text:
Patent Masters™ Symposium Delivers Three Recommendations to Congress on Patent Reform
By Gene Quinn
IPWatchdog's third Patent Masters™ Symposium was held this past week in Arlington, Virginia, and included some of the best and brightest in the patent world. The event focused on the effects of Alice five years on, but more importantly, identified practical approaches for navigating Section 101 law now and in the future. Sponsored by LexisNexis, the two-day event touched on themes including how the USPTO's incentive system for both examiners and Patent Trial and Appeal Board judges may be influencing practices that are detrimental to patent owners; how the overall culture at the USPTO may be more crucial than any guidance that comes down from the top; how the U.S. patent examination system compares with Europe's (courtesy of special guest Grant Philpott, Chief Operating Officer for patenting in the new Information and Communications Technologies technical area at the European Patent Office); and concrete tips for writing patent applications to avoid the Section 101 morass.
Throughout the event, I also asked attendees to vote on several statements in an effort to come to consensus on certain points relating to the pending patent reform legislation. Those statements that received at least 80% of the vote are included in the open letter (see also below), have been sent to the Senators and Representatives working on the next draft of the new Section 101. A revised version of the proposed 101 reform that takes into account the testimony of nearly four-dozen witnesses is expected after the July 4 recess. I hope these guiding principles—on which many of those who testified at the hearings and participated in the roundtables weighed in—will help Congress to strike the right balance.
Senator Thom Tillis
Chair, Senate IP Subcommittee
113 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Senator Chris Coons
Ranking Member, Senate IP Subcommittee
218 Russel Senate Office Building
Representative Doug Collins
Ranking Member, House Judiciary Committee
1504 Longworth House Office Building
Representative Hank Johnson
Chair, House IP Subcommittee
Representative Steve Stivers
RE: Patent Eligibility
Dear Senator Tillis, Senator Coons, Representative Collins, Representative Johnson and Representative Stivers:
We applaud your efforts over the last several months to engage stakeholders on the important issue of patent eligibility reform. We view this effort as critical for the future of a variety of high-tech and life sciences industries in the United States.
As was discussed during testimony in recent hearings of the Senate IP Subcommittee, the Supreme Court has refused four (4) dozen petitions for certiorari on the issue of patent eligibility since issuing its decision in in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int'l, 134 S.Ct. 2347 (2014). The assumption must, therefore, be that the Supreme Court is content with its patent eligibility jurisprudence.
Unfortunately, Supreme Court jurisprudence on patent eligibility is irreconcilable and has created tremendous uncertainty in an area where long term certainty is absolutely essential. Innovation typically takes a great deal of time, and commercializing that innovation takes even more time. Without long term stability and predictability investment decisions and incentives become skewed.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has explained in at least several decisions that they feel handcuffed by Supreme Court jurisprudence. But even more problematic is the wide divergence of outcomes among Federal Circuit panels. Put simply, the Supreme Court test for patent eligibility is subjective and unpredictable. Congress must act.
Amidst this uncertainty, and with the fifth anniversary of the Supreme Court's Alice decision having just passed, last week IPWatchdog.com held a two-day symposium to discuss the state of patent eligibility in the United States. During this symposium overwhelming consensus was achieved by the Patent Masters™ faculty and symposium attendees on a variety of principles and recommendations.
The following statements received unanimous consent during the Patent Masters™ Symposium:
Supreme Court decisions interpreting 35 U.S.C. 101 have harmed the U.S. economy.
Supreme Court decisions interpreting 35 U.S.C. 101 are impeding the progress of the useful arts.
Supreme Court decisions interpreting 35 U.S.C. 101 are impeding the progress of innovations relating to medical diagnostics.
Supreme Court decisions interpreting 35 U.S.C. 101 are impeding the progress of innovations relating to important areas of software innovations, such as artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Supreme Court decisions interpreting 35 U.S.C. 101 have diminished America's global competitiveness.
The Supreme Court was unquestionably incorrect in AMP v. Myriad Genetics when they said discoveries are not patent eligible. The Constitution explicitly says otherwise, as does 35 U.S.C. 101.
The following statements achieved consent from at least eighty-percent (80%) of those attending the symposium:
The Supreme Court's decisions on patent eligibility in Funk Brothers, Benson, Flook, Diehr, Chakrabarty, Bilski, Mayo, Myriad and Alice are hopelessly irreconcilable. [91% consensus]
Supreme Court decisions interpreting 35 U.S.C. 101 are driving innovation and investment overseas. [86% consensus]
Supreme Court decisions interpreting 35 U.S.C. 101 violate separation of powers by adding "judicial exceptions" and usurping Congressional authority to define what is patent eligible. [83% consensus]
The 2019 Revised Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance published by the USPTO creates the proper analytical framework for approaching questions of patent eligibility. [82% consensus]
Therefore, it is the recommendation of the undersigned attendees of the Patent Masters™ Symposium that:
Congress should legislatively overrule Alice v. CLS Bank.
Congress should legislatively overrule Mayo v. Prometheus.
Congress should explicitly prohibit "judicial exceptions" to patent eligibility.
In conclusion, we greatly appreciate your work on this important matter, and we enthusiastically support your efforts. We stand ready to help in any way possible. Strengthening the U.S. patent system for future generations is of paramount importance.
Eugene R. Quinn, Jr., President & CEO, IPWatchdog, Inc.
Paul Michel, Retired Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
cc: Andrei Iancu, Director of the USPTO
Meredith Addy, Partner, AddyHart, P.C.
James Carmichael, Carmichael IP
Brad Close, Executive Vice President, Transpacific IP
Nicholas D'Andrea, Patent Agent
Kate Gaudry, PhD, Patent Attorney (on behalf of herself)
Robert Greenspoon, Founding Partner, Flachsbart & Greenspoon, LLC
Chris Israel, Executive Director, Alliance for U.S. Startups and Inventors for Jobs
Efrat Kasznik, President, Foresight Valuation Group, LLC
Sherry Knowles, Principal, Knowles Intellectual Property Strategies, LLC
Jack Lu, Founding Partner and Chief Economist, IPMAP LLC
Lissi Mojica, Managing Director, Answers IP, LLC
Mark Nowatarski, Principal, Markets, Patents & Alliances, LLC
Isaac T. Slutsky, Shareholder, Brooks Kushman
Bernard Tomsa, Shareholder, Brooks Kushman
John White, Partner, Berenato & White, LLC
Gene Quinn is a Patent Attorney and Editor and President & CEO ofIPWatchdog, Inc.. Gene founded IPWatchdog.com in 1999. Gene is also a principal lecturer in the PLI Patent Bar Review Course and Of Counsel to the law firm of Berenato & White, LLC. Gene's specialty is in the area of strategic patent consulting, patent application drafting and patent prosecution. He consults with attorneys facing peculiar procedural issues at the Patent Office, advises investors and executives on patent law changes and pending litigation matters, and works with start-up businesses throughout the United States and around the world, primarily dealing with software and computer related innovations. Gene is admitted to practice law in New Hampshire, is a Registered Patent Attorney and is also admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. CLICK HERE to send Gene a message.
Tags:CAFC, Capitol Hill, Congress, Congressman Doug Collins, Federal Circuit, innovation, intellectual property, patent, patent eligibility, patent eligible, Patent Litigation, PAtent Masters Symposium, patent office, Patent Reform, patentability requirements, patents, Rep. Hank Johnson, Representative Steve Stivers, SCOTUS, Senator Chris Coons, Senator Thom Tillis, technology, US Supreme Court, USPTO
Posted In:Capitol Hill, Courts, Federal Circuit, Government, Inventors Information, IP News, IPWatchdog Articles, Legislation, Litigation, Patents, Technology & Innovation, US Supreme Court, USPTO
Pro Say June 30, 2019 10:18 pm
"All your patents are belong to us."
Patents are dead in The new America June 30, 2019 10:40 pm
Congress works for corporations. Silicon Valley will carve out new loopholes for them selves to continue to steal and keep the profits they made off of STOLEN IPs to them selves.
America is a crubiling empire as Germany and Chine continue to help strengthen their IPs and move forward to surpass America in inventions. They say greed will eat it self, and there is no better example of just that as America bends over to pass the AIA Act PTAB EBay Alice Mayo…. all these bills were sponsored and crafted by Silicon Valley to keep patent theft weak so the top 1% can dominate and keep all the profits for them selves. It's a pipe dream to think Congress would do anything as their pockets are all lined with Silicon Valley donations. It's game over.
Mark Martens July 1, 2019 1:27 am
Wow, that's quite strong then.
No. 4 is especially interesting because it appears to align the current USPTO guidance with the interests of inventors.
Concerned July 1, 2019 4:22 am
Only 83% agreed on statement #3 is sad to me. Somehow 17% felt it is alright for SCOTUS to both add words to law and also not define such words. I feel the preceding functions are the responsibility of Congress, our elected officials.
Then again, who are these 17% and who does that group really represent?
Benny July 1, 2019 5:27 am
Pro Say,
Only someone with teenage kids would understand that meme. Everyone else needs an animated explanation (with hand puppets, preferably).
Simon Liu July 1, 2019 7:30 am
This is nothing but political theatre. When are people going to snap out of it? Congress works for the people that donate the largest contributions to their party. Silicon Vally donates multi million to keep patent reform dead. As they continue to steal people's IP with zero ramifications in ever getting punished for doing so. No coincidence patent values have dropped 90% but Silicon Vallys stock have exponentially exploded since they introduced the AIA Act back in 2011. They say greed will kill it self and America is doing a fine job proving this statement lives on.
Jeff Hardin July 1, 2019 1:02 pm
On Patent Reform, I recently provided my written testimony to the USPTO for them to provide specific legislative recommendations pursuant to the SUCCESS Act. I also mentioned Section 101 reform in my speech on May 8, but given that 101 reform is underway and seems to be shaping up well (mind you, there are concerns over 100 and 112), I opted to leave that out of my paper.
My paper makes a strong case that if the Patent Office is going to provide legislative recommendations to the Patent Office to help address equal opportunity in those underrepresented classes who seek to obtain patents, it MUST coincide with equal outcome in the ability for all underrepresented inventors to enforce their patents once granted, as the AIA and recent SCOTUS decisions have unintentionally created a new underrepresented class: the independent inventor and small business.
You may find that testimony here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ujiVpxwn7OaMqjHppdbHzKBYG16DzrrH/view
Let's hope the USPTO indeed provides stakeholder recommendations to Congress come this October with their report.
Thanks Jeff @ 7. Looking forward to digging in.
typo: "if the Patent Office is going to provide legislative recommendations to the Patent Office to help address equal opportunity in those underrepresented classes who seek to obtain patents"
should read: "if the Patent Office is going to provide legislative recommendations to **Congress** to help address equal opportunity in those underrepresented classes who seek to obtain patents"


Let's say we want to match every single rain variation ..
"Isolated rain over coastal area" is rain.
"Scattered rain over inland area" is rain.
but not "No rain" .. is Fair weather ..
print "got me : Rain"
print "no rain also defined as rain"
print "No rain is :not raining OK!"
#!/usr/bin/python import re z = 1 y = 2 x = 3 if (z == 1) & (x == 3) & (y == 2): print "match" else: print "not match" norain = 'No rain' rain = 'Rain' rainfall = 'isolated rain interne' zrain =re.compile ('(?<!No\s)[Rr]ain') m_rain = zrain.search (rainfall) m2_rain = zrain.search (rain) m1_rain = zrain.search (norain) if m_rain : print "got rainfall" if m2_rain : print "got me : Rain" if m1_rain: print "no rain also defined as rain" else : print "No rain is :not raining OK!"


The need to be accepted by others, to have a sense of belonging, is a profound human motivation, one that is felt in some way from birth throughout life.
Do Workplace Givers Finish Last?
Emotionally sensitive people are known as compassionate and caring about other people. Their emotionally sensitivity means they are usually particularly aware of the emotions of others.


text:
Downtown, Los Angeles, California, United States
by Ghostbusters
Digging Up 1st Ave - Ghostbusters 2 (1989)
While filming in New York, the production teams for both Ghostbusters films were able to get away with a lot, even shutting down roads temporarily (and inconveniencing one Issac Asimov* in the process.) But you can only do so much in the city that never sleeps, and cutting a big hole in the middle of a road isn't one of them.
So when they needed to go looking for slime under 1st Avenue, the producers swapped out the actual 1st Ave where Dana's baby buggy stopped (and where the Ghostbusters used their PKE meters to track the source of badness) and let East 8th Street in LA take it's place!
It works like a charm - by not bothering to light the street past a couple of buildings, you can't tell there isn't a typical New York street canyon in the distance. And by dressing up a local menswear store to look like a New York flower stand and corner grocery - complete with the plastic stall curtains to keep out some of the New York winter chill - and dressing everybody for the brisk weather back East, it's the perfect stand-in for New York.
Sadly, the street has changed a bit - Libby's Cafe, which was what initially made identifying the location possible, is long gone now, as it and the parking lot next door were developed into a small retail mall. But you can still see the apartment in the background, and even recognize bits of the corner store, even without the curtains!
*http://www.blastr.com/2012/10/little-known-sci-fi-fact-11.php
Ghostbusters left this note on May 25, 2013
On notemaps:
1 comments Favorite this note
Leave a Note Here

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
COSC131-22SU2 (C) Summer Nov 2022 start
Introduction to Programming for Engineers
Start Date: Monday, 14 November 2022
End Date: Sunday, 12 February 2023
Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 27 November 2022
Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 22 January 2023
Computer programming in a high-level language with special emphasis on numerical computation. This course is required for engineering intermediate and is an alternative to COSC121 as a prerequisite for COSC122 and all 200 level COSC and SENG courses. COSC131 teaches the fundamentals of computer programming using the Python language and can be taken by students who have no previous programming background. Topics include expressions, assignment, selection and iteration, structured data (lists, dictionaries, tuples, arrays), functional decomposition, file processing, numerical computation with numpy, graph plotting with matplotlib, some basic numerical algorithms and an introduction to object-oriented programming.
2021 Covid-19 Update: Please refer to the course page on AKO | Learn for up-to-date information about your course, including lectures, labs, tutorials and assessments.
Understand the fundamental Python data types and their applications.
Be able to implement basic algorithms using selection, iteration and function calling.
Be able to apply their understanding of the Python language in designing, implementing and testing programs to solve simple problems in science and engineering.
Be able to (re)structure code using functions to reduce complexity.
Be able to use the numpy numerical library to perform a range of numerical calculations and to use the matplotlib library to plot graphs.
Be familiar with several basic numerical algorithms for root finding, numerical integration and series evaluation.
Be familiar with simple object oriented programming in Python.
Be able to review and assess the quality and maintainability of Python code.
1) MATH101, or
2) NCEA 14 Credits (18 strongly recommended) at level 3 Mathematics (including the standards 'Apply differentiation methods in solving problems (91578)' and 'Apply integration methods in solving problems (91579)'), or
3) Cambridge: D at A level or an A at AS level in Mathematics, or
4) IB: 4 at HL or 5 at SL in Mathematics, or
5) approval of the Head of Department based on alternative prior learning.
COSC121
01 Monday 13:00 - 15:00 Jack Erskine 248 Computer Lab
01 Wednesday 10:00 - 12:00 Jack Erskine 248 Computer Lab
Drop in Class A
21 Nov - 18 Dec
Drop in Class B
01 Thursday 10:00 - 11:00 Jack Erskine 248 Computer Lab
Examination and Formal Tests
Test A
01 Friday 18:30 - 20:00 Online Delivery
9 Jan - 5 Feb
9 Jan - 12 Feb
Test B
01 Friday 09:30 - 12:30 Jack Erskine 133 Lab 2
Timetable Note
There will be an introductory lecture/meeting in the first week and two lab sessions to help students get set-up. There will be weekly lab sessions during the semester - the time for these will be decided after consulting with the class.
Computer labs are optional.
The mid-semester test will be run as an online quiz that students can do from anywhere.
Students must attend the final exam on campus.
Paul McKeown
Weekly Learning Modules 15%
Weekly Drill Quizzes 8%
Assignment 27 Jan 2023 7%
Test (online) 16 Dec 2022 10%
Final Exam (on Campus) 10 Feb 2023 60%
Note: Students must attend the on-campus final exam
There is no prescribed textbook for the course, as the lecture notes, videos and learning modules should be sufficient for most students. However, those wanting extra reading might wish to consider some of the recommended reading given on the Learn site of the course.
Additional Course Outline Information
Assessment and grading system
The Computer Science department's grading policy states that in order to pass a course you must meet both of the following two requirements:
1. You must achieve an average of at least 50% on the combined assessment items.
2. You must achieve a mark of at least 45% on the Final Exam as this is the sole invigilated assessment item.
If you satisfy both these criteria, your grade will be determined by the following University-wide scale for converting marks to grades: a total mark of 50% is sufficient for a C- grade, a total mark of 55% earns a C grade, 60% earns a C+ grade, 65% earns a B- grade, and so forth. However, if you do not satisfy both the passing criteria you will be given either a D or E grade depending on marks. Marks are sometimes scaled to achieve consistency between courses from year to year.
Fees Note
Your usercode on our computer system enables you to access a range of services. Some of these services are not free and you are responsible for ensuring that your account contains sufficient funds to cover any charges you incur. If your account balance becomes negative then you may be unable to use any computer facilities until you have cleared this debt. The Computer Science Department is not involved with the financial details of your account - you should go to the Information and Communications Technology Services (ICTS) Department for this.
The main chargeable service you are likely to make use of is printing. To use chargeable services you will need to have money loaded on your Canterbury Card.
See the Information and Communication Technology Services (ICTS) Department home page for details of services and charges.
For further information see Computer Science and Software Engineering .
All COSC131 Occurrences
COSC131-23S1 (C) Semester One 2023
COSC131-23S2 (C) Semester Two 2023


An experiment in a utopian community that only lasted seven months should have easily been forgotten in history, even if it included historically important people. Yet the fascination with Fruitlands continues as evidenced by Richard Francis' book, Fruitlands: The Alcott Family and Their Search for Utopia which came out this year. There is no doubt that Fruitlands was a cathartic experience for young Louisa May Alcott.
Considering the extraordinarily complex and bizarre nature of the thinking behind Fruitlands, I was quite surprised to find a children's book written about that very subject. Becoming Little Women: Louisa May at Fruitlands by Jeannine Atkins is an engaging fictional account based on the writings of Alcott family members.
Atkins presented the philosophy behind Fruitlands in a concise and simple manner that children could understand (and adults could benefit from). Founded by Transcendentalists Bronson Alcott and Englishmen Charles Lane, Fruitlands was meant to help those living in the community to achieve divine perfection through simple living and high-minded thinking. The diet and methods of farming were devised to avoid any action that would support the slavery of humans, and of animals. The community was to live as one family where the children would have many "fathers" and "mothers"; the bonds of human love and family were discouraged in favor of the "consociate" family, meant to achieve a higher, divine form of love.
Becoming Little Women opens with the Alcotts and Lanes moving from Concord to the Fruitlands farm in Harvard during a dreary rain storm. It is a fitting beginning for an experiment not only doomed to failure, but also perpetrating one of the most traumatic crises to strike the Alcott family.
Atkins paints a picture of a ten year-old Louisa, full of life, vigor, imagination and stamina. She sits in an apple tree spinning stories and poems while eating apples. She races through woods and fields with her sisters and William, the son of Charles Lane. She dreams up and performs dramatic plays with her sister Anna as a way of releasing the tension of the experience of Fruitlands which was growing darker by the day. Atkins shows a conflicted Louisa, struggling with her temper and tongue, trying to force the square of a vigorous temperament to fit into the circle of her father's concept of serenity and perfection.
Becoming Little Women's study of characters truly propelled the story. I appreciated her portrayal of the tragic William, abandoned by his mother to be raised by the remote, grim and self-absorbed Charles Lane. There is little written about this young boy so Atkins takes literary freedom to infuse life into him. The result is a believable and sad portrait of a child whose father has little or no regard for him, and who eventually abandons him to a Shaker community for a time. William fades into history and we never know what became of him, but Atkins makes you feel for him and wonder if he ever knew happiness or love. Louisa, in typical big-heartedness, embraced and befriended him, offering him the sisterly affection he had never known.
Atkins also fleshed out Louisa's older sister Anna. Often portrayed in real life as saintly and the mirror image of her father, Atkins digs into Louisa's portrayal of her as Meg in Little Women, rounding her out as sometimes vain, envious of others, and competitive with Louisa for the approval of her parents. Anna emerges as a believable girl of twelve with a vibrancy often missing from other accounts.
Abba Alcott or "Marmee" is painted as the endless workhorse, carrying the true burden of Fruitlands while the men wiled away endless hours in high-minded talk. Many accounts of Fruitlands paint Abba as the reason why the experiment failed because of her fierce devotion to her immediate family. Atkins paints a realistic portrait of Abba, heroic in her efforts, yet stressed, bitter and often desperate as she tried to reach Bronson and bring him back down to earth to face reality. Women being so restricted in their actions as they were in this era, Abba is shown constantly pushing the edge of the envelope to save her family, even considering separating from her husband to save her children.
I felt vested in these people as they struggled through this experiment in utopian living. Fruitlands was more like Purgatory than Eden, and through these vibrant characters, I felt their joys and conflicts, tensions and traumas.
Atkins deals with the very grown-up issues of family conflict that can lead to separation, the struggle to live up to parental expectations, and the consequences of living with people who have little regard for the needs of others. Most of what happened in the story felt authentic and age appropriate although there was one event which felt a bit too "current" and too adult for a children's novel.
Therefore I highly recommend Jeannine Atkin's Becoming Little Women: Louisa May at Fruitlands as an enjoyable read and a way to feel the experience of Fruitlands and mid 19th century living.
In my next post, I will share an interview with Jeannine, finding out more about how she fleshed out these characters and came to write a children's book about a difficult subject.
Jeannine is one of my readers, that's how I heard about it. Glad she wrote to me. The minute I heard about this book I wanted to read it.


An alcohol detection system that automatically shuts the vehicle down if its sensors detect an excessive amount of alcohol is being developed by Toyota Motor Corporation, the No. 2 ranked auto manufacturer.
According to a report in the Japanese daily newspaper Asahi Shimbun, if sweat sensors embedded in the steering wheel identify high levels of alcohol in the driver's bloodstream, the detection system will prevent the vehicle from starting. The system could also be activated if the sensors detect irregular steering, or if a special camera perceives that the driver's pupils are unfocused. The system would slowly bring the vehicle to a halt.
Toyota plans to fit their vehicles with the system by 2010.
A second Japanese car manufacturer, Nissan Motor Co., has also been developing a device, similar to a breathalyzer, which could detect the presence of excessive alcohol consumption. Similar alcohol-ignition interlock technologies are already employed in the U.S. and several other countries.
Following a series of alcohol-related accidents in Japan over the past 12 months, there has been a heightened concern about drunk driving. A vehicle carrying a family of five was thrust off a bridge when a drunk driver collided with their vehicle in August. Three children were killed. As a result, there has been a major increase in roadside spot checks by police, and legislators plan to make penalties for drunken driving much harsher.


NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Vast distances are a major hurdle to India's efforts to curb its soaring HIV rate.
India, which has the world's third largest HIV-positive caseload, gives drugs for free to HIV/AIDS patients. But doctors say this is not enough to stop the spread of HIV which is making inroads in rural India, especially among women infected by itinerant husbands, and also children.
For three days a month, Sambit squeezes into a crowded and often filthy train for a three hour journey to Delhi to receive HIV treatment.
"There's no seat and I am very weak," said the 30-year-old former tailor, who asked that his full name not be revealed. He can't afford lodging in Delhi and can barely afford the train tickets.
"I need to borrow money from my family for all these trips," he said.
Many patients in the same position simply give up treatment, an anathema in HIV therapy as it gives rise to drug resistance. These patients may then need more powerful second line treatment, which is not freely available in India.
"Travel can affect drug compliance. Patients who don't get family support, women who may not like to travel alone will just give up," said a doctor at a New Delhi hospital, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he did not have permission to speak to reporters.
There are 147 "antiretroviral therapy" or ART centers in the country, part of a government drive that has been encouraged by the World Health Organisation in a bid to prevent HIV from becoming a major health problem.
Delhi has nine such centers and is far better served than many other states. Up to 6,000 patients receive treatment in Delhi, nearly half of these live outside the capital.
The government now plans to build "link centers," small facilities that are closer to where patients live so people like Sambit can obtain their medications more easily.
"They just come to pick up the drugs if they have no side effects and they go home ... that saves transport and other costs," Rao said, adding that the plan was to have as many as 500 such centers all over India.
India has 2.47 million HIV cases, according to the latest figures, but health workers say the number is rising rapidly and spreading to new population groups.
"Our numbers are going up," said Loon Gangte, South Asia coordinator of the Collaborative Fund for HIV Treatment Preparedness.
Sujatha Rao, director-general of the government's National AIDS Control Organisation, says doctors are increasingly seeing women infected by their husbands.
In some clinics, 1 out of 100 women who come for ante-natal care checkups are HIV positive, she said.
Out of India's 611 districts, HIV prevalence is more than 1 percent of the population in 156 districts.
"The epidemic is getting deeper into (certain) rural, general areas of the country ... it is migrant-related. They go to work and then they take back the infection to their homes," she said.
Even though HIV drugs are free, only about 155,000 people have access to retroviral drugs, up from 20,000 just two years ago.
Health expert say there are many people who do not know they are infected or who do not know that treatment is available.
Some health professionals believe India's HIV problem is closely intertwined with poverty and that the government must tackle poverty if it seeks to curb the spread of HIV.
"Many of these people are very poor, they worry about food, shelter. So they may not think their HIV status is a problem because they don't even know where their next meal is coming from," said Errol Arnette of the help group Sahara.


text:
where food and science meet — by James Cooper
Food Science Institute
Meal kits: we try out "Gobble"
Previously we have written about Freshly, a meal delivery service that provides completely prepared, microwavable meals, and we weren't all that thrilled. This article is about meal kits, which send you the ingredients and simple preparation instructions.
There are an awful lot of meal services out there trying to get you to subscribe, and one of the better rated ones is strangely named "Gobble." Their slogan is "Make dinner in 15 minutes," and this seems to be about right. We ordered three meal kits for two, for $73.93, or $24.64 each. They come delivered iced, but not frozen and so well sealed, they lasted nearly a week in the refrigerator until we'd tried all three. You will probably need a couple of cooking pans, a bowl or two, and perhaps a knife to chop up salad ingredients.
Spring Pot Roast
The first one we tried was "Spring Pot Roast," with fava beans and asparagus. The meal kits come in several little sealed packages, one for the beef, one for the legumes. The asparagus was loosely packaged, but fresh, and the other envelopes were a red wine demi-glace, a shallot-garlic confit (which seemed to have little flavor), lemon gremolata and fried garlic bits.
Putting this one together was pretty simple. You put the beef cubes, red wine glace and some water in a covered pan and cook for five minutes. Meanwhile, you cut the asparagus into short "batons." You saute the beans as asparagus in a little oil and then add the garlic confit.
You put half of the beans-asparagus mixture on each place, divide the beef mixture over them and garnish with the lemon gremolata and fried garlic.
I found it pretty good, although my wife didn't agree. Each portion was nominally 560 calories, and it left us feeling hungry. Of the three dinners, we liked this one the least.
Fortunately, the overall package came with two cookie dough puck that you could bake into cookies in 14 minutes, and we did.
Miso Glazed Pulled Pork Sandwich
Our second meal was the miso glazed pulled pork sandwich with Gochujang aioli. It was really simple to put together. First you toast the brioche bins in a pan for a few minutes and set them aside. You heat the shredded pork, add the miso glaze and heat 2-3 minutes more. You chop up the lettuce, slice the Persian cucumber and mix with the shredded carrots to make a bit of a salad that you dress with Nuoc Cham (fish sauce). This salad was also to contain the cilantro which we decided to omit.
Then you put the supplied mayonnaise in a small bowl and add the gochujang paste, a mild Korean fermented red pepper paste. To assemble, you put half the salad on each plate, the buns on top, spread the mayo over the buns and distribute the pork among them. You can put a little salad on top as well, but there is so much pork it doesn't all fit.
We thought these sandwiches were outstanding, and at 1120 calories each, were plenty filling.
Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo
This pasta dish also came with spinach and broccoli, and that same shallot-garlic confit the first meal also utilized. For this dinner, you brown a couple of small chicken breasts in a pan, and then roast them in the oven along with the broccoli at 450˚ F for six minutes. Then, you take out the chicken, simmer the broccoli with some water while covered, and then plate the broccoli while keeping the chicken warm. Oh, and that pan that was in the oven is going have a really hot handle, and burning your hand when you put the lid on is not improbable. And I've been cooking for 50 years! I think it might be better to steam the broccoli in a small saucepan instead.
Then, you boil the fettuccine, drain it and put it in the pan and add the spinach leaves and the alfredo sauce, along with that garlic confit. Finally, you plate the pasta and sauce and add the slice chicken breasts on top. You sprinkle with sone grated cheese, and most important, add the packet of chili flakes to keep the dish from being bland. We thought is was very good, and at 1050 calories it should have been more filling that it turned out.
Probably, my only real criticism with Gobble is that they are a weekly meal kit delivery service, but the deadline to make changes or skip a week is a whole week before. So, I ended up with another set of meals we hadn't planned on arriving this evening, including one with a diminutive piece of salmon that looked like it wasn't even enough for one. It says it weighs 10 oz.
Overall, we think Gobble is a very good meal kit service, and we will probably order more in the future.
Food delivery services
We try 'Freshly': delivered meals of little distinction
Freshly has been advertising heavily on TV and the Internet, promising "meals cooked by chefs and sent to you fresh." The meals aren't terribly expensive, amounting to $8.99 per meal in small quantities and $7.99 per meal if you commit to 12 per week.
We too advantage of an introductory offer and ordered six meals, figuring that we would order the second six after we'd tried them out. As you will see, we never got that far.
We placed our order on March 30 for 6 meals: two each of
Slow-cooked Pork and Herbed Gravy with Skillet Kale and Roasted Potatoes
Steak Peppercorn with Sautéed Carrots and French Green beans
Homestyle Chicken with Butternut Mac and Cheese
We got an acknowledgment that they would be delivered on Friday April 3, and they did come late that afternoon, but after our dinner plans had already been decided as homemade pizza.
The meals come packed in an insulated box surrounded by two sheets of frozen gelatinized water-ice. The meals were cold but not frozen and we quickly refrigerated them. Their literature says that they should keep for at least 5 days, or you should freeze them to keep longer. They also noted that we should use them fresh by the Use By dates, which were April 9 and 10. You can heat any of them up in the microwave in around 3 minutes.
Saturday April 4, we decided to try the Slow-cooked Pork and Herbed Gravy. We supposed there would be real pieces of pork in the dish, but it was for the most part present only in very small granular pieces, like bits of ground beef. These meals are not for hearty appetites, the pork dish was rated at 420 calories, and the portions were small. But we are dealing with the old Catskills joke here: "The food is terrible and such small portions."
The pork mixture had an unpleasant aftertaste that grew with each bite. We found we had some leftover homemade applesauce in the refrigerator, and by alternating bites of applesauce with the pork mixture, we were able to finish eating it. The Skillet Kale was another story. While there are number of well-known techniques to reduce the strong flavor of kale, they didn't seem to have used them. It allegedly contained turkey-bacon crumbles but we didn't notice them. The taste was simply vile. We rated this dish as one of the worst dinners we had ever had.
But we still had two more meals to try. Steak Peppercorn with Sautéed Carrots and French Green Beans seemed innocuous enough, so we had it for dinner on Tuesday April 7, long before the April 10 Use By date. The beef was actually Flat-Iron Steak, but their literature seemed to indicate that they had marinated it in something, so it was fairly tender.
However, by the third bite we knew we were in trouble. There was a taste and aftertaste that was so strong it began to make us feel nauseous, and we didn't finish it. The carrots and beans were no better. My companion asked, "how can they screw up carrots?" They too had a different, unpleasant aftertaste and we ended up tossing both meals in the trash. The steak is supposed to be "topped with a creamy peppercorn sauce," but we really didn't detect this at all.
Since we hadn't had much to eat, we broke out one of the Homestyle Chicken dishes, with Butternut Mac & Cheese. At first, we though this was going to be a winner, but by the third bite, the chicken tasted odd, although reasonably tender, and we couldn't finish it either. The only thing we can say is that the mac and cheese was OK. But the green beans had the same off taste as the other vegetables, and we couldn't finish them either. This may have been the "fragrant garlic oil" but we didn't note any garlic flavor.
Now, we've eaten in lots of restaurants in a lot of places, and there have been a number of misfires in all those meals, but this is the only time we can think of where we really couldn't finish the meals because they were absolutely terrible.
We immediately canceled our subscription to Freshly and they sent us nice polite acknowledgement. However, they've placed a cookie in our web browser's database that keeps us from browsing their website further unless we renew our membership. This is unprofessional. Fortunately we have other browsers we could use to look up their prices and policies.
We obviously don't recommend Freshly at all.
Follow Food Science Institute on WordPress.com
Why I gave up on Microsoft Edge
Kindred: a fascinating look at Neanderthals
Rock, Paper, Scissors in Python: Part III – Improving the GUI
Rock, Paper Scissors in Python: Part II, Building a GUI
Rock, Paper, Scissors Game in Python: Part I


Boss Reserve eliquid is one of the most complex blends in the Cuttwood range, and one of the most popular to boot. A sweet cereal flavour with an extra sprinkling of sugar. You'll detect notes of banana and honey, with dark roasted nutsand splash of milk for a dairy finish.


text:
Robert Michael Anderson
Anderson, circa 1993; Anderson and Diede's van
Missing From Wishek, North Dakota
Height and Weight 5'11, 180 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair. Anderson's nickname is Bob.
Anderson and his girlfriend, Kristen Diede, dropped her son and daughter off at their paternal grandparents' home in Wishek, North Dakota on August 15, 1993. Diede called friends back home and said she was having trouble getting her children back. She and Anderson then stopped by to visit her brother before leaving to go back home. Neither of them has ever been heard from again.
The Dodge van they were driving was found abandoned over a hundred miles away at a railroad station parking lot in Aberdeen, South Dakota on August 20, the same day the pair were reported missing. A photo of the van is posted with this case summary.
Anderson and Diede are both from Minnesota. They left all their belongings behind at their home. Diede was in the process of a divorce at the time of her disappearance.
Authorities at first assumed the couple had left of their own accord, but Diede's loved ones never believed she would have abandoned her children. Authorities believe she and Anderson were homicide victims. Their cases remain unsolved.
Logan County Sheriff's Department 701-754-2495
North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation 800-472-2185
North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Kristin Joy Diede and Robert Michael Anderson -- The Search For Kristin Diede (born Valerie Goebel) and Robert Anderson
Updated 2 times since October 12, 2004. Last updated December 29, 2015; date of birth and three pictures added, distinguishing characteristics and details of disappearance updated.


text:
The Major
Admission to Major
Sports Journalism
Suggested Equipment
B.J. Roche
Brian P. McDermott
Greeley A. Kyle
Karen List
Kathy Roberts Forde
Madeleine H. Blais
Nicholas C. McBride
Stephen J. Fox
Forcier
O'Leary
Online Faculty
Find Journalism Alumni
Giving & Donations
Friends of Howard Ziff Reunion
Online Program
Year-Round Schedule
Philosophy, Community Journalism, Journalism Ethics, Covering Race, Politics of Sports, Honors Seminar, Music as History, Politics and Metaphysics
M.S., Columbia University; M.A., Harvard University
S431 Integrative Learning Center | 413-545-5921
mcbride@journ.umass.edu
Nicholas McBride, associate professor, earned his bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1976, and a master's degree from the School of Journalism at Columbia University in 1986. He also holds a master's degree in education from Harvard University (1990). He has been a reporter for the Springfield Daily News, Washington Post, Afro-American, and Christian Science Monitor (Washington Bureau). McBride received the Distinguished Teaching Award for 2004-2005 in recognition of outstanding teaching accomplishments. In 2005, he was also a Fellow at the Center for Teaching participating in a year long program studying ways to implement a pedagogy of diversity. In 2006-07, he served as a Community Service Fellow developing curriculum in journalism learning and practice with urban high school students and undergraduates. McBride's courses include newswriting, the philosophy of journalism, community journalism, covering race, the politics of sports, honors seminar, music as history, and politics and metaphysics. He also teaches the Dean's Book Honors Course.
During the 2011-2012 school year, McBride was awarded both the SBS College Outstanding Teacher award and the Distinguished Academic Outreach Award for Outreach in Teaching.
Journalism Department
S414 Integrative Learning Center
650 North Pleasant Street
University of Massachusetts
© 2017 University of Massachusetts Amherst. Site Policies | Site Contact


text:
About The British Touring Car Championship
Motorsport UK
Champion trio raise the bar in FP2
Latest News posted 8th August 2015
Andrew Jordan, Colin Turkington and Jason Plato slugged it out for top spot in Free Practice 2 at Snetterton with the champion trio blanketed by just 0.040s at the finish.
As in FP1 it was Plato's VW leading the way into the closing stages, but this time he was pipped by team-mate Colin Turkington by just 0.020s. With the reigning champion looking set to scoop fastest lap honours Jordan's Triple Eight MG then blasted across the line to foil both of them.
Sporting a one-off chrome livery for this weekend – to celebrate Jordan's new 3-year deal with long-time partners Pirtek – a confident Jordan bounced back from a fairly low key morning session to signal his race-winning credentials for the weekend ahead.
The MG6 has always run well at the Norfolk circuit, most notably in the hands of its previous driver Jason Plato, so Jordan will hoping the combination of the car's speed and his talent will help to get his championship challenge back on-track.
"The pace is good – we tried something completely different from FP1 and the car is a lot better," he said. "There's still time in it, we've got a bit too much understeer through the quick stuff, but as a base set-up that's the best car I've had all year. The car feels much more hooked up, it's working with me rather than me having to fight it – we'll have to keep pushing as everyone will be going quicker in qualifying, but we're confident."
Somewhat of a Snetterton specialist, Plato continues to show front-running pace every time he takes to the circuit and this session was no different. His Team BMR team-mate Aron Smith initially led the way but Plato was soon ahead and with Turkington's late performance it gave the squad an impressive 2-3-4 finish.
The top three drivers in particular raised the bar during the session with Jordan, Turkington and Plato circling less than a tenth of a second from the latter's 2014 qualifying lap record.
Before the quick times were clocked there was a concerning moment for young Aiden Moffat. The teenager's Mercedes A Class spun wildly at Montreal and eventually made heavy contact with the barrier. There was also a small fire in the car, but Moffat was able to walk away from the incident. He was, however, showing signs of concussion and after being assessed by the TOCA Medical Team at the circuit's Medical Centre he has now been taken to a local hospital for a precautionary scan.
When the action resumed FP1 pace-setter Andy Priaulx was immediately back into the swing of things and his best time left him in an encouraging sixth place.
Jack Goff underlined the MG's credentials at Snetterton with seventh whilst Tom Ingram grabbed eighth in the Speedworks Toyota. Dave Newsham's Power Maxed Chevrolet ended up ninth as Rob Collard's BMW claimed tenth for the second time today.
Qualifying from Snetterton for Round 16 of the 2015 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship will take place at 15:45 with the action being streamed live on www.itv.com/btcc.
Click here for the final classification from Free Practice 2.
EXCELR8 TRADE PRICE CARS RETAIN CHRIS SMILEY
EXCELR8 Trade Price Cars has today (15 January) confirmed that it will retain the services of race-winner Chris Smiley for…
TOCA ISSUES REVISED 2021 BTCC CALENDAR
Series Organiser, TOCA, has today (14 January) issued a revised calendar for the 2021 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship….
JADE EDWARDS COMPLETES THE BILL FOR BTC RACING
Jade Edwards, one of the country's top female racing drivers, will contest her first full season in the 2021 Kwik…
Quiz time! Test your knowledge now on the Official #BTCC App Download the app here … https://t.co/vDj5tIPzh0	6 hours ago
We do love a throwback! Who's been your favourite #BTCC driver to meet over the years? https://t.co/rOLFPjOnLc	7 hours ago
Breaking News: EXCELR8 Trade Price Cars retain Chris Smiley See ➡ https://t.co/Xk8xwEJJop #BTCC https://t.co/GYFrR8RCOX	11 hours ago
BREAKING NEWS: TOCA issues revised 2021 BTCC calendar See ➡ https://t.co/s8bTHLslAu #BTCC https://t.co/oEVSyeaJOY	1 day ago
© BTCC.net 2021	Media Login


Gentoo Forums :: View topic - [solved] recover existing raid1 after mdadm --create?
[solved] recover existing raid1 after mdadm --create?
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 4:38 pm Post subject: [solved] recover existing raid1 after mdadm --create?
i have a basic raid1 setup: two identical disks, each with a /boot, swap, and / partition.
i had to mount my raid1 partitions and, since it had been many, many moons the last time i had to chroot from a livecd, i used mdadm incorrectly.
instead of executing "mdadm --assemble" (for existing partitions) i mistakenly executed "mdadm --create" (for new partitions). unfortunately, too, i pointed at both disks, so the "create" ran on both raid partitions; otherwise, i guess, i could have rebuilt the screwed one with the pristine one.
therefore, it appears i've hosed my system. before i go through the arduous process of rebuilding the server from scratch, however, i wanted to check if there might be a means of recovering the partitions.
If you haven't written to the raid, your data should still be intact (in at least as far as it was intact when these problems first started).
Try creating a new raid-1 with the exact same settings as you originally created them (drive order shouldn't be important on raid-1 but try to get that the same if at all convenient). Make it using the original superblock type (I'm not sure if it matters but just in case).
If that doesn't work, shut down that raid, and create a new raid-1 targeted to two devices like before but only add one of the drives. Use the word "missing" in place of the other drive. See if you can mount that or get any useful data out.
If that still doesn't work, try it with the other drive. Still no luck? Well, one would have to do a little investigating to see how much data is still present and if it seems in the correct place or not.
As a fallback position, before you any further, you can just make sure that the RAID array isn't running (mdadm -S /dev/md0) where md0 = the RAID array to stop. Cat /proc/mdstat to verify that the array isn't active. Then you can mount either half of the RAID1 array as a regular filesystem (read-only is recommended) as long as you explicitly specify the filesystem type (e.g., mount -t ext2 -o ro /dev/hda1 /mnt) where hda1 = the raw partition, and access the files that way. It doesn't work with RAID geometries other than RAID1 for obvious reasons, but it works with RAID1.
Under RAID1, the only difference between the underlying filesystem and the RAIDed version is that the RAIDed version has a RAID superblock tacked on at the end. You can see the sector offset to the RAID superblock with mdadm --example /dev/hda1.
The default raid superblock type changed areound May last year from 0.90 to 1.2.
I don't know what else has changed.
Don't do any more with both drives. Just in case you make things worse.
mdadm --create <chunk> <superblock> /dev/md0 /dev/sda1 missing is worth a try.
You may have destroyed a piece of the filesystem by using a different raid superblock version, so you may need to tell mount to use an alternate filesystem superblock.
As I don't know the layout of you data on the drive, I can't predict what the damage might be.
thanks so much to everyone who replied. to start out with, i tried prairecity's approach, since this jived with what i knew and seemed the quickest one to try.
all the partitions on my system are ext3.
EXT3-fs error (device sda6): ext3_check_descriptors: Block bitmap for group 0 not in group (block 2838187772)!
Please post the fdisk -l for one of the drives and explain which partitions are donated to raid sets and for what purpose.
Knowing the file systems in use will help later.
If you have been trying mdadm --create again, please post the exact command you used.
sorry. here is the output of fdisk -l /dev/sda, which is one of two identical drives on my raid1. /dev/sdb is the other drive, which has identical partition table settings.
as i said in my previous reply, /boot appears intact as it can be mounted fine, but / produces the errors reported when i try to mount it.
i have not yet tried the mdadm --create again, as i first wanted to check if i could simply mount the partitions; this seemed the least intrusive.
Your should not try to mount the underlying partitions that are donated to a raid set. If you must, use the -o ro option to mount as you really don't want any writes to the partition that the kernel md system is not aware of.
this will tell what mdadm sees now. If /dev/sdb is still connected, to the system, repeat the command for sdb too..
That you can mount /dev/sda1 points to it having a version 0.9 raid superblock. Were it version 1.2, the superblock would be where mount expects the filesystem to start. mount wouldn't like that at all.
If /dev/sda6 has a version 1.2 raid superblock, you must assemble the raid, then mount the raid device, even if the raid device only has a single partition in it. mount then looks at the right place to find the filesystem.
You may get errors about mdadm assembling but not running mdX. If so, you need to tell mdadm to run the degraded raid.
thanks, NeddySeagoon, for your clear explanations.
first, i am fairly certain that i instantiated this raid configuration several years ago. this would suggest version 0.90 and, as you say, confirmed by the fact that i was able to mount /boot. (btw: i did mount read-only to avoid inadvertent writes to the partition.) however, as you'll see in the output below, it says v1.2, which is probably due to the mistaken "mdadm --create" which caused the problem i'm currently in.
The update tomes and event counts differ. IF you try to assemble this raid, the out of date drive wiil be overwritten with the later information.
/dev/sda6 is the newer of the two.
How did you assemble the raid before you used --create ?
in the partition table or did you use an initrd to assemble the raid before you mounted root ?
It matters because kernel raid auto assembly only works with version 0.90 superblocks.
This wiki page is worth a read. Other than needing to be updated with the default raid superblock, it contains a lot of useful information. In particularly, it shows that the ver 0.9 superblock is at the end of the disk and the ver 1.2.is 4k from the beginning of the disk.
This probably means that your ver 0.9 superblocks are still there as they are outside of the filesystem you made on the array but that the ver 1.2 superblock you added trampled 260 bytes starting 4k from the start of the device.
This wiki shows that your unwanted ver 1.2 raid superblock has been written in the middle of the Group Descriptors of the first block group.
This is a bad think but fdisk may be able to fix it. However, DO NOT just run fdisk, at least, not yet anyway. As your raid superblock is inside your filesystem, if fdisk works, your raid superblock will be gone.
If your ver 0.9 superblock was present when your ran mdadm --create, mdadm should have warned you. Did it?
sorry for the belated reply, NeddySeagoon. for some reason, i didn't catch that you had posted more information. thanks, again, for your help.
The raid entries for sd[ab] agree ... [but not] the third raid.
i'm not entirely sure why the update times of the 3rd raid array --- sd[ab]6, my root partition --- are not in full agreement. especially why sdb6 is slightly newer than sda6. what i'm guessing, though, is that i may have attempted to work with one of the arrays without the other.
the initial configuration of the raids were through following the Gentoo Wiki instructions: Software RAID Install and RAID/Software. i followed the fairly standard setup.
upon skimming these wiki pages now, it appears that these have been updated to cover the 1.2 vs. 0.9 mdadm versions --- the initial configuration was several year ago, though, but i don't recall this versioning being so prominently mentioned.
How did you assemble the raid before you used --create ? ... It matters because kernel raid auto assembly only works with version 0.90 superblocks.
i am fairly certain i am not using 'initrd' to assemble the raids --- i don't use genkernel.
OK, lets assume you followed the defaults when you made the raid originally, so you have a version 0.9 superblock.
Your filesystem probably uses 4k blocks, but trial and error with alternate filesystem superbolck numbers is safe.
a) you use dd to fetch the last 256Kb of /dev/sda6 to a file and email me the file. I'll look at it for the remains of your original superblock.
b) as you accepted the default originally we assume it was version 0.9 and recreate the raid on that basis, but only use one drive meanwhile.
Will recreate your raid1 set in degraded mode with /dev/sda6 in the first slot and the second slot missing.
As you are using raid1, the changed --chunk size does not apply to you.
You need to choose X ... you may also need to use --force, as mdadm will spot the raid ver 1.2 superblock.
you can try mounting it read only. The -o ro is important. We know its broken.
If the normal mount fails, try feeding mount an alternate superblock.
Read up on the sb= in man mount , under ext2 options.
If this fails, there is one more desperate measure to try - it would be good if you can image one of your mirrors first, if you have the space.
as always, thanks NeddySeagoon for putting in the effort to help me on this.
i decided to start out with option (b).
to test things, i tried this on my /boot partition (/dev/sda1), which we already knew was mountable.
the command informed me that (1) there was already a filesystem on the partition and (2) it appeared to be part of a raid. i was required to enter "yes" to complete the operation. "cat /proc/mdstat" confirmed the creation of the degraded array. furthermore, i was able to mount the partition read-only --- i'm on a flashkey version of a live-install, so created /mnt/boot as a mountpoint.
verified creation of degraded raid.
...it failed (as expected) with the following error message (which was the same as when i earlier tried to mount /dev/sda6 directly).
so, this lead me to try to mount with an alternate superblock, as suggested.
to determine alternate superblocks, i ran mkfs.ext3 with the -n option, so that a dryrun was performed not actual filesystem creation. for those following along: make sure to include the -n switch, otherwise your filesystem will be erased. note, also, from what i understand, this procedure will only be useful if one is using the same command that was used when initially creating the filesystem. in my case, i didn't recall doing anything fancy when setting up the raid.
sorry that i didn't capture the output of this dryrun. however, the two important parts of the output are the "Block size" and "Superblock backups stored on blocks". in my case, block size was 4096 (4k), which meant i needed to multiple the reported alternate superblocks by "4" to get a value appropriate for mount's "sb=" value (which assumes 1k units).
my first alternate superblock was 32768, which is 131072 when multiplied by 4. i then used this for my "sb" value in mount.
voila! i was able to mount without issue and can now see the underlying contents of the filesystem.
so...what should i do next with this setup? currently, only /dev/sda has been reverted back to 0.90 metadata, so /dev/sdb needs similar modifications. what other steps must i take?
The next step is to run fsck on the degraded /dev/md6. It should fix your trashed first superblock by copying it from a backup.
Hopefully - thats all it will do. Make sure fsck prompts you to agree changes. Say Y when it wants to fix the superblock.
With your filesystem superblock fixed, try mount again, without the alternate superblock, still read only and have a good look around to make sure your data is intact.
... With your filesystem superblock fixed, try mount again, without the alternate superblock, still read only and have a good look around to make sure your data is intact.
in the process of doing this now.
assuming everything goes well, then do i simply add the other device to the currently degraded raid and assume the new, clean device will be used to update the older one?
mdadm will sync the added partition to the existing partition, in place of the missing element.
Watch /proc/mdstat before and during the process to see whats going on.
ok. happy to report that it seems like everything is working fine now. i got stuck for half of a day with a kernel panic on boot-up after i got the raids seemingly back in order. i first thought it might have to do somehow with the initial raid problems, but i ended up tracking it to a disconnect on my part.
i couldn't remember what /dev/mdX values on used on the system. when i fixed the raid setup, i was using the partition number to correspond with the md number. for example, my boot partition is /dev/sd[ab]1, so i assembled the corresponding raid as /dev/md1. turns out, though, that on my system i was using /dev/md0 (boot), /dev/md1 (swap), and /dev/md2 (root). my boot configuration in grub pointed root to /dev/md2 but it was actually now /dev/md6. i had trouble catching this because the error output (before the kernel panic) had already scrolled off the screen. anyway, with lots of mucking about, i was able to figure out the problem. i could have reassembled the arrays to match what i had before, but decided to leave them as-is --- /dev/md1 (boot), /dev/md5 (swap), and /dev/md6 (root) --- and update grub and my system configurations accordingly. this meant i had to fix /etc/fstab, /etc/mdadm.conf, and a weekly cron script i have to do data scrubbing.
now, everything seems to be fine. i finally got back to the business of fixing my misconfigured kernel --- the problem that existed prior to my raid debacle --- and am in the finishing touches of my system update.
thanks so much, NeddySeagoon, for walking me through things! while it took me a bit of time to get through everything, it saved me from reinstalling the system.
for those following along, this is what i did for the final step in getting the second partition assembled into the raid --- i wasn't sure the metadata flag was necessary, but figured it couldn't hurt. as you may recall from a previous post, i had already fixed /dev/sda by assembling them in their respective (degraded) arrays. the following was how i brought in /dev/sdb; the older, now out-of-date partitions were sync'd from the data on the corresponding /dev/sda partions.


text:
Write a review Sign in
Dr. Kambiz A. Zangeneh
Sharing is caring! Have something to share about Dr. Kambiz A. Zangeneh? Use RevDex to write a review
Reviews → Dr. Kambiz A. Zangeneh
Dr. Kambiz A. Zangeneh Reviews (1)
Reviewer12523
Sign in to contact user
Received a forwarded mail with billing statement dated ** December 2013. Has a Previous Balance for $130 as of November 2013. Wife left business and paid in full in April 2012, asked our account to be closed and has never visited since. This is the first correspondence we have received in over a year and a half for something that looks to be fraudulent. Attempts to reach the business at their listed phone number without voicemail unsuccessful.
Empty reviews don't really do much!
Increase visibility and credibility of your review by adding a photo
🗙
Reply Close
Check fields!
Write a review of Dr. Kambiz A. Zangeneh
Dr. Kambiz A. Zangeneh Rating
Overall satisfaction rating ▲▼
Description: DENTISTS
Address: 401 Windsor Highway, New Windsor, New York, United States, 12553
+1 (845) 569-2000 0 0
www.advanceddentalofnewwindsor.com
Add contact information for Dr. Kambiz A. Zangeneh
Add new contacts
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | New | Updated
Revdex's aim is to improve the connection between consumers and businesses. We provide the customers with an opportunity to browse and post the complaints and reviews about businesses and we make it easier for their voice to be heard by the companies.
© 2021 Revdex all rights reserved


text:
Iowa State Announces No Fans at Opener
Jamie Pollard announced Iowa State will not allow fans into Jack Trice Stadium for Iowa State's home opener against Louisiana on September 12th. A 25,000 fan limit, which is about 40 percent of Jack Trice's normal capacity, was released on Monday for the opening game, but then the University changed their mind on Wednesday. Iowa State will make their decisions game by game, but it is certain that mask mandate and other health measures will be enforced. Pollard also says that everyone must follow the guidelines when fans return to the stadium, and the lack of guidelines followed could result in Iowa State not welcoming any more fans into Jack Trice Stadium for the rest of the season.


text:
Webinar: Labor and COVID-19 | Impact on Low-wage Workers
While New Yorkers are urged to practice social distancing in accordance with shelter-in-place orders, low-wage workers—many of whom are essential workers and people of color—simply do not have that option. Low-wage workers may experience food insecurity, loss of wages, and limited access to healthcare, paid sick leave, and public benefits—further complicating a precarious financial situation.
From home healthcare workers to street vendors, janitors to workers in the food service, low-wage workers across sectors are facing extreme economic vulnerability and exposure to infection, making them especially susceptible to the short- and long-term impacts of the ongoing public health crisis.
Your continued support of our Brooklyn COVID-19 Response Fund is essential to help vulnerable Brooklynites survive in the midst of this public health crisis.
In the video below, our President and CEO Cecilia Clarke, VP of Programs and Partnerships Marcella Tillett, and Mohamed Attia, Director of the Street Vendor Project, discuss the latest on our Brooklyn COVID-19 Response Fund, the impact of this crisis on low-wage workers, and answer questions from Foundation supporters:
Brooklyn COVID-19 Response Fund, Webinars, Grantee Spotlight
Low-wage workers may experience food insecurity, loss of wages, and limited access to healthcare, paid sick leave, and public benefits—further complicating a precarious financial situation.


text:
Santa Cruz del Valle Ameno ist eine Ortschaft im nördlichen Teil des Departamento La Paz im südamerikanischen Andenstaat Bolivien.

Lage im Nahraum
Santa Cruz del Valle Ameno liegt in der Provinz Franz Tamayo (früher Caupolicán) und ist die zehntgrößte Siedlung im Cantón Apolo im Municipio Apolo. Die Siedlung liegt auf einer Höhe von  am Río Tori, und mit der Siedlung Santa Cruz betritt man den Nationalpark Madidi, der bis zur peruanischen Grenze reicht und eine Ausdehnung von insgesamt knapp 19.000 km² hat.

Geographie
Santa Cruz del Valle Ameno weist im Temperaturverlauf ein sehr ausgeglichenes Klima auf; die Durchschnittstemperatur liegt bei 20,4 °C, die monatlichen Durchschnittstemperaturen schwanken zwischen 21 °C von Oktober bis März und knapp 19 °C im Juni und Juli (siehe Klimadiagramm Apolo). Der Jahresniederschlag liegt im langjährigen Mittel bei 1333 mm, der kurzen Trockenzeit im Juni und Juli mit Monatsniederschlägen unter 35 mm steht eine ausgedehnte Feuchtezeit mit bis zu 200 mm im Dezember und Januar gegenüber.

Verkehrsnetz
Santa Cruz del Valle Ameno ist auf dem Landwege 440 Straßenkilometer von La Paz aus zu erreichen, der Hauptstadt des gleichnamigen Departamentos.

Von La Paz führt die asphaltierte Nationalstraße Ruta 2 in nordwestlicher Richtung 70 Kilometer bis Huarina, von dort zweigt die asphaltierte Ruta 16 nach Norden ab, die nach 98 Kilometern Escoma erreicht und dann als unbefestigte Piste auf weiteren 250 Kilometern über Charazani nach Apolo führt. Vom Zentrum von Apolo aus führt die Verlängerung der Ruta 16 über drei Kilometer weiter in nördlicher Richtung, es zweigt dann eine Nebenstraße nach Westen ab, verläuft später nach Nordwesten und erreicht nach vier Kilometern Apacheta. Von dort führt die Straße weiter über Vaquería in das dreizehn Kilometer entfernte Santa Cruz del Valle Ameno, und anschließend über Mohima nach Pata.

Bevölkerung
Die Einwohnerzahl der Ortschaft ist in dem Jahrzehnt zwischen den beiden letzten Volkszählungen um etwa ein Sechstel angestiegen:

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks
 Region Santa Cruz del Valle Ameno - Topographische Karte 1:100.000 (PDF; 11,090 MB)
 Region Apolo - Reliefkarte 1:250.000 (PDF; 6,03 MB)
 Municipio Apolo - Übersichtskarten Nr. 20701
 Municipio Apolo - Detailkarte und Bevölkerungsdaten (PDF; 2,18 MB) (spanisch)
 Departamento La Paz - Sozialdaten der Municipios (PDF; 11,63 MB) (spanisch)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


text:
Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Weapons Destruction
Amreen Khan
DARPA Issues RFI To Produce Modular, Affordable Anti-Drone Technologies
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) under its Mobile Force Protection (MFP) program to provide inputs on sensing and neutralization technologies to defend U.S. forces against quickly evolving unmanned airborne threats.
The MFP program seeks small unmanned air system (sUAS) technologies for real-time protection of ground and maritime convoys by advancing technology to quickly neutralize hostile threats. And with this RFI, DARPA is looking for innovative technology components that could be combined with the MFP systems integrators' fielded concepts, the press release states.
DARPA expects to perform a field demonstration planned for January 2018.
"Keeping warfighters safe from small unmanned air systems requires knowing that one or more is coming and removing their potential as a threat while they're still at a safe distance," said Jean-Charles Ledé, a program manager in DARPA's Tactical Technology Office (TTO). "This RFI aims to help DARPA stay abreast of the latest technologies that could provide those capabilities, and integrate some of the most promising ones into an eventual MFP technology demonstration system".
The developer will have to provide the sensing ability to detect numerous sUAS at a distance of 1 km or greater, have a small footprint compatible with tactical ground vehicles such as the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV or Humvee) and the U.S. Coast Guard's Defender-class 25-foot boat, and support highly automated operations; and neutralization ability to ensure low collateral damage and low cost per engagement.
The deadline to submit the short white papers describing the technology is October 2, 2017.
DARPA Aims To Build Microelectronic Systems With Modular 'Chiplets'
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has kicked off a new program dubbed Common Heterogeneous Integration and Intellectual Property (IP) Reuse Strategies or CHIPS, to create a modular computing framework by mixing and matching of 'chiplets. The crux of the program is to develop a new technological framework in which different functionalities and blocks of intellectual property—among them data storage, computation, signal processing, and managing the form and flow of data—can be segregated into small chiplets, which then can be mixed, matched, and combined onto an interposer, somewhat like joining the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle...
New DARPA Autonomous Systems Program To Better Manage UAVs, Driverless Cars
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has announced a new research program called Assured Autonomy seeking to develop rigorous design and analysis technologies to guarantee safety and to enhance their predictability of autonomous machines likes drones and driverless cars. Assuring systems operate safely and perform as expected, as said in a DARPA press release that it will centre on military autonomous vehicles
First Demo Of DARPA's Elevated Sensor Mast Aboard US Navy Vessel
The US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently demonstrated its prototype of an elevated sensor mast aboard the USS Zephyr, a Cyclone-class patrol coastal ship over three days near Naval Station Mayport, Florida. The Towed Airborne Lift of Naval Systems (TALONS) prototype has been developed by DARPA as a low-cost, elevated sensor mast improves ships communication range and ability to detect, track, and classify contacts of interest
DARPA Awards Phase 1 Agreements For Mobile Force Protection Aimed To Disarm...
August 4, 2017 @ 09:23 AM
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Phase 1 agreements for its Mobile Force Protection (MFP) program to three firms to develop real-time protection of ground and maritime convoys by advancing technology to quickly neutralize hostile unmanned aircraft systems. MFP project will be led by to three teams - Dynetics, Inc
Huntington Ingalls to Float USS John F. Kennedy Ford-Class Carrier
United States based shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) will float USS John F. Kennedy, the navys new Gerald R
Orbital ATK Awarded DARPA Contract For Hypersonic Engine Research Project
Orbital ATK has entered into a contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to study potential integration of turbine and hypersonic engine technologies into a new aircraft propulsion system under DARPAs Advanced Full Range Engine (AFRE) program. The AFRE program seeks to develop a new aircraft propulsion system that could operate over the full range of speeds from conventional runway low-speed takeoff through hypersonic flight and then back to a conventional landing
DARPA's Hallmark Program Seeks Real-Time US Military Space Command and Control
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Phase 1 contracts to 11 organizations in support of its new Hallmark program that seeks to provide improved capabilities to rapidly plan, assess, and execute the full spectrum of U.S
NASA, DARPA to Build Robotic Service Stations in Orbit to Defend Against...
NASA has teamed up with the US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to build robots that can not only refuel and repair satellites, but also sabotage enemy spacecraft in the event of space war. These robotic satellites, known as 'service stations in orbit, could improve the lifespan of satellites
DARPA Issues RFI Seeking Solutions To Augment Military-Civilian Operations Underground
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking concepts for novel systems and component technologies to disruptively augment military and civilian operations underground. According to the press release, DARPA is looking for state-of-the-art technologies that could enable future systems to rapidly map and navigate unknown complex subterranean environments to locate objects of interest
DARPA Eyes Cloud-based Repository to Harness Geospatial Imagery for Defense Analyses
DARPA seeks to create scalable cloud-based repository of global satellite data accessible via common interfaces, and pilot development of analytics-as-a-service for DoD users. The rapid pace of new commercial satellite constellation launches has led to a significant increase in the amount and availability of geospatial imagery


text:
Login to:
Shaw Education Trust
Pupil and Sports Premium
Blackfriars Teaching School
Letters and forms
Community Events and Services
Parents Comments and Views
Aspens School Menu
A Blackfriars' Education
Communications & interaction
GCSE - New Grades
Social, mental & emotional health
Blackfriars Cafe
Sensory & physical
Move Programme
PMLD
For Parents & Carers
Associated Policies
Our trip to Walton Hall
On 27/06/2019 (Yesterday at the time of writing this), me and Harry went to Walton Hall for a fun trip. We had to represent our school or something, but I wasn't really too bothered about that. When we first got there, we had to listen to someone from Shaw Trust talk about the organisation as a whole, then we went outside to do some activities. First, we did bush craft, except it wasn't really bush craft, more like sitting next to a fire and having s'mores. We also did a bit of archery to fill the time before getting on the Quad Bikes. Riding them was very enjoyable, especially when I lost control and fell off. Yes, that happened. I got up again soon after, and went back on. Unfortunately, I didn't fall off again after that. Then, we had Lunch, watched a few videos made by their respective schools, then arrived back at Blackfriars at about 2:45. In short: fun trip, but I fell over.
By Kane
The experience at Walton Hall was amazing! The other students looked like they were having the best time! The things we did were quad biking, archery and s'mores, and boy were they tasty! The food they served was amazing, and it was delicious, especially the pizza.
The quad bikes were the best because of the speed that they could go to, and the speed I went to was incredible! I even shouted to one of the students from this school, "I'm going to steal your precious Mario Kart trophy!" but the quad bikes were probably the best part of it all! And at the end of the day, we all learnt different things about the different schools, and how those schools did lessons in a few different ways.
But all in all, Walton Hall was an amazing experience and I would definitely do it again.
By Harry
Tweets by BlackfriarsAcad
Principal: Alison Parr
Blackfriars Academy (Newcastle-under-Lyme)
Priory Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Staffordshire ST5 2TF
Email: admin@blackfriars.shaw-education.org.uk
Blackfriars Academy is part of the Shaw Education Trust Limited, a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales under company number 09067175 whose registered address is The Lodge, Wolstanton High School, Milehouse Lane, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 9JU. Shaw Education Trust is an exempt charity.
www.shaw-education.org.uk
Blackfriars Academy is not accountable for the content displayed on the external webpages that may be linked from our site. All necessary precautions are taken to ensure the specified content linked to is of an appropriate nature; however, we cannot be held responsible for any other material published by any other site.
This website and its content is copyright of Blackfriars Academy - ©Blackfriars Academy 2019. All rights reserved.
Any redistribution or reproduction of part or all of the contents in any form is prohibited.
Designed and produced by Communitas PR


text:
Home » News & Blogs » North West Connected: Tax Relief Specialists Catax Saves Customers Quarter of a Billion Pounds
North West Connected: Tax Relief Specialists Catax Saves Customers Quarter of a Billion Pounds
R&D tax relief specialist Catax today announces it has saved its customers more than a quarter of a billion pounds, reaching the milestone in just 11 years.
Catax has benefited its clients to the tune of £264million since the firm's launch in December 2008, saving customers an average of £24million a year.
Capital Allowances claims returned £132million and R&D tax relief bolstered client accounts by £131million.
The biggest individual saving was an R&D tax relief claim for a manufacturing company that received more than £1million from HMRC.
Catax, headquartered in Manchester, submitted more than 300 Capital Allowances claims and more than 1,500 R&D claims in 2019. Its average client benefit is £50,000 for Capital Allowances, £59,000 for R&D claims and £59,000 for the Patent Box.
The landmark comes mid-way through Catax's three-year plan to triple its revenue.
This year, the firm opened an office in Vancouver to help businesses take advantage of Canada's Scientific Research and Experimental Development tax relief, which is very similar to the UK's R&D tax credits.
The firm's reputation has also grown strongly in 2019. The team in Manchester have reduced the drop-off rate for claims by 24% and increased average client benefit by 18%.
Mark Tighe, chief executive of R&D tax relief specialists Catax, said: "It's incredible to think that we've saved our clients more than a quarter of a billion pounds in the last 11 years.
"Clients are always amazed by how much we can save them, but even we had to pinch ourselves when we realised how much it had added up over the years.
"When we told the manufacturing company that we had saved them a million pounds, the chief executive's jaw almost hit the floor.
"These figures are a great start to the year and we look forward to saving our clients millions more in 2020."
Read more below
TAX RELIEF SPECIALIST CATAX SAVES CUSTOMERS QUARTER OF A BILLION POUNDS


If you are interested about the FES Egypt office activities, events and would like to stay in contact with us and to be added to our database, kindly subscribe by filling the blanks of this questionnaire "Follow-up Form" and send it back to us on this Email, by fax.
Share news and get in touch with us!
Be informed as followers of @fes_egypt of updates!
Watch our Videos form the Youtube-Channel.