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Is 'Field of Dreams' legend 'Shoeless' Joe stuck in baseball purgatory?
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"Field of Dreams" starring Kevin Costner was released April 21, 1989, and remains the most beloved, famous film that has been made in Iowa. The Register is producing a special series of stories and documentaries in time for the movie's 25th anniversary.
The title character of "Shoeless Joe," the story that became "Field of Dreams," is Chicago White Sox outfielder "Shoeless" Joe Jackson — so nicknamed after he played a minor-league game wearing only socks because his new cleats had given him blisters. Even Babe Ruth praised Jackson, who accumulated a lifetime .356 batting average, as the "greatest natural hitter" he had ever seen.
But Jackson also was among the eight teammates banned from baseball in 1921 for the infamous "Black Sox" scandal — an alleged scheme to lose the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds for bribes. But with fresh analysis of the historical record there has been sustained effort through the decades to exonerate Jackson, reinstate him to baseball and make him eligible for the Hall of Fame.
None other than Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin personally lobbied Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig in 1999 on behalf of Jackson. Selig at that time promised to review the case.
And that review apparently drags on 15 years later. Selig's office released the following statement this month in response to an inquiry for an update on Jackson:
"1. It is, of course, almost 95 years old (1919 World Series), and there is a lot of work to do to investigate the matter. None of Commissioner Selig's predecessors have saw it fit to reinstate Shoeless Joe Jackson but we continue to review this situation.
"2. The Baseball Writers of America are the voting body who determine who is elected into the Hall of Fame each year. However, under the current Hall of Fame rules, before Shoeless Joe could be considered he would need to be reinstated into the game of baseball."
When it comes to Jackson's official status with baseball, the more appropriate question for the legend's fans to ask might be, "Is this purgatory?"


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Sencha Targets Web, Mobile with JavaScript
By David Ramel
Web development tool specialist Sencha Inc. is the latest vendor to target cross-platform app creation with one JavaScript code base.
The company is melding and enhancing two of its dev tools into one package designed to extend Web apps from the desktop to various mobile devices including tablets and smartphones, complete with touch-screen capabilities.
The upcoming Sencha Ext JS 6.0 JavaScript application framework will be combined with Sencha Touch, an HTML5 UI framework for creating mobile Web apps that support touch events and gestures on tablets and smartphones. Web apps built with the present version -- Sencha Ext JS 5.0 -- don't support smartphones.
In addition to smartphone support, the combined package will support both Model-View-Controller (MVC) and Model View-ViewModel (MVVM) architectural patterns, providing two-way data binding and a unified code base for data packaging, events, gestures, dynamic loading, utility classes and other functionalities.
"By providing a single JavaScript framework, Sencha Ext JS 6.0 delivers on the promise and enables developers to move applications from traditional desktop devices, including both modern and legacy browsers, to touch-screen devices such as tablets, touchscreen laptops and the most common smartphone platforms (iOS, Android, BlackBerry and Windows) with little to no modification to the existing code base," the company said in a statement today. "Now, enterprises can target a wide range of applications from one code base and extend the deployment lifecycle of these applications at minimal cost."
Sencha is known for its suite of mobile development tools targeting different platforms with an HTML5-based approach where the browser is the application platform. That's contrasted with other mobile approaches where separate native apps are built for each target, or where hybrid apps use much of the same code base and are customized for separate platforms through different means, such as wrapping them in containers that access native functionality through JavaScript API calls or compiling/interpreting them to separate native apps.
Sencha provides an extensive library of UI and other components for accessing native functionality and can leverage its Sencha CMD lifecycle management tool to package apps in native formats for inclusion on app stores such as Google Play for Android and the Apple store for iOS apps.
"A recurring problem in the enterprise world is developing and maintaining engaging applications across multiple platforms at reasonable cost," the company quoted IDC analyst Al Hilwa as saying. "As the number of different devices proliferate in the workplace, enterprises are gravitating towards application platforms that allow them to create, deploy and manage applications across multiple browsers, OSes and devices."
The Redwood City, Calif.-based Sencha said Ext JS 6.0 will be available in June. One-year license prices for Ext JS 5.0 start at $3,225 for up to five developers and $12,495 for up to 20 developers.
David Ramel is an editor and writer for Converge360.

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Kite Pharma Inc (KITE), CoStar Group Inc (CSGP) And MiMedx Group Inc (MDXG): Top Stock Picks Of Len Potter
Published on May 11, 2015 at 2:37 pm by Serkan Unal in Hedge Funds,News
Leonard A. Potter founded Wildcat Capital Management in 2011 for managing the investment portfolios of David Bonderman's family and friends. Assets under management (AUM) of the fund is $1.03 billion. The fund filed its most recent 13F for the reporting period of March 31, on May 11. According to this filing the fund held 11 long positions and 13 positions total, with the value of the equity portfolio being $258.06 million. Kite Pharma Inc (NASDAQ:KITE), CoStar Group Inc (NASDAQ:CSGP), MiMedx Group Inc (NASDAQ:MDXG) and LPL Financial Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:LPLA) were among the top stock holdings of Wildcat Capital Management at the end of first quarter of 2015.
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Kite Pharma Inc (NASDAQ:KITE) is the largest stock holding of Wildcat Capital Management. The position in the company consisted of 2.36 million shares valued at $136.01 million, which constituted a hefty 52.71% of the fund's 13F portfolio as of the end of the first quarter. The position remained unchanged throughout the first quarter. Kite Pharma Inc (NASDAQ:KITE) is a $2.51 billion biotechnology company which produces and sells cancer immunotherapy products. The company has returned 93.97% since its IPO on June 23, 2014. Kite Pharma Inc (NASDAQ:KITE)'s treatment strategy is to use patients' own cells and harness them to combat the affliction. The company has one product in stage two testing and another in stage one testing, with its other four products planned to enter stage one sometime in 2015. Kite Pharma is aiming for a 2017 launch for its first treatment, should all go according to plan. According to its most recent financial reports for the fourth quarter of 2014, Kite Pharma has a net cash position of $209.30 million and total stockholder equity is $362.59 million. Recently, Marc Better, Vice President of the company, sold 9,000 shares at an average share price of $50.70. George Soros' Soros Fund Management and Oleg Nodelman's Ecor1 Capital were other prominent investors of the company at the end of 2014.
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Kissinger: No Military Victory in Iraq
Military victory is no longer possible in Iraq, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said in a television interview broadcast Sunday. In a wide ranging interview on British Broadcasting Corp. television, Kissinger presented a bleak vision of Iraq, saying the U.S. government must enter into dialogue with Iraq's regional neighbors – including Iran – if any progress is to be made in the region. Military victory is no longer possible in Iraq, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said in a television interview broadcast Sunday. Full Story


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Q: Aggregation solution Django I am trying to get the total for sold products, here is the code:
models.py
class Ventas(models.Model):
  codigoventa = models.CharField(max_length=7, unique=True)
  codigocliente = models.ForeignKey('Clientes')
  Fecha_registro = models.DateTimeField("Fecha de edicion", auto_now_add=True)
  totalventa = models.DecimalField(max_digits=10, decimal_places = 2)
  codigosucursal = models.ForeignKey('Sucursales')
  totalventa = models.IntegerField()

  def __unicode__(self):
      return self.codigoventa

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 def ventas_anio(request):
        ventas = Ventas.objects.all().aggregate(total_payment=Sum('totalventa'))

        return render_to_response('ventasanual.html',{'datos':ventas}, context_instance=RequestContext(request))

I am not able to use this view.

A: ventas = Ventas.objects.aggregate(total_payment=Sum('totalventa'))
I think it should work perfectly if you have data in your respective database.
Output for this will be a dictionary.
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Nassau Coliseum's rich wrestling history
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By Alfonso Castillo January 31, 2011 5:46 PM
WWE returns to the Nassau Coliseum Tuesday night for a taping of Friday Night Smackdown. Tickets are still available at TicketMaster and the Coliseum box office.
On the heels of Alberto Del Rio's big win at the Royal Rumble, the show is sure to be newsworthy. And the Coliseum is no stranger to big wrestling news. For nearly 30 years, Nassau Coliseum has played host to hundreds of wrestling shows ranging from WCW Monday Nitro all the way to WrestleMania (or at least a third of it.)
I first ran this history of wrestling at Nassau Coliseum in 2008, heading into the venue hosting the 2008 Great American Bash. I've updated it with a few more highlights from the last couple years.
. The Nassau Coliseum, built in 1972, was a regular stop for the-then World Wide Wrestling Federation throughout the 1970s, and hosted numerous title defenses between WWWF Champion Bruno Sammartino and opponents including Bobby Duncam, Butcher Vachon, Spiros Arion and the Wolfman.
. In 1977, Gorilla Monsoon won a battle royal at the Coliseum to challenge WWWF Champion Billy Graham for his title later that night. "The Superstar" retained his belt.
. In 1984, the Coliseum hosted one of the first in a now-legendary series in the bloody feud between Sgt. Slaughter and the Iron Sheik.
. On May 10, 1985, the very first Saturday Night's Main Event was held at the Nassau Coliseum, and headlined by WWF Champion Hulk Hogan defending his title against Bob Orton Jr.
. On April 7, 1986, The first third of WrestleMania 2, which took place in three different cities, was held at the Coliseum. The Undiondale portion of the card included Savage defending his Intercontinental title against George Steele, and Roddy Piper battling Mr. T in a boxing match.
. The first entire wrestling pay per view to be held at the Nassau Coliseum took place on Jan. 24, 1988 and, incidentally, was NOT a WWE product. Rather, the Coliseum was home to the first and only NWA Bunkhouse Stampede pay per view, which featured Ric Flair defending the NWA World championship against Road Warrior Hawk, and Dusty Rhodes winning the Bunkhouse Stampede match.
. Speaking of bunkhouses, the Coliseum used to regularly be the site of WWF's once-annual Bunkhouse Brawl battle royals, in which contestants fought in their street clothes and weapons were allowed. I attended the 1990 version in which Roddy Piper donned a hockey mask and chainsaw to clear out the ring and win the match.
. On August 2, 1991, the WWF broke from its usual house show tour routine and featured the unusual main event of WWF Champion Hulk Hogan defending his title against virtual jobber The Warlord (managed by Slick) at the Coliseum. Suffice to say, Hogan won.
. In the spring of 1992, Savage defended his newly-won WWF World title against Ric Flair in a rematch of their spectacular WrestleMania VIII match. With WWF battling the controversy of a drug and sex scandal at the time, the Coliseum was about a quarter full.
. In May of 1994, WWF held a house show at the Coliseum that included WWF champion Bret Hart defeating Owen Hart. Six weeks later, across the street from the Coliseum, Vince McMahon would stand trial on federal drug charges. He was acquitted.
. With WWF's "Attitude Era" boon still several months away, in December 1996 the WWF featured a main event match in which Shawn Michaels took on up and comer "Stone Cold" Steve Austin at a Nassau house show. The match would headline one of the most important shows in wrestling history, WrestleMania XIV, two years later.
. In 1998, the long held WWF stronghold on the Coliseum was loosened when WCW, at the peak of its popularity, invaded the Nassau Coliseum for Monday Nitro. Fans camped out over night for tickets to the event. Eric Bischoff and Miss Elizabeth signed autographs for the die-hards who waited in line. The Novermber was headlined by Kevin Nash & Lex Luger taking on The Giant & Scott Hall, and Goldberg squashing Meng.
. On December 29, 1997, Monday Night Raw (then known as RAW is WAR) debuted at the Nassau Coliseum, and featured Owen Hart defeating Shawn Michaels by disqualification. It also featured the first appearance of "Chainsaw" Charlie (a.k.a. Terry Funk)
. The Coliseum saw its first crowning of a champion in the WWF in October 1998 when Ken Shamrock defeated X-Pac in the finals of a tournament to decide the new Intercontinental champion.
. In June of 1999, WWF held a rare live Sunday Night Heat show at the Coliseum headlined by Chyna beating Val Venis to qualify for the King of the Ring tournament.
. On October 5, 1999, the Coliseum hosted its first even Smackdown! television taping. The event was marred by tragedy when a botched powerbomb during a match between D-Lo Brown and Darren Drozdov left Droz paralyzed.
. Hulk Hogan battled Ric Flair in the main event of a WCW Monday Nitro held on Valentine's Day 2000 at the Coliseum. I chose attending the show over spending the evening with my then-girlfriend. Somehow, she still married me.
. Long Island's own Vince Russo captured the WCW world championship in a cage match against Booker T at a September, 2000 edition of Nitro held at the Coliseum. Also on the card, Mark Jindrak and Sean O'Haire won a battle royal to capture the WCW tag team championship. I believe this was WCW's last show in Nassau.
. The WCW World title would change hands again at the Coliseum over a year later - at a WWF show. Months after WWF bought WCW, The Rock beat Chris Jericho to capture the title on a November 2001 edition of Raw. On the same episode, Edge lost the Intercontinental title to Test.
. On August 26, 2002, WWE held a pay per view in its entirety for the first time at the Nassau Coliseum when it brought SummerSlam to Long Island. The spectacular card featured Shawn Michaels returning from a five-year hiatus to battle Triple H, and Brock Lesnar defeating the Rock for the WWE championship. In true Long Island tradition, fans cheered the bad guy.
. After walking out on WWE months earlier during a creative dispute, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin returned to Raw on March 3, 2003 in the Coliseum, and started laying the groundwork for his final WWE match against the Rock at WrestleMania XIX.
. Vince McMahon ruffled some feathers when he interrupted an August 31, 2003 house show match between Rhyno and Tajiri because he felt it was too boring.
. Intercontinental Champion Randy Orton retained his title against Rob Van Dam in the main event of a January Monday Night Raw in 2004.
. The Undertaker defeated Kurt Angle in the main event of a March, 2005 card - the last house show to be held at the Coliseum.
. WWE newcomer Montel Vontavius Porter continued his ascent up the cards by defeating Kane in a cage match taped in November, 2006 at the Coliseum for Friday Night Smackdown!.
. Mark Henry won the first ever "Monster Mash" four-man battle royal in a Halloween-themed edition of ECW taped at the Coliseum last October.
. WWE's June 2008 Great American Bash pay per view featured Long Island natives Zack Ryder & Curt Hawkins winning the WWE tag team title, Natalya becoming the first ever WWE Diva's champion, and Triple-H retaining the WWE title against Edge in the main event.
. On February 27, 2009, WWE ran its first house show in four years at the Coliseum, headlined by the babyface dream team of Shawn Michaels, Triple-H and John Cena defeating Randy Orton, Chris Jericho and Vladimir Kozlov.
. An August, 2009 taping of Friday Night Smackdown at the Coliseum featured Jeff Hardy taking on C.M. Punk in the main event, with a returning Matt Hardy as the special referee.
. The first ever Fatal 4-Way pay per view was held in the Coliseum on Father's Day, 2010, and featured two world title changes. Rey Mysterio captured his second world heavyweight title by beating Jack Swagger, The Big Show and C.M. Punk. And Sheamus won his second WWE championship in a four-way match that included John Cena, Randy Orton and Edge.
. Pee Wee Herman and The Miz had one of the year's most memorable verbal jousts during the November 1, 2010 edition of Monday Night Raw, held at the Coliseum. Herman went on to win a Slammy for his performance in the ring.
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Out-of-contract Ryan Donaldson admits he'd be "silly" not to consider a new deal at Hartlepool United.
Pools' stand-in skipper is one of a number of high-profile players who could find themselves without a club this summer, with Donaldson's two-year deal coming to an end in June.
And the former Newcastle United midfielder has revealed he'd be more than happy to extend his stay at the Super 6 Stadium under manager Craig Hignett.
"I certainly would like to stay," said the 27-year-old.
"I knew when I signed it would be difficult, probably not as difficult as it has been mind.
"If you are here when this club turns around it will be a great place to play.
"I want to be here but all I can is get my head down, stay fit, play and try and win as many games as possible.
"If they put an offer to me I would be silly not to look at it.
Donaldson has been Pools' Mr Consistent this season, slotting into a number of key roles in the starting XI across the campaign.
It's that form, versatility and the player's fiery streak which saw manager Hignett trust the player with the armband in Pools' win over Braintree Town last time out.
"It was a surprise," said Donaldson, who is likely to hand back duties to Carl Magnay against Leyton Orient this weekend.
"I was just getting changed and Ged (McNamee) came over to me to say 'the gaffer wants you to take them out today'.
"My first question was 'what do I have to do?' I have not done anything like that since I was at under-18s at Newcastle.
"I had to do teamsheets, meet the ref, I didn't know what was going on," he joked.
"It was a different experience. It doesn't change how you play but I enjoyed it.
"Captaining this team, this club, I didn't feel it til after but I was very proud.
All joking aside it's hard to imagine a Hartlepool United team without Donaldson in it - he's been so key to the team's play.
Left-back, right-back, central midfield, winger - if Donaldson's been asked he's produced the goods.
Being Pools' Jack of all trades is one Donaldson is happy to accept, but he says it's a double-edged sword.
"It is a double edged sword. I think my versatility has been a help and a hindrance in my career so far," he said.
"I have always played but maybe not quite always nailed down a position.
"If I went to the gaffer and said I only wanted to play one position, I don't think that reflects well. It is a problem but a nice problem.
"I want to do well, wherever I play. And I think I have done that this season.
"I have been fit most of the season which has helped. I feel like I have taken on a bit more responsibility in the team this year, mostly because I have not had too many injuries.
When pushed on where he sees himself playing, in an ideal world, at Pools, it's probably the spot where he ended the day against Braintree - out on the right of a five.
"It is probably my preference to play out wide," he said.
Pools take on top of the table Leyton Orient at the Super 6 Stadium tomorrow. Kick off is at 3pm.


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By Michael Sauter
October 19, 1999 at 04:00 AM EDT
Seeing a slaphappy Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence mugging on the video box, you might think that their prison comedy Life is a real laugh riot — you know, like the Richard Pryor-Gene Wilder romp "Stir Crazy." Actually, it feels like "The Shawshank Redemption" played for gentle chuckles, more concerned with touching your heart than busting your gut.
Beginning in 1932 — when first-time bootleggers Ray Gibson (Murphy) and Claude Banks (Lawrence) get framed for murder and sentenced to life at a Mississippi prison farm — the film spans more than 65 years of incarcerated odd-couple bonding. But what starts out comically contentious grows increasingly rueful as smooth operator Ray gets worn down by decades of thwarted escapes, and straitlaced Claude, a law-abiding citizen until he met Ray, gradually resigns himself to an existence without pardon or parole. As "Life" goes on, you realize that neither will be stopping the show for any easy laughs.
Murphy and Lawrence's fussin', feudin' rapport is the very soul of "Life," a film that sometimes overreaches for effect — like one inmate's suicidal dash for freedom — but is most successful as the funny/sad tale of two old-timers who survive on the strength of their grudging friendship. It's hardly Murphy's best movie (although it may be Lawrence's), but it might prove an important turning point: as the film in which Eddie Murphy started taking his costars — and himself — seriously again.
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This dataset created in April 2017 contains information about geographic locations of interconnection facilities, and autonomous systems (ASes) that have peering interconnections at those facilities. We describe the methodology of mapping peering interconnections to interconnection facilities (and in some cases to Internet eXchange points - IXPs).
Figure 1. World map of AS facilities identified in this data set.
Figure 2. Interconnection facilities host routers of many different networks and partner with IXPs to support different types of interconnection, such as cross-connects (private peering over dedicated medium), public peering (peering established over shared switching fabric), tethering (private peering using VLAN on shared switching fabric), and remote peering (transport to IXP provided by reseller).
Interconnection facility: a physical location (a building or part of one) that supports interconnection of networks. These facilities lease customers secure space to locate and operate network equipment. They also provide power, cooling, fire protection, dedicated cabling to support different types of network connection, and in many cases administrative support. Most interconnection facilities are carrier-neutral, although some are operated by carriers. In large communication hubs, such as in large cities, an interconnection facility operator may operate multiple facilities in the same city, and connect them, so that networks participating at one facility can access networks at another facility in the same city.
Internet Exchange Point (IXP): a physical infrastructure composed of layer-2 Ethernet switches, where participating networks can interconnect their routers using the switch fabric. Each IXP has one or more core switches. IXPs partner with interconnection facilities in the city where they operate, and install access switches at those facilities, connecting these switches to the core switch. Routers owned by members of an IXP may be located at different facilities associated with the same IXP.
Private Peering with Cross-connect uses a dedicated piece of circuit-switched network equipment that physically connects the interfaces of two networks present at the interconnection facility.
Public Peering (also referred to as Public Interconnect) is an interconnection between two members of an IXP via the IXP's switch fabric.
Private Interconnects over IXP (tethering) establishes a point-to-point virtual private line over the IXP's public switch fabric.
Remote Peering leverages transport networks to connect one's router to the IXP via an Ethernet-over-MPLS connection. In this way, one can peer with members at the facility without deploying (and maintaining) hardware there.
Figure 3. Overview of the interconnection-to-facility mapping process. Using a large set of traceroutes toward the target ASes, we aliased the gathered IP addresses to routers and then mapped routers to ASes. This data and the constructed list of interconnection facilities for each AS and IXP constituted the input into the Constrained Facility Search algorithm.
Figure 3 depicts the overall methodology (detailed in Mapping Peering Interconnections to a Facility, 2015) and datasets used by the interconnection-to-facility inference process. In the first step, we extract the following information from a public data source (e.g., PeeringDB database): a list of interconnection facilities, their locations, and AS membership at each of these facilities. We complement geographic information available from PeeringDB with coordinate and population data from the Geoname geolocation database. We use CAIDA's AS-to-Organization dataset to find which ASes administratively belong to the same organization. Finally, we cull a list of prefixes belonging to the ASes in the PeeringDB data using AS-to-prefix mapping inferred from CAIDA's AS Relationships data set.
The second step requires conducting (or using archived) traceroute probing specifically targeting IP addresses belonging to the prefixes identified in the first step. We map each observed IP interface to an AS using CAIDA's AS Rank's prefix-to-AS map. We also perform alias resolution, i.e., collapse IP interfaces into routers, with CAIDA's MIDAR tool, and assign AS ownership to the inferred routers. The alias resolution process increases the accuracy of our IP-to-AS mappings, and provides additional constraints for mapping interfaces to facilities. Finally, this topology data, combined with the inferred mapping of ASes and IXPs to candidate facilities, becomes an input into our iterative Constraint Facilities Search algorithm that progressively narrows down the possible set of facility locations of a given interconnection relationship.
This AS-to Facilities dataset was derived using measurement data collected in March-April 2017. It includes the following files.
Except for the "asn" attribute, all other attributes are optional for the "far-end" node, depending on the peering type. For private cross-connects, the facility remains the same as the near end. We include the facility data of the "far-end" for private tethering only if we have inferred it.
The file asn-to-facilities.json contains the PeeringDB map of ASes to interconnection facilities.
"facility_id" : "ntt data dojima"
The file facilities.json contains the information about individual interconnection facilities. Not all facilities have all fields.
The file geonames.json contains a copy of the geonames cities used by the facilities. Documentation of these fields is in the Geoname's README file.
Also, please report your publication using this dataset to CAIDA.


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Molly Prince, the CEO of Close Protection UK, told Channel 4 News she was "at the end of her tether" and had hired the publicist Max Clifford to represent her in the media.
Ms Prince has been under fire for days, after it emerged her company had bussed in 30 jobless workers to work for free stewarding the Queen's Diamond Jubilee pageant on Sunday.
The stewards, it was claimed, were abandoned under London Bridge in the early hours of the morning, and were not given accommodation, food or toilet facilities. The company admitted things had gone wrong which it blamed on a "logistical error".
The story has led to calls for an inquiry by former deputy prime minister Lord John Prescott.
Molly Prince asked Max Clifford to represent her after it emerged on the website politicalscrapbook.net that she had a previous conviction for perverting the course of justice, dating back to the mid-90s.
Mr Clifford released a statement late Friday detailing the events that led to Ms Prince's conviction, for which she received a 12-month suspended sentence.
"The incident happened in the mid-90s when Molly was running a pub in Milnsbridge, Yorkshire. A barmaid who worked for her at the time arrived at the pub bleeding, having been very badly beaten by her boyfriend.
"Molly asked her to stay at the pub, but the barmaid wanted to go home, so Molly gave her a lift. Two locals who were in the pub accompanied Molly and the barmaid in the car. The barmaid's boyfriend was hiding in the alley next to her house and the two men who accompanied Molly chased him. This was all that Molly witnessed.
"The two men returned 15 minutes later and said he had got away. Molly drove back to the pub with the two men in her car. The next day, the police arrived at her pub and told her that the barmaid's boyfriend had been badly assaulted.
"The barmaid was with her boyfriend in hospital and told the police that Molly had taken the men to her house. The police informed Molly she was going to be charged alongside the two men.
"The men confirmed to the police in their statement that Molly had nothing to do with the assault. The police asked Molly to give evidence about events she had not witnessed.
"Molly agreed to plead guilty to perverting the course of justice at the crown court at the start of the trial to bring an end to the matter, on the advice of her barrister at the time. With hindsight, she admits this was the wrong thing to do."
The statement went on:
"Serious allegations are being made by many people that are unfair to Molly, a hard-working single mother who is trying to get on with her life. Some are trying to make political capital out of this but Molly can and will prove these allegations to be untrue and very damaging, not just for her but for her team who mean so much to her. Molly is now seeking legal advice."
Her company is also under pressure from the organisers of the jubilee pageant, however.
The Thames Diamond Jubilee Foundation, which organised the event, said it asked London-based security-provider Show and Event Security to investigate the claims.
"We have asked Show and Event Security to investigate the claims and report back to us," the foundation said in a statement to Channel 4 News. "It is disappointing that anyone employed in any connection with this event has experienced problems of this nature."
Channel 4 News has also learnt that Close Protection UK is facing a separate investigation into its handling of the jubilee pageant by the three "prime" organisations that run the Work Programme in the south west.
Prospects, JobFit and JHP are working together to investigate whether the charity Tomorrow's People, who are subcontracted under the government's work programme to help the jobless, undertook due dilligence in their dealings with Close Protection UK.
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Close Protection UK has several significant contracts to prove security and stewarding at major events. Aside from its role in the jubilee pageant, the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games confirmed the company has a contract to provide 200 fire stewards for the events. Although the value of this contract has not been disclosed, sources told Channel 4 News it was thought to be worth hundreds of thousands of pounds.
Channel 4 News has also learned that the company is a subcontractor for G4S, the main company responsible for security at the games. A G4S spokesman said Close Protection UK had won a contract to provide 25 stewards to work at sailing events at Weymouth and Portland.
G4S said Close Protection UK was a member of the British Security Industry Association, and were therefore an approved contractor which did not require further vetting.
The former deputy prime minister, the Labour peer Lord Prescott, wrote to Home Secretary Theresa May demanding a full investigation into whether proper checks were carried out into the company before it was awarded lucrative contracts.
Lord Prescott told Channel 4 News: "This is really beginning to smell now. This proves the government and the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games didn't do due diligence on Molly Prince and CPUK when they awarded the firm the pageant security and Olympic fire marshalling contracts. I await the home secretary's urgent response to my calls for an investigation into this matter."
Lord Prescott told Channel 4 News he is also concerned that Ms Prince had been involved in several companies that had been dissolved in recent years.
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June 16th, 2011, Academia, Civil Society, English, Europe, Europe, France, French, Law and Human Rights, Migration and Integration, Paris, Think tank/Research center
Dr. Virginie Guiraudon is Research Professor at the National Center for Scientific Research based at the Center for European Studies of Sciences-Po Paris.
Area of Expertise: Civil Society, Law and Human Rights, Migration and Integration
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February 8th, 2010, Arabic, Author/Novelist, English, Europe, Europe, Law and Human Rights, Moscow, North Africa and Middle East, Religion, Russia, Russia, Russian, Think tank/Research center, War and Conflict
Professor Vitaly Naumkin is the president of the International Center for Strategic and Political Studies, Moscow, and an internationally renowned scholar on the Arab and Muslim worlds from ancient to modern times. He is also known for his work on international relations, strategic studies, Islamic Studies, conflict management and resolution, and Eurasian Studies.
Area of Expertise: Law and Human Rights, Religion, War and Conflict
Languages: Arabic, English, Russian
Field of Work: Author/Novelist, Think tank/Research center
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Senior Fellow, World Policy Institute
December 7th, 2010, Civil Society, Development, English, German, Latin America and the Caribbean, New York, North America, North America, Spanish, Subsaharan Africa, Think tank/Research center, USA
William Powers hails from Long Island, NY and has worked for over a decade in development aid and conservation in Latin America, Africa, Washington, D.C., and Native North America. He is currently based in New York City, and is freelance writer, speaker, and senior fellow at the the World Policy Institute.
Area of Expertise: Civil Society, Development
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Q: Errors when trying to install a Conda Environment When attempting to install a Conda environment , i am hit with a huge series of errors.  It seems that I have a lot of conflicts, but not sure exactly what i should delete / change / etc to fix it .
UnsatisfiableError: The following specifications were found to be incompatible with each other:

Package python conflicts for:
pip -> wheel -> setuptools -> certifi[version='>=2016.09'] -> python[version='>=2.7,<2.8.0a0,>=3.5,<3.6.0a0,>=3.7,<3.8.0a0']
matplotlib=3.0.0 -> numpy -> mkl_random -> python[version='>=3.5,<3.6.0a0']
nb_conda -> nb_conda_kernels[version='>=2.0.0'] -> notebook[version='>=4.2.0'] -> prometheus_client -> twisted -> service_identity -> attrs[version='>=16.0.0'] -> hypothesis -> enum34 -> python[version='>=2.7,<2.8.0a0']
numpy=1.15.2 -> mkl_random -> python[version='>=3.5,<3.6.0a0']
python=3.5
scipy=1.1.0 -> numpy[version='>=1.11.3,<2.0a0,>=1.15.1,<2.0a0'] -> mkl_random -> python[version='>=3.5,<3.6.0a0']
Package setuptools conflicts for:
scipy=1.1.0 -> numpy[version='>=1.11.3,<2.0a0,>=1.15.1,<2.0a0'] -> mkl_random -> python[version='>=3.5,<3.6.0a0'] -> pip -> wheel -> setuptools
numpy=1.15.2 -> mkl_random -> python[version='>=3.5,<3.6.0a0'] -> pip -> wheel -> setuptools
nb_conda -> nb_conda_kernels[version='>=2.0.0'] -> notebook[version='>=4.2.0'] -> prometheus_client -> twisted -> service_identity -> attrs[version='>=16.0.0'] -> hypothesis -> enum34 -> python[version='>=2.7,<2.8.0a0'] -> pip -> wheel -> setuptools
pip -> wheel -> setuptools
matplotlib=3.0.0 -> numpy -> mkl_random -> python[version='>=3.5,<3.6.0a0'] -> pip -> wheel -> setuptools
python=3.5 -> pip -> wheel -> setuptools
Package certifi conflicts for:
pip -> wheel -> setuptools -> certifi[version='>=2016.09']
matplotlib=3.0.0 -> numpy -> mkl_random -> python[version='>=3.5,<3.6.0a0'] -> pip -> wheel -> setuptools -> certifi[version='>=2016.09']
nb_conda -> nb_conda_kernels[version='>=2.0.0'] -> notebook[version='>=4.2.0'] -> prometheus_client -> twisted -> service_identity -> attrs[version='>=16.0.0'] -> hypothesis -> enum34 -> python[version='>=2.7,<2.8.0a0'] -> pip -> wheel -> setuptools -> certifi[version='>=2016.09']
scipy=1.1.0 -> numpy[version='>=1.11.3,<2.0a0,>=1.15.1,<2.0a0'] -> mkl_random -> python[version='>=3.5,<3.6.0a0'] -> pip -> wheel -> setuptools -> certifi[version='>=2016.09']
numpy=1.15.2 -> mkl_random -> python[version='>=3.5,<3.6.0a0'] -> pip -> wheel -> setuptools -> certifi[version='>=2016.09']
python=3.5 -> pip -> wheel -> setuptools -> certifi[version='>=2016.09']
Package wheel conflicts for:
numpy=1.15.2 -> mkl_random -> python[version='>=3.5,<3.6.0a0'] -> pip -> wheel
nb_conda -> nb_conda_kernels[version='>=2.0.0'] -> notebook[version='>=4.2.0'] -> prometheus_client -> twisted -> service_identity -> attrs[version='>=16.0.0'] -> hypothesis -> enum34 -> python[version='>=2.7,<2.8.0a0'] -> pip -> wheel
pip -> wheel
python=3.5 -> pip -> wheel
matplotlib=3.0.0 -> numpy -> mkl_random -> python[version='>=3.5,<3.6.0a0'] -> pip -> wheel
scipy=1.1.0 -> numpy[version='>=1.11.3,<2.0a0,>=1.15.1,<2.0a0'] -> mkl_random -> python[version='>=3.5,<3.6.0a0'] -> pip -> wheel
Package pip conflicts for:
nb_conda -> nb_conda_kernels[version='>=2.0.0'] -> notebook[version='>=4.2.0'] -> prometheus_client -> twisted -> service_identity -> attrs[version='>=16.0.0'] -> hypothesis -> enum34 -> python[version='>=2.7,<2.8.0a0'] -> pip
matplotlib=3.0.0 -> numpy -> mkl_random -> python[version='>=3.5,<3.6.0a0'] -> pip
pip
numpy=1.15.2 -> mkl_random -> python[version='>=3.5,<3.6.0a0'] -> pip
python=3.5 -> pip
scipy=1.1.0 -> numpy[version='>=1.11.3,<2.0a0,>=1.15.1,<2.0a0'] -> mkl_random -> python[version='>=3.5,<3.6.0a0'] -> pip

A: Apparently the Environment I was trying to set up had a single line that was hanging things up for me, namely
conda install -c anaconda nb_conda

By walking through each environment requirement line by line I was able to get this to work and didn't have to uninstall or change anything

A: Apart from base environment create a new environment


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By Your Side Appeal
Can you help support our appeal to enhance family accommodation for children and babies cared for at Hull Royal Infirmary?
Hull Hospitals are here, by your side, when you need them from the delivery of exceptional care to supporting families and loved ones. They are a team we can truly depend on when we need them most. Many of us will have our own story to tell on how hospital staff have touched our lives and gone above and beyond to make a difference.
WISHH Charity, the official charity of Hull Hospitals, has launched a new 'By Your Side Appeal' to raise £40,000 to enhance parental accommodation as part of a major redevelopment project at Hull Royal Infirmary. The project includes expanding the number of family rooms for parents and carers of the area's sickest children that are being cared for at the hospital.
Each year, Hull University Teaching Hospitals provides care for approximately 49,000 babies, children and young people with a variety of health problems, conditions, and other childhood illnesses. They range from those who are critically ill and who stay in the High Dependency Unit for care with cancer, complex needs or other significant disabilities, as well as premature babies cared for within the Neonatal Unit. A number of these babies and children need to stay in hospital for an extended period of time, placing additional pressures on their families.
It has been a long-term ambition of Hull Hospitals to expand upon the provision of accommodation for parents and carers, which will enable them to stay close by the side of their child whilst their child is receiving treatment. The development project will double the existing capacity from four to nine family rooms. The WISHH Charity is asking members of our community, local businesses and fundraisers to get involved in this appeal to ensure the new rooms provided are as welcoming and comfortable as possible for families, to include furnishings and distraction items for siblings, making it a home-from home environment, during such challenging times.
The campaign launch has received a fantastic start with Home Bargains providing an initial sum of £12,000 in support. They have committed to continue fundraising across their stores in Hull and Scunthorpe.
Mike McDonald, Area Manager of Home Bargains said, "As a result of the generosity of our customers donating their change at tills in our stores and our staff taking part in fundraising activities, we can make this fantastic donation to kick-start the fundraising for this great appeal. We are delighted to continue our support of this appeal and encourage others to get involved too."
Sister Anne Dalby of Ward 130 and the High Dependency Unit said, "This accommodation will make a massive difference to the families of patients cared for on our ward and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, especially for babies and children needing longer term care and their families who do not live near the hospital. We provide care to babies and children from across Hull, East Riding and the wider region.
The new facilities will enable parents and carers to get a proper rest and a break in tranquil and comfortable surroundings away from the clinical area, yet still be close to their child. The psychological benefits it will provide for families, to be in close proximity to the ward, where a nurse can get them if they are urgently needed will provide reassurance and will have a beneficial impact on the overall mental health and wellbeing of families.
"Due to current Covid restrictions we currently can only accommodate one parent per child and this new facility will enable both parents and carers to be there, taking it in turns to visit the ward and enabling family time. It will also enable siblings and families to come together on special occasions."
Caroline Horler, parent said, "You cannot under estimate the importance of parents' facilities on a children's ward. I have spent many weeks over a period of many years in hospital with my daughter. To be able to recharge your batteries, have a shower and rest whilst always being close to your child makes so much difference and will help alleviate the stress parents are already going through. This facility will also provide space for a parent to spend some time with siblings as not everyone has family support close to hand."
To support the appeal visit our appeal page here. Donations can also be made via cheque made payable to WISHH Charity, posted to WISHH By Your Side Appeal, WISHH Office, First Floor Administration Building, Castle Hill Hospital, Castle Road, Cottingham, HU16 5JQ. Donations can also be made via bank transfer, to do this please contact the WISHH team for further information by email hyp-tr.helloWISHH@nhs.net or by calling us on 01482 622299.
Any amount large or small will be welcomed and help us achieve our target. If, however, you wish to contribute to a specific item, or sponsor a room, this can be arranged. To discuss in more detail please contact Lisa Whitton by email lisa.whitton3@nhs.net or call on the telephone number above.
Background of the scheme
Ward 130 and the Paediatric High Dependency Unit are currently based on the 13th floor of the tower block at Hull Royal Infirmary. The project is part of a major transformation of Hull Royal Infirmary. The new three-story extension at the front of the hospital, in part facilitates the relocation of the paediatric wards to the second floor. This change will not only make access to these wards much easier, but it will also enable paediatric medical staff to move more quickly between the main building to the Women and Children's Hospital.
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DNA identifies nine Australian soldiers fallen at Fromelles
Nine soldiers fallen at the Battle of Fromelles over one hundred years ago have now been formally identified, the Australian Minister for Defence Personnel Darren Chester announced this week.
The Battle of Fromelles, which took place on 19-20 July 1916, was one of the deadliest 24 hours in Australia's history, with more than 5,500 Australian soldiers losing their lives.
After unmarked graves were discovered at Pheasant Wood in May 2006 containing the remains of 250 soldiers, our team of specialist DNA scientists began to work with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and the Australian and British Defence Casualty Units, extracting viable DNA samples from the remains in order to identify the soldiers.
Vic Moore, Commercial DNA Services Manager, LGC, said, "By applying advancing DNA methods, we are honoured to continue to assist the Uncovered War Casualties – Australian Army in regards to the Fromelles World War I identification programme. This year we have been able to provide closure for 9 different families, bringing the total number of soldiers identified at Fromelles to 159 from the 250 soldiers originally recovered at Pheasant Wood, Fromelles.
The soldiers will be honoured at a commemoration ceremony on the 102nd anniversary of the Battle in July, during which new headstones will be unveiled marking their identities for the first time in a century.
Vic continued, "Even after 102 years, being able to provide a name to an unknown grave can have a massive impact to the families, as it allows them to finally know what happened to their loved ones, and know where their final resting place lies."
Since 2009, 159 of the 250 soldiers have been identified, and work continues as Vic and her team carry out analysis on the remaining soldiers.
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It's been about a week and a half since I arrived back on the east coast, and I have some confessions to make.
Being at WDS was such an intense, joyful and fast-paced experience that when I got home, I suffered from a bit of a crash. And when I say "a bit" I mean that I pretty much fell apart for a while. I lost the motivation to do much of anything – everything back home felt washed out, devoid of the crackle of energy and adventure that had pervaded my previous two weeks. I imagine it's why adrenaline junkies keep going out and doing intensely crazy things; once you experience the high, the rest of life kind of pales in comparison.
I came back to dead plants, unpaid bills, searing temperatures, a mountain of unread email… looking at the relative monotony of everyday life, all I wanted to do was curl up under the covers and cry. Why couldn't the rest of the world be as phenomenal as those few days? During that crash, I lost my appreciation for those things I have been cultivating so carefully over the past couple of years. I forgot about my accomplishments, I couldn't see the future in the projects I had in the works – I was wrecked.
From hearing the stories of other folks who were out in Portland this year, I get the impression I wasn't alone. There were lots of great stories from the people who had taken the momentum gained during that weekend and flown out of the gate, grasping life by the reins and bending it to their perfectly planned will. And then, there were the rest of us. We ranged from those who were so inspired by the weekend and the people, but had literally not a clue on which direction they were headed next, to those who had been on paths, but had been momentarily sucked into rough seas, spun about and spit back out, left unsure of what came next (or if the current path was actually the right one).
Last year, I moved to Asheville, NC not long after WDS. This wasn't some grand plan spun during a moment of inspiration at the conference – I had been planning the move since the spring. I think the enormity of that move was enough to give me something to focus on when I got back; it felt like I had a definite direction. I didn't have a real plan, per se, just the idea that I needed to give myself the opportunity for a fresh start, a leaping off point for the adventures that lay ahead.
This year, I specifically didn't have many plans past the conference, because I figured that I would come out of the weekend with some new spark, potentially some new direction.
So here I was, a year later, adrift in the sea of possibilities that lay ahead. And, instead of being super excited about this life I have created – the business that I have been running for just over two years, the local and national organizations I'm involved with, the amazing friends and family who love and support me, the fuzzy dog who was so excited to see me when I got back – I crashed. Hard.
To the other people who feel similarly adrift after WDS, I can only say that you are not alone. I don't know the answer to how we each find our ideal path, but I imagine that it will be different for each of us. I have come to realize that it's not about the knowing – certainty is nice and all, but I think that it's the journey of discovery that ends up being the important part of our lives.
So much of my life over the past several years has been about learning and growing, living passionately, and figuring it out along the way. I may never be completely comfortable with not having the complete picture, but I do know that being able to see every day of the rest of my life is NOT what I'm interested in. I'm learning to love the adventure. So, for now, I'm settling back into the everyday. My dreams are still as big as ever, and I'm figuring out how to make them come true, one day at a time. I hope that you are doing the same.


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Apple Q3 2015: 47.5 Million iPhones Sold, $49.6 Billion in Revenue
by István Fekete – Tue, July 21, 2015
Ahead of the earnings call, analysts gave their best shots to estimate Apple's bread and butter: the number of iPhones sold during the past quarter. Who had it right? Well, the numbers are in, so it's easy to tell: Apple sold 47.5 million iPhones in the June quarter and reported a quarterly revenue of $49.6 billion, with sales generating a net profit of $10.7 billion.
Here is Apple's third fiscal quarter in sales numbers:
– 47.5 million iPhones
– 10.9 million iPads
– 4.8 million Mac computers
"We had an amazing quarter, with iPhone revenue up 59 percent over last year, strong sales of Mac, all-time record revenue from services, driven by the App Store, and a great start for Apple Watch," said Tim Cook, Apple's CEO. "The excitement for Apple Music has been incredible, and we're looking forward to releasing iOS 9, OS X El Capitan and watchOS 2 to customers in the fall."
"In the third quarter our year-over-year growth rate accelerated from the first half of fiscal 2015, with revenue up 33 percent and earnings per share up 45 percent," said Luca Maestri, Apple's CFO. "We generated very strong operating cash flow of $15 billion, and we returned over $13 billion to shareholders through our capital return program."
Apple's latest sales numbers compare to the previous quarter, when the company reported 61.1 million iPhones sold and $58 billion in revenue.
Apple Watch Satisfaction Rates at 97%, Higher Than Original iPhone, iPad


I have been known to go over the board a little for my son's birthday parties. Whether it was dressing up like Spider Man a few years ago or completing our Minecraft birthday party this year, I always like to take our birthday parties up a notch to be memorable for the kids! I even borrowed rope and jumped from the shed to our back deck decked out in my Spidey gear! This isn't work to a mom who loves to be creative, and while other friends may poke fun at my extravagance, I can't help but admit that I'd rather plan childrens' parties than clean my house!
Along with creative parties you always have games, and the majority of the time, my husband and I create these games. Whether it was "Pin the Tail on Humungousaur," where my husband actually hand drew the entire Ben Ten creature and made all the tails, or whether it was a heart toss game I made for my son's school Valentine's Day party- we are DIY party game people!
I love glow-in-the-dark games, and you can read my full post about Glow-In-The-Dark Easter Eggs! Hubby and I decided to piggyback off this idea to create this Glow-In-The-Dark Ring Toss game! It was so simple to make!
(1-2) packages of glow in the dark bracelets. (I purchased mine in the dollar bins at Target).
1. Drill a hole in the center of each 4"x4" piece of wood the same width as your dowel rod.
2. Cut (2) 12" pieces of dowel rod and secure these into the 4"x4" pieces of wood with wood glue.
3. If you want, you can paint the ring toss base in any color, but glow-in-the-dark paint would be the best!
4. Assemble bracelets and start playing!
Here are some links to some other awesome DIY Party Games we've found and pinned to our Pinterest Party Ideas board!
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You will be transferred to the perfectly located hotel, just steps from Red Square and the Kremlin and across the street from the Bolshoi Theater. The rest of the day and evening is at leisure. Time permitting, walk over to brand new Zaryadye park for sweeping views of the Red Square and St. Basil Cathedral.
Take a private guided tour of the city. You will have an appointment to visit the famed Armory Museum, including its vast collection of Imperial Russian artwork. Included in your Kremlin visit today is entry into the Diamond Vaults. Admission to these extraordinaryrooms is by special appointment with the Kremlin, and your guide is not allowed to enter with you. Before leaving the Kremlin, take some time to explore its expansive grounds with your guide. We suggest you don't miss the Assumption Cathedral, where all Russian tsars were crowned. After time to have lunch on your own, explore some of the surrounding neighborhood with your guide — including Red Square, the Imperial Gates, and St. Basil's Cathedral. Later, you may want to experience the fascinating interiors of the Moscow Metro stations, ornately decorated with beautiful paintings, carvings and chandeliers.
Tour the grand Christ the Holy Redeemer Cathedral, which towers over historic Moscow. Later, stroll with the guide across the bridge to the other side of the river, where you will walk through the Graveyard of Fallen Monuments — a collection of some of the sculptures removed from Moscow after the fall of the Soviet era. Afterward, your guide will take you to the New Tretyakov Gallery, an annex of the Tretyakov Gallery. This huge museum is dedicated to Russian art from the early 1900s to the present.
Enjoy the morning at leisure before boarding the luxury, high-speed Sapsan train from Moscow to St. Petersburg. Spend the evening at leisure upon arrival.
Meet your guide for a private walking tour to Palace Square. The focal point of this ensemble is the Winter Palace — an architectural masterpiece of the Russian Baroque and the royal residence of all the Russian Emperors (except Paul) until the 1917 Revolution. In the afternoon, your guide will take you into the stately St. Isaac's Cathedral and the famous Yusupov Palace to learn the story of Rasputin.
Today you will visit Shuvalov Palace's Faberge Museum. This is the most formidable collection in the world of works by this great Russian master craftsman, best known for his celebrated million-dollar Imperial Easter Eggs. You may wish to have lunch today in the village of Pushkin at one of the local restaurants. Later, while visiting Catherine's Palace, you will be invited into the Amber Room workshops where craftsmen rebuilt the famous amber panels lost in World War II.
Today visit Peter Paul Fortress: the birthplace of St. Petersburg. After walking through the many gates and across the bridges and moats, you can begin to feel the late 18th century era that required such fortification. Afterward, you will visit Peterhof Palace ("Russia's Versailles") to see first-hand the palace's countless fountains and gardens.
You will be met in your hotel lobby for a transport to the airport to catch your flight home (or onward).


In this letter, we present the generation, the balanced detection, and the transmission performance evaluation of dual polarization differential quadrature phase shift keying (DP-DQPSK) signals in optical access system integrated with fiber and free-space downlink. Polarization-multip- lexed (POLMUX) technique is introduced in the system for high spectral efficiency access utilization. 10 Gb/s DP-DQPSK downlink signals are successfully transmitted over 50 km SMF-28 and a 800 m wireless optical channel under the bad weather condition, such as fog and haze. The results show that the potentiality of DP-DQPSK optical access system is integrated with fiber and free- space downlink for providing flexible user access with high bandwidth efficiency.
Recently, fiber to the building (FTTB), fiber to the office (FTTO), fiber to the home (FTTH), and fiber to the desk (FTTD) offer "the last mile" solution based on optical access network for different broadband communication services closer to various customers . However, future rapid growth of internet data process and services for mass market customers and business applications puts high capacity demand on optical access systems. As we know, radio over fiber (RoF) system has been researched and it can resolve the scarcity of available bandwidth  . Moreover, RoF can transmit radio frequency (RF) signals over one fiber through performing linear electro-optical conversion and returning the signals to electrical domain at the receiver with the radio format . Though RoF has many advantages, it is not feasible because the up conversion and down conversion between the central office (CO) and the base stations (BSs) with micro- or pico-cellular horn antennas are necessary  , which are very complex and its cost budget is high, since some high-frequency microwave components are essential. The characteristic is not compatible with the current telecommunication transmission network, because the baseband data signals are often transmitted and received in the existing telecommunication transmission system -. Hence, sufficiently high data rate baseband transmission with high bandwidth efficiency and full seamless integration of wired and wireless links is essential. Free space optical communication (FSO) can provide broadband wireless optical connectivity, and FSO link can be especially designed for particularly space access applications in low-population and rural areas, behind mountains, or across rivers, highways and railways between the optical network unit (ONU) and the optical line terminal (OLT) to serve various users, as shown in Figure 1. FSO systems can also minimize size, weight and power (SWaP) while it is integrated in optical access systems. Optical access systems may adopt phase modulation signal as an efficient transmitted signal because it can operate at almost 3 dB lower received optical signal noise ratio (OSNR) . Recently, we demonstrated two types of modulation format which combines the well-known techniques of differential phase shift keying (DPSK), differential quadrature phase shift keying (DQPSK), and multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) wireless transmission for seamless integration of RZ-DPSK-DWDM optical Links with MIMO-OFDM access system  . But, in the above schemes, the optical-electro conversion and the electro-optical conversion are necessary for broadband signals transmission and reception, and the corresponded operation will increase the cost budget. For simplifying the optical-electro configuration close to users, FSO is introduced for achieving "the last mile" access in this scheme. Moreover, compared with the traditional formats such as NRZ, DPSK and DQPSK, the DP-DQPSK signal has higher spectrum efficiency and will achieve high data rate information transmission with lower bandwidth for free space wireless access applications. Hence, DP-DQPSK optical access system integrated with fiber and free-space downlink can offer flexible broadband access.
The setup for the seamless integration of DP-DQPSK optical fiber link with FSO communication system is shown in Figure 2. At the transmitter, a continuous-wave (CW) light beam from a distributed feedback (DFB) laser diode (line-width ~1 MHz, work frequency at 193.1THz) is fed into a polarization splitter. The CW light is divided into equal two parallel optical carriers. For each optical carrier, two cascaded phase modulators (PM1 and PM2, or PM3 and PM4) with π and π/2 phase shift are used to generate QPSK optical signals. 1.25 Gbaud/s original data1anddata 2 are serial to parallel transformed and DQPSK precoded and input four phase modulators respectively to generate two independent DPQSK signals. And then, two DQPSK signals are combined through a polarization splitter combiner to generate a DP-DQPSK signal. Generated 10 Gb/s DP-DQPSK signals are transmitted over one 50-km single mode fiber (SMF)(the fiber input power is 2 dBm) and amplified by one erbium-doped optical fiber amplifier (EDFA1)for compensating the transmission attenuation. We apply commonly used fiber parameters in this work: fiber chromatic dispersion (CD) of 16.1 ps/nm/km, 0.2 dB/km loss, and a nonlinear coefficient of 2.6 × 10−20 m2/W, as shown in Table 1.
Figure 1. Optical access system with fiber and FSO downlink (OLT: optical line terminal; SMF: single mode fiber; ONU: optical network unit).
Figure 2. System configuration (DFB: distributed feedback laser, PM: phase modulator, SMF: single mode fiber, EDFA: erbium-doped optical fiber amplifier, FSO: free space optical communication, MZDI: Mach-Zehnder delay interferometer, O/E: optical to electrical converter, LPF: low pass filter).
Table 1. Optical fiber parameters.
After optical amplification, 10 Gb/s DP-DQPSK signals are input FSO transmission system. This system is a subsystem of IR collimator, transmitter telescope, free space link and receiver telescope. The aperture diameter of the transmitter telescope is 5cm, and the value of the receiver aperture diameter is 5cm. At the transmitter, the fiber-telescope coupling and transmitter efficiency losses are 1dB. Similarly, the receiver loss is also 1 dB. The free space link distance between the transmitter and the receiver telescopes is 800 m, and the beam divergence is 0.25 mrad. The values of the attenuation coefficient for various weather conditions are different. Considering the bad weather condition, such as fog and haze, the free space transmission attenuation caused by atmospheric effects is almost 25.5 dB/km, as shown in Table 2.
Table 2. FSO link parameters.
two photodiodes for optical to electrical conversion and two third-order Bessel low pass filters (LPF). All of the cutoff frequency values of the used low pass filters are 1.25 GHz. For each optical path, the obtain data is parallel to serial transformed for restoring original transmitted data (data1 or data2).
In our scheme, the time-domain phase change diagrams of DP-DQPSK signals before and after transmission over fiber and FSO link are extracted to evaluate the system performance, as show in Figure 3(a) and Figure 3(b). It is clear to see, the transmitted and received DP-QPSK optical signals phase diagrams have same phase change curves, and the received optical signals exhibit slightly phase change due to chirp effect. Two optical spectra diagrams of DP-DQPSK signal before transmission and after transmission are shown in Figure 3(c) and Figure 3(d) respectively. In the system, though two EDFAs are used to compensate the transmission attenuation, there are insert loss in two cascaded phase modulators, the transmitter telescope and the receiver telescope. Hence, the received optical power is lower than fiber nput power. Two received eye diagrams of DP-DQPSK signal after 50.8 km transmission over 50 km SMF and 800m FSO downstream are shown in Figure 4(a) and Figure 4(b) respectively for recovery data1 or data2, and the received eyes are clear open. Q factors v/s bit period for data1 or data2 of DP-DQPSK signals are shown in Figure 5(a) and Figure 5(b). For data1, Q factor value is good while 3R signal process is performed and the optimal decision point of the demodulated signal is 0.56 bit time. Note that, the obtained diagrams of Figure 4 and Figure 5 are in the case of BER = 10−6. It is found that, the transmission impairments are introduced while a DP-DQPSK signal passes through the integrated SMF and FSO downlink since the degradation of optical signal noise ratio (OSNR), and the decision point choice for getting the best Q value is necessary, since the recovered data by the optimal decision will be allocated to different users for various access applications. The BER v/s received power curves for this scheme are shown in Figure 6. The insert picture is the received signals constellation diagram after SMF and FSO transmission as the received power is −13 dBm. At the end of 50 km SMF-28 and 800 m FSO channel, the receiver sensitivity is −15.3 dBm (at a BER of 10−6). Compared with the back to back case, the value of the received power penalty at BER = 10−6 will be reduced, which is about 3dB.
In this letter, we proposed and demonstrated a scheme to seamlessly integrate optical fiber link with FSO system for "the last mile" solution based on optical access network for different broadband communication services closer to various customers. Results prove the BER performance of almost 10-6 can be achieved with the downlink of optical fiber, the transmitter telescope, the free space link and receiver telescope. Since this scheme is not complex and the cost budget is low and it is well compatible with the current telecommunication transmission system, it is a competitive scheme in future optical access networks.
Figure 3. Time-domain phase change diagrams of DP-DQPSK signals before (a) and after (b) transmission over fiber and FSO link, optical spectra diagrams of DP-DQPSK signals before (c) transmission and after transmission (d).
Figure 4. Two eye diagrams of DP-DQPSK signal after 50.8 km transmission over 50 km SMF and 800m FSO downstream.
Figure 5. Q factors v/s bit period for data1 or data2 of DP-DQPSK signals.
Figure 6. Received power versus BER after detecting DP-DQPSK signals.
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