Thanks to the good folks from Anime Limited Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion I - Initiation hits UK Cinemas on Wednesday 21st March 2018 for a special screening. You want to know is it any good? Well we sent Nes Long occasional Otaku News contributor and Lelouch cosplayer to find out.
If you think your collection of anime merchandise is big then you might want to think again. Is it big enough to get a Guinness World Record? We've just heard from Sofia Pichihua a keen CardCaptor Sakura fan from Peru, who has the world's largest collection of CardCaptor Sakura merchandise with 1,086 items. Sofia writes for the Otaku Press blog (that's a name we like).
There are other collectors out there. Masao Gunji in Yotsukaido, Japan has the world's largest collection of Hello Kitty memorabilia with 5,169 items.
Can anyone else out there beat this? Do you have a large collection of anime merchandise that's worthy of a Guinness World Record?
We've mentioned it before, but it's always worth being reminded about from Tuesday 19th October to Sunday 19th December 2010 the Barbican in London will be running an Aspects of Japanese Cinema season. It's also worth noting that the screening of Kenji Mizoguchi's The Water Magician is accompanied, for the first time in the UK, with traditional benshi narration and live music on a koto.
Benshi narration is the traditional form of Japanese silent film story-telling: the performer, or benshi, stands beside the screen and reads the intertitles as well as voicing the characters and commenting on the action.
The koto is the traditional 13-stringed zither of Japan whose shape has been likened to a crouching dragon. The history of the instrument spans at least twelve centuries during which time its form has changed little. It is made from the wood of the paulownia tree (or 'Royal Empress tree') and generally plucked with plectra worn on the right hand.
For those interested in the season, we suggest you look at our previous post, about the highlights (which is pretty much the whole season)!
London's Barbican has always been a great place to visit for fans of Japanese cinema with their monthly Japanimation screenings, but some fans may want to move into the arts centre from October to December as they'll be shown a whole host of Japanese films, anime and even a cosplay event! There's so much good stuff to see!
Movie buffs will be delighted to with the great range of movies.
There's so much to recommend here, we suggest you take a look at the full listing.
Shojo fans will be interested see the live action version of Nana on Thursday 21st October 2010 at 6pm.
Cosplayers will want to keep Saturday 6th November on 11.00pm – Kamikaze Girls screening and cosplay event.
Fans of cheesy movies will want to keep an eye on the 18 rated RoboGeisha showing at 7:30pm as part of the Halloween Shlockfest on Friday 29th October.
Beat Takeshi fans have a lot to look forward to on Sunday 14th and Monday 15th November 2010. They'll be showing Hana bi, Brother, Dolls and Zatoichi.
Those who enjoy classic Japanese cinema will enjoy the Akira Kurosawa season too.
Anime fans aren't left out either with a CLAMP themed screening of XxxHOLiC The Movie: A Midsummer Night's Dream and Tsubasa The Movie: The Princess in the Birdcage Kingdom – Tuesday 19th October 2010. As always resident expert and author Helen McCarthy will be on hand to introduce the movies.
As always with popular events we suggest booking early to avoid disappointment.
Manga studio Clamp have overseen the design of a new costume for one of Tekken's main characters.
We've been sent some interesting details about anime studio GONZO, who have produced a music video for progressive metal band Dream Theater.
Dark Horse signs CLAMP to make new manga for 2009!
CLAMP makes their first US appearance at Anime Expo.
CLAMP did it again, in less than a week they announced live on their website another of their projects, this time it is a second TV series based on Tsubasa Chronicle. 'On Sunday In Japan' was originally serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine. Tsubasa Chronicle was broadcast on NHK from April 2005 and the new sequel will air on the same Network starting in spring of 2006 on Saturdays at 18:30-18:55pm.
Fans of manga studio CLAMP (Chobits, X, Tokyo Babylon, Card Captor Sakura, Angelic Layer to name a few) will want to check out a recent article on Sequential Tart. They interview Carol Fox the girls' manga editor for TokyoPop. The article focuses on CLAMPs 15th anniversary and has some nice tidbits that every otaku should like, including TokyoPop's intention of releasing CLAMP no Kiseki: The Ultimate Collection from spring 2005, it's a 12 volume collection with interviews highlights photos and so on.


From the beginning of 2016, plastic packaging can also be recycled in Lappeenranta. There are four collection points for plastic in the Lappeenranta region. Find your nearest Rinki eco take-back point on this map.
Packaging must be emptied before being taken to a collection point, and cleaned, if necessary. Cleaning should be as thorough as if the packaging waste were to be stored at the home for along time. The packaging should also be dry.
Also other plastic packaging found at the home can be recycled, such as tubes, packaging made from EPS, etc.
Corks, lids and such must be removed and put in the appropriate collection bin, separately. Corks and lids are often made from different plastic than the other parts of the packaging. Different types of plastic are identified in the recycling process by an optical reading system. Different types of plastics must be sorted for recycling. If, for example, a pan and its lid are made from different types of plastic and they are attached to each other, the reading system will only identify one of the materials. As a result, some of the packaging ends up in the wrong group, which can be significantly harmful to the recycling process. Other removable parts, such as the pump section of a detergent bottle, should also be sorted for recycling.
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Alexander Jakowlewitsch Askoldow (; geboren am 17. Februar 1932 in Moskau; gestorben am 21. Mai 2018 in Göteborg) war ein russischer Filmregisseur und Schriftsteller.

Sein erster und einziger Spielfilm Die Kommissarin von 1967 fiel dem Verbot durch die Filmzensur zum Opfer, ohne einmal aufgeführt worden zu sein, und blieb 20 Jahre lang unbekannt; Askoldow durfte nicht weiter als Regisseur arbeiten. Erst mit dem politischen Wandel in der Sowjetunion Ende der 1980er Jahre und der Glasnost in der sowjetischen Kulturpolitik kam Askoldows Werk zu späten nationalen und internationalen Ehrungen.

Theater- und Filmkritiker 1955–1964
1955 schloss Askoldow an der Moskauer Staatsuniversität ein literaturwissenschaftliches Studium ab. Im Zentrum seiner wissenschaftlichen Tätigkeit standen die Werke Michail Bulgakows und Maxim Gorkis, außerdem hielt er Vorträge und war als Theater- und Filmkritiker tätig sowie als dramaturgischer Berater, u. a. für das Puschkin-Theater in Leningrad.

Als Mitarbeiter beim sowjetischen Kulturministerium und Funktionär bei der staatlichen Filmproduktions- und Zensurbehörde Goskino gewann Askoldow in den folgenden Jahren vertieften Einblick in die Bedingungen der sowjetischen Filmproduktion. 1964 gab er die Behördentätigkeit auf, um selbst kreativ zu arbeiten.

Regisseur 1964–1967
Askoldow absolvierte eine Ausbildung zum Filmregisseur. Als Abschlussarbeit legte er 1967 seinem früheren Arbeitgeber, der Goskino, den Spielfilm Die Kommissarin zur Begutachtung vor.

Das Drehbuch, ebenfalls von Askoldow verfasst, beruht auf Motiven der Erzählung In der Stadt Berditschew (В городе Бердичеве) von Wassili Grossman: Während des Russischen Bürgerkriegs quartiert sich eine Politkommissarin der Roten Armee in einer kleinen Stadt bei einer jüdischen Familie ein und wird von ihrer Armee-Einheit dort zurückgelassen, um ihr Kind zu gebären.

Askoldow kontrastierte die trügerische Familienidylle in Voraus- und Rückblenden mit der brutalen Gewalt des Revolutionskrieges und verband die Bedrohung der jüdischen Zivilbevölkerung in der Ukraine durch die allgegenwärtige Pogromgefahr mit Visionen von der Vernichtung der jüdischen Bevölkerung Osteuropas im Holocaust nach dem nationalsozialistischen Überfall auf die Sowjetunion.

Von den Pogromen des Bürgerkriegs wie vom Holocaust war u. a. die jüdische Gemeinde der realen Stadt Berditschew betroffen; in Askoldows Film hat die Stadt allerdings keinen Namen.

Filmzensur und Berufsverbot 1967–1987
Die Kommissarin wurde von der Zensurbehörde umgehend als staatsfeindlich verboten und in den Mosfilm-Studios unter Verschluss gehalten. Askoldow wurde aus der Kommunistischen Partei ausgeschlossen, musste Moskau verlassen und durfte fortan nicht mehr als Regisseur arbeiten. Damit hatte Askoldow quasi Arbeitsverbot, er musste von Gelegenheitsarbeiten leben, u. a. in einer Tischler- und Betonmischer-Brigade in Kasan.

Gegen Ende der 1970er Jahre erlangte Askoldow stillschweigende Rehabilitation, er bekam sein Parteibuch zurück, konnte nach Moskau zurückkehren und durfte auch wieder im kulturellen Bereich arbeiten – seit 1980 organisierte er Veranstaltungen in einem Musiktheater –, nur einen Spielfilm durfte er nicht mehr drehen.

Späte Ehrungen ab 1988
Volle Rehabilitation und Würdigung seiner künstlerischen Leistung erhielt Askoldow erst in der Gorbatschow-Ära, wenn auch etwas mühsam: Sein Film erlebte die Erstaufführung 20 Jahre nach der Produktion im Rahmen des Moskauer Filmfestivals 1987 erst auf direkte Intervention des Regisseurs hin.

1986 hatte zwar eine eigens für die Rehabilitation einst gebannter Filme und Filmemacher eingesetzte Konflikt-Kommission entschieden, dass Die Kommissarin unzensiert wiederhergestellt und veröffentlicht werden sollte, aber bei der Goskino war keine Reaktion erfolgt. So war Askoldows Film im Programm des Moskauer Festivals 1987 nicht vorgesehen, obwohl dieses Festival eine fröhliche Feier der Glasnost-Kulturpolitik werden sollte. Askoldow selbst wies als ungeladener Gast einer Pressekonferenz auf sein Werk hin und erreichte eine improvisierte Aufführung im Rahmen des Festivals für den nächsten Tag – damit war der Film öffentlich geworden und wurde im folgenden Jahr in den Kinos und auf Filmfestivals weltweit gezeigt.

Seine Uraufführung im eigentlichen Sinne fand bei der Berlinale 1988 statt: Die Kommissarin wurde als Meisterwerk gefeiert und mit mehreren Preisen ausgezeichnet, unter anderem mit dem Silbernen Bären. In der damals noch existierenden DDR dagegen wurde der Film 1988 nach wenigen Aufführungen ein weiteres Mal verboten.

Der Regisseur lebte nach 1987 in Berlin und Moskau und unterrichtete an Filmschulen in verschiedenen europäischen Ländern.

1998 veröffentlichte Askoldow den Roman Heimkehr nach Jerusalem, der u. a. ins Deutsche übersetzt wurde.

Trivia
In Otar Iosselianis Film Jagd auf Schmetterlinge (franz. La Chasse aux papillons) von 1992 hat Askoldow einen Cameo-Auftritt als er selbst.

Werke
als Filmregisseur und Drehbuchautor:
 Die Kommissarin (russ. Комиссар), Moskau 1967/1988
als Schriftsteller:
 Heimkehr nach Jerusalem. Aus dem Russischen von Antje Leetz, Verlag Volk und Welt, Berlin 1998, ISBN 978-3353011374.

Literatur
 Cécile Vaissié: La non-existence, punition des artistes soviétiques non-conformes. Le cas d'Alexandre Askoldov et de son film, La Commissaire. Communisme 70/71, 2002, S. 245–269,
 Anna Lawton: Before the Fall: Soviet Cinema in the Gorbachev Years, Washington, DC, New Academia Publishing, 2004, S. 121–124. ISBN 978-0974493404.
 Richard Sandomir: Alexander Askoldov, Whose Banned Film Was Found, Dies at 85, The New York Times, Obituaries, 6. Juni 2018.

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How to properly time massage with your training and racing, what types are best and answers to all your questions.
You've got the date of your big race circled on your calendar and have planned a systematic approach to ensure you're ready to perform at your best. But have you planned your rest and recovery, too?
As your training ramps up, don't forget to take the time to lie still, out of the water, off the bike and away from data of any kind. As triathletes we spend a lot of time in front of our screens and considering numbers. To balance this activity, you need a quiet period to tune in to your body's wisdom. And, with that wisdom comes self-knowledge, which is critical in endurance racing and in life.
Massage fits the bill nicely. For Type A athletes who find meditation, breath exercise, or aimless loafing difficult, massage is a good way to find deep relaxation while also smoothing out your muscles, fascia and psyche.
Here are some pointers for getting the most out of your massage.
Depending where you live, you'll find yourself with a wide array of massage modalities to choose from. One of the most common is Swedish, which involves rhythmic strokes with light to medium pressure and can be very relaxing, and deep tissue, which, as its name implies, works deeper into the soft tissues of the body. Consider your personal preferences as well as your training as you schedule your treatment.
In the off season, and during the highest-volume portion of your training, deep tissue massage can help keep your body smooth and balanced. In the week or two before and the week or two after your peak event, especially at the IRONMAN distance, a relaxing Swedish massage or a light deep tissue massage is probably a wiser choice. These options won't put as much demand on your muscles at a time when you are preparing for or an imminent race or recovering from one.
If your target race is still a ways off, you might enjoy alternative treatments from South Asia (Ayurvedic oil massage, such as vishesh and abhyanga) and East Asia (shiatzu, reiki). These modalities aim to balance the energetic body, which you may find deeply relaxing or frustratingly subtle.
Another option comes from Southeast Asia: Thai Yoga Massage. A form of assisted stretching, Thai Yoga Massage (nuad boran) can increase your flexibility while encouraging you to let go. Assisted stretches can also highlight areas of tightness or asymmetry in your body, showing you where to focus your functional strength and flexibility work.
Endurance athletes, particularly those with the fortitude to train for an IRONMAN race, are used to sucking it up—to pushing on through discomfort and even through pain. To best counter this impulse and hasten your recovery, let your time in massage be the opposite. If the room is too hot or too cool, the pressure too deep or too light, the music too loud or too quiet, speak up for yourself. Your therapist wants you to have the best possible experience. Don't be shy to explain your needs so that you can have a relaxing massage tailored specifically to your tastes. And be sure you explain to your therapist how you've been using your body and when your races are.
Whenever possible, schedule a massage later on a day when you complete a hard or long workout. Getting a massage early in the day then fitting in more training will erase some of the psychological relaxation you receive. Or schedule your massage on an off day (you do take those, right?). Plan a calm, quiet evening after your treatment to continue absorbing the benefits of being still and relaxed.
As your budget allows, schedule massages monthly, biweekly, or even weekly as you approach your peak race of the season. While one massage is great, developing a relationship with a therapist who gets to know your body well is far better. Before his win at the IRONMAN World Championship in Kona in 2001, Tim DeBoom, a fan of regular massages, got the go-ahead from his massage therapist, who observed that he was "ready to win."
As your therapist learns your body, you'll develop a trust relationship that can help you feel supported as your training intensifies. Professional cyclists travel with a soigneur, a massage–turned-therapist who helps them both physiologically and psychologically. If you choose well and visit often, you can establish a positive relationship with your therapist to reap similar benefits.
While there's no substitute for experienced hands, some of the benefits of massage can be replicated at home through self-massage, either your own two hands or a tool like a Trigger Point roller or massage stick. (One of my yoga students, an avid IRONMAN athlete, swears by a car buffer for quad massage!) Talk to your therapist about your individual tight spots and ask for pointers on how you can target those points at home.
When practicing self massage, remember that less is more. Two or three passes over a tight spot, or even one slow pass with deep breathing, is enough. If you attack an already-irritated area of your body with aggressive self-massage, you can increase inflammation and hamper the healing process, so go easy.
Sage Rountree is author of several books on yoga for athletes, athletic recovery, and mindful racing, including "The Athlete's Guide to Recovery." Visit her online at sagerountree.com.


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Oscar Pistorius: media unlikely to be in contempt, but could be libellous
Twitter and press reaction to the athlete's murder charge must balance freedom of expression with the right to a fair trial
Fri 15 Feb 2013 11.14 EST First published on Fri 15 Feb 2013 11.14 EST
Oscar Pistorius has been the subject of intense press and Twitter coverage. Photograph: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters
The coverage of the alleged murder by Oscar Pistorius of Reeva Steenkamp highlights the difficulty of enforcing rights to a fair trial in the age of social media.
No sooner had news of the violent death of Steenkamp and Pistorius's involvement emerged than, depressingly and rather predictably, the jokes started on Twitter.
Very soon after that though came the speculation about motive: analysis of any defence and examination of previous behaviour by Pistorius. We had , verdict, mitigation and aggravating circumstances all wrapped up in a morning on Twitter.
This rush to analyse, explain and condemn has consequences for mainstream coverage of such events, as one can see from Friday morning's papers. It is simply not enough to report the terrible event any more: readers need their papers to provide background and context which they will go looking for on the web if they cannot find it in print.
So for example, this morning's Daily Mirror carries an interview with the mother of an ex-girlfriend speaking of her relief that her daughter was out of the relationship. The Sun reports an alleged obsession with guns and previous threatening behaviour and an extraordinary shot-by-shot account of the killing on its front page. The Times and Daily Telegraph detail his supposedly fiery temper and the Daily Mail carries a report about "The Dark Side of the Blade Runner". The Guardian carries a lengthy editorial detailing his "fall", although we are a long way from trial.
South Africa is a common law jurisdiction like the UK and it has similar contempt laws. The crucial difference is that jury trials were abolished there in 1969 and Pistorius will be tried by a judge alone. This gives publishers and tweeters some reassurance. It has always been assumed that judges, unlike jurors, are above the influence of the media, whether it is on Twitter or in the pages of the papers.
So contempt should not be a problem in South Africa. But libel could be – either in South Africa, or possibly the UK. It is worth noting that the UK media's coverage of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann did not stop her parents securing substantial libel damages from a number of news organisations, even though the events they were reporting on took place in Portugal.
What if the killing of Steenkamp had happened in the UK, or in any other country with a jury system? Do we believe that Twitter, or the mainstream media would have been any more restrained in their coverage? Perhaps not.
It would seem now that some crimes transcend the law and trying to control coverage of them is like trying to hold back the tide, an impossibility.
The Law Commission is currently reviewing the law of contempt in the UK and one of the powers it has suggested would allow judges to order removal of online material. The judge would have to specify which URLs were to be disabled for the duration of a trial.
Imagine if one tried to track down the prejudicial URLs circulating about Pistorius? It would be an impossible task.
The Pistorius case shows the difficulty in a balancing the right to a fair trial with the sort of freedom of expression allowed by global social media, especially where the defendant, or victim, is a world-famous figure.
David Banks is a journalist and media law consultant
The Sun's Oscar Pistorius front page: 'lechery over a corpse'
Paper's huge image of Reeva Steenkamp in a bikini provokes flood of complaints on Twitter and radio phone-in. By Roy Greenslade
Murdoch won't dare to kill off Page 3 with the Sun's sales in decline
Roy Greenslade
Roy Greenslade relishes the ironies of Murdoch's dilemma but cannot believe that the News Corp chairman will drop topless girls from the paper
Oscar Pistorius: can the 'Human Sponge' help handle the crisis?
Media Monkey: Former Sun deputy editor turned PR executive flies out to Pretoria to manage PR for the troubled athlete
Kate pregnancy photos: Australian magazine to print bikini shots
Woman's Day says it will follow Italy's Chi in running controversial snaps despite protests from the royal family. By Josh Halliday and Lizzy Davies
Kate Middleton 'baby bump' photos published by Italian magazine
Harlem Shake: E4 video helps make Gangnam Style history
Guardian Viral Video Chart: Top Gear, Game of Thrones and time-lapse snow

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Within just days of my stroke, my Dad had gone in to overdrive – reading everything he could find on brainstem strokes and locked-in-syndrome. He was not willing to accept the prognosis given to me by the medical team.
Dad soon came across a young woman in the UK who had suffered a brainstem stroke in February 2010. She too had found herself locked-in and been told by medical staff that there was no hope of any level of a meaningful recovery. At the time of my stroke she had, against all expectations, largely recovered.
Kate Allatt loved to run. Very fit young Mums don't have strokes … do they? Sadly they most certainly do. And after 'discovering' Kate, my family realised that recovery was possible.
My Dad contacted Kate Allatt. He had found hope, and he was not going to let it go.
"Kate….I hope I can address you by your first name. My name is John Frew and my daughter Stephanie Cousins, who is pictured below with her husband and four children, suffered an almost identical injury to yours three weeks ago today. We live in Australia. Steph was riding her pushbike with the whole family[all with helmets on] and fell off the bike. As a result she suffered a ruptured artery in the neck which then led to clots to the major arteries to the brain and a massive brainstem stroke. She is in intensive care in Canberra hospital in Australia and is in a "Locked In" state.
As you would be aware from your own experience the family and friends are all in shock but have all rallied around. Christmas was very difficult with our Steph struggling for life but she now appears past the critical stage but what confronts her now is something that you are well aware of.
Most of us have read a book by Dr. Norman Doidge " the Brain that Changes Itself" and of course most of the family have already read your book and some are finishing it. We have even started to read it to Steph hoping that your experience and determination will inspire Steph to achieve a similar outcome to yours.
I know that you are probably inundated with mail and calls for help. However when I read your book I was truly inspired and thought what a wonderful story to tell to our Steph to help inspire her to fight and to ensure she is returned to her wonderful family.
We would love to hear from you with any words of wisdom and also would ask if we could communicate with you now and then to seek your advice, views or just to get an injection of enthusiasm as Steph travels the very difficult road that you have done so recently.
Luckily for us, Kate is a passionate advocate for young stroke sufferers and extremely generous with her time. Within 2 days she had returned my Dad's email. She organised a Skype meeting with my family and put Dad in touch with a guy in Perth who had also recovered from Locked-In-Syndrome (more about Pete Coghlan later).
Within a few days, my family had met Kate on Skype. They spent a couple of hours one Saturday morning (7th January) picking Kate's brain. Kate gave my family plenty of information. She told them about early therapies we should push for. She was also willing to answer the ongoing myriads of questions my family 'threw' at her.
"Kate….Many thanks for your time on Saturday morning. We are sorry that we took up so much of your time but we are hungry for knowledge so we can maximise our assistance to Steph and talking with you and hearing of your personal experience was just fantastic for us but arms us with more fortitude to keep the battle going.
We spoke to Steph about our discussion and she is keen to have a talk with you although obviously it will be pretty much one way. Once we can set it up with the hospital we will get back to you and make a mutual time.
We will be back in touch in the not too distant future.
Within a couple of days, I met Kate via skype, from Canberra Hospital. I found it so hard to fathom that this bubbly, energetic, 'normal' looking woman in front of me, just 2 years earlier had been where I was now. Kate gave me a great pep talk and made me realise that she had experienced all the same feelings as me. That her now animated body had felt like dead weight, completely disconnected from her brain.
I now had living proof that Locked-In-Syndrome could be beaten. Kate Allatt was no longer just the main character in a book I was reading. She was a living, breathing woman. Beating this was going to take incredibly hard work, and some luck, but it was possible.
Yeah! "Game On" – I Like it. You give everything to hit that ball and then it just comes flying back! When you think of life like that you realise you just have to get ready for the next ball. You know its coming. Game, set, match and a little bit of love!


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Home » Lifestyle » South Korean president says his visit has 'nothing to do with our position over China'
South Korean president says his visit has 'nothing to do with our position over China'
South Korean President Moon Jae-in has insisted his visit to Australia has nothing to do with China despite enhancing defence ties with Canberra amid increasing tensions with Beijing.
Australia and South Korea finalised a $1 billion defence contract, pledged to boost defence industry ties and strengthen critical minerals and clean energy trade in agreements signed by President Moon and Prime Minister Scott Morrison in Canberra on Monday.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison meets with President of South Korea Moon Jae-in on Monday. Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
"We will continue to cooperate with Australia for peace in this region," Mr Moon said.
"The state visit I make at this time has nothing to do with our position over China."
South Korea recently adopted a more cautious approach than neighbouring Japan to China because of its reliance on Beijing to negotiate a peace deal with North Korea. This has sparked fears Asia's fourth-largest economy is being left behind by the members of the Quad grouping of Australia, the United States, India and Japan.
But Mr Moon backed in the Quad and AUKUS defence pact Australia signed with Britain and the US to help it build a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines, saying both groups had the potential to maintain "peace and prosperity" in the Indo-Pacific.
Countries throughout the region are growing increasingly concerned about escalating tensions in the region including in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea.
Australia and South Korea have both been hit by Chinese trade strikes in recent years.
Beijing has imposed more than $20 billion of tariffs and other trading measures on Australia over the past 18 months in response to the federal government's push for an independent inquiry into the origins of COVID-19 as well as other national security decisions. China hit South Korea with trade strikes in 2017 over the deployment of a US missile defence system.
Asked about how countries should deal with China's economic coercion, Mr Moon said South Korea and Australia upheld the "same values and on our position in terms of the geopolitical situation, we are like-minded".
Mr Moon said his nation's alliance with the US was the "basis of our diplomacy" and "security affairs" and its the relationship with China was "important".
But, he said, South Korea also had to take into account "peace and security on the Korean Peninsula" and the "de-nuclearisation" of North Korea".
"We need the constructive efforts of China to enable de-nuclearisation of DPRK. Therefore, Korea is focused on the steadfast alliance with the US and also with China," he said.
"And, of course, with regard to the relationship with China, there may be certain conflicts and there may be some issues of competition. However, if you look at climate change and the supply chain issue and also in terms of pandemic and infectious diseases, there are global challenges, and these are domains where we do need to engage in cooperation and collaboration."
Mr Moon also confirmed his government was not considering following Australia, the US, Britain and Canada in imposing a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics, to be held in February.
There has been growing concern about tensions in the Taiwan Strait where Chinese military aircraft this year increased their incursions into Taiwan's air defence identification zone. Defence Minister Peter Dutton last month said if the US committed forces to defend Taiwan, it would be "inconceivable" that Australia would not join in.
Mr Moon said maintaining stability in the Taiwan Strait was "critical if we also want the peace and security on the Korean Peninsula, and it is closely related".
Mr Morrison said South Korea had a "very important role to play" in calming tensions in the Taiwan Strait.
"It does have its own unique standing within the region and its own relationships with each of the key principles that are engaged in that issue," he said.
"Equally, Korea also has a very strong and open dialogue with China."
Mr Moon and Mr Morrison signed the $1 billion defence contract for South Korean defence giant Hanwha to build 30 self-propelled howitzers and 15 armoured ammunition resupply vehicles for the army in Geelong.
Hanwha is also vying for a $30 billion contract to build new infantry fighting vehicles for the Australian Army.
The two leaders also finalised an agreement to create an Armoured Vehicle Centre of Excellence in Geelong, and elevated their ties to the status of a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
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La stazione meteorologica di Mazzin è la stazione meteorologica di riferimento relativa alla località di Mazzin.

Coordinate geografiche
La stazione meteorologica è situata nell'Italia nord-orientale, in Trentino-Alto Adige, in provincia di Trento, nel comune di Mazzin, a 1.379 metri s.l.m..

Dati climatologici
Secondo i dati medi del trentennio 1961-1990, la temperatura media del mese più freddo, gennaio, si attesta ai -5,1 °C, mentre quella del mese più caldo, luglio, è di +14,6 °C .

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Q: bash script to get modified file on remote server i want to connect to a secure ftp server and check inside each file inside a directory if its modification date is more than 3 days.
want to achieve this with a bash script using CURL.
here is what i have tried :
for i in `curl  -l -k --ftp-ssl ftp://"$ftp_username":"$ftp_password"@$ftp_ip:$ftp_port/$ftp_path/ `; do
{

    echo "Checking the modification date of $i";

    if ["$(( $(date +"%s") - $(stat -c "%Y" $i) ))" -gt "259200" ]; then
        echo "modified file found ";
    else
        echo "no modified file found";
    fi
};
done;

i get this error :
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  0     0    0  3266    0     0   6980      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  7525
Checking the modification date of products
stat: cannot stat `products': No such file or directory
./remove_products.sh: line 18: 1373903124 -  : syntax error: operand expected (error token is "-  ")

what am i doing wrong ?
any help would be appreciated

A: Change:
if ["$(( $(date +"%s") - $(stat -c "%Y" $i) ))" -gt "259200" ]; then

to:
if [ "$(( $(date +"%s") - $(stat -c "%Y" $i) ))" -gt "259200" ]; then

Spaces around the [ are required.

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가벼운 마음으로 가을 재즈의 선율을 느끼실 수 있을것 같습니다.
독일의 18인조 혼성 프로페셔널 재즈 뮤지션들로 구성되어 있으며, 유럽 최고의 재즈 오케스트라 중 하나로 평가 받고 있는, 독일재즈오케스라 'Kicks'n Sticks' 의 첫 내한공연 투어가 9월 17일 고양 아람누리 아람극장을 시작으로 19일20일 포항 효자아트홀, 23일 금산 다락원, 24일 신세계본점 문화홀 등에서 펼쳐진다.
완벽한 음조와 마음을 움직이게 하는 리듬감, 풍부한 사운드로 베이직 스타일에서 모던 재즈, 라틴 클래식의 재즈적 재해석과 테크노 팝의 뛰어난 편곡과 연주는 독일을 비롯한 유럽 빅밴드 중에서도 극찬을 받고 있는 오케스트라단임을 증명하게해 준다.
이번 첫 내한공연에서는 장르를 초월한 공연 프로그램으로 재즈 뿐 아니라 라틴, Jazz rock, soul jazz, 클래식에서부터 모던 빅밴드까지 그들의 역량을 여과 없이 들어낼 예정이다. 활발하고 경쾌하지만 흐트러짐이 없는 젊고, 다이나믹 한 Kicks' n Sticks의 연주는 classical swing에서부터 Jazzrock까지 재즈의 폭넓은 장르로 선보여질 것이다.
또한, 지방 투어에서는 바비킴, BMK, 웅산 등과 같은 한국의 실력 있는 뮤지션들과의 협연을 통해 한국인의 정서에 맞는 재즈 넘버를 선사할 것이다. 특히, 기업의 문화공헌사업의 일환으로 진행되고 있는 신세계 백화점(본점)에서의 공연도 계획돼 있어, 재즈를 잘 접해보지 못한 세대와 관객에게 더욱 친근하게 다가설 수 있는 기회가 될 것으로 기대된다.
예정된 프로그램은 모짜르트의 '피아노 협주곡 21번', 베토벤의 '월광', 바흐의 'G선상의 아리아'와 같은 클래식을 재즈적으로 재해석한 연주곡을 비롯하여, 재즈 스탠더드 곡들과 노라 존스의 'Don't Know Why' 그리고 시네마 천국, 그랑블루 와 같은 영화 음악을 망라하며 도시의 가을밤을 재즈의 선율로 그려낼 예정이다.
• 독일 라인-넥카(Rhein-Neckar)지역 출신의 18인조 혼성 프로페셔널 재즈뮤지션들로 이루어진 유럽 최고의 재즈 오케스트라 중 하나로 평가 받고 있으며 개개인 또한 뛰어난솔리스트로도 유명하다.
• 연주하는 대부분의 곡들은 이 밴드와 솔리스트들을 위해 프랭크 룬호프와 펠릭스 프롬이 직접 작곡, 편곡한 곡들로 이루어진다. 그리고 그 외엔 빌 홀만과 타드 요네스 등의 곡들이 더해진다.
• 다양한 연주프로그램, 특별한 주제를 가지고 공연을 하는 것으로도 유명하며, Herb Geller, Dusko Gojkovic, Ack van Rooyen oder Alex SipiaginHerb Geller, Dusko Gojkovic, Ack van Rooyen oder Alex Sipiagin 등의 국제적인 솔로 연주자들과의 협연을 통해 다양한 음악을 선보이고 있다.• 독일 뿐 아니라, Vancouver Jazz Festival, Montreal Jazz Festival, Sydney Domain Park Jazz Festival, Montsalval Jazz Festival, Uruguay Festival 등에 참여하면서 전세계에서 공연활동을 하고 있다.• 유럽 최고의 Jazz 오케스트라 중 하나로서 선명하고 밝은 관악과 화려하고 정교한 현악이 만들어내는 경쾌하고 우아한 리듬의 조화는 이 빅밴드의 최고의 특징이다.• Classical swing부터 Jazz rock까지 다양한 스타일의 음악을 완벽한 하모니와 높은 완성도의 수준으로 선보이고 있으며, 각 단원의 음악적 재능과 탁월한 기량의 바탕아래 Wolfgang Diefenbach의 훌륭한 리드가 어우러진 최고의 빅밴드로평가받고 있다.
• 오케스트라 결성 이후 Kicks'n Sticks의 리더이면서 지휘 뿐 아니라 작곡과 편곡을 맏고 있다.• Bill Holmann, Manny Albam, John Clayton, Bob Mintzer, Jerry van Rooyen, Bill Dobbin, Ray Brown,Bob Floerence and Stecve Gray등과 같은 국제적인 솔리스트 및 메이저 재즈 작곡가들과도 함께 작업을 하는 등 폭 넓은 활약을 하고 있다.
공연장을 찾아 가시는 방법은 다음과 같습니다.
더 자세한 안내는 고양문화재단 홈피에서 볼수 있습니다.
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Wart-charmers had many strange cures, some are still tried today. One that is still used used is to take a small piece of meat, rub the wart with it and then bury the meat. As the meat decays, the wart will slowly disappear. Another wart-charm:- Prick the wart with a pin, and stick the pin in an ash tree, reciting the rhyme, "Ashen tree, ashen tree, Pray buy these warts from me". The warts will be transferred to the tree.
Not all these folk remedies were useless; for example, the juice of willow trees was once used to treat fevers. In the form of drugs based on salicyclic acid, it is still used for the same purpose today – aspirin! Penicillin of course recalls the mould poultices that 'white-witches' made from bread and yeast.
Treating tooth-ache in the 19th century could be a gruesome business. Pain would be relieved, it was said, by driving a nail into the tooth until it bled, and then hammering the nail into a tree. The pain was then transferred to the tree. To prevent tooth-ache, a well tried method was to tie a dead mole around the neck!
Few people could afford a doctor, so these ludicrous treatments were all they could try, as most people lived out their lives in unrelieved poverty and misery.


Grandma's Rocker Looking Ragged? The Upholstery Shop Herndon VA.
Sandy: Is there a place near Reston and Herndon that can do re-upholsteryand custom window treatments?
Steve:Sandy, you should check out The Upholstery Shop in downtown Herndon.
It is located on Elden street in the heart of old town across the street from the IceHouse restaurant and next to Jimmy's Old Town Tavern.
They have a huge fabric selection in stock at great pricepoints, and both a drapery and upholstery workroom.
...certainly they offer the most complete selection of services: Re-upholstery, window treatments, instock and special order fabric and custom draperies.
The Colons can also order furniture frames for you if you wish and build to suit. They are family owned and operated.
John:Are they experienced? Have they been in the re-upholsterybusiness in Herndon long? Do you know them well?
Steve: TheUpholstery Shop has been a downtown Herndon fixture for decades.
This year marks 25 years of friendship for my family and the Colons.
When I was a moderately young man, I owned an upholstery supply business, the only one in Northern Virginia that made deliveries....so I got to know everyone in the business from Frederick MD to Fredericksburg VA...AND past US Presidents and Vice Presidents rested their bottoms on cushions that had my foam and Dacron in them. So I know upholstery..and the Upholstery Shop guys are good.
Ed Colon Sr. used to have a shop in the alley behind Elden, now the family owns the building fronting Elden and his sons Eddie and Jeff, have carried on the tradition of quality service.
Both Eddie and Jeff grew up in the business and know it from the thread and spring level on up.
They started helping their Dad by pulling tacks and taking off old fabric when they were kids.
I know, I saw them do it.
This is a tough business requiring long hours and physical labor as well as artistry....The Upholstery Shop not only has survived when most shops have closed, they have flourished.
That ought to tell you something. Our family has used both their upholstery and window treatment services with satisfaction.
They understand the high end application of fringes and tassels, the correct fabric properties for multi use and most importantly, they control the process since they ARE the workroom.
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The New Year is upon us and as we prepare to toast 2017 with glasses of champagne and shout a collective countdown , the rest of the world is preparing to fill the last ten-seconds of 2016 and very first moments of 2017 with a variety of traditions, that may be familiar to some and foreign to others.
Let's start with the beautiful country, my motherland- Azerbaijan. I lived there until the age of 22. I do not live there now, but it will always be my home.
Traditionally a New Year Tree (like Christmas-tree) is decorated in a house at approach of December 31, which is removed only after the Old New Year passes (13th of January).
In the West, everyone is very familiar with the famous and favourite character – Santa Claus or Father Christmas, as we call it in United Kingdom.
In Azerbaijan that character is known as Ded Moroz (Russian) or Shakhta Babah (Azerbaijani) – both of them being a character like Western Santa Klaus – and his granddaughter Snegurochka (no English equivalent).
You can see Shakhta Babah and Snegurochka walking down the streets or famous Boulvard in Baku, in shopping malls spreading the cheer and the fabulous celebratory atmosphere. Shakhta Babah comes on the New Year's Eve to give presents to children . New Years Eve good luck tradition is to celebrate with family members and friends, gathered together at the table abundant with lots of traditional food and drinks.
Also, just before the midnight, everyone toasts to the Old-year and at midnight, just after the clocks strikes twelve o`clock, another toast is given to welcome the New Year.
Some of us, would rather celebrate the New Year Eve in the restaurants, clubs or even pubs.
Luxury hotel in Baku on the waterfront promenade – just steps from the Old City.
Luxury knows no bounds at the JW Marriott Absheron Baku. 5-star hotel rooms provide a contemporary backdrop for a magnificent stay in Azerbaijan, while top-quality amenities will ensure that you have everything you need to relax and unwind. Each hotel room and suite offers modern design, a wealth of luxury resources and stunning city views; many rooms feature sensational panoramic views of the Baku skyline and the Caspian Sea.
The Old New Year celebrations are held quiet and is rather a commemoration of good old traditions.
Anyway, I can carry on chatting about Azerbaijan, but let`s move on.
Almost every country and culture celebrates New Year, and Italy is no different, with many Italians continuing to hold on to traditional customs, which promise to bring wealth and banish bad luck. Red Underwear Just after Christmas, shop windows will be awash with red undergarments; both men and women wear red underwear on New Year's Eve to bring luck in the coming year; red is also the colour of fertility and those hoping to conceive in the following year also wear red.
Dinner is also steeped in tradition, with the New Year dinner historically being zampone e lenticchie (pig's trotter and lentils); many supermarkets begin selling pre-packed trotters from mid-November. A variation on this, and more popular with the younger generation, is cotechino e lenticchie, a sausage that contains the meat of the trotter. (In Emilia-Romagna, cotechino and zampone are not just a New Year's eve tradition, but are also eaten on Christmas day.) Italian folklore suggests that eating sausage before midnight is a good omen for the New Year; sausage made with pig's trotters contains a high fat content and this symbolises abundance and, when eaten alongside the lentils, which are believed to bring good luck and prosperity, the diner's financial forecast for the forthcoming year is predicted to be better than the previous.
I have visited this South Korea several times and fell in love with it.From modern skyscrapers and neon lights to Buddhist temples, palaces and pagodas, Seoul is a fascinating mix of old and new. A hub of business, culture and finance both within South Korea and internationally, Seoul houses the headquarters for some of the world's largest corporations. It also has one of the world's best subway systems – the easiest way to get around in this densely populated area. For the best view of the city, go to the tower on Namsan, one of the mountains that encircle the city.
In Korea, the Lunar New Year's tradition is to eat Tteokguk, a rice cake soup. Tteokguk has symbolism and multiple meanings, even down to how the rice cakes are cut. The rice cake itself is made using a rice grain called "garaetteok," which is a long, cylinder shape — this symbolizes a healthy, long life. The way the rice cake is cut represents the shape of the old Korean coin currency; it is eaten to help accumulate wealth and financial abundance. Finally, the white colour of the rice cake represents new beginnings.
The celebrations start at about 11 pm, when the family is seated at the festive dinner. Shortly before 12 pm they toast "for the old year", remembering and paying tribute to the good things it brought about. It is a custom in Russia to listen to the speech of the head of state broadcasted over TV and radio. The President traditionally summarizes the achievements of the past year and wishes Happy New Year to the citizens of Russia.
After the speech, at midnight sharp, the country listens to the Kremlin chimes, which signalize the beginning of the New Year. The chimes are followed by the country's hymn.
During these exciting minutes all are drinking Champaign and wish each other Happy New Year. Afterwards lots of people like to go outdoors to let off all sorts of fireworks and bangers, and lit Bengal lights. Festive performances with songs, dances and games are held at the central squares of cities and towns.
There is a whole range of beliefs concerning the celebrations of the New Year. The most famous saying asserts: "As you meet the New Year, so will you spend it". Thus everyone does one's best to celebrate this decisive holiday merrily and in the hearty company of friends and family.
They also say, that one must "leave all the debts to the old year", i.e. return the debts before the beginning of the coming year. On the New Year's Night one ought to be wearing brand new clothes, which at the best should be of the "lucky colours" of the year to come.
This year the colour is Red.
One of the most significant and breath-taking elements of the New Year's Night is making wishes. They believe that the utmost wishes made on the New Year's Night will surely fulfil in the New Year. There is a unique method of making wishes that gives almost a hundred percent fulfilment guarantee: while the chimes are striking twelve, one should write the wish on a sheet of paper, burn it on a candle, mix the ashes in his/her glass of Champaign and drink it before the chimes cease striking.
Like all other places in the world, New Year is widely celebrated in Spain with great zeal and enthusiasm. It is celebrated there as "Nochevieja" whose literal meaning is "old night" and lots of Spanish traditions are associated with it.
Most of the Spanish like to spend the New Year eve and the New Year day with their family members and close friends. It is also a common sight among the youngsters as well. There is a very interesting tradition followed among the Spanish during the New Year-eating 12 grapes. These grapes are eaten at every stroke of the clock as it strikes 12 on the New Year eve.Each grape is meant for each of the 12 months and traditionally it is believed that eating grapes at the beginning of the year brings good luck and prosperity for all 12 months. It was first started by the King of Spain and is still widely followed among the conservative Spanish families. People who gather at the world famous New Year event held at, Puerto del Sol in Madrid before the countdown begins, also follow the traditions.
New year celebrations for the Spaniards have no meaning if it is not spent with family. Elders in the home traditionally prepare a special round ring shaped cake which is cut exactly at 12'o clock in the presence of all family members and friends. The round ring shape is given as it symbolizes good luck. The striking feature of the cake is that the cook, while preparing it, puts some small gifts and good luck charms inside it. While eating the cake, whoever gets these goodies, is sure to have a good luck throughout the year.Fireworks form an integral part of a traditional New Year celebration. They are considered to be important as loud noise and sound of the bursting crackers drive away the evil spirits and leaves space for holiness and good luck.
A very funny yet significant customs prevails among the Spanish during New Year- wearing red coloured underwear. Red for them is a symbol of good luck and prosperity; hence they put it to embrace both. But one cannot purchase it for himself or herself, the red underwear must be gifted by someone else. Very interesting!
Traditionally many Spanish inhabitants eat chocolates or biscuits at the early Morning of the New Year day just to signify they had a wonderful celebration last night.
In the present time, the most common trend is to organize a house party on the New Year midnight where everyone from the family and close friends is invited to be a part of it. Also, special midnight parties organize in discotheques, pubs, clubs, and bars also see crowd passionately participating in it.
New Year day also see lot of theme parties, cruises, troupes, carnivals, live concerts, and salsa dance celebrations occurring in different parts of England. Among these, cruises and theme parties saw a large crowd coming from far distant places including foreign land. The New Year celebrations in England are considered to be incomplete, more specifically without the special cruise ride.
As soon as the clock in the midnight rings twelve, everyone present in the party, on the road, in the house hoot, shout, whistle, and create noise to mark the arrival of the New Year. It is followed by greeting everyone around by hugs and kisses. A drinking toast is raised by everyone in concert to officially get into the celebration grove.
Lavish meals are served, champagne flows in, creative fireworks are done, and everyone gets into the singing and dancing atmosphere on the biggest night of the year. New Year Parade which initiates on the noon of the New Year day saw thousands of people participating in it, with dancers, drummers, acrobats, musicians, and entertainers. The parade moves through the streets of Whitehall, Pall Mall, and eventually concluding at Berkley square.
In England, there is a traditional belief that whosever first arrives at the threshold of the household will be the one bringing good luck to the lives of the inhabitants of the household living in, for the entire coming year. The tradition is called as 'First Footing'. As a part of 'First Footing' tradition, England people pray for young, healthy, handsome, and a dark haired male to be their first to arrive on New Year`s day. However, a woman, especially blonde or a red-haired person is not welcome for the day, as they are considered to bring bad luck for the entire year.
More so, if that person carries coal, money, bread, salt, or holy mistletoe with him, then it is considered to be a sign of a good luck and prosperity for the rest of the year. Traditionally, the first footer is meant to follow and abide by certain customs and traditions. Few of them as mentioned in legends states that the first footer should always enter into the house from the front door, and should exit from the back door. Also, the first footer, without speaking or wishing to anyone or vice versa, should place the fuel (as carried along) on fire, should place loaf on the table, and should pour in water for the head of the household. Tradition also calls for gifting of the mistletoe by the visitor to any household member.
There is also a popular tradition of exchanging New Year gifts while wishing each other. However, with Christmas day falling few days before the New Year day, this tradition of exchanging gifts is now less followed. Then, there is a tradition of 'burning of bush', which is considered to be a symbol of burning of all past evils and making a new beginning. Other than this, the New Year morning see young kids waking up early, and then making rounds of neighbourhood while singing New Year celebration sings. Traditionally, whosoever does not sings before the noon of the New Year day is referred as a fool.
Despite the variance in traditions, cultures and behaviours around the world, there seems to be one thing that's universal: fireworks and a kiss at the stroke of midnight.
If you would like to find out more about New Year Traditions around the World .These books are great.
No, perhaps I should .I have never been there, so, not familiar with New Year traditions.


...Which is why they called it Tombola Arcade!
...Instant wins - that's what you could technically call them, but they're more than just that!
Scratch - Here you will be given the choice of three rooms; pirate, jungle and space. Each room offers a themed scratch card with nine spaces - match three items to those shown on the paytable to win the corresponding prize! There are bonus rounds to be triggered too, where a three-tier game can provide big wins.
Emoji - Before this game begins, you will be shown a screen of 60 different emoji's ranging from transport to happy faces. Pick 12 that you like or have the game choose 12 random ones for you. Choose your stake and press play. Match 5 or more from the 20 drawn to win the prizes shown.
Pick - This one has two rooms; one depicting an Aztec jungle theme and the other to do with spells. Choose your stake and match from 1 item to 5 to win cash prizes.
Go - Styled on a board game which also looks very similar to mahjong, the tile flipping game, but you move around the board to win instant cash or trigger a bonus game. The bonus game is simple; match the pairs to win cash!
Flip - Choose the castle, diner or pint of Guinness to enter the gaming room. Before your eyes will be a grid of 16 coins in a 4x4 formation. Once you've chosen your stake, you click to flip the coins. Receive a prize for a line or three or more of the same symbols.
Spin - As you've probably guessed, this is slot machine game, but you have four choices; Egypt, cherry, desert or deep sea. In Egypt and the cherry rooms, you will find a slot with cartoon-style symbols, scatters, wilds and three bonuses rounds. In desert and deep sea, you have scatters and wilds running alongside an extra spins bonus where wilds expand on reels 2 and 4, plus there is a second chance bonus.
Glow - Two rooms are offered here; flowers and jellyfish. We think this is one of the simpler games to play, because you select your stake, click the nine jellyfish or flowers to win up to 500x your stake. Three or more of the same symbols is required to trigger a win.
...Bubble room features 6 different coloured meters. Click the bubbles as the emerge to fill those meters - if you manage to fill one right to the top, you win the prize shown! In the new chemical room, there are no bubbles floating in view, instead, bubbles pour from ceiling and drop into the six different coloured chemical containers - fill the pot to win up to £500!
Arcade games are styled to offer value for money, what with starting at 5p and reaching their peak at £1! Why not take a peek the next time you log into Tombola.


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// Copyright 2014 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

package org.chromium.chrome.browser.preferences.password;

import android.test.suitebuilder.annotation.SmallTest;

import org.chromium.base.CommandLine;
import org.chromium.base.ThreadUtils;
import org.chromium.base.test.util.Feature;
import org.chromium.chrome.browser.preferences.ChromeBaseCheckBoxPreference;
import org.chromium.chrome.browser.preferences.ChromeSwitchPreference;
import org.chromium.chrome.browser.preferences.PrefServiceBridge;
import org.chromium.chrome.browser.preferences.Preferences;
import org.chromium.chrome.browser.preferences.PreferencesTest;
import org.chromium.content.browser.test.NativeLibraryTestBase;
import org.chromium.content.common.ContentSwitches;

/**
 * Tests for the "Save Passwords" settings screen.
 */
public class SavePasswordsPreferencesTest extends NativeLibraryTestBase {

    @Override
    protected void setUp() throws Exception {
        super.setUp();
        CommandLine.getInstance().appendSwitch(ContentSwitches.ENABLE_CREDENTIAL_MANAGER_API);
        loadNativeLibraryAndInitBrowserProcess();
    }

    /**
     * Ensure that the on/off switch in "Save Passwords" settings actually enables and disables
     * password saving.
     */
    @SmallTest
    @Feature({"Preferences"})
    public void testSavePasswordsSwitch() throws Exception {
        ThreadUtils.runOnUiThreadBlocking(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                PrefServiceBridge.getInstance().setRememberPasswordsEnabled(true);
            }
        });

        final Preferences preferences = PreferencesTest.startPreferences(getInstrumentation(),
                SavePasswordsPreferences.class.getName());

        ThreadUtils.runOnUiThreadBlocking(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                SavePasswordsPreferences savedPasswordPrefs =
                        (SavePasswordsPreferences) preferences.getFragmentForTest();
                ChromeSwitchPreference onOffSwitch = (ChromeSwitchPreference)
                        savedPasswordPrefs.findPreference(
                                SavePasswordsPreferences.PREF_SAVE_PASSWORDS_SWITCH);
                assertTrue(onOffSwitch.isChecked());

                PreferencesTest.clickPreference(savedPasswordPrefs, onOffSwitch);
                assertFalse(PrefServiceBridge.getInstance().isRememberPasswordsEnabled());
                PreferencesTest.clickPreference(savedPasswordPrefs, onOffSwitch);
                assertTrue(PrefServiceBridge.getInstance().isRememberPasswordsEnabled());

                preferences.finish();

                PrefServiceBridge.getInstance().setRememberPasswordsEnabled(false);
            }
        });

        final Preferences preferences2 = PreferencesTest.startPreferences(getInstrumentation(),
                SavePasswordsPreferences.class.getName());
        ThreadUtils.runOnUiThreadBlocking(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                SavePasswordsPreferences savedPasswordPrefs =
                        (SavePasswordsPreferences) preferences2.getFragmentForTest();
                ChromeSwitchPreference onOffSwitch = (ChromeSwitchPreference)
                        savedPasswordPrefs.findPreference(
                                SavePasswordsPreferences.PREF_SAVE_PASSWORDS_SWITCH);
                assertFalse(onOffSwitch.isChecked());
            }
        });
    }

    /**
     * Ensure that the "Auto Sign-in" switch in "Save Passwords" settings actually enables and
     * disables auto sign-in.
     */
    @SmallTest
    @Feature({"Preferences"})
    public void testAutoSignInCheckbox() throws Exception {
        ThreadUtils.runOnUiThreadBlocking(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                PrefServiceBridge.getInstance().setPasswordManagerAutoSigninEnabled(true);
            }
        });

        final Preferences preferences = PreferencesTest.startPreferences(
                getInstrumentation(), SavePasswordsPreferences.class.getName());

        ThreadUtils.runOnUiThreadBlocking(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                assertTrue(CommandLine.getInstance().hasSwitch(
                        ContentSwitches.ENABLE_CREDENTIAL_MANAGER_API));
                SavePasswordsPreferences passwordPrefs =
                        (SavePasswordsPreferences) preferences.getFragmentForTest();
                ChromeBaseCheckBoxPreference onOffSwitch =
                        (ChromeBaseCheckBoxPreference) passwordPrefs.findPreference(
                                SavePasswordsPreferences.PREF_AUTOSIGNIN_SWITCH);
                assertTrue(onOffSwitch.isChecked());

                PreferencesTest.clickPreference(passwordPrefs, onOffSwitch);
                assertFalse(PrefServiceBridge.getInstance().isPasswordManagerAutoSigninEnabled());
                PreferencesTest.clickPreference(passwordPrefs, onOffSwitch);
                assertTrue(PrefServiceBridge.getInstance().isPasswordManagerAutoSigninEnabled());

                preferences.finish();

                PrefServiceBridge.getInstance().setPasswordManagerAutoSigninEnabled(false);
            }
        });

        final Preferences preferences2 = PreferencesTest.startPreferences(
                getInstrumentation(), SavePasswordsPreferences.class.getName());
        ThreadUtils.runOnUiThreadBlocking(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                assertTrue(CommandLine.getInstance().hasSwitch(
                        ContentSwitches.ENABLE_CREDENTIAL_MANAGER_API));
                SavePasswordsPreferences passwordPrefs =
                        (SavePasswordsPreferences) preferences2.getFragmentForTest();
                ChromeBaseCheckBoxPreference onOffSwitch =
                        (ChromeBaseCheckBoxPreference) passwordPrefs.findPreference(
                                SavePasswordsPreferences.PREF_AUTOSIGNIN_SWITCH);
                assertFalse(onOffSwitch.isChecked());
            }
        });
    }
}

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Good heavens was it ever cold in Indiana earlier this week! On Wednesday it was -2 for the high. Today it's going to be 50. As we've said for years here in Indiana, if you don't like the weather, wait five minutes. Meanwhile, read these blog posts I liked from this week.
"Dr. Prunesquallor"? What a fantastic pen name! And what a fantastic blog too — thank you so much for sharing it, Jim. Also loved J.P.'s piece (as always) even if I'm not as educated about music as you two are. And what's not to love about crap cameras that are actually quite good? The title alone makes it worthy of your recommended reading roundup. Thank you, and enjoy the tropical weekend!
Prunesquallor's blog is fascinating – such a view into a world we never get to see. That's the beauty of blogs!
It is always a thrill to make the cut for DTR's Saturday Roundup.
I recall Ronald Reagan telling a story about broadcasting a baseball game early in his career, although his station may have had a ticker tape feed. The feed stopped in the middle of the game and he quickly decided that the only way to stall that would not show up in the box scores of the newspaper the next day was to call a series of (nonexistent) foul balls. He was relieved when the game feed resumed and he was able to catch up.
It wasn't uncommon in those days for stations to recreate games in realtime from wire reports. I've read other accounts of it. It was just cool that someone I know from the blogosphere participated in it!
Really enjoyed it that you introduced me to Goodman's version of that song.
Never heard of the Cosina CX-2? Did you know that Cosina has made cameras/lenses for pretty much every major camera maker? Cosina is probably the industry's best kept secret! Thanks for the link to this post though, I'm about to read it!
Yes! I know Cosina – just not the CX-2.
Oh thank you! I love this shot too. I made it in my bedroom at my old house with my Canon S95. It struggled a little with the low light and so there's some pixelation in the lower third or so of the photo. You only notice it at larger display sizes, though. I'll bet I could smooth it out considerably in Photoshop if I tried. Anyway, the bed is made; the light is spilling onto my quilted bedspread. I suppose knowing that makes the photo a little less evocative.


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Q: After performing feature selection in weka .How to save the new dataset to use it in other applications? How to save the new data set to use it in other applications after performing feature selection in WEKA?

A: Simply export it in a format such as CSV, JSON, or .arff. In the Weka Explorer, there is a button labeled "Save..." in the top right of the GUI.


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Karyn Williams - Only You 2013 English Christian Album Download
Only You is the latest Christian Gospel CCM album released by American Christian Gospel singer, worship leader, Karyn Williams. This album was released on January 08, 2013 and released under the label, Inpop Records and distributed under EMICMG.
Album :: Only You
Artist :: Karyn Williams
Release Date :: January 08, 2013
Genre :: Contemporary Christian Music, Gospel
Label :: Inpop Records
Location :: Winter Park, FL, USA
Biography ::
With an exuberant personality, strong vocals and superb songwriting skills, it's with eager anticipation that the music industry is waiting for Karyn Williams' national debut project on Inpop Records, Only You, which releases August 28, 2012. The 11-song album features original compositions co-written by Williams and generated interest from multiple producers who handled the production; Brian G. White, Barry Weeks, Chris Bevins, Craig Swift, and Keith Everett Smith. In February 2013, Only You will become available at all digital outlets and exclusively though Family Christian Stores.The project's first single, "Rest in the Hope" was written in tribute to her father, Orlando Magic founder and executive Pat Williams, as he faced a battle with cancer that is now in remission. The additional songs on Only You are a vibrant and hopeful collection that include; "Every Good Thing" that is an infectious celebration of God's faithfulness, "Enough For Me" a gentle reminder that if we have Jesus we have all we need, along with "Just May Be" that chronicles Williams' own personal experience with adoption, "You just may be the answer to a prayer/You just may be the only heaven someone will ever see."
There are several great themes that are faced by women specifically that the album addresses in a mature and faith-based way. Probably the most memorable moments on the album for me are the songs about being made in God's image and not seeking society's approval but knowing that God created and loves us all as we are. That critical message comes through in "Banner," "Waiting in the Rain," "Hey There," and the piano-laced ballads "This Is Freedom" and "Only You," which are all among the most personal songs on the album. It's a life-lesson Karyn hopes will resonate with women in similar situations. That message is so important and I'm so glad she addresses it with her songs. It's also very relatable to listeners, especially for those who struggle with control issues and perfectionism. We are called as Christians to believe in the freedom that we have in the Cross of Jesus. We are free from our fears, addictions, insecurities and perfectionism. Jesus came to die for us so that we can all truly live in Him. The lyrics of "This Is Freedom" wreck me as Karyn passionately sings "this is freedom nailed to a tree." Amen.
Karyn Williams has a pure and strong voice that immediately reminded me of Amy Grant and Bethany Dillon. She clearly loves our Lord and Savior Jesus with all of her heart and wants to celebrate that fact with every song. I have three young daughters and this is a nice upbeat pop album with positive biblical messages which is a great alternative to mainstream pop artists. Karyn brings her walk with Jesus into her songwriting and this is the best album in the piano-based singer-songwriter genre I've heard since the latest by Sara Groves, Laura Story and Amy Grant which puts her in great company. She co-wrote the standout closing songs"This Is Freedom" and "Only You" with "Better than a Hallelujah" GRAMMY award nominated songwriter Sarah Hart. If you like that song, don't hesitate to pick up Karyn Williams' stirring album, Only You.
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2. Every Good Thing
3. Rest in the Hope
4. Just May Be
5. Banner
6. Waiting in the Rain
7. Hey There
8. Possible
9. Enough for Me
10. This Is Freedom
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MĂIASTRA: A History of Romanian Sculpture in Twenty-Four Parts
Tara McDowell
The Givenness of Things: Essays
ED WINSTEAD
FARRAR, STRAUS AND GIROUX, 304 PP.
Where she stands is never a question. Even the title of Marilynne Robinson's new essay collection, The Givenness of Things, stakes out teleological ground. John Calvin, John Wycliffe, Jonathan Edwards (the preacher, not the other one), William Shakespeare: good. Neuroscientists, faddism, fear, the Earl of Oxford (Edward de Vere, the 17th—nineteen more go unremarked upon): bad. Imagine as substitutes for the colons in these last sentences an array of digressions, confessions, and meditations. The real pleasure in these essays is in the process, as egregious a cliché as any, but one I keep finding to be true (as with—recently, sadly, gnawingly—baking). So if there is no payoff, there is at least some pleasure.
Forgive me if this is kind of snippy. I'm feeling defensive. I may be the only person who has ever—even accidentally—listened to a full episode of NPR's Wait Wait…Don't Tell Me! and doesn't love Robinson's work, up to and including the President of the United States. But as I wouldn't enlist in the Italian Navy, so I have trouble taking moral direction from a writer without an apparent sense of humor. Set that aside, though. This is an essay collection, and I am compelled first to survey.
Contents: "Humanism," "Reformation," "Grace," "Servanthood" "Givenness," "Awakening," "Decline," "Fear," "Proofs," "Memory," "Value," "Metaphysics," "Theology," "Experience," "Son of Adam, Son of Man," "Limitation," "Realism."
The gist of this project, and the volume of thought that's led to it, should be clear now. Robinson is a powerful thinker. These essays are more or less what they sound like. She ranges widely—theology, physics, historiography—but it is to Calvin, her "saint," that she most frequently returns. A happy match, as Calvin was as rigorous a theologian as any we've had.
He is the focus of "Reformation," which traces the movement's course, its legacy in contemporary America, and the vernacularizing of the Bible. He appears again in "Grace," which, in part, aims to correct impressions of Puritanism's distaste for the arts. In "Servanthood," she considers his relationship to Wycliffe, and his influence on the English, Shakespeare in particular. "Givenness" finds him in the context of Jonathan Edwards, a Calvinist himself, and, in "Fear," in the midst of a sort of Richard Hofstadter meditation on American political impulses.
These summaries are the barest of sketches, and there's much else besides. "Awakening" covers the "Great" American iterations of same, "Decline" the American love of fatalism, "Realism" our cynical bent, "Theology" theology, "Metaphysics" metaphysics. And there is also, despite this great breadth, despite the many things to recommend these essays (and I'm sure plenty of exhortations are in the pipeline even as I write this, so I'll defer), something that, as I sit and think about The Givenness of Things, grates.
I suppose what I take issue with is the notion of earnestness. No writer working in America today seems to have so plush a mantle of it about their public figure. We are to take this book, to take all of Robinson's books, as pure exegesis—no hint of the grease, the slight-of-hand of back-from-heaven hucksters or two-faced televangelists. And Robinson is not of that sorry bunch. But neither is she earnest in this fact-finding, record-straightening endeavor of hers. We get the suppression of Puritan texts by the censors of Charles II after the Restoration, but not the elimination of all news media but a state-run propaganda press under Oliver Cromwell. We get Calvin the saint, the theologian, the progenitor of the many admirable movements and modes of thought that have followed from his work. We don't see Calvin the theocrat, nor the witch-burner, nor the dogmatist for whom the commandment against adultery was taken to extend to immodest dress.
Most jarring is a passage in "Memory," in which Robinson dismisses the role of Christianity in Confederate justifications of slavery, contrasting it with the biblical denunciations issuing from abolitionists. "If there are southern equivalents of Henry Ward Beecher or Lydia Maria Child," she writes, "I haven't found them." I have a distinct impression, given the obscurity of some of the texts she digs up elsewhere, that she wasn't trying very hard. For the sake of brevity, let's set aside entirely the destruction that Christian evangelism wrought on traditional cultures and religions of Africa, both there and among the slaves kidnapped to the Americas. Consider instead that the defense of slavery is the sole reason for the existence of the Southern Baptist Convention. Consider Frederick Dalcho, John Weems, Richard Furman, James Henry Hammond, Thornton Stringfellow, and, most prominently, James Henley Thornwell. Consider the volumes of newspaper editorials, speeches, and letters making explicit an entire constellation of pro-slavery apologetics. That we don't remember them fondly, if we remember them at all, should be no surprise, but that they existed should not be one either.
Robinson, in her frequent critiques of the "New Atheists," Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, and so on (who will get little defense from me, by the way), takes to task (though these particular words are taken from an essay not included here) their "closed ontol- ogy." It's at the crux of her argument in "Humanism"—directed in that case at the contemporary state of neuroscience, though the point recurs throughout The Givenness of Things—this frustration with a scientific positivism that is so reductionist as to become, and be treated as, a metaphysic. This has been a thrust in her nonfiction for some time. For all the effort Robinson has put into skewering popular caricatures of Calvin and others, you'd think she'd be more careful. To go from the valleys to the peaks of her charity might give you vertigo. Plus, hers is an ontology as hermetic as any.
I'll take, for the title alone, a couple of lines from "Proofs": "The attributes of Wisdom are utter plenitude and perfect grace." "Our very transience means that we partake of a reality infinitely greater than ourselves in the fact of our understanding." Or here, from "Son of Adam, Son of Man": "Existence is remarkable, actually incredible." If this is not nonsense, I have been laboring under some potent misconceptions.
"I am drawn," Robinson writes, "to Calvin's description of this world as a theater, with the implication that a strong and particular intention is expressed in it, that its limits, its boundedness, are meant to let meaning be isolated out of the indecipherable weather of the universe at large." The self as stagecraft. I don't mean it to be pejorative, but there's some mysticism in this conception of the world that borders on flippant. Wires and pulleys can work magic from a certain angle, but why that's preferable to any other view I do not understand. My experiences are my own and I don't deny them. To dress up the old cliché a bit, beauty needs only observation, not design. To be, in the most reductive formulation, a soft, wet, accidental machine is an idea Robinson detests. She would rather we were mimes, hands out, pressing on ether under the lights. But it's the former, we're told in The Givenness of Things, that does not take the human experience seriously.