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Is there a way to __destruct the object after each file is loaded, so space is reserved (made free) for the next file, instead of accumulating it, or do you rather know of a reason and work-around for this?
Please let me know any suggestions you have.
Thanks in advance.

A: The latest SVN code for PHPExcel (just checked in today) introduces cell caching to reduce memory usage... it's such a new feature, I haven't even had the time to document it yet.
While the default method is identical to the present method, with the worksheet <--> cell relationship containing a cyclic reference, I believe that using any of the memory-reducing cache mechanisms should eliminate this cyclic reference. If not, let me know and I should be able to break the reference when unsetting a workbook/worksheet using some of the caching logic that already disables this connection when serializing the cells for caching.

A: This has been an issue for awhile, and it doesn't look like there's a way around it -- that is, unless someone has come up with something clever since the release of 5.3......

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Rechelle Ann Fuertes Feb 14, 2019 at 11:15 am GMT
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A new form of analyzing superalloys could significantly help researchers understand their properties. ¦ Ravenash | Shutterstock
Shape memory alloys are best known for their exceptional properties of superelasticity and the capability to remember their initial shape.
However, despite shape memory alloy's many potential commercial applications, it remains underutilized. Scientists still struggle to understand how this advanced material remembers or changes its shape.
But, three recent studies conducted by researchers from the Colorado School of Mines will reportedly shed some light into this alloy's complex internal microstructures.
"Discovered over 70 years ago, the promise of shape memory alloys (SMAs) has led to over 10,000 patents in the U.S. and 20,000 worldwide. However, that promise has not been matched by its technological impact — only a limited number of these 20,000 SMA patents have been realized as commercially viable products," Ashley Bucsek, the lead author of the studies to be published in the journals Acta Crystallographica, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, and Scripta Materialia, said.
Understanding the Shape Memory Alloy
According to Bucsek, the gap between the development of a shape memory alloy and its implementation is similar to the problem encountered by scientists with other advanced materials.
Currently, researchers use traditional microscopy techniques that are not effective in SMAs as their micromechanisms are mostly "3D, out-of-plane, and sensitive to internal constraints."
To bridge the gap, Bucsek and her team conduct their experiments using some of the world's most powerful 3D microscopes located at the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) at Cornell University.
The team used near-field and far-field high-energy diffraction microscopy to visualize the interior microstructure of nickel-titanium, one of the most common shape memory alloys, in 3D.
"Using this approach, we found that martensite microstructures within SMAs strongly violated the predictions of the maximum transformation work criterion, showing that the application of the widely accepted maximum transformation work criterion needs to be modified for cases where SMAs may have engineering-grade microstructure features and defects," Bucsek said.
The team's second experiment tackled the reversible deformation mechanisms of SMAs that allow them to accommodate deformations without getting damaged. The last test targeted the phenomenon wherein unique high-angle grain boundaries emerged within austenite grains as SMAs undergo heat- or cold-induced actuation.
Bucsek and her team's experiments reportedly revealed the significance of utilizing 3D techniques in studying the structure of advanced materials.
"The biggest hindrance to adopting new materials, like most technologies, is fear of the unknown. Such understanding will undoubtedly lead to wider acceptance and application of these miraculous materials, as it improves our confidence in developing means to certify and qualify them," Aaron Stebner, co-author of the studies, said.
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Launch of Google's "Pixel of Business" website to attract corporate customers
By Frank H. Thompson on	 February 14, 2021 Business website
Google launched a new website to get business customers to buy Google Pixel phones. The company previously launched similar Android Enterprise and Android Enterprise Essentials services that basically run the Android operating system on smartphones by providing security and management incentives to professionals compared to regular Android users. The new Pixel for Business website essentially highlights the benefits of the Google Pixel phones that come with the Google Workspace and Android Enterprise plans. The Pixel for Business website is now available to corporate clients in the United States, and the company has yet to share details of its global availability.
Spotted for the first time by 9to5Google, the Pixel for Business project aims to offer services through Google Pixel 5, Pixel 4 and Pixel 4a by covering three areas: safe and secure by design, manage devices in a simple and transparent way, and help when and where you need it. For added security, the company is highlighting Google's Titan M security chip, first introduced with the Pixel 3 in 2018. The company is also promising three years of updating the Android operating system. The section also points out that Google Pixel is certified for government and business (Common Criteria / NIAP, FIPS 140-2, STIG). The "Manage Devices Easily and Transparent" option focuses on ease of enterprise deployment with contactless enrollment that does not require manual setup, configuration through management APIs, and Android Enterprise Recommended status. Customers can also create a personal profile in addition to the existing business profile. to "keep data safe" and protect employee privacy.
Finally, Google also highlights the benefits of a Google phone running services with a Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) account. Enterprise customers can take advantage of several new features and services through apps such as Gmail, Docs, Duo, and Meet. Overall, the phones don't come with any new hardware, but here the software side is what Google is trying to advertise to business customers through the Pixel phones. The cost of smartphones remains unchanged.
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We took out Delia's front seats today – just the front ones – so we can take them to be re-upholstered tomorrow. They're sitting in the back of Elsie right now, waiting for transport to the garage tomorrow.
Original seats like the half-height ones she has are getting rarer all the time and new ones can attract a significant premium. A lot of people swap them out for the kind of high-backed seats we have in Elsie, but we want to keep both Delia and Floyd looking as true to their original design as we can, hence the revamp rather than a set of replacements. They're still comfortable, but we want her to look her best for the start of the rental season next month. We also want her to be a smooth, soft ride for whoever takes her out, so as well as new upholstery we'll be gifting them with new filling, too.
The question was, how did we get them out. We'd been expecting it to be a bit of a wrestle, but the the end, we'd removed each one in less than 10 seconds.
For the drivers seat, it's a simple matter of pulling up the lever beneath the seat that's more often used to reposition it, then sliding the whole seat (bottom and back) forwards until it runs completely off the rails. Obviously you can't be sitting on it as you do this or you'll crush yourself between the seat back and the steering wheel.
It's slightly different for the passenger seat. That doesn't have a lever for rolling the seat forwards and backwards, so you simply lift up the bottom part of the seat and allow the back to slide down from the rigid fixing behind it. Once freed from the bracket, it can be lifted straight out.
We can't wait to get them back from the re-upholsterers. The bench seat on the rock and roll bed at the back looks great, so a matching set of black vinyl covers in the front will really finish her off.
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The ordeal ended for passengers when a police car managed to block and stop the bus on Thaksin Road in Thon Buri district at 8pm. But the van driver jumped out and ran across the road with the police in hot pursuit. They caught him.
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Q: Update values in a combobox from mysql I have a ComboBoxColumn in my datagridview and the data that's bound to them is from another table. The data can be updated at any point so I want to update the data in the ComboBoxColumn automatically when the data is added/updated from another table.
I've tried using -
ScripterCombo.DataSource = updatedUserList;

updatedUserListis a list of the data that i want to apply to the ComboBoxColumn, I already set the DataSource of ComboBoxColumn. Unfortunately the ComboBoxColumn never update. I need to reload the entire application to view the changes.
UPDATE -
Sorry i'm not using a list to store the data, i'm using a string array. Basically i connect to the backend server and loop through all the names in the 'User' Column:
MySqlConnection(Constants.serverInfo))
            {
                getNumberOfUsers.Open();

                using (MySqlCommand requestCommand = new MySqlCommand("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM userlist", getNumberOfUsers))
                {
                    MySqlDataReader userReader = requestCommand.ExecuteReader();

                    while (userReader.Read())
                    {
                        iNumberOfUsers = userReader.GetInt32(0);               // Pull the number of Owners from the backend.
                        strListOfUsers = new string[iNumberOfUsers];          // Make sure the owner list can hold the value pulled from the backend.
                    }
                    userReader.Close();
                }
                getNumberOfUsers.Close();
            }

            // Get the names of the users
            using (MySqlConnection getUsersNames = new MySqlConnection(Constants.serverInfo))
            {
                getUsersNames.Open();

                using (MySqlCommand requestCommand = new MySqlCommand("SELECT username FROM userlist", getUsersNames))
                {
                    MySqlDataReader userReader = requestCommand.ExecuteReader();

                    for (int i = 0; i < iNumberOfUsers; i++)
                    {
                        while (userReader.Read())
                        {
                            strListOfUsers[i] = userReader.GetString(0); ;                  // Add the user to the list of users.
                            i++;
                        }
                    }
                    userReader.Close();
}
getUsersNames.Close();
}

I have another class that grabs data from a different table and displays it in a datagridview. I then feed the array of users through to the above class and create a datagridcomboboxcolumn that displays all the usernames. This works as expected, as it displays the user list and then updates the main table when a user has been changed.
However, if i add a user to the list I call the above code again to get an updated list and then feed the list to the comboboxcolumn using this -
 ScripterCombo.DataSource = updatedUserList;

This unfortunatly doesn't update the comboboxes, but when I check the DataSource after running this it's showing the newly added user. It just doesn't want to display it.
Hope this makes sense.
Thanks

A: try to add ToList()
ScripterCombo.DataSource = updatedUserList.ToList();


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Who ever said comfort food can't be healthy obviously never saw this recipe! Good for the soul and good for your health.
Heat 1 tbs oil in a deep frypan over medium-high heat. Add the eschalot, season and cook for 2-3 minutes or until tender, then add garlic and tarragon, and cook for 1 minute or until fragrant. Add the rice and cook for 2-3 minutes or until well toasted.
Meanwhile, thinly shred the kale leaves and add to pan with rice. Add dried porcini and stock, and bring to a simmer. Add chicken and parmesan rind, cover and cook for 15 minutes or until chicken is cooked through. Remove chicken and set aside until needed. Cover and continue cooking rice, covered, for a further 10-15 minutes or until tender and liquid has been absorbed.
Meanwhile, combine mushrooms, thyme, freshly ground black pepper and remaining 1 tbs oil in a bowl and toss to combine. Spread mushroom mixture over a baking tray and roast for 10-15 minutes or until tender and darkened.
Add lemon zest to risotto and remove and discard parmesan rind. Thinly slice chicken and stir half through the risotto to warm through. Add half the mushrooms to the risotto and stir to combine. Top with remaining chicken and mushrooms, then add lemon juice. Top with grated parmesan and herbs to serve.


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Q: Saving QGIS view extent in Shapefile or other exchange format? I want to know how its possible to save the actual view of the map. It would be great to open it in QGIS or other GIS software the last saved view is showing when the file is opened. How can I load the saved shapefiles with the actual saved view?
When I open the last saved file, the actual view is gone, and I need to zoom again to the wanted map...

A: You can save the QGIS project, which records the view.
Alternatively you can save bookmarks to easily go to several locations.
It is not possible to save this information inside a Shapefile itself.


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Q: How to configure Vue router history mode in Apache I'm getting this error when I try to add the line below on my /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteBase /
  RewriteRule ^index\.html$ - [L]
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteRule . /index.html [L]
</IfModule>

Syntax error on line 228 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:
RewriteBase: only valid in per-directory config files

I'm using Apache/2.4.6 (CentOS 8)
The only thing I changed in my httpd folder are:

/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:
<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName masterseller.ph
    Redirect permanent / https://masterseller.ph
</VirtualHost>

and

/etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf:
<VirtualHost *:443>
DocumentRoot "/var/www/html/masterseller/dist/"
... (+ SSL configs)
</VirtualHost>

Oh btw I'm trying to deploy my vue dist folder (which is also my DocumentRoot).

My Vue-Rounter:
const router = new VueRouter({
     mode: "history",
     base: "/",
     routes
});

I'm trying to follow and understand this instruction:
https://router.vuejs.org/guide/essentials/history-mode.html#example-server-configurations
I tried to add 'FallbackResource /index.html' at the end of my httpd.conf file, It worked, but I wouldn't be able to access my phpmyadmin page.
What am I mising? I'm new to all this.
Thank you in advance for your answers (also my boss doesn't want the hash mode for the vue router)

A: The error means the config won't work in the base config file.  In Apache you can also place a "per-directory" configuration in each directory.
Create a new .htaccess file in the dist root and place the configuration in it.
The .htaccess Apache docs say:

.htaccess files (or "distributed configuration files") provide a way to make configuration changes on a per-directory basis. A file, containing one or more configuration directives, is placed in a particular document directory, and the directives apply to that directory, and all subdirectories thereof.


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Book Author: William Kent Krueger
FOX CREEK by William Kent Krueger: Book Review
December 2nd, 2022 | Author: Marilyn Brooks
At first it appears to be a routine case, and Cork O'Connor is reluctant to accept it. He is a private investigator and former sheriff but now would rather be working in his family's restaurant than chasing criminals.
At the diner, a man introduces himself as Lou Morriseau, and he tells the investigator that his wife has left him for another man, a Native American. Morriseau shows Cork a photo of his wife Dolores, but when Morriseau tells Cork the name of the man she's having an affair with, the latter is stunned. It's Henry Meloux, a respected healer and tribal leader, who is 100 years old. That's when Cork realizes something is "off" about the story he has just heard.
Understanding that there's more to his prospective client than meets the eye, O'Connor agrees to look for Dolores and goes to Henry's cabin on the reservation of the Iron Lake Ojibwe in the Superior National Forest. Henry, being Henry, is not surprised to see Cork and knows that he is looking for Dolores.
Dolores has come there to consult with Henry, who tells her she needs to undergo a sweat, a purification ceremony for the body, mind, and spirit, and he has asked Rainy, Cork's wife, to guide her through it. When Dolores approaches the cabin after the sweat and Cork tells her that her husband has hired him to find her, she seems pleased but surprised. Then Cork shows her the photo of his client he took on his cell phone, and Dolores says, "I've never seen this man before in my life."
Cork returns home and tells Marsha Doss, the town's current sheriff, about the strange case. He then goes back to the woods to talk to Meloux and Dolores again, trying to shake the sense of unease he feels, but when he enters the cabin there's no one there. And the ancient Winchester rifle that should be leaning against a wall is gone, along with the cartridges that Henry keeps in a tin can.
Apparently Cork is not the only person looking for Dolores. Henry leads Dolores and Rainy deeper into the forest and cautions them to be silent and wait. Several hours later four men, armed with rifles, approach Henry's cabin. Meloux and the two women continue their walk in the woods, Rainy and Dolores being careful to follow the healer's instructions to step only on stones and thus leave no footprints that their pursuers can follow.
The three spend the night in a bear's cave, and stepping just outside they can see the campfire of the men pursuing them. Henry tells Rainy, "They are not afraid to let us know they are coming….But they should be."
Fox Creek is the 19th book in the Cork O'Connor series. The novels begin when he was a sheriff and follow his career and his private life over the years. The recurring characters, including Henry Meloux and Cork's daughter Jenny and her family, bring warmth and depth to the stories and help balance the violence that always finds Cork.
William Kent Krueger, in addition to this series, has written several stand-alone novels. He has won two Anthony Awards and an Edgar award. You can read more about him at this website.
LIGHTNING STRIKE by William Kent Krueger: Book Review
January 21st, 2022 | Author: Marilyn Brooks
William Kent Krueger is one of the most lyrical authors around, a fact that he proves once again in Lightning Strike, a look back to the childhood of Cork O'Connor, the protagonist of many of his novels.
It's 1963 in the small town of Aurora, Minnesota. Although there isn't much in the way of major crime in the North Country, there are ethnic tensions that are either close to the surface or bubbling above it. The area is home to its white, Christian population descended mainly from Irish and Scandinavian settlers and its Native Ojibwe people.
There is distrust in both cultures, and it all comes to a head when Cork O'Connor and his friend Jorge come upon the body of Big John hanging from a tree in the area called Lightning Strike on the shore of Iron Lake.
Because of Big John's many battles with alcohol, the authorities aren't too surprised that there are two empty bottles of Four Roses on the ground near his body, although "I thought he'd kick the booze for good," Cork's father, Sheriff Liam O'Connor, tells his two deputies and the mortician who come to Lightning Strike after Cork runs home with the news of his discovery. It looks like an open-and-shut suicide, but Liam wants to be sure. So he asks for a toxicology report, "just to be on the safe side."
However, that's not enough for the Iron Lake Band of Ojibwe, living on a reservation just outside of Aurora and under the jurisdiction of the Tamarack County Sheriff's office. Not surprisingly, members of the tribe have little confidence in any form of the official government, even when the forensics report confirms that Big John was intoxicated when he died.
To them the sheriff is just another chimook, a white man, without understanding or reverence for Ojibwe customs and beliefs, even though he is married to Colleen, the daughter of an Ojibwe mother and a white father. They have lost belief, if they ever had it, in Liam's trustworthiness and ability to conduct an impartial investigation.
One of the most vociferous voices raised against Natives in general and Big John in particular is Duncan MacDermid. He has a virulent dislike of Indians and a violent temper, something his abused wife can attest to. With MacDermid on one side and Liam's mother-in-law on the other, every move the sheriff makes alienates one of the groups.
There are other threads in Lightning Strike in addition to Big John's death, including a missing teenage Native girl and the feelings of Natives after they leave the reservation. The author writes about the Relocation Act of 1956, an act of Congress that pays for relocation for Indians to encourage them to leave their reservations and move to locations where there are better schools and jobs. On paper it sounded good, Cork's grandmother Dilsey tells him, but the reality was different. It was, she tells him, "another attempt to eradicate the Native cultures. They tried blankets tainted with smallpox. They tried guns. They tried boarding schools. Now they're trying this."
Lightning Strike is an outstanding mystery and a poignant novel. As always the author's characters are completely believable, and the story will tug at your heartstrings.
You can read more about William Kent Kruger at this website.
SULFUR SPRINGS by William Kent Krueger: Book Review
November 18th, 2017 | Author: Marilyn Brooks
A stranger in a strange land is how Cork O'Connor feels when he finds himself far from his beloved Minnesota woods, thrust into the desert of southern Arizona.
Cork and his bride, Rainy, have known each other for several years but married only a few months ago. The first time Cork met his wife's son and daughter was at their wedding, and Cork admits to himself that he doesn't have strong feelings toward them.
But when Rainy gets a garbled message left on her cell phone from her son, saying that he's killed a man, Cork and Rainy are thrust into a search for Peter that leads them into a deadly web of international crime.
The couple leave for Arizona the following morning, and on the trip Rainy tells Cork that there are many important things he doesn't know about her, one being that if her son did kill someone in Arizona, he's not the only one in his family who has done that. Obviously that's a major secret, and it turns out to be not the only one that she has kept from Cork.
Peter had gone to Arizona to recover from an addiction to pain medication, the result of a sports injury. After he was clean, the Goodman Center, an alcohol and drug treatment facility, hired him, and as far as his mother and stepfather knew, he was still on their staff. But after they arrive in Tucson and drive to the Center, they discover that Peter hasn't worked there in over a year.
The Center's director tells them that she believes he has been working at a vineyard owned by Jayne and Frank Harris, so Cork and Rainy head to the vineyard's location in Sulfur Springs. The Harrises acknowledge that Peter is employed there but tell Cork and Rainy that although he's been an extremely reliable worker, he hasn't been at work that day. And visits to the Sulfur Springs post office and police station turn up no further information on the missing man.
The issue of immigrants trying to enter the United States from Mexico ties into the racism faced by Rainy, a member of the Ojibwe tribe, when a sheriff stops Rainy and Cork while they're driving and examines her closely to make certain she actually is the Native American she says she is and not someone trying to get into the country from Mexico. As Rainy says to her husband after they continue on their way, "If I was white, he wouldn't have taken a second look at me."
Cork is a former sheriff and a quarter Native American, and he brings to the search for his stepson his law background, his feelings about racism, and his love for his new wife. This is a masterful novel, with issues that resonate all-too-clearly in today's world. There's a lot going on–drug addiction, illegal aliens, Mexican drug cartels, blended families, and racism–with each part adding to the whole.
I've reviewed two of William Kent Kruger's earlier books, Trickster's Point and Ordinary Grace, the latter the winner of the 2014 Edgar for Best Novel. You can read more about the author at this website.
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ORDINARY GRACE by William Kent Krueger: Book Review
June 29th, 2013 | Author: Marilyn Brooks
Ordinary Grace is a wonderful, brilliant novel. I've written about William Kent Krueger's earlier book, Trickster's Point, and Ordinary Grace surpasses even that excellent one with its beauty and understanding of family and human dynamics.
The book's narrator, Frank Drum, is thirteen during the summer of 1961. Frank's father is a Methodist minister in the small town of New Bremen, Minnesota, a man of God in the best sense. Frank's mother conducts the choir in New Bremen and in two other small churches where her husband is the clergyman. Although she has a beautiful voice and had hoped for a professional career, she is now resigned, but not happily, to living the life of a minister's wife.
Frank's eighteen-year-old sister Ariel is a talented pianist and composer who has been accepted to the Julliard School of Music, her lifelong dream. But now, for some unstated reason, she tells her family she doesn't want to go, that she would rather stay home and go to the local college and study music.
Frank's younger brother is Jake, eleven years old. Jake has a terrible stutter, making him the object of teasing and bullying to the point where he almost never speaks in public or in school. At home his stutter disappears, but outside that safe environment he becomes almost mute.
Ordinary Grace opens with two deaths in a matter of hours. The first is that of Bobby Cole, a young developmentally challenged boy who was killed on the town's railroad trestle. Did he simply not hear the train coming, or did something more sinister happen? The next day Frank and Jake find the body of an itinerant man in nearly the same place. That's a lot of death for such a small town, but there are more deaths to come.
There's a great deal of tension in New Bremen. The relationship between Ruth and Nathan Drum is not an easy one, and she is unable or unwilling to understand the importance of God in her husband's life, how he can keep his faith no matter what tragedies befall the town or the family.
There is an uneasy relationship between Ruth and her daughter's piano teacher, Emil Brandt. Ruth and Emil had been engaged very briefly years earlier, but he abandoned her and fled to New York City to pursue his career. Now he's returned home, badly scarred and blinded in a fire, his house kept by his sister Lise. Lise is autistic, and her devotion to her brother is extreme.
But ordinary grace is seen throughout the book, especially in the person of Nathan Drum. As a clergyman he doesn't pretend to have all the answers when bad things happen to good people, but his faith in God remains secure. And through his goodness his family and his town manage to survive.
William Kent Krueger has written another outstanding novel, a coming-of-age story that will resonate with the reader long after the last page is read. His characters are beautifully drawn, and life in a small town in the mid-twentieth century is detailed and accurate.
You can read more about him at this web site.
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TRICKSTER'S POINT by William Kent Krueger: Book Review
October 20th, 2012 | Author: Marilyn Brooks
A small Minnesota town, next to an Ojibwe reservation, is the site of the killing of Jubal Little, independent candidate for governor of the state. And former sheriff Cork O'Connor was with Jubal while he lay dying with an arrow in his body.
In the remote area of Minnesota where the novel takes place, hunting is a major pasttime. Serious hunters, like Cork and Jubal, make their own arrows. Each hunter creates a unique design, called fletching, that makes the arrows immediately identifiable to other hunters. The arrow protruding from Jubal's body has the markings that are on all of Cork's arrows.
Although those townspeople who know Cork don't believe he had anything to do with Jubal's death, all concede it is strange that Cork made no attempt to get help but stayed with Jubal for the three hours it took him to die. And Cork's comments that Jubal asked him to stay and not leave him alone to die ring a bit hollow to the state detective who is called in to handle the investigation.
Cork and Jubal go way back, back to childhood when Jubal and his mother moved to the town of Aurora. Tall, good-looking, and smart, Jubal was outstanding in everything he did, in every sport he played. But it was his relationship with Winona, an Ojibwe girl, that was to rule his life.
It seems as if nearly every boy in Aurora was a bit in love with Winona Crane. Cork and Jubal were two of them, but it was obvious to Cork that Winona's heart belonged to Jubal and vice versa. They were, according to a tribal healer, two parts of the same broken stone. That's a beautiful image, but a disturbing one as well.
Trickster's Point has narratives in the present and in the past. Secrets long held by Cork, Jubal, Winona, her twin brother Willie, and others in the town are slowly revealed, and as mystery readers know, the longer secrets are hidden, the more devastating it is when they come to light.
Cork O'Connor is a strong character. He's had lots of deaths in his life, and although he's conscientiously trying to stay away from trouble, it always seems to find him. His wife was murdered, and he's done his best by his two children, even giving up his job as sheriff to remove himself from dangers that might take him from them. But danger follows him, with or without his badge. You can call it fate, or karma, but it seems there's no escaping it for Cork.
William Kent Krueger is the winner of multiple Anthony Awards for his novels, and you will understand why when you read Trickster's Point or any of the earlier mysteries in the series.
You can read more about William Kent Krueger at his web site.
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from unittest import mock

import webob

from nova.api.openstack.compute import volumes as volumes_v21
from nova import exception
from nova import test
from nova.tests.unit.api.openstack import fakes
from nova.volume import cinder

FAKE_UUID = 'aaaaaaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaaaaaaaaaa'

class SnapshotApiTestV21(test.NoDBTestCase):
    controller = volumes_v21.SnapshotController()
    validation_error = exception.ValidationError

    def setUp(self):
        super(SnapshotApiTestV21, self).setUp()
        fakes.stub_out_networking(self)
        self.stub_out("nova.volume.cinder.API.create_snapshot",
                      fakes.stub_snapshot_create)
        self.stub_out("nova.volume.cinder.API.create_snapshot_force",
                      fakes.stub_snapshot_create)
        self.stub_out("nova.volume.cinder.API.delete_snapshot",
                      fakes.stub_snapshot_delete)
        self.stub_out("nova.volume.cinder.API.get_snapshot",
                      fakes.stub_snapshot_get)
        self.stub_out("nova.volume.cinder.API.get_all_snapshots",
                      fakes.stub_snapshot_get_all)
        self.stub_out("nova.volume.cinder.API.get", fakes.stub_volume_get)
        self.req = fakes.HTTPRequest.blank('')

    def _test_snapshot_create(self, force):
        snapshot = {"volume_id": '12',
                    "force": force,
                    "display_name": "Snapshot Test Name",
                    "display_description": "Snapshot Test Desc"}
        body = dict(snapshot=snapshot)
        resp_dict = self.controller.create(self.req, body=body)
        self.assertIn('snapshot', resp_dict)
        self.assertEqual(snapshot['display_name'],
                         resp_dict['snapshot']['displayName'])
        self.assertEqual(snapshot['display_description'],
                         resp_dict['snapshot']['displayDescription'])
        self.assertEqual(snapshot['volume_id'],
                         resp_dict['snapshot']['volumeId'])

    def test_snapshot_create(self):
        self._test_snapshot_create(False)

    def test_snapshot_create_force(self):
        self._test_snapshot_create(True)

    def test_snapshot_create_invalid_force_param(self):
        body = {'snapshot': {'volume_id': '1',
                             'force': '**&&^^%%$$##@@'}}
        self.assertRaises(self.validation_error,
                          self.controller.create, self.req, body=body)

    def test_snapshot_delete(self):
        snapshot_id = '123'
        delete = self.controller.delete
        result = delete(self.req, snapshot_id)

        # NOTE: on v2.1, http status code is set as wsgi_code of API
        # method instead of status_int in a response object.
        if isinstance(self.controller, volumes_v21.SnapshotController):
            status_int = delete.wsgi_code
        else:
            status_int = result.status_int
        self.assertEqual(202, status_int)

    @mock.patch.object(cinder.API, 'delete_snapshot',
        side_effect=exception.SnapshotNotFound(snapshot_id=FAKE_UUID))
    def test_delete_snapshot_not_exists(self, mock_mr):
        self.assertRaises(webob.exc.HTTPNotFound, self.controller.delete,
                self.req, FAKE_UUID)

    def test_snapshot_delete_invalid_id(self):
        self.assertRaises(webob.exc.HTTPNotFound, self.controller.delete,
                self.req, '-1')

    def test_snapshot_show(self):
        snapshot_id = '123'
        resp_dict = self.controller.show(self.req, snapshot_id)
        self.assertIn('snapshot', resp_dict)
        self.assertEqual(str(snapshot_id), resp_dict['snapshot']['id'])

    def test_snapshot_show_invalid_id(self):
        self.assertRaises(webob.exc.HTTPNotFound, self.controller.show,
                self.req, '-1')

    def test_snapshot_detail(self):
        resp_dict = self.controller.detail(self.req)
        self.assertIn('snapshots', resp_dict)
        resp_snapshots = resp_dict['snapshots']
        self.assertEqual(3, len(resp_snapshots))

        resp_snapshot = resp_snapshots.pop()
        self.assertEqual(102, resp_snapshot['id'])

    def test_snapshot_detail_offset_and_limit(self):
        path = ('/v2/%s/os-snapshots/detail?offset=1&limit=1' %
                fakes.FAKE_PROJECT_ID)
        req = fakes.HTTPRequest.blank(path)
        resp_dict = self.controller.detail(req)
        self.assertIn('snapshots', resp_dict)
        resp_snapshots = resp_dict['snapshots']
        self.assertEqual(1, len(resp_snapshots))

        resp_snapshot = resp_snapshots.pop()
        self.assertEqual(101, resp_snapshot['id'])

    def test_snapshot_index(self):
        resp_dict = self.controller.index(self.req)
        self.assertIn('snapshots', resp_dict)
        resp_snapshots = resp_dict['snapshots']
        self.assertEqual(3, len(resp_snapshots))

    def test_snapshot_index_offset_and_limit(self):
        path = ('/v2/%s/os-snapshots?offset=1&limit=1' %
                fakes.FAKE_PROJECT_ID)
        req = fakes.HTTPRequest.blank(path)
        resp_dict = self.controller.index(req)
        self.assertIn('snapshots', resp_dict)
        resp_snapshots = resp_dict['snapshots']
        self.assertEqual(1, len(resp_snapshots))

    def _test_list_with_invalid_filter(self, url):
        prefix = '/os-snapshots'
        req = fakes.HTTPRequest.blank(prefix + url)
        controller_list = self.controller.index
        if 'detail' in url:
            controller_list = self.controller.detail
        self.assertRaises(exception.ValidationError,
                          controller_list, req)

    def test_list_with_invalid_non_int_limit(self):
        self._test_list_with_invalid_filter('?limit=-9')

    def test_list_with_invalid_string_limit(self):
        self._test_list_with_invalid_filter('?limit=abc')

    def test_list_duplicate_query_with_invalid_string_limit(self):
        self._test_list_with_invalid_filter(
            '?limit=1&limit=abc')

    def test_detail_list_with_invalid_non_int_limit(self):
        self._test_list_with_invalid_filter('/detail?limit=-9')

    def test_detail_list_with_invalid_string_limit(self):
        self._test_list_with_invalid_filter('/detail?limit=abc')

    def test_detail_list_duplicate_query_with_invalid_string_limit(self):
        self._test_list_with_invalid_filter(
            '/detail?limit=1&limit=abc')

    def test_list_with_invalid_non_int_offset(self):
        self._test_list_with_invalid_filter('?offset=-9')

    def test_list_with_invalid_string_offset(self):
        self._test_list_with_invalid_filter('?offset=abc')

    def test_list_duplicate_query_with_invalid_string_offset(self):
        self._test_list_with_invalid_filter(
            '?offset=1&offset=abc')

    def test_detail_list_with_invalid_non_int_offset(self):
        self._test_list_with_invalid_filter('/detail?offset=-9')

    def test_detail_list_with_invalid_string_offset(self):
        self._test_list_with_invalid_filter('/detail?offset=abc')

    def test_detail_list_duplicate_query_with_invalid_string_offset(self):
        self._test_list_with_invalid_filter(
            '/detail?offset=1&offset=abc')

    def _test_list_duplicate_query_parameters_validation(self, url):
        params = {
            'limit': 1,
            'offset': 1
        }
        controller_list = self.controller.index
        if 'detail' in url:
            controller_list = self.controller.detail
        for param, value in params.items():
            req = fakes.HTTPRequest.blank(
                url + '?%s=%s&%s=%s' %
                (param, value, param, value))
            controller_list(req)

    def test_list_duplicate_query_parameters_validation(self):
        self._test_list_duplicate_query_parameters_validation('/os-snapshots')

    def test_detail_list_duplicate_query_parameters_validation(self):
        self._test_list_duplicate_query_parameters_validation(
            '/os-snapshots/detail')

    def test_list_with_additional_filter(self):
        req = fakes.HTTPRequest.blank(
            '/os-snapshots?limit=1&offset=1&additional=something')
        self.controller.index(req)

    def test_detail_list_with_additional_filter(self):
        req = fakes.HTTPRequest.blank(
            '/os-snapshots/detail?limit=1&offset=1&additional=something')
        self.controller.detail(req)

class TestSnapshotAPIDeprecation(test.NoDBTestCase):

    def setUp(self):
        super(TestSnapshotAPIDeprecation, self).setUp()
        self.controller = volumes_v21.SnapshotController()
        self.req = fakes.HTTPRequest.blank('', version='2.36')

    def test_all_apis_return_not_found(self):
        self.assertRaises(exception.VersionNotFoundForAPIMethod,
            self.controller.show, self.req, fakes.FAKE_UUID)
        self.assertRaises(exception.VersionNotFoundForAPIMethod,
            self.controller.delete, self.req, fakes.FAKE_UUID)
        self.assertRaises(exception.VersionNotFoundForAPIMethod,
            self.controller.index, self.req)
        self.assertRaises(exception.VersionNotFoundForAPIMethod,
            self.controller.create, self.req, {})
        self.assertRaises(exception.VersionNotFoundForAPIMethod,
            self.controller.detail, self.req)

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By admin Posted on Dec 27, 2018
Number Theory Revisit
I started this blog with my first published article Number Theory for the purpose of, at least at that time, posting my homework assignment from my Game Design class. In that post I mainly discussed a current trend of game design appearing in multiple AAA games, especially games from publisher Ubisoft, such that games put numbers on almost every single element in the game, which is totally unnecessary. I argued that visible stats shift the focus of those game substantially and mostly, a bad, lazy design ideology.
To be perfectly honest, as you may notice after reading it, I did not finish the article. I admit that at the time of submission I was not able to include a conclusive paragraph in the article. The question was not going away — I'm still very concerning about the trend and want to do some further discussion, except that I was also starting to question my own position. At the time of writing the only game I played mentioned in the article was Ghost Recon Wildland, and I had mixed feeling about it. Now I have been finished GRW, put more than 20 hours into Assassin's Creed Origins and 40 hours in Middle-Earth: Shadow of War, another game changed design from its predecessor. I won't debunk my previous claim but playing them instead of reading and watching reviews give me a much different perspective. Despite some of their problem, I enjoyed playing all of them. In this post, I'd write down some after thoughts on those three games and revisit the "number-oriented" game design.
Among three games Ghost Recon Wildland is probably the least affected game design-wise. The only obvious addition in GRW with number is character level. Character level in GRW has one purpose only: unlocking perks: by leveling up characters, special abilities are added to the character, including silent sprinting for better stealth, more resistance force ability including calling supply of vehicles or air attack, or carrying more grenades, etc. Beside of these perks, there's not much difference between a level-1 and a level-20 character. This character progression system has abundant similarities with the multiplayer progression in Call of Duty series. Compared to GRW, players are actually leveling up themselves, their in-game avatar, instead of the in-game character they created. While the progression system in GRW is perfectly fine, seeing all those military soldiers having a level beside their name tag is still inconsistent with the overall tone of the series. On the other hand, the delayed competitive multiplayer mode of GRW, Ghost War, does not follow the multiplayer progression system from Call of Duty series, leaving it almost an entirely different experience to its singleplayer counterpart.
Ghost Recon Wildland's singleplayer uses character levels to indicate how far the character is on its skill tree progression and the number of level is not exactly the traditional thing for a military shooter like this. Should GRW discard the level system? My answer is no. First, the character progression system is almost a must for a large-scale open-world game like this. Sea of Thieves, the open-world multiplayer pirate game from developer Rare, received a huge backlash for its non-exist character progression system; players found frustrated that their characters do not change at all (except for cosmetic changes) after finishing a bunch of missions. Players want their characters to be stronger while they are playing and thus progression system is needed for this type of games. Even for more linear games like Call of Duty (campaign) adds character progression and reward players for fulfilling basic and advanced mission requirement. Linear games, however, are easier to be designed to fit the character's skill trees compared to open-world games. This is where character level comes in. By adding a quantic measure to characters, game designer has more control over the game flow. As a result, GRW keeps bringing new challenges with more ability within its 20 to 40-hour campaign.
Both Assassin's Creed Origins (ACO) and Middle-Earth: Shadow of War (SOW) have the same root of the first Assassin's Creed game. And yet as the time of their predecessors, Assassin's Creed Syndicate was criticized for monotonic gameplay while Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor, despite being developed from a totally different company, had been called "the Assassin's Creed game we always wanted but never get". As a result, ACO completely overhauls the old Assassin's Creed formula while SOW takes a giant step further from its critically-acclaimed predecessor. Surprisingly, both game took note from the same franchise: Diablo. The hack-n-slash series provides the timeless action-RPG formula with a gameplay loop containing combat-loot-grind-level up. The problem is, that fans of Assassin's Creed games do not expect this type of overhaul. Players are not able to be the deadly assassin all the time; instead, they can only battle characters on the same level or lesser level. Otherwise, players are not able to damage much and the opponents' attack would be very deadly. Two enemy soldiers wearing same armor and holding same weapon would be completely two levels of challenges even though in real life, it doesn't make sense.
And yet it works. ACO is definitively a breath of fresh air after 9 canonical games with similar game progression. What I tend to think about a typical Assassin's Creed game is about seeking the evil person, infiltrating into a heavily guarded environment, assassinating the target and then leaving without any trace. Such gameplay loop sounds reasonably ideal on paper, but in reality it's not that attracting. In fact, that is the exact gameplay design of the first Assassin's Creed game, which was criticized for its repetitive gameplay loop. In the later games of the series, Ubisoft puts more story elements into each game, making the series an icon of cinematic storytelling combined with openly explorable world and stealth gameplay. Later entries gradually introduce more and more gameplay element usually found in Role-Playing games, including upgradable weapons, enemy health bar, character perks and so on. None of them, however, completely shift the series' focus like ACO. To be honest, all my aforementioned concerns happen to be true. But that is okay because the new system brings overwhelmingly amount of goodness to overshadow its weakness. My initial impression of ACO is a modern, 3D Diablo-style looter RPG, which is amazing except it is not Assassin's Creed. But soon, I find that the leveling system fixes the not-so-amazing stealth gameplay in previous entries. Originally, I worried a lot when I saw the pre-release gameplay footage featuring a low-level player trying to assassinate a high-level target, but end up only depleting less than half of enemies health bar. It only happens, however, when the player tries to explore more dangerous areas out of game's guidance. Stealth gameplay is enhanced by greater threat from these high-level characters compared to normal enemy from previous games. With better melee and ranged combat system, stealth gameplay in ACO is actually a great improvement, not a minus. Moreover, characters' level system shapes the story flow really well and prevent the openly-explorable world they created a wasted potential.
SOW is not a drastic change of formula from its predecessor, but it takes the level system from Shadow of Mordor and put it to a pillar position to the gameplay. Leveling system in Shadow of Mordor almost feels like nonexistent. Other than unlocking perks leveling system in SOM offers little else. SOW on the other hand completely build its progression system upon the revamped leveling system. Not only characters and captain orcs have levels, weapons and armor are also bond with level, and thus players are required to grind better gears when progress the game, otherwise they will be not able to compete with higher-level enemies. Enemy orcs and uruks can be possessed in the similar fashion of Pokemon's signature mechanism, and the post-game relies almost completely on this mechanics. More varied gameplay mechanics uplift the series to a much-larger scale.
Then, I start to think, that maybe one day, even Mario can be adapted to this formula. The fun of most of Mario game comes from mastering platforming skills, discover formerly unreachable areas, collect hidden treasures, etc.. It's already a lot of fun. What if we change the hidden treasures to "rare gears", platforming skills to gears and skills? Sure, it may cause significant backlash from the Mario community, especially from the purists, but the potential problem can be solved with meticulous design, and that is exactly what Nintendo can do with their games.
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