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import os
import sys

# If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
# add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
# documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
#sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('.'))

sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('../'))
sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('./'))

import f5lbaasdriver
import f5_sphinx_theme

VERSION = f5lbaasdriver.__version__

# -- General configuration ------------------------------------------------

# If your documentation needs a minimal Sphinx version, state it here.
#needs_sphinx = '1.4'

# Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be
# extensions coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom
# ones.
extensions = [
    'sphinx.ext.autodoc',
    'sphinx.ext.autosummary',
    'sphinx.ext.doctest',
    'sphinx.ext.intersphinx',
    'sphinx.ext.todo',
    'sphinx.ext.coverage',
    'sphinx.ext.viewcode',
    'sphinxjp.themes.basicstrap',
    'cloud_sptheme.ext.table_styling',
    #'sphinx.ext.autosectionlabel',
]

# Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
templates_path = ['_templates']

# The suffix(es) of source filenames.
# You can specify multiple suffix as a list of string:
# source_suffix = ['.rst', '.md']
source_suffix = '.rst'

# The encoding of source files.
#source_encoding = 'utf-8-sig'

# The master toctree document.
master_doc = 'index'

# General information about the project.
project = u'F5 Driver for OpenStack LBaaSv2'
copyright = u'2017 F5 Networks Inc.'
author = u'F5 Networks'

# The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
# |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
# built documents.
#
# The short X.Y version.
version = VERSION
# The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
release = VERSION

# OpenStack release
openstack_release = "Newton"

rst_prolog = '''
.. raw:: html

'''

# The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
# for a list of supported languages.
#
# This is also used if you do content translation via gettext catalogs.
# Usually you set "language" from the command line for these cases.
language = "en"

# There are two options for replacing |today|: either, you set today to some
# non-false value, then it is used:
#today = ''
# Else, today_fmt is used as the format for a strftime call.
#today_fmt = '%B %d, %Y'

# List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and
# directories to ignore when looking for source files.
exclude_patterns = ['_build',
                    'Thumbs.db',
                    '.DS_Store',
                    'README.rst']

suppress_warnings = ['image.nonlocal_uri']

# The reST default role (used for this markup: `text`) to use for all
# documents.
#default_role = None

# If true, '()' will be appended to :func: etc. cross-reference text.
#add_function_parentheses = True

# If true, the current module name will be prepended to all description
# unit titles (such as .. function::).
#add_module_names = True

# If true, sectionauthor and moduleauthor directives will be shown in the
# output. They are ignored by default.
#show_authors = False

# The name of the Pygments (syntax highlighting) style to use.
pygments_style = 'sphinx'

# A list of ignored prefixes for module index sorting.
#modindex_common_prefix = []

# If true, keep warnings as "system message" paragraphs in the built documents.
#keep_warnings = False

# If true, `todo` and `todoList` produce output, else they produce nothing.
todo_include_todos = False

# -- Options for HTML output ----------------------------------------------

# The theme to use for HTML and HTML Help pages.  See the documentation for
# a list of builtin themes.
html_theme = 'f5_sphinx_theme'
html_theme_path = f5_sphinx_theme.get_html_theme_path()

# Theme options are theme-specific and customize the look and feel of a theme
# further.  For a list of options available for each theme, see the
# documentation.
html_theme_options = {
                        #'site_name': 'F5 OpenStack Docs Home',
                        'next_prev_link': False
                     }

# The name for this set of Sphinx documents.  If None, it defaults to
# "<project> v<release> documentation".
html_title = 'F5 Driver for OpenStack LBaaSv2'

# A shorter title for the navigation bar.  Default is the same as html_title.
#html_short_title = None

# The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top
# of the sidebar.
#html_logo = None

# The name of an image file (within the static path) to use as favicon of the
# docs.  This file should be a Windows icon file (.ico) being 16x16 or 32x32
# pixels large.
#html_favicon = None

# Add any paths that contain custom static files (such as style sheets) here,
# relative to this directory. They are copied after the builtin static files,
# so a file named "default.css" will overwrite the builtin "default.css".
html_static_path = ['_static']

# Add any extra paths that contain custom files (such as robots.txt or
# .htaccess) here, relative to this directory. These files are copied
# directly to the root of the documentation.
#html_extra_path = []

# If not '', a 'Last updated on:' timestamp is inserted at every page bottom,
# using the given strftime format.
#html_last_updated_fmt = '%b %d, %Y'

# If true, SmartyPants will be used to convert quotes and dashes to
# typographically correct entities.
#html_use_smartypants = True

# Custom sidebar templates, maps document names to template names.
html_sidebars = {'**': ['searchbox.html', 'localtoc.html', 'globaltoc.html']}

# Additional templates that should be rendered to pages, maps page names to
# template names.
#html_additional_pages = {}

# If false, no module index is generated.
#html_domain_indices = True

# If false, no index is generated.
html_use_index = True

# If true, the index is split into individual pages for each letter.
#html_split_index = False

# If true, links to the reST sources are added to the pages.
html_show_sourcelink = True

# If true, "Created using Sphinx" is shown in the HTML footer. Default is True.
html_show_sphinx = False

# If true, "(C) Copyright ..." is shown in the HTML footer. Default is True.
html_show_copyright = True

# If true, an OpenSearch description file will be output, and all pages will
# contain a <link> tag referring to it.  The value of this option must be the
# base URL from which the finished HTML is served.
#html_use_opensearch = ''

# This is the file name suffix for HTML files (e.g. ".xhtml").
#html_file_suffix = None

# Language to be used for generating the HTML full-text search index.
# Sphinx supports the following languages:
#   'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'hu', 'it', 'ja'
#   'nl', 'no', 'pt', 'ro', 'ru', 'sv', 'tr'
#html_search_language = 'en'

# A dictionary with options for the search language support, empty by default.
# Now only 'ja' uses this config value
#html_search_options = {'type': 'default'}

# The name of a javascript file (relative to the configuration directory) that
# implements a search results scorer. If empty, the default will be used.
#html_search_scorer = 'scorer.js'

# Output file base name for HTML help builder.
htmlhelp_basename = 'f5-openstack-lbaasv2-driver_doc'

# -- Options for LaTeX output ---------------------------------------------

latex_elements = {
# The paper size ('letterpaper' or 'a4paper').
#'papersize': 'letterpaper',

# The font size ('10pt', '11pt' or '12pt').
#'pointsize': '10pt',

# Additional stuff for the LaTeX preamble.
#'preamble': '',

# Latex figure (float) alignment
#'figure_align': 'htbp',
}

# Grouping the document tree into LaTeX files. List of tuples
# (source start file, target name, title,
#  author, documentclass [howto, manual, or own class]).
latex_documents = [
    (master_doc, 'f5-openstack-lbaasv2-driver.tex',
     u'F5 Driver for OpenStack LBaaSv2 Documentation',
     u'F5 Networks', 'manual'),
]

# The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top of
# the title page.
#latex_logo = None

# For "manual" documents, if this is true, then toplevel headings are parts,
# not chapters.
#latex_use_parts = False

# If true, show page references after internal links.
#latex_show_pagerefs = False

# If true, show URL addresses after external links.
#latex_show_urls = False

# Documents to append as an appendix to all manuals.
#latex_appendices = []

# If false, no module index is generated.
#latex_domain_indices = True

# -- Options for manual page output ---------------------------------------

# One entry per manual page. List of tuples
# (source start file, name, description, authors, manual section).
man_pages = [
    (master_doc, 'f5-openstack-lbaasv2-driver',
     u'F5 Driver for OpenStack LBaaSv2 Documentation',
     [author], 1)
]

# If true, show URL addresses after external links.
#man_show_urls = False

# -- Options for Texinfo output -------------------------------------------

# Grouping the document tree into Texinfo files. List of tuples
# (source start file, target name, title, author,
#  dir menu entry, description, category)
texinfo_documents = [
    (master_doc, 'f5-openstack-lbaasv2-driver',
     u'F5 Driver for OpenStack LBaaSv2 Documentation',
     author, 'f5-openstack-lbaasv2-driver', 'Miscellaneous'),
]

# Documents to append as an appendix to all manuals.
#texinfo_appendices = []

# If false, no module index is generated.
#texinfo_domain_indices = True

# How to display URL addresses: 'footnote', 'no', or 'inline'.
#texinfo_show_urls = 'footnote'

# If true, do not generate a @detailmenu in the "Top" node's menu.
#texinfo_no_detailmenu = False

# intersphinx: refer to other F5 OpenStack documentation sets.

f5_lbaasv2_driver_shim_version = '10.0.0'
f5_lbaasv2_driver_shim_url = 'https://github.com/F5Networks/neutron-lbaas/releases/download/v%s/f5.tgz' % f5_lbaasv2_driver_shim_version

#intersphinx_mapping = {'heat': (
#     'http://f5-openstack-heat.readthedocs.io/en/'+openstack_release.lower(), None),
#     'heatplugins': (
#     'http://f5-openstack-heat-plugins.readthedocs.io/en/'+openstack_release.lower(), None),
#     'lbaasv1': (
#     'http://f5-openstack-lbaasv1.readthedocs.io/en/'+openstack_release.lower()+'/', None),
#     'agent': (
#     'http://f5-openstack-agent.readthedocs.io/en/'+openstack_release.lower()+'/', None),
#     'docs': (
#     'http://f5-openstack-docs.readthedocs.io/en/'+openstack_release.lower()+'/', None),
# }

rst_epilog = '''
.. |openstack| replace:: %(openstack_release)s
.. |community_tempest_lbaasv2_tests| raw:: html

   tests
.. |f5_lbaasv2_driver_readme| raw:: html

   README
.. |f5_agent_readme| raw:: html

   README
.. |f5_lbaasv2_driver_pip_url| replace:: git+https:\//github.com/F5Networks/f5-openstack-lbaasv2-driver@v%(version)s
.. |f5_lbaasv2_driver_pip_url_branch| replace:: git+https:\//github.com/F5Networks/f5-openstack-lbaasv2-driver@%(openstack_release_l)s
.. |f5_lbaasv2_driver_deb_url| replace:: \https://github.com/F5Networks/f5-openstack-lbaasv2-driver/releases/download/v%(version)s/python-f5-openstack-lbaasv2-driver_%(version)s-1_1404_all.deb
.. |f5_lbaasv2_driver_rpm_url| replace:: \https://github.com/F5Networks/f5-openstack-lbaasv2-driver/releases/download/v%(version)s/f5-openstack-lbaasv2-driver-%(version)s-1.el7.noarch.rpm
.. |f5_lbaasv2_driver_deb_package| replace:: python-f5-openstack-lbaasv2-driver_%(version)s-1_1404_all.deb
.. |f5_lbaasv2_driver_rpm_package| replace:: f5-openstack-lbaasv2-driver-%(version)s-1.el7.noarch.rpm
.. |f5_lbaasv2_driver_shim_url| replace:: %(f5_lbaasv2_driver_shim_url)s
.. |f5_agent_pip_url| replace:: git+\https://github.com/F5Networks/f5-openstack-agent@v%(version)s
.. |deb-download| raw:: html

    Debian package
.. |rpm-download| raw:: html

    RPM package
.. |release-notes| raw:: html

    Release Notes
.. |agent-long| replace:: F5 Agent for OpenStack Neutron
.. |agent| replace:: :code:`f5-openstack-agent`
.. |driver| replace:: :code:`f5-openstack-lbaasv2-driver`
.. |driver-long| replace:: F5 Driver for OpenStack LBaaSv2
.. |agent-url| raw:: html

    F5 Agent for OpenStack Neutron
.. |driver-short| replace:: F5 driver
''' % {
  'openstack_release': openstack_release,
  'openstack_release_l': openstack_release.lower(),
  'f5_lbaasv2_driver_shim_url': f5_lbaasv2_driver_shim_url,
  'version': version
}

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text:
from JumpScale9.data.key_value_store.redis_store import RedisKeyValueStore
from JumpScale9.data.key_value_store.store import KeyValueStoreBase
from js9 import j

class ARDBKeyValueStore(RedisKeyValueStore):

    def __init__(
            self,
            name,
            namespace="db",
            host='localhost',
            port=6379,
            unixsocket=None,
            db=0,
            password='',
            serializers=[],
            masterdb=None,
            cache=None,
            changelog=None):
        self.redisclient = j.clients.redis.get(host, port, password=password, unixsocket=unixsocket, ardb_patch=False)
        KeyValueStoreBase.__init__(self, namespace=namespace, name=name, serializers=serializers,
                                   masterdb=masterdb, cache=cache, changelog=changelog)
        self._indexkey = "index:%s" % namespace
        self.inMem = False
        self.type = "ardb"


text:
I like the beats and I like the yelling: Mefitis, Baptized by Fire, Bongcauldron
Well let's face it, 'New releases: first impressions' wasn't the most inspired title for this feature. As summer raps up it may be premature to start shortlisting for those 'best of 2019' features. But this is no normal year. We have the complete works of the 2010s to rifle through and assess. And more importantly, discuss the present state of underground metal in light of the releases of the last ten years.
Is extreme metal in a better place than it was a decade ago? I would say in terms of the volume of quality releases, scenes, and activity it is. It remains dangerous, distinct, and above all alive. It has not been sterilised by a progressive liberal agenda (hipsters) for the most part. And more importantly it has not been absorbed into safe inoffensive indie-music. But the perpetual battle to remain truly underground continues. The persistence of underground websites, labels, artists, and local scenes gives much cause for hope.
But will the pressures of promoting and sharing via social media eventually take its toll? Has the internet turned underground metal into just another product, just another page to like on Facebook? Are promoters, record labels, musicians and the rest succumbing to social media's need to generate inferior content and hits in the endless quest for more clicks? It may be too soon to tell. Check back in 2029.
That was a longer preamble than intended. Here's some new music.
Mefitis: Emberdawn
Hot off the press, Mefitis' new LP 'Emberdawn' released in August this year boasts an intimidating amount of music to unpack. This is one of those rare albums that can truly claim to have transcended the death/black metal framework into something that doesn't have a name yet. There are so many ideas within each track that in lesser hands this frantic, restless extreme metal would devolve into a mess. But Mefitis never lose focus, and never place a surplus idea where it's not required. Like a richly complex tapestry, one can admire each segment for its beauty and technical prowess, and then step back and behold its role in contributing to the final work.
There are a number of different components to pull together, so let's start with the guitars. The first thing to note is that this is music composed for two guitars. Whilst this is nothing new, there are few albums out there that commit to counterpoint in quite the same way. One has to reach for albums in a league of their own for worthy comparisons; 'The Red in the Sky is Ours' and 'Nespithe' spring to mind. Whilst 'Emberdawn' sounds distinct from these classics, the methodology and intricacy of the music is comparable.
Each and every riff has at least two components played simultaneously. Not only is the sheer volume of their quality mesmerising, but each one breaks apart and restructures the music in novel and unexpected ways. Every trick in the book is utilised (and exemplified), from polyrythm to atonality to dissonance and much more.
Rhythm is a key element to 'Emberdawn'. This is largely determined by the direction of the riffs, as is the tempo. This allows the drums to take their own journey. They will sometimes link up with the guitars to emphasise their percussive tendencies, sometimes the drums will peal away from the other instruments with unexpected fills and breakdowns. The riffs will announce the end of one passage and the beginning of the next. The drums taken on their own are tight and engaging, but they exist to serve the course set by the guitars, and offer a subtle balance of technical competency whilst granting the music space to breath. A subtle layer of depth that would be hard to achieve with a drummer preoccupied with showcasing their skillset over servicing the compositions.
As frantic as this music is, it slows down at the midpoint with centrepiece Kolossos Pt. I and II. This is an eerie ambient passage that feeds into a perfectly poised instrumental piece. Similar flares are used sparingly throughout the album, cleanly sung chants, acoustic guitars, scant keyboards. These surface level textures are applied at key turning points within the album that signal the next movement.
Many of these musical components are fairly common to extreme metal. So what makes 'Emberdawn' so successful where others would fail? The answer lies in the amount of care Mefitis have taken to place these riffs within a larger structure. One can admire each one for its novelty, its precision, the complexity behind its construction. But this is to admire one brick in a vast and intricate structure. And this is ultimately the difference between 'Emberdawn' and an album that uses similar techniques but ends up being a random directionless mess. If things continue on their present course, this is a contender for album of the year.
Baptized By Fire: Upon the Pyre
Suffocation…. seminal band, awful legacy. You can't blame an artist for the influence they have I guess. But the endless stream of average tech-death and *shudder* 'slam' metal artists that name Suffocation as a key influence is something to behold; and the bane of any metal all-dayer. It is also predictable that lesser minds would take the elements of Suffocation's sound that are easiest to mimic and spew out endless reams of subpar material. Such is the nature of imitation.
Enter Baptized By Fire, who clearly take many cues from these legendary New Yorkers, but have applied and honed this craft into death metal of a frankly higher calibre. Their debut LP 'Upon the Pyre' released in June this year is a treat for fans of mid 1990s brutal death metal. The guitar tone on this album hits that sweet spot between crushingly heavy yet sharp enough to allow the riffs to shine forth. This is reminiscent of mid-1990s Morbid Angel for blending brutality with delicately poised riffcraft.
The music itself is a classic blend of staccatoed percussive riffs contrasted with simple yet effective tremolo strumming. The former will introduce the themes and situate the music, while the latter will drive the music forward into new refrains and iterations. This is a classically American take on death metal that remains transfixed with the points between order and chaos, how they interact, and how they resolve.
'Baptized By Fire' may not push the bar forward when compared to what we've heard before. But it is a fine example of what this music can be capable of. And a strong reminder to never accept average death metal that takes the most basic components of our forbears and does nothing challenging with them.
Bongcauldron: Tyke
It is with regret that Leeds' own Bongcauldron are throwing in the towel. They were good when they did things like play gigs and release music. But this happened rarely over time. Music is a time-consuming hobby. It extracts a heavy toll on some.
After the triumph of revelry that was 'Binge' they have left us with one last EP of primitive excess, 'Tyke', released late last year. Bongcauldron offer various lessons in how to make stoner/sludge metal exciting even with the most basic components. One is humour, which has a problematic relationship with quality music in general, and tends to kill longevity. But applied sparingly and tastefully it works. And Bongcauldron's celebration of depravity is invigorating and funny.
The second lesson is the power of percussion in doom metal. They are not afraid to mess with tempos, they wear their punk influences on their sleeve, and even when they deteriorate into a crushingly slow groove the ear is still drawn to that rhythm section. Which brings us round to lesson three for doom metal artists, find yourself a good drummer. Jay Hope certainly added some high fidelity musicianship to their primal live shows. This comes through on 'Tyke', but remains underdeveloped on this three track EP.
The other hallmarks of this music are fun but nothing we have not heard before. Dual vocal attack, catchy heavy blues riffs, engaging groove, and rhythmic tension. I would have liked to see where Bongcauldron were going with their sound on a second LP, but some things are just not meant to last.
On the t-shirt thing
Post utopian metal: Disharmonic Orchestra and Supuration
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I have always tried to collect nice dolls, though, because I wanted to be proud of my collection. Just like in real life, however, there are a few dolls who could use a trip to the mall for a new dress or wig or shoes. Others, I have packed away until I could devote time to display them better or find them new homes. Oh, well... in time.
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Shahid Kapoor and Simi Garewal
Actor Shahid Kapoor talks about how his on screen characters
Simi Selects India's Most Desirable on Star World mostly have Bollywood celebrities appearing on the show ranging from Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Sonakshi Sinha, Abhay Deol, Anushka Sharma to Ranveer Singh and this week is none other than heratthrob of millions and many Bollywood girls, Shahid Kapoor.
During the show, Simi told Shahid that when she asked women that what was the most desirable thing they were looking in a man 'sensitivity' topped the list, and his role in the film Jab We Met and Vivah fitted the bill perfectly. She wanted to know that in real life how similar is he to his character? "They were beautiful characters and I connected with them. I understood them and probably learnt a little from them. There is a part of me in both the characters. I am not the same person in real life but but there is a part of me in my characters," says Shahid.
News TOI
Richa Bhatia, TNN Aug
Vidya Balan|Shahid Kapur
There is nothing like a bit of controversy to whip up publicity. And actor Shahid Kapur knows that pretty well. But the suave, 30-year-old, who has enjoyed the burst of popularity with link-ups with most of his co-stars says, "Maybe because I never talk about my private life, never tell who I am in a relationship with. I love to enjoy the company of friends but have learnt to ignore these reports".
From ex-beau Kareena Kapoor, Vidya Balan to Priyanka Chopra with whom he shared Kaminey a film that shook up his critic, is also known for his ways with the ladies.
Shahid and Sonam on Kaun Banega Crorepati Season 5 (2011) EXTENDED PROMO


I didn't want to care about this World Cup. In fact, I shouldn't care about this World Cup. I should be feeling whatever the opposite of excitement is for Russia 2018.
Look at the opening game of the tournament today once Robbie Williams (what no Shakira this time?) has done his bit. Russia vs. Saudi Arabia. Can you think of two nations on this earth you care less about? Nope, me neither.
But I'll still be watching.
This was meant to be the first of the "two corrupt World Cups", meaning the Russia and Qatar tournaments that summed up the venality of FIFA (not that previous World Cup bids were any less corrupt, of course).
But I'll still be glued to as many games as I can.
Outside of the dirty politics surrounding this World Cup, the cynic might suggest I shouldn't feel Russia 2018 because I'm English.
But somehow I do feel Russia 2018 even though the cynic has a good point.
I mean there's no bigger burden in life than being an England fan during a World Cup apart from being a Scotland fan.
Central America hasn't had it easy in World Cups either. But Central America has never forced unrealistic expectations onto itself for over half a century.
There's no bigger burden in life than being an England fan during a World Cup apart from being a Scotland fan.
El Salvador was the first Central American country to ever qualify for a World Cup. They got to Mexico 1970 the hard way, beating Honduras in a playoff that resulted in the so-called Football War. It wasn't a great start. El Salvador went on to lose all its group games without scoring a single goal.
And even though I wasn't yet born for Mexico 1970, I'm sure – even with the Football War and its implications – El Salvador enjoyed their World Cup more than England, who were defending champions.
Don't ask me how I know, I just know.
My first World Cup was Spain 82, but I was a kid and I remember little apart from the Panini stickers, which I loved.
I have a faint recollection of England vs. Kuwait in Spain 82. But no memory of the two Central American teams, Honduras and El Salvador, who participated. I should remember Hungary thrashing El Salvador 10-1, shouldn't I? That's still the biggest scoreline for a game in World Cup history.
Then came Mexico 86, Gary Lineker's Golden Boot and Diego Maradona's Hand of God (a quaint expression for cheating).
I was in California that summer visiting family. The World Cup fiesta took place across the border but might as well have been on another planet. I remember it being hard to watch games on TV. The USA hadn't embraced the beautiful game back then.
After that, we had Italy 90, my favorite World Cup ever.
I loved everything about that World Cup, from New Order's "World In Motion" to Pavarotti to Roger Milla to Carlos Valderrama. Jackie Charlton's Ireland. David Platt's goal against Belgium.
And England made it through to the semis, our best finish in my lifetime, and one I doubt I'll ever see again. West Germany beat us on penalties. Stuart Pierce and Chris Waddle. Heart-wrenching.
I remember that feeling of the bottom dropping out of my stomach 28 years later.
1990 was Costa Rica's first World Cup, too. Back then I didn't know where Costa Rica was. But like any true Englishman, I loved it when they beat Scotland. That put Costa Rica on the map for me, a decade before I moved there. Subconsciously, it may have been the moment I decided to one day live in Costa Rica.
I like to think so, anyway.
Like any true Englishman, I loved it when Costa Rica beat Scotland.
And if you're Swedish, you'll never forget that Hernan Medford goal, no matter how much you'll want to.
England didn't qualify for USA 94 thanks to Graham Taylor. Neither did any Central American country although that wasn't Taylor's fault. Let's blame him anyway, though.
France 98 saw England back in business, although no Central American teams made it.
It was the last World Cup I watched in England and I guess it's the one I associate most with unrealistic expectations, broken hopes, and shattered dreams.
Those were the days when everyone still expected us to win. When I say "everyone" I mean the English. No-one else was so deluded. But then no-one is ever so deluded like an England fan.
Flags everywhere. Beer guts and tattoos. Vindaloo. Hooligans in Marseille. The best and the worst of our culture.
On the pitch, we scraped through our group as normal. And like normal lost on penalties to Argentina – always friggin Argentina or Germany – in the second round.
France 98 is the World Cup I associate most with unrealistic expectations, broken hopes, and shattered dreams.
This time, a miss by David Batty sealed England's fate. Batty was lucky though. He escaped the fans' wrath because David Beckham saw red for kicking out at Diego Simeone earlier in the match. They hung effigies of him in the streets for that and sent him bullets in the mail. Like I said – the best and the worst of us.
On a positive note, the Michael Owen goal was sublime.
Korea/Japan 2002 was the first World Cup of my new life in Central America.
Living in San Jose by now, my main memory was the time difference between Costa Rica and the Far East. Lucky I was young and could handle staying up all night drinking. The early games in Costa Rica started at like midnight or something ridiculous.
We used to watch the "early" games in Caccios on the Calle Amagura in San Pedro. Then we'd head over to the now-defunct Sand Bar, a heavy metal joint that stayed open all night for the later games. Nothing like watching Portugal vs. Poland at 4:30 AM to a soundtrack of Sepultura and Iron Maiden at a volume designed to make your ears bleed.
2002 was my first true experience of La Sele. Costa Rica was back for the first time since 1990. Paulo Wanchope was at his peak and had a strong tournament, despite Costa Rica not making it through a group including Brazil, Turkey, and China.
Costa Rica taught me a lesson I never realized I needed back in 2002. I learned you need not expect to win the tournament to enjoy it. Most England fans back then never knew that. We needed to win it – no matter how unrealistic it was – to enjoy it. No wonder we were always so miserable when we went out.
Costa Rica taught me a lesson I never realized I needed. I learned you need not expect to win the tournament to enjoy it.
And of course, we went out. This time to Brazil in the quarters thanks to a stunning Ronaldinho effort from the center of the park. If we had won that game we would have won the World Cup and ended 36 years of hurt. Yeah right. Still, the pizza at Caccios was great (and still is, by the way).
At least we beat Argentina and stopped them getting out of their group. That was something.
Four trips around the sun later, it was time for Germany 2006.
Costa Rica was the only Central American team to make it to Germany and I'll never forget that Germany game, the opening match of the tournament.
We'd set up a TV out in the courtyard of the old Namu Travel office and I guess the whole company squeezed in to watch a game where all agreed Costa Rica did better than expected. Two goals against Germany?
Unfortunately, Costa Rica also lost against Ecuador and Poland in their group, but that Germany game was awesome.
My other abiding memory of Germany 2006 was being one of two English guys in Panama City, Panama. We rushed through the hotel inspections we were doing for Panama Vacations because we needed to watch England vs. Sweden. The English pub we thought would show the games wasn't open (I'm still incredulous about that, twelve years later) so we went to Bennigan's instead and met a bunch of guys from the British embassy. Good times apart from the 2-2 tie which stopped us from getting the whole nine points from the group.
England lost to Portugal on penalties, where Lampard, Gerrard, and Carragher all blew it. So much for the Golden Generation. Oh, and Wayne Rooney got sent off. Meh.
I can't even talk about South Africa 2010. Oh okay then, I will talk about South Africa 2010.
By now my disillusionment with England was almost complete. Almost, I said. In South Africa, it became complete. Another dismal tie, this time against Algeria, saw Wayne Rooney berating the traveling fans for booing. We were terrible. We couldn't even beat the United States.
Somehow we made it through our group only to get hammered by Germany in the next round. It's lucky Germany put us out of our misery when they did otherwise Argentina would have done it in the quarterfinals.
Honduras was the only Central American team in South Africa 2010. To say they covered themselves in glory would be a lie. Losses to Chile and Spain, and then a 0-0 draw to Switzerland put them on the early plane home.
Onward to 2014. This was my favorite World Cup since 1990 but not because of England.
By now, England was pretty much dead to me, and their performance in Brazil did nothing to change my mind. We made 2010 look like a master-class. Losses to Italy and Uruguay made the crappy 0-0 draw to Costa Rica meaningless.
Ah yes, Costa Rica. They were magnificent and made me love international football again if only for a month. It was a joy to be in Costa Rica during Brazil 2014.
They were in our group, with Italy and Uruguay and on paper should have been the ones going home first. I mean England, Italy, and Uruguay had all won the World Cup before hadn't they? This was the first ever World Cup group to feature three previous champions. Costa Rica had no chance.
Until they beat Uruguay and then Italy. They scraped a draw with us, but by then they had won the group and we were off to the airport for the flight back to London.
Costa Rica was magnificent and made me love international football again.
Then came Greece in the second round. I watched it in Tamarindo and it could have been the most boring game in World Cup history. In fact, if it wasn't Costa Rica playing I might have gone and done something more interesting, like drill a hole into my head.
But La Sele got through it and Tamarindo exploded in joy. Onto the quarters and a step too far with Holland, who beat us (by now, Costa Rica was "us") in a penalty shootout. It seemed fitting for my adopted country to lose in the quarter-finals on penalties. How very English of them.
Honduras also made it Brazil 2014 for the second tournament in a row, an achievement in this part of the world. Unfortunately, they lost all their group games, scoring once before going home with zero points.
And so here we are again, with a new World Cup starting today in Russia, the one I mentioned I shouldn't be excited about but am.
England is back to mess with my emotions. I'm sure we'll do the minimum needed to scrape past our group and go out in the next round or the one after that like we always do. It's interesting to note that England has Panama in its group. That's the second World Cup in a row we've been in the same group as a Central American country.
And yes, Panama is a Central American country. Deal with it, haters.
It's great to see Panama in this World Cup for the first time. They got there at the United States' expense and you know they'll milk it. Sticking one to the gringos was just the start of the party for them.
How they will do in the tournament is a different matter.
In a group with us (yes, England are "us" again until they blow it), Belgium, and Tunisia, they have to be the least favored. I know last time Costa Rica were the least favored in their group and won it, but this Panama is not that Costa Rica. Heck, this Costa Rica is not that Costa Rica.
Because I'm realistic (some say negative) about England, I'll say Panama gets a point from this group. That point will come from a tie with England.
Like England, Costa Rica are back but make no mistake, they have a much tougher task than last time.
In a group with Brazil, Serbia, and Switzerland, it's vital they beat Serbia in their first game to hold any hope of advancement. Can they do it? We'll see. If they do, forget trying to get into San Jose from San Pedro next Sunday morning.
What I will say is that with Costa Rica and Panama, it doesn't matter. As I've learned during four World Cups living in Central America, the fans here have an infectious enthusiasm. That's the most important thing, and it's something we English need to learn.
There's no way England expect to win it this time around. It's been years since we had that blind arrogance, which is a good thing. This is our World Cup of zero expectations. So I hope we can enjoy the party too. Maybe we will.
I'm still glad I'm in Costa Rica for this World Cup and not in England though. I guarantee Costa Rica will enjoy the party no matter what.
I may dislike Russia hosting this tournament, but it's still the greatest sporting competition in the world and despite myself, I'm feeling it.
The next World Cup is in Qatar and I'll probably refuse to watch it so I'll make the most of this one, as I'll be in my fifties for Canada/USA/Mexico 2026. Yikes. That's a sobering thought.
I consider this is my last World Cup while I'm still relatively young.
So bring it on. Best of luck to Costa Rica, to Panama, and – as much as I hate getting sucked in again – to England.
I think I'm getting sucked in again to England.


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Public Knowledge delivered health and well-being research for Sunderland City Council to aid their understanding of the current landscape when it comes to resident's health.
This large scale, quantitative research project combined CATI interviewing with face-to-face and pen and paper surveying, tailoring methodology to key audience groups amongst the Sunderland catchment. To ensure robust and representative research we conducted 5,571 interviews in total, 2.5% of the Sunderland population. Quotas were utilised to ensure the sample was representative of the Sunderland area, placed on age and gender interlocked, disability, BME, locality and social grade.
The majority of interviews were delivered through our in-house CATI unit by our team of MRS trained interviewers. Younger residents were targeted via face to face interviewing in high footfall areas of Sunderland due to barriers to telephone research amongst this group. To meet quotas placed on the BME population of Sunderland we worked with the Council to provide paper surveys to community groups and held interviewer shifts at key events happening in BME communities.
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Q: Proof that Compact set is Closed and Bounded I came across the following problem while reading Spivak's Calculus on Manifolds.

Prove that a compact subset of $\mathbb{R}^n$ is closed and bounded.

The definition of an open set in the book is a set $A$ in which for all $x \in \mathbb{A}$, there exists an open rectangle $U$ such that $x \in U \subset A$. The definition of a closed set is a set $A$ in which $\mathbb{R}^n - A$ is open. The definition of a compact subset of $\mathbb{R}^n$ is a set $A$ in which for all open covers of $A$ (that is, collections of open sets that cover $A$), there exists a finite subcover of $A$. The boundary of a set $A$ is defined as the set of all points $x\in A$ such that for all open rectangles $U$ that contain $x$, $U$ contains points inside $A$ and outside $A$.
I attempted proof by contradiction first, asking myself a characteristic of not closed sets. Then I realized that if a set $A$ is closed, then $A$ must contain the boundary. I came up with the following proof

If $B$ is an open set and $x \in \text{Boundary}(B)$, then for all open rectangles $C$ such that $x\in C$, $C$ contains points of both $B$ and $\mathbb{R}^n - B$. This implies that $x \not\in B$. If $A$ is closed, then $\mathbb{R}^n - A$ is open, so the boundary of $A$ is not in $\mathbb{R}^n - A$, implying that the boundary of $A$ must be in $A$.

Now using this, I came up with a proof for the problem.

Let $A$ be a compact set. First, we show that $A$ must be bounded. Suppose that $A$ is not bounded. Then any finite open cover will only cover a finite volume, so this cannot hold. Now suppose that $A$ is not closed. Then there exists some $x$ in the boundary of $A$ such that $x$ is not in $A$. Now consider an open rectangle $U_1$ that contains $A$. Because an open rectangle is open, we must have that there exists some open rectangle $U_2$ that contains $x$ and is contained in $U_1$. By induction, we can show that there is a chain of open rectangles such that,
  $$x \in \cdots \subset U_3 \subset U_2 \subset U_1.$$
  Now let $V_k = U_k + \text{Boundary } U_k$, which is closed.
  Then the open cover
  $$ \{U_1 - V_3, U_2 - V_4, U_3- V_5, \dots \}$$
  has no finite subcover since taking any cover out will exclude some boundary of an open rectangle.

The above argument could be made more rigorous. However, is the reasoning completely valid? Also, what is a simpler solution to the problem?

A: I think that your argument is simple enough, though it has some holes. First, you claim that any finite open cover has finite volume. This may not be true if the open sets are unbounded. Instead, construct an open cover (Say, the rectangle of side lengths all 1 centered at $x$ for all $x\in A$) which contains only bounded open sets. Then there still must exist a finite subcover. Then this argument works (assuming you can prove that bounded open sets have finite volume, and that finite volume implies boundedness). Perhaps an easier way than volume is to go back to the definition of boundedness. If your finite subcover is $\{U_1,...,U_n\}$, and for $x,y\in U_i$, $d(x,y)<1$, then for $x,y\in A$, the triangle inequality implies $d(x,y)\leq 2n$. This requires a little work, but it is not too hard.
For closed, this looks pretty good, but make sure that $V_{n+1}\subset U_n$. As stated right now, you could have $U_1=U_2=U_3=...$ so that $U_1-V_3=\emptyset$, so the cover you construct would not really be a cover.

A: Alternatively you could use a similar construct and collapse both cases ($A$ is open and $A$ is unbounded) into the same case. Your construct in the first case is basically that you construct a covering of "shells" around a limit point outside $A$, where each "shell" is essential to cover $A$.
The same can be done with the unbounded case in which you just use ever larger and smaller rings around the origin to cover the whole space (except for the origin for which we throw in a ball around).
If we for example let the "shells" be anulli we have that a finite subcovering will again be contain inside an anulli (since we have a minimial inner radius and a maximal outer radius). The subcover of the space will consequently be bounded.
For the case where $A$ is not closed we can build a sequence of annuli round a limit point outside $A$ in which case we find that a finite subcover of $A$ will have a inner radius and consequently leaving a bit around $x$ out.

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CVC can reimburse both costs.
CVC reimburses law enforcement agencies for the forensic costs associated with sexual assault exams. Law enforcement is not responsible for medical costs related to an exam.
Reimbursement is for reasonable costs not to exceed $1,000 for crimes committed after July 14, 2016. Reimbursement cannot exceed $700 for exams related to crimes committed before July 15, 2016.
CVC will reimburse law enforcement for costs such as examiner fees, place of service fee, exam fees, sexual assault kit, laboratory procedures, and certain other charges. For a detailed review of these costs, please see the Standard Costs Associated with Examination (PDF).
Law enforcement agencies may apply for reimbursement by submitting the Sexual Assault Exam Reimbursement Application (PDF). Reimbursement requests must be submitted within three years of the date of the exam.
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The medical costs associated with the sexual assault exam are not covered by law enforcement. The victim may be held financially responsible for those costs. Victims may seek reimbursement from the CVC Program. There are two ways to apply for this compensation: Crime Victims' Compensation (CVC) or Emergency Medical Care Compensation.
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/*                           Revision History
 * 02/09/2016 - Minh Duc Cao: Created
 ****************************************************************************/

package japsadev.tools;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;

import htsjdk.samtools.Cigar;
import htsjdk.samtools.CigarElement;
import htsjdk.samtools.CigarOperator;
import htsjdk.samtools.SAMRecord;
import htsjdk.samtools.SAMRecordIterator;
import htsjdk.samtools.SAMSequenceRecord;
import htsjdk.samtools.SamReader;
import htsjdk.samtools.SamReaderFactory;
import htsjdk.samtools.ValidationStringency;
import japsa.seq.SequenceOutputStream;
import japsa.util.CommandLine;
import japsa.util.deploy.Deployable;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

/**
 * Analysis of break-point patterns
 *
 *
 * @author minhduc
 *
 */
@Deployable(
		scriptName = "jsa.dev.breakpoint",
		scriptDesc = "Analysis of break point pattern"
		)
public class BreakPointAnalysisCmd extends CommandLine{
	private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(BreakPointAnalysisCmd.class);

	public BreakPointAnalysisCmd(){
		super();
		Deployable annotation = getClass().getAnnotation(Deployable.class);
		setUsage(annotation.scriptName() + " [options]");
		setDesc(annotation.scriptDesc());

		addString("bamFile", null, "Bam file",true);
		addString("output", null, "output",true);

		addStdHelp();
	}
	public static void main(String [] args) throws IOException{
		BreakPointAnalysisCmd cmdLine = new BreakPointAnalysisCmd ();
		args = cmdLine.stdParseLine(args);

		/**********************************************************************/
		String bamFile  = cmdLine.getStringVal("bamFile");
		String output = cmdLine.getStringVal("output");

		SamReaderFactory.setDefaultValidationStringency(ValidationStringency.SILENT);
		SamReader samReader = SamReaderFactory.makeDefault().open(new File(bamFile));

		List<SAMSequenceRecord> seqList =
				samReader.getFileHeader().getSequenceDictionary().getSequences();

		int halfWindow = 5;
		int norm = 100;
		for (SAMSequenceRecord sequenceRecord:seqList){
			String chrom = sequenceRecord.getSequenceName();
			int [] countThrough  = new int[sequenceRecord.getSequenceLength()];
			int [] countBreaks = new int[sequenceRecord.getSequenceLength()];
			//Arrays.fill(countReads, 0);
			//Arrays.fill(countBreaks, 0);

			SAMRecordIterator samIter = samReader.query(chrom, 0, 0, false);
			while (samIter.hasNext()){
				SAMRecord samRecord = samIter.next();
				Cigar cigar = samRecord.getCigar();

				int clipLeft = 0;
				int clipRight = 0;

				//check the left clip
				CigarElement endElement = cigar.getCigarElement(0);
				if (endElement.getOperator() == CigarOperator.S
						|| endElement.getOperator() == CigarOperator.H
						|| endElement.getOperator() == CigarOperator.P){
					clipLeft = endElement.getLength();

				}

				//Now look at the right clip
				endElement = cigar.getCigarElement(cigar.numCigarElements() - 1);
				if (endElement.getOperator() == CigarOperator.S
						|| endElement.getOperator() == CigarOperator.H
						|| endElement.getOperator() == CigarOperator.P){
					clipRight = endElement.getLength();
				}

				int start = samRecord.getAlignmentStart();
				int end = samRecord.getAlignmentEnd();

				if (clipLeft > norm){
					int i = start - 1 - halfWindow;
					if (i < 0)
						i=0;
					for (; i < start - 1 + halfWindow && i < countBreaks.length;i++){
						countBreaks[i] ++;
					}
				}

				if (clipRight > norm){
					int i = end - 1 - halfWindow;
					if (i < 0)
						i=0;
					for (; i < end - 1 + halfWindow && i < countBreaks.length;i++){
						countBreaks[i] ++;
					}
				}
				for (int i = start  + halfWindow; i < end - halfWindow - 2;i++){
					countThrough[i]++;
				}
			}//while
			samIter.close();

			LOG.info("Write");
			SequenceOutputStream tCount = SequenceOutputStream.makeOutputStream(output + "_" + chrom +"_through.bedgraph");
			SequenceOutputStream bCount = SequenceOutputStream.makeOutputStream(output + "_" + chrom +"_breaks.bedgraph");
			tCount.print("track type=bedGraph\n");
			bCount.print("track type=bedGraph\n");
			char sep = '\t';
			for (int i = 0; i < countThrough.length;i++){
				tCount.print(chrom);
				tCount.print(sep);
				tCount.print(i);
				tCount.print(sep);
				tCount.print(i+1);
				tCount.print(sep);
				tCount.print(countThrough[i]);
				tCount.print('\n');

				bCount.print(chrom);
				bCount.print(sep);
				bCount.print(i);
				bCount.print(sep);
				bCount.print(i+1);
				bCount.print(sep);
				bCount.print(countBreaks[i]);
				bCount.print('\n');

			}
			tCount.close();
			bCount.close();
		}//while

	}
}


Naresh Goyal's airline says it is not short of cash or in talks to sell a stake. Yet the failure to get its earnings signed off on time suggests profound problems. The industry is suffering from high costs and low fares, but the carrier's mixed messages test investor patience.
Jet Airways on Aug. 9 said its audit committee did not sign off its latest quarterly financial results, pending the closure of unspecified matters.
Earlier on Aug. 9, Chairman Naresh Goyal, who is also the airline's largest shareholder, said he felt "guilty and embarrassed" that investors had lost money. The company said it would set up a special committee to improve its perception and counter negative publicity.
Jet shares were down 7 percent at 280.6 rupees at around 2 p.m (0830 GMT) on Aug. 10, the first trading day after the airline announced the earnings delay.
On Aug. 3, local newspapers reported that Jet Airways had told pilots it only had enough cash to keep operating for 60 days. The reports added the airline had asked pilots to take a 15 percent pay cut for two years, a proposal that they refused.
Jet Airways Chief Executive Vinay Dube disputed those stories as "factually incorrect" and "malicious". He also denied a media report that the airline had approached banks to sell a stake in the carrier.


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Concert review: Amon Amarth – MTELUS, Montreal – October 10 2019
By Maxime Allard 3 years ago
Amon Amarth was in town for not one, but two consecutive nights at the MTELUS. After selling out the first show in a few days, the Vikings didn't have any other choice than to add another night for their Montreal fans. Since my first Amon Amarth concert in 2010, I've never missed them, and they are the first death metal band that I truly fell in love with. There is something so melodic and epic about their sound that it's almost impossible to stay still when listening to Amon Amarth. They are even better in concert, and their stage choreographies, even if simple, are extremely fun and add to the general ambiance. Touring behind their eleventh album called 'Berserker', they once again proved that they are a force to reckon with and they brought along a few friends to create the ultimate Sweden metal night.
I sadly missed Grand Magus, but arrived right in time for At the Gates. I was very impressed with their set: I knew them only by reputation, but they didn't disappoint. Their music was the perfect appetizer for the main event, and their violent, intense and technical performance surely gained them a few new fans.
Arch Enemy was up next, and damn were they good. Even if the show was not billed as a co-headline, it was clear that, in the fans' minds, it was the case. They played an eight song set perfectly. Their music is a great mix of classic 80's metal riffs and the aggressiveness of death metal. The fans reacted strongly to every song and the pit was very active for the whole performance. Originally from Montreal, their singer Alissa White-Gluz talked to crowd in French and gave a great performance. Her costumes and stage presence were impressive, and it's quite easy to understand why the band chose her to replace their former singer. She is truly the perfect fit for this band.
The crowd was now beyond pumped, and it was time for the Vikings to take the battlefield by force. The drum kit was placed on top of a giant Viking helmet and numerous backdrops were used to immerse you into their world. Once again, they did not disappoint. Amon Amarth has become the ultimate death metal party band and to see them perform is to become a member of their family. Few bands have that ability to gather people from different metal backgrounds and unite them into one giant fist.
They opened with a perfect rendition of their latest single 'Raven's Flight' and quickly went into one of their bigger hits, 'Runes to My Memory'. People were jumping, headbanging, moshing and drinking like there was no tomorrow. Their lead singer Johan Hegg spoke to the crowd a few times and every interaction was genuine. The crowd toasted with him before 'Raise Your Horns' and then people started rowing during the solo. Witnessing a thousand people sitting down on the beer and sweat covered floor to pretend being in a Viking ship is truly a sight to be seen!
They closed the set with their anthem 'Twilight of the Thunder God', as Hegg was fighting a dragon with Thor's hammer while the rest of the band was offering a perfect rendition of the song. The only downside was the short set time. They only played twelve songs and even if the other bands were amazing , I felt the night had ended abruptly. Still, I got out of the venue with a big smile, wishing I could afford tickets for the second night to get my full Amon Amarth fix.
Amon Amarth Setlist:
1. Raven's Flight
2. Runes to My Memory
3. Deceiver of the Gods
4. First Kill
5. Fafner's Gold
6. Crack the Sky
7. The Way of Vikings
8. Shield Wall
9. Guardians of Asgaard
10. Raise Your Horns
11. The Pursuit of Vikings
12. Twilight of the Thunder God
Arch Enemy Setlist:
1. The World Is Yours
2. War Eternal
3. My Apocalypse
4. Ravenous
5. The Eagle Flies Alone
6. First Day in Hell
7. As the Pages Burn
8. Nemesis
At the Gates Setlist:
1. To Drink from the Night Itself
2. Slaughter of the Soul
3. At War with Reality
4. The Colours of the Beast
5. Cold
6. Heroes and Tombs
7. Death and the Labyrinth
8. Blinded by Fear
9. The Night Eternal
Grand Magus Setlist:
1. I, the Jury
2. Dawn of Fire
3. Like the Oar Strikes the Water
4. Iron Will
5. Hammer of the North
Maxime Allard
Always looking for his newest musical addiction, Maxime can be regularly seen moshing at concerts or looking through albums for hours on end at various record stores. His passion for art extends to film which he also produces with his friends under the banner "Les Dépendances".
He currently works in the video game industry while continuing to write music with his own band.
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Concert review: The Lazys – Bar L'Escogriffe, Montreal – October 15th 2019


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Armstrong: Colorado Republicans should let the death penalty go
Published on Feb 17, 2019 5:00AM MDT Opinion Columns Primary category in which blog post is published Opinion
Ari Armstrong	@ariarmstrong
Last fall, a man broke into a family's home in Wisconsin, murdered both parents and kidnapped their 13-year-old girl. After suffering three months in captivity, the girl escaped, thank goodness, and authorities arrested the suspect.
When I read about this story, my immediate reaction was that "they" should kill the perpetrator, after due process, of course. He richly deserves it. (This won't happen because Wisconsin was one of the first states to outlaw the death penalty.)
As human beings, we often seem to have a visceral desire to hurt those who perpetrate such horrific crimes. For good reason, we've outlawed torture and other cruel punishments. But we still have the death penalty for the worst crimes. So long as the criminal dies a relatively painless death, is there anything wrong with that?
Ari Armstrong
I used to think the case for the death penalty was a slam dunk. Now I think we should stop using it.
It looks like I'll get my way, as far as the state goes. The Democratic legislature appears ready to abolish the death penalty in Colorado, and Gov. Jared Polis has indicated that he'll support the move and even commute existing sentences.
The political question, strategically, is whether Democrats should spend their political capital repealing the death penalty and whether Republicans should spend theirs trying to salvage it. My sense is that many Republicans are ready to let this one go, but some will oppose the move.
Why should Republicans be skeptical of the death penalty? David Williams, a long-time Libertarian activist and a Colorado lawyer who once worked on a death penalty case in North Carolina, summarizes:
"Conservatives are supposed to believe in limited government. Yet there is no greater power to give to the state than the authority to decide whom to execute.
"Conservatives are also supposed to recognize the incompetence of government. Far too many are willing to overlook the government's incompetence when it comes to putting innocent people on death row.
"Since the death penalty was reinstated in 1973 by the U.S. Supreme Court, 164 people on death row have been exonerated. How many more are there wrongfully?"
READ: Colorado Sun opinion columnists.
The argument that government often screws things up strikes me as a compelling one. If the state executes an innocent person, there is no going back. On the other hand, if the state sentences an innocent person to life in prison, at least there is a chance to correct the mistake and let the person go free (hopefully with compensation).
The death penalty also raises troubling constitutional issues. The Eighth Amendment explicitly bars "cruel and unusual punishments."
Yet there is a nontrivial risk of the executioners botching the job. For example, just last year, Alabama did such a bad job of trying to kill someone via lethal injection that the prisoner survived to sue over the matter.
It's hard to think of a punishment crueler than the horrific agony of a botched execution. But merely sentencing a person to death, knowing that the killing might be botched, is cruel.
Cruel, too, is the psychological torture of being sentenced to death, knowing that the legal process likely will take many years, and never knowing if you're actually going to be killed on any given scheduled date.
Many will think, "The cruelty of the death penalty cannot match the cruelty of the suffering that the criminal inflicted on his victims." I agree, but that is not a good reason to ignore the Eighth Amendment or to violate our principles of human decency.
Another constitutional problem is that the death penalty undermines the Sixth Amendment right to trial. John Herrick's article for the Independent perfectly summarizes the problem: "District attorneys can use the threat of the death penalty to prompt a confession."
DAs in such cases say, in effect, "If you don't plead guilty without a trial, we're going to try our hardest to kill you through legally established procedures."
If there is no death penalty, will more criminals who are guilty as sin and who are caught red-handed go to trial? Probably. But jury trials don't exist for our convenience.
Republicans take seriously the Constitution's principles about the free exercise of religion and the right to keep and bear arms; they should take equally seriously the principles about punishments and jury trials.
What about deterrence? Doesn't the death penalty deter other would-be criminals? As Herrick points out, Colorado has killed only one person since 1976. Not even the Aurora theater shooting gunman, one of the worst mass-murderers in state history, got the death penalty. Practically speaking, if the death penalty as used today has any deterrent effect, it is minuscule.
Government prosecutors sometimes get things wrong, sometimes through incompetence or malice. Government can guarantee neither that it will kill the right person nor that it will properly conduct the killing. Government is largely capricious in whom it executes and when it executes them.
If we are skeptical of government power and mindful of constitutional principles, abolishing the death penalty seems the logical conclusion.
Ari Armstrong (@ariarmstrong) publishes the Colorado Freedom Report and is the author of Reclaiming Liberalism.
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Q: How to get the active route in app.component I want to get the active route in app.component so I can hide some elements in my app header.
For instance, if route /assets,
I set the isHeader: boolean = true;
I get an object when I do this:
import {Router, ActivatedRoute} from '@angular/router';

 constructor(router: ActivatedRoute) {
   this.route = router.url;
   console.log(this.route);
}

How can I get the route value /assets?

A: You have to "listen" to the router-events.
See my plunker for a working demo: https://plnkr.co/edit/XJmOa7rmtvBpuJDfQ2Vd?p=preview
The interesting part is this code snippet:
@Component({
  selector: 'my-app',
  template: `

Hello {{name}}

    cmp1

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    <router-outlet></router-outlet>
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})
export class App {
  name:string;
  constructor(private _r: Router) {
    this.name = 'Angular2'

    this._r.events.subscribe(event => {
      if (event instanceof RoutesRecognized) {
        console.log('navigated to:', event.url);
        console.log('route state', event.state);
        console.log('');
      }
      else if (event instanceof NavigationEnd) {
        // if u dont need the state, you could even use this event-type..
      }
    });
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Subscribe to the router-events and check which type of event was fired.
If you want to use the state (params, queryParams, ...) i recommend to use RoutesRecognized-event-type. but you can even use NavigationEnd-event-type if you only want to get the current url..


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U.S., Australia Are 'Cornerstone' of Peace, Prosperity
by Lisa Ferdinando, DOD News / DMA - November 5, 2015
Australia is a strong partner to the United States and is making valuable contributions to peace and security around the world, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said in Boston on October 13, 2015.
"Our alliance remains strong, its reach is global, and our nations remain a cornerstone of peace and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific and in the world," Carter said after two days of discussions for the 2015 Australia-U.S. ministerial consultations.
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter speaks with Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop as she arrives at the Boston Public Library during the Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations in Boston, Oct. 13, 2015. (DoD photo by Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz)
Carter co-hosted the talks in Boston with Secretary of State John Kerry.
The United States and Australia face a full spectrum of complex threats, Carter said, citing as examples illegal trafficking, cybersecurity and the threat posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and violent extremism.
Australia has been with the United States since the start in Afghanistan, and has expanded its critical role in Iraq and Syria to "deliver ISIL a lasting defeat," Carter said, noting that Australian pilots have recently begun flying in Syria.
This year marks the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the United States and Australia, Kerry said.
"Good friends are vital all the time, but they are especially welcome in turbulent, challenging times," the top U.S. diplomat said. "That is why the United States' partnership with Australia is so important."
Carter and Kerry spoke in a news conference with the visiting Australian dignitaries, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Defense Minister Marise Payne.
U.S., Russia to Discuss Air Safety Protocols
"Our counter-ISIL fight will proceed unchanged, as we continue to urge Russia to change its failing strategy," Carter said.
Russia must act professionally in the skies over Syria and abide by basic safety procedures, he said. U.S. and Russian officials will have another conversation on the topic tomorrow, he added. In a statement after the news conference, Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook said U.S. defense officials will hold a third secure video conference tomorrow with Russian Defense Ministry officials. "The focus of these discussions is on specific safety protocols for aircrews flying over Syria. Those discussions are progressing, but nothing has been finalized," Cook said.
"Even as we continue to disagree on Syria policy, we should be able to at least agree on making sure our airmen are as safe as possible," Carter said at the news conference.
The Syrian crisis requires a political solution, Kerry said. "A military component can help you get to that solution," he added, "but Syria is literally being destroyed in the process."
Deepening the Alliance
Carter said he and Payne signed a bilateral statement on defense cooperation that includes increased intelligence sharing, improving multilateral and defense industry engagement, and fine-tuning interoperability.
The foundation of the U.S.-Australia relationship is built on values of freedom, democracy and rules-based order, Carter said. "Today, by deepening our alliance, we renew those values and stand resolved to defend them together," he added.
Since 2013, the U.S. rotational force near Darwin has expanded more than five-fold to 1,150 Marines, he said. "Australia and America both want to sustain and renew an Asia-Pacific regional security architecture where everyone rises and everyone prospers," Carter said. "That's the essence of the U.S. rebalance toward the region."
Tensions in South China Sea
The United States and Australia share an interest in upholding basic international norms such as freedom of navigation and the free flow of commerce, Carter said.
"Together, our nations favor peaceful resolutions to disputes and oppose coercion and infringement on well-established international norms, especially in the face of rising tensions in the East and South China Sea," he said.
The United States will continue to "fly, sail and operate" wherever international law allows, explaining that, the "South China Sea is not and will not be an exception."
Anchoring Regional Stability
"The United States stands ready to continue our role as a pivotal security partner in this region, as we have done for over 70 years," Carter said. The strong U.S.-Australia defense partnership will continue to "anchor regional stability and strengthen our capacity in a variety of other areas, including disaster relief, and response to humanitarian crises," he added.
By Lisa Ferdinando
DOD News / Defense Media Activity


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Scream: Did not have a great season rating wise, due to the first few episodes airing at 11 pm. But, ever since its move after episode four it has scored a 0.2 for every episode. That is seven 0.2s. Now, a 0.2 is not a "good" rating, but that is really stable, especially for what the show went through. I've started to think that MTV may give the show another chance for a few reasons. One of those is it is such an iconic series, and MTV may not want to let that go just yet. Another is that it is fairly cheap compared to other shows on MTV. Take The Shannara Chronicles for example. If you've seen the show then you'd know that it is not cheap, but it was renewed at just a decimal point higher than Scream. So, Scream's cheapness could help it earn a renewal. Lastly, it also may squeak a renewal out depending on if MTV counts its streaming views, etc into the mix. The finale airs next week, so there will be a final prediction made.


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There are few films that have proven more troublesome for the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) than Sam Peckinpah's Cornish-set modern western Straw Dogs (1971) with its notorious double rape scene. For those unfamiliar, it tells the story of American professor David Sumner (Dustin Hoffman) arriving in a remote Cornish village with his young wife Amy (Susan George). Given a sabbatical to pursue research, David has come hoping to find peace and quiet in Amy's former home -- a remote farmhouse -- but his appearance stirs resentment and hostility in the tight-knit, patriarchal community. At the same time, Amy's return to her roots sparks the predatory interest of several men in the village, notably her former lover Charlie (Del Henney). The pent-up hostility boils over in a sexual assault: Amy is the victim first of Charlie and then of his friend Scutt (Ken Hutchison). Soon after, a siege of the farmhouse results in the death of a local magistrate who has attempted to intervene. Finally, all five of the villagers besieging the building, including Charlie and Scutt, are killed. Amy and David survive.
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The best view of poetry is to have no view. Dan Chiasson, a contributor to The New Yorker since 2007, teaches English at Wellesley College. His latest book of poems is "Bicentennial." Discover the.
In the countdown to World Poetry Day, we look at how much Anglophone poetry has changed. The market-unaware Indian poet of the 80s, faintly apologetic about writing in English. One wasn't looking.
Ralph Fiennes stars as a horribly burned pilot who recounts a tale of doomed romance to the nurse tending to him in this World War II-era drama. Watch trailers & learn more.
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Daniel Weissbort. best of world poetry in translation. Danny edited MPT for nearly 40 years, transforming what Hughes had intended to be, in his own words, "a fairly scrappy-looking thing" into an.
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2018 was the year that tsundoku entered our cultural vocabulary. It's a Japanese word that doesn't translate cleanly into English but it basically means you buy books and let them pile up unread. The end-of-the-year book lists coming out right now won't help any of us with our tsundoku.
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This essay is excerpted from the introduction to The Best American Poetry 2018. No one in an Ivy League English department would have predicted the current vogue of teen poetry and pop verse novels.
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I grew up surrounded by 18th and 19th century French poets, and it is only recently that I have felt sufficiently at home in the English language. my way through a book. Poetry required far.
Annual sales of poetry books are set to surpass £10m for the first time since. Performance poetry has paved the way for some new writers. Best known among the performance poets is Kate Tempest who.
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News from LaPresse today that Pauline Marois wants to prioritize an eastern extension of the Métro's Blue Line towards Anjou, with a planned initial development of three stations in the direction of Lacordaire Boulevard from Saint-Michel station.
No word yet on planned delivery of the project, no timeline though a proposed (and certain to increase) budget of just under $1 billion according to Marvin Rotrand, vice-president of the STM and leader of the Union Montréal party.
For comparison, the three station extension into Laval cost $745 million in 2007.
The Métro's Blue Line is arguably the least effective in the system. Ridership is at its lowest, the trains are shorter and service stops forty-five minutes earlier on this branch. Unlike the other three lines which funnel people from first and second ring suburbs into the urban core, the Blue Line is peripheral and connects two high-density, low-income large residential areas with one of the richest neighbourhoods in the city (in the middle), and not where their jobs might be. Moreover, though it could be useful in funnelling people towards either end of the Orange Line, the number 80, 165, 166 and 535 buses (to name but a few), seem to remain the preferred method to reach the city from the northern inner suburbs. For everything you've ever wanted to know about the design, history, architecture, artwork, and technical aspects pertaining to the Blue Line (and every other line, fasset and component of the Montréal Métro), I recommend clicking here for the excellent Métro de Montréal fansite.
The line was originally conceived to extend past the Orange Line in both directions. Marois' plan is to develop three stations towards the East, and none towards the West (insert mandatory statement about how Anglo needs are being ignored) and eventually build two additional stations terminating at the Galleries d'Anjou. I'm not sure why they'd plan to break the project into two separate developments, but I would assume that the province may want to wait and see if the initial extension drives up usage. This would not be the first time the Blue Line would be built in a separate, disjointed fashion – during the original line's development, it was proposed that the segment connecting Edouard-Montpetit to Parc be cancelled given that ridership in between would be so low. It seems obvious to me that a five-station extension may actually serve to draw a considerably larger number of people, not to mention potentially allow the STM to re-design bus lines to potentially feed an even greater number of people, so why they're planning on cutting it short off the bat is beyond me. The current eastern expansion will serve Rosemont, Saint-Leonard and Anjou, though plans dating back to the late-1970s wanted the Blue Line to extend towards the Northeast with a terminus at Amos (likely at Lacordaire Boulevard) which in turn would have also allowed access to the high-density, low-income neighbourhood of Montréal-Nord. This plan was modified when a Métro line under Pie-IX was proposed that would funnel people down to Pie-IX station on the Green Line. Both proposals were still on the table (even appearing on Métro maps) into the late-1980s, at which point the Liberal Government of Robert Bourassa placed a total moratorium on Métro expansion.
Conceptual rendering for a proposed intermodal station under Edouard-Montpetit
The principle reason for this moratorium was, among others, declining revenues and budgets, not to mention the fact that the heavily truncated Blue Line simply wasn't pulling in new passengers nor did it ease congestion on other parts of the system. Part of the Blue Line's undoing was that, as mentioned previously, it was still preferential and more convenient to use buses to get to and from the city (the 80 and 165 are two of my favourite bus routes; though they're generally packed, if you manage to get a window, a pleasant and exciting voyage awaits). This may not have been the case if a planned inter-modal station at Edouard-Montpetit (connecting to the AMT's Deux-Montagnes line within Mount Royal Tunnel) were completed. The principle technical difficulty was building a train station fifty meters under the existing Métro station, not to mention acquiring high-capacity, high-speed elevators, but the station itself was designed for the higher capacity.
If they had built this crucial component, the Blue Line could have also served to better connect the northern ridge suburbs with the city centre.
Therefore, any move to lengthen the line, east or west, should be done in conjunction with a connection to the Mount Royal Tunnel firmly in mind, so that the Blue Line could finally be used to ease traffic congestion elsewhere in the system.
Also, we'd be wise to voice two other considerations for our elected officials to consider. First, placing a moratorium on moratoriums and segmented construction. If we were to plan Métro development ten or twenty stations at a time instead of in threes or fives, we may be able to save money long-term through bulk purchases of materials, not to mention increasing operational efficiency as the project goes forward. Let's end this self-retarding piecemeal development and plan continuous lines. The Pie-IX proposal, which would link the Olympic Park with Montréal North through Rosemont, Petit-Patrie and Saint-Leonard, should be given top priority for new line construction. Second, we might be wise to consider inter-lining the system so as to allow trains that start on the Blue Line to transfer onto the Orange, so that one could go from Saint-Michel to Bonaventure, or from Outremont Laval without changing trains. This is a very complicated proposal, but it would allow greater flexibility with the system we already have.
A future expansion map including talked about extensions and proposed lines; of all the different proposal maps I've seen, this one still seems very realistic, very useful.
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