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GPS (Global Positioning System)
GPS stands for Global Positioning System. It refers to a system of satellites that constantly transmit a signal, and a GPS terminal that picks up those signals and calculates its position on Earth by measuring the distance between itself and two or more GPS satellites (by measuring the time it takes to receive the signals).
How to Use GPS
GPS operates using trilateration. Trilateration is the process of determining the position of an unknown point by measuring the lengths of the sides of an imaginary triangle between the unknown point and two or more known points.
In the GPS system, the two known points are provided by two GPS satellites. These satellites constantly transmit an identifying signal.
The GPS receiver measures the distance to each GPS satellite by measuring the time each signal took to travel between the GPS satellite and the GPS receiver.
The formula for this is:
Distance = Velocity * Time
Velocity of the GPS signal is the speed of light, approximately 300,000 Km/s.
GPS transmissions frequencies are 1575.42 and 1227.60 Mhz. Both of these frequencies are within the L Band.
First and foremost, a GPS-enabled device like a navigator or a smartphone with a GPS terminal inside it can tell you where exactly you are. There are vast databases of pre-recorded locations of various places on Earth. Your device has access to this database it is able to tell you how to get to any of these specific locations.
The most basic and most common use of GPS is to navigate you from where you are to where you want to go. There are all kinds of navigator devices you can use for this purpose. Some are handheld, useful if you go somewhere without a vehicle (like hiking, mountain climbing etc.). Others are designed for cars and other vehicles to guide you to your destination by telling you which turns to take.
Just about all smartphones today have GPS terminals built in, so a smartphone is the only device you might need if you want a navigation system. Mobile applications like Google Maps use GPS data to guide you to your destination.
To get a navigator or a navigation app to guide you to your destination, you have to make sure GPS is enabled and receiving signal. If it is, it will show you your correct current location. Select your destination and let the program tell you where to go.
Various navigator devices and apps have various different features. Some in-car navigators can read their navigation instructions out loud, sometimes even in different languages, so you don't have to look at the screen while driving. Those with speech recognition allow you to tell it where you want to go without typing it in. Some offer bluetooth integration with your mobile phone to display a caller ID on its screen and allow you to use its microphone and speakers to have a hands-free phone conversation.
Since GPS location information can be recorded, it is possible to track someone's movements on the map. In this case, the device simply records the location in time increments and displays these locations on a map.
Parents can have their children tracked in this way (though it is not advisable to track them without their knowledge). A parent would install a special app that sends location data to an online service where they can log in and see where their children are. Families and friends can also use GPS to ensure they don't lose each other on trips and travels to foreign places.
You can even track animals, such as your pets or livestock, by attaching a tracking device on them that will transmit their location to your base station or an online service through a mobile internet connection.
Finally, companies can use GPS tracking devices to track the movements of specific products or company vehicles. Individuals can also track their valuable luggage when traveling.
Various social services such as Facebook and Twitter support GeoLocation. You can enable it if you want to share your current location with your friends and followers. For example, when you tweet, twitter can show where you tweeted from.
GPS History
GPS was originally developed for the U.S. military, but is now provided as a public service for people all over the world by the U.S. government.
Deployment of the GPS system began on 22 February 1978 with the launch of the first Block I Navstar GPS satellite. Initial Operating Capability was declared in December 1993 with 24 operational GPS satellites in orbit. Full Operational Capability was declared in June of 1995.
GPS was developed by the U.S. military to help soldiers locate their positions. Civilian access to the GPS system was guaranteed by President Reagan as a response to the Soviet Union's shooting down of Korean Airline Flight KAL-007. President Reagan hoped that GPS technology would help to prevent such a tragedy from happening again.
GPS Architecture
The GPS system is divided into three segments:
The Space Segment
The Control Segment
The User Segment
GPS uses more than two dozen operational satellites, with additional three satellites in orbit as redundant backup.
GPS uses NAVSTAR satellites manufactured by Rockwell International. Each NAVSTAR satellite is approximately 5 meters wide (with solar panels extended) and weighs approximately 900Kg.
GPS satellites orbit the earth at an altitude of approximately 20,200Km.
Each GPS satellite has an orbital period of 11 hours and 58 minutes. This means that each GPS satellite orbits the Earth twice each day. Highly accurate atomic clocks are installed on these satellites, operating at a fundamental frequency of 10.23MHz each. With the help of these clocks, signals are generated from the satellite, to be broadcast to the Earth.
These twenty-four satellites orbit in six orbital planes, or paths. This means that four GPS satellites operate in each orbital plane.
Each of these six orbital planes is spaced sixty degrees apart. All of these orbital planes are inclined fifty-five degrees from the Equator.
The Control Segment is comprised of a master control station, 5 monitor stations and 4 ground antennas. All of these are strategically located along the Equator.
The Master Control Station (MCS) of the GPS system is operated at Schriever Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The United States Air Force maintains redundant Master Control Stations in Rockville, Maryland and Sunnyvale, California.
The Air Force also maintains monitoring stations in Colorado Springs, Hawaii, The Ascension Islands, Diego Garcia, and Kwajalein.
Key Functions of the Control Segment
The Control Segment keeps track of the orbiting position of the GPS satellites, calibrating and synchronizing their clocks.
It also predicts the path of each satellite for the following 24 hours, and uploads this information to each satellite.
Communications with the space segment are conducted through ground antennas in the Ascension Islands, Diego Garcia, and Kwajalein. The satellite signals are read here and the measurements sent to the Master Control Station in Colorado. The signals are processed there to determine any errors, and sent back to the four monitor stations with ground antennas, after which the information is uploaded back to the satellites.
GPS (Global Positioning System), 4.33 / 5 (3 votes)
Ka Band
The Ka band uplink uses frequencies between 27.5GHz and 31Ghz and the downlink uses frequencies ...
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Round Trip Time
Round Trip Time, or RTT, also known as "round-trip delay time" is the time it ...
L band
LNB (Low Noise Block)
How GPS Tracking Works
IDU (In-Door Unit)
VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal)
Geostationary Satellite
MCPC (Multiple Channel Per Carrier)
How Satellite Images Are Made
Medium Earth Orbit
SCPC (Single Channel Per Carrier)
IFL (Interfacility Link)
What is a BUC?
Rainfade
Forward Error Correction (FEC)
Low Earth Orbit
Feedhorn
Reed-Solomon
TV-GPS Technology
GPS Jammer
Mobile Satellite Service
What is Intersymbol Interference?
DVB-RCS
Spot Beam
C Band
LNB Tester
QPSK (Quadrature Phase Shift Keying)
ODU (Out-Door Unit)
Downlink
Where to See Free Satellite Images
Backward Error Correction (BEC)
Linear LNB
Symbol Rate
Fixed Satellite Service
FSK (Frequency Shift Keying)
S Band
Retrograde Orbit

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ISIL militants sponsored by Saudi petrodollars: Iran cmdr.
A high-ranking Iranian military commander says Saudi Arabia through its petrodollars has financed the rise of terrorist and Takfiri militant groups, including ISIL, in the Middle East.
"Saudi Arabia is the founder and promoter of Wahhabi terrorist-Takfiri groups such as ISIL, and has spent windfall petrodollars on bolstering these groups," Iran's Armed Forces Chief of Staff Major General Hassan Firouzabadi said on Wednesday.
He further noted that once the ISIL threat was exposed to the global community, Washington and ISIL sponsors in a sham and tactical move forged an alliance against the militant group, but in actual fact are still supplying arms and munitions to the terrorists.
"By increasing its oil production, Saudi Arabia gave assurances to the United States and the West, which represent the world supercapitalists, that they would not face any fuel shortage. Additionally, it exerted a financial burden on the anti-terrorist countries of the region fighting against ISIL through the decline in oil prices and subsequent drop in revenues," Major General Firouzabadi pointed out.
Firouzabadi said regional countries have suffered 500 billion dollars in losses while Western states which had been grappling with financial crises have been gifted 300 billion dollars as a result of the Saudi regime's actions.
The senior Iranian military commander, however, stated that world nations are now well aware of the hypocrisies of the US and Western statesmen, and such conspiracies cannot prevent the power erosion of the United States, Britain and their allies.
The US and Western nations, through resistance against representatives of capitalism, have moved to dispel the myth of the grandeur of domineering western powers, he said.
The ISIL militants, who have seized swathes of land in Iraq and neighboring Syria, have been carrying out horrific acts of violence, including public decapitations and crucifixions, against all communities such as Shias, Sunnis, Kurds and Christians, in both Arab states.
Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Gen. Hassan Firouzabadi, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Quoted, Saudi Arabia	December 17, 2014
Rouhani: Iranians abroad are national capitals
Iranian commander warns against high expectation of nuclear talks


I didn't know you went to UCF?! I have a lot of friends from there. I just graduated from UF last May.
Are you working on some projects now?
Hey Dennis, nice looking blog! In addition to my blog, I own a web development business, and I'm also putting together a web 2.0 startup. Do you know of any good ruby/ajax programmers around UCF? I have two guys working on it now, but I'd like to go another direction.
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Three leading Hong Kong democracy campaigners face trial Monday over their involvement in massive rallies calling for political reform, as room for opposition in the semi-autonomous city shrinks under an assertive China.
Rights groups have urged authorities to drop what Amnesty International called the "chilling prosecution" of nine activists — the pioneering trio, lawmakers, student leaders and pro-democracy party campaigners.
All nine face "public nuisance" charges for their participation in 2014's Umbrella Movement protests. The charges are based on colonial-era law and carry maximum jail terms of up to seven years.
Sociology professor Chan Kin-man, 59, law professor Benny Tai, 54, and baptist minister Chu Yiu-ming, 74, founded the "Occupy Central" movement in 2013.
It called for the occupation of Hong Kong's business district if the public was not given a fair vote for the city's leader, who is appointed by a pro-Beijing committee.
Chan gave a farewell talk on Wednesday night to a full house of more than 600 people at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he has been teaching for over two decades.
"Only in the darkest hours, we can see the stars," Chan added.
He told AFP ahead of the trial that he had prepared for the physical and mental challenges of possible jail time by taking up marathon running.
Reverend Chu Yiu-ming. File photo: In-Media.
Amnesty described the case as an act of retaliation aimed at silencing the democracy movement.
The trial at West Kowloon Magistrates' Court is due to begin at 9:30 am (0130 GMT) and is expected to last 20 days.


"A comparative study to evaluate efficiency of EDTA and calcium in alle" by Marina Rafiq, Muhammad Shahid et al.
Rafiq, M, Shahid, M, Shamshad, S, Khalid, S, Niazi, NK, Abbas, G, Saeed, MF, Ali, M & Murtaza, B 2017, 'A comparative study to evaluate efficiency of EDTA and calcium in alleviating arsenic toxicity to germinating and young Vicia faba L. seedlings', Journal of Soils and Sediments.
Purpose: This study delineated the effect of calcium (Ca) and ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) addition on arsenic (As) accumulation and physiological attributes of Vicia faba L.
Materials and methods: Two separate experiments were performed. In the first experiment, V. faba seedlings, grown under hydroponic conditions, were exposed to three levels of As (25, 125 and 250 μM) in the presence and absence of three levels of EDTA (25, 125, 250 μM) and calcium (CaCl2: 1, 5 and 10 mM). The effect of EDTA and Ca on As accumulation and physiological attributes of V. faba was assessed by determining As contents in roots and shoot, chlorophyll contents, H2O2 contents, and lipid peroxidation in young and old leaves. In the second experiment, V. faba seeds were grown in Ascontaminated sand culture using the same treatment plan.
Results and discussion: The accumulation and toxicity of As to V. faba plants increased with increasing As levels in nutrient solution. Arsenic exposure enhanced the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in both roots and leaves, which resulted in lipid peroxidation and decreased chlorophyll contents. The presence of both EDTA and Ca, in general, significantly decreased As accumulation by V. faba seedlings, Ca being more effective than EDTA. Both the amendments decreased As-induced reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and lipid peroxidation. In the case of chlorophyll contents, EDTA significantly decreased chlorophyll contents, while Ca significantly increased chlorophyll contents compared to As. The effect of all the treatments was more pronounced in roots than leaves and in young leaves compared to old leaves.
Conclusions: It is proposed that EDTA and Ca greatly affect As accumulation and toxicity to V. faba, and the effect varies greatly with their applied levels as well as type and age of plant organs. The germinating seedlings of V. faba may be preferred for risk assessment studies, while transplanting 1-week-old V. faba seedlings to As-contaminated soils can decrease its toxicity.


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A-Levels Program and Scholarships in Malaysia
News / By Rebecca Visvanathan
It's no joke when it comes to pre-university programs, there are plenty of choices out there and most of the time students end up confused on which one to choose. It doesn't happen often but sometimes students tend to take the wrong path and end up not meeting the entry requirement for their preferred degree program. This leaves the students devastated and the money and time invested in the program are redundant. But fret not, in this article, we will be explaining in detail about one of the most chosen pre-university programs by Malaysian students, that has given them the opportunity to enroll in top universities both abroad and locally.
What is A-Levels?
Advanced Based Qualifications or widely known as A-Levels, the most chosen pre-university program by young Malaysian students that opens up the gate of opportunities for students to progress into higher education. The program is based on the British education system and the A-Levels program in Malaysia is governed by two main examination bodies: the Cambridge Assessment International Education and Edexcel.
Although in Malaysia the two main boards for the A-Level program, there are several other assessment boards for A-Levels too such as:
Types of A-Level Assessment Bodies
Council for the Curriculum, Examination and Assessment (CCEA)
Assessment and Qualification Alliance (AQA)
Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Examination (OCR)
Welsh Joint Education Committee (WJE)
The program is 100% exam based, similar to SPM. It might be a relief that you would only need to focus on 3 main subjects instead of 9. But don't get your hopes too high up because it is also known that it's tough to score straight As for the A-Levels program. However, the good news is that you'll have full control over the subjects you chose to pursue during your A-Levels.
Signing up for A-Levels gives you a taste of what university would be as throughout the course you would be gaining in-depth knowledge of the subjects you choose to take. It will definitely be a different experience from school as you'll not be spoon-fed but being taught how to be independent and think logically which will help you present your ideas better and prepare you for your degree program in the future.
A-Levels Program Structure
The A-Level program is structured into two parts; the first part being Advanced Subsidiary (AS Level) and the second part known as A2.
Advanced Subsidiary (AS Level): Forms the first of the program and is the foundation of A-Levels. In this part, you'll learn the basics of the subjects you've chosen, more like an introduction level to get to know the subjects better.
A2: Forms the second half of the program, in which you will be covering the more complex side of the chosen subjects.
A-Levels Grading System
At the end of each level, students will need to sit for exams to test their knowledge and understanding of the subjects that they have taken. Each level will contribute 50% towards the final grade.
However, the main difference between the Cambridge A-Levels and Edexcel A-Levels is in the event that a student would want to repeat a subject in order to improve his/her marks. In the Edexcel A-Levels, you would not need to repeat the entire level but the subject only. Only the highest mark will be taken into account whereas for the Cambridge A-Levels you would need to repeat the entire level both AS and A2
A-Levels Grading Scale
A*(not applicable in AS Level grading system)
90+ average in A2 unit with 80+ average overall
Duration of A-Levels
The entire A-Level course averagely takes 18 months to complete from start to the end. The intake dates and examination dates vary according to the institution. However, the exam period is only once a year both for AS Level and A2.
January, March & July
January & June
The exam takes place in two phases: AS and A2: May/June and Oct November
Intake and exam dates vary according to the institution for more details please contact Excel Education
What Subjects Should You take for A-Levels?
There are over 50 subjects offered by the Cambridge International Advanced Level and around 40 subjects by the Edexcel. You'll be spoilt for choices and might be even confused about which subject to choose, however, not all the subjects will be offered at colleges/ universities in Malaysia. You must pick the subjects wisely to create an easier path for you to progress into your degree program.
Some of the Subjects Offered in A-Levels are:
Subject availability depends on colleges/ universities, for more information please contact Excel Education
Example of Recommended A-Levels Subject Combinations
Recommended Subject
Engineering or Actuarial Science
Core Subjects: Mathematics & Physics
Recommended subjects: Economics & Further Mathematics
Biomedical, Architecture, Business, Computing, Pharmacy, Psychology & Material Science
Core Subjects: Biology & Chemistry
Recommended subjects: Physics, Mathematics, Economics & Psychology.
Law, Education, Finance, Journalism, Management Studies & Mass Communication
Core subjects: Mathematics & Economics
Recommended subjects: Accounting, English Literature, Sociology, Business. Computer Science, Law, Psychology and Further Mathematics.
Please note that these are just examples of the combination of subjects that can be taken; subject availability depends on the college/ university; for further information please contact Excel Education
There are plenty of art and science subjects that you can choose from, but again it all depends on which type of degree you would like to pursue in the future. If you're not quite sure yet on which degree program you would like to pursue;
Tips for Choosing the A-Levels Subjects Combination
Choose subjects you'll excel in: It's no joke when it comes to a 100% exam based course. You'll be spending most of your time with your nose in books, pulling an all-nighter so why not choose a subject that you might enjoy.
Choose subjects that are relevant to your degree: Since A-Levels provides you with the freedom to pick a combination of subjects for your degree program, you must choose the right ones as some subjects might allow you to change courses if you change your mind; therefore, all your hard work would not go to waste.
Pick subjects which provide more comprehensive degree options: Being cited as one of the most flexible pre-university programs and widely accepted by universities worldwide, you would not be pressured into choosing a degree program, if you have not made up your mind yet. The rule here is to keep your options broad by taking some of the flexible subjects which are frequently required for admission in top universities
For further information, please contact Excel Education
Why take A-Levels?
Opens a gate of opportunity: Since the program is well known, it is widely accepted by many top universities around the world. It is also known to be the golden ticket for those who would like to pursue their degree in the UK and many other countries such as Australia, Singapore, and Canada
Specialized subjects : Unlike foundation programs where you would be learning new sets of subjects every semester, A-Level only focuses on the subjects that you've chosen.
Resources/Study Materials: There are plenty of resources for A-Levels students ranging from past year papers and lecture notes, which could help you prepare better for the exams.
Who should take up A-Levels?
You should take up A-Levels if:
You're comfortable with 100% exam based courses
Aiming to apply for competitive degree programs such as Medicine or Law
You have plans to study your degree in the UK
If you like being in a structured program
You shouldn't take up A-Levels if:
You prefer coursework over the examination
You don't want to learn a wide range of subjects
You do not have plans to study abroad.
You're planning to take up more hands-on degrees such as Hospitality, Culinary Arts and so on.
General Entry Requirement for A-Levels
SPM/ IGCSE
Minimum 5 Credits (including English and relevant subjects to the course)
Minimum 3Bs including English and relevant subjects to the course)
The requirements may vary among colleges/universities, for inquiries on other entry requirements, contact Excel Education.
Being similar to other pre-university courses such as Canadian Pre- University (CPU) and STPM, the entry requirement for A-Levels in Malaysia requires at least 5 credits from SPM or IGCSE students. In the event, if you like to pursue subjects like Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Further Mathematics, you would need to have a subject prerequisite which means that you would need to achieve the minimum entry grade for the subjects during your SPM/ IGCSE.
Best Universities to Study A-Levels in Malaysia
Taylor's College & University
Video Credits: Taylor Univeristy
Taylor's College & University has continuously produced more than 3000 students scoring 3As, earning the institution 144 awards for Top in the World Outstanding Cambridge Learner Award and 45 awards for the top in Malaysia, outstanding Cambridge Learner Awards.
Cambridge A-Levels
January, April & August
1.5 Years (18 months)
Indicative Tuition Fees (2021)
3 Subjects: RM 35, 690
3 Subjects: USD 12, 302
Scholarships or Bursaries for A-Levels by Taylor's University
Academic Requirement
Taylor's Merit Scholarship
SPM: Minimum 45 points
IGCSE: Minimum 40 points
UEC: Minimum 10 points
50% Tuition Fee Waiver
Full Scholarship
Taylor's Excellence Award
5As – 9A
Scholarship starting from RM4,000
Help University
Video Credit: Help University
Help University is one of the first to offer both Cambridge and Edexcel A-Levels modules. Help University is currently the holder of the highest record of 101 World Top Awards for best scores worldwide in individual subjects together with another 37 National Awards.
Cambridge A-Levels & Edexcel A-Levels
Local & International:
3 Subjects: RM28,000
Scholarships or Bursaries for A-Levels by Help University
Help A-Levels Scholarship
1A to 8As and above
Starting from RM13,000 to Full Scholarship
Distinction Award
6A/A+to 10A/A+
Partial Scholarship starting from RM5, 000 to RM13,000.
UCSI College
Video Credit: UCSI University
UCSI College continues to repeat its streak of 100% passing rate for its Cambridge A-Levels program throughout the years. Many of its students have been admitted to universities around the world such as Cambridge University, King's College London. Australia National University and also University of New South Wales.
January, May, July & September
3 Subjects: RM25, 020
Scholarships or Bursaries for A-Levels by UCSI University
UCSI University Trust Principal's Award 2021
Merit-based scholarship recognises students who demonstrate excellent academic achievements, exemplary leadership, as well as notable accomplishment in sports and extracurricular activities
Tuition Fee Waiver up to 100%
UCSI University Trust A-Level Scholarship
5A+/A/A- to 9A (minimum 8A+)
Scholarship amount starting from RM 5,000
Methodist College Kuala Lumpur (MCKL)
Video Credit: MCKL
MCKL A-Level graduates have gained admission to some of the world's top universities such as the University of Cambridge, London School of Economics, Yale University and Imperial College upon completing their A-Levels. They have also gotten the award for 14 top in the world outstanding Cambridge Learner Award in the November 2019 series.
March & August
MCKL provides a German A-Levels pathway for students who are interested in furthering their studies in Germany. There are many advantages of studying in Germany, the first being the low tuition fees and also their affordable living cost compared to the other European countries. MCKL also works with German Educare to ensure that students are proficient in the language.
Cambridge A-Levels (German Pathway)
January & August
Economics/Business
Local: RM38, 000
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Q: Setting up ActiveMQ with HTTPS REST By following https://activemq.apache.org/rest.html, I'm able to push messages via the REST API (e.g. curl -u admin:admin -d "body=message" http://localhost:8161/api/message/TEST?type=queue works, and I can see in the admin console) However, I'd like to be able to use HTTPS. I found https://activemq.apache.org/http-and-https-transports-reference.html and http://troyjsd.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/activemq-https.html but couldn't manage to make it work. Based on these two outdated/incomplete links:

*

*I added  to conf/activemq.xml

*Imported self-signed certificate into JDK keystore (per http://troyjsd.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/activemq-https.html)

*Copied xstream and httpclient jars from lib/optional to lib/ (both under ActiveMQ directory, obviously)

So,

*

*How can I set ActiveMQ so that it can be used with a HTTPS REST endpoint?

*Assuming I did step 1, how can I test it (a similar curl command example like the above)?

I use ActiveMQ 5.9.1 and Mac OS 10.9.4

A: Uncomment the following section of conf/jetty.xml.
<!--
    Enable this connector if you wish to use https with web console
-->
<!--
<bean id="SecureConnector" class="org.eclipse.jetty.server.ssl.SslSelectChannelConnector">
    <property name="port" value="8162" />
    <property name="keystore" value="file:${activemq.conf}/broker.ks" />
    <property name="password" value="password" />
</bean>
-->

Jetty powers not only the WebConsole, but all HTTP stuff in ActiveMQ.
It should work out of the box for testing, but you probably want to roll your own keystore/certificate for real use.
You could use curl as before on port 8162 with HTTPS given you supply the "insecure" flag -k.
Otherwise, you need to create a trust store in pem format and supply it - see this SO for details. Curl accept the argument --cacert <filename.pem> with your certificate or issuing CA in it.

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Keep Two Thoughts
Inferring the 'D' in 'WWDC' - Essay from Newsletter 13
News from Apple's Developer Conference
There's an iconic video of Steve Ballmer on stage at a Microsoft Developer Conference shouting "Developers, Developers, Developers".
No one expects Tim Cook to do that on stage but, as expected, developers were not the focus of yesterday's WWDC keynote. Analysts, media, investors, and consumers were higher up the list of people targeted.
As Graham Lee tweeted, "Well there's the tell. 'Developers' are third person, when talking to developers at the developers conference."
Last year Josh Shaffer had a significant portion of the keynote to show us SwiftUI and how our code will change. There was the year that Chris Lattner introduced Swift and I can still hear Bertrand Serlet's explanation of Grand Central Dispatch.
Not this year.
This year there was plenty of news for developers in the keynote but you had to dig for specific developer content that tells you how the way we code will change. That was true in the keynote and the State of the Union (SOTU).
You often have to read between the lines to understand what's being announced and what it means.
For example, early in the keynote the Siri introduction began with examples of asking Siri to play the morning news, ordering a coffee, getting directions… and on the screen for a moment during "getting directions" in between "Starbucks" as the coffee example and "Walmart" as the shopping example was "How do you get to Big Sur?"
Ahh, I texted to the group I was watching the keynote with, the name of the new macOS will be "Big Sur" as rumored. I know, that's not a big deal. It was announced an hour later. It's just an example of details being there for us to find.
More telling for me was when Josh Shaffer was introduced to demo the iPad his title was listed on screen as "Director, Swift Frameworks". That's big. That tells us that SwiftUI is going to be a very important part of our future.
As a developer, that's what I wanted to hear about. Tough. Josh was in the keynote to show off the new consumer facing features of iPad OS.
The Mac
We were more than an hour into the keynote and heard about CarPlay and HomeKit but not a peep about the Mac. It was clear that this was going to be big.
In fact, skipping ahead a bit, when Craig opened up the "About This Mac" dialog, you could see the OS listed as "macOS Big Sur, Version 11.0". Again, not a big deal. Apple would announce macOS 11 in the afternoon session, but they showed us before they showed us.
The Mac has a new look. It's very iPad-like. Erica Sadun saw the new look and tweeted "Did Apple just sherlock…macOS?"
Swift and SwiftUI are the story about this new Mac and it's look and how we will write for it. These are the technologies being embraced for the ARM transition.( I feel pretty good about my blog post "Understanding" from Friday about where we were heading.)
Sorry. Apple Silicon.
We'll see the first Macs with this new chip by the end of the year and Apple says the transition will be complete within two years. They will still sell Intel Macs for a while but the future is clear. (Both Apple and Intel stock went up after this announcement.)
For developers, the news is that iPhone and iPad apps will work on the Mac and there is a kit for testing on actual devices available this week to certain developers.
The afternoon session also had surprisingly little for developers. We were an hour in before we saw any code on the screen. It looks as if the templates have been simplified. The App Delegate and the newly introduced Scene Delegate aren't in the template. They've been abstracted away to hide much of the boilerplate code.
Josh's demo pointed out that there will be a little common code for the three platforms and you will just write conditionals for platform specific code.
I found this particularly ugly as presented. I think the common code should live in a file, ContentView.swift, for example. And the platform specific code should be in ContentView_Mac.swift or something like that. I didn't like immediately messing up this room we'd just tidied.
There looks like a ton of changes to SwiftUI. Josh describes them as additive, but it looks as if the way we write SwiftUI will change and some of the data flow looks different.
I need to figure out whether to just update my book, update my book and write another one, or just add another one.
I'm surprised that there are no sessions on Combine. It may be that Apple doesn't think there's much new to talk about.
If you look at the changes you'll see a bunch of modified files with some new methods (some new flatMaps, for example) and a handy method assign(to: publisher) that "Republishes elements received from a publisher, by assigning them to a property marked as a publisher." I'm sure I'll use that one.
But, many of us don't really grok Combine yet. Even if there's little new, it would be nice to have a session or two about how we should use the technology that goes beyond the two introductory sessions last year.
Unless Apple is saying, "no, there are community resources that explain Combine the way we want you to think about it." Perhaps Apple sees the books by the Ray Wenderlich team and by Donny Walls and Joseph Heck as sufficient.
The week ahead Once the videos start dropping later today we're going to be busy.
Thankfully, Apple published which videos will drop each day in the Developer app so we can make plans.
I plan on being excited, tired, and wired.
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Editor's note: This is third in a series of interviews columnist David Hansen is doing with Laguna Beach City Council candidates who are challenging incumbents in November.
For Allison Mathews, her political awakening started when she was 8 years old and pulled out of elementary school by the Secret Service.
It was 1971 in Rhode Island and her cousin, Daniel Ellsberg, had just released the Pentagon Papers.
Mathews and her siblings had only recently moved to Rhode Island from Switzerland because her father, James Twaddell, was a U.S. diplomat in Geneva.
Fast forward 47 years, and Mathews now uses her childhood experiences as ballast for a life of involvement and positive change. She is running for one of three open seats on the Laguna Beach City Council in November.
She knows she is considered an outsider. Mathews has only lived in Laguna for less than two years, but she's been on the city's Affordable Housing Task Force since February and is eager to do more.
It's the way she was raised.
To say that Mathews comes from a political family is an understatement.
Her father ran for the U.S. Senate in 1974.
Her uncle, William Twaddell, was the ambassador to Nigeria and career member of the Senior Foreign Service. He served many assignments and was also the special assistant to Secretary of State Cyrus Vance during the late 1970s.
Her family is "good friends" with U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) . Mathews also worked on the campaign for U.S. Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.).
When she was in high school, her family took in Max Kennedy, son of former U.S. Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy. He lived with them for 18 months.
Mathews said her upbringing was never about name-dropping but what you were going to do to help others — now.
Which is why the first thing Mathews did when she arrived in Laguna was join the League of Women Voters of Orange County and apply for city committees. On her application for the Housing Task Force, she also checked off the Environmental Sustainability Committee, Housing and Human Services Committee and the Arts Commission as options.
She's eager, affable and a quick study. She's also pinpointed some things about Laguna that she'd like to improve.
Mathews is realistic enough to know that ideas alone are not enough. Change will take time. There will be compromises.
But she will not apologize for fighting inertia and entrenchment.
"People sometimes give me a bit of the hairy eyeball, like exactly who are you?" she said. "Again, coming from New England, I get that because we don't like outsiders either. So the only thing I can do is reassure them that I'm not going anywhere.
She came to Laguna because of her husband of 26 years, accomplished sculptor Jack Mathews, who needed to be closer to the Hollywood studios. They have three children and live in the Top of the World neighborhood.
More than anything she wants to help. It's a DNA thing. Otherwise, she feels a little claustrophobic.
In the weeks ahead, Mathews will join the rest of the many candidates trying to make their positions known.
Homeless? Yes, she's worked directly with the homeless and has a clear point of view.
Zoning? Yes, she wants to rethink the details because some of the rules just don't make sense.
In many ways, with her deep, lifelong political experience, Mathews is the expert consultant that the city doesn't have to pay.
It would just have to vote her in.
This article originally misspelled the last name of William Twaddell as Twaddle.


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Inadvertently Invincible Chapter 309
When stepping into the Immortal Realm, any demon could choose to become a Demon Race or a Demon Cultivator.
Now, Lin Fan faced four Demon Emperors.
If others knew about it, it would certainly cause a great shock.
Was this still something that people do?
Anyone with a slightly normal brain would not come here voluntarily. This was something very horrible that would kill people, and it would be a miserable death.
"Come on. Today either I die, or you die."
Lin Fan's qi had reached its peak. It was as vast as a dragon, and the vault of the sky shook, giving the demons of the North Wasteland a great impact.
He waved towards the four Demon Emperors, with a very indebted look, more as if he was humiliating the four Demon Emperors.
The Dragon Emperor roared. His dragon claw grasped and destroyed the void. The power was terrifying; in an instant strike appeared in front of Lin Fan. However, Lin Fan remained motionless.
Just as the dragon claw appeared in front of him, he did not cast his mystic art, but a fist fiercely blasted away.
The fist of the human race collided with the claw of the Dragon Emperor.
The heaven-destroying shock wave spread out, forming a radiant light that enveloped the world.
Surrounding mountains, trees, and ground were impacted, instantly turned into ashes, annihilated.
The Heavenly Roc Dragon Eagle wings shook, sharp enough to tear the Heavenly Dragon's claws, grabbed toward Lin Fan. The speed was breakneck, passing in the blink of an eye, like a rainbow light a flash.
The Snowfield Lion King roared, casting the High-Grade Mystic Art of the ice system to penetrate the world. The icy mystic art formed a killing move, covering the sky, making it freeze.
In an instant, The Four Demon Emperor joined hands, creating an irresistible power. No one could stop it, not even Lin Fan. However, what Lin Fan had today was a breath of resentment in his heart.
The dozen or so mystic arts he carried completely exploded, and each of them had been cultivated by him to the highest level.
This was the mystic art to comprehend the power of the world.
"Well, impressive. I didn't expect he can cultivate mystic arts to this level. No wonder he dared to come to the Northern Wasteland to be reckless. However, just these are not enough." The Dragon Emperor roared.
The astounding powerful human being must be killed. Moreover, when he could cultivate so many mystic arts to such a degree.
It was too terrifying.
Lin Fan cast his talent, appeared in front of the Dragon Emperor in the blink of an eye. His fist fell, fiercely smashed on the back of the Dragon Emperor.
A sound that shocked the world resounded.
Dragon Emperor body scaled armour was hard and incomparable, as if it was a dao artefact. His demon's body was strong and belonged to the strongest physical body, far from being comparable to the Demon Race.
Even the Heavenly Dragon Clan needed to cultivate the Ancestral Dragon's Body to strengthen the flesh body.
But for the demons, it was not needed.
At once, the dragon tail fiercely attacked and viciously smacked Lin Fan, directly sending him flying into the distance.
The Dragon Emperor was in pain, and so was Lin Fan.
However, he had cultivated his Ancestral Dragon's Body to the highest level. His flesh was as hard as a dao artefact, and the qi in his body shook slightly but soon calmed down.
However, he could not stop now.
The other three Demon Emperors' attacks fell like a fierce storm. They grew up in battles, experienced in battles. With a wide range of techniques and with a little carelessness, they could all fall.
"HERE COMES A GOOD ONE."
Lin Fan let out a low roar and cast Yellow Spring Hell. The aura turned much darker, it was the aura of hell, and all the visions were manifested.
The Yellow Spring Hell was a High-Grade mystic art that was underrated.
Being able to communicate with hell and manifest hell, it was reasonable to say that he would become a hell controller if he cultivated further.
In other words, he would be the God of the Earth. However, even if his current qi reached 150,000, he would not reach this step.
Swoosh!
The Hell Origin condensed into a God Spear, the Bridge of Forgetfulness, and the ten Hell Halls all trembled and condensed into a supreme killing move that swept away.
The vault of the sky shook, forming a storm that was strong enough to destroy everything.
If ordinary people were caught in this storm, they would be absolutely torn to pieces and would have no ability to resist.
For the four Demon Emperors, they also did not expect this human cultivator to be so difficult to produce.
It's out of their expectation.
The Nine-Headed Demon Ape roared hideously; he hammered his chest with both hands. This battle made him very unhappy. The human cultivator actually competed with him in a physical body.
Damn it, this simply a disrespect for him.
And for the Snowfield Lion King, this human cultivator's comprehension of the mystic art was extremely high.
Just at that moment, Lin Fan cast the Golden Gourd.
At once, ten thousand feet of golden light covered the world.
"Immortal treasure, this is an immortal treasure."
When the four Demon Emperors saw this object, their eyes were fiery, as if they saw some significant treasure.
They all wanted to get it.
"GO DIE."
Lin Fan swung the Golden Gourd and smashed it towards the opponent.
The Nine-Headed Demon Ape roared in anger. A pitch-black iron rod appeared in his palm, uncommonly powerful and boiling with fierce might, ruthlessly colliding with the Golden Gourd.
When the two treasures collided, a ripple spread out, as if space and time were forbidden. Then, it spread out quickly, sweeping in all directions.
The Nine-Headed Demon Ape's body burst back, his thick arms trembled, and his iron rod emitted a buzzing sound. He had fallen behind in the spar just now.
"Golden Dragon River Transformation."
Lin Fan urged the Golden Gourd, and the golden river roared out, ruthlessly pressing towards the four Demon Emperors.
For the four Demon Emperors, those who possessed immortal treasures were indeed difficult to match because the power that burst out was the power of an immortal treasure.
Although Lin Fan did not completely refine the immortal treasure, for now, the power was extremely terrifying enough.
"Damn. Do you think you can do whatever you want just because you have an immortal treasure?" The Dragon Emperor was quite unconvinced and let out a long whistle.
The dragon's roar shook the world as he gulped the demon qi. Suddenly, a Dragon Ball appeared in the sky.
The moment it appeared, tens of thousands of miles of demon qi enveloped and wrapped around the Dragon Ball.
Dragon Ball was the origin of the Dragon Emperor.
It belonged to a double-edged sword.
It was related to the Dragon Emperor's foundation but also had terrifying power. Although very inferior to immortal treasures, after thousands of years of the Dragon Emperor's nurturing, even the Top-Grade Dao weapons couldn't be compared to it.
At this moment, the Dragon Ball descended from the sky and crushed fiercely, colliding with the Golden Gourd.
A booming sound resounded through the world, and the whole world seemed to be on the verge of cracking.
The Dragon Emperor's mouth overflowed with blood, and his expression became even crazier.
Initially, Lin Fan had underestimated the four Demon Emperors, but now, he did not underestimate them at all.
They were indeed powerful. Their qi was strong upon looking at their data, and they had cultivated countless mystic art. The possibility of trying to kill the Demon Emperor was very low.
It was not easy.
A few days later, the battle still continued.
The four Demon Emperors and Lin Fan were all slightly in a mess.
Lin Fan's fist fell and ruthlessly blasted on the Snowfield Lion King, fiercely blasting a blood hole. The blood gurgling out, and right at that moment, the Heavenly Roc Dragon Eagle directly attacked, and a cold aura flashed.
There was a puff.
Lin Fan's arm was directly cut off.
"Humph, human cultivator, do you think you are invincible because you have immortal treasures? You're underestimating us too much."
The Heavenly Roc Dragon Eagle's sharp claws flickered with coldness as if they were covered with some sort of substance.
It was a mysterious substance he had obtained from within some ancient cave, capable of cutting through everything. It was a treasure left behind by a certain immortal.
Lin Fan frowned slightly, it was indeed painful, and there was blood on the broken arm.
"Good, Brother Heavenly Roc Dragon Eagle, you did a good job."
The Dragon Emperor was overjoyed. He didn't expect the Heavenly Roc Dragon Eagle to have such a killing move. However, he was also amazed; he really didn't know that the Heavenly Roc Dragon Eagle was concealing such a tactic.
If it was not because of a battle with this human cultivator, he would not have known.
At this time, The Dragon Emperor looked at Lin Fan, who was standing there in the distance with his arm bleeding continuously, and laughed, "How is it? With your current condition, what more do you want?"
Lin Fan looked at the broken arm and was quite helpless, "What can I do? It's just easy to get bitten when you fight with beasts. But it's okay; it's not a big deal."
The words just fell, and Lin Fan cast his talent.
The place where the arm was broken, flesh and blood moved and grew many shoots. Soon, a new arm grew again.
"How is that possible?"
The four Demon Emperors were shocked to see this scene. To them, this was obviously impossible; it was too unbelievable.
They couldn't figure out why the opponent's arm could regrow.
Broken Limb Rebirth was an Entering Immortal Level innate talent. Lin Fan got it from a weak demon. After all, one can not underestimate one's talent. It might look weak, but who knows when it's cultivated right, it could be a powerful talent.
"As a powerful demon, does this situation shock you guys so much?"
"It's just a severed limb being reborn; it's not that hard."
Lin Fan was bashful.
Trying to kill these four powerful demons in front of him was a bit difficult. One against four, it could only be at an even split. If not for his talent, he might not be able to fight to this extent now.
Several talents have supported him to be able to fight with four Demon Emperors until now.
Fast Recovery, Broken Limb Rebirth, Sharpness, etc.
The Dragon Emperor and the remaining three Demon Emperors looked at each other.
They were all communicating.
After fighting until now, they had been unable to take down this human cultivator. Their hearts were a little impatient, and if they continued like this, they didn't know how long the fight would go on.
Lin Fan took a deep breath, "Come on. The battle has only just begun."
The words just fell, and he disappeared.
In a flash, the vault of the sky blossomed with golden light, and a vast Buddha's voice resounded through the world, followed by a golden palm descending from the sky.
It covered a hundred miles in circumference.
"What a nasty golden light."
The four Demon Emperors were disgusted by this kind of light.
The Nine-Headed Demon Ape hissed angrily, tilted its head, and roared. It bent its legs slightly, and with a bang, the ground crumbled, and a huge figure rose in the air and swung its iron rod to blast at the Buddha's hand.
An astonishing booming sound resounded.
The Nine-Headed Demon Ape was a top power among demons, with terrifying strength and terrifying force. In terms of cultivation techniques, it could prove the way by force.
Lin Fan held the Golden Gourd, filled it with qi, and ruthlessly slapped it in the air. It clicked, and the void that could not withstand the power directly shattered, a golden light ruthlessly burst out from the Golden Gourd.
Instantly, the golden light covered the world.
After a while, the golden light dissipated.
The Nine-Headed Demon Ape was blown into the ground. Out of its nine heads, only eight remained. One of the heads was half broken, which was hideous.
Intense pain swept through its whole body, and the Nine-Headed Demon Ape hideously rose, roaring with rage. It had fought for a long time, and its angry eyes looked directly at Lin Fan, who was standing in the void, covered with golden light.


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Paralympic swimmer disqualified over Olympic rings tattoo
MADEIRA, Portugal (AP) — Paralympic swimming champion Josef Craig was disqualified from a race at the IPC European Championships for failing to cover up a tattoo of the Olympic rings.
The English teenager made it through the first heat of a 100-meter race in Madeira but was prevented from competing in Sunday's final because a tattoo on the left side of his chest breached regulations related to advertising.
The IPC said "neither the athlete nor the team protested the decision," adding that Craig competed again on Monday with the tattoo covered up.
The 19-year-old Craig, who has cerebral palsy, won two gold medals at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London, where he set two new world records at the age of 15.


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Willem Alexander Arnold Peter Minne Endstra (Amsterdam, 12 januari 1953 – aldaar, 17 mei 2004) was een Nederlands vastgoedhandelaar die werd verdacht van witwaspraktijken en in 2004 werd vermoord. In oktober 2011 werd in het buitenland een verdachte aangehouden. Het Openbaar Ministerie heeft om uitlevering gevraagd van de 47-jarige Rus, die echter in maart 2012 overleed na een hersenbloeding. Ook een 31-jarige man uit Alkmaar is opgepakt op verdenking van betrokkenheid bij de liquidatie.

Endstra hield immer een low profile en er is dan ook niet veel over hem bekend. Zijn bijnaam was "Stille Willem".

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Willem Endstra werd in 1953 geboren en was de op een na oudste van de vier kinderen van Arnold Willem Endstra en Margot Kleine, een Duitse. Zijn grootvader Minne Endstra (1901-1971) was aanvankelijk handelaar in glas- en verfartikelen, en werd tijdens de bezetting rijk met de levering van camouflageverf voor bunkers en vliegvelden aan het Duitse leger. Het zo vergaarde vermogen belegde hij in onroerend goed, dat hij meestal verwierf op veilingen. Daar werden woonhuizen van joodse Nederlanders door de banken aangeboden omdat de gedeporteerde bewoners de hypotheek niet hadden voldaan. Na de oorlog verhuurde hij ketelwagens en werd uiteindelijk groothandelaar in rollend materieel, dat hij vooral verhandelde met het Oostblok.

Willem Endstra begon op zijn zestiende in het familiebedrijf en bouwde dit uit tot een vastgoedbedrijf. In de avonduren volgde hij een studie rechten aan de Vrije Universiteit. Op 13 mei 1987 richtte hij het vastgoedbedrijf Convoy Vastgoed BV op, dat op 3 juni 1987 werd ingeschreven in het handelsregister met een maatschappelijk kapitaal van 200.000 gulden (90.756,04 euro), geplaatst kapitaal van 40.000 gulden (18.151,21 euro) en gestort kapitaal van eveneens 40.000 gulden.

Endstra werd in 1992 verdacht van het via onroerendgoedtransacties witwassen van geld dat een bende rond crimineel Ton van Dalen had verdiend door grootschalige handel in XTC. In 1995 was hij opnieuw in beeld; dit keer in verband met omvangrijke hasjtransacties. In datzelfde jaar betaalde hij volgens enkele kranten ruim 1 miljoen gulden (ca. 450 duizend euro) aan justitie om strafvervolging te voorkomen.

Intussen bouwde Endstra rustig verder aan zijn onroerendgoedimperium. In 2001 was hij samen met de Rotterdamse havenbaron Hans van der Lande betrokken bij de aankoop van het voormalige Brits militair vliegveld RAF Laarbruch, vlak over de Nederlandse grens tussen Nijmegen en Venlo, nu bekend als Airport Weeze of ook als Düsseldorf Niederrhein. In een later stadium werd daar een zakenman uit Ubbergen en Erik de Vlieger bij betrokken. Eind 2001 moest Endstra uit het project stappen, nadat de Duitse overheden erachter kwamen dat de Nederlandse justitie hem op de korrel had. Later zou blijken dat Endstra daarna toch zes miljoen euro in het vliegveld had gestoken, dat inmiddels Flughafen Niederrhein was gedoopt.

Endstra kende De Vlieger al van eerdere samenwerking, samen met vastgoedhandelaar Klaas Hummel. Het drietal kocht in 1999 het World Fashion Center in Amsterdam. In 2001 verbrak De Vlieger de samenwerking. Endstra was in 2000 ook medeaandeelhouder van Dutch Contracting Group, een Amsterdams havenbedrijf en Figee, een Haarlemse kranenbouwer van De Vlieger, hoewel deze de banden met Endstra steeds heeft ontkend. Endstra zou De Vlieger ook in contact hebben gebracht met Heineken-ontvoerder Willem Holleeder, nadat De Vlieger ruzie had gekregen met Israëlische vastgoedhandelaren.

In 2002 raakte Endstra bij het grote publiek bekend toen de crimineel John Mieremet in De Telegraaf verklaarde dat Endstra de 'bankier' van de onderwereld was. Willem Holleeder zou zijn gewapende arm zijn. Mieremet had op dat moment met beiden een geschil. Endstra ontkende, maar had de schijn tegen toen in het decembernummer van het tijdschrift Quote een foto verscheen waarop hij met Holleeder te zien was, gezeten op een bankje bij zijn kantoor. Endstra vreesde dat hij van de foto kon worden herkend en vroeg de rechter om een verbod op het verschijnen van het Quote-nummer. Dit werd afgewezen.

In dat jaar werd zijn vermogen geschat op 350 miljoen euro. In de top-500 van Quote stond hij toen op de 36ste plaats. Een jaar later werd zijn vermogen geschat op 200 miljoen en was hij gezakt naar een 93ste plaats.

Nadat op 24 januari 2003 Heineken-ontvoerder Cor van Hout werd geliquideerd, noemden informanten tegenover de Amsterdamse politie Endstra als volgend slachtoffer.

Liquidatie
Op 14 mei 2004 maakte de rechtbank van Amsterdam bekend dat Endstra niet zou worden vervolgd wegens witwaspraktijken. Hiervoor waren in zijn boekhouding geen aanwijzingen gevonden. Wel liep er tegen hem nog een zaak wegens valsheid in geschrifte.

Op 15 mei was Endstra te gast in het programma Business Class van collega-vastgoedhandelaar Harry Mens. Tot dan toe had hij vrijwel alle verzoeken om een interview afgewezen. Hij verklaarde dat er nu veertien jaar achter hem werd aangelopen en dat er nooit iets was gevonden. Volgens Endstra moest justitie nu concluderen dat er met hem niets mis was. Willem Holleeder kende hij helemaal niet. Dat ze samen op een bankje hadden gezeten was toevallig. Verder maakte Endstra gewag van illegale praktijken van de politie. Gewapende politiemensen zouden zonder toestemming huiszoekingen in zijn woning hebben verricht. De televisieopnames werden op 16 mei uitgezonden.

De volgende dag werd Endstra om kwart over twaalf vlak bij zijn kantoor aan de Apollolaan in Amsterdam Oud-Zuid neergeschoten toen hij in zijn BMW wilde stappen. David Denneboom, zoon van een collega-vastgoedhandelaar, raakte gewond. Beiden werden met spoed naar een ziekenhuis overgebracht, waar Endstra korte tijd later overleed. Hij is 51 jaar oud geworden en liet vijf kinderen achter bij drie verschillende vrouwen. De vermoedelijke dader van de aanslag, Namik Abbasov, overleed in 2012 in het huis van bewaring.

Nasleep en nalatenschap
Later werd bekend dat Endstra samen met twee Hells Angels de liquidatie van Holleeder zou hebben beraamd in het restaurant van vliegveld Niederrhein. Ook Angels-president Willem van Boxtel zou daarbij betrokken zijn geweest. Endstra is mogelijk vermoord doordat deze informatie uitlekte. Van Boxtel werd afgezet als Angels-leider en moest de club in bad standing verlaten.

Ook werd bekend dat Endstra naar alle waarschijnlijkheid vanaf 2002 door Holleeder werd afgeperst. Het zou gaan om tientallen miljoenen euro's. Toen Endstra niet wilde betalen zou hij door Holleeder in het Amsterdamse Bos zijn afgetuigd. Endstra zou hierover met rechercheurs hebben gesproken. Omdat hij geen aangifte wilde doen, zou Holleeder niet zijn aangehouden.

Willem Holleeder werd (met dertien medeverdachten) aangehouden in de nacht van 29 op 30 januari 2006. Hij wordt door het Openbaar Ministerie verdacht van afpersing en mishandeling van vastgoedhandelaren. De dagboeken van Willem Endstra waarin deze de afpersingen en mishandelingen had opgetekend, waren belangrijk bewijsmateriaal. Holleeder werd tot levenslang veroordeeld, welke straf het gerechtshof Amsterdam op 24 juni 2022 in hoger beroep bevestigde.

De rechtbank te Amsterdam benoemde op 30 maart 2014 mr. A. van Hees, advocaat te Amsterdam tot vereffenaar in de nalatenschap. Op 8 juni 2015 berichtte De Telegraaf dat de Staat hiervan de helft, 40 miljoen, uit de nalatenschap toeviel. Een jaar eerder was de nalatenschap door Vrij Nederland-journalist Harry Lensink nog veel lager ingeschat.

Contacten met CIE
Op 21 maart 2006 meldde het Amsterdamse dagblad Het Parool dat Endstra uitgebreid zou hebben gesproken met de Criminele Inlichtingen Eenheid van de recherche van Amsterdam-Amstelland. De krant had de hand gelegd op een 254 pagina's tellend dossier van uitgewerkte bandopnamen, de zogenaamde Endstra-tapes. Endstra zou  van 20 maart 2003 tot en met 28 januari 2004 in 15 gesprekken onder meer hebben verklaard dat Holleeder verantwoordelijk was voor 25 liquidaties, onder andere die op diens zwager Cor van Hout en op Sam Klepper, Jan Femer, George Plieger, Magdi Barsoum, Jules Jie en Gijs van Dam jr. Hij zou Endstra vaak van tevoren hebben verteld dat er weer een liquidatie ging plaatsvinden. Endstra zou zo in 2002 geprobeerd hebben John Mieremet voor een ophanden zijnde liquidatie te waarschuwen.

Hij zou voorts door Holleeder voor vele tientallen miljoenen zijn afgeperst. De rechercheurs hadden hem herhaaldelijk gevraagd aangifte te doen, maar dat had Endstra steeds geweigerd, bang dat Holleeder voor een kleinigheidje zou worden vastgezet en na zijn vrijlating wraak zou nemen. Endstra maakte notities over zijn gesprekken met de rechercheurs bij de CIE. Die verdwenen in november 2003 bij een inbraak uit zijn woning in IJmuiden. Op 28 januari 2004 verbrak hij het contact met de CIE.

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T2 and DPT Create Combined Enterprise
Monday, January 6, 2014 9:44 AM - Indianapolis, Indiana, US
T2 Systems and Digital Payment Technologies (DPT) today announced the execution of a definitive agreement for T2's acquisition of DPT. The combination of the companies is expected to close in the first quarter of 2014 subject to DPT shareholder and Canadian regulatory approval.
This agreement brings together two leaders in the parking industry who have worked closely together for many years. T2 and DPT will each continue to fully support and deliver their respective products, services and solutions to their customers, resellers and partners. In addition, the companies will now be able to offer enhanced parking enterprise data analytics for municipalities, universities, hospitals, owners and operators, as well as a broader set of consumer solutions.
"The commitment to supporting customers' needs is fundamental for both T2 and DPT, and that will only be strengthened as a result of this transaction. T2 and DPT will continue to work with all of our partners to ensure that our customers have the solutions they need to achieve their business objectives," commented David Sparks, President & CEO of T2 Systems.
"This combination of two respected companies in the parking industry will create new and exciting opportunities for our clients, partners and employees. DPT is proud to be part of the T2 team and looks forward to an exciting future," said John Fraissinet, CEO of DPT.
Upon closing, T2 and DPT operating leadership will remain in place. David Sparks, T2's President & CEO, will also fill the role of CEO of DPT.
About T2
Started in 1994, T2 Systems is a technology-focused parking system provider with deep roots in the evolving parking industry. This commitment is evident in T2's quality products and services, thought leadership and strong customer relationships. With its proven, unified solutions, T2 Systems is trusted by close to 400 organizations in the US and Canada including universities, cities, towns, hospitals and parking operators. T2 Systems is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana and has virtual offices throughout the United States and Canada. For additional information about T2 Systems, Inc. products and services, visit www.T2systems.com.
About DPT
Digital Payment Technologies (DPT) is a leading provider of "smart" multi-space pay stations and cloud-based enterprise software for the parking industry. DPT products provide complete financial tracking, control, and reporting on parking revenue collected by cities, municipalities, universities, private operators, and national parks, from customer payment through to bank deposit.
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Police news as reflected in the police logs for Thursday, April 28, 2011.
MILFORD - A Bellingham man was arrested at 32 Meade St. at 10;23 p.m. Tuesday, police said.
Gleidson Soares, 26, of 40 Nason St., was charged with domestic assault and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, police said.
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CPU_THRESHOLD_UP = 0.1
CPU_THRESHOLD_DOWN = 0.001
MEM_THRESHOLD_UP = 15700000.0
MEM_THRESHOLD_DOWN = 2097152.0
HOST = 'localhost'
PORT = 8086
USER = 'root'
PASS = 'root'
DATABASE = 'cadvisor'
SELECT_CPU = 'derivative(cpu_cumulative_usage)'
SELECT_MEMORY = 'median(memory_usage)'
SERIES = '"stats"'
APP_NAME = 'demo-server'
NAME = ''
WHERE_BEGIN = 'container_name =~ /.*'
WHERE_END = '.*/ and time>now()-5m'
GROUP_BY = "time(10s), container_name"
CONDITION = " limit 1 "
JSON_APP_DEFINE = './demo_web_server.json'
APP_ID = 'demo-server'
MARATHON_URI = 'localhost:8080'
HEADER = {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
# scale
SCALE_LINK = '/v2/apps/' + APP_ID + '?force=true'
TIME_DELAY_LONG = 15
TIME_DELAY_SORT = 5

ROOT_PASSWORD = '444455555'

SCHEMA = '''
# PolicyDB
# apps.enabled: 0-not scaled, 1-scaled
# apps.locked: 0-unlocked, 1-locked
# apps.next_time: time in the future the app'll be checked for scaling
#   next_time = last success caused by policyX + policyX.cooldown_period
# policies.metric_type: 0-CPU, 1-memory
# policies.cooldown_period: in second
# policies.measurement_period: in second
# deleted: 0-active, 1-deleted
DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS policydb;
CREATE DATABASE policydb;
USE policydb;
CREATE TABLE apps(\
    Id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, \
    app_uuid VARCHAR(255), \
    name VARCHAR(255), \
    min_instances SMALLINT UNSIGNED, \
    max_instances SMALLINT UNSIGNED, \
    enabled TINYINT UNSIGNED, \
    locked TINYINT UNSIGNED, \
    next_time INT \
);
CREATE TABLE policies(\
    Id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, \
    app_uuid VARCHAR(255), \
    policy_uuid VARCHAR(255), \
    metric_type TINYINT UNSIGNED, \
    upper_threshold FLOAT, \
    lower_threshold FLOAT, \
    instances_out SMALLINT UNSIGNED, \
    instances_in SMALLINT UNSIGNED, \
    cooldown_period SMALLINT UNSIGNED, \
    measurement_period SMALLINT UNSIGNED, \
    deleted TINYINT UNSIGNED \

);
# tuna
CREATE TABLE crons(\
    Id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, \
    app_uuid VARCHAR(255), \
    cron_uuid VARCHAR(255), \
    min_instances SMALLINT UNSIGNED, \
    max_instances SMALLINT UNSIGNED, \
    cron_string VARCHAR(255), \
    deleted TINYINT UNSIGNED \
);
# end tuna
-----

# Test data

# Stresser
INSERT INTO apps(app_uuid, name, min_instances, max_instances, enabled, locked, next_time) \
VALUES ("f5bfcbad-7daa-4317-97cc-e42ae46b6ad1", "java-allocateMemory", 1, 5, 1, 0, 0);
INSERT INTO policies(app_uuid, policy_uuid, metric_type, upper_threshold, lower_threshold, instances_out, instances_in, cooldown_period, measurement_period, deleted) \
VALUES ("f5bfcbad-7daa-4317-97cc-e42ae46b6ad1", "b3da4493-58f1-4d65-bf43-e52e7de62151", 1, 0.7, 0.3, 1, 1, 30, 10, 0);
# INSERT INTO policies(app_uuid, policy_uuid, metric_type, upper_threshold, lower_threshold, instances_out, instances_in, cooldown_period, measurement_period, deleted) \
# VALUES ("f5bfcbad-7daa-4317-97cc-e42ae46b6ad1", "b3da4493-58f1-4d65-bf43-e52e7dpolicy", 1, 0.7, 0.3, 1, 1, 30, 10, 0);
INSERT INTO crons(app_uuid, cron_uuid, min_instances, max_instances, cron_string, deleted) \
VALUES ("f5bfcbad-7daa-4317-97cc-e42ae46b6ad1", "b3da4493-58f1-4d65-bf43-e52eacascron", 1, 10, "* * * * * *", false);
'''


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Q: Twitter API v2 filtered stream in Tweepy I am attempting to make a filtered stream on Twitter API v2, using tweepy library.
Here is my code:
client = tweepy.StreamingClient(
bearer_token = "Bearer_Token"
)

client.add_rules(tweepy.StreamRule("tweets_count:1000"))

response = client.filter(
expansions="author_id",
user_fields="id"
)

The problem is that I am not able to set a limit for the tweets I want to receive. If I manually stop the stream (keyboard interrupt), the response will be empty.
I want to be able to set a limit for the tweets or at least properly stop it (running in colab notebook), also I am not knowing where to find the received tweets along with their fields. I've searched alot but did not find an answer. Thanks for any help.

A: I think one of the problems you're having is that you've misunderstood the purpose of the "tweets_count" parameter.
My reading of the API docs suggests that its purpose is to return tweets from users who have a number of tweets on file greater than the tweet_count you specify.
It isn't intended to stop the stream once a maximum number of tweets have been returned.
Streamers are normally done by creating a subclass of StreamingClient and overriding one of the methods.
It's up to you how you process the tweets as they arrive, and in your case "response" is a data stream, not, say, a list or tuple.
Here's some skeleton code that I used as a basis for a streamer:
import tweepy

bearer_token = "some token"

class MyClient(tweepy.StreamingClient):

    def on_tweet(self, tweet):
        print(tweet)
        # or call some other processing

    def on_connect(self):
        print("connected to stream")

client = MyClient(
bearer_token=bearer_token,
)

client.add_rules(tweepy.StreamRule("tweets_count:1000"))

client.filter(expansions="author_id", user_fields="id")


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Route at a Glance
The Two Giants:
Giant one – Skye
Skye also known as the Isle of Skye is the largest and most northerly large island in the Inner Hebrides. The island's peninsulas radiate from a mountainous centre dominated by the Cuillins the rocky slopes of which provide some of the most dramatic mountain scenery in the country. It is joined to the mainland by the Skye Bridge. The route makes a circular venture of the Island including Portree which is an ideal stop for a cuppa and a breather.
Giant Two – Applecross
The name Applecross is at least 1300 years old and is now used locally to refer to the 19th century village. Extremely isolated, Applecross was only accessible by boat until the early 20th century, and for many years after that the only road access was over one of Scotland's most notoriously treacherous roads, the Bealach na Ba ('Pass of the Cattle'), which crosses the peninsula and reaches a maximum height of 2053 ft (626 m). It is this road that the fuss is all about. A steep ascent with some challenging technical aspects this is a must do road.
PRO TIP – The joining route between these two giants is as good as the Giants themselves. Have a feast.
Route Notes & Highlights
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Isle of Skye – Recently voted '4th best island in the world by National Geographic magazine. Stark rise of the jagged Cuillin ridge drops to the gentle white of a soft sand beach. Inlets, bays and islands create a complex lacework pattern with the sea. Tiny villages and historic keeps are familiar and fascinating. A place where time means nothing.
Applecross – Over the 2053' road called the Bealach na Ba, if the cloud has lifted, you'll see the kind of views normally reserved only for sweaty mountaineers. Panoramas to the Outer Hebrides and South to the Kintail mountains will keep you gazing until you need to descend to the village for warmth and sustenance. We could wax lyrical about the fantastic beaches, the calm waters of the Inner Sound and the gentle hills above the crofting townships, the food, the music, the sunsets and more. Oh and did I mention one of the most memorable and great rides you will ever do.
Eilean Donan Castle – There's a road parallel to the A87 where you will find Carr Brae, a viewpoint with some different and great panoramic views of the castle. This is definitely one of the most photographed castles in Scotland, it's setting along the loch is quite stunning. There was a dwelling on the location dating back to the 6th century but the castle itself dates back to the 1300's!
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Item consists of a notebook kept by Mariposa Folk Foundation founder Ruth Jones, consisting of a chronology of events, including meetings, organizational efforts, advertising, performer booking and media relating to the initial concept, organization and implementation of the first Mariposa Folk Festival held in August 1961 in Orillia, Ontario.
Ruth Jones McVeigh contacted : permission granted.
Previously held at Library Archives Canada, designation : MUS 204 / 2.
Ruth Jones McVeigh, "Mariposa Folk Festival Aug 61," York University Libraries | Clara Thomas Archives & Special Collections online exhibits, accessed April 25, 2019, http://archives.library.yorku.ca/items/show/1936.


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WYTHENSHAWE HALL
And the Tatton Family
Grid Ref: SJ 815 898
16th February 2010 and 7 September 2015
Wythenshawe Hall, 2015
Wythenshawe Hall, 2015 2015
Detail of panels Oliver Cromwell
Since I took these pictures, the Hall has been severely damaged by fire, on 16 March 2016. There is a site for The Friends of Wythenshawe Hall.
A Manchester City Council website gives information on the restoration.
The Tatton Family
Wythenshawe Hall lies in what was formerly Lancashire but because of the numerous connections with Cheshire families, the Tatton family are included in this discussion of Cheshire Gentry. The Tattons of Wythenshawe can be traced to Robert de Tatton, living about 1300. His grandson, Robert de Tatton of Kenworthy had a grant of land in "Withinshawe" in 1370. He married Alice the daughter and heiress of William de Mascy of Wythinshagh. The main line of descent married into many of the local Cheshire gentry families over the next centuries including
Mascy of Coddington Davenport of Chester Booth of Dunham
Fitton of Gawsworth Warren of Poynton Leycester of Toft
Brereton of Ashley Davenport of Bramall Egerton of Tatton
Wythenshawe Hall was besieged for three months during the Civil War in 1642-43 when Robert Tatton and about 50 servants held out against the parliamentarians. The house was captured.
William Tatton employed Lewis Wyatt in the 1790s to extend the original Elizabethan Hall with the construction of a library on the ground floor, shown to the right of the half timbered frontage. The hall is now owned by Manchester City Council and open to visitors.
The following family tree taken from East Cheshire Past and Present by J.P. Earwaker, London, 1870, shows how William Tatton married the Egerton heiress in 1747. His son, also William, changed his name to Egerton to succeed to the estate at Tatton Park. In the following generation the eldest surviving son retained the name Egerton and the estate at Tatton Park, whereas the second son changed his name back to Tatton and had the Wythenshawe estate.
1. William Tatton of Wythenshawe, Esq. was born on 13 June and baptised on 25 June 1703. He died at Heaton Norris on 28 April 1776. (William had 7 sisters and one brother, Thomas, who married twice, died 1775 aged 63, but had no surviving issue.)
+ 2nd wife, Hester, eldest daughter of John Egerton of Tatton Park, the sister and sole heiress of Samuel Egerton of Tatton Park, Esq. They married in May 1747 and she resumed the name of Egerton on 8 May 1780 just before her death on the 9 July 1780. She had two children, William and Elizabeth.
2. William Tatton Egerton of Tatton Park and Wythenshawe, Esq. was born 9 May and baptised 14 May 1749. He died 21 April 1806 and was buried at Northenden. He was MP for Cheshire at the time of his death. He assumed by Royal Licence the name and arms of Egerton of Tatton. He married four times.
+1st wife, Frances Maria, eldest daughter of Rev. John Fountayne, Dean of York, 27 February 1773. She died at York on 9 January 1777 aged 26, buried at Northenden.
3. William Tatton Egerton, born 6 Jun 1774, MP for Beverley in Yorkshire 1796, died at Wythenshawe, 9 February 1799 aged 25, no issue.
3. Thomas died at York on 22 March 1778, aged 3.
3. Frances Maria, buried at Northenden, 7 June 1781 aged 4.
+ 2nd wife Mary, 2nd daughter of Richard Wilbraham Bootle of Rode, Esq. She died 13 November 1784 aged 24, buried at Northenden
3. Wilbraham Egerton of Tatton Park, Esq. born 1 September 1781. He married at Rostherne on 11 Jan 1806 to Elizabeth, 2nd daughter of Sir Christopher Sykes, Bart. They were the ancestors of the Egertons of Tatton.
3. Thomas William Tatton of Wythenshawe, Esq. born 29 Oct. 1783, High Sheriff of Cheshire, 1809, resumed by Royal Licence dated 9 Jan 1806 the name and arms of Tatton on succeeding to the Wythenshawe estates. Died in London on 2 March 1827.
+ Emma, daughter of the Hon. John Grey, (He was 3rd son of Harry 4th Earl of Stamford and his wife Susannah, the daughter of Ralph Leycester of Toft) on 20 October 1807. Emma died at Knutsford 28 April 1851, aged 69. They had one son and eight daughters. One of the daughters was Sophia Tatton who on 14 May 1840 married John Dixon of Astle. The eldest sister, Emma Tatton, married on 24 Jan 1832 to Sir Harry Mainwaring of Peover. Bart.
4. Thomas William Tatton of Wythenshawe, Esq. born 2 June 1816, High Sheriff of Cheshire 1848. Died 1885.
+ Harriet Susan, (1819-1873) eldest daughter of Robert Townley Parker of Cuerden in Lancashire, on 25 Jan 1843. She died in London. The couple had three sons and a daughter. Through Harriet, Astley Hall in Chorley, Lancashire, passed into the Tatton family. The Townley Parkers had acquired it on the marriage of Harriet's grandfather, Thomas Townley Parker (1760-1794) to Susannah Brooke (1762-1852), the sole heiress of this branch of the Brooke family.
5. Thomas Egerton Tatton, Esq., eldest son, was born 31 May 1846.
3. John Egerton, born 6 November died 1784, died 4 July 1786.
3. Mary Egerton, born 18 October 1782, married twice, no issue.
+ 3rd wife of William was Anna Maria, eldest dau. of Sir George Armytage of Kirklees, Yorks., Bart. married in June 1786 at St. Mary-le-bone in London. Died at Tatton Park, 4 November 1799, aged 37. She had only one child, George, who died in infancy.
+ 4th wife of William was Charlotte Clara, daughter of Thomas Watkinson Payler of Ileden in Kent, Esq. on 1 November 1803, when he was aged 54 and she was about 28. She died 11 Aug. 1804 aged 29.
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Introduction to Cheshire Gentry
Wikipedia Article on Wythenshawe Hall