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"""
Tests For Scheduler
"""

import mock
from oslo_config import cfg
from oslo_utils import timeutils

from manila import context
from manila import db
from manila import exception
from manila.scheduler import driver
from manila.scheduler import manager
from manila.scheduler import simple
from manila.share import rpcapi as share_rpcapi
from manila import test
from manila.tests import db_utils
from manila import utils

CONF = cfg.CONF

class SchedulerManagerTestCase(test.TestCase):
    """Test case for scheduler manager."""

    manager_cls = manager.SchedulerManager
    driver_cls = driver.Scheduler
    driver_cls_name = 'manila.scheduler.driver.Scheduler'

    def setUp(self):
        super(SchedulerManagerTestCase, self).setUp()
        self.flags(scheduler_driver=self.driver_cls_name)
        self.manager = self.manager_cls()
        self.context = context.RequestContext('fake_user', 'fake_project')
        self.topic = 'fake_topic'
        self.fake_args = (1, 2, 3)
        self.fake_kwargs = {'cat': 'meow', 'dog': 'woof'}

    def test_1_correct_init(self):
        # Correct scheduler driver
        manager = self.manager
        self.assertTrue(isinstance(manager.driver, self.driver_cls))

    def test_update_service_capabilities(self):
        service_name = 'fake_service'
        host = 'fake_host'
        with mock.patch.object(self.manager.driver,
                               'update_service_capabilities', mock.Mock()):
            self.manager.update_service_capabilities(
                self.context, service_name=service_name, host=host)
            self.manager.driver.update_service_capabilities.\
                assert_called_once_with(service_name, host, {})
        with mock.patch.object(self.manager.driver,
                               'update_service_capabilities', mock.Mock()):
            capabilities = {'fake_capability': 'fake_value'}
            self.manager.update_service_capabilities(
                self.context, service_name=service_name, host=host,
                capabilities=capabilities)
            self.manager.driver.update_service_capabilities.\
                assert_called_once_with(service_name, host, capabilities)

    @mock.patch.object(db, 'share_update', mock.Mock())
    def test_create_share_exception_puts_share_in_error_state(self):
        """Test that a NoValideHost exception for create_share.

        Puts the share in 'error' state and eats the exception.
        """
        def raise_no_valid_host(*args, **kwargs):
            raise exception.NoValidHost(reason="")

        fake_share_id = 1

        request_spec = {'share_id': fake_share_id}
        with mock.patch.object(self.manager.driver,
                               'schedule_create_share',
                               mock.Mock(side_effect=raise_no_valid_host)):
            self.mock_object(manager.LOG, 'error')
            self.manager.create_share_instance(
                self.context, request_spec=request_spec, filter_properties={})
            db.share_update.assert_called_once_with(
                self.context, fake_share_id, {'status': 'error'})
            self.manager.driver.schedule_create_share.assert_called_once_with(
                self.context, request_spec, {})
            manager.LOG.error.assert_called_once_with(mock.ANY, mock.ANY)

    def test_get_pools(self):
        """Ensure get_pools exists and calls driver.get_pools."""
        mock_get_pools = self.mock_object(self.manager.driver, 'get_pools',
                                          mock.Mock(return_value='fake_pools'))

        result = self.manager.get_pools(self.context, filters='fake_filters')

        mock_get_pools.assert_called_once_with(self.context, 'fake_filters')
        self.assertEqual('fake_pools', result)

    @mock.patch.object(db, 'consistency_group_update', mock.Mock())
    def test_create_cg_no_valid_host_puts_cg_in_error_state(self):
        """Test that NoValidHost is raised for create_consistency_group.

        Puts the share in 'error' state and eats the exception.
        """
        def raise_no_valid_host(*args, **kwargs):
            raise exception.NoValidHost(reason="")

        fake_cg_id = 1
        cg_id = fake_cg_id
        request_spec = {"consistency_group_id": cg_id}
        with mock.patch.object(self.manager.driver,
                               'schedule_create_consistency_group',
                               mock.Mock(side_effect=raise_no_valid_host)):
            self.manager.create_consistency_group(self.context,
                                                  fake_cg_id,
                                                  request_spec=request_spec,
                                                  filter_properties={})
            db.consistency_group_update.assert_called_once_with(
                self.context, fake_cg_id, {'status': 'error'})
            self.manager.driver.schedule_create_consistency_group\
                .assert_called_once_with(self.context, cg_id,
                                         request_spec, {})

    @mock.patch.object(db, 'consistency_group_update', mock.Mock())
    def test_create_cg_exception_puts_cg_in_error_state(self):
        """Test that exceptions for create_consistency_group.

        Puts the share in 'error' state and raises the exception.
        """

        fake_cg_id = 1
        cg_id = fake_cg_id
        request_spec = {"consistency_group_id": cg_id}
        with mock.patch.object(self.manager.driver,
                               'schedule_create_consistency_group',
                               mock.Mock(side_effect=exception.NotFound)):
            self.assertRaises(exception.NotFound,
                              self.manager.create_consistency_group,
                              self.context, fake_cg_id,
                              request_spec=request_spec,
                              filter_properties={})

    def test_migrate_share_to_host(self):

        share = db_utils.create_share()
        host = 'fake@backend#pool'

        self.mock_object(db, 'share_get', mock.Mock(return_value=share))
        self.mock_object(share_rpcapi.ShareAPI, 'migrate_share')
        self.mock_object(driver.Scheduler, 'host_passes_filters',
                         mock.Mock(return_value=host))

        self.manager.migrate_share_to_host(self.context, share['id'], host,
                                           False, {}, None)

    def test_migrate_share_to_host_no_valid_host(self):

        share = db_utils.create_share()
        host = 'fake@backend#pool'

        self.mock_object(
            driver.Scheduler, 'host_passes_filters',
            mock.Mock(side_effect=[exception.NoValidHost('fake')]))

        self.manager.migrate_share_to_host(self.context, share['id'], host,
                                           False, {}, None)

class SchedulerTestCase(test.TestCase):
    """Test case for base scheduler driver class."""

    # So we can subclass this test and re-use tests if we need.
    driver_cls = driver.Scheduler

    def setUp(self):
        super(SchedulerTestCase, self).setUp()
        self.driver = self.driver_cls()
        self.context = context.RequestContext('fake_user', 'fake_project')
        self.topic = 'fake_topic'

    def test_update_service_capabilities(self):
        service_name = 'fake_service'
        host = 'fake_host'
        capabilities = {'fake_capability': 'fake_value'}
        with mock.patch.object(self.driver.host_manager,
                               'update_service_capabilities', mock.Mock()):
            self.driver.update_service_capabilities(
                service_name, host, capabilities)
            self.driver.host_manager.update_service_capabilities.\
                assert_called_once_with(service_name, host, capabilities)

    def test_hosts_up(self):
        service1 = {'host': 'host1'}
        service2 = {'host': 'host2'}
        services = [service1, service2]

        def fake_service_is_up(*args, **kwargs):
            if args[0]['host'] == 'host1':
                return False
            return True

        with mock.patch.object(db, 'service_get_all_by_topic',
                               mock.Mock(return_value=services)):
            with mock.patch.object(utils, 'service_is_up',
                                   mock.Mock(side_effect=fake_service_is_up)):
                result = self.driver.hosts_up(self.context, self.topic)
                self.assertEqual(result, ['host2'])
                db.service_get_all_by_topic.assert_called_once_with(
                    self.context, self.topic)

class SchedulerDriverBaseTestCase(SchedulerTestCase):
    """Test cases for base scheduler driver class methods.

    These can't fail if the driver is changed.
    """

    def test_unimplemented_schedule(self):
        fake_args = (1, 2, 3)
        fake_kwargs = {'cat': 'meow'}

        self.assertRaises(NotImplementedError, self.driver.schedule,
                          self.context, self.topic, 'schedule_something',
                          *fake_args, **fake_kwargs)

class SchedulerDriverModuleTestCase(test.TestCase):
    """Test case for scheduler driver module methods."""

    def setUp(self):
        super(SchedulerDriverModuleTestCase, self).setUp()
        self.context = context.RequestContext('fake_user', 'fake_project')

    @mock.patch.object(db, 'share_update', mock.Mock())
    def test_share_host_update_db(self):
        with mock.patch.object(timeutils, 'utcnow',
                               mock.Mock(return_value='fake-now')):
            driver.share_update_db(self.context, 31337, 'fake_host')
            db.share_update.assert_called_once_with(
                self.context, 31337,
                {'host': 'fake_host', 'scheduled_at': 'fake-now'})

class SimpleSchedulerSharesTestCase(test.TestCase):
    """Test case for simple scheduler create share method."""

    def setUp(self):
        super(SimpleSchedulerSharesTestCase, self).setUp()
        self.mock_object(share_rpcapi, 'ShareAPI')
        self.driver = simple.SimpleScheduler()

        self.context = context.RequestContext('fake_user', 'fake_project')
        self.admin_context = context.RequestContext('fake_admin_user',
                                                    'fake_project')
        self.admin_context.is_admin = True

    @mock.patch.object(utils, 'service_is_up', mock.Mock(return_value=True))
    def test_create_share_if_two_services_up(self):
        share_id = 'fake'
        fake_share = {'id': share_id, 'size': 1}
        fake_service_1 = {'disabled': False, 'host': 'fake_host1'}
        fake_service_2 = {'disabled': False, 'host': 'fake_host2'}
        fake_result = [(fake_service_1, 2), (fake_service_2, 1)]
        fake_request_spec = {
            'share_id': share_id,
            'share_properties': fake_share,
        }
        self.mock_object(db, 'service_get_all_share_sorted',
                         mock.Mock(return_value=fake_result))
        self.mock_object(driver, 'share_update_db',
                         mock.Mock(return_value=db_utils.create_share()))

        self.driver.schedule_create_share(self.context,
                                          fake_request_spec, {})
        utils.service_is_up.assert_called_once_with(utils.IsAMatcher(dict))
        db.service_get_all_share_sorted.assert_called_once_with(
            utils.IsAMatcher(context.RequestContext))
        driver.share_update_db.assert_called_once_with(
            utils.IsAMatcher(context.RequestContext), share_id, 'fake_host1')

    def test_create_share_if_services_not_available(self):
        share_id = 'fake'
        fake_share = {'id': share_id, 'size': 1}
        fake_result = []
        fake_request_spec = {
            'share_id': share_id,
            'share_properties': fake_share,
        }
        with mock.patch.object(db, 'service_get_all_share_sorted',
                               mock.Mock(return_value=fake_result)):
            self.assertRaises(exception.NoValidHost,
                              self.driver.schedule_create_share,
                              self.context, fake_request_spec, {})
            db.service_get_all_share_sorted.assert_called_once_with(
                utils.IsAMatcher(context.RequestContext))

    def test_create_share_if_max_gigabytes_exceeded(self):
        share_id = 'fake'
        fake_share = {'id': share_id, 'size': 10001}
        fake_service_1 = {'disabled': False, 'host': 'fake_host1'}
        fake_service_2 = {'disabled': False, 'host': 'fake_host2'}
        fake_result = [(fake_service_1, 5), (fake_service_2, 7)]
        fake_request_spec = {
            'share_id': share_id,
            'share_properties': fake_share,
        }
        with mock.patch.object(db, 'service_get_all_share_sorted',
                               mock.Mock(return_value=fake_result)):
            self.assertRaises(exception.NoValidHost,
                              self.driver.schedule_create_share,
                              self.context, fake_request_spec, {})
            db.service_get_all_share_sorted.assert_called_once_with(
                utils.IsAMatcher(context.RequestContext))

    @mock.patch.object(utils, 'service_is_up', mock.Mock(return_value=True))
    def test_create_share_availability_zone(self):
        share_id = 'fake'
        fake_share = {
            'id': share_id,
            'size': 1,
        }
        fake_instance = {
            'availability_zone_id': 'fake',
        }
        fake_service_1 = {
            'disabled': False, 'host': 'fake_host1',
            'availability_zone_id': 'fake',
        }
        fake_service_2 = {
            'disabled': False, 'host': 'fake_host2',
            'availability_zone_id': 'super_fake',
        }
        fake_result = [(fake_service_1, 0), (fake_service_2, 1)]
        fake_request_spec = {
            'share_id': share_id,
            'share_properties': fake_share,
            'share_instance_properties': fake_instance,
        }
        self.mock_object(db, 'service_get_all_share_sorted',
                         mock.Mock(return_value=fake_result))
        self.mock_object(driver, 'share_update_db',
                         mock.Mock(return_value=db_utils.create_share()))

        self.driver.schedule_create_share(self.context,
                                          fake_request_spec, {})
        utils.service_is_up.assert_called_once_with(fake_service_1)
        driver.share_update_db.assert_called_once_with(
            utils.IsAMatcher(context.RequestContext), share_id,
            fake_service_1['host'])
        db.service_get_all_share_sorted.assert_called_once_with(
            utils.IsAMatcher(context.RequestContext))

    @mock.patch.object(utils, 'service_is_up', mock.Mock(return_value=True))
    def test_create_share_availability_zone_on_host(self):
        share_id = 'fake'
        fake_share = {
            'id': share_id,
            'availability_zone': 'fake:fake',
            'size': 1,
        }
        fake_service = {'disabled': False, 'host': 'fake'}
        fake_request_spec = {
            'share_id': share_id,
            'share_properties': fake_share,
        }
        self.mock_object(db, 'service_get_all_share_sorted',
                         mock.Mock(return_value=[(fake_service, 1)]))
        self.mock_object(driver, 'share_update_db',
                         mock.Mock(return_value=db_utils.create_share()))

        self.driver.schedule_create_share(self.admin_context,
                                          fake_request_spec, {})
        utils.service_is_up.assert_called_once_with(fake_service)
        db.service_get_all_share_sorted.assert_called_once_with(
            utils.IsAMatcher(context.RequestContext))
        driver.share_update_db.assert_called_once_with(
            utils.IsAMatcher(context.RequestContext), share_id, 'fake')

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What are Filial Responsibility Laws?
Have you ever heard of Filial Responsibility Laws? Well you're not alone, but a recent case in Pennsylvania is getting a lot of us to take a second look at these rarely used and even more rarely discussed laws.
Consider this scenario: Maria is in a car accident that requires she enter a nursing home for rehabilitation. Like many elders, she is unable to cover all the costs of care. With her Medicaid application pending, Maria returns home to Greece where family can help in her care. When she leaves for Greece, Maria owes the nursing home about $100,000.
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Lastly, the law does give the courts discretion. If you yourself are having financial trouble or in the middle of paying your own high medical bills or a child's college tuition, the courts are unlikely to require you to use your limited funds.
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Jo-Anne McArthur is an award-winning photojournalist, author, educator, and animal activist. She is best known for her internationally celebrated archive We Animals, which documents our use and abuse of animals for food, experimentation, work, entertainment, slavery, and companionship. Jo-Anne and her work are also the focal point of the acclaimed documentary The Ghosts in Our Machine by Canadian filmmaker Liz Marshall.
How did you come into this work? Were you a photographer or an activist first?
I was a photographer before I was an activist. And photographers—especially photojournalists—are always trying to find their story. It was as I was carving out a career in photography that I realized I saw animals differently than other people.
There was a time when I was photographing a macaque monkey who was chained up. And other people were photographing the monkey because they thought it was cute, and they thought it was funny. But I was taking a picture because I thought it was cruel, that it was a problem, and that I wanted to show people what I was seeing. That's when I realized that I really did see animals differently, and that my point of view was important.
That was in '98, so it has been a long time now.
Can you speak to what you see as the role of imagery in the animal rights movement? Why is good photography essential?
You said it when you said the word "good." We all know why visuals are important. But you said good photography, and that is what has changed within the animal rights movement in the past decade.
To look at animal cruelty is to look at our complicity in that cruelty.
We used to rely on average or even very bad-looking investigative work by people who had a camera but who were not photographers. Most of the photos were shot from the human eye vantage point: pointing down, too far away, not engaging.
This has really changed in the last decade. It's exciting to see incredible, professional, well-lit, engaging images. So that's the difference: good photography. And we're seeing that worldwide now.
What is catalyzing that change?
The animal rights movement is growing up and becoming more professional. Now, we're using our tools as effectively as we can, and the camera is an important part of that.
People are reluctant to witness suffering. No one wants to admit that they're participating in such a cruel system. How do you get viewers to engage?
This is the key that we're all looking for: how do you get people to look and not to turn away? It's very hard. As you pointed out, to look at animal cruelty is to look at our complicity in that cruelty, which makes this a double-whammy.
I wish that my images could convey the smell of these places.
So, how do you get people to look? You have to meet your audience where they are. Often that means non-aggressive tactics and non-accusatory tactics. It means being helpful instead of condescending, and it means showing the right material.
The images that I shoot are engaging. You might not want to look, because it's sad subject matter; but you might be attracted to it because it's an interesting, well-composed image.
How does animal cruelty compare across the globe?
From the poorest to the richest countries, we treat animals as objects for profit. It's systemic, and it's international. These industries have been built to wring the most profit out of each individual.
From China to the US, Sweden, or Argentina, animals are crammed into factory farms. They're raised in extremely small spaces where they can't even turn around. Sometimes, I specifically try to shoot these stories in the richer countries to show that it happens everywhere.
I wish that my images could convey the smell of these places. There's so much that we can't understand from an image alone.
What do you say to folks who ask how we can focus on animal rights when there are so many human rights violations all over the world?
That's part of the problem. Part of the reason the world has gone to hell is that we prioritize ourselves and our problems over everything—completely abusing animals, the environment, and anyone in our path.
There are so many good reasons to be vegan: the animals, the planet, our health.
But to that I will add that animal rights is not an exclusive club. This cause encompasses human rights and many other causes. Animal rights are labor rights: just look at the working conditions in slaughterhouses and factory farms. Animal rights are women's rights. Animal rights are environmental rights.
It's all interconnected. When we see those connections, we can make the world a better place for all.
Can you speak to your current work, The Unbound Project, which hits on that intersection between women's rights and animal rights?
Women have been the major players in the animal rights movement since its inception in both the US and the UK, where the movement really started. Today, women are 60%-80% of the movement. That's worth highlighting. That's worth celebrating. And it's also worth discussing since we all see men at the top of the organizations...why is that?
This is worth trying to understand. For instance, in the 1800s and more recently as well of course, there are examples of organizations founded by women who then felt they had to place a man as the organization's leader in order for it to gain more authority and credibility. Women were seen as "hysterical" and "overly emotional."
The Unbound Project is about that. But really, mostly, it's a celebration of the fantastic trailblazing that women have done all around the world. We know Gene Baur. We know Wayne Pacelle, but we should know more about the women.
You have a book coming out in April called Captive that looks at animals in zoos and aquaria. Why did you choose this subject matter?
I'm doing Captive because it's timely, first and foremost. Captive animals in zoos and aquaria do not necessarily pose the most pressing issue—factory farming is a lot more oppressing in terms of sheer numbers—but events like the killing of Harambe the gorilla and the killing of Marius the giraffe have propelled zoo reform and zoo ethics into the mainstream conversation.
With Captive, I'm adding to that conversation by publishing a book that looks at how we see and how we fail to see animals in zoos. The book is being published by Lantern Books, and I'm working with the Born Free Foundation—I shot their EU Zoo Inquiry in 2016. I have over ten years of work documenting animals in zoos on five continents, so it's a good way to use my archive as well.
At the end of a long day, what's your favorite meal?
Oh god, I love food.
It's an opportunity to be creative. It's an opportunity to eat much better food.
My favorite vegetable is broccoli, so if something can include big piles of broccoli that is fantastic. Let's say—at the end of a long day—a big bowl of spaghetti with pesto, lots of broccoli, cherry tomatoes, and big chunks of roasted tofu. Oh god, that sounds like heaven. And you know, I would probably take a bunch of spinach, wilt it, and mix that in as well.
And soups are the greatest thing in the world—so easy. Just roast up whatever you have in the fridge with some garlic, and then stick it in a pot with some bouillon. It's always good. You can't fail.
What do you wish more people knew about veganism?
I had always thought that veganism was extreme. The reason that I went from vegetarian to vegan is that I was going to do an internship at Farm Sanctuary for a month, and they ask you to be vegan out of respect for the animals while you're on the property. My desire to do this internship outweighed my ideas about the extremism of veganism, so I thought I would just go vegan for the month and then go back to vegetarianism.
But after 24 hours of being vegan, I hadn't harmed anyone: I hadn't enslaved chickens in barns, and I hadn't taken baby calves away from their moms so that I could drink milk. I'm saying that metaphorically, but it's not even that metaphorical. That's really what we're doing when we consume these products.
So, after 24 hours of being vegan, I was so at peace, and I realized that that was a path I would continue on forever. It's especially easy in the big cities where many of us live now; we're not at all deprived. You reshape your plate, and you eat in a much better way. It's an opportunity to be creative. It's an opportunity to eat much better food.
There are so many good reasons to be vegan: the animals, the planet, our health. It's really long past time that we make those decisions.
All photographs in this post are ©Jo-Anne McArthur.
Follow Jo-Anne at @weanimals on twitter.


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Q: How Base class members gets copied in inheritance when we copy/assign derived class objects? I have following scenario:
I have an Abstract base class with
no copy constructor
no assignment operator
has some data members
a derived class (derived from above base class)
has assignment operator
has some data members
How the members of base class will be copied when we copy a derived class object to another existing derived class object.
I understand as we have an assignment operator defined for derived class which copies derived class members but how base class members will be copied, will it be through default assignment operator?

A:
How the members of base class will be copied

Since there's no explicit copy constructor, one will be generated by the compiler.  It will in turn call/generate copy constructors for the data members of the base class.  At the end, builtin types (int, float, pointers! etc are simply copied), types with copy constructors can copy themselves, any other type will generate a compile time error.

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Campus Debates
Week in Review: Taking a stand for free speech in Louisiana
Imagine being forced to pay for political speech that is the opposite of everything you stand for. That's a violation of your First Amendment rights, and it's a practice that's happening all across the country.
The Goldwater Institute is taking a stand.
In Louisiana and 29 other states, some people—those who practice law—are being denied their rights not to speak, not to associate with a group against their will and not to pay for others' political advocacy. In these states, the government forces lawyers to join and pay dues to bar associations to be allowed to pursue their chosen profession.
Our Fight in Court: This week, the Goldwater Institute filed a lawsuit with the Pelican Institute challenging Louisiana's mandatory bar association dues in Boudreaux v. Louisiana State Bar Association. Just like in our similar cases in North Dakota, Oregon, and Oklahoma, this case follows the landmark Janus v. AFSCME decision, in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment prohibits governments from making their employees pay union fees—which inevitably fund unions' political speech—just to keep their jobs.
By the same reasoning, Boudreaux's lawsuit says, lawyers shouldn't be forced to pay for bar associations' speech just to do their jobs.
How do successful people get to be successful? Is it because fate smiled upon them, because luck has gone their way? That's not the case, former small-business owner Frayda Levin writes in a new Wall Street Journal op-ed.
"Lady Luck has never done much for me," Levin wrote. "She never answered the phone. She certainly didn't deal with customer complaints. I'm the one who spent weekends struggling to learn new software options, figuring out finances and taxes, and anguishing over employee concerns."
Hard work and sacrifice—working weekends to cover for sick employees, for example—are what drove her own success, and that's a lesson that students should take to heart as they enter the workforce themselves.
In a classic episode of the '80s sitcom Family Ties, the ultraconservative Alex P. Keaton takes his baby brother Andy to preschool only after taping a sign to his chest that reads "I know what's mine." The joke, of course, is that Alex's insistence on property rights makes him skeptical of the whole idea of "sharing."
But the reality is that a healthy understanding of private property facilitates—in fact, is essential—to sharing, or at least any sharing worthy of the name. And a new article by Chapman University law professor Donald Kochan makes that point in a clever and important way, by examining research by child psychologists on the phenomenon of sharing among kids.
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Napad na pristanišče Berdjansk je bil napad ukrajinskih oboroženih sil na ladje ruske mornarice v pristanišču Berdjansk, 24. marca 2022 med rusko invazijo na Ukrajino.Pristajalna ladja Saratov iz razreda Aligator je bila uničena, ena od dveh pristajalnih ladij razreda Ropuča pa je bila poškodovana, vendar sta lahko obe zapustili pristanišče. V tistem trenutku je bila to najtežja pomorska izguba, ki jo je Rusija utrpela med invazijo, in eden najpomembnejših uspehov Ukrajine.

Okupacija Berdjanska

26. februarja 2022 so ruske čete med južno ukrajinsko ofenzivo zavzele pristanišče Berdjansk in letališče Berdjansk. Do naslednjega dne je ruska vojska prevzela popoln nadzor nad mestom.

Od 14. marca so Rusi pristanišče uporabljali kot logistično središče za podporo njihovi ofenzivi v južni Ukrajini in zlasti pri obleganju Mariupola. Ruski medij Zvezda je 21. marca poročal o prihodu amfibijskih ladij v Berdjansk. Častnik ruske mornarice je to opisal kot »Prelomni dogodek, ki bo črnomorski mornarici odprl logistične možnosti.«

Napad
Napad se je zgodil 24. marca ob 7.45. Požar na krovu Saratova je povzročil veliko eksplozijo, saj je ta verjetno tovoril strelivo. Eksplozija je poškodovala tudi dve bližnji pristajalni ladiji Cezar Kunikov in Novočerkask. Obe ladji sta med gašenjem lastnih požarov izpluli iz pristanišča in se pozneje vrnili na Krim. Poškodovane so bile tudi velike cisterne za nafto na pomolu in bližnja trgovska ladja, ki je bila tam privezana že pred invazijo, obe pa sta goreli še naslednji dan.

Ukrajinski uradniki so trdili, da je bil napad izveden s taktično balistično raketo OTR-21 Točka.

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Now, More Than Ever Musicians Need Your Support.
These are extraordinary times yet one thing is certain…music connects communities and brings much need relaxation and joy to us all. Live music events give us an important feeling of community bonding and well-being when we attend Jazz concerts, club gigs and music festivals.
I am sure we've watched the Italian balcony videos of a musical artist performing, and noticed more and more musicians hosting watch parties all doing their best to bring us some form of happiness if only for a few moments. These musicians do this even though they're scared of the possible financial impact on them and their families.
Understandably, all gatherings have been cancelled until further notice? Yet, the very income Jazz musicians receive for performing for us, which they use to feed their families, pay their mortgages, rents and loans. In disbelief, they've witnessed this planned income vanish in the blink of an eye! And as we understand many governments have not offered any or much in the form of promised financial support to this self-employed arts sector of our society?
How can you responsibly demonstrate your appreciation for this vital arts sector that supports our need for good health, spiritual wellness and love of jazz music?
I ask you to consider that instead of the Jazz concert, club gig or festival ticket you planned. That it can be re-channelled in the much need form of financial support by directly buying independent jazz musicians music.
JazzInEurope.com and All About Jazz are acting as a conduit, bridging the invisible gap to connect you with the jazz musicians you choose to support.
You can't quarantine music...as music like love and peace can unite and continue to connect us all. Ultimately, we're all in this together, being asked to be responsible to do our part, equalise, appreciate and respect all of the various roles we play in supporting a healthy society.
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Franck Amsallem | Gotham Goodbye
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It is with ears wide open on the outside that the four musicians weave a Jazz permeable to all influences. Around different musical architectures, they mix the material with this...
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For the first time, Gene used what he calls a live band that he characterized with five key adjectives: funky, electric, musical, fresh and soulful. Indeed, on his latest...
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10 years ago, would any of us have imagined that we'd be reading the newspaper on line, communicating with people all over the world as if we're physically next to each other, video-chatting, chatting and texting as we're walking, talking, eating, driving, or even in our most private moments?
Would we have imagined turning around and/or driving back home because we had forgotten and could not fathom getting through a day (or even an hour) without our smartphone? How would we connect with the world …with our own world?
I laugh when I write 2020… it makes me think of 20/20 – an obvious play on words… but in 2020 will we all have 20/20 vision? Will they have developed Star Trek's "Retinox 5" ??? An inexpensive OTC pill or eye-drops to bring things back into clear perspective (vs. surgery)? I truly hope to some day gain a clear perspective in any form!
The purpose of this BLOG? This is purely for fun… and will be a retrospective of sorts. In 2020, we'll compile the material gained from these submissions and produce a book/BLOG/eDOC in whatever the medium of the day!
Who can guess what that will be? & that's your challenge!
Your Challenge? This is an interactive/participative piece. We're inviting anyone/everyone to log their thoughts, ideas, funny stories re-told as "a day in the life in the year 2020." Or just jot down ideas of how you think it will be. Feel free to contradict yourself and each other by submitting multiple entries related to the same topic, presenting different points of view.
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Kielder Forest: Europe's biggest man-made forest
The skies here are the darkest in England, thanks to minimal light pollution. A stargazers paradise.
Pennine poet Simon Armitage passed through Kielder Forest in his 'Walking Home', a dour and wonderful travelogue along the Pennine Way: Read
Farne Islands: Largest grey seal colony on the east coast of Britain
The Farne Islands is home to the largest grey seal colony on the east coast of Britain. The National Trust runs the island which also supports some 100,oo seabirds. Boat trips licensed to land passengers on several of the islands are available to see the 6000 adults and some 1000 pups born every year. For more adventurous diving trips are also organised, giving the opportunity of swimming with seals.
Birthplace of William Turner
The pioneering English naturalist and ornithologist William Turner was born in Morpeth, Northumbria around 1508. His Vacuum praecipuarum, quarum apud Plinium et Aristotelem mentio est, brevis et succincta historia is considered the first printed book devoted entirely to birds. Moreover, his A new herball, wherin are conteyned the names of herbes… is considered the first clear, systematic survey of English plants, leading to him often being referred to as the 'Father of English Botany".
The town of Morpeth has recreated a formal Tudor physic garden planted medicinal plants and herbs, and named after Turner.
Birthplace of Thomas Berwick
Thomas Bewick perhaps "did more to make the general reading public interested in birds than anyone before him." He was born in 1753 in born to a tenant-farming family in the village of Mickley, Northumberland. His A History of British Birds is still admired today in particular for its wonderful wood engravings. James Fisher noted: 'Bewick was not a very good observer of natural history or a very original thinker on the subject. But when he died in 1828 . . . he had done for nature art what Burns did for poetry – put a little honest humanity in it.'
Coquet's terns and puffins
The RSPB-managed Coquet Island is home to more than 18,000 pairs of puffins, but it is most important for the largest colony of the endangered roseate tern in Britain
Thanks to conservation measures including the provision of nestboxes to protect the nests from gulls and bad weather, has risen to 92 pairs in 2005.
Boats trips are organised from Amble on the mainland.
Chillingham cattle
Chillingham cattle are a breed of cattle that have been living in a large enclosed park at Chillingham Castle since the Middle Ages"
Simon Schama described the famous contemporary woodcutof the cattle by Thomas Bewick as "an image of massive power … the great, perhaps the greatest icon of British natural history, and one loaded with moral, national and historical sentiment as well as purely zoological fascination"


Ryan Shazier wants to throw on the pads once again.
Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Pittsburgh Steelers owner Art Rooney said Shazier intends to continue rehabbing his back injury with hopes of playing football in the future, according to ESPN's Jeremy Fowler.
The linebacker suffered a spinal contusion against the Cincinnati Bengals during the 2017 season. He later underwent spinal stabilization surgery.
Shazier missed the entire 2018 season while recovering from the injury and has progressed to a walk with the use of a cane.
The former first-round pick is scheduled to hit free agency this year, so the Steelers would have to sign him to a new contract in order for him to continue his rehab process with the team.
Rooney acknowledged he's open to discussing a deal in the future, even if Shazier is not yet cleared to play.
"To the extent he wants to do that, we're open to working that out."


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House committee approves modified permitless carry legislation
After a similar bill failed at the Capitol in 2015, a measure that would allow Texans to carry a firearm without a permit could be headed to the full Texas House.
The House Homeland Security and Public Safety Committee on Tuesday approved a modified version of House Bill 1911 by state Rep. James White, R-Hillister, by a 6-2 party line vote.
The original version of the bill would have let anyone 18 or older carry a firearm in Texas without a permit. The version approved Tuesday bumps up the age to 21 and adds other restrictions already in place for concealed carry permits — such as having no felony convictions.
HB 1911 also no longer conflicts with campus carry, a measure the Legislature passed in 2015 that allows concealed handgun license holders to carry a firearm on public university campuses in the state.
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Tuesday's vote saw some caution from lawmakers on the panel, while others said the measure didn't go far enough.
State Rep. Matt Schaefer, R-Tyler, said the modified HB 1911 was "too restrictive" and didn't capture the "ultimate intent" of constitutional carry. But he said he backed the bill because he wanted to see the issue advance this legislative session.
State Rep. Phil King, R-Weatherford, the committee's chairman and a former police officer, said he still had "grave concerns" about the proposal, adding that lawmakers needed to ensure the bill wouldn't affect law enforcement's ability to do their job.
State Reps. Alfonso Nevárez, D-Eagle Pass, and Gina Hinojosa, D-Austin, voted against the proposal. Hinojosa said she was "concerned that [HB 1911] will make it hard for our law enforcement officers to do the job we entrust them to do, which is to keep us safe."
According to the Legislative Budget Board, White's bill would cost the state more than $37 million through August 2019. And while HB 1911 wouldn't eliminate the state's license-to-carry program, the board estimates applications for a license and renewal to carry would decline by 90 percent in fiscal year 2018.
HB 1911 is the latest gun-related measure to advance this legislative session. In March, the Senate voted out a bill that would lower license-to-carry fees — a House committee also approved the measure. Another one that would allow emergency first responders to carry while on the job passed out of the House Homeland Security & Safety Committee in March.
HB 375 by state Rep. Jonathan Stickland, R-Bedford, another permitless carry measure that would allow anyone 18 or older to openly carry a handgun without a license, was left in committee Tuesday after King suggested the bill needed changes before it could move forward.
King said he'd talked to Stickland about his bill and wasn't sure if Stickland would alter his legislation.
Stickland quickly responded to King's comments in a tweet shortly after the committee vote: "I'm not going to water [HB 375] down. [King] knows that."
The Senate doesn't have a similar bill allowing Texans to carry firearms without a permit, but state Sen. Don Huffines said in March he was "eagerly awaiting the opportunity to sponsor" such a bill in the upper chamber, adding there was "no better way to advance liberty this session."
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11/16/2016 SG/SM/18271/PAL/2208/REF/1247 Secretary-General Welcomes Canada's Donation in Support of UNRWA's Social Services and Humanitarian Programmes - Press release
11/16/2016 SG/SM/18268/PAL/2207/REF/1246 Secretary-General Calls Palestine Refugee Agency's Dire Lack of Resources "Our Collective Failure", Urges Effective, Innovative, Workable Solutions - Press Release
09/19/2016 SG/SM/18090 Establishing sovereign State of Palestine living side by side with Israel Is long overdue, says Secretary-General in message to Ad Hoc Liaison Committee - Press release
06/29/2016 Secretary-General's remarks at press encounter at Gaza - SG's remarks
GA/PAL/1374 United Nations International Conference in Support of Israeli-Palestinian Peace (Geneva, 29-30 June 2016) - Secretary-General message
06/28/2016 Secretary-General's holds joint press conference with the Palestinian President Abbas - SG's remarks
06/28/2016 Secretary-General's holds press conference with the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu - SG's remarks
06/28/2016 Secretary-General's remarks at press encounter in Gaza - Press release
06/27/2016 Secretary-General's has press encounter with Israeli President Rivlin - SG's remarks
06/03/2016 SG/SM/17816 Secretary-General tells French Ministerial Conference: Israelis & Palestinians must commit to two-State solution - SG press release
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High blood pressure in dogs is a dangerous and potentially lethal condition that is difficult to diagnose, but something that needs to be tested for nonetheless. Knowing your dog's blood pressure is important, and while it might not be a routine part of a veterinary checkup, it's worth mentioning to your vet. Here's why.
Several issues can cause cystitis, which an inflammation of the bladder. Find out how to treat this painful and dangerous condition in your dog.
A urinary tract infection is the painful result of bacteria entering the urethral opening, and it affects both dogs and cats alike. If your pet is experiencing UTI symptoms they may benefit from a special diet.
Urinary stones are a painful inconvenience for your dog or cat that makes it difficult to relieve themselves. Minerals collecting in their bladder form stones and make passing fluids a challenge. Learn what you can do to help ease your pal's pain.
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If your dog is unable to control their ability to hold their urine until they're outside, they're probably suffering from urinary incontinence. Still, there are slight differences between the symptoms of urinary incontinence and other problems with urination. Learn the facts for your dog here.
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The town's name is said to be derived from the town of Brentford, England. The town in early maps was actually called Brentford before being shortened to Branford. Established in 1644, Branford grew during the 18th and 19th centuries. In the late 18th century, the first shoreline community, Stony Creek, was settled. Indian Neck and Pine Orchard were also settled, but neither of those settlements was permanent until the mid-19th century.


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In Cotswolds, you'll find the time-defying churches, sleepy hamlets, and ancient farmsteads so sequestered that they seem to offer everyone the thrill of personal discovery. Hidden in sheltered valleys are fabled abodes - Sudeley Castle, Stanway House and Snowshill Manor among them. The Cotswolds can hardly claim to be undiscovered, but, happily, the area's poetic appeal has a way of surviving the crowds and antiques shops that sometimes pierce its timeless tranquility. Here you can taste the glories of an old English village, its stone slate roofs, low-ceiling rooms, and gardens; its atmosphere is as thick as honey, and equally as sweet.
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My Friend Pedro sells 250,000 units in its first week
indie developers,
My Friend Pedro,
A quirky balletic 2,5D shooter inspired by flash games was launched on June 20 and has by now cleared over 250,000 sales across PC and Switch.
The title single-handedly developed by one-man studio DeadToast and published by Devolver Digital features a lot of gore, slow-motion pirouettes and the eponymous banana mentor figure.
Devolver Digital released a behind-the-scenes video to celebrate the title's great opening week.
You can currently purchase My Friend Pedro on Steam at a discounted rate as part of Summer Sale that has caused some distress among indie developers.
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Q: Why is GetManifestResourceStream returning null if used inside an async Method? In my program I am writing a Resource File into some Location the user selects. For that I am using GetManifestResourceStream. Everything worked fine.
Next I wanted to make my writing operation not-blocking the UI. So I changed the code using async await.
Unfortunately GetManifestRresourceStream is returning null now. Changing back without using async await everything works fine again.
What am I doing wrong and how can I solve it so that I am able to copy the file and the UI is not blocked.
This Is how it works without async/await (Please dont be confused by the Method Names)
 private void InstallButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            InstallProgrammAsyc();
        }

private void InstallProgrammAsyc()
        {
            try
            {
                FinalMessage = "";
                PreInstallationBlock.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
                DuringInstallationBlock.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
                CopyFileToDestinationAsync("MyNameSpace", InstallPath, "Resources", "some.exe");
                PrepareProgrammForFinish();
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                DuringInstallationBlock.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
                AfterInstallationBlock.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
                FinalMessage = $"Unexpected Error occured. Please try again. {ex.Message}";
            }
        }

 private void CopyFileToDestinationAsync(string nameSpace,string outDirectory, string internalPath, string resourceName)
        {
            Assembly assembly = Assembly.GetCallingAssembly();
            using (Stream stream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream(nameSpace + "." + (internalPath == "" ? "" : internalPath + ".") + resourceName))
            {
                using( BinaryReader br = new BinaryReader(stream))
                {
                    using(FileStream fs = new FileStream(outDirectory + "\\" + resourceName, FileMode.Create))
                    {
                        using (BinaryWriter bw = new BinaryWriter(fs))
                        {
                            // await Task.Run( ()=> bw.Write(br.ReadBytes((int)stream.Length)));
                            bw.Write(br.ReadBytes((int)stream.Length));
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            Thread.Sleep(2000);
            //For User Friendliness wait 2 seconds to finish
           // await Task.Run(() => Thread.Sleep(2000));
        }

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And this Is how I tried it with async/await

        private async Task CopyFileToDestinationAsync(string nameSpace,string outDirectory, string internalPath, string resourceName)
        {
            Assembly assembly = Assembly.GetCallingAssembly();
            using (Stream stream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream(nameSpace + "." + (internalPath == "" ? "" : internalPath + ".") + resourceName))
            {
                using( BinaryReader br = new BinaryReader(stream))
                {
                    using(FileStream fs = new FileStream(outDirectory + "\\" + resourceName, FileMode.Create))
                    {
                        using (BinaryWriter bw = new BinaryWriter(fs))
                        {
                             await Task.Run( ()=> bw.Write(br.ReadBytes((int)stream.Length)));
                          //  bw.Write(br.ReadBytes((int)stream.Length));
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            //Thread.Sleep(2000);
            //For User Friendliness wait 2 seconds to finish
            await Task.Run(() => Thread.Sleep(2000));
        }

        private void FinishButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            System.Windows.Application.Current.Shutdown();
        }

        private async void InstallProgrammAsyc()
        {
            try
            {
                FinalMessage = "";
                PreInstallationBlock.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
                DuringInstallationBlock.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
                await CopyFileToDestinationAsync("MyNameSpace", InstallPath, "Resources", "some.exe");
                PrepareProgrammForFinish();
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                DuringInstallationBlock.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
                AfterInstallationBlock.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
                FinalMessage = $"Unexpected Error occured. Please try again. {ex.Message}";
            }
        }

        private void InstallButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            InstallProgrammAsyc();
        }

A: That's an interesting edge case, due to how async works.
Let's take those test methods:
private void Button_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    ShowAssembly();
    ShowAssemblyAsync();
}

private void ShowAssembly()
{
    Assembly assembly = Assembly.GetCallingAssembly();

    MessageBox.Show(assembly.FullName);
}

private async void ShowAssemblyAsync()
{
    Assembly assembly = Assembly.GetCallingAssembly();

    MessageBox.Show(assembly.FullName);
}

In ShowAssembly, it'll display the name of your program's main assembly. In ShowAssemblyAsync, it'll display "mscorlib". What's going on?
If you put a breakpoint in ShowAssembly and ShowAssemblyAsync in Visual Studio, you'll get the following callstacks:
DesktopClient.exe!DesktopClient.MainWindow.ShowAssembly() Line 119  C#
DesktopClient.exe!DesktopClient.MainWindow.Button_Click(object sender, System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs e) Line 109   C#

DesktopClient.exe!DesktopClient.MainWindow.ShowAssemblyAsync() Line 128 C#
DesktopClient.exe!DesktopClient.MainWindow.Button_Click(object sender, System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs e) Line 110   C#

Nothing fishy there. However, Visual Studio is lying to you. If I instead use a lower level debugger (in this case, WinDbg), I get the following callstacks:
00efe58c 07cf423b DesktopClient.MainWindow.ShowAssembly()
00efe5a8 07cf41dc DesktopClient.MainWindow.Button_Click(System.Object, System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs)

00efe4d8 07cf43c6 DesktopClient.MainWindow+d__10.MoveNext()
00efe51c 5ddaa48d System.Runtime.CompilerServices.AsyncVoidMethodBuilder.Start[[System.__Canon, mscorlib]](System.__Canon ByRef)
00efe574 07cf4317 DesktopClient.MainWindow.ShowAssemblyAsync()
00efe5a8 07cf41e6 DesktopClient.MainWindow.ButtonPlus_Click(System.Object, System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs)

You can see that the callstack from ShowAssemblyAsync has been completely changed after applying the async keyword (Visual Studio is hiding that to make debugging easier). One consequence is that the method is now called by System.Runtime.CompilerServices.AsyncVoidMethodBuilder.Start, and that's why we get "mscorlib" when retrieving the calling assembly.
As a fix, you can either use Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly (assuming your CopyFileToDestinationAsync method is located in the right assembly) or target the assembly explicitly: typeof(MainWindow).Assembly. Or, like you did, just retrieve the stream before calling the method.
Yet another way is to introduce an extra non-async method just to retrieve the assembly before calling the real async implementation:
private Task CopyFileToDestinationAsync(string nameSpace,string outDirectory, string internalPath, string resourceName)
{
    Assembly assembly = Assembly.GetCallingAssembly();

    return CopyFileToDestinationAsync(assembly, nameSpace, outDirectory, internalPath, resourceName);
}

private async Task CopyFileToDestinationAsync(Assembly assembly string nameSpace,string outDirectory, string internalPath, string resourceName)
{
    using (Stream stream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream(nameSpace + "." + (internalPath == "" ? "" : internalPath + ".") + resourceName))
    {
        // ...
    }
}


Saunders Island in the north-west of the archipelago is the place to find some of the most iconic vistas of the Falkland Islands. Dramatic sweeping shorelines characterise the second largest of the offshore islands, named after a British Admiral.
The isthmus of the Neck is flanked on both sides with sandy beaches. The long stretch of white sand to the north is irresistible. The whole area is crowded with birds. Magellanic penguins make their way ashore, gentoos congregate and there is a small colony of king penguins.
Saunders Island is one of the few places where visitors can see black-browed albatross. The bird is graceful in flight, but amusingly clumsy in landing. Nests are small stacks, somewhat precariously balanced on the cliffs, with fluffy grey chicks, once hatched, atop waiting patiently for food. It's easy to while away an hour on more just watching the activity.
Close by are rockhopper penguins and another birdwatching treat awaits. Along the coast is the "rockhopper shower" where the birds wait for their turn under the refreshing falling stream. Imperial cormorants breed noisily alongside.
The striated caracara is always on the look-out for a meal of any sort. Take care of your packed lunch! Also around the island you'll find water-birds and endemic plants. There are many walking opportunities with the highest point, Mount Richards 457 metres (1,462 feet) providing great views across this unusually shaped island.
Accommodation is available at three locations, The Stonehouse and The R&R House in the main settlement, The Rookery and The Neck, and guests may opt for full board service or stay on a self-catering basis.
The ruins of the first British settlement are at Port Egmont, a short walk away from the main settlement. A plaque marks the spot and a flag can be raised in commemoration.
Cruise visitors may find Saunders Island featured on their itineraries, usually to take in the fantastic wildlife at the Neck.
To download more detailed information about Saunders Island, click here.


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Behind-the-scenes heroes honored for work that led to arrests in Oakbrook mall shooting
From left, Claire Dragovich, director of the DuPage County Crime Forensic Science Center, analyst Denise Young and administrative assistant Mary Dastych were among crime lab staff members honored this week for their work that led police to a pair of suspects in the Dec. 23 shooting at Oakbrook Center mall. With them are DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick and State's Attorney Robert Berlin. Courtesy of the DuPage County Sheriff's Office
DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick, right, hands a unit citation Wednesday to Claire Dragovich, director of the DuPage County Crime Forensic Science Center, for the lab's work that helped bring about the arrests of two suspects in the Dec. 23 shooting at Oakbrook Center mall. Courtesy of the DuPage County Sheriff's Office
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DuPage County this week honored the behind-the-scenes heroes whose work played an essential role in the capture of two suspects in the shooting at Oakbrook Center mall two days before Christmas.
County board Chairman Dan Cronin presented a proclamation of commendation Wednesday and Sheriff James Mendrick issued a unit citation to the entire DuPage County Crime Forensic Science Center for their efforts -- sacrificing time with family over the holidays, no less -- that led to the arrests.
State's Attorney Robert Berlin said technicians at the crime lab were able to extract DNA from two guns recovered at the scene of the Dec. 23 shooting that left one of the suspects and four bystanders with gunshot wounds. The crime lab then was able to link the DNA with Steve L. Lane, 29, and Tyran Williams, 32, both of Chicago, within just a few days of the shooting.
"We couldn't do what we do, it would all be for naught, if we didn't have our crime lab," Mendrick said. "At the end of the day, we needed their scientific analysis to prove this case."
Cronin presented the proclamation to Crime Lab Director Claire Dragovich, analyst Denise Young and administrative assistant Mary Dastych. DNA analysts Mary Margaret Greer-Ritzheimer and Tamara Camp couldn't be there, but they were also recognized for their roles in the case.
"These are heroes, especially those who really stepped up over the Christmas holiday, worked quickly and diligently to provide expert analysis," Cronin said. "That evidence was a critical, critical component as (the state's attorney) worked to pursue charges and $1 million bonds just days after the Oakbrook Center shooting."
Oak Brook praises its own
The Oak Brook village board Monday honored more than three dozen police and fire department workers for their work at the shooting.
Oak Brook this week honored eight members of its police department with Meritorious Service Awards and another 32 with Exceptional Duty Awards for their work in response to the Dec. 23 shooting at Oakbrook Center mall. - Courtesy of Oak Brook Police Department
Former Police Chief James Kruger -- who was working what was supposed to be his last shift Dec. 23 -- presented the Exceptional Duty award to 32 officers, the Meritorious Service award to eight officers and the Medal of Life award to three of them. Several of the officers received two or three awards. Many, Kruger said, had been off duty but responded quickly to the call.
Officer Tanayry Campos-Perez, who got both Exceptional Duty and Meritorious Service awards, was stationed at the Nordstrom department store that night, Kruger said. She ran to the victims and started treating them while communicating to other officers what was going on.
Officer Joshua Pfotenhauer entered the mall, put a suspect in custody in his squad car, then went back in and helped treat victims. He received all three awards.
So did Officer Christian Bartnicki, who secured the scene and helped treat victims. Officer Timothy Walsh was the third recipient of the Medal of Life honor.
Kruger said he had watched the video recorded by officers' body cameras, particularly of those who rendered aid.
"In my nearly 40 years (of police work) their actions were heroic and (they) did a phenomenal job ultimately saving the lives of these individuals, at great peril to their own safety, not knowing if there was another shooter, not knowing if there was anything else that was going to attack them from around the area. But instead (they) stayed focused and did what they had to do," Kruger said.
The whole gold shift of the Oak Brook Fire Department received the Meritorious Unit Citation. Battalion chiefs Kevin Fleege and Jeff Marciniak, and firefighter/paramedics Robert Ebsen and Thomas Sinclair received Exceptional Duty citations.
Interim Fire Chief James Arie noted that the four had returned to duty when an "all available personnel" call-out was issued for a mass-casualty incident.
No new trial for Lake County killer
A former death row inmate convicted of abducting a woman outside a Gurnee bar in 1984 and raping and killing her has failed again in his effort to win a new trial.
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In a unanimous decision handed down Tuesday, the Second District Appellate Court of Illinois ruled that Hector R. Sanchez has no "nonfrivulous" arguments for getting a second trial on murder, kidnapping, rape and attempted murder charges.
And, in an unusual twist, it was his own court-appointed attorney who convinced appellate justices to reject Sanchez's request.
Sanchez, now 76 years old and serving a life sentence, was found guilty of abducting 21-year-old Michelle Thompson of Zion as she left a Gurnee tavern in the early morning hours of Feb. 4, 1984. A co-defendant shot Thompson's male companion and left him for dead nearby, but he survived.
Authorities said Sanchez took Thompson to his Zion home, where he sexually assaulted her then strangled her to death before dumping her body in Wisconsin.
Sanchez initially received the death penalty but was spared in 2003 when then-Gov. George Ryan commuted all death sentences in Illinois to life terms.
Sanchez's latest request for a new trial -- this one filed in March 2019 -- makes three claims: First, the evidence of his guilt was insufficient, since much of the testimony came from his accomplice; second, that recent scientific studies cast doubt on the accuracy of eyewitness testimony; and third, much of the scientific evidence against him at trial had since been discredited.
But after reviewing the evidence, Sanchez's attorney asked to withdraw from the case, saying, essentially, that he had no case. The appellate court agreed.
"After examining the record, the motion to withdraw, and the (appointed lawyer's) memorandum of law, we agree with counsel that this appeal presents no issue of arguable merit," Justice Mary S. Schostok wrote.
Sanchez is locked up at the Statesville Correctional Center in Crest Hill.
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As allied P.O.W.s prepare for a soccer game against the German National Team to be played in Nazi-occupied Paris, the French Resistance and British officers are making plans for the team's escape. Director: John Huston;. Writers: Yabo Yablonsky (story), Djordje Milicevic (story). Stars: Michael Caine, Sylvester Stallone, Pelé.
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A small-time boxer gets a supremely rare chance to fight a heavy-weight champion in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect. Director: John G. Avildsen. Writer: Sylvester Stallone. Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young.
Death Race 2000 UK (British) LINEN BACKED (1976) Original Film Poster
Director: Paul Bartel. Writers: Robert Thom (screenplay), Charles B. Griffith (screenplay) (as Charles Griffith). Stars: David Carradine, Sylvester Stallone, Simone Griffeth.
Rocky Style B US One Sheet 'Awards' (1976) Original Film Poster
1 Sheet, Original. Director: John G. Avildsen. Writer: Sylvester Stallone. Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young. Boxer, Boxing.
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Director: Ted Kotcheff. Writers: David Morrell (based on the novel by), Michael Kozoll (screenplay by). Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Brian Dennehy, Richard Crenna. Art by Drew Struzan.
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The AFR has revealed the names topping the 2017 Financial Review Young Rich List, which records Australia's wealthiest self-made citizens aged 40 and under. The list will be published in The AFR this Friday October 27.
Atlassian co-founders Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar top the list with combined wealth of $4.6 billion. Cannon-Brookes and Farquhar's wealth total as of 2017 equals more than 10 times the wealth of the next two placegetters.
At #3 and #4 are Dave Greiner and Ben Richardson ($607m), co-founders of email marketing firm Campaign Monitor. The US$250 million share sale by the company in 2014 remains the biggest investment deal involving a privately held Australian technology firm to date.
Other media and marketing people on the list include WME founder Nick Bell (#19, $543m), Appster co-founders Josiah Humphrey and Mark McDonald (#38 & #39, $63m), fitness guru Kayla Itsines (#40, $46m) model Miranda Kerr (#62, $44m) and global health star Emily Skye (#83, $32m).
There are 27 debutants on the 2017 Young Rich List, including Emily Skye and Airtasker co-founders Tim Fung and Jonathan Lui (#66 and #67, $41 million).
The Financial Review Young Rich List has been published annually since 2003.


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"Putin had never imagined" such Ukraine support, says Defense Minister Lloyd Austin
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RAMSTEIN AIRBASE, Germany – Defense Minister Lloyd Austin told a gathering of military leaders in Germany that Ukraine's "resistance has brought inspiration to the free world and even greater determination to NATO" – and that Russian President Vladimir Putin "had never imagined that the world would gather behind Ukraine so quickly and safely. "
Austin's remarks, when he opened a US-organized assembly of more than 40 countries to discuss Ukrainian defense needs for the fight against Russia, came as the US announced more military aid and plans to reopen its embassy in Ukraine's capital, Poland said it would send tanks , and Germany planned to send armored anti-aircraft vehicles.
"We all have your back," Austin told Ukraine in comments following his own trip to Kiev.
Senior defense officials from NATO and non-NATO countries attended the meeting, which is part of the new Ukraine's defense consultative group. Some nations, such as Israel and Qatar, had representatives at the table, even though they were not on the official list of participants. The involvement of non-NATO countries such as Kenya, Tunisia and Japan was part of an effort to extend substantial and symbolic support to Ukraine beyond Europe and the Alliance.
In separate remarks to the group, General Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, gave a sharp picture of the next phase of the war as Russia seeks to take full control of southeastern and southern Ukraine. "Time is not on Ukraine's side," Milley said in closed-door comments given to journalists traveling with him. "The outcome of this struggle, right here, today, depends on the people of this space."
Live updates: US general says 'time is not on Ukraine's side'; Putin must meet with UN chief
World leaders are trying to pressure Putin to stop the war, which is now entering its third month. UN Secretary-General António Guterres, who is in Moscow to meet with Putin and his foreign minister Sergei Lavrov, on Tuesday called for a ceasefire and said everything must be done "to end the war as soon as possible."
Lavrov, meanwhile, sounded the alarm bells when he told state television that the risk of the conflict escalating into nuclear war "is serious, it is real" – but added that Moscow's position is that nuclear war is unacceptable. Lavrov accused NATO of fighting a proxy war by donating weapons to Kiev, saying weapons flowing from allies into Ukraine would be considered "a legitimate target" for Russia's military.
The U.S. goal of the gathering was to share what Pentagon spokesman John Kirby called a "common understanding" of the current battlefield and Ukrainian defense capabilities and requirements, as well as the capabilities of national industrial bases.
The United States wants the Russian military 'weakened' from Ukraine's invasion, Austin said
Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov headed a delegation from Kiev, which Austin and Foreign Minister Antony Blinken visited on Sunday.
"That visit only underscored my sense of urgency, a necessity that I know we all share," Austin said at the meeting. He stressed that he would like this whole group today to leave with a common and transparent understanding of Ukraine's short-term security requirements, because we will continue to move heaven and earth so that we can meet them.
Last week, President Biden announced an additional $ 800 million in weapons aid to Ukraine, including heavy artillery and high-tech offensive drones targeting the new battle in the south and southeast. US military officials have estimated that the Russians, who have withdrawn to these areas after their inability to occupy Kiev, will try to surround the Ukrainian forces there in a major battle on the ground.
"My trip to Kiev reinforced my admiration for the way in which the Ukrainian armed forces are deploying" the help they are receiving, Austin said in his opening statement. "Ukraine clearly believes it can win. And so does everyone here."
Milley was less definitive after reporters left the room. "The next two, three, four weeks will shape the overall outcome of this match," he said.
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