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There is an urgent need in all animal production systems, for the replacement of anti biotics from animal feeding rations. Legislators and Health Authorities that have supported and implemented the ban, have not as yet provided a viable alternative that will ensure the maintenance of current production levels. Neither the Pharmaceutical Industry so far came up with a practical and effective alternative.
provides a cheaper alternative but enhances production parameters beyond what had been achieved using antibiotics. Usage of NEW will undoubtedly have a huge impact around the globe, not only in animal production systems, but will extend the period of that antibiotics will remain effective in the treatment of humans.
The methods of application that have been optimized (e.g. disinfecting air with aerosols / fogging NEW in premises whilst animals are present), could be eventually adapted to situations where disease transmission in human occurs. (e.g. Shopping malls, Hotels, Airlines, Cruise-ships and public institutions).
Usage of NEW in Livestock improves the profitability by optimizing the production parameters of intensive farming by elimination of pathogenic micro-organisms in the drinking water, feed, air and sewage.
Controlling diseases and reducing mortalities, by continuous dosing of NEW into the drinking water, thereby eliminating pathogens. This treatment controls the pathogens in the upper intestinal tract, as opposed to the lower intestinal tract where antibiotics are required. Bio-film is a major source of recontamination in water systems and NEW has proven to be extremely effective against Bio-film.
Settling of dust particles; dust particles are negatively charged and are settled due to the high positively charged molecules present in the fog Elimination of pathogens; Once positively charged molecules come into contact with the pathogenic microbes, they are destroyed.
Climate control; Fogging is an effective method to increase the relative humidity levels as well reducing the temperature.
Usage of NEW result in a significant level of pathogen reduction, whilst climatic conditions are optimized to enhance production. The usage of NEW (if e.g. fogged into the air) kills bacteria, spores, viruses and fungi whilst completely safe (nono-cytotoxic) to animals and humans. Harmful gases are oxidized, and ammoniac levels reduced by approximately 50%. The costs associated with the usage of NEW are neglectable and the dependence on antibiotics reduced or eliminated. Finally mortality is reduced significantly.


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Crazy Horse Memorial, South Dakota
Written By: The Planet D
The Crazy Horse Memorial is just 16 miles (25 km) down the road from Mount Rushmore and should be at the top of everyone's list when visiting South Dakota. This massive memorial pays tribute to the Lakota Sioux warrior, Crazy Horse and is dedicated to the Lakota People.
Construction of Crazy Horse began in 1947 after Chief Standing Bear invited sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski to build a monument in response to Mt. Rushmore. The Crazy Horse monument is 74 years in the making and Ziolkowski's children and grandchildren have now taken over the project continuing work on what is set to be the largest monument in the world.
Crazy Horse Memorial – The Making and History
When will Crazy Horse Be Finished?
What will Crazy Horse Look Like When Completed?
Who Was Crazy Horse?
What to Expect when Visiting Crazy Horse
The Museums of Crazy Horse Monument
The Face of Crazy Horse
Helicopter Tour of Crazy Horse and Mount Rushmore
Crazy Horse The Details
Read More About South Dakota:
Crazy Horse openings 2021 – Crazy Horse is open for business in 2021 and there doesn't seem to be any closures or restrictions. For more information visit the Crazy Horse Memorial website.
Where to stay near Crazy Horse Memorial – Bavarian Inn is mountain boutique resort located in Custer, South Dakota less than 5 minutes from Crazy Horse. It makes for a great base to explore, Crazy Horse, Mt. Rushmore and Custer State Park.
Book this Highly Rated Private Tour – The Black Hills Monuments Tour from Rapid City takes you to Crazy Horse, Mount Rushmore, Custer State Park and the Black Hills of South Dakota.
Located in the Black Hills of South Dakota, the Crazy Horse monument was built to counter the insult of the white faces of Mount Rushmore on the Lakota Sioux native land. The Black Hills are located in Lakota territory, but when gold was found in the area in the late 1800s, the Sioux were forced to give up a portion of their land in 1870 after already being promised the land in an 1868 treaty.
To have a monument like Mount Rushmore built on sacred land that the government took from them to celebrate the settlers who killed so many Native Americans was a slap in the face and the Lakota People searched for a way to create a monument to show that they also had heroes. And their hero of choice was Crazy Horse who led rebellions against the US army.
The White Faces of American presidents on the Lakota Sioux Land
Mount Rushmore was built between 1927 and 1941 and during that time, then Sioux Chief Henry Standing Bear invited Ziolkowski to carve a memorial to the Sioux nation in 1939. Ziolkowski promised the Lakota People that no federal funding would ever be involved in building the monument and the project has relied on public funding for nearly three quarters of a century. Zoilkowski worked on Crazy Horse his entire life often sculpting by hand until his death in 1982. He was obsessed with his work and wanted to help right the terrible wrong that the American army did to the Indigenous People of the United States.
Crazy Horse is just 90 minutes from Badlands National Park, another amazing thing to do in South Dakota. Badlands National Park got its name from the Lakota People who called it "mako sica", or "land that is bad". Due to its lack of water, dry lands and extreme terrain, it was difficult for them to pass
Crazy Horse won't be finished any time soon. When completed it is set to be the largest monument in the world. Standing at 641 feet long and 563 feet high is 10 times larger than the faces of Mount Rushmore. When finished it will depict Crazy Horse riding on a horse. Today, the face is completed but there is a long way to go to finish the horses head. In truth, there is really no completion date in sight reminding me of the ongoing efforts at La Sagarada familia in Barcelona (only on a grander scale). He thought the project would take 30 years to create, but here we are three quarters of a century later with no end in sight.
What Crazy Horse will look like when completed
Crazy Horse is set to be the world's largest monument and it is going to be incredible. The face itself is already a feat of engineering but once the horse's head is complete it will be extraordinary. When finished Crazy Horse will be sitting atop horse head with a flowing mane as his left arm extendeds in front of him, pointing.
The idea is to have Crazy Horse dwarf the heads of the American presidents and it will indeed. Crazy Horse Will be the largest monument in the World.
Plan for Crazy Horse when completed
When you stand beside the face of Crazy Horse, you feel the enormity of the task. This will be the largest sculpture on earth when it is complete. When we were there, we were told that the arm and horse head are expected to be finished sometime in the next dozen or so years.
Crazy Horse was a Lakota Sioux Warrior who lived form 1842 to 1877. He was one of the last hold outs of the Native American People to surrender to troops. Crazy Horse had no intention of living on a reserve but negotiated a surrender to bring his ailing people in for help. He was then going to leave them in peace and live out his days on his own. Instead of sticking to their word, the United States military double-crossed him and (literally) stabbed him in the back murdering him.
This Crazy Horse monument is dedicated to his strength and heroism. Crazy Horse was instrumental in leading many battles against the American troops including their defeat of Custard at the Battle of Little Big Horn.
Visiting Crazy Horse is a fascinating walk through history. As Canadians, we didn't know much about the Battles of Little Big Horn or the heroic Native American. We had heard the names, but never delved into the history.
A tour of the museum at the base of the monument tells the history of the Native American culture and history. Make sure to watch the orientation film that shows Ziolkowski at work with his children. It shows the blasting that went on to begin and how they started by lugging the equipment up the mountain.
There are several things to see and do at the museums of Crazy Horse memorial. The Indian Museum of North America, the Mountain Carving Gallery, and the Ziolkowski Family Life Collection are all on display to learn of Indigenous culture and the history of the family.
In the gift shop, you can buy local art and souvenirs to support the economy. There is also a craft to display of all the instruments used to blast the rock over the years.
A bus will take you out to the site for a closer view, but if you want something more, you can book guided van ride and then walk up to the face. The van will take you most of the way up so don't worry, it's not a gruelling walk. The van tour costs $125 per person and is a steep price to pay to see this magnificent carving up close. But all proceeds are charitable and help to continue the work of the foundation.
Rustic Bus Ride to the Base of the Mountain ($4 per person)
To enter, it is $30 per car for parking.
Guided Van Ride – Trip to the Top of the Mountain (a charitable, non-refundable gift of $125 per person)
For more information on visiting, go to the Crazy Horse Memorial website for details.
To learn more about the Crazy Horse memorial and the important tribute to the Lakota People was something we are truly grateful for. There is a lot of controversy surrounding both monuments and the Lakota People are calling for the removal of Mount Rushmore. Some think the Crazy Horse monument has become more about the Ziolkowski family than the Lakota People.
If you would like to get even yet another view of these two memorials, take a helicopter flight to view them from above. Black Hills Aerial Adventures offers one of the most reasonable helicopter tours we've ever seen and it gives you a birds-eye view of both Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse. It also offers a lovely view of the Black Hills of South Dakota.
The helicopter doesn't get as close to the monuments as we would have hoped and it doesn't do an even split for views. (Meaning one side gets more view time than the other) If you do book a helicopter tour and want to see more of Crazy Horse, sit on the left hand side.
You don't really get close to either Mount Rushmore or Crazy Horse, we assume it has something to do with airspace security. But for the price, it's a good tour.
The Mount Rushmore Crazy Horse tour is $205 per person, but there are cheaper tours to see just one of the monuments for $110. If you have never been on a helicopter, they offer discovery tours starting at $49.
Watch our Helicopter Flight over Crazy Horse and Mount Rushmore
Crazy Horse is located in the Black Hills of South Dakota just 45 minutes from Rapid City. Plan to spend 3 – 4 hours at Crazy Horse as there are plenty of things to see and do.
Besides the museums and sculpture itself, there is a terrace where you can order food. At night there is a laser show over the monument that runs from May 28 to Sept 30 in 2021.
There is parking at the memorial but there are tours from Rapid City if you don't have a car. Although we highly recommend renting a car in South Dakota. Part of the charm is having the freedom to explore not only the memorials, but the national parks, and gorgeous scenic drives.
How to Visit Mount Rushmore – The Ultimate Guide
Things to do in South Dakota – 10 Not to Miss Attractions
19 Wondrous Pictures of South Dakota That Will Make You Want To Go
Badlands National Park Hikes and Things to do
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By News Desk On Mar 7, 2020
Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao Home Quarantined
Hyderabad, March 7 (Maxim News): Telangana Assembly witnessed heated exchanges between Panchayat Raj Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao in House.
Participating in debate on the thanksgiving motion on the address of the Governor, Rajgopal Reddy wondered whether there was democracy in the State. He also alleged that the ruling party wants there should be none to question their misdeeds. Asking the rulers whether they want the presence of any other political party in the State, he alleged that the rulers had destroyed the democracy by practicing money politics. He said there was no scope for the poor to visit any government hospital as they were totally destroyed. He said the corporate hospitals were "looting" the State.
Stating that Telangana State has completed six years, he asked the State government as to how much time it would require to solve all the problems faced by the people. Complimenting the State government for taking up Kaleswaram lift irrigation project, he asked the State government as to when they would complete the Palamuru-Rangareddy Life irrigation scheme. He alleged that although companies were being set up in the state in the name of creation of employment to the local youth, no employment was being given to them. He said that no Act was enacted to provide employment to the local youth in the State. He said the small and marginal farmers were facing problems due to 24-hour electricity.
At this juncture, Panchayat Raj Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao expressed his displeasure over the comments made by Rajagopal Reddy. He said the State would have turned into a desert if there was no Kaleshwaram project in the State. The farmers were happy now due to the Kaleswaram project. He also warned that the people in the villages would attack Rajagopal Reddy if he visited them.
Stating that Congress leaders have no right to talk about water, Errabelli dared the Opposition MLA to come for a debate at any place in Nalgonda, Suryapet and Kodada on the issue of development. Another Minister Vemula Prashant Reddy also attacked Rajagopal Reddy saying that the latter was speaking in an insulting manner about democracy. He reminded the Congress MLA that the people in the State had voted for the ruling TRS party in the recent local bodies and cooperative sector elections.(Maxim News)
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Daily practice of inversions (the Sirshasana-Sarvangasana package) contributes enormously towards building up the immune system, lung power in particular. That great body-bridge, Setubandha Sarvangasana, has been demonstrated here, and for powerful reasons: the block renders the pose `oh, so doable' and for long spells (7- 8 mts considered optimal).
Setubandha is truly remarkable for the sweeping benefits it showers on the abhyaasi. Not least, it pacifies and cools the system along with Supta Vira, Viparita Karani and basic Ujjayee on pillow props (discussed previously). It should be practised as part of the `cool down' process on returning home after a run. And Supta Vira with bolster support gives a soothing, restful stretch to the front thigh muscles, the `quads'; also, its softening, relaxing influence on the heels is at once preventive and therapeutic. Flat feet, a nuisance to runners, is corrected over a period of time, and decent arches do form.
Even if yoga considers — and rightly — running as an inferior form of fitness training (the yogi, Sri Krishnamacharya, is believed to have disdained running, as suitable only for horses!), if you feel so drawn to running, go right ahead, enjoy the exhilarating, elevating experience every day; the only suggestion would be to do at least Maintenance Yoga as a minimum precondition to make running an enduring pleasure. But for my yoga predilections, I'd be tempted to say, `Skoal'!


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Hope you all have a wonderful weekend. I know I will! I have a wedding and my baby brother is graduating high school. I'll see y'all on Monday, and I'll have a few little announcements for you... mwah!
If you're a designer, blogger, or just enjoy playing around with the Adobe Creative suite, these are some must-have freebies. (As an added bonus, most of them have a link that allow you to donate to the artist if you feel inclined to do so!) These are a few of my favorites that I use time and time again and since I love you all, I couldn't help but share. There's a photoshop action, a font, a brush, a texture, and some beautiful ephemera. If you're just beginning to collect little design elements, these will be a great start to your collection. If you're a pro, these will be an excellent addition. Have fun designing!
Raspberry vodka lemonade.... where to begin. I'm not a huge fan of lemonade. Something about the gross feeling that it leaves on the teeth makes it unappealing and not worth it to me. I do love raspberries and vodka though, and two things that I like very much have the power to turn something I don't like too much into something that I can enjoy quite a bit. (Follow that? Don't blame you if you didn't.) To put it simply, I love me some raspberry vodka lemonade. This one is a guaranteed crowd-pleaser for summer shindigs. It's pretty, tasty, and, (besides me) who doesn't love an ice cold lemonade on a hot day?
What you'll need: Lemonade, (you can make it yourself or be lazy and just buy it like I did here) raspberry vodka, (you all know that I'm a Stoli girl myself but any brand will do) and raspberries.
Begin by muddling the raspberries. Muddling is just a fancy word for "crushing gently with a blunt object." If you don't have a muddler, no need to fret! A small wooden spoon will do just fine. When I make this drink, I'm generous with my raspberry distribution but you can use as many/few as you'd like. Just make sure that you smoosh (muddle) them into small enough pieces that they won't get stuck in the straw. When your berries are properly muddled (try reading that without laughing) fill the glass 3/4 of the way with ice. For me, and in a glass like this, a 1/2 vodka, 1/2 lemonade mixture works. If that seems a little adventurous for you, pour in one part vodka and two parts lemonade.
My favorite part about this drink is that it looks and tastes like a million times more effort went into it than actually did. За здоровье!
sometimes, may flowers are fake.
Besides the rose bushes outside of my first-story bedroom window, the rest of the flowers around my humble abode lately are fake. I blame it on the rain for killing them all and my allergies for not letting me have fresh flowers in the house even though I often do anyway. June, send some flowers please?
Yesterday, hundreds of thousands stood in solidarity in over forty cities across the globe to protest the company Monsanto's engineering of GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms) and demand the right to know which foods may contain them.
A thousand peacefully gathered for Philadelphia's March Against Monsanto on Saturday to send a message to the government officials who are working alongside Monsanto and educate others of the cause. Some of the speakers included Pennsylvania State Senator Daylin Leach, Retired Philadelphia Police Officer Captain Ray Lewis, urban farmer Nic Esposito, and author Jon McGoran. Despite State Senator Leach's best effort to polarize the crowd and conjure up a sense of partisanship within the movement through jabs at the GOP and remarks about the Pro 2nd Amendment Rally across the street, a resounding spirit of unity rang out on Independence Mall. Liberty-minded conservatives wandered over from the gun rally and stood side-by-side with occupiers in recognition that the fight against this behemoth company is one that effects everyone. Zofia Hausman of GMO Free PA rallied the crowd with the cry, "we are awake, we are informed!" She shared facts, such as 80% of grocery store foods contain GMO ingredients and that over 150 genetically modified species of crops are "spreading like a plague with no end in sight."
After the speakers, the crowd marched from Independence Mall to Love Park, stopping traffic and gaining the attention of hundreds of onlookers.
Well... I've always wanted to be a journalist and this is my first attempt. How'd I do? More pictures will be up later this week. For now, have a great Memorial Day! xo.
Let's start at the beginning. When I first started, my fringe was very, very short. When I colored my hair black back in February, I decided that the drastic change in color wasn't enough and I made a pact to stop trimming my bangs. I decided to start with a center part. In retrospect, this was a terrible decision because it looked SO. DANG. AWKWARD. (See photo above.) Even if you want a center part, my advice would be to start out with a side-swept fringe. It'll appear a little more natural until your bangs grow out long enough to blend in with the rest of your hair. It may seem like it's taking a step backwards but in the beginning, you may need to take a pair of scissors and trim your bangs and the layers around them just to blend them in a little bit. (Particularly if you had them cute straight across.) If you're not comfortable with this, see a stylist, it'll be worth the money.
Hair clips will become your best friend for a little while. There's no shame in having a little help while you're growing out your bangs! As soon as I get out of the shower, I clip my bangs back so that they'll dry the way I want them to and not be all over the place. For the first few weeks, I did this even when my hair was dry. It sounds a bit strange but you kind of have to "train" your hair to go where you want it to go. Barrettes and hairpieces are also helpful on days when your hair isn't behaving. Cute and functional all in one.
If you've been reading this blog for a while than this will be no surprise to you. If you just started, you may be mildly disgusted. (You've been warned.) Wash your hair as little as possible. The extra texture from the natural oils in your hair will make it a lot easier to control. It'll be more prone to staying in place and you'll have fewer fly-aways. For days when you need a little extra something, I LOVE Lush's Sea Spray.
No matter how difficult it may be, do not give up! If you give in and take a pair of scissors to your fringe, just think about having to start from square one again. It's not fun, am I right? I'm glad that I started growing out my bangs back in February because by the time the summer humidity will be in full-swing, they'll be long enough that the frizziness won't be a huge issue. (That's the worst part about having bangs in my opinion-- the humidity, sweat, etc... It's just not good!) Just like anything else, it's an adventure, and although growing out your bangs is a change that occurs at an almost glacial pace, it's a good change for someone like me who is TERRIFIED to cut my long tresses into a short and trendy haircut. Slowly but surely I'm acquiring my (for now) dream 'do!
I can proudly say that yes, I was a 90's child. I listened to Nirvana and yo-yo'd with the best of them. Now that a lot of the styles are coming back, I couldn't be happier. I scored this little number from the thrift store and I'm in love! I just can't wait until I don't have to wear stockings and boots with it... ugh come on Mother Nature! It's MAY!
dress/ thrifted, necklace/ forever 21, boots/ h&m, hat/ u.o.
I love the city. You already know this. With so much color and so much life, it's hard to not find inspiration everywhere.
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Seen. This was my word. I stamped it on a rustic, feathered necklace with crooked letters and now wear it pridefully around my neck. I was at a creative retreat at the time and during the jewelry making worship we were encouraged to stamp a word on a pendent that represented where we were at… Continue reading Seen.


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package cromwell.jobstore

import akka.testkit.{TestFSMRef, TestProbe}
import common.assertion.CromwellTimeoutSpec
import common.collections.WeightedQueue
import cromwell.CromwellTestKitWordSpec
import cromwell.core.actor.BatchActor.{BatchActorState, CommandAndReplyTo, Processing}
import cromwell.core.{CallOutputs, WorkflowId}
import cromwell.engine.workflow.{CoordinatedWorkflowStoreActorBuilder, SqlWorkflowStoreBuilder}
import cromwell.jobstore.JobStore.{JobCompletion, WorkflowCompletion}
import cromwell.jobstore.JobStoreActor.{JobStoreWriteSuccess, JobStoreWriterCommand, RegisterJobCompleted, RegisterWorkflowCompleted}
import org.scalatest.BeforeAndAfter
import org.scalatest.matchers.should.Matchers
import wom.graph.GraphNodePort.OutputPort

import scala.concurrent.duration._
import scala.concurrent.{ExecutionContext, Future, Promise}
import scala.language.postfixOps

class JobStoreWriterSpec extends CromwellTestKitWordSpec with SqlWorkflowStoreBuilder with CoordinatedWorkflowStoreActorBuilder with Matchers with BeforeAndAfter with CromwellTimeoutSpec {

  var database: WriteCountingJobStore = _
  var workflowId: WorkflowId = _
  val successResult: JobResult = JobResultSuccess(Some(0), CallOutputs.empty)
  private val flushFrequency = 0.5.seconds

  before {
    database = WriteCountingJobStore.makeNew
    workflowId = WorkflowId.randomId()
  }

  private def sendRegisterCompletion(jobStoreWriter: TestFSMRef[BatchActorState, WeightedQueue[CommandAndReplyTo[JobStoreWriterCommand], Int], JobStoreWriterActor])(attempt: Int): Unit = {
    jobStoreWriter ! RegisterJobCompleted(jobKey(attempt), successResult)
  }

  private def jobKey(attempt: Int): JobStoreKey = JobStoreKey(workflowId, s"call.fqn", None, attempt)

  private def assertWriteSuccess(key: JobStoreKey, result: JobResult): Unit = {
    key.workflowId shouldBe workflowId
    key.callFqn shouldBe "call.fqn"
    key.index shouldBe None
    result shouldBe successResult
    ()
  }

  //noinspection SameParameterValue
  private def assertDb(totalWritesCalled: Int, jobCompletionsRecorded: Int, workflowCompletionsRecorded: Int): Unit = {
    database.totalWritesCalled shouldBe totalWritesCalled
    database.jobCompletionsRecorded shouldBe jobCompletionsRecorded
    database.workflowCompletionsRecorded shouldBe workflowCompletionsRecorded
    ()
  }

  //noinspection SameParameterValue
  private def assertReceived(expectedJobStoreWriteAcks: Int): Unit = {
    val received = receiveN(expectedJobStoreWriteAcks, 10 seconds)
    received foreach {
      case JobStoreWriteSuccess(RegisterJobCompleted(key: JobStoreKey, result)) => assertWriteSuccess(key, result)
      case JobStoreWriteSuccess(RegisterWorkflowCompleted(id)) => id shouldBe workflowId
      case message => fail(s"Unexpected response message: $message")
    }
    ()
  }

  "JobStoreWriter" should {
    "be able to collapse writes together if they arrive while a database access is ongoing" in {
      runWithDatabase(databaseConfig) { workflowStore =>
        val jobStoreWriter =
          TestFSMRef(
            factory = new JobStoreWriterActor(
              jsd = database,
              batchSize = 5,
              flushRate = flushFrequency,
              serviceRegistryActor = TestProbe("serviceRegistryActor-collapse").ref,
              threshold = 1000,
              workflowStoreAccess = access("coordinatedAccessActor-collapse")(workflowStore),
            ),
            name = "jobStoreWriter-collapse",
          )

        // Send a job completion. The database will hang.
        sendRegisterCompletion(jobStoreWriter)(1)
        val writer = jobStoreWriter.underlyingActor
        eventually {
          writer.stateName shouldBe Processing
        }

        // Send some more completions.  These should pile up in the state data.
        List(2, 3) foreach sendRegisterCompletion(jobStoreWriter)

        writer.stateData.weight should equal(2)
        database.continue()

        assertReceived(expectedJobStoreWriteAcks = 3)

        assertDb(
          totalWritesCalled = 2,
          jobCompletionsRecorded = 3,
          workflowCompletionsRecorded = 0
        )
      }
    }

    "be able to skip job-completion writes if the workflow completes, but still respond appropriately" in {
      runWithDatabase(databaseConfig) { workflowStore =>
        val jobStoreWriter =
          TestFSMRef(
            new JobStoreWriterActor(
              jsd = database,
              batchSize = 5,
              flushRate = flushFrequency,
              serviceRegistryActor = TestProbe("serviceRegistryActor-skip").ref,
              threshold = 1000,
              workflowStoreAccess = access("coordinatedAccessActor-skip")(workflowStore),
            ),
            "jobStoreWriter-skip",
          )

        // Send a job completion. The database will hang.
        sendRegisterCompletion(jobStoreWriter)(1)
        val writer = jobStoreWriter.underlyingActor
        eventually {
          writer.stateName shouldBe Processing
        }

        // Send some more completions.  These should pile up in the state data.
        List(2, 3) foreach sendRegisterCompletion(jobStoreWriter)
        jobStoreWriter ! RegisterWorkflowCompleted(workflowId)

        writer.stateData.weight should equal(3)
        // The testing DB intentionally blocks after the first write until `continue` is called.
        database.continue()

        assertReceived(expectedJobStoreWriteAcks = 3)

        assertDb(
          totalWritesCalled = 2,
          jobCompletionsRecorded = 1,
          workflowCompletionsRecorded = 1
        )
      }
    }
  }
}

class WriteCountingJobStore(var totalWritesCalled: Int, var jobCompletionsRecorded: Int, var workflowCompletionsRecorded: Int) extends JobStore {

  // A Promise so that the calling tests can hang the writer on the db write.  Once the promise is completed the writer is
  // released and all further messages will be written immediately.
  private val writePromise = Promise[Unit]()

  def continue(): Unit = {
    writePromise.trySuccess(())
    ()
  }

  override def writeToDatabase(workflowCompletions: Seq[WorkflowCompletion], jobCompletions: Seq[JobCompletion], batchSize: Int)
                              (implicit ec: ExecutionContext): Future[Unit] = {

    totalWritesCalled += 1
    jobCompletionsRecorded += jobCompletions.size
    workflowCompletionsRecorded += workflowCompletions.size
    writePromise.future
  }

  override def readJobResult(jobStoreKey: JobStoreKey, taskOutputs: Seq[OutputPort])(implicit ec: ExecutionContext): Future[Option[JobResult]] = throw new UnsupportedOperationException()
}

object WriteCountingJobStore {
  def makeNew = new WriteCountingJobStore(0, 0, 0)
}

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New Victorian men's ties. In the early years, men wore cravats and ascots tied in many different ways that changed from year to year. The long neckties didn't become common till the end of the era. Neckties were often very skinny with a square end made of silk or hand knit. Bow ties too were a newer invention. Out in the wild west men more simple western bow ties, double ties (Doc Holiday style) or just a neck scarf. Solids, thin stripes, paisley, damask, and small polka dots were common patterns in rich jewel tones and black.
These new style Victorian men's ties offer the Victorian tie fashion but with modern materials and comfort in mind.


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Celle - a town situated on the banks of a river
Celle, also called the southern gateway to the Lüneburg Heath, has a population of 70,000 and is (after Lüneburg) the second-largest town between Hamburg and Hanover. Alongside a quarter of over 400 half-timbered houses, Celle also offers a castle built in a way that combines Renaissance and Baroque styles.
Celle was first mentioned in a document in 985 as "Siedlung am Fluss" which means "settlement near the river".
In 1378, Albert of Saxe-Wittenberg made Celle the residence of the dukes of Saxe-Wittenberg and, in 1433, the town became the residence of the princes of Lüneburg.
In 1524, Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (also called Ernest the Confessor) made Celle the first town to join the Reformation after Wittenberg. In 1570, William the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg refurbished the castle chapel.
Celle flourished culturally from 1665 to 1705 under Duke George William and his wife Eleonore d'Olbreuse. The French Garden, the former "Italienischer Garten" as well as the Baroque castle theatre and a Huguenot church were built during this time. The parcs still fascinate the visitors to this day. When the last Duke died in 1705, Celle passed to the Hanover line of the Welfs. The town lost its status as a town of residence and was now part of the Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Numerous administrative institutions such as the Oberappellationsgericht (former highest court), the prison and the State Stud were established in Celle to compensate for the loss – and Celle naturally became a bureaucratic and judicial town.
Albrecht Thaer, the founder of the agricultural science, founded the first German Agricultural Testing Institute (now called Thaer's Garten) in the Dammaschwiesen (a green area) in 1786. Today, the Dammaschwiesen serve as a local area for recreation that has lots of charm as it can turn into a huge natural ice sheet during the winter. The ice sheet stretches across the flood plains of the Aller.
The Bomann Museum was founded in 1892 by donations of citizens. It gives an overview over the town's history among other things.
The three settlements – the Italienischer Garten (1925), the Georgsgarten (1927) and the Blumläger Feld (1931) – by the architect Otto Haesler offer an insight into the development of the "Neues Bauen" in Germany. You can find further information on the architect Otto Haesler on otto haesler initiative e.V.
Another highlight is the Kunstmuseum Celle (founded in 2000) with its collection Robert Simon. As the first 24-hour art museum worldwide, the foundation of the museum is already an art in itself and shows a way to the future.
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Bjorn Dihle inspects the acid mine drainage flowing into the Tulsequah River from a containment pond filled by effluent from the Tulsequah Chief Mine in B.C., October 2018. The mine cleanup has been a point of dispute between B.C. and Alaska for many years. (Chris Miller photo)
Northwest B.C. mines safe for salmon, Alaska legislators told
Projects developed in Stikine, Taku, Unuk River watersheds
Jul. 8, 2021 11:05 a.m.
The B.C. mining industry has responded to the latest criticism by Alaska state legislators on the province's regulation of mining and protection of rivers that flow from northeast B.C. into Alaska waters.
Eight Alaska politicians wrote to B.C. Premier John Horgan in May, warning that the state is watching the decline of chinook and sockeye salmon runs in the Stikine, Taku and Unuk Rivers with alarm, and accusing B.C. of dragging its feet on regulation to require mine reclamation funds to be in place when projects are built. They described the current agreement between Alaska and B.C. as "non-binding" and "unfunded," and referred to the construction of "massive tailings dams at the headwaters of these shared rivers."
Mining Association of B.C. president Michael Goehring released a response this week, saying the Alaska letter and resulting media reports do not paint an accurate picture of B.C.'s efforts. He referred to the overhaul of B.C.'s Mines Act and reclamation code and creation of independent review boards for mine tailings management, put in place after the collapse of the tailings dam at Mount Polley Mine near Quesnel in 2014.
Goehring pointed to the B.C.-Alaska Transboundary Working Group on Monitoring, with Indigenous communities involved in water sampling, that found "overall aquatic conditions of the Taku, Stikine and Unuk trans-boundary rivers currently support and maintain aquatic life."
Goehring acknowledged the need to complete remediation of the abandoned Tulsequah Chief Mine, which has been leaching acid rock drainage in the Taku River system since the 1960s. In July 2020, the B.C. government committed $1.5 million for site preparation and studies to prepare for reclamation of the Tulsequah Chief mine site.
"Reclamation and closure of this site is imperative," Goehring said in a letter to the Alaska representatives.
RELATED: B.C. funds reclamation work for acid-leaking mine
RELATED: Mines auditor approves post-Mount Polley rules
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An independent audit of tailings storage facilities (TSFs) "compared B.C.'s regulatory framework with similar regulations in other mining jurisdictions – including Alaska and Montana – on 13 elements of TSF management," Goehring wrote. "The audit found B.C.'s regulator framework for TSFs is among the best in the world."
B.C. has been working with the Tahltan Nation on shared management of the area they call the Sacred Headwaters, a mineral-rich territory where coalbed methane drilling was banned a decade ago and some new mines have been approved.
B.C. has temporarily complied with a demand from Tahltan Central Government president Chad Norman Day to stop issuing permits for placer and jade mining in the territory, and put a stop to a "reality" TV show called "Jade Fever" that has run for seven seasons on Discovery Canada, a division of Bell Media.
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Prenatal massage shares many of the goals of regular massage – to relax tense muscles, ease sore spots, improve circulation and mobility, and just make you feel good. But it's also tailored specifically to the needs of pregnant women and their changing bodies, and therapists who are trained in prenatal massage adjust their techniques accordingly.
Prenatal massage is like an regular massage except for certain body positions for a more comfortable and relaxing time for you. Mosly lying on your side particualarly during the last few months of pregnancy.
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Q: RestAssured - JsonPath filter a matching Object's properties from an array of objects, given a filter criteria I am writing an integration test to my microservice using rest assured. I have a Json payload like this which is returned from it.
{
   "sessionQuestions":[
      {
         "id":1272,
         "sessionId":1146,
         "questionId":"1002",
      },
      {
         "id":1273,
         "sessionId":1146,
         "questionId":"1004",
      }
   ]
}

I need to find the id of a sessionquestion given the questionId value. Then I need to compare them in my assertion. I am having hard time fetching the id off of a sessionQuestion given the questionId value. I am using JsonPath to get this thing done. And here's my Json path expression.
new JsonPath(response).get("$.sessionQuestions[?(@.questionId=='1002')].id");

This throws an error.
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid JSON expression:
Script1.groovy: 1: expecting EOF, found '[' @ line 1, column 45.
   nRootObject.$.sessionQuestions[?(@.quest
                                 ^

1 error

   at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)

I tried the same Json path expression in this online evaluator, which works fine. I am using json-path-2.9.0.jar
What I am doing wrong here? Any help is really appreciated.

A: Which version of JsonPath do you use? I use this.
And the code which works for your case is:
JsonPath.parse(response).read("$.sessionQuestions[?(@.questionId=='1002')].id").toString();

And try with this JSON:
{
   "sessionQuestions":[
      {
         "id":1272,
         "sessionId":1146,
         "questionId":"1002"
      },
      {
         "id":1273,
         "sessionId":1146,
         "questionId":"1004"
      }
   ]
}

Edit: If you are using this dependancy (json-path-2.9.0), you have to do it like this:
from(response).getList("sessionQuestions.findAll { it.questionId=='1002' }.id").toString();

and you have to import from like this:
import static com.jayway.restassured.path.json.JsonPath.from;

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Cosmoquest Forum > Collaborators of CosmoQuest > Universe Today > Messier 7 (M7) – The Ptolemy Cluster
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2016-Mar-14, 08:00 PM
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Welcome to another Messier Monday. In our ongoing tribute to the great Tammy Plotner, we bring you another item from the Messier Catalog!
In the 18th century, while searching the night sky for comets, French astronomer Charles Messier kept noting the presence of fixed, diffuse objects in the night sky. In time, he would come to compile a list of approximately 100 of these objects, with the purpose of making sure that astronomers did not mistake them for comets. However, this list – known as the Messier Catalog (http://www.universetoday.com/30572/messier-objects/) – would go on to serve a more important function.
However, not all of the Messier Objects were first observed in the 18th century. Some, like Messier 7 cluster (aka. NGC 6475 or the Ptolemy Cluster) have been known about since classical antiquity. As the name would suggest, this open star cluster was first observed in the 2nd century CE by Greek-Egyptian astronomer Claudius Ptolemaeus (aka. Ptolemy), who described it as a nebula in 130 CE.
Description:Located in the Scorpius (http://www.universetoday.com/23555/scorpius/) constellation, this bright cluster of about 80 mixed magnitudes stars is located about 980 light years from Earth. Moving along through space in an area spanning about 25 light years across, the cluster exerts a tidal influence on an area that measures 40.1 light years across. It's combined mass is estimated to be 735 times that of the Sun.
While this clusters stars are believed to have all been born at about the same time - some 200 million years ago - they appear to have evolved differently. Approaching us at a speed of about 14 kilometers per second, the brightest visible star is a yellow giant of spectral type G8. Messier 7 also contains four magnetic Ap/Bp stars: HD 162305, HD 162576, HD162725, and HD 320764.
History of Observation:This great open star cluster is most often credited to Ptolemy, who listed in in his 'Almagest' as Object Number 567 in 130 AD. From his notes he describes it as "A nebulous cluster following the sting of Scorpius." It was also independently recovered by Ulegh Begh and listed as 564 in his catalogs, Edmond Halley listed it as No. 29 in his catalog of southern stars of 1678 - as well as Ha II.2 by Hodierna and Lac II.14 by Lacaille.
However, we know it best by its catalog given by Charles Messier when he discovered it for himself on the night of May 23rd, 1764. As he described it at the time:
"I have determined in the same night [May 23 to 24, 1764] the position of another star cluster which is more considerable and of a larger extension: its diameter could occupy 30 arc minutes. This star cluster also appears at simple view [to the unaided eye] like a considerable nebulosity: but when examining it with a refractor, the nebulosity disappears, and one perceives nothing but a cluster of small stars, among which there is one which has more light: this cluster is little distant from the preceding; it is between the bow of Sagittarius and the tail of Scorpius. I observed in the Meridian the passage of the middle of this cluster, and compared it to the star Epsilon Sagittarii for determining its position: its right ascension was 264d 30' 24", & its declination 34d 40' 34" south."
Locating Messier 7:Messier 7 is one of the few Messier Objects that is easily detectable with the naked eye. Under dark conditions, it will appear as a conspicuous patch in the sky. But amateur astronomers are to take care that they not confuse it with its dimmer, northwestern neighbor, M6 (http://www.universetoday.com/31219/messier-6/). One of the easiest ways to located it is to locate the two familiar constellation asterisms of Scorpius and Sagittarius (http://www.universetoday.com/23445/sagittarius/) in the night sky. The bright star that represents the 'stinger' on the tail of the Scorpion is Lambda. Aim your binoculars three finger-widths east.
With binoculars, Messier 7's stars will appear of varied brightness with no particular pattern, and will occupy about 1/3 the field of view in average binoculars. Those using a telescope are encouraged to use the lowest magnification because of Messier 7's large apparent size. Because it is so bright, this open cluster is a great object on a moonlit night and larger telescopes can fully resolve its members.
It's truly a shame the Messier didn't understand spectroscopic binaries with red-giant primaries, the link between magnetic fields and stellar evolution, element abundances in the metal-rich open clusters, or finding benchmark brown dwarfs to probe the substellar initial mass function as a function of time. But thanks to modern astronomers, when we look at Messier 7, we do!
And here are the quick facts about the Ptolemy Cluster:
Object Name: Messier 7
Alternative Designations: M7, NGC 6475, Lac II.14, The Scorpion's Tail, Ptolemy's Cluster
Object Type: Type "E" Open Star Cluster
Right Ascension: 17 : 53.9 (h:m)
Declination: -34 : 49 (deg:m)
Distance: 0.8 (kly)
Visual Brightness: 3.3 (mag)
Apparent Dimension: 80.0 (arc min)
Good luck hunting for the Ptolemy Cluster! And remember as you gaze at it that you are looking at the same stars as one of the most famous astronomers and cosmologists that ever lived.
We have written many interesting articles about Messier Objects here at Universe Today. Here's Tammy Plotner's Introduction to the Messier Objects (http://www.universetoday.com/50254/introduction-to-the-messier-objects/),* M1 – The Crab Nebula (http://www.universetoday.com/30959/messier-1/), and David Dickison's articles on the 2013 (http://www.universetoday.com/100472/why-this-weekend-is-perfect-for-a-messier-marathon/) and 2014 (http://www.universetoday.com/110655/ready-set-messier-marathon-a-2014-guide/) Messier Marathons.
Be to sure to check out our complete Messier Catalog (http://www.universetoday.com/30572/messier-objects/). And for more information, check out the SEDS Messier Database (http://messier.seds.org/).
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Home » Telecommunication » telent selected to deliver major performance upgrade and security enhancement for Channel Island?s telecom network
telent selected to deliver major performance upgrade and security enhancement for Channel Island?s telecom network
Posted by Publisher Telecommunication Monday, 1. June 2020
Warwick, UK, and Guernsey, 01 June 2020: telent Technology Services Ltd. (telent), a leading UK technology and network services company, has been awarded a contract by Sure to upgrade the service provider?s network and enhance its network security.
The major upgrade will see telent replace Sure?s existing 10G core network with a 100G Juniper Networks core network. This will allow Sure to deliver faster, more reliable internet connectivity to its consumer and business customers across the island as increasing bandwidth usage and data create unprecedented demand.
The network implementation will provide extra capacity for growth and will future-proof the network as growing and new technologies, including Fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) and 5G, are rolled out commercially. As a core network, it will also deliver increased capacity to London and Paris, connecting the islands to the rest of the world.
In addition, to ensure the integrity and security of the network is not compromised, telent will implement a joint Juniper-Corero Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) solution to provide real time, automated DDoS protection.
?The current situation is a clear reminder that telecoms are a key and growing component of our economy and daily lives,? said Sure Group CEO Ian Kelly. ?This network upgrade is a significant long-term investment to ensure we can continue to meet customer expectations now and in the future. We are pleased to be working with telent which has a long history and strong reputation in the design, upgrade, build and maintenance of critical networks.?
As well as protecting the network, the Juniper-Corero solution will allow Sure to sell ?clean pipes? ? meaning DDoS protected circuits. This means that Sure?s customers will be able to benefit from enhanced connectivity performance while having additional assurance that the network is protected and secure. Work on the project has already started and is expected to be completed by early 2021.
Sure chose telent due to its history and expertise in the Tier 1 Service Provider market, and its experience of delivering similar projects with Juniper Networks in a turnkey manner. This includes professional services such as the delivery of high and low level design, testing, installations and commissioning. Under the agreement with Sure, these services will be backed by a stringent Service Level Agreement (SLA) support and maintenance model across the network in Guernsey, Jersey, Paris and London.
?Growing data consumption means demand for higher network capacity and speed is growing and service providers must ensure they are delivering on that,? said Shani Latif, Sales Director at telent. ?This upgrade for Sure will incorporate the latest technologies to ensure a future-proof network, while our experience and knowledge of the service provider market will minimise customer disruption and ensure work is completed efficiently.?
For more information about telent?s work, please visit: www.telent.com.
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Home Office Emergency Services Network contract awarded to telent Warwick, 29 November. telent Technology Services Ltd (telent) has today announced that it has been awarded a multi-million-pound contract to test the Emergency Services Network (ESN) for the Home Office as it transitions to 4G based communications. The win will see telent deliver the ESN Assure service and follows an announcement from the Home Office […]...
telent upgrades Wi-Fi networks at cricket grounds across the UK Work was carried out at four stadiums ahead of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019...
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Top 10 public sector IT stories of 2011
To say 2011 has been a year of big change for public sector IT is an understatement. We look at the 10 most significant stories of 2011.
Kathleen Hall, TechTarget
To say 2011 has been a year of big change for the public sector is an understatement. Unprecedented public sector cuts from 2010's spending review have started to hit IT budgets hard, while elsewhere organisations are starting to use technologies to break up decades-long procurement practices. Here Computer Weekly looks at the ten most significant stories of 2011.
1. Can the government deliver its ambitious strategy for public sector IT change?
There is no lack of ambition in the government's ICT Strategy Implementation Plan (SIP), boldly claiming to "fundamentally change how government incorporates ICT". But while the strategy contains a detailed roadmap of how it intends to achieve this aim over 19 areas, how achievable is a turnaround of the public sector's reputation for systemic IT failings?
The government says it is determined to tackle the failures and expense of IT through the publication of the SIP, which puts flesh on the bones of its IT strategy released earlier this year. To accomplish its goals, the strategy lays out a series of timelines for delivery and areas of risk identification and mitigation, both for the overall strategy and its 19 sub-sections. It also has a list of senior responsible owners (SROs) for each area.
2. Government CIO Harley retires
In November, government CIO Joe Harley retired, leaving a vacancy also in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) post he has held since 2004. Harley's resignation follows that of previous CIO John Suffolk who also quit last year. The news came following government commitment to drive through major change across public sector IT.
Cabinet Office permanent secretary Ian Watmore said Harley's two jobs would be filled separately.
3. Department of Health CIO Christine Connelly talks candidly about the NPfIT
Before quitting her job as director general for informatics at the Department of Health, Christine Connelly spoke to Computer Weekly about what went wrong with the much-maligned £11.4bn National Programme for IT (NPfIT) and the aspects she believes have worked well.
If Connelly were to design the system today, she would include tighter contract terms: "When writing a contract that says everything is to hinge on the delivery of a product, it should have a very clear statement that says if the product is not there within an amount of time, everything else in the contract is then void. That's personally what I would do differently."
4. £12m Royal Courts eWorking system has 'virtually collapsed'
As the Royal Courts of Justice (RCJ) prepared to move to its £300m Rolls Building in October, Computer Weekly learnt that its eWorking system was on the verge of collapse.
The Rolls building is a state-of-the-art law court complex designed to ensure London remains the world centre of financial law, and underpinning it the RCJ's eWorking system was designed to make the flow of information from court users across the RCJ more efficient by removing unnecessary manual tasks and enabling users to submit files electronically. But only 11 documents were submitted in the second quarter of 2011 – fewer than 0.5% of all files entered on the system – with critics claiming the £12.5m project had "virtually collapsed".
5. CIO interview: Mike Bracken, UK government director of digital
Whitehall is not exactly known for being at the bleeding edge of technological innovation. But as the newly appointed government director of digital, ex-Guardian technology head Mike Bracken is set to change that perception. In an exclusive interview with Computer Weekly, he discusses the challenges ahead.
When the £141,000 per annum role of digital director was first advertised it was met with a flurry of angry headlines, most notably from the Daily Mail, which derisively branded the job as "Twitter Tsar". But given the scope of Bracken's task – to transform public sector services to a "digital by default" model – it is surprising he finds any time to tweet at all.
6. Ofcom further delays 4G spectrum auction for extended consultation
Companies and organisations are already vying for 2012 4G spectrum next year, as stakeholders see it as a crucial aspect to the UK's future communications infrastructure. But amid the anticipation, Ofcom has announced delays to the auction of the 800Mhz and 2.6Ghz spectrum bands following a number of technical and competition issues around the sale.
The 4G spectrum was expected to be auctioned in the first three months of 2012, but this was extended by up to three months. Now Ofcom has predicted the auction will take place at the start of the fourth quarter of 2012.
7. Will £530m be enough to deliver UK-wide superfast broadband?
The government recently emptied the remainder of its pot of money, diverted from the BBC's licence fees, to improve broadband speeds across the UK.
The fund is to be matched by local authorities and amounts to just over £1bn. But experts are questioning whether this is likely to be enough to meet the aim of providing 90% of UK homes with superfast broadband by 2015. But will its £530m investment be enough to deliver next-generation broadband speeds in homes and businesses across the UK?
8. Government CIOs 'lack the skills' for cloud transformation
The government's cloud agenda finally gathered pace this year, with new plans for a G-Cloud strategy and a framework contract in place which has seen record interest from small businesses. But key figures in Whitehall have warned that the majority of government CIOs do not have the right skillset for a move to cloud-based IT procurement.
As the public sector increasingly moves to a pay-as-you-go IT model based around cloud services, the challenge for government departments will be ensuring they don't fall back into old habits of signing large contract lock-ins with systems integrators, according to a departmental source.
9. Identity assurance - how it will affect public services and your personal data
The success of the government's "digital by default" agenda, a central drive in its ICT strategy, will depend to a large extent on how comfortable the public feels in transmitting personal data online. Computer Weekly examines the implications of the government's Identity Assurance (IDA) scheme.
IDA will play a central role for the government in delivering digital public services – seen as an important way to cut the cost of the public sector. IDA is the process citizens will need to go through to verify who they are to access public services online. Part of the government's remit under the IDA project is to create a market of private sector identity assurance services to enable access. Individuals will be given the option to choose a certified private sector company to assure their identity, which will be used to confirm their personal data, in a manner analogous to how an e-commerce provider turns to credit card companies to assure you are the registered cardholder.
10. Government regulations prohibit council BYOD schemes
Bring-your-own-device (BYOD) schemes are increasingly being used in private sector organisations as a way of reducing capital expenditure and allowing greater flexibility for staff. With the consumerisation of IT, more public sector staff are demanding greater IT capability.
But this is being impeded by central government regulations, public sector IT chiefs have told Computer Weekly.
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Hey Chef, What Else Can I Do With Risotto Rice?
Everyone loves a rich, creamy risotto. But big, pricey bags of special arborio and carnaroli rice take up precious pantry space, and unless you're making enough risotto for an army, you're going to have leftover grains. So we asked a panel of pro chefs from around the country for other ways to make your way through your risotto rice—beyond risotto.
Chef Anthony Russo is the founder of Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen and Russo's New York Pizzeria in Houston. His Italian-inspired menus in each of his restaurants reflect his heritage.
I make fish cakes with risotto rice. I'll take leftover salmon and cooked short-grain rice, season it with salt and pepper, add Parmesan cheese, and some eggs, mix it, form it into small patties, and fry it up on both sides. It's sorta like a crab cake, but the rice is the star. The cakes taste really good at room temperature, so it's a great takeaway snack. You could do it with shrimp—any seafood goes really well with it—or you could use vegetables like zucchini or squash instead of fish. You just need the Parmesan and eggs to bind it all together.
Coby Lee Ming, the executive chef at Harvest restaurant in Louisville, Kentucky, sits on the chef advisory board of the Atlanta Food & Wine Festival, and she helped earn Harvest a place as semi-finalist for the James Beard Foundation's "Best New Restaurant in America."
A friend of mine showed me a way to make a crust with rice. You take raw arborio rice, buzz it in your coffee or spice grinder as fine as you can get it, and season it with whatever seasonings you like. Then you take a really nice piece of fish, like snapper or something else that's sturdy and meaty yet flaky—that perfect kind of fish. Do a basic flour and egg wash and dredge, then coat the fish in the seasoned rice. Then give it the fish pan-sear and finish it in the oven. The crust gives you the flavor of toasted rice as if you were making risotto—that warm, toasty smell and flavor. It completely blew my mind the first time I had it.
John Delpha runs Rosebud American Kitchen & Bar, where he serves regional American comfort food with global touches. He puts his competition barbecue experience to work teaching twice-annual whole hog cooking classes at Murphysboro's 17th Street Barbecue.
I overcook risotto and then turn it into croquettes. Add some cubes of ham and mozzarella, then cook it down to reduce out some water, chill it, roll it into balls, roll it in flour, eggs, and breadcrumbs, and then fry the balls and use them for hors d'oeuvres. Or add chunks of red beets and blue cheese, so when you fry it the blue cheese oozes through the beets.
Formerly of Momofuku Noodle Bar and French Louie, Ian Alvarez recently opened Bara in New York City's East Village, where he blends the culinary and atmospheric influences of a French wine bar with a Japanese izakaya.
Soubise is a classic sauce traditionally made of onions cooked in butter and béchamel, mixed together. Another version is that sauce plus cooked rice. As time has gone on people have lightened French dishes up, and rice is something that most restaurants add to soubise. The rice adds a shiny, glutinous quality to the sauce, with less fat. We make it with onions and fennel, then add risotto or sushi rice that we cook in vegetable stock and sake. We make it thick as a purée, but you could use it as a sauce to drizzle over anything. It's creamy and rich, so it could take the place of a béchamel or cream sauce for any dish you'd apply those to. It's awesome with fish or asparagus—anything that would hold up to a cream sauce. It has a beautiful floral aroma from the onions and the rice gives it a hearty, starchy quality. I use it almost everywhere I work because it works so well.
Chef Matthew Tropeano spent eight years at the famed New York restaurant La Grenouille, receiving a three-star rating from the New York Times during his tenure as executive chef before helming the kitchen at Cape Cod's Pain D'Avignon.
I've always used risotto rice instead of flour with lobster bisque. Cook lobster shells and vegetables together, and while that's going, add some risotto rice. It will overcook and release some starch. Strain out the shells and rice, and the liquid ends up having the consistency of a bisque.
Pastry chef Miroslav Uskokovic worked under Jean-Georges Chef Joe Murphy (and former chef Johnny Iuzzini) before creating his own menus at George Mendes' Aldea and, currently, at Union Square Hospitality Group's Gramercy Tavern.
We have a vanilla rice pudding on the menu that comes with different preparations of orange, like blood orange jam, blood orange sorbet, fresh segments of orange, puffed rice, and basil oil. The rice pudding is obviously the main component.
Rice pudding is one of my favorite desserts, and it took me almost three years to perfect this recipe. I tried basmati, jasmine, and medium and short grains. I found the short grains to work best because they have higher starch contents, and their shape holds better than long grain rice, which tends to fall apart more. When you want a little extra aroma I'd add some basmati rice, but now the rice I source has such a nice aroma so I don't need to add that anymore. Rice pudding is basically just a sweet risotto anyway.
Pastry chef Katie Meddis started her culinary career as a teenager, finding work in the kitchens of Aurora, Magnolia and Blossom, and Chez Panisse before opening Rose's Meat Market and Sweet Shop in Durham, NC with her butcher-chef-husband Justin. There she makes innovative but comforting pastries and confections for Durham's bubbling food community.
I just started working with risotto rice. We closed for a week and went to Bologna, and they have a Bolognese spice cake—a baked rice pudding with candied citrus and sometimes chocolate. It's a classic with many variations. So I just started working with it to have another gluten-free option in the shop. You basically make a rice pudding with a short-grained rice, and then fold in all kinds of good stuff before baking, with a bit more eggs to fortify it. It's delicious.


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Probably it is not generally known that the United States Navy is a pioneer of broadcasting, but Navy records and the memories of early radio enthusiasts prove that the Anacostia Naval Air Station near Washington broadcasted music by radio phone for the first time on January 17, 1920. The Navy had, of course, been broadcasting by code for some years previously, but this was the occasion of the first radio telephone entertainment. Commander A. Hoyt Taylor was then in charge of the Anacostia station, then the highest powered radio station in the country with a range of 1,000 miles. A phonograph concert was transmitted weekly, followed by technical information for amateurs, for a considerable period. Navy records show that communications were received in February and again in March, 1920, from St. Louis, Minneapolis, and places in Pennsylvania congratulating the Anacostia station on the strength of its signals.


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Court Orders 'Jailbroken' PS4 Seller to Pay $16,800 in Damages
March 30, 2019 by Ernesto Van der Sar
A California man has been ordered to pay $16,800 in damages to Sony Interactive Entertainment, for selling jailbroken PS4 consoles filled with pirated games. In a default judgment, the Federal Court sided with the gaming company, ruling that the man's activities violated the DMCA's anti-circumvention provisions.
Sony's PlayStation 4 (PS4) console has remained 'piracy free' for years, but last year things changed.
Following up on some earlier experiments, the release of a jailbreak version brought PS4 piracy to the masses.
Copied games were suddenly being shared all over the Internet. And for those who preferred not to do any tinkering themselves, it wasn't hard to find a jailbroken console for sale, often with dozens of games included.
Sony Interactive Entertainment (Sony) was not happy with this change of momentum. Although the jailbreak couldn't be easily undone, the Japanese gaming giant did take the matter to court.
In a case filed at a federal court in California last October, Sony accused a local resident of offering jailbroken PS4s for sale, filled with pirated games. According to the complaint, defendant Eric Scales used the handle "Blackcloak13" to sell the consoles preloaded with pirated games on eBay.
The man was further accused of running a separate website (now offline) where he advertised his services and products. The website stated that he'd been jailbreaking and modding consoles for more than a decade, and encouraged people to "stop buying games."
Despite the allegations and possible damages, Scales did not respond to the complaint. This left Sony with no other option than to file for a default judgment, which United States District Judge Jesus Bernal signed last week.
The court agreed that the requested amount of damages – $800 for two consoles and $200 for each of the 76 pre-installed pirated video games – is appropriate in this case.
"Sony may seek a maximum recovery of $390,000 in statutory damages for DMCA violations concerning the two modified consoles as well as the 76 pre-loaded unauthorized game copies," the order reads.
"Accordingly, the sum of money at stake is appropriate, as Sony requests $16,800 in statutory damages. This factor weighs in favor of granting the Motion."
As requested, the damages were not issued for copyright infringement but for circumventing technical protection measures, which violates Sony's rights under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
The PS4 consoles were modded in such a way that they could circumvent anti-piracy measures. This is a classic case of a circumvention product. In addition, Judge Bernal also agreed with Sony that the pirated games can be seen as circumvention products.
"Even though Sony provides no citation to support its contention that the unauthorized game copies are also circumvention products, the Court is persuaded that the unauthorized game copies qualify as circumvention products," Judge Bernal writes.
In addition to the damages, the court also issued a permanent injunction which prohibits Scales from developing, marketing, and selling any infringing PS4 games or code. Nor is he allowed to offer any jailbreaking or modding services and products related to the PS4.
Sony also requested a more broadly worded ban on infringing Sony's copyrights or violating the DMCA's circumvention restrictions for Sony products, but this was rejected for being overbroad.
All in all, however, the judgment is definitely a setback for Scales. In addition to the injunction and the $16,800 in statutory damages, he must also pay $1,608 in attorneys' fees, and $1,250 in costs.
A copy of the default judgment issued by United States District Judge Jesus Bernal is available here (pdf).
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Q: cross validation and early stopping I'm trying to make sure I am not confused with how h2o works with a cross validation and a validation dataset.   I'm sure I am just getting confused on the verbiage that is used to describe this
    library(mlbench)
   library(h2o)

data(Sonar)
dfh2o = as.h2o(Sonar)
splits=h2o.splitFrame(dfh2o)

train = splits[[1]]
valid = splits[[2]]

gbm_no_val_frame <- h2o.gbm(x = colnames(df), y = "Class", training_frame = train,
                         nfolds = 5, seed = 1234, ntrees  = 4000, stopping_rounds = 5)

gbm_val_frame <- h2o.gbm(x = colnames(df), y = "Class", training_frame = train, validation_frame = valid,
                    nfolds = 5, seed = 1234, ntrees  = 4000, stopping_rounds = 5)

   h2o.flow()  ### to see the validation frame stopping under models.

*

*What is the validation frame that is used for early stopping in gbm_no_val_frame?   How does this stop to prevent overfitting exactly?

*I think I understand how gbm_val_frame works - it stops overfitting when the scores stop improving when the trained fold/final model hits against the 'valid' frame?
Just want to eliminate any doubts I have here..

A:
How does early stopping work here exactly?

Your assumption is correct. Early stopping will be used for each of the CV models, and then for the final model.

If I remove the validation_set here, ...

You are not specifying a validation data set in your example. Instead you are requesting cross-validation, by setting nfolds.
If you remove nfolds and don't specify validation_frame, it will use the score on the training data set to evaluate when early stopping should stop. As you are using GBM, that effectively means it will not stop early: GBM will always get better after adding each additional tree.
So, yes, always specify either validation_frame, or nfolds.
UPDATE BASED ON CODE EDIT
gbm_no_val_frame: for each of the 5-folds, 1/5th of the data is used as the validation frame. The final model is built using all the data. It will only indirectly use early stopping: it will ignore the value of ntrees that you give, and instead use the average number of trees that the 5 cv models ended up using.  (Source: the top of p.102 of my book, but it is also in the GBM FAQ.)
As for your second question, my reading of the FAQ suggests that the above is still how early stopping works, and that the validation set is only used to give you additional statistics.
(For GBM I think this is fine; for deep learning, where progress is stochastic and can be a lot noisier, I find the early stopping point of each fold can be quite different, and less useful to decide early stopping of the final model; so I generally prefer not to use nfolds, and just use a validation_frame)


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NEW YORK, N.Y., Aug. 3, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Weitz and Luxenberg today initiated an investigation into the harm suffered by patients whose private health and financial records were hacked during a recent data breach in Indiana, the law firm announced.
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Q: Writing a single line command that interprets conditional output from pdbedit I would like to run a command on a single line that will tell me if the flag is set for a user's password to be changed on next login. This command will interpret the output and return a true/false.
If the PWMC flag is NOT set, I get a date stamp like this:
pdbedit -L -v <USER.NAME> | grep "Password must change:"
> Password must change: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 08:54:01 CDT

If the PWMC flag IS set, the command returns this:
pdbedit -L -v <USER.NAME> | grep "Password must change:"
> Password must change: 0

So how would I compose a command that can be run on a single line that will tell me through a true/false statement that the PWMC flag is set for a given user?
Thanks!

A: Taking "return a true/false" to mean echo the string "true" or "false", then this one-liner should do it:
pdbedit -L -v "$USER_NAME" | if grep -Eq 'Password must change:\ +0'; then echo "true"; else echo "false"; fi

A: and as an alias...

alias checkpwd='_(){ pdbedit -L -v $1 | if grep -Eq "Password must change:\ +0"; then echo "true"; else echo "false"; fi }; _'


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Q: how can i check with arrayList I have a problem: I want to create a small game, I have to make a window like the following:

The program makes sure that the words come from the word list and are ordered in correct dictionary order ..
so , i was stored the words in Array list
when i tried to check if the words from Array list or not , the code it's not work with me ( j1.getText().equals(a1) && j2.getText().equals(a1) ) ..
firstly i want check if the words come from array list or not , just :((
Thanks
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.JComponent ;
import java.util.ArrayList ;

public class GameWords extends JFrame

{
private static final int W = 800 ;
private static final int H = 600 ;
private JLabel heading  ;
private JLabel h1 ;
private JLabel h2 ;
private JButton b1 ;
private JButton b2 ;
private JTextField j1 ;
private JTextField j2 ;
ArrayList < String > a1 = new ArrayList < String > (30) ;
public void a1 ()
{

      a1.add("dog") ;
      a1.add("eat") ;
      a1.add("snout");
      a1.add("lonely");
      a1.add("zeal");
      a1.add("bike");
      a1.add("tree");
      a1.add("dogma");
      a1.add("pig");
      a1.add("desk");
      a1.add("zoo");
      a1.add("dirt");
      a1.add("ball");
      a1.add("troglodyte");
      a1.add("man");
      a1.add("treason");
      a1.add("my");
      a1.add("smile");
      a1.add("cat");
      a1.add("cowboy");
      a1.add("woman");
      a1.add("supercilious");
      a1.add("do");
      a1.add("mom");
      a1.add("cow");
      a1.add("ice");
      a1.add("log");
      a1.add("suber");
      a1.add("scant");
      a1.add("nose") ;

}

public GameWords ()
{
     setTitle ( " Word Order Game " ) ;
     setLayout ( new FlowLayout() ) ;
     setDefaultCloseOperation ( EXIT_ON_CLOSE ) ;
     createContent () ;
     pack();
     setVisible ( true ) ;
}

public void createContent ()
{
     heading = new JLabel () ;
     h1 = new JLabel () ;
     h2 = new JLabel () ;
     b1 = new JButton ( " Submit " ) ;
     b2 = new JButton ( " Clear " ) ;
     j1 = new JTextField ( 10 ) ;
     j2 = new JTextField ( 10 ) ;
      heading.setText( " Fun with words " ) ;
      heading.setFont ( heading.getFont().deriveFont ( 26f )) ;
      heading.setPreferredSize(new Dimension( 300, 4 * 190 ));
    h1.setText( " Hey Kids! Want to prictice your typing and word-
 ordering Skills ? ") ;
    h2.setText( " pick two words from the following list, enter them in
 the boxes in the correct order and then press the Submit Button ");

    add ( heading ) ;
    add ( h1 ) ;
    add ( h2 ) ;
    add ( b1 ) ;
    add ( b2 ) ;
    add ( j1 ) ;
    add ( j2 ) ;

    b1.addActionListener( new Listener() );
    b2.addActionListener( new Listener() );

}

    public class Listener implements ActionListener
    {

      public void actionPerformed ( ActionEvent e )
      {

          if ( e.getSource() == b1 )
          {
            if ( j1.getText().equals(a1) && j2.getText().equals(a1) )
            {
                h2.setText(" Your correct ");

            }
            else
            {
                h2.setText( " Worng ");

            }
          }
          else
          {
              j1.setText("");
              j2.setText("");
          }

      }

    }

public static void main(String[] args)

{
    new GameWords () ;

}

}

A:
Where are you calling your a1() Method

public class Listener implements ActionListener{
      public void actionPerformed ( ActionEvent e ){
          if ( e.getSource() == b1 ){
            if ( j1.getText().equals(a1) && j2.getText().equals(a1) ){
                h2.setText(" Your correct ");
            }else{
                h2.setText( " Worng ");

            }
          }else{
              j1.setText("");
              j2.setText("");
          }
       }
    }

Here in the above code will not work, you cannot just write a1 You need to iterate through it so you need to do something like this
public class Listener implements ActionListener{
      public void actionPerformed ( ActionEvent e ){
          if ( e.getSource() == b1 ){
            for(String arrayListItem : a1){
              if (j1.getText().equals(arrayListItem) && j2.getText().equals(arrayListItem)){
                h2.setText(" Your correct ");
              }else{
                h2.setText( " Worng ");
              }
            }
          }else{
              j1.setText("");
              j2.setText("");
          }
       }
    }

Please change the name of the method a1() to something else as its confusing with ArrayList<String> a1 = new ArrayList<>();

A: You can use ArrayList.indexOf() which gives you the position of the element in the List.Then you can compare the 2 indexes to see if one comes before the other.
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/ArrayList.html
This method returns the index of the first occurrence of the specified element in this list, or -1 if this list does not contain the element.

A: Yes, Pujari is correct.
You can not use a1 because it represent whole ArrayList.
You may iterate as Pujari said, or you can find items in ArrayList and compare their indexes
if (a1.indexOf(j1.getText()) <= a1.indexOf(j2.getText()) {
 h2.setText(" Your correct ");
}
else {
h2.setText( " Worng ");
}

You may either convert all text to lowercase or may use ignore case.
Regards,
Krishan

A: If i may give you a tip for initializing ArrayLists i would say using a textFile and BufferedReader is a way more clean and effecient way. You basicly fill each line in a textFile with a word and then use this piece of code
File file = new File("myFile");
ArrayList <String> myText = new ArrayList<String>();

try {
    FileReader fr = new FileReader(file);
    BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(fr);

    String line;

    while((line = br.readLine()) != null){
        myText.add(line);
    }

} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
    // TODO Auto-generated catch block
    e.printStackTrace();
}

This will make it so that you can easily fill a large arrayList of words without having to type in every single .add()