in power for one day.
Second, while preserving the integrity of the separate characteristics of each ethnic quarter in the city, East and West Jerusalem have been fully integrated in every aspect of day-to-day life. All municipal services, infrastructure, and internal security have been joined into one system. No Israeli or Palestinian of any authority with whom I spoke wants to see such a system dismembered.
Third, Jerusalem was divided only once in its long history, during the 19-year span of Jordanian rule. In the past 27 years, successive Israeli governments have systematically removed any physical barriers or symbolism that divided the city. Concurrently, Israel, with full Palestinian participation, has encouraged socioeconomic interdependence between east and west that cannot be severed without destroying the city's economic base.
Many proposals have been made during the years to resolve the conflict over Jerusalem.
Some have included the internationalization of Jerusalem, which has been rendered irrelevant in today's political reality. Another idea was fashioned after the Vatican. It called for the creation of a Palestinian enclave within united Jerusalem in which the Palestinians would run their affairs as they see fit.
Although many past proposals have positive elements, they have all failed because they do not offer a solution based on a just compromise that meets both sides' psychological and emotional needs. It is understandable that the Rabin government would want to defer dealing with such a highly emotional issue until self-rule has been given a chance to work. Not much will change, however, in two or even five years - certainly not the Israeli or the Palestinian claims or the conditions on the ground. Moreover, if a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict must be based on their ability to live together, united Jerusalem has provided a microcosm of Jewish-Arab relations where coexistence has worked even at the height of the intifadah (uprising).
* Jerusalem will remain united, never to be divided again, as Israel's capital.
* Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem will remain unchanged. However, a newly negotiated political line delineating the Palestinian section will be drawn, in which the Palestinians will have extraterritorial rights.
* The Palestinians will establish their own authority, collect taxes, elect and be elected, and run their religious and cultural affairs as they see fit with irrevocable guarantees of freedom of movement into Israel and the West Bank.
* Israelis and Palestinians will keep their nationalities regardless of place of residence in greater Jerusalem; the demographic composition would have no bearing on their separate authorities.
* The Palestinians will have the right to establish their self-rule authority in Jerusalem and make it the formal seat of their national government should a Palestinian state be established with Israel's consent.
* Israel will relinquish its authority to expropriate any land or exercise arbitrary power in the territory under Palestinian political jurisdiction.
* A joint authority of an equal number of Jewish and Arab representatives with a rotating chairman will be established to deal with matters of jurisdiction and long-term city planning. A joint police force will deal with any violent conflict that may result from cohabitation.
In the end, both Israelis and the Palestinians can have almost, but not quite, everything they want. Israel has created the reality of coexistence; it must now grant the Palestinians the right to live their lives with dignity. In turn, Palestinians will have to create new conditions that will enable them to exercise their political independence along the road that goes through Jerusalem. The Opinion/Essay Page welcomes manuscripts. Authors of articles we accept will be notified by telephone. Authors of articles not accepted will be notified by postcard. Send manuscripts to Opinions/Essays, One Norway Street, Boston, MA 02115, by fax to 617 -450-2317, or by Internet E-mail to OPED@RACHEL.CSPS.COM.


KARI ARMSTRONG has been involved with design in one form or another for most of her life. As an artist/illustrator/graphic designer/seamstress (and recent novice puppet maker), costume arts have become a culmination of many artsy directions. Her costume design credits in Fort Collins include OpenStage Theatre productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Moonlight and Magnolias and Servant of Two Masters. Kari has designed and assisted with costumes in various productions around Fort Collins including The Love of the Nightingale, I Claudia and The Snow Queen at Bas Bleu Theatre. Kari's enthusiasm for costume is mainly derived from her para position as costume director for Poudre High School Theatre. She is proud of the hard-working and talented students who contributed in the making of these whimsical Avenue Q puppets.


It's no secret that the infrastructure in the United States is underfunded, under-maintained, and, consequently, crumbling in many communities across the country, as it has been over the course of the past five decades. In fact, our infrastructure, which includes everything from transit and roads to energy and drinking water, has deteriorated so much that the American Society of Civil Engineering recently awarded a D+ rating to describe its overall health.
The good news is that we already know that investments in infrastructure can go a long way toward not only improving the condition of infrastructure across the country but also bolstering the broader economy. In the near term, infrastructure projects can spur local economic activity, and increase employment. And in the long run, according to Josh Bivens of the Economic Policy Institute, different levels of investment—be it stopping scheduled funding cuts, focusing on green strategies, or closing the "infrastructure deficit"—will provide better paying jobs for those will less education and help improve overall U.S. economic growth and productivity.
Yet how exactly do policymakers jumpstart these efforts? Over the years, as federal funds and grants have decreased, most of the responsibilities for urban renewal and infrastructure development now fall upon local governments . Municipalities or local development authorities are then left to figure out how to raise the money to make it happen. Although there are many innovative methods of financing local development, more often than not municipalities today rely on a tool called Tax Increment Financing , or TIF—a highly efficient closed-loop funding mechanism that functions a bit like a credit card, enabling local governments to borrow from future tax revenue to pay for improvements now.
To best explain how it works, let's say there are a several dilapidated buildings and roads across a few blocks within a city. In its current state, developers are apprehensive about investing in real estate there. So, the property is stuck in limbo, with great potential but still blighted. In this case, a municipality or its local development authority may propose making it a TIF district in order to finance its renewal and attract development.
Once an ordinance is passed, the TIF authority will draw a boundary around the site and declare it a TIF district for a certain time period, say 10 years. At the start of this designation, the TIF authority will calculate the site's initial assessed value —essentially the estimate of a property's dollar worth, from which property taxes can be calculated. They will hold this "base value" constant throughout the lifetime of the TIF. Then, in order to start treating or improving the structures and streets, the TIF authority will sell bonds secured against the TIF district or reach some other agreement with the vendor or developer handling the clean-up efforts.
As the site's quality improves, the assessed value of the district increases over the 10-year span.
The TIF mechanism allows the TIF authority to earmark the project's new property tax revenue (minus the property revenue they calculated earlier based on the initial assessed value) to finance the development, such as paying off the bonds. Basically, all of the newly generated property tax revenue during the lifespan of the TIF district goes back to the TIF authority while only the base-value revenues are distributed among the usual taxing bodies within the TIF district.
In other words, over 10 years, if a TIF district has other overlapping jurisdictions, such as counties, school districts, or park districts, these entities will only receive the property tax revenues based on the initial assessed value. At the end of the 10 years, the site is officially improved, and the TIF district is closed. At this point, all of the property tax revenues, expected to be much higher than before since the assessed value of the area has increased, are funneled to the original taxing bodies.
Tax Increment Financing is not necessarily a new tool. The idea for it began percolating in the 1950s, when California used it to secure matching funds from the federal government for redevelopment projects. But widespread uptake of this financing tool did not begin until the 1970s, when federal funding for urban renewal shrank, compelling cities to take matters into their own hands. Since then, 49 states and the District of Columbia have adopted appropriations for TIF districts, with the only holdout being Arizona. Chicago, for example, is famous for their use of Tax Increment Financing: The city opened its first TIF district in 1984, and they now have more than 160 TIF districts covering 30 percent of the city's land area. Today, it is probably the most widely used development method in the urban planning toolbox.
On paper, Tax Increment Financing sounds like the miraculous (and popular) pathway to improving infrastructure, especially considering that it doesn't add new taxes or alter existing tax rates. Basically, it's self-sustaining. But in practice, it has some serious implications, one of which is gentrification. In recent years, urban planners have increasingly misused Tax Increment Financing for economic development instead of urban renewal. If city policymakers want to incentivize retail businesses to set up shop in a new area, for example, they can establish a TIF district to help assist developers and private businesses with development. While publicly subsidized private development may increase tax revenues and even boost downtown economic growth, these practices can hasten the process of gentrification and the consequent displacement of vulnerable groups.
A report by the Front Range Economic Strategy Center finds that in Denver's downtown, areas that historically are home to low-income, minority residents, TIF districts are associated with rising property values, shrinking affordable housing stock, and an increasing share of white residents. To make matters worse, TIF investments often already occur in rapidly-gentrifying places, as seen in Chicago , because they offer the greatest yield of property tax revenues. But this means that places that can benefit from urban renewal don't necessarily receive the equitable attention or TIF money they deserve.
All this is not to say that Tax Increment Financing cannot be a viable way for local policymakers to improve infrastructure and neighborhoods while simultaneously increasing local economic growth. Whether this means using alternate tax revenue other than property taxes to pay back bonds or mandating more affordable housing units in a TIF district, policymakers need to pay attention to the equitable deployment of Tax Increment Financing.


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The Bruce Highway (A1) bypasses the city and runs through the western suburbs, and the Flinders Highway (A6), the main highway to western localities such as Mount Isa and the Northern Territory, meets the Bruce Highway just south of Townsville. The Bruce Highway links Townsville to all of the State's major cities along the eastern seaboard, including Cairns, Proserpine, Mackay, Rockhampton, Bundaberg and Brisbane, the state capital.
Townsville has an orbital motorway, and is called the Townsville Ring Road and is the new Bruce Highway link that bypasses Townsville city and link the Bruce Highway south of Townsville to the Bruce Highway in the north-west urban area. The first stage of the motorway, Douglas Arterial Road opened in 2005. The second stage opened in 2009.
In addition to the city's highways and motorway, it is serviced by a system of state and local gov routes, mainly suburban and arterial roads which span to all parts of the metropolitan area.
The North Coast railway line operated by Queensland Rail passes through the city, and the Western line meets it in the city's south. Rail services from Brisbane pass through Townsville and continue through to Cairns. Townsville also has a regular Tilt Train service to and from Brisbane and Cairns. The Tilt Train commenced operations in mid-2003. However, due to the destruction of a train set in a high-speed derailment in 2004 near Bundaberg (The train in...
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Immaculate Conception Parish and St. Jude Mission Church
Elkton and North East, Maryland
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His Excellency, Most Reverend William E. Koenig, Bishop of Wilmington
Bishop William E. Koenig was installed as the tenth bishop of the Diocese of Wilmington on July 13, 2021 at St. Elizabeth Church in Wilmington, Delaware. He served as the Vicar for Clergy for the Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York. He was born on August 17, 1956 in Queens, New York. He was ordained to the priesthood on May 14, 1983. Learn more about Bishop Koenig.
Reverend James Yeakel, OFSF Pastor
Father Jim was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was first professed as an Oblate of St. Francis de Sales in 1968. He attended De Sales University in Center Valley, PA earning a BA in History in 1974. Father Yeakel completed his major seminary formation at De Sales School of Theology, Washington, DC, with an MA in Theology in 1978. After completing an MSW degree at Catholic University of America in 1980, he earned a Doctorate in Clinical Social Work from Virginia Commonwealth University 1997. He is licensed as a clinical social worker in both Maryland and New York. He is also a board-certified chaplain with the National Association of Catholic Chaplains.
In May of 1979, Father Yeakel was ordained a priest at the Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia, PA. As an Oblate priest Fr. Yeakel served in a variety of ministry settings. He served his Oblate community in various internal ministry positions over the years. He taught at the high school in Philadelphia and at graduate schools in the Washington, DC area. He is a member of the National Association of Catholic Chaplains, served several terms as a certification commission member and one term as the commission's chair. He was Pastoral Care Director at St. Mary's Hospital in Richmond, VA and again at St. Vincent Hospital in Harrison, NY. As a licensed therapist, he served on the staff of St. Luke Institute, Silver Spring, MD and St. Vincent Hospital, Harrison, NY. His previous parish work includes both part-time and full-time associate experience.
Reverend Gerald Dunne, OSFS Associate Pastor
Father Jerry is an Oblate of St. Francis de Sales. He had the honor of preaching at the final Mass held in the Bridge Street Church in November 1973. Since then, he was faculty at various high schools, was a director at Camp Brisson, and religious superior in Philadelphia. Fr Jerry has been associate pastor of Immaculate Conception/St. Jude parish since 2017.
Mr. Michael Truman
Deacon Mike was ordained on May 9, 2009. Roberta (Bobbie) and Mike met at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. They were married in the school's chapel on July 6, 1974. After a 30-year career, Mike retired from the Federal Bureau of Prisons in August 2008. This career took them to Wisconsin, Alabama, Florida, Missouri, Maryland, New Jersey and back to Maryland. Their adult daughter lives and works in New Jersey. Mike has a B.S. (Psychology) and M.S. (Corrections) from Xavier University and an additional M.S. (Criminology) from Florida State University. Mike's ministry is to the sick and homebound.
Mr. Ben Feril
Deacon Ben and his wife Rita became members of the parish in 2005 and both are retired U. S. Navy Officers. He was ordained into the Permanent Diaconate on August 7, 2021 he and holds a Bachelor's of Arts in Secondary Education from Central Michigan University and Master's degree in Church Ministries and Theology from St. Mary's Seminary and University in Baltimore, Maryland. Prior to his ordination, Deacon Ben, was active as a Lay Eucharistic Minister, Proclaimer, an RCIA instructor, and a member of the Parish Council. In addition to being an active adult Scout leader with the Boy Scouts of America, Deacon Ben is also a volunteer chaplain with the Christiana Care Health System in Newark, Delaware.
Mr. Roberto Ortiz
Deacon Roberto was ordained on August 7, 2021 at St. Joseph Church in Middletown, DE. He and his wife Cynthia married in May 2000 and live in Delaware with their two children Gabriel and Valerie. They have been part of our Immaculate Conception Parish / St. Jude Mission Church for over 10 years. He was born in Puerto Rico (PR) and is fully bilingual (English and Spanish). He graduated as an Industrial Engineer (B.S.I.E) from the University of PR and also has a Master of Business Administration Degree (M.B.A.) from Colorado State University. He has over 20 years' experience working in Quality Management in the Medical Device and Electronics industries and is also a veteran of the U.S. Navy.
Mrs. Dana Brehamy, Director of Music Ministry
A native of Washington, WV, Dana is pursuing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Peabody Institute of Music. She also holds degrees from the Yale School of Music and the Cleveland Institute of Music. She has performed many solo recitals in the eastern US, as well as performances with orchestra. Dana has been active in church music ministry for over ten years, serving parishes in West Virginia, Ohio, Connecticut, and Maryland. She is very excited to be joining the staff at Immaculate Conception and St. Jude, and to have the opportunity to assist the parish in the praise of God through music.
Mrs. Cheryl Nickle, Coordinator of Youth Ministry
Mrs. Nickle is a lifelong member of our parish and has been a catechist in our Religious Education Program for a number of years. She holds a Masters in Religious Studies concentrating in liturgy from La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA. She is our current liturgy committee chair. As a retired teacher from the Cecil County School System, she brings a wealth of experience to her new responsibilities as Youth Ministry Coordinator.
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When you are classifying pixels in satellite images you often encounter the dreaded artefact commonly referred to as Donut. A good example is the classification of lakes where you are not able to correctly classify the complete shoreline (resulting in non-closed circles or Open Donuts) and remaining pixels in the wrong class which make up the Hole inside the Donut. Recently a question popped up on GIS.Stackexchange on How to transform raster donuts to circles This problem can be solved with the use of mathematical morphology.
Here we are working with an example image but really any dataset that can be read into a binary numpy array will work.
You can see there are open structures, closed ones - artefacts just like you'd expect when you try to classify lakes in an image.
First we are looking to close the gaps in the outer rings. Working with a binary image any package including mathematical morphology algorithms should work. This is an example using scipy.ndimage.morphology.
All the gaps in the outer borders are now closed, but the holes of the donut are still intact. The structure used to dilate and erode the structures needs to be adapted to the size of the gaps - this might involve a bit of trial and error.
In a last step we just need to fill the remaining Donut Holes and get the desired result.


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With a small but growing percentage of homeowners owing banks sums greater than the value of their homes, what are the looming risks to the economy? The post Is a great wave going to swamp Australia's housing market? appeared first on Crikey.
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lamenting the death of Mattathias, the father of Judas Maccabaeus.
Your hero, friend and father is no more.
And with the flowig tear your cheeks bedew.
Sad emblem of his country's miseries!
Ah, whither shall we fly?
With words that weep, and tears that speak.
To vent our sorrows, gives relief.
Their ruin with desponding arms embrace.
To the sincerity of pray'r.
His pity, and regain His love.
In one defensive band unite.
If not to conquer, born to save.
The cause of Heav'n your zeal demands.
The Almighty Jehovah will strengthen your hands.
Judah, thy sceptre to obey.
Till kings he had destroy'd, and kingdoms won.
The conflict of unequal war.
That triumphs in sweet liberty restor'd.
For blessings on this exemplary zeal.
To thy own Israel liberty restore.
And with thee bring thy jocund train.
With whom eternal pleasures reign.
All Israel with thy true heroic fire!
And lovely life with pleasure steal away.
The galling load of hostile chains.
In which the long-insulted Judah lies?
And not, at least, attempt redress?"
"Resolve, my sons, on liberty, or death!"
To execute, O sire, thy dread commands.
That Thy pow'r, O Jehovah, all nations may know.
The glorious cause gives sanction to thy claim.
Nor lust of unbounded pow'r!
And conquest shall ask no more.
Dependant on the Lord, our strength and shield.
Resolv'd on conquest, or a glorious fall.
Where warlike Judas wields his righteous sword!
With their own leader's sword, the deathful wound.
Before thee fell with his unnumber'd host.
Till freedom again be restor'd.
Such sweet transporting views thy actions give.
Tune your harps to songs of praise.
Judas, first worthy in the rolls of fame.
And like a lion's whelp roaring for his prey."
And with his acts made Judah smile.
And triumphs in her hero's fame.
Hail, hail, Judea, happy land!
Salvation prospers in his hand.
Saying, "The sword of God and Gideon."
And this our wonderful salvation wrought.
The valour of gigantic might!
Directs and guides this weak machine.
O Judas, O my brethren!
In all their horrors rise.
Ev'ry memorial of the sacred place.
From joyous transport to desponding woe.
For your destruction, but for chastisement.
And draw a blessing from His iron rod.
My arms! Against this Gorgias will I go.
While rage his leader, and Jehovah mine.
And call the brave, and only brave, around.
Who listeth, follow: to the field again!
Justice with courage is a thousand men.
For laws, religion, liberty, we fall.
Enough! To Heav'n we leave the rest.
If e'er in battle Israel hopes success.
God our defender, God our friend.
Down, down with the polluted altars, down.
Or, knowing, scorn'd such idol vanities.
To Ashtoreth, yclep't the Queen of Heav'n.
Ne'er to delude us more with pious lies.
To the rude stock or sculptur'd stone.
We worship God, and God alone.
To solemnize the feasts of lights.
With carols of triumphant joy.
In spiring streams pursue the trailing smoke.
Sure presage that the Lord hath heard our pray'r.
Tortur'd at home, or havock'd in the war.
In the pure strains of Jesse's son.
Met, fought, and vanquish'd all the rageful train.
That threaten'd desolation to the land.
To crown this conquest with unmeasur'd praise.
To Israel's Lord and King.
To those who bravely fell in war.
The stabbed monster, triumph'd in a glorious death.
Of happy earth, or far more happy skies.
Peace to my countrymen; peace and liberty.
With a firm league of amity, I come.
To curb the proud, and set the injur'd free.
That grateful hearts can send from earth to Heav'n.
Praiseworthy is our hero and our friend.
Soft quiet, gentle love, and boundless joy.
But nature's songsters wake the cheerful morn.
With cherubim and seraphim harmonious join!


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Ignition Fund helps fuel 10 P.E.I. businesses
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The province has helped fuel entrepreneur Chelsey Lake's business as a digital marketing strategist, designer and developer.
Lake is one of 10 recipients who received a $25,000 grant through P.E.I.'s Ignition Fund.
The money will enable the owner of Lake Designs and Strategies to offer small businesses scheduling and ticketing services for their websites.
"Successfully securing an Ignition Fund grant has been pivotal in propelling our business forward," said Lake.
"Our booking software will enable small businesses to have an affordable, modern solution to appointment booking that will improve sales and decrease no shows. With the financial support from the Ignition Fund, we are better situated for success when we enter the market in the coming months."
The other Ignition Fund recipients are Chow Time Pet Foods Inc., Innovation for Lawyers Inc., TopFeed Industries, Common Man Seafood & Microcannery, Van Kampen's Greenhouses, Au Naturel Solutions, Scout, Camp Awesome and an animal health company for the enhanced management of livestock.
"The key to entrepreneurial success is the drive of the individual and the strength of their idea," said Minister of Economic Growth, Tourism and Culture Matthew MacKay. "As a former entrepreneur myself, I recognize the importance of government supporting small businesses because that drive and those ideas represent the future of our provincial economy."
This is the sixth year for the Ignition Fund, which supports entrepreneurs across the Island with start-up and expansion funding. To qualify, applicants must be start-up businesses and entrepreneurs who are committed to establishing and operating a new business in this province. The products or services must be innovative and have the potential to be sold outside of Prince Edward Island.
Since the Ignition Fund launched in 2014, the program has funded 58 companies.
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import org.apache.lucene.codecs.FieldsProducer;
import org.apache.lucene.codecs.PostingsConsumer;
import org.apache.lucene.codecs.PostingsFormat;
import org.apache.lucene.codecs.TermStats;
import org.apache.lucene.codecs.TermsConsumer;
import org.apache.lucene.index.DocsAndPositionsEnum;
import org.apache.lucene.index.DocsEnum;
import org.apache.lucene.index.FieldInfo;
import org.apache.lucene.index.FieldInfo.IndexOptions;
import org.apache.lucene.index.FieldInfos;
import org.apache.lucene.index.SegmentReadState;
import org.apache.lucene.index.SegmentWriteState;
import org.apache.lucene.index.TermsEnum;
import org.apache.lucene.util.Bits;
import org.apache.lucene.util.BytesRef;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.TreeSet;

public final class FDBPostingsFormat extends PostingsFormat
{
    private static final String POSTINGS_EXT = "pst";
    private static final String NUM_DOCS = "numDocs";
    private static final byte[] LITTLE_ENDIAN_LONG_ONE = { 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 };

    public FDBPostingsFormat() {
        super(FDBPostingsFormat.class.getSimpleName());
    }

    //
    // PostingsFormat
    //

    @Override
    public FieldsProducer fieldsProducer(SegmentReadState state) {
        return new FDBFieldsProducer(state);
    }

    @Override
    public FieldsConsumer fieldsConsumer(SegmentWriteState state) {
        return new FDBFieldsConsumer(state);
    }

    //
    // FieldsProducer (Reader)
    //

    private static class FDBFieldsProducer extends FieldsProducer
    {
        private final Map<String, FDBPostingsTerms> termsCache = new HashMap<String, FDBPostingsTerms>();

        private final FieldInfos fieldInfos;
        private final FDBDirectory dir;
        private final Tuple segmentTuple;

        public FDBFieldsProducer(SegmentReadState state) {
            this.fieldInfos = state.fieldInfos;
            this.dir = Util.unwrapDirectory(state.directory);
            this.segmentTuple = dir.subspace.add(state.segmentInfo.name).add(POSTINGS_EXT);
        }

        @Override
        public Iterator<String> iterator() {
            // Note: Test requires these to be sorted by name
            Set<String> set = new TreeSet<String>();
            for(FieldInfo fi : fieldInfos) {
                if(fi.isIndexed()) {
                    set.add(fi.name);
                }
            }
            return set.iterator();
        }

        @Override
        synchronized public FDBPostingsTerms terms(String field) {
            FDBPostingsTerms terms = termsCache.get(field);
            if(terms == null) {
                FieldInfo fieldInfo = fieldInfos.fieldInfo(field);
                if(fieldInfo != null) {
                    terms = new FDBPostingsTerms(fieldInfo);
                    termsCache.put(field, terms);
                }
            }
            return terms;
        }

        @Override
        public int size() {
            return -1;
        }

        @Override
        public void close() {
        }

        //
        // Helpers
        //

        private class FDBPostingsTerms extends FDBTermsBase
        {
            private final FieldInfo fieldInfo;
            private final Tuple fieldTuple;

            public FDBPostingsTerms(FieldInfo fieldInfo) {
                super(
                        fieldInfo.getIndexOptions().compareTo(IndexOptions.DOCS_AND_FREQS_AND_POSITIONS) >= 0,
                        fieldInfo.getIndexOptions().compareTo(IndexOptions.DOCS_AND_FREQS_AND_POSITIONS_AND_OFFSETS) >= 0,
                        fieldInfo.hasPayloads(),
                        -1,
                        -1,
                        -1
                );
                this.fieldInfo = fieldInfo;
                this.fieldTuple = segmentTuple.add(fieldInfo.number);
            }

            @Override
            public FDBTermsEnum iterator(TermsEnum reuse) {
                return new FDBTermsEnum(fieldTuple, fieldInfo.getIndexOptions());
            }

            @Override
            public long getSumTotalTermFreq() {
                return -1;
                //return fieldInfo.getIndexOptions() == IndexOptions.DOCS_ONLY ? -1 : sumTotalTermFreq;
            }
        }

        private class FDBTermsEnum extends TermsEnum
        {
            private final IndexOptions indexOptions;
            private final Tuple fieldTuple;
            private BytesRef foundTerm = null;
            private int docFreq = -1;

            public FDBTermsEnum(Tuple fieldTuple, IndexOptions indexOptions) {
                this.indexOptions = indexOptions;
                this.fieldTuple = fieldTuple;
            }

            @Override
            public boolean seekExact(BytesRef text, boolean useCache) {
                return seekCeil(text, useCache) == SeekStatus.FOUND;
            }

            @Override
            public SeekStatus seekCeil(BytesRef text, boolean useCache) {
                List<KeyValue> range = dir.txn.getRange(fieldTuple.add(Util.copyRange(text)).pack(), fieldTuple.range().end, 1)
                                          .asList()
                                          .get();
                if(range.isEmpty()) {
                    return SeekStatus.END;
                }

                Tuple t = Tuple.fromBytes(range.get(0).getKey());
                byte[] term = t.getBytes(fieldTuple.size()).clone();
                foundTerm = new BytesRef(term);

                // Note: Delicate, NUM_DOCS key sorts first
                docFreq = (int)Util.unpackLittleEndianLong(range.get(0).getValue());

                if(foundTerm.equals(text)) {
                    return SeekStatus.FOUND;
                } else {
                    return SeekStatus.NOT_FOUND;
                }
            }

            @Override
            public BytesRef next() {
                if(foundTerm == null) {
                    foundTerm = new BytesRef();
                } else {
                    foundTerm.append(new BytesRef(new byte[]{ 0 }));
                }
                SeekStatus status = seekCeil(foundTerm, false);
                return (status == SeekStatus.END) ? null : term();
            }

            @Override
            public BytesRef term() {
                assert foundTerm != null;
                return foundTerm;
            }

            @Override
            public long ord() {
                throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
            }

            @Override
            public void seekExact(long ord) {
                throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
            }

            @Override
            public int docFreq() {
                return docFreq;
            }

            @Override
            public long totalTermFreq() {
                return -1;
                //return indexOptions == IndexOptions.DOCS_ONLY ? -1 : totalTermFreq;
            }

            @Override
            public FDBDocsAndPositionsEnum docs(Bits liveDocs, DocsEnum reuse, int flags) {
                // TODO: Reuse?
                Tuple termTuple = fieldTuple.add(Util.copyRange(foundTerm));
                return new FDBDocsAndPositionsEnum(termTuple, liveDocs, indexOptions, docFreq);
            }

            @Override
            public FDBDocsAndPositionsEnum docsAndPositions(Bits liveDocs, DocsAndPositionsEnum reuse, int flags) {
                if(indexOptions.compareTo(IndexOptions.DOCS_AND_FREQS_AND_POSITIONS) < 0) {
                    // Positions were not indexed
                    return null;
                }
                return docs(liveDocs, reuse, flags);
            }

            @Override
            public Comparator<BytesRef> getComparator() {
                return BytesRef.getUTF8SortedAsUnicodeComparator();
            }
        }

        private class FDBDocsAndPositionsEnum extends DocsAndPositionsEnum
        {
            private final Tuple termTuple;
            private final boolean readOffsets;
            private final boolean readPositions;
            private final Bits liveDocs;
            private final int docFreq;
            private Iterator<KeyValue> termIterator;
            private int docID;
            private int termDocFreq;
            private int startOffset;
            private int endOffset;
            private BytesRef payload;

            public FDBDocsAndPositionsEnum(Tuple termTuple, Bits liveDocs, IndexOptions options, int docFreq) {
                this.termTuple = termTuple;
                this.readPositions = options.compareTo(IndexOptions.DOCS_AND_FREQS_AND_POSITIONS) >= 0;
                this.readOffsets = options.compareTo(IndexOptions.DOCS_AND_FREQS_AND_POSITIONS_AND_OFFSETS) >= 0;
                this.liveDocs = liveDocs;
                this.docFreq = docFreq;

                this.termIterator =dir.txn.getRange(termTuple.add(0).pack(), termTuple.range().end).iterator();
                this.docID = -1;
                if(!readOffsets) {
                    startOffset = endOffset = -1;
                }
            }

            @Override
            public int docID() {
                return docID;
            }

            @Override
            public int freq() {
                return termDocFreq;
            }

            @Override
            public int nextDoc() {
                if(docID == NO_MORE_DOCS) {
                    return docID;
                }

                docID = NO_MORE_DOCS;
                while(termIterator.hasNext()) {
                    KeyValue kv = termIterator.next();
                    Tuple curTuple = Tuple.fromBytes(kv.getKey());
                    if(curTuple.size() > (termTuple.size() + 1)) {
                        // This is a position
                        continue;
                    }
                    int curDocID = (int)curTuple.getLong(termTuple.size());
                    if(liveDocs == null || liveDocs.get(curDocID)) {
                        docID = curDocID;
                        Tuple valueTuple = Tuple.fromBytes(kv.getValue());
                        termDocFreq = (valueTuple.size() > 0) ? (int)valueTuple.getLong(0) : -1;
                        break;
                    }
                }
                return docID;
            }

            @Override
            public int advance(int docIDTarget) throws IOException {
                return slowAdvance(docIDTarget);
            }

            @Override
            public int nextPosition() {
                if(!readPositions) {
                    // We always have positions if offsets or payload was present. Could we return it then?
                    return -1;
                }

                // nextDoc has been called so termIterator should be pointing to the first position
                assert termIterator.hasNext();

                KeyValue kv = termIterator.next();
                Tuple keyTuple = Tuple.fromBytes(kv.getKey());
                Tuple valueTuple = Tuple.fromBytes(kv.getValue());

                int position = (int)keyTuple.getLong(keyTuple.size() - 1);

                if(readOffsets) {
                    startOffset = (int)valueTuple.getLong(0);
                    endOffset = (int)valueTuple.getLong(1);
                }

                byte[] payloadBytes = valueTuple.getBytes(2);
                if(payloadBytes != null) {
                    payload = new BytesRef(payloadBytes.clone());
                } else {
                    payload = null;
                }

                return position;
            }

            @Override
            public int startOffset() {
                return startOffset;
            }

            @Override
            public int endOffset() {
                return endOffset;
            }

            @Override
            public BytesRef getPayload() {
                return payload;
            }

            @Override
            public long cost() {
                return docFreq;
            }
        }
    }

    //
    // FieldsConsumer (Writer)
    //

    private static class FDBFieldsConsumer extends FieldsConsumer
    {
        private final FDBDirectory dir;
        private final Tuple segmentTuple;

        public FDBFieldsConsumer(SegmentWriteState state) {
            this.dir = Util.unwrapDirectory(state.directory);
            this.segmentTuple = dir.subspace.add(state.segmentInfo.name).add(POSTINGS_EXT);
        }

        @Override
        public FDBTermsConsumer addField(FieldInfo field) {
            return new FDBTermsConsumer(field);
        }

        @Override
        public void close() {
            // None
        }

        //
        // Helpers
        //

        private class FDBTermsConsumer extends TermsConsumer
        {
            private final FDBPostingsConsumer postingsConsumer;
            private final Tuple fieldTuple;

            public FDBTermsConsumer(FieldInfo field) {
                this.postingsConsumer = new FDBPostingsConsumer(field);
                this.fieldTuple = segmentTuple.add(field.number);
            }

            @Override
            public FDBPostingsConsumer startTerm(BytesRef term) {
                return postingsConsumer.startTerm(term, fieldTuple);
            }

            @Override
            public void finishTerm(BytesRef term, TermStats stats) {
            }

            @Override
            public void finish(long sumTotalTermFreq, long sumDocFreq, int docCount) {
            }

            @Override
            public Comparator<BytesRef> getComparator() {
                return BytesRef.getUTF8SortedAsUnicodeComparator();
            }
        }

        private class FDBPostingsConsumer extends PostingsConsumer
        {
            private final IndexOptions indexOptions;
            private final boolean writePositions;
            private final boolean writeOffsets;
            private Tuple termTuple = null;
            private Tuple docTuple = null;
            private boolean wroteNumDocs;

            public FDBPostingsConsumer(FieldInfo field) {
                this.indexOptions = field.getIndexOptions();
                writePositions = indexOptions.compareTo(IndexOptions.DOCS_AND_FREQS_AND_POSITIONS) >= 0;
                writeOffsets = indexOptions.compareTo(IndexOptions.DOCS_AND_FREQS_AND_POSITIONS_AND_OFFSETS) >= 0;
            }

            public FDBPostingsConsumer startTerm(BytesRef term, Tuple fieldTuple) {
                this.termTuple = fieldTuple.add(Util.copyRange(term));
                // Deferred, as term might have zero docs
                wroteNumDocs = false;
                return this;
            }

            @Override
            public void startDoc(int docID, int termDocFreq) {
                if(!wroteNumDocs) {
                    dir.txn.set(termTuple.add(NUM_DOCS).pack(), LITTLE_ENDIAN_LONG_ONE);
                    wroteNumDocs = true;
                } else {
                    dir.txn.mutate(MutationType.ADD, termTuple.add(NUM_DOCS).pack(), LITTLE_ENDIAN_LONG_ONE);
                }

                docTuple = termTuple.add(docID);

                Tuple valueTuple = new Tuple();
                if(indexOptions != IndexOptions.DOCS_ONLY) {
                    valueTuple = valueTuple.add(termDocFreq);
                }
                dir.txn.set(docTuple.pack(), valueTuple.pack());
            }

            @Override
            public void addPosition(int position, BytesRef payload, int startOffset, int endOffset) {
                // If there is anything to write, just write it all (positions and offsets are tiny)
                if(writePositions || writeOffsets || (payload != null && payload.length > 0)) {
                    Tuple valueTuple = Tuple.from(startOffset, endOffset, Util.copyRange(payload));
                    dir.txn.set(docTuple.add(position).pack(), valueTuple.pack());
                }
            }

            @Override
            public void finishDoc() {
            }
        }
    }
}

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The Knicks Hate the Triangle Offense, Are a Comical Mess
NBA /
By Athlon Sports, 12/11/14, 10:17 AM EST
Being a New York Knicks fan typically requires a great tolerance for failure, and a deep, reliable sense of humor. Sincere hope for winning basketball is only going to hurt you in this arena.
That continues to be the case in the early stages of new team president Phil Jackson. Despite his tremendous record as a coach with the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers (eleven championships), he hasn't had a touch magical enough to turn the Knicks around just yet. In fact, they may be digging even deeper into the depths of failure.
The latest Knicks folly comes in a report from ESPN's Chris Broussard. According to Broussard, Carmelo Anthony and Tim Hardaway, Jr. are at odds and have nearly come to blows on more than one occasion. One instance happened on the court, when the Knicks were losing to the Brooklyn Nets last week.
"Anthony approached Hardaway," writes Broussard, "and used an expletive to ask Hardaway who in the world he thought he was talking to. Anthony, according to sources, used another expletive in telling Hardaway he was going to beat him up when they got into the locker room after the game."
Melo has subsequently downplayed that drama, for whatever that's worth:
Melo said no rift. Said there were words with hardaway on the court but he and Tim are great. And said players only meeting Saturday
— Steve Popper (@StevePopper) December 10, 2014
Broussard also reports that the team is not fond of Jackson's storied triangle offense: "One thing Anthony and his teammates do agree on is their disdain for the triangle offense, sources said. For weeks, if not longer, the players have been ready to ditch the triangle and move on to another system. They feel like other teams know what they are going to run and where they are going to go on the court, which makes it easier to stop them."
This report comes on the heels of Jackson saying New York has a "loser's mentality" and that the team is more "worried about not losing a basketball game, rather than figuring it out, and figuring out how to win basketball games."
Nobody thought a Knicks makeover would be easy. But did we think it would get this ugly, this early into Jackson's tenure? New York never sleeps, and neither does the presence around their media teams, so all kerfuffles around the Knicks are at least a little bit overblown. But the more the Knicks lose and look pitiful doing it, the easier this sort of strife is to believe.
— John Wilmes
@johnwilmesNBA
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So, you missed JG Thirlwell live with the Manorexia Ensemble. As my wedding gift to you, I will give you a brief report of how it went.
Everyone was excited in the beginning. There was a weird mix of people, large collections of faces who didn't seem to recognize any of the other faces. It was a gathering of the tribes in the lobby.
The performance combines the different voices of the V-Accordion with the composer's own Expanded Instrument System (EIS), a system that provides musicians and composers with a challenging improvisational environment for exploration of interactions with technology. EIS will act as a "time machine" where players provide the present moment of sounding that technology will feedback in the future either in replica or with modifications. The feedback will become part of the present, thus the player is performing in the past, present, and future, simultaneously. Sounds of the past, present, and future are spatialized through a multi-channel array of speakers so that space is expanded in a similar manner with time.
How sounds were coming from the future, I have no idea! I remember Maryanne Amacher telling me more than once that "Fred Hoyle has proved that we get information from the future all the time," but I never got an explanation of what that meant. Pauline has never mentioned Fred Hoyle to me, but she is enthusiastic about the work of the Global Consciousness Project at Princeton, where they pore over the results of random-number generators to find subtle patterns. I'm sure someone there can probably demonstrate how chance operations are actually embracing information from the future.
Since statements such as "I love you"" or "Gee Whiz!" are best said in 2minutes and 42seconds, the piece was about 15x longer than it could have been. Nevertheless, the performance received a standing ovation from a large segment of the audience. Some of those standing may have been genuinely moved, while others might have felt that a standing ovation is the only appropriate reception for a solo performance by an 80-year old woman. Whatever the sentiment, it was not unanimous, so things went awry. The diverse tribes gathered together immediately disband as the standing ovation provoked some ire and disgust from the fringes of the room.
From where I was sitting, a gang of Russians who had been doing their best to politely nod off during Pauline's performance stared at each other in shock and disbelief when someone near us stood up with her applause. One stood up with a loud and silent thumbs down, and another stood with an actually audible boo. Then louder applauders stood up to drown out the booing. The whole thing reminded me of the partisan responses to a Presidential State of the Union address, or to a claquer scene from Balzac's Lost Illusions, in which things go horribly wrong for Monsieur Braulard.
Etienne and Lucien reached a handsome house in the Rue du Faubourg-du-Temple.
"Is M. Braulard in?" Etienne asked of the porter.
Lousteau gave this explanation in a low voice as they went up the stair.
"Paris is a queer place," said Lucien; it seemed to him that he saw self-interest squatting in every corner.
A smart maid-servant opened the door. At the sight of Etienne Lousteau, the dealer in orders and tickets rose from a sturdy chair before a large cylinder desk, and Lucien beheld the leader of the claque, Braulard himself, dressed in a gray molleton jacket, footed trousers, and red slippers; for all the world like a doctor or a solicitor. He was a typical self-made man, Lucien thought–a vulgar-looking face with a pair of exceedingly cunning gray eyes, hands made for hired applause, a complexion over which hard living had passed like rain over a roof, grizzled hair, and a somewhat husky voice.
Alas, avant-garde and electronic music (at least in the United States) has no Monsieur Braulards to hire. If such men exist (which they certainly must, still) they are much busier dealing with Broadway theaters and packing the audiences of American Idol, The Voice and their various spin-offs. Or they have shifted their focus from generating applause into generating hype. The pre-performance buzz generated by armies of publicists that has replaced the post-performance review. (You have seen how impossible it has been for us to generate any reviews for Sound Off! We couldn't even get a review for a New York performance by the winner of this year's Prix Ars Electronica!) Like the "comments" on newsfeed that have eclipsed Editorial Letters, the applause is all we've got left. And we give it all we got.
Susie Ibarra, Roberto Juan Rodriquez and David Baron (Electric Kulintang) took the stage for "the premiere of 12 compositions created for a mobile app soundwalk" called Digital Sanctuaries. I can't tell you much about this one, Lauren, because I joined the exodus from the theater at this surreal moment where there appeared to be two middle aged Americans banging drums and another one standing near a modular synthesizer while a Wizard Of Oz Voice From Africa boomed from speakers overhead. Some individuals, myself included, facing that spectacle asked "What am I doing here?" And, if the answer was "Waiting for JG Thirlwell" then, you jumped ship.
In the lobby, I found Lary 7 and Abby Echiverri and many other ship jumpers, and the tribe reconvened. Someone pointed out that the Wizard of Oz was Famoro Diobate, the master of the balafone, who I shall introduce here in place of an intermission.
I N T E R M I S S I O N and change of scenes and change of crowds… And in the lobby I wondered why they didn't advertise this event as two concerts? I wondered who had the idea to try to combine these audiences, who weren't mixing together too well? The lights flickered and we returned to the auditorium. The rowdy Russians behind me had set up their Xoom on a little tripod, and JG Thirlwell was treated to a rock-star applause as he approached the stage.
And then the Manorexia ensemble: Peter Wise – percussion, Dave Broome – piano, Elena Moon Park – violin, Leyna Marika Papach – violin, Karen Waltuch – viola, Isabel Castelvi – cello, JG Thirlwell – laptop. (I note their names here since they weren't listed in the program.) The ensemble approached and took their positions. The same arrangement as you will find in this video from the Netherlands last year. Mr. Wise's multi-percussionist set up was right out a classic television music studio.
The performance at Schimmel was much larger than this Dutch video. "Larger than life" in a self-satirizing way. The action and melodrama of the Venture Brothers music was there, as well as periods with very long tones–the logic of synthesizer composition translated to instruments. The percussionist revealed how the glassy sounds of science fiction worlds are generated. JG stood in the back of the stage playing samples or synths, rather than conducting from the front — a performer with the rest of the ensemble.
This performance of Dinoflagellate Blooms was completely unlike hearing the recorded version! It was truly a live event! It wasn't quite as grand as the Venture Brothers Medley at Prospect Park two years ago, since this arrangement had no brass section. (JG played the brass parts from his computer.) And the overloaded crazy string parts could only get so overloaded with only four strings. But you felt the energy, saw their bows fray before your eyes.
I'm sad you couldn't be there… I hope the members of the Manorexia Ensemble come for the July 11th screening. I wonder how the recording will feel in their ears. I'll ask them. And tell you.
Come back to Brooklyn soon!
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Q: .net MVC identity ... getting data enter by a specific user I have a class
public class Employee
{
  public int Id { get; set; }
  public string Name { get; set; }
  public string Designation { get; set; }
  public Guid UserId { get; set; }
}

I have created different users and i am able to enter data by different users. On my controller i want to show the data only entered by logged user .. .here is my controller code
// GET: Employees
[Authorize]
public ActionResult Index()
{
  MembershipUser currentUser = Membership.GetUser(User.Identity.Name, true);
  var empList = from emp in db.Employees
                where emp.UserId == (Guid)currentUser.ProviderUserKey
                select emp;
  return View(empList);
}

I am getting error in my View of @foreach line
Here is my view
@model IEnumerable<LoginTestApp.Models.Employee>
@{
    ViewBag.Title = "Index";
}

Index

    @Html.ActionLink("Create New", "Create")

            @Html.DisplayNameFor(model => model.Name)

            @Html.DisplayNameFor(model => model.Designation)

@foreach (var item in Model) {

An exception of type 'System.InvalidCastException' occurred in EntityFramework.SqlServer.dll but was not handled in user code
Additional information: Specified cast is not valid.

Any help

A: As Muecke suggests in the comments, you are currently returning an IQueriable instead of IEnumerable. So adding ToList() should solve this problem. You may also want to add a
return View(empList.ToList())

In addition, you may want to return the results sorted, by adding an order by to your query, or add it here:
return View(empList.SortBy(o=>o.Name).ToList())

Note also that it's confusing (as you can see in the comments) to have UserId be your indicator of who latest edited the record, especially on a table that contains people!
What I've found really helpful, is to base my models on an inherited class that contains everything I want to keep track of on the database level. For instance, you make a class called DataObject, that looks like this:
public int Id { get; set; }
public Guid CreatedByGuid { get; set; }
public Guid EditedByGuid { get; set; }
public DateTime CreateDateTime { get; set; }
public DateTime EditDateTime { get; set; }

Then, you can inherit these to your Employee class:
public class Employee: DataObject
{

Etc. Especially combined with Code First design, where the database is generated from your objects, this is really powerful and clean. You only have to add or change your DataObject class if you want to track anything else, and all classes and therefore tables will be updated.

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Are there any podcasts regarding dog commands? I'm interested in training my dog (along with me) in basic commands in Mandarin. Sit, stay, come, etc.
If anyone already knows them and would care to share that would be great.


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Q: Windows network drives not updating I have a main Windows 8.1 machine, BEAST, which has two two directories, D:\MAINDISK and D:\INSTALLDISK which are shared so that my other machines may read them - MAINDISK has my work and digital "home", INSTALLDISK has .iso's of installation media.
I have repurposed and refreshed a Windows 7 machine (named MYCENAE) to act as a fileserver, specifically as a backup repository - to this end I reinstalled its OS, and added 12 TB of disk.  It runs DOS scripts that use ROBOCOPY to bring across any changes to MAINDISK or INSTALLDISK.
I noticed today that the backup files are out of date.  When I sit down at MYCENAE and look at //BEAST/MAINDISK, it looks "stale", without newer files.  I spent many hours researching this, turning off offline files, etc.
I just shared //BEAST/D, the drive with MAINDISK and INSTALLDISK.  The crazy thing is if I look at //BEAST/D/MAINDISK, it's fine, and updates as it should, while //BEAST/MAINDISK does not.  They refer to the same physical place, I'm looking at them from the same machine (MYCENAE) using the same network settings, but getting different results.
Does anyone have any idea how this is possible?

A: This sounds like you have 'offline files' enabled on the Windows 7 and 8.1 computers.
The first task I'd recommend is to go to Control Panel and click 'Offline Files', disable the offline files.  You'll need to restart the computer.  Once you do that the workstations will no longer cache the files locally if the server (BEAST) is offline.
Instructions on my website: https://www.alcomcomputing.co.uk/disable-offline-files-windows-7/
A final check you may want to do is to disable caching of shares. Do this on BEAST. This should prevent clients from making the shares offline but I've found it to be a little unreliable so I always manually turn off offline files on the workstations.


I am a qualified Best Interests Assessor working within the current Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards legal framework. My job is to act as an independent practitioner to assess people who lack mental capacity in care homes under the DOLS legislation. I am independent from the care home, the persons family, the commissioners of the persons care and anyone else interested in their care. My role is to make sure that vulnerable peoples detention in a care home or hospital is appropriate and necessary. Under the proposed liberty safeguards this independence will be lost.
People in care homes and hospitals are some of the most vulnerable people in society. The vast majority of people I assess have dementia. You don't have to look to far before you realise that you know someone with dementia. People in care homes are often placed there by other people, family or professionals. In many cases they don't want to be there. They can become distressed and upset in not being allowed to leave asking to return home to a loved one or family member. They can have personal and intimate care forced upon them by care staff in their best interests. In a lot of cases the person will hit out, scream, shout, bite and scratch the carers providing the care. Physical restraint is sometimes necessary. They can be given mood altering and behaviour modifying medication to sedate them and which often has significant side effects. In some cases medication is hidden in people's food and drinks as they don't want to take it. Sometimes decision are made by other people, including the care home or hospital, to prevent family or friends from visiting the person. Whilst this may sound concerning, in a lot of cases these individual restrictions are appropriate for one reason or another to prevent harm to the person and this is where I come in.
I complete an independent assessment for each of these people ensuring that the care and restrictions in place for that person are appropriate and proportionate. Often they are, however there are cases where people may be being restrained when this is unnecessary or where someone can actually live at home with their husband or wife with commissioned support. This is where the real value of having an independent assessor lies as I can through my assessment make changes to improve peoples lives. I visit the care home. I speak to the person, their families and the care staff in the home. I read through the care records held at the home, which in some cases paint a completely different picture to information I have been given by managers and staff at the care home. All this will be lost under the prosed liberty safeguards.
Under the new proposals my role will be reduced to reading and evaluating submitted to me by the care home. I will be dependent upon the information they choose to provide me. I wont have to visit the home or see the person. The care home manager will be the one who decides whether the care plan they have created and the restrictions they impose are proportionate and appropriate. The care home manager will be the one who decides whether a persons is objecting to their care and placement and whether the person would benefit from independent advocacy. Whilst assessments will be signed off by the local authority, this will only be based on information provided. All of this significantly dilutes the safeguards in the system and people's legal rights. In essence the new Liberty Protection Safeguards allow the 'gaoler' to decide whether a person should be subjected to the 'gaoler's' restrictions and it is the 'gaoler' to determine if their restrictions are necessary. The 'gaoler' will also be the one who decides whether a person is objecting to the restrictions imposed. The 'gaoler' is the one with all the power whilst also having a vested financial incentive for the person to remain in their care home.
I appreciate that there are a lot of things for the committee to consider regarding the proposed Liberty Protection Safeguards, however for me the most important thing is maintaining that a thorough assessment is carried out by someone independent who has no interest in the persons care and arrangements to ensure that if someone is in care home they require the restrictions and deprivation imposed upon their liberty.
I accept that the current DOLS legislation is 'unwieldly' and expensive but all it would have taken was to amend the current system rather than create something that will fail the most vulnerable people in society.


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Having constantly been on the road for 4 years and enchanting crowds at Festivals as varied as Cropredy to End of the Road, Moulettes are steadily becoming regarded as one of the most exciting and original bands of the decade. Nominated for Best Group in Alternative BRIT Awards and Winners of Best Band category of Spiral Awards 2013, they now are launching their third album 'Constellations' into a musical atmosphere that rarely sees such accomplished musicianship, storytelling and song craft working so harmoniously together. By exploring new blends of rock, pop, classical and folk music they have commanded respect by renowned players and DJs around the UK, including Bob Harris and Cerys Mathews.
The 'Constellations' sessions saw Herbie Flowers (Lou Reed, David Bowie), Arthur Brown (God of Hellfire), Emma Richardson (Band of Skulls), Blaine Harrison (Mystery Jets) and The Unthanks join the band in the studio. This tour will see their dark comedy and otherworldly moods expand into bigger orchestral arrangements; so don't be surprised if some of the special guests from the sessions and others turn up on stage to promote this astronomically epic new record. 'Constellations' is out June 2nd on Navigator Records (home to Lisa Knapp, Bellowhead, Fiona Bevan, Paper Aeroplanes, Oysterband and many more).
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John McRoberts to represent Canada at 2022 RS Venture Connect World Championship, Oman
The Barcelo Resort in Mussanah, Oman will host the RS Venture Connect World Championships from November 24th -27th. It is expected that teams from 15 nations will compete in this event, the first time that the RS Venture Connect class worlds have been hosted in Asia. In addition to featuring the relatively new World Sailing 'race' specification sails on all boats competing, the RS Venture Connect also features a so-called Seated Control System or 'SCS' which is specifically designed for use by people with disabilities.
John McRoberts, Canadian Paralympic sailor will be participating in the RS Venture Connect World Championships at the end of this year. McRoberts competed at his fourth Paralympic Games and won the silver medal with his wife. He also won a bronze medal in the two-person event during the Beijing Paralympic Games in 2008 and placed fourth at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
McRoberts says, "I've had the privilege to represent Canada in 4 Paralympics and receiving three medals, it's a true honour for to wear the Maple Leaf. I've attended the last 2 RS Venture Connect Worlds and am really enjoying the boat and racing format. I have to say it's great having the boats supplied. RS does a great job supplying and preparing the boats so that the sailors just have to go racing, a dream come true. Being a class 1, the RS Venture Connect is really the only boat I can compete in. That being said I would also choose it because I love the spinnaker. Come on sailing World let's go racing!! See you there!"
Not sure if you're eligible? Here's an outline, but you can find out more in the link below.
Country-specific participation by teams in this event is unlimited.
Teams should consist of 1 male and 1 female athlete, with special dispensation for same gender teams required (in writing from the event hosts prior to being eligible for registration.
This championship will feature 2 event awards categories: 'Para' and 'Open'.
For teams wishing to compete in the 'Para' Championship category, minimal disability (MD) criteria must apply to both athletes entered, with athletes needing to:
Hold a current and valid International Classification as per the World Sailing Para Classification rules before being able to compete
At the time of completing the registration for the event, applied to Para World Sailing for a provisional classification, with a formal classification interview needing to be conducted before the first day of competition at the event.
World Sailing Classifiers will be available at the event venue days before the event start date.
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The Benefits to Secured Parties of Real Estate Transactions in Mexico is an article written by Mauricio León de la Barra of the León de la Barra, LLP for the Los Angeles Lawyer (The Magazine of the Los Angeles County Bar Association), February 2010, Volume 32, No. 11.
How to structure a real property secured transaction governed by Mexican law.
What remedies would be available in the event of default and how these remedies would be exercised.
How the structure and remedies compare with their counterparts in California.
In California, the preferred form of securing a credit transaction with real property is the deed of trust. Mortgages, while still in existence, have fallen into disuse. By contrast, in Mexico mortgages (hipotecas) and guaranty trusts (fideicomisos de garantía) are equally preferred forms of securing a credit transaction.
A mortgage in Mexico is a contract under which the mortgagor grants to the mortgagee the right to sell, upon breach of a securedobligation, certain real property owned by the mortgagor and to be paid with the proceeds of the sale.3 The hipoteca requires the same formalities as a grant of real property, which include the signing of the deed or escritura before a notary public and the recording of the deed in the local public registry.4 A proper mortgage will enjoy priority over a subsequent transfer or conveyance of the mortgaged asset. California law is similar.5 Under both legal systems, the mortgagee holds a lien on the real property (but not title or possession) that gives the mortgagee the right to sell the property to satisfy the debt upon maturity or default.
By contrast, a creditor secured by a Mexican mortgage is not required to undertake a separate proceeding to obtain a deficiency judgment. Mexican courts have ruled that the purpose of foreclosing on a mortgaged asset is to cover the indebtedness and, as a result, it would be contrary to judicial efficiency to send the creditor to a new process when the proceeds of the sale fail to cover the debt. Accordingly, when there is a deficiency, mortgagees should be able Obtaining a deficiency judgment in Mexico is thus simpler and faster than in California.to execute on other assets of the debtor as part of the same foreclosure procedure.8 Obtaining a deficiency judgment in Mexico is thus simpler and faster than in California.
The fees and costs charged by a trustee in a guaranty trust agreement, which are not applicable in a mortgage.
The convenience of a nonjudicial sale of the trust assets versus the need to pursue a judicial sale of the mortgaged assets in case of default.
The flexibility of the guaranty trust agreement for additional business or commercial purposes, such as the development of a resort project, the subsequent sale of the individual units created within a multiunit or fractional project, and the reinvestment of the sale proceeds.
The ability to include personal property, such as rents or sale proceeds, as part of the trust assets.
The power of the mortgagor to sell the mortgaged assets or further encumber the mortgaged assets by granting a junior lien on the same which, unless the parties agree otherwise, cannot be achieved if a guaranty trust is used, because the legal owner is the trustee.
The Mexican guaranty trust was created in 2000 with amendments to commercial and tax law that were enhanced, or "polished," in 2003. Mexico's Congreso endeavored to reduce transaction costs andinterest rates, increase the type of guarantees available under Mexican law, motivate lenders to enter into credit transactions to help boost the economy of Mexico, increase commercial competition among trustees, protect collateral, and lower collection risks.10 The result is an instrument more favorable than its predecessor to a beneficiary in the event of default.
From a practical standpoint, Mexican courts consider the trustee to be the legal owner of the assets because legal title to the trust assets is transferred to the trustee to secure the performance of contractual obligations. Thus, the trust assets, together with the beneficiary's right to request a sale in case of default, are not affected if the debtor is the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding, becomes insolvent, or is sued by any creditor.11 This is a powerful advantage for creditors in comparison to California law.
Other differences between a California deed of trust and a Mexican fideicomiso relate to the entity that may act as trustee and the scope of the trustee's responsibilities. Under California law, the trustee under a deed of trust is not a true trustee, is not subject to the general rules governing trusts, and has the limited function of reconveying the property to the settlor if the loan is repaid or to conduct a trustee sale in case of default.13 In Mexico, on the other hand, only entities authorized by law — mainly financial institutions — can act as trustees.14 They generally play a more active role and are highly regulated by the general law of trusts.
The trustee shall initiate the nonjudicial foreclosure upon receiving a written communication requesting that the assets be sold and the events of default of the secured obligations are specified.
The trustee shall send a copy of the written communication to the debtor, who may oppose the sale only if any outstanding amount is paid and the debtor shows that no event of default has occurred.
In the event that the debtor is not able to prove performance of its obligations, the trustee may proceed to the nonjudicial sale of the trust assets, according to the terms and conditions of the trust agreement.
The time frame in which the above-mentioned activities shall occur.
In the event that the parties to a guaranty trust failed to specify the process for a trustee sale or if the process, as set forth in the trust agreement, failed to meet the requirements of the law, the lender, upon breach of the guaranteed obligation, will have to file a lawsuit (demanda) in the state court having jurisdiction over the assets. If the lawsuit is properly filed, the court will order full payment of the amounts due and provide that, if full payment is not made, the assets or possession thereof shall be delivered to the lender until they are sold. If the debtor (or whoever is in possession of the assets) refuses to deliver possession of the assets, the court may impose a fine, evict the debtor, or order the debtor's arrest for up to 36 hours. The lawsuit will then have to be served upon the debtor, who has five days to respond. Upon receipt of the debtor's response, the parties will be granted a probatory period during which both may offer evidence to support their claims and defenses. At the end of the probatory period, the court will study the case and issue a final judgment.
Although many similarities exist between mortgages and trusts in Mexico and California, Mexican law is in many ways more beneficial to secured parties. Accordingly, borrowers who own or have access to Mexican real estate should seriously consider offering, and lenders should seriously consider accepting, property in Mexico as collateral in properly structured Mexican hipotecas and fideicomisos de garantía as security for loan transactions in California.
Mauricio Leon de la Barra of Leon de la Barra, LLP is one of the few attorneys licensed to practice law in Mexico and California, and currently concentrates his practice in business and real estate transactions involving Mexico and U.S. laws.
[iii] Código Civil Federal [C.C.F.] [Civil Code for the Federal District] art. 2893 [hereinafter C.C.F.].
[iv] C.C.F. arts. 2320, 2917.
[v] See CIV. CODE §2920.
[vi] In California, the right of redemption is codified under Civil Code §2903 and §2905.
[vii] CODE CIV. PROC. §726b.
[viii] Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación [Supreme Court] Semanario Judicial de la Federación [Judicial Weekly of the Federation] Registro No. 362267 [hereinafter Supreme Court Judicial Weekly].
[ix] See C.C.F. art. 2912.
[x] Press release issued by the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit on Apr. 23, 2003 (on file with author).
[xi] Supreme Court Judicial Weekly Registro No. 199312.
[xii] Supreme Court Judicial Weekly Registro No. 241918.
[xiii] ROGER BERNHARDT, CALIFORNIA MORTGAGE AND DEED OF TRUST PRACTICE §1:35 (3d ed. 2008).
[xiv] With guaranty trusts, entities may include credit institutions, insurance companies, brokerage firms, and credit unions.
[xv] CODE CIV. PROC. §580d.
[xvi] Ley General de Títulos y Operaciones de Crédito [General Law of Negotiable Instruments and Credit Transactions] art. 403.
[xvii] See Código de Comercio [Commerce Code] art. 1414 bis 20.


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