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I took the road at five next morning, to be in time for the Inverary steam-boat, which left at seven; but, even at that early hour, poor Sandy, with his fragment of a hat in his hand, was waiting at the " brae-fit" to wish me a
gude journey." Having shaken him heartily by the hand, I turned my back, for a time, upon these cherished scenes of beauty, grandeur, and romance.
SALMON ANGLING.
I SHALL hope to be pardoned if I claim for fishing the appellation of a science. I have never considered it, like shooting, a mere art. At all events, it has certainly not yet been brought to perfection; and the more able the angler, the more willingly will he admit, that not a season passes without his acquiring fresh secrets which he is not over-solicitous to tell. If a man fancies he can jump into proficiency after a season or two's practice, he is vastly mistaken ; it is not a few fishing excursions, now and then, that form the adept, but the heedful experience of years. Take an instance; and suppose a man to be expert in the knack of throwing a line ;—he is angling down a fine salmon stream, followed by a finished master of the fly, and has just completed his last throw of a promising pool. Upon looking over his shoulder, his companion has hold of a good fish, at the very part of the cast on which he had bestowed the most care and pains: he immediately suspects that his comrade has been more knowing in the choice of a fly. But, when the salmon is landed, he discovers, to his amazement, that it was attracted by a facsimile of the identical fly which a moment before he had so dexterously tendered to its acceptance! Every really first-rate flyfisher will meet with such occurrences, when angling in the wake of a less gifted craftsman. And although to the
looker-on it appears as if he had charmed the fish, yet it is only by a more scientific knowledge of the exact spots where the salmon are likely to come up, and lingering over these with the motion of a glancing insect. This mastery of the gentle craft can only be attained by long practice and the most perfect command of the rod.
Angling for salmon may be called the deer-stalking of the streams. As in the first sight of the herd there is more excitement, and more satisfaction when you bring down the stag than any other game, so in salmon-fishing, compared with all other kinds, the interest is greater when you rise a fish, and the satisfaction double when you lay him on the shingly bank. Like deer-stalking, however, it has its disadvantages; not the least of which is, the greater stock of patience required, and the greater uncertainty of the sport; unless, indeed, in preserved waters, where there is much less opportunity of displaying the superiority of an accomplished fisher over the ordinary performer. In unprotected water, for instance, should the weather be unpropitious, the best rod may flog the river for hours without stirring a fin; while a couple of fish is always reckoned a good day's work. Under the same untoward circumstances, the trout-fisher may often, by skill and perseverance, make out a very tolerable bagful.
I have heard it said by some pseudo salmon-anglers, that the only pleasure was the hooking of the fish; and some have even declared they would not mind breaking every salmon directly after fastening him. Such men, to be consistent, should drop the salmon and stick to the trout: they will of course have more rises, and fix more fish, but the idea is absurd. If they have arrived at such a pinnacle of perfection, why not reduce their tackle to a single horse
hair? And if even this should be too strong for their exquisite skill, let them carefully cull the softest hair from the softest lock of their own softer heads.
However one may admire the dexterity of a master of the rod, as he casts his line between every opening among the trees, in a difficult river, yet I would rather see him manage his fish after hooking it; the cool nerve and delicate touch is the very perfection of art; and I should never pronounce a man a true salmon-fisher until I had seen him working one in a difficult situation. To throw a very long line, and to search the casts properly with the fly, are no doubt indispensable requisites; but a river fly angler, (for I don't here speak of either bait or loch fishing,) who can work his hooked fish scientifically, will seldom be deficient in all the prerequisites of fixing him; while the rising man who has only fished preserved waters, where all is clear and open, should he hook a salmon in a difficult place, will most likely find that he has got hold of too strong a customer. And here we may ask what was the magic in angling that captivated the intellect of such men as Chantrey and Davy? Sir Humphrey, I suspect, would have looked rather queer if an officious friend had told him that all the sport was over when the forty-pound fish he landed above Yair Bridge was first hooked. And the great sculptor would have been equally astonished if the struggles of a sixteen-pound Thames trout had been treated with the like contempt! Whatever may be the reason, all true anglers know that the doubtful contest with a monster-fish forms no inconsiderable part of the enjoyment; and his being laid upon the shelving bank, the crowning point of all. No doubt the philosophy or the poetry of angling was one reason of its being the pastime of so many great minds;
but when even contemplative Wotton had fairly landed a gorgeous fish, I will venture to say that the triumph of success swallowed up every other pleasure.
But, without analyzing their feelings, we know not how much we owe to this recreation of departed genius. Might not the safety lamp have been lit amid the limpid waters of the Tweed, and some of the most beautiful creations of Chantrey's fancy been first conceived on the green banks of Father Thames ? Great men, however, can sometimes be great boys at the water-side. I have witnessed, with some amusement, the late Sir Charles Bell's comical vexation, when an unlooked-for rod bore down upon him. His testy frown, when interfered with, was quite irresistible-proof enough of his eagerness in the sport. But perhaps this unbending of the bow may have given it double power when strung again. Sir Charles was only a second-rate fisher, and it often seemed curious to me that he, and several men of the brightest intellect whom I have watched at the river-side, seemed more ignorant of their favourite amusement than of any other thing. I should not have wondered at any want of practical skill, so much as their ignorance of the habits of fish; in which department they seemed scarcely to excel the herd-laddie, who stared at them with vacant gaze.
Every newly arrived salmon-fisher should secure the services of the ablest native practitioner who may proffer them, and will thus be shown all the best casts of the river. It is absurd vanity to suppose oneself capable of discovering them without a great waste of time. No doubt a good salmon angler will at once perceive the places where fish are most likely to harbour, but the misfortune is, that those casts which appear the most


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Odette Elliott Padalecki was born March 17, 2017!!!!!!!!! Please help welcome her by commenting/replying loving thoughts to Jared and Gen on Facebook, twitter and Instagram.
7 Years ago today, Jared Padalecki married Genevieve Cortese in Sun Valley, Idaho. Here is a little picture edit I made with pictures of them through the years. Next up, Padaprincess being born!!!!
I love all of these pictures of her!!! Most of them (if not all) are from before she started dating Jared!!! Yes, one of them says "Jennifer Cortese", she went by the name Jennifer for a little while, but it didn't stick. SHE IS SO PRETTY AND CUTE!!!!! I love her so much!
So I am the curator of a Jared amino, and we are trying to get more members to join. All you have to do is download the Amino app to your phone and click this link to join. If you want to add me, I'm akfjarpad. Please check out the catalog.
People tend to assume that I like Genevieve so much, because she's married to Jared. That's not the case at all with me. I mean sure, I started to like her when Jared was first with her. Though it's definitely a bonus, that's not at all the reason. I started to be a fan of her, because I liked her performance as Ruby. I looked up other stuff she was in, found most of them and bought them. It hardy has anything to do with Jared, but everything to do with her as an individual. She's way more than just Jared's wife. She's an amazing actress. Even though I've noticed a lot of people do not like her performance as Ruby, so they use that ONE thing, to justify that she's bad. When they clearly haven't seen anything else she's been in other than Supernatural. Supernatural does not do her justice!
When a young punk rock band starts out in the underground music scene, the only thing they have is each other. But when a childhood friend - with complicated connections to the group - leverages her P.R. skills to get them noticed, they suddenly find themselves on the verge of making it big. The only question is how far they're willing to go in the pursuit of fame and fortune, and who they're willing to leave behind to get there. HATED explores the dark, smoke-filled corners where human nature and the contemporary music industry meet.
So this is a short film Genevieve was in, in 2009. Her character does not have a name, and there's no description.


Comedian Thomas Easter gets Cloudy and Rowdy! Bang Bang Bang!
It's the 35th episode! This week Easter is solo on the podcast. Easter shares about his issues with the state of Florida, the Wendy's mix tape, Blacklist, and tells about a letter from a dog. Also discussed: Ready Player One, Hamburger Helper mix tape, road comedy, and more! Keep up the love by tweeting any questions or comments to #cloudyandrowdypodcast on Twitter. Rate and review us on iTunes, Android, Google Play, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, or your podcast app. Find us now on YouTube at @thomasreaster.


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Myotis bucharensis is een zoogdier uit de familie van de gladneuzen (Vespertilionidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd door Kuzyakin in 1950.

Voorkomen
De soort komt voor in Afghanistan en Kirgizië.

Gladneuzen
IUCN-status onzeker

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In today's era of mass-produced and over-processed food, eating healthy seems next to impossible. The same old recipes, even with the freshest of ingredients, become boring and uneventful. Fresh fruits and vegetables go bad before you've had a chance to cook with them.
Sound familiar? I've been there and done all that. I've learned so much over the past thirty years, and now I wish to share that knowledge with you. I sincerely hope that the recipes, tutorials, and step-by-step instructional videos you'll find here will help you make the most of your fresh garden ingredients for your family during the summer, and also preserve your garden's bounty for the winter months when grocery store produce is both lackluster and at a premium.
A doctor explained to me why grocery store produce is often of such poor quality. It's pulled before it's ripe! Green bananas, drab tomatoes, sour berries, and peaches you could use to hammer a nail into a wall have all been pulled prematurely. Why? Because they would all spoil before they reached your local market. I asked the doctor why the ripeness of the produce affected its nutrition, and his response astounded me. He explained that only within the last few days of growth do 70% of the nutrients enter the fruit or vegetable! Only 30% of the nutrition we're told we're getting makes it into the food! No wonder the human condition is growing unhealthier with each generation!
These numbers motivated me to change the way growing and preserving fresh garden food is viewed. My husband Kip and I have grown and preserved our own food for years now, and have gained a wealth of knowledge through research and experimentation … but mostly through trial and error. We want to share with you the—ahem—fruits of our experience that will help you feed your family well all year round.
My niece, bless her, has been after me for a while to get this show on the road, so to speak. She and her husband, as well as some of their friends, are all young adults who want to improve the way they feed their families. They, like you, want to grow their own food to not only become less dependent on the grocery store's in-season, on-sale, always-a-roulette-whether-it-tastes-good-or-not produce, but also to provide healthier diets for themselves and their children.
If you're already well-versed in preserving your own garden products, have a look through these pages anyway. You'll find delicious recipes to add to your repertoire, calling for both fresh and preserved food. My tutorial videos also show step-by-step recipes from my cookbooks, soon available for purchase right here on this website.
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It's richly rewarding to grow your own food and provide your family with the delicious, nutritious food we were meant to eat. It's not the big, scary, monumental undertaking you might think, but if you still need more convincing, spend some time with me and I'll show you what to do with what you grew!
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Many Young Japanese Not Dating, Having Sex
I came across this earlier this week, and I just wanted to share. Not sure if we can parallel what's happening in Japan to our countries, but maybe there are some things to relate to here. After all, there seems to be some debate over balancing career with family.
Here are snippets of the article:
The number of single people has reached a record high. A survey in 2011 found that 61% of unmarried men and 49% of women aged 18-34 were not in any kind of romantic relationship, a rise of almost 10% from five years earlier. Another study found that a third of people under 30 had never dated at all. (There are no figures for same-sex relationships.) Although there has long been a pragmatic separation of love and sex in Japan – a country mostly free of religious morals – sex fares no better. A survey earlier this year by the Japan Family Planning Association (JFPA) found that 45% of women aged 16-24 "were not interested in or despised sexual contact". More than a quarter of men felt the same way.
Many people who seek her out, says Aoyama, are deeply confused. "Some want a partner, some prefer being single, but few relate to normal love and marriage." However, the pressure to conform to Japan's anachronistic family model of salaryman husband and stay-at-home wife remains. "People don't know where to turn. They're coming to me because they think that, by wanting something different, there's something wrong with them."
Official alarmism doesn't help. Fewer babies were born here in 2012 than any year on record. (This was also the year, as the number of elderly people shoots up, that adult incontinence pants outsold baby nappies in Japan for the first time.) Kunio Kitamura, head of the JFPA, claims the demographic crisis is so serious that Japan "might eventually perish into extinction".
Japan's under-40s won't go forth and multiply out of duty, as postwar generations did. The country is undergoing major social transition after 20 years of economic stagnation. It is also battling against the effects on its already nuclear-destruction-scarred psyche of 2011's earthquake, tsunami and radioactive meltdown. There is no going back. "Both men and women say to me they don't see the point of love. They don't believe it can lead anywhere," says Aoyama. "Relationships have become too hard."
Marriage has become a minefield of unattractive choices. Japanese men have become less career-driven, and less solvent, as lifetime job security has waned. Japanese women have become more independent and ambitious. Yet conservative attitudes in the home and workplace persist. Japan's punishing corporate world makes it almost impossible for women to combine a career and family, while children are unaffordable unless both parents work. Cohabiting or unmarried parenthood is still unusual, dogged by bureaucratic disapproval.
Aoyama says the sexes, especially in Japan's giant cities, are "spiralling away from each other". Lacking long-term shared goals, many are turning to what she terms "Pot Noodle love" – easy or instant gratification, in the form of casual sex, short-term trysts and the usual technological suspects: online porn, virtual-reality "girlfriends", anime cartoons. Or else they're opting out altogether and replacing love and sex with other urban pastimes.
Aversion to marriage and intimacy in modern life is not unique to Japan. Nor is growing preoccupation with digital technology. But what endless Japanese committees have failed to grasp when they stew over the country's procreation-shy youth is that, thanks to official shortsightedness, the decision to stay single often makes perfect sense. This is true for both sexes, but it's especially true for women. "Marriage is a woman's grave," goes an old Japanese saying that refers to wives being ignored in favour of mistresses. For Japanese women today, marriage is the grave of their hard-won careers.
Mendokusai translates loosely as "Too troublesome" or "I can't be bothered". It's the word I hear both sexes use most often when they talk about their relationship phobia. Romantic commitment seems to represent burden and drudgery, from the exorbitant costs of buying property in Japan to the uncertain expectations of a spouse and in-laws. And the centuries-old belief that the purpose of marriage is to produce children endures. Japan's Institute of Population and Social Security reports an astonishing 90% of young women believe that staying single is "preferable to what they imagine marriage to be like".
Is Japan providing a glimpse of all our futures? Many of the shifts there are occurring in other advanced nations, too. Across urban Asia, Europe and America, people are marrying later or not at all, birth rates are falling, single-occupant households are on the rise and, in countries where economic recession is worst, young people are living at home. But demographer Nicholas Eberstadt argues that a distinctive set of factors is accelerating these trends in Japan. These factors include the lack of a religious authority that ordains marriage and family, the country's precarious earthquake-prone ecology that engenders feelings of futility, and the high cost of living and raising children.
Japanese-American author Roland Kelts, who writes about Japan's youth, says it's inevitable that the future of Japanese relationships will be largely technology driven. "Japan has developed incredibly sophisticated virtual worlds and online communication systems. Its smart phone apps are the world's most imaginative." Kelts says the need to escape into private, virtual worlds in Japan stems from the fact that it's an overcrowded nation with limited physical space. But he also believes the rest of the world is not far behind.
Why have young people in Japan stopped having sex? | World news | The Observer
I've had many conversations with people who have opted to not get married and have kids. Some cite their parents' messy divorces as a turn off from marriage. Others choose not to become parents because it is too expensive and they won't be home much because the working world doesn't allow much family time. So I do see a cynicism going on similar to Japan, but that country is an extreme example because its gender roles have not evolved with its technology.
But I find it so sad that many are choosing to not have relationships at all. That sounds so hollow and sad to have no interest in sharing your life with someone, and not necessarily in terms of marriage. And no sex? Wow. Is life so depressing in Japan that it is shutting down natural urges there? Damn!
It is a little scary to see many turn to technology in order to get sexually aroused. I don't think the rest of the world is going to follow Japan's lead because of more relaxed gender roles, but time to tell. And there's the competitive working world which hinders personal lives. Some women I know are wondering if they should have kids because working 40+ hours a week means little time for the kids, or they can take time off but fall behind in their career.
Again, Japan is a case on its own, but I felt it may make some think. And its a fascinating, albeit depressing, article anyway.
I just realized I made a mistake with the thread title. Apologies! I should've said "or having sex".
BoMac
Self-righteous bullshitter
Location: Soviet Canuckistan — Socialist paradise
If only I can just have sex without the hassle of dating, life would be much easier.
mikal
Location: Black Lodge
Originally Posted by Pearl
Oh, well that just makes this story so much more depressing.
Originally Posted by BoMac
Plenty already do that.
Originally Posted by mikal
Kieran McConville
Location: Kony Island Baby
... much like myself

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using namespace arangodb::aql;
using namespace arangodb::basics;
using EN = arangodb::aql::ExecutionNode;

static AstNodeType BuildSingleComparatorType (AstNode const* condition) {
  TRI_ASSERT(condition->numMembers() == 3);
  AstNodeType type = NODE_TYPE_ROOT;

  switch (condition->type) {
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_ARRAY_EQ:
      type = NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_EQ;
      break;
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_ARRAY_NE:
      type = NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_NE;
      break;
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_ARRAY_LT:
      type = NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_LT;
      break;
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_ARRAY_LE:
      type = NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_LE;
      break;
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_ARRAY_GT:
      type = NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_GT;
      break;
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_ARRAY_GE:
      type = NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_GE;
      break;
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_ARRAY_IN:
      type = NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_IN;
      break;
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_ARRAY_NIN:
      type = NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_NIN;
      break;
    default:
      THROW_ARANGO_EXCEPTION_MESSAGE(TRI_ERROR_INTERNAL, "unsupported operator type");
  }
  auto quantifier = condition->getMemberUnchecked(2);
  TRI_ASSERT(quantifier->type == NODE_TYPE_QUANTIFIER);
  int64_t val = quantifier->getIntValue(true);
  TRI_ASSERT(val != Quantifier::ANY);
  if (val == Quantifier::NONE) {
    auto it = Ast::NegatedOperators.find(type);
    if (it == Ast::NegatedOperators.end()) {
      THROW_ARANGO_EXCEPTION_MESSAGE(TRI_ERROR_INTERNAL, "unsupported operator type");
    }
    type = it->second;
  }
  return type;
}

static AstNode* BuildExpansionReplacement(Ast* ast, AstNode const* condition, AstNode* tmpVar) {
  AstNodeType type = BuildSingleComparatorType(condition);

  auto replaceReference = [&tmpVar](AstNode* node, void*) -> AstNode* {
    if (node->type == NODE_TYPE_REFERENCE) {
      return tmpVar;
    }
    return node;
  };

  // Now we need to traverse down and replace the reference
  void* unused = nullptr;

  auto lhs = condition->getMemberUnchecked(0);
  auto rhs = condition->getMemberUnchecked(1);
  // We can only optimize if path.edges[*] is on the left hand side
  TRI_ASSERT(lhs->type == NODE_TYPE_EXPANSION);
  TRI_ASSERT(lhs->numMembers() >= 2);
  // This is the part appended to each element in the expansion.
  lhs = lhs->getMemberUnchecked(1);

  // We have to take the return-value if LHS already is the refence.
  // otherwise the point will not be relocated.
  lhs = Ast::traverseAndModify(lhs, replaceReference, unused);
  return ast->createNodeBinaryOperator(type, lhs, rhs);
}

static bool IsSupportedNode(Variable const* pathVar, AstNode const* node) {
  // do a quick first check for all comparisons
  switch (node->type) {
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_ARRAY_EQ:
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_ARRAY_NE:
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_ARRAY_LT:
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_ARRAY_LE:
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_ARRAY_GT:
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_ARRAY_GE:
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_ARRAY_IN:
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_ARRAY_NIN:
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_EQ:
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_NE:
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_LT:
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_LE:
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_GT:
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_GE:
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_IN:
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_NIN: {
      // the following types of expressions are not supported
      //   p.edges[0]._from  op  whatever attribute access
      //   whatever attribute access  op  p.edges[0]._from
      AstNode const* lhs = node->getMember(0);
      AstNode const* rhs = node->getMember(1);

      if (lhs->isAttributeAccessForVariable(pathVar, true)) {
        // p.xxx  op  whatever
        if (rhs->type != NODE_TYPE_VALUE &&
            rhs->type != NODE_TYPE_ARRAY &&
            rhs->type != NODE_TYPE_OBJECT &&
            rhs->type != NODE_TYPE_REFERENCE) {
          return false;
        }
      } else if (rhs->isAttributeAccessForVariable(pathVar, true)) {
        // whatever  op  p.xxx
        if (lhs->type != NODE_TYPE_VALUE &&
            lhs->type != NODE_TYPE_ARRAY &&
            lhs->type != NODE_TYPE_OBJECT &&
            lhs->type != NODE_TYPE_REFERENCE) {
          return false;
        }
      }
      break;
    }
    default: {
      // intentionally no other cases defined...
      // we'll simply fall through to the next switch..case statement
      break;
    }
  }

  switch (node->type) {
    case NODE_TYPE_VARIABLE:
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_UNARY_PLUS:
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_UNARY_MINUS:
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_UNARY_NOT:
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_AND:
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_OR:
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_PLUS:
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_MINUS:
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_TIMES:
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_DIV:
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_MOD:
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_EQ:
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_NE:
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_LT:
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_LE:
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_GT:
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_GE:
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_IN:
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_NIN:
    case NODE_TYPE_ATTRIBUTE_ACCESS:
    case NODE_TYPE_BOUND_ATTRIBUTE_ACCESS:
    case NODE_TYPE_INDEXED_ACCESS:
    case NODE_TYPE_EXPANSION:
    case NODE_TYPE_ITERATOR:
    case NODE_TYPE_VALUE:
    case NODE_TYPE_ARRAY:
    case NODE_TYPE_OBJECT:
    case NODE_TYPE_OBJECT_ELEMENT:
    case NODE_TYPE_REFERENCE:
    case NODE_TYPE_PARAMETER:
    case NODE_TYPE_NOP:
    case NODE_TYPE_RANGE:
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_ARRAY_EQ:
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_ARRAY_NE:
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_ARRAY_LT:
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_ARRAY_LE:
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_ARRAY_GT:
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_ARRAY_GE:
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_ARRAY_IN:
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_BINARY_ARRAY_NIN:
    case NODE_TYPE_QUANTIFIER:
      return true;
    case NODE_TYPE_FCALL:
    case NODE_TYPE_FCALL_USER:
      // These may be possible in the future
      return false;
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_NARY_OR:
    case NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_NARY_AND:
      // If we get here the astNode->normalize() did not work
      TRI_ASSERT(false);
      return false;
    default:
#ifdef ARANGODB_ENABLE_MAINTAINER_MODE
      LOG_TOPIC(ERR, arangodb::Logger::FIXME) << "Traversal Optimizer encountered node: " << node->getTypeString();
#endif
      return false;
  }
}

static bool checkPathVariableAccessFeasible(Ast* ast, AstNode* parent,
                                            size_t testIndex, TraversalNode* tn,
                                            Variable const* pathVar,
                                            bool& conditionIsImpossible,
                                            size_t& swappedIndex,
                                            int64_t& indexedAccessDepth) {
  AstNode* node = parent->getMemberUnchecked(testIndex);
  if (!IsSupportedNode(pathVar, node)) {
    return false;
  }
  // We need to walk through each branch and validate:
  // 1. It does not contain unsupported types
  // 2. Only one contains var
  // 3. The one with var matches pattern:
  //   A) var.vertices[n] (.*)
  //   B) var.edges[n] (.*)
  //   C) var.vertices[*] (.*) (ALL|NONE) (.*)
  //   D) var.vertices[*] (.*) (ALL|NONE) (.*)

  auto unusedWalker = [](AstNode const* n, void*) {};
  bool isEdge = false;
  // We define that depth == UINT64_MAX is "ALL depths"
  uint64_t depth = UINT64_MAX;
  void* unused = nullptr;
  AstNode* parentOfReplace = nullptr;
  size_t replaceIdx = 0;
  bool notSupported = false;

  // We define that patternStep >= 6 is complete Match.
  unsigned char patternStep = 0;

  auto supportedGuard = [&notSupported, pathVar](AstNode const* n, void*) -> bool {
    if (notSupported) {
      return false;
    }
    if (!IsSupportedNode(pathVar, n)) {
      notSupported = true;
      return false;
    }
    return true;
  };

  auto searchPattern = [&patternStep, &isEdge, &depth, &pathVar, &notSupported,
                        &parentOfReplace, &replaceIdx,
                        &indexedAccessDepth](AstNode* node, void* unused) -> AstNode* {
    if (notSupported) {
      // Short circuit, this condition cannot be fulfilled.
      return node;
    }
    switch (patternStep) {
      case 1:
        // we have var.<this-here>
        // Only vertices || edges supported
        if (node->type != NODE_TYPE_ATTRIBUTE_ACCESS) {
          // Incorrect type
          notSupported = true;
          return node;
        }
        if (node->stringEquals("edges", false)) {
          isEdge = true;
        } else if (node->stringEquals("vertices", false)) {
          isEdge = false;
        } else {
          notSupported = true;
          return node;
        }
        patternStep++;
        return node;
      case 2: {
        switch (node->type) {
          case NODE_TYPE_VALUE: {
            // we have var.edges[<this-here>]
            if (node->value.type != VALUE_TYPE_INT ||
                node->value.value._int < 0) {
              // Only positive indexed access allowed
              notSupported = true;
              return node;
            }
            depth = static_cast<uint64_t>(node->value.value._int);
            break;
          }
          case NODE_TYPE_ITERATOR:
          case NODE_TYPE_REFERENCE:
            // This Node type is ok. it does not convey any information
            break;
          default:
            // Other types cannot be optimized
#ifdef ARANGODB_ENABLE_MAINTAINER_MODE
            LOG_TOPIC(ERR, arangodb::Logger::FIXME) << "Failed type: " << node->getTypeString();
            node->dump(0);
#endif
            notSupported = true;
            return node;
        }
        patternStep++;
        break;
      }
      case 3:
        if (depth != UINT64_MAX) {
          // We are in depth pattern.
          // The first Node we encount HAS to be indexed Access
          if (node->type != NODE_TYPE_INDEXED_ACCESS) {
            notSupported = true;
            return node;
          }
          // This completes this pattern. All good
          // Search for the parent having this node.
          patternStep = 6;
          parentOfReplace = node;

          // we need to know the depth at which a filter condition will
          // access a path. Otherwise there are too many results
          TRI_ASSERT(node->numMembers() == 2);
          AstNode* indexVal = node->getMemberUnchecked(1);
          if (indexVal->isIntValue()) {
            indexedAccessDepth = indexVal->getIntValue() + (isEdge?1:0);
          } else { // should cause the caller to not remove a filter
            indexedAccessDepth = INT64_MAX;
          }
          return node;
        }
        if (node->type == NODE_TYPE_EXPANSION) {
          // We continue in this pattern, all good
          patternStep++;
          parentOfReplace = node;
          return node;
        }
        // if we get here we are in the expansion operator.
        // We simply pipe this one through
        break;
      case 4: {
        if (node->type == NODE_TYPE_QUANTIFIER) {
          // We are in array case. We need to wait for a quantifier
          // This means we have path.edges[*] on the right hand side
          int64_t val = node->getIntValue(true);
          if (val == Quantifier::ANY) {
            // Nono optimize for ANY
            notSupported = true;
            return node;
          }
          // This completes this pattern. All good
          // Search for the parent having this node.
          patternStep = 5;
        }
        // if we get here we are in the expansion operator.
        // We simply pipe this one through
        break;
      }
      case 5:
      case 6: {
        for (size_t idx = 0; idx < node->numMembers(); ++idx) {
          if (node->getMemberUnchecked(idx) == parentOfReplace) {
            if (patternStep == 5) {
              if (idx != 0) {
                // We found a right hand side expansion of y ALL == p.edges[*]
                // We cannot optimize this
                notSupported = true;
                return node;
              }
            }
            parentOfReplace = node;
            replaceIdx = idx;
            // Ok finally done.
            patternStep++;
            break;
          }
        }
      }
      default:
        // Just fall through
        break;
    }
    if (node->type == NODE_TYPE_REFERENCE ||
        node->type == NODE_TYPE_VARIABLE) {
      // we are on the bottom of the tree. Check if it is our pathVar
      auto variable = static_cast<Variable*>(node->getData());
      if (pathVar == variable) {
        // We found pathVar
        if (patternStep != 0) {
          // found it twice. Abort
          notSupported = true;
          return node;
        }
        ++patternStep;
      }
    }
    return node;
  };

  // Check branches:
  size_t numMembers = node->numMembers();
  for (size_t i = 0; i < numMembers; ++i) {
    Ast::traverseAndModify(node->getMemberUnchecked(i), supportedGuard,
                           searchPattern, unusedWalker, unused);
    if (notSupported) {
      return false;
    }
    if (patternStep == 5) {
      // The first item is direct child of the parent.
      // Use parent to replace
      // This is only the case on Expansion being
      // the node we have to replace.
      TRI_ASSERT(parentOfReplace->type == NODE_TYPE_EXPANSION);
      if (parentOfReplace != node->getMemberUnchecked(0)) {
        // We found a right hand side of x ALL == p.edges[*]
        // Cannot optimize
        return false;
      }
      parentOfReplace = node;
      replaceIdx = 0;
      patternStep++;
    }
    if (patternStep == 6) {
      if (parentOfReplace == node) {
        parentOfReplace = parent;
        replaceIdx = testIndex;
      } else {
        TRI_ASSERT(parentOfReplace == node->getMemberUnchecked(i));
        parentOfReplace = node;
        replaceIdx = i;
      }
      patternStep++;
    }
    if (patternStep == 7) {
      swappedIndex = i;
      patternStep++;
    }
  }

  if (patternStep < 8) {
    // We found sth. that is not matching the pattern complete.
    // => Do not optimize
    return false;
  }

  // If we get here we can optimize this condition
  // As we modify the condition we need to clone it
  auto tempNode = tn->getTemporaryRefNode();
  TRI_ASSERT(parentOfReplace != nullptr);
  if (depth == UINT64_MAX) {
    // Global Case
    auto replaceNode = BuildExpansionReplacement(
        ast, parentOfReplace->getMemberUnchecked(replaceIdx), tempNode);
    parentOfReplace->changeMember(replaceIdx, replaceNode);
    // NOTE: We have to reload the NODE here, because we may have replaced
    // it entirely
    tn->registerGlobalCondition(isEdge, parent->getMemberUnchecked(testIndex));
  } else {
    conditionIsImpossible =
        !tn->isInRange(depth, isEdge);
    if (conditionIsImpossible) {
      return false;
    }
    // Point Access
    parentOfReplace->changeMember(replaceIdx, tempNode);
    // NOTE: We have to reload the NODE here, because we may have replaced
    // it entirely
    tn->registerCondition(isEdge, depth, parent->getMemberUnchecked(testIndex));
  }
  return true;
}

TraversalConditionFinder::TraversalConditionFinder(ExecutionPlan* plan,
                                                   bool* planAltered)
    : _plan(plan),
      _condition(std::make_unique<Condition>(plan->getAst())),
      _planAltered(planAltered) {}

bool TraversalConditionFinder::before(ExecutionNode* en) {
  if (!_condition->isEmpty() && en->canThrow()) {
    // we already found a FILTER and
    // something that can throw is not safe to optimize

    _filterVariables.clear();
    // What about _condition?
    return true;
  }

  switch (en->getType()) {
    case EN::ENUMERATE_LIST:
    case EN::COLLECT:
    case EN::SCATTER:
    case EN::DISTRIBUTE:
    case EN::GATHER:
    case EN::REMOTE:
    case EN::SUBQUERY:
    case EN::INDEX:
    case EN::INSERT:
    case EN::REMOVE:
    case EN::REPLACE:
    case EN::UPDATE:
    case EN::UPSERT:
    case EN::RETURN:
    case EN::SORT:
    case EN::ENUMERATE_COLLECTION:
    case EN::LIMIT:
    case EN::SHORTEST_PATH:
      // in these cases we simply ignore the intermediate nodes, note
      // that we have taken care of nodes that could throw exceptions
      // above.
      break;

    case EN::SINGLETON:
    case EN::NORESULTS:
      // in all these cases we better abort
      return true;

    case EN::FILTER: {
      std::vector<Variable const*>&& invars = en->getVariablesUsedHere();
      TRI_ASSERT(invars.size() == 1);
      // register which variable is used in a FILTER
      _filterVariables.emplace(invars[0]->id);
      break;
    }

    case EN::CALCULATION: {
      auto calcNode = static_cast<CalculationNode const*>(en);
      Variable const* outVar = calcNode->outVariable();
      if (_filterVariables.find(outVar->id) != _filterVariables.end()) {
        // This calculationNode is directly part of a filter condition
        // So we have to iterate through it.
        TRI_IF_FAILURE("ConditionFinder::variableDefinition") {
          THROW_ARANGO_EXCEPTION(TRI_ERROR_DEBUG);
        }
        _condition->andCombine(calcNode->expression()->node());
      }
      break;
    }

    case EN::TRAVERSAL: {
      auto node = static_cast<TraversalNode*>(en);
      if (_condition->isEmpty()) {
        // No condition, no optimize
        break;
      }
      auto options = static_cast<traverser::TraverserOptions*>(node->options());
      auto const& varsValidInTraversal = node->getVarsValid();

      bool conditionIsImpossible = false;
      auto vertexVar = node->vertexOutVariable();
      auto edgeVar = node->edgeOutVariable();
      auto pathVar = node->pathOutVariable();

      if (pathVar == nullptr) {
        // This traverser does not have a path output.
        // So the user cannot filter based on it
        // => No optimization
        break;
      }

      _condition->normalize();

      TRI_IF_FAILURE("ConditionFinder::normalizePlan") {
        THROW_ARANGO_EXCEPTION(TRI_ERROR_DEBUG);
      }

      // _condition is now in disjunctive normal form
      auto orNode = _condition->root();
      TRI_ASSERT(orNode->type == NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_NARY_OR);
      if (orNode->numMembers() != 1) {
        // Multiple OR statements.
        // => No optimization
        break;
      }

      auto andNode = orNode->getMemberUnchecked(0);
      TRI_ASSERT(andNode->type == NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_NARY_AND);

      std::unordered_set<Variable const*> varsUsedByCondition;

      auto originalFilterConditions = std::make_unique<Condition>(_plan->getAst());
      for (size_t i = andNode->numMembers(); i > 0; --i) {
        // Whenever we do not support a of the condition we have to throw it out

        auto cond = andNode->getMemberUnchecked(i - 1);
        // We now iterate over all condition-parts  we found, and check if we
        // can optimize them
        varsUsedByCondition.clear();
        Ast::getReferencedVariables(cond, varsUsedByCondition);

        if (varsUsedByCondition.find(pathVar) == varsUsedByCondition.end()) {
          // For now we only! optimize filter conditions on the path
          // So we skip all FILTERS not referencing the path
          andNode->removeMemberUnchecked(i - 1);
          continue;
        }

        // now we validate that there is no illegal variable used.
        // illegal are
        // * edgeVar and vertexVar. Those are not set
        // during runtime
        // * variables issued after the traversal
        bool illegalVarFound = false;
        for (auto const& var : varsUsedByCondition) {
          if (var == edgeVar || var == vertexVar ||
              varsValidInTraversal.find(var) == varsValidInTraversal.end()) {
            illegalVarFound = true;
            break;
          }
        }

        if (illegalVarFound) {
          // we found a variable created after the
          // traversal. Cannot optimize this condition
          andNode->removeMemberUnchecked(i - 1);
          continue;
        }

        AstNode* cloned = andNode->getMember(i - 1)->clone(_plan->getAst());
        int64_t indexedAccessDepth = -1;

        size_t swappedIndex = 0;
        // If we get here we can optimize this condition
        if (!checkPathVariableAccessFeasible(_plan->getAst(), andNode, i - 1,
                                             node, pathVar,
                                             conditionIsImpossible,
                                             swappedIndex,
                                             indexedAccessDepth)) {
          andNode->removeMemberUnchecked(i - 1);
          if (conditionIsImpossible) {
            // If we get here we cannot fulfill the condition
            // So clear
            andNode->clearMembers();
            break;
          }

        } else {
          TRI_ASSERT(!conditionIsImpossible);

          // remember the original filter conditions if we can remove them later
          if (indexedAccessDepth == -1) {
            originalFilterConditions->andCombine(cloned);
          } else if ((uint64_t)indexedAccessDepth <= options->maxDepth) {
            // if we had an  index access then indexedAccessDepth
            // is in [0..maxDepth], if the depth is not a concrete value
            // then indexedAccessDepth would be INT64_MAX
            originalFilterConditions->andCombine(cloned);

            if ((int64_t)options->minDepth < indexedAccessDepth && !isTrueOnNull(cloned, pathVar)) {
              // do not return paths shorter than the deepest path access
              // Unless the condition evaluates to true on `null`.
              options->minDepth = indexedAccessDepth;
            }
          } // otherwise do not remove the filter statement
        }
      }

      if (conditionIsImpossible) {
        // condition is always false
        for (auto const& x : node->getParents()) {
          auto noRes = new NoResultsNode(_plan, _plan->nextId());
          _plan->registerNode(noRes);
          _plan->insertDependency(x, noRes);
          *_planAltered = true;
        }
        break;
      }
      bool isEmpty = _condition->isEmpty();
      if (!isEmpty) {
        // Check if it only contains an empty n-ary-and within the n-ary-or
        auto node = _condition->root();
        TRI_ASSERT(node->type == NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_NARY_OR);
        switch(node->numMembers()) {
          case 0:
            isEmpty = true;
            break;
          case 1:
            node = node->getMemberUnchecked(0);
            // We have a DNF, so only n-ary And allowed here
            TRI_ASSERT(node->type == NODE_TYPE_OPERATOR_NARY_AND);
            // If this is empty the condition actually is empty.
            isEmpty = (node->numMembers() == 0);
            break;
          default:
            isEmpty = false;
        }
      }

      if (!isEmpty) {
        //node->setCondition(_condition.release());
        originalFilterConditions->normalize();
        node->setCondition(originalFilterConditions.release());
        // We restart here with an empty condition.
        // All Filters that have been collected thus far
        // depend on sth issued by this traverser or later
        // specifically they cannot be used by any earlier traversal
        _condition = std::make_unique<Condition>(_plan->getAst());
        *_planAltered = true;
      }
      break;
    }
  }
  return false;
}

bool TraversalConditionFinder::enterSubquery(ExecutionNode*, ExecutionNode*) {
  return false;
}

bool TraversalConditionFinder::isTrueOnNull(AstNode* node, Variable const* pathVar) const {
  std::unordered_set<Variable const*> vars;
  Ast::getReferencedVariables(node, vars);
  if (vars.size() > 1) {
    // More then one variable.
    // Too complex, would require to figure out all
    // possible values for all others vars and play them through
    // Do not opt.
    return false;
  }
  TRI_ASSERT(vars.size() == 1);
  TRI_ASSERT(vars.find(pathVar) != vars.end());

  TRI_ASSERT(_plan->getAst() != nullptr);

  bool mustDestroy = false;
  Expression tmpExp(_plan, _plan->getAst(), node);

  TRI_ASSERT(_plan->getAst()->query() != nullptr);
  auto trx = _plan->getAst()->query()->trx();
  TRI_ASSERT(trx != nullptr);

  auto ctxt = std::make_unique<FixedVarExpressionContext>();
  ctxt->setVariableValue(pathVar, {});
  AqlValue res = tmpExp.execute(trx, ctxt.get(), mustDestroy);
  TRI_ASSERT(res.isBoolean());

  if (mustDestroy) {
    // Slower case, first copy out the result, then destroy, then return copy.
    bool result = res.toBoolean();
    res.destroy();
    return result;
  }

  // Opt Case directly return the outcome of the result.
  return res.toBoolean();
}

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The best athletes will receive cups and prize money. The amount of prize money is set in compliance with the Towerrunning World Association's requirements for Towerrunning 120 races and it is equal for men and women.
In order to receive the prize money, an athlete need to hold a valid TWA license.


Mega popular pop singer Lady Gaga is selecting fashion designers for her upcoming album "Artpop". One of the fashion designers Lady Gaga elected is Belgrade-based designer Ana Ljubinković, who recently presented her latest collection "Never Forever" on International Fashion Showcase within London Fashion Week.
"Never Forever" is a mini collection specially made for the International Showcase 2013 event, that took place in London this February. Reportedly, Lady Gaga will be using the clothes for either album promotion, a photo shoot or a music video.
Just to remind that more Serbian fashion designers are creating for celebrities. Lady Gaga wears fashion pieces designed by Marko Mitanovski and Skunk wears fashion designed by Ivana Pilja.
Za sve koji pitaju: iako bih zelela da saradjujem sa Lady Gagom jednog dana, to jos uvek nije slucaj. Novine svasta pisu i samo zelim da sve zaustavim. Hvala svima na komplimentima! Sve najbolje, Ana ♥ We are sorry.


The thing is that we usually have to deal with last minute deployments to Azure that can take more than a minute <grin>. The good news is that some of that pain started to be eased lately.
First, the Azure team enabled Web Deploy. For development this helped a lot.
Then, we helped DPE to build the Windows Azure Accelerators for Web Roles, announced by Nate last week. I explained how the accelerator work in a previous post. We actually used the Web Role Accelerator to deploy www.tankster.net (the social game announced on Wednesday). We have the game backend running in two small instances and we had everything ready for the announcement last week but of course there were tweaks on the game till the last minute. We did like 10 deployments in the last day before the release. 10 * 15 minutes per deploy is almost three hours. Instead using the accelerator each deploy took us 30 seconds. The dev team happy with getting 3 hours of our life back.
So I teamed with Alejandro Iglesias and Fernando Tubio from the Southworks crew and together we created the Windows Azure Accelerator for Worker Roles.
You basically deploy the accelerator with your Windows Azure solution and the "shell" worker will be polling a blob storage container to find and load the "real worker roles". We made it easy so you don't have to change any line of code of your actual worker role. Simply throw the entry point assembly and its dependencies in the storage container, set the name of the entry point assembly in a file (__entrypoint.txt) and the accelerator will pick it up, unload the previous AppDomain (if any) and create a new AppDomain with the latest version.
You can find the project in github, there is a README in the home page that explain the steps to use it. Download it and let us know what you think!
I would like to have a Visual Studio template to make it easier to integrate with existing solutions.


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#ifndef __ATHREAD_H__
#define __ATHREAD_H__

#include "EFpp/CMSISpp/RTOS/Thread.h"
#include "EFpp/CMSISpp/RTOS/Kernel.h"

#include "ConfigEFpp.h"

/**
\brief Abstract thread class based on CMSIS::RTOS::Thread
\ingroup Process
*/
class AThread : private CMSIS::RTOS::Thread {

// types
public:

	struct CreateParams {
		const char* const name;
		const size_t stackSize;
		const osPriority priority = osPriorityNormal;

		constexpr CreateParams(const char* n, size_t ss, osPriority p = osPriorityNormal) :
			name(n),
			stackSize(ss),
			priority(p) {};
	};

// functions
public:

	AThread() = default;
	AThread(const AThread &) = delete;
	AThread &operator=(const AThread &) = delete;

	virtual ~AThread() {};

	bool create(const CreateParams* params = nullptr);
	bool create(const char* const name, size_t stack_size, osPriority priority);

	virtual const CreateParams* getCreateParams() const {
		return nullptr;
	}

	virtual bool onCreate(const CreateParams* params) {
		return ((params == nullptr) ? false : true);
	}

	/// \name CMSIS::RTOS::Thread interface forward
	/// @{
	inline bool isCreated() const {
		return CMSIS::RTOS::Thread::isCreated();
	}

	inline osThreadId getId() const {
		return CMSIS::RTOS::Thread::getId();
	}

	inline const char* getName() const {
		return CMSIS::RTOS::Thread::getName();
	}

	inline osStatus terminate() {
		return CMSIS::RTOS::Thread::terminate();
	}

	inline osStatus setPriority(osPriority priority) {
		return CMSIS::RTOS::Thread::setPriority(priority);
	}

	inline osPriority getPriority() const {
		return CMSIS::RTOS::Thread::getPriority();
	}

	inline int32_t setSignal(int32_t signal) {
		return CMSIS::RTOS::Thread::setSignal(signal);
	}

	inline int32_t clearSignal(int32_t signal) {
		return CMSIS::RTOS::Thread::clearSignal(signal);
	}

	#if (defined(osFeature_Extended_FreeRTOS_API)  &&  (osFeature_Extended_FreeRTOS_API != 0))

	inline osStatus suspend() {
		return CMSIS::RTOS::Thread::suspend();
	}

	inline osStatus resume() {
		return CMSIS::RTOS::Thread::resume();
	}

	inline osThreadState getState() const {
		return CMSIS::RTOS::Thread::getState();
	}

	#endif
	/// @}

protected:

	virtual void run() = 0;

	inline uint32_t getTickCount() const {
		return CMSIS::RTOS::Kernel::getSysTick();
	}

	/// \name CMSIS::RTOS::Thread interface forward
	/// @{
	inline osStatus yield() {
		return CMSIS::RTOS::Thread::yield();
	}

	inline void delay(uint32_t millisec) {
		CMSIS::RTOS::Thread::delay(millisec);
	}

	inline osEvent waitSignal(int32_t signals, uint32_t millisec) {
		return CMSIS::RTOS::Thread::waitSignal(signals, millisec);
	}

	#if (defined(osFeature_Wait)  &&  (osFeature_Wait != 0))

	inline osEvent wait(uint32_t millisec) {
		return CMSIS::RTOS::Thread::wait(millisec);
	}

	#endif

	#if (defined(osFeature_Extended_FreeRTOS_API)  &&  (osFeature_Extended_FreeRTOS_API != 0))

	inline osStatus delayUntil(uint32_t &previousWakeTicks, uint32_t millisec) {
		return CMSIS::RTOS::Thread::delayUntil(previousWakeTicks, millisec);
	}

	#endif
	/// @}

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Who Counts in Conflicts During the Pandemic?
Employees bury a person suspected of dying from COVID-19 at a cemetery in the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Photo courtesy of VOA.
By Sophia Dawkins
Guest post by Sophia Dawkins
When the WHO declared a pandemic last March, UN Secretary-General António Guterres appealed for a global ceasefire. That now feels like a distant memory. Few ceasefires have materialized. The pandemic has exacerbated fragility in many conflict contexts, worsening humanitarian crises. Meanwhile, analysts speculate about who is dying in these settings. Many public officials, health professionals, and journalists believe they are undercounting the dead, from COVID-19 and from violence. Others are more optimistic. Who is right?
Not knowing who has died in conflicts is bad for the living and the dead, especially during a pandemic. Fatality data are essential for effective humanitarian and public health interventions. Death counts help citizens hold regimes to account, and establish a record for advocacy, criminal proceedings, and transitional justice. These processes have renewed urgency in places where authoritarians have embraced lockdowns to escalate human rights abuses and target opponents.
Death counts are also central to conflict research. Datasets based on newswire reports about fatalities are important engines for this scholarship. As I have found, the value of these data hinges on understanding information black holes, but the pandemic has robbed researchers of that ability. Travel restrictions and local lockdowns limit on-the-ground reporting on crises from Syria to South Sudan. The quality of evidence feeding datasets like UCDP-GED and ACLED has plummeted. This would be less problematic if researchers could make reasonable guesses about the influence of the pandemic in places where information is scarce. But COVID-19 is a complex emergency with uneven effects and reasonable guessing is no longer practical.
Undercounting the dead
There are at least three reasons why mortality numbers coming out of conflict zones during the pandemic are likely just the tip of the iceberg.
First, public health institutions may be undercounting the COVID-19 dead. Syria's union of doctors has described in harrowing detail the practical and political reasons why testing is limited. Yet, conflict makes populations more vulnerable to death from COVID-19 than in peacetime. Some physicians have declared a "syndemic"—a situation wherein social inequalities, which wars exacerbate, worsen non-communicable diseases, which interact with the virus to make it more deadly.
Secondly, the pandemic may be causing excess deaths from poverty. The problem for many is not COVID-19 but "COVID-20"—hunger during lockdown—which the South Sudanese describe as more deadly than the virus. Starvation requires political decisions about who receives relief and who is left behind, as Ugandans in the informal economy have found. Conflict politics makes these deaths more likely and more difficult to monitor.
Thirdly, the pandemic may be aggravating violence. Foreign policy analysts have speculated about the potential for the virus to create power vacuums by killing elites. Politicians have suffered (here, here, here and here) but no head of state has died so far, with the possible exception of Burundi's late president, Pierre Nkurunziza. Instead, the pandemic has fed instability by exacerbating conflict fault lines and rolling back international monitoring mechanisms that survey ceasefires and human rights abuses. According to the Political Settlements Research Program, these trends have undermined peace processes. Conflict diplomacy often flounders over Zoom. This has created conditions in places like South Sudan and Libya for violence to surge and peace agreement implementation to stall.
Overcounting the dead
Could fears of undercounting the dead be overblown? African statisticians have shown that modeling at the beginning of the pandemic over-estimated the COVID-19 dead in many fragile contexts. While citizens in places like Somalia, Ethiopia, and South Sudan have experienced extreme economic stresses, high infection rates appear not to have brought high fatalities—though new strains of the coronavirus risk changing that. The Kenyan experience is illuminating: by the end of July, test data suggested that 34 to 41 percent of residents in dense urban areas had been infected, with just over 600 dead. The reasons for this remain unclear, but may include the low median age of populations.
Violent deaths may also be declining in places. Shutdowns can freeze unrest. Zoom diplomacy works for some. In August, Sudan's transitional government struck a landmark peace deal with an alliance of armed groups. The agreement has limits, but shows how negotiations can progress in pandemics. In ungoverned spaces, non-state armed groups have stepped in to provide services. This has a dark side: service provision in places like Colombia forms part of the brutal repertoires armed groups use to control populations and recruit children. Thus, non-lethal violence replaces lethal violence. This substitution may be temporary, as gangs enter new conflicts due to the pandemic's disruption of drug distribution routes.
Uncertainty about who has died in conflicts during the pandemic is far from inevitable. Policymakers can do two things. First, human rights and media organizations can learn from remote management models that humanitarian agencies like Médecins Sans Frontières developed in contexts like Somalia. These allow investigators to maintain eyes and ears on the ground in conflicts while adhering to movement restrictions. Secondly, organizations can start to pre-position themselves to conduct household surveys as soon as public health risks ease. This will allow retrospective construction of a fatality picture.
Likewise, scholars can do two things. Rather than accumulate event data, researchers can focus on information about individuals. By gathering lists from hospitals, mortuaries, and humanitarian assessments, scholars can use techniques like Multiple Systems Estimation to locate the missing dead. Researchers can also take the simple step of contextualizing their estimates.
Policymakers and scholars owe it to people living in conflict to understand who has perished during the pandemic. It is essential for public health. It is central to advancing knowledge. And it is the humane thing to do. With good social science, we can count and we can save lives.
Sophia Dawkins is a Ph.D. candidate in political science at Yale University.
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Pierre Nkurunziza
Political Settlements Research Program
Sophia Dawkins
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Q: Quickbooks Error: Business Validation Error: This account number already exists in the QuickBooks chart of accounts I am using the Quickbooks PHP DevKit library to create invoice in Quickbooks.
I am using a French sandbox company and I have this error message :
Business Validation Error: This account number already exists in the QuickBooks chart of accounts. Enter another number.
I think something is missing in my invoice data but I cannot find what !
Below is my code (I used the examples provided in DevKit as a base):
$customerRef = '16';
$itemRef = '1';
$taxCodeRef = '31';

$InvoiceService = new QuickBooks_IPP_Service_Invoice();

$Invoice = new QuickBooks_IPP_Object_Invoice();

$Line = new QuickBooks_IPP_Object_Line();
$Line->setDetailType('SalesItemLineDetail');
$Line->setAmount(20.0000 * 1.0000 * 0.516129);
$Line->setDescription('Test description goes here.');

$SalesItemLineDetail = new QuickBooks_IPP_Object_SalesItemLineDetail();
$SalesItemLineDetail->setItemRef( $itemRef );
$SalesItemLineDetail->setUnitPrice(20 * 0.516129);
$SalesItemLineDetail->setQty(1.00000);
$SalesItemLineDetail->setTaxCodeRef( $taxCodeRef );

$Line->addSalesItemLineDetail($SalesItemLineDetail);

$Invoice->addLine($Line);

$Invoice->setCustomerRef( $customerRef );

if ($resp = $InvoiceService->add($Context, $realm, $Invoice))
{
    print('Our new Invoice ID is: [' . $resp . ']');
}
else
{
    print($InvoiceService->lastError());
}

What could be missing here ?
I add the request sent to Quickbooks and the response received:
Request:
<Invoice xmlns="http://schema.intuit.com/finance/v3">
    <Line xmlns="http://schema.intuit.com/finance/v3">
        <Amount>10.32258</Amount>
        <DetailType>SalesItemLineDetail</DetailType>
        <Description>Test description goes here.</Description>
        <SalesItemLineDetail xmlns="http://schema.intuit.com/finance/v3">
            <ItemRef>1</ItemRef>
            <UnitPrice>10.32258</UnitPrice>
            <Qty>1</Qty>
            <TaxCodeRef>31</TaxCodeRef>
        </SalesItemLineDetail>
    </Line>
    <CustomerRef>16</CustomerRef>
</Invoice>

Response:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<IntuitResponse xmlns="http://schema.intuit.com/finance/v3" time="2017-02-01T02:08:16.198-08:00">
    <Fault type="ValidationFault">
        <Error code="6000" element="">
            <Message>A business validation error has occurred while processing your request</Message>
            <Detail>Business Validation Error: Ce numéro de compte existe déjà dans le plan comptable de QuickBooks. Entrez un autre numéro.</Detail>
        </Error>
    </Fault>
</IntuitResponse>

The response for Item id=1
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<IntuitResponse xmlns="http://schema.intuit.com/finance/v3" time="2017-02-01T09:28:05.599-08:00">
    <QueryResponse startPosition="1" maxResults="1">
        <Item domain="QBO" sparse="false">
            <Id>1</Id>
            <SyncToken>1</SyncToken>
            <MetaData>
                <CreateTime>2017-01-10T23:31:30-08:00</CreateTime>
                <LastUpdatedTime>2017-01-18T07:00:19-08:00</LastUpdatedTime>
            </MetaData>
            <Name>Ventes bonbons</Name>
            <Description>Frandises 100g</Description>
            <Active>true</Active>
            <FullyQualifiedName>Ventes bonbons</FullyQualifiedName>
            <Taxable>false</Taxable>
            <SalesTaxIncluded>false</SalesTaxIncluded>
            <UnitPrice>10</UnitPrice>
            <Type>Service</Type>
            <IncomeAccountRef name="701100 Ventes de Produits finis (ou groupe) A 20%">71</IncomeAccountRef>
            <PurchaseTaxIncluded>false</PurchaseTaxIncluded>
            <PurchaseCost>5</PurchaseCost>
            <ExpenseAccountRef name="607100 Achats de Marchandises (ou groupe) A">29</ExpenseAccountRef>
            <TrackQtyOnHand>false</TrackQtyOnHand>
            <SalesTaxCodeRef name="SalesTaxCodeRef">31</SalesTaxCodeRef>
            <PurchaseTaxCodeRef name="PurchaseTaxCodeRef">31</PurchaseTaxCodeRef>
            <ItemCategoryType>Product</ItemCategoryType>
        </Item>
    </QueryResponse>
</IntuitResponse>

Thanks in advance for your help !

A: Finally, I got the answer from QuickBooks that there is a bug in sandbox French company. Using a trial account in production mode, I have no issue.

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An Afghan child receives polio vaccination drops during an antipolio campaign in Kabul on March 24, 2014.
PHOTOGRAPH BY MOHAMMAD ISMALL, REUTERS
Q&A: Polio's History—and Why It's Again Becoming a Threat
Poverty and war have helped spur cross-border outbreaks.
BySusan Brinkfor National Geographic
After more than half a century of increasingly successful efforts to eradicate polio, the paralyzing and sometimes fatal disease is staging a comeback and crossing international borders.
This week, the World Health Organization issued a statement calling the spread of the disease from Pakistan, Syria, and Cameroon an "extraordinary event" and a global public-health threat.
Until now, eradicating polio has been one of the most successful worldwide public-health efforts ever undertaken. In 1955, 28,985 Americans—mostly children—were stricken with polio. Then Jonas Salk developed a vaccine in 1955, which was followed by the Sabin oral vaccine in 1963. There hasn't been a case of polio on the United States since 1979.
Since 1988 more than 2.5 billion children have been immunized worldwide, and the overall number of polio cases has dropped by 99 percent.
To better understand how polio is again becoming a threat—and what should be done about it—National Geographic spoke with Walter A. Orenstein, associate director of the Emory Vaccine Center at the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, and former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's national immunization program.
Ten countries continue to have cases of polio, and Pakistan, Syria, and Cameroon have allowed the virus to spread outside their borders. What can be done to prevent its further spread?
The effort is to break the chains of transmission. The WHO is recommending that countries currently infected with polio ensure that their people who are traveling outside the country get vaccinated. About 72 percent of the people who are infected with the polio virus have no symptoms, but they can still spread the disease. Polio is now in just a few countries. The concern is not to reinfect the countries that have gotten rid of polio.
How does the disease spread?
Several ways. I can have the virus in my saliva and it can spread if I cough or get it on my hands and touch someone. But the most common way the virus is spread is through the stool. If you don't have good hygiene, it's spread through fecal-oral contact.
What can be done to first contain, then wipe out, polio?
Vaccination is the key strategy. In this country, parents can ensure that they get their children vaccinated on schedule. [The CDC has a recommended vaccination schedule.] Our last outbreak occurred in 1979 among the Amish, an unvaccinated population.
What are the barriers to vaccination in the developing world?
Poverty, unrest, and war are major obstacles. The biggest concern, particularly with war, is not being able to vaccinate the children. There are efforts to gain political support to get medical help into these insecure areas. There are also efforts to set up posts and vaccinate people when they leave these insecure areas. We know that the vaccine works.
A health worker administers drops of polio vaccine to children near Sanaa, Yemen, on April 7, 2014.
Does the vaccine really work for a lifetime?
Polio vaccination appears to protect against paralytic disease for a lifetime. The problem is that intestinal immunity may wane. That's why the WHO recommendations are that people traveling out of those areas that still have polio get a dose of vaccine at least four weeks before they travel, and no more than a year before, to maximize intestinal immunity.
Could polio make a comeback in the developed world, including the United States?
It certainly could. There are a limited number of reservoir countries. If we can get rid of polio there, it's a win-win proposition. For them, they don't suffer the effects of polio. For us, no longer do we risk exposure and reemergence. The important thing is for all of us to help all countries interrupt transmission. It's a service to their population and a service to our own. When it comes to eradication, 99 percent reduction isn't good enough. It has to be 100 percent. And it's doable.


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In enzymology, a N-acetyl-beta-alanine deacetylase () is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

N-acetyl-beta-alanine + H2O  acetate + beta-alanine

Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are N-acetyl-beta-alanine and H2O, whereas its two products are acetate and beta-alanine.

This enzyme belongs to the family of hydrolases, those acting on carbon-nitrogen bonds other than peptide bonds, specifically in linear amides.  The systematic name of this enzyme class is N-acetyl-beta-alanine amidohydrolase. This enzyme participates in beta-alanine metabolism.

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Program / BWF 2019 / The Eye Word
The Eye Word
Gordon Hookey + Eve L. Ewing + Eve Wicks
We live in a highly visual age. This panel will explore how art and words can intersect to tell powerful stories.
Gordon Hookey
Gordon Hookey belongs to the Waanyi people and locates his art at the interface where Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal cultures converge. His style and approach is distinctive in its vibrancy and best known for its biting satire of Australia's political landscape, its leaders and representatives. Hookey's work combines figurative characters, iconic symbols, bold comic-like text, and a spectrum of vibrant colours. Hookey is a core member of Brisbane-based Indigenous collective proppaNOW alongside fellow artists including Richard Bell, Vernon Ah Kee and Jennifer Herd. His work is held in major collections within Australia including the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art and University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane; Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth; National Gallery of Australia and Australian National University, Canberra; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; University of Technology, Sydney and a number of significant private collections. In 2017 Hookey was included in Documenta 14 (Athens and Kassel) and 'The National: New Australian Art' at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Eve L. Ewing
Dr. Eve L. Ewing is a sociologist of education and a writer from Chicago. She is the author of Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side. She is also author of Electric Arches, which received awards from the American Library Association and the Poetry Society of America and was named one of the year's best books by NPR and the Chicago Tribune. She is the co-author (with Nate Marshall) of the play No Blue Memories: The Life of Gwendolyn Brooks. She also writes the Ironheart series for Marvel Comics. Ewing is an assistant professor at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. Her work has been published in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New York Times, and many other venues.
Eve Wicks
Eve Wicks – Puodžiūnaitė, photographic artist and oral and archival historian, was born to Lithuanian parents who fled to Australia from Soviet-occupied Lithuania in 1940 during World War Two. Brisbane-raised, her earliest careers were in medical laboratory science and lecturing, and after child rearing, in counselling university students. A desire to study and explore her heritage resulted in creative research projects with Lithuanian refugees in Queensland. In Wick's art book, Saulėje ir šešėlyje: In Sunshine and Shadow, creative writing brings together oral history stories, original and historical photographs, poems and songs to express their migration and settlement experiences – their pain and loss and their endurance and accomplishment with quiet dignity within a Lithuanian cultural milieu.
Saulėje ir šešėlyje: In Sunshine and Shadow has received financial assistance from the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, Brisbane City Council, The Australian Lithuanian Foundation Inc. and the Lithuanian Government through the Dept. of Ethnic Minorities and Emigrants Abroad.
Stefan Treyvaud
Stefan Treyvaud has enjoyed a successful and diverse career in the arts, cultural and lifestyle sectors including senior marketing and communications roles with QPAC, Brisbane Powerhouse, Queensland Music Festival and State Library Queensland.
As a writer and content producer, he has made significant contributions to World Science Festival Brisbane, Melbourne Writers Festival, University of Melbourne Ideas Festival, Melbourne Festival and White Night Melbourne.
Prior to his foray into the arts, Stefan wrote for the Courier Mail's Books Art and Music lift out and was Editor of Brisbane's hugely successful map magazine.
Voices Written Out of History
The Incredible Uplift of Compassion
Stop Everything!


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Preview: Blissfields 2017
Review: Common People Southampton 2017
Preview: This Saturday's Fitne..
Tier 3 Tier 2 Music & Bands Local Events
This weekend I was lucky enough to be on Southampton Common for the return of Rob Da Bank's Common People. I was joined by around 40,000 others who were fortunate enough to witness some varied and cracking performances from the likes of Pete Tong, Kassassin Street, Loyle Carner, Tom Odell and Wild Beasts.
After some initial cloud on Saturday morning, the site was bathed in blazing sunshine for the afternoon and evening. Keeping me company for the day was our shop manager Lara who was taking a rare (and deserved) day off! As we approached, Portsmouth's Batala could be heard injecting a bit of a carnival atmosphere for the early birds entering the site. However, there was no time to hang around as The Diamond Age were already on the main stage and I didn't want to miss them, as I had previously done so at the Cavalry Fundraiser. As the doors had recently opened, it wasn't the largest crowd, but those early birds that had made the effort were treated to a selection of tracks from their Popular Science and Yesterday Was EPs – finishing on 'Sleepwalking.'
Saints Brass with Pedro.
Now that The Diamond Age had officially opened up the festival it was time to explore what was still a relatively empty site. The small Uncontained Stage had caught my attention with Saints Brass and their awesome take on Kanye West's 'Touch the Sky' with a little help from local hip-hip artist Pedro. I don't know if these guys had collaborated before but they certainly need to make it a regular thing!
Situated nearby were the lovely folks from The Tenth Hole who were serving up some winning Mac 'n' Cheese combos for festival goers. The Southampton Sizzler (with jalapeños, sour cream and chipotle) seemed to be going down well along with the Veggie Tastic (drizzled with basil oil and garlicky sunblushed tomatoes).
It wasn't long until local heroes Seán McGowan and Kassassin Street appeared on the Common Stage. Kassassin Street's Nathan Hill promised that the audience can expect "new songs, new sounds, same energy, maybe more energy" and boy did they deliver! During their thirty five minute set, the only previously released track was 'Centre Straight Atom.' With them also scheduled to appear this summer at Victorious Festival, I highly recommend you get yourselves along as I can assure you that you will be in for a treat.
Kassassin Street's Nathan Hill promised that the audience can expect "new songs, new sounds, same energy, maybe more energy" and boy did they deliver!
Kassassin Street
If there was an award for the most unique and original act at Common People then there would be one clear winner… Elvana.
If there was an award for the most unique and original act at Common People then there would be one clear winner… Elvana. The premise is simple, Elvis tears through Nirvana's catalogue whilst splicing in grunged up sections of the king of rock & rolls finest moments, culminating in an audible orgasm of overdrive & old school rockabilly.
As LST was finishing up entertaining an exuberant crowd on The Uncommon Stage, it was almost time for my most eagerly anticipated performance of the weekend, Loyle Carner.
I was fortunate to bump into Carner backstage and despite being only seconds from performing, he was kind enough to stop for a quick word. Carner, who had been battling hay fever, took to the stage as though he hadn't a care in the role and put on a great show for the impressive crowd that had gathered to see him.
After such a success, Carner will be in returning to the south coast later this year at both Victorious in August and the Wedgewood Rooms in October. Make sure you get involved as he is destined for big things in the future!
Elvana
After Brit Award winner Tom Odell, it was the turn of DJing royalty Pete Tong. Playing Ibiza anthems backed by a 65 piece orchestra and a huge light show to compliment classic tracks including 'Right Here, Right Now,' 'Children,' 'Porcelain' and '9pm Til I Come.'
Sunday suffered spells of rain but it didn't dampen the crowd's spirits. By the time British Sea Power took to the stage there rain had stopped and there were glimpses of sunshine coming through the clouds.
I first discovered Laucan (pronounced Lor-can) at Bestival and being signed to Sunday Best Records, of course, it is no surprise to find them at Common People. The Lewes raised newcomer played treated his audience to 'Tectonic Plates' and the atmospheric 'Symptom.'
Yet again the mighty British Sea Power stole the show. The Brighton based band were surrounded with their trademark foliage as well as parts of the crowd having their own branches to wave during the set. The band treated the crowd to tracks from their new album Let The Dancers Inherit The Party and classics including 'Remember Me' and 'Waving Flags.'
British Sea Power 🌿
The headliner on the night, Sean Paul is not one for me. I found him underwhelming at last summer's Bestival and I didn't see very much to change my opinion on this occasion either. Within the audience, I will have been the minority though. They were enjoying tracks like 'Temperature' and 'She Doesn't Mind.'
For me, the weekend was a huge success. The festival paid tribute to those who died in the Manchester attacks earlier in the week. At no point did I feel like there was a sense an anxiety among festival goers, if anything there was a sense of defiance. Common People offered something for everyone and that was evident in the diverse crowd at the festival.
Mr Da Bank, we look forward to seeing you in a field soon.
Photos by Common People, Stuart Barker and Jordan Hughes.
"What a brilliant weekend. It's been another year of mind-blowing music and fun for all the family. Thanks to all the people of Southampton for getting behind Common People and making it something really special. Summer is upon us and the festival season has truly begun. See you in a field again soon!" Rob Da Bank
Website: www.southampton.commonpeople.net
Facebook: www.facebook.com/commonpeopleSO
Twitter: www.twitter.com/CommonPeopleSO
Instagram: www.instagram.com/commonpeopleSO
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by Tristan Savage
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Republicans and Democrats seem to be digging in, not coming closer to compromise.
Editor's note: This story was updated on Sunday, January 21 to include new information.
As the government shutdown enters its second day, President Trump waded into the fray on Sunday morning via his preferred method of communication, Twitter.
The president is referring to that fact that Republicans could vote to change laws to require just a simple 51-vote majority to pass a spending bill, but both sides seem to realize that would bring widespread scorn from voters.
Under the Congressional Budget Act, fiscal work is to proceed in an orderly, systematic manner every year. When funding for bills expire and Congress and the President fail to pass a new bill by a deadline, a government shutdown occurs. That deadline was Friday night. Without the 60 votes needed to advance the bill, the United States government has officially shut down.
The constitutional basis for this decision can be found in Article 1, Section 9 of the U.S. Constitution, which states that,"No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law." This is enforced by the Antideficiency Act to prevent making expenditures in excess of amounts available in funds.
Until Congress is able to agree on a bill for the federal budget, the government will remain shut down. So what does this mean for everyone else?
Thousands of federal employees that are considered non-essential will be furloughed. However, being part of the essential group of workers does not necessarily mean you get paid. The military is considered essential, but members of the military will potentially be working without pay depending on how long the government will remain shut down.
Other essential services such as Social Security, air traffic control, and the Transportation Security Administration will also continue to operate.
National parks, zoos, and museums may be closed during the shutdown.
Of course, opinions on the shutdown is making its rounds on the internet as well.
The Dems can't take it that President Trump had such a fabulous first year & created a roaring economy for the American ppl.
The pressure is on to bring the government back into action as soon as possible. The shutdown of 2013 only lasted 16 days, but it resulted in federal workers collectively missing 6.6 million days of work, costing the government about $2.5 billion in lost productivity. How long this shutdown will last depends on how long it takes for Congress to get it together.


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