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import sys
import errno
from eventlet import patcher
select = patcher.original('select')
time = patcher.original('time')

from eventlet.hubs.hub import BaseHub, READ, WRITE

try:
    BAD_SOCK = set((errno.EBADF, errno.WSAENOTSOCK))
except AttributeError:
    BAD_SOCK = set((errno.EBADF,))

class Hub(BaseHub):
    def _remove_bad_fds(self):
        """ Iterate through fds, removing the ones that are bad per the
        operating system.
        """
        for fd in self.listeners[READ].keys() + self.listeners[WRITE].keys():
            try:
                select.select([fd], [], [], 0)
            except select.error, e:
                if e.args[0] == errno.EBADF:
                    self.remove_descriptor(fd)

    def wait(self, seconds=None):
        readers = self.listeners[READ]
        writers = self.listeners[WRITE]
        if not readers and not writers:
            if seconds:
                time.sleep(seconds)
            return
        try:
            r, w, er = select.select(readers.keys(), writers.keys(), readers.keys() + writers.keys(), seconds)
        except select.error, e:
            if e.args[0] == errno.EINTR:
                return
            elif e.args[0] in BAD_SOCK:
                self._remove_bad_fds()
                return
            else:
                raise

        for fileno in er:
            for reader in readers.get(fileno, ()):
                reader(fileno)
            for writer in writers.get(fileno, ()):
                writer(fileno)

        for listeners, events in ((readers, r), (writers, w)):
            for fileno in events:
                try:
                    l_list = listeners[fileno]
                    if l_list:
                        l_list[0](fileno)
                except self.SYSTEM_EXCEPTIONS:
                    raise
                except:
                    self.squelch_exception(fileno, sys.exc_info())
                    sys.exc_clear()


Explain and evaluate the role of conscience in moral decision-making. Conscience can be defined as something within each of us that tells us what is right and what is wrong. In Latin ?Con? means with and ?science? means knowledge. Therefore we should surely use our conscience when we are making decisions as we should be being told what is the right thing to do and what is wrong. This however doesn?t always seem to be the case. The problem with using your conscience is that it is not consistent. We can see this when claims have been made after someone made the wrong choice. For example at the time he was Prime minister Tony Blair took the choice to go to war with Iraq. It is widely regarded as being the wrong choice to have made and Tony Blair said in response that he was following his conscience. There are religious and secular (non-religious) views on the conscience. The religious views have been developed from biblical teaching and the divine command theory. However there is more than one interpretation about the conscience. Thomas Aquinas for example believed that people should follow their conscience totally as long as your principles are right because it is the voice of reason. On the other hand Butler argued the conscience comes form intuition. ...read more.
He therefore saw that our conscience will continuously change in different circumstances not making it a reliable source to make a decision on. Augustine too believed that we should take it seriously and listen to our conscience because we are hearing the word of God. Therefore Newman, Augustine and Butler take a much less rationalist view upon conscience compared to Aquinas but as all four believe that God is involved with our Conscience it is important to use it when making moral-decisions, especially if we believe in God. Due to there being Secular views on the conscience the debate over nurture or nature has risen. This is questioning whether we get our morals and our conscience before we are born or whether we develop morality as we get older. With this argument there is also the belief that we have both. For example a Secularist could hold that we are born with our natural instincts that encourage us to do good because it will encourage our survival. This would be a Darwinian approach. The same person could then argue that we also develop our morals during life that allow us to fit into society and the rules and regulations that surround it. A religious person could say the same except that we would have been given a conscience before we were born by God. ...read more.
The most important moral development occurs through social interactions. Fromm on the other hand had two approaches and didn?t think there was stages in moral development but saw that all humans are influenced by external authorities like parents, teachers and church leaders. He thought that a guilty conscience is a result of displeasing these authorities. The example of the Nazi government in Germany in the 1930?s was very successful about manipulating the conscience?s of its people to encourage them not to help the Jews. But that was his authoritarian approach and he had a humanistic approach. This was that our conscience is our real self and leads us to realise our full potential using our experiences not slavish obedience. It appears the conscience should take a large role in how we make moral decisions. However for both Secular and Religious views on the conscience we have seen that mistakes can be made. These mistakes are the products of wrong principles or bad nurturing as a child growing up or manipulations and bad influences. Therefore conscience should take a big role in making moral decisions but one should also consider the fact that they may be wrong and should compare the choice they want to make to another to see if one is greater. Key issue is found in a resolution of the nature nurture debate. The origin of conscience Try to come to a conclusion that focuses on the key issue.. Is the conscience in anyway linked to God and moral absolutism B 75% ...read more.
Thomistic philosophy places the conscience in a divine rank; alongside the Bible, the Church and Mankind as a whole. It is divine and institutional law; guided through human mechanisms by the Synderesis Rule: "the innate principle in the moral consciousness of every person which directs the agent to good and restrains him from evil"5.
Assess the view that conscience is given to us by God.
to what we do. Aquinas states that your conscience can lead you to make the wrong decision but people cannot knowingly do wrong; we only ever seek apparent goods. We must always follow our conscience as it is God given; it is our best chance of making the right choices.
This means that democracy would seem to be part of an ideal society in pursuit of happiness. There are good reasons for this - we all have subjective opinions (as Nietzsche rightly said) and these need to be reflected in the way we are governed by an authority.
believe their best interests to be our best interests, and we will demand their demands. So the media, we could say, is the new religion, the handful of businessmen who control the media are the new masters, and therefore we are the new slaves.
Assess the view that conscience is not the voice of God, but is learned?
Synderesis was the repeated use of what Aquinas considered as being 'right reason'. By which a person acquires knowledge of basic moral principles and understands that it is important to do good. The Conscientia is the actual ethical judgement and decisions a person makes which leads to a particular course of action based upon these principles.


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Home Collection Aiyaary Weekend Box Office Collection – Disappointment of audiences shows on numbers.
Aiyaary Weekend Box Office Collection – Disappointment of audiences shows on numbers.
The Siddharth Malhotra starrer Aiyaary failed to impress the audiences or create its mark at the Box Office. The Film hasn't recieved a good response from the Critics. Trade Analyst Taran Adarsh tweets the film to be disappointing and gives it a 2 Star.
Weekend Box Office Collection Aiyaary.
The Neeraj Pandey directed movie 'Aiyaary' fails to create its magic on the audiences and it is clearly visible from the Box Office Numbers. The Siddharth Malhotra and Manoj Bajpayee starrer Aiyaary's total 3 day Box Office Collection is approximately Rs. 12.61 crores. As per Trade Analyst Taran Adarsh's tweet Aiyaary collected Rs. 3.36 crore on Friday and Rs. 4.04 crore on Saturday. The Collection of Sunday is estimated to be 5.21 crores considering an estimate of 20% growth owing to Weekend. The exact figures are yet to be recieved though.
Besides the overseas business marks to $ 419000 on Friday and $ 292000 on Saturday coming to a sum total of $ 711000 (4.57 crores).
The daywise Box Office Collection of Aiyaary is as under.
Also Read: Padman Daywise Collection Padmaavat Daywise Collection, Black Panther Daywise Collection.
Plot of the Movie Aiyaary.
Aiyaary is a thriller story of two Indian army officers, Colonel Abhay Singh (Manoj Bajpai) and his subordinate Major Jai Bakshi (Siddarth Malhotra). The two officers are part of a military intelligence unit called DSD (Data & System Diagnostics). The motive of this unit is to put important numbers on surveillance and tap phones to gain important information.
They stand against each other after Jai happens to lay his hands on a very vital information regarding the Indian army while tapping a phone. Jai goes against the whole system. He Disappears and finally Abhay is assigned to trace Jai. He is given 36 hours to get to Jai, who is the only one who knows of the dirty secret that can bring down the whole government.


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Portraits are her forte
The world of art always enthralled Keerthy Raj. When she was little, she would play around with colours.
Keerthy Raj
By Aathira Haridas
Express News Service
KOCHI: The world of art always enthralled Keerthy Raj. When she was little, she would play around with colours. But it was only after college that she started pursuing art seriously. With a lot of time in hand before joining the techie milieu post her campus selection, Keerthy turned to art. An ardent fan of detailing and intricate work, creating portraits in charcoal and pencil is her forte. Keerthy uses photographs and recreates it in monochrome using charcoal and lead pencil. "For me, it is all about bringing the same emotion in a photograph into the artwork," says Keerthy, who works at UST Global, Technopark.
It was a photograph of her father in his younger days that turned muse for her. Keerthi still remembers how her parents were deeply touched when she turned up with her father's portrait. And that is how her journey in art began. "I have immense patience when it comes to creating art. It is the sheer pleasure of working with human portraits. I can spend hours detailing and that is what I love about doing portraits. I get to work on each feature on the face and go about perfecting it," says Keerthy, a self-taught artist.
It is not just human portraits but she also recreates the photographs she captures by creating art out of it. A night owl, Keerthy starts working once the night settles in. "The silence is a prerequisite for me. So I start at two and continue until I finish. One artwork can take at least six hours and I won't budge until the work is finished. And once I am done and left with just the shading part, I turn on the music," chuckles Keerthy.

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Have you lost one or more teeth to a sports injury? Unfortunately, that's a fairly common problem in athletes, especially those who participate in contact sports. Replacing missing teeth after a sports injury is something you'll want to have done as soon as possible, since leaving a gap in your mouth can lead to dental problems, such as adjacent teeth shifting to fill the gap. Missing teeth can also make eating and speech difficult, and having a gap in your smile can be rather embarrassing.
If you have missing teeth caused by sports injury, first of all – where was your mouth guard? Secondly, getting them replaced as soon as possible is a priority. That's because the gaps they leave can affect other teeth, which may shift or tilt to fill them. Of course, there are also functional issues to consider, as missing teeth can make biting, chewing and speech difficult, and the aesthetics of missing teeth, which can affect a person's appearance dramatically.
Options for replacing them range from dental implants – generally the best choice in adults – to dental bridges or partial dentures.
If you're a candidate for dental implants in San Ramon near Pleasanton, and most adults are, they are the best option for replacing missing teeth caused by sports injury. Implant based restorations are the option that most closely resembles natural teeth in terms of appearance, structure and function. Since they, unlike any other option, replace missing tooth roots in the jaw, dental implants help prevent bone resorption that typically causes the jawbone to shrink away after tooth loss. Implant-based restorations can replace a single lost tooth or several, and once they're in place, they look, feel and function like your natural ones. Additionally, they require no special care – you brush and floss them like natural teeth – and can last a lifetime. Dental implant restorations are generally not an option for children or teens who are still experiencing jawbone growth and development.
Dental bridges are another option for replacing missing teeth due to sports injury. Generally, there must be natural teeth at either end of the gap you'd like to fill, since they will be used to support the bridge. Dental bridges most commonly consist of two crowns to be fitted onto those natural teeth with the required number of false teeth placed between them. On average, dental bridges last 7 to 10 years, so they aren't permanent solutions, and since they only replace the crowns of missing teeth, bone resorption will occur. Daily care consists of normal brushing as well as flossing around and underneath the bridge.
Partial dentures are typically the least expensive means of replacing missing teeth. Typically, they consist of false teeth placed into a gum colored acrylic base, and are retained by clasps made to fit over adjacent natural teeth. Partial dentures are removable, and should be taken out for cleaning after meals and at night. Care consists of brushing the denture, soaking in denture cleaning solution as needed and annual dental visits to evaluate their fit and condition. On average, partial dentures will require relining or replacement every 5 to 10 years, as jawbone and gum shrinkage cause instability.
So there are your basic options for replacing missing teeth caused by sports injury. Of course, deciding which is best for you is best done with the help of your dental professional, who will be familiar with your individual circumstances and needs. Once you've settled on an option and get your smile restored, invest in a quality mouth guard – one custom made by your dentist is best – to help prevent another round of dental restoration in the future.


We highly encourage our JagaPros to do their documentations on the spot or as soon as possible while the memory is still fresh. The documentations can be saved as drafts in the app and continued later.
However, we also recognise that real-time documentation is not always possible as it can be quite disruptive to keep having to pull out the phone all the time.
In times when it is inconvenient to record down directly into the app, we recommend that the JagaPro jot it down somewhere first if possible and transfer the documentations into the app when it is convenient again.


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TA telecom is an African mobile technology and software company that builds mobile content platforms, analytic tools and brands products.

History
The startup was founded in 2000 by Egyptian techpreneur Amr Shady. TA telecom expanded from its headquarters in Egypt to Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Libya, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Rwanda, and Morocco.
It started as a mobile advertising provider and provided value-added services (VAS) a year later in 2001. Value-added services are phone services that users can receive in addition to their core voice calls (e.g., ring back tones, daily news summaries that are automatically sent to users by SMS, etc.).
The company moved into developing mobile applications and predictive analytics in 2012.
TA telecom grew between 2006 and 2013. It began with a small client base in Egypt, but its products now reach around 10 million users in the Middle East and Africa (MENA). The company's employees increased from 15 in 2006 to 65 in 2015. Its revenue also grew by 560% from 2009 to 2014.

Timeline
 2000: Company founded in Egypt as a mobile advertising agency
 2001: Produced first VAS application, a game for soccer fans in Cairo with Vodafone Egypt as the main client.
 2004: Began producing and aggregating content for telecom companies. Main clients: Vodafone, Mobinil, and Etisalat.
 2006: Launched BUZZ!, a VAS platform
 2005 - 2014:  Entered markets in the UAE, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Libya, Rwanda, Tanzania
 2014: Invented PI, a data analytic tool that measures the performance of subscription-based services and predicts growth
 2014: Launched Reveel in Silicon Valley

TA telecom's Mobile Technology and Software

 Pi or Performance Index is a predictive analytics tool which measures the performance of mobile subscription-based services, identifying trends and changes in product performances to provide insights for business on growing revenues. The PI analytic tool is the foundation of Reveel's technology – a company TA telecom spun-off in the U.S. Silicon Valley in 2014.
 BUZZ! is a content-delivery platform providing SMS content to subscribers such as real-time goal alerts; breaking news; daily health, wellbeing and life coaching tips; weather updates; religion; and financial services.
 Waseelah is an Islamic content subscription services unit which provides spiritual content such as Daily Duaa, Daily Hadith, historical information and prayers.
 Nafsi is a psychometric test designed to identify personality types, send customized daily life coaching tips to subscribers, and provide marketers with data driven insights on personality breakdown in the African market.

Tech CSR
MegaKheir Foundation is the charity arm of TA telecom. It is a mobile donation platform whereby users send text messages via their mobile phones to donate EGP 5 per SMS. According to Diginomica, the platform raised USD 1.67M in the Muslim holy month of Ramadan 2014, for several charitable organizations that work on fighting cancer, hunger, poverty, heart disease and many other causes.
The 57357 Children Cancer Hospital and the Magdi Yacoub Heart Foundation, which offer free health care in their respective fields, are two organizations who raise funds through MegaKheir.

References

Telecommunications companies of Egypt

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This presentation is divided into three parts: i), Our recent work on expanding quantum interference effects in conjugated molecular junctions (bridging gold electrodes in this case), and on modeling (in the weak coupling limit) the interaction of molecular bridges with laser fields. ii), I introduce a family of formalisms, including time-dependent ones, to perform fragment-based density functional theory (DFT) calculations that feature size-consistency, control of computational scalability, feasible implementation, and variable occupation numbers that are obtained in a quantum mechanical fashion. Finally, iii), from a linear-response theory perspective, we present a contribution to the field of excited-state spectroscopy: a method to calculate excited-state photo-absorption/emission, and some applications to organic semiconductors, performed within time-dependent DFT.


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In this class, Lynn will show you how to make a sturdy basket that can be used for everything from carrying your weaving supplies, to shopping at your local farmers market, to trips to the library. The basket is made from strips of reed, which is processed from the rattan vine. The finished size is approximately 12" high x 12" wide by 10" across.
The first day students will create the base and weave the body of the basket using a start and stop technique. On the second day, students will complete the body of the basket and finish the top with a lashed rim. The basket will be finished by inserting a wraparound handle of Shaker tape. Ways to "seal" the basket after taking it home will be discussed. Students will receive some notes on making another basket and a list of suppliers where they can order reed and Shaker tape.
There will be an additional $50 supply fee payable to the instructor on the first day of class which includes: rattan reed and shaker tape for handle.
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Lynn holds a M. A. Degree in Pacific Island Studies from the University of Hawai`i Manoa (UHM) with a focus on Pacific art history, received under scholarship from the East-West Center. She holds a B.A. in Art (ceramics and sculpture) and secondary art education certification from the University of Guam. Her career was spent as a folklorist and arts administrator working for the Hawaiʻi State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (1983-1998), the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts (1998-2014), and the historic Sanborn Mills Farm in central New Hampshire (2014-2019). As a folklorist she curated exhibitions and concerts to honor tradition bearers, produced a number of audio recordings and publications, and oversaw major folklife festival programs including four in connection with the Smithsonian Institutionʻs Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. Her last five years at the NH arts council, was spent serving as Executive Director overseeing strategic planning, public art projects, and grants to major nonprofits. https://www.lynnmartingraton.com/
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The 30 lakh followers of Superstar Rajinikanth on Twitter were surprised with a tweet 'Rajinikanth Hit to Kill' emerged from his official Twitter handle on Tuesday night.
After Rajinikanth's daughter Aishwarya was informed about this, she worked with tech specialists to restore Rajini's twitter handle. After few hours, Aishwarya tweeted to let the world know that her dad's Twitter account got hacked but restored later. The account was hacked by some unidentified miscreants.
After opening his Twitter account in February 2013, Rajinikanth amassed 30 lakh followers. He follows 23 people only.
Rajini's latest release 'Kabali' is minting money slowly despite mixed talk. Despite the historic openings and decent follow-up, Kabali will leave holes in the pockets of distributors owing to the sky-high investment. After a short gap, Rajini will commence the shooting for 'Robot 2.0' also starring Akshay Kumar and Amy Jackson.


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now reading: The Smallest Errors Produce the Most Carnage
The Smallest Errors Produce the Most Carnage
By Jeffrey Snider
It is hard to say how much of an effect it had in the overall transactions that conspired to doom the prior financial arrangements of the last great "dollar" era, but as so often is the case in fragile, complex systems it is the smallest "errors" that produce the most carnage. Even in the events of March 2008, forgetting how Brutus told Caesar in Shakespeare's play to "beware the ides of March", the history of Thornburg Mortgage is all but forgotten except by those with a deep interest (too deep by some estimation). Bear Stearns remains with all the attention, but Thornburg might have been the real spark.
The problem for us now is not so much that it lit the fuse toward eventual, and likely inevitable, panic, but as to how that was ultimately unwound and re-secured. For its part, Thornburg was unique in a period replete with specialist financial firms doing all sorts of unusual things with unusual arrangements. Contrary to what might be conventional wisdom about the affairs of that age, the company had absolutely nothing to do with subprime mortgages and toxic assets.
Thornburg was certainly within the mortgage space, but its focus was on high-end borrowers and property with all the best credentials and vitals. Because these were mostly if not all jumbo non-conforming, there were better (a very relative observation) premiums to pocket in heading up a space uncovered by the giant reach of the GSE's.
Based in Santa Fe, the lender wasn't really a lender or even a bank; it was a REIT. It was further a special case of one, a mortgage REIT, which had nothing to do with building, owning and running properties. Instead, it would situation itself somewhere in the stream of mortgage finance and pocket pure spreads. Since these were often narrow by result of competition (and how the housing bubble had turned everyone toward "yield enhancing" practices) the basic business model here did not suggest high leverage, it required it for survival.
Fortunately, or unfortunately depending on how you view the ultimate outcome, the repo market had been developing steadily for decades as the traditional ideas about banking fell away just as the traditional idea of the dollar had. Funding no longer was tied exclusively to money, currency nor even deposits themselves. Operating as a wholesale franchise, Thornburg's proficiency depended so much upon its Rolodex - a network of correspondent banks that supplied exactly the kinds of high-end loans the firm made its reputation on. On the other side, the firm utterly depended on close relationships with banks offering lines of credit and most especially bespoke repo arrangements (specifically reverse repo from Thornburg's perspective). From those two sides, assets and liabilities, the company would perform securitization functions upon various pools and obtain that profit spread from the wholesale process.
The problem of just such a funding model becomes obvious in the context of repo difficulties that intensified after August 2007. No matter that there were no subprime loans anywhere near the mortgage pools they operated, the whole of MBS repo collateral was being redefined under more realistic (and less rate repressive idealism) terms, meaning that haircuts (effectively margin calls) were being cascaded upon them simply by "market" mechanisms finally awakening from recency bias. With spreads so slim and leverage so immense, the firm had not margin to meet the margins.
Not for lack of trying, however, as they did survive all the way into 2008 when so many SIV's, hedge funds and truly subprime vehicles were already unwound. Thornburg renegotiated lending constraints and tried to raise equity capital, which may have only marked the firm for further problems as doing so painted an obvious target upon their stock and financial standing (if you wanted to know who was in deep liquidity trouble back then, only look to who was hurriedly filing shelf registrations).
But it wasn't just these manic funding actions undertaken, as management believing in its own righteousness took to the dark side. As is so often the case in finance, good trades are no security against insolvency. So when Thornburg's management studied their own products and pools and saw nothing but "cash good" assets without much potential for losses, they rejected market determinations and took their own course.
According to SEC charges from March 2012, three executives at the firm allegedly "schemed to fraudulently overstate the company's income by $400 million and falsely report a profit rather than an actual loss for the fourth quarter in its 2007 annual report." The annual report was due to be filed on February 28, 2008, and there were already severe liquidity strains of haircuts and margin calls. The SEC quotes three emails in its fraud charges, the first from February 25 in which the CEO tells other C-suite executives that they have not even informed their auditors about the margin calls. Instead, as noted in an earlier email, "we don't want to disclose our current circumstances until it is resolved."
The intent was, as the SEC notes in that third email, "to keep the current situation quiet while we deal with it." The company filed what the SEC maintains was a fraudulent account of its condition, but that still wasn't enough as further liquidity problems forced another filing on March 5, 2008. The 8-K, a notice of a "material event", disclosed that JP Morgan had declared a default event and was taking control of $320 million in collateral under its amended Master Repurchase Agreement (JP Morgan is at the center of all these major events as the main tri-party repo dealer).
That move triggered downstream defaults under other reverse-repo arrangements and secured lending lines (rehypothecation). As what would become standard operating deficiency in the 2008 crisis, the company was not so much out of cash or currency but collateral in which to balance its book of assets vs. liabilities. The 21st century bank run had claimed its first major American victim.
While it wasn't a bank, it was a bank in the wholesale view of finance and its rather sordid final days had an immediate impact. Again, since Thornburg wasn't anywhere near the subprime business and failed on liquidity problems anyway, it became open season on similar situations of all sizes as realizations dawned that "irregularities" were nowhere near contained but rather endemic and systemic. The next (or rather parallel) target was Carlyle, followed closely by Bear Stearns.
In the emergency conference call of March 10, 2008, the FOMC members noted the widespread distress all over the world. Bear Stearns wasn't much discussed even though it would fail only days later. All that was mentioned about Bear was an offhand comment by FRBNY President Bill Dudley that, "there were rumors today that Bear Stearns was having funding difficulties"; an understatement of perhaps all-time stature.
That sentiment was apparently lost upon the FOMC, as only eight days later Bill Dudley dryly (as far as I can tell from the context) noted,
"The fact that to the extent that there is stigma, they are not going to want to come, and that is going to reinforce the deleveraging process that is clearly under way, as is the fact that they just saw Bear Stearns go from a troubled but viable firm to a nonviable firm in three days. The lesson from that for a lot of firms is going to be, oh, I need more liquidity, I need to be less leveraged, and that lesson, from what happened to Bear Stearns, isn't going to go away."
Indeed it wasn't. Unfortunately, the tangled mess of repo and wholesale funding under bankruptcy only made uncertainty worse, especially as it gave "undue" power to those at the center of the liquidity universe, most especially JP Morgan. Thornburg lingered on until May 2008 when it finally declared bankruptcy, but its estate saw fit to file a $2.2 billion lawsuit against Citigroup, RBS, Credit Suisse, UBS and, of course, JP Morgan, charging that the banks ran a "collusive scheme" on their margin calls. A judge in September 2014 dismissed 22 of the 31 counts in the suit, but several of the defendants have since settled to various amounts.
But at the time of March 2008, such was the high degree of uncertainty about not just "markets" but all counterparties to these markets, as knowable conditions to engaging in otherwise normal trades were broken along all fronts. It wasn't just that JP Morgan didn't trust Thornburg's collateral even though there was nothing even remotely subprime about any of it, Thornburg didn't trust even JP Morgan or anyone else's motives (which is why, from what I can gather, they engaged in the alleged fraud and cover up). In no uncertain terms, honest trade had been obliterated.
Under such conditions, you can understand (only a little) the situation that policymakers found of themselves (with any sympathy rapidly evaporating when factoring how wholesale funding got so out of alignment in the first place). The March 10, 2008, conference call was ostensibly about taking the "next" step in crisis management. The initial moves, the rate cuts of late 2007 and then TAF, had done so very little to stem the growing end of honest trading.
The ECB and Swiss National Bank wanted to reopen "dollar" auctions at about double the volume as prior. In addition, the FRBNY wanted to expand the collateral pool surrounding its new "window" of the TSLF, capped up to a then-huge sounding $200 billion. In outward appearance to the uninitiated, it all looked like a major step in the right direction, especially given the collateral-focus of illiquidity as represented by Thornburg and Carlyle which were well-known by that point. However, even with consistency among targets, even Charles Plosser pointed out, "I am not terribly confident that this will have the effect we desire. I thought I heard Governor Kohn saying that the ECB actually does take this sort of risk and collateral and it's not working particularly well."
Indeed, at that moment the FOMC was totally unaware of the full implications of what was taking place, though they moused around the contours of it almost incessantly. As Governor Kohn said earlier on March 10,
"One emerging market economist- this is in my CGFS, my global financial system group-reported that locally owned banks in his market were refusing to advance funds through their New York affiliates and their London affiliates to U.S. and European banks. I think I will pause there for the irony to sink in for a second. Those economies that had multinational banks operating in them said that the multinational banks with headquarters in Europe or the United States were definitely selling assets in emerging market economies, not only their portfolios in order to raise funds and hoard liquidity but also subsidiaries were being shopped around in order to conserve their capital."
It was total "dollar" failure of a global scale, and the most the FOMC was willing to offer was a semi-monthly $15 billion swap to the ECB and monthly $6 billion to Switzerland? (for frame of reference, by the end of November 2008, FRBNY was engaged in almost $600 billion in swap lines with foreign central banks). I suppose that is expected under the still-reigning theory of the "global savings glut" that works hard to ignore the true eurodollar standard as it developed throughout the late 1990's and 2000's. By its very nature, the Fed is a cautious and conservative institution in at least its operative functions. While its offerings that day seven years ago were totally underwhelming, it represented an actual break with all prior arrangements and internal thoughts about how far it might go.
One such step was tied to collateral and credit risk under the new and expanded schedule. With AAA-rated private-label MBS now acceptable at the new TSLF, the FOMC debated the legal language to in essence decide, if it should so desire, to send a bank into illiquid insolvency. The committee even openly debated whether or not they had the "capacity", in President Fisher's words, to exclude Bear Stearns from the TSLF.
Bill Dudley answered in the affirmative, going so far as to emphasize to the rest of the committee that such power was not going be disclosed, ever:
"Well, the first thing is that almost all of these primary dealers have the SEC as their primary consolidated supervisor. So it is important to understand that it is not as though there isn't an entity looking at the financial strength and stability of these institutions. We have the right not to accept collateral from any of the primary dealers, should we decide to do that. It is not going to be public. We are not going to be making a statement. This is just going to be a bilateral arrangement between us and the given primary dealer."
As we would soon find out only five months later, the FOMC would exercise this exact "discretion" to exclude Lehman Brothers and leave that firm to the mercy of JP Morgan's collateral haircuts and heightened claims. The implications of this power establishes far more than singular non-market determinations about financial regularity in specific firms, it sets about the precedence to make decisions about market prices and even markets themselves.
Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker explained this quite well, though it would fall unanswered even to the present day (which is the problem, as I'll get to):
"I have yet to see a plausible case for market failure that would warrant such intervention by a central bank here. In this case, I don't think the concerns raised by the New York staff memo really come close, and it strikes me that they could equally well rationalize buying tech stocks in late 2000. More broadly, our efforts to ameliorate credit market conditions appear to be motivated by the notion that exogenous malfunctions internal to credit markets endanger the real economy. But it seems much more plausible to me now that the credit market phenomena we have been seeing over the past year are driven entirely by the evolution of expectations regarding the fundamental real return on mortgages and other primitives."
In other words, It may not be so certain who gets to decide what prices are "true" or "real" and which are to be discarded by subjectively, and often politically, determined exigent circumstances. Can the Fed simply vote that it doesn't like the price of a stock or an entire class of fixed income "products" and thus act as if it has the only form of true knowledge? This opens the debate as to what market prices are and are for. If there is only to be "allowed" "normal" function, what happens when that mission becomes unto itself?
You can honestly see the great possibility where failure of policy is the very engine whereby the rough outline of just mission creep becomes the actual mission instead. In the specific case of March 2008, as Plosser expected in parallel to the ECB's inability to stem the tide, the failure of the swap lines and the TSLF simply became the excuse for the next level of abiding intervention - markets were increasingly supplanted all in the name of "normal" functioning as determined by the very same people whose primary problem was that they could not for the life of them actually describe normality in anything resembling current terms. In that case, they were not actually solving problems so much as blindly attempting to end obvious disarray through any and all means.
The relevance of this problem is that it remains totally unanswered even in 2015. In a bit of overlooked prescience, again of March 10, 2008, Governor Kevin Warsh rationalized:
"I am trying to figure out what our objective function is here, and I think it is principally to help provide liquidity for high-quality assets held by a class of highly leveraged financial institutions so that we can do three things: buy time to facilitate price discovery, improve market functioning, and improve the efficacy of open market operations. We are not trying to establish asset values. We're not trying to buy assets. Those aren't our goals, and it strikes me that they shouldn't be."
It may have not been the explicit and direct intent to influence or establish market prices or even to "buy" assets at that very moment, but the philosophical grounding of doing so was established then and there. Indeed, before that very same calendar year had ended, the very same FOMC gathered to approve, as they did, exactly that "buying of assets" and "establishing asset values" in the name of QE. Once through the looking glass, the Federal Reserve has never come back, and that philosophy dominates the current economic landscape.
If the financial system is one captured of tremendous imbalance, rendered operable for so many years by belief in the infallibility of policy and the math that sustains it, then the natural course of counteracting that imbalance is not "improper" no matter what it may do to short-term and normal function. As Lacker explained without enough apparent forcefulness, who is the FOMC to decide that the breakdown in March 2008 wasn't a necessary breach against the longer-term financial tide that had been devolving banking for decades? By virtue of nothing but government approval, the Fed undertook a total rewriting of capitalism. It wasn't really all at once, as what they did at that last step then was codify what had been creeping gradually all during what they still term the Great "Moderation" - markets weren't approved unless they served the political purpose of engineering nothing but GDP.
Using that perspective, the path that was opened by the alteration of policy limitations was not so much to seek a path back to normalcy but in the larger and more important sense to define bubble imbalances as normal. If the Fed sanctions great financial imbalance as a condition of its political view of how the world should work, then all things engaged to that end are thus deemed proper including the total overriding of all market determinations. Indeed, we know that without question by the Fed itself and its actions under QE and ZIRP; to re-establish and rebuild the economy as it was in 2005 as if that were anything like a good idea. What was established was the totalitarian-like framework where the FOMC deemed itself infallible and not subject to any falsification of any kind; a precarious self-appointment given that asset "markets" continually want to crash or revert to a less-chaotic or imbalanced state.
The enduring problem of this "recovery", as it is still somehow debatable pushing on toward the sixth anniversary of the end of the Great Recession, is how wages have never recovered. The Establishment Survey suggests an economy that doesn't exist anywhere else, a fact of divergence that is actually being recognized more widely under the terms of the "rising dollar" (unapproved "tightening" again as in the pre-crisis state), the related collapse in oil prices, and the highly bearish yield curve. The simplified count of payrolls (which is not what the Establishment Survey actually measures, as it only defines stochastic variability surrounding a presupposed benchmark advance or trend) purportedly is expanding at a pace not seen since the late 1990's.
This is highly unusual to say the least:
"If Federal Reserve policymakers were to look solely at headline labor market indicators, they might be tempted to conclude that the U.S. economy had finally reached cruising altitude. The unemployment rate has fallen from a peak of 10 percent in 2009 to 5.5 percent, within the range considered to be full employment. Nonfarm payroll growth has averaged 275,000 a month over the last year, a pace last seen in the roaring '90s.
"Yet nothing else has that '90s feel: not the pace of economic growth, not capital investment, not productivity growth, not even Nasdaq 5000. The juxtaposition of solid job growth and tepid economic growth describes what the current expansion lacks: dynamism and innovation. These are the forces that drive productivity growth, allowing companies to produce more with less and provide a higher real wage to workers."
It's not just wages, either. Even the BLS's broader labor utilization measures show an economy that has shrunk in absolute terms since the late 1990's. In terms of "total hours worked", an estimate of total labor output, the current level is not only slightly below the prior peak (Q2 2007) it remains below even the cyclical peak before that (Q2 2000). This all despite the fact that the population of the total potential labor force in the US has grown by 37.4 million, or 18%! In other words, total aggregate labor output is slightly less now than fifteen years ago even though the potential in just labor population expanded by almost a fifth. Productivity problems are only an expression of larger disarray in true economic function. In any basic sense of a true economy, properly defined not by GDP or the "dollar" value of goods and services but by labor specialization, the US economy in 2015 is significantly smaller than it was at the turn of the century.
To economists it is just coincidence that the same period of this labor and wage issue happens to be the same as obvious financial dislocations. We are supposed to believe that great long-term erosion in the true economy has nothing to do with the fact that the stock market has crashed twice now (and is looking frothy once again) and housing once, all on orders of magnitude matched only by the early 1930's. In one sense, as I described above, that may actually be true, as imbalance itself isn't the direct cause but the symptom. The overriding feature of this century, and the last part of the 20th century, is the mission creep of financial "management" and central planning.
The March 2008 episode demonstrates well the flaw in such powerful attainment. How can we expect the economy to produce efficiently for long-term success when it is dominated more and more by bureaucratic inanities that don't even come close to comprehending that which they dominate? They so inefficiently manage the close nature of even their own operations to the point that it can so damagingly fail, yet the economy is supposed to, on its own, do what it had always done prior. The very act of injecting centralized monetary policy to socialize economic function has the effect of undoing market efficiency in the first place; therefore markets are no longer "markets", properly defined and properly serving resource allocation functions.
It might be too much to ask at this juncture for orthodox acceptance of some causation in that artificial chaos, totally opposite the beneficial chaos that true capitalism produces in the form of dynamic achievement, as I would accept instead just admission of the correlations. The two biggest problems of the current age are asset bubbles and labor problems, so it really should not be so hard to accept their relation especially since the intent of keeping the bubbles is a matter of badly constructed, operated and delivered monetary theory.
Jeffrey Snider is the Chief Investment Strategist of Alhambra Investment Partners, a registered investment advisor.
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Astor Piazzolla was born in 1921 in Mar del Plata, Argentina, the only child of Italian emigrants. He moved to New York as a child, where his father bought his first bandoneón at the age of 8. He studied with the Hungarian pianist Bela Wilda (disciple of Rachmaninov) and met Carlos Gardel, the king of classical tango, who became a good friend of the family. In 1936, he returned to Argentina and began playing in a number of tango orchestras.
Soon he became a member and arranger of the Anibal Troilo orchestra, one of the best tango orchestras of that time. To develop his skills he decided to study with Alberto Ginastera. He was listening to lots of jazz and in 1946 he formed his first orchestra. His search for his own style, became obsessive and decided to abandon tango and the bandoneón to dedicate himself to his musical studies. At a composition contest he won a scholarship to study in Paris with Nadia Boulanger, who encouraged him to return to tango.
In 1955 Piazzolla returned to Argentina and formed a group, the Octeto Buenos Aires. His new works broke away from classical tango and he created chamber music without singer or any dancers. These new works generated hatred among the followers of orthodox tango. In 1978, Piazzolla formed his second quintet (bandoneón, violin, bass, piano, and electric guitar), which would make him world famous. His popularity continued to grow and with his quintet he toured all over the world. He suffered a stroke and died two years later in Buenos Aires on July 4, 1992. His works continue to influence the best musicians in the world even after his death.
De uitzonderlijke technische beheersing van de Katona's bereikt samen met de fameuze bandoneón speler Alfredo Marcucci grote hoogte in het gracieus en intiem gespeelde Milona op deze integere cd.
Original combination of elegance and earthiness. A rare achievement.
Golden Ear Award: The Absolute SoundA beautifully played disc of very different arrangements of Piazzolla's music. "C. Jared Sacks' DSD recordings - vocal, choral, piano, orchestral – are consistently wonderful and this one's another gem".... a fabulous guitar technique and highly refined musical instincts.... This is a beautifully made guitar recording, with loads of detail and startling dynamics, close-up but without much sound of fingers sliding on strings (the twins get some credit for that, of course) (…) Every aspect of the Katona's astounding virtuosity is here to savor.
The Katona's constantly shape their effortless virtuosity so that the phrases and accents fall in the right places, conjuring up the smoke between the notes. (...) (...) The Carducci Quartet and bassist Daniel Storer embrace the guitarists with their beefy and slithery decorative gestures in Hommage à Liege and the nifty little Fugata that opens the disc. You'll swear that a string orchestra's in the room. This cd is a must, if you're a Piazzolla fan interested in 54 minutes of sonic and musical exhilaration!!


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Bruins' Jack Studnicka returns to Boston to prepare for second season, with high hopes for bigger on-ice impact
By Matt Porter Globe Staff,Updated December 14, 2020, 4:02 p.m.
Jack Studnicka joined the Bruins for a two-game call-up last November, and joined the team in the bubble for the season restart.Michael Dwyer/Associated Press
Jack Studnicka arrived in Boston last Thursday, began his mandatory quarantine, and set his sights on training with the Bruins at Warrior Ice Arena at some point in the next few weeks.
The eager 21-year-old wasn't under direct order to return, but he figured it was about time.
"Haven't really been told much," he said in a phone chat last Friday. "Just kind of hear things through the grapevine and read things. Just going to be open-minded with whatever the season looks like when we get going."
Whether the NHL season lasts 56 games or fewer, in home rinks or hub cities, it's a safe bet that Studnicka will be around here more in 2020-21.
Studnicka, whose first full pro season included a two-game NHL call-up last November, wound up leading Providence in scoring — 23-26—49 in 60 games. He played in all situations, scoring an AHL-best seven shorthanded goals and making the AHL All-Rookie team. He then suited up for five games in the Toronto bubble.
His playoff bottom line — zero points, 10 shots on goal, 11:37 of ice time per game — didn't stand out, but Studnicka looked like an NHLer. A natural center playing right wing, he separated from defenders with energy and edgework. In the heat of the playoffs, he created several Grade-A looks. With the rookie on the ice, according to Natural Stat Trick, the Bruins had a 36-19 edge in 5-on-5 scoring chances. It was the most decisive mark on the team.
Studnicka dressed after an 11-day layoff for the season-ending Game 5 against Tampa. He was involved in several of the Bruins' best opportunities. They outshot the Lightning, 19-8, with Studnicka on the ice, and outchanced them, 15-8. He was seen at various points scooting through traffic for a mini-breakaway, slipping a smart backhand feed to the slot, and disrupting Andrei Vasilevskiy as the netminder played a dump-in behind the net. He was all pace and potential.
Jack Studnicka turned 21 in February.Charles Krupa/Associated Press
He returned home to Northville, Mich., and took a few weeks off. (A favorite summer activity: Golfing with Providence roommate and fellow Michigander Cooper Zech.) Studnicka felt some extra zip when he returned to the ice.
"Being my first year pro, there were a lot of experiences I could take and try to grow my game if I saw another person having success with it," Studnicka said. "Just a lot of little details of my game I wasn't even really aware that I had to work on until I got into a game situation in the NHL. It was nice to know exactly what I needed to work on, and work on my strengths, and be able to fine-tune my training."
The immediate next steps include winning more pucks on the walls, hanging on to it longer, expanding his array of dekes and steps, and finishing more plays. One offseason box he has checked: Listed at 6 feet, 1 inch, and 171 pounds, he will bring a bit more bulk to camp.
"Definitely a little bit heavier," he said. "I've been able to hold over 180 [pounds] consistently. I never even got above 180 the offseason before. Overall, I'm healthier and in good shape."
Ask David Pastrnak what a little extra muscle will do for a young scorer's game.
At the very least, filling out a bit will help Studnicka's case for a roster spot this winter. He finished the summer as a No. 3 right wing, next to Charlie Coyle and left wing Anders Bjork. When camp opens, likely in the first week of January, Studnicka could be angling for top-nine minutes with Ondrej Kase and new addition Craig Smith.
The Bruins are likely to proceed cautiously with their top right wing, Pastrnak, who had a right hip arthroscopy and labral repair on Sept. 16. He was expected to be 100 percent by mid-February.
Jack Studnicka was a postseason preseason against Tampa Bay.Frank Gunn/Associated Press
Studnicka's future is in the middle, where the Bruins will have Patrice Bergeron (35) and David Krejci (34) as scoring line pivots Nos. 1 and 2. Studnicka doesn't think about supplanting those longtime stars, who went from spindly rookies to Black and Gold bedrock.
He will show up and keep working, just as those two once did.
"Just trying to stay in the moment and every day, try to take strides forward and not look too far into the future," he said. "Just keep growing my game, and hopefully things will fall into place."
Matt Porter can be reached at matthew.porter@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter: @mattyports.


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Marco Verratti has claimed Diego Costa "uses warfare to win games" ahead of Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League trip to Chelsea.
Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Marco Verratti has warned his team-mates to be on their guard for Diego Costa's "warfare" when they visit Chelsea in the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie.
For the third season in succession, the reigning Ligue 1 and Premier League champions have been paired together in the knockout rounds, with each side claiming a slender away goals aggregate triumph apiece so far.
Similarly, the latest tie is finely poised – PSG holding a 2-1 advantage thanks to goals from Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Edinson Cavani either side of John Obi Mikel's equaliser at the Parc des Princes.
Chelsea boss Guus Hiddink is set to recall Costa to lead the attack after the striker sat out Saturday's 1-1 Premier League draw against Stoke City due to a tendon problem.
Italy international Verratti professes admiration for Cesc Fabregas although he also admits a grudging respect for Costa's uncompromising playing style, through which on-field confrontations with opponents are seemingly inevitable.
"I prefer entertaining football, but having a personality like Costa in your team is always good," Verratti told the Guardian.
"He uses warfare to win the games, but I know him, he's a good guy who transforms when he comes on the pitch.
Verratti was not overly satisfied with PSG's performance in the opening leg and is keen to avoid the "disaster" of elimination at Stamford Bridge.
"We confirmed we are a good team, but there are things we could have done better," he said. "We could have put Chelsea in more trouble. We have to go to London and play our football, if we do anything else we'll be in trouble.
Verratti hopes to shake off lingering issues with a groin complaint to face Chelsea, with fellow midfielder Blaise Matuidi battling to overcome a thigh injury after Angel Di Maria returned to action for Saturday's goalless draw against Montpellier.
Willian has starred for Chelsea in this season's competition with five goals in seven appearances.
The Brazil winger was one of few players to emerge with any credit from Chelsea's woeful start to their Premier League defence and, following a collective upturn since Hiddink replaced Jose Mourinho, he wants to reward the veteran tactician with silverware.
"We always have pressure to win titles at Chelsea and we know that," he told the club's official website. "We have to stay concentrated on this game.
Chelsea are set to be without captain John Terry once more, with the centre-back still troubled by a hamstring injury that has ruled him out of the past five matches. Former Barcelona winger Pedro could return from a similar complaint to boost Hiddink's attacking options.
Chelsea are in the knockout stages of the Champions League for the 12th time in the last 13 seasons. They've reached the quarter finals on eight of these occasions.
Paris SG have reached the knockout stages of the Champions League for the fourth consecutive season, their best ever run. They've been eliminated in the quarter finals in the last three campaigns.
Paris SG and Chelsea are meeting each other in the knockout stages of the Champions League for the third consecutive season. They have so far progressed once each (Chelsea in 2013/14, PSG in 2014/15).
The record between Chelsea and Paris SG is perfectly balanced with two wins each and three draws, all in the Champions League.
Chelsea have won all three of their Champions League home games this season (8 goals for, 1 against).
Chelsea have scored in each of their last 22 Champions League home games. The last time they failed to was in April 2011 against Manchester Utd (0-1).
57% of Chelsea's goals have been scored from set-pieces (8 out of 14), the highest ratio among the 16 teams left in this season's competition.
Paris SG have failed to score in five of their six away games against English clubs in European competition. The only exception being last season against Chelsea (2-2 in the second-leg of the last 16).


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require 'spec_helper'

describe 'Integration:' do

  before(:each) { start_slanger }

  describe 'channel' do
    it 'pushes messages to interested websocket connections' do
      messages = em_stream do |websocket, messages|
        case messages.length
        when 1
          websocket.callback { websocket.send({ event: 'pusher:subscribe', data: { channel: 'MY_CHANNEL'} }.to_json) }
        when 2
          Pusher.trigger 'MY_CHANNEL', 'an_event', some: "Mit Raben Und Wölfen"
        when 3
          EM.stop
        end
     end

      messages.should have_attributes connection_established: true, id_present: true,
        last_event: 'an_event', last_data: { some: "Mit Raben Und Wölfen" }.to_json
    end

    it 'enforces one subcription per channel, per socket' do
      messages = em_stream do |websocket, messages|
        case messages.length
        when 1
          websocket.callback { websocket.send({ event: 'pusher:subscribe', data: { channel: 'MY_CHANNEL'} }.to_json) }
        when 2
          websocket.send({ event: 'pusher:subscribe', data: { channel: 'MY_CHANNEL'} }.to_json)
        when 3
          EM.stop
        end
     end

      messages.last.should == {"event"=>"pusher:error", "data"=>{"code"=>nil, "message"=>"Existing subscription to MY_CHANNEL"}}
    end

    it 'supports unsubscribing to channels without closing the socket' do
      client2_messages = nil

      messages = em_stream do |client, messages|
        case messages.length
        when 1
          client.callback { client.send({ event: 'pusher:subscribe', data: { channel: 'MY_CHANNEL'} }.to_json) }
        when 2
          client.send({ event: 'pusher:unsubscribe', data: { channel: 'MY_CHANNEL'} }.to_json)

          client2_messages = em_stream do |client2, client2_messages|
            case client2_messages.length
              when 1
                client2.callback { client2.send({ event: 'pusher:subscribe', data: { channel: 'MY_CHANNEL'} }.to_json) }
              when 2
                Pusher.trigger 'MY_CHANNEL', 'an_event', { some: 'data' }
                EM.next_tick { EM.stop }
            end
          end
        end
      end

      messages.should have_attributes connection_established: true, id_present: true,
        last_event: 'pusher_internal:subscription_succeeded', count: 2
    end

    it 'avoids sending duplicate events' do
      client2_messages = nil

      client1_messages = em_stream do |client1, client1_messages|
        # if this is the first message to client 1 set up another connection from the same client
        if client1_messages.one?
          client1.callback do
            client1.send({ event: 'pusher:subscribe', data: { channel: 'MY_CHANNEL'} }.to_json)
          end

          client2_messages = em_stream do |client2, client2_messages|
            case client2_messages.length
            when 1
              client2.callback { client2.send({ event: 'pusher:subscribe', data: { channel: 'MY_CHANNEL'} }.to_json) }
            when 2
              socket_id = client1_messages.first['data']['socket_id']
              Pusher.trigger 'MY_CHANNEL', 'an_event', { some: 'data' }, socket_id
            when 3
              EM.stop
            end
          end
        end
      end

      client1_messages.should have_attributes count: 2

      client2_messages.should have_attributes last_event: 'an_event',
                                              last_data: { some: 'data' }.to_json
    end
  end
end


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Flying Conquistadors
Michael Scott Bertrand
Book Summary:
Oliver Wheelock has a new job. He's loading mailbags, feeding homing pigeons, and doing whatever it takes to get Pan American Airways off the ground. It's hard work, but it's better than working at the hardware store--and maybe it's his ticket to a life of adventure. When Pan Am's owner recruits Charles Lindbergh, it seems like a dream come true for Oliver. He finds himself working alongside one of his idols, the kind of man he always dreamed of being. But Oliver soon learns Lindbergh is uncomfortable with fame, and struggling with the adoration that greets him wherever he goes. A promotional trip takes the Pan Am team to Mexico over Mayan ruins. At the fabled site of Chichen Itza, Oliver encounters Carnegie Institution archaeologists working to restore the ancient city, and meets an artist who begins to steal his heart. But what starts out as a mission to bring attention to the fledgling aviation company soon turns perilous, threatening the safety of Oliver and his companions.
Michael Scott Bertrand has been a lawyer, a politico, and even a high-ranking government official. But one day he happened upon a book of paintings by Frederick Catherwood, an artist who explored ancient Mayan ruins in the jungles of Central America and Mexico in the 1840s. Bertrand's life would never be the same. He threw off his coat and tie, made an expedition to the Yucatan, and began crafting his three-part adventure epic.
Bertrand hails from Vermont. He now resides in South Florida.
Mill City Press
Hillcrest Publishing Group, Inc.
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Discovery of chiral evasion could lead to more resilient inhibitors, better drug designs
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterial infection that has become resistant to most of the antibiotics used to treat regular staph infections.
Single-cell sequencing technique helps to examine early SARS-CoV-2 infection
In the early days of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the lungs, what happens at the single-cell level?
Powering the Biotechnology Revolution through Cloud R&D
In this interview, we speak to Sajith Wickramasekara, CEO and Co-Founder of Benchling, about cloud R&D and how it is powering the biotechnology revolution.
From Benchling 10 Dec 2021
ASHG launches major initiative to understand, document experiences of past injustice in human genetics research
The American Society of Human Genetics today announced a major year-long initiative to understand and document experiences of past injustice, as well as progress toward justice, in the human genetics research field and the Society.
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RIT scientists uncover new information about the way coronavirus attaches to human cells
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New study assesses total economic impact of human genomics
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Our Rack: Raising a Hyperlexic Child; Crying at Work; 'Jerusalem Maiden'
Some recommended titles (click to enlarge)
By Elissa Strauss July 7, 2011
The Sisterhood's Suggested Summer Reads:
In "The Anti-Romantic Child: A Story of Unexpected Joy," Priscilla Gilman examines the process of parenting her son Benjamin, who at a young age was diagnosed as hyperlexic, a disorder marked by high intelligence but difficulty with social skills. Gilman, also a Wordsworth scholar, looks at the poet's work as a way to understand her own feelings of innocence and loss as she figures out how to mother her unconventional child.
Anne Kreamer explores the "tissue ceiling" in "It's Always Personal: Emotion in the New Workplace." Drawing on both neuroscience and personal interviews, Kreamer considers which emotions are considered most shameful at work and why. She also provides some tools for dealing with anger, sadness and rudeness at the office.
Sarah Sentilles was set to become an Episcopal priest when one day she woke up and realized that her feelings for God had changed. In her memoir "Breaking Up With God: A Love Story," she writes about her complicated relationship with God, and what happened when she lost faith.
William Kolbrener, a professor of English at Israel's Bar-Ilan University, finds the sacred in the secular in his new book of essays, "Open Minded Torah." He draws on anecdotes about and makes analogies to everything from Shakespeare to the stock market to sports teams, from physics to psychoanalysis to parenting a special needs child to explain why open-mindedness is the pathway to a meaningful and tolerant Jewish existence. Kolbrener is also the co-editor of a volume on the 17th-century British proto-feminist Mary Astell.
In "No Biking in the House Without a Helmet," Melissa Fay Greene writes about how, after having four biological children, she ended up adopting five more — one from Bulgaria and four from Ethiopia. Greene discusses the adoption process, trips abroad to orphanages and the struggles and triumphs of her large, unconventional family.
In "The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost: A Memoir of Three Continents, Two Friends, and One Unexpected Adventure," Rachel Friedman recounts her post-college year traveling the world, and how she discovered beauty in not always knowing exactly where you are.
Vanessa Hidary, the poet and performer known as "The Hebrew Mamita," is out with "The Last Kaiser Roll in The Bodega," a collection of poetry, prose and excerpts from her one-woman show, "Culture Bandit." Hidary examines everything from her Latino and Jewish identities to her love of hip-hop culture to matters of unrequited love.
When Susan Gregory Thomas got married, she swore that she would never divorce. Like many kids in the '70's and '80's, Thomas had suffered through her parents' divorce and did not want her daughters to experience anything like it. Still, after 16 years of marriage, Thomas realized that it was time to call it quits. In her memoir, "In Spite of Everything," she takes a emotional and often humorous approach to her own divorce — explaining her attempt to protect her children, and recounting what it was like to grow up as a typical Generation X child of divorced parents.
A former columnist for forward.com, Rabbi Ilana Grinblat shares the spiritual lessons of her own journey into young motherhood in "Blessings and Baby Steps." Grinblat, who teaches at American Jewish University's Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies in Los Angeles, guides readers to look for meaning in parenthood's more trying moments — temper tantrums and toilet-training, among them.
Novelist Talia Carner tells the story of Esther Kaminsky, a young Orthodox women living in Jerusalem during the final days of the Ottoman Empire in "Jerusalem Maiden." While Esther would prefer to move to Paris and pursue an artistic life, her family expects her to marry and have children — with the larger purpose of hastening the arrival of the messiah. The story explores the complex bonds between desire and faith, the individual and the community.
It's all about self-discovery and desire in the City of Lights for three Americans in Ellen Sussman's novel "French Lessons." The story follows Josie, a young teacher, Riley a lonely ex-pat housewife, and Jeremy, the husband of a famous actress, over the course of a single day, as they wander around Paris with their French tutors, learning about the city — and about themselves.
Francine Prose's latest novel, "My New American Life," centers around Lula, a 26-year-old Albanian immigrant who works as an au pair for "Mr. Stanley," a Wall Street executive in New Jersey and his blasé teenage son, Zeke. Lula, well-meaning and homesick, describes her interactions with her immigration lawyer, her boss, and the Albanian criminals who implore her to safeguard their gun.
A teenage sex scandal rocks the private school Manhattan universe in Helen Schulman's latest, "This Beautiful Life." The Bergamots are beginning to settle in their new home of New York City when their teenage son receives an explicit video from an admirer. In an instant the video goes viral, forcing the family to confront matters of identity and morality in modern life.
In her short story collection "If I Love You, I Would Tell You This," Robin Black looks at the role of memory in love and loss. Somber and meditative, Black's characters are prompted by matters such as death, old-age and illness to move toward endings and then, new beginnings.
Elissa Strauss has written for the Forward over a number of years. She is a regular contributor to CNN, whose work has been published in a number of publications including The New York Times, Glamour, ELLE, and Longreads.
Our Rack


To continuously optimize Delaware's air quality by working with citizens and business to protect public health, welfare, and the environment.
- Implement the Clean Air Act as Amended (CAAA) with the assistance of the Governor's Cabinet Council, the Mid-Atlantic Regional Air Management Association (MARAMA), and the Ozone Transport Commission (OTC).
- Attain and maintain the ozone air quality standard.
- Implement a permitting / compliance program that is environmentally sound, fosters least-cost compliance flexibility and is quickly responsive to changing market conditions.
- Protect Delaware's citizens from the potential impacts of toxic pollutants.
- Reduce emissions that contribute to acid rain.
- Evaluate the impact of air pollution on other environmental media.
- Accumulate, evaluate, record, and make available to the public and emergency responders, complete and accurate information on the storage, use and releases of toxic chemicals.
- Assure that facilities storing or using extremely hazardous substances are fully aware of the dangers, have properly planned to prevent catastrophic releases of these substances and are capable of reacting in a responsible and effective manner should such a release occur.
Since the passage of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments, the department has made unprecedented progress in its efforts toward providing clean air to all its citizens. Delaware, as a result of past efforts, has attained and maintained the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for all pollutants except for Ozone (O3). By fully adopting and initiating implementation of a 15 percent Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) reduction plan and by developing a plan for additional control measures through 1999, the State has taken a major step in its efforts to attain the O3 standard by the statutory 2005 attainment date.
In addition to the significant progress made in developing effective and publicly acceptable plans, major actions were taken to assure that the plans can be efficiently implemented ensuring the accomplishment of their intended emission reduction goals at the least cost. The passage of the Title V fee legislation was paramount in this effort. These fees will provide the department with the resources necessary to assist and monitor industry activities by quickly developing fully permitted control programs that assure rapid and sustainable compliance with regulations that are the foundation of the plans noted above.
These additional permitting and compliance resources will also provide a higher degree of fairness to the regulated community by assuring that all potentially affected sources are identified and are in compliance with the regulations, thus eliminating or significantly reducing the number of "non-notifiers." To assure that permitting and compliance activities are as efficient as possible, the department, working with affected industries, identified a number of permitting reforms and initiated activities to develop an emission trading and banking system that will provide for more flexible and lower cost compliance. The recent Chrysler plant-wide applicability limit (PAL) permit [?????-link] is an example of an innovative permitting procedure that provides both environmental protection and significant flexibility to the source to quickly adapt to changing market conditions.
In addition to these planning, permitting and compliance, inventory and monitoring initiatives, the air program reduced its permit processing time backlog, issued 400 exemptions and permits per year, conducted 170 compliance inspections per year, conducted 35 accidental release program site inspections per year, and operated and annually updated the hazardous chemical inventory for 1,400 facilities and the toxics release inventory for 75 facilities.
- Participate actively in Ozone Trasnport Commission (OTC), Ozone Transport Assessment Group (OTAG) and MARAMA activities.
- Direct the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions as required by the Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) of 1990.
- Promulgate new air regulations mandated by the CAAA.
- Develop and submit emission inventories consistent with the CAAA.
- Track air quality status, especially ozone attainment status.
- Oversee existing motor vehicle exhaust emission testing and the newly added pressure and anti-tampering tests.
- Increase inspections and continue permitting air contaminant sources pursuant to the new and more complex Title V permitting program.
- Expand the stack testing program in support of the enhanced permitting program.
- Continue to implement the CAAA Section 112(r) Accidental Release Program.
- Continue implementation of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know (EPCRA Program components.
- Implement the Small Business Technical Assistance Program.
- Administer and update the asbestos abatement program.
- Work with other public and private entities to develop or implement transportation control measures.
- Evaluate and take appropriate actions based on emission reduction requirements and the cost/benefits of a low emission vehicle program, or its equivalent, in Delaware.
- Continue enforcement activities to identify and bring significant violators and non-notifiers into compliance.


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package com.intellij.util.text;

import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;

public class CharArrayCharSequence implements CharSequenceBackedByArray {
  private final char[] myChars;
  private final int myStart;
  private final int myEnd;

  public CharArrayCharSequence(@NotNull char... chars) {
    this(chars, 0, chars.length);
  }

  public CharArrayCharSequence(@NotNull char[] chars, int start, int end) {
    if (start < 0 || end > chars.length || start > end) {
      throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException("chars.length:" + chars.length +
                                          ", start:" + start +
                                          ", end:" + end);
    }
    myChars = chars;
    myStart = start;
    myEnd = end;
  }

  @Override
  public final int length() {
    return myEnd - myStart;
  }

  @Override
  public final char charAt(int index) {
    return myChars[index + myStart];
  }

  @Override
  public CharSequence subSequence(int start, int end) {
    return start == 0 && end == length() ? this : new CharArrayCharSequence(myChars, myStart + start, myStart + end);
  }

  @Override
  @NotNull
  public String toString() {
    return new String(myChars, myStart, myEnd - myStart); //TODO StringFactory
  }

  @Override
  @NotNull
  public char[] getChars() {
    if (myStart == 0 /*&& myEnd == myChars.length*/) return myChars;
    char[] chars = new char[length()];
    System.arraycopy(myChars, myStart, chars, 0, length());
    return chars;
  }

  @Override
  public int hashCode() {
    return StringUtil.stringHashCode(myChars, myStart, myEnd);
  }

  @Override
  public void getChars(@NotNull char[] dst, int dstOffset) {
    System.arraycopy(myChars, myStart, dst, dstOffset, length());
  }

  @Override
  public boolean equals(Object anObject) {
    if (this == anObject) {
      return true;
    }
    if (anObject instanceof CharSequence) {
      CharSequence anotherString = (CharSequence)anObject;
      int n = myEnd - myStart;
      if (n == anotherString.length()) {
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
          if (myChars[myStart + i] != anotherString.charAt(i)) {
            return false;
          }
        }
        return true;
      }
    }
    return false;
  }

  /**
   * See {@link java.io.Reader#read(char[], int, int)};
   */
  public int readCharsTo(int start, char[] cbuf, int off, int len) {
    final int readChars = Math.min(len, length() - start);
    if (readChars <= 0) return -1;

    System.arraycopy(myChars, start, cbuf, off, readChars);
    return readChars;
  }
}


Manhattan School of Music launched its groundbreaking Distance Learning program in 1996, the first of its kind at a major conservatory. Since then, using state-of-the-art interactive videoconference technology to enhance MSM students' curriculum, we have also developed programs to connect students, educators and distinguished artists around the globe. Additionally, our live webstreamed concerts and master classes, featuring MSM student ensembles and acclaimed faculty, now attract a worldwide audience.


Containing delectable vanilla fudge, this light white and pink, cheerful candy-striped carton is so joyful. It comprises a neatly arranged, splendidly adorned twist closure, with blossoming pink clematis. It is then finished with a little ditty on the side to add a personal touch and making the carton the perfect gift for friends, family or loved ones.


We compare parking at 5 Belfast International Airport car parks.
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Belfast International offers a range of parking options both on and off-site, although there are no Meet and Greet services. Optional extras such as valet service are available and you can also opt whether to self-park or use a car park that does the parking for you. All car parks are close to the airport. Booking ahead with us can see you save up to 60% of the drive up price.
This off-site car park is opposite the airport, only 250 metres from the terminal building, making life easy for travellers. You don't even have to drive around looking for a space since the car park operators will park your car for you. An on-request shuttle service takes two minutes.
A full valet service is available including hand washing, waxing, drying and polishing, shampooing of carpets, seats and boot, steam cleaning of other interior parts, washing of windows inside and out and other features such as tar spot removal. If you don't want to pay for this top-of-the-range valet service, then it is possible just to have your car cleaned by hand.
Attached to a local Bed and Breakfast establishment, this is another very convenient off-site car park, available only to clients booking either overnight accommodation or a "rest room" for a couple of hours' rest before or after a long drive. Shuttle buses operate on-demand, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and take only 5 mins to drive the half mile to the terminal.
If you prefer to park your car yourself, this off-site car park fits the bill. It is located in a business park only 5 mins drive from the airport terminal. The free shuttle bus is operated on-demand 24 hours a day. At certain times there is only one bus in service, which means you may have to wait up to 15 mins for it to pick you up. A booster battery and tyre inflator are available for customers who are unlucky enough to return from their holiday to find they have car problems.
This is the official airport parking facility recommended for travellers who are away for more than a few days and want to park on-site. It is a short walk to the terminal building but if you have a lot of luggage or have problems with mobility, there is a shuttle bus that runs on request (use the intercom at the bus stops). The best rates can be found by booking ahead although it is also possible just to turn up and pay a non-discounted rate.
Belfast International Airport started life during World War 1 as an RAF training facility and indeed also played an important part in World War 11. In the 1960s its role as a civilian airport increased and the first service between Belfast and London Gatwick commenced in 1966, followed two years later by an indirect service to New York.
In 2013 Belfast International handled 4,022,469 passengers, 90% of whom were flying on scheduled services, largely to domestic and European destinations although United operates flights to Newark in the US. The airport has two runways and one terminal.
If you are arriving at Belfast Airport and need a place to stay or a rental car, get an instant quote and compare prices for those services with Car Hire Centre and Belfast Airport Guide.


Pale yellow with a slight blush, the flowers cluster together in small alliances hiding under the similarly burgundy tinted thick oval leaves. Easy to miss. Dangerous to touch, thorns are prolific. Barberry Shrub (Berberis vulgaris)'s blooms precede the namesake bright red berries.
Photography is actually painting with light. Nature uses light and shadow for camouflage and allure, both qualities leading to survival of species. Barberry flowers appear to be sunlight reflections to the casual viewer that focuses on the darker shrubbery leaves. This macro image reveals "light" as flowers in full bloom.


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News | Human Rights
Decades of progress will be undone by climate change, UN warns
Climate change and increasing inequality are quickly reversing any progress made on the Sustainable Development Goals over the last decade, a new UN report warns.
Maggie Coggan | 15 July 2019 at 5:26 pm
The SDG progress report, launched last week, said despite progress in poverty reduction, widespread immunisation, a decrease in child mortality rates and an increase in people's access to electricity, the global response from the adoption of the SDGs had not been ambitious enough.
The SDGs were developed by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015, setting out 17 global goals with the aim of eradicating world poverty and hunger by 2030.
The latest report found global hunger is on the rise after a prolonged decline, and while the number of people living in extreme poverty fell from 36 per cent in 1990 to 8.6 per cent in 2018, the pace of poverty reduction is decelerating as the world struggles to respond to entrenched deprivation, violent conflicts and vulnerabilities to natural disasters.
The report highlighted climate change as the most urgent area for action and the greatest challenge to sustainable development, labelling it the "defining issue of our time".
It said extreme weather conditions, more frequent and severe natural disasters, and the collapse of ecosystems were causing increased food insecurity and forcing many communities to suffer from poverty, displacement and widening inequalities.
António Guterres, the UN secretary-general, said the natural environment was deteriorating at an alarming rate, and more action had to be taken.
"It is abundantly clear that a much deeper, faster and more ambitious response is needed to unleash the social and economic transformation needed to achieve our 2030 goals," Guterres said.
Dane Moores, the World Vision Australia policy manager, told Pro Bono News that if climate change wasn't dealt with, vulnerable people would face the consequences.
"It's the poorer countries and populations that contribute the least to climate change, but which tend to live in places most vulnerable to climate change and in low lying areas prone to flooding or areas that rely heavily on agricultural produce," Moores said.
The report also pointed to the rising levels of inequality as needing urgent attention with three quarters of stunted children living in Southern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, and extreme poverty three times higher in rural areas than urban areas.
But the report said that despite the threats, valuable opportunities existed to accelerate progress by leveraging the interlinkages across the 17 SDGs.
"Reducing greenhouse gas emissions, for instance, goes hand-in-hand with creating jobs, building more livable cities, and improving health and prosperity for all," the report said.
UN under-secretary-general for economic and social affairs Liu Zhenmin said the clock for taking decisive action was ticking, and solutions had to be dealt with on a global scale.
"The challenges highlighted in this report are global problems that require global solutions. Just as problems are interrelated, the solutions to poverty, inequality, climate change and other global challenges are also interlinked," Zhenmin said.
Moores added that the report was a valuable wake-up call to all countries around the globe, and said that civil society, government and private groups had to better collaborate to solve the looming crisis.
"Collective action is needed not only across countries but across sectors, because there's a role for partnerships between governments, the private sector, and civil society," he said.
"Together we can make this critical decade the decade in which we end extreme poverty."
The UN will host summits in September where world leaders and the global community will discuss the next steps needed to tackle and deliver on the SDGs.
"This will provide leaders everywhere with an opportunity to get the world back on track and to kick-start a decade of delivery for people and the planet," Guterres said.
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Charities urge council to protect wild peninsula
Calls for environmental assessment ahead of development in North Ayrshire.
5th December 2019 by Gavin Stuart 0 Comments
Conservation charities are urging North Ayrshire Council to ensure that one of the region's most important wild places is protected from inappropriate development.
RSPB Scotland, the Scottish Wildlife Trust, Buglife Scotland and Butterfly Conservation Scotland and have written to the council to highlight the importance of the natural environment ahead of proposed large-scale development on the peninsula.
The charities are calling for a Strategic Environmental Assessment to be carried out to highlight any negative impacts that new built developments and increased public access could have on Ardeer's natural environment.
A Memorandum of Understanding signed by North Ayrshire Council and developers NPL Group earlier this year lists a number of potential developments on the peninsula, which could be funded through the Ayrshire Growth Deal.
These include a new road bridge linking Ardeer to Irvine, large-scale leisure and tourism developments, and houses. The agreement also proposes repairing the footbridge that crosses the harbour.
The charities say that without careful planning these developments could damage fragile habitats and lead to increased disturbance to sensitive wildlife. Disappointingly, they say, the Memorandum of Understanding makes no mention of Ardeer's important natural heritage, or the need to protect its important biodiversity.
More than 1,500 species, including birds, mammals, plants and insects, have been recorded on the peninsula by local naturalists. This rich biodiversity is supported by a variety of sand dune habitats which are among the most important of their kind in Scotland.
Bruce Wilson, public affairs manager at the Scottish Wildlife Trust said: "Ardeer is home to an impressive range of wildlife which should be celebrated and protected for future generations. Sadly the plans that have been outlined give no indication that its natural importance is even recognised.
"It is vital that the natural environment is taken into account within any plans for development on Ardeer. Undertaking a Strategic Environmental Assessment is an important step towards identifying the potential impact of any new roads, footpaths and buildings so that any negative effects can be either avoided or at the very least mitigated."
Toby Wilson, RSPB Scotland's senior conservation officer, added: "The council must ensure that any future plans for this amazing part of the world are developed in a transparent way, with proper consultation, and a commitment to protect and enhance the area's wildlife."
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