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US-Backed SDF Wages Economic War Against Raqqa Residents to Suppress Popular Uprising
Posted by Internationalist 360° on June 24, 2019 June 24, 2019
TEHRAN (FNA)- The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have increased economic pressures on the residents of the city of al-Tabaqa in Western Raqqa in a bid to suppress the Syrian citizens after they staged a popular uprising there, media reports said.
The Arabic-language Baladi news website quoted local sources in al-Tabaqa as saying that the city's residents are under immense economic pressures so that although tens of tons of flour has been stockpiled in the city's warehouses, the economy committee affiliated to the SDF blocks its distribution among residents.
They said that the residents of al-Tabaqa are living in critical conditions, adding that after the recent popular uprising there the SDF is trying to increase economic pressures on people in an economic war.
The popular uprisings against the US-backed SDF have increased over the past two weeks and they have taken serious economic measures against the civilians.
In a relevant development on Sunday, media reports said that the western officials have intensified attempts to speed up the moves underway by the Kurdish guerrilla to decompose Syria through increased visits and helps to the regions occupied by the SDF.
The Arabic-language al-Watan newspaper reported on Sunday that Australian Envoy John Phillip entered the town of Qamishli in line with attempts to support the Kurds' separatist moves and held a meeting with Abdulkarim Omer, the head of the Foreign Relations Commission in the Jazeera region, and his deputy Abir Ilia.
It also quoted the Kurdish sources as saying that a delegation of the Kurdish autonomous forces held a meeting with Special Envoy to Syria Geir Pedersen, UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash, Norwegian Foreign Minister Marie Eriksen and US Envoy to anti-ISIL Coalition Brett McGurk in Oslo on June 18 and 19.
Meantime, the Kurdish forces formed military councils in the three occupied towns of Ain al-Arab, Tal Abyadh and al-Tabaqah to strengthen their military structure in Eastern Euphrates region in the past week after a US-Saudi delegation visited Eastern Syria.
Also, Mazloum Abdi, the SDF spokesman, claimed on Saturday that Damascus should recognize the local autonomous system, including the general department of the Northern and Eastern Syria, as well as the SDF and its full responsibility in the security and military issues in the autonomous regions.
Media reports said earlier this month that American and Saudi diplomatic delegations held a meeting with teh SDF commanders and a number of tribal leaders in a Washington-occupied base in Deir Ezzur in a bid to coordinate a plan for the separation of Eastern Euphrates from Syria.
The Arabic-language Step news website affiliated to the militants reported that recently a meeting was held between the two sides in al-Omar oilfield region in Eastern Deir Ezzur.
It added that Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Joel Rayburn, former US Ambassador to Bahrain William V. Roebuck and Thamer al-Sabhan participated in a meeting with Qassan al-Yousef and Leili al-Hassan, the co-chairs of Deir Ezzur civil administration, noting that the event was meant do coordination for supporting the SDF-occupied regions against any possible threat and political and economic support for the SDF in Northern and Northeastern Syria.
According to the report, another meeting was also held between the Arab and US delegations and a number of tribal leaders of Deir Ezzur in al-Omar base to remove differences between the tribes and the SDF and discuss financial and logistical support for the Eastern Euphrates region.
Meantime, the Arabic-language Xeber 24 news website reported that al-Sabhan conveyed a message from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on his full support for militants in Northeastern Syria.
Syria affairs analysts are concerned about the US-Saudi plan to cut off Eastern Euphrates from the mainland, saying that the Saudi minister has paid some money to the tribal leaders to coax them into cooperation with the Kurdish militia and support for Riyadh's influence in the region.
The US has increased military support for the Kurds in Eastern Syria in recent months.
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Q: How to return all properties of a node with their name and their value using Cypher I saw here : How can I return all properties for a node using Cypher? that somebody already asked this question, but 1 year ago.
So i need to ask it now : is there a way, today, to return all properties of a node using cypher? i need to do it for a translation system where previous developpers have created it as 1 node per language, with contains all of the properties with their name in the desired language. I need to get it for a Java application.
Example:
node FR contains: "Salut_01" : "Bonjour"
node UK contains: "Salut_01" : "Hello"

etc...

A: If you return the node directly from cypher via the http endpoints it will return a map with all property-names and property-values.
 MATCH (n) return n

In Java you'd just go over n.getPropertyKeys().
For your regexp question you should split up your question into two.

A: This is how i finally did:
private IndexedContainer getTradParameters(int id){
        IndexedContainer container = new IndexedContainer();
        container.addContainerProperty("name", String.class, null);
        try {
            Document doc = Jsoup.connect("http://10.0.0.1:7474/db/data/node/"+id+"/").get();
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                item.getItemProperty("name").setValue(parameter);
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
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        return container;
    }

Where the id parameter is returned by this:
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I call getTradParameters() with every iterator of my request and then i have a container with the name of all of the parameters of my node.
The Last part is calling this function :
private String getTradRequest(String pays){
        String request = "match (n:Translation{trad_country:\""+pays+"\"}) return id(n) as id";
        QueryResult <Map<String,Object>>result = engine.query(request, Collections.EMPTY_MAP);
        Iterator<Map<String, Object>> iterator=result.iterator();
        Map<String,Object> row = iterator.next();
        int id = Integer.valueOf(row.get("id").toString());
        try {
            Document doc = Jsoup.connect("http://10.0.0.1:7474/db/data/node/"+id+"/").get();
            Elements properties = doc.select("th");
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To create my big Cypher request to get all of the properties i need on my node, and then i just need to get the answers and store them in a container, to display it in a table using vaadin.

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Commentary: China's Growing Naval Footprint in Pakistan
Dr Teshu Singh, Research Fellow, VIF
February 26 , 2018 Views: 3480 Comments:
China's Jiwani Initiative
Recently, media reports have raised the possibility of Jiwani being developed as a naval base in Pakistan by the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). Pakistan has six ports: Karachi, Muhammad Bin Qasim, Ormara, Gwadar, Pasni and Jiwani Port. Jiwani is located on the far end of Gwadar Bay; it is 59 km from Gwadar and 34 km from the Iranian border. It has a small naval base and an airport with a 5500-feet runway. During the Second World War, it was also called Royal Air Force (RAF), Jiwani, and was used to supply water to the RAF garrison at the time of war. The Jiwani airport was also used by the United States Transport Command. It was a stopover for the flights enroute to Sharjah Airport, UAE, or Karachi Airport on Karachi-Cairo route. At present the airport is not in use.
The deep sea-port of Gwadar is already operational but China needs another port for its warships. According to the South China Morning Post, "China needs to set up another base in Gwadar for its warships because Gwadar is now a civilian port."1 According to a report published in the Washington Times, "Plans for the base were advanced during a visit to Jiwani on December 18 by a group of 16 Chinese PLA officers who met with about 10 Pakistani military officers."2 However, China has denied any such meeting. On 9 January 2018, the spokespersons of the Chinese Foreign Ministry Lu Kang while responding about the probability of China building a base in Pakistan said, "I am not aware of what you mentioned".
According to informed sources, given its geographical location, Jiwani can offer a good hilltop height for placement of surveillance radar and flat top for placement of missile batteries. This would improve the range of anti-ship missiles of the Pakistani Navy, giving it an advantage as compared to Gwadar to dominate the Gulf of Oman. At present, Jiwani does not have repair facilities for warships or adequate space for the storage of ammunition. However, such facilities can be created. If the PLAN aspires to use the Jiwani coast, the airport there might have relevance for military purposes.
On the contrary, Jiwani may have its own set of security issues. The Iran-Pakistan maritime boundary cuts across the Jiwani Bay, hence a port at this point would be unsuitable. Also, both Gwadar and Jiwani are too close for the later to be considered for developing a base. Beside Jiwani, China may also consider other ports for its naval base. The alternate sites could either be in Pishkun, located at the eastern end of Gwadar Bay where some activity has already started. The second alternative can be the Ormara Port, located 353 km eastward from Jiwani, with the Jinnah naval base of Pakistan Navy and a small airport for landing of short run aircraft located there.
Earlier, in 2016, the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation has confirmed export of eight attack submarines to Pakistan. On 13 November 2016, at the inauguration ceremony of the Gwadar Port, Nawaz Sharif called the occasion as the "dawn of a new era" and said, "the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is destined to transform the entire country and open up a world of possibilities for not just Pakistan but also the Central Asian states and the rest of Asia." Evidently, Gwadar is important link in for the CPEC.
China's Gradual inroads in the Indian Ocean Region
Clearly, China is gradually increasing its foothold in the Indian Ocean Region. On 14 March 2017, China had indicated plans to increase its marine corps from 20,000 to 100,000 personnel, to protect its maritime lifelines and its overseas interests. It also indicated that some of it would be stationed in Djibouti and Gwadar. The strength of PLAN is also likely to be increased.
On 1 August 2017, China established its first military base in Djibouti. It will be used to resupply fuel and also be used for anti-piracy mission. In December 2017, Sri Lanka has already handed over the port of Hambantota to China on a lease of 99 years. Earlier, in July, the China Merchants Port Holdings Company signed a deal with the Sri Lanka Ports Authority to control 70 percent stake in the Hambantota Port. The Sri Lanka Parliament has also approved tax concessions for the project. The tax concessions include an income tax holiday of up to 32 years. Additionally, China has developed a new underwater surveillance network to enable its submarines to get a stronger lock on targets while protecting the nation's interests along the so called Maritime Silk Road, which runs through the Indian Ocean.
If a naval base at Jiwani or near it comes up, it will further cement the "all-weather friendship" between China and Pakistan. The proximity of Jiwani to the Chabahar Port has implications for India. The Chabahar Port is strategically important for India as it will help India to bypass Pakistan for transporting goods to Afghanistan using sea-land route.
1.	Minnie Chan, 'First Djibouti ... now Pakistan port earmarked for a Chinese overseas naval base, sources say' accessed at http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2127040/first-djibouti-now-pakistan-port-earmarked-chinese .
2.	Bill Betz, China building military base in Pakistan accessed at https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/3/china-plans-pakistan-military-base-at-jiwani/ .
(Views expressed are of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the VIF)
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Victims of the repression in protests in Peru denounce attempts to destroy evidence | International
Jennifer Turner | November 21, 2020 | WORLD NEWS
A pair of women in a tribute to the mortal victims during the protests in Lima, Peru.LUKA GONZALES / AFP
Rubén Guevara is one of the young survivors of the police violence against the protests last Saturday in the center of Lima that rejected the transitional government of Manuel Merino for compromising the separation of powers in Peru. The protester, wounded in the cheekbone by the impact of the pellets and a detached retina from the splinters, said on Wednesday that the doctor from a public hospital who treated him wanted to make him sign a document in which he acknowledged that he had injured himself. "He told me to sign, sign: I will give it to the prosecutor," Guevara denounced at a press conference. He further stated that when he was injured – and he thought he was losing his sight – he asked the police for help to transfer him to a hospital, but they were denied. "I am a father of a family and I am scared of what may happen to me," he said.
Guevara's testimony about attempts to erase evidence or to accuse citizens of crimes coincides with that of other injured during a demonstration of tens of thousands of young people baptized as the Bicentennial Generation on Saturday in Lima, which left some 200 injured. This is what the lawyer Mar Pérez, from the National Human Rights Coordinator, a civil society organization assures: "They are not isolated events, the versions coincide."
Walter Matos, lawyer for Inti Sotelo, one of the two twenty-somethings who died from gunfire by the agents, requested the relief of the director of the National Police and the head of the Seventh Lima Region "so that the investigations are properly carried out." Pérez revealed that there is "a strategy for impunity" on the part of the National Police of Peru, since there are at least five cases of injuries caused by glass balls, a type of projectile not authorized in the forces of order.
"They are going to say that (the protesters) have shot each other or that they have been infiltrated, but there is too much evidence, they should recognize what they have done," Pérez said. The lawyer for the human rights NGO alludes to the hundreds of videos recorded by the protesters themselves, some spread on social networks such as TikTok or Instagram, or sent to relatives via WhatsApp at the time of the attack on Saturday night.
In the recordings, police officers are seen firing their shotguns at close range at people who were carrying cardboard signs, water bottles or were wrapped with the Peruvian flag as if it were a cape. Elizabeth Rodríguez, the mother of 26-year-old Luis Alejandro Aguilar, injured by a projectile in one of the lungs on Saturday, told EL PAÍS that the doctors have told her that they extracted a marble from her son, but they showed him an image of a square shaped object. "I would like to see what was removed from my son's lung. Not even animals are treated like that, "added Rodríguez.
Luis Alberto Suárez, brother of Lucio Suárez, another of those injured by several pellets in the skull and chest, said that he spoke for the first time on Tuesday with his hospitalized relative because he could not speak before. "He told me that if the police had wanted to reduce him, they could have shot him in the lower part of the body, but they did so above. What I ask for my family and everyone's families is justice ", affirmed Suárez.
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The lawyers of the relatives of the deceased and the National Human Rights Coordinator warn that the investigations into the responsibility of the Peruvian police in these human rights violations are taking place in a favorable legal context promoted by the previous Parliament and endorsed by the current, in which several legislators are retired military personnel. The rule that Congress approved a year ago eliminated the principle of proportionality in the use of force by law enforcement officers. At that time, human rights organizations called for its repeal, but the current Congress promulgated it because the Executive did not examine the proposal.
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Recently there has been a proliferation of reproduction Regency projects, no doubt as the result of the ever increasing number of events based around the Jane Austen theme. Muslin gowns, spencers and poke bonnets have been reproduced so many times that it becomes difficult to be original and innovative in your recreations, whilst also remaining true to an authentic historical precedent.
This article will take us back to basics, to the nuts and bolts of the regency lady's outfit. We will look at fashionable colours and fabrics and how to apply these to suitable styles of gown, focusing on the middle of the Regency period. Having looked at this in theory, we will apply it to three of my own reproduction garments in order to demonstrate the differing effects these choices can have.
We will also be looking at how different choices would have been perceived through contemporary eyes. Through taking these different elements into account, it is possible to create an outfit that is not only stunning and original, but is firmly faithful to Regency methods of design and construction.
Before basic elements such as colour and fabric can be considered, it is first of all necessary to research the type of gown you will be making. This decision must be based upon the purpose of the gown. Many contemporary terms used to designate the style of a gown relate to the purpose of the garment as well as its cut. Therefore a thorough knowledge of the purpose is necessary before a design for a gown can be considered.
Is the gown to be worn at home in private, or in public?
For walking, or for dancing, or for reclining elegantly?
For comfort, or for show?
Many of these purposes are reflected in contemporary terms such as 'undress' or 'full dress', but in many of these cases the styles of the garments overlap. It is therefore necessary to break this overall 'umbrella' term down further to describe function, and thus consider the suitability of your gown to its purpose.
This advice must be applied today when we consider which contemporary sources to trust. What is the provenance of the exquisite extant gown you have viewed? Who was the sitter in that stunning portrait, and is the gown they wear one which would have been worn for any other purpose than simply the portrait?
Similarly this applies to the favourite resource of the regency reproduction seamstress: the fashion plate.
Although the full range of umbrella terms for dress purposes are applied, such as 'undress' and 'dress', the majority of publications confined their fashion plates to those which depicted the elite, the people who were 'of the fashion'.
An example from 'La Belle Assemblée' overtly states that it is "from the original dress of a Lady of Fashion" (near right). Plates from Heideloff's 'Gallery of Fashion' are also distinctly elite in the dress they depict, but the difference between this publication and Ackerman's 'Repository of Arts' (far right) has been described as a transition from "the Court to the vicarage".
If a fashion plate is to be used as inspiration, an understanding of the status of the publication that it has come from is essential, so take care!
Once a purpose has been defined, you can begin to choose the style of your gown. Construction techniques, and consequently bodice styles, were incredibly varied during this period. While some individual styles, such as the cross over bodice, had their heyday at the beginning and end of the period, many styles remained in fashion, within subtle variants, for its entirety. Three main styles will be considered here in a simplified form: the front closing, the back closing and the bib front. There are, of course, many variations even on each of these!
The front closing usually consists of a separate front lining and front bodice, which are attached under the arm. The lining, usually linen, either crosses over and pins or hooks at the front, or has lacing. The dress fabric is the drawn up on a tie at the neckline and waistline and tied over the top.
The back closing is usually similar, with a separate lining lacing or hooking underneath a drawn up dress fabric. Alternatively, the back can be flat lined and fastened with hooks and eyes, or even, very occasionally, buttons.
The bib front, also known as the drop front, has the lining constructed the same way as the front closing. The front panel of the bodice is attached to the skirt, which is pulled up and pinned or tied in place. While either of the first two styles can be used with a wide variety of neckline styles, the bib front is, in general, limited to a low, square shape.
The next element to consider is the sleeve. The elbow length sleeve had all but vanished by 1810, leaving the short and long sleeve, or indeed a combination of the two. The short sleeve could be incredibly tiny, or, more commonly, extended almost to the elbow. The larger, puffy sleeve was not seen at this date. The long sleeve during this period was generally quite loose and drawn in at the wrist, but there are also numerous examples of tighter sleeves, being cut on the cross to better fit the shape of the arm.
"Mrs Tilson has long sleeves too, & she assured me that they are worn in the evening by many".
Numerous fashion plates also depict 'undress' or 'day dress' with shorter sleeves (though these are generally of the variety that ends just above the elbow).
The final major element to consider is the skirt. This could be trained or untrained, though generally the latter by the middle of the period, unless for very formal wear. They were usually constructed using a gored front section, and a rectangular back section, being shaped both at the waistline and at the hem. Generally the back section was gathered, but was also on occasion pleated onto the bodice. They were also beginning to receive decorative attention at the hem by the middle of the Regency, adding both aesthetic interest and weight to the bottom of hems. This was achieved through tucks and ruffles.
Once you have decided upon the purpose, status and style of your gown, you can move onto the more aesthetic elements of fabric and colour. Whatever the style of your gown, it is the fabrics and colours that you pick that will give it a character of its own. During the Regency period, there were three main fabric types used in fashionable dress. There was, of course, the ever popular muslin. There was also silk, seen in a variety of forms from Satin to Sarcenet. Finally, there were the vibrant printed cottons.
As well as extant gowns, it is also possible to gain snapshots of original fabrics through resources such as 'Barbara Johnson's Album of Fashions and Fabrics', which contains a record of one woman's sartorial life through fashion plates and fabric samples. The published facsimile of this is now out of print, but there are a number of secondhand versions on the market.
Another excellent resource is the fabric sample cards found in Ackermann's 'The Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions and Politics'.
Each edition of the magazine often contained a page with an allegorical woodcut surrounding four fabric samples, with accompanying descriptions and details of where they could be acquired. This contemporary resource therefore gives us a glimpse of the selection from which the contemporary woman was choosing.
This particular example from November 1809 (right) contains both figured and printed cotton.
It is muslin, however, that is the archetypal fabric of the early Regency style, and which was still very much in use by the middle of the period. Muslin could be left plain, embroidered, tamboured, figured or dyed.
Cassandra Austen's back view watercolour of Jane Austen shows a blue muslin. White remained the most popular colour, however.
Jane Austen tells us that Miss Tilney of 'Northanger Abbey' "always wears white", while Edmund Bertrum in 'Mansfield Park' informs Fanny Price that "a woman can never be too fine while she is all in white".
The 1809 portrait of Mrs Harrison Gray Otis shows how a simple, plain muslin can be used to great effect.
Muslin was used for a vast array of purposes, including accessories like caps and capes, as well as both for informal and formal use. It was also often accented with colourful silk accessories, like bonnets and Spencer jackets.
While muslin can easily be washed, and can appear extremely elegant, printed cottons provided a more practical alternative for informal use. These do not generally appear in fashion plates, but are documented visually in satire, such as the 1801 engraving 'Fashionable Furbelows' (right).
While extant examples do survive (Bath Fashion Museum's Collections, BATMC I.09.912), the ratio of printed cottons to muslin dresses has probably been skewed due to the printed cotton gown being more disposable, probably being made up into patchwork quilts.
In cases like this, resources like 'Barbara Johnson' and the fabric sample cards in 'The Repository of Arts' are extremely helpful.
The final significant fabric is silk. Silks of this period were lightweight and crisp, the heavier brocades of the eighteenth century having long become unfashionable. Regency silk was available in a far more diverse range of weaves and mixes than today. Satin is one of the few still recognisable today, though it was far less glossy than its modern equivalent. Lustring is occasionally available today, and can be seen used in an extant gown here. Sarcenet and bombazine are also regularly mentioned, the former being a rather general term for a lightweight plain or twill weave silk, the latter being a twill with a warp of silk and a weft of wool.
Blue, green, yellow and red were all popular colours during the Regency, usually used to accent the stark white of muslin. However, many of the colours referenced by contemporaries can sound a little vague: pomona, for example, which is a green, and barbel, which is blue. Bright colours were rarely used for an entire gown, their use being confined to outerwear or accessories or the printed cotton dresses, although this is not universally the case.
To demonstrate how a consideration of each of these elements can enable the creation of an original, yet thoroughly authentic gown, three of my own reproductions will be examined.
The first of these is a printed cotton morning dress, worn with a muslin chemisette and cap.
Its purpose is to be used as a practical day time gown for wear whilst letter writing, or performing other daily tasks, probably by a woman of the professional classes or lower gentry.
Its style is front closing, gathered over ties, over a linen lining with a short sleeve extending to the elbow.
Its colour and fabric is a yellow printed cotton with a small, regular design, which will wash easily and allow splattered ink to be almost invisible! The fabric for this dress came from Reproduction Fabrics.
The second is a striped and sprigged muslin afternoon dress, again worn with a muslin chemisette.
The purpose of this gown is to be worn in the afternoon for social activities, or for more elegant accomplishments such as sewing. It could also be worn out to pay calls, or for walking, if worn with a pelisse or Spencer.
The style is back fastening with a flat linen lining, a button at the waist and a tie at the neckline. The sleeves are long and loose under short puffed cap sleeves.
The fabric and colour is an ever-elegant white muslin, striped like the example from the 1809 sample card from 'The Repository of Arts' seen above. The fabric came from Burnley and Trowbridge.
The final gown is a plain white muslin evening dress.
The purpose of this dress is to be used at a supper and ball. It is therefore far more formal that the first two gowns, and probably would have belonged to a lady of the upper gentry.
Its style is back fastening with hooks and eyes and with a fixed lining. The sleeves are short but elaborate, with a 'vandyked' theme.
The fabric and colour is plain white muslin. The simple fabric is ornamented through the use of the 'vandyked' trim, which is also used at the hem. The fabric came from UK department store John Lewis.
 Ginsburg, Madeleine, 'Barbara Johnson and Fashion', in Rothstein, Natalie (ed.), Barbara Johnson's Album of Fashions and Fabrics (London, 1987), p21.
 The Mirror of the Graces (London, 1811), p.61.
 Langley Moore, Doris, Gallery of Fashion 1790 - 1822 (London, 1949), p.12.
 Rothstein, Natalie (ed.), Barbara Johnson's Album of Fashions and Fabrics (London, 1987).
:-* Lovely work -- You have pulled so much good information together in one place. A great starting point for anyone seeking to move beyond recreating a favorite costume from films.
Nuggets of information in this article!
As one who is constantly learning about Regency costuming, I picked up some fine nuggets of knowledge from this article. I had to share it on Facebook! It's too good to keep to myself!


team small dog: Nature calls, if the call of the wild sounds like this. Guuuuuustaaaavooooo!
Nature calls, if the call of the wild sounds like this. Guuuuuustaaaavooooo!
Antonielli's Pond is a far western westside pond, surrounded by fields and a farm and an industrial waste factory and the train trestle and a mobile home park and new apartments. Perched up on the windy start of our North Coast. People go there to bird watch and drink beer. Or maybe drink beer and bird watch. I've seen fishing. And just down the road, tractors already grading for a 113,592 sf of businesses and apartments. Still, for now, it's a good back up place to run the dogs around, if you don't mind the pitbulls and beer drinkers and traveling folk who use the train trestle to hop the cement train for a ride north. An appealing thing about Antonelli's is there's no rules there. Which means lots of beer cans, but no rangers to piss on the parade.
It's all about the timing there. When you're bringing high speed mayhem to a pond, you sort of want there to be no bird watchers around because of, well, the mayhem. The beer drinkers, I don't worry about. They've never been able to catch us. On an evening with good timing, it's just us and the birds and the bunnies and all the stuff that lives in the pond and makes weird noises. I don't know jack about birds. I just know there's all kinds of seaplane style birds out there in the water, and they all make funny noises and flutter about. Maybe some of it is frogs, and maybe some of it is stuff that lives in the pond we don't even know about. Can anyone say industrial waste factory next door?
My dogs don't really swim so much, but stick a bird in a body of water, have it flap some wings around, make some gutteral woo woo honk honk sounds, and all of a sudden, we have swimmers. Although swimmers might be too generous of a word. More like leapers off of docks into murky waters necessitating being pulled up by tiny little collars onto mud when they're stuck in the deep end. Does that count as swimming? It's slimy, it's wet, and it's possibly not nice to the wildlife. Probably not nice to the wildlife. But it's a big pond. I figure there's room for all of us, and I sure like crazy dog watching better than bird watching.
Because one dog, not naming names if your name is Otterpop, has to leap off the broken old dock thing, into muddy, vine coated water after some invisible, bullfroggy noised apparition, does that mean others amongst you, Gustavo, have to follow suit? Like a soggy, wet slime suit on a day when I pulled the dog crates out of my car and dogs are riding on upholstered car seats. And where there's no way for feverishly dogpaddling little dogs to climb out unless someone goes down and yanks 'em back in. Some dogs who are perfect citizens, they know better. Stay on dry land. Understand the whole sinking dynamic. But the swimmers, just hell yeah and leaping and then having to figure out the whole swimming thing until a nice lady, such as myself, runs to the edge and fishes 'em out.
It's a breezy, bright evening, after a long weekend at work, and I just stand on the path for a while, and watch the dogs race around, fast as they can. Try to not look at the apartments. Not look to towards the mobile homes. Not look up at the manufacturing backlot of whatever it is they make next door. If I squint, I can just see trees and fields and that blur of black until it's time to go home.
Looks like fun! I didn't notice any beer drinkers or sleeping bums in the photos...must have been an off day.
It's in the timing at the pond. An enjoyable place to drink beer by day, but for some reasons more vacant at nightfall from the campers.
I suppose, in the shadow of the willows, it is muddy and slimy and damp, and the fields around it are so open and exposed. And it's far on the edge of town, away from services and liquor stores and things that people need.
A roving RV culture though, rusty RV's held together with string and old tape and shoelaces from ancient army boots, sprouts up on the pond road at night and disperse in the morning. RV's that we don't see at the dog shows, ones without stellar maintanance records, that sometimes get left along the side of the road until they just rot away.


Make your stack a little bolder by adding some size contrast. Thicker than the rest the Flat Band works double duty as a shining star worn solo or the foundation of any minimalist ring stack.
About a year ago, Irina asked for some snail mail. I thought, how cute! So I wrote her and told her I would love a plain band ring for my pointer finger- think Jessica Simpson circa Newlyweds. Ask and you shall receive! This is exactly what I was looking for!


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Brian France prefers Sprint Cup races to remain in Charlotte, doesn't favor Bruton Smith's plan for Las Vegas
Charlotte plays host to Sunday's Coca-Cola 600, NASCAR's longest race, and also has a Chase race in October, in addition to the May Sprint All-Star Race.
"My preference is to make the events where they are more successful," France said Saturday at CMS. "We have gotten a long way with our position in motorsports because we've had historically important events, like this weekend, that happen every year that people can count on.
"That said, for one reason or another, (if) a certain market is not performing as well, it may be a better opportunity. … We'll take a look at it (but) my preference would be to keep the event here in Charlotte."
NASCAR typically begins talking to teams about race dates for the following year in May, and France said he did not "see a new venue in '14 at this time."
He also said it was not a priority for NASCAR to try to arrange a Memorial Day weekend schedule that would make it easier for a driver to run both the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600. Tony Stewart, John Andretti, Robby Gordon and others have run both races on the same day in the past.
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Well, ready for the final Halloween drunken review, my copy of Hellraiser Revelations has arrived. If you take off the sticker on the front, the revelation is that it's not Doug Bradley. Another revelation is that, although it says it's uncut, it's 79 minutes long. How long was it when it was cut!
I'll be putting up one of those like and share competitions on http://www.facebook.com/corkingmovies/ soon, so you can win this copy at some point in the future. Most films I watch on Netflix, Amazon, or off the Horror Channel, but should I need to buy (or get given, hint hint) any physical copies, I'll probably be doing the same (unless I actually like them).


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Q: Question about finding the dimension of Ker of a matrix! First year student here trying to pass the Linear Algebra exam! Found this in one of the practice quizzes! I tried to find a way to acchive the result but i cant figure it out! Can someone help me?
So the question goes like this!
Let R^(3,2) be the vector space of real matrices with 3 rows and 2 columns and R^(2,2) be the vector space of real matrices with 2 rows and 2 columns. Let us consider the linear map:
f(X)=(1 2 1, 0 0 0)*X where X∈R^(3,2).
Which of the following statements is true?
A) f is sujective;
B)dim(Ker(f))=2
C)dim(Ker(f))=4
D) f is injective
Tee correct one is C but i cant figure it out how to solve it in case something similar comes up in my exam! Can you help me?

A: For any two finite dimensional vector spaces $V$ and $W$ with a linear map $\varphi:V \rightarrow W$ the dimension of the image plus the dimension of the kernel will be the dimension of $V$. We also know that the dimension of the image can be no greater than the dimension of $W$. In this case you have a six dimensional space of $3 \times 2$ matrices mapping to the four dimensional space of $2 \times 2$ matrices. The matrix you're given will have an image of the form $$\pmatrix{x & y  \\ 0 & 0}$$ and since the image is two dimensional. This means the dimension of the kernel is $6 - 2 = 4$.


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European court says British surveillance program violated privacy laws
By Don Johnson
British Parliament is seen in London, Britain, on March 27, 2020. Tuesday's ruling was the latest turn in a legal challenge to data gathering methods by British intelligence agency GCHQ. File Photo by Hugo Philpott/UPI | License Photo
May 25 (UPI) -- The European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday that a British intelligence agency unlawfully collected phone calls, text messages and online communications from citizens over the course of years.
The court said methods used by the Government Communications Headquarters to intercept online communications violated privacy and fundamental human rights. The Strasbourg, France-based court is an international court that interprets the European Convention on Human Rights.
The legal challenge to CGHQ's collection methods began in 2013 after the revelations from U.S. whistle-blower Edward Snowden amid heightened concerns that the government was taking too much latitude in monitoring Britons.
The court said in its ruling Tuesday that the bulk interception of data didn't violate the European Convention on Human Rights, but also did not provide protections for confidential material of journalists.
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The court also said CGHQ's sharing of digital intelligence information with foreign governments was not illegal.
Big Brother Watch and other human rights advocates took the case to the ECHR after revelations of the agency's methods were made by Snowden, a former U.S. defense contractor who leaked similar information about the National Security Agency in 2013.
In 2018, the court upheld some of the complaints, but Big Brother Watch and the other parties wanted a stronger ruling and appealed to the court's grand chamber.
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The ECHR said the data gathering process should be subject to "end-to-end safeguards" to prevent possible abuse and that bulk interception should require independent authorization. The court added that the operation also should have an independent review after it concludes.
Some of the court's 17 judges said the ruling should have had more restrictions.
Judge Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque of Portugal said the ruling opened the gates for an electronic "Big Brother" in Europe. Three other judges disagreed that the sharing of sensitive digital intelligence with foreign governments was not illegal.
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The dissenting judges said the court had "missed an excellent opportunity to fully uphold the importance of private life and correspondence when faced with interference in the form of mass surveillance."
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Q: How to find the minimum difference between dates in two different columns with some condition I have two columns in two different tables of date like below
A: response table:
key    response_date
1      2013/01/01
1      2015/12/01
2      2016/02/01
3      2016/08/01
3      2016/09/01

B: Call table
key  attempt  call_date
1    1        2014/11/20
1    2        2015/09/01
2    3        2016/01/01
2    4        2016/03/01
2    5        2016/10/15
3    6        2016/03/01
3    7        2016/07/01

There would be only one response for every single call when the key in call table is matched to key in response table. I want to find the time to the response. The response happens after a call and it should be the most recent response after that call. For example for key 1, there are two calls on 2014/11/20 and 2015/09/01 and also two different response on 2013/01/01 and 2015/12/01. The  2015/12/01 is response date of call on 2015/09/01 not call on 2014/11/20 because it is closer to call on  2015/09/01. Then there is no response to call on  2013/01/01 and time_diff=0.
For key 2, there is no response for call attemps 4 and 5.
For key 3 attempt 6, we could see two response with key=3 but they are closer call attempt 7. So there is no repsonse to attemp 6 and time_diff=0 and time_diff for attempt 7 is days between (2016/07/01,2016/08/01) which is the most recent response after attempt 7.
key  attempt  time_diff
1    1        0
1    2        days between(2015/09/01,2015/12/01)
2    3        days between(2016/01/01,2016/02/01)
2    4        0
2    5        0
3    6        0
3    7        days between(2016/07/01,2016/08/01)

any response or hint in sql or R would be appreciated.

A: You didn't specify the dialect of SQL, so I wrote this for SQL Server. It would probably require a bit of syntax adjustment to make it work in another DBMS, but here's a general idea that will get you there:
SELECT
    b.[key]         AS  [key],
    b.activity      AS  activity,
    CASE WHEN DATEDIFF(DAY, a.date_A, b.date_B) = c.max_time
    THEN C.max_time
    ELSE 0 END
                    AS time_diff
FROM
    b
JOIN
    (
    SELECT
        b.[key]                                 AS  [key],
        MAX(DATEDIFF(DAY, a.date_A, b.date_B))  AS  max_time
    FROM
        a
    JOIN
        b
    ON
        a.[key] =  b.[key]
    GROUP BY
        b.[key]
    ) AS c
ON
    b.[key] = c.[key]
JOIN
    a
ON
    b.[key] = a.[key]

A: I'm not sure I understand (nor can reproduce) the logic behind your expected outcome.
Based on your expected outcome notation, this is what I would expect for the outcome.
key  activity time_diff
1    1        days between(2014/11/20,2015/12/01)
1    2        days between(2015/09/01,2015/12/01)
2    3        days between(2016/01/01,2016/02/01)
2    4        0
2    5        0
3    6        days between(2016/03/01,2016/08/01)
3    7        days between(2016/07/01,2016/08/01)

Perhaps you can explain, why the entries key=1,activity=1 and key=3,activity=6 have time_diff=0 in your example.

A: Hope below R solution helps!
library(dplyr)

response_table$response_date <- as.Date(response_table$response_date)
call_table$call_date <- as.Date(call_table$call_date)

call_table %>%
  left_join(response_table, by = "key") %>%
  mutate(date_diff = as.numeric(response_date - call_date)) %>%
  filter(date_diff > 0) %>%
  group_by(key) %>%
  filter(which.min(date_diff) == row_number()) %>%
  ungroup %>%
  mutate(time_diff = paste0('days between(',call_date,',',response_date,')')) %>%
  right_join(call_table, by = c("key", "attempt")) %>%
  select(key, attempt, time_diff) %>%
  replace_na(list(time_diff='0'))

Output is:
    key attempt time_diff
1     1       1 0
2     1       2 days between(2015-09-01,2015-12-01)
3     2       3 days between(2016-01-01,2016-02-01)
4     2       4 0
5     2       5 0
6     3       6 0
7     3       7 days between(2016-07-01,2016-08-01)

Sample data:
response_table <- structure(list(key = c(1L, 1L, 2L, 3L, 3L), response_date = c("2013/01/01",
"2015/12/01", "2016/02/01", "2016/08/01", "2016/09/01")), .Names = c("key",
"response_date"), class = "data.frame", row.names = c(NA, -5L
))

call_table <- structure(list(key = c(1L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 3L, 3L), attempt = 1:7,
    call_date = c("2014/11/20", "2015/09/01", "2016/01/01", "2016/03/01",
    "2016/10/15", "2016/03/01", "2016/07/01")), .Names = c("key",
"attempt", "call_date"), class = "data.frame", row.names = c(NA,
-7L))


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Divided crowd presses Duval School Board over LGBTQ policy
WJCT News | By Claire Heddles - Jacksonville Today
Published May 4, 2022 at 12:04 PM EDT
Claire Heddles
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Nearly 300 people signed up to tell the Duval School Board how the district should respond to Florida's new "Don't Say Gay" law.
Nearly 300 people lined up to speak Tuesday night in a clash over LGBTQ procedures in the Duval County Schools. But the School Board ended the discussion hours later with no action.
The crowd was almost evenly split over a resolution by board member Charlotte Joyce, who wants to modify the district's current LGBTQ Support Guide and also express support for the state's newly passed Parental Rights in Education law, which critics have branded the "Don't Say Gay" law.
All other School Board members voted to table her resolution with no discussion. School Board Chair Darryl Willie said the district already plans to follow the law, making the resolution unnecessary.
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the law in March, restricting discussion of gender identification and sexual orientation in schools.
The law prohibits classroom instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity in kindergarten through third grade and prohibits instruction that is not age appropriate for all students, which the district says it already complies with.
The law also requires school districts to adopt procedures for notifying parents if there is a change in services from the school regarding a child's mental, emotional or physical health or well-being. This could require teachers to alert parents if kids go by different names or pronouns, which goes against Duval's current policy.
Critics see the law as an intrusion on free speech and an attack on LGBTQ students by taking away their right to choose when to come out to their families. Supporters say the law ensures that parents will play a central role in their children's education. Speakers on Tuesday reflected that debate.
I got a copy of the now-removed 2020 Duval support guide. Tonight's resolution takes aim at two recommendations. 1) Schools shouldn't out LGBTQ kids and 2) Trans kids should get to pick the public facilities where they feel safesthttps://t.co/U9DH7qDDer pic.twitter.com/DK31BI8e9o
— Claire Heddles (@claireheddles) May 3, 2022
Some speakers told intensely personal stories about their LGBTQ experiences. "I would have been personally devastated if the opportunity to come out to my family had been robbed from me," one Stanton College Prep graduate said.
A mother of two Duval students declared, "The resolution is useless and has been a colossal waste of the board's time tonight."
Other speakers supported the resolution, however. "You don't know what's best for my child. Leave my child alone. Let the parents decide," one mom said.
Among the portions of the LGBTQ+ support guide Joyce wanted to revoke in her resolution is this statement: "It is never appropriate to divulge the sexual orientation of a student to a parent."
The proposed changes also took aim at a portion of the guide that explains that children should decide on "their bathroom of choice, shower and other accommodations such as overnight excursions," according to Joyce's resolution.
The support guide previously had been available on the district's website, but it was removed last year. Asked why, a spokesperson said the district's legal staff is analyzing how the guide may conflict with the new state law. The district has not explained why the guide was removed long before the law was signed.
A district attorney told the School Board on Tuesday that a revised version of the support guide is almost ready for review during a school board workshop. According to district representative Tracy Pierce, the revised version of the guide won't go before a full board vote.
"The guide itself is not School Board policy," Pierce said. "It's an internal training and school resource document and doesn't require formal approval."
School Board Chair Willie said Tuesday's 6-to-1 vote to table the resolution doesn't mean the district won't follow the new state law.
"We already have the guide in place right now. It's gone to [the Office of General Counsel]. It's looked at by legal," Willie said. "They've already been doing the due diligence to take care of this, and this [resolution] basically circumvents that."
Other school boards, like Palm Beach and Broward, have issued statements opposing the law, which goes into effect July 1. No School Board member in Duval has indicated plans to oppose the law.
See the most recent version of the district's LGBTQ+ support guide, currently removed from the district's website and undergoing legal review, below.
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Claire joined WJCT as a reporter in August 2021. She was previously the local host of NPR's Morning Edition at WUOT in Knoxville, Tennessee. During her time in East Tennessee, her coverage of the COVID pandemic earned a Public Media Journalists' Association award for investigative reporting. You can reach Claire at (904) 250-0926 or on Twitter @ClaireHeddles.
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