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Tracking back in Rio, through history, and calculating the cost of the Cup
by Brian Phillips on June 19, 2014
The trains run every half-hour up the green slope of Corcovado, the Hunchback, through a forest whose branches scrape against the windows of the cars. They climb a mountainside where howler monkeys live, and also ocelots, and birds the color of imaginary jewels. Twenty minutes after setting out from the leafy station on the Rua Cosme Velho, they deposit tourists at the base of a long escalator, which rises to the feet of Christ the Redeemer, Cristo Redentor, the white colossus whose open arms embrace the crescent sliver of Rio de Janeiro more than 2,000 feet below. From the peak you can stand and look down on the marvelous city, a cidade maravilhosa, Rio, a bright thread curling between the mountains and the sea.
I had been thinking about trains for three days when I rode out to the Rua Cosme Velho on a city bus filled with soccer fans. I had been thinking about trains, on and off, for months, since I decided to come to Brazil to see what I could of the 2014 World Cup. The connection is not as abstract as it may appear. In the middle of the 19th century, the great economic problem facing the Brazilian upper class was how to transport the wealth of the interior to the coast. Sugar from the sugar plantations and coffee from the coffee plantations and rubber from the rubber plantations had to be carried to the ports on the backs of donkeys or on barges down unpredictable rivers, leaving huge fortunes vulnerable to floods, rock slides, bandits, and storms. Under the Second Empire, the government began subsidizing the building of railroads; the ensuing construction effort was one of those titanic expressions of capitalist will that have to be called heroic because their immediate effects are so tragic. Tens of thousands of workers died carving tracks across jungles and over mountains. They died of tropical fever and they died from heat and they died by violence. Along the rapids of the Madeira River, in the jungle beyond Porto Velho, so many thousands died that what they built became known as the "Devil's Rail-road." When it later became a passenger line, a legend spread that a body was buried under every tie.
It being the 19th century, many of the companies that oversaw the construction of the railways were English. English overseers and English engineers imported English workers, and the English brought their games: It was among the railway workers that the Brazilians first learned to play soccer, years before FIFA was even an idea. In 1894, Charles William Miller, the son of a Scottish railroad engineer and a Brazilian English mother, returned from his Southampton boarding school with two soccer balls and a copy of an early rulebook. He helped establish the first league in Brazil, the Liga Paulista, still the country's top division, and he introduced the sport to São Paulo Athletic Club, which won the first three championships.
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The railroad and the rulebook: That is why I was thinking about trains. In this World Cup cycle of mass protests, when corruption and poverty have been uncomfortably juxtaposed with soccer's ability to spread joy, it seemed worth remembering that those have always been the terms under which the sport has lived in this country. It was born amid struggle. It was born amid exploitation. Something about soccer or something about Brazil meant it could take root in those conditions and become a consolation. But I do not think you can understand the role the game has played in Brazilian culture purely with reference to samba and yellow shirts and the Nike-approved vocabulary of happiness. The stereotyped image of little boys playing on dusty squares in the favelas: It sounds obvious, but there is pain in this. You could even describe it as a way of talking about pain, though I doubt whether any of the fans waiting with me for a ticket to Cristo Redentor would have agreed with me.
There were 30 or 40 of us, in half a dozen different national-team jerseys, and we smelled of sunscreen and sweat, and two of us had red, white, and blue Chilean flags draped across our backs as capes. We pushed up to the bilheteria, the ticket counter, in a kind of drove, past a grave old man who was holding up a sign and trying to tell us something. When he spoke, he rested his chin on his chest and deflated his torso like an accordion bellows. But he produced almost no sound, so we ignored him. It turned out he was trying to sell us seats in a car. We talked to each other in Spanish and German and English. All around, in the neighborhood, people were honking horns and letting off fireworks, because Brazil was going to play Mexico in a few hours and Rio was on holiday. Two days before, the riot police had tear-gassed a demonstration that tried to march on the Maracanã, and there were protests in São Paulo and strikes across the country. But in most of Rio, the only signs of unrest were the black "FUCK FIFA" stencils spray-painted on the pillars under bank marquees. Already it seemed clear the protesters had lost. Once the games started, the world's vast fascination with soccer simply swallowed up everything else.
At the front of the line, the bilheteria lady explained to our surprise that the next time for which we could buy a ticket was six o'clock, four hours away. It was the World Cup, she insinuated apologetically. There were too many people. It was Rio, she said with a shrug. Three South African men ahead of me in line were incensed: "Seex? Seex?" they kept asking. "'S rideeculous." But we had games to watch. There was nothing to be done. We fanned back toward the bus stop. We had tried to get to Jesus, but there was no room on the trains.
That night, Tuesday night, I stood near a juice cart on the beach at Ipanema, behind a quintet of policemen in bright yellow Guarda Municipal vests. We were watching Brazil play Mexico on the cart's little TV. A big group had gathered on the promenade, under shaggy palms and streetlamps; no one was even pretending to want juice. It was the 85th minute, the score level at 0-0. Anxiety around the cart was intense. Luiz Gustavo won a foul in the left corner. The free kick sailed in to Thiago Silva in the area, where he was unmarked — a tinny shriek from the stadium crowd through the TV's overworked speakers. Silva got his head to the ball, up close, on target, but Mexico goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa, who'd been brilliant all night, managed to lurch his arms for the block just in time. The cops were standing shoulder to shoulder, and when the free kick went up, they swayed unsteadily into each other; after the save they were groaning and shaking their heads like everyone else. A skinny, shirtless man in Havaianas started cursing and beating his fists on the seat of a stool, but the group only chuckled at this. Along the beach, the juice carts were spaced out one every 200 yards or so. If you walked down the promenade, you'd see the same scene over and over again, like a history that kept repeating itself.
There is no time in Rio. Hours fall away in tracts, like trees disappearing in the Amazon. They fall away when you are lying on the beach at Ipanema, eating doce you bought from a shirtless little boy with a cigar box. They fall away when you are standing on the beach at Copacabana, in the purple glow of the FIFA Fan Fest, watching drunk fans slow-motion zip-line toward the blinding yellow figure of Fuleco, the cartoon armadillo who is the World Cup's official mascot. The uniformed guards behind the Fan Fest's metal detectors, while not requiring you to open your bag, grope it hard along the edges. "Para grenadas," one said to me. For grenades.
The rhythm of the World Cup here is a strange alternation between hypnosis and sudden alarm. Loud, glittering fireworks go off on the beach without warning. One vuvuzela on the street sets off 10. A stone's throw from the 18th-century Candelária Church, in the Centro district, there is a store called Casa da Armada, where you can buy riot gear, and also tiny World Cup flags. A quiet subway train will suddenly be invaded by a happy army of Argentina fans, who pound the ceiling and shout-sing and jump up and down. There are these sudden, ambiguous shocks, as though life were a soccer match and you never noticed the clock until a goal punctuated a period of listless play.
The clock in soccer counts upward. Have you ever thought about that? It struck me while I was in the Fan Fest watching the United States play Ghana on the enormous FIFA screen. I was with a friend. It was dark out. We stood surrounded by thousands of fellow Americans. The screen would have made a nice TV for Christ the Redeemer.
Clint Dempsey had already scored that dreamlike opening goal, and now he'd been kicked in the face and was on the ground — was he bleeding? We were joking that for a guy from Nacogdoches, Texas, this was actually a pretty tame workday, and for some reason it hit me right then as bizarre that so many Americans were watching a clock on which the seconds ticked up. Even in hockey, where in Europe the clock resembles soccer's, North America chooses to count down; it's one of those tiny distinctions that imply a completely different attitude toward sports. When you look at the clock in football or basketball, you see how much time is left, how many seconds to the end. You see the future. In soccer, you see how much game has already elapsed, the weight of history standing behind the current moment. You see the past.
I realize a little of this kind of thing goes a long way, but is it much of a stretch to see that as symbolic? To think that American football, say, is temperamentally apocalyptic, where soccer is about something slower and deeper and more backward-facing? Soccer has a tragic sense: This is what American conservatives who see the sport as fundamentally alien perceive in it, and why they aren't totally wrong, given the rest of their outlook, to recoil from it.
This is also why I love it so much. Think of it this way: Almost every other sport tries to be exciting by augmenting human capability in some way (football pads, baseball bats, tennis rackets) or at least by perfecting it (agile giants flying toward an NBA rim). Soccer diminishes capability. Instead of making athletes superhuman, it gives them an extra problem to contend with: no hands. When a soccer player scores, she's overcoming not just her opponents but also the absurd demand of the game itself, which tells her to be agile and then takes away the tools of her agility.
If you think of it that way, can you understand the appeal that soccer has offered to billions of people? It exploded among the poor in so many colonized countries in part, of course, because it required so little equipment. But that can't be the only reason. A soccer player is essentially belittled by the universe. But he outwits the universe. He grins at his ridiculous problem and overcomes it through grace and guile. Soccer is the beautiful game partly because it makes beauty seem so unlikely, seem virtually impossible, and then gives players just enough freedom to do something beautiful anyway. In its best moments — which don't happen often, which don't occur even in every match, and which are therefore to be savored — soccer is ballet breaking out of an enforced clumsiness.
This is one reason, I think, why the clashes between the World Cup and the Brazilian protesters have been so disquieting, even disorienting. At the FIFA Fan Fest at Copacabana there are Coca-Coca logos on Coca-Cola booths and Sony logos on the zip-lining tower and a glassed-in Hyundai pavilion where fans who have been checked para grenadas can interact with actual Hyundais. The beer is sold by the sponsor that paid FIFA to sell beer, and the broadcast is aired by the media company that paid FIFA to air the broadcast. I am not simply talking about commercialism. I am talking about a sense that soccer has been translated out of its natural language, that it is meant to speak precisely to the people FIFA has turned it against. If you've been displaced from the favela, what do you have to turn to but soccer? But it was soccer that displaced you from the favela! This is not a new phenomenon, of course, but watching it unfold in Brazil has hurt a little, even as the early games have been some of the most spectacular in the history of the World Cup. In the interest of profit, FIFA is sanitizing a part of the emotional depth that made soccer so profitable in the first place.
In Rio it sometimes seems that everything that looks old is really new and everything that looks new is ancient. Consider: The rain forest surrounding Corcovado had been obliterated to make room for coffee plantations by the middle of the 19th century, long before the statue of Christ appeared atop the mountain. The forest through which the trains run now was replanted by hand, almost within living memory. The favela in the forest is still inhabited mostly by the descendants of the planters.
Or consider this: One of the influential groups orchestrating the anti–World Cup protests in 2013 was the Movimento Passe Livre, the Free Pass Movement, a quasi-revolutionary group that advocates social change through free public transport. The idea sounds absurd until you grasp its import, at which point you might have to sit down for a second: Poor workers in Rio can easily spend a sixth of their income on transportation. There were fare hikes across the country before the World Cup. In February, protesters from the movement seized control of the Central do Brasil train station, demolished the ticket gates, and let commuters enter for free. Police attacked them with tear gas and flash grenades and finally drove them away. This will be on hardly anyone's mind during the World Cup, but it looks directly back to the beginning of soccer in Brazil. It's often been difficult to reduce the protests to one message, to say exactly what the protesters want. But in this case, there is no ambiguity. They want the trains back.
Filed Under: 2014 World Cup, Brian Phillips, Soccer, Brazil
Brian Phillips is a staff writer for Grantland.
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Q: Spring boot with JOOQ got a message "required a bean of type 'org.jooq.DSLContext' that could not be found" I created a simple project with spring boot and JOOQ, added dependency "spring-boot-starter-jooq". The application failed to start when I compiled.
Here is the pom.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <groupId>com.bingo</groupId>
    <artifactId>api</artifactId>
    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>

    <name>api</name>
    <description>Demo project for Spring Boot</description>

    <parent>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
        <version>2.0.0.RELEASE</version>
        <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
    </parent>

    <properties>
        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
        <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
    </properties>

    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-jooq</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
            <scope>runtime</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.hashids</groupId>
            <artifactId>hashids</artifactId>
            <version>1.0.1</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
            <version>18.0</version>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>

    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
            </plugin>

            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
                <artifactId>jooq-codegen-maven</artifactId>
                <configuration>
                    <jdbc>
                        <driver>com.mysql.jdbc.Driver</driver>
                        <url>jdbc:mysql://123.123.123.123:3306/dbname</url>
                        <user>root</user>
                        <password>password</password>
                    </jdbc>
                    <generator>
                        <database>
                            <name>org.jooq.util.mysql.MySQLDatabase</name>
                            <includes>.*</includes>
                            <excludes></excludes>
                            <inputSchema>dbname</inputSchema>
                            <forcedTypes>
                                <forcedType>
                                    <name>CustomUUID</name>
                                    <types>binary.*</types>
                                </forcedType>
                                <forcedType>
                                    <name>Geometry</name>
                                    <types>(geometry|GEOMETRY)</types>
                                </forcedType>
                            </forcedTypes>
                            <properties>
                                <property>
                                    <key>packages</key>
                                    <value>com.bingo.api.entity</value>
                                </property>
                            </properties>
                        </database>
                        <generate>
                            <pojos>true</pojos>
                        </generate>
                    </generator>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>
</project>

This is where I want to inject DSLContext:
@Service
public class GameDao {
    private final DSLContext create;
    @Autowired
    public GameDao(DSLContext dslContext) {
        this.create = dslContext;
    }
}

Error Message:
Exception encountered during context initialization - cancelling refresh attempt: org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'gameDao' defined in file [/Users/yangzhiwei/Downloads/BingoApi/target/classes/com/bingo/api/dao/GameDao.class]: Unsatisfied dependency expressed through constructor parameter 0; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.NoSuchBeanDefinitionException: No qualifying bean of type 'org.jooq.DSLContext' available: expected at least 1 bean which qualifies as autowire candidate. Dependency annotations: {}

/***************************

APPLICATION FAILED TO START

/***************************

Description:  Parameter 0 of constructor in com.bingo.api.dao.GameDao required a bean of type 'org.jooq.DSLContext' that could not be found.
Action: Consider defining a bean of type 'org.jooq.DSLContext' in your configuration.

Any help please?
Update:
1.I added properties in application.properties file like this:
spring.datasource.url==jdbc:mysql://123.123.123.123:3306/bingo
spring.datasource.user=username
spring.datasource.password=password

2.I added jooqConfiguration class.
Now got another error message:
Exception encountered during context initialization - cancelling refresh attempt: org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'jooqConfiguration': Unsatisfied dependency expressed through field 'dataSource'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.NoSuchBeanDefinitionException: No qualifying bean of type 'javax.sql.DataSource' available: expected at least 1 bean which qualifies as autowire candidate. Dependency annotations: {@org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired(required=true)}
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APPLICATION FAILED TO START
***************************

Description:

Field dataSource in com.bingo.api.config.JooqConfiguration required a bean of type 'javax.sql.DataSource' that could not be found.
    - Bean method 'dataSource' not loaded because @ConditionalOnProperty (spring.datasource.jndi-name) did not find property 'jndi-name'
    - Bean method 'dataSource' not loaded because @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'javax.transaction.TransactionManager'

A: One reason why people using Spring Boot 2.4 or 2.5 with jOOQ 3.15+ may run into this message:

No qualifying bean of type 'org.jooq.DSLContext' available: expected at least 1 bean which qualifies as autowire candidate.

... is because jOOQ 3.15 has a new R2DBC dependency, and Spring Boot 2.4 / 2.5 isn't ready yet for third parties that work with both JDBC and R2DBC, see also How to fix "Consider defining a bean of type 'org.jooq.DSLContext' in your configuration." after update to jOOQ 3.15.0
Most users aren't using R2DBC, so you can just exclude the R2dbcAutoConfiguration (watch out for typos. It's not R2dbcDataAutoConfiguration):
@SpringBootApplication(exclude = { R2dbcAutoConfiguration.class })

A: You need to instantiate the DSLContext.
First add the properties:
spring.datasource.url=jdbc:h2:~/jooq
spring.datasource.username=sa
spring.datasource.password=xxx

EDIT:  As per jhyot's comment... adding the configuration should be good enough, since the DSLContext will be created for you by JooqAutoConfiguration.
Optional:  Add the configuration to create the DSLContext bean.  Here is an example.
@Configuration
public class JooqConfiguration {

    @Autowired
    private DataSource dataSource;

    @Bean
    public DataSourceConnectionProvider connectionProvider() {
        return new DataSourceConnectionProvider
          (new TransactionAwareDataSourceProxy(dataSource));
    }

    @Bean
    public DefaultDSLContext dsl() {
        return new DefaultDSLContext(configuration());
    }

    public DefaultConfiguration configuration() {
        DefaultConfiguration jooqConfiguration = new DefaultConfiguration();
        jooqConfiguration.set(connectionProvider());
        jooqConfiguration
          .set(new DefaultExecuteListenerProvider(exceptionTransformer()));

        return jooqConfiguration;
    }

}

Reference:  http://www.baeldung.com/spring-boot-support-for-jooq

A: Just exclude R2dbc
@SpringBootApplication(exclude = { R2dbcAutoConfiguration.class })

A: I've reproduced the same issue as:
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.jooq.DSLContext
    at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.loadClass(BuiltinClassLoader.java:641) ~[na:na]
    at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoaders.java:188) ~[na:na]
    at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:520) ~[na:na]
    ... 11 common frames omitted

And it was fixed after adding in POM:
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-jooq</artifactId>
        <version>2.7.1</version>
    </dependency>

even without the usage of:
@SpringBootApplication(exclude = { R2dbcAutoConfiguration.class })

and any additional configurations.

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Choosing the Right High-Performance File System
There are a lot of high-performance file systems out there: Sun QFS, IBM GPFS, Quantum StorNext, Red Hat GFS and Panasas, to name a few. So which is best? It depends on who you ask and what your needs are.
"We typically compete with NetApp OnTap or OnTap GX, EMC, IBM GPFS, HP Polyserve or Sun's open source research project called Lustre," said Len Rosenthal, chief marketing officer of Panasas Inc. "Although we have replaced systems running Sun's QFS, we have never really competed with them in sales situations."
Rosenthal claims that Quantum StorNext and HP Polyserve can only deal with a maximum of 16 clustered NFS servers, so they don't tend to compete in scale-out NAS bids. Similarly, he said that IBM GPFS and Sun Lustre, which are both parallel file systems like Panasas PanFS, are mainly used by universities and government research organizations for scratch storage, as they don't provide high enough I/Orates or a sufficient range of data management tools such as snapshots.
Tough talk indeed from Panasas. So how do its rivals respond to these claims?
Todd Neville, GPFS offering manager at IBM (NASDAQ: IBM), said the GPFS installation base is diverse, including HPC, retail, media and entertainment, financial services, life sciences, healthcare, Web 2.0, telco, and manufacturing. Neville is also dismissive of the I/O rate claims.
Greg Nuss, director of the software business line at Quantum (NYSE: QTM), is more emphatic, stating that the statement by Panasas about StorNext's capabilities is completely false.
"Each node in a StorNext cluster can act as NFS server, each presenting the common file system namespace at the back end," he said. "Today our stated node support is 1,000 nodes and we support both SAN-attached as well as LAN-attached nodes into the cluster. We have practical installations in the 300-400 node range deployed today. We don't typically run into Panasas in the market because StorNext is not typically deployed in scale-out NAS configurations, but rather in high-performance workflow and archive configurations."
HP (NYSE: HPQ), meanwhile, also took umbrage about the Panasas claims. The company said that HP Scalable NAS does not have an architectural limit on the number of NAS File Services server nodes that a customer can use in their clusters.
"The stated 16 server node limit is a test limit only," said Ian Duncan, director of marketing for NAS for HP StorageWorks,. "HP has a number of NAS File Services customers using clusters with more than 16 server nodes."
Duncan said Panasas, Sun QFS, IBM GPFS and Quantum StorNext are not true symmetrical file systems, but are cluster file systems based on master servers — whether for metadata operations, locking operations, or both — which are relatively easy to implement as an extension of traditional, single-node systems. However, Duncan believes they suffer from performance and availability limitations inherent in the master server's singular role.
"As servers are added, the load on the master server increases, undercutting performance and subjecting more nodes to loss of functionality in the event of a master server's failure," said Duncan. "By contrast, the 4400 Scalable NAS File Services uses the HP Clustered File System (CFS), which exploits multiple, independent servers to provide better scalability and availability, insulating the cluster from any individual node's failure or performance limitation."
With that out of the way, let's take a closer look at some of these file systems.
Panasas PanFS
The Panasas PanFS parallel file system is an object-based file system designed for scale-out applications that require high performance in both I/O and bandwidth. Unlike NFS or CIFS, which Panasas also supports, PanFS uses the parallel DirectFLOW protocol, which is the foundation of the upcoming pNFS(Parallel NFS) standard, which is the major advance in the upcoming NFS version 4.1. The key benefit to Panasas parallel storage is said to be superior application performance.
Where NFS servers require that all I/O requests go through a single NAS filer head, PanFS enables parallel transfer of data directly from the clients or server nodes into the storage system. With Panasas, the NAS head is removed from the data path and is no longer the I/O bottleneck. Case in point: Panasas parallel storage is installed with the world's highest performance computer system in the world, the Roadrunner system at Los Alamos National Lab in New Mexico. It generates close to 100 GB/s to a single shared file system.
"As a result of this architecture, Panasas parallel storage systems scale to thousands of users/servers, tens of Petabytes and can generate over 100GB/s in bandwidth," said Rosenthal. "Other key features include its software-based RAIDarchitecture that enables parallel RAID reconstructions that are 5X to 10X faster than most storage systems."
PanFS also includes Panasas Tiered Paritytechnology, which automatically detects and corrects unrecoverable media errors, which is important during reconstructions. Finally, this file system is optimized for use with many simulation and modeling applications.
Note, though, that Panasas systems are designed for file storage, not block storage. Therefore, it is typically not installed for transaction-oriented applications such as ERP, order entry or CRM. Instead, it tends to be deployed in applications where a large number of users or server nodes need shared access to a common pool of large files.
HP File Services
HP claims superiority by pushing symmetry over parallelism. The product is aimed at medium-sized customers who need to seamlessly increase application throughput far in excess of traditional NAS products and easily grow storage capacity online without service disruption. HP StorageWorks 4400 Scalable NAS File Services includes an HP StorageWorks 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array with dual array controllers and 4.8 TB of storage, three file serving nodes, management and replication software, and support for Windows or Linux. With three file serving nodes and dual array controllers, the 4400 Scalable NAS File Services does not have a single point of failure.
Downsides?
"The 4400 Scalable NAS File Services is less suitable for high-performance computing applications that require more than 6 GB/sec of throughput," said Duncan.
Quantum StorNext
StorNext is certainly the platform of choice for anyone using Apple. Further, in media rich environments where Apple, Windows and other systems must interact, StorNext appears to have the market cornered. For example, StorNext is commonly used in demanding video production and playback applications because of its ability to handle the large capacity and frame rates of high-definition content. How does it do beyond that niche?
"The key differentiators between StorNext and other shared file systems are our tight level of integration with the archive tier (StorNext/StorageManager) along with the robust tape support, as well as the broad OS platform support," said Nuss. "No other file system can support varieties of Linux, Unix, Apple and Windows within a single cluster environment."
The StorNext file system is a heterogeneous, shared file system with integrated archive capability. It enables systems to share a high-speed pool of images, media, content, analytical data and other files so they can be processed and distributed rapidly, whether SAN or LAN connected. According to Nuss, it excels at both high-performance data rates and high capacity in terms of the file size as well as number of files in the file system.
IBM GPFS
The General Parallel File System (GPFS) from IBM has been out now for a few years.
"GPFS is a high-performance, shared disk, clustered file system for AIX and Linux," said John Webster, an analyst at Iluminata Inc.
Originally designed for technical high performance computing (HPC), it has since expanded into environments which require performance, fault tolerance and high capacity such as relational databases, CRM, Web 2.0 and media applications, engineering, financial applications and data archiving.
"GPFS is built on a SAN model where all the servers see all the storage," said Neville. "To allow data access from systems not attached to the SAN, GPFS provides a software simulation of a SAN, allowing access to the data using general purpose networks such as Ethernet."
Data is striped across all the disks in each file system, which allows the bandwidth of each disk to be used for service of a single file or to produce aggregate performance for multiple files. This performance can be delivered to all the nodes that make up the cluster. GPFS can also be configured so that there are no single points of failure. On top of the core file service features, GPFS provides functions such as the ability to share data between clusters and a policy-based information life cycle management (ILM) tool where data is migrated among different tiers of storage, which can include tape.
In addition, GPFS can be used at the core of a file-serving NAS cluster where all the data is served via NFS, CIFS, FTP or HTTP from all nodes of the cluster simultaneously. Further nodes or storage devices can be added or removed from the cluster as demands change. The IBM Scale Out File Services (SoFS) offering, based on GPFS, includes additional functionality.
"As file-centric data and storage continues to expand rapidly, NAS is expected to follow the trend of HPC, Web serving, and other similar industries into a scale-out model based on standard low-cost components, which is a core competency for GPFS," said Neville.
While most of the vendors above claim global superiority on multiple fronts, most are willing to admit some areas of weakness. The bottom line appears to be that on-site testing and liberal use of free trial periods is required to see just how these various file systems play in your environment.
Further, we have only scratched the surface. So a follow-up article will cover more data on NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP), Sun (NASDAQ: JAVA) as well as some of the traditional file system protocols like CIFS and NFS. After all, not everyone needs super high performance.
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At a meeting on Thursday, legislators proposed outfitting all school buses with ignition interlock systems - similar to that of a Breathalyzer test - to prevent bus drivers from driving drunk.
At Thursday's State Senate transportation meeting at SUNY Farmingdale, state legislators proposed that the future of school transportation include mandated Breathalyzer-like tests for bus drivers every day before driving kids to and from school.
Like the Breathalyzer, an interlock would be installed in buses and would require the driver to breathe into it to prove that he or she is not intoxicated in order for the ignition to work.
The bill was proposed after a rash of vehicle accidents caused by impaired bus drivers. Since October, there have been four bus accidents on Long Island caused by drunk bus drivers, including one when a bus driver with a bus carrying five student crashed into a house in Syosset.
"Parents entrust their children's lives and safety to school bus drivers," said Senator Charles Fuschillo. "They have every right to expect and demand that the bus driver is sober."
While the bill is also supported by Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice and Senator Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley), all bus drivers that testified at the meeting opposed the idea.
"As champions of school bus safety, the New York School Bus Contractors Association believe there are better solutions to help prevent DWI and further protect our children," said Paul Mori, a New York School Bus Contractors Association board member and senior manager at Huntington Coach. "When considering the excellent safety record of the industry, the technical challenges of ignition interlocks, and cost, the Association believes that mandating ignition interlock devices on every single school bus in New York is simply not a rational response to a few isolated, yet widely-publicized, incidences."
The interlocks will have to be engaged every time the bus is started, which Mori sees as an issue for a driver whose main goal should be to get children to where they need to be in a timely and safe manner.
"Any false positives (mouthwash) or other problems with the device would lead to significant employee and transportation management issues," said Mori. "And, because these devices require activation from a driver while the vehicle is running to be effective, this could create major distractions for the driver and, ultimately, be very dangerous for students riding the bus."
Bus drivers and opponents of the bill also argue that it would be too expensive to install ignition interlocks on all school buses, which Mori estimates to be as high as $100 million per year.
If the bill is passed, it will go into effect in 2015.
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By Gloria Schlaefli Columns December 15, 2022
The stores are bursting with Christmas decorations, gifts and delicious holiday menu options. Whenever I walk into such a store, it takes control to remain on point with my Christmas shopping list in hand to find only the things needed. It is hard...
By Bill Blauvelt Columns December 15, 2022
A few months ago an Omaha World-Herald reporter asked if I was the longest serving of any current Nebraska newspaper editor. Though I have been in this editor's position for 52 years and have sat behind the same Alma brand desk for 47 years, I...
By Nancy Stafford Columns December 15, 2022
Selling Christmas Trees
One year my husband and I decided to sell Christmas trees in Connecticut with a friend, Rick. We bought an old truck with a tool body on it. After buying two wheels with tires from two different junk yards, we traveled to Pennsylvania to buy 100...
By Teraesa Bruce Columns December 15, 2022
Love my crazy life
It's raining! Usually, I would be down in the dumps because of the gloomy weather, but I am thankful for the warmer temperatures. It seems odd to me that it is raining in December and 50 degrees, but I'll take it. The politicians would say...
Columns December 15, 2022
Gosh . . . what a week! Everyone says a person gets busy around Christmas time. That I believe, but I have done very little Christmas related so far. I'm not sure just where this week's letter will go, but I'll get started with a few comments...
News December 15, 2022
Superior Students will bag cell phones in the new year
Actions taken Monday evening during the regular monthly meeting of the Superior Board of Education bring significant change. Early in the meeting, Jason Jensen was recognized for his eight years of service as a board member. This was his last...
COVID cases on the upswing before holiday
The numbers of COVID-19 cases and influenza are rapidly increasing and healthcare officials are urging people to do their part to prevent a winter surge of respiratory illnesses by getting vaccinated against both viruses. COVID cases grew at an...
Nebraska DMV will issue new plates in 2023
Next year, 2023, marks the beginning of the new Nebraska license plate issuance cycle. Since the last plate issuance year, 2017, license plate options have significantly increased with the expansion of the number of available specialty plates. There...
Monday fire strikes hearts of Hardy families
A family with multi-generational ties to Hardy is reeling this week after a fire Monday morning destroyed family members' home in Osborne and left one family member dead. Firefighters were called to the 335 South Third Street address shortly after...
Rain finally came, but more needed
While residents of this area were rejoicing Tuesday to have received much needed rain, residents to the west were dealing with a major winter storm. Both Interstate Highways 80 and 70 were closed because of the storm. West bound travelers on I-80...
Superior Public Library hosts Santa's workshop
Young children intently worked under the supervision of their parents at the Superior Public Library Saturday morning as the library hosted Santa's Workshop. The workshop was composed of 11 different...
By Sandra Foote Features December 15, 2022
2 Scandinavian students attend Superior High School
Tova Lestander and Eivind-Johan (EJ) are International exchange students who have chosen to come to the United States to experience a new culture. They have some things in common but mostly they are both from the cold climates of Sweden and Norway. T...
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EJ (AKA) known as Eivind-Johan, a foreign exchange student
EJ (AKA) known as Eivind-Johan, a foreign exchange student is living with Shannon, Jenny, Truet and Callum McCord during his yearlong stay in Superior....
Santa at the Farmers and Merchants Bank
Santa Claus appears perplexed by Eelf Avalos crying as her brother Mateo smiles. The pair visited Santa at the Farmers and Merchants Bank, Superior, as part of the "Once Upon a Christmas" festivities...
Museum receives Fuller memorabilia
The Nuckolls County Historical Society and Museum received a donation of Fuller automobile ephemera from Dean Nelson, a St. Paul, Minn., resident. The collection included several photographs of the Angus manufactured Fuller automobile. Also included...
Agriculture December 15, 2022
Mitchell County family named Farm Family of the Year
Dallas Fuller, Mitchell County, is one of Kansas Farm Bureau's Farm Family of the Year honorees. Each year a select number of families receive the Farm Family of the Year award for their service and leadership in agriculture, Farm Bureau and their...
Jewell awarded $6,700 for Maag City Park and Emerson Lake updates
The Jewell City Council met on Monday, Dec. 5, at city hall. Those in attendance were Darrell Bohnert, mayor; Council members, Max Burks, Josh Burks, Gaye Daniels, Derek Birdsell, Bob Freeman and Kristie Anderson, city clerk. Kristie Anderson...
By Kerma Crouse Features December 15, 2022
Bill of Rights Day observed this week
Bill of Rights Day is observed on Dec. 15. Dec. 15, 1791, saw the ratification of the first ten amendments to the Constitution of the United States. The Constitution itself had been accepted by the delegates to the Constitutional Convention on...
By Kerma Crouse History December 15, 2022
Nondescript record book contains Olive Hill Missionary Society minutes from 1900s
A small non-descript "Record" book as recently resurfaced. This book, purchased for $1.00, contains the "Minutes of Missionary Society." This Missionary Society was the women's group of the Olive Hill Church. The first entry is simply...
Calendar December 15, 2022
Government Food Commodities Distribution
There will be a government commodities distribution for families meeting income guidelines for the Jewell-Randall-Ionia area at 1 p.m., on Thursday, Dec. 22, at the Jewell Apartments Commons Area. The following foods are scheduled to be distributed:...
Scouts will carol in Mankato Friday
The Rock Hills Boy and Girl Scouts will be caroling from 3:40 to 4:30 p.m., at the Mankato downtown businesses Friday....
Jewell County's Mount Pisgah named after Biblical mount
The Hebrew word "Pisgah" means summit. The biblical Mount Pisgah is in the Jordanian mountains east of Israel's Jordan River and northeast of the Dead Sea. It is also known as Mount Nebo. Mount Nebo was the mountain from which Moses looked at...
Mankato Park
Mankato businesses have once again posted giant greeting cards in the Mankato Park....
Santa came to visit children in the Nelson and Lawrence
Santa visited Lawrence on Sunday arriving on the back of a fire truck driven by the Lawrence Volunteer Fire Department. He took pictures with more than 50 youngsters and handed out goodie bags at the...
2023 Cow-Calf College Beef Seminar set for January
The 2023 Cow-Calf College Beef Seminar is set for Thursday, Jan. 19, at the Clay County Fairgrounds in the Activities Building. Registration starts at 9 a.m. with programs scheduled from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. This year's program is focused on...
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Minnesota nonprofit in need of technology donations due to increase in distance learning
By Leah Beno
A pile of laptops stacked in the warehouse at Minnesota Computers for Schools. (FOX 9)
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Distance learning is underway across the state, but plenty of students still don't have the equipment they need at their fingertips.
Minnesota Computers for Schools has worked for decades to put refurbished technology in the hands of students across the state. The nonprofit is experiencing its highest demand on record coupled with a drastic drop off in donations.
Distance learning is underway across the state, but plenty of students still don't have the equipment they need at their fingertips.
"With everything that has gone out over the past few weeks, we are quite low," said Tamara Gillard of MCFS.
Within a few weeks of the COVID-19 crisis, MCFS has placed about 800 computers and laptops through school districts statewide. At least another 50 families have called individually, desperate to get a device for distance learning to help their students.
"I'm taking dozens of calls each day," said Gillard. "We have families who are struggling, English is a second language, they are trying to figure out the way to maneuver the school site and how to assist."
Plus, the need has expanded for MCFS. The nonprofit is helping supply some college students and healthcare workers for the first time.
"We've worked with the Native American Community Clinic, they are trying to ramp up a process for telemedicine," said Gillard.
All of this as the half the staff at the Minneapolis warehouse is furloughed and volunteers can no longer come into help in order to allow remaining staff to safely work several feet apart. At this point, they're trying to get shipments out every two to three days.
As corporations have ramped up for employees to work from home, those organizations haven't been cycling through technology. Thus that pipeline for computer, laptop and iPad donations has been cut off. If there's ever a time get rid of old gadgets, it's now.
"We need donations as fast as possible if we are going to be able to meet the need," said Gillard.
The Department of Education points out that not all distance learning is e-learning. Plenty of districts in more rural areas are utilizing paper packets of school work.
In addition to clearing out the old technology you're not using, MCFS says financial donations help a lot as well. That money can help with everyone from buying new devices to the shipping costs associated with getting computers shipped to where they are needed.
If you'd like to donate, you can visit Minnesota Computers for Schools' website.
Airlines worldwide rush to cancel, change flights amid 5G wireless service dispute


The widow of a man killed in an attack on a Jordanian police training center filed a lawsuit against Twitter on Wednesday in San Francisco federal court, accusing the company of giving a mouthpiece to terrorist groups like ISIS–which took credit for the attack. The suit argues that ISIS has used Twitter to attract new recruits and to disseminate propaganda, and that the site has "knowingly or with willful blindness" aided terrorists as a result.
"Without Twitter, the explosive growth of ISIS over the last few years into the most-feared terrorist group in the world would not have been possible," the complaint reads.
When Does Hate Speech Cross The Line On Social Media?
Tamara Fields, who lives in Cape Coral, Florida, is requesting unspecified compensation for her husband Lloyd "Carl" Fields Jr.'s death in November.
As Fast Company wrote recently, Twitter's policy on hate speech regulates content that encourages violence or threats "on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, or disability." But its rules are far less stringent than that of Facebook, which aims to remove any content that qualifies as hate speech.
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See the disposition from Franklin County Central Court for June 12, 2018. It shows defendants and the results of their preliminary hearings.
Below is the Franklin County Central Court disposition for June 12, 2018. It is public information.
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While the Chesapeake Bay's fish and shellfish populations have long been in decline, our elected leaders have seldom taken sufficient measures to protect them. This week's announcement that Gov. Martin O'Malley and Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine will direct their respective regulatory agencies to reduce the harvest of female crabs by 34 percent is a welcome development.
Blue crabs aren't yet a threatened species in the Chesapeake, but spawning stocks could soon become so depleted that they are in danger of becoming one. Too high a percentage of the crab population is winding up in someone's pot covered in Old Bay.
The prospect of real partnership between the states on this issue is noteworthy. The southward fall migration of mature female crabs makes this very much a shared enterprise - and one that Maryland's southern neighbor has often been reluctant to restrict.
But this approach is no permanent solution. Blue crabs may well bounce back in a few years - and then thousands of Maryland's licensed watermen and recreational crabbers will, too, leading to yet another downward swing.
What's needed is a long-term sustainability of the fishery. The bay suffers not only a scarcity of crabs but an excess of crabbers.
The legislature recently agreed to set aside $3 million to help watermen hurt by the new rules. The money can be used to encourage some to pursue alternatives such as oyster farming. But that should just be a beginning.
Maryland and Virginia need something equivalent to industrial cap-and-trade rules: Set strict individual harvest quotas (based on the annual survey) and grant watermen the right to trade or sell their allocation to others. That would leave fewer watermen on the bay, but the ones left behind would be able to earn a living.


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AT&T's HTC One X lost the Tegra 3 due to LTE incompatibility
Michael Crider - Feb 26, 2012, 8:54 pm CST
Android enthusiasts have been drooling over the HTC One X for months, ever since it was leaked as the HTC Edge. A lot of that had to do with the inclusion of Nvidia's quad-core Tegra 3 platform; at the time, it was the only smartphone we knew of that would get the screaming silicon. So it's no surprise that AT&T customers were a little miffed to hear that the American version is going with a dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU instead. But before you start a signature campaign to bring the "real" one X to AT&T, you might want to read this: it was purely a technical limitation.
See, AT&T wanted to make sure that a flagship phone like the One X has access to its still-growing LTE network. Apparently the new 5-Plus-One Tegra 3 platforms still isn't compatible with LTE radio chipsets, and won't be for at least a few more months – too long to be included in the first batch of US-bound One X units. Given the choice between going back to HSPA+ or using a processor that was "only" dual-core 1.5Ghz, AT&T chose the latter.
That may be small comfort to many of AT&T's customers, the majority of which are outside of its LTE network at the moment, and are likely to remain so when the HTC One X launches in no more than 60 days. The kind of person that's targeted by ultra-high-end hardware doesn't like that sort of compromise – and I say that as the owner of a $700 phone who lives ninety miles from the closest AT&T LTE tower. It's an inauspicious start for HTC's would-be comeback; here's hoping that the few charms remaining to the One X (you know, the unibody styling, massive screen, Ice Cream Sandwich, Beats audio and great camera) will be enough to win out.
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The key to glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth control is a comprehensive, integrated weed-management strategy emphasizing resistance management.
It's been called a superweed, a crop robber and the cotton industry's most destructive adversary since the boll weevil. Palmer amaranth (Palmer's pigweed, carelessweed) is a zero-tolerance nuisance that can choke out crops, destroy farm equipment and require costly or labor-intensive management that can be unsustainable.
The formidable weed can grow as high as ten feet and a single plant in competition with cotton can produce almost a half million seeds.1 It is drought tolerant, thrives in high temperatures and grows very quickly resulting in tall, thick stands that quickly dwarf other vegetation. Palmer amaranth can slash yields and profits when it gets out of control; the only resort is costly hand-pulling and the weed's thick stems and extensive root system make that a difficult task. In the worst cases, Palmer has forced many growers to simply abandon the crop because it got so out of control. Palmer amaranth is a weed that requires 99.9% control as 90% control just isn't good enough.
In 2004, the first glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth was discovered in Georgia.2 Today, the weed variation is widespread in the southeastern U.S. and cases have been reported in Texas, Virginia and Indiana.3 Due to the rapid proliferation of glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth, herbicide costs in the cotton industry soared from around $23/acre in 2004 to $100/acre by 2012.4 In addition to the $15 million spent on labor to hand-weed rows of cotton, farmers in Georgia alone spent well over $100 million fighting one weed in one crop.2 The explosive proliferation of glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth sent growers, agents and researchers in search of an alternate compound with a different mode of action.
The key to glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth control is a comprehensive integrated weed management strategy. Brake can be used as the foundation residual treatment in such a program. Brake provides excellent Palmer amaranth control with very good longevity and is a great complement to the overall weed control system. In a typical Brake program, a total of up to five to eight different modes of herbicide action can be used as part of a comprehensive resistance management strategy.
1. "The Biology and Ecology of Palmer Amaranth: Implications for Control," Sosnoskie, Webster, Culpepper and Kichler, caes.uga.edu, February 1, 2014.
2. "Pigweed in the Cotton: A 'Superweed' Invades Georgia," Andre Gallant, modernfarmer.com, July 18, 2013.
3. "Palmer amaranth Weed Creeping Across Midwest From South," Steve Karnowski, huffingtonpost.com, October 26, 2013.
4. "Palmer amaranth Tough For Cotton Farmers," Clint Thompson, caes.uga.edu, June 5, 2013.


We got in here a wide selection of the stickman games what you can have on your phone online or on a computer. Stickman Freeride is one of the best stickman games; did you play the stickman games before?
If you do not like Stickman Freeride, other games of the same category StickMan can get your attention, and I can assure you, you will have the game of your taste and desire.
But, these are just to fill the available space; the real taste of the game would be the story and the script. If the script goes fail none of the other things what I mentioned, cannot fill the place. So, that Stickman Freeride is nicely drawn story and script, you are going to play one of the best StickMan driving games, and I think after playing it even for another day, you would be recommending this to your friends and other Kids.
Play Stickman Freeride online in the browser, just hit the play button and allow the game to be loaded. And you can get yourself registered for the game if you think you are going to hit the cohort positively and your name should be shown on the top in the scorecard.


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If you are a young artist, writer, performer, theatrical advocate or lover of the craft of theater, this is for you.
Everything about theater is hard. We're in it for the art not the money. We do it or see it because we love it. There is no guarantee of success and failure is part of the game. All of these things are true and yet, I urge young people to stand up in spite of them.
On Wednesday night I saw the opening performance of Cardboard Piano at TimeLine Theatre Company. It was my seventh performance of 2019 and I'm still ruminating on all the things it stirred within me, but that's not why I brought it up.
Freedom Martin is the reason I brought it up.
Martin plays Pika and Francis in Cardboard Piano. He brings to the stage the kind of raw energy that cannot be taught or learned. It is a gift that performers would give anything for and luckily for us Martin has it. His candid stage presence electrifies the space in a way I rarely see.
So, imagine my surprise when I opened the program to discover he is a senior in high school.
Surprise is the wrong word.
Imagine my *delight when I opened the program to discover he is a senior in high school. I'm beyond elated for the spirits of young artists in this field. I am always eager to see the future of this craft that I love, especially as a fellow somewhat-young person.
I'm 26 for anyone who cares about that sort of thing. And for the entire time I've been a professional writer my youth has largely been my enemy. I try to embrace it though, especially when working with other young arts professionals.
On Sunday, for example, I got back from five days in Madison, Wisconsin mentoring the young critics/journalists program at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) Region III. Even almost a week later I'm still on cloud nine from the overwhelming brilliance of young writers.
It was also a humbling moment for me because I did the program at KCACTF three times in undergrad. It's the reason I fell in love with writing about theater.
So it was without hesitation that I warned my students last week that we–I lump myself in because for the most part I'm only about five years their senior–are overwhelmingly young in an art that skews older.
And sometimes that skew brings out the ugliness in the industry.
I was once asked by an usher at an opera if I was in the right place when I tried to get to my seat in the orchestra section. I was, in fact, in the right section. And my friend and I were the only people seated there under the age of 65. Clearly that stigma of the young enjoying art is still there even if we choose to ignore it.
For me it's almost impossible to ignore so I often joke about it. I use self deprecating humor to feign ignorance when my knowledge, insight or input is called into question because of my age. Or, I'm questioned because I'm both young and a woman.
Needless to say I'm a strong proponent for young artists and a major advocate for young artists who throw expectation out the window. Martin, for example, propelled the character of Pika emotionally beyond what I've seen even from veteran actors. I can't wait to see him dominate the acting field.
For my students, I'm still blown away at their insight. Given the circumstances of our society there is so much to be discussed in any art form, but especially in theater. My students were unafraid to call out tropes, stereotypes and poorly conveyed topical issues. We talked about the idea of the "issue" play and how theater can bring about change–or not.
We also had heated discussions about the portrayal of women and people of color on stage as well as the need for trigger or content warnings.
To say it was refreshing would be an understatement.
People tend to fear the input of young people because we see things differently. We attack problems with veracity and passion. I've been told that young people do this because they are young. I can't confirm or deny that at this point in my life. That doesn't mean, however, that we should dismiss anyone or be dismissed.
Theater is alive. It exists, changes and grows with mankind. It lives to be challenged, praised, rejected and recrafted. Complacency, not aging audiences, is what will kill the theater.
But so long as we have the drive of young people who want to spend time advocating for theater and we have the powerful precision of actors like Martin, theater is not only going to be okay, it will thrive.


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Until 1995 that 5.56x45mm NATO caliber G36 rifle replaced the general firearm of Bundeswehr (Germany), the G3 in various modifications served as a general issue firearm and become an icon of 20-century 7.62mm caliber firearm, not only for German Armed forces but also for many other countries.
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DAVID CAMERON notched up his first foreign policy triumph today as he unveiled a new deal for Britain and Pakistan to jointly combat global terrorism.
After days of tensions, the Prime Minister and Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari emerged from Chequers to declare a fresh agreement on military and civilian co-operation to take on the Taliban and other extremists.
The two leaders heaped praise on each other after what aides described as a "very warm" meeting in the premier's official country residence. Under the deal, there will be an annual UK-Pakistan summit to monitor progress on security as well as trade, aid and other links. For the first time there will be formal exchanges of military information and advice.
In a further display of unity, the men planted a tree in memory of Mr Zardari's late wife, Benazir Bhutto. Ms Bhutto, an Oxford graduate with links to members of the current British Government, was assassinated three years ago.
Mr Cameron angered many Pakistanis last week when, during a trip to India, he said elements in Pakistan should not be allowed to "promote the export of terror whether to India, whether to Afghanistan or to anywhere else in the world".
Mr Cameron stands by his comments and Mr Zardari had said he would personally challenge him over the remarks during his visit.
On Tuesday, Mr Zardari also told French newspaper Le Monde the battle for the hearts and minds of ordinary Afghan people had already been lost.
The Pakistani president was also under intense pressure to justify his absence from his country at a time when devastating floods have caused a national tragedy.
In a joint statement today, Mr Cameron and Mr Zardari said that they had "affirmed their commitment to further strengthen strategic and co-operative ties between the two countries".
Publication information: Article title: Cameron and Zardari Agree Joint Deal to Fight Terrorism. Contributors: Not available. Newspaper title: The Evening Standard (London, England). Publication date: August 6, 2010. Page number: 4. © Solo Syndication Limited. COPYRIGHT 2010 Gale Group.


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Greenwich & Lewisham Young People's Theatre (GLYPT) are the resident company at The Tramshed; a community arts venue in the centre of Woolwich.
Our venue incorporates a black box theatre (120 seated capacity). This versatile space can be used in any theatrical set-up (end-on, traverse, in-the-round etc). The working area: 10m x 14m and removable staging is available. A 8m x 8m studio with wooden sprung dance-floor and mirrored wall (which can be transformed in to a cafe space). A bar facility is available. All spaces are wheelchair accessible.
GLYPT have hosted many wonderful shows from some of the UK's most exciting theatre and dance companies. With a focus on providing new and initiative performances for young people, families and school audiences. We pride ourselves on being an affordable and accessible venue welcoming a diverse range of the local South East London community.
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The alarm went off at 08:00 this morning, but we were already stirring. We wanted to get a few errands run before leaving for the coast, and I was hoping to catch the bus by 11:00, in an effort to get to Olon before dark.
First order of business was yet another technical difficulty regarding Matt's phone. I'm now awesome at solving telephone difficulties in Spanish. I will be expecting my repayment for services rendered for unnecessary problems, namely getting Matt a data connection so that he can play Ingress. Sigh.
Today the shops were all open, and the streets were busy. The sun was shining, and we were wondering if we made the right decision, leaving Cuenca. Cuenca was shining, so busy. Our next stop was to get the stamps we'd bought yesterday and the postcards we'd bought in Banos sealed. This was confusing to us. We had asked the lovely receptionist at our hostal, and she had confirmed: we needed to get them sealed at the same place we'd bought the stamps. So we put the gigantic stamps on the postcards, rewrote the addresses which no longer fit, and showed up at the shop. The proprietess put her seal on our stamps, and we put them in the postbox outside. Family, expect postcards, but I have NO idea when they'll arrive. They were placed in the box on 13 February.
Last errand for town: Matt really wanted a hat. Did you know that the hats referred to as "panama hats" came originally from Ecuador, specifically Cuenca? Well, we've been seeing all these hats and they look great, so Matt is now the proud owner of one. Actually, I bought another sun hat at the same shop, made the same way, but in a classic sun hat shape, since my usual one badly needs a wash.
And finally, at noon, we were at the bus station, catching the bus to Guayaquil. I've waxed lyrical about buses enough, but this one had no food vendors, a big disappointment.
On the plus side, the journey from Cuenca to Guayaquil took us right through Parque Nacional Cajas, beautiful high Andean plains.
Sadly, our seats were the last 2 in the bus, and the windy and bouncy roads gave me a mild case of motion sickness. It rained much of the time, but I kept my window open and enjoyed the gorgeous scenery.
When we finally left the mountains, the change was amazing. Suddenly we were seeing bananas and coconuts being sold roadside, and it was hot.
A total of 4 hours from departure, we had a crazy rushed transfer in Guayaquil, and were on the bus to Olon. This bus was completely different from any we had been on previously. It was filled with tanned hippies and surfers, a large number of Ecuadorian party boys, and maybe a handful of non-holiday travelers. The driver blasted a dubbed version of "Taken." The film ended just around the same time we reached the coast.
The sun was descending steadily towards the horizon as we made out way north. At 18:39 I saw the clock at the front, looked outside again, watched the sun disappear beneath the waves, and glanced back at the clock. It still read 18:39. 20 minutes later and it was full, pitch-dark.
All but the two of us, a young woman, and a drunken middle-aged man got out at the main Montanita stop. The woman was let out just a few minutes later, still in Montanita.
I was finally getting a little worried as we continued north. We hadn't arranged accommodations, but we hadn't expected the trip to take 7+ hours. The road was dark, and we couldn't see any road signs or likely hostels. And then we were in Olon.
We got off the bus and decided our best course of action was to head towards the beach. Through town, almost everything was dark, and even the couple of hostals looked closed up and uninviting. It wasn't very late, but with everything closed, we were worrying we'd have to head back to Montanita and find something there.
However, our instinct to head for the beach paid off. There was a large well-lit hostal at the south end of town, right on the beach. There was a taxi dropping someone off right inside the gate and lots of people hanging around. We walked in.
Our host turned out to be from Chile, and maybe Chileans operate on an even more relaxed time-frame than Ecuadorians. He had us sit down while he checked "something," but "for sure I have a room for you!" We sat quite a long time. Finally he took us up to a room, but he couldn't find the key and it didn't shut without it. So we propped it closed with a shoe in order to shower and clean up before heading back down to check in.
Again, a wait. He took out his laptop, checked his emails, his reservations, a few other things. We mentioned that we hadn't eaten since breakfast, if he could suggest a cafe in town. He said that if we waited another 10 minutes they'd have soup and we could join them. We waited another half hour. I couldn't smell any soup. We asked if it would be ok if we took a walk while we waited. "Of course! Only 10 minutes!" We walked for another half hour, saw a beach shack cafe, checked that they were open, walked back to the hostal, where there was still no soup, and explained that we would not be joining them for dinner, thank you all the same.
The food at the beach restaurant was fantastic. I had a calamari ceviche and Matt had a fried filet of fish with salad, rice, and plantains. Everything had been freshly made. We shared a beer.
Afterwards, we walked up and down the beach. The stars were brighter than I remember ever seeing them, and slightly different. We walked in the water, which felt warm like someone had been peeing in it. There were colder patches as well, but they weren't cold by any means.
When we arrived back at the hostal, our host said it was good that we hadn't stayed for soup, as extra unexpected tenants had also shown up, and there hadn't been enough. We laughed, asked for towels, and went up to our room.
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National Ringette League releases end of regular season play Elite Eight rankings, playoff match ups
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Ottawa, Ontario – February 23, 2017 – Regular season play ended this past weekend in the National Ringette League (NRL) and today the league has released its Elite Eight rankings, with the Cambridge Turbos maintaining the top spot. After this weekend's games, Cambridge, Atlantic Attack and Calgary RATH have clinched the top spot in their respective divisions and receive a bye to the NRL Championship tournament which will be held in Leduc, Alberta from March 27 to April 1, 2017.
The remaining five spots at the championship tournament will be determined through playoffs that will take place March 4-5 in the East and March 11-12 in the West. In the East, Richmond Hill Lightning will host Rive Sud Revolution, Ottawa Ice will host the Gloucester Devils and Montreal Mission will host Waterloo Wildfire, with the winners advancing. In the West, Edmonton WAM!, Manitoba Intact and Edmonton Black Gold Rush will meet for a double knockout playoff series, with the top two teams advancing.
The final Elite Eight rankings have the Cambridge Turbos (1) maintaining their first place ranking after winning their last four games. Richmond Hill Lightning (2) hold onto their second-place ranking, winning three of their final five games. Edmonton WAM! (3) rise up to third place in the rankings from seventh last month, winning six of their eight last games.
Calgary RATH (4) move up one spot to fourth after winning all six of their final league games. Ottawa Ice (5) move down one spot to fifth, winning one of their last four game. Montreal Mission (6) who were previously unranked come in at sixth in the rankings after winning all three of their games. Rive Sud Revolution (7), also previously unranked, take seventh spot after winning one and losing three. The Gloucester Devils (8) remain in eighth place, winning four and losing one since the last rankings.
Previously ranked Waterloo Wildfire and Atlantic Attack have fallen out of the rankings.
National Ringette League Elite Eight as of February 23, 2017:
Rank – (Ranking last month) – Team name – Conference
1 – (1) – Cambridge Turbos – Eastern
2 – (2) – Richmond Hill Lightning – Eastern
3 – (7) – Edmonton WAM! – Western
4 – (5) – Calgary RATH – Western
5 – (4) – Ottawa Ice – Eastern
6 – (–) – Montreal Mission – Eastern
7 – (–) – Rive Sud Revolution – Eastern
8 – (8) – Gloucester Devils – Eastern
Cambridge Turbos currently hold the NRL Championship title after downing the Gloucester Devils 5-3 at the 2016 NRL Championship tournament final held in April 2016 in London, Ontario. This year's NRL Championship tournament will be held in Leduc, Alberta from March 27 to April 1, 2017.
A full schedule of games, as well as results, stats and player profiles can be viewed on the NRL website at www.nationalringetteleague.ca.
About the National Ringette League
The National Ringette League (NRL) is the showcase league for ringette in Canada and strives to be the premiere women's sports league in the country. The league has 16 teams participating in two conferences – a Western Conference with five teams and an Eastern Conference with 11 teams. The objectives of the NRL are to move ringette into the mainstream of Canadian sports activity, encourage greater public awareness of ringette, create more and better competitive opportunities for athletes, and achieve positive financial results at both a league and team level. For more information on the NRL, including schedules, team rosters and athlete profiles, please visit our website at www.nationalringetteleague.ca.
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Persistent infections are a major source of morbidity and mortality around the world. However, it is increasingly clear that the bacterial microbiome, the virome and the mycobiome can have beneficial roles for the host. Chronic infections with pathogens represent a failure of sterilizing immunity, but the mechanisms responsible for persistence and the balance between host health and disease resulting from infection are not completely understood. Recent discoveries reveal that multiple components of both the infecting organism and the host response to infection determine infection outcome, illustrating that a range of disciplines must be brought together to understand the fundamental mechanisms of chronic infection. This meeting is designed to bring together diverse communities of researchers at the cutting edge of their fields to understand whether and how to manipulate persistent infections to prevent disease and enhance health.
The meeting will begin on Sunday, January 31 with registration from 16:00 to 20:00 and a welcome mixer from 18:00 to 20:00. Conference events conclude on Thursday, February 4 with a closing plenary session from 17:00 to 19:15, followed by a social hour and entertainment. We recommend return travel on Friday, February 5 in order to fully experience the meeting.
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COVID-19 Raises the Risk of Birth Complications for Pregnant People Who Develop the Disease
By Moira McCarthy on November 30, 2021 — Fact checked by Maria Gifford
Experts hope a new study will encourage pregnant people to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Getty Images
Researchers say pregnant people who develop COVID-19 have a higher risk of birth complications such as preeclampsia and gestational hypertension.
Experts note that vaccine hesitancy is high among pregnant people due to concerns over the health effects of the vaccine on unborn children.
They say they hope this new study will encourage pregnant people to get vaccinated.
A study in France confirms what obstetricians in the United States and other countries have suspected since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Researchers concluded that pregnant people who develop COVID-19 are more likely to have complications with pregnancy and birth than those who do not.
Experts hope the study persuades people who are pregnant or working toward pregnancy to do what they've been suggesting all along: Get vaccinated as soon as possible.
"It's great to have data to back up what we know," Dr. Vonne Jones, a physician at Total Women's Care in Houston, told Healthline.
"It's been shown in what we've seen overseas in Israel and on the East Coast (both epicenters early in the pandemic)," she said. "Pregnant women who contract COVID-19 are three times as likely to be hospitalized as those who don't."
The study team from Universite de Paris analyzed data for hospitalizations for birth after 22 weeks gestation in France between January and June 2020.
Of 244,465 births in hospitals across France, 874 mothers had been diagnosed with COVID-19.
The pregnant women with COVID-19 had a higher frequency of admission to the intensive care unit as well as higher rates of preeclampsia and eclampsia, gestational hypertension, hemorrhage either before or after birth, premature spontaneous or induced birth, cesarean delivery, and even death than those who did not develop the disease, researchers reported.
"This is not surprising at all," Dr. Marco Mouanness, a physician at the Rejuvenating Fertility Center in New York, told Healthline.
Pregnant women who developed COVID-19 were also at a higher risk of needing a ventilator, the study found.
This could be in part be because while pregnant, a woman has less residual lung volume. As the baby grows, it puts pressure on the diaphragm, which pushes against the lungs, cutting down on that volume.
Because COVID-19 impacts the lungs and breathing, this can be potentially dangerous, experts say.
Vaccine hesitancy is high
Mouanness, like many OB/GYNs, says he has been fighting misinformation and trying to help patients better understand pregnancy, COVID-19, and vaccines.
He says that there was little clarity on the subject at the beginning of the pandemic and some medical misunderstanding of the novel coronavirus.
"At the beginning of the pandemic, most of the research was pointing (toward the idea that) COVID-19 does not increase adverse pregnancy outcomes," Mouanness said.
But as time went on and more data was collected and reviewed, he said, "This was overturned by new information that indicates that pregnant women are at higher risk if they contract COVID-19."
However, the seeds of worry have been planted, and OB/GYNs found themselves – and still find themselves – needing to educate and assure women about the vaccine and pregnancy.
That was a driving motivation to produce the large-scale French study, Dr. Sylvie Epelboin, a study author and physician specializing in reproductive health, told Healthline.
"All physicians have to battle now with so much fake news," she said.
This large cohort study, she hopes, will arm them with more data.
And while researchers did not look at how vaccinated pregnant women fare when diagnosed with COVID-19 compared to the unvaccinated, Epelboin said, the data showing the elevation in dangerous medical outcomes – for the mother and the child – should be a strong warning.
"Everyone can have his/her opinion, his/her representations of the vaccine, treatments, medicine, political exploitation, but when such data is there, it represents an effective force of persuasion," she said.
Epelboin said she understands how hesitancy began for people who are either pregnant or attempting to become pregnant. Protecting the child in the womb is paramount to them, she said.
"The reasons given for hesitating are multiple but dominated by the fear of what pregnant women have heard and known for several decades now: Any treatment taken by the pregnant woman can harm the baby," she said.
Now, with this information, she added, "Our duty is, therefore, to explain that in this case, the disease is more serious than its remedy: the vaccine."
Mouanness said the hesitancy can be even stronger in people using in-vitro fertilization processes.
"Patients who have had a long history of infertility would not want to do anything to jeopardize their ongoing pregnancy, which they worked so long to achieve. They would rather take the risk of contracting COVID-19 instead of taking the risk with the adverse effects of the vaccine," he said.
What they don't understand, he added, "is that contracting COVID-19 might cause them to have adverse pregnancy outcomes, including miscarriage or preterm birth."
His practice works to educate clients to understand this and get vaccinated.
Study is timely
Mouanness feels the French study comes at a crucial time.
"With the surging of new variants every once in a while, it is safe to say that it is better to add a safety layer to your immune system, and that can only be achieved by the vaccine," he said.
"This evidence is key," Jones said. "This pandemic, unfortunately, is not going away any time soon. It's great to have more data to back up what we know. This confirms the beliefs of what we saw in New York."
Vaccinations, she said, clearly reduce both the chances of developing COVID-19 as well as symptoms. With pregnancy making all that riskier, she said, she hopes people will believe this data and take the vaccine.
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Telangana cop visits accident spot to oversee rescue, dies after slipping off bridge
A speeding lorry hit the car making it fall off the bridge and killing the man driving it.
news Accident Sunday, February 16, 2020 - 14:46
A man died in a freak accident in Telangana's Karimnagar town after the car that he was driving in fell off the Manair bridge and fell into a stream below. His wife who was also in the vehicle sustained serious injuries.
However, in a more shocking turn of events, a police constable who rushed to the spot after the accident also seemingly slipped from the bridge and fell down even as others were conducting a rescue operation below. The incident was caught on camera.
The constable, identified as Chandrashekar, was rushed to a private hospital nearby but succumbed to his injuries.
Speaking to TNM, Karimnagar town Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Pagadala Ashok said that the incident took place at around 9.30 am on Sunday and the couple have been identified as Srinivasa and Swaroopa.
The duo were heading to the Komuravelli Mallanna Temple in Gajwel in Siddipet district, from Karimnagar.
"The car was on the bridge when a speeding lorry hit it from behind, causing it to overturn. Srinivas died on the spot, while Swaroopa was rushed to a private hospital. Doctors say her condition is stable now," ACP Ashok said.
"Responding to a 'dial 100' call, our constable, Chandrashekar, rushed to the spot. As he was observing the scene from above, it seems that he might have slipped and fallen. He also received serious injuries and unfortunately, succumbed to them," he added.
Locals who witnessed the accident immediately found their way to the stream below and turned over the car, which had fallen on its side. However, even as they were rescuing Swaroopa who was stuck inside, a video shows Chandrashekar falling from above. In the video, the constable can be seen falling on some rocks, which were jutting out from the water.
The accused lorry driver has been detained by the police and a case is expected to be registered soon. Further details are awaited.
A similar incident had taken place on January 25, when a couple died after their car fell into the Kakatiya canal, situated close to Karimnagar.
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A car fell down from '#Maneru Vanthena' (bridge) at #Karimnagar and a #constable slipped from the bridge while observing the car. #Telangana pic.twitter.com/K12MyFqUMn
— Rajeswari Parasa (@ParasaRajeswari) February 16, 2020


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This inspection took place on 17 and 18 May 2017 and was unannounced. The inspection was completed by one adult social care inspector and an Expert by Experience (ExE). An Expert by Experience is a person who has personal experience of using or caring for someone using services. During this inspection, the ExE spent time speaking with and observing the people living at Brookthorpe Hall. The ExE also spoke with visitors and members of staff of their experience of Brookthorpe Hall.
The last full inspection of the service was in September 2016 where we found two breaches of regulation. During this inspection we checked whether the requirements of the two warning notices and requirement notices were met and improvements had been made to the service .
Prior to the inspection we looked at the information we had about the service. This information included the statutory notifications that the provider had sent to CQC. A notification is information about important events which the service is required to send us by law.
We contacted four health and social care professionals, including community nurses, social workers and commissioners. We asked them for some feedback about the service.
Some people were able to talk with us about the service they received. We spoke with seven people using the service. We also spoke with relatives of six people using the service.
We spoke with eight members of staff, including the registered manager, the deputy manager and a senior care worker.
We looked at the care records of seven people living at the service, five staff personnel files, training records for all staff, staff duty rotas and other records relating to the management of the service. We looked at a range of policies and procedures including, safeguarding, whistleblowing, complaints, mental capacity and , recruitment, accidents and incidents and equality and diversity.