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Survival Song in Smoke Rekindled for PSVR2 Launch
Song in the Smoke, an acclaimed survival game is already available PSVR, will get a re-release on Sony's new-gen headset – and according to an interview with developer 17-BIT in EDGE magazine, it will likely be a free upgrade for existing owners assuming all the "logistics" work out. are out . Interestingly, this is not just a minor port, and will be available at launch on February 22, 2023.
As seen in the recent @edgeonline The PSVR2 issue, Song in the Smoke: Rekindled is coming to launch! This is more than a remaster, we've added a lot of polish and additional features driven by user requests and feedback, and we're very proud of this final version! More soon!— 17-BIT (@17_BIT) December 30, 2022
Writing on Twitter, the studio explained: "This is more than a remaster, we've added a lot of polish and additional features driven by user requests and feedback, and we're very proud of this final edition!" In the EDGE interview above, creative director Jake Kazdal added: "It wasn't a light upgrade, it was a ton of work to up-resize a lot of visual systems. It stands alone, even on PC VR Compared to the higher-end version from – it's honestly not even close.
For those of you not familiar with the original, it's a survival game where you wake up in a mysterious world and must use your wits to survive its many dangers. As you progress, you'll build weapons, clothing, and, gradually, the confidence to hunt its wildlife. Along with The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners – also coming to PSVR2 with its sequel – it's considered one of the best survival games playable in virtual reality, so we're excited to see the ambitious upgrade here.
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Japanese Music !
http://www.indigenouspeople.net/JapaneseLit/music.html
Traditional Japanese Music & Dance
Folk music originated with the earliest people who came to the Japanese islands, the Jomun. Music included work songs, lullabies and communal music and dance which is associated with the worship of spirit deities (kami), group dances accompanied by response singing and pantomime dances such as a bird dance which portrays (tries to show) flying birds, and a whale dance which tells of the discovery of a whale carcass on the beach and the subsequent (following, resulting) division of whalemeat among the tribe.
A Brief History of Japanese Music
During the Yayoi Period (c. 300 BC - 300 AD), the later settlers of the islands also had ritual dances. Archeologists have found clay images of dancers and musical instruments. The first historical record of Japan's history is the Kojiki, one of Japan's oldest books. It was put together in 712 AD but tells about much earlier events. It tells of a dance performed by Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto, deity or goddess of divine movement, marriage and meditation.
Some of these dance styles may be seen today in the oldest styles of Shinto ritual dance accompanied by drums, flutes and chanting, and the masked shamanistic performance associated with Shinto festivals, and the performances of shrine priestesses.
Japanese Music 1
Kabuki Sounds
Japan Links
Japanese folk songs.
Gagaku
Ancient court music from China and Korea. It is the oldest type of Japanese, traditional music.
Biwagaku
Music played with the instrument Biwa, a kind of guitar with four strings.
Nogaku
Music played during No performances. It basically consists of a chorus, the Hayashi flute, the Tsuzumi drum, and other instruments.
Sokyoku
Music played with the instrument Koto. Later also accompanied by Shamisen and Shakuhachi. The Koto is a zither with 13 strings.
Music played with the instrument Shakuhachi, a about 55 cm long flute. The name of the flute is its length expressed in the old Japanese length units.
Shamisenongaku
Music played with the instrument Shamisen, a kind of guitar with only three strings. Kabuki and Bunraku performances are accompanied by the shamisen.
Minyo
Japanese music, the highly eclectic musical culture of the Japanese islands. Over the years, Japan hasborrowed musical instruments, scales, and styles from many neighboring areas.
The indigenous music present before A.D. 453 consisted of chanted poems (reyei and imayo), traditional war and social songs (kume-uta and saibara), and the kagura, solemn Shinto temple music. All were recitations on a few notes. The importation of foreign music, particularly from China, began in the 5th cent. and continued into the 12th cent. The ancient ceremonial music imported from China, which the Japanese called gagaku, no longer exists in China but has been preserved almost intact since the 5th cent. by a continuing tradition of performance in the imperial court of Japan. It is orchestral music using the sho (a mouth organ, the Chinese sheng), the shakuhachi (a long flute), and the hichiriki (a small oboe).
The cantillations of the Buddhist religion came to Japan by way of Korea in the 6th cent. and were followed in the 7th cent. by the bugaku, a ceremonial dance with music that is of Indian origin. In the 9th and 10th cent. many instruments, including the biwa (a four-stringed bass lute used for accompaniment) and the koto (a long zither with 13 silk strings, used both as a solo instrument and in ensemble), were introduced from China.
Midway between sacred and secular is the music of the No drama, dating from the 14th cent. (see Asian drama). It is restrained vocal recitative, utai, using very small intervals, Asian ornamentation (e.g., sliding, tremolo, vibrato), and accompaniment by flute and drums. Popular secular music in Japan began in the 16th cent. with the introduction from China of the samisen, a three-stringed, plucked instrument resembling a guitar, used for accompanying songs. Later, secular music also included operalike creations and many varieties of kumi (chamber music for ensemble, voice, and koto) and koto solo (often sets of melodic variations on a short theme, or damono). Hogaku is the name for folk and popular music heard at open-air festivals.
The Japanese use two basic types of scale, both pentatonic. The first, used in sacred music and common to all of East Asia, has two modes—ryo, the male mode, and ritsu, the female mode. The more frequently used scale, found also in Indonesia and S India, emphasizes semitones and exists in three modes, all used freely within the same composition—hirajoshi, the most important, roughly represented on the piano by the series ABCEFA; kumoijoshi, second in importance, approximated by EFABCE; and iwato, approximated by BCEFAB.
Japanese music is of uneven phrase length, and the fourth is a particularly important interval. Ornamentation depends on the type and purpose of the piece. The rhythm is almost invariably in duple meter, with ternary or irregular passages occurring rarely. However, the independent drum rhythms, when these are present, tend to obscure the basic beat to Western ears. The music is primarily monophonic, although heterophony occurs in orchestral music and in pieces for voice and koto.
The Meiji restoration saw the importation of Western music to Japan, beginning with the brass band. In the 1880s, Western music was introduced into the schools, and in 1887 the Academy of Music was established in Tokyo. Later, symphony orchestras were formed, and Western music became an integral part of the cultural life of Japan. Notable contemporary Japanese composers include Yasushi Akutagawa, Kan Ishii, and Akira Miyoshi. Seiji Ozawa, a conductor of international reputation, was born in Japan.
See W. P. Malm, Japanese Music and Musical Instruments (1959); H. Tanabe, Japanese Music (rev. ed. 1959); S. Kishibe, The Traditional Music of Japan (1966); E. Harich-Schneider, A History of Japanese Music (1973).

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Q: How to get only the numbers(without whitespaces) from a text file in python Hello i have this text file:
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 1 1 1 1 1
-1 1 -1 -1 -1 1
2 3 5 6 1 6
10 0 0.5 1 0 0
0 30 5 3 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 5
80 90 6 5,4 8 5
65 58 2 9,7 1 1
83 60 4 7,2 4 7
40 80 10 7,5 7 10
52 72 6 2 3 8
94 96 7 3,6 5 6

I want to append the 7 first lines in 7 different lists( with a for loop if it is possible) to look like this:
a=[1 2 3 4 5 6]
b=[1 1 1 1 1 1]

and so one for the rest 5. And then i want the remaining 6 lines of the file to be appended in to a list of list with a for loop(so that if i have more than 6 remaining lines, the code would not change) like this:
mylol=[[80 90 6 5,4 8 5],[65 58 2 9,7 1 1],[83 60 4 7,2 4 7],[40 80 10 7,5 7 10],[52 72 6 2 3 8],[94 96 7 3,6 5 6]]

so that i will be able to use every number of every list of list as i want for mathematical operations. I noticed that in the end of the list of lists i try to make i have a list looking like this:
['']

and i dont want it if it is possible.
I have this code so far but i want something more like the one i ask for:
with open("c.txt") as file:
lines = []
for line in file:
    # The rstrip method gets rid of the "\n" at the end of each line
    lines.append(line.rstrip().split(","))
print lines

A: shlex is your friend there https://docs.python.org/2/library/shlex.html
with open("c.txt") as file:
lines = []
for line in file:
 # The rstrip method gets rid of the "\n" at the end of each line
 lines.append(shlex.split(line))
print lines

shlex.split() will do just as you want

A: If you really want your lists to look like this:
a = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

Then the items have to be numbers (integer or float).
However, your input file has some items that look like this:
5,4
And that is neither an integer nor a float.
So, either you have to store your items as strings, which means you will see quote marks:
a = ['80', '90', '6', '5,4', '8', '5']

Or, you have to figure out some way of handling items like 5,4 so they can be converted into numbers.
EDIT:
If you edit the file to change commas to periods, you could have this code:
with open("c.txt") as file:
lines = []
for line in file:
    current_line = []
    # The rstrip method gets rid of the "\n" at the end of each line
    for item in line.rstrip().split():
        if '.' in item:
            current_line.append(float(item))
        else:
            current_line.append(int(item))
    lines.append(current_line)
print lines

A: final_list = []
with open("c.txt") as f:
    count = 0
    for line in f:
        line_list = [float(n) for n in line.rstrip().replace(',', '.').split(" ")]
        if count < 7:
            final_list.append(line_list)
        else:
            if count == 7:
                final_list.append([])
            final_list[7].append(line_list)
        count += 1

This will output the first 7 lines in their own list and then the remaining lines will be added to a list in side the list outputting the following:
[[1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0], [1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0], [-1.0, 1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, 1.0], [2.0, 3.0, 5.0, 6.0, 1.0, 6.0], [10.0, 0.0, 0.5, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0], [0.0, 30.0, 5.0, 3.0, 0.0, 0.0], [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 5.0], [[80.0, 90.0, 6.0, 54.0, 8.0, 5.0], [65.0, 58.0, 2.0, 97.0, 1.0, 1.0], [83.0, 60.0, 4.0, 72.0, 4.0, 7.0], [40.0, 80.0, 10.0, 75.0, 7.0, 10.0], [52.0, 72.0, 6.0, 2.0, 3.0, 8.0], [94.0, 96.0, 7.0, 36.0, 5.0, 6.0]]]
It accounts for the comma that was supposed to be a decimal and interpolates the numbers as floats.

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Inspired by "Limitless" title shot. Shot @Peninsula Plaza. No real zoom was used. This is combination of multiple photos.
Construction and Destruction of Kanote Flowers.
Shatter effect in Afx which simulates 3D particles look.
Rotoscoping test. Afx's rotobrush is not suitable for production level. It's cpu consuming and is an amateur's tool.
A little bit of wrapping the space effect.


The original Sample Pilot, the SP100 has been proven in the labs of many biopharmaceutical leaders as an effective autosampling solution in cell culture and microbial applications. Designed specifically to maintain bioreactor sterility while collecting representative samples for automated analysis, the SP100 is used in fixed reactor applications where the bioreactors are sterilized in place. After collecting and delivering the sample, the SP100 is flushed, sanitized and dried in preparation for the next sample.
Scaled down from the highly successful SP100, the SP200 is designed for development scale and single use bioreactor applications. SP200 units have been deployed at leading biopharmaceutical companies in their development and pilot scale laboratories.
Used in cell culture and downstream applications, SP200 units have taken thousands of samples in these labs. Similarly to the SP100, after collecting and delivering the sample, the SP200 is flushed, sanitized and dried in preparation for the next sample.
The SP200 is compact, requiring little space on a bioreactor (~2-inch radius). Installation is straightforward, with multiple port connection options allowing integration directly into a Single Use Bioreactor bag by insertion through a Pall Kleenpak connector, or insertion through a dip tube into a bench top development bioreactor. The SP200 can be used on bioreactors of all scales and can be adapted to all ports and fitting types.


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14 May New Paperback Edition of A Search for Collection
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In paperback for the first time, A Search for Collection will be reprinted by Crowood Press.
At the core of A Search for Collection are a series of 'cutting edge' scientific experiments at the McPhail Center with Dr. Hilary Clayton designed to test classical ideas about collection in dressage. Interwoven are philosophical and technical discussions about the art of riding, the domestication of horses, our relationship with them in the modern world, and the place of the rider as an artist and leader.
Crowood Press Link: http://crowood.com/details.asp?isbn=9781908809780&t=Search-for-Collection—Science-and-Art-in-Riding
"This is an extraordinary and unique book, as intensely scholarly as it is deeply concerned with aesthetics by an author whose previous work is well-known and appreciated. This book however is a tour de force topping what else he has done, as it is so deep and encompassing, as much about a philosophy of living one's life authentically as it is about training horses to the ultimate level of collection–piaffe/levade."
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"This latest achievement in literature from Paul Belasik will be welcomed by those who know him well. For those who have not yet discovered his teachings, this is the perfect place to start. It is highly readable and very thought provoking. Many will feel a little twinge of self-recognition in some of the examples he gives. But it is not in condemnation of riders, trainers, or judges that he writes, but in hope that his revelations will help each one of these to better understand themselves and their motives."
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namespace LoyaltyProgramUnitTests
{
  using System;
  using System.Threading.Tasks;
  using LoyaltyProgram;
  using Nancy;
  using Nancy.Testing;
  using Xunit;

  public class UserModule_should
  {
    private Browser sut;

    public UserModule_should()
    {
      this.sut = new Browser(
        new Bootstrapper(),
        defaultsTo => defaultsTo.Accept("application/json"));
    }

    [Fact]
    public async Task respond_not_when_queried_for_unregistered_user()
    {
      var actual = await sut.Get("/users/1000");
      Assert.Equal(HttpStatusCode.NotFound, actual.StatusCode);
    }

    [Fact]
    public async Task allow_to_register_new_user()
    {
      var expected = new LoyaltyProgramUser() {Name = "Chr"};
      var registrationResponse = await sut.Post("/users", with => with.JsonBody(expected));
      var newUser = registrationResponse.Body.DeserializeJson<LoyaltyProgramUser>();

      var actual = await sut.Get($"/users/{newUser.Id}");

      Assert.Equal(HttpStatusCode.OK, actual.StatusCode);
      Assert.Equal(expected.Name, actual.Body.DeserializeJson<LoyaltyProgramUser>().Name);
    }

    [Fact]
    public async Task allow_modififying_users()
    {
      var expected = "jane";
      var user = new LoyaltyProgramUser() {Name = "Chr"};
      var registrationResponse = await sut.Post("/users", with => with.JsonBody(user));
      var newUser = registrationResponse.Body.DeserializeJson<LoyaltyProgramUser>();

      newUser.Name = expected;
      var actual = await sut.Put($"/users/{newUser.Id}", with => with.JsonBody(newUser));

      Assert.Equal(expected, actual.Body.DeserializeJson<LoyaltyProgramUser>().Name);
    }
  }
}

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Commodore Format Power Pack 12 (September, 1991)
A look at Commodore Format Power Pack 12 from September 1991. Spindizzy, Speedball 2, PP Hammer, 3D Construction Kit and The CF Show.
One full game
Four demos
1 PD demo
Read the mag tape pages
There's a strong argument that 1991 was the C64's last big summer, certainly as far as the AAA+ full priced titles go. There was an avalanche of new software released in time for the school holidays (this month's ish went on sale in mid-August), and it was reflected with four demos on this month's tape – the most preview-heavy Power Pack ever. Before we get there, though…
SPINDIZZY
Billed by CF as one of the greatest things ever fit into 64K ever, the only full game on this month's tape is certainly unique. Electric Dreams' 1986 action and puzzle title was – according to programmer Paul Shirley – heavily inspired by 1984's Marble Madness. You're put in charge of a probe called a Gyroscopic Environmental Reconnaissance And Land-Mapping Device (GERALD). Gerald has been sent to a new planet to explore, which is where you come in. He transmits a very nice isometric view back to you of each of the game's 492 screens. His surroundings include perilous paths, slopes and bottomless caverns. You've got to guide him through them all, of course, set to a time limit, though much of the game's challenge is – bluntly – trying not to fall off damned ledges.
The game was very well received and wildly popular in 1986, with ZZAP! calling it "amazing", "well-executed" and "varied". 25 years on, Retro Gamer's Graeme Mason summed it up very well by saying the game's genius was the the only enemy in Spindizzy is yourself (er, or how crap you are).
Spindizzy is a game with legacy, too: its isometric view is said to be part of the inspiration for Amiga classic Populous. It even got an outing on the SNES in the '90s, a conversion with Paul Shirley disapproved of. Nowt wrong with this one, though.
SPEEDBALL 2
So where are we again? Ah, yes. The summer of '91. By now, Spectrum magazines were asking their readers to write in to sofware publishers begging them to release new games. Things weren't looking so grim for the beige breadbox, though: top of the pile of new releases for Commodore 64 owners was a staggeringly classy version of the Amiga classic, Speedball II. It was issue 12's main event, getting the cover, an exclusive 94% review and this demo on the tape. What a package!
The year is 2095 and you're the manager of Brutal Deluxe. You play speedball – the most bloody sport the world has ever seen. Your job is to take your team back to its former glories. Ultimately, you win a game by scoring more goals than your opponent – but the fun is in the violent, off-the-ball clashes. A punch here, a kick there, it's all terribly inappropriate fun – especially in two player mode.
By the way, this demo also includes the jaw-droppingly brilliant introduction featuring one of Martin Walker's most thunderous, spine-tingling SID tunes ever. Worth loading up for the music alone!
ROD-LAND
Rod-Land, known in Japan as Yousei Monogatari Rod Land – 妖精物語ロッドランド – is a 1990 coin op from Jaleco. Storm got the micro computer rights, and this straightforward Bubble Bobble inspired game – demo'd here for ish 12 – is almost too simple to be fun. But it is.
Each screen is full of flowers, which the fairy you play – either Tam or Rit, or both in two-player – must collect. Get them all, and move on to the next level. Each stage is full of unusually cute and manga-esque baddies: fluffy rabbits, "cuddly" sharks and elephants. Pushing fire activates Tam or Rit's rod; that bashes the enemies from side to side, and when they're dead they'll leave all manner of weapons you can activate by walking over them. You've got the ability to use a magic ladder to reach the next platform, too, by pushing fire and up. Only one at a time, though, and the baddies can use the ladders too.
The end-of-level guardians are like something from a '90s console: giant whales, elephants and bunnies. It's this constant cute-yet-evil dynamic that gives the game real character. It's easy to pick up, infinitely playable and you'll want to again and again.
P.P. HAMMER AND HIS PNEUMATIC WEAPON
The third demo on show in Commodore Format 12 is a game which – though bugged and a wee bit flawed – doesn't get nearly enough as much love as it should.
In Commodore Format a few months after this demo Stuart Campbell called it a sort of Lode Runner for 1991, comparing PP's platforms, ladders and digging with the '80s Apple game.
Unlike Lode Runner, though, PP Hammer scrolls in every direction. It's a sort-of platformer in which you use your pneumatic weapon (don't say it – Ed) to drill to the end point, collecting all manner of treasure and power-ups along the way. Some collectibles are needed for puzzles later in the game, meaning mapping and planning are really important. There's longevity here, if not thrills and spills. PP has character, from the way he holds on to his helmet (don't say it – Ed) to the way he stands when using his weapon (I'm really warning you here – Ed). Extra points, too, for the password system at each stage and the smart loading system which automatically winds you to where you need to be. CF notes that this demo version is a bit bugged, and so was the full release: it's still worth checking out, though, albeit in small doses. And, er, that's it isn't it? We got to the end without a knob gag (I really am so very sorry – Ed).
3D CONSTRUCTION KIT
Domark's game creating utility was positively reviewed in this month's CF, which anoraks should definitely take a look at because Sean Masterson creates a 3D, C64 version of the Commodore Format office.
There was much excitement about this release because – if you recall – "virtual reality" was a buzzword (or two – Ed) in the early '90s. On C64, of course, you're limited: once the thing's loaded there's only 5K left to play with, and 128 users don't get any extra. But beautiful things are possible, not least CF reader Phil Boyce who used it to create Time Crystal. The thing is, the Commodore really does chug along slowly moving things in three dimensions. But knocking on for 30 years later, emulators can speed things up a lot and make both the games and the 3D Construction Kit itself way more useable. The game which came free with the utility is also the demo on this month's tape. Have a look at it here, speeded up over 2000% (!), and you might take on a new appreciation for it.
THE CF SHOW
Now then. Here's an interesting little extra. Created to tie-in with this month's first major PD column, The CF Show was a rolling demo by David Dewar of Silverwing PD and the Entropy group and was a way of showing non-scene readers what PD demos were all about. It's shows off some nice graphics and tunes, and there's a cool CF logo and even a chance to move around some orbs using your joystick at the end. But what The CF Show is most remembered for is the teaser of a halloween-themed game that doesn't ever seem to have appeared.
A single screen is shown, featuring a graveyard, skeleton and gargoyles.
The entire CF Show demo was made as if you were in a cinema looking at trailers. Note the seats in the bottom half of the screen here.
Then, the words:
"Biggest main character ever on a 64!
Superlative graphics and animation!
Atmospheric in-game soundtracks and FX!
Challenging on screen sequences!
Fast addictive gameplay and much more!"
Sounds good, eh? Thing is, there was no other info. C64 expert Frank Gasking did some digging:
"The working title for this one was Spooky. It was a game by David himself. It featured a fully animated skeleton, which walked around and fended off flying gargoyles. The trailer was going to have some movement in it to show this, but David cut this out to fit more into the CF demo itself. The game was started. There were several playable levels. But it was put on hold to do this demo for CF, and never got going again."
As for getting our hands on Spooky today, it's the same old story. It could be in David's parent's house, or it could've been chucked out long ago. Damn you, CF.
For whatever reason, issue 12 is the one a lot of readers got on board CF with (it's possible that the mag reached some parts of the country for the first time in August '91, particularly if those areas didn't have a WH Smith or Menzies). This tape, then, is fondly remembered for that first hit of the mag – but there's no doubting it's a barnstorming tape in its own right. Worth it for Spindizzy alone, this one's got enough add-ons to last you until the clocks went back again.
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I bought Speedball 2 as soon as it came out, it was basically Microprose Soccer with upgrades and fouling encouraged. Loved it. I know shortly after release the company went bust. I'm just curious if the C64 version of Speedball 2 is worth anything? There have been articles about old games having value, I would love to see if anything from the C64 catalogue is worth anything. I've got a bit of a collection, even the C64 is in it's original box (I own the 2nd series as the old one I had to bin due to it not working back in the day).
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Die IIHF Ice Hockey U20 Asia and Oceania Championship ist ein internationales Eishockeyturnier für Nationalmannschaften der Junioren unter 20 Jahren in Asien und Ozeanien, die nicht an Eishockey-Weltmeisterschaften teilnehmen oder dort in der untersten Spielklasse spielen. Der Wettbewerb wird vom Internationalen Eishockey-Föderation IIHF organisiert.

Geschichte
Der Wettbewerb wurde 2010 unter dem Namen IIHF University Challenge Cup of Asia eingeführt. Vorbild war der gleichnamige Wettbewerb für Seniorenmannschaften. Im Gegensatz zum Seniorenwettbewerb nahmen am Juniorenwettbewerb jedoch vorerst die stärksten Mannschaften Asiens teil. 2012 wurde der Wettbewerb als IIHF U20 Challenge Cup of Asia ausgetragen und 2014 vorerst eingestellt. Von den fünf Austragungen hatte drei die japanische Auswahl gewonnen, zwei eine Auswahl der russischen Juniorenliga MHL.

2018 wurde der Wettbewerb wieder aufgenommen, diesmal mit den schwächsten Nationalmannschaften des Kontinents. 2019 wurde auch eine Division I eingerichtet. Die Turniere 2020 und 2021 entfielen wegen der COVID-19-Pandemie.

Mit der Wiederaufnahme des Wettbewerbs 2022 wurde dieser in IIHF Ice Hockey U20 Asia and Oceania Championship umbenannt.

Turnierübersicht

Teilnehmer und Platzierungen

2010 bis 2014

Seit 2018

Austragungen

Austragung 2010

Erstmals war beim IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia auch ein Turnier der Universitäten vorgesehen. Es fand als IIHF University Challenge Cup of Asia für Spieler unter 20 Jahren vom 12. bis 14. Mai 2010 im südkoreanischen Goyang bei Seoul statt. Die Teilnehmer waren Japan, die Volksrepublik China sowie die Mannschaft des Gastgebers Südkorea. Die Spiele fanden in der 3.400 Zuschauer fassenden Goyang SPART Complex Arena statt.

Abkürzungen: Pl. = Platz, Sp = Spiele, S = Siege, U = Unentschieden, N = Niederlagen

Austragung 2011

Die zweite Austragung des Wettbewerbs fand zwischen dem 19. und 22. Mai 2011 in der Millionenmetropole Changchun in der Volksrepublik China statt. Die Teilnehmer waren Japan, die Volksrepublik China, Südkorea sowie erstmals die Republik China (Taiwan). Die Spiele fanden im Eishockeystadion Fu'ao statt.

Vorrunde

Abkürzungen: Pl. = Platz, Sp = Spiele, S = Siege, U = Unentschieden, N = Niederlagen

Finalrunde
Spiel um Platz 3

Finale

Austragung 2012

Der dritte Wettbewerb dieser Altersklasse fand erstmals unter dem Namen U20 Challenge Cup of Asia vom 27. Mai bis 1. Juni 2012 in der südkoreanischen Hauptstadt Seoul statt. Die fünf teilnehmenden Mannschaften absolvierten eine Einfachrunde. Als Gastmannschaft nahm eine Auswahl der russischen Juniorenliga MHL teil. Die Spiele fanden in der 5.000 Zuschauer fassenden Mokdong-Eissporthalle statt.

Abkürzungen: Pl. = Platz, Sp = Spiele, S = Siege, OTS = Siege nach Verlängerung (Overtime) oder Penaltyschießen, OTN = Niederlagen nach Verlängerung oder Penaltyschießen, N = Niederlagen

Austragung 2013

Die vierte Austragung des Wettbewerbs fand vom 7. bis 9. Juni 2013 im russischen Chabarowsk statt. Der Gastgeber wurde erneut durch eine Auswahl der Juniorenliga MHL in Form des Teams Amurskije Tigry vertreten. Die Spiele fanden in der 7.100 Zuschauer fassenden Platinum Arena statt.

Abkürzungen: Pl. = Platz, Sp = Spiele, S = Siege, OTS = Siege nach Verlängerung (Overtime) oder Penaltyschießen, OTN = Niederlagen nach Verlängerung oder Penaltyschießen, N = Niederlagen

Austragung 2014

Die fünfte Austragung des Turniers fand vom 4. bis 7. August 2014 im russischen Juschno-Sachalinsk statt. Der Gastgeber wurde erneut durch eine Auswahl der Juniorenliga MHL in Form des Teams Sachalinskije Akuly vertreten. In dieser Mannschaft standen auch zwei Slowaken und ein Weißrusse. Weitere Teilnehmer waren Japan, Kasachstan und Südkorea. Die Spiele fanden in der 1.200 Zuschauer fassenden Arena City statt.

Abkürzungen: Pl. = Platz, Sp = Spiele, S = Siege, OTS = Siege nach Verlängerung (Overtime) oder Penaltyschießen, OTN = Niederlagen nach Verlängerung oder Penaltyschießen, N = Niederlagen

Austragung 2018

Die sechste Austragung des Turniers fand vom 12. bis 17. Dezember 2017 in Kuala Lumpur, der Hauptstadt Malaysias, statt, zählte also zur Saison 2017/18. Nach fast vierjähriger Pause wurde der Wettbewerb mit fünf Teilnehmern ausgetragen. Die Spiele fanden in der 700 Zuschauer fassenden Empire City Ice Arena statt.

Abkürzungen: Pl. = Platz, Sp = Spiele, S = Siege, OTS = Siege nach Verlängerung (Overtime) oder Penaltyschießen, OTN = Niederlagen nach Verlängerung oder Penaltyschießen, N = Niederlagen

Austragung 2019

Top-Division

Die siebte Austragung des Turniers fand vom 5. bis 8. Dezember 2018 in Kuala Lumpur, der Hauptstadt Malaysias, statt. Erstmals wurde das Turnier in zwei Divisionen ausgetragen. Die Spiele fanden in der 700 Zuschauer fassenden Empire City Ice Arena statt.

Abkürzungen: Pl. = Platz, Sp = Spiele, S = Siege, OTS = Siege nach Verlängerung (Overtime) oder Penaltyschießen, OTN = Niederlagen nach Verlängerung oder Penaltyschießen, N = Niederlagen

Division I

Abkürzungen: Pl. = Platz, Sp = Spiele, S = Siege, OTS = Siege nach Verlängerung (Overtime) oder Penaltyschießen, OTN = Niederlagen nach Verlängerung oder Penaltyschießen, N = Niederlagen

Austragung 2022

Vorrunde

Gruppe A

Gruppe B

Finalrunde
Aufgrund von Covid19-Infektionen in der Mannschaft konnten die Philippinen ihre restlichen Spiele nicht bestreiten.

Viertelfinale

Halbfinale

Platzierungsspiele

Spiel um Platz 7

Spiel um Platz 5

Spiel um Platz 3

Finale

Siehe auch

 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia
 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's Asia and Oceania Championship
 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Asia and Oceania Championship

Weblinks

 Asiatische Wettbewerbe auf IIHF.com (englisch)

Einzelnachweise

Jugendeishockey
Sportveranstaltung in Asien
Eishockey (Asien)
Eishockey (Australien und Ozeanien)

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I found out that East Ocean City is closing and a hotel is being proposed.. but excitingly it sounds like this is going to be done by the owner of the building and restaurant (same person.) Most of what I am writing here is more rumor and I have to follow up.
However, it sounds like that is EXACTLY what is happening in this case. So perhaps East Ocean City is closing... but it sounds like this is a move that will be part of Chinatown's development into something that will thrive in the future instead of just barely surviving or even disappearing.


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Q: How much a tester should know about internal details of code? How useful, if at all, is for the testers on a product team to know about the internal code details of a product. This does not mean they need to know every line of code but a good idea of how the code is structured, what is the object model, how the various modules are inter-linked, what are the inter-dependencies between various features etc.? This can argubaly help them in finding related issues or defects once they hit one. On the other side, this can potentially 'bias' their "user-centric" approach towards evaluating and certifying the product and can effect the testing results in the end.
I have not heard of any specific model for such interaction. (Lets assume a product that users, potentially non-technical consume, and not a framework or API that the testers are testing - in the latter case the testers may need to understand the code to test that because the user is another programmer).

A: That entirely depends upon the type of testing being done.
For functional system testing, the testers can and probably should be oblivious to the details of the implementation -- if they know the details they may inadvertently account for that in their test strategy and not properly test the product.
For performance and scalability testing it's often helpful for the testers to have some high-level knowledge of the structure of the codebase, as it's beneficial in identifying potential performance hotspots, and therefore writing targetted test cases. The reason this is important is that generally performance testing is a broad open-ended process, so anything that can be done to focus the testing to get results is beneficial to everybody.

A: What you are looking at here is the difference between black box (no knowledge of the internals), white box (all knowledge) and grey box (some select knowledge).
The answer really depends on the purpose of the code. For integration heavy projects then where and how they communicate, even if it is entirely behind the scenes, allows testers to produce appropriate non-functional test cases.
These test cases are determining whether or not a component will gracefully handle the lack of availability of a dependency. It can also be used to identify performance related issues.
For example: As a tester if I know that the Web UI component defers a request to a orchestration service that does the real work then I can construct a scenario where the orchestration takes a long time (high load). If the user then performs another request (simulating user impatience) and the web service will receive a second request while the first is still going. If we continually repeat this the web service will eventually die from stress. Without knowing the underlying model it would not be easy to find the problem
In most cases for functionality testing then black box is preferred, as soon as you move towards non-functional or system integration then understanding the interactions can assist in ensuring appropriate test coverage.
Not all testers are skilled or comfortable working/understanding the component interactions or internals so it is on a per tester/per system basis on whether it is appropriate.
In almost all cases we start with black box and head towards white as the need sees.

A: This sounds similiar to this previous question: Should QA test from a strictly black-box perspective?

A: I've never seen a circumstance where a tester who knew a lot about the internals of system was disadvantaged.
I would assert that there are self justifying myths that an informed tester is as adequate or even better than a deeply technical one because:

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*It allows project managers to use 'random or low quality resources' for testing. The 'as uninformed as the user myth'. If you want this type of testing - get some 'real' users to test your stuff.

*Testers are still often seen as cheaper and less valuable than developers. The 'anybody can do blackbox testing myth'.

*Development can defer proper testing to the test team. Two myths in one 'we don't need to train testers' and 'only the test team does testing' myths.

A: A tester does not need to know internal details.
The application should be tested without any knowledge of interal structure, development problems, externals depenedncies.
If you encumber the tester with those additional info you push him into a certain testing scheme and the tester should never be pushed in a direction he should just test from a  non coder view.

A: There are multiple testing methodologies that require code reviewing, and also those that don't.
The advantages to white-box testing (i.e. reading the code) is that you can tailor your testing to only test areas that you know (from reading the code) will fail.
Disadvantages include time wasted from actual testing to understand the code.
Black-box testing (i.e. not reading the code) can be just as good (or better?) at finding bugs than white-box.
Normally both types of testing can happen on one project, developers white-box unit testing, and testers black-box integration testing.

A: I prefer Black Box testing for final test regimes
In an ideal world...

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*Testers should know nothing about the internals of the code

*They should know everything the customer will - i.e. have the documents/help required to use the system/application.(this definetly includes the API description/documents if it's some sort of code deliverable)

If the testers can't manage to find the defects with these limitations, you haven't documented your API/application enough.

A: If they are dedicated testers (Only thing they do) then I think they should know as little about the code as possible that they are attempting to test.
Too often they try to determine why its failing, that is the responsibility of the developer not the tester.
That said I think developers make great testers, because we tend to know the edge cases for certain types of functionality.

A: Here's an example of a bug which you can't find if you don't know the code internals, because you simply can't test all inputs:
long long int increment(long long int l) {
    if (l == 475636294934LL) return 3;
    return l + 1;
}

However, in this case it would be found if the tester had 100% code coverage as a target, and looked at only enough of the internals to write tests to achieve that.
Here's an example of a bug which you quite likely won't find if you do know the code internals, because false confidence is contagious. In particular, it is usually not possible for the author of the code to write a test which catches this bug:
int MyConnect(socket *sock) {
    /* socket must have been bound already, but that's OK */
    return RealConnect(sock);
}

If the documentation of MyConnect fails to mention that the socket must be bound, then something unexpected will happen some day (someone will call it unbound, and presumably the socket implementation will select an arbitrary local address). But a tester who can see the code often doesn't have the mindset of "testing" the documentation. Unless they're really on form, they won't notice that there's an assumption in the code not mentioned in the docs, and will just accept the assumption. In contrast, a tester writing from the docs could easily spot the bug, because they'll think "what possible states can a socket be in? I'll do a test for each". Since no constraints are mentioned, there's no reason they won't try the case that fails.
Answer: do both. One way to do this is to write a test suite before you see/write the code, and then add more tests to cover any special cases you introduce in your implementation. This applies whether or not the tester is the same person as the programmer, although obviously if the programmer writes the second kind of test, then only one person in the organisation has to understand the code. It's arguable whether it's a good long-term strategy to have code only one person has ever understood, but it's widespread, because it certainly saves time getting something out the door.
[Edit: I decline to say how these bugs came about. Maybe the programmer of the first one was clinically insane, and for the second one there are some restrictions on the port used, in order to workaround some weird network setup known to occur, and the socket is supposed to have been created via some de-weirdifying API whose existence is mentioned in the general sockets docs, but they neglect to require its use. Clearly in both these cases the programmer has been very careless. But that doesn't affect the point: the examples don't need to be realistic, since if you don't catch bugs that only a very careless programmer would make, then you won't catch all the actual bugs in your code unless you never have a bad day, make a crazy typo, etc.]

A: I guess it depends how good of testing you want. If you just want to sanity check the common scenarios, then by all means, just give the testers / pizza-eaters the application and tell them to go crazy.
However, if you'd like to have a chance at finding edge cases, performance  or load issues, or a whole lot of other issues that hide in the depths of your code, you'd probably be better off hiring testers who know how and when to use white box techniques.
Your call.

A: IMHO, I think the industry view of testers is completely wrong.
Think about it ... you have two plumbers, one is extremely experienced, knows all the rules, the building codes, and can quickly look at something and know if the work is done right or not.  The other plumber is good, and get the job done reliably.
Which one would you want to do the final inspection to make sure you don't come home to a flooded house?  In fact, in what other industry do they allow someone who knows hardly anything about the system they are inspecting to actually do the inspection?
I have seen the bar for QA go up over the years, and that makes me happy.  In time, QA may become something that devs aspire to be.
In short, not only should they be familiar with the code being tested, but they should have an understanding that rivals the architects of the product, as well as be able to effectively interface with the product owner(s) / customers to ensure that what is being created is actually what they want.  But now I am going into a whole seperate conversation ...
Will it happen?  Probably sooner than you think.  I have been able to reduce the number of people needed to do QA, increase the overall effectiveness of the team, and increase the quality of the product simply by hiring very skilled people with dev / architect backgrounds with a strong aptitude for QA.  I have lower operating costs, and since the software going out is higher quality, I end up with lower support costs.  FWIW ... I have found that while I can backfill the QA guys effectively into a dev role when needed, the opposite is almost always not true.

A: If there is time, a tester should definitely go through a developers code. This way, you can improve your tests to get better coverage.
So, maybe if you write your black box tests looking at the spec and think you have the time to execute all of those and will still be left with time, going through code cannot be a bad idea.
Basically it all depends on how much time you have.. Another thing you can do to improve coverage is look at the developers design documents. Those should give you a good idea of what the code is going to look like...
Testers have the advantage of being familiar with both the dev code and the test code!

A: I would say they don't need to know the internal code details at all.  However they do need to know the required functionality and system rules in full detail - like an analyst.  Otherwise they won't test all the functionality, or won't realise when the system misbehaves.

A: For user acceptance testing the tester does not need to know the internal code details of the app.  They only need to know the expected functionality, the business rules.  When a bug is reported
Whoever is fixing the bug should know the inter-dependencies between various features.


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Jayce Hawryluk (born January 1, 1996) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Utica Comets of the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the Florida Panthers in the second round (32nd overall) of the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.

Early life
Jayce was born January 1, 1996, in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada. He has Ukrainian roots.

Hawryluk grew up in Roblin, Manitoba and was once featured on Hockey Day in Canada after becoming a "goal-scoring machine" in the Parkland Region of Manitoba.

Playing career
Hawryluk was selected by the Brandon Wheat Kings in the second round (32nd overall) of the 2011 Western Hockey League (WHL) Bantam Draft.  He has played with the Brandon Wheat Kings since the 2012–13 WHL season.
He had a 24-goal, 64-point season with the Wheat Kings in the 2013–14 season.

On March 1, 2016, Hawryluk was signed to a three-year entry-level contract with the Florida Panthers. Hawryluk would go on to finish fourth in WHL scoring with 106 points (47 goals, 59 assists) in just 58 games for the Wheat Kings. Hawryluk and the Wheat Kings would reach the WHL final for the second year in a row. A year after being swept by the Kelowna Rockets, Hawryluk would lead the charge in the fifth game of the series, recording 3 goals and 3 assists in a Brandon 8–4 win to capture the Ed Chynoweth Trophy. Hawryluk finished his Western Hockey League career with 119 goals, 159 assists for 278 points in 232 regular season games. He totaled 61 points (22 goals, 39 assists) in 45 career WHL Playoff games.

Hawryluk turned professional the following season after being assigned to the Panthers' American Hockey League affiliate, the Springfield Thunderbirds.

Hawryluk began the 2017–18 season in the AHL after being cut from Panthers training camp. He played most of the season in the AHL before being assigned the ECHL team, the Manchester Monarchs, on March 28, 2018.

Hawryluk again started the 2018–19 season in the American Hockey League with the Thunderbirds after being cut from training camp. However, after 25 games, Hawryluk was recalled to the NHL on December 15, 2018, alongside Henrik Borgström. He made his NHL debut that night against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Hawryluk scored his first two career NHL goals in a 6–3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on December 23, 2018.

On July 15, 2019, Hawryluk accepted his qualifying offer from the Panthers, agreeing to a one-year, two-way contract.

During the following 2019–20 season, on February 17, 2020, Hawryluk was claimed off waivers from the Panthers by the Ottawa Senators. Added to the Senator's lineup, Hawryluk contributed with 2 goals and 7 points in only 11 games before the season was paused and abruptly ended for the Senators due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

As an impending restricted free agent and with the Senators undergoing a roster overhaul, Hawryluk was not tendered a qualifying offer, releasing him to free agency. On October 19, 2020, Hawryluk was signed to a one-year, two-way contract with the Vancouver Canucks. In the shortened  season, Hawryluk remained on the Canucks roster, making 30 appearances with the team in a checking-line role, registering 2 goals and 5 points as the club failed to return to the playoffs.

As a free agent from his lone season with the Canucks, Hawryluk paused his NHL career and opted to sign his first European contract in agreeing to a one-year deal with Swedish club, Skellefteå AIK of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), on September 3, 2021.

After a successful tenure in the SHL, Hawryluk returned to North America and signed a one-year, two-way contract with former club, the Ottawa Senators, on July 25, 2022. Assigned to the AHL for the 2022–23 season, Hawryluk registered 3 goals and 8 points in 19 games. Without featuring for Ottawa, on March 10, 2023, Hawryluk was traded by the Senators to the New Jersey Devils in exchange for future considerations.

International play
Hawryluk was selected to play with Team Western Canada at the 2013 World U-17 Hockey Challenge, and he helped the Canadian squad win the gold medal at the 2013 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament.  Hawryluk also helped Canada men's national under-18 ice hockey team capture the bronze medal at the 2014 IIHF World U18 Championships.

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The snow globes take us to a fairyland that reminds us of our childhood. We are sure that everyone would like to have decorative snow globes made of glass that will make us all happy and happy. Why not give your loved one a snow globe at Christmas?
Here's a good idea for you. In our gallery, we present beautiful, graceful snow globe models to create ideas and offer alternatives. You can get an idea by clicking on our gallery for these cute and magical accessories that are also included in the special collections of stores selling decorative items.
First put the figure in the cover you want in the snow globe. Wait until it is dry.
Fill the glass to the brim with cold tap water. Drop a few drops of glycerin and add as much sim as you like.
Apply a thick layer of adhesive to the inside of the glass lid and let it dry. After drying, it serves as a kind of plastic and ensures a better closure of the vessel.
Finally, put the glue in the mouth of the container, close it and let it dry.
Your homemade snow globe is ready!
The decorative snow globe from the glass, which you can easily make with the materials in the house, is a beautiful and funny work that I have chosen this time for you. If you want, you can improve your creativity and spend time with your child.
With just a few simple items in almost every house, you have a beautiful Snow Globe and even those that sell at least in stores. I think there is no one who does not like snow globes, and one of the most elegant winter window edge accessories is definitely snow globes.
I recommend that you look at your child's toy basket before you start this nice work. Amongst your little toys you will also find small deer huts, Santa Claus and trees. The materials required for snowball preparation are listed below.
Ingredients: A glass of the desired size, artificial snow, glycerin, a tiny accessory and water are sold in silicone glue, sims or stationery.
Pour the tiny accessory of your choice into the glass lid, which has been thoroughly washed with silicon and dried, and wait until it has dried thoroughly. Fill the glass of your choice with water, but do not completely fill the water. Leave a little space to add both glycerine and the accessories that you have glued to the lid.
Depending on the size of the glycerine vessel, you must add enough water to make the water worse. Sim or artificial snow does not settle immediately and delivers glycerine. After filling the jar with water, pour in sim or artificial snow. Neither too much nor too little, then add the glycerine and rub the silicone around the lid where you stick the accessory and close the container carefully.
I recommend that you use this wonderful accessory especially in bright areas that we believe will attract a lot of attention when decorating your home. The ideal place for the christmas gifts snow globes, which look much more impressive in the light, is the window. You can also store it in your nursery or in your own bedroom as a decorative accessory such as library accessories or kitchen accessories.


For people who have a fear of needles, sublingual immunotherapy is an alternative way to treat allergies without the use of injections. The process involves giving the patient small doses of allergen to improve the patient's tolerance to the substance and reduce its symptoms. The antigen is placed under the tongue of the patient in a liquid form (drop).
Sublingual immunotherapy is used to treat allergic rhinitis, which is an inflammatory disease that causes sneezing, itchy eyes, and runny nose. For temporary relief, people can purchase over-the-counter medications such as antihistamine and corticosteroid. However, sublingual immunotherapy is the best option for longer-term relief. The treatment has been proven safe to administer to kids as young as 2 years old.
It is safe and effective.
It is convenient since it can be administered at home.
It offers a non-invasive approach.
It can provide long-term relief.
Treatment success of sublingual immunotherapy can be observed in the first few months of treatment. Close observations of the patient is advised to ensure the treatment is working. If not, your allergy and asthma doctormay suggest alternative treatments.
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Rye Classic car Show report – 18 August 2018
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Well, where do you start with the Rye Show? To be honest you could start anywhere and it would still be fantastic! There was no such thing as a classic car show when I was little, but what we did have was a village fete and all things country were represented. We even had pig racing and a ferret display. The local hunt would turn up, usually because they were chasing a fox and were treated to sherry because nobody realised they were not actually part of the proceedings. In my day there was usually a vicar who was just as scary as a modern day clown from a Stephen King novel and prizes for the most engorged marrow. That's why I suppose village fetes used to be held late in the year so that the season's most prized vegetables could be judged alongside Jams, scones and the last of the season's runner beans.
That said times move on, Rye still has jam on sale, the current fayre is pizza, bacon rolls, burgers, a Pym's tent, bar and all the country pursuit stalls that you could throw a home grown prized onion at and then some. Rye is just about as close to what an old fashioned fete was, combined with a classic car show. Albeit last year the local Hunt was supposed to be there and sadly this year they did not appear. There was no pig racing but the ferrets … yes they were there as well. We did have the treat in the guise of the local regiment, The "Tigers" Princess of Wales Royal regiment's Parachute Display Team who dropped in from 4,000 feet and that more than made up for the lack of a vicar, Local Hunt or any clowns but in any case, jumping out of a perfectly serviceable aeroplane looked just as scary!
All the usual suspects took their Alfas and exhibited, but more of them later, what really made my day was a new lady member exhibiting and a lady with an Alfa that we had not seen for about 18 months. Both had interesting stories and vehicles. I'd really like to make a fuss of them because a new member is what keeps the club alive and kicking.
First of all let me introduce Di Vickery, who has only just joined the club a week ago and took delivery of her 2 litre, I think a series 3, Kamm Tail Spyder in Le Mons blue only a few days ago from Paul Noon at Mortimer Prestige Motors.
I can remember seeing Di approaching the show from the opposite direction to me and seeing her pet dog very comfortably "Lording" over proceedings from the rear seat. I don't know about you but a pet dog in a Spyder with the top down just does it even for the most stone hearted of individuals and makes the heart melt. I have to apologise to Di as I completely forgot to ask her dog's name because it was so adorable and calm.
Now I am no aficionado, or anything close to that of anything Spyder, Kamm tail 1750 or otherwise but this car just did it for me. The wheels were different and suited it perfectly. They were Cromodora and are highly sought after. Di informed me that they had bought a spare in the same livery for £80 on E-bay, so had the full set and an excellent bargain price. It was not a make I was familiar with but assuredly were quite rare. The only history to the car was that it originated in Manchester and to me the centre console looked different and unique. I still haven't got my head round why some pedals "hang" and other stick up from the floor. The hood was a "refurb" and Roger Smith gave some very enlightening knowledge into the technical specifications. Roger as you know owns a very similar vehicle that he has owned for the past thirty years. To me the hood and body colour combination was a perfect match on a very beautiful car and I have to admit the engine bay looked rather nice too. In short even to a complete novice like me this was a very nice car and I hope that we will see a lot more of Di Vickery, her Spyder and the doggy who I really must ask the name of next time. I have to admit that Di was right to say that she had fallen in love with the car. And we hope to see a lot more of her vehicle in the future.
It's now that I should introduce Hilary Richards who also attended in her 916 Blue Spyder. This is a vehicle I must confess I have not seen before and I had a right good chat about the history of this Alfa and I was transfixed!
Hilary has been a member for the last 18 months and because the family live in Eastbourne have not attended many of the shows around Kent. This is another reason why I feel we should visit this area of the South East for shows as everyone that loves driving an Alfa round a good B-road bend knows that getting across from Kent to East Sussex takes an age, if not longer and we should visit there more as a lot of our members live in that area. I think the seafront show at Eastbourne really beckons in this respect.
Anyway, to cut to the chase this vehicle was apparently owned by the actress Susan George, who is now a film producer and Arabian horse breeder. Susan George is perhaps best known in the films Straw Dogs with Dustin Hoffman and Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry with Peter Fonda. Hilary also informed me that this was a very confusing car. She did not know whether it was a QV or not as although it had a clover leaf on the rear, there was not one the front wings as one would expect. It had the Pininfarina and "F" badges on the rear quarters denoting it was one of the 916's made in the Pininfarina factory and not the Alfa one. And these badges certainly looked original. The Cloverleak on the back probably being a previous owners "add-on." Our secretary was not aware of a QV 916 Spyder made for the U.K market and my knowledge of what was made for the Italian market is rather minimal and in any case was a right hand drive.
Hilary further revealed that the exhaust pipes were really big in terms of diameter but concealed inside were some much narrower pipes that looked pretty standard. Both Hilary and her husband had elected to replace these with the standard pipes. I have to admit I was scratching my head, but Hilary summed it up when she confessed that, "I just love this car!" At the end of the day that's all that matters and Both Hilary and myself would love to hear your opinions as there are so many more knowledgeable people out there that could fill in the gaps. Three that come to mind are our secretary Jeff Kaby, a certain Steve Geary and the ever sublime David Norman. Incidentally Steve Geary has not yet sold his 916 Spyder, of similar spec and has dropped the price. When Hilary meets up with them in the future I am sure a few gaps will be filled.
Whilst I was meeting people that I had not met before I happened to notice old friends doing what they always do at car shows, discussing life, cars, ailments of age and anything else that blokes talk about and so I just had to grab a quick snap of Roger Smith, Graham Duplock and Colin Craven doing just that. Although, I have to confess, I'm usually completely lost by their knowledge and conversation when I can actually hear what they are talking about and saying. Roger, as always, is a tonic for the blues and I could listen to him all day long.
At these sort of shows you just have to have a nose and a wander around everything else and one thing that caught my eye was a fire engine, but after speaking to the crew I learned that this was the very same fire tender and crew that had put out the fire at St Michael's Hospice three years ago. The hospice were the organisers of the show and had invited the tender and crew to the show as a thank you. The kids were climbing all over it and it was lovely to see.
Country shows are never complete without a bit of show jumping and I thought the junior display was fantastic. It reminded me of the author Thelwell and his book of cartoons entitled, "A leg at each corner," which just summed up country fetes and the skills associated with people making their living in the country.
Purely by chance there was a marching band consisting of Army veterans and as a child I always enjoyed the thumping of the big base drum onto my chest as they marched past and this was just the same. My boots, in the Army, were never that shiny though!
The climax of the day was the parachute display team from our local regiment, "The Tigers," or as Military types knows them, "The Princess of Wales Royal Regiment." The cloud was low at 4,000 feet so freefall chutes had to be deployed as soon as they left the aircraft. This really made it all the more spectacular and enjoyable.
So another car show came to an end and I have to say that I am surprised, when our club has over 200 members that we don't see more people like Hilary, Di and their fantastic vehicles more. We should visit E.Sussex more often, we should do more shows and events in that direction and we definitely should go to Rye every year, if only to sample more of those fantastic roads bends and straights. You don't often get to drive properly in the South East and I have to admit I was a bit "Italian" on the way home and that really made a good day perfect for me.
Classic Music & Motors Report, Whitstable – 15 July 2018
Festival Italia, Brands Hatch Report – 19 August 2018


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Q: Create a new SQL Server which has a period in the name I apologize if this is a repost but I didn't find exactly what I needed.
I'm running SQL Server 2008 Developer edition on my machine. I've tried dropping my old server (which was the name of my machine) and adding my new one such that select @@servername returns the new name 'test.k5'. However, I can't connect to this inside the management studio. Is there something I'm missing?
Or is there a much better approach to doing this?

A: I'm not sure I'm understanding your question correctly.  Are you saying you changed the network name of your machine that is running SQL Server?  If so, this should be giving you the wrong name:
exec sp_helpserver

or
select @@servername

Here's what you need to do to fix this, if this is the problem:
exec sp_dropserver 'YourOldMachineName'
go
exec sp_addserver 'YourNEWServerName', 'local'
go

If this is not what you mean, then please let me know and we'll go from there.


Luke Harper is currently backstage at tonight's RAW in Kansas City.
Harper can be seen in Sasha Banks' Instagram stories (seen below) behind Natalya.
What's most interesting is that Luke is seen in his ring gear and he's also a SmackDown Live Superstar and not a RAW Superstar. It was reported over the weekend that Harper was out of action with an injury. It's very possible that he could have been cleared and WWE plans on using him to build for the RAW vs. SmackDown Survivor Series storylines but that remains to be seen.
We will keep you updated if we receive any additional information on why exactly he's backstage.


Two wonderful guests in town, a lot of running around and visiting, and I still managed to finish Aunt B's socks on Saturday night, while watching a sweet movie with my girls.
My mom and soon-to-be-sister-in-law were in town for a truly fantastic visit. They were here because they were throwing a wedding shower for lil ole me with my sis. What a great party - it was so perfectly lovely- the food, the drink, the company, but talk about emotional. I feel like I have either been giggling like a hyena (do hyenas giggle or do they guffaw? because, honestly, there was a little bit of both) or leaking tears from my eyes since they arrived on Wednesday. Aren't women fantastic? I love my S - I can talk to him about anything and everything, can cry to and with him, and laugh until my sides feel fit to bust, but there is something about having your girls around to really get the waterworks going. This weekend has been good for the soul.
To start out with, I am in love with these socks. They have the right amount of bounce, of give, of stretchiness. I really want to keep them. They will be a lovely gift. They fit me like a dream. Aunt B will heart them completely. I will send them in the next few days. It will be painful, but it will be done. I promise.
I worked the pattern until about 1 inch from where I wanted the cuff to be, then began working a p2, k3 rib to keep in step with how the faux cable works (on a multiple of 5 stitches). It looks really fly. Of course, I have yet to take photos of the finished socks, but I will soon, possibly tonight, and will share the beauty.
Elfine Pattern (my sis called these "Elfine Love Socks," which I really really heart - whattaya think, WG?) with Sundara sock yarn in Leafy colorway. She made them a bit shorter than the original pattern, and, get this - ADDED A PICOT EDGE TO THE TOP.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart, WG!
oh, wg, come ON! don't make me cry at work - doncha know i have been emotional lately?!?!?!?!?!?!
these socks feel so fantastically perfect on my feet!
Sounds like too much fun. I never had a sister of my own, so I'm always intrigued by them. I used to study the Brady Bunch girls for clues. At least I'm lucky enough to have a few SILs now.
Beautiful Elfines! I just received a pair of those from my Sockapal3za pal and they are I.N.C.R.E.D.I.B.L.E. They're the best fitting socks I have yet. And I just finished the first of a pair of them for a friend of mine, too.
We miss your mom! When are you going to send her back? I bet you'd like to keep her there.
Shannon, those socks are GORGEOUS!! Stunning!!! They are beautiful on you!!
WG, you did an amazing supercalifragilisticexpealidocious job on them!! I heart the picot edge!!! And the color screams "Shannon"!!!


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Imperialist States Italy Tunisia
International statement on the Italian/Tunisian imperialist meeting
May 21, 2019 C. Kistler New Communist Party (under foundation), Party of Elkadehines, PCmI
Workers and peoples of all countries unite!
On April the 30th, the highest representatives of Italian imperialism and the Tunisian comprador bourgeoisie ones met in Tunis at an inter-governmental meeting after which they announced that they had signed as many as 7 agreements. It was since 2012 there has been no similar meeting between the governments of the two countries, meanwhile from 2017 Italy has become the first trading partner of Tunisia with a clearly favorable inter-trade exchange for the imperialist country of the northern Mediterranean.
Once again the two governments agree about fighting the immigration of our brothers and sisters who from various nations (including Tunisia itself) depart from Tunisia to Italy and Europe escaping from the wars provoked by the imperialist countries Europeans including Italy and the misery produced by the world imperialist system in which the regimes of African countries are accomplices, also caused by unequal economic agreements of the neo-colonial type like these. Just 10 days after the signing of this agreement, a massacre of migrants took place once again near Sfax, in which more than 70 people died, mainly Bangladeshis but also Moroccans, Egyptians and Sub-Saharan Africans. The blood of these migrants once again stains the hands of the rulers of the northern and southern Mediterranean shores governments and cries out for vengeance!
The other main points of these agreements also provide for a greater Italian control over the Tunisian electricity energy sector with an investment of over € 50 million for the construction of a fiber optic cable between Sicily and Cap Bon. The consequence will be a greater energy dependence of Tunisia on the foreign power, a further increase in the price of electricity for the Tunisian people and an increase in the Tunisian foreign debt to Italy, which will weigh on the shoulders of the Tunisian people.
Another important point is the conversion of € 25 million of Tunisian foreign debt towards Italy as a "gift" to finance the "administrative decentralization" in Tunisia or for local public administrations. In concrete terms, this sum will be spent at Italian companies from which all the goods and services necessary for the price decided by the Italian companies will be purchased. Tunisia will not be free to choose to spend this money on cheaper suppliers like national companies. A real fraud in favor of the Italian economy and to the detriment of the Tunisian economy of which the Tunisian government is complicit.
The Tunisian government once again shows how it is servile towards Italian imperialism in its interests in Libya, where the Italian-flag oil company, Eni has enormous interests as well as in Tunisia. Another point of the agreement was in fact Tunisia's support for Italy's aspirations in Libya.
The Tunisian government has signed all of these agreements in exchange for the vague promise of greater shares of Italian tourists in Tunisia and the importation of olive oil. A barter that is played on the skin of the Tunisian people, of the Libyan people and of the migrants who cross both Tunisia and the Libyan chaos where they are continually harassed, enslaved, raped and killed and, when they try the sea route they often find themselves hunted down. by Libyan and Tunisian patrol boats often supplied by Italy and other imperialist countries.
The marxist-leninist-maoist Communist parties of Italy and Tunisia therefore appeal to the Italian proletariat and the Tunisian people to organize and join migrants in their respective countries in the struggle against both governments, the Italian imperialist bourgeoisie' s one and the Tunisian comprador bourgeoisie's one and in this sense:
We salute the latest protests in the Italian squares against the fascist Leaue party leader Salvini and the populist Di Maio, the workers in Italy of any nationality must organize themselves against the Italian masters against the continuous attack on the rights of workers and against the attempt to divide the working class between Italian and immigrants with the aim of weakening the working class itself, with the closure of companies and the delocalization in countries like Tunisia, the attack on wages and the blackmail of social control through the "citizenship income" of the Di Maio / Salvini government. The joint declaration of Maoist parties and organizations on the occasion of the first of May signed by us states: "In the imperialist countries, while proletarian and popular struggles are increasing, like in France, advances the populist-beam demagogy and the use of the great migratory waves provoked by imperialism to direct the anger of the masses not towards the domination of the bourgeois forces in power but towards migrants creating a war between the poor ".
We salute the struggles of the Tunisian people and in particular those of the peasant women on strike in Sidi Bouzid after another massacre at work and against the Aleca (the In-depth Free Trade Agreement with the EU) both struggles characterized the May Day in Tunisia.
We salute the protest of the immigrants of the sub-Saharan peoples in Tunisia this May in Tunis to obtain their rights and we support the freedom of movement of migrants and the right to asylum in Tunisia.
We call on the Italian workers and the Tunisian people to unite in this battle against the common enemy: Italian imperialism and Tunisian reactionary regime.
"This battle has to be conducted in each country requires in the current international context an international vision, an international link, a common battle at the international level of the proletarians and oppressed peoples"
From the joint declaration of the Maoist parties and organizations on the occasion of the 1st of May 2019.
Maoist Communist Party – Italy
New Communist Party (under foundation), Tunisia
Party of Elkadehines, Tunisia
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C. Kistler
Also editor of Nouvelle Turquie.


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import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
import static play.mvc.Http.Status.BAD_REQUEST;
import static play.mvc.Http.Status.NOT_FOUND;
import static play.mvc.Http.Status.OK;
import static play.test.Helpers.callAction;
import static play.test.Helpers.contentAsString;
import static play.test.Helpers.fakeApplication;
import static play.test.Helpers.fakeRequest;
import static play.test.Helpers.inMemoryDatabase;
import static play.test.Helpers.start;
import static play.test.Helpers.status;
import static play.test.Helpers.stop;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import models.Product;
import models.Tag;
import models.StockItem;
import models.Warehouse;
import models.Address;
import org.junit.After;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;
import play.mvc.Result;
import play.test.FakeApplication;
import play.test.FakeRequest;

public class ControllerTest {
  private FakeApplication application;

  @Before
  public void startApp() {
    application = fakeApplication(inMemoryDatabase());
    start(application);
  }

  @After
  public void stopApp() {
    stop(application);
  }

  @Test
  public void testProductController() {
    // Test GET /product on an empty database.
    Result result = callAction(controllers.routes.ref.Product.index());
    assertTrue("Empty products", contentAsString(result).contains("No products"));

    // Test GET /product on a database containing a single product.
    String productId = "Product-01";
    Product product = new Product(productId, "French Press", "Coffee Maker");
    product.save();
    result = callAction(controllers.routes.ref.Product.index());
    assertTrue("One product", contentAsString(result).contains(productId));

    // Test GET /product/Product-01
    result = callAction(controllers.routes.ref.Product.details(productId));
    assertTrue("Product detail", contentAsString(result).contains(productId));

    // Test GET /product/BadProductId and make sure we get a 404
    result = callAction(controllers.routes.ref.Product.details("BadProductId"));
    assertEquals("Product detail (bad)", NOT_FOUND, status(result));

    // Test POST /products (with simulated, valid form data).
    Map<String, String> productData = new HashMap<String, String>();
    productData.put("productId", "Product-02");
    productData.put("name", "Baby Gaggia");
    productData.put("description", "Espresso machine");
    FakeRequest request = fakeRequest();
    request.withFormUrlEncodedBody(productData);
    result = callAction(controllers.routes.ref.Product.newProduct(), request);
    assertEquals("Create new product", OK, status(result));

    // Test POST /products (with simulated, invalid form data).
    request = fakeRequest();
    result = callAction(controllers.routes.ref.Product.newProduct(), request);

    // Test DELETE /product/Product-01 (a valid ProductId)
    result = callAction(controllers.routes.ref.Product.delete(productId));
    assertEquals("Delete current product OK", OK, status(result));
    result = callAction(controllers.routes.ref.Product.details(productId));
    assertEquals("Deleted product gone", NOT_FOUND, status(result));
    result = callAction(controllers.routes.ref.Product.delete(productId));
    assertEquals("Deleted missing product also OK", OK, status(result));
  }

  @Test
  public void testTagController() {
    // Test GET /tag on an empty database.
    Result result = callAction(controllers.routes.ref.Tag.index());
    assertTrue("Empty tags", contentAsString(result).contains("No Tags"));

    // Test GET /tag on a database containing a single tag.
    String tagId = "Tag-01";
    Tag tag = new Tag(tagId);
    tag.save();
    result = callAction(controllers.routes.ref.Tag.index());
    assertTrue("One tag", contentAsString(result).contains(tagId));

    // Test GET /tag/Tag-01
    result = callAction(controllers.routes.ref.Tag.details(tagId));
    assertTrue("Tag detail", contentAsString(result).contains(tagId));

    // Test GET /tag/BadTagId and make sure we get a 404
    result = callAction(controllers.routes.ref.Tag.details("BadTagId"));
    assertEquals("Tag detail (bad)", NOT_FOUND, status(result));

    // Test POST /tags (with simulated, valid form data).
    Map<String, String> tagData = new HashMap<String, String>();
    tagData.put("tagId", "Tag-02");
    FakeRequest request = fakeRequest();
    request.withFormUrlEncodedBody(tagData);
    result = callAction(controllers.routes.ref.Tag.newTag(), request);
    assertEquals("Create new tag", OK, status(result));

    // Test POST /tags (with invalid tag: tags cannot be named "Tag").
    // Illustrates use of validate() method in models.Tag.
    request = fakeRequest();
    tagData.put("tagId", "Tag");
    request.withFormUrlEncodedBody(tagData);
    result = callAction(controllers.routes.ref.Tag.newTag(), request);
    assertEquals("Create bad tag fails", BAD_REQUEST, status(result));

    // Test DELETE /tag/Tag-01 (a valid TagId)
    result = callAction(controllers.routes.ref.Tag.delete(tagId));
    assertEquals("Delete current tag OK", OK, status(result));
    result = callAction(controllers.routes.ref.Tag.details(tagId));
    assertEquals("Deleted tag gone", NOT_FOUND, status(result));
    result = callAction(controllers.routes.ref.Tag.delete(tagId));
    assertEquals("Deleted missing tag also OK", OK, status(result));
  }

  @Test
  public void testStockItemController() {
    // Test GET /stockItem on an empty database.
    Result result = callAction(controllers.routes.ref.StockItem.index());
    assertTrue("Empty stockitems", contentAsString(result).contains("No stockitems"));

    // Test GET /stockItem on a database containing a single stockItem.
    String stockItemId = "StockItem-01";
    String warehouseId = "Warehouse-01";
    Warehouse warehouse = new Warehouse(warehouseId, "Storage");
    warehouse.save();
    Product product = new Product("Product-01", "soda", "pop");
    product.save();
    StockItem stockitem = new StockItem(stockItemId, null, null, 100);
    stockitem.save();
    result = callAction(controllers.routes.ref.StockItem.index());
    assertTrue("One stockItem", contentAsString(result).contains(stockItemId));

    // Test GET /stockItem/StockItem-01
    result = callAction(controllers.routes.ref.StockItem.details(stockItemId));
    assertTrue("StockItem detail", contentAsString(result).contains(stockItemId));

    // Test GET /stockItem/BadStockItemId and make sure we get a 404
    result = callAction(controllers.routes.ref.StockItem.details("BadStockItemId"));
    assertEquals("StockItem detail (bad)", NOT_FOUND, status(result));

    // Test POST /stockItems (with simulated, invalid form data).
    Map<String, String> stockItemData = new HashMap<String, String>();
    stockItemData.put("stockItemId", "StockItem-02");
    stockItemData.put("warehouseId", null);
    stockItemData.put("productId", null);
    stockItemData.put("quantity", "500");
    FakeRequest request = fakeRequest();
    request.withFormUrlEncodedBody(stockItemData);
    result = callAction(controllers.routes.ref.StockItem.newStockItem(), request);
    assertEquals("Create new stockItem", BAD_REQUEST, status(result));

    // Test for current StockItem count after bad form input
    List<StockItem> stockitems = StockItem.find().findList();
    assertEquals("Checking stockitems", stockitems.size(), 1);

    // Test POST /stockItems (with simulated, valid form data).
    stockItemData.put("warehouseId", "Warehouse-01");
    stockItemData.put("productId", "Product-01");
    request = fakeRequest();
    request.withFormUrlEncodedBody(stockItemData);
    result = callAction(controllers.routes.ref.StockItem.newStockItem(), request);
    assertEquals("Create new stockItem", OK, status(result));

    // Check for valid insertion
    stockitems = StockItem.find().findList();
    assertEquals("Checking stockitems", stockitems.size(), 2);

    // Test DELETE /stockItem/StockItem-01 (a valid StockItemId)
    result = callAction(controllers.routes.ref.StockItem.delete(stockItemId));
    assertEquals("Delete current stockItem OK", OK, status(result));
    result = callAction(controllers.routes.ref.StockItem.details(stockItemId));
    assertEquals("Deleted stockItem gone", NOT_FOUND, status(result));
    result = callAction(controllers.routes.ref.StockItem.delete(stockItemId));
    assertEquals("Deleted missing stockItem also OK", OK, status(result));
  }

  @Test
  public void testWarehouseController() {
    // Test GET /warehouse on an empty database.
    Result result = callAction(controllers.routes.ref.Warehouse.index());
    assertTrue("Empty warehouses", contentAsString(result).contains("No warehouses"));

    // Test GET /warehouse on a database containing a single warehouse.
    String warehouseId = "Warehouse-01";
    Warehouse warehouse = new Warehouse(warehouseId,"Storage");
    warehouse.save();
    Address address = new Address("Address-01");
    address.save();

    result = callAction(controllers.routes.ref.Warehouse.index());
    assertTrue("One warehouse", contentAsString(result).contains(warehouseId));

    // Test GET /warehouse/Warehouse-01
    result = callAction(controllers.routes.ref.Warehouse.details(warehouseId));
    assertTrue("Warehouse detail", contentAsString(result).contains(warehouseId));

    // Test GET /warehouse/BadWarehouseId and make sure we get a 404
    result = callAction(controllers.routes.ref.Warehouse.details("BadWarehouseId"));
    assertEquals("Warehouse detail (bad)", NOT_FOUND, status(result));

    // Test POST /warehouses (with simulated, valid form data).
    Map<String, String> warehouseData = new HashMap<String, String>();
    warehouseData.put("warehouseId", "Warehouse-02");
    warehouseData.put("name", "Barn");
    warehouseData.put("addressId", "Address-01");
    FakeRequest request = fakeRequest();
    request.withFormUrlEncodedBody(warehouseData);
    result = callAction(controllers.routes.ref.Warehouse.newWarehouse(), request);
    assertEquals("Create new warehouse", OK, status(result));

    // Illustrates use of validate() method in models.Warehouse.
    request = fakeRequest();
    warehouseData.put("warehouseId", "Warehouse-03");
    warehouseData.put("name", "Shed");
    warehouseData.put("addressId", "Address-02");
    request.withFormUrlEncodedBody(warehouseData);
    result = callAction(controllers.routes.ref.Warehouse.newWarehouse(), request);
    assertEquals("Create bad warehouse fails", BAD_REQUEST, status(result));

    // Test DELETE /warehouse/Warehouse-01 (a valid WarehouseId)
    result = callAction(controllers.routes.ref.Warehouse.delete(warehouseId));
    assertEquals("Delete current warehouse OK", OK, status(result));
    result = callAction(controllers.routes.ref.Warehouse.details(warehouseId));
    assertEquals("Deleted warehouse gone", NOT_FOUND, status(result));
    result = callAction(controllers.routes.ref.Warehouse.delete(warehouseId));
    assertEquals("Deleted missing warehouse also OK", OK, status(result));
  }
}


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