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Oil majors want Supreme Court to hamstring growing state and local climate lawsuits
01/18/2021 8:34:08 AM PST · by rktman · 29 replies
washingtonexaminer.com ^ | 1/18/2021 0700 hrs est | Abby Smith
BP and other oil majors are calling on the Supreme Court to deal a blow to the growing number of city and state-led lawsuits seeking to force the companies to pay billions for climate damages. The Supreme Court justices will hear arguments over one of the cases, brought by the city of Baltimore, on Tuesday. Baltimore is arguing oil companies deliberately understated the effect their products would have on rising greenhouse gas emissions. The city is asking courts to hold the companies liable for the costs of adapting to climate change effects such as sea level rise, flooding, and extreme...
U.N. Demands Payments for Climate Schemes as Biden Readies for Return to Paris Agreement
01/17/2021 10:40:55 AM PST · by rktman · 30 replies
breitbart.com ^ | 1/17/2021 | Simon Kent
The U.N. body charged with making the Paris climate deal work scolded the global community Sunday for not making good on promises of financial aid. The call to "pay up" came as President-elect Joe Biden readies to drag the U.S. back into the Paris climate agreement U.S. President Donald Trump exited in 2019, as Breitbart News reported. AFP reports the U.N. Environment Programme Adaptation Gap (UNEP) said current finance levels of around $30 billion annually for adaptation were far adrift of the $70 billion promised and the time has come for more money to be sent. UNEP said the true...
Trump's Actions Should Slow Biden's Radical Climate Agenda
Americanthinker.com ^ | 1/14/2021 | H Sterling Burnett
Incoming President Joe Biden has promised to implement the most radical energy and climate agenda Americans have ever seen. With the Democratic party having become an almost wholly owned subsidiary of the radical progressive environmental left while controlling both houses of Congress for at least the next two years and the White House for the next four years, Biden and his climate alarmist ilk have their best opportunity ever to impose the biggest government takeover of the economy since the Great Depression. Fortunately, in the waning days of President Donald Trump's term, his administration took a series of actions that...
Biden's Climate Change Litmus Test
01/02/2021 10:35:32 AM PST · by rktman · 6 replies
Newsbusters.org ^ | 12/29/2020 | Cal Thomas
Here is a fundamental question: If Biden thinks government has the power to change the climate (it doesn't), why hasn't government been able to prevent hurricanes and other natural disasters? COVID-19 is being used by politicians -- nearly all of them Democrats -- to erode our liberties. If given the power to dictate what we drive, the type of house we can live in and other freedoms we have long taken for granted, government will not be able to resist adding even more demands in the name of saving the planet. At the 2016 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland,...
Scope 3 Emissions: A Climate Accounting Absurdity
realclearenergy.org ^ | 12/16/2020 | Steve Milloy
Climate activists have developed a special nomenclature in their war against corporations and their emissions. Scope 1 emissions are what's emitted by a company in the direct production of its products. In the case of ExxonMobil, this means emissions associated with drilling, refining, and transportation of its petroleum products. Scope 2 emissions are those emitted by another entity (say, a power plant) in the production of a company's products. Scope 3 emissions are those of the company's products when used by customers. For ExxonMobil, Scope 3 emissions are emissions from customers burning petroleum products like gasoline and natural gas. Focusing...
Don't Penalize Companies for Greenhouse Gas Emissions
12/30/2020 7:04:07 AM PST · by rktman · 5 replies
realclearenergy.org ^ | 12/22/2020 | Jason Issac
Even the Rockefeller Foundation, built with John D. Rockefeller's oil riches, is now divesting from fossil fuels. In other areas, the energy companies are taking the lead themselves. ExxonMobil, for example, recently announced that it will begin reporting what climate activists call "scope 3" greenhouse gas emissions. Scope 1 emissions refer to those generated by a company directly on its premises; scope 2 are those emissions generated indirectly; and scope 3 are emissions not under a company's direct control, such as those from its suppliers or distributors. The goal of corporate climate activism is to stigmatize private companies with the...
U.S. city mandates climate-change health warning at every gas pump
wnd.com ^ | 12/28/2020 | C Douglas Golden
Well, however well warning labels work -- or even if they do -- the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, is about to see if it works for gas in the way I described it. According to The Guardian, every pump in the city will come with a sticker that warns you that you're killing the planet with each tank you fill. The warning labels will read that burning fossil fuels has "major consequences on human health and the environment including contributing to climate change."
Egg on Their Faces: 10 Climate Alarmist Predictions for 2020 That Went Horribly Wrong(awwww)
pjmedia.com ^ | 12/28/2020 | Tyler O'Neil
Long before Beto O'Rourke claimed the world only had 10 years left for humans to act against climate change, alarmists had spent decades predicting one doomsday scenario after another, each of which stubbornly failed to materialize. It seems climate armageddon has taken a permanent sabbatical. Many of those doomsday predictions specifically mentioned the annus horribilus of 2020. Those predictions also failed, some rather spectacularly. Steve Milloy, a former Trump/Pence EPA transition team member and founder of JunkScience.com, compiled ten climate predictions for 2020 that fell far off the mark.
Report: Spending Bill Stuffed with 'Game-Changer' Climate Change Provisions, Funding
breitbart.com ^ | 12/28/2020 | Penny Starr
While the sweeping bill has grabbed headlines for the billions it provides in direct payments to millions of Americans and its extension of a forgivable loan program for small businesses crippled by the pandemic, policy provisions that attempt to halt carbon emissions that contribute to climate change could prove far more lasting. Among the most heralded is a bipartisan move to significantly curb the use of HFCs found in refrigeration, air conditioning, building insulation and fire extinguishing systems. The provision requires the Environmental Protection Agency to implement an 85 percent phasedown of the production and consumption so they reach about...
China's Green NGO Climate Propaganda Enablers Climate change is a national security threat – but not in the way the national security elite assumes.
realclearenergy.org ^ | 12/21/2020 | Rupert Darwall
This pattern, wherein the West's enemies use the environmental movement – whether NGOs like Greenpeace, foundations, or "concerned scientists," to undermine Western interests – is now being repeated, this time in respect to China. A report by Patricia Adams for the London-based Global Warming Policy Foundation released earlier this month lays bare the role of the green movement in acting as China's propagandists. Since Xi Jinping became general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party eight years ago, almost everyone who believed China's communist regime would become more benign internally and less threatening externally has revised his opinion – everyone, that...
Get Ready for Nationwide Blackouts If Biden Wins
12/07/2020 12:55:11 PM PST · by rktman · 54 replies
cnsnews.com ^ | 12/7/2020 | Dr. Jay Lehr and Tom Harris
The power disaster unfolding in California will soon occur across the country, if Joe Biden gets his way. The Golden State has been sweeping away the forms of energy that have provided reliable electricity for decades, under the same agenda the former vice president is planning for America as a whole. Power outages are now commonplace in California. This summer, the state suffered its first rolling blackouts in almost 20 years. Imagine if this happened in Chicago in the middle of winter. California's trouble is explained by officials who now openly admit to an over-reliance on wind and solar power....
Amid Covid, the Air Hazards of Gas Appliances Draw New Scrutiny
undark/org ^ | 12/2/2020 | Johnathon Mingle
"We know the most serious impacts happen indoors, so we can assume most health benefits will occur from replacing those indoor polluting appliances," Zhu said.
Earth's Orbital Shifts May Have Triggered Ancient Global Warming
12/06/2020 9:15:29 PM PST · by rktman · 38 replies
getpocket.com ^ | 9/8/2019 | jim daily
Earth's orbit is eccentric, meaning it has changed repeatedly over time. Nudged by the gravitation of Jupiter, Mars, Venus and other planets, our world's axial tilt and precession are always slowly shifting. And its orbit slips between circular and elliptical paths in complex cycles across millennia. One cycle in particular, with a duration of 405,000 years, helps geologists calibrate planetary dynamics using sediment records: like clockwork, when this cycle brought Earth closer to the sun, the climate warmed, leaving behind evidence laid down in rock.
Report: U.N. Climate Projects Swamped with Fraud, Corruption Allegations
breitbart.com ^ | 12/2/2020 | Simon Kent
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is facing allegations of fraud and corruption linked to the multibillion-dollar Global Environment Facility, the Financial Times revealed Tuesday. The claims of gross financial mismanagement come just 12 months after the U.N. investigated – and cleared – itself of any and all allegations relating to "fraud, misappropriation of funds, systemic corruption, gross nepotism, and sexual misconduct" in regard to the work of the U.N.'s embattled agency for Palestinian "refugees."
Oxford University students vote to ban beef, lamb from campus eateries. Cites need to be leader in fight against climate change
thecollegefix.com ^ | 11/23/2020 | collegefix staff
The Oxford University Student Union recently voted to ban the serving of beef and lamb at various campus eateries, citing the need to be a leader in the fight against climate change. According to the Oxford Mail, individual colleges within the university ultimately would decide whether to initiate the meat restrictions. "As the UK's premier university, the nation looks to Oxford for leadership, but Oxford has shown a lack of leadership in addressing climate change," the resolution reads. "The banning of beef and lamb at university-catered events and outlets is a feasible and effective strategy to help the university meet...
'Existential threat' claims of Paris Accord 'unsupported by the evidence' Biden plan to rejoin would only erode rule of law, U.S. sovereignty
wnd.com ^ | Benjamin Zycher
The Paris agreement obviously is a treaty requiring ratification by the U.S. Senate, but because it was doomed to defeat had it been so submitted by President Obama, he pretended that it was merely an administrative agreement, agreeing to its terms in September 2016 by sending a letter to the UN. That this is clearly unconstitutional should be obvious: If presidents can decide unilaterally which international agreements require Senate ratification and which do not, the presidential "power, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to make treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur" becomes unconstrained,...
Tesla's Supercharger Network in Australia officially costs more than gas fill-up Puts an end to years-long claims that recharging its vehicles offered savings
wnd.com ^ | 11/16/2020 | Tyler Durdin
(ZEROHEDGE) -- Using the Tesla Supercharger network, it is now costlier to recharge your vehicle than it is to gas up at a traditional gas station, according to a new report from Australia-based WhichCar. The news came as a result of a "recent price increase" to use the Superchargers and - stop us if you've heard this one - "incorrect fuel figures on the Tesla website". This, of course, puts an end to Tesla's years long claims that recharging its vehicles offered savings versus traditional internal combustion engine vehicles.
MSNBC's Tur(D) Eager for Economy-Killing Climate Regulation
Newsbusters.org ^ | 11/13/2020 | Kyle Drennan
On her 2:00 p.m. ET hour show on Thursday, MSNBC anchor and left-wing climate change activist Katy Tur was salivating over the incoming Biden administration's plans to implement economy-killing climate regulations by executive fiat. She lead off the segment by hailing: "Four years of climate change denial will come to an end on January 20th when President-Elect Joe Biden takes office." Tur excitedly touted how Joe Biden was "planning a flurry of climate-focused executive actions on day one, including rejoining the Paris Accords, implementing the already-existing Clean Air Act, and requiring public companies to disclose their operational climate risks and...
Oil and America's Energy Future
10/28/2020 9:32:42 AM PDT · by rktman · 11 replies
During last Thursday's debate, Joe Biden said his goal as president would be to "transition away from the oil industry." He has also said the future is in cars powered by electricity. Biden would build 500,000 charging stations across the country. It wasn't the first time he attacked the oil and job-producing industry in his worship of the cult of "climate change." According to Energy Information Administration data, petroleum is America's No. 1 source of energy, providing approximately 40 percent of the nation's power needs. Biden claims oil is also a major pollutant. According to the website IQ Air, the...
California's Energy Dreamin'(No Gas gavin)
10/18/2020 9:31:16 AM PDT · by rktman · 8 replies
realclearenergy.org ^ | 10/13/2020 | Frank Macchiarola
Flanked by four expensive electric vehicles, California Governor Gavin Newsom recently announced the signing of a new executive order. He promised this action would bring "an abundance of new choices and new technologies" and then proceeded to break some news. First, he declared, "by 2035 we will eliminate in the State of California the sale of the internal combustion engine." Under the auspices of promoting choice and technology, Newsom effectively set in motion the elimination of the most affordable and reliable transportation option for Californians. It does not take an accountant or an economist to know that life in California...
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Q: Why subprocess stdout to a file is written out of order? I have a python script that calls an executable. The executable's output is redirected to a log file along with some info about the time it was called. For example, using python -V as the executable to illustrate:
import time, subprocess
with open('./LOGFILE.txt', 'a') as F:
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The output of the file LOGFILE.txt is:
Python 2.7.3
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Where I was expecting it as follows:
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I wrote the ****** and time info in the opened log file before running the subprocess and redirecting its output and error into the file. Why is ordering like that? and how can I reorder?

A: You should call F.flush() before running the subprocess. The reason for this is that the subprocess will flush the buffers when it finishes, whereas you are not.

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How Do the Locusts Know?
By A.T. On January 2, 2006
You don't want to miss the locusts. But first:
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NTMD ended 2005 at $13.95, down from $22 in July when those of us with money we could truly afford to lose bought puts, betting the stock would go down. Sales of BiDil – Nitromed's only product – will almost surely continue to rise, but probably not by enough to make the company profitable.
Why would an unprofitable company with a single product that combines two readily available, widely prescribed generic drugs sell for $420 million (30.5 million shares at $13.95 each) when a company with what may be a revolutionary electric motor is valued at $80 million (5 million shares at $16 each)? One never knows, but my bet is that it would make more sense if the market valuations were reversed . . . which would put NTMD at $2.75 and BOREF at $84. Needless to say, if that bet turns out to be anywhere close to right – as it may not! – 2006 will be a Happy New Year indeed.
They're actually cicadas, they come every 17 years, and they do not coincide with the 17-year cycle of the U.S. stock and commodities markets.
But wait – cicadas aside, is it possible there are 17-year cycles in the U.S. stock and commodities markets? (And how come the Jewish calendar has 7 leap months in every 19 years? Oy!)
One of you sent me this:
1914-1930 -14% 159% 16
1930-1947 244% -30% 17
1965-1981 123% 35%* 16
1981-1999 -9% 1054% 18
1999-2016 ? -? 17
Data source: CRB Index and S&P 500, from Globalfindata.com
*Negative if adjusted for inflation.
[The Dow closed at 874.12 on December 31, 1964; at 875.00 on on December 31, 1981 – up less than one point in 17 years. The table above shows a 35% gain in roughly the same cycle, but those figures include dividends (as they should). What they don't include is inflation: that 35% gain would have been a sharp loss in real dollars.]
Do you see a pattern here? Every 17 years or so something seems to switch and you have a period that's great for stocks but bad for commodities (like soy beans and copper) . . . and then it switches back to a period that's great for commodities but lousy for stocks.
If you had started with $1,000 in stocks in 1914, then switched back and forth until the end of 1999, your $1,000 (ignoring taxes and inflation) would have grown to $1.7 million – versus $4923 – again, ignoring the ravages of inflation (you'd have had only about $40 in inflation-adjusted 1914 dollars) – if you had adopted the same switching strategy but gotten the cycles backwards.
It's possible all this is coincidence and silly.
It's possible that it's not, but that whatever rational cause underlay the effect will have changed or been outweighed by other factors (or speeded up by the faster pace at which news and capital now flow).
But assuming there's something to it, the main thing to note is that some significant portion of the 'effect' for the current 17 years has already happened. Commodity prices have already jumped a bit since 1999 (oil comes to mind). And stocks have already disappointed. So it's possible much of the effect of the 17 year cycle, if there is one, has already been felt. (In others words: why the hell didn't I tell you all this in 1999?) And possible we ain't seen nothin' yet.
The conclusions I would draw from the table above are:
(a) As always, it would be prudent to live beneath your means and save as much as you can: you may not be able to count on stock market returns to balloon your retirement fund over the next decade.
(b) It pays to diversify globally. (The figures above are for U.S. stocks.)
(c) Our timber stock (symbol: PCL), up about 50% including dividends since first suggested here in 2003, could still have a bright long-term future. If you haven't bought any, I think it's worth a look.
(d) As tempting as it is to take profits on oil stocks (APC is up 67%), I continue to think we should probably hold on.
(e) None of this will have anything much to do with the success or failure of specific speculations like NTMD puts or BOREF shares – so one might still play with them, albeit (all together now:) 'only with money you can truly afford to lose.'
(f) Nor will it likely diminish the edge you might get by using the 'magic formula' investing suggested here a few weeks ago. Coupling that with the power of dollar-cost averaging, you might be sitting pretty 10, let alone 20, years from now.
(g) Vote Democrat. Historically, the stock market does better under Democratic Administrations. (Really. Look it up.)
(h) There is more to life than money. This could be a tough year for the average American household – whose median income, unlike that of CEOs, did not go up 30% in 2004, but rather has been falling in inflation-adjusted dollars in each of the past five years. But if you can arrange things in such a way as to be comfortable, even if you have to scale back some dreams, then you might be pleasantly surprised. To begin with, this glum money outlook could prove entirely unfounded. And even if it's not, you can have the astonishing fun of enjoying the good things that will come over the next decade, including spectacular sunsets and cool summer breezes; reruns of Seinfeld and new episodes of Boston Legal; amazing new inventions and friendships and children; and the progress that, let us hope, will lead to the better cycle that should begin peeking its hopeful little face through the curtain around 2015.


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For details of the public opening hours and the battle sail schedule please refer to the official website as both are ticketed events that may require booking in advance.
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It seems that each day there is another story about allegations that an investment adviser has stolen money from their clients. Yesterday, the SEC filed a complaint alleging that a New York investment adviser had bilked his clients, many of whom were terminally ill or mentally impaired, out of $6 million.
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The best part is, this functionality can be extended cloning multiple courses at once too, which means you can simply create a skeletal structure of all your course types and keep cloning and modifying them as necessary, over and over!
The Visual Customizer add-on is one of the must-haves for LearnDash. Visual Customizer comes equipped with five base design templates, each with its own appeal, that can become the skin for your course. Each of these templates can be further modified, choosing from a color palette of over 20 combinations, that generates a unique feel for every single course!
On a more professional note, Visual Customizer can help you more than just to create comfortable courses; it can help you develop your brand in the online education world. Creating a common thread through all your courses can become your education system's unique identity, whether it is your color scheme, course layout, text structure, or any other feature. Visual Customizer is a Premium add-on, developed by Snap Orbital and available on the LearnDash website.
One of your biggest concerns as the website administrator is the safety of your core website. While it is true that you implicitly trust the members you are assigning course creation user roles to, extensive user access is nevertheless a potential threat to security. Besides, what if you were approached by a Guest who wants to create a course on your website? You can hardly open your website back-end to a virtual stranger; the risk is too great.
LearnDash offsets this hassle by providing the Front-End Course Creation add-on.
Like the name suggests, once this add-on is in place, you can add course creators who can access the website only at the front-end, with zero back-end access. This elegant solution lets course creators leverage all the creative tools available for managing the course, while limiting back-end access only to designated users.
The LearnDash Notes add-on takes your LearnDash course to a completely digital level. The add-on is a great help to your students as it lets them take notes on your lectures throughout the course. These notes can be exported to the student's device for later, offline study, if necessary.
This effectively does away with the pen-and-paper approach and students can focus completely on the lectures, even as they take notes. One could argue that this could be as easily done by using in-built tools like Microsoft Word or OneNote; however, switching between two different interfaces can be really distracting and ultimately affects student retention capacity. The integrated LearnDash Notes approach helps the student stay in the lecture zone, while at the same time making additional notes for individual reference.
Addition of tin-can courses, i.e. courses where there can be two-way student-teacher interaction in real-time, have been known to increase student attention manifold. The GrassBlade add-on lets you add your Tin-Can courses to LearnDash, or even embed specific tin-can packages into your course lessons.
The add-on is available in two different versions, GrassBlade and GrassBlade PRO. The former is free, the latter premium. Integrating tin-can API into your courses can help you measure student responsiveness to the different aspects of your course, the places visited most, the lectures they spent the maximum and the shortest times on, and so forth. It is like an analytical tool for measuring the cognitive investment of your students in the course and hence can be a powerful resource for generating feedback and improving future courses.
The Course Grid add-on is useful from the point of view of the administrator, as well as the end-user. The add-on does exactly what it says, arranges all the courses from your library into a responsive grid, anywhere on your site. Though not strictly a tool for course creation, it does help the registrant get a bird's eye view of all the courses on your website and filter them by the category they are interested in.
That completes the list of our 7 most useful LearnDash add-ons for course creation. The core LearnDash plugin itself has a plethora of features (some 80 if you see the website), and the rest are provided by such add-ons.
What other add-ons or ideas do you think could be useful in making course creation easy? Share them in the comments section below!


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Q: Differential equation problem (ODE) I'm having a really hard time solving the following differential equation:

  So far I have found C = y-2ln(xy)+xy+x but my webwork says it's wrong.

A: Rearranging the given ODE, one obtains
\begin{align*}
& \left(1 - \frac{2}{y} + x\right)y^{\prime} + y = \frac{2}{x} -1 \Longleftrightarrow y^{\prime} - \frac{2y^{\prime}}{y} + xy^{\prime} + y = \frac{2}{x} - 1 \Longleftrightarrow\\\\
& y^{\prime} - \frac{2y^{\prime}}{y} + (xy)^{\prime} = \frac{2}{x} - 1 \Longleftrightarrow y - 2\ln|y| + xy = 2\ln|x| - x + k
\end{align*}
where the last step results from integrating the previous ODE.


Amy's visit has gotten me thinking more and more about my friends. I have been blessed to have friends spread around the world. Some of whom I speak to on an almost daily basis, other with whom I rarely speak yet I know that when we come together next it will be a joyous occasion. It is funny whenever Team Clausing is going somewhere in the world, our first question 'Who do we know there?'. Frequently, we can make a connection with someone.
At the same time, it is hard never living anywhere long enough to have deep friendships. Often we settle into a place just long enough to leave a piece of ourselves there. We connect with and love the people around us and then we move to the next place. To be completely honest, that's what coming close to the end of this PhD feels a bit like. There is a part of me that doesn't want to leave yet another group of friends behind, another piece of myself somewhere else in the world.
I may not be able to be with all of my friends all around the world, but I can struggle for them in prayer. This is what I do. In the moments when I miss my friends, the ones who find themselves in all different areas of the world, I pray. I struggle in prayer for them, and entrust them to the Lord's care and keeping.
Having Amy with us for a few days will be wonderful. It will also be a reminder of friends scattered around the world. So, I will be driven once more to prayer; prayer for friends near and far. I will be driven to faith; faith that the Lord will bless and keep my friends. I will be driven to hope; hope that one day goodbyes will be no more and we will worship together forever before the throne of God, beholding his glory.


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Q: pg8000 postgres connection issues from python I'm having trouble connecting to a db on a new system. The version of Python is the same. Here is the connection string for the DB that is there and you'll see the error message change, but I cannot work out why when the connection string is correct I get the following error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pg8000/__init__.py", line 148, in connect
    user, host, unix_sock, port, database, password, socket_timeout, ssl)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pg8000/core.py", line 1157, in __init__
    raise exc_info()[1]
TypeError: cannot concatenate 'str' and 'int' objects

Here is my connection string when correct:
conn = DBAPI.connect(host='sql2', user='XXX', password='XX', database='XX', socket_timeout=100, port=5432)

and when I change to something incorrect:
conn = DBAPI.connect(host='sql2', user='XXX', password='XX', database='XX', socket_timeout=100, port=100)

and the following error message:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/mnt/opt/Centos5.8/python-2.7.4_scipy0.13/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pg8000/__init__.py", line 148, in connect
    user, host, unix_sock, port, database, password, socket_timeout, ssl)
  File "/mnt/opt/Centos5.8/python-2.7.4_scipy0.13/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pg8000/core.py", line 854, in __init__
    raise InterfaceError("communication error", exc_info()[1])
pg8000.errors.InterfaceError: ('communication error', error(111, 'Connection refused'))

I cannot figure out where this error message is coming from - it seems bizzare. I've tried:
wrapping string in str()
putting u'ss'
removing port, adding socket-timeout etc etc.
When I looked in the core.py code from pg8000 it appears that this comes from an authentication error if you chase it through. I think this error (int and str) might be eclipsing the authentication error.
Message codes
AUTHENTICATION_REQUEST = b("R")

A: This is a bug in pg8000. It was fixed in pg8000-1.9.11. The bug is an error in reporting the error that pg8000 encountered while trying to authenticate against the database.


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The cork landscapes are remarkably rich in terms of flora and fauna as indicated by their biodiversity ratings, higher than many other ecosystems. Endangered species can be found here, this and the rich bird life make them a big draw for naturalists.
These rural areas at the heart of the cork industry offer unique experiences to tourists, many of whom are looking for authentic experiences in natural surroundings. Man and Nature have worked together here for centuries, and their relationship has been both intense and productive.
Forest management as applied to cork production, especially the stripping of the bark.
as a model of sustainable development and characteristic scenery.
charcoal production, hunting, beekeeping and collecting and use of various products such as mushrooms and medicinal or aromatic herbs.
dry stone walls, mills, irrigation channels, wells, drinking troughs, cottages, huts, etc.
from myths, historical routes, beliefs and legends to songs, dances, language, customs and ways of life.
With regard to urban heritage, the development of the cork industry has had a profound impact on the nature of these municipalities since the seventeenth century, evidenced in the architecture, literature, music, historical figures, or simply in the daily lives of its people. Today it has become a competitive industry that prides itself on supplying products of the highest quality.
The working relationship between museums and visitor centres.
Urban routes of architectural interest to see buildings unique to each place.
Tours of factories and workshops where craftsmen work the cork.


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N-Trubz: Jailed Tulisa journalist is back – this time for the Mail on Sunday
Byline Investigates Sep 19, 2019
FORMER NEWS of the World 'Fake Sheikh' Mazher Mahmood is behind high-profile stories and pictures supplied to the MoS
MAHMOOD was sentenced to 15 months' prison – yet is still working with Britain's biggest selling middle-market Sunday paper
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paul Dacre is a fierce guardian of paper's public image
MAIL ON SUNDAY is silent about his ongoing contact with senior news executives – but denies paying Mahmood directly
CONVICTED courtroom liar Mazher Mahmood is back in the newspaper business – with the morally righteous Mail on Sunday.
The notorious 56-year-old journalist is supplying words and pictures about Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew direct to the news desk at Britain's biggest Sunday newspaper.
Mahmood – who forged a controversial career tricking celebrities into indiscretions while posing as a 'Fake Sheikh' – has been 'brokering deals' for a third party photographer, according to a well-placed source.
It is not clear whether MoS Editor-in-Chief Paul Dacre knows his title is using the services of the corrupt Fleet Street reporter.
Wronged: Mahmood lied in court case about singer Tulisa Contostavlos (above, pictured outside court in 2016. Image PA)
In the past, billionaire owner Lord Rothermere has intervened quickly when scandal has threatened the reputation of the Mail on Sunday, which has a strong editorial line on 'law and order'.
There is no suggestion that Mazher Mahmood is still actively involved in criminal activity, although his role in the phone-hacking scandal is being probed in civil claims at the High Court.
The former undercover reporter was convicted in October 2016 of perverting the course of justice in a court case involving another high-profile story.
The story: Mahmood was the hidden hand behind this exclusive on August 18
Mahmood was found guilty of interfering with evidence in the drugs trial of singer Tulisa Contostavlos, and jailed for 15 months for conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
Now the ex-Investigations Editor, who won the Reporter of the Year award in 1999 when Fleet Street was unaware or disregarded his criminal conduct, is out of prison, and is doing deals with the Mail on Sunday.
A spokesman for the Mail on Sunday denied Mahmood was freelancing for them, or that they had ever paid him for his services.
However, the paper did not deny that he'd been in contact with the MoS or had been supplying them with information.
His contact at the Mail on Sunday is news desk executive James Mellor.
Paul Dacre (c) PA
The partnership of Mahmood and Mellor has form.
They were criticised at their previous employer the News of The World for putting Labour MP Tom Watson under intrusive surveillance.
The paper targeted Watson because of his role on Parliament's Culture Select Committee, which was investigating the phone hacking scandal at the time.
The Deputy Labour Leader was publicly seeking to expose organised criminality at the paper, whilst the News of the World was actively covering it up and attacking critics.
But today Mahmood is capitalising on his News of the World expertise and knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein, a story which he's been involved in since 2011.
One source claims that Mahmood recently brokered the deal to sell video footage, which was acquired by an associate in his News of the World days, for use in the Mail on Sunday's world exclusive.
The video showed Prince Andrew peeking out of the front door of Epstein's grandiose house in New York.
The prominent spread, over pages four and five, was headlined: 'A smile, a wave and a nervous glance.'
A Mail on Sunday spokesman said: 'Mazher Mahmood is not – and never has been – a freelancer for The Mail on Sunday.
'He has never been paid by The Mail on Sunday in connection with these or any other stories.'
Byline Investigates posed three further questions, asking if Mahmood has been in contact with James Mellor or the Mail on Sunday.
A spokesman added: 'Your sources' information is clearly unreliable. I refer you to our statement last week.'
It is not known whether Mahmood has received payment from a third party.
More follows in Part 2
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This Thanksgiving, our Glendon eAmbassadors team is talking about what we're thankful for; we call it #ThanksGLiving! Check out the posts this week by using the hashtag across social media!
So last week, I hopped onto a bus after class to walk in to a hospital for the first time since my very first birthday, a.k.a. the day I turned zero years old. It was a decision I had made despite being warned of the depressing environment and heavy vibes I'd carry home with me after the visit.
I wanted to see a family member with heart disease because you can say "the heart wants what it wants," but you never know what it's planning after undergoing a mini attack. (I deal with grief through humour apparently). My grandpa was due for surgery after having a mini heart-attack earlier in the week, so I wasn't taking any risks while he awaited surgery. I didn't want to bare the regret of not spending enough time with someone, knowing well I could have.
At this point, my classes didn't matter; I missed 3/4 of them and failed to submit an assignment. My responsibilities didn't matter; I took a break from emails. All I could focus on, whether intentionally or unintentionally, was the fact that my grandpa was in a hospital bed – somewhere you don't usually find yourself unless you are closer to death than you are to life.
Before walking in to the hospital, I couldn't help but feel like I was getting closer to a bacterial environment. How selfish of me to think that way, though, when the real threat of danger was any potential bacteria I'd be carrying in to infect already-vulnerable patients. They were probably more fearful of me than I was of them.
This was the first time I realized I was in a whole new world – one which didn't involve me. And, I'm forever grateful that it wasn't about me.
Now, waiting for an elevator in a hustling lobby of the hospital was like I was an extra on the show "House," with everybody in scrubs walking about with people to meet and operations to oversee; a sea of patients, visitors, doctors, technicians, researchers, food service workers, you name it. Everyone there was working in the interest of life, literally, for its progression and preservation.
I didn't know there was this many health conditions out there… I probably only noticed 25% of them too.
My grandpa's room was overbearing; huge machines and screens all linked up to his body through tubes and wires. Was he comfortable like this? Whenever he needed to use the bathroom, he had to remove a gazillion wires attached to him, while making sure the one keeping him alive is well-attached. That's a lot of discomfort if you ask me.
He's a tough yet humble soul, though. He wouldn't admit he was uncomfortable – at least not in front of his grandkids.
I noticed more than only my grandpa's health.
I heard some people hurting bad, screaming in pain a couple of rooms down the hall.
I saw that some patients didn't have any visitors.
I saw a nurse crying her eyes out on the phone.
I learned that hours of any hospital worker can vary from ten to twenty hours per shift, even for surgeons who I imagine probably need a lot of sleep to concentrate.
You hear the sounds of heart beats all day. You see the incarnations of sorrow, hopelessness, and tension. There was a family wearing all black right beside my grandpa's room – they looked like they had been crying.
It's not your ideal environment to stick around in for a whole day.
I'm thankful I got to experience this environment, though. It gave me a reality check. I take for granted the way I can get out of my bed freely to use the washroom, or the food I eat, and the bed I sleep on. I take for granted the life I lead, commuting from one activity to another on a given day, not fearing the thought of staying in bed all day with only a tablet in my hands, waiting for my next meal to keep me entertained. I take it for granted that I don't have to be checked on every 2 hours. I take it for granted that I don't have to hear pain next door.
This Thanksgiving, I want to give thanks to good health. I don't acknowledge it enough. I sit here with all my 5 senses working, all my bodily functions carrying my body through day-to-day life, and my bones ready to take on the next adventure.
I thank everybody who has invested in my health. Whether it's my aunt who sent me recipes for a healthy breakfast, or my mom who cooks the healthiest meals – although they may sometimes be the smelliest, I'm thankful. I love the articles I read online that people share to help others with their health. And, I love God for giving me everything I need to make a difference in this world. Without my health, it'd be pretty dang hard to accomplish the goals I've set out for myself and the calling I feel led to pursue.
I get to catch the 124 to school tomorrow, ready to invest in my education in order to carry out my dreams in life, without worrying about any wires attached to me to keep me alive.
And to anybody who is undergoing health issues, just know that you are a beacon of light and hope. You remind me how strong the human body can be and how much it can endure. You remind me how much privilege and power I have and that I should not take it for granted.
Your circumstance is my second chance and I am forever thankful for you.
I will live to honour you through my commitment to never waste my health and energy on matters that are minuscule! (Although I may fail at times, I will always try.) Thank you again for your inspiration.
Special thank you also to the amazing nurses, doctors, responders, and everyone in between who works efficiently and respectably to save lives every day. You are all unique human beings that have abilities some of us don't – we see you, we love you.
To Sunnybrook hospital, you have been incredibly hospitable and helpful toward my family, and especially my grandpa. We will never forget your spirits of compassion and caregiving. Thank you infinitely.
Huge shoutout to my mom as well who had to stay in the hospital with her father all day long, on her birthday. She is the strongest woman I know.
Last but not least, thank you for reading this today. If my experiences made you reevaluate your current situation the way they did mine, I'll have fulfilled the purpose of this story.
And, see you next week on Mondays with Manda!


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Your Favorite Teams?
By TheGodfather, February 27, 2008 in Sports In General
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Buffalo, Boilermaker, GATOR!
Location:Gainesville, FL
KC Chiefs- I was a rebelling 4 year old in Colorado with everyone rooting against the red team. So naturally with red being my favorite color. 13 years later, well, I've been called Kansas City in school.
Colorado Rockies- fought it for so many years until 2007, before the streak, I got to go down on the field and meet Todd Helton. He's an awesome guy, one of my favorite athletes through that I was stuck. Rocktober made me a lifelong fan.
Oakland A's- love the history, Philly, KC, Oakland, Connie Mack, white elephants story. Love the jerseys, logos and color scheme (for a baseball team) Because of this the a's have become my casual check the scores, watch the highlights AL team.
SJ Sharks- was always an Avs fan by default, lockout came and I decided to start fresh and get into hockey. As a 5th grader a sharks my favorite animal, and it's stuck. Avs are my number 2.
Nuggets- by default now I really follow them.
If I had a soccer team I'd choose FC Barcelona, I have a jersey and that's as good a reason as any.
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Location:Champaign, IL
Sweet, a random tumblr message inspired a thread!
No surprises:
Bears: Started watching in the late 90's as Cade McNown was leading the team to a new level of suckery, hooked ever since.
Blackhawks: Uncle is massive fan, watched games at his place and became addicted circa 2001.
Cubs: Inherited from parents. *stares at gun on nightstand* Not tonight, friend. Not tonight. *reaches for whiskey bottle*
Illini: See Cubs, sans suicidal tendencies.
Pacers (1998-2004): Massive Pacers junkie through the Reggie years, retired as Pacers fan in 2004, along with basically the NBA until Bulls resurgence.
Quasi-Bulls: Not a fan during Jordan era, followed them for years via newspapers and such, Rose-Bulls are a lot of fun to watch. I am a shameful bandwagon, but admit my sins.
Still MIGHTY 3,812
Duck Blur
Location:"The OC" "Don't call it that"
1) I saw what you did McCarthy Smooth.
2) I'm sure we've already done this thread like 4 times already, but whatever.
Anaheim Ducks - Born/Raised in OC. Family had season tickets since Day 1 of the Franchise. Gone to games since I was 4 years old. Of any of my teams, this one is my life blood. I could lose all the others, but the Ducks are a part of me.
LA Angels of Anaheim - Born/Raised in OC. My Grandpa was a Giants fan as a kid when they were in NY, so there was no way he was rooting for the Dodgers in SoCal, but he also dropped the Giants when they left. Been going to games since I could hit a teeball.
Los Angeles Lakers - Born/raised in SoCal. Like Rockstar said, it's the Lakers here, or the Clippers if you want to be different. Honestly, I don't hate the Clippers. I like seeing them do well as a local team. Sometimes it's annoying when the hardcore Clipper fans try to make themselves as something more than they are, but that's it. The Lakers are king in SoCal no matter what and that will never change, but I think everyone in SoCal has a small soft spot for the Clippers.
Indianapolis Colts - Growing up in SoCal, my local options were ripped out when I was 5. I went to one Charger game a year when I was growing up, but I never got attached to them. It was the Doug Flutie years, they royally sucked. I was a Charger "fan" just because they happened to be the closest NFL option, but San Diego is generally in its own bubble separate from the rest of SoCal and I really didn't care about the NFL. When I really started paying attention to football when I started playing in High School, the Colts were beginning their rise. I liked their uniforms, I loved Peyton Manning and how he controlled the offense, so I started following them. I "split" with the Colts/Chargers for a year or two, but when the Colts/Pats rivalry got truly fired up and the Chargers/Colts match-ups, I got really into it from a Colts side. My allegiance was picked organically in that way. You can call it a bandwagon if you want, but I'm firmly in my seat on it. Not getting off. The ONLY exception will be the return of an NFL team to LA that either is the Rams or isn't the Chargers.
Arizona State Sun Devils - My school. Ball So Hard University. Fear the Fork, buddy.
Manchester United - Easily the stupidest of my fandoms In the movie Eurotrip, the main characters find themselves in a Manchester United supporters bar in London. The supporters are stereotyped soccer hooligans and it's ridiculous and funny. But since it was in the movie and I had no soccer knowledge at all when the movie came out, I thought Man U was fake. Then after I started to get into soccer after watching the 2006 World Cup, I looked towards European football and the Premiership for a team to follow, I found out Man U was a real thing. I was so taken aback by this that they had to be my team. I had no knowledge of their reputation or their record or anything like that, but they were going to be my team. I've learned a whole lot since then, but Man U is still my club.
Secondary followings:
NHL - Phoenix Coyotes, because I live in Phoenix and love the old jerseys. Florida Panthers, because they're the Ducks expansion brother and I love the old red jerseys and it's the East so no effect on the Ducks. Winnipeg Jets, because I'm happy they got their team back and pretty nice jerseys and again, for now, it's the East.
MLB - San Diego Padres, other SoCal team that isn't the Dodgers and in the NL. Arizona Diamondbacks, because just like the Yotes they are now my local team and like the Pads it's the NL so no effect on the Angels.
NBA - Los Angeles Clippers, because it's the aforementioned LA little brother thing, sometimes they can be annoying but deep down you like them a little bit. Blake Griffin being awesome helps. Milwaukee Bucks, just for the of it and again the East thing. Chicago Bulls, because I grew up with Jordan and its the East.
NFL - Arizona Cardinals, because again I live here and my family has season tickets for the Cards (I have other family in AZ, so we split them among the family). San Diego Chargers, just a little because it's the local team and I like Charger fans. New York Giants, because it's my family's old team when my grandpa and uncles lived in NYC and the Manning connection.
NCAA - USC Trojans, because I grew up in SoCal and you had to choose USC or UCLA for an allegiance. USC was also the school I set my sights on going to since I wanted to go to school. Obviously, that fell through but the ties are still there. Texas A&M, because it's my mom's alma mater and I spent a few summers in College Station.
MLS - Los Angeles Galaxy, because again local team. I didn't even know Chivas played in LA for like 3 years, and I actually remember the green/gold Cobi Jones years of the Galaxy.
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Don't Make Me Angry
Location:Perth, AUS
you thought Man U were fake? wow, America really is in its own world!
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Un-official thread killer.
Location:Philomath, OR
As far as my college teams go...
Oregon Ducks - OK so by now I am a ravenous Ducks fan, but prior to the 3rd of November in 2001 I didn't root for any college program (consciously). I was in high school and one of my best friends was wondering if I liked the Ducks, and if I did, would I like to go to a game. Of course I lied and said I'm a huge fan. Don't get me wrong I watched football all the time but didn't have a shaped favorite in my mind. Keep in mind the Ducks had Joey Heisman and I love offense. By half way through the first quarter I was sold and my heart belonged to the Ducks. The passion, the electricity, the jerseys, the mascot, the mystique of Autzen...just all of it was a high and I needed to feed my addiction. One of my dreams would to eventually play for the Ducks (like that would ever happen) and eventually have tickets for life (more of a possibility). I currently live and breath with every win and heart wrenched with ever L, my fandom is at full blast. I also collect a unusual large amount of football cards of Duck alum in the NFL.
Miami - Kind of a bandwagon that stuck...when a program is churning out the likes of Sean Taylor, Ray Lew, Reed, Portis, Gore, McGahee...Mostly started to follow them based off of alum in the NFL (also since 2001)...I have a addiction to trading cards with The U defensive backs.
Virginia Tech - I know 'another ACC team?', right? I just LOVE 'Beamer Ball' and their jerseys and 'Enter Sandman'. I'll probably root for Beamer and his boys as long as he is a coach...I'm also addicted to their DBs
BIG 12 - Texas - Loved them since we beat them in the Holiday Bowl. From Applewhite to Simms to Young to McCoy.
BIG EAST - Pitt - See Curtis Martin. (Dan Marino doesn't hurt neither does Larry Fitz or Jon Baldwin)
BIG TEN - Michigan St. - For some reason I like Michigan St...probably because they aren't Michigan, plus they wear green.
C-USA - I don't care for the C-USA but if I had to root for one, I guess I'd root for SMU.
INDY - See above...I guess Navy wins by default.
MAC - Ohio...this is fairly new...probably caught my eye with their beautiful jerseys (they also wear green...bonus points)
MWC - Wyoming...because I got a free clock with their logo on it...seems like a good enough reason to root for them.
SEC - Auburn (even though they beat us in the Natty) Probably stems from me like Jason Campbell, Carlos Rogers, Cadillac and Ronnie Brown.
SUN BELT - WKU (for a whole whopping 2 years) I know the currenty RB coach pretty well...he also was a standout for the Ducks in the early 90's
WAC - Idaho...spent a summer up on their campus and being cheering them on since.
Green Bay Packers - Well, I got into the NFL after playing Madden 08, through which I learned all the rules. There is a mode in Madden called 'Superstar' where you create a player and play as that player. My guy got drafted to the Green Bay Packers, and the rest is history.
Western Force - Been a season ticket holder since day one, and have watched this team through all its highs and lows. and I have only ever missed one home game (vs. the Sharks, 2009).
West Ham United - I have only recently started following soccer, my interest started when I watched Green Street Hooligans a couple of years back, and I have gone for West Ham ever since.
Vancouver Canucks - My cousins live in BC, and this is there team, so I go for them too!
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Location:New Orleans metro area
Favourite Logos:"Tradition and simplicity; there's a fine line between the two. You can't manufacture tradition but you can empathize simplicity." - John Viola
? Saints: Local team. Started following them in '04 in the latter years of the mediocre Jim Haslett era. Aaron Brooks (whom I met an autograph signing once. Nice guy), Deuce McAllister. Joe Horn. They were our triplets. Luckily I followed them pre-Katrina so I can't be considered a bandwagon fan with their recent success.
? Lions: Lovable losers. I always liked underdog teams. Easier to avoid the bandwagon tag.
? Texans: Young team. Only a year old when I started watching the NFL in 2003 (advent of NFL Network). Also lovable losers. Once had the best road uni in the NFL (white top/blue pants/red socks).
? Hornets: Local team.
? Celtics: Can't stand the Lakers.
? Southeastern Louisiana Lions: My school.
? Tulane Green Wave: Had various connections to them since I was young. Terribly underrated color scheme. Don't like LSU.
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Location:Long Island, NY
Mets--my dad was a Giants fan until they moved when he was 7. He then became a Mets fan. I copied him.
Giants--my dad was a football Giants fan as well. I copied him again.
Islanders--originally a Ranger fan like my dad, but lost interest in hockey for a few years. When I started to follow the NHL again, I couldn't root for the Rangers because of owner James Dolan. I rooted for Montreal for a bit, hoping that they could catch the Yankees in championships. But I eventually settled on the Islanders, mostly because I've worked at a lot of their games the past few years and their staff has been great to me. I also felt bad for them when they were drawing 7,000 fans to games. And since I'm a Mets fan, I'm used to the losing.
Pitt Panthers--I went there. Simple enough.
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Location:Jalapa
AndrewPF 95
I miss Lindsay from Accounts Payable.
Location:Ypsilanti
Favourite Logos:Cartoon animals in sailor hats
Red Sox- Hometown team
Bruins- Hometown team
Patriots- Hometown team
Tottenham Hotspur- My want of an English club to support led me to do tons of research...like, massive amounts of reading up, hours of video, etc. for several clubs, and Spurs were just the fit for me.
Borussia Mönchengladbach- Wanted to get into the German league, was open to anyone but Bayern München. I watched matches until I saw every team. Each match, I picked a team to pull for, and it felt the most right wanting die Fohlen to win. I stuck with them and I now call myself a big fan.
FC Basel- I went to Basel on foreign exchange in high school. My host family and everyone I met were FCB crazy. I caught the bug and I remain a fan to this day. I saw them beat Lucerne 5-0 at St. Jakob Park, and it was such a fun time.
Now for the weird one.
I think I'm going to start following the New York Knicks once the NBA gets going. I haven't cared for years, but now for some reason, I feel like I want to. I can't be a Celtics fan for a few reasons. One being that I haven't cared about the NBA since Antoine Walker and Vitaly Potapenko played for the Celtics, and in light of their recent success, I'd be a front-runner for jumping on the Celtswagon.Secondly, Celtics fans as a group generally annoy me something awful. Individually I like them fine, but the fanbase as a whole is so goddamn annoying. Why the Knicks, then? Three reasons. One being that they're the next closest team geographically. Another being that I love their colors, logos, and uniforms. Third, I'm just the kind of miserable bastard who hates himself enough to become a Knicks fan solely by choice.
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Location:ATL
Favourite Logos:Favorite teams: NCAA FB: UGA & Ole Miss NHL: Pittsburgh Penguins/Nashville Predators NFL: Atlanta Falcons/Pittsburgh Steelers MLB: Atlanta Braves/Pittsburgh Pirates ECHL: Gwinnett Gladiators NCAA Hockey: Alabama Huntsville/ Minnesota Gophers
Falcons, Braves, Gladiators, UGA: I'm from here. Grew up cheering for them. (will never support the ATL Hawks as long as ASG owns them)
Pittsburgh Penguins, Steelers, Pittsburgh Pirates: My family is from Pittsburgh and i grew up having my mom and grandmother cheering for these teams as well as ATL teams.
Nashville Predators- Closest NHL team (now....)
Minnesota Wild- Dany Heatley is my favorite NHL player. Will support him and any team he is playing for.
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Location:San Diego
Yeah I've seen that clip, It's just weird, I would bet every male in Europe, Civilised Asia (South Korea, Japan etc.) and Australia knows who Manchester United are, It's hard to be that good at the world game and go unnoticed.
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Digital Champion
Location:Billericay, UK
How many times have I told my story? I forget. But here's the short version. I was briefly a fan of English football when I was little. My favourite team was Tottenham Hotspur because someone else said it in a class activity, it was easy to remember, and the local team's name "West Ham" sounded stupid. I never properly developed an interest and never went back to it. These days I just don't find the game interesting at all, and I can't stand the culture. I later turned to a certain North American sport, as I heard a duck calling me.
Anaheim Ducks - Back in '97, Mighty Ducks the Animated Series was airing. It was the coolest thing ever, and in the back of my mind made me want to be an ice hockey fan. Fast forward to Christmas 2002 and D2 the Mighty Ducks was on TV. "Eh, this is OK" I thought, mildly disappointed that it had nothing to do with the cartoon besides sharing the name and the hockey. Then the duck mask logo appeared, and from there I began to more actively pursue my interest in this sport.
A little while after that I picked up NHL Hitz 20-02 for the GameCube. I remember the first thing I saw being the splash screen showing all 30 team logos... and there was that duck mask logo again. I laughed. It was as if it was following me around now. But I soon came to the realisation that the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim were a real team, and I went with them since it was basically them who introduced me to hockey. I think because of the way I was exposed to them I saw them as being the "default" team, like say Mario in a Mario Kart or Super Smash Bros videogame. I later came across the Ducks website, and at the time they were in the playoffs. The next time I checked the site out, they were the Western Conference Champions. It was as if I had some sort of mystical bond with them all along
These days the Ducks are pretty much my everything. And this year has been pretty good for me as a fan: I recently went out of my way to go to Anaheim and see the Honda Center in person, and of course visit the team store during my trip to Los Angeles back in June. And this past October after eight years of being a Ducks fan I finally got to see them live as they came over to Europe to open their season. Seeing the likes of Selanne, Getzlaf, Perry, Ryan, Parros, even Randy Carlyle in person was incredibly surreal. The best thing for me though, aside from them winning the game, was that they were in the third jersey, which meant the classic Mighty Ducks logo was on the ice for my first ever game
Chelmsford Chieftains - My local hockey team. It's mainly to get my fix, but I always go to see them play whenever I can. Occasionally I also go to see their farm team the Chelmsford Warriors play in the same rink: Chieftains games are usually busier, but Warriors games are much more intimate because very few people go to see them in comparison to the parent team, and the players on the ice are louder than anyone else in the rink. It's quite the experience.
Houston Texans - I briefly played for my University's American Football team, and at the time I felt it appropriate to develop an interest in the NFL. I went for the Texans purely because I like their logo and colour scheme. I'm more of a casual fan of the Texans and don't really pay much attention to them, though they're still my go-to team in the NFL. That said if this team ever folded I'd more than likely shrug my shoulders and shuffle over to another team.
LA Angels of Anaheim - During summer a couple of years back, I felt a random urge to look into baseball. I picked the Angels because I'd feel bad rooting against a team that plays in the same city and across the road from my beloved Ducks. Same deal with the Texans, I'm much more of a casual fan and don't pay anywhere near as much attention as I should.
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Flamewagoning
Location:Portland, ME, USA
Favourite Logos:Toronto Blue Jays 2012 - Quebec Nordiques Minnesota North Stars Hartford Whalers New York Mets Boston Bruins (all except 1995-2007) New Detroit Lions
Red Sox: Family brought me into it.
Bruins: Same
Celtics: Same
Patriots: Because it was local. My father was a Raiders fan.
Raiders: Because when I was young I wanted to please my father by supporting the team he supported.
Duke basketball: In addition to being a Raiders fan from Maine, my father was also a Duke fan from Maine.
Manchester United: Because I love Wayne Rooney.
Doncaster Rovers: In FIFA My Player mode, I would always choose a lesser-known team outside of the Premiership. I've chose Doncaster back in '09 because I like their kits, and I haven't looked back since.
Celtic FC: My Catholic heritage (though I'm an atheist now).
USC Trojans: I wanted to support a college football team outside of the dominant SEC.
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Be the change you want to see in the world.
Location:The 705 (Represent, Big Nickel!)
Favourite Logos:Flyers Argos 'A' shield
OHL - Sudbury Wolves - hometown team.
CFL - Toronto Argonauts - closest team to me. Met Pinball after attending a game in 2008.
NBA - Phoenix Suns - Steve Nash
NHL - Philadelphia Flyers - I have family connections to the area, and I enjoy their style of play.
NFL - Green Bay Packers - being a shining example of how a small-market team can survive (and thrive) in a league of large-market teams, I applaud them for all of their success. I wish Sudbury had enough committment to follow suit with the NHL, but that's a pipe dream for now.
Also, they beat the Steelers in Dallas in February, and I have hated the Steelers since they were handed won SuperBowl 40 against the team I was cheering for at the time. I also hate the Patriots for the most common reasons people say they hate them.
MLB - I guess you could say I'm a Blue Jays fan, although honestly, I normally can't watch a full game in its entirety any more. The pace seems too slow. But I do have semi-vivid memories of watching their World Series triumphs with my dad back in '92 and '93. Pretty much as long as the Yankees fail to win the World Series, though, I'm a happy camper.
NLL - although I don't watch it nearly as much as I did during their dynasty years, the Toronto Rock. I went to a game back in 2007 for my birthday. It was the only time I have seen a regular season match of any kind at the Air Canada Centre, and since it's impossible to get Leafs tickets and unlikely I'll want Raptors tickets, might be the only reason I'll ever go there.
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Location:Currently Salt Lake; soon to be Jackson, MS.
Favourite Logos:ASU "Sparky" Jazz music note wordmark Blue Jackets "Stinger" Oregon "Donald Duck" Scottish Claymores primary
Due to me living in Utah, my teams are sort of scattered all over the place, but here goes:
Utah Jazz - Easy, hometown/homestate team, of course. It's hard to ever consider another team when 1) your childhood consisted of "Stockton to Malone!" and 2) the Jazz are seriously a Utah staple. If you're not a Jazz fan here, you're crazy. It's just how it goes here If you're a true Utahan, the Jazz run in your blood.
Real Salt Lake - When RSL first came to town, I didn't care much for soccer. Now, I watch it all the time. In the short time they've been here, RSL has become nearly as much a Utah staple as the Jazz. Utah is a very underrated soccer hotbed - many people don't realize just how HUGE soccer is here. All of my friends and family are very passionate RSL fans, so I'm around the subject of the team all the time. Plus, my dad works for Rio Tinto, which is the namesake of RSL's stadium. Every year, the company holds a party at the Stadium for employees and family in which you can meet the players and coaches. So, I've met a lot of the guys past and present - Williams, Kreis, Rimando, Mathis, the list goes on.
Los Angeles Dodgers - My grandfather grew up in Brooklyn and converted me to Dodger fandom by telling me incredible stories of watching Jackie, Pee Wee, The Duke, Campy, Gil, and Newk up close (his best story is of watching Jackie steal home. SO cool). He capped it off on my 15th birthday by buying me a Brooklyn Cooperstown collection cap and a box-set documentary about the Dodgers of the 40's and 50's. I've bled Dodger blue ever since.
Indianapolis Colts - It started out as a fandom for Peyton Manning, then eventually spread to the entire team. They're having a rough go right now and obviously Peyton is nearing the end unfortunately, but I've grown such a love for that team that I can't imagine myself cheering for anyone else.
Colorado Avalanche/Phoenix Coyotes/Anaheim Ducks - In hockey, my fandom is equally split between these three teams. Colorado, because I'd say their the most dominant team regarding number of fans here in Utah. I also loved Patrick Roy and Joe Sakic growing up. Phoenix, because I got a Coyotes jersey (the black "picassoyote" one) for my 12th birthday and started to follow them afterwards. Anaheim, because I was captivated by their 2003 cup run and they had one of my favorite identities in sports back then (some call the Disney look "gimmicky", but I thought it was unique and iconic).
University of Utah Utes - Growing up, I didn't really sway one way or the other regarding schools. That changed in 2004, when the Utes crashed the BCS. It was one of those captivating runs in sports that instantly sold me, and I've been a die-hard ever since. Plus, I had a crazy stepmom (now ex-stepmom, thank heavens) who was a BYU alum and crammed BYU down all us kids' throats at the time. And she was one of those really annoying BYU fans who thought because BYU was "God's school" that it was better than any school in the world, and had a really holier-than-thou attitude about it. She's the reason I can't stand BYU anymore, and certainly aided me in becoming a Utes fan
Utah State Aggies - Attended the school for two semesters last year, and was already a fan of the basketball team before that. It's one of those fanships that just sort of "happened". When college basketball season rolls around, they're my team (because the Utes are flat-out gosh-awful at baskeball. GOSH AWFUL.)
Stanford Cardinal (football) - One name: Andrew Luck. One of my favorite players in recent memory, he's had me cheering on the Cardinal football team throughout his career.
Air Force Falcons/Army Black Knights/Navy Midshipmen - Out of my upmost respect and love for our armed forces, I've rooted for the service academies for a long time and always wish them the best. Plus, I love watching those option offenses. SO fun.
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CCSLC Arcade Champion
Location:Fairfax, VA
Washington Capitals - Followed them since 2006. They were bad then, however, had and exceeded potential to become a relevant sports team in the DMV. Plus, had some guy named Ovechkin who helped make this team worth watching for awhile. They need to rekindle that spark.
Washington Nationals - Fan since 2005. Great that DC has baseball again, however, the Nats have played some awful baseball for a few seasons. However, last season was promising and 2012
D.C. United - I enjoy watching soccer, however, I am more concerned about losing this club to Baltimore or elsewhere.
New York Giants - My mother is a die-hard fan and it's great to talk to her about the performance of the team.
Ryan Newman - The man typically has the fast car in qualifying. He ran consistently this year and had a heated feud with JPM. It also helps that he's on Tony Stewart's team.
New Zealand All Blacks - Been a fan of their style of rugby since visiting New Zealand in 1999.
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I knew it...
Location:San Jose
Blazers - Oregon?s only pro team so I have to root for them, I guess.
Um... the Timbers?
Also, an aside: Vinnie Jones is brilliant.
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MS Paint: Easily hiding logo rip-offs since forever
Location:Washington (State, not D.C.)
Well, here I go...
Seahawks/Mariners/Washington Huskies: I was originally born in Washington State. To me, that is where my loyalities lie. Loyality is important to me... I would never, ever, EVER turn my back from where I am originally from and the teams, even if they all suck (like in 2008).
Iowa State: To help fit in with where I live, which is Iowa. I would never, ever, EVER root for a Big Ten team (like Iowa). I grew up in Pac-10 country and if there is one thing I know is that the Big Ten (Plus 2) was all about the boring football... You know, 'three yards and a cloud of dust'.
Hurricanes: Somewhat random here. I remember getting a mug that had the Hurricanes on it, so I went with it.


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Карата́у ( "чёрная гора") — горный хребет, западный отрог Южного Урала, расположенный на границе Башкортостана и Челябинской области России.

Длина хребта составляет около 75 километров, высота — до 691 м. Ширина на западе равна 10—13 км, в центральной части 5—6 км и на востоке 8—10 км.

На всем протяженности он разделяет два субъекта Российской Федерации — Башкортостан и Челябинскую область. Средняя высота хребта Каратау — 600 метров над уровнем моря. Высшая точка Каратау — гора Ак-Тюбе (691 м), расположенная в западной его части. Слово «актюбе» с башкирского языка переводится как «белая возвышенность, вершина».

Сложен преимущественно известняками, песчаниками, глинистыми сланцами. Имеется месторождение бурого угля.

Хребет Каратау вытянут несколькими параллельными грядами. Склоны хребта покрыты смешанными лесами (ель, пихта, липа), имеются одиночные лиственницы. К востоку от хребта проходит граница сплошного распространения восточноевропейских липовых, дубовых, кленовых и ильмовых лесов.

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Today is the March for Life in Washington, D.C., and we're joined by Abby Johnson, a former Planned Parenthood employee who had a change of heart and is now a pro-life advocate. Plus: Rachel del Guidice shares why she's been attending the march for the past 13 years.
A day after Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged the president to delay his State of the Union speech, President Donald Trump delayed Pelosi's trip overseas.
A measure pushed by House Republicans that would keep the government closed but would provide pay to affected government employees failed, with only six Democrats voting for it.
Sen. Lindsey Graham re-introduced a bill that would ban abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy.


The Amarillo Sox did everything they could last weekend to keep themselves in the American Association playoff hunt.
And it probably wasn't enough, but the Sox will play on.
The Sox (44-49) swept the Grand Prairie AirHogs (48-46) in a three-game series Friday through Sunday.
Unfortunately for Amarillo, the Laredo Lemurs (50-43) swept the El Paso Diablos (44-47) in a four-game set and took the South Division lead.
Amarillo is six games behind Laredo, which has won 10 consecutive games. Both teams were off Monday and have seven games remaining before their regular-season finales Sept. 3.
Amarillo's elimination number is two, which means the Sox - who are out of the league's wild card chase - could be eliminated from playoff contention on Tuesday.
The Sox won't go to the postseason if they lose their series opener at 7:05 p.m. Tuesday at home against Kansas City and Laredo wins its series opener Tuesday at Fargo-Moorhead.
Things don't look good for Amarillo even if they survive Tuesday, as Laredo would need to lose five of its last six games and Amarillo would need to win out.


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Marvel's Black Panther Movie
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Marvel announced it's Black Panther movie to be released November 3, 2017, but not many people know very much about the character Black Panther or that King T'Challa (as he is known to his people) rules the landlocked country of Wakanda in Africa. He took up the mantle of Black Panther from his father, who received it from his father, and so on.
Even though the Black Panther has been scheduled his own movie, he is also rumored to appear in Avengers: Age of Ultron. In the Age of Ultron trailer, we see the picture of someone who appears to be Ulysses Klaw, a super villain with nearly complete control over sound, murderer of T'Chaka (the Black Panther's father), and T'Challa's archenemy. Also, there is also a tropical forest biome in the movie. If T'Challa is to be in the movie, the building there is probably somewhere in the jungles of Wakanda. Wakanda was always a big part of many of Ultron's plans, for the area is rich in deposits of vibrBanium, which Ultron always uses in his armor. Wakanda is also home to some of the most advanced technology on the Earth, and is extremely isolationist. For the Avengers to flee to Wakanda sovereign borders to escape Ultron makes sense.
Returning to the Black Panther's story, after debuting the Fantastic Four, he joined Captain America in Tales of Suspense to join the Avengers. During his time as an Avenger, he assisted Dare Devil in Hell's Kitchen and battled Doctor Doom.
In the way of a movie, at some point T'Challa will have to earn the Black Panther mantel after his father dies. The movie could probably go on to show him seek revenge on Klaw or work the alleys as one of the street-level heroes. Like all heros, the possibilities for plots are endless because many heros have many enemies. There is a tribe of gorilla worshipers that live inside of Wakanda's borders who hate the panther worshipers who are led by T'Challa. It could be that they are the enemies in the movie. With many more possibilities for enemies, there could be plenty of surprises ahead that will make fans everywhere flock to theaters.
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    |  Testee  | --- | EQ Inspector  | --- |                                                  |
    +----------+     +---------------+     |                  EQ Orchestrator                 |
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    +----------+     +---------------+     |   * Receives events from the inspectors          |
    |  Testee  | --- | EQ Inspector  | --- |   * Generate action set from events              |
    +----------+     +---------------+     |     (Including injected fault actions)           |
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## Inspectors

 * Java: byteman
 * Ethernet (ryu): Open vSwitch + ryu
 * Ethernet (nfqhook): iptables + NFQUEUE
 * Filesystem: FUSE

## Orchestrator

Explore Policy: explores state space

  * `Dumb`: reorder nothing
  * `Random`: reorder actions randomly

History Storage

 * `naive`: single gob-encoded file
 * `mongodb`: MongoDB

### REST API

 * `POST /api/v3/events/<entity_id>/<event_uuid>` (Non-blocking): send an event to the orchestrator
 * `GET /api/v3/actions/<entity_id>` (Blocking): receive an action for <entity_id> from the orchestrator.
 * `DELETE /api/v3/actions/<entity_id>/<action_uuid>` (Non-blocking): ack for get

Events:

 * `JavaFunctionEvent`: inspected and deferred function calls / returns
 * `PacketEvent`: inspected and deferred Ethernet packets
 * `FilesystemEvent`: inspected and deferred FUSE filesystem event
 * `LogEvent`: inspected syslog

Actions:

 * `NopAction`: nop. just used for action history storage.
 * `EventAcceptanceAction`: accept an event
 * `FilesystemFaultAction`: fault for a `FilesystemEvent`

### pyearthquake plug-ins (was available in v0.1, but removed since v0.1.3)

 * Orchestrator Plug-in: manages Explorer and so on.
  * `BasicOrchestrator`: a basic orchestrator

 * Explorer Plug-in: explores state space
  * `DumbExplorer`: reorder nothing
  * `RandomExplorer`: reorder actions randomly
  * `TimeBoundedRandomExplorer`: similar to `RandomExplorer`, but maximum deferred time is bounded
  * `GreedyExplorer`: DFS-like policy using NetworkX graph processing library

 * Process (now called "Entity") Watcher Plug-in: watches events from processes, maps event->action, and execute actions. You can check safety properties (i.e. assertion) in Process Watcher.
  * `BasicProcessWatcher`: a basic process watcher

 * Termination Detector Plug-in:  detects termination of one-shot execution. Execution histories are recorded to storage on such terminations.
  * `InspectionEndDetector`: detects termination when `InspectionEndEvent`s are observed from all processes
  * `IdleForWhileDetector`: detects termination when no event are observed for several milliseconds.

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For the porchetta: The day before roasting, chop 1 teaspoon of the fennel seed and mix it with the orange zest and 2 1/4 teaspoons of the salt. Rub the turkey breast with the salt mixture, then transfer it to a gallon-size freezer bag and refrigerate over night.
The day of roasting: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Remove the turkey breast from the refrigerator and allow it to come to room temperature for 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, toast the panko in a 12-inch ovenproof skillet over medium heat, stirring with a rubber spatula until golden brown. Remove to a medium bowl and add the remaining 1 teaspoon fennel seed, the red pepper flakes and 1/2 teaspoon of the salt. Set aside.
To the same pan, over medium-high heat, add 2 tablespoons of the olive oil, then the apples, shallots, fennel, rosemary and the remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt. Cook until the fennel softens, about 5 minutes; add to the bowl with the panko and toss to combine.
Unfold the butterflied turkey breast and spread the stuffing evenly over the surface of the breast. Tightly roll up the breast and tie it with butcher's twine at 2-inch intervals, then tie it once lengthwise.
Place the skillet over medium-high heat and add the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil. Sear the turkey on all sides until golden brown, about 3 minutes per side. Transfer to the oven and roast until an instant read thermometer reads 155 degrees F at the thickest point, about 40 minutes. Remove the turkey to a cutting board, tent with foil and rest for 15 minute before slicing.
For the gravy: While the porchetta is resting, prepare the gravy. Over medium-high heat, add the rosemary sprigs and flour to the skillet the turkey was cooked in; whisk to form a smooth paste. (If there aren't enough pan drippings to make a paste, add a tablespoon of olive oil.) Cook the paste to a medium amber color over medium-high heat, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the white wine and cook, whisking, for 1 minute more. Add the chicken broth, salt and pepper and whisk until smooth. Bring the gravy to a boil, lower the heat to medium and simmer for 5 minutes. Strain the gravy just before serving. Serve alongside the porchetta.


Lauder! is a performance about growing up, about losing the one you love and about learning to live with the memory of what no longer exists. It is about the worlds that vanished. It was inspired by prose of Jonathan Safran Foer and by motifs from Shakespeare's Hamlet and The Tempest. It tells the story of a boy who lost his father in the tragedy of the World Trade Center, who, in searching for him, faces the difficult and mysterious history of his family.
Lauder! is a mixture of live acting, puppet theatre and computer projections with excellent original music.